Twice a year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles occupational employment and wage estimates by surveying employers nationwide. Current data was released May 1, 2009.
| Occupation | Total employment | Mean hourly wage | Mean annual wage |
| All Occupations | 165,560 | $17.82 | $37,060 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 30,160 | $13.50 | $28,080 |
| Sales and related occupations | 16,950 | $14.27 | $29,680 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 14,380 | $8.77 | $18,250 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 13,020 | $17.19 | $35,750 |
| Production occupations | 12,940 | $15.37 | $31,960 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 9,550 | $22.88 | $47,600 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 9,010 | $28.73 | $59,750 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 8,640 | $25.27 | $52,570 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 7,450 | $17.19 | $35,750 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 6,260 | Not available | Not available |
| Management occupations | 6,080 | $41.77 | $86,890 |
| Retail salespersons | 6,010 | $10.50 | $21,840 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 5,280 | $18.47 | $38,410 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 4,800 | $11.03 | $22,940 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 4,610 | $12.51 | $26,010 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 4,140 | $26.88 | $55,910 |
| Office clerks, general | 3,920 | $9.97 | $20,740 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 3,750 | $7.95 | $16,530 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 3,690 | $9.70 | $20,190 |
| Cashiers | 3,680 | $8.09 | $16,830 |
| Customer service representatives | 3,440 | $13.35 | $27,770 |
| Registered nurses | 3,390 | Not available | Not available |
| Waiters and waitresses | 3,060 | $7.95 | $16,530 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 3,050 | $19.86 | $41,310 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 3,030 | $27.48 | $57,170 |
| Community and social services occupations | 2,860 | $16.79 | $34,930 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 2,790 | $14.10 | $29,320 |
| Protective service occupations | 2,700 | $16.66 | $34,660 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 2,500 | $10.58 | $22,000 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 2,230 | $16.51 | $34,350 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 2,080 | $10.34 | $21,500 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 2,060 | $23.68 | $49,250 |
| Team assemblers | 1,970 | $14.82 | $30,820 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 1,900 | $10.05 | $20,900 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 1,870 | $13.57 | $28,230 |
| Carpenters | 1,750 | $18.18 | $37,810 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 1,720 | $11.57 | $24,070 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 1,600 | Not available | $46,440 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 1,500 | $22.92 | $47,670 |
| Accountants and auditors | 1,420 | $26.48 | $55,070 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 1,410 | $11.00 | $22,890 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 1,370 | $21.80 | $45,350 |
| General and operations managers | 1,320 | $46.68 | $97,100 |
| Child care workers | 1,290 | $8.43 | $17,540 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 1,250 | $26.01 | $54,100 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 1,210 | $16.46 | $34,240 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 1,170 | $18.85 | $39,210 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 1,130 | $14.72 | $30,610 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 1,130 | Not available | $46,260 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 1,080 | $8.57 | $17,830 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 1,050 | $11.25 | $23,400 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 1,020 | $9.91 | $20,620 |
| Home health aides | 980 | $11.62 | $24,170 |
| Construction laborers | 970 | $12.08 | $25,120 |
| Food preparation workers | 970 | $8.85 | $18,410 |
| Legal occupations | 960 | $34.05 | $70,820 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 950 | $14.67 | $30,520 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 940 | $24.38 | $50,710 |
| Teacher assistants | 940 | Not available | $22,710 |
| Tellers | 940 | $10.97 | $22,810 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 930 | $29.11 | $60,550 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 860 | $25.97 | $54,010 |
| Telemarketers | 840 | $9.18 | $19,090 |
| Cooks, fast food | 820 | $7.44 | $15,470 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 810 | $16.81 | $34,970 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 810 | Not available | $47,110 |
| Electricians | 790 | $19.13 | $39,800 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 780 | $17.80 | $37,020 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 780 | $10.27 | $21,350 |
| Computer support specialists | 740 | $19.80 | $41,190 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 720 | $25.97 | $54,020 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 720 | $12.00 | $24,970 |
| Public relations specialists | 720 | $26.57 | $55,260 |
| Bartenders | 710 | $8.14 | $16,920 |
| Social and human service assistants | 710 | $11.56 | $24,050 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 710 | $16.48 | $34,290 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 680 | $24.12 | $50,160 |
| Order clerks | 660 | $12.52 | $26,030 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 640 | $10.41 | $21,660 |
| Driver/sales workers | 640 | $8.85 | $18,410 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 630 | $15.13 | $31,460 |
| Medical secretaries | 630 | $13.38 | $27,830 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 630 | $13.27 | $27,590 |
| Computer programmers | 620 | $26.00 | $54,090 |
| Medical assistants | 590 | $12.90 | $26,830 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 580 | $25.30 | $52,630 |
| Lawyers | 580 | $44.21 | $91,950 |
| Management analysts | 570 | $29.56 | $61,490 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 550 | $14.36 | $29,860 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 550 | $13.05 | $27,140 |
| Insurance underwriters | 540 | $24.18 | $50,290 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 520 | $16.78 | $34,900 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 520 | $13.92 | $28,960 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 500 | $8.65 | $17,990 |
| Advertising sales agents | 490 | $14.38 | $29,920 |
| Data entry keyers | 490 | $11.12 | $23,130 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 480 | $7.81 | $16,250 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 470 | $16.13 | $33,550 |
| Financial managers | 470 | $44.80 | $93,180 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 470 | $10.36 | $21,540 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 460 | $8.80 | $18,310 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 460 | $7.25 | $15,080 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 450 | $10.76 | $22,370 |
| Insurance sales agents | 450 | $25.72 | $53,510 |
| Medical and health services managers | 450 | $38.77 | $80,640 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 430 | $13.82 | $28,750 |
| Loan officers | 430 | $30.12 | $62,660 |
| Computer systems analysts | 410 | $29.43 | $61,200 |
| Helpers--production workers | 410 | $11.89 | $24,720 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 410 | $26.87 | $55,880 |
| Civil engineers | 390 | $31.97 | $66,490 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 390 | $8.51 | $17,700 |
| Bill and account collectors | 380 | $13.45 | $27,980 |
| Dishwashers | 370 | $8.39 | $17,440 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 370 | $13.83 | $28,760 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 370 | $12.92 | $26,880 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 370 | $11.02 | $22,920 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 360 | $16.81 | $34,960 |
| Machinists | 360 | $15.30 | $31,810 |
| Recreation workers | 360 | $10.03 | $20,860 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 350 | $46.91 | $97,570 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 350 | $28.64 | $59,580 |
| Graphic designers | 350 | $19.23 | $39,990 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 350 | $14.25 | $29,630 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 350 | $11.69 | $24,320 |
| Training and development specialists | 350 | $21.78 | $45,310 |
| Chief executives | 340 | $81.68 | $169,890 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 340 | $19.36 | $40,280 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 340 | $20.49 | $42,610 |
| Construction managers | 330 | $29.48 | $61,320 |
| Cooks, short order | 330 | $8.94 | $18,600 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | 330 | $13.20 | $27,460 |
| Industrial engineers | 330 | $32.72 | $68,060 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 330 | Not available | Not available |
| Sales managers | 330 | $48.75 | $101,400 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 320 | $14.81 | $30,800 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 320 | Not available | Not available |
| Computer software engineers, systems software | 310 | $30.14 | $62,690 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 310 | $13.40 | $27,870 |
| Market research analysts | 310 | $24.91 | $51,810 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 310 | Not available | $46,280 |
| Dental assistants | 300 | $14.36 | $29,870 |
| File clerks | 300 | $11.38 | $23,660 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 300 | $16.94 | $35,240 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic | 300 | $13.95 | $29,020 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 300 | $19.10 | $39,730 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 300 | $24.03 | $49,980 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 300 | $38.40 | $79,860 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 300 | $15.92 | $33,110 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 300 | $17.28 | $35,940 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 290 | $14.95 | $31,090 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 290 | $28.75 | $59,790 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 290 | $20.70 | $43,060 |
| Pharmacists | 290 | $46.91 | $97,570 |
| Cost estimators | 280 | $23.38 | $48,630 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 280 | $17.90 | $37,220 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 280 | Not available | Not available |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 270 | $17.97 | $37,390 |
| Psychiatric technicians | 270 | Not available | Not available |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 270 | $13.56 | $28,210 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 270 | $30.37 | $63,170 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 260 | $8.13 | $16,910 |
| Parts salespersons | 260 | $14.31 | $29,760 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 260 | $12.91 | $26,850 |
| Administrative services managers | 250 | $30.09 | $62,600 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 250 | $20.86 | $43,380 |
| Personal and home care aides | 250 | $8.50 | $17,680 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 240 | $17.86 | $37,140 |
| Physical therapists | 240 | $31.96 | $66,470 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 230 | $9.21 | $19,150 |
| Bus drivers, school | 230 | $11.91 | $24,760 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 230 | $8.76 | $18,210 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 230 | $12.87 | $26,760 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 230 | $18.03 | $37,500 |
| Production workers, all other | 230 | $11.38 | $23,670 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 220 | $15.61 | $32,470 |
| Legal secretaries | 220 | $17.99 | $37,420 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 220 | $17.92 | $37,280 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 220 | $30.61 | $63,680 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 220 | $91.27 | $189,840 |
| Tool and die makers | 220 | $22.14 | $46,060 |
| Coaches and scouts | 210 | Not available | $46,090 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 210 | $24.87 | $51,720 |
| Computer operators | 210 | $14.57 | $30,310 |
| Couriers and messengers | 210 | $10.46 | $21,760 |
| Dental hygienists | 210 | $31.55 | $65,620 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 210 | $27.31 | $56,810 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 210 | Not available | Not available |
| Bindery workers | 200 | $12.88 | $26,780 |
| Biological technicians | 200 | $15.33 | $31,890 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 200 | $21.15 | $44,000 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 200 | $20.40 | $42,440 |
| Health educators | 200 | Not available | Not available |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | 190 | $19.85 | $41,280 |
| Electrical engineers | 190 | $35.05 | $72,910 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | 190 | $20.63 | $42,910 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 190 | $14.56 | $30,280 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 190 | $9.23 | $19,200 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 190 | $14.42 | $29,990 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 190 | Not available | Not available |
| Social and community service managers | 190 | $25.37 | $52,760 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 190 | Not available | $46,390 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 190 | $11.36 | $23,620 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 190 | Not available | $31,350 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 190 | $23.95 | $49,820 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval | 180 | $33.37 | $69,410 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | 180 | $20.26 | $42,130 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 180 | $14.53 | $30,220 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 180 | $16.88 | $35,110 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 180 | $21.66 | $45,060 |
| Managers, all other | 180 | $38.69 | $80,470 |
| Mechanical engineers | 180 | $31.69 | $65,920 |
| Printing machine operators | 180 | $15.29 | $31,810 |
| Upholsterers | 180 | $10.67 | $22,200 |
| All other information and record clerks | 170 | $17.57 | $36,550 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 170 | $11.13 | $23,140 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 170 | $15.94 | $33,150 |
| Database administrators | 170 | $26.08 | $54,240 |
| Food service managers | 170 | $23.73 | $49,360 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 170 | $22.40 | $46,590 |
| Industrial production managers | 170 | $39.55 | $82,270 |
| Interpreters and translators | 170 | Not available | Not available |
| Sheet metal workers | 170 | $18.15 | $37,750 |
| Special education teachers, middle school | 170 | Not available | $46,830 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 170 | $10.49 | $21,830 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | 170 | $13.08 | $27,210 |
| Computer specialists, all other | 160 | Not available | Not available |
| Editors | 160 | $21.36 | $44,430 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers | 160 | $12.22 | $25,410 |
| Health specialties teachers, postsecondary | 160 | Not available | $70,580 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 160 | $15.04 | $31,290 |
| Librarians | 160 | $23.92 | $49,760 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 160 | $11.59 | $24,110 |
| Mechanical drafters | 160 | $18.62 | $38,730 |
| Personal financial advisors | 160 | $35.40 | $73,640 |
| Roofers | 160 | $13.79 | $28,690 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 150 | $21.64 | $45,010 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity | 150 | Not available | Not available |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | 150 | $20.41 | $42,460 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 150 | Not available | $47,200 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 150 | $14.93 | $31,050 |
| Mental health counselors | 150 | $17.87 | $37,180 |
| Physician assistants | 150 | $42.94 | $89,310 |
| Reporters and correspondents | 150 | $10.07 | $20,940 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 150 | $25.25 | $52,510 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | 150 | $16.73 | $34,800 |
| Chemists | 140 | $24.22 | $50,380 |
| Construction and related workers, all other | 140 | Not available | Not available |
| Electronics engineers, except computer | 140 | $33.77 | $70,240 |
| Family and general practitioners | 140 | $88.94 | $185,000 |
| Marketing managers | 140 | $41.08 | $85,440 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 140 | $15.75 | $32,750 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 140 | $16.05 | $33,390 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 130 | $17.68 | $36,770 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 130 | $12.46 | $25,910 |
| Engineering managers | 130 | $45.55 | $94,730 |
| Massage therapists | 130 | Not available | Not available |
| Chefs and head cooks | 120 | $15.72 | $32,690 |
| Dentists, general | 120 | $83.23 | $173,120 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 120 | $23.49 | $48,850 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 120 | $20.21 | $42,030 |
| Parking lot attendants | 120 | $8.05 | $16,750 |
| Physical therapist aides | 120 | $9.34 | $19,420 |
| Procurement clerks | 120 | $15.57 | $32,380 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | 120 | $14.27 | $29,670 |
| Bakers | 110 | $11.75 | $24,440 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 110 | $27.76 | $57,750 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 110 | $14.52 | $30,200 |
| Credit analysts | 110 | $24.44 | $50,830 |
| Dental laboratory technicians | 110 | $17.42 | $36,240 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 110 | Not available | $89,870 |
| Environmental engineers | 110 | $31.13 | $64,740 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators | 110 | $15.04 | $31,280 |
| Job printers | 110 | $17.05 | $35,470 |
| Library technicians | 110 | $14.21 | $29,560 |
| Occupational therapists | 110 | $32.90 | $68,440 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 110 | $13.01 | $27,050 |
| Public relations managers | 110 | $34.20 | $71,140 |
| Word processors and typists | 110 | $13.67 | $28,430 |
| Advertising and promotions managers | 100 | $31.42 | $65,340 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary | 100 | Not available | Not available |
| Technical writers | 100 | $20.36 | $42,360 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 100 | $34.82 | $72,420 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks | 90 | $13.27 | $27,590 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | 90 | $21.80 | $45,350 |
| Etchers and engravers | 90 | $12.93 | $26,880 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 90 | $17.22 | $35,820 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 90 | $15.00 | $31,190 |
| Instructional coordinators | 90 | $24.26 | $50,450 |
| Legislators | 90 | Not available | $14,480 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials | 90 | $9.07 | $18,870 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 90 | $22.06 | $45,880 |
| Veterinarians | 90 | $31.36 | $65,240 |
| Broadcast technicians | 80 | $19.45 | $40,460 |
| Brokerage clerks | 80 | $17.21 | $35,800 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters | 80 | $10.01 | $20,820 |
| Financial analysts | 80 | $26.87 | $55,890 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 80 | $21.13 | $43,950 |
| New accounts clerks | 80 | $14.43 | $30,020 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | 80 | $20.65 | $42,960 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 80 | $16.41 | $34,130 |
| Radio and television announcers | 80 | $12.52 | $26,030 |
| Real estate sales agents | 80 | Not available | Not available |
| Service station attendants | 80 | $8.00 | $16,640 |
| Writers and authors | 80 | $22.94 | $47,710 |
| Actuaries | 70 | $38.42 | $79,910 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | 70 | $23.35 | $48,580 |
| Budget analysts | 70 | $25.76 | $53,590 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 70 | $22.93 | $47,700 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 70 | $14.59 | $30,350 |
| Law clerks | 70 | $17.52 | $36,440 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 70 | $10.89 | $22,650 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 70 | $16.81 | $34,970 |
| Medical equipment preparers | 70 | $13.95 | $29,010 |
| Photographers | 70 | $12.12 | $25,220 |
| Postal service clerks | 70 | Not available | Not available |
| Producers and directors | 70 | $18.58 | $38,650 |
| Sales and related workers, all other | 70 | $17.07 | $35,510 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators | 70 | $17.77 | $36,970 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 70 | Not available | $48,900 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 70 | $18.22 | $37,900 |
| Anesthesiologists | 60 | $91.49 | $190,310 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians | 60 | $13.78 | $28,660 |
| Chemical technicians | 60 | $15.40 | $32,030 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 60 | $17.07 | $35,500 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | 60 | $10.69 | $22,240 |
| Financial specialists, all other | 60 | $25.16 | $52,330 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers | 60 | $16.06 | $33,400 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 60 | Not available | Not available |
| Floral designers | 60 | $12.21 | $25,390 |
| Food batchmakers | 60 | $12.54 | $26,080 |
| Gaming and sports book writers and runners | 60 | $7.71 | $16,050 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | 60 | $7.51 | $15,620 |
| Logisticians | 60 | $32.06 | $66,680 |
| Office machine operators, except computer | 60 | $10.45 | $21,740 |
| Pest control workers | 60 | $18.39 | $38,260 |
| Prepress technicians and workers | 60 | $16.44 | $34,190 |
| Purchasing managers | 60 | $35.81 | $74,490 |
| Recreational therapists | 60 | $16.07 | $33,430 |
| Sewing machine operators | 60 | $11.04 | $22,970 |
| Slaughterers and meat packers | 60 | $13.27 | $27,600 |
| Soil and plant scientists | 60 | Not available | Not available |
| Surgeons | 60 | $100.53 | $209,110 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 60 | $17.85 | $37,130 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers | 60 | $17.87 | $37,170 |
| Art directors | 50 | $28.52 | $59,330 |
| Cartographers and photogrammetrists | 50 | $25.07 | $52,150 |
| Compensation and benefits managers | 50 | $39.63 | $82,430 |
| Desktop publishers | 50 | $15.05 | $31,290 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators | 50 | $28.09 | $58,430 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | 50 | $16.46 | $34,240 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers | 50 | $13.39 | $27,850 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers | 50 | $12.99 | $27,030 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 50 | $11.04 | $22,970 |
| Human resources managers, all other | 50 | $35.28 | $73,380 |
| Industrial engineering technicians | 50 | $20.10 | $41,810 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other | 50 | $18.25 | $37,970 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians | 50 | $24.00 | $49,920 |
| Meeting and convention planners | 50 | $15.67 | $32,590 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders | 50 | $13.09 | $27,230 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 50 | $12.51 | $26,020 |
| Agricultural inspectors | 40 | $19.58 | $40,720 |
| Chiropractors | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Commercial pilots | 40 | Not available | $96,620 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 40 | $15.13 | $31,470 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters | 40 | $23.36 | $48,580 |
| Emergency management specialists | 40 | $22.47 | $46,730 |
| Engineers, all other | 40 | $20.76 | $43,190 |
| Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other | 40 | $9.62 | $20,010 |
| Funeral attendants | 40 | $9.76 | $20,300 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 40 | $13.70 | $28,500 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other | 40 | $9.52 | $19,800 |
| Home appliance repairers | 40 | $17.16 | $35,700 |
| Interior designers | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 40 | $15.80 | $32,870 |
| Loan counselors | 40 | $22.20 | $46,180 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers | 40 | $13.58 | $28,250 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | 40 | $16.30 | $33,910 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 40 | $24.19 | $50,320 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders | 40 | $15.81 | $32,880 |
| Statistical assistants | 40 | $14.85 | $30,880 |
| Surveyors | 40 | $24.71 | $51,390 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers | 40 | $10.56 | $21,960 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers | 40 | $7.13 | $14,830 |
| Drafters, all other | 30 | $19.76 | $41,100 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other | 30 | $20.67 | $42,990 |
| Farm equipment mechanics | 30 | $14.61 | $30,380 |
| Lodging managers | 30 | $20.70 | $43,050 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 30 | $21.00 | $43,680 |
| Real estate brokers | 30 | $35.81 | $74,490 |
| Agricultural and food science technicians | Not available | $16.41 | $34,130 |
| Agricultural engineers | Not available | $26.65 | $55,430 |
| Bicycle repairers | Not available | $10.31 | $21,440 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders | Not available | $12.56 | $26,130 |
| Economists | Not available | $44.92 | $93,420 |
| Environmental engineering technicians | Not available | $26.18 | $54,450 |
| Food scientists and technologists | Not available | $22.30 | $46,390 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | Not available | $13.22 | $27,500 |
| Helpers--carpenters | Not available | $10.33 | $21,480 |
| Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers | Not available | $13.77 | $28,650 |
| Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants | Not available | $9.40 | $19,550 |
| Medical equipment repairers | Not available | $23.49 | $48,850 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers | Not available | $9.82 | $20,420 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other | Not available | $12.00 | $24,960 |
| Occupational therapist assistants | Not available | $16.99 | $35,350 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics | Not available | $11.25 | $23,400 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation | Not available | $11.72 | $24,380 |
| Photographic process workers | Not available | $12.92 | $26,880 |
| Pipelayers | Not available | $12.65 | $26,300 |
| Radiation therapists | Not available | $31.76 | $66,050 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks | Not available | $11.53 | $23,980 |
| Residential advisors | Not available | $11.51 | $23,940 |
| Riggers | Not available | $15.01 | $31,220 |
| Structural iron and steel workers | Not available | $13.54 | $28,170 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | Not available | $21.00 | $43,680 |
| Telephone operators | Not available | $14.37 | $29,890 |
| Tire repairers and changers | Not available | $11.21 | $23,320 |
| Travel agents | Not available | $12.02 | $24,990 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | Not available | $10.90 | $22,660 |
