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, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
180 |
$16.88 |
$35,110 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
180 |
$14.53 |
$30,220 |
| 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, construction trades, all other |
40 |
$9.52 |
$19,800 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
40 |
$13.70 |
$28,500 |
| 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 |
