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 |
336,690 |
$17.89 |
$37,210 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
62,060 |
$14.11 |
$29,340 |
| Sales and related occupations |
36,240 |
$15.74 |
$32,740 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
27,420 |
$8.69 |
$18,070 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
26,950 |
$13.53 |
$28,130 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
24,420 |
$30.41 |
$63,260 |
| Production occupations |
19,870 |
$14.61 |
$30,390 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
17,210 |
$21.36 |
$44,440 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
15,070 |
$16.86 |
$35,070 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
14,870 |
$25.30 |
$52,630 |
| Management occupations |
14,170 |
$40.31 |
$83,840 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
13,810 |
$18.09 |
$37,630 |
| Retail salespersons |
11,450 |
$10.57 |
$21,980 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
11,230 |
$9.90 |
$20,590 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
10,100 |
$10.96 |
$22,790 |
| Registered nurses |
9,300 |
$29.86 |
$62,100 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
8,740 |
$27.85 |
$57,930 |
| Protective service occupations |
7,930 |
$15.71 |
$32,680 |
| Customer service representatives |
7,710 |
$14.68 |
$30,540 |
| Cashiers |
7,370 |
$8.37 |
$17,410 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
7,300 |
$16.59 |
$34,510 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
7,000 |
$9.21 |
$19,160 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
6,980 |
$10.38 |
$21,590 |
| Office clerks, general |
6,240 |
$10.82 |
$22,510 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
6,020 |
$8.06 |
$16,770 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
5,560 |
$7.48 |
$15,560 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
5,410 |
$14.97 |
$31,130 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
5,320 |
$10.29 |
$21,410 |
| Community and social services occupations |
5,080 |
$17.61 |
$36,620 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
4,960 |
$9.35 |
$19,440 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
4,850 |
$27.20 |
$56,590 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
4,660 |
$12.67 |
$26,350 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
4,610 |
$10.20 |
$21,210 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
4,540 |
$20.54 |
$42,720 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
4,320 |
$29.97 |
$62,330 |
| General and operations managers |
3,810 |
$47.61 |
$99,040 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
3,620 |
$19.14 |
$39,820 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
3,550 |
$17.65 |
$36,700 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
3,130 |
$23.38 |
$48,640 |
| Security guards |
3,110 |
$11.41 |
$23,730 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
3,070 |
$16.42 |
$34,150 |
| Legal occupations |
2,980 |
$34.87 |
$72,530 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
2,970 |
$17.79 |
$37,000 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
2,950 |
$8.11 |
$16,860 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
2,670 |
Not available |
$48,000 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
2,630 |
$10.72 |
$22,300 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
2,620 |
$27.34 |
$56,870 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
2,540 |
$14.96 |
$31,130 |
| Team assemblers |
2,520 |
$13.45 |
$27,970 |
| Cooks, fast food |
2,470 |
$7.41 |
$15,420 |
| Teacher assistants |
2,320 |
Not available |
$19,240 |
| Food preparation workers |
2,300 |
$8.61 |
$17,910 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
2,290 |
Not available |
$44,030 |
| Accountants and auditors |
2,270 |
$26.19 |
$54,470 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
2,240 |
$12.84 |
$26,700 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
2,110 |
$10.53 |
$21,900 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
2,070 |
$10.82 |
$22,520 |
| Child care workers |
1,940 |
$7.70 |
$16,020 |
| Social and human service assistants |
1,910 |
$11.49 |
$23,900 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
1,850 |
$8.52 |
$17,730 |
| Construction laborers |
1,840 |
$11.55 |
$24,030 |
| Carpenters |
1,810 |
$16.16 |
$33,610 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
1,780 |
$12.59 |
$26,180 |
| Computer programmers |
1,770 |
$31.56 |
$65,640 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
1,770 |
$19.74 |
$41,050 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
1,760 |
$11.31 |
$23,520 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
1,700 |
$62.91 |
$130,850 |
| Personal and home care aides |
1,690 |
$8.19 |
$17,020 |
| Tellers |
1,670 |
$10.60 |
$22,050 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
1,640 |
$17.43 |
$36,240 |
| Home health aides |
1,600 |
$9.19 |
$19,110 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
1,590 |
$13.07 |
$27,190 |
| Helpers--production workers |
1,560 |
$11.42 |
$23,750 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
1,550 |
$25.40 |
$52,830 |
| Bus drivers, school |
1,500 |
$10.98 |
$22,850 |
| Computer systems analysts |
1,490 |
$29.66 |
$61,700 |
| Computer support specialists |
1,460 |
$19.11 |
$39,740 |
| Lawyers |
1,460 |
$49.21 |
$102,370 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
1,450 |
$9.66 |
$20,090 |
| Electricians |
1,330 |
$18.01 |
$37,460 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other |
1,330 |
Not available |
$84,560 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
1,310 |
$24.51 |
$50,990 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
1,290 |
$22.56 |
$46,910 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
1,280 |
$13.29 |
$27,650 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
1,270 |
Not available |
$45,750 |
| Telemarketers |
1,270 |
$9.87 |
$20,540 |
| Driver/sales workers |
1,220 |
$10.42 |
$21,680 |
| All other information and record clerks |
1,190 |
$15.80 |
$32,870 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
1,170 |
$15.23 |
$31,670 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
1,170 |
$10.99 |
$22,860 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
1,160 |
$9.54 |
$19,840 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
1,150 |
$18.69 |
$38,870 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
1,150 |
$23.10 |
$48,050 |
| Dishwashers |
1,120 |
$8.19 |
$17,040 |
| Bill and account collectors |
1,110 |
$13.71 |
$28,520 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
1,100 |
$13.51 |
$28,090 |
| Financial managers |
1,090 |
$41.29 |
$85,890 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
1,090 |
Not available |
$45,540 |
| Administrative services managers |
1,060 |
$34.29 |
$71,330 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
1,040 |
$16.33 |
$33,970 |
| Management analysts |
1,030 |
$29.47 |
$61,300 |
| Managers, all other |
1,020 |
$31.77 |
$66,090 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
1,000 |
$7.63 |
$15,870 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
970 |
$19.62 |
$40,820 |
| Pharmacists |
950 |
$44.28 |
$92,110 |
| Medical secretaries |
940 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
930 |
$33.32 |
$69,310 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
920 |
$15.25 |
$31,730 |
| Parts salespersons |
910 |
$14.35 |
$29,850 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
900 |
$32.76 |
$68,150 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
880 |
$16.00 |
$33,270 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
870 |
$24.41 |
$50,780 |
| Insurance sales agents |
870 |
$29.93 |
$62,260 |
| Fire fighters |
860 |
$18.44 |
$38,360 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
860 |
$11.73 |
$24,390 |
| Loan officers |
850 |
$29.09 |
$60,510 |
| Medical assistants |
810 |
$12.74 |
$26,500 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
790 |
$22.29 |
$46,370 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
790 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
780 |
$15.76 |
$32,790 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
770 |
$22.87 |
$47,580 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
770 |
$24.80 |
$51,580 |
| Training and development specialists |
770 |
$21.09 |
$43,880 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
760 |
$8.00 |
$16,650 |
| Sales managers |
750 |
$49.65 |
$103,260 |
| Cooks, short order |
740 |
$9.16 |
$19,050 |
| Medical and health services managers |
740 |
$36.43 |
$75,770 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
730 |
$32.37 |
$67,320 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
710 |
$19.79 |
$41,170 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
710 |
$23.23 |
$48,310 |
| Civil engineers |
690 |
$37.82 |
$78,670 |
| Data entry keyers |
690 |
$12.04 |
$25,040 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
680 |
$29.58 |
$61,520 |
| Correctional officers and jailers |
670 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
660 |
$19.83 |
$41,240 |
| Machinists |
660 |
$17.00 |
$35,360 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
650 |
$8.91 |
$18,540 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
640 |
$13.29 |
$27,640 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
630 |
$17.48 |
$36,370 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
630 |
$18.80 |
$39,090 |
| Dental assistants |
620 |
$13.94 |
$28,990 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
620 |
$8.60 |
$17,890 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
610 |
$26.85 |
$55,850 |
| Sheet metal workers |
600 |
$15.90 |
$33,070 |
| Chief executives |
590 |
$74.00 |
$153,920 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
580 |
$15.62 |
$32,480 |
| Food service managers |
580 |
$23.66 |
$49,200 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
580 |
$19.03 |
$39,570 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
570 |
$13.41 |
$27,890 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
570 |
$12.85 |
$26,730 |
| Order clerks |
570 |
$12.09 |
$25,140 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
570 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Public relations specialists |
570 |
$25.84 |
$53,760 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
560 |
$18.27 |
$38,010 |
| Legal secretaries |
560 |
$15.78 |
$32,820 |
| Physical therapists |
550 |
$32.85 |
$68,330 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
550 |
$21.55 |
$44,830 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
550 |
$30.63 |
$63,710 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
540 |
$23.66 |
$49,220 |
| File clerks |
540 |
$10.16 |
$21,130 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
540 |
$11.56 |
$24,040 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
530 |
$13.72 |
$28,550 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
530 |
$7.95 |
$16,530 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
530 |
$8.39 |
$17,440 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders |
530 |
$13.77 |
$28,640 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
530 |
$21.18 |
$44,060 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
510 |
$46.72 |
$97,170 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
510 |
Not available |
$44,360 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
510 |
$14.97 |
$31,130 |
| Recreation workers |
510 |
$10.35 |
$21,520 |
| Respiratory therapists |
510 |
$24.66 |
$51,290 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents |
510 |
$22.29 |
$46,370 |
| Database administrators |
500 |
$34.12 |
$70,960 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
500 |
$15.19 |
$31,590 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
500 |
$15.61 |
$32,480 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
490 |
$15.24 |
$31,690 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
490 |
Not available |
$73,050 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
490 |
$10.93 |
$22,730 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
490 |
$15.11 |
$31,430 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
490 |
$22.88 |
$47,590 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
480 |
$16.21 |
$33,720 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
480 |
$17.44 |
$36,270 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
480 |
$11.47 |
$23,860 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
480 |
$11.62 |
$24,180 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
470 |
$14.01 |
$29,150 |
| Production workers, all other |
470 |
$15.01 |
$31,230 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
470 |
$37.90 |
$78,830 |
| Commercial pilots |
460 |
Not available |
$71,540 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
460 |
$15.53 |
$32,290 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
450 |
$25.42 |
$52,870 |
| Printing machine operators |
450 |
$15.46 |
$32,150 |
| Advertising sales agents |
440 |
$20.66 |
$42,970 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
440 |
$14.26 |
$29,670 |
| Surgical technologists |
440 |
$16.29 |
$33,880 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
440 |
$27.20 |
$56,580 |
| Bartenders |
430 |
$9.65 |
$20,080 |
| Construction managers |
430 |
$30.18 |
$62,760 |
| Dental hygienists |
430 |
$27.84 |
$57,910 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
410 |
$19.07 |
$39,670 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
400 |
$13.48 |
$28,040 |
| Cost estimators |
390 |
$25.49 |
$53,030 |
| Social and community service managers |
390 |
$26.89 |
$55,920 |
| Coaches and scouts |
380 |
Not available |
$33,340 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other |
380 |
$16.59 |
$34,510 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
380 |
Not available |
$50,270 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
370 |
$17.89 |
$37,200 |
| Graphic designers |
370 |
$19.88 |
$41,350 |
| Occupational therapists |
370 |
$32.77 |
$68,160 |
| Psychiatric technicians |
370 |
$11.51 |
$23,940 |
| Real estate sales agents |
370 |
$21.06 |
$43,800 |
| Service station attendants |
370 |
$9.24 |
$19,220 |
| Broadcast technicians |
360 |
$11.11 |
$23,110 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
360 |
$9.69 |
$20,150 |
| Economists |
360 |
$21.74 |
$45,210 |
| Librarians |
360 |
$25.09 |
$52,180 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other |
360 |
$8.63 |
$17,940 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
350 |
$33.03 |
$68,700 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
350 |
$11.24 |
$23,390 |
| Avionics technicians |
340 |
$18.28 |
$38,020 |
| Computer specialists, all other |
340 |
$29.88 |
$62,140 |
| Library technicians |
340 |
$12.15 |
$25,260 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
340 |
$23.60 |
$49,090 |
| Personal financial advisors |
340 |
$34.02 |
$70,760 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers |
330 |
$11.51 |
$23,950 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
320 |
$18.32 |
$38,110 |
| Couriers and messengers |
320 |
$11.40 |
$23,720 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
320 |
$17.27 |
$35,930 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
320 |
$22.50 |
$46,810 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
320 |
$9.15 |
$19,020 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians |
310 |
$22.67 |
$47,160 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
310 |
$28.73 |
$59,750 |
| Financial analysts |
310 |
$30.06 |
$62,520 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
310 |
$26.21 |
$54,510 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other |
310 |
$19.74 |
$41,050 |
| Computer operators |
300 |
$15.69 |
$32,640 |
| Insurance underwriters |
290 |
$21.96 |
$45,670 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
290 |
$14.42 |
$30,000 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
290 |
$15.65 |
$32,540 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
290 |
$14.47 |
$30,100 |
| Pest control workers |
290 |
$13.02 |
$27,090 |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
290 |
$16.29 |
$33,880 |
| Social workers, all other |
290 |
$23.25 |
$48,370 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
290 |
$13.78 |
$28,670 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers |
290 |
$8.62 |
$17,920 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary |
290 |
$25.42 |
$52,860 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
290 |
$15.49 |
$32,230 |
| Industrial engineers |
280 |
$30.70 |
$63,860 |
| Market research analysts |
280 |
$27.52 |
$57,240 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
280 |
$17.14 |
$35,640 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
280 |
$13.29 |
$27,650 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers |
280 |
$16.20 |
$33,700 |
| Word processors and typists |
280 |
$13.00 |
$27,050 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
270 |
$21.18 |
$44,040 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
270 |
$32.80 |
$68,220 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators |
270 |
$13.86 |
$28,840 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
270 |
$18.95 |
$39,410 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
270 |
$10.80 |
$22,470 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
270 |
$7.50 |
$15,600 |
| Mechanical engineers |
270 |
$41.29 |
$85,880 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
270 |
$15.43 |
$32,080 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
270 |
$20.06 |
$41,730 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators |
260 |
$24.09 |
$50,100 |
| Structural iron and steel workers |
260 |
$16.98 |
$35,310 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
260 |
$9.07 |
$18,860 |
| Helpers--carpenters |
250 |
$11.55 |
$24,030 |
| Painters, transportation equipment |
250 |
$17.41 |
$36,210 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
250 |
Not available |
$45,600 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
240 |
$12.77 |
$26,570 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists |
240 |
$25.67 |
$53,390 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
230 |
$20.49 |
$42,630 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
230 |
$13.14 |
$27,340 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs |
230 |
$15.13 |
$31,460 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
230 |
$21.68 |
$45,100 |
| Meter readers, utilities |
230 |
$10.95 |
$22,770 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
230 |
$14.24 |
$29,610 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
230 |
$14.34 |
$29,830 |
| Residential advisors |
230 |
$10.91 |
$22,680 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
230 |
$17.19 |
$35,750 |
| Sewing machine operators |
230 |
$10.94 |
$22,760 |
| Bakers |
220 |
$8.64 |
$17,980 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other |
220 |
$20.79 |
$43,250 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
220 |
$15.11 |
$31,420 |
| Helpers--electricians |
220 |
$12.47 |
$25,940 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
220 |
$11.47 |
$23,850 |
| Marketing managers |
220 |
$47.35 |
$98,490 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers |
220 |
$15.56 |
$32,360 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
220 |
$10.79 |
$22,440 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
220 |
$33.04 |
$68,730 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors |
210 |
$23.79 |
$49,480 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
210 |
$14.38 |
$29,910 |
| Editors |
210 |
$21.84 |
$45,430 |
| Family and general practitioners |
210 |
$78.82 |
$163,940 |
| Fiberglass laminators and fabricators |
210 |
$12.32 |
$25,630 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
210 |
$28.86 |
$60,020 |
| Industrial production managers |
210 |
$37.28 |
$77,540 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
210 |
$9.67 |
$20,110 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials |
210 |
$9.49 |
$19,730 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary |
200 |
Not available |
$41,690 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
200 |
$13.79 |
$28,690 |
| Construction and related workers, all other |
200 |
$13.74 |
$28,580 |
| Dentists, general |
200 |
$95.84 |
$199,350 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
200 |
$22.06 |
$45,870 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
200 |
$23.27 |
$48,400 |
| Engineering managers |
200 |
$49.62 |
$103,210 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other |
200 |
$18.53 |
$38,530 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters |
200 |
$11.58 |
$24,080 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary |
200 |
Not available |
$54,510 |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists |
200 |
$16.63 |
$34,590 |
| Upholsterers |
200 |
$14.76 |
$30,690 |
| Brokerage clerks |
190 |
$17.42 |
$36,240 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
190 |
$19.93 |
$41,460 |
| Postal service clerks |
190 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Procurement clerks |
190 |
$17.04 |
$35,450 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
190 |
$14.66 |
$30,500 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
180 |
$21.68 |
$45,100 |
| Budget analysts |
180 |
$26.94 |
$56,030 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity |
180 |
$17.89 |
$37,200 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders |
180 |
$14.24 |
$29,610 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
180 |
$24.10 |
$50,120 |
| Pharmacy aides |
180 |
$8.79 |
$18,280 |
| Physical therapist aides |
180 |
$9.22 |
$19,170 |
| Roofers |
180 |
$16.82 |
$34,980 |
| Tax preparers |
180 |
$10.86 |
$22,600 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
170 |
$12.83 |
$26,680 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
170 |
$12.27 |
$25,520 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary |
170 |
$53.27 |
$110,800 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
170 |
$14.15 |
$29,430 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
170 |
$11.92 |
$24,790 |
| Instructional coordinators |
170 |
$27.84 |
$57,900 |
| Law clerks |
170 |
$18.25 |
$37,950 |
| Tool and die makers |
170 |
$22.83 |
$47,490 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
160 |
$13.34 |
$27,740 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
160 |
$16.33 |
$33,960 |
| Legislators |
160 |
Not available |
$38,340 |
| Medical equipment repairers |
160 |
$19.50 |
$40,560 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other |
160 |
$12.27 |
$25,520 |
| Psychiatric aides |
160 |
$12.00 |
$24,950 |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
160 |
Not available |
$50,670 |
| Surveyors |
160 |
$25.73 |
$53,510 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school |
160 |
Not available |
$51,980 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
160 |
$13.10 |
$27,260 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters |
150 |
$24.83 |
$51,650 |
| Financial examiners |
150 |
$29.73 |
$61,830 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers |
150 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
150 |
$26.18 |
$54,440 |
| Producers and directors |
150 |
$21.34 |
$44,390 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators |
150 |
$18.23 |
$37,920 |
| Surgeons |
150 |
More than $70 |
More than $145,600 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
140 |
$8.55 |
$17,780 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
140 |
$50.36 |
$104,750 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary |
140 |
Not available |
$65,080 |
| Credit analysts |
140 |
$26.51 |
$55,150 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
140 |
$11.80 |
$24,550 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
140 |
$20.47 |
$42,580 |
| Purchasing managers |
140 |
$38.64 |
$80,380 |
| Veterinarians |
140 |
$28.59 |
$59,470 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
130 |
$16.85 |
$35,060 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks |
130 |
$17.72 |
$36,860 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program |
130 |
$16.32 |
$33,940 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
130 |
Not available |
$51,970 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
130 |
$16.73 |
$34,790 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
130 |
$36.96 |
$76,870 |
| Mental health counselors |
130 |
$21.26 |
$44,230 |
| New accounts clerks |
130 |
$13.24 |
$27,540 |
| Operations research analysts |
130 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators |
130 |
$13.98 |
$29,070 |
| Photographers |
130 |
$12.44 |
$25,870 |
| Pipelayers |
130 |
$16.59 |
$34,520 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
130 |
$18.75 |
$39,010 |
| Dietetic technicians |
120 |
$11.87 |
$24,680 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
120 |
$21.50 |
$44,730 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
120 |
$13.98 |
$29,080 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand |
120 |
$10.28 |
$21,380 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
120 |
$15.30 |
$31,820 |
| Advertising and promotions managers |
110 |
$40.75 |
$84,760 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians |
110 |
$15.04 |
$31,270 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops |
110 |
$8.23 |
$17,120 |
| Chemists |
110 |
$26.95 |
$56,060 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door |
110 |
$19.06 |
$39,650 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers |
110 |
$16.48 |
$34,280 |
| Electrical engineers |
110 |
$36.95 |
$76,850 |
| Environmental engineers |
110 |
$30.33 |
$63,090 |
| Helpers--roofers |
110 |
$11.24 |
$23,380 |
| Medical appliance technicians |
110 |
$15.14 |
$31,500 |
| Real estate brokers |
110 |
$40.30 |
$83,830 |
| Reporters and correspondents |
110 |
$20.29 |
$42,210 |
| Training and development managers |
110 |
$36.59 |
$76,110 |
| Vocational education teachers, middle school |
110 |
Not available |
$50,700 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
110 |
$14.77 |
$30,730 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians |
100 |
$24.74 |
$51,460 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other |
100 |
$27.39 |
$56,980 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
100 |
$21.06 |
$43,810 |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other |
100 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Health educators |
100 |
$24.33 |
$50,600 |
| Interior designers |
100 |
$21.65 |
$45,040 |
| Job printers |
100 |
$15.18 |
$31,580 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
100 |
$8.24 |
$17,140 |
| Mechanical drafters |
100 |
$19.63 |
$40,820 |
| Animal control workers |
90 |
$13.08 |
$27,210 |
| Art directors |
90 |
$24.58 |
$51,120 |
| Bindery workers |
90 |
$15.70 |
$32,660 |
| Cartographers and photogrammetrists |
90 |
$22.51 |
$46,830 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers |
90 |
$11.53 |
$23,990 |
| Food batchmakers |
90 |
$11.19 |
$23,270 |
| Insurance appraisers, auto damage |
90 |
$23.98 |
$49,870 |
| Lodging managers |
90 |
$20.02 |
$41,650 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary |
90 |
Not available |
$53,610 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists |
90 |
$31.50 |
$65,510 |
| Photographic processing machine operators |
90 |
$9.87 |
$20,540 |
| Public relations managers |
90 |
$31.91 |
$66,380 |
| Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
90 |
$14.21 |
$29,570 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors |
90 |
$15.82 |
$32,910 |
| Transportation inspectors |
90 |
$26.81 |
$55,760 |
| Travel agents |
90 |
$12.95 |
$26,930 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
90 |
$15.36 |
$31,950 |
| Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders |
80 |
$12.60 |
$26,200 |
| Computer hardware engineers |
80 |
$42.18 |
$87,740 |
| Floral designers |
80 |
$11.80 |
$24,550 |
| Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons |
80 |
$12.08 |
$25,120 |
| Interpreters and translators |
80 |
$39.27 |
$81,670 |
| Respiratory therapy technicians |
80 |
$14.54 |
$30,250 |
| Tile and marble setters |
80 |
$17.08 |
$35,530 |
| Tire builders |
80 |
$11.95 |
$24,860 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary |
70 |
Not available |
$55,970 |
| Compensation and benefits managers |
70 |
$36.63 |
$76,200 |
| Dental laboratory technicians |
70 |
$17.41 |
$36,210 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders |
70 |
$10.28 |
$21,380 |
| Health specialties teachers, postsecondary |
70 |
Not available |
$60,940 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
70 |
$13.86 |
$28,820 |
| Loan counselors |
70 |
$22.44 |
$46,670 |
| Mechanical door repairers |
70 |
$16.12 |
$33,520 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers |
70 |
$14.30 |
$29,750 |
| Millwrights |
70 |
$16.02 |
$33,310 |
| Photographic process workers |
70 |
$10.37 |
$21,580 |
| Recreational therapists |
70 |
$22.45 |
$46,690 |
| Sales engineers |
70 |
$35.15 |
$73,120 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers |
70 |
$11.20 |
$23,290 |
| Technical writers |
70 |
$25.60 |
$53,250 |
| Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
70 |
$14.22 |
$29,570 |
| Therapists, all other |
70 |
$21.85 |
$45,450 |
| Urban and regional planners |
70 |
$21.30 |
$44,300 |
| Aerospace engineers |
60 |
$32.64 |
$67,890 |
| Chemical technicians |
60 |
$15.20 |
$31,630 |
| Clergy |
60 |
$20.78 |
$43,220 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
60 |
$20.30 |
$42,220 |
| History teachers, postsecondary |
60 |
Not available |
$53,620 |
| Medical equipment preparers |
60 |
$11.72 |
$24,380 |
| Parking lot attendants |
60 |
$9.27 |
$19,290 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary |
60 |
Not available |
$53,260 |
| Tapers |
60 |
$14.25 |
$29,640 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers |
50 |
$14.80 |
$30,780 |
| Emergency management specialists |
50 |
$21.78 |
$45,300 |
| Farm equipment mechanics |
50 |
$13.82 |
$28,740 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers |
50 |
$25.34 |
$52,720 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers |
50 |
$19.57 |
$40,710 |
| Industrial engineering technicians |
50 |
$20.34 |
$42,300 |
| Landscape architects |
50 |
$19.61 |
$40,800 |
| Legal support workers, all other |
50 |
$21.32 |
$44,350 |
| Natural sciences managers |
50 |
$44.69 |
$92,950 |
| Postmasters and mail superintendents |
50 |
$31.78 |
$66,110 |
| Private detectives and investigators |
50 |
$18.44 |
$38,360 |
| Religious workers, all other |
50 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Social scientists and related workers, all other |
50 |
$30.56 |
$63,560 |
| Writers and authors |
50 |
$22.78 |
$47,390 |
| Zoologists and wildlife biologists |
50 |
$22.21 |
$46,190 |
| Athletes and sports competitors |
40 |
Not available |
$20,890 |
| Athletic trainers |
40 |
Not available |
$38,160 |
| Bailiffs |
40 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
Not available |
$86,150 |
| Crossing guards |
40 |
$7.78 |
$16,190 |
| Dentists, all other specialists |
40 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Education administrators, all other |
40 |
$36.18 |
$75,250 |
| Environmental engineering technicians |
40 |
$14.81 |
$30,800 |
| Fallers |
40 |
$17.26 |
$35,900 |
| Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
Not available |
$55,370 |
| Foresters |
40 |
$21.25 |
$44,200 |
| Logging equipment operators |
40 |
$16.51 |
$34,340 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic |
40 |
$13.26 |
$27,580 |
| Occupational health and safety technicians |
40 |
$17.31 |
$36,000 |
| Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
Not available |
$58,030 |
| Reinforcing iron and rebar workers |
40 |
$16.72 |
$34,780 |
| Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators |
30 |
$20.64 |
$42,940 |
| Chemistry teachers, postsecondary |
30 |
Not available |
$59,630 |
| Economics teachers, postsecondary |
30 |
Not available |
$63,290 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay |
30 |
$21.90 |
$45,560 |
| Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters |
30 |
$17.03 |
$35,420 |
| Massage therapists |
30 |
$17.99 |
$37,410 |
| Media and communication workers, all other |
30 |
$15.57 |
$32,390 |
| Meeting and convention planners |
30 |
$20.35 |
$42,330 |
| Physician assistants |
30 |
$20.29 |
$42,200 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks |
30 |
$16.30 |
$33,900 |
| Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners |
30 |
$15.61 |
$32,460 |
| Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers |
Not available |
$23.90 |
$49,710 |
| Automotive glass installers and repairers |
Not available |
$13.77 |
$28,650 |
| Bookbinders |
Not available |
$18.40 |
$38,270 |
| Cargo and freight agents |
Not available |
$20.45 |
$42,540 |
| Chiropractors |
Not available |
$65.42 |
$136,070 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
Not available |
$23.06 |
$47,970 |
| Crane and tower operators |
Not available |
$16.46 |
$34,240 |
| Desktop publishers |
Not available |
$14.65 |
$30,470 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers |
Not available |
$13.80 |
$28,710 |
| Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles |
Not available |
$12.39 |
$25,760 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health |
Not available |
$16.97 |
$35,300 |
| Farm and home management advisors |
Not available |
$32.14 |
$66,840 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse |
Not available |
$14.92 |
$31,020 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals |
Not available |
$8.53 |
$17,740 |
| Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders |
Not available |
$13.01 |
$27,050 |
| Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders |
Not available |
$14.58 |
$30,330 |
| Furniture finishers |
Not available |
$11.09 |
$23,070 |
| Glaziers |
Not available |
$16.95 |
$35,260 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other |
Not available |
$12.95 |
$26,930 |
| Home appliance repairers |
Not available |
$16.88 |
$35,110 |
| Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall |
Not available |
$14.23 |
$29,600 |
| Logisticians |
Not available |
$30.44 |
$63,310 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics |
Not available |
$11.62 |
$24,160 |
| Plasterers and stucco masons |
Not available |
$21.41 |
$44,530 |
| Proofreaders and copy markers |
Not available |
$13.05 |
$27,150 |
| Psychiatrists |
Not available |
$79.63 |
$165,630 |
| Recreational vehicle service technicians |
Not available |
$12.48 |
$25,960 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood |
Not available |
$13.05 |
$27,150 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners |
Not available |
$13.60 |
$28,280 |
| Skin care specialists |
Not available |
$13.70 |
$28,500 |
| Soil and plant scientists |
Not available |
$28.02 |
$58,290 |
| Woodworkers, all other |
Not available |
$7.91 |
$16,450 |
