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 | $75.00 | 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 |
