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 |
122,510 |
$16.41 |
$34,140 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
23,270 |
$12.98 |
$27,010 |
| Sales and related occupations |
14,590 |
$14.34 |
$29,820 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
14,170 |
$9.01 |
$18,730 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
9,270 |
$26.63 |
$55,390 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
8,030 |
$29.63 |
$61,630 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
7,480 |
$11.76 |
$24,470 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
5,310 |
$17.40 |
$36,200 |
| Production occupations |
5,070 |
$12.26 |
$25,490 |
| Management occupations |
4,730 |
$39.43 |
$82,020 |
| Retail salespersons |
4,710 |
$11.03 |
$22,950 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
4,630 |
$8.35 |
$17,360 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
4,360 |
$13.98 |
$29,080 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
4,290 |
$10.46 |
$21,750 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
4,030 |
$7.34 |
$15,280 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
3,960 |
$9.21 |
$19,170 |
| Customer service representatives |
3,920 |
$11.40 |
$23,720 |
| Cashiers |
3,390 |
$7.67 |
$15,950 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
3,240 |
$24.55 |
$51,070 |
| Registered nurses |
3,140 |
$26.18 |
$54,450 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
3,100 |
$8.04 |
$16,720 |
| Protective service occupations |
2,560 |
$17.64 |
$36,700 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
2,160 |
$20.66 |
$42,980 |
| Personal and home care aides |
2,130 |
$7.37 |
$15,340 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
2,130 |
$12.64 |
$26,290 |
| Office clerks, general |
2,120 |
$10.45 |
$21,740 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
2,030 |
$9.63 |
$20,040 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
1,990 |
$9.62 |
$20,010 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
1,970 |
$10.02 |
$20,850 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
1,870 |
$8.75 |
$18,200 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
1,800 |
$15.60 |
$32,450 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
1,750 |
$14.19 |
$29,510 |
| General and operations managers |
1,690 |
$44.60 |
$92,780 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
1,690 |
$24.62 |
$51,200 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
1,470 |
$24.54 |
$51,050 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
1,470 |
$14.90 |
$30,990 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
1,420 |
$17.17 |
$35,720 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
1,400 |
Not available |
$40,350 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
1,330 |
$18.80 |
$39,100 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
1,210 |
$16.96 |
$35,280 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
1,170 |
$8.66 |
$18,020 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
1,130 |
$9.88 |
$20,560 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
1,080 |
$7.87 |
$16,370 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
1,070 |
$13.39 |
$27,850 |
| Construction laborers |
980 |
$10.27 |
$21,360 |
| Teacher assistants |
980 |
Not available |
$15,490 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
960 |
$22.94 |
$47,720 |
| Accountants and auditors |
830 |
$25.25 |
$52,530 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
820 |
Not available |
$43,670 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
820 |
$12.65 |
$26,310 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
810 |
Not available |
$41,930 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
790 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Home health aides |
770 |
$9.29 |
$19,320 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
710 |
$16.36 |
$34,040 |
| Tellers |
710 |
$9.37 |
$19,490 |
| Administrative services managers |
690 |
$37.91 |
$78,850 |
| Bartenders |
670 |
$8.88 |
$18,470 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
670 |
$9.79 |
$20,350 |
| Child care workers |
650 |
$7.46 |
$15,520 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
640 |
$7.30 |
$15,190 |
| Security guards |
610 |
$10.83 |
$22,540 |
| Legal occupations |
590 |
$27.18 |
$56,540 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
580 |
$23.62 |
$49,120 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
570 |
$10.52 |
$21,880 |
| Food preparation workers |
570 |
$8.86 |
$18,430 |
| Correctional officers and jailers |
530 |
$13.35 |
$27,760 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
530 |
$12.44 |
$25,890 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
520 |
$9.51 |
$19,780 |
| Driver/sales workers |
490 |
$10.91 |
$22,700 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
490 |
$19.30 |
$40,140 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
490 |
$21.44 |
$44,600 |
| Medical assistants |
470 |
$9.79 |
$20,360 |
| Carpenters |
460 |
$14.83 |
$30,840 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
450 |
$21.49 |
$44,690 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
450 |
$19.68 |
$40,930 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
450 |
Not available |
$43,900 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
440 |
$12.97 |
$26,980 |
| Cooks, fast food |
430 |
$8.32 |
$17,300 |
| Insurance sales agents |
420 |
$27.84 |
$57,900 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
420 |
$9.72 |
$20,220 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
400 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Bus drivers, school |
390 |
$8.74 |
$18,180 |
| Dishwashers |
390 |
$7.92 |
$16,470 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
390 |
$12.19 |
$25,350 |
| Computer support specialists |
370 |
$16.48 |
$34,280 |
| Dental assistants |
370 |
$12.83 |
$26,690 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
360 |
$7.58 |
$15,770 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
360 |
$7.34 |
$15,260 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
360 |
$12.92 |
$26,870 |
| Team assemblers |
360 |
$12.08 |
$25,120 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
350 |
$11.87 |
$24,680 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
340 |
$8.18 |
$17,020 |
| Medical secretaries |
340 |
$11.73 |
$24,390 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
340 |
$12.91 |
$26,850 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
330 |
$9.85 |
$20,480 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
330 |
$24.41 |
$50,760 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
330 |
$7.06 |
$14,680 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
320 |
$15.52 |
$32,280 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
310 |
$23.24 |
$48,340 |
| Medical and health services managers |
310 |
$30.88 |
$64,220 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary |
300 |
Not available |
$68,710 |
| Electricians |
300 |
$16.33 |
$33,960 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
290 |
$27.35 |
$56,890 |
| Lawyers |
290 |
$36.52 |
$75,960 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers |
290 |
$8.87 |
$18,450 |
| Bill and account collectors |
280 |
$12.30 |
$25,580 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
280 |
$25.22 |
$52,460 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
280 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
280 |
$8.35 |
$17,360 |
| Computer systems analysts |
270 |
$24.58 |
$51,120 |
| Pharmacists |
270 |
$53.79 |
$111,890 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
260 |
$22.46 |
$46,720 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
260 |
$101.81 |
$211,770 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
260 |
$21.27 |
$44,250 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary |
250 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Management analysts |
250 |
$25.61 |
$53,260 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary |
240 |
Not available |
$80,300 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
240 |
$15.42 |
$32,080 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
240 |
$26.13 |
$54,360 |
| Public relations specialists |
240 |
$21.85 |
$45,440 |
| Coaches and scouts |
230 |
Not available |
$64,370 |
| Computer programmers |
230 |
$23.13 |
$48,110 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
230 |
$9.19 |
$19,120 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
230 |
$15.10 |
$31,420 |
| Parts salespersons |
230 |
$15.59 |
$32,430 |
| Loan officers |
220 |
$33.00 |
$68,640 |
| Order clerks |
220 |
$11.37 |
$23,660 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
220 |
$12.41 |
$25,810 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
210 |
Not available |
$68,560 |
| Data entry keyers |
200 |
$10.74 |
$22,340 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
200 |
$11.43 |
$23,780 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
200 |
$17.90 |
$37,220 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
200 |
Not available |
$39,630 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
200 |
$8.69 |
$18,080 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
200 |
$15.62 |
$32,490 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
200 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials |
200 |
$7.91 |
$16,450 |
| Advertising sales agents |
190 |
$22.95 |
$47,740 |
| Agricultural equipment operators |
190 |
$8.80 |
$18,300 |
| Construction managers |
190 |
$27.66 |
$57,530 |
| Financial managers |
190 |
$44.19 |
$91,910 |
| Food service managers |
190 |
$23.70 |
$49,300 |
| Helpers--production workers |
190 |
$8.70 |
$18,100 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
190 |
$11.27 |
$23,440 |
| Loan counselors |
190 |
$15.66 |
$32,580 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
190 |
$19.58 |
$40,720 |
| Telemarketers |
190 |
$8.29 |
$17,240 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
180 |
$23.54 |
$48,970 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
180 |
$16.98 |
$35,310 |
| Couriers and messengers |
180 |
$9.15 |
$19,040 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
180 |
$16.81 |
$34,970 |
| Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other |
180 |
$9.60 |
$19,970 |
| File clerks |
180 |
$10.45 |
$21,730 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
180 |
$8.71 |
$18,110 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
180 |
$15.74 |
$32,740 |
| Real estate sales agents |
180 |
$11.73 |
$24,390 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
170 |
$17.81 |
$37,050 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
170 |
$9.60 |
$19,960 |
| Service station attendants |
170 |
$8.46 |
$17,590 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
160 |
$14.03 |
$29,190 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
160 |
Not available |
$72,890 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
160 |
$13.92 |
$28,950 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
160 |
$23.35 |
$48,560 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
160 |
$8.56 |
$17,800 |
| Machinists |
160 |
$14.81 |
$30,800 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
160 |
$18.71 |
$38,920 |
| Sales managers |
160 |
$42.44 |
$88,270 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
160 |
$13.63 |
$28,360 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
150 |
$8.18 |
$17,010 |
| Market research analysts |
150 |
$24.35 |
$50,650 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
150 |
$11.16 |
$23,200 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators |
150 |
$12.93 |
$26,890 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
150 |
$12.92 |
$26,870 |
| Printing machine operators |
150 |
$11.51 |
$23,940 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
150 |
$12.18 |
$25,340 |
| Respiratory therapists |
150 |
$21.99 |
$45,730 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
140 |
$16.71 |
$34,750 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters |
140 |
$11.26 |
$23,420 |
| Helpers--electricians |
140 |
$10.33 |
$21,490 |
| Instructional coordinators |
140 |
$20.20 |
$42,020 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary |
140 |
Not available |
$94,430 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
140 |
$16.93 |
$35,220 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school |
140 |
Not available |
$47,300 |
| All other information and record clerks |
130 |
$13.35 |
$27,760 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
130 |
$9.36 |
$19,470 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
130 |
$15.79 |
$32,850 |
| Civil engineers |
130 |
$20.80 |
$43,270 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
130 |
$12.54 |
$26,080 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
130 |
$14.86 |
$30,900 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
130 |
$9.72 |
$20,220 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
130 |
$16.38 |
$34,070 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
130 |
$13.39 |
$27,850 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
130 |
$16.52 |
$34,370 |
| Occupational therapists |
130 |
$25.65 |
$53,350 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
130 |
$18.65 |
$38,790 |
| Physical therapist aides |
130 |
$9.99 |
$20,780 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
130 |
$11.67 |
$24,260 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
120 |
$20.94 |
$43,550 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks |
120 |
$13.82 |
$28,740 |
| Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
120 |
Not available |
$74,480 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other |
120 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Managers, all other |
120 |
$39.42 |
$81,990 |
| New accounts clerks |
120 |
$13.79 |
$28,680 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
120 |
$22.78 |
$47,370 |
| Residential advisors |
120 |
$9.14 |
$19,010 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
120 |
Not available |
$40,910 |
| Surgical technologists |
120 |
$16.89 |
$35,140 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
120 |
$9.35 |
$19,440 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary |
120 |
$14.84 |
$30,880 |
| Word processors and typists |
120 |
$8.81 |
$18,330 |
| Cooks, short order |
110 |
$8.81 |
$18,330 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
110 |
$28.38 |
$59,030 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
110 |
$12.31 |
$25,610 |
| Legal secretaries |
110 |
$15.31 |
$31,840 |
| Medical equipment repairers |
110 |
$16.39 |
$34,090 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
110 |
$21.39 |
$44,500 |
| Training and development specialists |
110 |
$18.72 |
$38,940 |
| Computer operators |
100 |
$12.04 |
$25,040 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary |
100 |
$69.09 |
$143,710 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
100 |
$17.18 |
$35,730 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
100 |
$11.56 |
$24,050 |
| Librarians |
100 |
$23.24 |
$48,340 |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
100 |
Not available |
$42,960 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
100 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors |
100 |
$14.65 |
$30,480 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
100 |
$25.66 |
$53,360 |
| Bakers |
90 |
$9.80 |
$20,370 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians |
90 |
$24.41 |
$50,760 |
| Chief executives |
90 |
$74.14 |
$154,210 |
| Communications teachers, postsecondary |
90 |
Not available |
$82,500 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
90 |
$36.38 |
$75,680 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
90 |
$43.92 |
$91,360 |
| Cost estimators |
90 |
$18.06 |
$37,560 |
| Credit analysts |
90 |
$28.86 |
$60,030 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators |
90 |
$24.37 |
$50,690 |
| Library technicians |
90 |
$12.78 |
$26,580 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers |
90 |
$8.61 |
$17,910 |
| Photographers |
90 |
$13.56 |
$28,210 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
90 |
$14.25 |
$29,650 |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
90 |
$11.00 |
$22,870 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
90 |
$25.86 |
$53,800 |
| Tax preparers |
90 |
$15.65 |
$32,550 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
90 |
$9.22 |
$19,170 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
90 |
$34.80 |
$72,390 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
80 |
$14.03 |
$29,190 |
| Budget analysts |
80 |
$22.07 |
$45,900 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
80 |
$38.11 |
$79,260 |
| Counselors, all other |
80 |
$24.21 |
$50,350 |
| Crossing guards |
80 |
$7.75 |
$16,120 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
80 |
$13.06 |
$27,160 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
80 |
$14.11 |
$29,340 |
| Graphic designers |
80 |
$14.56 |
$30,280 |
| Law clerks |
80 |
$11.17 |
$23,240 |
| Procurement clerks |
80 |
$14.44 |
$30,040 |
| Radio and television announcers |
80 |
$12.48 |
$25,960 |
| Sheet metal workers |
80 |
$13.38 |
$27,820 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators |
80 |
$19.48 |
$40,520 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
80 |
$15.45 |
$32,140 |
| Chemistry teachers, postsecondary |
70 |
Not available |
$107,290 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
70 |
$19.02 |
$39,570 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
70 |
$24.53 |
$51,020 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers |
70 |
$13.49 |
$28,060 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
70 |
$12.07 |
$25,100 |
| Floral designers |
70 |
$9.44 |
$19,630 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
70 |
$11.35 |
$23,610 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
70 |
$12.89 |
$26,810 |
| Parking lot attendants |
70 |
$8.15 |
$16,960 |
| Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary |
70 |
Not available |
$58,930 |
| Social and community service managers |
70 |
$25.23 |
$52,470 |
| Sociology teachers, postsecondary |
70 |
Not available |
$76,910 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
60 |
$12.93 |
$26,900 |
| Cargo and freight agents |
60 |
$19.61 |
$40,780 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
60 |
$27.55 |
$57,300 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
60 |
$22.57 |
$46,940 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary |
60 |
Not available |
$125,880 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
60 |
$16.31 |
$33,920 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
60 |
$20.17 |
$41,950 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
60 |
$7.70 |
$16,020 |
| Health educators |
60 |
$20.09 |
$41,780 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
60 |
$22.71 |
$47,230 |
| Interior designers |
60 |
$17.90 |
$37,220 |
| Medical equipment preparers |
60 |
$11.50 |
$23,910 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers |
60 |
$11.92 |
$24,790 |
| Meter readers, utilities |
60 |
$14.66 |
$30,490 |
| Pharmacy aides |
60 |
$9.76 |
$20,300 |
| Photographic processing machine operators |
60 |
$10.77 |
$22,400 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
60 |
$21.67 |
$45,070 |
| Sewing machine operators |
60 |
$8.92 |
$18,540 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
50 |
$22.23 |
$46,250 |
| Dentists, general |
50 |
$50.78 |
$105,610 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
50 |
$27.80 |
$57,830 |
| Electrical engineers |
50 |
$35.12 |
$73,050 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
50 |
$22.51 |
$46,810 |
| Financial analysts |
50 |
$32.63 |
$67,880 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
50 |
$18.83 |
$39,160 |
| Marketing managers |
50 |
$47.97 |
$99,770 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
50 |
$9.21 |
$19,150 |
| Pest control workers |
50 |
$14.16 |
$29,450 |
| Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary |
50 |
Not available |
$81,070 |
| Postal service clerks |
50 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Production workers, all other |
50 |
$9.98 |
$20,760 |
| Veterinarians |
50 |
$34.46 |
$71,670 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
50 |
$10.06 |
$20,920 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians |
40 |
$11.63 |
$24,200 |
| Broadcast technicians |
40 |
$9.03 |
$18,790 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
40 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
40 |
$10.59 |
$22,020 |
| Editors |
40 |
$20.07 |
$41,750 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
40 |
$17.84 |
$37,100 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
40 |
$32.44 |
$67,480 |
| Financial examiners |
40 |
$34.38 |
$71,500 |
| Industrial production managers |
40 |
$50.80 |
$105,670 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
40 |
$7.30 |
$15,180 |
| Lodging managers |
40 |
$24.04 |
$50,010 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
40 |
$10.14 |
$21,100 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
40 |
$16.18 |
$33,650 |
| Mechanical drafters |
40 |
$15.14 |
$31,480 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other |
40 |
$6.83 |
$14,200 |
| Painters, transportation equipment |
40 |
$18.75 |
$38,990 |
| Physician assistants |
40 |
$48.53 |
$100,940 |
| Producers and directors |
40 |
$17.47 |
$36,350 |
| Reporters and correspondents |
40 |
$14.78 |
$30,740 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
30 |
$12.10 |
$25,170 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
30 |
$10.26 |
$21,340 |
| Database administrators |
30 |
$30.36 |
$63,160 |
| Desktop publishers |
30 |
$15.53 |
$32,300 |
| Engineering managers |
30 |
$46.89 |
$97,540 |
| Industrial engineers |
30 |
$34.42 |
$71,600 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists |
30 |
$26.63 |
$55,390 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
30 |
$10.93 |
$22,730 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
30 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Pediatricians, general |
30 |
$80.15 |
$166,700 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
30 |
$11.50 |
$23,930 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
30 |
$19.44 |
$40,430 |
| Agricultural and food science technicians |
Not available |
$15.35 |
$31,930 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
Not available |
$9.05 |
$18,830 |
| Athletic trainers |
Not available |
Not available |
$44,790 |
| Bindery workers |
Not available |
$10.77 |
$22,400 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary |
Not available |
Not available |
$100,100 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
Not available |
$18.96 |
$39,440 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
Not available |
$11.99 |
$24,930 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
Not available |
$16.76 |
$34,860 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other |
Not available |
$16.30 |
$33,910 |
| Community and social services occupations |
Not available |
$15.66 |
$32,570 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door |
Not available |
$18.61 |
$38,710 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$10.94 |
$22,760 |
| Dental hygienists |
Not available |
$31.29 |
$65,080 |
| Dental laboratory technicians |
Not available |
$18.68 |
$38,850 |
| Environmental engineers |
Not available |
$25.78 |
$53,620 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$7.04 |
$14,640 |
| Family and general practitioners |
Not available |
More than $70 |
More than $145,600 |
| Farm equipment mechanics |
Not available |
$15.34 |
$31,910 |
| Gaming and sports book writers and runners |
Not available |
$10.87 |
$22,610 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
Not available |
$16.73 |
$34,800 |
| Insurance underwriters |
Not available |
$22.72 |
$47,250 |
| Legal support workers, all other |
Not available |
$22.12 |
$46,000 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
Not available |
$18.22 |
$37,900 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers |
Not available |
$12.74 |
$26,500 |
| Logisticians |
Not available |
$21.41 |
$44,540 |
| Mechanical engineers |
Not available |
$36.78 |
$76,500 |
| Occupational therapist assistants |
Not available |
$27.24 |
$56,660 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
Not available |
$9.69 |
$20,160 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other |
Not available |
$7.41 |
$15,410 |
| Physical therapists |
Not available |
$35.03 |
$72,860 |
| Recreation workers |
Not available |
$9.50 |
$19,760 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
Not available |
$17.75 |
$36,920 |
| Sales engineers |
Not available |
$37.70 |
$78,410 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
Not available |
$29.38 |
$61,110 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood |
Not available |
$13.06 |
$27,160 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers |
Not available |
$13.17 |
$27,400 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
Not available |
$16.72 |
$34,770 |
| Surgeons |
Not available |
$69.42 |
$144,390 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
Not available |
$23.11 |
$48,060 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
Not available |
$9.82 |
$20,430 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
Not available |
$10.99 |
$22,860 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
Not available |
$12.09 |
$25,150 |
