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 | 39,230 | $18.60 | $38,690 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 5,690 | $8.95 | $18,610 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 5,390 | $15.29 | $31,800 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | 5,300 | $8.66 | $18,010 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 3,280 | $24.05 | $50,030 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 2,660 | $35.70 | $74,260 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 2,630 | $10.47 | $21,780 |
| Sales and related occupations | 2,190 | $13.98 | $29,070 |
| Production occupations | 2,150 | $16.10 | $33,480 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 1,940 | $19.19 | $39,910 |
| Protective service occupations | 1,890 | $28.90 | $60,110 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 1,790 | $11.82 | $24,580 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 1,790 | $14.63 | $30,430 |
| Management occupations | 1,320 | $42.02 | $87,400 |
| Registered nurses | 1,310 | $35.17 | $73,160 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 1,290 | $18.42 | $38,300 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 1,140 | $13.07 | $27,180 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 1,080 | $12.25 | $25,490 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 1,060 | Not available | $54,030 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 1,030 | $11.54 | $24,010 |
| Community and social services occupations | 970 | $24.28 | $50,500 |
| Cashiers | 910 | $10.37 | $21,570 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 830 | $27.60 | $57,410 |
| Office clerks, general | 700 | $12.17 | $25,310 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 600 | $15.97 | $33,220 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 580 | $8.83 | $18,370 |
| Retail salespersons | 570 | $11.59 | $24,100 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 470 | $12.32 | $25,630 |
| General and operations managers | 430 | $49.20 | $102,340 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 430 | $27.23 | $56,630 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 430 | $18.21 | $37,870 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 390 | $17.49 | $36,380 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 350 | $12.33 | $25,640 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 340 | $26.35 | $54,800 |
| Construction laborers | 340 | $14.33 | $29,810 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 340 | $10.02 | $20,840 |
| Cooks, fast food | 330 | $8.92 | $18,550 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 320 | $12.67 | $26,350 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 310 | $9.99 | $20,790 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 300 | $23.44 | $48,760 |
| Food preparation workers | 300 | $10.05 | $20,900 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 290 | $18.67 | $38,840 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 280 | $11.08 | $23,050 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 280 | $12.83 | $26,690 |
| Medical secretaries | 270 | $15.15 | $31,520 |
| Customer service representatives | 260 | $14.98 | $31,160 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 250 | $15.62 | $32,490 |
| Team assemblers | 250 | $15.08 | $31,360 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 240 | $29.29 | $60,930 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 230 | $15.47 | $32,180 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 230 | $23.85 | $49,600 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 230 | $12.50 | $26,000 |
| Carpenters | 220 | $19.68 | $40,940 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 220 | $21.01 | $43,700 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 210 | $16.37 | $34,040 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 210 | $8.74 | $18,180 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 200 | $20.19 | $42,000 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 200 | $14.90 | $31,000 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 200 | $17.74 | $36,900 |
| Helpers--production workers | 200 | $11.94 | $24,830 |
| Medical assistants | 200 | $14.15 | $29,420 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 190 | $14.90 | $30,990 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 190 | Not available | Not available |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 180 | $29.83 | $62,050 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 180 | Not available | $53,620 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 180 | $12.61 | $26,230 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 180 | $28.46 | $59,200 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 170 | $16.67 | $34,680 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 170 | $15.94 | $33,150 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 170 | $11.52 | $23,970 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 160 | $9.74 | $20,250 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 160 | Not available | $49,200 |
| Accountants and auditors | 150 | $28.89 | $60,080 |
| Legal occupations | 150 | Not available | Not available |
| Security guards | 150 | $12.26 | $25,490 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | 140 | $19.68 | $40,930 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 140 | $27.27 | $56,720 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers | 140 | $13.33 | $27,730 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 140 | $31.99 | $66,540 |
| Tellers | 140 | $12.79 | $26,610 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 140 | $16.30 | $33,900 |
| Dental assistants | 130 | $16.77 | $34,870 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 130 | $11.28 | $23,460 |
| Word processors and typists | 130 | $15.15 | $31,510 |
| Dishwashers | 120 | $9.04 | $18,800 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 120 | $22.60 | $47,000 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 120 | $11.56 | $24,040 |
| Agricultural equipment operators | 110 | $10.69 | $22,230 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 110 | $10.45 | $21,740 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 110 | $10.45 | $21,740 |
| Home health aides | 110 | $9.78 | $20,330 |
| Lawyers | 110 | Not available | Not available |
| Social and human service assistants | 110 | $16.43 | $34,180 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other | 100 | $33.48 | $69,640 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 100 | $15.23 | $31,680 |
| Protective service workers, all other | 100 | $18.27 | $37,990 |
| Social workers, all other | 100 | $26.16 | $54,420 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 90 | $17.19 | $35,760 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 90 | $27.08 | $56,330 |
| Medical and health services managers | 90 | $48.85 | $101,600 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 90 | $19.09 | $39,710 |
| Pharmacy aides | 90 | $9.75 | $20,270 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 90 | $16.87 | $35,100 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders | 90 | $18.89 | $39,280 |
| Health educators | 80 | $20.36 | $42,340 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 80 | $9.88 | $20,550 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 80 | $24.85 | $51,690 |
| Order clerks | 80 | $11.48 | $23,890 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 80 | $16.23 | $33,770 |
| Pharmacists | 80 | $57.24 | $119,060 |
| Bartenders | 70 | $9.55 | $19,860 |
| Computer support specialists | 70 | $21.91 | $45,570 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 70 | $14.67 | $30,500 |
| Electricians | 70 | $24.09 | $50,110 |
| Financial managers | 70 | $44.40 | $92,340 |
| Recreation workers | 70 | $10.12 | $21,050 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 70 | $12.61 | $26,230 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 60 | $19.59 | $40,740 |
| Cost estimators | 60 | $27.90 | $58,040 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 60 | $9.71 | $20,200 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 60 | $22.09 | $45,950 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 60 | $26.48 | $55,070 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 60 | $8.54 | $17,760 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 60 | $17.75 | $36,930 |
| Management analysts | 60 | $37.67 | $78,360 |
| Parts salespersons | 60 | $12.15 | $25,280 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 60 | $29.10 | $60,530 |
| Roofers | 60 | $22.66 | $47,120 |
| Sales managers | 60 | $42.69 | $88,800 |
| Service station attendants | 60 | $9.26 | $19,250 |
| Structural iron and steel workers | 60 | Not available | Not available |
| Dentists, general | 50 | $75.35 | $156,730 |
| Family and general practitioners | 50 | $94.74 | $197,060 |
| Farm equipment mechanics | 50 | $14.98 | $31,170 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 50 | $16.91 | $35,160 |
| Interpreters and translators | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Library technicians | 50 | $14.67 | $30,520 |
| Managers, all other | 50 | $55.11 | $114,630 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 50 | $31.05 | $64,580 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 50 | $33.36 | $69,380 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 50 | $17.70 | $36,820 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 50 | $33.71 | $70,120 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 50 | $12.29 | $25,570 |
| Tile and marble setters | 50 | $21.66 | $45,050 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | 50 | $15.68 | $32,620 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 40 | $8.87 | $18,450 |
| Bill and account collectors | 40 | $13.15 | $27,350 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 40 | $12.98 | $27,000 |
| Chief executives | 40 | $78.35 | $162,980 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 40 | $12.06 | $25,080 |
| Coaches and scouts | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Computer systems analysts | 40 | $28.44 | $59,160 |
| Construction managers | 40 | $50.67 | $105,390 |
| Data entry keyers | 40 | $13.24 | $27,540 |
| Dental hygienists | 40 | $36.94 | $76,830 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 40 | $24.43 | $50,810 |
| Food service managers | 40 | $23.65 | $49,200 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 40 | $9.43 | $19,620 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 40 | $19.53 | $40,620 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 40 | $19.55 | $40,660 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 40 | $16.63 | $34,580 |
| Machinists | 40 | $17.78 | $36,990 |
| Postal service clerks | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 40 | $28.38 | $59,040 |
| Stonemasons | 40 | $22.31 | $46,400 |
| Administrative services managers | 30 | $37.22 | $77,420 |
| Civil engineers | 30 | $40.49 | $84,220 |
| File clerks | 30 | $11.18 | $23,260 |
| Industrial production managers | 30 | $42.75 | $88,920 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Physician assistants | 30 | $37.26 | $77,500 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 30 | $21.23 | $44,160 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 30 | $18.50 | $38,480 |
| Social and community service managers | 30 | $34.15 | $71,040 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 30 | $24.07 | $50,060 |
| All other information and record clerks | Not available | $13.68 | $28,460 |
| Bus drivers, school | Not available | $16.20 | $33,690 |
| Child care workers | Not available | $11.58 | $24,080 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | Not available | $12.06 | $25,090 |
| Cooks, short order | Not available | $10.52 | $21,870 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders | Not available | $15.80 | $32,860 |
| Driver/sales workers | Not available | $10.21 | $21,240 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | Not available | $30.54 | $63,520 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals | Not available | $9.62 | $20,000 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | Not available | $23.21 | $48,280 |
| Insurance sales agents | Not available | $24.48 | $50,920 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | Not available | $15.30 | $31,830 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation | Not available | $11.82 | $24,580 |
| Plasterers and stucco masons | Not available | $19.76 | $41,100 |
| Teacher assistants | Not available | Not available | $28,360 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | Not available | Not available | $66,210 |
| Tire repairers and changers | Not available | $12.91 | $26,850 |
