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 |
338,210 |
$20.65 |
$42,940 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
58,670 |
$15.63 |
$32,510 |
| Sales and related occupations |
33,300 |
$17.25 |
$35,880 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
27,300 |
$9.86 |
$20,510 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
22,800 |
$23.79 |
$49,480 |
| Production occupations |
22,710 |
$15.94 |
$33,160 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
20,390 |
$27.36 |
$56,910 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
19,680 |
$15.48 |
$32,200 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
18,590 |
$34.33 |
$71,410 |
| Management occupations |
15,240 |
$45.16 |
$93,930 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
13,460 |
$22.77 |
$47,360 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
11,720 |
$12.06 |
$25,080 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
11,120 |
$31.29 |
$65,080 |
| Retail salespersons |
10,500 |
$11.68 |
$24,290 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
10,490 |
$20.21 |
$42,030 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
9,880 |
$13.73 |
$28,550 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
8,500 |
$11.95 |
$24,860 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
8,190 |
$27.98 |
$58,190 |
| Cashiers |
7,960 |
$9.51 |
$19,790 |
| Customer service representatives |
7,120 |
$15.56 |
$32,360 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
6,980 |
$32.95 |
$68,530 |
| Office clerks, general |
6,780 |
$13.65 |
$28,390 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
6,770 |
$22.04 |
$45,840 |
| Registered nurses |
6,100 |
$32.59 |
$67,780 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
5,980 |
$8.49 |
$17,660 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
5,690 |
$11.58 |
$24,080 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
5,270 |
$9.67 |
$20,100 |
| Community and social services occupations |
4,900 |
$18.69 |
$38,870 |
| Protective service occupations |
4,750 |
$20.36 |
$42,360 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
4,730 |
$12.91 |
$26,850 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
4,680 |
$16.50 |
$34,320 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
4,580 |
$15.66 |
$32,570 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
4,030 |
$28.47 |
$59,210 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
3,970 |
$11.22 |
$23,340 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
3,740 |
$18.26 |
$37,980 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
3,550 |
$12.96 |
$26,970 |
| General and operations managers |
3,400 |
$47.40 |
$98,590 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
3,280 |
$29.87 |
$62,130 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
3,150 |
$13.12 |
$27,280 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
3,130 |
$20.02 |
$41,640 |
| Carpenters |
3,070 |
$20.33 |
$42,280 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
3,010 |
$23.64 |
$49,170 |
| Accountants and auditors |
2,860 |
$28.96 |
$60,230 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
2,850 |
$14.28 |
$29,710 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
2,780 |
$9.88 |
$20,560 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
2,590 |
$17.83 |
$37,080 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
2,560 |
Not available |
$46,920 |
| Team assemblers |
2,460 |
$13.22 |
$27,510 |
| Bartenders |
2,450 |
$9.32 |
$19,380 |
| Order clerks |
2,360 |
$14.30 |
$29,740 |
| Teacher assistants |
2,350 |
Not available |
$26,110 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
2,160 |
$20.01 |
$41,630 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
2,130 |
$37.66 |
$78,330 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
2,130 |
$13.41 |
$27,890 |
| Management analysts |
2,070 |
$31.39 |
$65,300 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
2,040 |
$10.90 |
$22,670 |
| Computer systems analysts |
2,030 |
$30.87 |
$64,210 |
| Legal occupations |
2,030 |
$40.63 |
$84,510 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
2,030 |
$16.46 |
$34,230 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
1,970 |
$23.60 |
$49,080 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
1,960 |
$14.13 |
$29,380 |
| Home health aides |
1,940 |
$11.58 |
$24,090 |
| Personal and home care aides |
1,910 |
$10.46 |
$21,760 |
| Child care workers |
1,830 |
$10.37 |
$21,570 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
1,830 |
$16.71 |
$34,760 |
| Health specialties teachers, postsecondary |
1,790 |
Not available |
$78,860 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
1,750 |
$16.35 |
$34,000 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
1,750 |
Not available |
$49,160 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
1,740 |
$8.11 |
$16,880 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
1,710 |
$15.47 |
$32,190 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
1,690 |
Not available |
$35,400 |
| Telemarketers |
1,670 |
$13.60 |
$28,280 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
1,650 |
$30.90 |
$64,270 |
| Food preparation workers |
1,630 |
$9.79 |
$20,360 |
| Electricians |
1,530 |
$24.04 |
$50,010 |
| Computer support specialists |
1,520 |
$21.66 |
$45,050 |
| Construction laborers |
1,480 |
$18.18 |
$37,820 |
| Tellers |
1,430 |
$11.70 |
$24,330 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
1,410 |
$26.00 |
$54,080 |
| Managers, all other |
1,390 |
$45.94 |
$95,560 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
1,380 |
$24.25 |
$50,430 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
1,380 |
$26.07 |
$54,230 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
1,320 |
Not available |
$48,490 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
1,300 |
$37.71 |
$78,450 |
| Computer programmers |
1,260 |
$31.18 |
$64,860 |
| Public relations specialists |
1,260 |
$23.57 |
$49,030 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
1,230 |
$13.04 |
$27,120 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
1,210 |
$12.66 |
$26,340 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
1,190 |
$31.43 |
$65,380 |
| Dishwashers |
1,160 |
$8.79 |
$18,280 |
| Lawyers |
1,160 |
$54.43 |
$113,210 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
1,160 |
$11.42 |
$23,750 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
1,120 |
$19.01 |
$39,530 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
1,110 |
$19.70 |
$40,980 |
| Medical assistants |
1,100 |
$15.26 |
$31,740 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
1,080 |
$14.73 |
$30,630 |
| Financial managers |
1,070 |
$49.23 |
$102,410 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
1,070 |
$30.88 |
$64,230 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
1,050 |
$48.36 |
$100,590 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
1,050 |
$15.69 |
$32,640 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
1,050 |
$22.26 |
$46,300 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
1,040 |
$9.23 |
$19,190 |
| Sales managers |
1,040 |
$49.46 |
$102,870 |
| Social and human service assistants |
1,030 |
$14.94 |
$31,080 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
1,020 |
$17.03 |
$35,430 |
| Civil engineers |
960 |
$34.14 |
$71,010 |
| Loan officers |
960 |
$30.60 |
$63,650 |
| Graphic designers |
950 |
$20.97 |
$43,630 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
930 |
$24.71 |
$51,400 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
920 |
$13.64 |
$28,370 |
| Driver/sales workers |
920 |
$11.61 |
$24,150 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
910 |
$14.85 |
$30,890 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
910 |
$14.46 |
$30,070 |
| Cooks, fast food |
890 |
$9.07 |
$18,870 |
| Insurance sales agents |
880 |
$32.40 |
$67,390 |
| Training and development specialists |
880 |
$22.08 |
$45,920 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
860 |
$30.05 |
$62,500 |
| Helpers--production workers |
850 |
$12.02 |
$25,000 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
850 |
$13.89 |
$28,880 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
830 |
$12.65 |
$26,300 |
| Machinists |
820 |
$23.48 |
$48,840 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
820 |
$17.47 |
$36,340 |
| All other information and record clerks |
810 |
$15.44 |
$32,120 |
| Security guards |
810 |
$12.80 |
$26,630 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
800 |
$30.62 |
$63,690 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
800 |
$12.27 |
$25,510 |
| Pharmacists |
800 |
$49.27 |
$102,480 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
770 |
$37.25 |
$77,480 |
| Bill and account collectors |
760 |
$15.53 |
$32,300 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
760 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
760 |
$24.89 |
$51,770 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
750 |
$8.49 |
$17,650 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
750 |
$14.50 |
$30,150 |
| Insurance underwriters |
740 |
$25.57 |
$53,190 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
730 |
$22.80 |
$47,430 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
730 |
$10.83 |
$22,530 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
720 |
$14.14 |
$29,410 |
| Fire fighters |
710 |
$17.77 |
$36,950 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
710 |
$19.73 |
$41,030 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
700 |
$13.68 |
$28,450 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
700 |
$11.42 |
$23,760 |
| Cooks, short order |
700 |
$9.39 |
$19,530 |
| Bus drivers, school |
690 |
$16.22 |
$33,740 |
| Cost estimators |
680 |
$30.80 |
$64,070 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
680 |
$25.54 |
$53,130 |
| Mechanical engineers |
660 |
$34.17 |
$71,080 |
| File clerks |
650 |
$12.75 |
$26,530 |
| Personal financial advisors |
640 |
$33.83 |
$70,360 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
630 |
$13.73 |
$28,550 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
630 |
$39.54 |
$82,250 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
620 |
$22.17 |
$46,120 |
| Editors |
620 |
$21.03 |
$43,740 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
620 |
$9.85 |
$20,490 |
| Market research analysts |
620 |
$31.13 |
$64,750 |
| Administrative services managers |
610 |
$35.77 |
$74,400 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary |
610 |
$46.09 |
$95,860 |
| Printing machine operators |
610 |
$16.12 |
$33,530 |
| Chemists |
590 |
$28.29 |
$58,850 |
| Dental hygienists |
590 |
$30.43 |
$63,290 |
| Biological technicians |
580 |
$16.50 |
$34,310 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
580 |
$18.83 |
$39,160 |
| Medical secretaries |
580 |
$15.02 |
$31,230 |
| Sheet metal workers |
580 |
$23.10 |
$48,040 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers |
570 |
$13.46 |
$27,990 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
570 |
$18.92 |
$39,350 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
570 |
$26.68 |
$55,500 |
| Chief executives |
560 |
$77.43 |
$161,060 |
| Family and general practitioners |
560 |
$90.84 |
$188,960 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
560 |
$16.21 |
$33,710 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
560 |
$19.88 |
$41,350 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
550 |
$100.17 |
$208,360 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
540 |
$22.47 |
$46,740 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
540 |
$18.66 |
$38,820 |
| Microbiologists |
540 |
$30.63 |
$63,710 |
| Dental assistants |
520 |
$18.09 |
$37,630 |
| Librarians |
520 |
$26.24 |
$54,570 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
510 |
$24.05 |
$50,020 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
510 |
$23.68 |
$49,260 |
| Correctional officers and jailers |
500 |
$20.15 |
$41,920 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
500 |
$27.76 |
$57,730 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
490 |
$13.88 |
$28,870 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
490 |
$20.58 |
$42,800 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
490 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Coaches and scouts |
480 |
Not available |
$35,990 |
| Engineering managers |
480 |
$49.03 |
$101,990 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
470 |
Not available |
$42,850 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
470 |
$16.67 |
$34,670 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
470 |
$27.27 |
$56,710 |
| Word processors and typists |
470 |
$17.75 |
$36,920 |
| Data entry keyers |
460 |
$13.36 |
$27,780 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary |
450 |
Not available |
$95,510 |
| Construction managers |
450 |
$49.03 |
$101,980 |
| Electrical engineers |
450 |
$37.98 |
$78,990 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
450 |
$14.17 |
$29,460 |
| Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
450 |
$12.28 |
$25,530 |
| Legal secretaries |
440 |
$19.78 |
$41,140 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
440 |
$12.86 |
$26,740 |
| Medical and health services managers |
440 |
$49.36 |
$102,670 |
| Biological scientists, all other |
430 |
$31.22 |
$64,930 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
430 |
$25.38 |
$52,790 |
| Food service managers |
430 |
$22.13 |
$46,040 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
430 |
$20.42 |
$42,470 |
| Industrial engineers |
430 |
$33.64 |
$69,980 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
430 |
$20.57 |
$42,780 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
430 |
$17.07 |
$35,510 |
| Parts salespersons |
430 |
$16.07 |
$33,430 |
| Recreation workers |
420 |
$13.80 |
$28,710 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
410 |
$18.24 |
$37,940 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
410 |
$16.62 |
$34,570 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
410 |
$18.00 |
$37,440 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
410 |
$17.64 |
$36,700 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
400 |
$16.05 |
$33,380 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
400 |
$14.71 |
$30,600 |
| Industrial production managers |
400 |
$39.57 |
$82,310 |
| Library technicians |
400 |
$14.30 |
$29,740 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
400 |
$9.92 |
$20,630 |
| Bakers |
390 |
$12.18 |
$25,330 |
| Marketing managers |
390 |
$50.98 |
$106,040 |
| Physical therapists |
390 |
$34.54 |
$71,840 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
380 |
$30.40 |
$63,230 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
380 |
$17.46 |
$36,310 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
380 |
$10.56 |
$21,970 |
| Roofers |
380 |
$17.76 |
$36,950 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
380 |
Not available |
$46,400 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
380 |
$13.55 |
$28,180 |
| Database administrators |
370 |
$31.80 |
$66,150 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
370 |
$18.64 |
$38,770 |
| Advertising sales agents |
360 |
$21.69 |
$45,110 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
360 |
$9.66 |
$20,090 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
360 |
$15.44 |
$32,120 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
360 |
$12.76 |
$26,550 |
| Bindery workers |
350 |
$16.72 |
$34,780 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
350 |
$22.93 |
$47,690 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
350 |
$21.61 |
$44,950 |
| Mechanical drafters |
350 |
$24.99 |
$51,990 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
350 |
$19.81 |
$41,200 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
340 |
$12.20 |
$25,380 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians |
340 |
$20.17 |
$41,940 |
| New accounts clerks |
340 |
$15.09 |
$31,380 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
330 |
Not available |
$82,470 |
| Financial analysts |
330 |
$37.18 |
$77,340 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
330 |
Not available |
$51,620 |
| Computer specialists, all other |
320 |
$27.08 |
$56,330 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
320 |
$32.73 |
$68,090 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
320 |
$11.58 |
$24,080 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other |
320 |
$19.36 |
$40,270 |
| Respiratory therapists |
320 |
$25.54 |
$53,130 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
320 |
$37.58 |
$78,160 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
310 |
$15.15 |
$31,510 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
310 |
$22.80 |
$47,420 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
310 |
$24.14 |
$50,210 |
| Social and community service managers |
310 |
$25.76 |
$53,580 |
| Sewing machine operators |
300 |
$13.07 |
$27,190 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
290 |
$18.27 |
$38,000 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
290 |
$16.96 |
$35,280 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
290 |
$22.58 |
$46,960 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
290 |
$25.05 |
$52,110 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
290 |
$14.95 |
$31,090 |
| Producers and directors |
290 |
$21.89 |
$45,530 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary |
280 |
Not available |
$56,700 |
| Environmental engineers |
280 |
$34.18 |
$71,100 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
280 |
$19.97 |
$41,530 |
| Interior designers |
280 |
$23.16 |
$48,180 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
280 |
$26.06 |
$54,200 |
| Surgical technologists |
280 |
$21.90 |
$45,540 |
| Writers and authors |
280 |
$22.26 |
$46,300 |
| Occupational therapists |
270 |
$29.18 |
$60,700 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
270 |
$18.88 |
$39,260 |
| Veterinarians |
270 |
$34.74 |
$72,260 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
260 |
$21.99 |
$45,750 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other |
260 |
$17.41 |
$36,210 |
| Legislators |
260 |
Not available |
$28,300 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
260 |
$13.18 |
$27,410 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
250 |
$21.51 |
$44,740 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
250 |
$19.70 |
$40,970 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
250 |
$16.80 |
$34,940 |
| Public relations managers |
250 |
$37.71 |
$78,430 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
250 |
$15.32 |
$31,860 |
| Surveyors |
250 |
$28.53 |
$59,340 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
240 |
$30.57 |
$63,590 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
240 |
$16.89 |
$35,130 |
| Commercial and industrial designers |
240 |
$29.71 |
$61,800 |
| Conservation scientists |
240 |
$29.87 |
$62,130 |
| Food batchmakers |
240 |
$12.73 |
$26,490 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
240 |
$48.85 |
$101,600 |
| Logisticians |
240 |
$28.92 |
$60,140 |
| Natural sciences managers |
240 |
$53.65 |
$111,590 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
240 |
$21.88 |
$45,510 |
| Chemical technicians |
230 |
$19.86 |
$41,320 |
| Computer operators |
230 |
$19.66 |
$40,900 |
| Couriers and messengers |
230 |
$13.12 |
$27,280 |
| Production workers, all other |
230 |
$14.69 |
$30,550 |
| Tax preparers |
230 |
$20.31 |
$42,250 |
| Biochemists and biophysicists |
220 |
$30.29 |
$63,010 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators |
220 |
$31.26 |
$65,020 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
220 |
$10.53 |
$21,910 |
| Physician assistants |
220 |
$36.40 |
$75,700 |
| Purchasing managers |
220 |
$41.16 |
$85,610 |
| Soil and plant scientists |
220 |
$27.09 |
$56,350 |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
220 |
Not available |
$47,580 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
220 |
$18.24 |
$37,940 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
220 |
$16.41 |
$34,140 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
210 |
$26.35 |
$54,800 |
| Budget analysts |
210 |
$30.04 |
$62,490 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
210 |
$22.93 |
$47,690 |
| Dentists, general |
210 |
$94.03 |
$195,590 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
210 |
$16.44 |
$34,190 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other |
210 |
$14.66 |
$30,490 |
| Procurement clerks |
210 |
$17.56 |
$36,530 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary |
200 |
Not available |
$62,160 |
| Dental laboratory technicians |
200 |
$18.31 |
$38,090 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
200 |
$27.30 |
$56,780 |
| Meeting and convention planners |
200 |
$19.40 |
$40,350 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
200 |
$16.69 |
$34,720 |
| Photographers |
200 |
$21.82 |
$45,390 |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
200 |
$18.61 |
$38,720 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
200 |
$31.11 |
$64,700 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
200 |
$14.22 |
$29,580 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary |
190 |
Not available |
$100,710 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
190 |
$14.01 |
$29,130 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
190 |
Not available |
$54,050 |
| Mental health counselors |
190 |
$16.16 |
$33,620 |
| Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
190 |
$12.37 |
$25,740 |
| Multi-media artists and animators |
190 |
$23.99 |
$49,900 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
190 |
$15.12 |
$31,450 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
180 |
$32.42 |
$67,440 |
| Floral designers |
180 |
$15.20 |
$31,610 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
180 |
$19.02 |
$39,560 |
| Job printers |
180 |
$17.00 |
$35,350 |
| Service station attendants |
180 |
$9.53 |
$19,830 |
| Social scientists and related workers, all other |
180 |
$31.32 |
$65,140 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school |
180 |
Not available |
$48,440 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
170 |
$36.76 |
$76,460 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
170 |
$15.39 |
$32,010 |
| Real estate sales agents |
170 |
$26.01 |
$54,090 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
170 |
$16.21 |
$33,720 |
| Technical writers |
170 |
$28.35 |
$58,980 |
| Tool and die makers |
170 |
$22.77 |
$47,360 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
170 |
$38.49 |
$80,050 |
| Travel agents |
170 |
$15.68 |
$32,610 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
160 |
$15.31 |
$31,840 |
| Medical equipment preparers |
160 |
$14.96 |
$31,110 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary |
160 |
Not available |
$69,340 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators |
160 |
$21.01 |
$43,690 |
| Art directors |
150 |
$32.90 |
$68,440 |
| Crossing guards |
150 |
$11.87 |
$24,680 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program |
150 |
$20.84 |
$43,360 |
| Farm equipment mechanics |
150 |
$15.94 |
$33,150 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
150 |
$12.52 |
$26,040 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
150 |
$11.46 |
$23,840 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
150 |
$19.99 |
$41,590 |
| Postal service clerks |
150 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Sales engineers |
150 |
$38.88 |
$80,880 |
| Social workers, all other |
150 |
$28.27 |
$58,810 |
| Biomedical engineers |
140 |
$37.99 |
$79,020 |
| Credit analysts |
140 |
$22.46 |
$46,710 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders |
140 |
$10.14 |
$21,100 |
| Instructional coordinators |
140 |
$27.44 |
$57,070 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary |
140 |
Not available |
$89,800 |
| Pipelayers |
140 |
$21.09 |
$43,860 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks |
140 |
$12.00 |
$24,960 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders |
140 |
$15.47 |
$32,180 |
| Training and development managers |
140 |
$35.71 |
$74,270 |
| Urban and regional planners |
140 |
$33.97 |
$70,670 |
| Chiropractors |
130 |
$49.83 |
$103,650 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
130 |
$18.91 |
$39,330 |
| Tile and marble setters |
130 |
$23.92 |
$49,750 |
| Animal scientists |
120 |
$24.05 |
$50,020 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
120 |
$27.49 |
$57,180 |
| Choreographers |
120 |
$20.31 |
$42,240 |
| Desktop publishers |
120 |
$17.60 |
$36,610 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers |
120 |
$25.91 |
$53,890 |
| Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
120 |
$15.35 |
$31,930 |
| Hydrologists |
120 |
$32.42 |
$67,430 |
| Interpreters and translators |
120 |
$26.57 |
$55,270 |
| Millwrights |
120 |
$22.18 |
$46,140 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
120 |
$28.53 |
$59,340 |
| Occupational therapist assistants |
120 |
$24.71 |
$51,400 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
120 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Public address system and other announcers |
120 |
$19.76 |
$41,090 |
| Tapers |
120 |
$23.87 |
$49,650 |
| Advertising and promotions managers |
110 |
$39.29 |
$81,720 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians |
110 |
$23.73 |
$49,360 |
| Brokerage clerks |
110 |
$18.04 |
$37,520 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
110 |
$17.44 |
$36,280 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
110 |
$33.69 |
$70,080 |
| Education administrators, all other |
110 |
$32.81 |
$68,250 |
| Parking lot attendants |
110 |
$10.62 |
$22,090 |
| Photographic process workers |
110 |
$13.09 |
$27,230 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
110 |
$20.72 |
$43,090 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians |
100 |
$27.17 |
$56,510 |
| Carpet installers |
100 |
$20.94 |
$43,550 |
| Compensation and benefits managers |
100 |
$39.26 |
$81,650 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary |
100 |
Not available |
$99,720 |
| Financial examiners |
100 |
$34.93 |
$72,660 |
| Health educators |
100 |
$26.68 |
$55,480 |
| Helpers--carpenters |
100 |
$12.63 |
$26,270 |
| Industrial engineering technicians |
100 |
$22.42 |
$46,640 |
| Legal support workers, all other |
100 |
$20.68 |
$43,010 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers |
100 |
$13.14 |
$27,320 |
| Residential advisors |
100 |
$13.68 |
$28,450 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
100 |
$19.60 |
$40,770 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians |
90 |
$17.71 |
$36,840 |
| Chemical plant and system operators |
90 |
$19.51 |
$40,590 |
| Dietetic technicians |
90 |
$13.55 |
$28,170 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs |
90 |
$19.87 |
$41,340 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
90 |
$24.68 |
$51,340 |
| Helpers--electricians |
90 |
$16.35 |
$34,010 |
| Material moving workers, all other |
90 |
$11.69 |
$24,320 |
| Optometrists |
90 |
$44.66 |
$92,880 |
| Painters, transportation equipment |
90 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Pest control workers |
90 |
$19.07 |
$39,660 |
| Plasterers and stucco masons |
90 |
$20.59 |
$42,830 |
| Power plant operators |
90 |
$26.72 |
$55,570 |
| Sound engineering technicians |
90 |
$18.97 |
$39,460 |
| Actuaries |
80 |
$35.72 |
$74,300 |
| Computer hardware engineers |
80 |
$39.80 |
$82,780 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters |
80 |
$25.18 |
$52,370 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers |
80 |
$17.07 |
$35,500 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other |
80 |
$23.37 |
$48,620 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse |
80 |
$9.72 |
$20,220 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers |
80 |
$17.56 |
$36,520 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians |
80 |
$16.03 |
$33,330 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors |
80 |
$21.73 |
$45,200 |
| Upholsterers |
80 |
$15.87 |
$33,010 |
| Agricultural and food science technicians |
70 |
$15.80 |
$32,870 |
| Broadcast technicians |
70 |
$16.87 |
$35,100 |
| Commercial pilots |
70 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Counselors, all other |
70 |
$22.01 |
$45,780 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
70 |
$17.45 |
$36,300 |
| Medical equipment repairers |
70 |
$23.67 |
$49,230 |
| Psychiatrists |
70 |
$82.25 |
$171,090 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary |
70 |
Not available |
$77,420 |
| Radiation therapists |
70 |
$36.03 |
$74,940 |
| Clergy |
60 |
$21.95 |
$45,670 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
60 |
$14.27 |
$29,690 |
| Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles |
60 |
$13.34 |
$27,750 |
| Epidemiologists |
60 |
$35.42 |
$73,670 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers |
60 |
$17.91 |
$37,240 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers |
60 |
$11.53 |
$23,980 |
| Metal workers and plastic workers, all other |
60 |
$16.94 |
$35,230 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic |
60 |
$15.71 |
$32,670 |
| Motorboat mechanics |
60 |
$17.37 |
$36,130 |
| Proofreaders and copy markers |
60 |
$14.63 |
$30,420 |
| Statisticians |
60 |
$32.55 |
$67,700 |
| Archivists |
50 |
$21.71 |
$45,170 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops |
50 |
$10.73 |
$22,310 |
| Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture |
50 |
$15.34 |
$31,910 |
| Curators |
50 |
$22.91 |
$47,660 |
| Drafters, all other |
50 |
$18.45 |
$38,370 |
| Food scientists and technologists |
50 |
$23.38 |
$48,630 |
| Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders |
50 |
$16.08 |
$33,450 |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other |
50 |
$41.19 |
$85,680 |
| Historians |
50 |
$14.22 |
$29,570 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
50 |
$16.36 |
$34,030 |
| Museum technicians and conservators |
50 |
$19.05 |
$39,610 |
| Music directors and composers |
50 |
$24.95 |
$51,890 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists |
50 |
$32.90 |
$68,420 |
| Photographic processing machine operators |
50 |
$10.76 |
$22,380 |
| Political science teachers, postsecondary |
50 |
Not available |
$82,920 |
| Therapists, all other |
50 |
$29.63 |
$61,620 |
| Tree trimmers and pruners |
50 |
$16.09 |
$33,460 |
| Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators |
40 |
$21.73 |
$45,200 |
| Athletic trainers |
40 |
Not available |
$43,140 |
| Cartographers and photogrammetrists |
40 |
$23.96 |
$49,830 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
40 |
$15.29 |
$31,810 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers |
40 |
$12.37 |
$25,740 |
| Emergency management specialists |
40 |
$25.11 |
$52,230 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers |
40 |
$22.31 |
$46,410 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
40 |
$24.55 |
$51,060 |
| Forensic science technicians |
40 |
$20.23 |
$42,080 |
| Forest and conservation technicians |
40 |
$18.02 |
$37,480 |
| Funeral directors |
40 |
$26.98 |
$56,130 |
| Graders and sorters, agricultural products |
40 |
$11.24 |
$23,370 |
| Internists, general |
40 |
$99.10 |
$206,130 |
| Lodging managers |
40 |
$26.02 |
$54,110 |
| Operations research analysts |
40 |
$23.83 |
$49,560 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers |
40 |
$11.30 |
$23,510 |
| Postmasters and mail superintendents |
40 |
$29.95 |
$62,300 |
| Anthropologists and archeologists |
30 |
$32.13 |
$66,840 |
| Audiologists |
30 |
$26.30 |
$54,700 |
| Engine and other machine assemblers |
30 |
$16.92 |
$35,200 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers |
30 |
$30.68 |
$63,810 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors |
30 |
$29.96 |
$62,310 |
| Materials engineers |
30 |
$35.42 |
$73,680 |
| Recreational therapists |
30 |
$21.08 |
$43,840 |
| Social science research assistants |
30 |
$17.69 |
$36,800 |
| Statistical assistants |
30 |
$19.32 |
$40,180 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors |
Not available |
$34.50 |
$71,760 |
| Agricultural equipment operators |
Not available |
$14.10 |
$29,320 |
| Anesthesiologists |
Not available |
$67.62 |
$140,650 |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders |
Not available |
$21.50 |
$44,720 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers |
Not available |
$16.16 |
$33,610 |
| Construction and related workers, all other |
Not available |
$15.15 |
$31,500 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door |
Not available |
$17.88 |
$37,190 |
| Cutters and trimmers, hand |
Not available |
$13.08 |
$27,200 |
| Economists |
Not available |
$31.30 |
$65,110 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers |
Not available |
$15.16 |
$31,530 |
| Engineers, all other |
Not available |
$36.72 |
$76,370 |
| Etchers and engravers |
Not available |
$12.12 |
$25,200 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals |
Not available |
$12.39 |
$25,760 |
| Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders |
Not available |
$16.05 |
$33,390 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other |
Not available |
$8.92 |
$18,540 |
| Glaziers |
Not available |
$21.81 |
$45,370 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other |
Not available |
$22.37 |
$46,530 |
| Home appliance repairers |
Not available |
$17.76 |
$36,940 |
| Landscape architects |
Not available |
$29.16 |
$60,650 |
| Law clerks |
Not available |
$16.17 |
$33,620 |
| Marriage and family therapists |
Not available |
$15.77 |
$32,810 |
| Massage therapists |
Not available |
$20.62 |
$42,900 |
| Materials scientists |
Not available |
$38.15 |
$79,360 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists |
Not available |
$24.89 |
$51,780 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics |
Not available |
$15.15 |
$31,510 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other |
Not available |
$10.16 |
$21,130 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation |
Not available |
$20.13 |
$41,880 |
| Physical therapist aides |
Not available |
$12.90 |
$26,840 |
| Physicists |
Not available |
$36.85 |
$76,650 |
| Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other |
Not available |
$22.43 |
$46,650 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials |
Not available |
$10.09 |
$20,990 |
| Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products |
Not available |
$22.32 |
$46,430 |
| Radio mechanics |
Not available |
$18.96 |
$39,440 |
| Real estate brokers |
Not available |
$39.29 |
$81,730 |
| Skin care specialists |
Not available |
$21.57 |
$44,860 |
| Survey researchers |
Not available |
$27.69 |
$57,610 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
Not available |
$11.05 |
$22,990 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers |
Not available |
$17.70 |
$36,810 |
| Tour guides and escorts |
Not available |
$11.21 |
$23,310 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
Not available |
$11.42 |
$23,750 |
| Woodworkers, all other |
Not available |
$15.99 |
$33,260 |
