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 |
630,020 |
$18.28 |
$38,030 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
108,710 |
$14.82 |
$30,830 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
78,980 |
$14.68 |
$30,530 |
| Sales and related occupations |
62,260 |
$16.18 |
$33,650 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
51,990 |
$9.16 |
$19,060 |
| Production occupations |
43,510 |
$14.20 |
$29,540 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
38,460 |
$30.83 |
$64,120 |
| Management occupations |
31,610 |
$41.79 |
$86,920 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
31,590 |
$19.59 |
$40,750 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
29,600 |
$11.05 |
$22,990 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
26,480 |
$19.70 |
$40,970 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
25,610 |
$30.96 |
$64,400 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
23,420 |
$16.40 |
$34,100 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
21,120 |
$10.82 |
$22,500 |
| Protective service occupations |
20,960 |
$14.35 |
$29,860 |
| Retail salespersons |
18,110 |
$11.51 |
$23,940 |
| Cashiers |
16,960 |
$8.35 |
$17,360 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
16,710 |
$10.82 |
$22,500 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
15,340 |
$19.72 |
$41,010 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
14,880 |
$11.69 |
$24,320 |
| Registered nurses |
13,520 |
$29.37 |
$61,100 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
13,500 |
$7.92 |
$16,480 |
| Customer service representatives |
12,590 |
$14.88 |
$30,940 |
| Office clerks, general |
11,550 |
$12.99 |
$27,020 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
11,200 |
$10.89 |
$22,650 |
| Security guards |
10,340 |
$9.93 |
$20,660 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
10,160 |
$8.52 |
$17,720 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
9,800 |
$10.37 |
$21,560 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
9,090 |
$31.05 |
$64,570 |
| General and operations managers |
8,780 |
$43.63 |
$90,750 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
8,600 |
Not available |
$45,000 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
8,190 |
$36.96 |
$76,870 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
8,110 |
$13.47 |
$28,010 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
7,250 |
$20.91 |
$43,490 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
7,160 |
$13.61 |
$28,300 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
6,930 |
$16.50 |
$34,330 |
| Community and social services occupations |
6,330 |
$18.36 |
$38,180 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
6,310 |
$16.68 |
$34,690 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
6,160 |
$33.07 |
$68,780 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
5,870 |
$26.37 |
$54,850 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
5,850 |
$10.84 |
$22,550 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
5,740 |
Not available |
$43,960 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
5,700 |
$19.34 |
$40,230 |
| Team assemblers |
5,590 |
$12.78 |
$26,590 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
5,490 |
$18.05 |
$37,540 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
4,960 |
$12.77 |
$26,560 |
| Teacher assistants |
4,780 |
Not available |
$20,230 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
4,680 |
$8.16 |
$16,960 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
4,630 |
$21.76 |
$45,270 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
4,630 |
$19.60 |
$40,770 |
| Helpers--production workers |
4,620 |
$10.73 |
$22,310 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
4,400 |
$11.15 |
$23,180 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
4,330 |
$18.19 |
$37,830 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
4,160 |
$9.94 |
$20,680 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
4,110 |
$13.90 |
$28,900 |
| Food preparation workers |
4,050 |
$8.76 |
$18,220 |
| Accountants and auditors |
3,990 |
$29.00 |
$60,320 |
| Construction laborers |
3,970 |
$11.86 |
$24,660 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
3,940 |
$11.67 |
$24,280 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
3,880 |
$14.65 |
$30,470 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
3,600 |
$11.36 |
$23,620 |
| Cooks, fast food |
3,350 |
$7.35 |
$15,300 |
| Legal occupations |
3,150 |
$41.95 |
$87,260 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
3,100 |
$10.29 |
$21,390 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
3,060 |
$22.35 |
$46,490 |
| Electricians |
2,960 |
$20.82 |
$43,290 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
2,940 |
$12.30 |
$25,590 |
| Child care workers |
2,860 |
$7.90 |
$16,430 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
2,850 |
$17.99 |
$37,430 |
| Medical assistants |
2,790 |
$12.88 |
$26,780 |
| Chief executives |
2,510 |
$75.78 |
$157,610 |
| Correctional officers and jailers |
2,510 |
$19.23 |
$39,990 |
| Financial managers |
2,440 |
$40.46 |
$84,160 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
2,430 |
$27.73 |
$57,670 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
2,420 |
$13.61 |
$28,320 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
2,310 |
$14.49 |
$30,130 |
| Personal and home care aides |
2,280 |
$8.83 |
$18,370 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
2,260 |
$8.31 |
$17,280 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
2,230 |
$15.01 |
$31,220 |
| Production workers, all other |
2,170 |
$12.98 |
$27,010 |
| Carpenters |
2,150 |
$15.97 |
$33,210 |
| Bill and account collectors |
2,120 |
$14.11 |
$29,340 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
2,120 |
$39.98 |
$83,150 |
| Home health aides |
2,100 |
$9.31 |
$19,370 |
| Driver/sales workers |
2,070 |
$11.75 |
$24,430 |
| Gaming dealers |
2,070 |
$7.06 |
$14,680 |
| Bus drivers, school |
2,010 |
$8.07 |
$16,800 |
| Computer support specialists |
1,990 |
$21.33 |
$44,360 |
| Pharmacists |
1,950 |
$53.01 |
$110,260 |
| Sales managers |
1,950 |
$46.80 |
$97,350 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
1,940 |
$18.81 |
$39,120 |
| Tellers |
1,870 |
$11.40 |
$23,700 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
1,790 |
$10.50 |
$21,840 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
1,780 |
$18.79 |
$39,080 |
| Lawyers |
1,780 |
$57.77 |
$120,160 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
1,740 |
$30.91 |
$64,290 |
| Managers, all other |
1,740 |
$47.70 |
$99,210 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
1,730 |
$24.57 |
$51,100 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
1,730 |
$8.93 |
$18,580 |
| Computer programmers |
1,720 |
$33.61 |
$69,910 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
1,670 |
$81.96 |
$170,480 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
1,670 |
$23.73 |
$49,360 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
1,630 |
$9.68 |
$20,140 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
1,630 |
$21.81 |
$45,370 |
| Bartenders |
1,620 |
$10.16 |
$21,120 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
1,570 |
$8.56 |
$17,800 |
| Dishwashers |
1,560 |
$8.88 |
$18,470 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
1,540 |
$8.68 |
$18,050 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
1,470 |
$7.82 |
$16,270 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
1,450 |
$28.45 |
$59,180 |
| Administrative services managers |
1,430 |
$28.67 |
$59,630 |
| Parts salespersons |
1,420 |
$14.04 |
$29,200 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
1,420 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Medical secretaries |
1,410 |
$13.50 |
$28,070 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
1,390 |
$12.41 |
$25,800 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
1,380 |
$16.05 |
$33,390 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
1,380 |
$24.12 |
$50,170 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
1,350 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Data entry keyers |
1,340 |
$11.94 |
$24,840 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
1,340 |
$15.00 |
$31,200 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers |
1,320 |
$10.85 |
$22,580 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
1,320 |
$20.56 |
$42,760 |
| Food service managers |
1,280 |
$19.79 |
$41,160 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
1,280 |
Not available |
$43,190 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
1,260 |
$13.50 |
$28,070 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
1,240 |
$16.20 |
$33,690 |
| Computer systems analysts |
1,230 |
$32.11 |
$66,790 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
1,230 |
$60.43 |
$125,680 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
1,220 |
$14.21 |
$29,560 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
1,210 |
$13.30 |
$27,670 |
| Machinists |
1,200 |
$18.60 |
$38,680 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
1,180 |
$9.53 |
$19,820 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
1,180 |
$20.73 |
$43,120 |
| Fire fighters |
1,170 |
$19.92 |
$41,440 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs |
1,160 |
$16.38 |
$34,070 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
1,160 |
$42.01 |
$87,390 |
| Insurance sales agents |
1,140 |
$28.86 |
$60,030 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
1,140 |
$8.77 |
$18,230 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
1,130 |
$33.79 |
$70,290 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
1,130 |
$19.24 |
$40,010 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
1,090 |
Not available |
$41,600 |
| Management analysts |
1,070 |
$33.75 |
$70,190 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
1,050 |
$35.65 |
$74,140 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
1,040 |
$19.89 |
$41,360 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
1,040 |
$17.49 |
$36,370 |
| Cooks, short order |
1,030 |
$9.02 |
$18,760 |
| Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers |
1,020 |
Not available |
$92,490 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
1,020 |
$12.96 |
$26,950 |
| Marketing managers |
1,010 |
$43.36 |
$90,180 |
| Medical and health services managers |
1,010 |
$39.92 |
$83,030 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
1,000 |
Not available |
$41,300 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
1,000 |
$16.33 |
$33,960 |
| Order clerks |
980 |
$12.73 |
$26,470 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
980 |
$25.23 |
$52,480 |
| All other information and record clerks |
970 |
$17.05 |
$35,470 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
970 |
$8.00 |
$16,630 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
960 |
$19.17 |
$39,880 |
| Training and development specialists |
960 |
$26.71 |
$55,560 |
| Printing machine operators |
950 |
$18.14 |
$37,720 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
940 |
$13.60 |
$28,290 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
940 |
$18.09 |
$37,620 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
930 |
$17.47 |
$36,340 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
930 |
$17.47 |
$36,330 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
930 |
$10.81 |
$22,490 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
920 |
$21.36 |
$44,440 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
920 |
$21.11 |
$43,920 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
910 |
$17.75 |
$36,920 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
900 |
$13.28 |
$27,620 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
900 |
$41.76 |
$86,850 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
890 |
$26.90 |
$55,950 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
890 |
$11.88 |
$24,700 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
880 |
$23.09 |
$48,020 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
860 |
Not available |
$78,680 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
860 |
$33.45 |
$69,580 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
860 |
$20.23 |
$42,090 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents |
860 |
$21.82 |
$45,390 |
| Dental assistants |
840 |
$13.19 |
$27,440 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
830 |
$19.85 |
$41,280 |
| Construction managers |
830 |
$30.37 |
$63,170 |
| Loan officers |
830 |
$26.82 |
$55,790 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks |
830 |
$12.24 |
$25,450 |
| Surgical technologists |
830 |
$17.63 |
$36,660 |
| Industrial production managers |
790 |
$36.39 |
$75,690 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
780 |
$9.54 |
$19,850 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
780 |
$14.61 |
$30,390 |
| Transportation workers, all other |
780 |
$17.86 |
$37,150 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
770 |
$20.82 |
$43,300 |
| Pipelayers |
760 |
$15.88 |
$33,030 |
| Librarians |
750 |
$21.90 |
$45,560 |
| Logisticians |
750 |
$25.56 |
$53,150 |
| Cost estimators |
740 |
$28.61 |
$59,500 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
740 |
$24.85 |
$51,680 |
| Sheet metal workers |
740 |
$14.94 |
$31,070 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
730 |
$27.76 |
$57,750 |
| Financial analysts |
730 |
$32.27 |
$67,120 |
| Engineers, all other |
720 |
$40.60 |
$84,440 |
| Physical therapists |
720 |
$38.22 |
$79,490 |
| Graphic designers |
710 |
$24.03 |
$49,980 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers |
700 |
$8.13 |
$16,910 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
690 |
$30.32 |
$63,060 |
| Industrial engineers |
690 |
$35.26 |
$73,350 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
680 |
$36.55 |
$76,010 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
680 |
$9.44 |
$19,640 |
| Dental hygienists |
670 |
$26.20 |
$54,490 |
| Recreation workers |
670 |
$11.28 |
$23,470 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
650 |
$12.13 |
$25,220 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
650 |
$11.24 |
$23,380 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops |
640 |
$13.72 |
$28,530 |
| Legal secretaries |
630 |
$18.12 |
$37,680 |
| Mental health counselors |
630 |
$14.17 |
$29,470 |
| Roofers |
630 |
$13.96 |
$29,040 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
620 |
$10.64 |
$22,130 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
620 |
$19.09 |
$39,710 |
| Computer operators |
610 |
$16.69 |
$34,700 |
| Helpers--electricians |
600 |
$12.46 |
$25,910 |
| Mechanical engineers |
600 |
$37.82 |
$78,660 |
| Engineering managers |
580 |
$46.64 |
$97,010 |
| File clerks |
580 |
$11.25 |
$23,390 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
580 |
$15.78 |
$32,830 |
| Telemarketers |
580 |
$11.78 |
$24,500 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
560 |
$12.64 |
$26,290 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
560 |
$11.88 |
$24,720 |
| Computer specialists, all other |
550 |
$33.66 |
$70,000 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
550 |
$16.77 |
$34,880 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials |
550 |
$8.81 |
$18,320 |
| Social and human service assistants |
550 |
$12.18 |
$25,330 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
550 |
Not available |
$49,530 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
540 |
$32.75 |
$68,130 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary |
540 |
$22.02 |
$45,810 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
530 |
$25.95 |
$53,980 |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders |
520 |
$20.21 |
$42,030 |
| Gaming supervisors |
520 |
$21.79 |
$45,330 |
| Pharmacy aides |
520 |
$10.98 |
$22,840 |
| Residential advisors |
520 |
$11.55 |
$24,020 |
| Respiratory therapists |
520 |
$22.13 |
$46,040 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors |
520 |
$19.17 |
$39,880 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
510 |
$15.70 |
$32,650 |
| Electrical engineers |
510 |
$36.75 |
$76,440 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
510 |
$20.28 |
$42,180 |
| Health specialties teachers, postsecondary |
510 |
Not available |
$80,080 |
| Chemical plant and system operators |
490 |
$22.69 |
$47,190 |
| Public relations specialists |
490 |
$21.74 |
$45,230 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
480 |
$15.41 |
$32,050 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
470 |
$17.17 |
$35,700 |
| Real estate sales agents |
470 |
$18.42 |
$38,320 |
| Sewing machine operators |
470 |
$10.78 |
$22,420 |
| Social and community service managers |
470 |
$24.55 |
$51,070 |
| Food batchmakers |
460 |
$14.88 |
$30,940 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
450 |
$34.83 |
$72,440 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
450 |
$15.28 |
$31,780 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
450 |
$17.45 |
$36,300 |
| Advertising sales agents |
440 |
$26.02 |
$54,120 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
440 |
$11.70 |
$24,330 |
| Pest control workers |
440 |
$15.45 |
$32,140 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
440 |
$13.43 |
$27,940 |
| Millwrights |
430 |
$19.53 |
$40,630 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
430 |
$10.38 |
$21,580 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
410 |
$25.40 |
$52,820 |
| Civil engineers |
410 |
$43.70 |
$90,890 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
410 |
$17.94 |
$37,310 |
| Parking lot attendants |
410 |
$8.51 |
$17,700 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators |
410 |
$15.80 |
$32,870 |
| Surgeons |
410 |
$84.35 |
$175,450 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
400 |
$27.32 |
$56,830 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
390 |
$14.20 |
$29,540 |
| Library technicians |
390 |
$10.97 |
$22,810 |
| Purchasing managers |
390 |
$38.46 |
$80,010 |
| Compensation and benefits managers |
380 |
$42.38 |
$88,160 |
| Glaziers |
380 |
$16.50 |
$34,330 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
380 |
$11.05 |
$22,980 |
| Bakers |
370 |
$11.90 |
$24,750 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
370 |
$22.66 |
$47,130 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other |
370 |
$19.90 |
$41,400 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers |
370 |
$15.96 |
$33,200 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
360 |
$22.33 |
$46,450 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
360 |
$11.86 |
$24,670 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
360 |
$15.77 |
$32,800 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
360 |
$8.14 |
$16,930 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
360 |
$15.52 |
$32,280 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
350 |
$21.01 |
$43,690 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
350 |
Not available |
$41,170 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
340 |
$28.70 |
$59,710 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
340 |
$9.70 |
$20,180 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
340 |
$19.58 |
$40,730 |
| Coaches and scouts |
330 |
Not available |
$41,810 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
330 |
$24.41 |
$50,770 |
| Graders and sorters, agricultural products |
330 |
$11.00 |
$22,880 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
330 |
$16.29 |
$33,880 |
| Occupational therapists |
330 |
$37.67 |
$78,350 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
330 |
$19.01 |
$39,530 |
| Bindery workers |
320 |
$12.96 |
$26,960 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
320 |
$12.97 |
$26,970 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers |
320 |
$14.26 |
$29,660 |
| Instructional coordinators |
320 |
$23.73 |
$49,360 |
| Massage therapists |
320 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Medical transcriptionists |
320 |
$15.14 |
$31,480 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
320 |
$19.02 |
$39,570 |
| Dentists, general |
310 |
$72.32 |
$150,420 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
310 |
$12.66 |
$26,340 |
| Health educators |
310 |
$17.79 |
$37,000 |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists |
310 |
$15.62 |
$32,490 |
| Procurement clerks |
310 |
$16.54 |
$34,410 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders |
310 |
$18.69 |
$38,870 |
| Tile and marble setters |
300 |
$15.26 |
$31,730 |
| Couriers and messengers |
290 |
$11.61 |
$24,150 |
| Meter readers, utilities |
290 |
$15.30 |
$31,810 |
| Personal financial advisors |
290 |
$49.16 |
$102,250 |
| Postal service clerks |
290 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Structural iron and steel workers |
290 |
$17.81 |
$37,040 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians |
280 |
$19.34 |
$40,230 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
280 |
$17.88 |
$37,200 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
280 |
$15.06 |
$31,330 |
| Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other |
280 |
$9.62 |
$20,010 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school |
280 |
Not available |
$47,540 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers |
270 |
$9.41 |
$19,570 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary |
270 |
Not available |
$67,040 |
| Psychiatric aides |
270 |
$9.21 |
$19,150 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators |
260 |
$28.30 |
$58,860 |
| Gaming cage workers |
260 |
$12.95 |
$26,930 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
260 |
$15.66 |
$32,570 |
| Slot key persons |
260 |
$13.62 |
$28,340 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators |
260 |
$20.72 |
$43,090 |
| Tool and die makers |
260 |
$18.98 |
$39,480 |
| Advertising and promotions managers |
250 |
$34.28 |
$71,300 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
250 |
$34.26 |
$71,250 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary |
250 |
$42.05 |
$87,470 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program |
250 |
$16.07 |
$33,430 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers |
250 |
$15.97 |
$33,210 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand |
250 |
$15.59 |
$32,430 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other |
250 |
$23.76 |
$49,430 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
250 |
$14.01 |
$29,140 |
| New accounts clerks |
250 |
$14.06 |
$29,230 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers |
240 |
$15.74 |
$32,740 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
240 |
$17.85 |
$37,140 |
| Transportation inspectors |
240 |
$29.94 |
$62,270 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary |
230 |
Not available |
$68,860 |
| Database administrators |
230 |
$32.10 |
$66,760 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
230 |
$14.94 |
$31,070 |
| Helpers--carpenters |
230 |
$11.26 |
$23,410 |
| Chemical technicians |
220 |
$19.59 |
$40,740 |
| Legislators |
220 |
Not available |
$27,740 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers |
210 |
$13.86 |
$28,840 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
210 |
$17.40 |
$36,190 |
| Pediatricians, general |
210 |
$65.09 |
$135,390 |
| Physical therapist aides |
210 |
$11.10 |
$23,100 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
210 |
$21.68 |
$45,090 |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
210 |
$19.27 |
$40,090 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
200 |
$27.75 |
$57,710 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
200 |
$13.46 |
$28,000 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
200 |
$17.25 |
$35,890 |
| Credit analysts |
200 |
$26.82 |
$55,790 |
| Financial examiners |
200 |
$45.86 |
$95,390 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
200 |
$21.47 |
$44,660 |
| Internists, general |
200 |
$92.29 |
$191,960 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers |
200 |
$14.73 |
$30,630 |
| Photographers |
200 |
$12.72 |
$26,450 |
| Tax preparers |
200 |
$20.46 |
$42,560 |
| Brokerage clerks |
190 |
$19.33 |
$40,200 |
| Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels |
190 |
$41.32 |
$85,940 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other |
190 |
$16.72 |
$34,770 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks |
190 |
$15.18 |
$31,580 |
| Desktop publishers |
190 |
$15.94 |
$33,160 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers |
190 |
$32.67 |
$67,960 |
| Musicians and singers |
190 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Surveyors |
190 |
$24.75 |
$51,490 |
| Training and development managers |
190 |
$37.16 |
$77,290 |
| Veterinarians |
190 |
$46.70 |
$97,150 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary |
180 |
Not available |
$58,800 |
| Chemists |
180 |
$29.70 |
$61,790 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary |
180 |
Not available |
$57,450 |
| Family and general practitioners |
180 |
$84.70 |
$176,170 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
180 |
$42.99 |
$89,410 |
| Law clerks |
180 |
$9.43 |
$19,610 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
180 |
$10.56 |
$21,970 |
| Physician assistants |
180 |
$26.21 |
$54,520 |
| Public relations managers |
180 |
$34.42 |
$71,600 |
| Sailors and marine oilers |
180 |
$17.29 |
$35,960 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians |
170 |
$14.72 |
$30,620 |
| Biomedical engineers |
170 |
$30.16 |
$62,720 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
170 |
$19.84 |
$41,260 |
| Counselors, all other |
170 |
$16.31 |
$33,930 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
170 |
$13.37 |
$27,820 |
| Job printers |
170 |
$18.37 |
$38,220 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians |
170 |
$13.51 |
$28,090 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
170 |
$12.70 |
$26,410 |
| Reporters and correspondents |
170 |
$22.63 |
$47,070 |
| Respiratory therapy technicians |
170 |
$17.56 |
$36,530 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood |
170 |
$10.80 |
$22,470 |
| Travel agents |
170 |
Not available |
Not available |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
160 |
Not available |
$76,070 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health |
160 |
$21.23 |
$44,150 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators |
160 |
$10.38 |
$21,580 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers |
160 |
$19.25 |
$40,040 |
| Meeting and convention planners |
160 |
$21.65 |
$45,030 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation |
160 |
$14.13 |
$29,390 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers |
160 |
$12.47 |
$25,930 |
| Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians |
150 |
$10.41 |
$21,650 |
| Editors |
150 |
$21.89 |
$45,520 |
| Lodging managers |
150 |
$21.42 |
$44,550 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers |
150 |
$10.77 |
$22,390 |
| Environmental engineering technicians |
140 |
$26.46 |
$55,030 |
| Fiberglass laminators and fabricators |
140 |
$12.25 |
$25,480 |
| Food scientists and technologists |
140 |
$18.47 |
$38,420 |
| Insulation workers, mechanical |
140 |
$16.74 |
$34,830 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists |
140 |
$30.80 |
$64,060 |
| Producers and directors |
140 |
$27.15 |
$56,470 |
| Writers and authors |
140 |
$24.69 |
$51,360 |
| Broadcast technicians |
130 |
$14.70 |
$30,580 |
| Dental laboratory technicians |
130 |
$15.47 |
$32,180 |
| Drafters, all other |
130 |
$20.07 |
$41,740 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
130 |
$30.48 |
$63,410 |
| Floral designers |
130 |
$12.69 |
$26,390 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary |
130 |
Not available |
$70,730 |
| Medical equipment repairers |
130 |
$20.17 |
$41,960 |
| Proofreaders and copy markers |
130 |
$16.05 |
$33,370 |
| Urban and regional planners |
130 |
$27.04 |
$56,240 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary |
120 |
Not available |
$92,670 |
| Budget analysts |
120 |
$30.56 |
$63,570 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
120 |
$16.37 |
$34,050 |
| Dietetic technicians |
120 |
$15.25 |
$31,720 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other |
120 |
$17.05 |
$35,460 |
| Gaming surveillance officers and gaming investigators |
120 |
$18.15 |
$37,740 |
| Mechanical drafters |
120 |
$26.44 |
$55,000 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other |
120 |
$15.00 |
$31,190 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
120 |
$13.22 |
$27,500 |
| Operations research analysts |
120 |
$41.64 |
$86,620 |
| Painters, transportation equipment |
120 |
$21.66 |
$45,060 |
| Photographic processing machine operators |
120 |
$9.47 |
$19,710 |
| Technical writers |
120 |
$27.48 |
$57,160 |
| Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders |
110 |
$14.51 |
$30,190 |
| Clergy |
110 |
$23.07 |
$47,990 |
| Crane and tower operators |
110 |
$17.45 |
$36,290 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers |
110 |
$10.96 |
$22,790 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
110 |
$21.74 |
$45,220 |
| Helpers--roofers |
110 |
$11.42 |
$23,740 |
| Interior designers |
110 |
$21.86 |
$45,460 |
| Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants |
110 |
$9.91 |
$20,610 |
| Marriage and family therapists |
110 |
$17.45 |
$36,290 |
| Motorcycle mechanics |
110 |
$15.93 |
$33,130 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
110 |
$28.87 |
$60,050 |
| Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
110 |
$13.86 |
$28,830 |
| Social workers, all other |
110 |
$25.65 |
$53,340 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
110 |
$17.49 |
$36,370 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers |
110 |
$16.24 |
$33,780 |
| Upholsterers |
110 |
$14.34 |
$29,820 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors |
100 |
$22.93 |
$47,690 |
| Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture |
100 |
$21.32 |
$44,340 |
| Commercial pilots |
100 |
Not available |
$53,280 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary |
100 |
Not available |
$59,270 |
| Education administrators, all other |
100 |
$31.20 |
$64,900 |
| Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles |
100 |
$13.67 |
$28,440 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders |
100 |
$12.58 |
$26,160 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other |
100 |
$15.88 |
$33,030 |
| Chemical engineers |
90 |
$40.24 |
$83,710 |
| Communications teachers, postsecondary |
90 |
Not available |
$52,280 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other |
90 |
$25.78 |
$53,620 |
| Environmental engineers |
90 |
$26.17 |
$54,440 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other |
90 |
$10.94 |
$22,750 |
| Optometrists |
90 |
$68.60 |
$142,690 |
| Word processors and typists |
90 |
$14.32 |
$29,780 |
| Agricultural equipment operators |
80 |
$10.09 |
$20,980 |
| Animal control workers |
80 |
$13.37 |
$27,810 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters |
80 |
$23.94 |
$49,800 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
80 |
$23.89 |
$49,700 |
| Gaming and sports book writers and runners |
80 |
$9.69 |
$20,150 |
| Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates |
80 |
$49.09 |
$102,110 |
| Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary |
80 |
Not available |
$56,280 |
| Photographic process workers |
80 |
$10.98 |
$22,840 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary |
80 |
Not available |
$66,070 |
| Ship engineers |
80 |
$29.84 |
$62,070 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
80 |
$12.06 |
$25,080 |
| Art directors |
70 |
$24.06 |
$50,040 |
| Funeral directors |
70 |
$25.73 |
$53,510 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians |
70 |
$19.02 |
$39,550 |
| Recreational therapists |
70 |
$18.36 |
$38,190 |
| Reinforcing iron and rebar workers |
70 |
$14.40 |
$29,950 |
| Social scientists and related workers, all other |
70 |
$29.95 |
$62,290 |
| Therapists, all other |
70 |
$28.88 |
$60,060 |
| Biological scientists, all other |
60 |
$36.02 |
$74,930 |
| Loan counselors |
60 |
$18.98 |
$39,480 |
| Radiation therapists |
60 |
$32.49 |
$67,580 |
| Sociology teachers, postsecondary |
60 |
Not available |
$59,840 |
| Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers |
50 |
$36.72 |
$76,370 |
| Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders |
50 |
$8.36 |
$17,390 |
| Directors, religious activities and education |
50 |
$19.55 |
$40,650 |
| Earth drillers, except oil and gas |
50 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Epidemiologists |
50 |
$22.00 |
$45,750 |
| Gaming managers |
50 |
$35.93 |
$74,740 |
| Grounds maintenance workers, all other |
50 |
$13.02 |
$27,080 |
| History teachers, postsecondary |
50 |
Not available |
$79,860 |
| Industrial engineering technicians |
50 |
$24.74 |
$51,470 |
| Interpreters and translators |
50 |
$16.86 |
$35,070 |
| Legal support workers, all other |
50 |
$22.77 |
$47,350 |
| Library science teachers, postsecondary |
50 |
Not available |
$59,460 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists |
50 |
$62.86 |
$130,760 |
| Physics teachers, postsecondary |
50 |
Not available |
$68,590 |
| Political science teachers, postsecondary |
50 |
Not available |
$78,760 |
| Postmasters and mail superintendents |
50 |
$30.66 |
$63,770 |
| Psychiatrists |
50 |
$68.36 |
$142,180 |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
50 |
Not available |
$42,840 |
| Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators |
40 |
$37.55 |
$78,100 |
| Chiropractors |
40 |
$43.21 |
$89,880 |
| Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders |
40 |
$13.25 |
$27,570 |
| Cutters and trimmers, hand |
40 |
$10.13 |
$21,060 |
| Fire inspectors and investigators |
40 |
$25.25 |
$52,530 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors |
40 |
$33.73 |
$70,160 |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other |
40 |
$30.33 |
$63,090 |
| Home appliance repairers |
40 |
$15.79 |
$32,840 |
| Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers |
40 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Medical equipment preparers |
40 |
$13.51 |
$28,100 |
| Occupational therapist aides |
40 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Parking enforcement workers |
40 |
$19.20 |
$39,930 |
| Physicists |
40 |
$55.66 |
$115,770 |
| Power plant operators |
40 |
$23.38 |
$48,630 |
| Private detectives and investigators |
40 |
$18.27 |
$37,990 |
| Public address system and other announcers |
40 |
$12.89 |
$26,810 |
| Shampooers |
40 |
$9.20 |
$19,130 |
| Statisticians |
40 |
$22.54 |
$46,870 |
| Telephone operators |
40 |
$9.76 |
$20,300 |
| Computer and information scientists, research |
30 |
$43.69 |
$90,870 |
| Etchers and engravers |
30 |
$14.10 |
$29,330 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers |
30 |
$20.92 |
$43,500 |
| Furniture finishers |
30 |
$15.16 |
$31,530 |
| Media and communication workers, all other |
30 |
$21.15 |
$44,000 |
| Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
30 |
$13.41 |
$27,900 |
| Natural sciences managers |
30 |
$45.31 |
$94,240 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners |
30 |
$15.92 |
$33,110 |
| Traffic technicians |
30 |
$15.27 |
$31,770 |
| Anesthesiologists |
Not available |
More than $70 |
More than $145,600 |
| Athletic trainers |
Not available |
Not available |
$48,110 |
| Audiologists |
Not available |
$24.04 |
$50,000 |
| Biological technicians |
Not available |
$18.45 |
$38,380 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
Not available |
$19.74 |
$41,050 |
| Building cleaning workers, all other |
Not available |
$11.81 |
$24,560 |
| Carpet installers |
Not available |
$16.87 |
$35,090 |
| Commercial and industrial designers |
Not available |
$20.30 |
$42,210 |
| Computer hardware engineers |
Not available |
$32.97 |
$68,570 |
| Concierges |
Not available |
$10.90 |
$22,680 |
| Construction and related workers, all other |
Not available |
$16.11 |
$33,510 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door |
Not available |
$18.29 |
$38,040 |
| Correspondence clerks |
Not available |
$14.07 |
$29,260 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$15.98 |
$33,250 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
Not available |
$10.94 |
$22,760 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$12.19 |
$25,360 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
Not available |
$38.66 |
$80,400 |
| Farm equipment mechanics |
Not available |
$19.97 |
$41,540 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse |
Not available |
$9.26 |
$19,250 |
| Floor layers, except carpet, wood, and hard tiles |
Not available |
$13.90 |
$28,920 |
| Floor sanders and finishers |
Not available |
$14.83 |
$30,840 |
| Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$10.71 |
$22,280 |
| Funeral attendants |
Not available |
$9.65 |
$20,070 |
| Gaming change persons and booth cashiers |
Not available |
$11.70 |
$24,340 |
| Graduate teaching assistants |
Not available |
Not available |
$27,750 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers |
Not available |
$13.23 |
$27,520 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other |
Not available |
$10.40 |
$21,630 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters |
Not available |
$10.58 |
$22,000 |
| Helpers--extraction workers |
Not available |
$17.57 |
$36,550 |
| Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall |
Not available |
$14.26 |
$29,660 |
| Landscape architects |
Not available |
$39.14 |
$81,410 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$13.04 |
$27,130 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
Not available |
$27.45 |
$57,100 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers |
Not available |
$18.24 |
$37,950 |
| Market research analysts |
Not available |
$27.80 |
$57,820 |
| Material moving workers, all other |
Not available |
$16.16 |
$33,620 |
| Mechanical door repairers |
Not available |
$17.96 |
$37,350 |
| Metal workers and plastic workers, all other |
Not available |
$15.09 |
$31,390 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic |
Not available |
$12.74 |
$26,500 |
| Multi-media artists and animators |
Not available |
$27.35 |
$56,890 |
| Numerical tool and process control programmers |
Not available |
$22.92 |
$47,670 |
| Occupational therapist assistants |
Not available |
$18.20 |
$37,860 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics |
Not available |
$10.88 |
$22,630 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$14.86 |
$30,910 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other |
Not available |
$7.92 |
$16,480 |
| Psychiatric technicians |
Not available |
$11.12 |
$23,130 |
| Pump operators, except wellhead pumpers |
Not available |
$20.16 |
$41,930 |
| Riggers |
Not available |
$13.08 |
$27,210 |
| Sales engineers |
Not available |
$33.74 |
$70,170 |
| Service station attendants |
Not available |
$8.49 |
$17,670 |
| Sound engineering technicians |
Not available |
$24.04 |
$49,990 |
| Stonemasons |
Not available |
$14.65 |
$30,470 |
| Tank car, truck, and ship loaders |
Not available |
$17.87 |
$37,170 |
| Tire builders |
Not available |
$14.21 |
$29,560 |
| Tour guides and escorts |
Not available |
$9.07 |
$18,860 |
| Tree trimmers and pruners |
Not available |
$14.83 |
$30,840 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$11.85 |
$24,640 |
| Woodworkers, all other |
Not available |
$10.54 |
$21,930 |
