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 | $75.00 | 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--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters | Not available | $10.58 | $22,000 |
| Helpers--extraction workers | Not available | $17.57 | $36,550 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other | Not available | $10.40 | $21,630 |
| 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 |
