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 | 61,880 | $18.04 | $37,520 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 8,910 | $15.01 | $31,210 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 7,170 | $26.01 | $54,100 |
| Production occupations | 6,710 | $14.81 | $30,800 |
| Sales and related occupations | 5,520 | $13.11 | $27,270 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 5,280 | $14.23 | $29,600 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 5,120 | $9.73 | $20,230 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 4,030 | $9.85 | $20,480 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | 2,770 | $8.80 | $18,310 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 2,630 | $19.51 | $40,590 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 2,370 | $19.31 | $40,170 |
| Management occupations | 2,200 | $42.50 | $88,390 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 2,060 | Not available | $60,790 |
| Retail salespersons | 2,030 | $10.67 | $22,190 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 1,890 | $13.30 | $27,670 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 1,870 | $37.06 | $77,090 |
| Cashiers | 1,750 | $10.01 | $20,810 |
| Protective service occupations | 1,700 | $28.30 | $58,870 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 1,550 | $12.31 | $25,600 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 1,500 | $11.85 | $24,650 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 1,460 | $10.88 | $22,640 |
| Office clerks, general | 1,450 | $11.91 | $24,770 |
| Teacher assistants | 1,350 | Not available | $30,150 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 1,320 | $28.23 | $58,720 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 1,170 | $8.98 | $18,670 |
| Customer service representatives | 1,070 | $14.26 | $29,660 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 1,010 | $21.67 | $45,070 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 970 | $12.16 | $25,290 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 860 | $16.47 | $34,250 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 790 | $10.88 | $22,640 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 780 | $8.85 | $18,420 |
| General and operations managers | 740 | $48.27 | $100,390 |
| Cooks, fast food | 700 | $8.65 | $17,990 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 650 | Not available | $62,000 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 640 | $16.97 | $35,300 |
| Construction laborers | 640 | $13.44 | $27,950 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 610 | $9.66 | $20,100 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 590 | $32.90 | $68,440 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 580 | Not available | $60,810 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 570 | $21.51 | $44,740 |
| Community and social services occupations | 560 | $21.70 | $45,130 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 560 | $17.51 | $36,430 |
| Graders and sorters, agricultural products | 550 | $9.63 | $20,040 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 540 | $15.82 | $32,900 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 470 | $11.58 | $24,080 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 460 | $19.16 | $39,850 |
| Food batchmakers | 460 | $19.83 | $41,240 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 460 | $17.08 | $35,530 |
| Medical assistants | 450 | $12.32 | $25,630 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 440 | $16.02 | $33,310 |
| Food preparation workers | 440 | $9.01 | $18,730 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 420 | $16.78 | $34,900 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 420 | $13.63 | $28,340 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 410 | $32.16 | $66,880 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 410 | $14.36 | $29,860 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 390 | $29.61 | $61,590 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 360 | $9.94 | $20,670 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 350 | $27.01 | $56,190 |
| Agricultural equipment operators | 340 | $11.05 | $22,980 |
| Child care workers | 340 | $10.82 | $22,510 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 330 | $26.90 | $55,940 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 330 | $8.95 | $18,620 |
| Medical secretaries | 330 | $12.22 | $25,410 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 330 | $11.54 | $24,000 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 320 | Not available | $60,670 |
| Tellers | 320 | $11.64 | $24,210 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 290 | $30.99 | $64,450 |
| Driver/sales workers | 290 | $11.02 | $22,910 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 280 | $11.40 | $23,720 |
| Bus drivers, school | 270 | $13.70 | $28,490 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 270 | $12.89 | $26,810 |
| Security guards | 270 | $11.49 | $23,900 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 260 | $16.43 | $34,170 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 250 | $14.33 | $29,800 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 250 | $13.55 | $28,190 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 250 | Not available | $55,490 |
| Carpenters | 240 | $23.05 | $47,950 |
| Dishwashers | 240 | $8.66 | $18,020 |
| Home health aides | 240 | $9.23 | $19,190 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 240 | $9.34 | $19,420 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 220 | $9.03 | $18,780 |
| Accountants and auditors | 210 | $26.37 | $54,840 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 210 | $29.71 | $61,800 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 200 | $22.77 | $47,370 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 200 | $19.18 | $39,890 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 200 | Not available | Not available |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 190 | Not available | $99,660 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 190 | $28.96 | $60,230 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 180 | $11.01 | $22,900 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 180 | $29.13 | $60,590 |
| Parts salespersons | 180 | $14.23 | $29,600 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 170 | $28.31 | $58,890 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 170 | $16.80 | $34,940 |
| Coaches and scouts | 160 | Not available | $32,250 |
| Electricians | 160 | $23.32 | $48,510 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 160 | $20.47 | $42,580 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 160 | $14.52 | $30,200 |
| Protective service workers, all other | 160 | $17.37 | $36,140 |
| Food service managers | 150 | $19.54 | $40,640 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 150 | $27.25 | $56,680 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 150 | $12.93 | $26,890 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 140 | $16.46 | $34,240 |
| Dental assistants | 140 | $15.85 | $32,960 |
| Library technicians | 140 | $16.00 | $33,280 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 130 | $15.53 | $32,300 |
| Financial managers | 130 | $43.54 | $90,560 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 130 | $8.77 | $18,240 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 130 | $14.78 | $30,750 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 120 | $9.34 | $19,420 |
| Bartenders | 120 | $8.44 | $17,560 |
| Computer support specialists | 120 | $21.94 | $45,640 |
| Legal occupations | 120 | $39.22 | $81,580 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 120 | $17.33 | $36,050 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 120 | $27.06 | $56,290 |
| Social and human service assistants | 120 | $11.79 | $24,520 |
| Team assemblers | 120 | $14.47 | $30,090 |
| All other information and record clerks | 110 | $18.86 | $39,230 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 110 | $20.22 | $42,060 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers | 110 | $19.31 | $40,170 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 110 | $15.84 | $32,940 |
| Bill and account collectors | 100 | $12.75 | $26,510 |
| Dental hygienists | 100 | $45.39 | $94,410 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 100 | $20.38 | $42,400 |
| Farm equipment mechanics | 100 | $21.39 | $44,490 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 100 | $19.40 | $40,360 |
| Medical and health services managers | 100 | $47.21 | $98,190 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 100 | $20.48 | $42,610 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 100 | $22.76 | $47,340 |
| Chief executives | 90 | $83.81 | $174,310 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand | 90 | $11.02 | $22,920 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 90 | $16.08 | $33,450 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 90 | $23.26 | $48,380 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 90 | $11.36 | $23,630 |
| Agricultural and food science technicians | 80 | $21.30 | $44,290 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 80 | $11.68 | $24,290 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 80 | $21.38 | $44,460 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 80 | $18.53 | $38,540 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 80 | $14.57 | $30,300 |
| Insurance sales agents | 80 | $25.30 | $52,620 |
| Loan officers | 80 | $26.33 | $54,760 |
| Sales managers | 80 | $42.82 | $89,070 |
| Administrative services managers | 70 | $32.16 | $66,900 |
| Cost estimators | 70 | $26.28 | $54,670 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | 70 | $38.72 | $80,540 |
| File clerks | 70 | $11.08 | $23,040 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 70 | $24.86 | $51,700 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 70 | $13.76 | $28,610 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 70 | Not available | Not available |
| Librarians | 70 | $28.91 | $60,140 |
| Management analysts | 70 | $35.78 | $74,430 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 70 | $24.05 | $50,030 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 70 | $23.04 | $47,930 |
| Tree trimmers and pruners | 70 | $17.09 | $35,540 |
| Agricultural workers, all other | 60 | $19.06 | $39,640 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 60 | $21.67 | $45,060 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 60 | $39.68 | $82,540 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 60 | $25.62 | $53,290 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 60 | $14.37 | $29,890 |
| Graphic designers | 60 | $19.61 | $40,790 |
| Legal secretaries | 60 | $15.95 | $33,180 |
| Legislators | 60 | Not available | $30,630 |
| Managers, all other | 60 | $49.55 | $103,070 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 60 | $18.79 | $39,090 |
| Power plant operators | 60 | Not available | Not available |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 60 | $22.88 | $47,580 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 60 | Not available | Not available |
| Word processors and typists | 60 | $18.51 | $38,500 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 50 | $12.02 | $25,000 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 50 | $16.84 | $35,030 |
| Financial specialists, all other | 50 | $24.92 | $51,840 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 50 | $16.31 | $33,920 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other | 50 | $15.89 | $33,060 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 50 | $21.45 | $44,620 |
| Industrial production managers | 50 | $45.72 | $95,110 |
| Instructional coordinators | 50 | $33.48 | $69,650 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 50 | $14.01 | $29,130 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 50 | $28.79 | $59,880 |
| Painters, transportation equipment | 50 | $19.28 | $40,110 |
| Pharmacists | 50 | $58.17 | $120,990 |
| Postal service clerks | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Service station attendants | 50 | $9.15 | $19,030 |
| Advertising sales agents | 40 | $18.52 | $38,530 |
| Computer programmers | 40 | $33.65 | $70,000 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 40 | $28.74 | $59,770 |
| Editors | 40 | $12.30 | $25,580 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 40 | $24.41 | $50,780 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 40 | $25.02 | $52,040 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 40 | $12.15 | $25,270 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 40 | $9.12 | $18,970 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 40 | $29.62 | $61,600 |
| Lawyers | 40 | $47.12 | $98,020 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 40 | $20.12 | $41,860 |
| Pest control workers | 40 | $14.84 | $30,860 |
| Physical therapist aides | 40 | $10.53 | $21,910 |
| Physical therapists | 40 | $43.31 | $90,090 |
| Public relations specialists | 40 | $23.45 | $48,780 |
| Respiratory therapists | 40 | $31.15 | $64,790 |
| Sewing machine operators | 40 | $10.13 | $21,070 |
| Social and community service managers | 40 | $25.41 | $52,860 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 40 | $15.12 | $31,450 |
| Training and development specialists | 40 | $24.39 | $50,740 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 40 | $42.60 | $88,600 |
| Carpet installers | 30 | $16.20 | $33,690 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 30 | $27.38 | $56,940 |
| Computer systems analysts | 30 | $21.90 | $45,560 |
| Data entry keyers | 30 | $16.48 | $34,270 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 30 | $15.45 | $32,140 |
| Meter readers, utilities | 30 | $23.77 | $49,440 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 30 | $26.47 | $55,050 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 30 | $12.12 | $25,220 |
| Bakers | Not available | $10.71 | $22,270 |
| Bindery workers | Not available | $12.93 | $26,890 |
| Civil engineers | Not available | $43.97 | $91,460 |
| Cooks, short order | Not available | $10.92 | $22,720 |
| Dentists, general | Not available | $36.67 | $76,270 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | Not available | $23.75 | $49,410 |
| Family and general practitioners | Not available | $67.70 | $140,830 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals | Not available | $9.57 | $19,910 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | Not available | $10.14 | $21,090 |
| Health educators | Not available | $17.47 | $36,340 |
| Helpers--production workers | Not available | $10.51 | $21,870 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | Not available | $15.38 | $31,990 |
| Library assistants, clerical | Not available | $13.71 | $28,520 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | Not available | $17.15 | $35,680 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | Not available | $8.94 | $18,600 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | Not available | $12.67 | $26,350 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | Not available | $75.00 | More than $145,600 |
| Printing machine operators | Not available | $17.50 | $36,410 |
| Recreation workers | Not available | $13.08 | $27,200 |
| Sales and related workers, all other | Not available | $18.15 | $37,750 |
| Sheet metal workers | Not available | $19.80 | $41,190 |
| Speech-language pathologists | Not available | $31.90 | $66,360 |
| Tapers | Not available | $20.46 | $42,550 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | Not available | Not available | $45,760 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | Not available | $26.40 | $54,900 |
| Tile and marble setters | Not available | $21.61 | $44,950 |
| Upholsterers | Not available | $13.82 | $28,760 |
| Urban and regional planners | Not available | $30.51 | $63,460 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | Not available | $17.74 | $36,890 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | Not available | $22.23 | $46,240 |
