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 | 1,027,920 | $19.32 | $40,200 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 217,530 | $14.48 | $30,130 |
| Sales and related occupations | 136,390 | $18.84 | $39,190 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 79,700 | $10.16 | $21,130 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 71,300 | $16.63 | $34,600 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 56,250 | $29.28 | $60,910 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 54,120 | $32.36 | $67,300 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 53,690 | $21.84 | $45,430 |
| Production occupations | 41,560 | $13.55 | $28,190 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 40,410 | $18.45 | $38,380 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 39,650 | $17.90 | $37,230 |
| Protective service occupations | 36,990 | $17.57 | $36,550 |
| Retail salespersons | 35,870 | $13.41 | $27,890 |
| Management occupations | 30,670 | $53.12 | $110,480 |
| Cashiers | 29,380 | $8.55 | $17,780 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 28,490 | $12.10 | $25,170 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 26,580 | $12.05 | $25,070 |
| Office clerks, general | 25,150 | $11.74 | $24,410 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 24,930 | $10.11 | $21,020 |
| Security guards | 20,680 | $10.80 | $22,460 |
| Registered nurses | 20,130 | $33.29 | $69,250 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 19,930 | $13.93 | $28,970 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 18,650 | $27.92 | $58,080 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 18,240 | $8.19 | $17,040 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 18,170 | $10.07 | $20,950 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 17,060 | $31.39 | $65,290 |
| Customer service representatives | 17,000 | $14.29 | $29,730 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 16,980 | $9.74 | $20,260 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 16,250 | $23.98 | $49,880 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 16,090 | $15.71 | $32,680 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 14,150 | $12.33 | $25,640 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 13,530 | $20.28 | $42,180 |
| Legal occupations | 12,170 | $42.88 | $89,190 |
| Community and social services occupations | 12,120 | $20.80 | $43,260 |
| Accountants and auditors | 11,900 | $30.72 | $63,890 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 11,600 | $30.08 | $62,570 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 10,560 | $28.90 | $60,100 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 10,520 | $9.14 | $19,020 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 10,280 | $11.11 | $23,110 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 10,270 | $14.66 | $30,500 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 10,130 | $23.15 | $48,160 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 9,550 | $17.06 | $35,490 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 9,360 | $11.53 | $23,990 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 9,160 | $30.99 | $64,450 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 8,410 | $12.36 | $25,710 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 8,400 | $13.37 | $27,810 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 8,260 | $21.97 | $45,690 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 7,760 | Not available | $29,650 |
| Lawyers | 7,220 | $56.05 | $116,590 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 7,200 | $11.63 | $24,200 |
| General and operations managers | 7,030 | $53.01 | $110,260 |
| Construction laborers | 6,370 | $12.29 | $25,560 |
| Child care workers | 6,260 | $8.62 | $17,930 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 5,800 | $28.71 | $59,710 |
| Food preparation workers | 5,620 | $9.69 | $20,160 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 5,530 | $31.72 | $65,990 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 5,510 | $9.26 | $19,270 |
| Carpenters | 5,320 | $16.50 | $34,320 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 5,210 | $28.14 | $58,530 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks | 5,160 | $16.71 | $34,770 |
| Tellers | 5,120 | $12.31 | $25,610 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 5,070 | Not available | $51,450 |
| Teacher assistants | 4,980 | Not available | $22,070 |
| Cargo and freight agents | 4,880 | $15.03 | $31,260 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 4,800 | $17.38 | $36,150 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 4,760 | $16.64 | $34,610 |
| Insurance sales agents | 4,720 | $25.49 | $53,020 |
| Management analysts | 4,700 | $39.87 | $82,920 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 4,670 | $24.42 | $50,790 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 4,670 | $28.68 | $59,660 |
| Medical assistants | 4,510 | $13.63 | $28,350 |
| Loan officers | 4,350 | $29.06 | $60,450 |
| Home health aides | 4,260 | $9.55 | $19,870 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 4,250 | $19.61 | $40,800 |
| Dishwashers | 4,110 | $8.11 | $16,870 |
| Legal secretaries | 3,990 | $19.88 | $41,350 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 3,960 | $14.09 | $29,310 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 3,940 | $8.46 | $17,590 |
| Parking lot attendants | 3,940 | $8.47 | $17,610 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 3,880 | $8.59 | $17,860 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 3,620 | $14.41 | $29,980 |
| Team assemblers | 3,610 | $10.87 | $22,600 |
| Computer support specialists | 3,590 | $20.29 | $42,190 |
| Electricians | 3,540 | $19.64 | $40,860 |
| Bartenders | 3,430 | $10.74 | $22,350 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 3,430 | $23.49 | $48,870 |
| Recreation workers | 3,360 | $11.73 | $24,400 |
| Medical secretaries | 3,290 | $13.04 | $27,120 |
| Order clerks | 3,290 | $11.14 | $23,160 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 3,270 | $39.39 | $81,930 |
| File clerks | 3,250 | $13.69 | $28,480 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 3,210 | $11.44 | $23,800 |
| Data entry keyers | 3,170 | $12.31 | $25,610 |
| Real estate sales agents | 3,140 | $22.21 | $46,210 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 3,120 | $56.68 | $117,890 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 3,090 | $12.48 | $25,960 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity | 3,060 | Not available | Not available |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 3,020 | $39.81 | $82,800 |
| Bill and account collectors | 3,000 | $16.04 | $33,370 |
| Driver/sales workers | 3,000 | $10.88 | $22,630 |
| Financial managers | 2,820 | $58.74 | $122,180 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 2,760 | $28.54 | $59,370 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 2,740 | $25.60 | $53,240 |
| Chief executives | 2,690 | $85.55 | $177,940 |
| Personal financial advisors | 2,690 | $27.86 | $57,940 |
| Sales managers | 2,670 | $61.38 | $127,660 |
| Computer programmers | 2,640 | $33.59 | $69,870 |
| All other information and record clerks | 2,610 | $14.51 | $30,180 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 2,600 | $20.21 | $42,030 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 2,590 | $13.86 | $28,830 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 2,560 | Not available | Not available |
| Public relations specialists | 2,530 | $26.77 | $55,670 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 2,510 | $10.02 | $20,840 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 2,490 | $9.34 | $19,430 |
| Cooks, fast food | 2,350 | $8.95 | $18,620 |
| Graphic designers | 2,320 | $19.18 | $39,900 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 2,290 | $10.21 | $21,240 |
| Computer systems analysts | 2,290 | $32.88 | $68,390 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 2,290 | $11.00 | $22,890 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 2,260 | $16.42 | $34,150 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 2,240 | $20.54 | $42,720 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 2,210 | $23.91 | $49,740 |
| Pharmacists | 2,190 | $50.53 | $105,100 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | 2,160 | $9.38 | $19,500 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 2,150 | $13.22 | $27,500 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 2,130 | $9.65 | $20,080 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 2,130 | $35.28 | $73,380 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians | 2,110 | $21.08 | $43,840 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 2,110 | $12.18 | $25,320 |
| Managers, all other | 2,110 | $43.46 | $90,400 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 2,110 | $10.23 | $21,270 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 2,060 | $37.06 | $77,080 |
| Travel agents | 2,040 | $12.87 | $26,770 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 1,960 | $10.48 | $21,790 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 1,930 | $30.12 | $62,640 |
| Physical therapists | 1,930 | $35.97 | $74,820 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 1,890 | $20.51 | $42,670 |
| Parts salespersons | 1,880 | $12.72 | $26,470 |
| Sewing machine operators | 1,870 | $9.16 | $19,060 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 1,860 | $12.44 | $25,870 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 1,840 | $12.79 | $26,600 |
| Dental assistants | 1,840 | $14.53 | $30,230 |
| Construction managers | 1,830 | $49.46 | $102,880 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 1,820 | $23.84 | $49,580 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 1,800 | $21.69 | $45,120 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 1,800 | $20.68 | $43,010 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 1,800 | $25.00 | $52,000 |
| Helpers--production workers | 1,750 | $10.93 | $22,730 |
| Personal and home care aides | 1,740 | $9.33 | $19,410 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 1,720 | $26.19 | $54,470 |
| Telemarketers | 1,720 | $13.22 | $27,490 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 1,710 | $27.02 | $56,200 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 1,690 | $16.71 | $34,750 |
| Sales and related workers, all other | 1,690 | $15.83 | $32,930 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 1,690 | $16.73 | $34,790 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 1,680 | $10.05 | $20,910 |
| Advertising sales agents | 1,640 | $25.04 | $52,090 |
| Bus drivers, school | 1,640 | $10.02 | $20,840 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 1,640 | $15.01 | $31,220 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary | 1,640 | $27.09 | $56,360 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 1,630 | $17.79 | $37,000 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 1,620 | $14.34 | $29,820 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 1,610 | $21.51 | $44,730 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 1,580 | $25.28 | $52,590 |
| Civil engineers | 1,570 | $38.45 | $79,990 |
| Social and human service assistants | 1,550 | $14.38 | $29,910 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 1,540 | $24.20 | $50,330 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 1,520 | $24.93 | $51,860 |
| Financial specialists, all other | 1,520 | $27.03 | $56,220 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other | 1,490 | $11.89 | $24,740 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 1,390 | $22.32 | $46,420 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 1,390 | Not available | Not available |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 1,370 | $33.06 | $68,750 |
| Construction and related workers, all other | 1,330 | $16.28 | $33,870 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 1,320 | $16.58 | $34,490 |
| Training and development specialists | 1,310 | $26.16 | $54,420 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 1,300 | $16.84 | $35,020 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 1,300 | $26.44 | $55,000 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | 1,290 | $21.20 | $44,090 |
| Administrative services managers | 1,270 | $51.09 | $106,270 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 1,270 | $27.84 | $57,910 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 1,270 | $11.10 | $23,100 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 1,260 | $11.13 | $23,150 |
| Coaches and scouts | 1,260 | Not available | $54,540 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 1,260 | Not available | Not available |
| Cost estimators | 1,250 | $27.01 | $56,180 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 1,250 | $12.34 | $25,680 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 1,240 | $23.10 | $48,050 |
| Medical and health services managers | 1,200 | $52.05 | $108,260 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval | 1,190 | $35.50 | $73,830 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 1,190 | $24.19 | $50,310 |
| Physical therapist aides | 1,190 | $11.30 | $23,490 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 1,160 | $22.25 | $46,280 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 1,150 | $15.86 | $32,990 |
| Printing machine operators | 1,150 | $12.85 | $26,730 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 1,140 | $10.80 | $22,460 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | 1,130 | $24.23 | $50,390 |
| Financial analysts | 1,120 | $33.68 | $70,050 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 1,110 | $19.94 | $41,460 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software | 1,100 | $41.56 | $86,450 |
| Protective service workers, all other | 1,090 | $18.58 | $38,650 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 1,080 | $11.62 | $24,170 |
| Producers and directors | 1,080 | $28.20 | $58,650 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other | 1,060 | $13.76 | $28,630 |
| Family and general practitioners | 1,050 | $74.86 | $155,700 |
| Librarians | 1,050 | $26.56 | $55,240 |
| Helpers--electricians | 1,040 | $11.29 | $23,490 |
| Dental hygienists | 1,020 | $26.39 | $54,890 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 1,010 | $25.24 | $52,500 |
| Instructional coordinators | 1,010 | $23.46 | $48,790 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 1,010 | $16.00 | $33,280 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 1,010 | $10.35 | $21,520 |
| Food service managers | 1,000 | $27.12 | $56,400 |
| Interior designers | 990 | $23.59 | $49,070 |
| Bakers | 970 | $11.22 | $23,340 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | 970 | $12.17 | $25,320 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 960 | $16.19 | $33,670 |
| Couriers and messengers | 960 | $12.95 | $26,940 |
| New accounts clerks | 960 | $13.81 | $28,730 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 960 | $17.19 | $35,760 |
| Respiratory therapists | 960 | $24.79 | $51,560 |
| Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels | 950 | Not available | Not available |
| Machinists | 940 | $15.62 | $32,490 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 930 | $10.76 | $22,380 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 920 | $13.62 | $28,330 |
| Procurement clerks | 920 | $13.48 | $28,030 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 910 | $23.57 | $49,020 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 900 | $16.78 | $34,890 |
| Market research analysts | 900 | $31.77 | $66,070 |
| Psychiatric technicians | 900 | $13.02 | $27,070 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 890 | $14.14 | $29,410 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 890 | $12.16 | $25,290 |
| Roofers | 890 | $15.64 | $32,530 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 890 | $17.39 | $36,170 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other | 870 | $25.53 | $53,100 |
| Industrial engineers | 870 | $27.28 | $56,740 |
| Medical equipment preparers | 870 | $12.36 | $25,710 |
| Surgical technologists | 870 | $17.86 | $37,140 |
| Broadcast technicians | 840 | $21.81 | $45,350 |
| Editors | 840 | $29.61 | $61,580 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 840 | $12.19 | $25,340 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 830 | $58.69 | $122,080 |
| Engineers, all other | 820 | $36.10 | $75,090 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 810 | $15.41 | $32,060 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 810 | $52.33 | $108,850 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops | 800 | $8.82 | $18,340 |
| Operations research analysts | 800 | $27.66 | $57,540 |
| Marketing managers | 780 | $55.32 | $115,070 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 780 | $11.17 | $23,230 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 770 | $36.95 | $76,850 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 770 | $20.68 | $43,000 |
| Occupational therapists | 750 | $34.37 | $71,490 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 750 | $15.68 | $32,610 |
| Health specialties teachers, postsecondary | 740 | Not available | $65,360 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 740 | $13.63 | $28,340 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 730 | $14.69 | $30,550 |
| Dentists, general | 730 | $54.60 | $113,570 |
| Photographers | 730 | $20.27 | $42,160 |
| Computer operators | 720 | $17.21 | $35,790 |
| Office machine operators, except computer | 710 | $12.36 | $25,700 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians | 700 | $17.27 | $35,910 |
| Insurance underwriters | 690 | $23.38 | $48,630 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 690 | $22.39 | $46,570 |
| Real estate brokers | 690 | $42.04 | $87,450 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers | 690 | $14.50 | $30,160 |
| Structural iron and steel workers | 690 | $19.28 | $40,110 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary | 680 | Not available | $80,030 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers | 680 | $20.15 | $41,910 |
| Tile and marble setters | 670 | $12.41 | $25,810 |
| Word processors and typists | 670 | $16.35 | $34,000 |
| Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers | 660 | $14.34 | $29,820 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 650 | $23.60 | $49,100 |
| Glaziers | 650 | $17.07 | $35,500 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | 640 | $27.71 | $57,630 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other | 630 | $17.77 | $36,970 |
| Pest control workers | 630 | $12.32 | $25,620 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 620 | $15.93 | $33,120 |
| Sheet metal workers | 620 | $20.74 | $43,130 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | 610 | $29.70 | $61,770 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 610 | $14.12 | $29,360 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 610 | Not available | $94,290 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 610 | $11.20 | $23,290 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 600 | $11.32 | $23,540 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | 600 | $12.49 | $25,980 |
| Cooks, short order | 590 | $10.01 | $20,830 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | 590 | $14.04 | $29,200 |
| Manicurists and pedicurists | 590 | $10.95 | $22,780 |
| Crane and tower operators | 580 | $23.40 | $48,680 |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other | 580 | $36.03 | $74,940 |
| Postal service clerks | 580 | Not available | Not available |
| Production workers, all other | 580 | $11.05 | $22,990 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 570 | $12.02 | $25,000 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 570 | $18.62 | $38,740 |
| Mental health counselors | 570 | $21.84 | $45,420 |
| Therapists, all other | 570 | $35.36 | $73,560 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 550 | $33.56 | $69,800 |
| Electrical engineers | 540 | $36.02 | $74,920 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 540 | $22.33 | $46,450 |
| Air traffic controllers | 530 | $56.59 | $117,710 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians | 530 | $18.37 | $38,220 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | 530 | $25.26 | $52,530 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 530 | $22.27 | $46,330 |
| Tax preparers | 520 | $14.34 | $29,820 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 510 | $25.88 | $53,820 |
| Logisticians | 510 | $28.32 | $58,910 |
| Computer specialists, all other | 500 | $29.83 | $62,050 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks | 500 | $18.22 | $37,900 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 500 | $13.10 | $27,250 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 490 | $19.63 | $40,830 |
| Helpers--carpenters | 490 | $11.20 | $23,290 |
| Job printers | 490 | $12.80 | $26,620 |
| Media and communication workers, all other | 490 | $24.89 | $51,760 |
| Transportation workers, all other | 490 | $20.49 | $42,630 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | 480 | $23.79 | $49,470 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers | 470 | $10.49 | $21,820 |
| Reporters and correspondents | 470 | $26.25 | $54,600 |
| Budget analysts | 460 | $36.69 | $76,320 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders | 460 | $13.99 | $29,110 |
| Brokerage clerks | 450 | $18.26 | $37,970 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers | 450 | $10.32 | $21,470 |
| Biological scientists, all other | 440 | $26.98 | $56,120 |
| Fiberglass laminators and fabricators | 440 | $12.45 | $25,890 |
| Database administrators | 430 | $32.66 | $67,940 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters | 430 | $14.37 | $29,900 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 430 | $47.99 | $99,830 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other | 430 | $23.42 | $48,700 |
| Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers | 420 | $17.97 | $37,370 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | 420 | $29.13 | $60,590 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 420 | $28.96 | $60,230 |
| Home appliance repairers | 420 | $17.67 | $36,750 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | 410 | $15.46 | $32,150 |
| Credit analysts | 400 | $28.70 | $59,690 |
| Film and video editors | 400 | $20.69 | $43,040 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic | 400 | $11.84 | $24,620 |
| Tree trimmers and pruners | 400 | $11.78 | $24,510 |
| Bindery workers | 390 | $11.77 | $24,480 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other | 390 | $12.43 | $25,860 |
| Prepress technicians and workers | 390 | $17.16 | $35,690 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | 390 | $19.88 | $41,340 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 390 | $13.25 | $27,570 |
| Writers and authors | 390 | $26.00 | $54,080 |
| Photographic processing machine operators | 380 | $10.11 | $21,020 |
| Massage therapists | 370 | $22.32 | $46,430 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 370 | $15.96 | $33,200 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | 360 | $16.42 | $34,150 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers | 360 | $40.09 | $83,380 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 350 | $16.89 | $35,120 |
| Legal support workers, all other | 350 | $22.65 | $47,100 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians | 350 | $14.39 | $29,930 |
| Clergy | 340 | $26.61 | $55,340 |
| Concierges | 340 | $12.00 | $24,960 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | 340 | $15.68 | $32,610 |
| Food batchmakers | 340 | $11.31 | $23,530 |
| Mechanical engineers | 340 | $34.31 | $71,370 |
| Meeting and convention planners | 340 | $22.56 | $46,920 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 340 | $18.10 | $37,640 |
| Social and community service managers | 340 | $37.70 | $78,420 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 330 | $11.12 | $23,130 |
| Dental laboratory technicians | 330 | $15.80 | $32,860 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 320 | $12.00 | $24,960 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers | 320 | $18.27 | $38,000 |
| Painters, transportation equipment | 320 | $18.84 | $39,180 |
| Purchasing managers | 320 | $54.29 | $112,920 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 320 | $12.79 | $26,600 |
| Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture | 310 | $16.15 | $33,580 |
| Counselors, all other | 310 | $17.24 | $35,860 |
| Engineering managers | 310 | $57.83 | $120,290 |
| Floor layers, except carpet, wood, and hard tiles | 310 | $15.74 | $32,750 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 310 | $12.51 | $26,030 |
| Veterinarians | 310 | Not available | Not available |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 310 | $23.29 | $48,430 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 300 | $24.33 | $50,610 |
| Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants | 300 | $9.71 | $20,200 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 300 | $11.28 | $23,470 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists | 300 | $32.09 | $66,740 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers | 300 | $11.60 | $24,130 |
| Residential advisors | 300 | $9.90 | $20,600 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | 300 | $9.80 | $20,380 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer | 290 | $40.05 | $83,300 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other | 290 | $18.07 | $37,580 |
| Lodging managers | 290 | $33.84 | $70,390 |
| Material moving workers, all other | 290 | $24.24 | $50,410 |
| Private detectives and investigators | 290 | $21.32 | $44,350 |
| Avionics technicians | 280 | $21.09 | $43,860 |
| Chemists | 280 | $32.08 | $66,730 |
| Drafters, all other | 280 | $21.92 | $45,590 |
| Floral designers | 280 | $12.41 | $25,810 |
| Industrial engineering technicians | 280 | $22.09 | $45,960 |
| Industrial production managers | 280 | $46.00 | $95,690 |
| Library technicians | 280 | $16.18 | $33,640 |
| Social workers, all other | 280 | $18.62 | $38,730 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors | 270 | Not available | Not available |
| Health educators | 270 | $25.25 | $52,530 |
| Plasterers and stucco masons | 260 | $19.49 | $40,530 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials | 260 | $8.75 | $18,210 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers | 260 | $12.80 | $26,620 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door | 250 | $19.06 | $39,640 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary | 250 | $46.41 | $96,520 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other | 250 | $12.10 | $25,160 |
| Physician assistants | 250 | $39.66 | $82,490 |
| Public relations managers | 250 | $60.55 | $125,940 |
| Compensation and benefits managers | 240 | $55.43 | $115,300 |
| Radio and television announcers | 240 | $25.85 | $53,760 |
| Sales engineers | 240 | $43.60 | $90,690 |
| Tour guides and escorts | 240 | $12.41 | $25,810 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other | 230 | $20.60 | $42,840 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers | 230 | $13.68 | $28,450 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers | 230 | $16.95 | $35,250 |
| Respiratory therapy technicians | 230 | $19.50 | $40,550 |
| Surgeons | 230 | $69.49 | $144,540 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers | 220 | $14.30 | $29,750 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 220 | $12.27 | $25,520 |
| Human resources managers, all other | 220 | $44.77 | $93,120 |
| Medical equipment repairers | 220 | $19.81 | $41,210 |
| Meter readers, utilities | 220 | $15.22 | $31,660 |
| Surveyors | 220 | $30.83 | $64,130 |
| Transportation inspectors | 220 | $36.20 | $75,300 |
| Environmental engineers | 210 | $32.66 | $67,930 |
| Law clerks | 210 | $20.50 | $42,640 |
| Pipelayers | 210 | $19.17 | $39,870 |
| Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders | 210 | $9.38 | $19,500 |
| Upholsterers | 210 | $16.48 | $34,280 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | 210 | $11.16 | $23,200 |
| Curators | 200 | $17.40 | $36,190 |
| Engineering teachers, postsecondary | 200 | Not available | $74,880 |
| Survey researchers | 200 | Not available | Not available |
| Urban and regional planners | 200 | $34.94 | $72,670 |
| Advertising and promotions managers | 190 | $51.18 | $106,450 |
| Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes | 190 | $31.83 | $66,200 |
| Chiropractors | 190 | Not available | Not available |
| Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers, all other | 190 | $26.32 | Not available |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health | 190 | $20.11 | $41,820 |
| Interpreters and translators | 190 | $19.31 | $40,170 |
| Chemical technicians | 180 | $19.81 | $41,210 |
| Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 180 | $10.50 | $21,850 |
| Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other | 170 | $9.01 | $18,750 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other | 170 | $18.93 | $39,370 |
| Social scientists and related workers, all other | 170 | $35.26 | $73,350 |
| Art directors | 160 | $28.84 | $59,990 |
| Coil winders, tapers, and finishers | 160 | $15.37 | $31,960 |
| Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment | 160 | $23.35 | $48,560 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | 160 | $31.95 | $66,460 |
| Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 160 | $12.11 | $25,190 |
| Dietetic technicians | 150 | $13.69 | $28,470 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers | 150 | $12.95 | $26,940 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 150 | $15.65 | $32,550 |
| Recreational therapists | 150 | $23.00 | $47,830 |
| Skin care specialists | 150 | $18.17 | $37,800 |
| Communications teachers, postsecondary | 140 | Not available | $65,320 |
| Cutters and trimmers, hand | 140 | $13.51 | $28,090 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators | 140 | $20.39 | $42,420 |
| Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons | 140 | $10.98 | $22,830 |
| Internists, general | 140 | $87.76 | $182,540 |
| Pediatricians, general | 140 | $39.97 | $83,140 |
| Psychiatrists | 140 | $85.44 | $177,710 |
| Slaughterers and meat packers | 140 | $9.56 | $19,890 |
| Technical writers | 140 | $22.94 | $47,710 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers | 130 | $17.87 | $37,180 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists | 130 | $38.99 | $81,090 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders | 130 | $15.98 | $33,230 |
| Shampooers | 130 | $8.95 | $18,610 |
| Sound engineering technicians | 130 | $21.57 | $44,860 |
| Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians | 120 | $10.58 | $22,010 |
| Directors, religious activities and education | 120 | $22.17 | $46,110 |
| Embalmers | 120 | $18.75 | $39,000 |
| Financial examiners | 120 | $41.03 | $85,340 |
| Pile-driver operators | 120 | $20.18 | $41,980 |
| Political science teachers, postsecondary | 120 | Not available | $69,880 |
| Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders | 120 | $10.28 | $21,390 |
| Athletic trainers | 110 | Not available | $45,340 |
| Education administrators, all other | 110 | $45.28 | $94,170 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters | 110 | $26.60 | $55,320 |
| Funeral directors | 110 | $18.94 | $39,390 |
| Media and communication equipment workers, all other | 110 | $32.70 | $68,010 |
| Radio mechanics | 110 | $24.02 | $49,970 |
| Social science research assistants | 110 | $20.40 | $42,430 |
| Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders | 100 | $8.43 | $17,530 |
| Chemistry teachers, postsecondary | 100 | Not available | $72,060 |
| Legislators | 100 | Not available | $34,660 |
| Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary | 100 | Not available | $59,680 |
| Physical scientists, all other | 100 | $37.71 | $78,440 |
| Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products | 100 | $24.49 | $50,930 |
| Training and development managers | 100 | $48.01 | $99,860 |
| Animal trainers | 90 | $15.45 | $32,130 |
| Biological technicians | 90 | $18.62 | $38,720 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders | 90 | $10.41 | $21,650 |
| Forensic science technicians | 90 | $27.12 | $56,420 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers | 90 | $36.16 | $75,210 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers | 90 | $15.24 | $31,700 |
| Law teachers, postsecondary | 90 | Not available | $105,490 |
| Loan counselors | 90 | $24.84 | $51,670 |
| Mechanical drafters | 90 | $20.82 | $43,310 |
| Multi-media artists and animators | 90 | $28.05 | $58,340 |
| Parking enforcement workers | 90 | $17.74 | $36,900 |
| Radiation therapists | 90 | $36.36 | $75,630 |
| Sociology teachers, postsecondary | 90 | Not available | $70,230 |
| Tool and die makers | 90 | $21.06 | $43,810 |
| Agricultural sciences teachers, postsecondary | 80 | Not available | $55,750 |
| Aircraft cargo handling supervisors | 80 | $23.88 | $49,670 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand | 80 | $13.16 | $27,380 |
| Life scientists, all other | 80 | $38.76 | $80,610 |
| Museum technicians and conservators | 80 | $14.85 | $30,890 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation | 80 | $15.01 | $31,230 |
| Proofreaders and copy markers | 80 | $15.43 | $32,090 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 80 | $16.72 | $34,780 |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders | 70 | $16.45 | $34,220 |
| Computer and information scientists, research | 70 | $39.03 | $81,180 |
| Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles | 70 | $12.84 | $26,710 |
| Environmental engineering technicians | 70 | $17.77 | $36,960 |
| Furniture finishers | 70 | $11.57 | $24,070 |
| Natural sciences managers | 70 | $64.79 | $134,770 |
| Occupational therapist assistants | 70 | $25.30 | $52,620 |
| Physics teachers, postsecondary | 70 | Not available | $76,550 |
| Plant and system operators, all other | 70 | $23.72 | $49,340 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 70 | $13.70 | $28,490 |
| Podiatrists | 70 | $48.59 | $101,060 |
| Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other | 70 | $16.58 | $34,480 |
| Actuaries | 60 | $36.58 | $76,090 |
| Agricultural equipment operators | 60 | $11.77 | $24,480 |
| Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders | 60 | $9.74 | $20,260 |
| Desktop publishers | 60 | $15.21 | $31,640 |
| Electro-mechanical technicians | 60 | $19.65 | $40,880 |
| Emergency management specialists | 60 | $29.51 | $61,380 |
| Engine and other machine assemblers | 60 | $13.01 | $27,070 |
| Farm and home management advisors | 60 | $18.28 | $38,020 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors | 60 | $26.10 | $54,300 |
| History teachers, postsecondary | 60 | Not available | $65,360 |
| Psychiatric aides | 60 | $11.22 | $23,340 |
| Pump operators, except wellhead pumpers | 60 | $17.75 | $36,910 |
| Reinforcing iron and rebar workers | 60 | $17.75 | $36,910 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood | 60 | $12.84 | $26,700 |
| Atmospheric, earth, marine, and space sciences teachers, postsecondary | 50 | Not available | $74,450 |
| Building cleaning workers, all other | 50 | $14.76 | $30,710 |
| Economics teachers, postsecondary | 50 | Not available | $87,000 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders | 50 | $14.36 | $29,860 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 50 | $13.19 | $27,440 |
| Motion picture projectionists | 50 | $10.14 | $21,080 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 50 | $13.27 | $27,610 |
| Set and exhibit designers | 50 | $24.90 | $51,780 |
| Statistical assistants | 50 | $18.20 | $37,850 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 40 | $8.79 | $18,290 |
| Environmental science teachers, postsecondary | 40 | Not available | $57,520 |
| Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders | 40 | $12.15 | $25,270 |
| Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 40 | $8.69 | $18,080 |
| Traffic technicians | 40 | $23.98 | $49,890 |
| Umpires, referees, and other sports officials | 40 | Not available | $38,010 |
| Physicists | 30 | $70.65 | $146,960 |
| Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators | Not available | $20.30 | $42,220 |
| Automotive glass installers and repairers | Not available | $11.20 | $23,300 |
| Biomedical engineers | Not available | $28.39 | $59,050 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | Not available | $10.07 | $20,950 |
| Carpet installers | Not available | $14.06 | $29,240 |
| Commercial pilots | Not available | Not available | $79,420 |
| Computer hardware engineers | Not available | $30.45 | $63,330 |
| Correspondence clerks | Not available | $15.84 | $32,950 |
| Designers, all other | Not available | $18.90 | $39,310 |
| Earth drillers, except oil and gas | Not available | $14.87 | $30,920 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers | Not available | $17.07 | $35,510 |
| Etchers and engravers | Not available | $13.89 | $28,900 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $12.72 | $26,460 |
| Fabric and apparel patternmakers | Not available | $17.63 | $36,660 |
| Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators | Not available | $19.74 | $41,050 |
| Fire fighters | Not available | $26.14 | $54,370 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | Not available | $15.18 | $31,580 |
| Funeral attendants | Not available | $8.82 | $18,350 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters | Not available | $11.16 | $23,210 |
| Landscape architects | Not available | $24.37 | $50,680 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | Not available | $10.33 | $21,480 |
| Marriage and family therapists | Not available | $19.79 | $41,160 |
| Materials engineers | Not available | $23.64 | $49,160 |
| Motorboat mechanics | Not available | $20.62 | $42,890 |
| Motorboat operators | Not available | $19.16 | $39,860 |
| Optometrists | Not available | $54.65 | $113,660 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics | Not available | $14.99 | $31,180 |
| Pharmacy aides | Not available | $9.06 | $18,850 |
| Photographic process workers | Not available | $11.93 | $24,820 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other | Not available | Not available | $51,190 |
| Power plant operators | Not available | $32.30 | $67,170 |
| Religious workers, all other | Not available | $11.09 | $23,080 |
| Sailors and marine oilers | Not available | $17.10 | $35,560 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners | Not available | $13.76 | $28,610 |
| Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders | Not available | $11.18 | $23,250 |
| Transportation attendants, except flight attendants and baggage porters | Not available | $12.50 | $26,010 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers | Not available | $8.33 | $17,340 |
