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 | 845,860 | $20.67 | $42,980 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 140,740 | $15.80 | $32,860 |
| Production occupations | 100,400 | $16.47 | $34,260 |
| Sales and related occupations | 87,520 | $19.29 | $40,130 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 65,910 | $9.50 | $19,760 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 57,190 | $15.24 | $31,700 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 48,420 | $35.14 | $73,090 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 41,170 | $24.32 | $50,590 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 40,680 | $28.80 | $59,910 |
| Management occupations | 34,890 | $48.74 | $101,380 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 29,020 | $21.12 | $43,920 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 28,320 | $24.99 | $51,980 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 27,200 | $12.18 | $25,340 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 26,830 | $12.25 | $25,480 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 26,140 | $12.80 | $26,610 |
| Retail salespersons | 25,560 | $11.70 | $24,330 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 21,460 | $32.50 | $67,600 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 18,570 | $8.55 | $17,790 |
| Cashiers | 18,020 | $8.74 | $18,190 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 17,910 | $31.78 | $66,110 |
| Registered nurses | 17,280 | $30.02 | $62,440 |
| Protective service occupations | 16,920 | $20.62 | $42,880 |
| Office clerks, general | 16,220 | $13.39 | $27,840 |
| Customer service representatives | 15,860 | $17.00 | $35,370 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 15,480 | $12.75 | $26,520 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 15,290 | $11.48 | $23,880 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 13,750 | $8.54 | $17,770 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 13,410 | $31.46 | $65,430 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 12,740 | $21.40 | $44,520 |
| Team assemblers | 11,000 | $14.26 | $29,650 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 10,710 | $16.16 | $33,620 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 10,370 | $10.80 | $22,460 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 10,110 | $15.07 | $31,340 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 9,370 | $12.35 | $25,680 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 8,890 | $19.35 | $40,250 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 8,820 | $14.48 | $30,120 |
| Community and social services occupations | 8,790 | $20.33 | $42,290 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 8,410 | $19.38 | $40,300 |
| General and operations managers | 8,390 | $55.67 | $115,800 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 8,260 | Not available | $55,130 |
| Accountants and auditors | 8,030 | $31.43 | $65,380 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 7,350 | $23.93 | $49,770 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 7,340 | $30.76 | $63,980 |
| Machinists | 7,070 | $19.26 | $40,070 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 7,000 | $12.84 | $26,720 |
| Child care workers | 6,950 | $12.66 | $26,320 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 6,840 | $30.59 | $63,620 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 6,430 | $18.37 | $38,220 |
| Home health aides | 6,280 | $10.43 | $21,690 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 6,220 | $14.56 | $30,290 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 6,140 | $10.74 | $22,340 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 5,970 | $28.30 | $58,870 |
| Legal occupations | 5,810 | $39.70 | $82,580 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 5,660 | $19.57 | $40,700 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 5,300 | $13.36 | $27,790 |
| Bartenders | 5,200 | $9.90 | $20,600 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 5,160 | $26.38 | $54,870 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 5,100 | $14.09 | $29,300 |
| Personal and home care aides | 5,080 | $9.85 | $20,490 |
| Security guards | 5,010 | $11.86 | $24,670 |
| Teacher assistants | 4,690 | Not available | $26,770 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 4,680 | $28.24 | $58,730 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 4,430 | $16.08 | $33,450 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 4,380 | $10.58 | $22,000 |
| Carpenters | 4,340 | $22.83 | $47,490 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 4,320 | $35.62 | $74,100 |
| Tellers | 4,280 | $11.35 | $23,610 |
| Computer systems analysts | 4,200 | $33.36 | $69,390 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 4,200 | $9.87 | $20,540 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 4,000 | $15.78 | $32,820 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 3,830 | $10.73 | $22,310 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 3,700 | Not available | $55,290 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 3,690 | $17.05 | $35,470 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 3,640 | $15.20 | $31,610 |
| Helpers--production workers | 3,620 | $10.80 | $22,470 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 3,610 | $18.93 | $39,380 |
| Electricians | 3,590 | $27.24 | $56,670 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 3,490 | $13.07 | $27,190 |
| Food preparation workers | 3,450 | $9.41 | $19,560 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 3,440 | $15.73 | $32,720 |
| Construction laborers | 3,380 | $21.02 | $43,730 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 3,380 | $21.90 | $45,550 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 3,310 | $45.54 | $94,730 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 3,300 | $17.27 | $35,930 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | 3,260 | $14.57 | $30,310 |
| Lawyers | 3,140 | $54.44 | $113,240 |
| Bus drivers, school | 3,060 | $11.77 | $24,480 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 2,980 | $9.73 | $20,240 |
| Financial managers | 2,960 | $50.95 | $105,980 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 2,910 | $13.58 | $28,250 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 2,890 | $14.37 | $29,900 |
| Computer programmers | 2,730 | $31.12 | $64,720 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 2,720 | $11.59 | $24,120 |
| Recreation workers | 2,700 | $11.67 | $24,270 |
| Computer support specialists | 2,680 | $22.55 | $46,910 |
| Dishwashers | 2,670 | $8.41 | $17,500 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 2,630 | $13.65 | $28,400 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 2,620 | Not available | $54,230 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 2,590 | $20.99 | $43,650 |
| Medical assistants | 2,560 | $14.36 | $29,870 |
| Printing machine operators | 2,560 | $17.33 | $36,050 |
| Sales managers | 2,510 | $53.84 | $111,980 |
| Fire fighters | 2,490 | $21.47 | $44,650 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 2,460 | $26.20 | $54,490 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 2,410 | $20.46 | $42,550 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 2,400 | $32.41 | $67,420 |
| Mechanical engineers | 2,390 | $31.70 | $65,930 |
| Bill and account collectors | 2,310 | $15.10 | $31,410 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 2,300 | $8.44 | $17,550 |
| Medical secretaries | 2,300 | $15.15 | $31,510 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 2,220 | $30.04 | $62,470 |
| Data entry keyers | 2,180 | $12.27 | $25,520 |
| Management analysts | 2,180 | $32.24 | $67,050 |
| Cooks, fast food | 2,170 | $8.69 | $18,070 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 2,160 | $49.87 | $103,730 |
| Production workers, all other | 2,160 | $15.01 | $31,210 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 2,130 | Not available | $34,260 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 2,100 | $37.17 | $77,320 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 2,080 | $30.28 | $62,980 |
| Driver/sales workers | 2,060 | $11.70 | $24,330 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 2,030 | $17.71 | $36,840 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 2,030 | $26.52 | $55,160 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 2,000 | Not available | Not available |
| Industrial engineers | 1,970 | $35.74 | $74,340 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 1,970 | $27.47 | $57,150 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 1,950 | $24.82 | $51,630 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 1,940 | $14.14 | $29,410 |
| Insurance sales agents | 1,930 | $38.73 | $80,570 |
| Managers, all other | 1,920 | $47.47 | $98,740 |
| Dental assistants | 1,910 | $15.78 | $32,830 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 1,890 | $17.41 | $36,220 |
| Loan officers | 1,880 | $31.69 | $65,920 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 1,850 | $31.70 | $65,930 |
| Civil engineers | 1,840 | $35.61 | $74,070 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 1,840 | $9.18 | $19,090 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 1,830 | $10.96 | $22,800 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 1,750 | $10.32 | $21,470 |
| Graphic designers | 1,730 | $20.95 | $43,570 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 1,700 | $12.04 | $25,050 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 1,680 | $42.96 | $89,360 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 1,670 | $23.27 | $48,400 |
| Social and human service assistants | 1,670 | $15.07 | $31,350 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 1,650 | $11.56 | $24,040 |
| Tool and die makers | 1,650 | $24.17 | $50,270 |
| Cost estimators | 1,640 | $35.08 | $72,960 |
| Medical and health services managers | 1,640 | $40.09 | $83,400 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 1,640 | $25.73 | $53,520 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 1,610 | $23.69 | $49,270 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 1,600 | $37.27 | $77,510 |
| Industrial production managers | 1,600 | $43.07 | $89,580 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 1,600 | Not available | Not available |
| Telemarketers | 1,600 | $12.12 | $25,220 |
| Order clerks | 1,590 | $15.55 | $32,340 |
| Public relations specialists | 1,580 | $26.83 | $55,810 |
| Chief executives | 1,560 | $84.05 | $174,820 |
| Physical therapists | 1,560 | $33.16 | $68,970 |
| Bindery workers | 1,550 | $13.75 | $28,600 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 1,550 | $16.77 | $34,880 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 1,540 | $8.80 | $18,310 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 1,540 | $14.79 | $30,770 |
| Legal secretaries | 1,540 | $19.17 | $39,860 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 1,510 | $16.88 | $35,100 |
| Dental hygienists | 1,480 | $28.96 | $60,240 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 1,480 | $23.01 | $47,870 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 1,450 | $16.02 | $33,310 |
| Pharmacists | 1,430 | $53.21 | $110,670 |
| Electrical engineers | 1,420 | $44.45 | $92,460 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 1,420 | $19.15 | $39,840 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 1,410 | $9.89 | $20,560 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 1,400 | $24.24 | $50,410 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 1,390 | $25.92 | $53,910 |
| Coaches and scouts | 1,370 | Not available | $29,440 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 1,370 | $16.86 | $35,070 |
| File clerks | 1,360 | $12.43 | $25,850 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software | 1,350 | $37.80 | $78,620 |
| Market research analysts | 1,340 | $34.78 | $72,350 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 1,340 | $23.21 | $48,270 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 1,320 | $24.13 | $50,180 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 1,310 | $12.94 | $26,910 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 1,290 | $17.96 | $37,350 |
| Parts salespersons | 1,280 | $15.67 | $32,580 |
| Financial analysts | 1,270 | $36.36 | $75,640 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other | 1,270 | Not available | Not available |
| Personal financial advisors | 1,250 | $29.04 | $60,410 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 1,240 | $23.56 | $49,000 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 1,240 | $21.39 | $44,490 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 1,240 | $29.53 | $61,430 |
| All other information and record clerks | 1,230 | $16.94 | $35,230 |
| Training and development specialists | 1,230 | $25.14 | $52,300 |
| Mechanical drafters | 1,210 | $22.91 | $47,650 |
| Sheet metal workers | 1,210 | $26.84 | $55,830 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 1,200 | $21.01 | $43,710 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 1,200 | $23.28 | $48,430 |
| Engineering managers | 1,190 | $50.56 | $105,170 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 1,190 | $10.64 | $22,120 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders | 1,180 | $17.09 | $35,550 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 1,170 | $22.66 | $47,140 |
| Couriers and messengers | 1,140 | $13.32 | $27,720 |
| Food service managers | 1,120 | $23.47 | $48,830 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 1,120 | $12.72 | $26,460 |
| Construction managers | 1,110 | $41.80 | $86,940 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 1,090 | $14.64 | $30,440 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 1,080 | $16.95 | $35,250 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 1,070 | $17.30 | $35,980 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 1,070 | $24.69 | $51,350 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary | 1,060 | $32.36 | $67,310 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity | 1,050 | $20.47 | $42,580 |
| Family and general practitioners | 1,050 | $97.16 | $202,100 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 1,050 | $19.65 | $40,880 |
| Occupational therapists | 1,050 | $28.56 | $59,400 |
| Administrative services managers | 1,040 | $37.32 | $77,610 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 1,040 | $17.68 | $36,780 |
| Prepress technicians and workers | 1,040 | $19.74 | $41,060 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer | 1,030 | $37.41 | $77,820 |
| Sales and related workers, all other | 1,030 | $16.59 | $34,510 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers | 1,020 | $15.22 | $31,660 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 1,020 | $18.10 | $37,640 |
| Sales engineers | 1,020 | $40.17 | $83,550 |
| Advertising sales agents | 1,010 | $23.81 | $49,530 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 1,010 | $14.29 | $29,730 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 1,010 | $17.54 | $36,480 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 1,000 | $24.86 | $51,700 |
| Marketing managers | 980 | $54.68 | $113,720 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 960 | $17.36 | $36,110 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | 960 | $23.85 | $49,600 |
| Insurance underwriters | 960 | $26.62 | $55,370 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 950 | $16.22 | $33,750 |
| Library technicians | 940 | $14.85 | $30,890 |
| Engine and other machine assemblers | 930 | $17.02 | $35,390 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers | 930 | $11.81 | $24,560 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 910 | $14.46 | $30,080 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 910 | $20.18 | $41,980 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 900 | $18.97 | $39,460 |
| Flight attendants | 900 | Not available | Not available |
| Medical and public health social workers | 900 | $22.16 | $46,100 |
| Librarians | 890 | $27.11 | $56,390 |
| Graduate teaching assistants | 880 | Not available | Not available |
| Brokerage clerks | 870 | $17.22 | $35,820 |
| Financial specialists, all other | 870 | $28.61 | $59,500 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 860 | $24.35 | $50,650 |
| Parking lot attendants | 860 | $8.56 | $17,800 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 850 | Not available | $47,430 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 840 | $20.39 | $42,410 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 840 | $9.33 | $19,410 |
| Roofers | 830 | $22.36 | $46,500 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 820 | Not available | $89,130 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 820 | $18.67 | $38,830 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators | 800 | $32.24 | $67,060 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 800 | $22.99 | $47,830 |
| Bakers | 790 | $11.52 | $23,960 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 770 | $29.79 | $61,950 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 760 | $22.03 | $45,820 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 750 | $22.04 | $45,840 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other | 750 | $22.49 | $46,790 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 750 | $10.33 | $21,480 |
| Office machine operators, except computer | 740 | $12.49 | $25,980 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders | 730 | $22.26 | $46,300 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 720 | $17.19 | $35,740 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 720 | $18.18 | $37,820 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 720 | Not available | $56,260 |
| Word processors and typists | 720 | $15.43 | $32,090 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary | 710 | $42.88 | $89,200 |
| Surgical technologists | 710 | $21.74 | $45,210 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers | 710 | $16.98 | $35,320 |
| Cooks, short order | 700 | $9.68 | $20,130 |
| Respiratory therapists | 700 | $26.61 | $55,350 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 690 | $11.25 | $23,400 |
| Sewing machine operators | 690 | $11.91 | $24,770 |
| Database administrators | 680 | $33.16 | $68,970 |
| Foundry mold and coremakers | 680 | $13.15 | $27,350 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 680 | $20.42 | $42,460 |
| Crossing guards | 670 | $11.18 | $23,240 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 670 | $11.30 | $23,510 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval | 660 | $33.93 | $70,560 |
| New accounts clerks | 650 | $15.27 | $31,770 |
| Correctional officers and jailers | 640 | $23.01 | $47,860 |
| Travel agents | 640 | $13.49 | $28,060 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | 630 | $29.45 | $61,250 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 630 | $14.66 | $30,500 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks | 630 | $12.88 | $26,780 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians | 620 | $23.43 | $48,730 |
| Purchasing managers | 620 | $44.31 | $92,170 |
| Surveyors | 620 | $29.58 | $61,520 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary | 610 | Not available | $75,040 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | 610 | $25.20 | $52,410 |
| Mental health counselors | 610 | $18.19 | $37,830 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other | 610 | $11.52 | $23,960 |
| Chemists | 590 | $31.09 | $64,660 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 590 | $18.66 | $38,810 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | 590 | $21.30 | $44,310 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 590 | $43.27 | $90,000 |
| Computer operators | 580 | $17.66 | $36,730 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters | 580 | $10.62 | $22,090 |
| Editors | 580 | $27.23 | $56,630 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 580 | $22.02 | $45,800 |
| Dentists, general | 570 | $68.48 | $142,440 |
| Physician assistants | 570 | $38.14 | $79,340 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 560 | $14.76 | $30,690 |
| Logisticians | 550 | $29.70 | $61,770 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 540 | $17.82 | $37,070 |
| Chemical technicians | 540 | $19.30 | $40,150 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other | 540 | $16.76 | $34,860 |
| Residential advisors | 540 | $12.56 | $26,120 |
| Carpet installers | 530 | $21.65 | $45,030 |
| Food batchmakers | 520 | $14.78 | $30,740 |
| Human resources managers, all other | 520 | $49.06 | $102,050 |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists | 520 | $21.72 | $45,170 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | 510 | $9.17 | $19,080 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers | 510 | $9.04 | $18,800 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary | 500 | Not available | $51,970 |
| Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 500 | $15.89 | $33,050 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 500 | $18.04 | $37,520 |
| Writers and authors | 500 | $21.59 | $44,910 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 490 | $28.03 | $58,310 |
| Floral designers | 490 | $11.33 | $23,570 |
| Computer hardware engineers | 480 | $44.79 | $93,160 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 480 | $19.74 | $41,070 |
| Industrial engineering technicians | 480 | $22.67 | $47,160 |
| Producers and directors | 480 | $27.55 | $57,310 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 470 | $22.84 | $47,510 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 470 | $12.17 | $25,310 |
| Metal workers and plastic workers, all other | 470 | Not available | Not available |
| Procurement clerks | 470 | $17.68 | $36,770 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 470 | $33.28 | $69,220 |
| Social and community service managers | 470 | $28.75 | $59,800 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians | 460 | $29.93 | $62,260 |
| Environmental engineers | 450 | $35.35 | $73,530 |
| Legislators | 450 | Not available | $23,710 |
| Medical equipment preparers | 450 | $13.50 | $28,080 |
| Real estate sales agents | 450 | $19.68 | $40,940 |
| Foresters | 440 | $25.42 | $52,880 |
| Postal service clerks | 440 | Not available | Not available |
| Coil winders, tapers, and finishers | 430 | $13.50 | $28,070 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks | 430 | $16.01 | $33,310 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary | 430 | Not available | $63,680 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | 430 | $21.51 | $44,750 |
| Physical therapist aides | 430 | $12.16 | $25,290 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 430 | $20.16 | $41,940 |
| Anesthesiologists | 420 | $88.47 | $184,030 |
| Choreographers | 420 | $19.71 | $40,990 |
| Dental laboratory technicians | 420 | $19.49 | $40,540 |
| Internists, general | 420 | $104.77 | $217,920 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | 410 | $17.92 | $37,270 |
| Computer specialists, all other | 410 | $31.07 | $64,620 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 410 | $36.99 | $76,930 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 410 | $13.81 | $28,720 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 410 | $16.20 | $33,700 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand | 400 | $16.52 | $34,350 |
| Instructional coordinators | 400 | $30.39 | $63,210 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 400 | $19.63 | $40,830 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials | 400 | $12.08 | $25,130 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | 400 | $11.84 | $24,620 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 390 | $17.31 | $36,000 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other | 390 | $10.70 | $22,260 |
| Commercial and industrial designers | 380 | $27.20 | $56,590 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | 380 | $28.28 | $58,830 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | 370 | $9.98 | $20,750 |
| Actors | 360 | $18.90 | Not available |
| Actuaries | 360 | $49.31 | $102,570 |
| Credit analysts | 360 | $24.58 | $51,140 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary | 360 | Not available | $56,610 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 360 | $45.20 | $94,010 |
| Medical equipment repairers | 360 | $24.75 | $51,470 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 360 | $13.25 | $27,550 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 360 | Not available | $60,680 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 360 | $22.35 | $46,490 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door | 350 | $20.56 | $42,770 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | 350 | $35.33 | $73,480 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters | 350 | $22.98 | $47,810 |
| Public relations managers | 350 | $46.06 | $95,800 |
| Photographers | 340 | $18.45 | $38,390 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | 340 | $21.27 | $44,230 |
| Surgeons | 340 | $99.44 | $206,840 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians | 330 | $24.67 | $51,320 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 330 | $33.50 | $69,680 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | 330 | $27.62 | $57,450 |
| Home appliance repairers | 330 | $16.94 | $35,240 |
| Millwrights | 330 | $29.95 | $62,300 |
| Photographic processing machine operators | 330 | $10.76 | $22,390 |
| Special education teachers, middle school | 330 | Not available | $51,720 |
| Tapers | 330 | $25.58 | $53,200 |
| Compensation and benefits managers | 320 | $39.94 | $83,080 |
| Interior designers | 320 | $23.00 | $47,840 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 320 | $17.27 | $35,920 |
| Veterinarians | 320 | $38.34 | $79,740 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | 310 | $26.02 | $54,130 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 310 | Not available | $48,870 |
| Technical writers | 310 | $25.42 | $52,870 |
| Art directors | 300 | $36.23 | $75,360 |
| Engineers, all other | 300 | $36.00 | $74,870 |
| Health educators | 300 | $21.27 | $44,230 |
| Massage therapists | 300 | $13.98 | $29,080 |
| Multi-media artists and animators | 300 | $24.49 | $50,940 |
| Musicians and singers | 300 | $20.81 | Not available |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | 290 | $27.61 | $57,440 |
| Counselors, all other | 280 | $20.05 | $41,700 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers | 280 | $32.54 | $67,680 |
| Glaziers | 280 | $22.77 | $47,360 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers | 280 | $12.57 | $26,150 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers | 270 | $16.12 | $33,540 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay | 270 | $34.89 | $72,580 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 270 | $17.86 | $37,140 |
| Manicurists and pedicurists | 270 | $11.17 | $23,240 |
| Meeting and convention planners | 270 | $18.30 | $38,070 |
| Operations research analysts | 270 | $31.86 | $66,280 |
| Pourers and casters, metal | 270 | $16.18 | $33,640 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators | 270 | $21.60 | $44,920 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors | 260 | $26.61 | $55,350 |
| Biological technicians | 260 | $20.84 | $43,360 |
| Interpreters and translators | 260 | $20.09 | $41,790 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers | 260 | $15.10 | $31,410 |
| Numerical tool and process control programmers | 260 | $21.80 | $45,340 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians | 260 | Not available | Not available |
| Protective service workers, all other | 260 | $13.60 | $28,290 |
| Advertising and promotions managers | 250 | $42.40 | $88,200 |
| Commercial pilots | 250 | Not available | $68,920 |
| Crane and tower operators | 250 | $18.85 | $39,220 |
| Funeral directors | 250 | $25.93 | $53,940 |
| Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders | 250 | $17.08 | $35,520 |
| Real estate brokers | 250 | $37.05 | $77,060 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 250 | $19.46 | $40,490 |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders | 240 | $18.95 | $39,410 |
| Electro-mechanical technicians | 240 | $22.54 | $46,890 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary | 240 | Not available | $59,870 |
| Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 240 | $16.87 | $35,080 |
| Painters, transportation equipment | 240 | $21.23 | $44,150 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 240 | $11.16 | $23,200 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other | 230 | $20.05 | $41,700 |
| Meter readers, utilities | 230 | $18.34 | $38,150 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | 230 | $14.58 | $30,320 |
| Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 220 | Not available | $58,350 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers | 220 | $17.43 | $36,250 |
| Photographic process workers | 220 | $12.93 | $26,900 |
| Social scientists and related workers, all other | 220 | $19.59 | $40,740 |
| Urban and regional planners | 220 | Not available | Not available |
| Communications teachers, postsecondary | 210 | Not available | $74,190 |
| Desktop publishers | 210 | $18.30 | $38,070 |
| Occupational therapist assistants | 210 | $21.17 | $44,030 |
| Radio and television announcers | 210 | $16.98 | $35,320 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents | 210 | $34.61 | $72,000 |
| Cargo and freight agents | 200 | $17.48 | $36,360 |
| Helpers--electricians | 200 | $12.51 | $26,030 |
| Financial examiners | 190 | $30.43 | $63,300 |
| Funeral attendants | 190 | $15.02 | $31,230 |
| Power plant operators | 190 | $28.96 | $60,230 |
| Recreational therapists | 190 | $19.07 | $39,670 |
| Slaughterers and meat packers | 190 | $10.61 | $22,060 |
| Training and development managers | 190 | $46.60 | $96,920 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians | 180 | $15.44 | $32,120 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary | 180 | Not available | $75,270 |
| Chiropractors | 180 | Not available | Not available |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 180 | $18.98 | $39,480 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers | 180 | $29.48 | $61,330 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other | 180 | $8.37 | $17,410 |
| Clergy | 170 | $21.57 | $44,870 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other | 170 | $19.91 | $41,410 |
| Marriage and family therapists | 170 | $26.92 | $55,990 |
| Mechanical door repairers | 170 | $21.77 | $45,280 |
| Media and communication equipment workers, all other | 170 | Not available | Not available |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | 170 | $31.29 | $65,080 |
| Psychiatric aides | 170 | $11.58 | $24,090 |
| Psychiatric technicians | 170 | $14.36 | $29,860 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary | 170 | Not available | $51,560 |
| Tax preparers | 170 | $18.54 | $38,560 |
| Umpires, referees, and other sports officials | 170 | Not available | $27,910 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 160 | $14.49 | $30,130 |
| Dietetic technicians | 160 | $14.11 | $29,360 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other | 160 | $24.31 | $50,570 |
| Etchers and engravers | 160 | $13.31 | $27,680 |
| Food scientists and technologists | 160 | $33.86 | $70,430 |
| Cutters and trimmers, hand | 150 | $11.37 | $23,660 |
| Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other | 150 | $10.25 | $21,330 |
| Furniture finishers | 150 | $16.53 | $34,380 |
| Natural sciences managers | 150 | $53.40 | $111,070 |
| Proofreaders and copy markers | 150 | $14.03 | $29,190 |
| Sociology teachers, postsecondary | 150 | Not available | $85,350 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 150 | Not available | $51,930 |
| Broadcast technicians | 140 | $16.68 | $34,690 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health | 140 | $22.51 | $46,830 |
| Fire inspectors and investigators | 140 | $23.51 | $48,910 |
| Materials engineers | 140 | $35.02 | $72,840 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic | 140 | $15.69 | $32,630 |
| Motorcycle mechanics | 140 | $16.21 | $33,710 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists | 140 | $105.39 | $219,210 |
| Parking enforcement workers | 140 | $15.13 | $31,480 |
| Pest control workers | 140 | $18.54 | $38,560 |
| Tour guides and escorts | 140 | $9.18 | $19,100 |
| Budget analysts | 130 | $33.77 | $70,230 |
| Chemical engineers | 130 | Not available | Not available |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators | 130 | $18.25 | $37,960 |
| Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers | 130 | $23.52 | $48,910 |
| Legal support workers, all other | 130 | $22.89 | $47,620 |
| Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants | 130 | $8.77 | $18,240 |
| Social workers, all other | 130 | $25.74 | $53,550 |
| Therapists, all other | 130 | $22.39 | $46,570 |
| Upholsterers | 130 | $14.10 | $29,320 |
| Animal trainers | 120 | $15.29 | $31,800 |
| Biomedical engineers | 120 | $36.13 | $75,150 |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other | 120 | $31.79 | $66,120 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters | 120 | $22.35 | $46,480 |
| Medical appliance technicians | 120 | $16.51 | $34,340 |
| Optometrists | 120 | $44.40 | $92,360 |
| Statisticians | 120 | $33.29 | $69,240 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders | 110 | $13.73 | $28,560 |
| Education administrators, all other | 110 | $38.92 | $80,950 |
| Environmental engineering technicians | 110 | $23.06 | $47,960 |
| History teachers, postsecondary | 110 | Not available | $64,150 |
| Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary | 110 | Not available | $63,680 |
| Radiation therapists | 110 | $37.13 | $77,220 |
| Skin care specialists | 110 | $11.81 | $24,560 |
| Athletic trainers | 100 | Not available | $47,270 |
| Biological scientists, all other | 100 | $33.33 | $69,330 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary | 100 | Not available | $77,040 |
| Criminal justice and law enforcement teachers, postsecondary | 100 | Not available | $66,160 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders | 100 | $11.16 | $23,210 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 100 | $13.75 | $28,590 |
| Law clerks | 100 | $24.95 | $51,890 |
| Loan counselors | 100 | $19.53 | $40,630 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists | 100 | $33.75 | $70,210 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood | 100 | $10.96 | $22,800 |
| Hydrologists | 90 | $30.86 | $64,190 |
| Model makers, metal and plastic | 90 | $24.69 | $51,350 |
| Patternmakers, metal and plastic | 90 | $19.24 | $40,030 |
| Pediatricians, general | 90 | $77.49 | $161,170 |
| Political scientists | 90 | $37.24 | $77,450 |
| Biochemists and biophysicists | 80 | $30.50 | $63,430 |
| Chemistry teachers, postsecondary | 80 | Not available | $64,030 |
| Drafters, all other | 80 | $21.12 | $43,940 |
| Emergency management specialists | 80 | $28.27 | $58,800 |
| Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators | 80 | $14.75 | $30,690 |
| Landscape architects | 80 | $35.52 | $73,890 |
| Lodging managers | 80 | $25.36 | $52,750 |
| Material moving workers, all other | 80 | $9.82 | $20,420 |
| Motorboat mechanics | 80 | $15.53 | $32,300 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation | 80 | $16.96 | $35,290 |
| Agricultural and food science technicians | 70 | $18.47 | $38,410 |
| Artists and related workers, all other | 70 | $18.19 | $37,840 |
| Concierges | 70 | $9.86 | $20,500 |
| Earth drillers, except oil and gas | 70 | Not available | Not available |
| Economics teachers, postsecondary | 70 | Not available | $86,990 |
| Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders | 70 | $13.19 | $27,430 |
| Forensic science technicians | 70 | Not available | Not available |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors | 70 | $30.20 | $62,820 |
| Pharmacy aides | 70 | $8.20 | $17,050 |
| Plasterers and stucco masons | 70 | $27.14 | $56,450 |
| Set and exhibit designers | 70 | $17.88 | $37,200 |
| Sound engineering technicians | 70 | $19.84 | $41,280 |
| Avionics technicians | 60 | $23.13 | $48,110 |
| Broadcast news analysts | 60 | $35.65 | $74,150 |
| Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders | 60 | $14.64 | $30,450 |
| Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders | 60 | $12.19 | $25,350 |
| Correspondence clerks | 60 | $15.12 | $31,440 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | 60 | $13.12 | $27,300 |
| Media and communication workers, all other | 60 | $23.14 | $48,130 |
| Motion picture projectionists | 60 | $8.86 | $18,420 |
| Physicists | 60 | $57.72 | $120,050 |
| Physics teachers, postsecondary | 60 | Not available | $72,860 |
| Political science teachers, postsecondary | 60 | Not available | $65,820 |
| Social work teachers, postsecondary | 60 | Not available | $61,890 |
| Statistical assistants | 60 | $19.08 | $39,680 |
| Survey researchers | 60 | $17.45 | $36,300 |
| Transportation inspectors | 60 | $43.98 | $91,480 |
| Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians | 50 | $10.33 | $21,490 |
| Conservation scientists | 50 | $31.29 | $65,090 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers | 50 | $28.07 | $58,380 |
| Helpers--roofers | 50 | $13.67 | $28,430 |
| Historians | 50 | $24.88 | $51,750 |
| Lay-out workers, metal and plastic | 50 | $18.31 | $38,080 |
| Podiatrists | 50 | $92.32 | $192,020 |
| Postmasters and mail superintendents | 50 | $35.48 | $73,790 |
| Psychologists, all other | 50 | $37.01 | $76,980 |
| Airfield operations specialists | 40 | $16.81 | $34,960 |
| Anthropology and archeology teachers, postsecondary | 40 | Not available | $53,670 |
| Atmospheric, earth, marine, and space sciences teachers, postsecondary | 40 | Not available | $76,480 |
| Bailiffs | 40 | $13.01 | $27,070 |
| Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers | 40 | $12.92 | $26,880 |
| Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates | 40 | $35.23 | $73,290 |
| Museum technicians and conservators | 40 | $15.62 | $32,500 |
| Occupational health and safety technicians | 40 | $23.81 | $49,530 |
| Vocational education teachers, middle school | 40 | Not available | $48,910 |
| Court reporters | 30 | $19.27 | $40,080 |
| Film and video editors | 30 | $19.93 | $41,460 |
| Gas plant operators | 30 | $30.84 | $64,140 |
| Life scientists, all other | 30 | $31.24 | $64,970 |
| Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes | Not available | $20.23 | $42,080 |
| Agricultural engineers | Not available | $35.80 | $74,470 |
| Agricultural equipment operators | Not available | $16.68 | $34,700 |
| Architecture teachers, postsecondary | Not available | Not available | $77,510 |
| Audiologists | Not available | $32.79 | $68,200 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops | Not available | $12.57 | $26,140 |
| Construction and related workers, all other | Not available | $17.40 | $36,190 |
| Cooks, all other | Not available | $11.58 | $24,080 |
| Curators | Not available | $27.91 | $58,060 |
| Designers, all other | Not available | $26.50 | $55,120 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other | Not available | $16.13 | $33,550 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers | Not available | $19.68 | $40,940 |
| Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles | Not available | $16.32 | $33,950 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers | Not available | $19.60 | $40,770 |
| Farm equipment mechanics | Not available | $15.16 | $31,540 |
| Fence erectors | Not available | $14.38 | $29,900 |
| Fiberglass laminators and fabricators | Not available | $12.99 | $27,020 |
| Floor layers, except carpet, wood, and hard tiles | Not available | $23.04 | $47,920 |
| Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $13.86 | $28,840 |
| Helpers--carpenters | Not available | $15.70 | $32,650 |
| Insulation workers, mechanical | Not available | $22.33 | $46,450 |
| Insurance appraisers, auto damage | Not available | $24.59 | $51,150 |
| Job printers | Not available | $17.75 | $36,910 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers | Not available | $12.44 | $25,870 |
| Materials scientists | Not available | $39.75 | $82,680 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists | Not available | $29.32 | $60,980 |
| Microbiologists | Not available | $29.66 | $61,700 |
| Musical instrument repairers and tuners | Not available | $16.12 | $33,530 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics | Not available | $16.16 | $33,600 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | Not available | $79.65 | $165,670 |
| Pipelayers | Not available | $26.47 | $55,050 |
| Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other | Not available | $20.70 | $43,060 |
| Private detectives and investigators | Not available | $15.42 | $32,070 |
| Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products | Not available | $20.59 | $42,830 |
| Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary | Not available | Not available | $57,830 |
| Reinforcing iron and rebar workers | Not available | $25.77 | $53,600 |
| Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $16.70 | $34,730 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers | Not available | $21.35 | $44,410 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners | Not available | $17.04 | $35,450 |
| Service station attendants | Not available | $8.96 | $18,640 |
| Social sciences teachers, postsecondary, all other | Not available | Not available | $104,550 |
| Structural iron and steel workers | Not available | $30.28 | $62,990 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers | Not available | $12.66 | $26,320 |
| Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders | Not available | $12.31 | $25,610 |
| Tile and marble setters | Not available | $18.94 | $39,400 |
| Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners | Not available | $17.86 | $37,150 |
| Transportation workers, all other | Not available | $12.48 | $25,960 |
| Tree trimmers and pruners | Not available | $19.60 | $40,770 |
| Zoologists and wildlife biologists | Not available | $31.77 | $66,080 |
