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 |
165,020 |
$19.26 |
$40,050 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
25,130 |
$15.43 |
$32,100 |
| Sales and related occupations |
17,500 |
$15.36 |
$31,950 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
14,780 |
$14.83 |
$30,840 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
14,440 |
$9.74 |
$20,260 |
| Production occupations |
13,980 |
$15.39 |
$32,010 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
13,720 |
$26.69 |
$55,520 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
9,360 |
$36.64 |
$76,210 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
8,620 |
$21.56 |
$44,850 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
6,790 |
$20.57 |
$42,790 |
| Management occupations |
6,780 |
$41.82 |
$86,990 |
| Retail salespersons |
6,570 |
$11.08 |
$23,040 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
5,120 |
$9.74 |
$20,250 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
4,940 |
$12.95 |
$26,940 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
4,940 |
$12.75 |
$26,530 |
| Cashiers |
4,610 |
$11.14 |
$23,160 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
4,530 |
$28.41 |
$59,100 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
3,930 |
$9.17 |
$19,060 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse |
3,890 |
$8.73 |
$18,160 |
| Office clerks, general |
3,340 |
$12.66 |
$26,330 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
3,270 |
$12.33 |
$25,650 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
3,260 |
$11.20 |
$23,300 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
3,240 |
$19.32 |
$40,180 |
| Registered nurses |
3,040 |
$41.68 |
$86,690 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
2,800 |
Not available |
$66,090 |
| Protective service occupations |
2,720 |
$18.94 |
$39,390 |
| Community and social services occupations |
2,710 |
$21.97 |
$45,690 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
2,480 |
$8.72 |
$18,130 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
2,400 |
$10.04 |
$20,890 |
| Teacher assistants |
2,350 |
Not available |
$29,360 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
2,320 |
$11.71 |
$24,350 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
2,270 |
Not available |
$68,970 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
2,240 |
$12.74 |
$26,510 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
2,190 |
$16.93 |
$35,220 |
| General and operations managers |
2,190 |
$44.94 |
$93,470 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
1,880 |
$21.57 |
$44,870 |
| Cooks, fast food |
1,810 |
$8.84 |
$18,390 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
1,780 |
$18.22 |
$37,890 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
1,690 |
$12.23 |
$25,440 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
1,660 |
$15.74 |
$32,740 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
1,620 |
$16.35 |
$34,000 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
1,530 |
$18.31 |
$38,090 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
1,520 |
$20.62 |
$42,880 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
1,400 |
$31.03 |
$64,550 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
1,360 |
Not available |
$42,030 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
1,350 |
$11.49 |
$23,890 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
1,340 |
$35.89 |
$74,640 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
1,310 |
$18.06 |
$37,570 |
| Customer service representatives |
1,290 |
$16.97 |
$35,300 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
1,270 |
$15.55 |
$32,350 |
| Slaughterers and meat packers |
1,270 |
$11.21 |
$23,320 |
| Construction laborers |
1,260 |
$16.78 |
$34,910 |
| Medical secretaries |
1,250 |
$12.98 |
$27,000 |
| Team assemblers |
1,160 |
$13.37 |
$27,810 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
1,150 |
$15.45 |
$32,140 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
1,140 |
$26.35 |
$54,820 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
1,070 |
$33.72 |
$70,150 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
1,070 |
$12.22 |
$25,410 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
1,060 |
$14.44 |
$30,040 |
| Carpenters |
1,060 |
$20.54 |
$42,720 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
1,050 |
$13.50 |
$28,070 |
| Food preparation workers |
1,050 |
$10.50 |
$21,840 |
| Child care workers |
1,030 |
$10.21 |
$21,230 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
1,020 |
$26.47 |
$55,060 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
1,010 |
$11.42 |
$23,750 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
1,000 |
$10.89 |
$22,650 |
| Accountants and auditors |
970 |
$28.33 |
$58,920 |
| Security guards |
970 |
$10.65 |
$22,160 |
| Legal occupations |
960 |
$43.50 |
$90,480 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
900 |
Not available |
$71,150 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
890 |
$19.83 |
$41,250 |
| Medical assistants |
890 |
$12.51 |
$26,020 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
880 |
$25.03 |
$52,050 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
880 |
$9.36 |
$19,470 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
880 |
$14.61 |
$30,380 |
| Food batchmakers |
790 |
$16.56 |
$34,450 |
| Electricians |
770 |
$25.85 |
$53,760 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers |
740 |
$24.24 |
$50,430 |
| Tellers |
740 |
$11.80 |
$24,540 |
| Home health aides |
730 |
$9.28 |
$19,300 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
710 |
$28.33 |
$58,930 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
710 |
$23.58 |
$49,050 |
| Social and human service assistants |
690 |
$18.83 |
$39,160 |
| Dishwashers |
680 |
$8.83 |
$18,360 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
660 |
$28.41 |
$59,090 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
630 |
$11.53 |
$23,970 |
| Dental assistants |
630 |
$13.95 |
$29,020 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
600 |
$14.94 |
$31,070 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
590 |
$8.59 |
$17,880 |
| Helpers--production workers |
570 |
$10.61 |
$22,060 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
570 |
$18.17 |
$37,800 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
560 |
$18.05 |
$37,550 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
520 |
$25.89 |
$53,840 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
500 |
$24.71 |
$51,400 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
490 |
$26.62 |
$55,370 |
| Sales managers |
490 |
$39.34 |
$81,840 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
480 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
460 |
$10.28 |
$21,390 |
| Fire fighters |
460 |
$23.30 |
$48,470 |
| Driver/sales workers |
450 |
$10.79 |
$22,440 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
450 |
$25.94 |
$53,950 |
| Lawyers |
440 |
$65.84 |
$136,960 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
440 |
$17.43 |
$36,260 |
| Financial managers |
430 |
$43.80 |
$91,100 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
400 |
$16.90 |
$35,160 |
| Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders |
390 |
$14.26 |
$29,670 |
| Graders and sorters, agricultural products |
390 |
$8.87 |
$18,460 |
| Personal and home care aides |
390 |
$9.53 |
$19,830 |
| Roofers |
390 |
$21.76 |
$45,260 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
370 |
$8.74 |
$18,170 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
370 |
$17.93 |
$37,300 |
| Cost estimators |
360 |
$30.33 |
$63,080 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
360 |
Not available |
$101,130 |
| Bartenders |
350 |
$8.88 |
$18,470 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
350 |
$16.05 |
$33,390 |
| Loan officers |
350 |
$31.61 |
$65,740 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
350 |
$12.67 |
$26,360 |
| Order clerks |
350 |
$13.49 |
$28,060 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
340 |
$15.72 |
$32,700 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
340 |
$20.06 |
$41,720 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
340 |
$14.75 |
$30,680 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
330 |
$16.93 |
$35,220 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
330 |
Not available |
$62,260 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
330 |
$15.96 |
$33,200 |
| Pharmacists |
330 |
$65.39 |
$136,020 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
320 |
$20.40 |
$42,430 |
| Pest control workers |
320 |
$16.84 |
$35,020 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
320 |
Not available |
$70,080 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
310 |
$20.35 |
$42,320 |
| Food service managers |
310 |
$24.13 |
$50,180 |
| Parts salespersons |
310 |
$16.76 |
$34,870 |
| File clerks |
300 |
$11.19 |
$23,280 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
300 |
$25.18 |
$52,360 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
300 |
$15.68 |
$32,610 |
| Respiratory therapists |
300 |
$30.35 |
$63,130 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
300 |
Not available |
$65,250 |
| Agricultural equipment operators |
290 |
$12.12 |
$25,210 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
290 |
$18.47 |
$38,410 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
290 |
$20.26 |
$42,150 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
290 |
$33.42 |
$69,510 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
290 |
$11.33 |
$23,570 |
| Instructional coordinators |
290 |
$33.45 |
$69,580 |
| Insurance sales agents |
290 |
$28.65 |
$59,580 |
| Medical and health services managers |
290 |
$43.34 |
$90,140 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders |
290 |
$18.22 |
$37,900 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
290 |
$28.69 |
$59,670 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
280 |
$13.27 |
$27,610 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
270 |
$21.11 |
$43,900 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
270 |
$15.75 |
$32,750 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
270 |
$20.12 |
$41,840 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
270 |
$14.10 |
$29,330 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
270 |
$12.85 |
$26,720 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
260 |
$8.91 |
$18,530 |
| Computer support specialists |
260 |
$22.11 |
$45,980 |
| Dietetic technicians |
260 |
$12.88 |
$26,780 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers |
260 |
$11.02 |
$22,910 |
| Production workers, all other |
260 |
$13.74 |
$28,590 |
| Telemarketers |
260 |
$12.00 |
$24,960 |
| Coaches and scouts |
250 |
Not available |
$28,580 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
250 |
$25.66 |
$53,370 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
250 |
$10.76 |
$22,370 |
| Bill and account collectors |
240 |
$13.66 |
$28,410 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
240 |
$20.33 |
$42,280 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers |
240 |
$20.61 |
$42,870 |
| Industrial production managers |
240 |
$40.87 |
$85,020 |
| Managers, all other |
240 |
$38.49 |
$80,070 |
| Plasterers and stucco masons |
240 |
$19.85 |
$41,300 |
| Social workers, all other |
240 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Tire repairers and changers |
240 |
$11.71 |
$24,350 |
| Chief executives |
230 |
$80.27 |
$166,960 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
230 |
$24.81 |
$51,600 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
220 |
$19.43 |
$40,420 |
| Dental hygienists |
220 |
$31.61 |
$65,760 |
| Machinists |
220 |
$20.33 |
$42,290 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
220 |
$21.08 |
$43,840 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
220 |
$37.85 |
$78,730 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
220 |
$23.99 |
$49,910 |
| Administrative services managers |
210 |
$33.99 |
$70,690 |
| All other information and record clerks |
210 |
$16.01 |
$33,300 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
210 |
$16.53 |
$34,380 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals |
210 |
$9.84 |
$20,470 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
210 |
$10.66 |
$22,180 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
200 |
$25.87 |
$53,800 |
| Management analysts |
200 |
$29.92 |
$62,240 |
| Printing machine operators |
200 |
$19.73 |
$41,030 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors |
200 |
$17.54 |
$36,490 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school |
200 |
Not available |
$58,870 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
190 |
$37.38 |
$77,740 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
190 |
$15.91 |
$33,090 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
190 |
$31.92 |
$66,390 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
190 |
$13.40 |
$27,870 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
180 |
$21.41 |
$44,540 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
180 |
$9.32 |
$19,380 |
| Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall |
180 |
$18.18 |
$37,820 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
180 |
$9.09 |
$18,900 |
| Legal secretaries |
180 |
$24.76 |
$51,500 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
180 |
$44.26 |
$92,050 |
| Tapers |
180 |
$24.35 |
$50,650 |
| Construction managers |
170 |
$41.13 |
$85,550 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
170 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other |
170 |
$19.32 |
$40,190 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
170 |
$19.17 |
$39,870 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
170 |
$12.63 |
$26,260 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
170 |
$88.15 |
$183,360 |
| Service station attendants |
170 |
$11.06 |
$23,010 |
| Biological technicians |
160 |
$15.90 |
$33,070 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
160 |
$17.62 |
$36,660 |
| Market research analysts |
160 |
$27.94 |
$58,120 |
| Marketing managers |
160 |
$70.86 |
$147,400 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
160 |
$21.68 |
$45,100 |
| Physical therapists |
160 |
$38.47 |
$80,010 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
160 |
$27.35 |
$56,890 |
| Sheet metal workers |
160 |
$20.86 |
$43,390 |
| Social and community service managers |
160 |
$26.79 |
$55,720 |
| Farm equipment mechanics |
150 |
$18.17 |
$37,790 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
150 |
$17.59 |
$36,590 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
150 |
$17.61 |
$36,630 |
| New accounts clerks |
150 |
$15.75 |
$32,760 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
150 |
$10.54 |
$21,910 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials |
150 |
$9.25 |
$19,250 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
150 |
$12.48 |
$25,960 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
150 |
$36.95 |
$76,850 |
| Word processors and typists |
150 |
$16.09 |
$33,460 |
| Advertising sales agents |
140 |
$25.75 |
$53,550 |
| Bakers |
140 |
$12.27 |
$25,510 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
140 |
$45.66 |
$94,980 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
140 |
$29.25 |
$60,830 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
140 |
$17.41 |
$36,210 |
| Graphic designers |
140 |
$20.05 |
$41,710 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers |
140 |
$13.08 |
$27,200 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
140 |
$18.53 |
$38,540 |
| Surgical technologists |
140 |
$22.83 |
$47,480 |
| Civil engineers |
130 |
$38.60 |
$80,280 |
| Data entry keyers |
130 |
$13.39 |
$27,850 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
130 |
$10.47 |
$21,770 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers |
130 |
$12.90 |
$26,830 |
| Millwrights |
130 |
$22.58 |
$46,960 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
130 |
$19.93 |
$41,450 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
130 |
$10.34 |
$21,520 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
130 |
$23.78 |
$49,460 |
| Agricultural and food science technicians |
120 |
$17.74 |
$36,910 |
| Computer systems analysts |
120 |
$29.55 |
$61,470 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
120 |
$18.67 |
$38,830 |
| Personal financial advisors |
120 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Real estate sales agents |
120 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
120 |
$15.98 |
$33,240 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
110 |
$44.10 |
$91,730 |
| Computer programmers |
110 |
$40.16 |
$83,530 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
110 |
$26.79 |
$55,720 |
| Dental laboratory technicians |
110 |
$17.96 |
$37,350 |
| Family and general practitioners |
110 |
$58.94 |
$122,600 |
| Library technicians |
110 |
$17.38 |
$36,150 |
| Medical equipment preparers |
110 |
$12.77 |
$26,560 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
110 |
$31.32 |
$65,140 |
| Postal service clerks |
110 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Public relations specialists |
110 |
$23.42 |
$48,720 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
110 |
$21.91 |
$45,580 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
110 |
$11.68 |
$24,290 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
100 |
$14.34 |
$29,830 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
100 |
$26.63 |
$55,390 |
| Engineering managers |
100 |
$50.40 |
$104,840 |
| Interpreters and translators |
100 |
$16.89 |
$35,130 |
| Librarians |
100 |
$28.61 |
$59,510 |
| Photographers |
100 |
$14.10 |
$29,340 |
| Training and development specialists |
100 |
$26.01 |
$54,100 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
90 |
$27.82 |
$57,870 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
90 |
$39.12 |
$81,360 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
90 |
$15.06 |
$31,320 |
| Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders |
90 |
$16.93 |
$35,220 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other |
90 |
$20.72 |
$43,100 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
90 |
$23.83 |
$49,570 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
90 |
$22.61 |
$47,030 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists |
90 |
$41.55 |
$86,420 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
90 |
$35.48 |
$73,790 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other |
80 |
$18.66 |
$38,810 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
80 |
$26.57 |
$55,260 |
| Education administrators, all other |
80 |
$45.16 |
$93,930 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders |
80 |
$17.12 |
$35,600 |
| Health educators |
80 |
$22.16 |
$46,100 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters |
80 |
$15.14 |
$31,490 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
80 |
$11.82 |
$24,580 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
80 |
$35.50 |
$73,830 |
| Occupational therapists |
80 |
$30.40 |
$63,240 |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
80 |
Not available |
$69,910 |
| Veterinarians |
80 |
$58.29 |
$121,250 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
80 |
$24.19 |
$50,320 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
70 |
$27.31 |
$56,800 |
| Budget analysts |
70 |
$34.80 |
$72,380 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
70 |
$25.13 |
$52,270 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
70 |
$30.35 |
$63,130 |
| Credit analysts |
70 |
$32.90 |
$68,430 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
70 |
$18.09 |
$37,620 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers |
70 |
$16.28 |
$33,860 |
| Mechanical engineers |
70 |
$31.12 |
$64,720 |
| Meter readers, utilities |
70 |
$24.63 |
$51,220 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators |
70 |
$17.35 |
$36,080 |
| Photographic processing machine operators |
70 |
$12.60 |
$26,210 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
70 |
$21.98 |
$45,710 |
| Procurement clerks |
70 |
$18.96 |
$39,440 |
| Chemical technicians |
60 |
$15.62 |
$32,480 |
| Clergy |
60 |
$21.51 |
$44,740 |
| Computer operators |
60 |
$17.96 |
$37,370 |
| Couriers and messengers |
60 |
$11.36 |
$23,630 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
60 |
$31.78 |
$66,090 |
| Floral designers |
60 |
$10.70 |
$22,260 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other |
60 |
$9.36 |
$19,460 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
60 |
$17.21 |
$35,810 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
60 |
$54.45 |
$113,250 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists |
60 |
$42.10 |
$87,580 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
60 |
$15.30 |
$31,830 |
| Physical therapist aides |
60 |
$12.76 |
$26,550 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
60 |
$25.50 |
$53,040 |
| Purchasing managers |
60 |
$39.07 |
$81,260 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
60 |
$13.97 |
$29,060 |
| Bindery workers |
50 |
$12.94 |
$26,910 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
50 |
$22.67 |
$47,150 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
50 |
$38.71 |
$80,510 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
50 |
$14.26 |
$29,650 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
50 |
$32.32 |
$67,230 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
50 |
$18.65 |
$38,800 |
| Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
50 |
$15.21 |
$31,630 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers |
50 |
$17.34 |
$36,070 |
| Job printers |
50 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic |
50 |
$11.00 |
$22,890 |
| Structural iron and steel workers |
50 |
$20.88 |
$43,430 |
| Surgeons |
50 |
$83.53 |
$173,740 |
| Urban and regional planners |
50 |
$32.39 |
$67,370 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary |
50 |
$17.35 |
$36,100 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians |
40 |
$24.47 |
$50,890 |
| Database administrators |
40 |
$31.48 |
$65,480 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program |
40 |
$26.86 |
$55,860 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
40 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
40 |
$28.93 |
$60,170 |
| Farm, ranch, and other agricultural managers |
40 |
$33.03 |
$68,700 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
40 |
$46.46 |
$96,650 |
| Industrial engineers |
40 |
$32.00 |
$66,550 |
| Logisticians |
40 |
$32.53 |
$67,670 |
| Mechanical drafters |
40 |
$24.19 |
$50,320 |
| Medical equipment repairers |
40 |
$22.82 |
$47,470 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
40 |
$35.03 |
$72,870 |
| Optometrists |
40 |
$68.07 |
$141,580 |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
40 |
$19.58 |
$40,730 |
| Sales engineers |
40 |
$46.47 |
$96,670 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood |
40 |
$11.07 |
$23,020 |
| Travel agents |
40 |
$18.25 |
$37,950 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
30 |
$13.25 |
$27,570 |
| Pipelayers |
30 |
$23.89 |
$49,680 |
| Public relations managers |
30 |
$50.40 |
$104,840 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors |
Not available |
$24.75 |
$51,480 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians |
Not available |
$22.68 |
$47,170 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
Not available |
$11.48 |
$23,870 |
| Automotive glass installers and repairers |
Not available |
$13.69 |
$28,480 |
| Biochemists and biophysicists |
Not available |
$26.09 |
$54,280 |
| Bus drivers, school |
Not available |
$17.95 |
$37,340 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity |
Not available |
$14.79 |
$30,760 |
| Carpet installers |
Not available |
$17.12 |
$35,610 |
| Chemists |
Not available |
$31.15 |
$64,790 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers |
Not available |
$15.50 |
$32,230 |
| Cooks, short order |
Not available |
$10.07 |
$20,950 |
| Dentists, general |
Not available |
$90.22 |
$187,650 |
| Drafters, all other |
Not available |
$24.47 |
$50,900 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
Not available |
$33.56 |
$69,810 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other |
Not available |
$32.37 |
$67,320 |
| Engineers, all other |
Not available |
$51.20 |
$106,490 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$15.73 |
$32,730 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$15.40 |
$32,030 |
| Floor layers, except carpet, wood, and hard tiles |
Not available |
$18.81 |
$39,110 |
| Furniture finishers |
Not available |
$15.72 |
$32,700 |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other |
Not available |
$49.48 |
$102,910 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other |
Not available |
$38.62 |
$80,340 |
| Helpers--carpenters |
Not available |
$12.21 |
$25,390 |
| Helpers--electricians |
Not available |
$16.60 |
$34,540 |
| Internists, general |
Not available |
$82.83 |
$172,280 |
| Legal support workers, all other |
Not available |
$26.73 |
$55,590 |
| Legislators |
Not available |
Not available |
$36,120 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
Not available |
$14.22 |
$29,590 |
| Marriage and family therapists |
Not available |
$25.70 |
$53,450 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
Not available |
$18.03 |
$37,490 |
| Metal workers and plastic workers, all other |
Not available |
$23.39 |
$48,640 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$15.40 |
$32,030 |
| Painters, transportation equipment |
Not available |
$22.47 |
$46,740 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other |
Not available |
$16.96 |
$35,270 |
| Pharmacy aides |
Not available |
$12.53 |
$26,060 |
| Physician assistants |
Not available |
$41.93 |
$87,220 |
| Recreational vehicle service technicians |
Not available |
$18.01 |
$37,470 |
| Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$16.56 |
$34,450 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers |
Not available |
$18.66 |
$38,820 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$22.78 |
$47,390 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners |
Not available |
$19.67 |
$40,910 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
Not available |
$23.66 |
$49,200 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers |
Not available |
$10.39 |
$21,610 |
| Tile and marble setters |
Not available |
$24.01 |
$49,940 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers |
Not available |
$9.33 |
$19,410 |
