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 | 120,180 | $14.54 | $30,240 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 20,030 | $8.92 | $18,560 |
| Sales and related occupations | 19,590 | $12.68 | $26,380 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 17,330 | $13.11 | $27,260 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 9,300 | $10.01 | $20,820 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 7,910 | $14.63 | $30,430 |
| Retail salespersons | 7,550 | $11.01 | $22,910 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 5,860 | $12.63 | $26,270 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 5,650 | $7.83 | $16,290 |
| Cashiers | 5,380 | $8.50 | $17,670 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 4,980 | $21.62 | $44,970 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 4,970 | $15.35 | $31,920 |
| Management occupations | 4,880 | $35.14 | $73,090 |
| Production occupations | 4,580 | $13.06 | $27,160 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 4,520 | $8.81 | $18,310 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 4,300 | $29.06 | $60,440 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 3,980 | $10.24 | $21,300 |
| Protective service occupations | 3,190 | $13.17 | $27,400 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 2,570 | $23.69 | $49,280 |
| Office clerks, general | 2,430 | $10.72 | $22,310 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 2,220 | $10.65 | $22,150 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 2,190 | $16.87 | $35,100 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 2,180 | $7.45 | $15,490 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 2,020 | $10.41 | $21,650 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 2,020 | $12.65 | $26,320 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 1,970 | $10.17 | $21,150 |
| General and operations managers | 1,710 | $35.22 | $73,260 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 1,710 | $11.58 | $24,080 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 1,640 | $10.32 | $21,470 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 1,610 | $13.49 | $28,050 |
| Registered nurses | 1,560 | $23.85 | $49,610 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 1,540 | $14.21 | $29,550 |
| Security guards | 1,530 | $9.57 | $19,900 |
| Food preparation workers | 1,470 | $8.78 | $18,270 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 1,450 | $14.72 | $30,620 |
| Construction laborers | 1,400 | $12.44 | $25,870 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 1,390 | $10.91 | $22,690 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 1,340 | $10.26 | $21,340 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 1,250 | $18.21 | $37,890 |
| Dishwashers | 1,220 | $8.12 | $16,880 |
| Cooks, fast food | 1,200 | $8.27 | $17,190 |
| Customer service representatives | 1,170 | $12.90 | $26,830 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 1,110 | $8.78 | $18,260 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 1,110 | $24.72 | $51,420 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 1,100 | $16.24 | $33,790 |
| Bartenders | 1,080 | $8.78 | $18,250 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 1,050 | $7.44 | $15,470 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 1,050 | $13.64 | $28,380 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 1,020 | $11.21 | $23,310 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 1,010 | $8.28 | $17,230 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 1,000 | $21.16 | $44,010 |
| Real estate sales agents | 950 | $19.70 | $40,980 |
| Carpenters | 840 | $15.23 | $31,680 |
| Teacher assistants | 830 | Not available | $20,160 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 830 | $14.84 | $30,870 |
| Accountants and auditors | 790 | $21.35 | $44,400 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 750 | $22.57 | $46,940 |
| Legal occupations | 750 | $31.29 | $65,080 |
| Team assemblers | 710 | $12.19 | $25,350 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 670 | $8.99 | $18,710 |
| Tellers | 650 | $12.13 | $25,220 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 610 | $25.39 | $52,810 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 610 | $9.81 | $20,400 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 610 | $17.22 | $35,820 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 600 | $16.91 | $35,180 |
| Community and social services occupations | 570 | $17.39 | $36,170 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 540 | $7.70 | $16,010 |
| Electricians | 540 | $16.12 | $33,530 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 530 | $16.15 | $33,590 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 510 | $9.91 | $20,600 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 500 | $11.12 | $23,140 |
| Helpers--electricians | 490 | $10.43 | $21,700 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 490 | $8.73 | $18,170 |
| Food service managers | 480 | $23.17 | $48,190 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 480 | $16.25 | $33,800 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 460 | $23.08 | $48,010 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 430 | $17.90 | $37,230 |
| Driver/sales workers | 430 | $9.86 | $20,500 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 430 | $15.67 | $32,600 |
| Personal and home care aides | 420 | $9.29 | $19,320 |
| Child care workers | 400 | $8.01 | $16,660 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 400 | $13.12 | $27,280 |
| Fire fighters | 390 | $13.60 | $28,290 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 390 | $15.43 | $32,100 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 380 | $20.39 | $42,410 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 380 | $13.09 | $27,230 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 350 | $13.95 | $29,010 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 340 | $14.63 | $30,430 |
| Lawyers | 330 | $48.51 | $100,900 |
| Loan officers | 330 | $32.51 | $67,630 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 320 | $9.49 | $19,740 |
| Helpers--production workers | 320 | $10.27 | $21,360 |
| Telemarketers | 300 | $9.80 | $20,380 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 290 | $7.79 | $16,200 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 290 | $12.37 | $25,720 |
| Insurance sales agents | 290 | $22.79 | $47,410 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 280 | $14.22 | $29,580 |
| Construction managers | 280 | $34.19 | $71,120 |
| Financial managers | 280 | $39.66 | $82,490 |
| Medical secretaries | 280 | $13.00 | $27,040 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 270 | $18.27 | $38,000 |
| Medical assistants | 270 | $13.54 | $28,170 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 270 | $12.61 | $26,230 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 270 | Not available | Not available |
| Bill and account collectors | 260 | $13.77 | $28,640 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 260 | $10.02 | $20,850 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 250 | $23.81 | $49,530 |
| Parts salespersons | 250 | $15.39 | $32,000 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 240 | $17.29 | $35,960 |
| Dental assistants | 230 | $16.15 | $33,600 |
| Sales managers | 230 | $44.90 | $93,390 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 220 | $15.37 | $31,980 |
| Dental hygienists | 220 | $23.97 | $49,850 |
| Legal secretaries | 220 | $19.66 | $40,890 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 220 | $9.61 | $20,000 |
| Pharmacists | 220 | $40.71 | $84,680 |
| Real estate brokers | 220 | $35.66 | $74,180 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 210 | $22.87 | $47,580 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 210 | $15.76 | $32,770 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 210 | $10.28 | $21,370 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 210 | $17.39 | $36,170 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 200 | $19.24 | $40,020 |
| Cost estimators | 200 | $24.11 | $50,160 |
| Market research analysts | 200 | $13.69 | $28,480 |
| Recreation workers | 200 | $10.89 | $22,650 |
| Administrative services managers | 190 | $32.22 | $67,020 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 190 | $23.96 | $49,840 |
| Glaziers | 190 | $13.43 | $27,930 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 190 | $26.90 | $55,940 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | 180 | $15.12 | $31,450 |
| Chief executives | 180 | $77.50 | $161,210 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 180 | $17.50 | $36,410 |
| Cooks, short order | 180 | $10.21 | $21,230 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 180 | $9.08 | $18,880 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 180 | $13.86 | $28,820 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 180 | $15.18 | $31,570 |
| Public relations specialists | 170 | $17.71 | $36,830 |
| Roofers | 170 | $13.22 | $27,490 |
| Correctional officers and jailers | 160 | $15.27 | $31,770 |
| Helpers--carpenters | 160 | $10.59 | $22,020 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks | 160 | $12.10 | $25,160 |
| Coaches and scouts | 150 | Not available | $33,990 |
| Computer support specialists | 150 | $17.84 | $37,120 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 150 | $14.86 | $30,910 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 150 | $9.09 | $18,920 |
| Pharmacy aides | 150 | $9.20 | $19,130 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters | 140 | $11.46 | $23,850 |
| Lodging managers | 140 | $23.07 | $47,980 |
| Medical and health services managers | 140 | $33.51 | $69,700 |
| New accounts clerks | 140 | $14.57 | $30,310 |
| Photographers | 140 | $10.72 | $22,290 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 140 | $20.26 | $42,140 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 140 | $10.00 | $20,800 |
| Advertising sales agents | 130 | $21.85 | $45,450 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 130 | $18.62 | $38,720 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 130 | $12.56 | $26,110 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers | 130 | $14.78 | $30,740 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | 130 | $13.10 | $27,240 |
| Pipelayers | 130 | $14.25 | $29,650 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 130 | $9.40 | $19,550 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 120 | $16.87 | $35,100 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 120 | $14.27 | $29,680 |
| Machinists | 120 | $18.11 | $37,660 |
| Management analysts | 120 | $35.28 | $73,390 |
| Managers, all other | 120 | $27.06 | $56,280 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 120 | $98.80 | $205,500 |
| Plasterers and stucco masons | 120 | $16.13 | $33,550 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 120 | $20.65 | $42,940 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 120 | $20.51 | $42,670 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 110 | $22.86 | $47,550 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 110 | $18.91 | $39,320 |
| Civil engineers | 110 | $32.25 | $67,090 |
| Computer programmers | 110 | $28.45 | $59,170 |
| Graphic designers | 110 | $16.29 | $33,880 |
| Pest control workers | 110 | $15.06 | $31,320 |
| Physical therapists | 110 | $32.46 | $67,520 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 110 | $16.70 | $34,740 |
| Sheet metal workers | 110 | $15.09 | $31,380 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers | 110 | $7.31 | $15,190 |
| File clerks | 100 | $10.22 | $21,260 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers | 100 | $20.62 | $42,880 |
| Order clerks | 100 | $9.03 | $18,780 |
| Social and human service assistants | 100 | $15.92 | $33,120 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 90 | $19.02 | $39,560 |
| Data entry keyers | 90 | $11.57 | $24,070 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 90 | $18.13 | $37,710 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary | 90 | $35.59 | $74,030 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 90 | $30.51 | $63,460 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 90 | $24.90 | $51,780 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other | 90 | $11.90 | $24,750 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 90 | $15.83 | $32,930 |
| Librarians | 90 | $26.19 | $54,470 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | 90 | $11.06 | $23,000 |
| Marketing managers | 90 | $39.70 | $82,580 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 90 | $15.18 | $31,580 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 90 | $12.64 | $26,290 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 90 | $24.59 | $51,140 |
| Printing machine operators | 90 | $15.00 | $31,200 |
| Computer systems analysts | 80 | $30.44 | $63,310 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 80 | $18.41 | $38,290 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 80 | $10.93 | $22,740 |
| Industrial production managers | 80 | $35.66 | $74,170 |
| Instructional coordinators | 80 | $33.19 | $69,030 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers | 80 | $10.42 | $21,680 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 80 | $28.12 | $58,490 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 80 | $17.34 | $36,060 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 70 | $40.91 | $85,090 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 70 | $14.72 | $30,610 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 70 | $12.55 | $26,100 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 70 | $11.04 | $22,960 |
| Meeting and convention planners | 70 | $16.60 | $34,530 |
| Parking lot attendants | 70 | $7.33 | $15,250 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 70 | $14.26 | $29,660 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials | 70 | $9.11 | $18,940 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 70 | $25.93 | $53,920 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers | 70 | $14.46 | $30,080 |
| Training and development specialists | 70 | $20.60 | $42,850 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 70 | $17.99 | $37,420 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 70 | $23.96 | $49,830 |
| All other information and record clerks | 60 | $15.39 | $32,000 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops | 60 | $7.56 | $15,730 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers | 60 | $15.15 | $31,500 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other | 60 | $18.93 | $39,380 |
| Loan counselors | 60 | $20.64 | $42,930 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 60 | $19.19 | $39,920 |
| Postal service clerks | 60 | Not available | Not available |
| Sales and related workers, all other | 60 | $9.58 | $19,920 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 60 | $26.82 | $55,800 |
| Surgical technologists | 60 | $16.48 | $34,290 |
| Surveyors | 60 | $23.84 | $49,580 |
| Travel agents | 60 | $11.17 | $23,240 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 60 | $17.80 | $37,030 |
| Advertising and promotions managers | 50 | $28.96 | $60,230 |
| Computer operators | 50 | $14.88 | $30,960 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 50 | $15.75 | $32,770 |
| Family and general practitioners | 50 | $75.39 | $156,810 |
| Floral designers | 50 | $10.65 | $22,160 |
| Logging equipment operators | 50 | $15.16 | $31,540 |
| Meter readers, utilities | 50 | $14.61 | $30,380 |
| Procurement clerks | 50 | $14.26 | $29,670 |
| Public relations managers | 50 | $38.81 | $80,730 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 50 | $12.94 | $26,920 |
| Telephone operators | 50 | $10.57 | $21,980 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity | 40 | $12.22 | $25,420 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary | 40 | Not available | $59,110 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 40 | $28.29 | $58,850 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 40 | $31.17 | $64,830 |
| Concierges | 40 | $9.66 | $20,090 |
| Couriers and messengers | 40 | $11.64 | $24,210 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 40 | $16.97 | $35,300 |
| Database administrators | 40 | $29.69 | $61,760 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters | 40 | $13.52 | $28,110 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 40 | $21.18 | $44,060 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers | 40 | $13.43 | $27,940 |
| Engineering managers | 40 | $44.38 | $92,310 |
| Environmental engineers | 40 | $38.62 | $80,330 |
| Fiberglass laminators and fabricators | 40 | $13.00 | $27,040 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 40 | $21.86 | $45,480 |
| Interior designers | 40 | $25.32 | $52,660 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 40 | $14.48 | $30,110 |
| Legislators | 40 | Not available | $19,530 |
| Mechanical drafters | 40 | $21.93 | $45,610 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 40 | $14.06 | $29,250 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 40 | $17.14 | $35,640 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | 40 | $19.89 | $41,360 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 40 | $15.54 | $32,330 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics | 40 | $13.19 | $27,430 |
| Painters, transportation equipment | 40 | $17.70 | $36,810 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 40 | $16.24 | $33,780 |
| Sewing machine operators | 40 | $9.84 | $20,460 |
| Sound engineering technicians | 40 | $11.44 | $23,790 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | 40 | $17.58 | $36,570 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 40 | $12.22 | $25,420 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians | 30 | $12.25 | $25,480 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 30 | $18.45 | $38,380 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary | 30 | Not available | $57,420 |
| Dentists, general | 30 | $71.75 | $149,230 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | 30 | $24.86 | $51,700 |
| Funeral attendants | 30 | $12.69 | $26,400 |
| Human resources managers, all other | 30 | $40.80 | $84,860 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 30 | $20.56 | $42,760 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 30 | $22.78 | $47,380 |
| Producers and directors | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers | 30 | $12.23 | $25,440 |
| Tour guides and escorts | 30 | $9.67 | $20,110 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 30 | $36.93 | $76,810 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians | Not available | $20.17 | $41,950 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | Not available | $11.46 | $23,840 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | Not available | $12.53 | $26,070 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer | Not available | $30.93 | $64,340 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | Not available | $30.65 | $63,750 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators | Not available | $15.92 | $33,120 |
| Floor layers, except carpet, wood, and hard tiles | Not available | $16.05 | $33,380 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $17.28 | $35,930 |
| Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons | Not available | $9.10 | $18,930 |
| Home health aides | Not available | $8.11 | $16,880 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | Not available | $13.04 | $27,130 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | Not available | $19.97 | $41,540 |
| Landscape architects | Not available | $32.00 | $66,550 |
| Library technicians | Not available | $11.33 | $23,560 |
| Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants | Not available | $10.17 | $21,150 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers | Not available | $15.72 | $32,690 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other | Not available | $10.04 | $20,890 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation | Not available | $13.40 | $27,860 |
| Physician assistants | Not available | $44.66 | $92,890 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | Not available | $11.63 | $24,200 |
| Recreational vehicle service technicians | Not available | $19.34 | $40,220 |
| Respiratory therapists | Not available | $23.44 | $48,750 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners | Not available | $12.00 | $24,960 |
| Tile and marble setters | Not available | $10.67 | $22,200 |
| Tire repairers and changers | Not available | $10.48 | $21,790 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers | Not available | $16.09 | $33,470 |
