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 | 64,260 | $22.28 | $46,340 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 10,000 | $17.97 | $37,370 |
| Sales and related occupations | 6,790 | $18.86 | $39,230 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 6,690 | $11.08 | $23,040 |
| Production occupations | 5,150 | $19.68 | $40,930 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 3,850 | $27.68 | $57,570 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 3,820 | $36.82 | $76,590 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 3,790 | $25.44 | $52,920 |
| Management occupations | 3,520 | $52.47 | $109,130 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 3,400 | $13.65 | $28,390 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 2,960 | $15.73 | $32,710 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 2,840 | $12.98 | $27,010 |
| Retail salespersons | 2,570 | $12.96 | $26,950 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | 2,380 | $12.05 | $25,060 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 2,070 | $23.94 | $49,800 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 1,820 | $15.84 | $32,960 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 1,600 | $34.16 | $71,050 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 1,530 | $9.76 | $20,290 |
| Cashiers | 1,470 | $12.31 | $25,600 |
| Registered nurses | 1,430 | $42.77 | $88,970 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 1,410 | $13.07 | $27,190 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders | 1,230 | $24.97 | $51,930 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 1,190 | $13.49 | $28,060 |
| General and operations managers | 1,120 | $63.35 | $131,770 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 1,040 | $23.51 | $48,900 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 1,000 | $31.70 | $65,930 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 980 | $9.93 | $20,650 |
| Office clerks, general | 960 | $14.12 | $29,370 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 940 | $19.26 | $40,060 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 870 | $16.05 | $33,380 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 850 | $13.41 | $27,890 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 850 | $10.45 | $21,750 |
| Carpenters | 830 | $26.39 | $54,880 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 830 | $13.77 | $28,650 |
| Protective service occupations | 830 | $23.32 | $48,500 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 780 | $21.11 | $43,910 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 750 | $40.84 | $84,960 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 740 | $25.61 | $53,260 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 720 | $37.61 | $78,230 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 700 | Not available | $63,650 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 650 | $19.43 | $40,410 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 650 | $14.60 | $30,360 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 640 | $13.73 | $28,550 |
| Community and social services occupations | 620 | $22.13 | $46,040 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 620 | $15.28 | $31,790 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 610 | $17.36 | $36,110 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 580 | $9.11 | $18,940 |
| Construction laborers | 570 | $19.32 | $40,190 |
| Food preparation workers | 560 | $11.16 | $23,210 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 530 | $20.80 | $43,260 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 530 | $16.26 | $33,820 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 520 | $36.02 | $74,920 |
| Customer service representatives | 520 | $18.36 | $38,200 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 490 | Not available | $72,630 |
| Dishwashers | 480 | $9.47 | $19,690 |
| Medical secretaries | 480 | $17.72 | $36,850 |
| Teacher assistants | 450 | Not available | $28,590 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 440 | Not available | $71,700 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 420 | $14.23 | $29,590 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 370 | $31.84 | $66,230 |
| Home health aides | 370 | $12.53 | $26,050 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 370 | $15.80 | $32,870 |
| Tellers | 370 | $13.23 | $27,520 |
| Electricians | 360 | $29.51 | $61,370 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 350 | $34.01 | $70,750 |
| Accountants and auditors | 340 | $36.00 | $74,890 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 330 | $17.60 | $36,600 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters | 320 | $16.35 | $34,000 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 320 | $9.52 | $19,810 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 310 | $19.43 | $40,420 |
| Bartenders | 300 | $9.97 | $20,730 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 300 | $29.89 | $62,180 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 300 | $11.42 | $23,760 |
| Legal occupations | 300 | $48.94 | $101,790 |
| Sales managers | 290 | $49.18 | $102,300 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 280 | $11.02 | $22,920 |
| Cooks, fast food | 280 | $9.25 | $19,240 |
| Financial managers | 280 | $53.29 | $110,840 |
| Child care workers | 270 | $13.03 | $27,110 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 260 | $13.81 | $28,720 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 250 | $23.70 | $49,300 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 250 | $25.12 | $52,250 |
| Massage therapists | 240 | $20.83 | $43,320 |
| Security guards | 240 | $18.03 | $37,500 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 230 | $23.00 | $47,840 |
| Data entry keyers | 220 | $14.69 | $30,560 |
| Medical assistants | 220 | $15.85 | $32,960 |
| Dental assistants | 210 | $17.56 | $36,520 |
| Fire fighters | 210 | $20.10 | $41,810 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 210 | $9.84 | $20,470 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 210 | $23.24 | $48,340 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 210 | $23.49 | $48,870 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 200 | $16.62 | $34,570 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 200 | $31.94 | $66,430 |
| Order clerks | 200 | $15.18 | $31,570 |
| Production workers, all other | 200 | $15.64 | $32,520 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 190 | $18.23 | $37,930 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 190 | $17.10 | $35,580 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers | 180 | $22.71 | $47,230 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 180 | $12.22 | $25,410 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 170 | $18.98 | $39,470 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 170 | $20.13 | $41,870 |
| Industrial production managers | 170 | $51.32 | $106,750 |
| Medical and health services managers | 170 | $43.06 | $89,560 |
| Personal and home care aides | 170 | $12.46 | $25,920 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 170 | $21.62 | $44,960 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 170 | $39.21 | $81,550 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 170 | Not available | $50,780 |
| Chemists | 160 | $32.55 | $67,690 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 160 | $33.47 | $69,610 |
| Food service managers | 160 | $29.32 | $60,990 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 160 | $28.40 | $59,080 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 160 | $35.12 | $73,060 |
| Construction managers | 150 | $61.75 | $128,440 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 150 | Not available | Not available |
| Word processors and typists | 150 | $15.72 | $32,700 |
| File clerks | 140 | $12.58 | $26,160 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 140 | $17.60 | $36,600 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 140 | $25.86 | $53,790 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 140 | $17.61 | $36,630 |
| Chief executives | 130 | $87.55 | $182,100 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 130 | $15.32 | $31,870 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 130 | Not available | $105,240 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 130 | $10.95 | $22,770 |
| Management analysts | 130 | $47.45 | $98,690 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 130 | $26.52 | $55,150 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 130 | $19.70 | $40,970 |
| Administrative services managers | 120 | $31.31 | $65,120 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 120 | $28.33 | $58,930 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 120 | $11.38 | $23,660 |
| Cost estimators | 120 | $37.11 | $77,180 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 120 | $22.09 | $45,950 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 120 | $17.02 | $35,410 |
| Physical therapists | 120 | $29.82 | $62,020 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 120 | $22.38 | $46,560 |
| Sheet metal workers | 120 | $23.60 | $49,090 |
| Agricultural equipment operators | 110 | $13.56 | $28,190 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 110 | $26.94 | $56,030 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 110 | $11.95 | $24,860 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 110 | $9.82 | $20,420 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 110 | $20.18 | $41,980 |
| Recreation workers | 110 | $12.91 | $26,860 |
| Computer support specialists | 100 | $22.42 | $46,630 |
| Dental laboratory technicians | 100 | $23.27 | $48,400 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | 100 | $26.21 | $54,510 |
| Lawyers | 100 | Not available | Not available |
| Medical and public health social workers | 100 | $29.47 | $61,300 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 100 | $17.39 | $36,170 |
| Protective service workers, all other | 100 | $16.03 | $33,350 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 100 | $26.87 | $55,880 |
| Roofers | 100 | $20.54 | $42,730 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops | 90 | $9.48 | $19,710 |
| Chemical technicians | 90 | $20.25 | $42,130 |
| Computer systems analysts | 90 | $34.97 | $72,730 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 90 | $23.18 | $48,210 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 90 | $31.57 | $65,670 |
| Helpers--production workers | 90 | $10.56 | $21,970 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 90 | $18.94 | $39,400 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 90 | $18.79 | $39,090 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 90 | $14.73 | $30,650 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 90 | $35.75 | $74,360 |
| Pharmacists | 90 | $53.41 | $111,100 |
| Public relations specialists | 90 | $24.06 | $50,040 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 90 | $22.62 | $47,040 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 80 | $28.31 | $58,870 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 80 | $18.62 | $38,730 |
| Civil engineers | 80 | $32.99 | $68,610 |
| Dental hygienists | 80 | $46.67 | $97,070 |
| Insurance sales agents | 80 | $31.95 | $66,450 |
| Marketing managers | 80 | $57.93 | $120,490 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 80 | $35.06 | $72,920 |
| Social and human service assistants | 80 | $16.11 | $33,510 |
| Team assemblers | 80 | $16.68 | $34,700 |
| Bill and account collectors | 70 | $18.25 | $37,950 |
| Driver/sales workers | 70 | $12.93 | $26,890 |
| Electrical engineers | 70 | $43.41 | $90,300 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 70 | $18.06 | $37,570 |
| Graphic designers | 70 | $22.07 | $45,900 |
| Health educators | 70 | $21.31 | $44,320 |
| Managers, all other | 70 | $47.72 | $99,260 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 70 | $34.47 | $71,710 |
| Personal financial advisors | 70 | $46.19 | $96,080 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 70 | $40.29 | $83,810 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 60 | $30.18 | $62,780 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | 60 | $19.81 | $41,200 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 60 | $23.47 | $48,820 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 60 | $24.58 | $51,130 |
| Market research analysts | 60 | $35.94 | $74,750 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 60 | $19.94 | $41,470 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 60 | $29.64 | $61,650 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators | 60 | $28.57 | $59,420 |
| Surgeons | 60 | $89.98 | $187,170 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 60 | $12.67 | $26,360 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | 60 | $11.65 | $24,230 |
| All other information and record clerks | 50 | $15.07 | $31,340 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 50 | $28.84 | $59,980 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 50 | $21.22 | $44,140 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 50 | $31.37 | $65,250 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 50 | $15.21 | $31,640 |
| Dentists, general | 50 | $60.98 | $126,830 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 50 | $18.82 | $39,140 |
| Engineering managers | 50 | $54.23 | $112,810 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters | 50 | $14.42 | $29,990 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 50 | $16.09 | $33,470 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 50 | $28.84 | $59,990 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 50 | Not available | $53,890 |
| Librarians | 50 | $25.66 | $53,370 |
| Loan officers | 50 | $35.30 | $73,430 |
| Lodging managers | 50 | $27.29 | $56,770 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 50 | $30.15 | $62,700 |
| Printing machine operators | 50 | $25.21 | $52,430 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks | 50 | $13.21 | $27,480 |
| Respiratory therapists | 50 | $30.90 | $64,280 |
| Surgical technologists | 50 | $22.73 | $47,290 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 50 | $23.42 | $48,720 |
| Urban and regional planners | 50 | $40.28 | $83,770 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 40 | $10.94 | $22,750 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 40 | $21.57 | $44,860 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | 40 | $22.79 | $47,410 |
| Coaches and scouts | 40 | Not available | $48,330 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 40 | $55.27 | $114,970 |
| Computer programmers | 40 | $37.01 | $76,970 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 40 | $46.43 | $96,570 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 40 | $12.39 | $25,770 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 40 | $23.69 | $49,280 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers | 40 | $32.25 | $67,070 |
| Instructional coordinators | 40 | $37.67 | $78,350 |
| Library technicians | 40 | $11.81 | $24,560 |
| Logisticians | 40 | $34.30 | $71,350 |
| Meter readers, utilities | 40 | $23.69 | $49,280 |
| Parts salespersons | 40 | $19.41 | $40,370 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation | 40 | $14.11 | $29,360 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 40 | $75.00 | More than $145,600 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 40 | $25.84 | $53,750 |
| Postal service clerks | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners | 40 | $24.71 | $51,390 |
| Tax preparers | 40 | $20.62 | $42,890 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 40 | $11.51 | $23,930 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 40 | $39.43 | $82,020 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 40 | $14.02 | $29,150 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | 30 | $20.13 | $41,870 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 30 | $35.27 | $73,370 |
| Floral designers | 30 | $13.21 | $27,470 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 30 | $24.23 | $50,400 |
| Mechanical engineers | 30 | $40.08 | $83,370 |
| Skin care specialists | 30 | $16.64 | $34,620 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | 30 | $10.05 | $20,910 |
| Bakers | Not available | $11.96 | $24,870 |
| Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders | Not available | $12.42 | $25,820 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | Not available | $8.77 | $18,240 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer | Not available | $37.02 | $76,990 |
| Farm equipment mechanics | Not available | $22.54 | $46,880 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | Not available | $16.64 | $34,610 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | Not available | $33.33 | $69,330 |
| Mechanical drafters | Not available | $25.15 | $52,310 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other | Not available | $13.50 | $28,090 |
| Plasterers and stucco masons | Not available | $29.18 | $60,680 |
| Psychiatrists | Not available | $93.74 | $194,990 |
| Sales engineers | Not available | $48.00 | $99,850 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood | Not available | $14.68 | $30,530 |
| Social and community service managers | Not available | $33.32 | $69,300 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | Not available | Not available | $73,180 |
| Telemarketers | Not available | $17.43 | $36,250 |
| Tile and marble setters | Not available | $20.32 | $42,260 |
| Transportation workers, all other | Not available | $23.97 | $49,860 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary | Not available | $19.95 | $41,500 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | Not available | $15.51 | $32,260 |
