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 | 773,500 | $18.88 | $39,280 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 136,290 | $15.23 | $31,670 |
| Sales and related occupations | 81,120 | $16.09 | $33,460 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 68,380 | $14.42 | $29,990 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 67,360 | $9.01 | $18,740 |
| Production occupations | 66,180 | $16.68 | $34,690 |
| Management occupations | 48,980 | $41.32 | $85,940 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 46,810 | $29.81 | $62,010 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 37,270 | $20.91 | $43,500 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 32,340 | $19.58 | $40,720 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 31,910 | $16.74 | $34,820 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 30,030 | $27.74 | $57,710 |
| Retail salespersons | 26,040 | $11.15 | $23,200 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 22,770 | $11.22 | $23,340 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 20,730 | $10.70 | $22,260 |
| Registered nurses | 19,510 | $29.75 | $61,880 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 18,330 | $12.25 | $25,480 |
| Office clerks, general | 18,080 | $13.58 | $28,250 |
| Customer service representatives | 17,710 | $15.15 | $31,510 |
| Cashiers | 17,690 | $8.38 | $17,420 |
| Protective service occupations | 17,060 | $16.52 | $34,350 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 16,300 | $8.59 | $17,870 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 15,860 | $29.20 | $60,740 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 15,490 | $7.92 | $16,480 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 15,060 | $18.62 | $38,730 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 14,910 | $10.80 | $22,470 |
| General and operations managers | 13,600 | $47.69 | $99,190 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 13,120 | $22.16 | $46,100 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 12,900 | $10.39 | $21,610 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 11,150 | $18.15 | $37,740 |
| Team assemblers | 10,710 | $19.73 | $41,030 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 9,900 | $22.64 | $47,090 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 9,710 | $29.49 | $61,350 |
| Community and social services occupations | 9,190 | $17.63 | $36,680 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 9,060 | $16.02 | $33,320 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 8,850 | $9.78 | $20,330 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 8,680 | $16.86 | $35,080 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 8,620 | $13.64 | $28,370 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 7,850 | $19.00 | $39,510 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 7,310 | $28.64 | $59,580 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 7,090 | Not available | $45,700 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 6,960 | $11.41 | $23,730 |
| Security guards | 6,710 | $11.81 | $24,560 |
| Teacher assistants | 6,630 | Not available | $19,810 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 6,150 | $10.64 | $22,140 |
| Construction laborers | 6,020 | $13.31 | $27,680 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 5,990 | $18.28 | $38,010 |
| Accountants and auditors | 5,440 | $28.17 | $58,590 |
| Food preparation workers | 5,420 | $9.15 | $19,040 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 5,130 | $23.64 | $49,180 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 5,130 | $12.13 | $25,220 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 5,060 | $9.14 | $19,010 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 4,800 | $15.25 | $31,720 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 4,740 | $14.73 | $30,640 |
| Financial managers | 4,620 | $40.47 | $84,180 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 4,610 | $13.38 | $27,830 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 4,560 | $17.76 | $36,940 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 4,420 | $13.12 | $27,280 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 4,340 | $11.64 | $24,220 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 4,120 | $24.13 | $50,190 |
| Helpers--production workers | 4,010 | $10.61 | $22,080 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 3,960 | $10.16 | $21,130 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 3,960 | $25.83 | $53,720 |
| Home health aides | 3,930 | $9.29 | $19,330 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 3,930 | $23.10 | $48,050 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 3,780 | $29.10 | $60,520 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 3,630 | Not available | $44,690 |
| Child care workers | 3,530 | $8.46 | $17,600 |
| Bill and account collectors | 3,520 | $16.23 | $33,760 |
| Chief executives | 3,520 | $76.33 | $158,760 |
| Electricians | 3,490 | $17.87 | $37,170 |
| Legal occupations | 3,470 | $39.80 | $82,790 |
| Computer support specialists | 3,450 | $21.17 | $44,040 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 3,390 | $9.68 | $20,130 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 3,280 | $17.53 | $36,470 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 3,130 | $16.42 | $34,160 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 3,120 | $22.04 | $45,840 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 2,990 | $25.16 | $52,330 |
| Production workers, all other | 2,950 | $12.40 | $25,780 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 2,930 | $23.92 | $49,740 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 2,930 | $8.26 | $17,190 |
| Dishwashers | 2,900 | $9.25 | $19,240 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 2,890 | $26.08 | $54,250 |
| Carpenters | 2,880 | $16.18 | $33,650 |
| Medical assistants | 2,790 | $13.43 | $27,930 |
| Cooks, fast food | 2,780 | $7.35 | $15,280 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 2,740 | $10.43 | $21,690 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 2,710 | Not available | $44,460 |
| Personal and home care aides | 2,680 | $9.32 | $19,390 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 2,660 | $15.06 | $31,320 |
| Sales managers | 2,610 | $41.36 | $86,020 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 2,600 | $13.25 | $27,560 |
| Administrative services managers | 2,590 | $30.01 | $62,420 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 2,590 | $30.01 | $62,420 |
| Tellers | 2,490 | $11.91 | $24,780 |
| Insurance sales agents | 2,450 | $29.48 | $61,320 |
| Managers, all other | 2,390 | $36.93 | $76,800 |
| Computer programmers | 2,380 | $30.25 | $62,920 |
| Correctional officers and jailers | 2,380 | $14.15 | $29,420 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 2,360 | $11.83 | $24,600 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 2,310 | $18.77 | $39,040 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 2,300 | $15.51 | $32,260 |
| Bus drivers, school | 2,270 | $10.83 | $22,520 |
| Management analysts | 2,230 | $33.27 | $69,200 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 2,180 | $14.31 | $29,760 |
| Driver/sales workers | 2,140 | $11.95 | $24,850 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 2,110 | $45.58 | $94,800 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 2,070 | $10.12 | $21,040 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 2,070 | $16.72 | $34,780 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 2,040 | $19.92 | $41,440 |
| Food service managers | 2,040 | $20.11 | $41,820 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 2,010 | $19.21 | $39,960 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 1,990 | $35.25 | $73,310 |
| Computer systems analysts | 1,990 | $29.25 | $60,840 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 1,970 | $7.17 | $14,910 |
| Data entry keyers | 1,900 | $12.61 | $26,230 |
| Medical and health services managers | 1,880 | $41.26 | $85,820 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 1,870 | $37.49 | $77,990 |
| Lawyers | 1,870 | $54.68 | $113,720 |
| Loan officers | 1,810 | $29.22 | $60,780 |
| Machinists | 1,810 | $17.76 | $36,950 |
| Telemarketers | 1,760 | $14.44 | $30,030 |
| Construction managers | 1,750 | $33.53 | $69,730 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 1,750 | $13.79 | $28,680 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 1,730 | $27.03 | $56,220 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 1,710 | $14.93 | $31,050 |
| Bartenders | 1,700 | $8.06 | $16,760 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 1,680 | $20.37 | $42,360 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 1,670 | Not available | Not available |
| Musicians and singers | 1,630 | $34.86 | Not available |
| Fire fighters | 1,610 | $22.20 | $46,170 |
| Pharmacists | 1,570 | $53.14 | $110,530 |
| Dental assistants | 1,540 | $15.08 | $31,360 |
| Parts salespersons | 1,510 | $14.92 | $31,030 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 1,510 | $21.39 | $44,500 |
| Printing machine operators | 1,480 | $18.12 | $37,680 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 1,460 | $24.80 | $51,590 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 1,450 | $18.06 | $37,570 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 1,430 | $17.32 | $36,020 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 1,420 | $9.45 | $19,650 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 1,390 | $18.96 | $39,430 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 1,360 | $14.27 | $29,680 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | 1,330 | $30.28 | $62,990 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 1,320 | $16.92 | $35,190 |
| Surgical technologists | 1,280 | $19.27 | $40,080 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 1,270 | $20.18 | $41,980 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 1,250 | $23.88 | $49,660 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 1,240 | Not available | $74,140 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 1,240 | $16.73 | $34,800 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 1,220 | $16.73 | $34,790 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 1,210 | $90.55 | $188,350 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 1,200 | Not available | $45,310 |
| Social and community service managers | 1,190 | $25.11 | $52,220 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 1,180 | $23.18 | $48,220 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 1,180 | $14.54 | $30,250 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 1,160 | Not available | $44,690 |
| Marketing managers | 1,160 | $40.25 | $83,710 |
| Training and development specialists | 1,160 | $22.96 | $47,760 |
| Medical secretaries | 1,140 | $14.62 | $30,400 |
| Sheet metal workers | 1,130 | $16.97 | $35,290 |
| Coaches and scouts | 1,120 | Not available | $34,690 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 1,100 | $22.51 | $46,820 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 1,090 | $21.96 | $45,670 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 1,090 | $24.41 | $50,770 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 1,080 | $20.66 | $42,980 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other | 1,080 | Not available | $48,420 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 1,070 | $16.74 | $34,810 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 1,070 | $11.76 | $24,450 |
| Graphic designers | 1,050 | $18.69 | $38,870 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 1,040 | $14.52 | $30,200 |
| Legal secretaries | 1,040 | $17.30 | $35,980 |
| Parking lot attendants | 1,020 | $8.22 | $17,100 |
| Cost estimators | 1,000 | $25.83 | $53,730 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 1,000 | $28.02 | $58,270 |
| File clerks | 980 | $11.91 | $24,770 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 980 | $15.94 | $33,150 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 980 | Not available | $49,410 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 970 | $10.06 | $20,920 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 970 | $17.84 | $37,100 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | 960 | $16.21 | $33,720 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 960 | $15.88 | $33,020 |
| Financial specialists, all other | 950 | $28.48 | $59,240 |
| Tool and die makers | 950 | $21.53 | $44,780 |
| Civil engineers | 920 | $34.26 | $71,250 |
| Industrial engineers | 920 | $33.50 | $69,680 |
| Order clerks | 920 | $13.88 | $28,880 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 910 | $14.69 | $30,550 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 900 | $22.81 | $47,450 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 900 | $17.07 | $35,500 |
| All other information and record clerks | 880 | $16.22 | $33,740 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 880 | $17.31 | $35,990 |
| Engineering managers | 880 | $40.61 | $84,460 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 880 | Not available | Not available |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 870 | $31.28 | $65,070 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity | 850 | $16.43 | $34,170 |
| Social and human service assistants | 850 | $13.76 | $28,630 |
| Mechanical engineers | 840 | $34.60 | $71,980 |
| Recreation workers | 840 | $11.93 | $24,820 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary | 830 | Not available | $64,610 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other | 820 | $25.30 | $52,620 |
| Industrial production managers | 820 | $37.78 | $78,590 |
| Mental health counselors | 820 | $15.84 | $32,950 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 790 | $14.06 | $29,240 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 790 | $27.74 | $57,690 |
| Computer operators | 770 | $17.64 | $36,690 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 770 | $13.06 | $27,170 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 770 | $14.46 | $30,080 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks | 770 | $12.83 | $26,690 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software | 760 | $36.67 | $76,280 |
| Librarians | 760 | $23.30 | $48,460 |
| Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes | 750 | $47.39 | $98,580 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 750 | $15.04 | $31,290 |
| Public relations specialists | 750 | $21.57 | $44,870 |
| Pipelayers | 740 | $15.54 | $32,320 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 740 | $38.28 | $79,620 |
| Dental hygienists | 720 | $25.42 | $52,880 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 720 | $14.18 | $29,500 |
| Physical therapists | 720 | $35.49 | $73,820 |
| Sewing machine operators | 720 | $10.93 | $22,740 |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists | 710 | $18.09 | $37,620 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | 710 | $20.10 | $41,810 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 700 | $14.25 | $29,630 |
| Respiratory therapists | 700 | $23.74 | $49,380 |
| Advertising sales agents | 690 | $20.45 | $42,530 |
| Crossing guards | 690 | $11.75 | $24,430 |
| Credit analysts | 680 | $28.33 | $58,920 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | 670 | $20.48 | $42,590 |
| Financial analysts | 670 | $29.87 | $62,130 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 670 | $12.39 | $25,770 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 660 | $26.72 | $55,580 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 650 | $24.75 | $51,470 |
| Database administrators | 650 | $33.77 | $70,250 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 650 | $11.15 | $23,190 |
| Helpers--electricians | 650 | $12.59 | $26,190 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 650 | $16.93 | $35,220 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 650 | $18.03 | $37,500 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 650 | $11.23 | $23,360 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 650 | $35.00 | $72,790 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 640 | $18.09 | $37,620 |
| Media and communication workers, all other | 640 | $20.75 | $43,170 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 640 | $13.03 | $27,100 |
| Cargo and freight agents | 630 | $19.25 | $40,040 |
| Computer specialists, all other | 630 | $28.95 | $60,220 |
| Editors | 630 | $20.24 | $42,100 |
| Residential advisors | 630 | $10.18 | $21,170 |
| Legislators | 620 | Not available | $17,300 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 610 | $13.88 | $28,870 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 610 | $11.39 | $23,690 |
| Glaziers | 600 | $16.04 | $33,350 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 600 | $15.64 | $32,530 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 590 | $16.06 | $33,410 |
| Real estate sales agents | 590 | $22.40 | $46,590 |
| Bindery workers | 580 | $12.51 | $26,010 |
| Market research analysts | 580 | $25.29 | $52,610 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 580 | $24.76 | $51,500 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 580 | Not available | $44,030 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 570 | $12.50 | $26,000 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 560 | $16.80 | $34,940 |
| Tax preparers | 560 | $18.72 | $38,940 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 560 | $8.84 | $18,380 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 550 | $17.00 | $35,360 |
| Personal financial advisors | 550 | $32.23 | $67,050 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 550 | Not available | $44,130 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 540 | $17.58 | $36,570 |
| Health educators | 540 | $19.02 | $39,570 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters | 540 | $14.59 | $30,340 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 530 | $13.40 | $27,870 |
| Engineers, all other | 530 | $37.25 | $77,480 |
| Cooks, short order | 520 | $8.63 | $17,950 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other | 520 | $10.71 | $22,280 |
| Insurance underwriters | 510 | $31.16 | $64,820 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 510 | $17.47 | $36,330 |
| Food batchmakers | 500 | $12.15 | $25,280 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | 500 | $8.70 | $18,090 |
| Meter readers, utilities | 500 | $17.59 | $36,600 |
| Prepress technicians and workers | 500 | $15.74 | $32,740 |
| Roofers | 500 | $14.89 | $30,960 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 490 | $16.24 | $33,770 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | 490 | $15.28 | $31,790 |
| Special education teachers, middle school | 490 | Not available | $46,400 |
| Pest control workers | 480 | $13.90 | $28,910 |
| Sales and related workers, all other | 480 | $16.33 | $33,960 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers | 480 | $15.62 | $32,480 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 480 | $23.30 | $48,460 |
| Compensation and benefits managers | 470 | $30.67 | $63,790 |
| Surveyors | 470 | $20.61 | $42,870 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 460 | $13.85 | $28,810 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other | 460 | $26.60 | $55,320 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 460 | $12.03 | $25,030 |
| Physician assistants | 460 | $31.41 | $65,330 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary | 450 | Not available | $78,750 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators | 450 | $27.74 | $57,700 |
| Mechanical drafters | 450 | $23.35 | $48,570 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 450 | $12.54 | $26,080 |
| Travel agents | 450 | $17.91 | $37,260 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 440 | $25.28 | $52,570 |
| Couriers and messengers | 440 | $13.33 | $27,730 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary | 440 | $40.43 | $84,090 |
| Purchasing managers | 440 | $36.84 | $76,620 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 440 | $13.67 | $28,440 |
| Library technicians | 430 | $11.28 | $23,460 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval | 420 | $34.99 | $72,790 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 420 | $24.58 | $51,120 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials | 420 | $9.05 | $18,820 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | 410 | $17.08 | $35,530 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 410 | $15.44 | $32,110 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 410 | $25.19 | $52,390 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary | 410 | $19.46 | $40,490 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians | 400 | $23.30 | $48,460 |
| Avionics technicians | 400 | $20.94 | $43,550 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 400 | $25.53 | $53,110 |
| Human resources managers, all other | 400 | $43.79 | $91,080 |
| Logisticians | 400 | $28.28 | $58,820 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers | 400 | $11.59 | $24,100 |
| Public relations managers | 400 | $36.60 | $76,130 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors | 390 | $17.98 | $37,390 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 390 | $25.81 | $53,690 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators | 390 | $15.33 | $31,890 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 390 | $13.21 | $27,480 |
| Helpers--carpenters | 380 | $11.60 | $24,120 |
| Millwrights | 380 | $20.67 | $42,990 |
| Office machine operators, except computer | 380 | $12.44 | $25,880 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 380 | $12.77 | $26,560 |
| Advertising and promotions managers | 370 | $30.00 | $62,400 |
| Brokerage clerks | 370 | $17.71 | $36,840 |
| Fiberglass laminators and fabricators | 370 | $13.55 | $28,190 |
| Interior designers | 370 | $21.83 | $45,400 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders | 370 | $13.95 | $29,010 |
| Postal service clerks | 370 | Not available | Not available |
| Word processors and typists | 370 | $12.40 | $25,790 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 360 | $20.91 | $43,490 |
| Chemists | 360 | $26.64 | $55,410 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters | 360 | $12.06 | $25,090 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | 360 | $24.69 | $51,360 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 360 | $32.95 | $68,530 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 360 | $13.49 | $28,050 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 360 | $16.83 | $35,000 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents | 360 | $26.83 | $55,810 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers | 360 | $23.34 | $48,550 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 350 | $17.03 | $35,420 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 350 | $23.94 | $49,790 |
| Producers and directors | 350 | $40.99 | $85,260 |
| Real estate brokers | 350 | $26.46 | $55,030 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 350 | $13.82 | $28,750 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 340 | $13.67 | $28,440 |
| Electrical engineers | 340 | $36.96 | $76,870 |
| Instructional coordinators | 340 | $25.24 | $52,510 |
| Bakers | 330 | $10.93 | $22,730 |
| Computer hardware engineers | 330 | $27.42 | $57,020 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters | 330 | $25.00 | $51,990 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | 330 | $20.55 | $42,740 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers | 330 | $8.84 | $18,380 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers | 320 | $11.12 | $23,140 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 320 | $11.72 | $24,380 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers | 320 | $32.11 | $66,780 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 320 | $27.36 | $56,910 |
| Sales engineers | 320 | $31.99 | $66,540 |
| Training and development managers | 320 | $38.31 | $79,680 |
| Industrial engineering technicians | 310 | $21.02 | $43,730 |
| Medical equipment repairers | 310 | $19.13 | $39,790 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | 300 | $15.52 | $32,280 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | 300 | $24.16 | $50,260 |
| Financial examiners | 300 | $35.30 | $73,430 |
| Marriage and family therapists | 300 | $13.42 | $27,920 |
| Occupational therapists | 300 | $33.01 | $68,650 |
| Transportation workers, all other | 300 | $12.48 | $25,950 |
| Anesthesiologists | 290 | $75.00 | More than $145,600 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks | 290 | $15.84 | $32,960 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers | 290 | $13.35 | $27,760 |
| Radio and television announcers | 290 | $15.78 | $32,830 |
| Counselors, all other | 280 | $15.76 | $32,780 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 280 | $13.68 | $28,450 |
| Photographers | 280 | $15.25 | $31,720 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians | 270 | $17.40 | $36,190 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops | 270 | $8.27 | $17,190 |
| Environmental engineers | 270 | $33.38 | $69,440 |
| Operations research analysts | 270 | $33.93 | $70,570 |
| Procurement clerks | 270 | $16.42 | $34,140 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | 270 | $9.91 | $20,620 |
| Dentists, general | 260 | $65.87 | $137,010 |
| Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall | 260 | $14.72 | $30,620 |
| Lodging managers | 260 | $19.48 | $40,510 |
| Athletes and sports competitors | 250 | Not available | Not available |
| Budget analysts | 250 | $29.77 | $61,920 |
| Sound engineering technicians | 250 | $20.81 | $43,280 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | 240 | $30.99 | $64,460 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other | 240 | $19.40 | $40,340 |
| Surgeons | 240 | $102.83 | $213,880 |
| Traffic technicians | 240 | $18.30 | $38,070 |
| Writers and authors | 240 | $21.02 | $43,730 |
| Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers | 230 | $21.93 | $45,610 |
| Tour guides and escorts | 230 | $11.63 | $24,190 |
| Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians | 220 | $11.76 | $24,470 |
| Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders | 220 | $15.23 | $31,680 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 220 | Not available | $82,060 |
| Funeral attendants | 220 | $9.71 | $20,200 |
| Job printers | 220 | $17.45 | $36,290 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary | 220 | Not available | $62,090 |
| Veterinarians | 220 | $34.93 | $72,650 |
| Family and general practitioners | 210 | $63.86 | $132,820 |
| Protective service workers, all other | 210 | $14.67 | $30,500 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 200 | $16.29 | $33,870 |
| Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 200 | $16.88 | $35,110 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door | 190 | $23.77 | $49,430 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians | 190 | $12.40 | $25,780 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | 190 | $14.27 | $29,690 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary | 180 | Not available | $64,850 |
| Crane and tower operators | 180 | $17.44 | $36,280 |
| Drafters, all other | 180 | $20.16 | $41,930 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other | 180 | $26.02 | $54,110 |
| Floral designers | 180 | $15.96 | $33,200 |
| Helpers--roofers | 180 | $12.34 | $25,670 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders | 180 | $17.41 | $36,200 |
| Broadcast technicians | 170 | $17.87 | $37,170 |
| Meeting and convention planners | 170 | $22.58 | $46,960 |
| New accounts clerks | 170 | $15.27 | $31,770 |
| Recreational vehicle service technicians | 170 | $15.94 | $33,160 |
| Statisticians | 170 | $23.62 | $49,130 |
| Tile and marble setters | 170 | $13.12 | $27,290 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand | 160 | $14.26 | $29,670 |
| Interpreters and translators | 160 | $15.49 | $32,210 |
| Medical equipment preparers | 160 | $14.20 | $29,530 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | 160 | $30.15 | $62,720 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 160 | $17.87 | $37,160 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers | 160 | $13.01 | $27,070 |
| Photographic processing machine operators | 160 | $9.86 | $20,500 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary | 150 | Not available | $82,350 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders | 150 | $16.82 | $34,990 |
| Cutters and trimmers, hand | 150 | $13.36 | $27,780 |
| Fence erectors | 150 | $14.16 | $29,450 |
| Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders | 150 | $20.32 | $42,270 |
| Health specialties teachers, postsecondary | 150 | Not available | $69,390 |
| Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers | 150 | $17.72 | $36,870 |
| Multi-media artists and animators | 150 | $23.54 | $48,950 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 150 | $18.21 | $37,870 |
| Social workers, all other | 150 | $25.64 | $53,330 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | 140 | $20.87 | $43,420 |
| Concierges | 140 | $10.33 | $21,490 |
| Occupational therapist assistants | 140 | $24.15 | $50,240 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians | 130 | $23.57 | $49,030 |
| Environmental engineering technicians | 130 | $24.27 | $50,470 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health | 130 | $15.00 | $31,200 |
| Farm equipment mechanics | 130 | $15.44 | $32,120 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers | 130 | $22.30 | $46,390 |
| Funeral directors | 130 | $20.22 | $42,060 |
| Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 130 | $14.95 | $31,100 |
| Physical therapist aides | 130 | $13.52 | $28,120 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood | 130 | $11.67 | $24,280 |
| Tapers | 130 | $18.95 | $39,410 |
| Urban and regional planners | 130 | $25.46 | $52,960 |
| Dental laboratory technicians | 120 | $17.85 | $37,130 |
| Education administrators, all other | 120 | $24.22 | $50,370 |
| Film and video editors | 120 | Not available | Not available |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary | 120 | Not available | $51,160 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary | 120 | Not available | $58,450 |
| Art directors | 110 | $27.75 | $57,720 |
| Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture | 110 | $20.31 | $42,240 |
| Chemical technicians | 110 | $20.07 | $41,740 |
| Commercial and industrial designers | 110 | $21.97 | $45,690 |
| Dietetic technicians | 110 | $12.55 | $26,110 |
| Engineering teachers, postsecondary | 110 | Not available | $75,770 |
| Internists, general | 110 | $79.10 | $164,520 |
| Pediatricians, general | 110 | $89.46 | $186,070 |
| Transportation attendants, except flight attendants and baggage porters | 110 | $8.69 | $18,080 |
| Animal control workers | 100 | $13.72 | $28,530 |
| Athletic trainers | 100 | Not available | $49,610 |
| Correspondence clerks | 100 | $14.85 | $30,890 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers | 100 | $17.66 | $36,730 |
| Emergency management specialists | 100 | $23.15 | $48,150 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals | 100 | $9.67 | $20,120 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians | 100 | $19.70 | $40,980 |
| Service station attendants | 100 | $9.22 | $19,180 |
| Commercial pilots | 90 | Not available | $62,530 |
| Desktop publishers | 90 | $18.69 | $38,870 |
| Furniture finishers | 90 | $15.19 | $31,590 |
| Gas plant operators | 90 | $23.23 | $48,320 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers | 90 | $25.33 | $52,690 |
| History teachers, postsecondary | 90 | Not available | $72,350 |
| Microbiologists | 90 | $23.36 | $48,600 |
| Podiatrists | 90 | Not available | Not available |
| Respiratory therapy technicians | 90 | $21.01 | $43,700 |
| Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders | 80 | $16.00 | $33,280 |
| Clergy | 80 | $22.72 | $47,250 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other | 80 | $8.16 | $16,980 |
| Postmasters and mail superintendents | 80 | $34.05 | $70,820 |
| Radiation therapists | 80 | $45.26 | $94,140 |
| Recreational therapists | 80 | $16.91 | $35,180 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators | 80 | $23.03 | $47,900 |
| Telephone operators | 80 | $10.21 | $21,240 |
| Therapists, all other | 80 | $21.47 | $44,660 |
| Transportation inspectors | 80 | $22.06 | $45,880 |
| Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers | 70 | $32.67 | $67,940 |
| Biological scientists, all other | 70 | $31.51 | $65,550 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other | 70 | $15.02 | $31,250 |
| Fire inspectors and investigators | 70 | $23.76 | $49,410 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders | 70 | $13.32 | $27,710 |
| Grounds maintenance workers, all other | 70 | $12.93 | $26,880 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other | 70 | $20.99 | $43,660 |
| Proofreaders and copy markers | 70 | $15.13 | $31,480 |
| Psychiatrists | 70 | $75.72 | $157,500 |
| Technical writers | 70 | $23.39 | $48,650 |
| Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders | 70 | $13.33 | $27,730 |
| Bookbinders | 60 | $13.46 | $27,990 |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other | 60 | $33.11 | $68,870 |
| Loan counselors | 60 | $16.43 | $34,170 |
| Natural sciences managers | 60 | $39.38 | $81,910 |
| Power distributors and dispatchers | 60 | $22.10 | $45,970 |
| Power plant operators | 60 | $26.56 | $55,240 |
| Social scientists and related workers, all other | 60 | $30.98 | $64,440 |
| Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders | 60 | $12.67 | $26,360 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 50 | $15.77 | $32,790 |
| Curators | 50 | $22.75 | $47,310 |
| Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 50 | Not available | $50,480 |
| Skin care specialists | 50 | $19.12 | $39,760 |
| Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners | 50 | $16.97 | $35,300 |
| Vocational education teachers, middle school | 50 | Not available | $45,490 |
| Bailiffs | 40 | $14.57 | $30,310 |
| Building cleaning workers, all other | 40 | $14.06 | $29,240 |
| Cartographers and photogrammetrists | 40 | $21.35 | $44,400 |
| Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 40 | $12.58 | $26,160 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors | 40 | $27.93 | $58,100 |
| Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates | 40 | $44.92 | $93,430 |
| Landscape architects | 40 | $33.77 | $70,250 |
| Lay-out workers, metal and plastic | 40 | $18.35 | $38,160 |
| Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants | 40 | $8.87 | $18,460 |
| Model makers, metal and plastic | 40 | $13.31 | $27,680 |
| Museum technicians and conservators | 40 | $16.11 | $33,510 |
| Numerical tool and process control programmers | 40 | $23.60 | $49,100 |
| Plant and system operators, all other | 40 | $15.04 | $31,280 |
| Private detectives and investigators | 40 | $15.50 | $32,240 |
| Psychologists, all other | 40 | $35.74 | $74,340 |
| Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products | 40 | $20.51 | $42,670 |
| Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary | 40 | Not available | $41,150 |
| Law teachers, postsecondary | 30 | Not available | $77,390 |
| Actuaries | Not available | $29.63 | $61,630 |
| Audiologists | Not available | $50.57 | $105,190 |
| Automotive glass installers and repairers | Not available | $18.65 | $38,790 |
| Biochemists and biophysicists | Not available | $24.87 | $51,730 |
| Chemistry teachers, postsecondary | Not available | Not available | $91,850 |
| Choreographers | Not available | $17.13 | $35,630 |
| Coil winders, tapers, and finishers | Not available | $10.16 | $21,140 |
| Communications teachers, postsecondary | Not available | Not available | $51,340 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary | Not available | Not available | $88,810 |
| Cooks, all other | Not available | $10.54 | $21,920 |
| Criminal justice and law enforcement teachers, postsecondary | Not available | Not available | $65,920 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | Not available | $7.77 | $16,150 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | Not available | $14.74 | $30,660 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers | Not available | $17.33 | $36,040 |
| Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment | Not available | $13.48 | $28,030 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay | Not available | $26.50 | $55,110 |
| Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles | Not available | $14.13 | $29,390 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer | Not available | $35.93 | $74,730 |
| Engine and other machine assemblers | Not available | $15.21 | $31,630 |
| Etchers and engravers | Not available | $11.34 | $23,580 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | Not available | $9.51 | $19,790 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers | Not available | $16.88 | $35,120 |
| Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $16.42 | $34,150 |
| Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons | Not available | $11.44 | $23,790 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other | Not available | $13.40 | $27,870 |
| Home appliance repairers | Not available | $14.91 | $31,000 |
| Insurance appraisers, auto damage | Not available | $19.74 | $41,070 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $12.93 | $26,900 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | Not available | $9.56 | $19,890 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers | Not available | $18.47 | $38,410 |
| Massage therapists | Not available | $22.62 | $47,060 |
| Material moving workers, all other | Not available | $16.14 | $33,560 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers | Not available | $9.25 | $19,240 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists | Not available | $35.63 | $74,100 |
| Medical transcriptionists | Not available | $16.66 | $34,650 |
| Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders | Not available | $19.06 | $39,640 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic | Not available | $13.64 | $28,370 |
| Motion picture projectionists | Not available | $8.25 | $17,170 |
| Motorboat mechanics | Not available | $14.42 | $29,990 |
| Motorcycle mechanics | Not available | $17.73 | $36,880 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists | Not available | $29.87 | $62,120 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists | Not available | $86.50 | $179,930 |
| Pharmacy aides | Not available | $8.61 | $17,920 |
| Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary | Not available | Not available | $54,410 |
| Photographic process workers | Not available | $15.42 | $32,070 |
| Plasterers and stucco masons | Not available | $15.18 | $31,570 |
| Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $14.40 | $29,950 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | Not available | $15.08 | $31,370 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners | Not available | $20.21 | $42,030 |
| Shampooers | Not available | $11.33 | $23,570 |
| Statistical assistants | Not available | $16.66 | $34,660 |
| Structural iron and steel workers | Not available | $15.26 | $31,750 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers | Not available | $13.30 | $27,670 |
| Tank car, truck, and ship loaders | Not available | $13.65 | $28,390 |
| Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other | Not available | $20.37 | $42,380 |
| Travel guides | Not available | $18.85 | $39,200 |
| Woodworkers, all other | Not available | $18.70 | $38,900 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | Not available | $12.06 | $25,090 |
