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 |
More than $70 |
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, construction trades, all other |
Not available |
$13.40 |
$27,870 |
| Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons |
Not available |
$11.44 |
$23,790 |
| 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 |
