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 | 1,255,870 | $23.56 | $49,010 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 252,990 | $17.26 | $35,890 |
| Sales and related occupations | 147,480 | $20.61 | $42,870 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 104,130 | $29.28 | $60,900 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 86,670 | $11.09 | $23,070 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 72,210 | $39.68 | $82,530 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 69,460 | $17.30 | $35,990 |
| Production occupations | 62,890 | $16.14 | $33,560 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 61,530 | $27.23 | $56,650 |
| Management occupations | 50,710 | $58.63 | $121,950 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 49,160 | $35.67 | $74,180 |
| Retail salespersons | 48,670 | $13.84 | $28,780 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 48,320 | $23.01 | $47,860 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 47,660 | $14.71 | $30,590 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 42,790 | $14.99 | $31,170 |
| Cashiers | 35,310 | $9.65 | $20,080 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 27,780 | $15.89 | $33,050 |
| Protective service occupations | 27,090 | $25.57 | $53,170 |
| Registered nurses | 25,630 | $36.73 | $76,400 |
| Office clerks, general | 25,470 | $13.29 | $27,650 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 25,100 | $14.42 | $30,000 |
| Teacher assistants | 23,080 | Not available | $26,660 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 21,340 | $11.50 | $23,910 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 21,330 | $18.55 | $38,580 |
| Community and social services occupations | 20,510 | $22.54 | $46,890 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 20,210 | $34.96 | $72,720 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 19,230 | $36.49 | $75,900 |
| Customer service representatives | 19,210 | $17.14 | $35,640 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 18,850 | $11.06 | $23,000 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 17,890 | $23.42 | $48,710 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 16,020 | $13.98 | $29,090 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 15,920 | $25.99 | $54,050 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 15,410 | $26.74 | $55,610 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 15,370 | Not available | $82,050 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 15,030 | $36.54 | $76,000 |
| General and operations managers | 14,930 | $62.93 | $130,900 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 14,370 | $8.60 | $17,880 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 14,370 | $13.19 | $27,430 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 14,360 | $16.63 | $34,590 |
| Home health aides | 14,230 | $11.43 | $23,770 |
| Accountants and auditors | 13,690 | $40.32 | $83,870 |
| Carpenters | 13,130 | $28.01 | $58,270 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 13,080 | $13.32 | $27,700 |
| Food preparation workers | 12,580 | $11.16 | $23,220 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 12,480 | Not available | $82,900 |
| Security guards | 12,340 | $15.36 | $31,950 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 12,180 | $34.55 | $71,860 |
| Legal occupations | 12,020 | $44.25 | $92,040 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 10,790 | $19.69 | $40,960 |
| Bus drivers, school | 10,220 | $16.49 | $34,300 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 9,470 | $24.59 | $51,150 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 9,300 | $23.34 | $48,560 |
| Child care workers | 8,820 | $11.49 | $23,910 |
| Team assemblers | 8,440 | $11.50 | $23,910 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 8,390 | $15.02 | $31,230 |
| Construction laborers | 8,360 | $22.90 | $47,630 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 7,980 | $17.42 | $36,230 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 7,270 | Not available | $35,470 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 7,220 | Not available | $80,330 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 6,790 | $17.60 | $36,610 |
| Lawyers | 6,790 | $58.55 | $121,770 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 6,650 | $16.06 | $33,410 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 6,590 | $20.53 | $42,710 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 6,160 | $77.65 | $161,500 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 6,020 | $8.90 | $18,500 |
| Electricians | 5,930 | $31.36 | $65,220 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 5,890 | $11.12 | $23,130 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 5,890 | $37.15 | $77,280 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 5,840 | $22.65 | $47,110 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 5,420 | $14.05 | $29,220 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 5,350 | $30.55 | $63,550 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 5,170 | $12.85 | $26,730 |
| Tellers | 5,100 | $12.84 | $26,700 |
| Financial managers | 5,020 | $57.44 | $119,470 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 5,000 | $12.74 | $26,510 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 4,970 | $38.11 | $79,270 |
| Legal secretaries | 4,960 | $20.32 | $42,270 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 4,950 | $30.08 | $62,580 |
| Insurance sales agents | 4,920 | $34.39 | $71,530 |
| Dishwashers | 4,840 | $8.84 | $18,390 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 4,720 | $33.73 | $70,160 |
| Medical assistants | 4,550 | $15.29 | $31,800 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 4,340 | Not available | Not available |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 4,330 | $15.29 | $31,810 |
| Bill and account collectors | 4,290 | $17.56 | $36,520 |
| Computer programmers | 4,290 | $37.33 | $77,650 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 4,290 | $30.07 | $62,540 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other | 4,070 | Not available | $76,160 |
| Word processors and typists | 4,070 | $16.89 | $35,140 |
| Recreation workers | 4,020 | $12.79 | $26,600 |
| Social and human service assistants | 3,900 | $13.81 | $28,730 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 3,900 | Not available | $79,510 |
| Bartenders | 3,790 | $11.03 | $22,950 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 3,750 | $17.12 | $35,600 |
| Computer support specialists | 3,650 | $23.62 | $49,130 |
| Loan officers | 3,630 | $34.76 | $72,300 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | 3,610 | $28.43 | $59,130 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 3,570 | $37.22 | $77,430 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 3,460 | $18.23 | $37,920 |
| File clerks | 3,450 | $11.37 | $23,660 |
| Cooks, fast food | 3,410 | $9.51 | $19,780 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 3,400 | $49.83 | $103,650 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 3,370 | $35.44 | $73,710 |
| Medical and health services managers | 3,360 | $54.89 | $114,180 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 3,330 | $24.75 | $51,490 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 3,300 | $10.95 | $22,780 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 3,240 | $9.07 | $18,870 |
| Dental assistants | 3,170 | $17.46 | $36,320 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 3,170 | $12.50 | $25,990 |
| Market research analysts | 3,130 | $37.42 | $77,840 |
| Telemarketers | 3,060 | $13.16 | $27,360 |
| Data entry keyers | 3,040 | $13.99 | $29,090 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 3,040 | $24.00 | $49,930 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 3,010 | $11.91 | $24,780 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 2,990 | $25.91 | $53,900 |
| Management analysts | 2,930 | $46.54 | $96,810 |
| Helpers--production workers | 2,910 | $10.37 | $21,580 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 2,760 | $25.49 | $53,020 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 2,740 | Not available | $86,410 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 2,720 | $27.89 | $58,020 |
| Pharmacists | 2,690 | $51.54 | $107,190 |
| Construction managers | 2,680 | $63.08 | $131,210 |
| Librarians | 2,660 | $31.59 | $65,710 |
| Administrative services managers | 2,650 | $50.56 | $105,160 |
| Physical therapists | 2,640 | $36.13 | $75,150 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | 2,630 | $15.54 | $32,320 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 2,550 | Not available | Not available |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 2,520 | $31.88 | $66,300 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 2,500 | $15.07 | $31,350 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 2,470 | $14.81 | $30,810 |
| Chief executives | 2,460 | $87.06 | $181,080 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 2,410 | $31.82 | $66,190 |
| Coaches and scouts | 2,380 | Not available | $34,300 |
| Machinists | 2,370 | $18.55 | $38,580 |
| Computer systems analysts | 2,360 | $40.17 | $83,560 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 2,340 | $35.55 | $73,950 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 2,340 | $19.06 | $39,650 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 2,340 | $45.75 | $95,160 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 2,330 | $15.42 | $32,070 |
| Driver/sales workers | 2,290 | $19.13 | $39,790 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 2,240 | $12.16 | $25,290 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 2,220 | $16.36 | $34,040 |
| Order clerks | 2,210 | $16.43 | $34,170 |
| Printing machine operators | 2,210 | $18.16 | $37,770 |
| Sales managers | 2,180 | $76.40 | $158,910 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 2,160 | $22.54 | $46,870 |
| Medical secretaries | 2,140 | $17.64 | $36,680 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 2,130 | $45.00 | $93,590 |
| Personal financial advisors | 2,110 | $54.13 | $112,590 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 2,100 | Not available | $124,100 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 2,100 | $36.82 | $76,580 |
| Advertising sales agents | 2,080 | $29.79 | $61,950 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 2,080 | $10.05 | $20,910 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 2,060 | $17.40 | $36,200 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 2,060 | $30.65 | $63,750 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 2,030 | $14.30 | $29,750 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 2,020 | $13.16 | $27,380 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 2,000 | Not available | $79,280 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 1,980 | $15.36 | $31,950 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 1,960 | $23.29 | $48,440 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 1,950 | $14.24 | $29,620 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 1,940 | $28.84 | $59,990 |
| Dental hygienists | 1,930 | $33.03 | $68,710 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 1,930 | $12.32 | $25,630 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 1,930 | $10.99 | $22,850 |
| Food service managers | 1,910 | $28.66 | $59,620 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 1,900 | $24.65 | $51,270 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 1,890 | $17.79 | $37,000 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 1,880 | $21.87 | $45,480 |
| Graphic designers | 1,880 | $25.47 | $52,980 |
| Managers, all other | 1,800 | $42.02 | $87,400 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 1,800 | $39.40 | $81,950 |
| Helpers--carpenters | 1,790 | $11.93 | $24,810 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 1,770 | $34.13 | $70,990 |
| Social workers, all other | 1,770 | $25.07 | $52,150 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 1,760 | $62.10 | $129,170 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors | 1,750 | $31.08 | $64,660 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 1,730 | $25.02 | $52,050 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 1,720 | $21.69 | $45,110 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software | 1,680 | $43.89 | $91,290 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 1,670 | $28.16 | $58,570 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 1,670 | $10.71 | $22,270 |
| Parking lot attendants | 1,670 | $10.44 | $21,720 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 1,660 | $26.06 | $54,200 |
| Cost estimators | 1,660 | $37.67 | $78,360 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 1,640 | $15.27 | $31,760 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 1,630 | $18.36 | $38,200 |
| Real estate sales agents | 1,630 | $38.16 | $79,380 |
| Civil engineers | 1,620 | $41.88 | $87,110 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 1,620 | $38.82 | $80,750 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 1,610 | $30.76 | $63,970 |
| Library technicians | 1,610 | $12.77 | $26,550 |
| Financial analysts | 1,600 | $38.58 | $80,240 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 1,600 | $19.98 | $41,570 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 1,590 | $21.67 | $45,060 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 1,590 | $32.71 | $68,030 |
| Public relations specialists | 1,580 | $32.11 | $66,800 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | 1,550 | $27.11 | $56,390 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 1,490 | $42.33 | $88,040 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 1,480 | $31.77 | $66,080 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 1,470 | $19.58 | $40,730 |
| Bakers | 1,460 | $18.30 | $38,050 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 1,450 | $23.88 | $49,660 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 1,450 | $31.22 | $64,930 |
| Special education teachers, middle school | 1,420 | Not available | $79,140 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 1,420 | $15.03 | $31,270 |
| Dentists, general | 1,400 | $78.48 | $163,240 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 1,400 | $30.03 | $62,460 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 1,380 | $18.96 | $39,440 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 1,380 | $56.89 | $118,320 |
| Training and development specialists | 1,380 | $28.21 | $58,670 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 1,370 | $20.17 | $41,960 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 1,360 | $18.43 | $38,340 |
| Physician assistants | 1,360 | $43.86 | $91,220 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 1,340 | $26.27 | $54,640 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents | 1,340 | $27.14 | $56,450 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 1,310 | $21.83 | $45,400 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 1,310 | $18.93 | $39,380 |
| Mechanical engineers | 1,310 | $39.52 | $82,190 |
| Cargo and freight agents | 1,300 | $20.25 | $42,120 |
| New accounts clerks | 1,300 | $15.76 | $32,790 |
| Editors | 1,290 | $29.08 | $60,500 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 1,280 | $20.52 | $42,670 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 1,270 | $16.41 | $34,120 |
| Electrical engineers | 1,260 | $45.07 | $93,750 |
| Parts salespersons | 1,260 | $19.09 | $39,710 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers | 1,250 | $19.50 | $40,550 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 1,230 | $23.69 | $49,280 |
| Social and community service managers | 1,230 | $38.15 | $79,340 |
| Computer operators | 1,220 | $20.41 | $42,450 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 1,210 | $27.28 | $56,740 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity | 1,200 | $16.37 | $34,050 |
| Marketing managers | 1,200 | $71.79 | $149,320 |
| Postal service clerks | 1,200 | Not available | Not available |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | 1,180 | $29.69 | $61,750 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 1,180 | $14.99 | $31,170 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 1,170 | $13.74 | $28,570 |
| All other information and record clerks | 1,150 | $17.53 | $36,470 |
| Instructional coordinators | 1,080 | $43.18 | $89,820 |
| Insurance underwriters | 1,080 | $33.26 | $69,180 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 1,070 | $21.46 | $44,630 |
| Clergy | 1,070 | $28.84 | $59,990 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | 1,070 | $11.42 | $23,760 |
| Sewing machine operators | 1,040 | $12.42 | $25,830 |
| Sales engineers | 1,030 | $44.89 | $93,360 |
| Food batchmakers | 1,020 | $12.54 | $26,090 |
| Biological technicians | 1,010 | $20.24 | $42,090 |
| Respiratory therapists | 1,010 | $31.38 | $65,270 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 1,000 | $25.49 | $53,020 |
| Industrial engineers | 1,000 | $38.66 | $80,410 |
| Occupational therapists | 1,000 | $33.49 | $69,670 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | 990 | $21.84 | $45,420 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 980 | $22.63 | $47,080 |
| Travel agents | 980 | $19.12 | $39,770 |
| Home appliance repairers | 970 | $19.35 | $40,250 |
| Couriers and messengers | 950 | $16.43 | $34,170 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | 940 | $30.60 | $63,640 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 940 | $12.33 | $25,650 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 930 | $24.92 | $51,830 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 930 | $14.59 | $30,350 |
| Manicurists and pedicurists | 920 | $10.04 | $20,880 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 910 | $29.78 | $61,950 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 910 | $16.16 | $33,610 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 900 | $18.08 | $37,600 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 900 | $27.09 | $56,360 |
| Cooks, short order | 900 | $11.89 | $24,720 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 900 | $13.98 | $29,080 |
| Floral designers | 870 | $14.14 | $29,420 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval | 860 | $41.31 | $85,930 |
| Engineering managers | 860 | $68.84 | $143,190 |
| Surgical technologists | 860 | $22.55 | $46,900 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists | 850 | $44.32 | $92,180 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 850 | $18.13 | $37,710 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer | 840 | $45.24 | $94,100 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | 820 | $35.79 | $74,450 |
| Industrial production managers | 820 | $47.95 | $99,730 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers | 820 | $17.86 | $37,140 |
| Tile and marble setters | 820 | $30.54 | $63,520 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers | 820 | $11.51 | $23,940 |
| Mental health counselors | 810 | $17.46 | $36,320 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 810 | $23.08 | $48,000 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 780 | $34.52 | $71,790 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers | 780 | $18.67 | $38,840 |
| Sheet metal workers | 770 | $28.79 | $59,890 |
| Chemists | 750 | $35.43 | $73,690 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers | 750 | $13.11 | $27,280 |
| Musicians and singers | 750 | $27.58 | Not available |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 750 | Not available | $84,690 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 740 | $13.72 | $28,540 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other | 740 | $24.60 | $51,160 |
| Photographers | 740 | $14.49 | $30,130 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 730 | $13.35 | $27,770 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers | 730 | $14.82 | $30,830 |
| Office machine operators, except computer | 730 | $15.06 | $31,330 |
| Crossing guards | 720 | $18.82 | $39,140 |
| Brokerage clerks | 700 | $21.64 | $45,020 |
| Computer hardware engineers | 700 | Not available | Not available |
| Database administrators | 700 | $37.49 | $77,970 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 700 | $47.85 | $99,520 |
| Chemical technicians | 680 | $20.38 | $42,390 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 670 | $27.42 | $57,040 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters | 670 | $12.13 | $25,220 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | 650 | $29.06 | $60,440 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other | 650 | $22.44 | $46,670 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other | 640 | $26.27 | $54,640 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians | 640 | $15.70 | $32,660 |
| Upholsterers | 640 | $14.22 | $29,570 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | 640 | $15.16 | $31,530 |
| Veterinarians | 630 | $43.35 | $90,180 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders | 620 | $13.11 | $27,270 |
| Roofers | 620 | $22.18 | $46,130 |
| Structural iron and steel workers | 620 | $42.11 | $87,590 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | 620 | $12.34 | $25,660 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | 610 | $24.65 | $51,260 |
| Physical therapist aides | 610 | $13.96 | $29,030 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | 600 | $22.35 | $46,500 |
| Producers and directors | 600 | $50.46 | $104,950 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | 590 | $21.90 | $45,550 |
| Advertising and promotions managers | 580 | $58.53 | $121,740 |
| Environmental engineers | 580 | $39.19 | $81,520 |
| Job printers | 580 | $19.70 | $40,970 |
| Photographic processing machine operators | 580 | $10.71 | $22,290 |
| Psychiatric aides | 580 | $16.41 | $34,130 |
| Real estate brokers | 580 | $38.75 | $80,600 |
| Dental laboratory technicians | 570 | $19.20 | $39,930 |
| Glaziers | 570 | $25.57 | $53,190 |
| Helpers--electricians | 570 | $13.43 | $27,930 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians | 560 | $27.90 | $58,030 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 560 | $15.73 | $32,710 |
| Tax preparers | 560 | $16.94 | $35,240 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers | 550 | $11.68 | $24,280 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 550 | $21.81 | $45,360 |
| Sailors and marine oilers | 550 | $16.26 | $33,820 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 540 | $16.58 | $34,480 |
| Interior designers | 540 | $28.34 | $58,940 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary | 540 | Not available | $69,610 |
| Procurement clerks | 540 | $19.81 | $41,210 |
| Bailiffs | 530 | $26.23 | $54,560 |
| Physicists | 530 | $53.23 | $110,710 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary | 520 | Not available | $56,330 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians | 520 | $21.31 | $44,330 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 520 | $15.73 | $32,720 |
| Meeting and convention planners | 520 | $25.13 | $52,280 |
| Pest control workers | 520 | $15.14 | $31,490 |
| Shampooers | 520 | $8.59 | $17,870 |
| Animal trainers | 510 | $15.56 | $32,370 |
| Medical equipment preparers | 510 | $18.56 | $38,610 |
| Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels | 500 | $27.35 | $56,880 |
| Logisticians | 500 | $28.77 | $59,850 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 500 | $19.40 | $40,360 |
| Commercial and industrial designers | 490 | $26.28 | $54,660 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 490 | Not available | $66,240 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary | 490 | Not available | $68,400 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | 480 | $28.81 | $59,920 |
| Motorboat mechanics | 480 | $21.89 | $45,530 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary | 480 | $23.84 | $49,600 |
| Anesthesiologists | 470 | $75.00 | More than $145,600 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | 470 | $31.33 | $65,170 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 470 | $12.85 | $26,730 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators | 470 | $29.33 | $61,000 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks | 450 | $20.52 | $42,670 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 450 | $15.73 | $32,730 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 450 | $18.84 | $39,190 |
| Bindery workers | 440 | $13.89 | $28,890 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary | 440 | $47.08 | $97,930 |
| Credit analysts | 430 | $30.90 | $64,270 |
| Mechanical drafters | 430 | $28.67 | $59,630 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 430 | $28.24 | $58,750 |
| Surgeons | 420 | $95.07 | $197,740 |
| Public relations managers | 410 | $51.38 | $106,880 |
| Purchasing managers | 410 | $54.62 | $113,610 |
| Recreational therapists | 400 | $22.10 | $45,970 |
| Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians | 390 | $12.17 | $25,320 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary | 390 | Not available | $70,420 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 390 | $13.93 | $28,970 |
| Legislators | 390 | Not available | $71,110 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door | 380 | $30.54 | $63,530 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters | 380 | $33.51 | $69,700 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health | 380 | $20.42 | $42,470 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | 380 | $12.38 | $25,750 |
| Directors, religious activities and education | 370 | $18.77 | $39,040 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | 370 | $12.75 | $26,520 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 370 | $25.99 | $54,050 |
| Prepress technicians and workers | 370 | $17.18 | $35,740 |
| Reporters and correspondents | 370 | Not available | Not available |
| Human resources managers, all other | 360 | $52.95 | $110,140 |
| Music directors and composers | 360 | Not available | Not available |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | 360 | $32.34 | $67,270 |
| Funeral directors | 350 | $34.68 | $72,140 |
| Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants | 350 | $11.39 | $23,690 |
| Medical equipment repairers | 350 | $27.51 | $57,210 |
| Pharmacy aides | 350 | $12.64 | $26,290 |
| Compensation and benefits managers | 340 | $57.24 | $119,060 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians | 340 | $28.39 | $59,050 |
| Private detectives and investigators | 340 | $22.38 | $46,560 |
| Art directors | 330 | $39.09 | $81,310 |
| Internists, general | 330 | $93.44 | $194,350 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 330 | $20.90 | $43,460 |
| Tapers | 330 | $33.11 | $68,880 |
| Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers | 320 | $23.14 | $48,130 |
| Carpet installers | 320 | $29.86 | $62,110 |
| Cooks, all other | 320 | $14.90 | $30,990 |
| Health educators | 320 | $21.82 | $45,390 |
| Law clerks | 320 | $16.44 | $34,200 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 320 | $14.55 | $30,260 |
| Tool and die makers | 320 | $26.59 | $55,320 |
| Writers and authors | 320 | $34.14 | $71,000 |
| Biochemists and biophysicists | 310 | $39.65 | $82,460 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 310 | $24.96 | $51,920 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists | 310 | $91.37 | $190,050 |
| Service station attendants | 310 | $9.77 | $20,330 |
| Computer specialists, all other | 300 | $30.29 | $62,990 |
| Education administrators, all other | 300 | $62.90 | $130,830 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers | 300 | $24.04 | $50,000 |
| Telephone operators | 300 | $20.23 | $42,070 |
| Family and general practitioners | 290 | $69.59 | $144,750 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 290 | $17.78 | $36,980 |
| Massage therapists | 290 | $21.78 | $45,300 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 290 | Not available | Not available |
| Proofreaders and copy markers | 290 | $15.85 | $32,980 |
| Surveyors | 290 | $34.02 | $70,770 |
| Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles | 280 | $17.18 | $35,740 |
| Painters, transportation equipment | 280 | $17.06 | $35,480 |
| Protective service workers, all other | 280 | $18.00 | $37,450 |
| Psychiatrists | 280 | $75.51 | $157,060 |
| Pediatricians, general | 270 | $75.25 | $156,520 |
| Production workers, all other | 270 | $11.72 | $24,370 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 270 | $60.23 | $125,290 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary | 260 | Not available | $85,070 |
| Electro-mechanical technicians | 260 | $27.32 | $56,830 |
| Meter readers, utilities | 260 | $23.77 | $49,430 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation | 260 | $18.79 | $39,080 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops | 250 | $11.35 | $23,610 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 250 | $12.52 | $26,040 |
| Industrial engineering technicians | 250 | $23.84 | $49,590 |
| Power plant operators | 250 | $33.96 | $70,650 |
| Training and development managers | 250 | $60.17 | $125,160 |
| Loan counselors | 240 | $24.71 | $51,400 |
| Podiatrists | 240 | $68.76 | $143,030 |
| Barbers | 230 | $11.13 | $23,150 |
| Broadcast technicians | 230 | $23.91 | $49,730 |
| Ship engineers | 230 | $32.57 | $67,750 |
| Aerospace engineers | 220 | $43.74 | $90,970 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers | 220 | $13.63 | $28,350 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 220 | $15.89 | $33,060 |
| Dietetic technicians | 220 | $18.99 | $39,500 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals | 220 | $11.40 | $23,710 |
| Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers | 220 | $20.64 | $42,920 |
| Legal support workers, all other | 220 | $25.69 | $53,430 |
| Materials engineers | 220 | $36.78 | $76,490 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists | 220 | $36.73 | $76,400 |
| Occupational therapist assistants | 220 | $23.83 | $49,560 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers | 220 | $16.43 | $34,180 |
| Photographic process workers | 220 | $17.72 | $36,870 |
| Chiropractors | 210 | $45.52 | $94,680 |
| Engineering teachers, postsecondary | 210 | Not available | $77,880 |
| Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons | 210 | $13.22 | $27,500 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary | 210 | Not available | $69,690 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 210 | $14.74 | $30,660 |
| Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 200 | $20.73 | $43,110 |
| Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates | 200 | $61.49 | $127,910 |
| Residential advisors | 200 | $14.84 | $30,860 |
| Engineers, all other | 190 | $35.17 | $73,160 |
| Fashion designers | 190 | $42.03 | $87,420 |
| Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 190 | $18.48 | $38,450 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic | 190 | $18.40 | $38,270 |
| Drafters, all other | 180 | $29.56 | $61,480 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 180 | $16.58 | $34,490 |
| Landscape architects | 180 | $31.08 | $64,640 |
| Natural sciences managers | 180 | $58.49 | $121,660 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials | 180 | $13.28 | $27,620 |
| Technical writers | 180 | $30.69 | $63,830 |
| Communications teachers, postsecondary | 170 | Not available | $66,740 |
| Counselors, all other | 170 | $18.47 | $38,430 |
| Parking enforcement workers | 170 | $15.66 | $32,570 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other | 170 | $14.44 | $30,040 |
| Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 170 | $12.24 | $25,450 |
| Budget analysts | 160 | $32.80 | $68,220 |
| Chemistry teachers, postsecondary | 160 | Not available | $77,780 |
| Concierges | 160 | $16.32 | $33,930 |
| Correspondence clerks | 160 | $16.57 | $34,470 |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other | 160 | $33.01 | $68,650 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other | 160 | $20.44 | $42,520 |
| Postmasters and mail superintendents | 160 | $35.91 | $74,680 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood | 160 | $13.27 | $27,600 |
| Tour guides and escorts | 160 | $14.71 | $30,590 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders | 150 | Not available | Not available |
| Desktop publishers | 150 | $22.63 | $47,060 |
| Fiberglass laminators and fabricators | 150 | $12.58 | $26,170 |
| Urban and regional planners | 150 | $33.14 | $68,930 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 150 | $15.08 | $31,370 |
| Audiologists | 140 | $40.01 | $83,230 |
| Court reporters | 140 | $33.61 | $69,900 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other | 140 | $23.59 | $49,070 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers | 140 | $35.70 | $74,260 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand | 140 | $14.22 | $29,580 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other | 140 | $48.73 | $101,360 |
| Microbiologists | 140 | $33.32 | $69,310 |
| Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers | 140 | $24.16 | $50,260 |
| Psychiatric technicians | 140 | $17.94 | $37,320 |
| Survey researchers | 140 | $27.29 | $56,770 |
| Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers | 130 | Not available | $106,060 |
| Athletes and sports competitors | 130 | Not available | Not available |
| Athletic trainers | 130 | Not available | $54,190 |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders | 130 | $19.95 | $41,490 |
| Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders | 130 | $14.39 | $29,930 |
| Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 130 | Not available | $62,980 |
| Vocational education teachers, middle school | 130 | Not available | $66,300 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors | 120 | $35.05 | $72,890 |
| History teachers, postsecondary | 120 | Not available | $71,110 |
| Interpreters and translators | 120 | $24.63 | $51,220 |
| Lodging managers | 120 | $28.78 | $59,860 |
| Medical appliance technicians | 120 | $18.96 | $39,450 |
| Numerical tool and process control programmers | 120 | $24.49 | $50,950 |
| Pipelayers | 120 | $35.25 | $73,320 |
| Radiation therapists | 120 | $41.82 | $86,980 |
| Transportation inspectors | 120 | $38.34 | $79,750 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators | 110 | $23.35 | $48,570 |
| Furniture finishers | 110 | $16.10 | $33,490 |
| Coil winders, tapers, and finishers | 100 | $15.11 | $31,440 |
| Fire fighters | 100 | $29.96 | $62,310 |
| Occupational therapist aides | 100 | $17.19 | $35,750 |
| Operations research analysts | 100 | $40.51 | $84,260 |
| Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 100 | $11.86 | $24,670 |
| Skin care specialists | 100 | $11.76 | $24,470 |
| Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers | 90 | $41.47 | $86,260 |
| Atmospheric, earth, marine, and space sciences teachers, postsecondary | 90 | Not available | $84,880 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary | 90 | Not available | $73,870 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other | 90 | $22.17 | $46,110 |
| Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers, all other | 90 | $14.90 | Not available |
| Financial examiners | 90 | $33.90 | $70,500 |
| Floor layers, except carpet, wood, and hard tiles | 90 | $27.49 | $57,170 |
| Grounds maintenance workers, all other | 90 | $19.59 | $40,740 |
| Material moving workers, all other | 90 | $13.51 | $28,100 |
| Motion picture projectionists | 90 | $12.97 | $26,980 |
| Physics teachers, postsecondary | 90 | Not available | $98,160 |
| Radio and television announcers | 90 | Not available | Not available |
| Sociology teachers, postsecondary | 90 | Not available | $70,420 |
| Sound engineering technicians | 90 | $29.11 | $60,550 |
| Therapists, all other | 90 | $28.51 | $59,310 |
| Avionics technicians | 80 | $22.22 | $46,210 |
| Computer and information scientists, research | 80 | $44.27 | $92,080 |
| Crane and tower operators | 80 | $33.85 | $70,420 |
| Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders | 80 | $12.84 | $26,720 |
| Helpers--roofers | 80 | $12.87 | $26,780 |
| Multi-media artists and animators | 80 | $23.76 | $49,430 |
| Respiratory therapy technicians | 80 | $24.60 | $51,170 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders | 80 | $12.58 | $26,180 |
| Statisticians | 80 | $29.94 | $62,270 |
| Atmospheric and space scientists | 70 | $43.63 | $90,750 |
| Economics teachers, postsecondary | 70 | Not available | $81,410 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers | 70 | $18.28 | $38,020 |
| Social science research assistants | 70 | $19.31 | $40,170 |
| Zoologists and wildlife biologists | 70 | $27.81 | $57,850 |
| Animal control workers | 60 | $21.36 | $44,440 |
| Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture | 60 | $20.73 | $43,130 |
| Curators | 60 | $34.54 | $71,850 |
| Film and video editors | 60 | $31.19 | $64,870 |
| Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators | 60 | $20.95 | $43,580 |
| Fire inspectors and investigators | 60 | $25.95 | $53,980 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers | 60 | $21.81 | $45,370 |
| Museum technicians and conservators | 60 | $19.67 | $40,920 |
| Area, ethnic, and cultural studies teachers, postsecondary | 50 | Not available | $62,730 |
| Conservation scientists | 50 | $25.41 | $52,850 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other | 50 | $8.67 | $18,030 |
| Media and communication workers, all other | 50 | $23.39 | $48,660 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics | 50 | $19.55 | $40,670 |
| Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary | 50 | Not available | $71,040 |
| Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products | 50 | $27.22 | $56,620 |
| Agricultural inspectors | 40 | $23.00 | $47,840 |
| Audio-visual collections specialists | 40 | $25.74 | $53,550 |
| Biological scientists, all other | 40 | $35.69 | $74,240 |
| Cartographers and photogrammetrists | 40 | $31.78 | $66,100 |
| Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders | 40 | $11.15 | $23,200 |
| Etchers and engravers | 40 | $17.91 | $37,250 |
| Fabric and apparel patternmakers | 40 | $22.55 | $46,900 |
| Psychologists, all other | 40 | $38.87 | $80,850 |
| Statistical assistants | 40 | $21.56 | $44,850 |
| Airfield operations specialists | 30 | $24.94 | $51,880 |
| Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators | 30 | $36.59 | $76,110 |
| Cutters and trimmers, hand | 30 | $14.44 | $30,040 |
| Farm equipment mechanics | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers | 30 | $26.55 | $55,220 |
| Actuaries | Not available | $51.91 | $107,980 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians | Not available | $22.81 | $47,450 |
| Boilermakers | Not available | $38.68 | $80,440 |
| Bookbinders | Not available | $16.03 | $33,340 |
| Camera and photographic equipment repairers | Not available | $18.98 | $39,480 |
| Chemical engineers | Not available | $35.70 | $74,250 |
| Choreographers | Not available | $25.15 | $52,310 |
| Construction and related workers, all other | Not available | $19.76 | $41,100 |
| Craft artists | Not available | $12.07 | $25,110 |
| Earth drillers, except oil and gas | Not available | $22.88 | $47,590 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers | Not available | $17.98 | $37,400 |
| Environmental engineering technicians | Not available | $19.83 | $41,240 |
| Fence erectors | Not available | $17.17 | $35,720 |
| Financial specialists, all other | Not available | $30.68 | $63,810 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders | Not available | $12.51 | $26,010 |
| Funeral attendants | Not available | $13.26 | $27,590 |
| Graduate teaching assistants | Not available | Not available | $36,170 |
| Health specialties teachers, postsecondary | Not available | Not available | $128,310 |
| Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $15.13 | $31,460 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters | Not available | $12.80 | $26,610 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other | Not available | $10.82 | $22,510 |
| Hydrologists | Not available | $29.36 | $61,070 |
| Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall | Not available | $17.41 | $36,200 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers | Not available | $19.70 | $40,980 |
| Materials scientists | Not available | $38.41 | $79,900 |
| Optometrists | Not available | $52.14 | $108,450 |
| Orthotists and prosthetists | Not available | $38.93 | $80,970 |
| Paperhangers | Not available | $19.65 | $40,880 |
| Personal and home care aides | Not available | $10.13 | $21,080 |
| Personal care and service occupations | Not available | $13.03 | $27,110 |
| Plasterers and stucco masons | Not available | $23.30 | $48,470 |
| Public address system and other announcers | Not available | $19.97 | $41,530 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | Not available | $13.88 | $28,880 |
| Reinforcing iron and rebar workers | Not available | $37.50 | $78,000 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks | Not available | $19.51 | $40,570 |
| Riggers | Not available | $26.79 | $55,720 |
| Sales and related workers, all other | Not available | $25.00 | $52,000 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners | Not available | $18.16 | $37,770 |
| Social scientists and related workers, all other | Not available | $38.21 | $79,480 |
| Stonemasons | Not available | $21.50 | $44,730 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers | Not available | $16.84 | $35,020 |
| Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other | Not available | $16.71 | $34,750 |
| Traffic technicians | Not available | $19.84 | $41,270 |
| Transportation workers, all other | Not available | $17.11 | $35,590 |
| Tree trimmers and pruners | Not available | $19.32 | $40,190 |
