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 |
282,640 |
$23.03 |
$47,900 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
47,630 |
$18.05 |
$37,540 |
| Sales and related occupations |
29,000 |
$18.83 |
$39,160 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
25,370 |
$29.27 |
$60,880 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
21,260 |
$11.36 |
$23,630 |
| Production occupations |
20,770 |
$16.46 |
$34,230 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
18,830 |
$35.88 |
$74,630 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
17,460 |
$15.73 |
$32,720 |
| Management occupations |
16,190 |
$49.90 |
$103,800 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
10,190 |
$24.54 |
$51,050 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
10,150 |
$22.49 |
$46,780 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
9,630 |
$14.55 |
$30,260 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
9,260 |
$14.58 |
$30,330 |
| Retail salespersons |
9,070 |
$13.08 |
$27,200 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
8,850 |
$31.94 |
$66,430 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
7,200 |
$12.48 |
$25,960 |
| Registered nurses |
7,200 |
$34.52 |
$71,800 |
| Cashiers |
7,160 |
$10.08 |
$20,960 |
| Community and social services occupations |
5,920 |
$23.08 |
$48,000 |
| Protective service occupations |
5,700 |
$23.25 |
$48,360 |
| Customer service representatives |
5,420 |
$17.43 |
$36,250 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
5,420 |
$13.88 |
$28,870 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
5,410 |
$35.79 |
$74,450 |
| Teacher assistants |
5,010 |
Not available |
$29,110 |
| Office clerks, general |
4,970 |
$14.79 |
$30,750 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
4,750 |
$13.85 |
$28,810 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
4,740 |
$9.94 |
$20,680 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
4,570 |
$32.50 |
$67,600 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
4,410 |
$17.02 |
$35,390 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
4,210 |
$18.66 |
$38,820 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
3,900 |
$25.58 |
$53,200 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
3,840 |
$22.42 |
$46,630 |
| General and operations managers |
3,790 |
$57.76 |
$120,140 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
3,690 |
$13.52 |
$28,130 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
3,420 |
$23.50 |
$48,870 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
3,410 |
$33.32 |
$69,310 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
3,320 |
Not available |
$59,540 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
3,050 |
$9.82 |
$20,420 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
2,950 |
$21.89 |
$45,530 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
2,750 |
$37.01 |
$76,980 |
| Food preparation workers |
2,690 |
$11.66 |
$24,260 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
2,680 |
$12.75 |
$26,510 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
2,670 |
$9.42 |
$19,600 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
2,670 |
$14.98 |
$31,170 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
2,610 |
$20.26 |
$42,150 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
2,480 |
Not available |
$59,150 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
2,480 |
$15.89 |
$33,050 |
| Legal occupations |
2,170 |
$42.68 |
$88,780 |
| Home health aides |
2,080 |
$12.34 |
$25,680 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
1,930 |
$14.68 |
$30,530 |
| Team assemblers |
1,920 |
$13.41 |
$27,890 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
1,890 |
$11.08 |
$23,040 |
| Accountants and auditors |
1,850 |
$33.53 |
$69,750 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
1,750 |
$20.95 |
$43,570 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
1,650 |
$36.35 |
$75,610 |
| Financial managers |
1,610 |
$46.55 |
$96,830 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
1,590 |
$26.71 |
$55,560 |
| Personal and home care aides |
1,590 |
$9.79 |
$20,370 |
| Security guards |
1,560 |
$14.71 |
$30,600 |
| Machinists |
1,550 |
$15.55 |
$32,340 |
| Construction laborers |
1,530 |
$20.99 |
$43,660 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
1,530 |
Not available |
$61,530 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
1,510 |
$14.66 |
$30,490 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
1,460 |
$24.14 |
$50,200 |
| Carpenters |
1,430 |
$23.11 |
$48,070 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
1,370 |
$19.53 |
$40,630 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
1,360 |
$27.10 |
$56,360 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
1,320 |
$17.97 |
$37,370 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
1,310 |
$18.10 |
$37,650 |
| Social and human service assistants |
1,280 |
$18.14 |
$37,730 |
| Telemarketers |
1,280 |
$13.52 |
$28,120 |
| Bus drivers, school |
1,260 |
$14.18 |
$29,500 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
1,250 |
$13.37 |
$27,810 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
1,200 |
$17.26 |
$35,890 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
1,190 |
$29.21 |
$60,750 |
| Child care workers |
1,180 |
$11.75 |
$24,430 |
| Lawyers |
1,150 |
$60.34 |
$125,500 |
| Helpers--production workers |
1,130 |
$11.70 |
$24,330 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
1,130 |
$10.81 |
$22,480 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
1,110 |
$28.41 |
$59,090 |
| Cooks, fast food |
1,090 |
$10.48 |
$21,790 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
1,070 |
$12.21 |
$25,390 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
1,060 |
$14.47 |
$30,100 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
1,050 |
$33.64 |
$69,960 |
| Electricians |
1,040 |
$24.53 |
$51,020 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
1,000 |
$28.18 |
$58,610 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
980 |
$29.05 |
$60,430 |
| Recreation workers |
960 |
$13.42 |
$27,920 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
930 |
$33.16 |
$68,970 |
| Tellers |
930 |
$13.02 |
$27,080 |
| Bartenders |
900 |
$10.90 |
$22,670 |
| Medical and health services managers |
900 |
$54.42 |
$113,180 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
880 |
$12.73 |
$26,480 |
| Sales managers |
880 |
$57.80 |
$120,230 |
| Dishwashers |
870 |
$9.64 |
$20,050 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians |
850 |
$25.26 |
$52,550 |
| Computer support specialists |
820 |
$24.30 |
$50,550 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
820 |
$31.95 |
$66,450 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
800 |
$32.92 |
$68,480 |
| Medical assistants |
800 |
$17.11 |
$35,590 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
800 |
$21.82 |
$45,370 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
800 |
$18.68 |
$38,850 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
790 |
$50.05 |
$104,100 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
790 |
$20.98 |
$43,640 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
790 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Chief executives |
780 |
$79.92 |
$166,230 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
770 |
$38.45 |
$79,970 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
770 |
$30.14 |
$62,680 |
| Computer systems analysts |
760 |
$33.57 |
$69,820 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary |
760 |
$46.28 |
$96,260 |
| Medical secretaries |
740 |
$16.83 |
$35,000 |
| Administrative services managers |
720 |
$33.74 |
$70,180 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
720 |
$12.99 |
$27,010 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
710 |
$15.60 |
$32,450 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
710 |
$28.28 |
$58,830 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
710 |
$20.45 |
$42,530 |
| Computer programmers |
700 |
$47.24 |
$98,260 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
700 |
$24.25 |
$50,430 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
700 |
$24.81 |
$51,610 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
690 |
$40.02 |
$83,250 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
690 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Industrial engineers |
680 |
$35.40 |
$73,630 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
680 |
$14.31 |
$29,770 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers |
650 |
$14.49 |
$30,130 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
650 |
$29.43 |
$61,210 |
| Physical therapists |
640 |
$34.39 |
$71,530 |
| Civil engineers |
620 |
$33.57 |
$69,820 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
620 |
$16.74 |
$34,820 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
600 |
$22.14 |
$46,040 |
| Insurance sales agents |
600 |
$31.12 |
$64,730 |
| Management analysts |
600 |
$39.71 |
$82,590 |
| Librarians |
590 |
$32.50 |
$67,590 |
| Social and community service managers |
580 |
$28.05 |
$58,350 |
| Coaches and scouts |
570 |
Not available |
$39,860 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
570 |
$9.75 |
$20,270 |
| Library technicians |
570 |
$17.77 |
$36,970 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
570 |
$26.64 |
$55,410 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
570 |
$12.16 |
$25,300 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
570 |
$16.48 |
$34,280 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
550 |
Not available |
$106,400 |
| Cooks, short order |
540 |
$12.20 |
$25,370 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
540 |
$16.67 |
$34,670 |
| Graphic designers |
540 |
$24.24 |
$50,410 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
540 |
$79.36 |
$165,080 |
| Bill and account collectors |
530 |
$18.89 |
$39,300 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
530 |
$16.52 |
$34,360 |
| Marketing managers |
530 |
$46.33 |
$96,370 |
| Training and development specialists |
530 |
$26.16 |
$54,410 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
520 |
$16.89 |
$35,120 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
510 |
$25.08 |
$52,170 |
| Construction managers |
500 |
$48.26 |
$100,380 |
| Printing machine operators |
500 |
$16.01 |
$33,300 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
500 |
$29.11 |
$60,540 |
| Data entry keyers |
490 |
$14.05 |
$29,230 |
| Dental assistants |
490 |
$20.22 |
$42,050 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
490 |
$12.02 |
$25,010 |
| Managers, all other |
480 |
$41.40 |
$86,110 |
| Material moving workers, all other |
480 |
$13.29 |
$27,630 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
480 |
Not available |
$66,400 |
| Tool and die makers |
480 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Fire fighters |
470 |
$26.13 |
$54,340 |
| Internists, general |
470 |
$86.80 |
$180,550 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists |
470 |
$45.70 |
$95,050 |
| Mental health counselors |
470 |
$19.32 |
$40,190 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
470 |
Not available |
$45,230 |
| Biological technicians |
460 |
$22.93 |
$47,700 |
| Dental hygienists |
460 |
$33.76 |
$70,220 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
460 |
$19.59 |
$40,740 |
| Food service managers |
460 |
$31.07 |
$64,620 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
450 |
$18.10 |
$37,640 |
| Parts salespersons |
450 |
$16.92 |
$35,200 |
| Order clerks |
440 |
$15.63 |
$32,510 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity |
430 |
$12.85 |
$26,730 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
430 |
$31.77 |
$66,090 |
| Engineering managers |
430 |
$53.83 |
$111,970 |
| Legal secretaries |
430 |
$21.72 |
$45,180 |
| Natural sciences managers |
430 |
$51.51 |
$107,150 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
430 |
$12.32 |
$25,620 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
420 |
$24.47 |
$50,890 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
420 |
$10.49 |
$21,820 |
| Industrial production managers |
420 |
$45.08 |
$93,770 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
420 |
$18.35 |
$38,170 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
410 |
$25.15 |
$52,310 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
410 |
$20.72 |
$43,090 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
410 |
$12.96 |
$26,950 |
| Loan officers |
410 |
$32.70 |
$68,020 |
| File clerks |
400 |
$13.47 |
$28,010 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
400 |
$22.62 |
$47,050 |
| Pharmacists |
400 |
$51.08 |
$106,240 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
400 |
Not available |
$62,460 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
390 |
$22.64 |
$47,090 |
| Market research analysts |
390 |
$27.60 |
$57,410 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
390 |
$34.06 |
$70,850 |
| Surgical technologists |
390 |
$19.52 |
$40,610 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
370 |
Not available |
$54,110 |
| Public relations specialists |
370 |
$24.81 |
$51,610 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers |
370 |
$22.94 |
$47,710 |
| Driver/sales workers |
360 |
$16.83 |
$35,000 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
360 |
$29.82 |
$62,020 |
| Financial analysts |
360 |
$36.68 |
$76,300 |
| Mechanical engineers |
360 |
$34.58 |
$71,920 |
| Parking lot attendants |
360 |
$10.43 |
$21,690 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
360 |
$18.95 |
$39,410 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
360 |
$20.87 |
$43,420 |
| Cost estimators |
350 |
$32.48 |
$67,550 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
350 |
$47.68 |
$99,180 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
350 |
$27.35 |
$56,890 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
340 |
$23.70 |
$49,290 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials |
340 |
$10.79 |
$22,430 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
330 |
$18.42 |
$38,310 |
| Physician assistants |
330 |
$45.53 |
$94,710 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary |
320 |
Not available |
$79,810 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
320 |
$15.05 |
$31,300 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
320 |
$12.36 |
$25,710 |
| Residential advisors |
320 |
$12.29 |
$25,560 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
320 |
$18.95 |
$39,430 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
310 |
$44.70 |
$92,980 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
310 |
$39.41 |
$81,980 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
310 |
$15.20 |
$31,620 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
300 |
$40.22 |
$83,650 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
300 |
$21.94 |
$45,640 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
300 |
$22.92 |
$47,660 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary |
300 |
Not available |
$92,960 |
| Service station attendants |
300 |
$9.42 |
$19,590 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
290 |
$12.30 |
$25,580 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
290 |
$40.77 |
$84,810 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
290 |
$29.04 |
$60,400 |
| Occupational therapists |
290 |
$35.00 |
$72,810 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other |
290 |
Not available |
$72,770 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
290 |
$14.05 |
$29,230 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
280 |
$19.91 |
$41,420 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
280 |
$33.55 |
$69,790 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other |
280 |
$19.84 |
$41,270 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
280 |
$19.30 |
$40,150 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
270 |
$20.62 |
$42,880 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
270 |
$12.78 |
$26,590 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
270 |
$28.64 |
$59,570 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
270 |
$22.47 |
$46,730 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
270 |
$34.75 |
$72,270 |
| All other information and record clerks |
260 |
$19.59 |
$40,740 |
| Bakers |
260 |
$14.41 |
$29,970 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
260 |
$15.51 |
$32,260 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
250 |
$19.86 |
$41,310 |
| Chemists |
250 |
$37.00 |
$76,960 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
250 |
$13.71 |
$28,520 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
240 |
$28.55 |
$59,370 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
240 |
$10.91 |
$22,700 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
240 |
$27.99 |
$58,220 |
| Instructional coordinators |
240 |
$30.51 |
$63,460 |
| Procurement clerks |
240 |
$20.69 |
$43,040 |
| Sheet metal workers |
240 |
$22.50 |
$46,790 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors |
240 |
$21.67 |
$45,070 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary |
230 |
Not available |
$73,390 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door |
230 |
$27.80 |
$57,830 |
| Insurance underwriters |
230 |
$32.45 |
$67,500 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
230 |
$11.01 |
$22,910 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
220 |
$33.08 |
$68,810 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
220 |
$14.28 |
$29,690 |
| Production workers, all other |
220 |
$20.61 |
$42,870 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
220 |
$16.64 |
$34,610 |
| Sewing machine operators |
220 |
$11.52 |
$23,960 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
220 |
$16.56 |
$34,440 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
210 |
$20.27 |
$42,160 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary |
210 |
Not available |
$68,700 |
| Electrical engineers |
210 |
$38.28 |
$79,610 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
210 |
$13.65 |
$28,380 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
210 |
$16.72 |
$34,770 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
210 |
$11.89 |
$24,720 |
| Postal service clerks |
210 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Purchasing managers |
210 |
$40.44 |
$84,120 |
| Respiratory therapists |
210 |
$29.92 |
$62,230 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
210 |
$24.64 |
$51,250 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
200 |
$28.26 |
$58,790 |
| Computer operators |
200 |
$20.46 |
$42,550 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators |
200 |
$38.20 |
$79,450 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary |
200 |
Not available |
$77,210 |
| Personal financial advisors |
200 |
$48.50 |
$100,880 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
200 |
$18.81 |
$39,120 |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
200 |
$18.23 |
$37,910 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
190 |
$14.92 |
$31,030 |
| Database administrators |
190 |
$36.92 |
$76,800 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
190 |
$15.92 |
$33,120 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders |
190 |
$13.62 |
$28,320 |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
190 |
Not available |
$63,770 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors |
180 |
$17.40 |
$36,190 |
| Advertising sales agents |
180 |
$26.31 |
$54,730 |
| Couriers and messengers |
180 |
$13.27 |
$27,590 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers |
180 |
$14.31 |
$29,750 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
180 |
$16.15 |
$33,600 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school |
180 |
Not available |
$69,360 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs |
170 |
$24.53 |
$51,020 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse |
170 |
$11.44 |
$23,790 |
| Industrial engineering technicians |
170 |
$21.74 |
$45,220 |
| Mechanical drafters |
170 |
$26.38 |
$54,870 |
| Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
170 |
$19.24 |
$40,020 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
170 |
$42.35 |
$88,090 |
| Word processors and typists |
170 |
$17.39 |
$36,170 |
| Dentists, general |
160 |
$72.92 |
$151,670 |
| Photographic processing machine operators |
160 |
$10.05 |
$20,900 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians |
150 |
$20.87 |
$43,420 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
150 |
$13.22 |
$27,510 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program |
150 |
$26.00 |
$54,070 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
150 |
Not available |
$78,460 |
| Food batchmakers |
150 |
$12.82 |
$26,670 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
150 |
$17.68 |
$36,780 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
150 |
$21.75 |
$45,250 |
| Sales engineers |
150 |
$39.58 |
$82,320 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
150 |
$9.93 |
$20,660 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
140 |
$18.13 |
$37,700 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other |
140 |
$37.58 |
$78,160 |
| Manicurists and pedicurists |
140 |
$9.87 |
$20,540 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary |
140 |
Not available |
$69,600 |
| Bindery workers |
130 |
$15.45 |
$32,140 |
| Chemical technicians |
130 |
$22.21 |
$46,190 |
| Choreographers |
130 |
$22.93 |
$47,690 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
130 |
$32.68 |
$67,980 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
130 |
$26.10 |
$54,290 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
130 |
$20.18 |
$41,970 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
130 |
$14.43 |
$30,020 |
| Public relations managers |
130 |
$48.80 |
$101,500 |
| Real estate sales agents |
130 |
$22.38 |
$46,550 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
130 |
$22.63 |
$47,070 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
120 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary |
120 |
Not available |
$70,680 |
| Compensation and benefits managers |
120 |
$37.14 |
$77,250 |
| Computer specialists, all other |
120 |
$28.49 |
$59,250 |
| Floral designers |
120 |
$14.69 |
$30,560 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand |
120 |
$15.16 |
$31,520 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
120 |
$50.52 |
$105,080 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other |
120 |
$12.67 |
$26,350 |
| Photographers |
120 |
$19.33 |
$40,210 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents |
120 |
$35.44 |
$73,710 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary |
120 |
$25.82 |
$53,700 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
110 |
$10.55 |
$21,940 |
| Budget analysts |
110 |
$36.72 |
$76,370 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
110 |
$29.18 |
$60,700 |
| Crossing guards |
110 |
$14.12 |
$29,380 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers |
110 |
$22.96 |
$47,760 |
| Family and general practitioners |
110 |
$82.23 |
$171,040 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
110 |
$32.04 |
$66,650 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers |
110 |
$20.89 |
$43,450 |
| Loan counselors |
110 |
$19.60 |
$40,770 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
110 |
$16.69 |
$34,710 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
110 |
$12.90 |
$26,840 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
110 |
$21.82 |
$45,380 |
| Reporters and correspondents |
110 |
$19.96 |
$41,510 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
110 |
$23.22 |
$48,290 |
| Travel agents |
110 |
$15.13 |
$31,480 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians |
100 |
$29.03 |
$60,370 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
100 |
$25.89 |
$53,860 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
100 |
$20.08 |
$41,760 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
100 |
$15.01 |
$31,220 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
100 |
$15.01 |
$31,210 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
100 |
$20.34 |
$42,300 |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other |
100 |
$38.20 |
$79,450 |
| Job printers |
100 |
$17.99 |
$37,420 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers |
100 |
$10.17 |
$21,160 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians |
100 |
$22.47 |
$46,730 |
| Motorboat mechanics |
100 |
$22.40 |
$46,600 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
100 |
$13.48 |
$28,040 |
| Physical therapist aides |
100 |
$12.55 |
$26,110 |
| Producers and directors |
100 |
$38.20 |
$79,450 |
| Statisticians |
100 |
$41.31 |
$85,920 |
| Surveyors |
100 |
$26.96 |
$56,070 |
| Tile and marble setters |
100 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Brokerage clerks |
90 |
$19.77 |
$41,130 |
| Computer hardware engineers |
90 |
$40.72 |
$84,690 |
| Credit analysts |
90 |
$28.87 |
$60,040 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
90 |
$28.43 |
$59,140 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters |
90 |
$26.54 |
$55,200 |
| Engineers, all other |
90 |
$36.57 |
$76,070 |
| Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
90 |
$20.00 |
$41,610 |
| Massage therapists |
90 |
$20.70 |
$43,060 |
| Medical equipment preparers |
90 |
$15.91 |
$33,100 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
90 |
$32.48 |
$67,560 |
| Operations research analysts |
90 |
$31.70 |
$65,940 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
90 |
$21.88 |
$45,520 |
| Recreational therapists |
90 |
$21.96 |
$45,670 |
| Social workers, all other |
90 |
$22.99 |
$47,820 |
| Structural iron and steel workers |
90 |
$25.27 |
$52,560 |
| Training and development managers |
90 |
$48.19 |
$100,240 |
| Upholsterers |
90 |
$15.39 |
$32,020 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
90 |
$24.14 |
$50,200 |
| Clergy |
80 |
$30.66 |
$63,780 |
| Engineering teachers, postsecondary |
80 |
Not available |
$89,770 |
| Meter readers, utilities |
80 |
$24.43 |
$50,810 |
| Microbiologists |
80 |
$40.60 |
$84,440 |
| New accounts clerks |
80 |
$19.31 |
$40,170 |
| Surgeons |
80 |
$95.31 |
$198,240 |
| Survey researchers |
80 |
$21.29 |
$44,280 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
80 |
$21.33 |
$44,370 |
| Veterinarians |
80 |
$57.70 |
$120,020 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
80 |
$18.33 |
$38,120 |
| Actors |
70 |
$13.70 |
Not available |
| Chemistry teachers, postsecondary |
70 |
Not available |
$76,470 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary |
70 |
Not available |
$88,700 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
70 |
$29.54 |
$61,440 |
| Helpers--carpenters |
70 |
$13.91 |
$28,940 |
| Helpers--roofers |
70 |
$12.26 |
$25,500 |
| Media and communication workers, all other |
70 |
$16.89 |
$35,130 |
| Metal workers and plastic workers, all other |
70 |
$15.49 |
$32,210 |
| Numerical tool and process control programmers |
70 |
$26.09 |
$54,280 |
| Occupational therapist assistants |
70 |
$23.07 |
$47,990 |
| Pediatricians, general |
70 |
$68.01 |
$141,450 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
70 |
$13.40 |
$27,870 |
| Advertising and promotions managers |
60 |
$37.88 |
$78,800 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
60 |
$27.51 |
$57,220 |
| Economics teachers, postsecondary |
60 |
Not available |
$86,100 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health |
60 |
$17.43 |
$36,260 |
| Health educators |
60 |
$26.03 |
$54,140 |
| Interior designers |
60 |
$22.37 |
$46,540 |
| Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers |
60 |
$23.64 |
$49,160 |
| Meeting and convention planners |
60 |
$26.60 |
$55,320 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists |
60 |
$35.67 |
$74,190 |
| Skin care specialists |
60 |
$13.52 |
$28,120 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators |
60 |
$27.43 |
$57,050 |
| Tapers |
60 |
$26.19 |
$54,480 |
| Vocational education teachers, middle school |
60 |
Not available |
$57,330 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
60 |
$14.20 |
$29,540 |
| Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers |
50 |
$13.96 |
$29,030 |
| Animal control workers |
50 |
$15.38 |
$31,980 |
| Desktop publishers |
50 |
$20.98 |
$43,630 |
| Environmental engineers |
50 |
$33.10 |
$68,850 |
| Funeral directors |
50 |
$50.12 |
$104,240 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters |
50 |
$20.09 |
$41,790 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers |
50 |
$17.07 |
$35,510 |
| Painters, transportation equipment |
50 |
$20.19 |
$42,000 |
| Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary |
50 |
Not available |
$72,070 |
| Physics teachers, postsecondary |
50 |
Not available |
$78,290 |
| Political science teachers, postsecondary |
50 |
Not available |
$84,410 |
| Psychologists, all other |
50 |
$33.83 |
$70,370 |
| Public address system and other announcers |
50 |
$19.41 |
$40,370 |
| Radio and television announcers |
50 |
$18.27 |
$37,990 |
| Technical writers |
50 |
$32.99 |
$68,610 |
| Writers and authors |
50 |
$27.68 |
$57,570 |
| Aerospace engineering and operations technicians |
40 |
$21.39 |
$44,480 |
| Art directors |
40 |
$36.75 |
$76,440 |
| Athletic trainers |
40 |
Not available |
$44,910 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops |
40 |
$9.77 |
$20,330 |
| Biological scientists, all other |
40 |
$33.73 |
$70,170 |
| Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders |
40 |
$13.62 |
$28,330 |
| Commercial and industrial designers |
40 |
$26.29 |
$54,680 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders |
40 |
$16.83 |
$35,010 |
| Cooks, all other |
40 |
$10.86 |
$22,600 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks |
40 |
$17.86 |
$37,150 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
40 |
$14.14 |
$29,420 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
40 |
$14.89 |
$30,970 |
| Dietetic technicians |
40 |
$18.48 |
$38,440 |
| Drafters, all other |
40 |
$18.93 |
$39,370 |
| Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders |
40 |
$19.12 |
$39,770 |
| Gas plant operators |
40 |
$26.69 |
$55,520 |
| Insulation workers, mechanical |
40 |
$22.16 |
$46,090 |
| Landscape architects |
40 |
$28.88 |
$60,080 |
| Mechanical door repairers |
40 |
$16.31 |
$33,930 |
| Occupational health and safety technicians |
40 |
$25.72 |
$53,500 |
| Optometrists |
40 |
$60.91 |
$126,700 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics |
40 |
$17.54 |
$36,480 |
| Pest control workers |
40 |
$13.28 |
$27,630 |
| Proofreaders and copy markers |
40 |
$15.26 |
$31,730 |
| Sociology teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
Not available |
$72,000 |
| Curators |
30 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Education administrators, all other |
30 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Electro-mechanical technicians |
30 |
$23.93 |
$49,760 |
| Fire inspectors and investigators |
30 |
$28.98 |
$60,270 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders |
30 |
$11.18 |
$23,260 |
| Legislators |
30 |
Not available |
$33,110 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers |
30 |
$25.24 |
$52,500 |
| Lodging managers |
30 |
$22.67 |
$47,150 |
| Psychiatrists |
30 |
$82.36 |
$171,300 |
| Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products |
30 |
$30.91 |
$64,280 |
| Radiation therapists |
30 |
$38.99 |
$81,090 |
| Actuaries |
Not available |
$43.71 |
$90,910 |
| Aerospace engineers |
Not available |
$40.14 |
$83,490 |
| Audiologists |
Not available |
$29.48 |
$61,320 |
| Barbers |
Not available |
$11.63 |
$24,200 |
| Biochemists and biophysicists |
Not available |
$39.83 |
$82,850 |
| Biomedical engineers |
Not available |
$45.20 |
$94,010 |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders |
Not available |
$21.03 |
$43,740 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
Not available |
$19.54 |
$40,640 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
Not available |
$30.23 |
$62,880 |
| Coil winders, tapers, and finishers |
Not available |
$16.10 |
$33,480 |
| Crane and tower operators |
Not available |
$21.64 |
$45,000 |
| Earth drillers, except oil and gas |
Not available |
$24.26 |
$50,470 |
| Editors |
Not available |
$32.11 |
$66,790 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other |
Not available |
$19.85 |
$41,290 |
| Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers, all other |
Not available |
$27.78 |
Not available |
| Environmental engineering technicians |
Not available |
$22.09 |
$45,950 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers |
Not available |
$20.66 |
$42,960 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers |
Not available |
$36.56 |
$76,050 |
| Glaziers |
Not available |
$23.57 |
$49,030 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other |
Not available |
$26.80 |
$55,740 |
| Helpers--electricians |
Not available |
$18.24 |
$37,930 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
Not available |
$18.13 |
$37,710 |
| Home appliance repairers |
Not available |
$28.26 |
$58,790 |
| Insurance appraisers, auto damage |
Not available |
$27.43 |
$57,050 |
| Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants |
Not available |
$12.11 |
$25,180 |
| Logisticians |
Not available |
$34.82 |
$72,430 |
| Materials scientists |
Not available |
$59.34 |
$123,430 |
| Medical equipment repairers |
Not available |
$24.78 |
$51,530 |
| Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$17.24 |
$35,850 |
| Millwrights |
Not available |
$21.30 |
$44,310 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$17.44 |
$36,280 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists |
Not available |
$99.99 |
$207,970 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
Not available |
$24.00 |
$49,920 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other |
Not available |
$12.48 |
$25,960 |
| Pharmacy aides |
Not available |
$10.43 |
$21,700 |
| Podiatrists |
Not available |
$56.45 |
$117,420 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
Not available |
$16.75 |
$34,840 |
| Psychiatric aides |
Not available |
$14.91 |
$31,020 |
| Real estate brokers |
Not available |
$44.90 |
$93,390 |
| Roofers |
Not available |
$19.84 |
$41,270 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers |
Not available |
$12.44 |
$25,880 |
| Transportation workers, all other |
Not available |
$16.53 |
$34,380 |
| Urban and regional planners |
Not available |
$31.95 |
$66,460 |
