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 | 1,018,670 | $24.37 | $50,680 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 193,510 | $17.21 | $35,800 |
| Sales and related occupations | 98,410 | $21.54 | $44,810 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 76,470 | $17.92 | $37,270 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 74,450 | $26.20 | $54,500 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 58,930 | $11.18 | $23,240 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 58,170 | $34.88 | $72,560 |
| Production occupations | 52,550 | $16.60 | $34,540 |
| Management occupations | 52,270 | $58.67 | $122,030 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 50,140 | $38.28 | $79,620 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 40,690 | $22.27 | $46,330 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 39,640 | $13.13 | $27,300 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 34,620 | $25.82 | $53,700 |
| Protective service occupations | 32,500 | $23.48 | $48,840 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 30,020 | $16.95 | $35,250 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 28,410 | $13.72 | $28,530 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 28,340 | $40.79 | $84,830 |
| Retail salespersons | 27,110 | $12.48 | $25,950 |
| Cashiers | 22,520 | $9.60 | $19,970 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 21,820 | $12.31 | $25,600 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 20,630 | $16.97 | $35,300 |
| Registered nurses | 19,540 | $36.49 | $75,890 |
| Office clerks, general | 18,500 | $13.81 | $28,730 |
| Community and social services occupations | 16,640 | $24.84 | $51,660 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 16,440 | $37.44 | $77,880 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 16,010 | $13.51 | $28,100 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 15,170 | $11.42 | $23,740 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 14,970 | $18.76 | $39,020 |
| Security guards | 14,710 | $14.71 | $30,600 |
| Customer service representatives | 14,560 | $16.98 | $35,330 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 14,460 | $37.37 | $77,720 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 13,290 | $9.22 | $19,170 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 13,080 | Not available | $61,640 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 12,170 | $34.05 | $70,830 |
| Teacher assistants | 11,660 | Not available | $24,520 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 11,660 | $20.62 | $42,890 |
| Accountants and auditors | 11,640 | $38.43 | $79,940 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 11,510 | $26.15 | $54,380 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 11,280 | $11.19 | $23,280 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 10,880 | $12.41 | $25,810 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 10,750 | $26.05 | $54,180 |
| Legal occupations | 10,520 | $50.47 | $104,980 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 10,470 | $12.55 | $26,100 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 10,040 | $33.52 | $69,730 |
| General and operations managers | 9,840 | $72.96 | $151,760 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 9,150 | $18.27 | $38,010 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 8,910 | Not available | $65,150 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 8,120 | $35.86 | $74,590 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 7,980 | $13.57 | $28,220 |
| Lawyers | 7,100 | $61.37 | $127,640 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 6,860 | $25.54 | $53,120 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 6,840 | $22.91 | $47,660 |
| Child care workers | 6,640 | $11.07 | $23,030 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 6,540 | Not available | $44,110 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 6,520 | $15.95 | $33,180 |
| Home health aides | 6,200 | $11.02 | $22,930 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 6,190 | $11.40 | $23,700 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 6,170 | Not available | $62,680 |
| Medical secretaries | 6,070 | $17.56 | $36,520 |
| Financial managers | 6,010 | $63.91 | $132,940 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 5,880 | $17.90 | $37,230 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 5,880 | $16.01 | $33,300 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 5,800 | $10.00 | $20,800 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 5,400 | $36.21 | $75,320 |
| Managers, all other | 5,250 | $49.00 | $101,910 |
| Carpenters | 5,180 | $25.66 | $53,360 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 5,050 | $43.44 | $90,360 |
| Food preparation workers | 5,010 | $10.62 | $22,090 |
| Legal secretaries | 4,840 | $22.10 | $45,970 |
| Construction laborers | 4,800 | $22.49 | $46,770 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 4,740 | $26.43 | $54,980 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 4,740 | $17.93 | $37,300 |
| Computer systems analysts | 4,710 | $46.33 | $96,360 |
| Management analysts | 4,620 | $43.57 | $90,640 |
| Tellers | 4,550 | $12.31 | $25,610 |
| Electricians | 4,490 | $30.96 | $64,390 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 4,400 | $29.58 | $61,520 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 4,160 | $16.84 | $35,020 |
| Computer support specialists | 4,070 | $23.77 | $49,450 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 4,050 | $14.30 | $29,730 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 4,040 | $19.14 | $39,810 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 3,920 | $33.20 | $69,060 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 3,850 | $11.50 | $23,910 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 3,720 | $12.98 | $27,000 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 3,710 | $32.29 | $67,160 |
| Bus drivers, school | 3,680 | $16.12 | $33,520 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 3,660 | $24.27 | $50,490 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 3,600 | $45.49 | $94,620 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 3,530 | $10.08 | $20,970 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 3,450 | $17.50 | $36,410 |
| Sales managers | 3,430 | $62.67 | $130,350 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 3,340 | $18.67 | $38,830 |
| Helpers--production workers | 3,300 | $10.31 | $21,450 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 3,270 | $45.02 | $93,640 |
| Medical assistants | 3,230 | $16.46 | $34,230 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 3,170 | $14.67 | $30,520 |
| Correctional officers and jailers | 3,140 | $29.06 | $60,430 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 3,010 | $65.23 | $135,680 |
| Computer programmers | 2,990 | $39.81 | $82,800 |
| Chemists | 2,970 | $34.94 | $72,670 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 2,960 | $35.93 | $74,730 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software | 2,950 | $48.87 | $101,640 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 2,950 | $50.06 | $104,130 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 2,950 | Not available | Not available |
| Bartenders | 2,930 | $11.15 | $23,190 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other | 2,890 | Not available | $64,430 |
| Word processors and typists | 2,890 | $17.13 | $35,640 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 2,850 | $9.60 | $19,970 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 2,790 | $67.95 | $141,340 |
| Dental assistants | 2,740 | $18.04 | $37,530 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 2,740 | $15.06 | $31,330 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 2,710 | $24.40 | $50,740 |
| Insurance sales agents | 2,650 | $33.33 | $69,340 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 2,620 | $10.97 | $22,830 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 2,620 | $26.89 | $55,930 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 2,590 | $24.40 | $50,750 |
| Team assemblers | 2,580 | $11.02 | $22,930 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 2,520 | $17.61 | $36,630 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists | 2,500 | $51.06 | $106,210 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 2,480 | $27.83 | $57,880 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 2,480 | $12.49 | $25,990 |
| Administrative services managers | 2,470 | $50.47 | $104,970 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 2,370 | $27.82 | $57,880 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 2,340 | Not available | $62,250 |
| Cooks, fast food | 2,270 | $8.65 | $18,000 |
| Bill and account collectors | 2,260 | $17.82 | $37,080 |
| Telemarketers | 2,250 | $14.38 | $29,910 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 2,230 | $24.60 | $51,160 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 2,230 | $14.00 | $29,120 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 2,210 | Not available | $110,310 |
| File clerks | 2,180 | $12.55 | $26,110 |
| Machinists | 2,180 | $20.40 | $42,420 |
| Financial analysts | 2,170 | $39.77 | $82,730 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 2,170 | $20.41 | $42,450 |
| Parking lot attendants | 2,170 | $10.46 | $21,760 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 2,160 | $37.50 | $78,000 |
| Order clerks | 2,160 | $16.59 | $34,520 |
| Pharmacists | 2,130 | $47.31 | $98,410 |
| Medical and health services managers | 2,110 | $50.56 | $105,160 |
| Social and human service assistants | 2,050 | $14.51 | $30,180 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 2,040 | $25.40 | $52,830 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 2,020 | $22.45 | $46,700 |
| Computer specialists, all other | 2,010 | $45.29 | $94,210 |
| Cargo and freight agents | 2,000 | $19.80 | $41,190 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians | 1,980 | $28.41 | $59,080 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 1,950 | $9.40 | $19,550 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 1,950 | $15.05 | $31,310 |
| Data entry keyers | 1,940 | $15.09 | $31,380 |
| Mechanical engineers | 1,920 | $42.09 | $87,550 |
| Recreation workers | 1,920 | $11.64 | $24,220 |
| Sales and related workers, all other | 1,890 | $27.28 | $56,740 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 1,880 | $14.86 | $30,900 |
| Printing machine operators | 1,870 | $18.22 | $37,890 |
| Driver/sales workers | 1,860 | $13.97 | $29,070 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | 1,840 | $25.88 | $53,820 |
| Marketing managers | 1,830 | $69.11 | $143,740 |
| Service station attendants | 1,830 | $8.59 | $17,870 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 1,810 | $44.83 | $93,240 |
| Industrial production managers | 1,800 | $50.68 | $105,410 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 1,790 | $32.68 | $67,980 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 1,770 | $13.29 | $27,650 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 1,750 | $23.31 | $48,490 |
| Insurance underwriters | 1,750 | $35.90 | $74,670 |
| Dishwashers | 1,710 | $9.33 | $19,400 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 1,710 | $19.73 | $41,030 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 1,700 | $28.57 | $59,420 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 1,690 | $34.81 | $72,410 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 1,660 | $16.02 | $33,320 |
| Civil engineers | 1,650 | $39.77 | $82,730 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 1,650 | $27.71 | $57,630 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 1,640 | $19.26 | $40,060 |
| Market research analysts | 1,620 | $39.53 | $82,230 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 1,610 | $16.59 | $34,510 |
| Production workers, all other | 1,600 | $17.46 | $36,320 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 1,590 | $9.93 | $20,650 |
| Training and development specialists | 1,590 | $31.93 | $66,400 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 1,580 | $16.82 | $34,990 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 1,550 | $10.13 | $21,060 |
| Fire fighters | 1,540 | $37.23 | $77,440 |
| Graphic designers | 1,540 | $26.75 | $55,640 |
| Personal and home care aides | 1,540 | $12.51 | $26,010 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 1,530 | $29.79 | $61,950 |
| Cost estimators | 1,520 | $33.12 | $68,890 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 1,520 | $19.23 | $40,000 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 1,520 | $13.83 | $28,760 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 1,510 | $31.06 | $64,610 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 1,510 | $21.52 | $44,770 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 1,500 | $14.33 | $29,810 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 1,500 | $30.17 | $62,760 |
| Public relations specialists | 1,490 | $27.88 | $57,990 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 1,470 | $33.79 | $70,280 |
| Engineering managers | 1,460 | $63.82 | $132,740 |
| All other information and record clerks | 1,450 | $17.65 | $36,720 |
| Crossing guards | 1,450 | $14.08 | $29,290 |
| Construction managers | 1,440 | $52.73 | $109,680 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | 1,440 | $14.39 | $29,920 |
| Financial specialists, all other | 1,440 | $32.90 | $68,420 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 1,430 | $20.33 | $42,280 |
| Cooks, short order | 1,420 | $9.86 | $20,510 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 1,400 | $22.04 | $45,840 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 1,390 | $10.11 | $21,030 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | 1,370 | $19.87 | $41,320 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 1,370 | $13.87 | $28,840 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 1,370 | $21.15 | $43,990 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 1,360 | $48.88 | $101,660 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 1,350 | $19.26 | $40,060 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 1,350 | $19.17 | $39,870 |
| Natural sciences managers | 1,350 | $84.20 | $175,130 |
| Chemical technicians | 1,320 | $20.39 | $42,400 |
| Engineers, all other | 1,320 | $50.03 | $104,070 |
| Coaches and scouts | 1,310 | Not available | $35,440 |
| Computer operators | 1,290 | $19.81 | $41,210 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 1,280 | Not available | $57,410 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 1,220 | $20.39 | $42,420 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer | 1,200 | $50.02 | $104,030 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 1,180 | $24.70 | $51,370 |
| Social and community service managers | 1,170 | $34.95 | $72,690 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other | 1,160 | $27.63 | $57,470 |
| Librarians | 1,160 | $29.95 | $62,300 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 1,130 | $22.94 | $47,710 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 1,130 | Not available | $68,580 |
| Industrial engineers | 1,120 | $37.76 | $78,540 |
| Physical therapists | 1,120 | $41.16 | $85,620 |
| Sewing machine operators | 1,120 | $11.85 | $24,650 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity | 1,110 | $17.54 | $36,490 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | 1,100 | $10.19 | $21,200 |
| Sheet metal workers | 1,080 | $23.01 | $47,860 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators | 1,060 | $39.46 | $82,080 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 1,060 | $29.64 | $61,650 |
| Electrical engineers | 1,050 | $38.51 | $80,110 |
| Dental hygienists | 1,040 | $37.93 | $78,890 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | 1,030 | $26.60 | $55,330 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other | 1,030 | $25.67 | $53,390 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 1,030 | $18.43 | $38,340 |
| Database administrators | 1,020 | $36.96 | $76,880 |
| Mental health counselors | 1,020 | $19.59 | $40,750 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 1,010 | $34.01 | $70,750 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 1,000 | $10.82 | $22,500 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 1,000 | $15.24 | $31,700 |
| Parts salespersons | 990 | $16.29 | $33,890 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 990 | Not available | Not available |
| Special education teachers, middle school | 990 | Not available | $59,090 |
| Chemical plant and system operators | 970 | $23.19 | $48,230 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 970 | $12.94 | $26,920 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other | 960 | $15.11 | $31,420 |
| Biochemists and biophysicists | 950 | $56.66 | $117,860 |
| Marriage and family therapists | 950 | $26.95 | $56,050 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 950 | $10.86 | $22,580 |
| Personal financial advisors | 950 | $41.23 | $85,760 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | 950 | $16.59 | $34,510 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary | 940 | $26.04 | $54,160 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary | 930 | Not available | $63,440 |
| Advertising sales agents | 920 | $32.50 | $67,590 |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders | 920 | $20.64 | $42,940 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 900 | $21.91 | $45,580 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 900 | $18.97 | $39,460 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 900 | $40.99 | $85,250 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 900 | Not available | $73,550 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 890 | $47.38 | $98,560 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 890 | $14.35 | $29,840 |
| Loan officers | 880 | $34.59 | $71,950 |
| Bakers | 850 | $12.61 | $26,230 |
| Library technicians | 850 | $14.84 | $30,860 |
| Manicurists and pedicurists | 830 | $11.20 | $23,290 |
| Food service managers | 820 | $32.99 | $68,610 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 810 | $23.13 | $48,110 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 810 | $28.04 | $58,320 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 800 | $38.58 | $80,250 |
| Procurement clerks | 780 | $19.02 | $39,560 |
| Internists, general | 770 | $79.35 | $165,040 |
| Postal service clerks | 770 | Not available | Not available |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 770 | $24.96 | $51,920 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 760 | $18.41 | $38,300 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 760 | $12.28 | $25,530 |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists | 740 | $28.17 | $58,590 |
| Psychiatric aides | 740 | $17.06 | $35,480 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval | 730 | $39.43 | $82,020 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 730 | $18.24 | $37,940 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 720 | $14.95 | $31,090 |
| Logisticians | 720 | $41.14 | $85,560 |
| Environmental engineers | 710 | $38.02 | $79,080 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other | 700 | $26.72 | $55,580 |
| Chemical engineers | 690 | $47.22 | $98,210 |
| Counselors, all other | 690 | $22.36 | $46,500 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 690 | $21.39 | $44,500 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 690 | $19.05 | $39,630 |
| Dentists, general | 680 | $79.57 | $165,510 |
| Transportation workers, all other | 680 | $17.45 | $36,290 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | 660 | $23.59 | $49,070 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 660 | $28.75 | $59,790 |
| Office machine operators, except computer | 660 | $14.16 | $29,450 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 650 | $12.29 | $25,560 |
| Biological technicians | 640 | $20.43 | $42,500 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks | 640 | $17.06 | $35,490 |
| Instructional coordinators | 640 | $30.35 | $63,120 |
| Public relations managers | 640 | $56.86 | $118,270 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | 630 | $32.53 | $67,650 |
| Human resources managers, all other | 630 | $62.09 | $129,140 |
| Legislators | 630 | Not available | $35,140 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 630 | $12.78 | $26,580 |
| Protective service workers, all other | 630 | $13.36 | $27,780 |
| Editors | 620 | $31.31 | $65,120 |
| Family and general practitioners | 620 | $81.18 | $168,860 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 610 | $22.79 | $47,400 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 610 | $26.41 | $54,920 |
| Purchasing managers | 610 | $54.64 | $113,660 |
| Sales engineers | 610 | $46.03 | $95,740 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary | 600 | Not available | $81,190 |
| Respiratory therapists | 590 | $29.93 | $62,260 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary | 580 | Not available | $66,120 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 580 | $25.82 | $53,710 |
| Occupational therapists | 580 | $38.70 | $80,500 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 570 | $31.75 | $66,030 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers | 570 | $15.57 | $32,380 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators | 570 | $24.29 | $50,530 |
| Couriers and messengers | 560 | $13.38 | $27,830 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 560 | $15.61 | $32,470 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary | 550 | Not available | $86,490 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | 550 | $24.42 | $50,790 |
| Interior designers | 550 | $28.57 | $59,420 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers | 540 | $15.99 | $33,250 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 540 | Not available | Not available |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters | 530 | $15.41 | $32,050 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary | 530 | Not available | $69,770 |
| Operations research analysts | 530 | $45.19 | $94,000 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other | 530 | $11.85 | $24,640 |
| Physical therapist aides | 530 | $12.60 | $26,210 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents | 530 | $35.77 | $74,410 |
| Travel agents | 530 | $14.53 | $30,230 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 510 | $18.73 | $38,950 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | 510 | $23.09 | $48,030 |
| New accounts clerks | 510 | $17.48 | $36,360 |
| Real estate sales agents | 510 | $25.01 | $52,010 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary | 500 | $51.15 | $106,400 |
| Medical equipment preparers | 500 | $15.91 | $33,080 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders | 490 | $12.54 | $26,090 |
| Transportation attendants, except flight attendants and baggage porters | 490 | $9.51 | $19,790 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers | 480 | $48.00 | $99,830 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops | 470 | $8.38 | $17,440 |
| Computer hardware engineers | 470 | $45.40 | $94,430 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 470 | $22.67 | $47,150 |
| Pest control workers | 470 | $17.44 | $36,270 |
| Prepress technicians and workers | 470 | $20.33 | $42,280 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 460 | $15.85 | $32,970 |
| Helpers--carpenters | 460 | $16.53 | $34,380 |
| Home appliance repairers | 460 | $17.31 | $36,000 |
| Roofers | 460 | $17.19 | $35,760 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 450 | $20.11 | $41,830 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | 450 | $34.75 | $72,280 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors | 440 | $23.53 | $48,940 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | 440 | $22.22 | $46,220 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | 430 | $31.79 | $66,130 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other | 430 | $29.82 | $62,020 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 430 | $13.72 | $28,550 |
| Social workers, all other | 430 | $37.70 | $78,420 |
| Surgical technologists | 430 | $20.39 | $42,420 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 430 | $11.01 | $22,890 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers | 430 | $9.98 | $20,770 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary | 420 | Not available | Not available |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 420 | $13.91 | $28,930 |
| Surveyors | 410 | $31.91 | $66,380 |
| Brokerage clerks | 400 | $20.81 | $43,280 |
| Chief executives | 400 | $97.68 | $203,160 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | 400 | $28.73 | $59,750 |
| Helpers--electricians | 400 | $14.27 | $29,670 |
| Insurance appraisers, auto damage | 400 | $25.27 | $52,570 |
| Material moving workers, all other | 400 | $18.06 | $37,560 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 390 | $15.40 | $32,030 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers | 390 | $24.77 | $51,520 |
| Massage therapists | 390 | $17.10 | $35,570 |
| Tax preparers | 390 | $22.94 | $47,720 |
| Tool and die makers | 390 | $21.71 | $45,150 |
| Actuaries | 380 | $44.67 | $92,920 |
| Writers and authors | 380 | $19.52 | $40,610 |
| Bindery workers | 370 | $15.10 | $31,400 |
| Private detectives and investigators | 370 | $30.14 | $62,690 |
| Statisticians | 370 | $39.16 | $81,460 |
| Surgeons | 370 | $103.43 | $215,130 |
| Technical writers | 370 | $33.07 | $68,780 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | 370 | $10.49 | $21,830 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 360 | $23.43 | $48,740 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials | 360 | $11.64 | $24,210 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators | 350 | $24.26 | $50,460 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 350 | $19.28 | $40,110 |
| Pharmacy aides | 350 | $10.72 | $22,290 |
| Photographers | 350 | $16.89 | $35,130 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers | 350 | $22.38 | $46,550 |
| Education administrators, all other | 340 | $41.59 | $86,510 |
| Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment | 340 | $22.02 | $45,800 |
| Health specialties teachers, postsecondary | 340 | Not available | $77,410 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 340 | $27.01 | $56,180 |
| Pediatricians, general | 340 | $75.55 | $157,150 |
| Physician assistants | 340 | $43.03 | $89,500 |
| Mechanical drafters | 330 | $26.32 | $54,740 |
| Credit analysts | 320 | $32.79 | $68,200 |
| Musicians and singers | 320 | $25.06 | Not available |
| Psychiatrists | 320 | $83.12 | $172,900 |
| Dental laboratory technicians | 310 | $18.03 | $37,500 |
| Elevator installers and repairers | 310 | $34.04 | $70,800 |
| Meeting and convention planners | 310 | $24.61 | $51,200 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 310 | $18.22 | $37,900 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians | 300 | $30.10 | $62,620 |
| Cutters and trimmers, hand | 300 | $10.86 | $22,600 |
| Food batchmakers | 300 | $13.40 | $27,870 |
| Tile and marble setters | 300 | $24.50 | $50,970 |
| Art directors | 290 | $42.85 | $89,130 |
| Clergy | 290 | $21.83 | $45,410 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 290 | $13.91 | $28,920 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other | 290 | $24.74 | $51,460 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers | 290 | $20.16 | $41,930 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary | 280 | Not available | $76,580 |
| Budget analysts | 280 | $34.11 | $70,950 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 280 | $24.71 | $51,400 |
| Communications teachers, postsecondary | 280 | Not available | $66,090 |
| Construction and related workers, all other | 280 | $18.95 | $39,410 |
| Producers and directors | 280 | $54.97 | $114,350 |
| Advertising and promotions managers | 270 | $58.67 | $122,040 |
| Training and development managers | 270 | $56.14 | $116,780 |
| Compensation and benefits managers | 260 | $58.53 | $121,730 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 260 | $14.60 | $30,360 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers | 260 | $17.43 | $36,250 |
| Fire inspectors and investigators | 260 | $25.27 | $52,570 |
| Job printers | 260 | $19.42 | $40,390 |
| Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates | 260 | $57.25 | $119,090 |
| Law clerks | 260 | $21.73 | $45,190 |
| Medical equipment repairers | 260 | $23.13 | $48,100 |
| Actors | 250 | $12.68 | Not available |
| Cooks, all other | 250 | $11.14 | $23,180 |
| Floral designers | 250 | $18.17 | $37,800 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors | 250 | $40.36 | $83,950 |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other | 250 | $37.77 | $78,560 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers | 250 | $14.37 | $29,900 |
| Photographic processing machine operators | 250 | $10.79 | $22,440 |
| Plasterers and stucco masons | 250 | $15.38 | $31,990 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 250 | $18.52 | $38,520 |
| Transportation inspectors | 250 | $32.65 | $67,920 |
| Biological scientists, all other | 240 | $29.19 | $60,720 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers | 240 | $14.96 | $31,110 |
| Environmental engineering technicians | 240 | $19.55 | $40,670 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other | 240 | $9.71 | $20,190 |
| History teachers, postsecondary | 240 | Not available | $76,030 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 240 | $18.56 | $38,600 |
| Shampooers | 240 | $9.52 | $19,800 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians | 230 | $20.05 | $41,710 |
| Chiropractors | 230 | $34.07 | $70,860 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 230 | $17.47 | $36,330 |
| Carpet installers | 220 | $33.58 | $69,850 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters | 220 | $29.22 | $60,780 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers | 220 | $40.06 | $83,330 |
| Health educators | 220 | $25.19 | $52,400 |
| Sociology teachers, postsecondary | 220 | Not available | $69,190 |
| Desktop publishers | 210 | $19.57 | $40,700 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 210 | $12.02 | $25,000 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 210 | $22.84 | $47,500 |
| Pipelayers | 210 | $24.31 | $50,570 |
| Veterinarians | 210 | $61.88 | $128,700 |
| Crane and tower operators | 200 | $24.54 | $51,030 |
| Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 200 | $12.56 | $26,130 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians | 200 | $22.52 | $46,840 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists | 200 | $38.86 | $80,820 |
| Emergency management specialists | 190 | $25.24 | $52,500 |
| Funeral directors | 190 | $42.73 | $88,890 |
| Medical appliance technicians | 190 | $22.76 | $47,340 |
| Painters, transportation equipment | 190 | $18.05 | $37,550 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 190 | $14.33 | $29,800 |
| Designers, all other | 180 | $20.62 | $42,900 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | 180 | $31.46 | $65,430 |
| Legal support workers, all other | 180 | $27.81 | $57,830 |
| Recreational therapists | 180 | $19.93 | $41,450 |
| Biomedical engineers | 170 | $39.28 | $81,700 |
| Computer and information scientists, research | 170 | $44.28 | $92,110 |
| Lodging managers | 170 | $34.76 | $72,300 |
| Real estate brokers | 170 | Not available | Not available |
| Structural iron and steel workers | 170 | $29.70 | $61,770 |
| Chemistry teachers, postsecondary | 160 | Not available | $79,030 |
| Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 160 | Not available | $74,430 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary | 160 | Not available | $77,910 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists | 160 | $78.71 | $163,720 |
| Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary | 160 | Not available | Not available |
| Respiratory therapy technicians | 160 | $27.03 | $56,220 |
| Coil winders, tapers, and finishers | 150 | $12.67 | $26,360 |
| Commercial and industrial designers | 150 | $30.83 | $64,130 |
| Correspondence clerks | 150 | $16.66 | $34,640 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | 150 | $13.12 | $27,280 |
| Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants | 150 | $10.29 | $21,400 |
| Media and communication workers, all other | 150 | $34.95 | $72,690 |
| Physicists | 150 | $56.69 | $117,920 |
| Reinforcing iron and rebar workers | 150 | $26.56 | $55,250 |
| Economics teachers, postsecondary | 140 | Not available | $100,350 |
| Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles | 140 | $14.77 | $30,710 |
| Industrial engineering technicians | 140 | $26.88 | $55,910 |
| Mechanical door repairers | 140 | $16.80 | $34,940 |
| Meter readers, utilities | 140 | $23.65 | $49,190 |
| Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers | 130 | $47.79 | $99,400 |
| Anesthesiologists | 130 | $75.00 | More than $145,600 |
| Electro-mechanical technicians | 130 | $22.65 | $47,120 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health | 130 | $18.26 | $37,970 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other | 130 | $36.82 | $76,580 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic | 130 | $14.55 | $30,250 |
| Motion picture projectionists | 130 | $11.72 | $24,390 |
| Occupational therapist assistants | 130 | $20.85 | $43,380 |
| Oral and maxillofacial surgeons | 130 | $76.84 | $159,830 |
| Political science teachers, postsecondary | 130 | Not available | $87,100 |
| Postmasters and mail superintendents | 130 | $33.76 | $70,210 |
| Skin care specialists | 130 | $17.34 | $36,070 |
| Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders | 120 | $15.59 | $32,430 |
| Food scientists and technologists | 120 | $36.34 | $75,580 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers | 120 | $36.74 | $76,430 |
| Helpers--roofers | 120 | $17.04 | $35,440 |
| Law teachers, postsecondary | 120 | Not available | $118,380 |
| Loan counselors | 120 | $20.34 | $42,320 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers | 120 | $13.84 | $28,790 |
| Proofreaders and copy markers | 120 | $19.66 | $40,900 |
| Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 120 | $11.12 | $23,130 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 120 | $15.10 | $31,400 |
| Financial examiners | 110 | $44.16 | $91,860 |
| Furniture finishers | 110 | $14.98 | $31,170 |
| Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary | 110 | Not available | $71,400 |
| Radiation therapists | 110 | $43.94 | $91,390 |
| Urban and regional planners | 110 | $30.21 | $62,840 |
| Athletic trainers | 100 | Not available | $52,060 |
| Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels | 100 | $28.69 | $59,670 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand | 100 | $13.52 | $28,130 |
| Parking enforcement workers | 100 | $19.03 | $39,580 |
| Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other | 100 | $25.77 | $53,590 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders | 100 | $16.85 | $35,050 |
| Stonemasons | 100 | $27.64 | $57,500 |
| Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders | 100 | $10.63 | $22,110 |
| Animal control workers | 90 | $17.97 | $37,380 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 90 | $13.19 | $27,440 |
| Drafters, all other | 90 | $26.73 | $55,590 |
| Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other | 90 | $9.50 | $19,760 |
| Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 90 | $16.48 | $34,280 |
| Interpreters and translators | 90 | $20.64 | $42,920 |
| Materials engineers | 90 | $42.86 | $89,150 |
| Multi-media artists and animators | 90 | $24.58 | $51,130 |
| Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes | 80 | $32.42 | $67,430 |
| Agricultural inspectors | 80 | $25.21 | $52,440 |
| Dietetic technicians | 80 | $15.15 | $31,500 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers | 80 | $23.39 | $48,640 |
| Engine and other machine assemblers | 80 | $16.59 | $34,500 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders | 80 | $13.53 | $28,140 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other | 80 | $10.99 | $22,850 |
| Anthropology and archeology teachers, postsecondary | 70 | Not available | $67,230 |
| Audiologists | 70 | $41.61 | $86,540 |
| Mathematicians | 70 | $40.55 | $84,330 |
| Music directors and composers | 70 | Not available | Not available |
| Occupational health and safety technicians | 70 | $25.62 | $53,280 |
| Physics teachers, postsecondary | 70 | Not available | $83,000 |
| Criminal justice and law enforcement teachers, postsecondary | 60 | Not available | Not available |
| Optometrists | 60 | $56.40 | $117,310 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | 60 | $16.53 | $34,390 |
| Aircraft cargo handling supervisors | 50 | $24.56 | $51,080 |
| Artists and related workers, all other | 50 | $36.04 | $74,970 |
| Concierges | 50 | $14.24 | $29,610 |
| Court reporters | 50 | $37.43 | $77,850 |
| Directors, religious activities and education | 50 | $25.22 | $52,450 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay | 50 | $32.84 | $68,300 |
| Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers, all other | 50 | $14.61 | Not available |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders | 50 | $10.56 | $21,960 |
| Materials scientists | 50 | $44.80 | $93,190 |
| Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders | 50 | $17.58 | $36,580 |
| Millwrights | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood | 50 | $11.49 | $23,910 |
| Upholsterers | 50 | $16.95 | $35,250 |
| Broadcast technicians | 40 | $25.88 | $53,820 |
| Cartographers and photogrammetrists | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders | 40 | $12.82 | $26,670 |
| Conservation scientists | 40 | $31.21 | $64,910 |
| Curators | 40 | $25.43 | $52,900 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers | 40 | $28.56 | $59,390 |
| Museum technicians and conservators | 40 | $22.46 | $46,710 |
| Numerical tool and process control programmers | 40 | $27.31 | $56,810 |
| Plant and system operators, all other | 40 | $22.72 | $47,250 |
| Slaughterers and meat packers | 40 | $10.90 | $22,660 |
| Social scientists and related workers, all other | 40 | $38.41 | $79,890 |
| Telephone operators | 40 | $15.40 | $32,040 |
| Therapists, all other | 40 | $18.51 | $38,510 |
| Aerospace engineers | 30 | $51.01 | $106,100 |
| Bailiffs | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Riggers | 30 | $21.43 | $44,580 |
| Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians | Not available | $11.51 | $23,950 |
| Anthropologists and archeologists | Not available | $28.19 | $58,640 |
| Automotive glass installers and repairers | Not available | $15.60 | $32,460 |
| Avionics technicians | Not available | $23.09 | $48,020 |
| Barbers | Not available | $15.08 | $31,360 |
| Boilermakers | Not available | $23.57 | $49,030 |
| Bridge and lock tenders | Not available | $21.35 | $44,400 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door | Not available | $24.15 | $50,230 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters | Not available | $11.37 | $23,660 |
| Dentists, all other specialists | Not available | $70.22 | $146,070 |
| Etchers and engravers | Not available | $14.89 | $30,970 |
| Fashion designers | Not available | $39.91 | $83,000 |
| Forest and conservation technicians | Not available | $20.89 | $43,450 |
| Funeral attendants | Not available | $21.57 | $44,860 |
| Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders | Not available | $12.28 | $25,540 |
| Gas plant operators | Not available | $28.65 | $59,600 |
| Geological and petroleum technicians | Not available | $23.91 | $49,730 |
| Glaziers | Not available | $23.74 | $49,380 |
| Grounds maintenance workers, all other | Not available | $15.21 | $31,630 |
| Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons | Not available | $15.67 | $32,600 |
| Historians | Not available | $35.91 | $74,690 |
| Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall | Not available | $13.59 | $28,260 |
| Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers | Not available | $18.53 | $38,540 |
| Landscape architects | Not available | $32.17 | $66,900 |
| Life scientists, all other | Not available | $36.21 | $75,320 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers | Not available | $23.85 | $49,610 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers | Not available | $10.86 | $22,600 |
| Metal workers and plastic workers, all other | Not available | $12.21 | $25,400 |
| Microbiologists | Not available | $31.72 | $65,970 |
| Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $20.33 | $42,290 |
| Model makers, metal and plastic | Not available | $16.69 | $34,710 |
| Musical instrument repairers and tuners | Not available | $19.44 | $40,430 |
| Occupational therapist aides | Not available | $13.99 | $29,090 |
| Orthodontists | Not available | $100.73 | $209,510 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics | Not available | $16.01 | $33,290 |
| Paperhangers | Not available | $22.60 | $47,010 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | Not available | $19.58 | $40,730 |
| Photographic process workers | Not available | $15.07 | $31,340 |
| Physical scientists, all other | Not available | $42.49 | $88,380 |
| Podiatrists | Not available | $66.32 | $137,940 |
| Psychiatric technicians | Not available | $22.30 | $46,380 |
| Pump operators, except wellhead pumpers | Not available | $20.24 | $42,100 |
| Radio and television announcers | Not available | $22.35 | $46,490 |
| Rail car repairers | Not available | $23.96 | $49,830 |
| Recreational vehicle service technicians | Not available | $16.05 | $33,380 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks | Not available | $16.75 | $34,830 |
| Residential advisors | Not available | $18.52 | $38,520 |
| Rock splitters, quarry | Not available | $27.72 | $57,650 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners | Not available | $25.42 | $52,870 |
| Sewers, hand | Not available | $10.07 | $20,950 |
| Social work teachers, postsecondary | Not available | Not available | $61,600 |
| Sound engineering technicians | Not available | $27.84 | $57,910 |
| Statistical assistants | Not available | $16.50 | $34,320 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers | Not available | $18.96 | $39,430 |
| Tank car, truck, and ship loaders | Not available | $20.56 | $42,760 |
| Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other | Not available | $15.42 | $32,080 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | Not available | Not available | $70,610 |
