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 | 98,280 | $16.39 | $34,080 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 18,210 | $12.85 | $26,730 |
| Sales and related occupations | 13,700 | $16.14 | $33,570 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 9,060 | $9.07 | $18,860 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 6,490 | $16.23 | $33,760 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 6,160 | $13.63 | $28,350 |
| Production occupations | 5,990 | $13.68 | $28,450 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 5,900 | $28.91 | $60,140 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 4,460 | $16.58 | $34,490 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 3,840 | $11.56 | $24,050 |
| Retail salespersons | 3,770 | $12.68 | $26,370 |
| Cashiers | 3,690 | $8.55 | $17,790 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 3,110 | $10.39 | $21,620 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 2,940 | $25.06 | $52,130 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 2,720 | $8.71 | $18,120 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 2,550 | $9.82 | $20,420 |
| Protective service occupations | 2,380 | $16.01 | $33,300 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 2,380 | $12.44 | $25,880 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 2,270 | $10.68 | $22,220 |
| Management occupations | 2,170 | $45.24 | $94,100 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 2,000 | $14.94 | $31,070 |
| Registered nurses | 1,950 | $28.62 | $59,520 |
| Office clerks, general | 1,940 | $11.37 | $23,640 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 1,920 | $8.76 | $18,210 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 1,710 | $10.80 | $22,470 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 1,590 | $27.15 | $56,480 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 1,400 | $26.40 | $54,920 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 1,340 | $14.55 | $30,260 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 1,250 | $11.26 | $23,430 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 1,220 | $11.00 | $22,880 |
| Customer service representatives | 1,160 | $11.90 | $24,760 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 1,150 | $18.94 | $39,390 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 1,100 | $10.57 | $21,990 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 1,060 | $10.22 | $21,260 |
| Community and social services occupations | 1,000 | $18.66 | $38,820 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 980 | $19.11 | $39,750 |
| Team assemblers | 980 | $12.01 | $24,970 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 980 | $12.58 | $26,160 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 940 | $13.40 | $27,880 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 890 | $9.78 | $20,350 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 850 | $16.09 | $33,470 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 850 | $16.84 | $35,020 |
| Dishwashers | 780 | $7.70 | $16,020 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 780 | $11.38 | $23,670 |
| Carpenters | 770 | $16.18 | $33,650 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 760 | $25.81 | $53,690 |
| Legal occupations | 710 | $27.14 | $56,440 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 700 | $26.27 | $54,630 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 690 | $19.24 | $40,010 |
| Food preparation workers | 640 | $8.94 | $18,600 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 640 | $8.34 | $17,350 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 620 | $12.13 | $25,230 |
| General and operations managers | 610 | $46.91 | $97,560 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 600 | $17.66 | $36,730 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 600 | $28.55 | $59,390 |
| Tellers | 590 | $10.90 | $22,670 |
| Medical assistants | 580 | $12.15 | $25,270 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 580 | $11.58 | $24,090 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 550 | $10.35 | $21,530 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 540 | $27.41 | $57,010 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 540 | $10.41 | $21,650 |
| Bus drivers, school | 530 | Not available | Not available |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 520 | $15.15 | $31,500 |
| Construction laborers | 510 | $12.00 | $24,970 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 510 | $14.70 | $30,580 |
| Accountants and auditors | 490 | $26.14 | $54,370 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 460 | $19.29 | $40,120 |
| Security guards | 460 | $9.15 | $19,040 |
| Electricians | 450 | $15.98 | $33,240 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals | 440 | $10.58 | $22,000 |
| Home health aides | 430 | $9.28 | $19,300 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 420 | $17.06 | $35,480 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 410 | $13.72 | $28,540 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 410 | Not available | Not available |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 400 | $13.15 | $27,340 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 390 | $12.47 | $25,930 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 390 | $17.19 | $35,750 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 370 | $10.62 | $22,090 |
| Telemarketers | 360 | $9.80 | $20,380 |
| Insurance sales agents | 350 | $28.90 | $60,110 |
| Cooks, fast food | 340 | $8.37 | $17,400 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 340 | $23.40 | $48,670 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | 320 | $14.53 | $30,230 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 320 | $24.50 | $50,950 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 310 | $11.91 | $24,770 |
| Lawyers | 310 | $38.18 | $79,420 |
| Medical secretaries | 310 | $11.87 | $24,690 |
| Order clerks | 310 | $12.30 | $25,580 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 310 | $17.69 | $36,800 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 310 | $10.11 | $21,020 |
| Child care workers | 300 | $10.47 | $21,770 |
| Loan officers | 300 | $25.10 | $52,200 |
| Helpers--electricians | 290 | $12.87 | $26,770 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 290 | $28.54 | $59,370 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 290 | $15.48 | $32,190 |
| Plasterers and stucco masons | 260 | $19.07 | $39,670 |
| Recreation workers | 260 | $8.78 | $18,260 |
| File clerks | 250 | $12.11 | $25,200 |
| Data entry keyers | 240 | $11.38 | $23,680 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 230 | $22.03 | $45,820 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 230 | $32.40 | $67,390 |
| Parts salespersons | 230 | $13.05 | $27,140 |
| Roofers | 230 | $13.78 | $28,660 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 230 | $28.77 | $59,830 |
| Bill and account collectors | 220 | $12.64 | $26,290 |
| Computer support specialists | 220 | $17.09 | $35,550 |
| Construction managers | 220 | $39.31 | $81,770 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 220 | $14.84 | $30,870 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 220 | $12.68 | $26,360 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 210 | $16.87 | $35,080 |
| Pharmacists | 210 | $49.79 | $103,550 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 210 | $81.88 | $170,310 |
| Cost estimators | 200 | $25.03 | $52,070 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 200 | $12.74 | $26,490 |
| Dental assistants | 200 | $16.06 | $33,390 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 200 | $16.24 | $33,790 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 200 | $10.60 | $22,050 |
| Pest control workers | 200 | $14.44 | $30,040 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 200 | $22.14 | $46,050 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 190 | $19.24 | $40,020 |
| Chief executives | 190 | $71.17 | $148,030 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 190 | $10.32 | $21,470 |
| Dental hygienists | 190 | $25.30 | $52,630 |
| Driver/sales workers | 190 | $14.53 | $30,230 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 190 | $8.91 | $18,530 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 190 | $9.28 | $19,310 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 190 | $8.81 | $18,330 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 190 | $8.94 | $18,600 |
| All other information and record clerks | 180 | $13.52 | $28,110 |
| Protective service workers, all other | 170 | $11.68 | $24,300 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 160 | $12.53 | $26,070 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 160 | $11.05 | $22,990 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 160 | $23.80 | $49,500 |
| Real estate sales agents | 160 | Not available | Not available |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 150 | $11.89 | $24,740 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 150 | $15.18 | $31,560 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | 150 | $18.38 | $38,220 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 150 | $8.24 | $17,130 |
| Legal secretaries | 150 | $14.81 | $30,810 |
| Physical therapists | 150 | $30.87 | $64,210 |
| Real estate brokers | 150 | Not available | Not available |
| Sales managers | 150 | $65.35 | $135,930 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 140 | $15.29 | $31,810 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 140 | Not available | Not available |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 140 | $23.85 | $49,600 |
| Financial managers | 140 | $44.04 | $91,610 |
| Industrial engineers | 140 | $32.65 | $67,920 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 140 | $14.22 | $29,580 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 140 | $13.95 | $29,010 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 140 | $14.02 | $29,160 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 140 | $14.55 | $30,270 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 140 | $25.02 | $52,050 |
| Veterinarians | 140 | $34.82 | $72,430 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 130 | $7.95 | $16,530 |
| Bartenders | 130 | $9.60 | $19,970 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 130 | $11.44 | $23,790 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 130 | $23.91 | $49,740 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 130 | $12.67 | $26,350 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 130 | $15.50 | $32,240 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 130 | $13.83 | $28,760 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | 130 | $9.13 | $18,990 |
| Animal trainers | 120 | $16.78 | $34,890 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door | 120 | $11.69 | $24,320 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 120 | $23.46 | $48,800 |
| Management analysts | 120 | $37.06 | $77,080 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 120 | $23.72 | $49,340 |
| Medical equipment preparers | 120 | $10.73 | $22,310 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 120 | $12.19 | $25,350 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 120 | $24.28 | $50,500 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other | 120 | $9.77 | $20,330 |
| Sales and related workers, all other | 120 | $14.84 | $30,870 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 110 | $20.30 | $42,230 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters | 110 | $10.75 | $22,360 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 110 | $14.74 | $30,670 |
| Librarians | 110 | Not available | Not available |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 110 | $14.57 | $30,310 |
| Machinists | 110 | $16.06 | $33,410 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 110 | $21.72 | $45,180 |
| Public relations specialists | 110 | $20.59 | $42,830 |
| Social and human service assistants | 110 | $13.62 | $28,340 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | 110 | $15.71 | $32,680 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 110 | $17.05 | $35,450 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 100 | $14.11 | $29,350 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 100 | $18.58 | $38,650 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 100 | $21.85 | $45,450 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 100 | $14.82 | $30,820 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 100 | $22.37 | $46,520 |
| Pharmacy aides | 100 | $8.93 | $18,580 |
| Sewing machine operators | 100 | $9.98 | $20,750 |
| Upholsterers | 100 | $10.97 | $22,810 |
| Advertising sales agents | 90 | $22.75 | $47,330 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 90 | $17.63 | $36,680 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 90 | $18.07 | $37,590 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 90 | $8.65 | $17,980 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers | 90 | $17.78 | $36,980 |
| Helpers--roofers | 90 | $11.45 | $23,830 |
| Managers, all other | 90 | $34.26 | $71,270 |
| Medical and health services managers | 90 | $43.47 | $90,420 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 90 | $14.01 | $29,150 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 90 | $24.29 | $50,520 |
| Training and development specialists | 90 | $20.10 | $41,810 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 80 | $20.65 | $42,950 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | 80 | $19.81 | $41,210 |
| Computer programmers | 80 | $32.82 | $68,270 |
| Computer systems analysts | 80 | $23.32 | $48,510 |
| Earth drillers, except oil and gas | 80 | $13.90 | $28,900 |
| Graphic designers | 80 | $16.49 | $34,310 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 80 | $13.09 | $27,230 |
| Instructional coordinators | 80 | $24.24 | $50,420 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 80 | $28.45 | $59,180 |
| Personal financial advisors | 80 | $29.89 | $62,180 |
| Postal service clerks | 80 | Not available | Not available |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 80 | $17.85 | $37,120 |
| Recreational vehicle service technicians | 80 | $16.75 | $34,840 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 80 | $14.98 | $31,160 |
| Respiratory therapists | 80 | $22.63 | $47,080 |
| Surgical technologists | 80 | $16.96 | $35,280 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 80 | $10.03 | $20,850 |
| Administrative services managers | 70 | $39.49 | $82,140 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians | 70 | $22.08 | $45,920 |
| Couriers and messengers | 70 | $11.30 | $23,500 |
| Financial specialists, all other | 70 | $26.38 | $54,860 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 70 | $10.32 | $21,470 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 70 | $17.74 | $36,890 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other | 70 | $10.94 | $22,760 |
| Surveyors | 70 | $25.40 | $52,830 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 70 | $19.79 | $41,160 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | 70 | $11.82 | $24,590 |
| Civil engineers | 60 | $36.90 | $76,750 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 60 | $46.13 | $95,950 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 60 | $13.99 | $29,110 |
| Cooks, short order | 60 | $8.63 | $17,940 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other | 60 | $22.92 | $47,670 |
| Family and general practitioners | 60 | $65.10 | $135,400 |
| Floral designers | 60 | $10.72 | $22,300 |
| Food service managers | 60 | $21.70 | $45,130 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other | 60 | $11.31 | $23,530 |
| Mechanical drafters | 60 | $19.48 | $40,530 |
| Mechanical engineers | 60 | $28.96 | $60,240 |
| Mental health counselors | 60 | $16.32 | $33,940 |
| Painters, transportation equipment | 60 | $17.83 | $37,080 |
| Personal and home care aides | 60 | $9.31 | $19,350 |
| Printing machine operators | 60 | $16.72 | $34,780 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 60 | $13.23 | $27,510 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 60 | $30.50 | $63,430 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 60 | $14.89 | $30,980 |
| Bakers | 50 | $10.60 | $22,050 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 50 | $30.84 | $64,140 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 50 | $14.54 | $30,240 |
| Counselors, all other | 50 | $19.05 | $39,620 |
| Dental laboratory technicians | 50 | $17.27 | $35,920 |
| Dentists, general | 50 | $79.76 | $165,910 |
| Editors | 50 | $25.80 | $53,670 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 50 | $13.38 | $27,820 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 50 | $12.37 | $25,730 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other | 50 | $19.10 | $39,730 |
| Industrial engineering technicians | 50 | $20.01 | $41,610 |
| Industrial production managers | 50 | $43.40 | $90,260 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 50 | $17.01 | $35,380 |
| Physical therapist aides | 50 | $10.41 | $21,660 |
| Procurement clerks | 50 | $14.67 | $30,510 |
| Production workers, all other | 50 | $13.71 | $28,520 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood | 50 | $11.64 | $24,220 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 50 | $10.13 | $21,070 |
| Tile and marble setters | 50 | $16.57 | $34,460 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers | 50 | $17.82 | $37,060 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | 50 | $12.00 | $24,970 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Civil engineering technicians | 40 | $20.91 | $43,500 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 40 | $27.93 | $58,100 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 40 | $19.93 | $41,450 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 40 | $43.13 | $89,710 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | 40 | $23.63 | $49,150 |
| Electrical engineers | 40 | $35.85 | $74,570 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers | 40 | $14.80 | $30,790 |
| Engineering managers | 40 | $59.14 | $123,010 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators | 40 | $14.63 | $30,420 |
| Financial analysts | 40 | $35.76 | $74,370 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 40 | $17.92 | $37,270 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 40 | $18.45 | $38,380 |
| Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers | 40 | $15.68 | $32,610 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other | 40 | $15.46 | $32,160 |
| Market research analysts | 40 | $29.52 | $61,400 |
| Marketing managers | 40 | $52.53 | $109,250 |
| Marriage and family therapists | 40 | $17.20 | $35,780 |
| Occupational therapists | 40 | $34.43 | $71,610 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers | 40 | $12.06 | $25,090 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | 40 | $27.18 | $56,530 |
| Chiropractors | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Database administrators | 30 | $24.97 | $51,930 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | 30 | $22.52 | $46,840 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers | 30 | $22.68 | $47,180 |
| Meter readers, utilities | 30 | $14.68 | $30,530 |
| Operations research analysts | 30 | $23.20 | $48,250 |
| Physician assistants | 30 | $56.52 | $117,550 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | Not available | $25.90 | $53,870 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | Not available | $14.98 | $31,160 |
| Broadcast technicians | Not available | $19.81 | $41,210 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | Not available | $13.42 | $27,920 |
| Construction and related workers, all other | Not available | $14.36 | $29,860 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer | Not available | $41.01 | $85,300 |
| Engineers, all other | Not available | $40.28 | $83,780 |
| Farm equipment mechanics | Not available | $13.69 | $28,480 |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other | Not available | $25.73 | $53,520 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other | Not available | $11.86 | $24,670 |
| Helpers--carpenters | Not available | $12.90 | $26,820 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | Not available | $10.81 | $22,490 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | Not available | $13.17 | $27,390 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | Not available | $22.05 | $45,860 |
| Manicurists and pedicurists | Not available | $10.64 | $22,130 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | Not available | $15.04 | $31,270 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers | Not available | $7.66 | $15,940 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic | Not available | $13.25 | $27,570 |
| New accounts clerks | Not available | $14.08 | $29,280 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists | Not available | $29.61 | $61,600 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics | Not available | $17.16 | $35,690 |
| Sheet metal workers | Not available | $16.37 | $34,050 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | Not available | Not available | $31,330 |
| Tire repairers and changers | Not available | $10.42 | $21,680 |
