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 |
202,510 |
$17.68 |
$36,780 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
34,190 |
$13.83 |
$28,770 |
| Sales and related occupations |
22,180 |
$14.24 |
$29,610 |
| Production occupations |
18,040 |
$15.24 |
$31,690 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
15,540 |
$17.58 |
$36,580 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
14,800 |
$8.84 |
$18,390 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
14,110 |
$13.07 |
$27,180 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
12,610 |
$18.89 |
$39,290 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
11,270 |
$29.46 |
$61,280 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
10,030 |
$20.20 |
$42,010 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
8,010 |
$29.43 |
$61,210 |
| Management occupations |
7,490 |
$39.91 |
$83,010 |
| Retail salespersons |
6,710 |
$11.03 |
$22,950 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
6,460 |
$10.07 |
$20,950 |
| Cashiers |
5,760 |
$8.63 |
$17,950 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
4,960 |
$11.20 |
$23,290 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
4,690 |
$7.70 |
$16,010 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
4,320 |
$33.71 |
$70,120 |
| Office clerks, general |
4,320 |
$11.28 |
$23,470 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
4,210 |
$11.17 |
$23,230 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
4,110 |
$30.28 |
$62,990 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
3,520 |
$13.04 |
$27,130 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
3,460 |
$10.35 |
$21,540 |
| Protective service occupations |
3,410 |
$15.16 |
$31,530 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
3,370 |
$9.41 |
$19,560 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
3,140 |
$11.42 |
$23,760 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
2,900 |
$8.92 |
$18,560 |
| General and operations managers |
2,860 |
$39.09 |
$81,320 |
| Community and social services occupations |
2,800 |
$16.67 |
$34,680 |
| Construction laborers |
2,740 |
$11.84 |
$24,630 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
2,700 |
Not available |
$51,090 |
| Teacher assistants |
2,700 |
Not available |
$23,490 |
| Registered nurses |
2,690 |
$26.52 |
$55,160 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
2,590 |
$18.14 |
$37,730 |
| Customer service representatives |
2,570 |
$13.00 |
$27,030 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
2,400 |
$15.47 |
$32,170 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
2,140 |
$36.33 |
$75,570 |
| Telemarketers |
2,070 |
$10.31 |
$21,440 |
| Carpenters |
2,050 |
$17.20 |
$35,780 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
1,960 |
$19.77 |
$41,120 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
1,890 |
$20.39 |
$42,400 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
1,890 |
$17.82 |
$37,070 |
| Machinists |
1,850 |
$18.85 |
$39,210 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
1,830 |
$25.45 |
$52,950 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
1,790 |
$11.32 |
$23,540 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
1,640 |
$8.62 |
$17,930 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
1,580 |
$9.93 |
$20,650 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
1,580 |
Not available |
$22,030 |
| Helpers--production workers |
1,560 |
$10.48 |
$21,800 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
1,540 |
$17.31 |
$36,010 |
| Team assemblers |
1,450 |
$13.18 |
$27,420 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
1,390 |
$10.19 |
$21,180 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
1,370 |
$28.97 |
$60,250 |
| Home health aides |
1,370 |
$10.05 |
$20,910 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
1,360 |
$10.49 |
$21,820 |
| Accountants and auditors |
1,320 |
$30.02 |
$62,440 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
1,240 |
$24.13 |
$50,190 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
1,220 |
Not available |
$48,340 |
| Electricians |
1,210 |
$19.80 |
$41,180 |
| Social and human service assistants |
1,200 |
$12.16 |
$25,280 |
| Child care workers |
1,190 |
$8.88 |
$18,460 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
1,190 |
$17.51 |
$36,430 |
| Cooks, fast food |
1,180 |
$7.98 |
$16,590 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
1,140 |
$11.97 |
$24,890 |
| Tellers |
1,130 |
$10.29 |
$21,400 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
1,100 |
$18.56 |
$38,600 |
| All other information and record clerks |
1,050 |
$15.45 |
$32,130 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
1,050 |
$13.55 |
$28,180 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
1,040 |
$14.15 |
$29,430 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
1,020 |
$24.55 |
$51,070 |
| Logisticians |
1,020 |
$32.26 |
$67,100 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
1,020 |
$19.93 |
$41,460 |
| Medical secretaries |
1,010 |
$12.25 |
$25,470 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
1,010 |
Not available |
$48,200 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians |
990 |
$23.71 |
$49,310 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs |
960 |
$19.57 |
$40,710 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
960 |
$21.17 |
$44,040 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
950 |
$18.41 |
$38,300 |
| Sheet metal workers |
950 |
$21.33 |
$44,360 |
| Computer specialists, all other |
920 |
$33.86 |
$70,420 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
920 |
$13.09 |
$27,220 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
910 |
$8.07 |
$16,780 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
850 |
$10.86 |
$22,580 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
850 |
$28.24 |
$58,730 |
| Management analysts |
850 |
$34.33 |
$71,400 |
| Data entry keyers |
840 |
$13.09 |
$27,240 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
820 |
$18.57 |
$38,620 |
| Dental assistants |
810 |
$12.03 |
$25,020 |
| Computer support specialists |
790 |
$19.97 |
$41,530 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
790 |
$11.36 |
$23,630 |
| Medical assistants |
790 |
$12.72 |
$26,460 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
780 |
$10.20 |
$21,210 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
750 |
$18.39 |
$38,250 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
740 |
$16.65 |
$34,640 |
| Security guards |
730 |
$10.90 |
$22,670 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
720 |
$7.67 |
$15,960 |
| Food preparation workers |
720 |
$8.17 |
$16,980 |
| Legal occupations |
700 |
$30.18 |
$62,760 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
700 |
$21.20 |
$44,100 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
690 |
$14.85 |
$30,890 |
| Mechanical engineers |
680 |
$36.38 |
$75,680 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
670 |
$17.77 |
$36,960 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
670 |
$30.21 |
$62,830 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
660 |
$8.80 |
$18,300 |
| Bill and account collectors |
650 |
$13.58 |
$28,250 |
| Computer programmers |
620 |
$30.32 |
$63,060 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
620 |
$7.35 |
$15,280 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
610 |
$24.71 |
$51,390 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
610 |
$40.15 |
$83,510 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
590 |
$11.87 |
$24,680 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
570 |
$19.89 |
$41,360 |
| Helpers--carpenters |
570 |
$11.22 |
$23,350 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers |
540 |
$16.04 |
$33,360 |
| Financial managers |
530 |
$43.12 |
$89,700 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
530 |
$17.79 |
$37,010 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
520 |
$14.55 |
$30,270 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
510 |
$7.93 |
$16,490 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
510 |
$7.60 |
$15,810 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
510 |
$20.35 |
$42,330 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
500 |
$12.82 |
$26,660 |
| Managers, all other |
500 |
$41.02 |
$85,330 |
| Loan officers |
490 |
$32.89 |
$68,410 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary |
490 |
$22.45 |
$46,700 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
480 |
$13.00 |
$27,050 |
| Parts salespersons |
470 |
$15.34 |
$31,910 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
460 |
$14.80 |
$30,780 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
430 |
$17.86 |
$37,160 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
430 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
420 |
$11.20 |
$23,300 |
| Bartenders |
420 |
$9.93 |
$20,650 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
420 |
$19.40 |
$40,340 |
| Plasterers and stucco masons |
420 |
$15.85 |
$32,970 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
420 |
Not available |
$48,330 |
| Procurement clerks |
410 |
$16.89 |
$35,140 |
| Dishwashers |
400 |
$7.26 |
$15,110 |
| Driver/sales workers |
400 |
$12.03 |
$25,030 |
| Fire fighters |
400 |
$16.16 |
$33,610 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
390 |
$47.15 |
$98,060 |
| Cost estimators |
390 |
$27.69 |
$57,600 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
390 |
$7.27 |
$15,120 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
390 |
$50.88 |
$105,820 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
380 |
$9.36 |
$19,470 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
370 |
$34.90 |
$72,580 |
| Insurance sales agents |
370 |
$25.62 |
$53,300 |
| Order clerks |
370 |
$10.78 |
$22,410 |
| Bakers |
360 |
$10.93 |
$22,730 |
| Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers |
360 |
$25.79 |
$53,640 |
| Real estate sales agents |
360 |
$16.88 |
$35,110 |
| Service station attendants |
360 |
$9.06 |
$18,850 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
350 |
$13.76 |
$28,620 |
| Pharmacists |
350 |
$52.20 |
$108,570 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
340 |
$13.69 |
$28,470 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
340 |
$19.56 |
$40,690 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
340 |
$12.85 |
$26,730 |
| Industrial engineers |
330 |
$32.75 |
$68,120 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
330 |
$11.95 |
$24,870 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
330 |
$10.72 |
$22,300 |
| Computer systems analysts |
320 |
$30.89 |
$64,240 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
320 |
$10.68 |
$22,220 |
| Coaches and scouts |
310 |
Not available |
$30,510 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
310 |
$35.04 |
$72,870 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
310 |
$23.15 |
$48,160 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
300 |
Not available |
$84,080 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
300 |
$28.26 |
$58,780 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
300 |
$16.72 |
$34,780 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
300 |
$16.61 |
$34,540 |
| Graphic designers |
290 |
$18.37 |
$38,210 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
290 |
$19.23 |
$39,990 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
290 |
$19.66 |
$40,890 |
| Chief executives |
280 |
$69.41 |
$144,380 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
280 |
$16.86 |
$35,060 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
280 |
$10.57 |
$21,980 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
280 |
$15.93 |
$33,130 |
| Lawyers |
280 |
$41.09 |
$85,460 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
280 |
$29.47 |
$61,300 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
270 |
$22.85 |
$47,530 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
270 |
$28.45 |
$59,170 |
| Engineers, all other |
270 |
$37.67 |
$78,360 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
270 |
$12.60 |
$26,220 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic |
270 |
$13.36 |
$27,780 |
| Roofers |
270 |
$17.59 |
$36,590 |
| Training and development specialists |
270 |
$22.04 |
$45,840 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
260 |
$17.62 |
$36,640 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
260 |
$12.38 |
$25,750 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
260 |
$28.89 |
$60,080 |
| Industrial engineering technicians |
260 |
$26.69 |
$55,520 |
| Medical and health services managers |
260 |
$40.69 |
$84,630 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
260 |
$12.05 |
$25,060 |
| Public relations specialists |
260 |
$22.38 |
$46,550 |
| Aerospace engineers |
250 |
$37.77 |
$78,550 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
250 |
$22.66 |
$47,130 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
250 |
$17.64 |
$36,690 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
250 |
$11.13 |
$23,160 |
| Sales managers |
250 |
$40.48 |
$84,200 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
240 |
$12.98 |
$26,990 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
240 |
$31.21 |
$64,920 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
240 |
$8.79 |
$18,270 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
240 |
$30.83 |
$64,130 |
| Budget analysts |
230 |
$32.61 |
$67,840 |
| Crossing guards |
230 |
$8.39 |
$17,440 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
230 |
$17.19 |
$35,760 |
| Industrial production managers |
230 |
$38.89 |
$80,880 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
220 |
$20.55 |
$42,750 |
| Physical therapists |
220 |
$33.38 |
$69,420 |
| Psychiatric technicians |
220 |
$12.01 |
$24,980 |
| Recreation workers |
220 |
$12.44 |
$25,870 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
200 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Construction managers |
200 |
$39.45 |
$82,050 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers |
200 |
$24.83 |
$51,640 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
190 |
$15.14 |
$31,490 |
| File clerks |
190 |
$10.67 |
$22,190 |
| Administrative services managers |
180 |
$30.22 |
$62,870 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
180 |
$12.82 |
$26,660 |
| Library technicians |
180 |
$13.84 |
$28,790 |
| Marketing managers |
180 |
$43.56 |
$90,600 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
180 |
$24.42 |
$50,790 |
| New accounts clerks |
180 |
$10.68 |
$22,210 |
| Social and community service managers |
180 |
$24.05 |
$50,030 |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
180 |
Not available |
$45,850 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
170 |
$15.65 |
$32,540 |
| Engineering managers |
170 |
$47.20 |
$98,180 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
170 |
$17.47 |
$36,330 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians |
170 |
$21.28 |
$44,260 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
170 |
$15.58 |
$32,400 |
| Surgical technologists |
170 |
$16.20 |
$33,700 |
| Computer operators |
160 |
$16.26 |
$33,810 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other |
160 |
$17.14 |
$35,650 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other |
160 |
$29.61 |
$61,580 |
| Fiberglass laminators and fabricators |
160 |
$8.57 |
$17,820 |
| Helpers--roofers |
160 |
$11.29 |
$23,490 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
160 |
$16.38 |
$34,080 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
160 |
$32.69 |
$68,000 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
160 |
$16.81 |
$34,960 |
| Sewing machine operators |
160 |
$8.57 |
$17,840 |
| Audio-visual collections specialists |
150 |
$14.31 |
$29,770 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
150 |
$18.19 |
$37,840 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
150 |
$17.51 |
$36,420 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
150 |
$33.06 |
$68,770 |
| Floral designers |
150 |
$10.17 |
$21,160 |
| Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons |
150 |
$10.78 |
$22,430 |
| Legislators |
150 |
Not available |
$28,790 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
150 |
$25.29 |
$52,610 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
150 |
$24.78 |
$51,540 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
150 |
$18.32 |
$38,100 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
150 |
$14.74 |
$30,660 |
| Transportation workers, all other |
150 |
$16.42 |
$34,150 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
150 |
$36.66 |
$76,250 |
| Commercial and industrial designers |
140 |
$37.42 |
$77,840 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
140 |
$21.08 |
$43,850 |
| Food batchmakers |
140 |
$10.76 |
$22,370 |
| Market research analysts |
140 |
$21.59 |
$44,920 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
140 |
More than $70 |
More than $145,600 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
140 |
$28.22 |
$58,700 |
| Tool and die makers |
140 |
$23.77 |
$49,440 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
140 |
$12.74 |
$26,510 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
140 |
$22.03 |
$45,830 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
140 |
$12.21 |
$25,390 |
| Chemists |
130 |
$29.32 |
$60,990 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
130 |
$13.64 |
$28,360 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
130 |
$23.30 |
$48,470 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
130 |
$14.63 |
$30,420 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
130 |
$25.10 |
$52,210 |
| Food service managers |
130 |
$27.30 |
$56,790 |
| Instructional coordinators |
130 |
$22.86 |
$47,540 |
| Mental health counselors |
130 |
$21.23 |
$44,150 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
130 |
$18.96 |
$39,430 |
| Physical therapist aides |
130 |
$9.55 |
$19,870 |
| Technical writers |
130 |
$24.63 |
$51,230 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
120 |
$20.28 |
$42,190 |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders |
120 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
120 |
$25.48 |
$53,000 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
120 |
$13.01 |
$27,070 |
| Database administrators |
120 |
$31.62 |
$65,780 |
| Editors |
120 |
$24.57 |
$51,100 |
| Financial analysts |
120 |
$25.91 |
$53,880 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
120 |
$12.44 |
$25,870 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
120 |
$15.68 |
$32,610 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
120 |
Not available |
$46,430 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
120 |
$9.84 |
$20,470 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
120 |
$11.41 |
$23,720 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse |
110 |
$9.02 |
$18,770 |
| Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders |
110 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
110 |
$23.26 |
$48,380 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
110 |
$14.97 |
$31,140 |
| Cargo and freight agents |
100 |
$17.61 |
$36,620 |
| Computer and information scientists, research |
100 |
$37.69 |
$78,400 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
100 |
$10.10 |
$21,000 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers |
100 |
$20.85 |
$43,370 |
| Insulation workers, mechanical |
100 |
$16.99 |
$35,330 |
| Interpreters and translators |
100 |
$14.58 |
$30,320 |
| Mechanical drafters |
100 |
$21.67 |
$45,070 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
100 |
$12.77 |
$26,560 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers |
100 |
$12.17 |
$25,310 |
| Pest control workers |
100 |
$10.77 |
$22,410 |
| Physician assistants |
100 |
$43.99 |
$91,500 |
| Postal service clerks |
100 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Respiratory therapists |
100 |
$24.77 |
$51,520 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
100 |
$11.26 |
$23,410 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary |
90 |
$43.71 |
$90,920 |
| Electrical engineers |
90 |
$37.60 |
$78,200 |
| Home appliance repairers |
90 |
$14.81 |
$30,790 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
90 |
$11.36 |
$23,630 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers |
90 |
$12.25 |
$25,490 |
| Production workers, all other |
90 |
$11.96 |
$24,880 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
90 |
$11.08 |
$23,050 |
| Advertising sales agents |
80 |
$22.31 |
$46,400 |
| Chiropractors |
80 |
$26.33 |
$54,770 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
80 |
$8.72 |
$18,130 |
| Metal workers and plastic workers, all other |
80 |
$9.97 |
$20,730 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
80 |
$8.01 |
$16,670 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
80 |
$30.69 |
$63,830 |
| Occupational therapists |
80 |
$28.03 |
$58,290 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
80 |
$15.47 |
$32,170 |
| Operations research analysts |
80 |
$31.54 |
$65,600 |
| Photographic processing machine operators |
80 |
$11.52 |
$23,950 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers |
80 |
$16.75 |
$34,850 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
70 |
$34.20 |
$71,130 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers |
70 |
$16.03 |
$33,340 |
| Crane and tower operators |
70 |
$19.48 |
$40,530 |
| Dental laboratory technicians |
70 |
$17.56 |
$36,530 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators |
70 |
$27.38 |
$56,950 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
70 |
$28.74 |
$59,770 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers |
70 |
$23.94 |
$49,790 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
70 |
$18.57 |
$38,620 |
| Librarians |
70 |
$21.46 |
$44,630 |
| Medical equipment preparers |
70 |
$13.00 |
$27,040 |
| Microbiologists |
70 |
$21.54 |
$44,810 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
70 |
$20.44 |
$42,520 |
| Travel agents |
70 |
$17.19 |
$35,750 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
70 |
$10.26 |
$21,350 |
| Chemical technicians |
60 |
$19.63 |
$40,830 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
60 |
$29.51 |
$61,390 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
60 |
$19.17 |
$39,870 |
| Natural sciences managers |
60 |
$43.27 |
$90,010 |
| Painters, transportation equipment |
60 |
$21.60 |
$44,930 |
| Photographers |
60 |
$14.25 |
$29,650 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
60 |
$28.24 |
$58,750 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks |
60 |
$11.14 |
$23,170 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors |
60 |
$19.91 |
$41,410 |
| Writers and authors |
60 |
$19.42 |
$40,400 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
50 |
$20.09 |
$41,790 |
| Chemical engineers |
50 |
$38.87 |
$80,840 |
| Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders |
50 |
$8.58 |
$17,840 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
50 |
$17.44 |
$36,280 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors |
50 |
$27.33 |
$56,850 |
| Meter readers, utilities |
50 |
$16.85 |
$35,050 |
| Optometrists |
50 |
$58.31 |
$121,280 |
| Pipelayers |
50 |
$16.17 |
$33,630 |
| Purchasing managers |
50 |
$36.58 |
$76,090 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators |
50 |
$22.70 |
$47,230 |
| Surveyors |
50 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Training and development managers |
50 |
$34.13 |
$70,990 |
| Veterinarians |
50 |
$44.18 |
$91,880 |
| Word processors and typists |
50 |
$14.39 |
$29,920 |
| Animal control workers |
40 |
$14.46 |
$30,070 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians |
40 |
$23.11 |
$48,060 |
| Couriers and messengers |
40 |
$11.42 |
$23,750 |
| Credit analysts |
40 |
$24.33 |
$50,610 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks |
40 |
$14.42 |
$29,990 |
| Education administrators, all other |
40 |
$34.12 |
$70,970 |
| Environmental engineers |
40 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Family and general practitioners |
40 |
$82.01 |
$170,590 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand |
40 |
$12.97 |
$26,980 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
40 |
$45.79 |
$95,250 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
40 |
$11.42 |
$23,750 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
40 |
$19.82 |
$41,230 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
40 |
$14.39 |
$29,920 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators |
40 |
$17.17 |
$35,710 |
| Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
40 |
$13.31 |
$27,680 |
| Urban and regional planners |
40 |
$30.55 |
$63,550 |
| Athletic trainers |
30 |
Not available |
$41,240 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
30 |
$12.90 |
$26,820 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program |
30 |
$12.11 |
$25,190 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers |
30 |
$29.20 |
$60,730 |
| Health educators |
30 |
$20.34 |
$42,310 |
| Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
30 |
$16.61 |
$34,560 |
| Psychiatrists |
30 |
$72.01 |
$149,780 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood |
30 |
$11.50 |
$23,930 |
| Bindery workers |
Not available |
$10.35 |
$21,520 |
| Biomedical engineers |
Not available |
$44.54 |
$92,650 |
| Bus drivers, school |
Not available |
$14.31 |
$29,760 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
Not available |
$20.55 |
$42,740 |
| Civil engineers |
Not available |
$29.51 |
$61,370 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$12.52 |
$26,040 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$15.20 |
$31,630 |
| Dental hygienists |
Not available |
$31.00 |
$64,470 |
| Dentists, general |
Not available |
$88.95 |
$185,010 |
| Dietetic technicians |
Not available |
$11.76 |
$24,460 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters |
Not available |
$18.96 |
$39,430 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
Not available |
$29.10 |
$60,540 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators |
Not available |
$16.26 |
$33,820 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$15.10 |
$31,420 |
| Funeral directors |
Not available |
$23.32 |
$48,500 |
| Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders |
Not available |
$15.19 |
$31,590 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$12.04 |
$25,030 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other |
Not available |
$18.69 |
$38,870 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters |
Not available |
$13.94 |
$29,000 |
| Legal secretaries |
Not available |
$14.56 |
$30,280 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers |
Not available |
$13.62 |
$28,330 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers |
Not available |
$14.15 |
$29,440 |
| Medical equipment repairers |
Not available |
$25.46 |
$52,960 |
| Motorcycle mechanics |
Not available |
$17.70 |
$36,820 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics |
Not available |
$10.93 |
$22,720 |
| Personal and home care aides |
Not available |
$8.79 |
$18,280 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation |
Not available |
$13.80 |
$28,700 |
| Podiatrists |
Not available |
$33.84 |
$70,390 |
| Printing machine operators |
Not available |
$10.01 |
$20,810 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners |
Not available |
$23.81 |
$49,530 |
| Sewers, hand |
Not available |
$8.71 |
$18,120 |
| Skin care specialists |
Not available |
$9.75 |
$20,290 |
| Structural iron and steel workers |
Not available |
$17.03 |
$35,420 |
| Surgeons |
Not available |
More than $70 |
More than $145,600 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
Not available |
$20.31 |
$42,240 |
| Tile and marble setters |
Not available |
$17.02 |
$35,400 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
Not available |
$10.49 |
$21,810 |
| Umpires, referees, and other sports officials |
Not available |
Not available |
$31,020 |
