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 | 573,700 | $17.73 | $36,880 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 105,360 | $13.59 | $28,260 |
| Sales and related occupations | 60,730 | $14.33 | $29,820 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 48,520 | $8.40 | $17,480 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 35,790 | $17.92 | $37,270 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 35,620 | $13.74 | $28,580 |
| Production occupations | 34,520 | $13.79 | $28,690 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 34,400 | $28.86 | $60,030 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 33,440 | $21.00 | $43,680 |
| Management occupations | 30,480 | $37.15 | $77,270 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 26,480 | $25.13 | $52,270 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 25,220 | $18.19 | $37,840 |
| Retail salespersons | 21,720 | $11.29 | $23,480 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 16,350 | $9.76 | $20,290 |
| Office clerks, general | 15,380 | $11.02 | $22,930 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 14,010 | $11.64 | $24,210 |
| Cashiers | 13,280 | $8.21 | $17,070 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 13,010 | $9.07 | $18,870 |
| Protective service occupations | 12,690 | $19.25 | $40,030 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 12,210 | $26.57 | $55,260 |
| Customer service representatives | 11,670 | $12.92 | $26,880 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 11,160 | $7.77 | $16,160 |
| Registered nurses | 10,980 | $25.58 | $53,200 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 10,730 | $14.09 | $29,310 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 10,050 | $32.08 | $66,720 |
| General and operations managers | 9,900 | $38.94 | $81,000 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 9,420 | $10.59 | $22,020 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 8,630 | $7.30 | $15,190 |
| Community and social services occupations | 7,710 | $17.33 | $36,050 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 7,510 | $17.37 | $36,140 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 7,290 | $9.21 | $19,160 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 7,150 | $12.54 | $26,090 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 6,700 | $19.79 | $41,160 |
| Accountants and auditors | 5,970 | $24.81 | $51,600 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 5,940 | Not available | $42,630 |
| Legal occupations | 5,930 | $33.52 | $69,720 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 5,900 | $17.05 | $35,470 |
| Team assemblers | 5,850 | $11.70 | $24,330 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 5,820 | $10.39 | $21,600 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 5,810 | $16.55 | $34,430 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 5,490 | $17.53 | $36,470 |
| Construction laborers | 5,490 | $12.15 | $25,270 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 5,400 | $9.83 | $20,450 |
| Cooks, fast food | 5,270 | $8.00 | $16,640 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 4,950 | $28.41 | $59,090 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 4,830 | $15.46 | $32,160 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 4,650 | $15.81 | $32,890 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 4,650 | $23.68 | $49,240 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 4,470 | $10.78 | $22,430 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 4,090 | $9.31 | $19,370 |
| Personal and home care aides | 4,090 | $8.29 | $17,240 |
| Computer support specialists | 3,800 | $17.70 | $36,830 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 3,710 | Not available | $43,000 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 3,710 | $12.62 | $26,250 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 3,640 | $13.28 | $27,610 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 3,630 | $28.43 | $59,140 |
| Teacher assistants | 3,600 | Not available | $19,560 |
| Security guards | 3,540 | $13.29 | $27,650 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 3,480 | $8.01 | $16,670 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 3,410 | $15.16 | $31,530 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 3,370 | $10.47 | $21,780 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 3,370 | $13.15 | $27,350 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 3,290 | $13.16 | $27,370 |
| Food preparation workers | 3,270 | $8.13 | $16,920 |
| Lawyers | 3,270 | $41.22 | $85,740 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 3,230 | $15.28 | $31,790 |
| Chief executives | 3,170 | $58.87 | $122,450 |
| Child care workers | 2,950 | $8.50 | $17,690 |
| Electricians | 2,910 | $17.62 | $36,650 |
| Tellers | 2,800 | $10.71 | $22,270 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 2,620 | $12.60 | $26,200 |
| Medical assistants | 2,540 | $12.12 | $25,210 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 2,520 | $31.52 | $65,560 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 2,460 | $28.55 | $59,380 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 2,400 | $8.70 | $18,090 |
| Carpenters | 2,350 | $15.38 | $31,980 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 2,350 | $22.49 | $46,780 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 2,340 | $23.19 | $48,240 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 2,300 | Not available | $38,370 |
| Telemarketers | 2,260 | $8.96 | $18,640 |
| Roustabouts, oil and gas | 2,210 | $17.30 | $35,990 |
| Sheet metal workers | 2,140 | $21.68 | $45,100 |
| Dishwashers | 2,110 | $7.78 | $16,170 |
| Helpers--production workers | 2,060 | $9.54 | $19,840 |
| Correctional officers and jailers | 2,040 | $15.69 | $32,630 |
| Bill and account collectors | 1,950 | $13.80 | $28,710 |
| Financial managers | 1,950 | $37.89 | $78,820 |
| Management analysts | 1,910 | $30.95 | $64,380 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 1,900 | $25.48 | $53,000 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 1,880 | $15.79 | $32,850 |
| Administrative services managers | 1,870 | $29.50 | $61,360 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 1,850 | $17.05 | $35,470 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 1,840 | Not available | $23,410 |
| Parts salespersons | 1,820 | $14.64 | $30,450 |
| Driver/sales workers | 1,800 | $12.23 | $25,430 |
| Order clerks | 1,770 | $12.38 | $25,760 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 1,770 | $12.61 | $26,230 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 1,760 | $7.47 | $15,550 |
| Machinists | 1,760 | $17.19 | $35,750 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 1,720 | $8.42 | $17,520 |
| Rotary drill operators, oil and gas | 1,710 | $25.31 | $52,650 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians | 1,670 | $22.74 | $47,300 |
| Medical secretaries | 1,670 | $12.44 | $25,870 |
| Data entry keyers | 1,660 | $13.12 | $27,280 |
| Training and development specialists | 1,650 | $20.15 | $41,910 |
| Derrick operators, oil and gas | 1,640 | $21.49 | $44,690 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 1,630 | $20.57 | $42,780 |
| Insurance sales agents | 1,630 | $25.39 | $52,820 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 1,590 | $11.69 | $24,310 |
| Fire fighters | 1,580 | $24.14 | $50,200 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 1,550 | $23.36 | $48,600 |
| Dental assistants | 1,540 | $14.49 | $30,140 |
| Loan officers | 1,510 | $23.88 | $49,680 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 1,510 | $22.07 | $45,900 |
| Computer programmers | 1,490 | $31.96 | $66,470 |
| Computer systems analysts | 1,490 | $28.94 | $60,190 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 1,470 | $14.78 | $30,730 |
| Logisticians | 1,460 | $31.45 | $65,420 |
| Real estate sales agents | 1,460 | $22.95 | $47,730 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 1,430 | $26.66 | $55,440 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 1,410 | $22.92 | $47,660 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 1,370 | Not available | Not available |
| Medical and health services managers | 1,350 | $32.93 | $68,490 |
| Bus drivers, school | 1,340 | $9.18 | $19,100 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer | 1,340 | $38.68 | $80,450 |
| Pharmacists | 1,320 | $46.87 | $97,480 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 1,300 | $10.43 | $21,700 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 1,300 | $15.62 | $32,480 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 1,250 | $21.38 | $44,470 |
| File clerks | 1,240 | $10.72 | $22,300 |
| Home health aides | 1,240 | $10.82 | $22,510 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 1,210 | $14.89 | $30,960 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 1,180 | $16.35 | $34,010 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 1,160 | $32.23 | $67,040 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 1,160 | $26.86 | $55,870 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 1,150 | $10.38 | $21,600 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 1,150 | $7.83 | $16,290 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 1,140 | $17.28 | $35,950 |
| Food service managers | 1,130 | $19.67 | $40,910 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 1,130 | $23.52 | $48,910 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 1,110 | $29.63 | $61,640 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 1,100 | $20.16 | $41,930 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 1,100 | $14.80 | $30,780 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 1,090 | $8.99 | $18,690 |
| Sales managers | 1,080 | $41.42 | $86,140 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 1,060 | $7.54 | $15,670 |
| Bartenders | 1,050 | $8.18 | $17,020 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 1,040 | $9.84 | $20,470 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 1,040 | Not available | $47,470 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 1,000 | $15.70 | $32,650 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 1,000 | $16.71 | $34,750 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 990 | $40.46 | $84,160 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 980 | $15.41 | $32,060 |
| Industrial production managers | 970 | $31.14 | $64,780 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 950 | $17.79 | $37,010 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 950 | $21.67 | $45,080 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 940 | $12.26 | $25,490 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 940 | $17.44 | $36,280 |
| Family and general practitioners | 930 | $79.48 | $165,320 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 910 | $13.56 | $28,200 |
| Legal secretaries | 910 | $15.03 | $31,250 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 900 | $20.73 | $43,110 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 900 | $14.96 | $31,120 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 890 | $28.06 | $58,360 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 850 | $24.15 | $50,230 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 850 | $8.76 | $18,220 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 850 | $21.06 | $43,810 |
| Construction managers | 830 | $27.22 | $56,620 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 830 | $18.53 | $38,530 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 830 | $26.04 | $54,160 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 830 | $7.78 | $16,180 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary | 830 | $23.54 | $48,970 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 820 | Not available | $63,120 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | 820 | $25.20 | $52,410 |
| Market research analysts | 820 | $21.28 | $44,260 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 810 | $10.55 | $21,950 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 800 | $13.32 | $27,710 |
| Librarians | 790 | $18.61 | $38,720 |
| Social and human service assistants | 790 | $14.41 | $29,970 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 780 | $14.24 | $29,620 |
| Procurement clerks | 770 | $17.37 | $36,120 |
| Coaches and scouts | 760 | Not available | $32,540 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 750 | $14.42 | $30,000 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | 740 | $13.53 | $28,150 |
| Physical therapists | 740 | $35.21 | $73,230 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 740 | $10.65 | $22,160 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 730 | $16.05 | $33,380 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 730 | $11.19 | $23,270 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 710 | Not available | Not available |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 700 | $22.46 | $46,720 |
| Engineering managers | 690 | $49.37 | $102,680 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 690 | $23.85 | $49,600 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 690 | $20.32 | $42,270 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 680 | $11.60 | $24,130 |
| Petroleum engineers | 680 | $49.63 | $103,240 |
| Advertising sales agents | 670 | $19.88 | $41,340 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 670 | $12.76 | $26,550 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 670 | $8.68 | $18,060 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 670 | $13.11 | $27,260 |
| Dental hygienists | 660 | $27.40 | $56,990 |
| Surgical technologists | 660 | $16.31 | $33,920 |
| Computer specialists, all other | 650 | $35.44 | $73,720 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators | 650 | $16.72 | $34,780 |
| Helpers--extraction workers | 650 | $18.63 | $38,740 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software | 640 | $38.15 | $79,350 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers | 640 | $52.03 | $108,220 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 640 | $9.13 | $19,000 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 640 | $10.30 | $21,430 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | 630 | $22.85 | $47,520 |
| All other information and record clerks | 620 | $17.39 | $36,160 |
| Library technicians | 620 | $12.40 | $25,780 |
| Roofers | 620 | $13.18 | $27,420 |
| Civil engineers | 610 | $35.19 | $73,200 |
| Managers, all other | 610 | $41.43 | $86,170 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 610 | $14.26 | $29,650 |
| Cost estimators | 600 | $24.92 | $51,820 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 600 | $18.13 | $37,720 |
| Public relations specialists | 600 | $21.76 | $45,260 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 590 | $17.53 | $36,470 |
| Printing machine operators | 590 | $13.23 | $27,520 |
| Tree trimmers and pruners | 590 | $10.71 | $22,280 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers | 580 | $19.30 | $40,130 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 570 | $13.59 | $28,270 |
| Insurance underwriters | 570 | $23.90 | $49,710 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 570 | $11.01 | $22,910 |
| Wellhead pumpers | 570 | $19.40 | $40,350 |
| Bakers | 560 | $10.53 | $21,910 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | 560 | $14.96 | $31,120 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 560 | $17.57 | $36,550 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 550 | $26.75 | $55,640 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | 550 | Not available | Not available |
| Cooks, short order | 540 | $8.40 | $17,460 |
| Personal financial advisors | 540 | $25.64 | $53,320 |
| Recreation workers | 540 | $10.54 | $21,930 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators | 530 | $24.61 | $51,180 |
| Helpers--electricians | 530 | $11.87 | $24,700 |
| Mechanical engineers | 530 | $33.04 | $68,720 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 530 | $40.32 | $83,870 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 520 | $12.97 | $26,970 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 520 | Not available | $36,110 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 520 | $15.52 | $32,290 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval | 510 | $32.79 | $68,200 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 510 | $13.34 | $27,760 |
| Instructional coordinators | 510 | $20.85 | $43,370 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 500 | $16.14 | $33,570 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 490 | $20.36 | $42,350 |
| Electrical engineers | 490 | $30.94 | $64,360 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 490 | $30.73 | $63,910 |
| Graphic designers | 490 | $16.87 | $35,100 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 490 | $12.04 | $25,040 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | 490 | $17.86 | $37,150 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary | 480 | Not available | $50,180 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 480 | $18.99 | $39,510 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 480 | $24.11 | $50,160 |
| Couriers and messengers | 480 | $10.43 | $21,700 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers | 480 | $13.96 | $29,040 |
| Financial analysts | 470 | $30.12 | $62,650 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 460 | $13.21 | $27,480 |
| Editors | 460 | $14.36 | $29,870 |
| Parking lot attendants | 460 | $9.16 | $19,050 |
| Respiratory therapists | 460 | $21.49 | $44,710 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 450 | $14.58 | $30,320 |
| Marketing managers | 450 | $33.01 | $68,670 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 450 | $24.36 | $50,660 |
| Sewing machine operators | 450 | $10.12 | $21,050 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 450 | $26.61 | $55,340 |
| Database administrators | 440 | $25.40 | $52,830 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors | 430 | $19.44 | $40,440 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 430 | $28.61 | $59,510 |
| Engineers, all other | 420 | $37.63 | $78,270 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 420 | $20.37 | $42,370 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 410 | $13.15 | $27,350 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 410 | $16.35 | $34,000 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door | 400 | $23.73 | $49,360 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other | 400 | $29.02 | $60,350 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary | 390 | Not available | $34,030 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 390 | $11.71 | $24,360 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 390 | Not available | Not available |
| Photographers | 390 | $10.78 | $22,420 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 390 | $14.33 | $29,810 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | 380 | $11.67 | $24,270 |
| Occupational therapists | 380 | $31.04 | $64,560 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary | 360 | $44.12 | $91,770 |
| Industrial engineers | 360 | $32.41 | $67,400 |
| Physician assistants | 360 | $37.40 | $77,790 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 350 | $17.08 | $35,530 |
| Geological and petroleum technicians | 350 | $25.44 | $52,910 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers | 350 | $10.85 | $22,560 |
| Purchasing managers | 350 | $30.53 | $63,510 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 350 | $11.69 | $24,310 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | 340 | $21.64 | $45,010 |
| Loan counselors | 340 | $16.85 | $35,040 |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists | 340 | $16.30 | $33,900 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents | 340 | $25.61 | $53,280 |
| Budget analysts | 330 | $27.70 | $57,610 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 330 | $18.57 | $38,620 |
| Credit analysts | 330 | $20.64 | $42,930 |
| Dentists, general | 330 | $64.85 | $134,880 |
| Mental health counselors | 330 | $20.10 | $41,810 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 330 | $12.32 | $25,630 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials | 330 | $8.12 | $16,890 |
| Social workers, all other | 330 | $19.29 | $40,130 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | 320 | $22.06 | $45,890 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 320 | $14.68 | $30,540 |
| Social and community service managers | 320 | $23.01 | $47,860 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 320 | $20.91 | $43,490 |
| Aerospace engineers | 310 | $41.41 | $86,120 |
| Avionics technicians | 310 | $22.68 | $47,180 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers | 310 | $10.03 | $20,860 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | 310 | $15.77 | $32,790 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers | 310 | Not available | Not available |
| Painters, transportation equipment | 310 | $14.97 | $31,130 |
| Real estate brokers | 310 | Not available | Not available |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers | 310 | $7.45 | $15,490 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 310 | $12.92 | $26,880 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 310 | Not available | $51,750 |
| Human resources managers, all other | 300 | $28.38 | $59,040 |
| New accounts clerks | 300 | $13.29 | $27,640 |
| Reporters and correspondents | 300 | $21.23 | $44,170 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 300 | $15.42 | $32,080 |
| Word processors and typists | 300 | $14.07 | $29,270 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals | 290 | $8.77 | $18,250 |
| Industrial engineering technicians | 290 | $27.30 | $56,780 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 290 | $14.36 | $29,870 |
| Veterinarians | 290 | $31.55 | $65,630 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians | 280 | $17.85 | $37,120 |
| Carpet installers | 280 | $12.82 | $26,660 |
| Clergy | 280 | $19.72 | $41,030 |
| Compensation and benefits managers | 280 | $29.56 | $61,490 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | 280 | $24.68 | $51,330 |
| Pipelayers | 280 | $12.83 | $26,680 |
| Health educators | 260 | $25.16 | $52,330 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary | 260 | Not available | $37,640 |
| Mechanical drafters | 260 | $19.89 | $41,370 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 260 | $12.47 | $25,940 |
| Pharmacy aides | 260 | $8.74 | $18,170 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 260 | $17.96 | $37,350 |
| Prepress technicians and workers | 260 | $14.36 | $29,860 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | 260 | $11.01 | $22,890 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 250 | Not available | $44,470 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 250 | $22.37 | $46,520 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 250 | $12.33 | $25,640 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other | 250 | $16.94 | $35,230 |
| Operations research analysts | 250 | $27.77 | $57,770 |
| Postal service clerks | 250 | Not available | Not available |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 250 | $14.27 | $29,680 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary | 240 | Not available | $73,830 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | 240 | $20.20 | $42,020 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary | 240 | Not available | $48,650 |
| Photographic processing machine operators | 240 | $9.16 | $19,060 |
| Physical therapist aides | 240 | $8.92 | $18,540 |
| Radio and television announcers | 240 | $15.51 | $32,260 |
| Court reporters | 230 | $24.91 | $51,800 |
| Crossing guards | 230 | $12.75 | $26,520 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters | 230 | $11.65 | $24,230 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | 230 | $28.43 | $59,140 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders | 230 | $8.25 | $17,150 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 230 | Not available | $43,470 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity | 220 | $14.21 | $29,560 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 220 | $13.99 | $29,100 |
| Floral designers | 220 | $12.09 | $25,150 |
| Gas compressor and gas pumping station operators | 220 | $17.04 | $35,440 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters | 220 | $12.53 | $26,060 |
| Helpers--carpenters | 220 | $11.40 | $23,700 |
| Pest control workers | 220 | $12.62 | $26,240 |
| Private detectives and investigators | 220 | $16.55 | $34,430 |
| Writers and authors | 220 | $19.77 | $41,130 |
| Computer hardware engineers | 210 | $43.48 | $90,450 |
| Dietetic technicians | 210 | $11.45 | $23,810 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other | 210 | $32.21 | $67,000 |
| Medical equipment repairers | 210 | $17.13 | $35,620 |
| Occupational therapist assistants | 210 | $25.26 | $52,540 |
| Optometrists | 210 | $31.03 | $64,540 |
| Surveyors | 210 | $19.60 | $40,760 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 200 | $15.04 | $31,290 |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other | 200 | $42.41 | $88,210 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics | 200 | $10.11 | $21,030 |
| Special education teachers, middle school | 200 | Not available | $40,040 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 190 | $13.38 | $27,830 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | 190 | $7.69 | $16,000 |
| Protective service workers, all other | 190 | $14.94 | $31,080 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary | 190 | Not available | $80,820 |
| Sales and related workers, all other | 190 | $16.35 | $34,010 |
| Transportation inspectors | 190 | $39.46 | $82,070 |
| Travel agents | 190 | $15.12 | $31,450 |
| Commercial and industrial designers | 180 | $20.63 | $42,900 |
| Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates | 180 | $48.48 | $100,840 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers | 180 | $9.38 | $19,510 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 180 | $15.52 | $32,290 |
| Radiation therapists | 180 | $26.85 | $55,850 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians | 170 | $14.89 | $30,960 |
| Bindery workers | 170 | $11.68 | $24,290 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers | 170 | $13.26 | $27,590 |
| Elevator installers and repairers | 170 | $26.34 | $54,780 |
| Funeral directors | 170 | $24.96 | $51,910 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers | 170 | $11.29 | $23,490 |
| Meter readers, utilities | 170 | $15.24 | $31,700 |
| Slaughterers and meat packers | 170 | $10.67 | $22,190 |
| Training and development managers | 170 | $30.48 | $63,400 |
| Correspondence clerks | 160 | $12.39 | $25,780 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians | 160 | $10.13 | $21,070 |
| Tool and die makers | 160 | $20.65 | $42,940 |
| Advertising and promotions managers | 150 | $25.14 | $52,300 |
| Bailiffs | 150 | $15.53 | $32,300 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other | 150 | $13.73 | $28,550 |
| Producers and directors | 150 | $20.68 | $43,010 |
| Public relations managers | 150 | $34.74 | $72,270 |
| Service station attendants | 150 | $9.98 | $20,770 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | 150 | $12.68 | $26,370 |
| Chiropractors | 140 | Not available | Not available |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers | 140 | $15.51 | $32,260 |
| Engine and other machine assemblers | 140 | $14.32 | $29,780 |
| Gaming change persons and booth cashiers | 140 | $9.61 | $19,990 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand | 140 | $13.55 | $28,190 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors | 140 | $27.23 | $56,640 |
| Legislators | 140 | Not available | $32,770 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 140 | $17.43 | $36,250 |
| Motorcycle mechanics | 140 | $17.94 | $37,320 |
| Office machine operators, except computer | 140 | $11.83 | $24,610 |
| Technical writers | 140 | $21.12 | $43,930 |
| Atmospheric and space scientists | 130 | $42.87 | $89,170 |
| Audiologists | 130 | $24.27 | $50,480 |
| Chemical technicians | 130 | $16.07 | $33,420 |
| Communications teachers, postsecondary | 130 | Not available | $45,750 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks | 130 | $14.11 | $29,360 |
| Environmental engineering technicians | 130 | $21.47 | $44,650 |
| Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other | 130 | $22.52 | $46,850 |
| Psychiatric aides | 130 | $10.01 | $20,830 |
| Recreational therapists | 130 | $17.74 | $36,900 |
| Residential advisors | 130 | $11.37 | $23,650 |
| Broadcast technicians | 120 | $14.55 | $30,270 |
| Cargo and freight agents | 120 | $15.54 | $32,320 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters | 120 | $23.34 | $48,550 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | 120 | $11.95 | $24,870 |
| Financial specialists, all other | 120 | $33.10 | $68,850 |
| Food batchmakers | 120 | $10.29 | $21,410 |
| Job printers | 120 | $15.02 | $31,250 |
| Lodging managers | 120 | $16.81 | $34,970 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians | 120 | $18.62 | $38,720 |
| Meeting and convention planners | 120 | $15.47 | $32,180 |
| Political science teachers, postsecondary | 120 | Not available | $41,790 |
| Statisticians | 120 | $20.58 | $42,810 |
| Surgeons | 120 | $75.00 | More than $145,600 |
| Upholsterers | 120 | $12.63 | $26,270 |
| Chemists | 110 | $34.03 | $70,790 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary | 110 | Not available | $46,030 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 110 | $15.79 | $32,840 |
| Electro-mechanical technicians | 110 | $25.20 | $52,410 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 110 | $16.08 | $33,440 |
| Insurance appraisers, auto damage | 110 | $22.05 | $45,870 |
| Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 110 | $15.33 | $31,890 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers | 110 | $10.29 | $21,390 |
| Traffic technicians | 110 | $15.23 | $31,680 |
| Art directors | 100 | $28.90 | $60,110 |
| Desktop publishers | 100 | $10.00 | $20,810 |
| Financial examiners | 100 | $39.76 | $82,690 |
| Natural sciences managers | 100 | $51.84 | $107,820 |
| Sales engineers | 100 | $31.08 | $64,640 |
| Animal control workers | 90 | $15.58 | $32,400 |
| Computer and information scientists, research | 90 | $39.11 | $81,340 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 90 | $13.15 | $27,340 |
| Education administrators, all other | 90 | $34.84 | $72,460 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other | 90 | $20.88 | $43,430 |
| Law clerks | 90 | $16.95 | $35,260 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists | 90 | $32.83 | $68,290 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders | 90 | $16.01 | $33,300 |
| Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary | 90 | Not available | $46,980 |
| Stonemasons | 90 | $15.87 | $33,010 |
| Urban and regional planners | 90 | $32.76 | $68,150 |
| Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture | 80 | $15.79 | $32,840 |
| Cutters and trimmers, hand | 80 | $11.92 | $24,790 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers | 80 | $14.35 | $29,860 |
| Emergency management specialists | 80 | $30.41 | $63,250 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health | 80 | $18.76 | $39,030 |
| Gaming and sports book writers and runners | 80 | $10.44 | $21,710 |
| History teachers, postsecondary | 80 | Not available | $50,800 |
| Interior designers | 80 | $16.15 | $33,590 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation | 80 | $12.94 | $26,920 |
| Respiratory therapy technicians | 80 | $16.18 | $33,640 |
| Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 80 | $12.37 | $25,730 |
| Survey researchers | 80 | $16.07 | $33,430 |
| Athletes and sports competitors | 70 | Not available | Not available |
| Athletic trainers | 70 | Not available | $52,820 |
| Chemistry teachers, postsecondary | 70 | Not available | $47,580 |
| Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders | 70 | Not available | Not available |
| Environmental engineers | 70 | $36.83 | $76,610 |
| Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 70 | Not available | $44,010 |
| Interpreters and translators | 70 | $12.14 | $25,240 |
| Medical equipment preparers | 70 | $13.18 | $27,410 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists | 70 | $96.25 | $200,200 |
| Postmasters and mail superintendents | 70 | $30.62 | $63,700 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood | 70 | $12.35 | $25,680 |
| Social scientists and related workers, all other | 70 | $33.96 | $70,640 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops | 60 | $12.70 | $26,420 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | 60 | Not available | Not available |
| Dental laboratory technicians | 60 | $13.52 | $28,110 |
| Farm equipment mechanics | 60 | $15.01 | $31,230 |
| Fire inspectors and investigators | 60 | $31.89 | $66,330 |
| Funeral attendants | 60 | $11.50 | $23,920 |
| Millwrights | 60 | $19.60 | $40,770 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders | 60 | $10.69 | $22,230 |
| Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners | 60 | $14.54 | $30,230 |
| Audio-visual collections specialists | 50 | $15.41 | $32,040 |
| Broadcast news analysts | 50 | $23.38 | $48,620 |
| Brokerage clerks | 50 | $17.26 | $35,890 |
| Commercial pilots | 50 | Not available | $80,430 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay | 50 | $29.19 | $60,710 |
| Furniture finishers | 50 | $14.25 | $29,640 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other | 50 | $15.89 | $33,050 |
| Materials engineers | 50 | $35.12 | $73,060 |
| Musicians and singers | 50 | $31.17 | Not available |
| Physics teachers, postsecondary | 50 | Not available | $57,280 |
| Economics teachers, postsecondary | 40 | Not available | $60,930 |
| Fabric and apparel patternmakers | 40 | $11.62 | $24,170 |
| Forest and conservation technicians | 40 | $17.99 | $37,420 |
| Gaming surveillance officers and gaming investigators | 40 | $10.99 | $22,850 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers | 40 | $16.13 | $33,540 |
| Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 40 | $20.53 | $42,700 |
| Hydrologists | 40 | $35.05 | $72,890 |
| Psychiatrists | 40 | $83.80 | $174,310 |
| Slot key persons | 40 | $9.98 | $20,760 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators | 40 | $19.87 | $41,330 |
| Food scientists and technologists | 30 | $21.27 | $44,240 |
| Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders | 30 | $16.87 | $35,100 |
| Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons | 30 | $13.08 | $27,210 |
| Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products | 30 | $25.48 | $52,990 |
| Woodworkers, all other | 30 | $21.43 | $44,580 |
| Anesthesiologists | Not available | $83.75 | $174,200 |
| Animal trainers | Not available | $10.28 | $21,370 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | Not available | $10.45 | $21,730 |
| Automotive glass installers and repairers | Not available | $17.04 | $35,440 |
| Boilermakers | Not available | $17.55 | $36,500 |
| Building cleaning workers, all other | Not available | $7.62 | $15,860 |
| Camera and photographic equipment repairers | Not available | $22.42 | $46,640 |
| Cartographers and photogrammetrists | Not available | $18.62 | $38,740 |
| Computer operators | Not available | $16.74 | $34,820 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders | Not available | $15.52 | $32,290 |
| Crane and tower operators | Not available | $17.22 | $35,810 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | Not available | $7.86 | $16,350 |
| Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles | Not available | $13.51 | $28,100 |
| Embalmers | Not available | $11.39 | $23,700 |
| Engineering teachers, postsecondary | Not available | Not available | $76,730 |
| Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators | Not available | $28.71 | $59,710 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers | Not available | $25.48 | $52,990 |
| Floor sanders and finishers | Not available | $15.77 | $32,800 |
| Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $14.53 | $30,210 |
| Gaming dealers | Not available | $9.33 | $19,400 |
| Gas plant operators | Not available | $23.33 | $48,520 |
| Glaziers | Not available | $13.79 | $28,690 |
| Graduate teaching assistants | Not available | Not available | $24,930 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other | Not available | $15.72 | $32,700 |
| Home appliance repairers | Not available | $11.27 | $23,440 |
| Home economics teachers, postsecondary | Not available | Not available | $57,420 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | Not available | $19.27 | $40,080 |
| Insulation workers, mechanical | Not available | $12.61 | $26,230 |
| Internists, general | Not available | $99.27 | $206,480 |
| Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers | Not available | $9.39 | $19,540 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $13.42 | $27,910 |
| Legal support workers, all other | Not available | $18.63 | $38,740 |
| Library science teachers, postsecondary | Not available | Not available | $48,100 |
| Life scientists, all other | Not available | $26.64 | $55,400 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers | Not available | $11.92 | $24,780 |
| Marriage and family therapists | Not available | $18.96 | $39,430 |
| Massage therapists | Not available | $10.04 | $20,890 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists | Not available | $24.73 | $51,440 |
| Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers | Not available | $56.87 | $118,290 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic | Not available | $12.14 | $25,240 |
| Occupational therapist aides | Not available | $13.36 | $27,800 |
| Orthotists and prosthetists | Not available | $26.91 | $55,980 |
| Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers | Not available | $15.77 | $32,810 |
| Photographic process workers | Not available | $10.24 | $21,300 |
| Physical scientists, all other | Not available | $40.40 | $84,040 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | Not available | $64.49 | $134,130 |
| Plasterers and stucco masons | Not available | $18.79 | $39,090 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | Not available | $19.42 | $40,400 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other | Not available | Not available | $43,070 |
| Power plant operators | Not available | $32.81 | $68,250 |
| Production workers, all other | Not available | $8.75 | $18,190 |
| Proofreaders and copy markers | Not available | $11.94 | $24,830 |
| Radio mechanics | Not available | $13.43 | $27,930 |
| Recreational vehicle service technicians | Not available | $13.01 | $27,070 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners | Not available | $15.52 | $32,290 |
| Service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining | Not available | $16.91 | $35,160 |
| Social science research assistants | Not available | $19.21 | $39,950 |
| Sociology teachers, postsecondary | Not available | Not available | $42,080 |
| Structural iron and steel workers | Not available | $14.92 | $31,040 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers | Not available | $10.75 | $22,360 |
| Tax preparers | Not available | $10.38 | $21,590 |
| Tile and marble setters | Not available | $13.88 | $28,880 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | Not available | $10.44 | $21,710 |
