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 | 458,800 | $18.58 | $38,640 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 86,550 | $14.50 | $30,160 |
| Sales and related occupations | 52,730 | $16.35 | $34,000 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 39,190 | $15.58 | $32,410 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 37,730 | $8.93 | $18,570 |
| Production occupations | 27,040 | $14.49 | $30,130 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 26,610 | $29.26 | $60,860 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 25,570 | $19.39 | $40,320 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 23,690 | $19.45 | $40,460 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 23,570 | $27.73 | $57,680 |
| Management occupations | 16,930 | $44.29 | $92,120 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 16,090 | $19.12 | $39,770 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 15,640 | $19.94 | $41,470 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 14,910 | $32.47 | $67,530 |
| Retail salespersons | 14,700 | $11.72 | $24,370 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 14,170 | $10.92 | $22,720 |
| Customer service representatives | 13,120 | $14.60 | $30,360 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 11,990 | $12.92 | $26,880 |
| Cashiers | 11,590 | $8.71 | $18,120 |
| Registered nurses | 10,200 | $27.20 | $56,580 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 10,120 | $10.82 | $22,500 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 8,540 | $8.07 | $16,780 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 7,840 | $7.71 | $16,030 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 7,720 | $12.09 | $25,150 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 7,530 | $15.02 | $31,240 |
| Protective service occupations | 7,530 | $18.15 | $37,750 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 7,280 | $10.39 | $21,600 |
| Community and social services occupations | 6,780 | $17.51 | $36,410 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 6,550 | $10.64 | $22,120 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 6,350 | $27.33 | $56,840 |
| Office clerks, general | 6,280 | $12.53 | $26,060 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 5,500 | $30.05 | $62,500 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 5,320 | $18.92 | $39,350 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 4,940 | $11.76 | $24,460 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 4,830 | $13.43 | $27,930 |
| Teacher assistants | 4,730 | Not available | $20,160 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 4,270 | $17.10 | $35,560 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 4,110 | $22.98 | $47,800 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 4,050 | Not available | $41,800 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 4,020 | $12.32 | $25,630 |
| Accountants and auditors | 3,920 | $30.08 | $62,570 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 3,780 | $20.31 | $42,250 |
| General and operations managers | 3,710 | $49.20 | $102,330 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 3,560 | $16.54 | $34,410 |
| Carpenters | 3,480 | $16.67 | $34,680 |
| Telemarketers | 3,480 | $11.60 | $24,120 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 3,240 | $24.22 | $50,370 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 3,170 | $28.19 | $58,640 |
| Electricians | 3,160 | $21.66 | $45,050 |
| Security guards | 3,150 | $12.50 | $25,990 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 2,990 | $37.89 | $78,810 |
| Legal occupations | 2,950 | $34.69 | $72,150 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 2,940 | $28.69 | $59,680 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 2,930 | $11.30 | $23,500 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 2,920 | $9.05 | $18,830 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 2,900 | $11.66 | $24,240 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers | 2,850 | $11.19 | $23,270 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 2,710 | $10.18 | $21,180 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 2,650 | Not available | $43,150 |
| Food preparation workers | 2,610 | $9.04 | $18,790 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 2,590 | Not available | $37,220 |
| Home health aides | 2,570 | $12.68 | $26,380 |
| Bartenders | 2,510 | $8.41 | $17,480 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 2,480 | $9.79 | $20,360 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 2,450 | $14.20 | $29,540 |
| Computer systems analysts | 2,300 | $33.29 | $69,230 |
| Child care workers | 2,280 | $8.79 | $18,280 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 2,280 | $7.95 | $16,530 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 2,220 | $14.83 | $30,840 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 2,210 | $31.15 | $64,790 |
| Social and human service assistants | 2,210 | $14.31 | $29,760 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 2,150 | $15.91 | $33,080 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 2,150 | $26.10 | $54,280 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 2,090 | $14.73 | $30,640 |
| Tellers | 2,080 | $10.87 | $22,610 |
| Construction laborers | 2,060 | $14.73 | $30,630 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 2,060 | $14.67 | $30,520 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 2,020 | $18.28 | $38,030 |
| Computer programmers | 1,940 | $31.42 | $65,360 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 1,940 | $12.30 | $25,590 |
| Management analysts | 1,910 | $31.57 | $65,660 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 1,900 | $18.32 | $38,110 |
| Computer support specialists | 1,860 | $18.87 | $39,250 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 1,860 | $29.06 | $60,430 |
| Medical assistants | 1,840 | $14.00 | $29,110 |
| Team assemblers | 1,830 | $14.59 | $30,340 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software | 1,800 | $36.77 | $76,490 |
| Cooks, fast food | 1,790 | $8.05 | $16,750 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 1,740 | $24.22 | $50,380 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 1,710 | $17.36 | $36,110 |
| Printing machine operators | 1,690 | $14.65 | $30,470 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 1,680 | $14.43 | $30,020 |
| Driver/sales workers | 1,570 | $10.96 | $22,800 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 1,560 | Not available | $43,550 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 1,560 | $22.90 | $47,640 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks | 1,550 | $12.33 | $25,650 |
| Order clerks | 1,510 | $12.60 | $26,210 |
| Bill and account collectors | 1,470 | $15.00 | $31,200 |
| Lawyers | 1,470 | $49.64 | $103,240 |
| Medical secretaries | 1,450 | $14.33 | $29,800 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 1,420 | $11.71 | $24,360 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 1,410 | $9.58 | $19,920 |
| Dishwashers | 1,390 | $8.33 | $17,330 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 1,380 | $8.15 | $16,960 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 1,370 | $12.54 | $26,090 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 1,340 | $17.56 | $36,530 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 1,330 | $23.35 | $48,560 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 1,280 | $8.12 | $16,900 |
| Market research analysts | 1,280 | $31.10 | $64,680 |
| Bus drivers, school | 1,270 | $12.74 | $26,500 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 1,270 | $10.87 | $22,620 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 1,250 | $24.20 | $50,340 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 1,250 | $15.23 | $31,690 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks | 1,240 | $14.92 | $31,040 |
| Financial managers | 1,220 | $52.74 | $109,690 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 1,220 | $29.27 | $60,880 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 1,190 | $32.89 | $68,420 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 1,190 | $11.54 | $24,010 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 1,170 | $18.03 | $37,510 |
| Insurance sales agents | 1,160 | $25.50 | $53,040 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 1,160 | $15.61 | $32,470 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 1,160 | $9.51 | $19,780 |
| Training and development specialists | 1,150 | $23.20 | $48,250 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 1,140 | $30.23 | $62,890 |
| Pharmacists | 1,140 | $42.46 | $88,320 |
| Sales managers | 1,140 | $51.51 | $107,140 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 1,130 | $14.53 | $30,220 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 1,130 | $13.17 | $27,400 |
| Construction managers | 1,120 | $34.43 | $71,610 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 1,120 | $38.95 | $81,020 |
| Production workers, all other | 1,110 | $14.19 | $29,520 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 1,090 | $21.82 | $45,380 |
| Medical and health services managers | 1,090 | $39.01 | $81,150 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 1,090 | $32.25 | $67,090 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 1,070 | $8.62 | $17,930 |
| Helpers--production workers | 1,050 | $11.07 | $23,030 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 1,050 | Not available | Not available |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 1,050 | $26.30 | $54,710 |
| Loan officers | 1,040 | $26.80 | $55,740 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 1,040 | $18.04 | $37,530 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 1,030 | $22.43 | $46,660 |
| Civil engineers | 1,010 | $35.17 | $73,160 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 1,010 | $25.19 | $52,400 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 990 | $53.00 | $110,240 |
| Chief executives | 970 | $78.55 | $163,370 |
| Cost estimators | 950 | $23.66 | $49,210 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 950 | $9.77 | $20,320 |
| Insurance underwriters | 950 | $29.40 | $61,160 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 940 | $50.65 | $105,360 |
| Computer operators | 940 | $15.26 | $31,740 |
| Data entry keyers | 940 | $12.37 | $25,730 |
| Slaughterers and meat packers | 940 | $10.25 | $21,320 |
| Graphic designers | 910 | $18.73 | $38,950 |
| Cooks, short order | 870 | $10.28 | $21,390 |
| Correctional officers and jailers | 860 | $17.79 | $37,000 |
| Parts salespersons | 860 | $14.46 | $30,070 |
| Public relations specialists | 860 | $19.55 | $40,670 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 850 | $15.90 | $33,060 |
| Dental assistants | 840 | $15.09 | $31,380 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 830 | $17.90 | $37,220 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 820 | $17.60 | $36,600 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 820 | $15.69 | $32,630 |
| Financial analysts | 810 | $28.17 | $58,600 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 790 | $23.08 | $48,010 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 780 | $21.05 | $43,770 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 770 | Not available | Not available |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 750 | $9.76 | $20,300 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 730 | $9.15 | $19,030 |
| Managers, all other | 730 | $40.54 | $84,320 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 730 | $18.87 | $39,250 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 730 | $16.19 | $33,670 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 720 | Not available | $41,940 |
| Database administrators | 700 | $35.54 | $73,930 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 700 | $15.94 | $33,150 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity | 690 | $14.42 | $29,990 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 690 | $13.80 | $28,700 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 670 | $12.53 | $26,060 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 670 | $15.67 | $32,590 |
| Travel agents | 670 | $14.44 | $30,020 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 660 | $12.13 | $25,230 |
| Recreation workers | 660 | $11.43 | $23,770 |
| Administrative services managers | 650 | $35.43 | $73,690 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | 650 | $13.66 | $28,410 |
| File clerks | 640 | $11.68 | $24,300 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 640 | $23.54 | $48,970 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 630 | $19.37 | $40,280 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 630 | Not available | $40,230 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 620 | $21.88 | $45,510 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 620 | $16.88 | $35,110 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 620 | $17.04 | $35,440 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 620 | $15.35 | $31,930 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 610 | $16.90 | $35,160 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 610 | $15.94 | $33,150 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 600 | $20.16 | $41,930 |
| Fire fighters | 600 | $25.92 | $53,900 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 580 | $27.18 | $56,540 |
| Physical therapists | 580 | $31.20 | $64,890 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 570 | Not available | $75,770 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 570 | $24.17 | $50,280 |
| Machinists | 570 | $15.73 | $32,720 |
| All other information and record clerks | 560 | $14.85 | $30,890 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 560 | $17.86 | $37,150 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 560 | $21.83 | $45,400 |
| Legal secretaries | 560 | $18.16 | $37,770 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 560 | $16.42 | $34,150 |
| Mechanical engineers | 550 | $29.34 | $61,020 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 550 | $14.64 | $30,440 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval | 540 | $39.75 | $82,680 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 540 | $12.60 | $26,210 |
| Credit analysts | 530 | $28.09 | $58,440 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 530 | $24.48 | $50,920 |
| Food service managers | 510 | $23.64 | $49,170 |
| Office machine operators, except computer | 510 | $12.71 | $26,430 |
| Parking lot attendants | 510 | $8.56 | $17,810 |
| Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall | 500 | $17.77 | $36,950 |
| Advertising sales agents | 490 | $23.78 | $49,470 |
| Respiratory therapists | 490 | $24.10 | $50,130 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders | 480 | $11.38 | $23,660 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 480 | $23.31 | $48,490 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | 470 | $16.95 | $35,260 |
| Marketing managers | 470 | $48.31 | $100,490 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | 470 | $17.97 | $37,370 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 450 | $13.34 | $27,760 |
| Physician assistants | 450 | $37.61 | $78,230 |
| Sheet metal workers | 450 | $22.39 | $46,560 |
| Coaches and scouts | 440 | Not available | $31,070 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 440 | $13.45 | $27,980 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | 430 | $23.08 | $48,000 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary | 430 | $27.40 | $56,980 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 420 | $13.19 | $27,440 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 420 | $11.87 | $24,690 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary | 420 | $34.44 | $71,640 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 420 | $20.01 | $41,630 |
| Structural iron and steel workers | 420 | $21.60 | $44,930 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 420 | $10.88 | $22,630 |
| Industrial production managers | 410 | $39.81 | $82,810 |
| Instructional coordinators | 410 | $25.36 | $52,750 |
| Personal and home care aides | 410 | $8.79 | $18,280 |
| Industrial engineers | 400 | $33.96 | $70,630 |
| Procurement clerks | 400 | $15.48 | $32,190 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 390 | $9.59 | $19,960 |
| Social and community service managers | 390 | $25.05 | $52,100 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 380 | $20.26 | $42,140 |
| Computer specialists, all other | 380 | $34.20 | $71,150 |
| Librarians | 380 | $23.29 | $48,440 |
| Operations research analysts | 380 | $32.81 | $68,250 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other | 380 | Not available | $36,770 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 370 | $19.77 | $41,110 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers | 370 | $11.12 | $23,130 |
| Personal financial advisors | 370 | $26.57 | $55,260 |
| Surgical technologists | 370 | $18.99 | $39,500 |
| Bakers | 360 | $11.54 | $24,010 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 360 | $13.78 | $28,660 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | 360 | $8.76 | $18,210 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 360 | $18.56 | $38,610 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 360 | Not available | $45,570 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 340 | $17.63 | $36,670 |
| Dental hygienists | 340 | $32.76 | $68,140 |
| Mental health counselors | 340 | $20.19 | $41,990 |
| Occupational therapists | 340 | $27.92 | $58,070 |
| Real estate sales agents | 330 | $24.72 | $51,420 |
| Word processors and typists | 330 | $14.67 | $30,510 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians | 320 | $23.41 | $48,680 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 320 | $25.09 | $52,190 |
| New accounts clerks | 320 | $14.30 | $29,740 |
| Roofers | 310 | $15.73 | $32,720 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 310 | $13.49 | $28,070 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 310 | $36.87 | $76,690 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 300 | $17.34 | $36,060 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 300 | $17.38 | $36,160 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | 300 | $15.91 | $33,080 |
| Photographers | 300 | $13.89 | $28,890 |
| Pipelayers | 300 | $20.12 | $41,850 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers | 290 | $16.35 | $34,000 |
| Food batchmakers | 290 | $12.69 | $26,390 |
| Glaziers | 290 | $17.61 | $36,620 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary | 290 | Not available | $60,130 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers | 290 | $15.61 | $32,470 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 290 | $20.65 | $42,950 |
| Couriers and messengers | 280 | $11.68 | $24,300 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 280 | $15.22 | $31,650 |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists | 280 | $20.72 | $43,100 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | 280 | $19.75 | $41,080 |
| Financial examiners | 270 | $32.79 | $68,210 |
| Logisticians | 270 | $28.09 | $58,420 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders | 270 | $13.91 | $28,930 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 270 | $35.21 | $73,240 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 260 | $20.39 | $42,420 |
| Avionics technicians | 260 | $27.77 | $57,770 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers | 260 | $14.04 | $29,210 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | 260 | $30.03 | $62,460 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | 260 | $26.38 | $54,870 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 260 | $8.59 | $17,870 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 250 | $21.06 | $43,810 |
| Helpers--electricians | 250 | $12.91 | $26,860 |
| Meter readers, utilities | 250 | $14.34 | $29,830 |
| Reporters and correspondents | 250 | $17.78 | $36,980 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | 240 | $16.89 | $35,120 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers | 240 | $35.51 | $73,860 |
| Gaming and sports book writers and runners | 240 | $9.34 | $19,420 |
| Health educators | 240 | $21.66 | $45,040 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | 240 | $26.03 | $54,140 |
| Public relations managers | 240 | $35.60 | $74,040 |
| Purchasing managers | 240 | $43.28 | $90,020 |
| Residential advisors | 240 | $13.96 | $29,050 |
| Special education teachers, middle school | 240 | Not available | $43,860 |
| Actuaries | 230 | $39.41 | $81,980 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | 230 | $24.49 | $50,940 |
| Editors | 230 | $20.89 | $43,440 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | 230 | $18.40 | $38,260 |
| Massage therapists | 230 | $17.56 | $36,520 |
| Mechanical drafters | 230 | $18.66 | $38,820 |
| Prepress technicians and workers | 230 | $15.76 | $32,770 |
| Tool and die makers | 230 | $17.86 | $37,150 |
| Bindery workers | 220 | $14.81 | $30,800 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary | 220 | Not available | $64,220 |
| Dentists, general | 220 | $83.14 | $172,930 |
| Drafters, all other | 220 | $21.57 | $44,860 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | 220 | $12.26 | $25,490 |
| Gaming change persons and booth cashiers | 220 | $10.80 | $22,450 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters | 220 | $14.69 | $30,560 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 220 | $13.87 | $28,850 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics | 220 | $15.10 | $31,420 |
| Postal service clerks | 220 | Not available | Not available |
| Sales and related workers, all other | 220 | $20.39 | $42,420 |
| Crane and tower operators | 210 | $20.23 | $42,080 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 210 | $13.36 | $27,790 |
| Engineering managers | 210 | $50.13 | $104,270 |
| Library technicians | 210 | $13.65 | $28,390 |
| Sewing machine operators | 210 | $10.71 | $22,290 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators | 210 | $19.22 | $39,980 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors | 200 | $15.68 | $32,620 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 200 | $13.71 | $28,510 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters | 200 | $9.29 | $19,320 |
| Electrical engineers | 200 | $37.84 | $78,700 |
| Engineers, all other | 200 | $27.51 | $57,220 |
| Helpers--carpenters | 200 | $13.36 | $27,790 |
| Chemical plant and system operators | 190 | $21.02 | $43,720 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 190 | $15.47 | $32,170 |
| Elevator installers and repairers | 190 | $32.91 | $68,450 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other | 190 | $17.72 | $36,850 |
| Interpreters and translators | 190 | $20.03 | $41,660 |
| Surveyors | 190 | $22.27 | $46,310 |
| Writers and authors | 190 | $27.31 | $56,810 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 180 | $17.31 | $36,010 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators | 180 | $29.09 | $60,510 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | 180 | $18.28 | $38,020 |
| Legislators | 180 | Not available | $19,520 |
| Proofreaders and copy markers | 180 | $11.55 | $24,030 |
| Surgeons | 180 | $76.10 | $158,280 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary | 170 | Not available | $67,480 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 170 | $14.63 | $30,420 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 170 | $15.39 | $32,010 |
| Job printers | 170 | $15.09 | $31,380 |
| Medical equipment preparers | 170 | $14.98 | $31,150 |
| Veterinarians | 170 | $30.61 | $63,660 |
| Compensation and benefits managers | 160 | $41.06 | $85,400 |
| Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other | 160 | $9.08 | $18,880 |
| Farm equipment mechanics | 160 | $16.92 | $35,200 |
| Human resources managers, all other | 160 | $49.99 | $103,990 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers | 160 | $11.39 | $23,690 |
| Musicians and singers | 160 | Not available | Not available |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 160 | $18.47 | $38,410 |
| Tile and marble setters | 160 | $14.83 | $30,840 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians | 150 | $22.47 | $46,750 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary | 150 | Not available | $53,390 |
| Cargo and freight agents | 150 | $18.25 | $37,950 |
| Chiropractors | 150 | $38.46 | $80,000 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer | 150 | $36.19 | $75,270 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 150 | $35.93 | $74,740 |
| Home appliance repairers | 150 | $18.35 | $38,170 |
| Interior designers | 150 | $27.38 | $56,950 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 150 | $19.09 | $39,700 |
| Producers and directors | 150 | $22.44 | $46,680 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | 140 | $25.48 | $53,000 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians | 140 | $15.77 | $32,810 |
| Budget analysts | 140 | $30.11 | $62,620 |
| Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders | 140 | $14.91 | $31,010 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door | 140 | $21.27 | $44,250 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 140 | $18.59 | $38,660 |
| Floral designers | 140 | $12.12 | $25,200 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 140 | $15.14 | $31,490 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners | 140 | $18.17 | $37,800 |
| Transportation workers, all other | 140 | $14.51 | $30,190 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 140 | Not available | $43,790 |
| Communications teachers, postsecondary | 130 | Not available | $50,960 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 130 | $22.26 | $46,300 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 130 | $24.89 | $51,780 |
| Environmental engineers | 130 | $37.11 | $77,190 |
| Financial specialists, all other | 130 | $28.07 | $58,390 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other | 130 | $21.00 | $43,680 |
| Loan counselors | 130 | $15.57 | $32,380 |
| Millwrights | 130 | $17.62 | $36,640 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians | 130 | $11.58 | $24,080 |
| Radio and television announcers | 130 | $18.37 | $38,210 |
| Social workers, all other | 130 | $23.01 | $47,870 |
| Statistical assistants | 130 | $10.81 | $22,490 |
| Technical writers | 130 | $24.29 | $50,530 |
| Biological technicians | 120 | $18.78 | $39,070 |
| Chemists | 120 | $27.83 | $57,890 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | 120 | $21.24 | $44,170 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 120 | Not available | $51,670 |
| Law clerks | 120 | $15.82 | $32,920 |
| Medical equipment repairers | 120 | $19.71 | $40,990 |
| Pharmacy aides | 120 | $10.39 | $21,620 |
| Photographic processing machine operators | 120 | $10.97 | $22,820 |
| Physical therapist aides | 120 | $13.26 | $27,580 |
| Recreational therapists | 120 | $17.50 | $36,400 |
| Tax preparers | 120 | $15.01 | $31,220 |
| Training and development managers | 120 | $38.60 | $80,280 |
| Clergy | 110 | $19.49 | $40,530 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders | 110 | $12.51 | $26,020 |
| Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders | 110 | $13.30 | $27,650 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other | 110 | $27.31 | $56,810 |
| Legal support workers, all other | 110 | $22.37 | $46,530 |
| Podiatrists | 110 | $43.09 | $89,630 |
| Psychiatric technicians | 110 | $11.40 | $23,720 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary | 110 | Not available | $62,540 |
| Radiation therapists | 110 | $31.79 | $66,110 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 110 | $15.23 | $31,680 |
| Bicycle repairers | 100 | $9.73 | $20,240 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary | 100 | Not available | $74,500 |
| Criminal justice and law enforcement teachers, postsecondary | 100 | Not available | $50,950 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators | 100 | $20.11 | $41,820 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 100 | $13.59 | $28,260 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 100 | $14.47 | $30,100 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other | 100 | $25.48 | $53,000 |
| Motorcycle mechanics | 100 | $12.61 | $26,230 |
| Pest control workers | 100 | $16.74 | $34,830 |
| Protective service workers, all other | 100 | $14.19 | $29,520 |
| Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products | 100 | $26.69 | $55,510 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers | 100 | $20.11 | $41,830 |
| Advertising and promotions managers | 90 | $40.46 | $84,150 |
| Broadcast technicians | 90 | $16.35 | $34,010 |
| Computer hardware engineers | 90 | $35.75 | $74,350 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary | 90 | Not available | $58,820 |
| Landscape architects | 90 | $32.69 | $67,990 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary | 90 | Not available | $58,580 |
| Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary | 90 | Not available | $53,370 |
| Rail car repairers | 90 | $16.05 | $33,380 |
| Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 90 | $12.82 | $26,670 |
| Sales engineers | 90 | Not available | Not available |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents | 90 | $28.57 | $59,430 |
| Art directors | 80 | $30.79 | $64,040 |
| Athletic trainers | 80 | Not available | $36,750 |
| Designers, all other | 80 | $10.18 | $21,170 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers | 80 | $18.76 | $39,020 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers | 80 | $26.11 | $54,310 |
| Funeral directors | 80 | $34.13 | $70,980 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other | 80 | $10.95 | $22,770 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers | 80 | $15.96 | $33,190 |
| Lodging managers | 80 | $22.61 | $47,040 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 80 | $17.34 | $36,060 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation | 80 | $15.51 | $32,250 |
| Postmasters and mail superintendents | 80 | $30.50 | $63,430 |
| Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other | 80 | $23.26 | $48,390 |
| Urban and regional planners | 80 | $29.36 | $61,070 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | 80 | $11.77 | $24,490 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops | 70 | $7.28 | $15,150 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 70 | $13.83 | $28,760 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other | 70 | $34.80 | $72,390 |
| Internists, general | 70 | $85.98 | $178,840 |
| Optometrists | 70 | $40.94 | $85,150 |
| Painters, transportation equipment | 70 | $26.69 | $55,510 |
| Psychiatrists | 70 | $43.75 | $91,010 |
| Real estate brokers | 70 | Not available | Not available |
| Statisticians | 70 | $24.84 | $51,660 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers | 70 | $10.78 | $22,430 |
| Chemistry teachers, postsecondary | 60 | Not available | $60,240 |
| Commercial pilots | 60 | Not available | $81,870 |
| Correspondence clerks | 60 | $15.93 | $33,140 |
| Dietetic technicians | 60 | $15.79 | $32,840 |
| Education administrators, all other | 60 | $36.70 | $76,340 |
| Environmental engineering technicians | 60 | $20.67 | $42,990 |
| Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 60 | Not available | $73,070 |
| Marriage and family therapists | 60 | $21.40 | $44,500 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians | 60 | $24.37 | $50,680 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists | 60 | $29.65 | $61,680 |
| Occupational therapist assistants | 60 | $22.31 | $46,400 |
| Soil and plant scientists | 60 | $26.17 | $54,430 |
| Sound engineering technicians | 60 | $19.64 | $40,860 |
| Agricultural inspectors | 50 | $19.31 | $40,170 |
| Animal trainers | 50 | $11.17 | $23,230 |
| Audiologists | 50 | $29.39 | $61,130 |
| Biological scientists, all other | 50 | $34.76 | $72,300 |
| Chemical engineers | 50 | $32.50 | $67,600 |
| Chemical technicians | 50 | $20.25 | $42,110 |
| Commercial and industrial designers | 50 | $19.96 | $41,520 |
| Communications equipment operators, all other | 50 | $18.66 | $38,810 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters | 50 | $22.93 | $47,700 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health | 50 | $22.24 | $46,270 |
| Gaming managers | 50 | $28.48 | $59,240 |
| Gaming surveillance officers and gaming investigators | 50 | $14.89 | $30,960 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers | 50 | $25.23 | $52,480 |
| Helpers--roofers | 50 | $8.76 | $18,210 |
| Industrial engineering technicians | 50 | $24.86 | $51,720 |
| Meeting and convention planners | 50 | $20.91 | $43,500 |
| Occupational health and safety technicians | 50 | $20.40 | $42,440 |
| Political science teachers, postsecondary | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Skin care specialists | 50 | $19.00 | $39,530 |
| Social scientists and related workers, all other | 50 | $31.08 | $64,650 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 50 | $14.94 | $31,070 |
| Agricultural equipment operators | 40 | $13.83 | $28,760 |
| Aircraft cargo handling supervisors | 40 | $20.41 | $42,460 |
| Bailiffs | 40 | $21.80 | $45,350 |
| Desktop publishers | 40 | $15.21 | $31,630 |
| History teachers, postsecondary | 40 | Not available | $62,140 |
| Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants | 40 | $7.78 | $16,190 |
| Motion picture projectionists | 40 | $7.76 | $16,140 |
| Natural sciences managers | 40 | $32.22 | $67,020 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists | 40 | $75.00 | More than $145,600 |
| Physics teachers, postsecondary | 40 | Not available | $60,790 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood | 40 | $12.71 | $26,450 |
| Therapists, all other | 40 | $16.73 | $34,800 |
| Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers | 30 | $38.63 | $80,340 |
| Concierges | 30 | $11.74 | $24,410 |
| Conservation scientists | 30 | $28.44 | $59,150 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other | 30 | $21.03 | $43,740 |
| Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles | 30 | $15.56 | $32,360 |
| Etchers and engravers | 30 | $12.15 | $25,260 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers | 30 | $22.77 | $47,360 |
| Funeral attendants | 30 | $11.08 | $23,050 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors | 30 | $29.77 | $61,910 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other | 30 | $15.49 | $32,210 |
| Multi-media artists and animators | 30 | $19.87 | $41,320 |
| Petroleum engineers | 30 | $45.16 | $93,920 |
| Recreational vehicle service technicians | 30 | $13.00 | $27,030 |
| Sociology teachers, postsecondary | 30 | Not available | $62,440 |
| Survey researchers | 30 | $25.24 | $52,500 |
| Transportation inspectors | 30 | $20.95 | $43,570 |
| Anesthesiologists | Not available | $64.84 | $134,870 |
| Bookbinders | Not available | $16.89 | $35,130 |
| Carpet installers | Not available | $13.51 | $28,100 |
| Choreographers | Not available | $24.21 | $50,360 |
| Construction and related workers, all other | Not available | $15.24 | $31,690 |
| Court reporters | Not available | $27.86 | $57,940 |
| Dental laboratory technicians | Not available | $18.20 | $37,850 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $10.43 | $21,700 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers | Not available | $12.97 | $26,980 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | Not available | $12.66 | $26,340 |
| Engine and other machine assemblers | Not available | $15.94 | $33,150 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $16.08 | $33,450 |
| Family and general practitioners | Not available | $75.54 | $157,120 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals | Not available | $9.11 | $18,940 |
| Fence erectors | Not available | $13.62 | $28,340 |
| Floor layers, except carpet, wood, and hard tiles | Not available | $18.60 | $38,680 |
| Floor sanders and finishers | Not available | $14.53 | $30,220 |
| Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders | Not available | $13.03 | $27,110 |
| Food scientists and technologists | Not available | $20.64 | $42,920 |
| Forest and conservation technicians | Not available | $23.72 | $49,350 |
| Gaming cage workers | Not available | $10.98 | $22,830 |
| Gaming dealers | Not available | $9.13 | $18,990 |
| Gas plant operators | Not available | $25.46 | $52,950 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | Not available | $11.55 | $24,020 |
| Manicurists and pedicurists | Not available | $10.21 | $21,240 |
| Medical appliance technicians | Not available | $23.14 | $48,130 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic | Not available | $14.24 | $29,610 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $12.39 | $25,760 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers | Not available | $12.74 | $26,500 |
| Physical scientists, all other | Not available | $39.60 | $82,360 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials | Not available | $8.92 | $18,540 |
| Public address system and other announcers | Not available | $8.99 | $18,700 |
| Reinforcing iron and rebar workers | Not available | $22.10 | $45,970 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders | Not available | $15.96 | $33,200 |
| Service station attendants | Not available | $8.53 | $17,750 |
| Tapers | Not available | $17.22 | $35,820 |
| Terrazzo workers and finishers | Not available | $17.46 | $36,320 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | Not available | $9.28 | $19,300 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | Not available | $13.92 | $28,950 |
