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 |
More than $70 |
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 |
