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 |
203,220 |
$19.73 |
$41,050 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
35,110 |
$13.81 |
$28,730 |
| Sales and related occupations |
22,790 |
$15.50 |
$32,230 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
18,400 |
$9.84 |
$20,470 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
13,540 |
$35.80 |
$74,470 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
11,790 |
$31.27 |
$65,050 |
| Production occupations |
11,680 |
$15.91 |
$33,090 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
11,120 |
$29.28 |
$60,890 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
10,810 |
$18.00 |
$37,450 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
9,670 |
$19.33 |
$40,210 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
8,730 |
$20.36 |
$42,340 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
7,520 |
$14.23 |
$29,600 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
7,140 |
$34.85 |
$72,490 |
| Retail salespersons |
7,080 |
$12.74 |
$26,490 |
| Cashiers |
6,970 |
$8.54 |
$17,770 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
6,340 |
$12.22 |
$25,430 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
6,010 |
$11.61 |
$24,150 |
| Management occupations |
5,660 |
$46.84 |
$97,430 |
| Protective service occupations |
5,180 |
$17.72 |
$36,860 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
4,840 |
$11.11 |
$23,100 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
4,540 |
$10.87 |
$22,620 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
4,420 |
$9.64 |
$20,050 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
4,390 |
$8.54 |
$17,760 |
| Registered nurses |
4,260 |
$28.51 |
$59,310 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
4,250 |
$13.21 |
$27,480 |
| Office clerks, general |
3,970 |
$11.62 |
$24,160 |
| Customer service representatives |
3,070 |
$12.31 |
$25,610 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
2,870 |
$32.29 |
$67,160 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
2,540 |
$10.99 |
$22,870 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
2,520 |
$15.05 |
$31,300 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
2,490 |
$11.47 |
$23,850 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
2,300 |
$17.15 |
$35,660 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
2,110 |
$17.73 |
$36,880 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
2,050 |
$19.84 |
$41,270 |
| Engineers, all other |
1,900 |
$44.46 |
$92,490 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
1,870 |
$21.34 |
$44,390 |
| Construction laborers |
1,820 |
$13.11 |
$27,270 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
1,810 |
$21.21 |
$44,110 |
| Carpenters |
1,790 |
$18.77 |
$39,040 |
| Community and social services occupations |
1,760 |
$18.12 |
$37,690 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
1,750 |
$27.79 |
$57,800 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
1,740 |
$11.39 |
$23,690 |
| Food preparation workers |
1,720 |
$9.88 |
$20,560 |
| Security guards |
1,700 |
$12.42 |
$25,840 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
1,680 |
$11.05 |
$22,980 |
| Accountants and auditors |
1,650 |
$29.38 |
$61,110 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
1,620 |
$42.12 |
$87,620 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
1,560 |
$12.65 |
$26,310 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
1,440 |
$10.56 |
$21,970 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
1,400 |
$9.03 |
$18,790 |
| Aerospace engineers |
1,380 |
$43.11 |
$89,660 |
| Medical assistants |
1,380 |
$12.83 |
$26,680 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
1,360 |
$15.38 |
$32,000 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
1,330 |
$23.33 |
$48,530 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
1,320 |
$13.37 |
$27,810 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
1,310 |
$25.56 |
$53,170 |
| General and operations managers |
1,290 |
$44.57 |
$92,710 |
| Legal occupations |
1,280 |
$28.91 |
$60,130 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
1,240 |
$28.09 |
$58,420 |
| Industrial engineers |
1,170 |
$37.19 |
$77,360 |
| Management analysts |
1,150 |
$38.08 |
$79,210 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
1,140 |
$16.57 |
$34,460 |
| Electrical engineers |
1,140 |
$41.04 |
$85,370 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
1,130 |
$31.41 |
$65,330 |
| Electricians |
1,100 |
$22.10 |
$45,970 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
1,070 |
$13.17 |
$27,400 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
1,050 |
$45.45 |
$94,540 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
1,040 |
$14.77 |
$30,720 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
1,030 |
$21.12 |
$43,940 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
1,020 |
$16.05 |
$33,390 |
| Mechanical engineers |
1,000 |
$37.58 |
$78,160 |
| Computer programmers |
970 |
$29.22 |
$60,770 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
970 |
$18.40 |
$38,270 |
| Team assemblers |
970 |
$10.77 |
$22,410 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
960 |
$22.38 |
$46,540 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other |
950 |
$23.42 |
$48,720 |
| Medical secretaries |
920 |
$12.51 |
$26,020 |
| Bartenders |
910 |
$9.41 |
$19,570 |
| Fire fighters |
910 |
$20.57 |
$42,780 |
| Child care workers |
900 |
$10.55 |
$21,950 |
| Teacher assistants |
900 |
Not available |
$22,950 |
| Computer support specialists |
890 |
$20.46 |
$42,560 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
880 |
$12.30 |
$25,590 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
880 |
$27.23 |
$56,630 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
840 |
$8.97 |
$18,660 |
| Home health aides |
780 |
$11.26 |
$23,420 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
760 |
$26.87 |
$55,890 |
| Insurance sales agents |
760 |
$28.44 |
$59,150 |
| Telemarketers |
750 |
$11.31 |
$23,530 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
730 |
$35.43 |
$73,680 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
730 |
$29.18 |
$60,690 |
| Dishwashers |
720 |
$8.13 |
$16,910 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
700 |
$17.97 |
$37,390 |
| Computer systems analysts |
670 |
$33.63 |
$69,950 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
650 |
$9.88 |
$20,550 |
| Recreation workers |
640 |
$11.07 |
$23,030 |
| Cost estimators |
630 |
$25.84 |
$53,740 |
| File clerks |
630 |
$12.89 |
$26,810 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
620 |
$9.05 |
$18,820 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
620 |
$91.40 |
$190,120 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
590 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Bill and account collectors |
570 |
$14.54 |
$30,250 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
570 |
$29.06 |
$60,440 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
570 |
$19.41 |
$40,370 |
| Lawyers |
560 |
$43.24 |
$89,930 |
| Loan officers |
550 |
$26.94 |
$56,030 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
550 |
$19.44 |
$40,440 |
| Tellers |
550 |
$11.45 |
$23,820 |
| Dental assistants |
540 |
$15.36 |
$31,940 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
540 |
$8.62 |
$17,920 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
520 |
$15.04 |
$31,290 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
500 |
$11.00 |
$22,880 |
| Helpers--electricians |
500 |
$13.19 |
$27,430 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
500 |
Not available |
$36,520 |
| All other information and record clerks |
480 |
$16.41 |
$34,120 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
480 |
$14.35 |
$29,840 |
| Engineering managers |
480 |
$57.61 |
$119,840 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
480 |
$11.53 |
$23,980 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
470 |
$23.28 |
$48,430 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
460 |
$12.85 |
$26,740 |
| Cooks, fast food |
460 |
$9.39 |
$19,540 |
| Real estate sales agents |
460 |
$14.27 |
$29,690 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
460 |
$31.06 |
$64,600 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
450 |
$13.36 |
$27,780 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
440 |
$16.30 |
$33,910 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
440 |
$31.44 |
$65,400 |
| Operations research analysts |
440 |
$36.84 |
$76,630 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
440 |
$12.47 |
$25,940 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
430 |
$10.96 |
$22,800 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians |
410 |
$21.92 |
$45,600 |
| Civil engineers |
410 |
$36.14 |
$75,180 |
| Graphic designers |
410 |
$19.23 |
$40,000 |
| Managers, all other |
410 |
$45.47 |
$94,570 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
410 |
$24.10 |
$50,120 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
400 |
$10.15 |
$21,100 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
400 |
$11.47 |
$23,860 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
400 |
$16.49 |
$34,300 |
| Chief executives |
390 |
$71.15 |
$148,000 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
390 |
$33.18 |
$69,010 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
390 |
$9.98 |
$20,760 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
380 |
$26.67 |
$55,480 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
380 |
$15.36 |
$31,950 |
| Pharmacists |
380 |
$50.64 |
$105,330 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
380 |
$17.75 |
$36,930 |
| Order clerks |
370 |
$11.24 |
$23,380 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
360 |
$21.09 |
$43,880 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
350 |
$10.09 |
$20,990 |
| Dental hygienists |
350 |
$33.61 |
$69,910 |
| Training and development specialists |
350 |
$25.91 |
$53,900 |
| Logisticians |
340 |
$31.67 |
$65,870 |
| Financial managers |
330 |
$45.62 |
$94,880 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
330 |
$17.94 |
$37,320 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
320 |
$16.09 |
$33,470 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
300 |
$19.12 |
$39,780 |
| Construction managers |
300 |
$42.21 |
$87,800 |
| Data entry keyers |
300 |
$12.95 |
$26,930 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers |
300 |
$12.47 |
$25,930 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
300 |
$16.10 |
$33,490 |
| Roofers |
300 |
$13.31 |
$27,690 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
290 |
$24.43 |
$50,800 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
290 |
Not available |
Not available |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
290 |
$34.39 |
$71,530 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
290 |
$13.08 |
$27,200 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
290 |
$8.92 |
$18,550 |
| Sales managers |
290 |
$60.32 |
$125,470 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
290 |
$21.32 |
$44,340 |
| Parts salespersons |
280 |
$11.72 |
$24,370 |
| Personal financial advisors |
280 |
$24.14 |
$50,210 |
| Public relations specialists |
280 |
$26.92 |
$55,990 |
| Social and human service assistants |
280 |
$14.48 |
$30,110 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
270 |
$23.76 |
$49,410 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
270 |
$9.26 |
$19,260 |
| Medical and health services managers |
270 |
$42.30 |
$87,980 |
| Pest control workers |
270 |
$14.24 |
$29,620 |
| Driver/sales workers |
260 |
$11.75 |
$24,450 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
260 |
$25.73 |
$53,510 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
260 |
$35.26 |
$73,340 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
250 |
$18.22 |
$37,890 |
| Librarians |
250 |
$21.61 |
$44,960 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
250 |
$18.67 |
$38,830 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
250 |
$12.39 |
$25,760 |
| Administrative services managers |
240 |
$39.85 |
$82,890 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
240 |
$21.36 |
$44,430 |
| Coaches and scouts |
240 |
Not available |
$33,610 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
240 |
$52.02 |
$108,200 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
240 |
$15.46 |
$32,160 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
240 |
$26.74 |
$55,620 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
240 |
$25.28 |
$52,580 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers |
240 |
$17.54 |
$36,490 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
230 |
$14.46 |
$30,080 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
230 |
$16.40 |
$34,100 |
| Physical therapists |
230 |
$36.25 |
$75,410 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers |
230 |
$13.90 |
$28,920 |
| Database administrators |
220 |
$35.25 |
$73,330 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
220 |
$13.60 |
$28,280 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
220 |
$12.88 |
$26,790 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other |
220 |
$11.49 |
$23,900 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
220 |
$14.87 |
$30,930 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
220 |
$24.23 |
$50,390 |
| Helpers--production workers |
210 |
$10.40 |
$21,640 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
210 |
$27.00 |
$56,160 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
210 |
$9.47 |
$19,690 |
| Computer specialists, all other |
200 |
$32.53 |
$67,660 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
200 |
$9.41 |
$19,570 |
| Industrial engineering technicians |
200 |
$19.09 |
$39,710 |
| Procurement clerks |
200 |
$15.61 |
$32,460 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
190 |
$17.97 |
$37,370 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
190 |
$15.05 |
$31,310 |
| Sheet metal workers |
190 |
$16.94 |
$35,230 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians |
180 |
$18.76 |
$39,030 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
180 |
$16.65 |
$34,640 |
| Food service managers |
180 |
$23.13 |
$48,120 |
| Legal secretaries |
180 |
$18.65 |
$38,780 |
| New accounts clerks |
180 |
$13.57 |
$28,220 |
| Pipelayers |
180 |
$17.03 |
$35,420 |
| Structural iron and steel workers |
180 |
$20.34 |
$42,310 |
| Advertising sales agents |
170 |
$17.74 |
$36,900 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
170 |
$14.83 |
$30,840 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
170 |
$14.64 |
$30,440 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other |
170 |
$18.71 |
$38,920 |
| Construction and related workers, all other |
170 |
$16.02 |
$33,330 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
170 |
$15.06 |
$31,320 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators |
170 |
$26.22 |
$54,540 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
170 |
$15.56 |
$32,370 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other |
170 |
$21.66 |
$45,050 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
170 |
$20.66 |
$42,970 |
| Surgical technologists |
170 |
$24.00 |
$49,920 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
170 |
$10.39 |
$21,610 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary |
170 |
$26.10 |
$54,290 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
170 |
$11.48 |
$23,870 |
| Budget analysts |
160 |
$28.11 |
$58,480 |
| Commercial pilots |
160 |
Not available |
$57,080 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
160 |
$22.49 |
$46,780 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
160 |
$27.03 |
$56,230 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
160 |
$17.68 |
$36,780 |
| Photographic processing machine operators |
160 |
$9.13 |
$18,990 |
| Respiratory therapists |
160 |
$20.41 |
$42,450 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
160 |
$17.53 |
$36,460 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
160 |
$18.79 |
$39,090 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
150 |
$21.15 |
$44,000 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators |
150 |
$16.59 |
$34,500 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
150 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Marketing managers |
150 |
$60.62 |
$126,080 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
150 |
$14.94 |
$31,070 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
150 |
$12.04 |
$25,050 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
150 |
$8.86 |
$18,430 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
140 |
$14.97 |
$31,140 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
140 |
$16.14 |
$33,560 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
140 |
$13.42 |
$27,920 |
| Fiberglass laminators and fabricators |
140 |
$13.22 |
$27,500 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
140 |
$12.36 |
$25,700 |
| Market research analysts |
140 |
$25.51 |
$53,070 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
140 |
$31.38 |
$65,270 |
| Occupational therapists |
140 |
$26.27 |
$54,630 |
| Postal service clerks |
140 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Printing machine operators |
140 |
$13.88 |
$28,870 |
| Psychiatric technicians |
140 |
$9.57 |
$19,910 |
| Social workers, all other |
140 |
$19.43 |
$40,420 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
140 |
$16.32 |
$33,940 |
| Family and general practitioners |
130 |
$88.49 |
$184,070 |
| Financial analysts |
130 |
$31.14 |
$64,770 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors |
130 |
$35.26 |
$73,330 |
| Industrial production managers |
130 |
$47.57 |
$98,950 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
130 |
$13.62 |
$28,330 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
130 |
$13.37 |
$27,810 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
120 |
$34.87 |
$72,540 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
120 |
$28.50 |
$59,290 |
| Computer operators |
120 |
$17.53 |
$36,470 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
120 |
$27.36 |
$56,910 |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other |
120 |
$33.35 |
$69,370 |
| Instructional coordinators |
120 |
$25.26 |
$52,540 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
120 |
$15.14 |
$31,500 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
120 |
$16.35 |
$34,000 |
| Physician assistants |
120 |
$39.72 |
$82,610 |
| Technical writers |
120 |
$29.39 |
$61,130 |
| Travel agents |
120 |
$14.79 |
$30,750 |
| Veterinarians |
120 |
$35.80 |
$74,460 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
110 |
$21.85 |
$45,450 |
| Broadcast technicians |
110 |
$16.46 |
$34,230 |
| Crossing guards |
110 |
$10.87 |
$22,600 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters |
110 |
$14.99 |
$31,190 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
110 |
$10.47 |
$21,780 |
| Photographers |
110 |
$17.02 |
$35,390 |
| Sales engineers |
110 |
$40.57 |
$84,390 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
110 |
$9.74 |
$20,270 |
| Word processors and typists |
110 |
$13.65 |
$28,380 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
100 |
$24.36 |
$50,670 |
| Editors |
100 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
100 |
$12.02 |
$25,000 |
| Medical equipment preparers |
100 |
$12.07 |
$25,110 |
| Medical equipment repairers |
100 |
$20.00 |
$41,600 |
| Physical scientists, all other |
100 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Plasterers and stucco masons |
100 |
$16.94 |
$35,230 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
100 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Purchasing managers |
100 |
$51.54 |
$107,200 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
100 |
$15.95 |
$33,180 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers |
90 |
$15.49 |
$32,220 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
90 |
$12.26 |
$25,510 |
| Drafters, all other |
90 |
$25.72 |
$53,490 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
90 |
$15.51 |
$32,260 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
90 |
$20.76 |
$43,170 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
90 |
$35.40 |
$73,630 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
90 |
$24.39 |
$50,740 |
| Floral designers |
90 |
$11.66 |
$24,250 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
90 |
$13.03 |
$27,110 |
| Parking lot attendants |
90 |
$9.30 |
$19,340 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
90 |
$22.42 |
$46,630 |
| Couriers and messengers |
80 |
$12.17 |
$25,300 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
80 |
$11.41 |
$23,730 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other |
80 |
$10.37 |
$21,560 |
| Helpers--carpenters |
80 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Mental health counselors |
80 |
$16.32 |
$33,940 |
| Meter readers, utilities |
80 |
$15.95 |
$33,170 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
80 |
$22.11 |
$45,990 |
| Painters, transportation equipment |
80 |
$19.36 |
$40,270 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators |
80 |
$14.75 |
$30,690 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents |
80 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Therapists, all other |
80 |
$27.04 |
$56,250 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
70 |
$19.25 |
$40,050 |
| Biological scientists, all other |
70 |
$30.59 |
$63,620 |
| Chemists |
70 |
$35.08 |
$72,960 |
| Chiropractors |
70 |
$41.44 |
$86,190 |
| Computer and information scientists, research |
70 |
$39.54 |
$82,240 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
70 |
$22.98 |
$47,800 |
| Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment |
70 |
$25.03 |
$52,060 |
| Environmental engineers |
70 |
$35.92 |
$74,710 |
| Materials engineers |
70 |
$33.24 |
$69,140 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
70 |
$10.75 |
$22,370 |
| Personal and home care aides |
70 |
$9.77 |
$20,310 |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
70 |
$13.79 |
$28,690 |
| Real estate brokers |
70 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Social and community service managers |
70 |
$36.42 |
$75,750 |
| Surveyors |
70 |
$22.09 |
$45,940 |
| Dentists, general |
60 |
$104.45 |
$217,260 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary |
60 |
$42.42 |
$88,230 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters |
60 |
$21.86 |
$45,460 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
60 |
Not available |
$53,790 |
| Legislators |
60 |
Not available |
$36,020 |
| Metal workers and plastic workers, all other |
60 |
$12.99 |
$27,020 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other |
60 |
$12.80 |
$26,620 |
| Producers and directors |
60 |
$19.34 |
$40,220 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks |
60 |
$12.61 |
$26,220 |
| Social scientists and related workers, all other |
60 |
$34.53 |
$71,820 |
| Transportation workers, all other |
60 |
$14.93 |
$31,050 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
60 |
$43.63 |
$90,750 |
| Writers and authors |
60 |
$24.11 |
$50,150 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary |
50 |
Not available |
$51,800 |
| Bakers |
50 |
$10.88 |
$22,630 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary |
50 |
Not available |
$57,160 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
50 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers |
50 |
$13.93 |
$28,970 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
50 |
$13.26 |
$27,570 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers |
50 |
$33.27 |
$69,200 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
50 |
$16.11 |
$33,520 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
50 |
$13.08 |
$27,200 |
| Lodging managers |
50 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
50 |
$13.33 |
$27,720 |
| Mechanical drafters |
50 |
$17.62 |
$36,650 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers |
50 |
$12.70 |
$26,420 |
| Motorboat mechanics |
50 |
$18.86 |
$39,230 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
50 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers |
50 |
$10.68 |
$22,220 |
| Residential advisors |
50 |
$11.30 |
$23,510 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood |
50 |
$11.03 |
$22,930 |
| Sewing machine operators |
50 |
$10.56 |
$21,960 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
50 |
$20.78 |
$43,220 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors |
40 |
$18.05 |
$37,550 |
| Brokerage clerks |
40 |
$13.63 |
$28,350 |
| Chemical technicians |
40 |
$19.91 |
$41,420 |
| Clergy |
40 |
$17.25 |
$35,870 |
| Compensation and benefits managers |
40 |
$47.33 |
$98,440 |
| Counselors, all other |
40 |
$15.30 |
$31,830 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs |
40 |
$16.07 |
$33,430 |
| Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators |
40 |
$9.33 |
$19,410 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
40 |
$21.81 |
$45,370 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
40 |
$38.67 |
$80,440 |
| Internists, general |
40 |
$101.83 |
$211,820 |
| Massage therapists |
40 |
$24.71 |
$51,400 |
| Media and communication workers, all other |
40 |
$15.85 |
$32,970 |
| Meeting and convention planners |
40 |
$16.60 |
$34,530 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
40 |
$20.09 |
$41,780 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic |
40 |
$17.41 |
$36,220 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists |
40 |
$29.85 |
$62,090 |
| Pediatricians, general |
40 |
$66.13 |
$137,540 |
| Riggers |
40 |
$19.60 |
$40,770 |
| Tool and die makers |
40 |
$18.55 |
$38,580 |
| Urban and regional planners |
40 |
$23.68 |
$49,240 |
| Cargo and freight agents |
30 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Credit analysts |
30 |
$22.15 |
$46,070 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
30 |
$11.72 |
$24,390 |
| Fire inspectors and investigators |
30 |
$22.45 |
$46,690 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers |
30 |
$29.69 |
$61,750 |
| Furniture finishers |
30 |
$13.34 |
$27,740 |
| Health educators |
30 |
$25.86 |
$53,790 |
| Survey researchers |
30 |
$20.07 |
$41,750 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
30 |
$14.58 |
$30,320 |
| Zoologists and wildlife biologists |
30 |
$22.64 |
$47,090 |
| Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers |
Not available |
$24.07 |
$50,060 |
| Computer hardware engineers |
Not available |
$43.26 |
$89,980 |
| Cooks, short order |
Not available |
$9.49 |
$19,740 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
Not available |
$15.22 |
$31,650 |
| Dental laboratory technicians |
Not available |
$17.44 |
$36,280 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers |
Not available |
$17.11 |
$35,590 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health |
Not available |
$16.79 |
$34,920 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse |
Not available |
$11.73 |
$24,390 |
| Funeral attendants |
Not available |
$10.96 |
$22,800 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand |
Not available |
$14.82 |
$30,830 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other |
Not available |
$16.16 |
$33,600 |
| Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons |
Not available |
$11.84 |
$24,630 |
| Interior designers |
Not available |
$15.79 |
$32,850 |
| Legal support workers, all other |
Not available |
$14.04 |
$29,210 |
| Life scientists, all other |
Not available |
$26.72 |
$55,590 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other |
Not available |
$24.79 |
$51,570 |
| Machinists |
Not available |
$20.27 |
$42,160 |
| Material moving workers, all other |
Not available |
$17.61 |
$36,620 |
| Media and communication equipment workers, all other |
Not available |
$28.45 |
$59,180 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists |
Not available |
$92.43 |
$192,260 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians |
Not available |
$10.85 |
$22,560 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics |
Not available |
$15.72 |
$32,690 |
| Pharmacy aides |
Not available |
$9.52 |
$19,800 |
| Photographic process workers |
Not available |
$10.82 |
$22,500 |
| Physical therapist aides |
Not available |
$11.28 |
$23,460 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other |
Not available |
Not available |
$44,720 |
| Production workers, all other |
Not available |
$13.55 |
$28,180 |
| Service station attendants |
Not available |
$10.30 |
$21,420 |
| Skin care specialists |
Not available |
$8.03 |
$16,690 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
Not available |
$14.01 |
$29,140 |
| Tax preparers |
Not available |
$12.41 |
$25,820 |
| Tile and marble setters |
Not available |
$14.99 |
$31,180 |
| Upholsterers |
Not available |
$13.40 |
$27,880 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers |
Not available |
$7.65 |
$15,920 |
