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 | 70,030 | $16.28 | $33,860 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 11,890 | $12.91 | $26,840 |
| Sales and related occupations | 8,130 | $12.35 | $25,700 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 6,760 | $8.33 | $17,320 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 5,430 | $12.67 | $26,350 |
| Production occupations | 5,420 | $17.11 | $35,590 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 4,490 | $17.50 | $36,390 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 4,430 | $27.01 | $56,170 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 4,090 | $19.79 | $41,170 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 4,080 | $18.28 | $38,020 |
| Retail salespersons | 2,620 | $10.43 | $21,700 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 2,570 | $7.55 | $15,710 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 2,370 | $27.88 | $57,990 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 2,350 | $9.92 | $20,630 |
| Management occupations | 2,260 | $37.87 | $78,770 |
| Cashiers | 2,160 | $7.93 | $16,500 |
| Office clerks, general | 2,010 | $11.22 | $23,340 |
| Customer service representatives | 1,980 | $12.05 | $25,070 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 1,850 | $10.14 | $21,080 |
| Registered nurses | 1,700 | $23.86 | $49,630 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 1,480 | $8.48 | $17,630 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 1,390 | $15.06 | $31,330 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 1,240 | $7.96 | $16,560 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 1,210 | $10.23 | $21,270 |
| Community and social services occupations | 1,150 | $14.68 | $30,530 |
| Protective service occupations | 1,130 | $16.87 | $35,090 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 1,050 | $10.43 | $21,690 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 1,050 | $9.15 | $19,030 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 1,020 | $10.06 | $20,930 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 980 | Not available | $44,370 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 920 | $29.54 | $61,450 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 900 | $12.32 | $25,620 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 840 | $14.25 | $29,640 |
| Construction laborers | 770 | $12.78 | $26,590 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | 770 | $23.37 | $48,620 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 700 | $15.99 | $33,260 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 680 | $12.72 | $26,460 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 650 | $14.78 | $30,740 |
| General and operations managers | 630 | $38.80 | $80,700 |
| Carpenters | 600 | $19.14 | $39,810 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 600 | $15.91 | $33,100 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 580 | $30.65 | $63,750 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 570 | $22.00 | $45,760 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 570 | Not available | $47,600 |
| Electricians | 550 | $21.29 | $44,280 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 520 | $20.78 | $43,230 |
| Accountants and auditors | 500 | $30.69 | $63,830 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 480 | $12.64 | $26,290 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 480 | $23.54 | $48,970 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 460 | $8.86 | $18,430 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 460 | $12.34 | $25,670 |
| Home health aides | 450 | $8.27 | $17,190 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 430 | $27.82 | $57,860 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 430 | $15.64 | $32,530 |
| Personal and home care aides | 430 | $7.52 | $15,650 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 420 | $12.38 | $25,750 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 410 | $18.64 | $38,760 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 400 | $25.81 | $53,690 |
| Security guards | 400 | $13.26 | $27,580 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 390 | $16.71 | $34,760 |
| Team assemblers | 380 | $11.54 | $24,000 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 370 | $8.16 | $16,970 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 360 | $9.97 | $20,730 |
| Child care workers | 350 | $7.86 | $16,360 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 350 | $9.76 | $20,300 |
| Tellers | 350 | $9.69 | $20,150 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 340 | $12.39 | $25,770 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 340 | $25.38 | $52,800 |
| Food preparation workers | 340 | $8.36 | $17,380 |
| Legal occupations | 330 | $26.17 | $54,440 |
| Teacher assistants | 310 | Not available | $19,860 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 300 | $9.94 | $20,680 |
| Social and human service assistants | 300 | $10.24 | $21,290 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 290 | $13.80 | $28,710 |
| Driver/sales workers | 290 | $10.90 | $22,670 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 290 | Not available | $43,710 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 290 | $20.73 | $43,130 |
| Computer specialists, all other | 280 | $36.38 | $75,660 |
| Medical assistants | 280 | $10.75 | $22,360 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 280 | $12.93 | $26,890 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 270 | $9.30 | $19,350 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 260 | $24.97 | $51,940 |
| Sheet metal workers | 260 | $20.51 | $42,660 |
| Bartenders | 250 | $8.15 | $16,960 |
| Cooks, fast food | 230 | $7.76 | $16,140 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 230 | $10.64 | $22,120 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 230 | $30.12 | $62,640 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 220 | Not available | Not available |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 220 | $15.28 | $31,790 |
| Chief executives | 210 | $56.02 | $116,530 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 210 | $12.36 | $25,710 |
| Insurance sales agents | 210 | $20.71 | $43,070 |
| Medical secretaries | 210 | $11.72 | $24,370 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 200 | $11.04 | $22,970 |
| Dishwashers | 190 | $7.84 | $16,300 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay | 190 | $27.55 | $57,310 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 180 | $15.39 | $32,010 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 180 | $14.65 | $30,470 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 180 | $12.78 | $26,580 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 180 | $18.66 | $38,820 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 170 | $8.04 | $16,720 |
| Fire fighters | 170 | $20.09 | $41,790 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 170 | $9.12 | $18,960 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 170 | $11.64 | $24,200 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 170 | $11.94 | $24,840 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 160 | Not available | $67,810 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 160 | $21.94 | $45,640 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 160 | $14.40 | $29,960 |
| Management analysts | 160 | $36.86 | $76,660 |
| Medical and health services managers | 160 | $37.47 | $77,940 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 160 | $18.02 | $37,490 |
| Food batchmakers | 150 | $15.72 | $32,700 |
| Industrial production managers | 150 | $45.07 | $93,750 |
| Loan officers | 150 | $24.65 | $51,280 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 150 | Not available | $45,060 |
| Wellhead pumpers | 150 | $12.25 | $25,480 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 140 | $9.86 | $20,510 |
| Dental assistants | 140 | $11.81 | $24,570 |
| Financial managers | 140 | $36.71 | $76,360 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 140 | $8.36 | $17,380 |
| Helpers--production workers | 140 | $12.13 | $25,240 |
| Legal secretaries | 140 | $13.03 | $27,110 |
| Parts salespersons | 140 | $13.48 | $28,040 |
| All other information and record clerks | 130 | $16.22 | $33,730 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 130 | $10.43 | $21,690 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 130 | $14.53 | $30,220 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 130 | $8.54 | $17,770 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 130 | $26.49 | $55,090 |
| Civil engineers | 120 | $32.35 | $67,290 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 120 | $24.94 | $51,880 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 120 | $8.45 | $17,570 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 120 | $17.57 | $36,540 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 120 | Not available | $45,900 |
| Machinists | 120 | $16.54 | $34,400 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 120 | $20.95 | $43,580 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 120 | $18.78 | $39,060 |
| Pharmacists | 120 | $50.94 | $105,950 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 120 | $18.51 | $38,500 |
| Cost estimators | 110 | $26.61 | $55,360 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other | 110 | $8.87 | $18,440 |
| Family and general practitioners | 110 | $84.66 | $176,100 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 110 | $7.71 | $16,040 |
| Recreation workers | 110 | $10.52 | $21,880 |
| Word processors and typists | 110 | $16.28 | $33,860 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 100 | $15.89 | $33,050 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 100 | $15.83 | $32,920 |
| Computer support specialists | 100 | $18.65 | $38,780 |
| Financial specialists, all other | 100 | $28.01 | $58,260 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 100 | $10.42 | $21,670 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 100 | $16.45 | $34,220 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 100 | $11.87 | $24,690 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 100 | $10.35 | $21,530 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 100 | $18.33 | $38,130 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 100 | $18.45 | $38,380 |
| Roofers | 100 | $17.51 | $36,430 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners | 100 | $15.12 | $31,450 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 100 | $26.26 | $54,620 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 100 | Not available | $41,700 |
| Administrative services managers | 90 | $38.26 | $79,580 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 90 | $10.66 | $22,170 |
| Cooks, short order | 90 | $8.15 | $16,960 |
| Dental hygienists | 90 | $23.51 | $48,900 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 90 | $21.81 | $45,350 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 90 | $13.71 | $28,520 |
| Managers, all other | 90 | $39.28 | $81,710 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 90 | $21.37 | $44,440 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 90 | $17.37 | $36,130 |
| Respiratory therapists | 90 | $20.36 | $42,350 |
| Sales managers | 90 | $39.52 | $82,200 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 90 | Not available | $48,000 |
| Bill and account collectors | 80 | $12.28 | $25,530 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary | 80 | Not available | Not available |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 80 | $15.15 | $31,510 |
| Electrical engineers | 80 | $39.97 | $83,140 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 80 | Not available | Not available |
| Industrial engineers | 80 | $33.71 | $70,120 |
| Lawyers | 80 | $44.36 | $92,280 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 80 | $75.00 | More than $145,600 |
| Sewing machine operators | 80 | $8.64 | $17,970 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 80 | $9.27 | $19,280 |
| Training and development specialists | 80 | $22.05 | $45,870 |
| Chemical engineers | 70 | $44.07 | $91,660 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary | 70 | Not available | $31,520 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 70 | $15.25 | $31,730 |
| Data entry keyers | 70 | $11.91 | $24,780 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 70 | $7.94 | $16,520 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 70 | $42.54 | $88,490 |
| Food service managers | 70 | $19.82 | $41,230 |
| Graphic designers | 70 | $17.93 | $37,290 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 70 | $13.59 | $28,260 |
| Librarians | 70 | $20.54 | $42,730 |
| Mechanical engineers | 70 | $34.63 | $72,040 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 70 | $15.44 | $32,120 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 70 | $12.08 | $25,120 |
| Mental health counselors | 70 | $16.11 | $33,510 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 70 | $8.43 | $17,530 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 70 | $13.63 | $28,340 |
| Physical therapists | 70 | $42.36 | $88,120 |
| Printing machine operators | 70 | $15.27 | $31,760 |
| Rotary drill operators, oil and gas | 70 | $16.51 | $34,350 |
| Roustabouts, oil and gas | 70 | $11.11 | $23,110 |
| Surgical technologists | 70 | $14.64 | $30,450 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 70 | $18.69 | $38,880 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 70 | $8.02 | $16,680 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 70 | Not available | $40,160 |
| Advertising sales agents | 60 | $18.69 | $38,870 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 60 | $11.68 | $24,300 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 60 | $20.30 | $42,220 |
| Couriers and messengers | 60 | $9.41 | $19,580 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 60 | $13.36 | $27,780 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary | 60 | Not available | Not available |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 60 | $23.69 | $49,280 |
| Floral designers | 60 | Not available | Not available |
| Funeral attendants | 60 | $7.90 | $16,420 |
| Instructional coordinators | 60 | $29.64 | $61,660 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 60 | $11.03 | $22,950 |
| Mechanical drafters | 60 | $16.08 | $33,440 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 60 | $11.35 | $23,610 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 60 | $14.47 | $30,090 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 60 | $24.83 | $51,640 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 60 | $15.53 | $32,300 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 60 | $11.68 | $24,300 |
| Special education teachers, middle school | 60 | Not available | $40,970 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 60 | $26.14 | $54,360 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | 60 | $18.66 | $38,820 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 50 | $7.83 | $16,290 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 50 | $11.40 | $23,720 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 50 | $20.78 | $43,230 |
| Crane and tower operators | 50 | $17.29 | $35,970 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters | 50 | $13.41 | $27,890 |
| Derrick operators, oil and gas | 50 | $13.22 | $27,500 |
| Engineering managers | 50 | $47.37 | $98,530 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 50 | $14.50 | $30,160 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 50 | $12.60 | $26,210 |
| Funeral directors | 50 | $29.90 | $62,180 |
| Legislators | 50 | Not available | $27,320 |
| New accounts clerks | 50 | $14.10 | $29,330 |
| Physician assistants | 50 | $41.31 | $85,930 |
| Public relations specialists | 50 | $26.67 | $55,470 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 50 | $12.56 | $26,130 |
| Service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining | 50 | $13.94 | $29,000 |
| Social and community service managers | 50 | $17.72 | $36,850 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Coaches and scouts | 40 | Not available | $34,500 |
| Computer operators | 40 | $15.48 | $32,200 |
| Computer programmers | 40 | $27.00 | $56,150 |
| Computer systems analysts | 40 | $35.01 | $72,820 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 40 | $8.86 | $18,440 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers | 40 | $9.58 | $19,920 |
| Medical equipment preparers | 40 | $11.92 | $24,800 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 40 | $12.16 | $25,290 |
| Pest control workers | 40 | $14.01 | $29,140 |
| Photographic processing machine operators | 40 | $10.01 | $20,830 |
| Physical therapist aides | 40 | $9.44 | $19,630 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 40 | $18.37 | $38,220 |
| Postal service clerks | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Power plant operators | 40 | $23.96 | $49,840 |
| Production workers, all other | 40 | $13.11 | $27,270 |
| Real estate sales agents | 40 | $25.06 | $52,130 |
| Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 40 | $15.51 | $32,260 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 40 | $14.09 | $29,300 |
| Surgeons | 40 | $75.00 | More than $145,600 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 40 | $8.95 | $18,610 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 40 | $11.47 | $23,850 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary | 40 | $16.65 | $34,630 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | 30 | $16.77 | $34,890 |
| Construction managers | 30 | $37.14 | $77,260 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators | 30 | $21.84 | $45,420 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | 30 | $22.42 | $46,630 |
| File clerks | 30 | $9.30 | $19,340 |
| Foundry mold and coremakers | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Library technicians | 30 | $11.05 | $22,980 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other | 30 | $9.35 | $19,450 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians | 30 | $10.68 | $22,210 |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists | 30 | $17.50 | $36,390 |
| Sales and related workers, all other | 30 | $12.95 | $26,930 |
| Bus drivers, school | Not available | $10.76 | $22,370 |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders | Not available | $24.91 | $51,820 |
| Chemical plant and system operators | Not available | $29.19 | $60,720 |
| Chemical technicians | Not available | $24.11 | $50,150 |
| Chemists | Not available | $32.11 | $66,790 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers | Not available | $12.15 | $25,270 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | Not available | $24.44 | $50,840 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | Not available | $12.98 | $26,990 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors | Not available | $25.99 | $54,050 |
| Health educators | Not available | $16.08 | $33,450 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | Not available | $20.39 | $42,400 |
| Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall | Not available | $17.58 | $36,560 |
| Job printers | Not available | $10.77 | $22,410 |
| Metal workers and plastic workers, all other | Not available | $11.72 | $24,370 |
| Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $15.06 | $31,330 |
| Order clerks | Not available | $9.84 | $20,470 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | Not available | $18.09 | $37,620 |
| Prepress technicians and workers | Not available | $11.39 | $23,680 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | Not available | $10.22 | $21,260 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | Not available | $13.45 | $27,980 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | Not available | $16.43 | $34,180 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood | Not available | $10.83 | $22,530 |
| Service station attendants | Not available | $7.97 | $16,590 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators | Not available | $21.31 | $44,330 |
| Structural iron and steel workers | Not available | $25.88 | $53,830 |
| Telemarketers | Not available | $11.00 | $22,870 |
