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 |
181,900 |
$18.67 |
$38,830 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
28,520 |
$14.77 |
$30,730 |
| Production occupations |
18,700 |
$16.00 |
$33,280 |
| Sales and related occupations |
17,540 |
$15.26 |
$31,740 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
15,990 |
$13.74 |
$28,590 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
15,150 |
$9.26 |
$19,250 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
13,280 |
$29.94 |
$62,280 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
11,040 |
$21.25 |
$44,190 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
8,930 |
$23.80 |
$49,490 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
7,910 |
$19.57 |
$40,710 |
| Management occupations |
7,570 |
$40.28 |
$83,780 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
6,820 |
$26.44 |
$54,990 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
6,810 |
$11.46 |
$23,830 |
| Retail salespersons |
5,380 |
$11.32 |
$23,540 |
| Registered nurses |
5,260 |
$26.05 |
$54,190 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
5,200 |
$12.52 |
$26,050 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
5,030 |
$11.07 |
$23,020 |
| Cashiers |
4,870 |
$8.95 |
$18,620 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
3,400 |
$10.17 |
$21,160 |
| Office clerks, general |
3,370 |
$12.13 |
$25,220 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
3,360 |
$16.74 |
$34,810 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
3,340 |
$10.92 |
$22,700 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
3,290 |
$30.21 |
$62,840 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
3,080 |
$15.87 |
$33,020 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
3,040 |
$8.64 |
$17,980 |
| Customer service representatives |
3,030 |
$15.81 |
$32,880 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
2,930 |
$18.63 |
$38,740 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
2,700 |
$11.84 |
$24,630 |
| Protective service occupations |
2,640 |
$21.48 |
$44,680 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
2,600 |
Not available |
$46,260 |
| Community and social services occupations |
2,580 |
$19.00 |
$39,510 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
2,430 |
$22.58 |
$46,960 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
2,400 |
$15.28 |
$31,790 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
2,290 |
$13.86 |
$28,820 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
2,220 |
$29.84 |
$62,060 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
2,190 |
$8.46 |
$17,600 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
2,030 |
$17.55 |
$36,510 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
1,880 |
$18.01 |
$37,450 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
1,880 |
$11.24 |
$23,380 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
1,700 |
$9.51 |
$19,770 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
1,630 |
$28.98 |
$60,280 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
1,620 |
$34.55 |
$71,870 |
| Construction laborers |
1,580 |
$18.40 |
$38,270 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
1,540 |
$21.78 |
$45,310 |
| General and operations managers |
1,520 |
$44.51 |
$92,580 |
| Food preparation workers |
1,510 |
$8.75 |
$18,190 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
1,490 |
$11.12 |
$23,140 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
1,480 |
$11.03 |
$22,940 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
1,470 |
Not available |
$51,520 |
| Carpenters |
1,430 |
$24.98 |
$51,970 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
1,400 |
Not available |
$50,220 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
1,370 |
$19.37 |
$40,280 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
1,370 |
Not available |
$44,930 |
| Production workers, all other |
1,280 |
$15.02 |
$31,240 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
1,200 |
$15.55 |
$32,340 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
1,170 |
$26.08 |
$54,250 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
1,150 |
$20.49 |
$42,610 |
| Bartenders |
1,100 |
$8.96 |
$18,630 |
| Cooks, fast food |
1,080 |
$8.47 |
$17,620 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
1,080 |
$23.72 |
$49,330 |
| Teacher assistants |
1,040 |
Not available |
$21,360 |
| Managers, all other |
1,010 |
$35.00 |
$72,810 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
1,010 |
$13.26 |
$27,580 |
| Accountants and auditors |
1,000 |
$30.41 |
$63,240 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
1,000 |
$14.02 |
$29,160 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
980 |
$12.79 |
$26,600 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
960 |
$18.04 |
$37,530 |
| Bus drivers, school |
910 |
$13.08 |
$27,200 |
| Tellers |
910 |
$11.01 |
$22,910 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
890 |
$9.94 |
$20,680 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
880 |
$17.37 |
$36,140 |
| Electricians |
870 |
$28.26 |
$58,770 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
850 |
$14.08 |
$29,280 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
820 |
$8.42 |
$17,510 |
| Team assemblers |
780 |
$12.35 |
$25,680 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
750 |
$8.32 |
$17,310 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
740 |
$12.42 |
$25,840 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
720 |
$10.90 |
$22,660 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
710 |
$12.84 |
$26,710 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
690 |
$21.20 |
$44,090 |
| Medical assistants |
680 |
$13.86 |
$28,820 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
670 |
$31.23 |
$64,950 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
660 |
$10.34 |
$21,500 |
| Legal occupations |
630 |
$36.65 |
$76,240 |
| Mechanical engineers |
630 |
$29.75 |
$61,880 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
630 |
$16.86 |
$35,060 |
| Child care workers |
610 |
$9.42 |
$19,590 |
| Dishwashers |
600 |
$8.55 |
$17,790 |
| Medical secretaries |
590 |
$13.77 |
$28,640 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
560 |
$15.31 |
$31,840 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
540 |
$28.98 |
$60,280 |
| Social and human service assistants |
540 |
$14.53 |
$30,210 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
500 |
$13.30 |
$27,670 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
490 |
$12.55 |
$26,090 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
490 |
$24.66 |
$51,300 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
490 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
480 |
$9.58 |
$19,920 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
470 |
$9.09 |
$18,900 |
| Parts salespersons |
470 |
$13.74 |
$28,590 |
| Computer support specialists |
460 |
$18.39 |
$38,260 |
| Chief executives |
450 |
$59.57 |
$123,910 |
| Home health aides |
450 |
$10.13 |
$21,080 |
| Bill and account collectors |
440 |
$14.57 |
$30,300 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
440 |
$9.20 |
$19,130 |
| Pharmacists |
440 |
$51.66 |
$107,450 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
440 |
$22.06 |
$45,880 |
| Security guards |
440 |
$14.45 |
$30,070 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
430 |
$24.97 |
$51,950 |
| Legal secretaries |
430 |
$17.86 |
$37,140 |
| Personal and home care aides |
420 |
$9.48 |
$19,730 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
420 |
$31.14 |
$64,760 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
410 |
$13.67 |
$28,440 |
| Sales managers |
410 |
$45.08 |
$93,770 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
400 |
$22.96 |
$47,750 |
| Computer programmers |
390 |
$33.26 |
$69,180 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
380 |
$8.51 |
$17,700 |
| Financial managers |
380 |
$42.62 |
$88,650 |
| Medical and health services managers |
380 |
$51.28 |
$106,670 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
380 |
$26.25 |
$54,610 |
| Advertising sales agents |
370 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Computer and information systems managers |
370 |
$48.32 |
$100,510 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
370 |
$33.09 |
$68,820 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
370 |
$17.99 |
$37,410 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
370 |
$14.23 |
$29,610 |
| Lawyers |
370 |
$39.75 |
$82,690 |
| Administrative services managers |
360 |
$24.56 |
$51,090 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
360 |
$29.51 |
$61,380 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
360 |
Not available |
$82,270 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
360 |
$36.06 |
$75,000 |
| Insurance sales agents |
360 |
$24.65 |
$51,270 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
350 |
$20.53 |
$42,710 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
340 |
$16.13 |
$33,560 |
| Legislators |
340 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
330 |
$9.31 |
$19,370 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
330 |
$11.84 |
$24,620 |
| Order clerks |
330 |
$13.36 |
$27,780 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
320 |
$27.62 |
$57,450 |
| Driver/sales workers |
310 |
$13.92 |
$28,960 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
310 |
Not available |
$47,300 |
| Dental hygienists |
300 |
$20.85 |
$43,380 |
| Dental assistants |
290 |
$14.64 |
$30,450 |
| Recreation workers |
290 |
$9.96 |
$20,720 |
| Couriers and messengers |
280 |
$11.85 |
$24,650 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
280 |
$14.23 |
$29,610 |
| File clerks |
280 |
$10.87 |
$22,600 |
| Food service managers |
280 |
$17.29 |
$35,960 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
280 |
$20.72 |
$43,090 |
| Management analysts |
280 |
$35.35 |
$73,530 |
| New accounts clerks |
280 |
$14.18 |
$29,500 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
270 |
$22.64 |
$47,090 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
270 |
$34.74 |
$72,250 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
260 |
$18.17 |
$37,790 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
260 |
$10.82 |
$22,510 |
| Computer systems analysts |
250 |
$35.01 |
$72,810 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other |
250 |
$10.39 |
$21,600 |
| Loan officers |
250 |
$31.37 |
$65,240 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
250 |
$25.70 |
$53,460 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
250 |
$16.74 |
$34,830 |
| Training and development specialists |
250 |
$24.30 |
$50,550 |
| Cost estimators |
240 |
$24.30 |
$50,550 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
240 |
$14.20 |
$29,540 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
240 |
$15.50 |
$32,240 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
240 |
$12.73 |
$26,490 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
240 |
$17.77 |
$36,960 |
| Coaches and scouts |
230 |
Not available |
$27,060 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
230 |
$32.87 |
$68,360 |
| Graphic designers |
230 |
$21.60 |
$44,930 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
230 |
$27.54 |
$57,270 |
| Industrial production managers |
230 |
$33.56 |
$69,800 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
220 |
$24.33 |
$50,610 |
| Printing machine operators |
220 |
$14.65 |
$30,470 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
220 |
$23.97 |
$49,850 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
220 |
$9.94 |
$20,680 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
210 |
$14.02 |
$29,160 |
| Financial analysts |
210 |
$32.78 |
$68,190 |
| Librarians |
210 |
$19.95 |
$41,490 |
| Market research analysts |
210 |
$28.28 |
$58,820 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
210 |
$24.95 |
$51,890 |
| Civil engineers |
200 |
$35.62 |
$74,080 |
| Data entry keyers |
200 |
$12.21 |
$25,400 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
200 |
$17.16 |
$35,690 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
200 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Bakers |
190 |
$11.22 |
$23,330 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
190 |
$31.22 |
$64,940 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other |
190 |
$15.78 |
$32,820 |
| Helpers--production workers |
190 |
$11.42 |
$23,750 |
| Library technicians |
190 |
$12.79 |
$26,600 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
190 |
$18.09 |
$37,620 |
| Physician assistants |
190 |
$35.66 |
$74,170 |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
190 |
Not available |
$44,920 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers |
190 |
$8.09 |
$16,820 |
| All other information and record clerks |
180 |
$17.53 |
$36,460 |
| Cooks, short order |
180 |
$9.29 |
$19,330 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
180 |
$13.88 |
$28,860 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
180 |
$26.20 |
$54,500 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
180 |
$15.54 |
$32,330 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
180 |
Not available |
$40,350 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation |
180 |
$14.35 |
$29,850 |
| Respiratory therapists |
180 |
$22.56 |
$46,920 |
| Surgical technologists |
180 |
$18.41 |
$38,280 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
170 |
$21.50 |
$44,720 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
170 |
$15.88 |
$33,040 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school |
170 |
Not available |
$49,660 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
160 |
$21.34 |
$44,390 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
160 |
$30.49 |
$63,430 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
160 |
$14.98 |
$31,150 |
| Roofers |
160 |
$22.04 |
$45,830 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
160 |
$21.65 |
$45,020 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
150 |
$29.06 |
$60,450 |
| Marketing managers |
150 |
$44.50 |
$92,560 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
150 |
$22.72 |
$47,260 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
150 |
$12.39 |
$25,780 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
150 |
Not available |
$47,480 |
| Agricultural equipment operators |
140 |
$12.17 |
$25,310 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
140 |
$11.80 |
$24,530 |
| Computer specialists, all other |
140 |
$28.63 |
$59,550 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
140 |
$20.33 |
$42,290 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
140 |
$20.89 |
$43,450 |
| Social workers, all other |
140 |
$22.53 |
$46,860 |
| Telemarketers |
140 |
$11.05 |
$22,980 |
| Chemical plant and system operators |
130 |
$24.41 |
$50,770 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
130 |
$37.80 |
$78,620 |
| Construction managers |
130 |
$44.33 |
$92,210 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
130 |
$34.44 |
$71,630 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
130 |
$14.83 |
$30,840 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
130 |
$10.45 |
$21,740 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
130 |
$14.96 |
$31,120 |
| Real estate sales agents |
130 |
$20.47 |
$42,570 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
130 |
$22.53 |
$46,860 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
120 |
$25.91 |
$53,880 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
120 |
$19.71 |
$41,000 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
120 |
$13.89 |
$28,890 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
120 |
$17.60 |
$36,620 |
| Personal financial advisors |
120 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
110 |
$20.86 |
$43,390 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
110 |
$21.79 |
$45,330 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders |
110 |
$12.58 |
$26,170 |
| Designers, all other |
110 |
$17.56 |
$36,530 |
| Editors |
110 |
$24.36 |
$50,660 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
110 |
$23.31 |
$48,480 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
110 |
$38.29 |
$79,630 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters |
110 |
$21.62 |
$44,970 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
110 |
$10.98 |
$22,850 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other |
110 |
$8.40 |
$17,480 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
110 |
$19.08 |
$39,690 |
| Social and community service managers |
110 |
$25.02 |
$52,030 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
110 |
$22.09 |
$45,940 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
110 |
$27.53 |
$57,260 |
| Chemists |
100 |
$42.02 |
$87,400 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
100 |
$27.78 |
$57,770 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
100 |
$20.43 |
$42,500 |
| Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other |
100 |
$9.54 |
$19,830 |
| Funeral attendants |
100 |
$10.86 |
$22,600 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
100 |
$9.07 |
$18,870 |
| Occupational therapists |
100 |
$34.56 |
$71,880 |
| Procurement clerks |
100 |
$16.22 |
$33,740 |
| Public relations specialists |
100 |
$26.65 |
$55,430 |
| Reporters and correspondents |
100 |
$13.45 |
$27,980 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators |
100 |
$34.45 |
$71,660 |
| Travel agents |
100 |
$13.98 |
$29,070 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
90 |
$17.09 |
$35,550 |
| Dentists, general |
90 |
$60.06 |
$124,920 |
| Dietetic technicians |
90 |
$10.67 |
$22,190 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other |
90 |
$24.20 |
$50,340 |
| Floral designers |
90 |
$10.96 |
$22,790 |
| Food batchmakers |
90 |
$10.87 |
$22,600 |
| Health educators |
90 |
$25.41 |
$52,850 |
| Industrial engineering technicians |
90 |
$21.48 |
$44,670 |
| Medical appliance technicians |
90 |
$17.12 |
$35,620 |
| Pest control workers |
90 |
$17.39 |
$36,160 |
| Recreational therapists |
90 |
$18.63 |
$38,750 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers |
90 |
$20.77 |
$43,210 |
| Slaughterers and meat packers |
90 |
$10.36 |
$21,550 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary |
80 |
Not available |
$27,980 |
| Database administrators |
80 |
$29.56 |
$61,480 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
80 |
$22.45 |
$46,690 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers |
80 |
$23.72 |
$49,340 |
| Postal service clerks |
80 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials |
80 |
$10.66 |
$22,170 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
80 |
$38.48 |
$80,040 |
| Purchasing managers |
80 |
$39.60 |
$82,360 |
| Surveyors |
80 |
$21.17 |
$44,040 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
80 |
$33.87 |
$70,450 |
| Veterinarians |
80 |
$30.39 |
$63,210 |
| Broadcast technicians |
70 |
$11.30 |
$23,510 |
| Computer operators |
70 |
$12.94 |
$26,920 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
70 |
$11.16 |
$23,220 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
70 |
$21.21 |
$44,110 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other |
70 |
$12.36 |
$25,720 |
| Insurance underwriters |
70 |
$28.44 |
$59,160 |
| Job printers |
70 |
$18.11 |
$37,680 |
| Landscape architects |
70 |
$24.58 |
$51,120 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other |
70 |
$20.38 |
$42,390 |
| Mental health counselors |
70 |
$18.24 |
$37,950 |
| Optometrists |
70 |
$48.74 |
$101,380 |
| Pharmacy aides |
70 |
$9.39 |
$19,520 |
| Photographers |
70 |
$13.45 |
$27,980 |
| Sales engineers |
70 |
$32.35 |
$67,300 |
| Bindery workers |
60 |
$16.85 |
$35,040 |
| Chiropractors |
60 |
$44.65 |
$92,870 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers |
60 |
$14.25 |
$29,640 |
| Compensation and benefits managers |
60 |
$36.01 |
$74,900 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
60 |
$36.07 |
$75,020 |
| Financial examiners |
60 |
$34.83 |
$72,450 |
| Funeral directors |
60 |
$36.02 |
$74,920 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
60 |
$40.14 |
$83,480 |
| Instructional coordinators |
60 |
$24.12 |
$50,180 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other |
60 |
$12.40 |
$25,780 |
| Photographic processing machine operators |
60 |
$10.67 |
$22,190 |
| Postmasters and mail superintendents |
60 |
$27.88 |
$57,990 |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
60 |
$18.16 |
$37,770 |
| Clergy |
50 |
$21.42 |
$44,560 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
50 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Counselors, all other |
50 |
$21.10 |
$43,890 |
| Desktop publishers |
50 |
$15.57 |
$32,380 |
| Logisticians |
50 |
$26.09 |
$54,260 |
| Medical equipment preparers |
50 |
$13.55 |
$28,190 |
| Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders |
50 |
$24.72 |
$51,410 |
| Meter readers, utilities |
50 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Painters, transportation equipment |
50 |
$17.20 |
$35,770 |
| Photographic process workers |
50 |
$12.68 |
$26,370 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
50 |
$22.60 |
$47,010 |
| Surgeons |
50 |
More than $70 |
More than $145,600 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
50 |
$16.83 |
$35,010 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
40 |
$30.77 |
$64,000 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators |
40 |
$31.78 |
$66,110 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary |
40 |
$32.04 |
$66,640 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs |
40 |
$30.91 |
$64,300 |
| Environmental engineering technicians |
40 |
$25.77 |
$53,600 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
40 |
$26.21 |
$54,530 |
| Interior designers |
40 |
$16.54 |
$34,410 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers |
40 |
$13.03 |
$27,090 |
| Multi-media artists and animators |
40 |
$21.78 |
$45,300 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics |
40 |
$10.72 |
$22,310 |
| Public relations managers |
40 |
$29.96 |
$62,330 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors |
40 |
$21.51 |
$44,730 |
| Tile and marble setters |
40 |
$21.78 |
$45,310 |
| Upholsterers |
40 |
$10.57 |
$21,980 |
| Cargo and freight agents |
30 |
$18.74 |
$38,980 |
| Family and general practitioners |
30 |
$69.65 |
$144,870 |
| Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders |
30 |
$13.65 |
$28,390 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
30 |
$33.00 |
$68,630 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
30 |
$13.80 |
$28,700 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents |
30 |
$28.83 |
$59,970 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers |
30 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Training and development managers |
30 |
$37.27 |
$77,510 |
| Advertising and promotions managers |
Not available |
$48.18 |
$100,220 |
| Art directors |
Not available |
$26.67 |
$55,470 |
| Artists and related workers, all other |
Not available |
$19.71 |
$40,990 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
Not available |
$10.20 |
$21,210 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians |
Not available |
$12.70 |
$26,410 |
| Biological scientists, all other |
Not available |
$41.17 |
$85,630 |
| Biological technicians |
Not available |
$20.87 |
$43,410 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
Not available |
$17.90 |
$37,230 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary |
Not available |
Not available |
$33,720 |
| Chemical engineers |
Not available |
$35.00 |
$72,790 |
| Chemistry teachers, postsecondary |
Not available |
Not available |
$88,570 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$16.25 |
$33,800 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
Not available |
$35.52 |
$73,880 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
Not available |
$18.05 |
$37,550 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$14.99 |
$31,180 |
| Cooks, all other |
Not available |
$10.26 |
$21,340 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
Not available |
$10.49 |
$21,820 |
| Crane and tower operators |
Not available |
$20.31 |
$42,240 |
| Crossing guards |
Not available |
$11.27 |
$23,450 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$15.74 |
$32,740 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$14.37 |
$29,890 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers |
Not available |
$26.50 |
$55,110 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
Not available |
$11.86 |
$24,670 |
| Electrical engineers |
Not available |
$38.63 |
$80,350 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
Not available |
$24.79 |
$51,560 |
| Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles |
Not available |
$10.03 |
$20,870 |
| Engineering managers |
Not available |
$52.81 |
$109,850 |
| Engineers, all other |
Not available |
$40.91 |
$85,090 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
Not available |
Not available |
$108,270 |
| Environmental engineers |
Not available |
$38.08 |
$79,210 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators |
Not available |
$20.91 |
$43,500 |
| Farm equipment mechanics |
Not available |
$14.74 |
$30,670 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers |
Not available |
$33.94 |
$70,590 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
Not available |
$12.44 |
$25,860 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders |
Not available |
$8.71 |
$18,110 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$15.63 |
$32,510 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors |
Not available |
$30.78 |
$64,010 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other |
Not available |
$23.30 |
$48,450 |
| Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons |
Not available |
$11.83 |
$24,610 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
Not available |
$13.46 |
$28,000 |
| Home appliance repairers |
Not available |
$14.69 |
$30,560 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
Not available |
$10.67 |
$22,190 |
| Industrial engineers |
Not available |
$26.13 |
$54,350 |
| Internists, general |
Not available |
$91.41 |
$190,120 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
Not available |
$13.65 |
$28,400 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$17.18 |
$35,730 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
Not available |
$8.38 |
$17,420 |
| Machinists |
Not available |
$17.37 |
$36,130 |
| Materials scientists |
Not available |
$50.11 |
$104,230 |
| Mechanical door repairers |
Not available |
$14.17 |
$29,460 |
| Mechanical drafters |
Not available |
$21.32 |
$44,350 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians |
Not available |
$21.69 |
$45,110 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
Not available |
$22.86 |
$47,540 |
| Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$18.24 |
$37,950 |
| Numerical tool and process control programmers |
Not available |
$29.06 |
$60,450 |
| Parking lot attendants |
Not available |
$7.96 |
$16,550 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators |
Not available |
$24.58 |
$51,120 |
| Physical therapist aides |
Not available |
$13.50 |
$28,070 |
| Physical therapists |
Not available |
$38.20 |
$79,460 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
Not available |
$79.69 |
$165,760 |
| Pipelayers |
Not available |
$30.17 |
$62,750 |
| Psychiatric aides |
Not available |
$9.06 |
$18,840 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
Not available |
$22.80 |
$47,420 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
Not available |
$11.61 |
$24,160 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners |
Not available |
$20.93 |
$43,530 |
| Sheet metal workers |
Not available |
$22.64 |
$47,080 |
| Structural iron and steel workers |
Not available |
$21.19 |
$44,070 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
Not available |
$21.32 |
$44,350 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
Not available |
$10.85 |
$22,570 |
| Tool and die makers |
Not available |
$20.93 |
$43,540 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
Not available |
$16.07 |
$33,430 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
Not available |
$11.05 |
$22,980 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
Not available |
$17.06 |
$35,490 |
| Writers and authors |
Not available |
$26.72 |
$55,590 |
