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 | 53,170 | $10.49 | $21,820 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 8,210 | $8.92 | $18,550 |
| Sales and related occupations | 6,580 | $8.36 | $17,390 |
| Production occupations | 6,420 | $9.16 | $19,060 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 5,080 | $15.93 | $33,120 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 3,860 | $12.05 | $25,060 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 3,570 | $7.25 | $15,080 |
| Team assemblers | 3,290 | $8.74 | $18,180 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 3,270 | $7.28 | $15,140 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 3,190 | $8.90 | $18,520 |
| Retail salespersons | 2,910 | $7.67 | $15,960 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 2,860 | $9.60 | $19,970 |
| Cashiers | 1,910 | $7.03 | $14,630 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 1,770 | $10.99 | $22,870 |
| Protective service occupations | 1,760 | $8.07 | $16,780 |
| Registered nurses | 1,730 | $11.13 | $23,150 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 1,550 | $7.85 | $16,330 |
| Management occupations | 1,530 | $26.66 | $55,460 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 1,420 | $6.81 | $14,160 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 1,330 | $13.61 | $28,300 |
| Security guards | 1,060 | $7.35 | $15,300 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 1,020 | $8.06 | $16,760 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 920 | Not available | Not available |
| Office clerks, general | 920 | $7.65 | $15,920 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 910 | $7.26 | $15,110 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 830 | $11.38 | $23,670 |
| Production workers, all other | 830 | $8.80 | $18,310 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 810 | $7.88 | $16,390 |
| Construction laborers | 760 | $6.90 | $14,360 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 760 | $7.54 | $15,670 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 740 | $8.12 | $16,880 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 720 | Not available | $27,080 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 710 | $6.76 | $14,060 |
| Cooks, fast food | 690 | $6.83 | $14,200 |
| Community and social services occupations | 670 | $12.67 | $26,340 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 670 | $8.56 | $17,800 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 660 | $13.79 | $28,690 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 610 | $10.89 | $22,640 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 580 | $21.06 | $43,810 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other | 570 | Not available | $45,600 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 530 | $8.88 | $18,470 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 530 | $8.75 | $18,190 |
| Food preparation workers | 520 | $7.23 | $15,040 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 510 | $14.46 | $30,070 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 480 | $6.71 | $13,950 |
| Customer service representatives | 440 | $9.92 | $20,630 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 430 | $11.99 | $24,940 |
| Medical secretaries | 430 | $7.14 | $14,860 |
| Carpenters | 410 | $8.07 | $16,790 |
| Accountants and auditors | 380 | $13.39 | $27,860 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 380 | $7.78 | $16,190 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 370 | $13.64 | $28,360 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 350 | $7.10 | $14,760 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 340 | $9.12 | $18,960 |
| Managers, all other | 300 | $22.10 | $45,970 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 290 | $12.55 | $26,110 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 280 | $13.28 | $27,610 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 270 | $12.36 | $25,700 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 260 | $9.92 | $20,630 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 260 | $9.50 | $19,750 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 250 | $8.58 | $17,840 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 250 | $8.76 | $18,210 |
| Tellers | 250 | $7.95 | $16,540 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 230 | $7.43 | $15,460 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 230 | $7.55 | $15,710 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 220 | $7.57 | $15,750 |
| General and operations managers | 210 | $31.49 | $65,490 |
| Pharmacy aides | 210 | $7.80 | $16,230 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 210 | $12.15 | $25,280 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 200 | $13.00 | $27,030 |
| Electricians | 180 | $10.02 | $20,840 |
| Financial managers | 180 | $27.30 | $56,780 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 170 | $10.07 | $20,950 |
| Helpers--carpenters | 170 | $6.95 | $14,460 |
| Librarians | 170 | Not available | Not available |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 160 | $8.25 | $17,150 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 160 | $8.32 | $17,300 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 160 | $11.03 | $22,940 |
| Teacher assistants | 160 | Not available | $17,690 |
| Bill and account collectors | 150 | $8.77 | $18,240 |
| Dental assistants | 150 | $7.61 | $15,820 |
| Driver/sales workers | 150 | $9.06 | $18,840 |
| Industrial engineers | 150 | $26.96 | $56,080 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 140 | $7.42 | $15,440 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 140 | $15.09 | $31,380 |
| Legal occupations | 140 | $19.79 | $41,170 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 140 | $8.64 | $17,980 |
| Personal and home care aides | 140 | $6.81 | $14,160 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 140 | $8.33 | $17,320 |
| Statistical assistants | 140 | $10.22 | $21,250 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 140 | $8.31 | $17,280 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 130 | $7.90 | $16,420 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 130 | $7.75 | $16,110 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 130 | $11.59 | $24,110 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 130 | $9.28 | $19,310 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | 120 | $10.22 | $21,270 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 120 | $8.08 | $16,810 |
| Couriers and messengers | 120 | $7.45 | $15,490 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary | 120 | $21.32 | $44,350 |
| Bakers | 110 | $7.28 | $15,150 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 110 | $8.61 | $17,900 |
| Data entry keyers | 110 | $7.81 | $16,250 |
| Helpers--production workers | 110 | $7.12 | $14,820 |
| Legal secretaries | 110 | $10.11 | $21,030 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 110 | $8.64 | $17,970 |
| Social and human service assistants | 110 | $9.29 | $19,320 |
| Surgical technologists | 110 | $8.26 | $17,190 |
| Bus drivers, school | 100 | $7.90 | $16,420 |
| Computer specialists, all other | 100 | $10.64 | $22,120 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 100 | $7.91 | $16,450 |
| Pharmacists | 100 | $32.43 | $67,450 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 100 | $10.12 | $21,060 |
| Word processors and typists | 100 | $8.37 | $17,400 |
| Child care workers | 90 | $7.01 | $14,580 |
| Civil engineers | 90 | $26.19 | $54,480 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 90 | $7.69 | $15,990 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 90 | $10.99 | $22,850 |
| Helpers--electricians | 90 | $7.59 | $15,790 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 90 | $17.17 | $35,700 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 90 | $8.41 | $17,490 |
| Parts salespersons | 90 | $6.88 | $14,320 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 90 | $15.61 | $32,480 |
| Social workers, all other | 90 | $9.92 | $20,630 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 80 | $8.61 | $17,920 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 80 | $6.84 | $14,230 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 80 | $13.35 | $27,780 |
| Engineers, all other | 80 | $25.56 | $53,170 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 80 | $8.24 | $17,150 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 80 | $9.66 | $20,080 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 80 | Not available | Not available |
| Recreation workers | 80 | $8.22 | $17,100 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 70 | $6.94 | $14,430 |
| Chief executives | 70 | $46.18 | $96,050 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other | 70 | $8.26 | $17,180 |
| Industrial production managers | 70 | $41.75 | $86,840 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 70 | $9.07 | $18,860 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 70 | $12.04 | $25,030 |
| Lawyers | 70 | $25.92 | $53,910 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians | 70 | $8.15 | $16,960 |
| Sales managers | 70 | $22.50 | $46,790 |
| Bartenders | 60 | $6.70 | $13,930 |
| Counselors, all other | 60 | $14.67 | $30,510 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters | 60 | $9.97 | $20,730 |
| Dishwashers | 60 | $6.80 | $14,150 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 60 | $12.72 | $26,460 |
| Food service managers | 60 | $14.78 | $30,740 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 60 | $9.12 | $18,970 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 60 | $9.10 | $18,920 |
| Respiratory therapy technicians | 60 | $8.42 | $17,510 |
| Administrative services managers | 50 | $25.71 | $53,470 |
| All other information and record clerks | 50 | $9.98 | $20,760 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 50 | $10.92 | $22,710 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians | 50 | $16.25 | $33,800 |
| Computer programmers | 50 | $13.49 | $28,060 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 50 | $14.56 | $30,290 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 50 | $9.98 | $20,750 |
| Insurance sales agents | 50 | $15.27 | $31,760 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 50 | $7.66 | $15,920 |
| Loan officers | 50 | $12.12 | $25,210 |
| Medical and health services managers | 50 | $26.54 | $55,200 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 50 | $9.22 | $19,170 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials | 50 | $6.75 | $14,040 |
| Respiratory therapists | 50 | $8.29 | $17,230 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 50 | $8.35 | $17,370 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 50 | $8.29 | $17,240 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 40 | $7.21 | $15,000 |
| Computer support specialists | 40 | $10.67 | $22,200 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 40 | $15.68 | $32,620 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators | 40 | $9.46 | $19,680 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other | 40 | $9.27 | $19,280 |
| Human resources managers, all other | 40 | $25.03 | $52,060 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other | 40 | $9.73 | $20,250 |
| Machinists | 40 | $12.25 | $25,480 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 40 | $8.67 | $18,040 |
| Pest control workers | 40 | $7.66 | $15,920 |
| Procurement clerks | 40 | $10.50 | $21,830 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 40 | $11.87 | $24,680 |
| Protective service workers, all other | 40 | $8.76 | $18,220 |
| Sewing machine operators | 40 | $6.77 | $14,080 |
| Structural iron and steel workers | 40 | $8.01 | $16,670 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 40 | $8.84 | $18,390 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 30 | $8.12 | $16,880 |
| Chemists | 30 | $14.37 | $29,880 |
| Computer systems analysts | 30 | $20.76 | $43,180 |
| Family and general practitioners | 30 | $31.93 | $66,420 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 30 | $19.39 | $40,330 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 30 | $13.51 | $28,100 |
| Food batchmakers | 30 | $7.19 | $14,960 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 30 | $8.68 | $18,060 |
| Manicurists and pedicurists | 30 | $7.39 | $15,370 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 30 | $9.75 | $20,290 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 30 | $7.64 | $15,890 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 30 | $8.43 | $17,530 |
| Parking lot attendants | 30 | $6.87 | $14,290 |
| Physical therapists | 30 | $9.95 | $20,700 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 30 | $9.40 | $19,560 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 30 | $14.05 | $29,230 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers | 30 | $6.70 | $13,940 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 30 | $13.22 | $27,490 |
| Travel agents | 30 | $7.31 | $15,200 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | Not available | $7.40 | $15,400 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | Not available | $7.14 | $14,860 |
| Chemical technicians | Not available | $13.02 | $27,070 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | Not available | $6.88 | $14,320 |
| Home health aides | Not available | $7.33 | $15,250 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | Not available | $13.56 | $28,210 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | Not available | $8.01 | $16,650 |
| Reinforcing iron and rebar workers | Not available | $8.95 | $18,610 |
| Service station attendants | Not available | $6.83 | $14,210 |
