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 |
199,620 |
$19.63 |
$40,830 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
34,910 |
$15.23 |
$31,680 |
| Sales and related occupations |
22,500 |
$17.79 |
$37,000 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
17,020 |
$10.27 |
$21,360 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
13,690 |
$14.87 |
$30,930 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
11,620 |
$34.86 |
$72,510 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
11,230 |
$20.22 |
$42,050 |
| Production occupations |
10,960 |
$15.25 |
$31,710 |
| Management occupations |
10,530 |
$43.05 |
$89,540 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
9,570 |
$27.66 |
$57,530 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
8,560 |
$18.74 |
$38,990 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
8,180 |
$19.32 |
$40,190 |
| Retail salespersons |
6,980 |
$12.42 |
$25,830 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
6,580 |
$12.98 |
$27,000 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
6,570 |
$13.07 |
$27,190 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
5,650 |
$11.33 |
$23,560 |
| Cashiers |
4,750 |
$9.07 |
$18,860 |
| Office clerks, general |
4,600 |
$13.11 |
$27,260 |
| Registered nurses |
4,510 |
$30.76 |
$63,970 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
4,410 |
$8.93 |
$18,570 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
4,290 |
$30.71 |
$63,870 |
| Customer service representatives |
3,860 |
$14.85 |
$30,900 |
| Protective service occupations |
3,650 |
$16.79 |
$34,930 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
3,610 |
$9.51 |
$19,780 |
| Community and social services occupations |
3,590 |
$17.72 |
$36,860 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
3,480 |
$28.86 |
$60,040 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
3,100 |
$19.55 |
$40,650 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
3,100 |
$12.99 |
$27,010 |
| General and operations managers |
3,070 |
$49.73 |
$103,440 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
3,050 |
$15.24 |
$31,700 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
2,950 |
$11.74 |
$24,410 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
2,690 |
$26.50 |
$55,120 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
2,660 |
$12.68 |
$26,380 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
2,570 |
$17.40 |
$36,190 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
2,540 |
$10.93 |
$22,730 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
2,460 |
$16.20 |
$33,700 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
2,440 |
$22.08 |
$45,920 |
| Teacher assistants |
2,300 |
Not available |
$29,100 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
2,200 |
$19.33 |
$40,210 |
| Legal occupations |
1,990 |
$35.99 |
$74,850 |
| Personal and home care aides |
1,930 |
$9.45 |
$19,650 |
| Food preparation workers |
1,840 |
$10.24 |
$21,290 |
| Home health aides |
1,840 |
$10.69 |
$22,230 |
| Carpenters |
1,680 |
$18.36 |
$38,200 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
1,670 |
$28.23 |
$58,720 |
| Accountants and auditors |
1,640 |
$26.83 |
$55,800 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
1,560 |
$28.78 |
$59,860 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
1,550 |
Not available |
$49,140 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
1,500 |
$15.09 |
$31,390 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
1,450 |
$13.74 |
$28,570 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
1,440 |
$16.14 |
$33,580 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
1,430 |
Not available |
$48,150 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
1,390 |
$14.24 |
$29,610 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
1,360 |
$12.26 |
$25,500 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
1,330 |
$10.07 |
$20,940 |
| Medical secretaries |
1,290 |
$15.35 |
$31,920 |
| Team assemblers |
1,290 |
$12.33 |
$25,650 |
| Social and human service assistants |
1,240 |
$12.08 |
$25,130 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
1,220 |
$19.91 |
$41,400 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
1,190 |
$15.49 |
$32,220 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
1,180 |
$25.72 |
$53,490 |
| Financial managers |
1,070 |
$43.07 |
$89,580 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
1,020 |
$18.17 |
$37,790 |
| Lawyers |
1,020 |
$48.60 |
$101,090 |
| Bartenders |
970 |
$9.24 |
$19,220 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
960 |
$28.71 |
$59,710 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
960 |
$12.54 |
$26,080 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
950 |
$15.53 |
$32,290 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
940 |
$24.19 |
$50,300 |
| Child care workers |
910 |
$10.79 |
$22,440 |
| Security guards |
900 |
$12.41 |
$25,820 |
| Tellers |
890 |
$11.75 |
$24,440 |
| Construction laborers |
880 |
$14.50 |
$30,160 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
880 |
Not available |
$47,640 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
880 |
$13.81 |
$28,720 |
| Computer systems analysts |
870 |
$36.63 |
$76,180 |
| Computer support specialists |
760 |
$20.83 |
$43,320 |
| Insurance sales agents |
760 |
$30.89 |
$64,240 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
750 |
$25.02 |
$52,050 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
750 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
720 |
$21.42 |
$44,540 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
720 |
$18.94 |
$39,390 |
| Dishwashers |
700 |
$8.92 |
$18,560 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
680 |
$13.07 |
$27,190 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
660 |
$30.87 |
$64,210 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
660 |
$11.34 |
$23,600 |
| Medical assistants |
660 |
$15.64 |
$32,530 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
650 |
$8.94 |
$18,600 |
| Driver/sales workers |
650 |
$15.17 |
$31,550 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
640 |
$16.51 |
$34,350 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
640 |
$13.78 |
$28,670 |
| Sales managers |
630 |
$42.46 |
$88,330 |
| Loan officers |
600 |
$29.12 |
$60,570 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
590 |
$21.26 |
$44,220 |
| Bill and account collectors |
580 |
$16.37 |
$34,040 |
| Fire fighters |
580 |
$16.58 |
$34,490 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
580 |
$20.14 |
$41,890 |
| Coaches and scouts |
570 |
Not available |
$19,300 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
560 |
$48.30 |
$100,470 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
550 |
$13.00 |
$27,040 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
550 |
$14.13 |
$29,400 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
550 |
$63.24 |
$131,530 |
| Telemarketers |
550 |
$11.61 |
$24,140 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
540 |
$15.40 |
$32,040 |
| Bus drivers, school |
530 |
$14.69 |
$30,550 |
| Management analysts |
530 |
$35.62 |
$74,100 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
530 |
$22.98 |
$47,800 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
520 |
$22.56 |
$46,920 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
520 |
Not available |
$48,800 |
| Training and development specialists |
520 |
$22.84 |
$47,500 |
| Electricians |
510 |
$20.67 |
$42,990 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
500 |
Not available |
$23,890 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
490 |
$21.47 |
$44,660 |
| Machinists |
490 |
$17.97 |
$37,380 |
| Medical and health services managers |
490 |
$52.20 |
$108,570 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
490 |
Not available |
Not available |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
480 |
$17.92 |
$37,280 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
480 |
$12.69 |
$26,390 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
480 |
$32.61 |
$67,830 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
470 |
$10.98 |
$22,840 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
470 |
$30.01 |
$62,420 |
| Parts salespersons |
470 |
$15.66 |
$32,570 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
470 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Recreation workers |
470 |
$12.69 |
$26,400 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
470 |
$13.78 |
$28,670 |
| Correctional officers and jailers |
460 |
$17.53 |
$36,460 |
| Food service managers |
460 |
$22.74 |
$47,300 |
| Insurance underwriters |
460 |
$29.64 |
$61,650 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
450 |
$20.59 |
$42,820 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
440 |
$9.87 |
$20,530 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
430 |
$13.08 |
$27,200 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
430 |
$19.98 |
$41,560 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
430 |
$21.10 |
$43,890 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
420 |
$10.88 |
$22,640 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
420 |
$17.63 |
$36,670 |
| Dental hygienists |
410 |
$30.00 |
$62,410 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
410 |
$32.94 |
$68,520 |
| Managers, all other |
410 |
$36.69 |
$76,310 |
| Administrative services managers |
400 |
$33.88 |
$70,480 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers |
390 |
$10.86 |
$22,580 |
| Public relations specialists |
390 |
$24.51 |
$50,990 |
| Food batchmakers |
380 |
$12.89 |
$26,800 |
| Legal secretaries |
380 |
$17.90 |
$37,230 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
380 |
$24.30 |
$50,550 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
370 |
$15.45 |
$32,140 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
360 |
$21.62 |
$44,970 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
360 |
$10.54 |
$21,920 |
| Library technicians |
360 |
$14.63 |
$30,420 |
| Pharmacists |
360 |
$52.51 |
$109,220 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
350 |
$26.98 |
$56,110 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
350 |
$51.52 |
$107,160 |
| Construction managers |
350 |
$37.46 |
$77,920 |
| Cooks, short order |
350 |
$10.38 |
$21,580 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
350 |
Not available |
$74,020 |
| Graphic designers |
350 |
$19.58 |
$40,720 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
350 |
$15.78 |
$32,820 |
| Marketing managers |
350 |
$48.68 |
$101,260 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
350 |
$14.01 |
$29,140 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
340 |
$19.68 |
$40,940 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
340 |
$20.60 |
$42,850 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
340 |
$12.04 |
$25,040 |
| Civil engineers |
330 |
$32.51 |
$67,630 |
| Dental assistants |
330 |
$17.27 |
$35,920 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
330 |
$22.95 |
$47,730 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
330 |
$12.62 |
$26,240 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
330 |
$10.20 |
$21,210 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
330 |
$26.43 |
$54,970 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers |
320 |
$20.82 |
$43,310 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
310 |
$22.88 |
$47,580 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
310 |
$28.94 |
$60,190 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
310 |
$34.73 |
$72,250 |
| Sewing machine operators |
310 |
$12.03 |
$25,020 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
300 |
$12.16 |
$25,290 |
| Computer programmers |
300 |
$32.73 |
$68,090 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
300 |
$16.49 |
$34,300 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
300 |
$17.34 |
$36,070 |
| Librarians |
300 |
$23.08 |
$48,020 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
300 |
$15.41 |
$32,050 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks |
300 |
$12.03 |
$25,030 |
| Sheet metal workers |
300 |
$17.19 |
$35,750 |
| Advertising sales agents |
290 |
$23.29 |
$48,450 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
290 |
$17.82 |
$37,070 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
290 |
$14.60 |
$30,370 |
| Mechanical engineers |
290 |
$36.21 |
$75,320 |
| Physical therapists |
290 |
$31.48 |
$65,470 |
| Psychiatric aides |
290 |
$13.60 |
$28,280 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
290 |
$25.57 |
$53,190 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
280 |
$21.54 |
$44,800 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
280 |
$27.46 |
$57,120 |
| Family and general practitioners |
270 |
$83.58 |
$173,840 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
270 |
$16.90 |
$35,150 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
270 |
$26.77 |
$55,690 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
270 |
$10.68 |
$22,210 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
270 |
$17.00 |
$35,360 |
| Social and community service managers |
270 |
$27.29 |
$56,760 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
260 |
$17.70 |
$36,810 |
| Cost estimators |
260 |
$26.59 |
$55,310 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
260 |
$11.62 |
$24,160 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
260 |
$23.35 |
$48,580 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
250 |
$30.00 |
$62,400 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
250 |
$19.90 |
$41,390 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
250 |
Not available |
$47,140 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
240 |
$9.49 |
$19,750 |
| Crossing guards |
240 |
$9.66 |
$20,100 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers |
240 |
$20.62 |
$42,900 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
240 |
$23.17 |
$48,200 |
| Helpers--production workers |
240 |
$11.19 |
$23,280 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
240 |
$20.78 |
$43,230 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
240 |
$11.76 |
$24,460 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
240 |
$17.28 |
$35,940 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
240 |
$15.09 |
$31,400 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other |
240 |
$8.08 |
$16,810 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
240 |
$14.63 |
$30,440 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
230 |
$19.97 |
$41,530 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
230 |
$14.76 |
$30,690 |
| Industrial engineers |
230 |
$35.48 |
$73,800 |
| Actuaries |
220 |
$28.10 |
$58,450 |
| Chief executives |
220 |
$75.29 |
$156,600 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
220 |
$38.31 |
$79,680 |
| Cooks, fast food |
220 |
$9.36 |
$19,460 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
220 |
$8.60 |
$17,890 |
| Engineering managers |
220 |
$57.16 |
$118,880 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
220 |
$20.40 |
$42,440 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
220 |
$16.06 |
$33,400 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
220 |
$15.96 |
$33,200 |
| Printing machine operators |
220 |
$16.68 |
$34,690 |
| Bakers |
210 |
$12.03 |
$25,020 |
| Couriers and messengers |
210 |
$12.48 |
$25,970 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
210 |
$15.09 |
$31,400 |
| Environmental engineers |
210 |
$34.03 |
$70,770 |
| File clerks |
210 |
$12.69 |
$26,400 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
210 |
$27.64 |
$57,500 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
210 |
$11.71 |
$24,350 |
| Industrial production managers |
210 |
$41.88 |
$87,110 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
210 |
Not available |
$47,310 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
210 |
$10.82 |
$22,500 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
210 |
$34.40 |
$71,550 |
| Data entry keyers |
200 |
$13.09 |
$27,220 |
| Helpers--electricians |
200 |
$16.10 |
$33,480 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
200 |
$13.50 |
$28,080 |
| Parking lot attendants |
200 |
$10.10 |
$21,010 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity |
190 |
$17.26 |
$35,910 |
| Financial analysts |
190 |
$40.22 |
$83,650 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
190 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
190 |
$24.81 |
$51,600 |
| Occupational therapists |
190 |
$27.41 |
$57,000 |
| Physician assistants |
190 |
$40.83 |
$84,930 |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
190 |
Not available |
$45,870 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors |
190 |
$21.16 |
$44,010 |
| Surgical technologists |
190 |
$19.20 |
$39,940 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
180 |
$29.11 |
$60,550 |
| Dentists, general |
180 |
$88.68 |
$184,440 |
| Editors |
180 |
$27.09 |
$56,350 |
| Electro-mechanical technicians |
180 |
$25.75 |
$53,550 |
| Social science research assistants |
180 |
$22.02 |
$45,790 |
| Computer specialists, all other |
170 |
$27.49 |
$57,190 |
| Environmental engineering technicians |
170 |
$20.14 |
$41,890 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
170 |
$14.60 |
$30,360 |
| Biological technicians |
160 |
$20.90 |
$43,470 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
160 |
$16.17 |
$33,630 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
160 |
$33.52 |
$69,730 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
160 |
$10.30 |
$21,420 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
160 |
$18.46 |
$38,390 |
| All other information and record clerks |
150 |
$16.27 |
$33,830 |
| Brokerage clerks |
150 |
$19.34 |
$40,220 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
150 |
$21.95 |
$45,650 |
| Database administrators |
150 |
$33.14 |
$68,930 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
150 |
$38.28 |
$79,610 |
| Surgeons |
150 |
More than $70 |
More than $145,600 |
| Travel agents |
150 |
$16.90 |
$35,140 |
| Broadcast technicians |
140 |
$15.27 |
$31,770 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary |
140 |
$37.07 |
$77,110 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
140 |
$13.84 |
$28,800 |
| Health educators |
140 |
$22.86 |
$47,550 |
| Instructional coordinators |
140 |
$21.76 |
$45,250 |
| Postal service clerks |
140 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists |
140 |
$17.73 |
$36,880 |
| Respiratory therapists |
140 |
$24.80 |
$51,590 |
| Service station attendants |
140 |
$9.60 |
$19,970 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
140 |
$19.88 |
$41,350 |
| Advertising and promotions managers |
130 |
$30.70 |
$63,860 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
130 |
$23.12 |
$48,090 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
130 |
$17.72 |
$36,860 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
130 |
$20.84 |
$43,360 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
130 |
$40.99 |
$85,260 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
130 |
$14.95 |
$31,090 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators |
130 |
$30.46 |
$63,350 |
| Electrical engineers |
130 |
$38.29 |
$79,640 |
| Internists, general |
130 |
$76.06 |
$158,210 |
| Legislators |
130 |
Not available |
$26,110 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
130 |
$14.69 |
$30,550 |
| Purchasing managers |
130 |
$39.12 |
$81,360 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs |
120 |
$17.07 |
$35,510 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
120 |
$42.30 |
$87,980 |
| Lodging managers |
120 |
$28.83 |
$59,970 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers |
120 |
$15.55 |
$32,330 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary |
120 |
Not available |
$63,670 |
| Operations research analysts |
120 |
$31.29 |
$65,090 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
120 |
$15.24 |
$31,700 |
| Public relations managers |
120 |
$42.88 |
$89,190 |
| Real estate sales agents |
120 |
$22.68 |
$47,170 |
| Surveyors |
120 |
$28.66 |
$59,610 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
120 |
$11.64 |
$24,210 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
110 |
$16.94 |
$35,220 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians |
110 |
$24.72 |
$51,420 |
| Commercial and industrial designers |
110 |
$33.10 |
$68,850 |
| Computer operators |
110 |
$17.87 |
$37,170 |
| Credit analysts |
110 |
$25.84 |
$53,750 |
| Floral designers |
110 |
$11.88 |
$24,700 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
110 |
$13.40 |
$27,880 |
| Industrial engineering technicians |
110 |
$23.43 |
$48,740 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers |
110 |
$13.02 |
$27,070 |
| Personal financial advisors |
110 |
$41.25 |
$85,810 |
| Producers and directors |
110 |
$25.68 |
$53,410 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
110 |
$19.38 |
$40,310 |
| Veterinarians |
110 |
$43.09 |
$89,630 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary |
110 |
$21.98 |
$45,720 |
| Chemical engineers |
100 |
$45.79 |
$95,230 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
100 |
$11.10 |
$23,090 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
100 |
$30.86 |
$64,180 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
100 |
$18.73 |
$38,970 |
| Logging equipment operators |
100 |
$15.34 |
$31,910 |
| Market research analysts |
100 |
$28.07 |
$58,380 |
| Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
100 |
$17.78 |
$36,980 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other |
100 |
$9.66 |
$20,090 |
| Roofers |
100 |
$16.54 |
$34,400 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
100 |
$13.58 |
$28,250 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
100 |
$12.41 |
$25,810 |
| Word processors and typists |
100 |
$14.57 |
$30,310 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops |
90 |
$10.81 |
$22,480 |
| Compensation and benefits managers |
90 |
$40.23 |
$83,670 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
90 |
$23.34 |
$48,550 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
90 |
$25.20 |
$52,420 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers |
90 |
$25.72 |
$53,490 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers |
90 |
$13.92 |
$28,940 |
| Mechanical drafters |
90 |
$21.72 |
$45,180 |
| Medical equipment preparers |
90 |
$14.35 |
$29,850 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists |
90 |
$38.81 |
$80,730 |
| Metal workers and plastic workers, all other |
90 |
$12.55 |
$26,090 |
| Motorboat mechanics |
90 |
$16.29 |
$33,890 |
| New accounts clerks |
90 |
$17.51 |
$36,430 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
90 |
$31.85 |
$66,250 |
| Photographers |
90 |
$13.54 |
$28,170 |
| Power plant operators |
90 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Real estate brokers |
90 |
$36.00 |
$74,880 |
| Reporters and correspondents |
90 |
$21.23 |
$44,150 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders |
90 |
$17.31 |
$36,000 |
| Statistical assistants |
90 |
$15.91 |
$33,080 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents |
90 |
$24.43 |
$50,820 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school |
90 |
Not available |
$48,670 |
| Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels |
80 |
$53.16 |
$110,580 |
| Chemists |
80 |
$22.43 |
$46,650 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary |
80 |
Not available |
$57,390 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators |
80 |
$19.30 |
$40,140 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers |
80 |
$27.81 |
$57,830 |
| Health specialties teachers, postsecondary |
80 |
Not available |
$54,230 |
| Mental health counselors |
80 |
$23.65 |
$49,190 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers |
80 |
$11.45 |
$23,830 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators |
80 |
$16.12 |
$33,530 |
| Procurement clerks |
80 |
$15.54 |
$32,330 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
80 |
$17.30 |
$35,970 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
80 |
$11.73 |
$24,390 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
80 |
$12.14 |
$25,260 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians |
70 |
$22.79 |
$47,410 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary |
70 |
Not available |
$61,380 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary |
70 |
Not available |
$77,340 |
| Commercial pilots |
70 |
Not available |
$60,140 |
| Dietetic technicians |
70 |
$14.64 |
$30,450 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
70 |
Not available |
$58,610 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse |
70 |
$10.71 |
$22,270 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers |
70 |
$22.61 |
$47,030 |
| Massage therapists |
70 |
$23.74 |
$49,370 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians |
70 |
$22.13 |
$46,040 |
| Pest control workers |
70 |
$16.69 |
$34,720 |
| Photographic processing machine operators |
70 |
$9.96 |
$20,720 |
| Social workers, all other |
70 |
$24.39 |
$50,730 |
| Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners |
70 |
$15.36 |
$31,940 |
| Urban and regional planners |
70 |
$29.27 |
$60,890 |
| Art directors |
60 |
$31.04 |
$64,560 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
60 |
$15.74 |
$32,730 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program |
60 |
$18.95 |
$39,410 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters |
60 |
$21.80 |
$45,350 |
| Fashion designers |
60 |
$39.59 |
$82,340 |
| Funeral directors |
60 |
$22.92 |
$47,680 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
60 |
$18.09 |
$37,630 |
| Meeting and convention planners |
60 |
$16.88 |
$35,110 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists |
60 |
$97.51 |
$202,820 |
| Pediatricians, general |
60 |
$73.58 |
$153,040 |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
60 |
$13.69 |
$28,470 |
| Training and development managers |
60 |
$43.75 |
$91,000 |
| Actors |
50 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Animal control workers |
50 |
$12.03 |
$25,030 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary |
50 |
Not available |
$71,500 |
| Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture |
50 |
$14.52 |
$30,200 |
| Chiropractors |
50 |
$36.86 |
$76,670 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
50 |
$13.59 |
$28,260 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
50 |
$31.93 |
$66,420 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers |
50 |
$16.29 |
$33,890 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health |
50 |
$16.03 |
$33,350 |
| Financial examiners |
50 |
$29.32 |
$60,990 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other |
50 |
$18.86 |
$39,220 |
| Helpers--carpenters |
50 |
$11.83 |
$24,600 |
| History teachers, postsecondary |
50 |
Not available |
$65,850 |
| Interior designers |
50 |
$21.67 |
$45,080 |
| Landscape architects |
50 |
$32.60 |
$67,800 |
| Legal support workers, all other |
50 |
$20.38 |
$42,380 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary |
50 |
Not available |
$57,240 |
| Millwrights |
50 |
$21.96 |
$45,680 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
50 |
$18.06 |
$37,560 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic |
50 |
$12.77 |
$26,570 |
| Musicians and singers |
50 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Natural sciences managers |
50 |
$58.41 |
$121,490 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
50 |
$12.22 |
$25,420 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics |
50 |
$13.46 |
$27,990 |
| Pipelayers |
50 |
$13.52 |
$28,120 |
| Postmasters and mail superintendents |
50 |
$30.32 |
$63,060 |
| Psychiatrists |
50 |
$84.60 |
$175,960 |
| Sailors and marine oilers |
50 |
$11.23 |
$23,350 |
| Sales engineers |
50 |
$34.73 |
$72,250 |
| Social scientists and related workers, all other |
50 |
$32.44 |
$67,470 |
| Bailiffs |
40 |
$14.07 |
$29,270 |
| Chemical technicians |
40 |
$16.41 |
$34,140 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers |
40 |
$15.14 |
$31,490 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other |
40 |
$20.10 |
$41,810 |
| Crane and tower operators |
40 |
$26.03 |
$54,140 |
| Curators |
40 |
$17.90 |
$37,240 |
| Education administrators, all other |
40 |
$31.21 |
$64,920 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other |
40 |
$20.41 |
$42,450 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
40 |
$22.44 |
$46,680 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other |
40 |
$19.09 |
$39,710 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals |
40 |
$11.33 |
$23,570 |
| Film and video editors |
40 |
$18.88 |
$39,270 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
40 |
$21.55 |
$44,830 |
| Law clerks |
40 |
$23.41 |
$48,700 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
40 |
$18.64 |
$38,770 |
| Medical equipment repairers |
40 |
$22.00 |
$45,760 |
| Multi-media artists and animators |
40 |
$21.38 |
$44,460 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
40 |
$20.64 |
$42,940 |
| Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
Not available |
$66,460 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
40 |
$20.96 |
$43,610 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
Not available |
$58,240 |
| Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products |
40 |
$23.51 |
$48,900 |
| Recreational therapists |
40 |
$14.02 |
$29,150 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners |
40 |
$15.98 |
$33,230 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators |
40 |
$19.90 |
$41,400 |
| Agricultural inspectors |
30 |
$23.25 |
$48,360 |
| Chemistry teachers, postsecondary |
30 |
Not available |
$67,730 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders |
30 |
$11.12 |
$23,120 |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other |
30 |
$55.66 |
$115,770 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other |
30 |
$19.60 |
$40,780 |
| Logisticians |
30 |
$28.29 |
$58,840 |
| Materials scientists |
30 |
$31.32 |
$65,150 |
| Riggers |
30 |
$18.57 |
$38,630 |
| Statisticians |
30 |
$23.70 |
$49,290 |
| Transportation inspectors |
30 |
$43.34 |
$90,150 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians |
Not available |
$17.26 |
$35,900 |
| Bindery workers |
Not available |
$14.24 |
$29,620 |
| Camera and photographic equipment repairers |
Not available |
$19.66 |
$40,900 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
Not available |
$14.10 |
$29,330 |
| Construction and related workers, all other |
Not available |
$17.57 |
$36,540 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door |
Not available |
$18.92 |
$39,340 |
| Court reporters |
Not available |
$21.34 |
$44,380 |
| Dental laboratory technicians |
Not available |
$17.17 |
$35,710 |
| Desktop publishers |
Not available |
$15.83 |
$32,920 |
| Earth drillers, except oil and gas |
Not available |
$21.29 |
$44,280 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
Not available |
$10.64 |
$22,120 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors |
Not available |
$33.60 |
$69,880 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other |
Not available |
$22.71 |
$47,240 |
| Home appliance repairers |
Not available |
$17.95 |
$37,330 |
| Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers |
Not available |
$17.44 |
$36,280 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
Not available |
$9.92 |
$20,630 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers |
Not available |
$15.97 |
$33,220 |
| Motorcycle mechanics |
Not available |
$15.68 |
$32,620 |
| Optometrists |
Not available |
$48.65 |
$101,190 |
| Painters, transportation equipment |
Not available |
$19.91 |
$41,420 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other |
Not available |
Not available |
$42,920 |
| Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other |
Not available |
$16.30 |
$33,900 |
| Private detectives and investigators |
Not available |
$17.10 |
$35,560 |
| Production workers, all other |
Not available |
$12.10 |
$25,160 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood |
Not available |
$13.39 |
$27,860 |
| Tile and marble setters |
Not available |
$19.54 |
$40,650 |
| Tool and die makers |
Not available |
$23.50 |
$48,890 |
| Writers and authors |
Not available |
$23.79 |
$49,470 |
