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 |
179,630 |
$17.59 |
$36,600 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
33,260 |
$13.00 |
$27,030 |
| Sales and related occupations |
21,080 |
$14.24 |
$29,620 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
14,420 |
$18.06 |
$37,560 |
| Production occupations |
14,060 |
$13.56 |
$28,200 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
13,730 |
$21.95 |
$45,660 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
13,120 |
$8.83 |
$18,370 |
| Management occupations |
8,980 |
$39.38 |
$81,900 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
8,220 |
$13.11 |
$27,260 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
8,120 |
$28.44 |
$59,160 |
| Retail salespersons |
6,690 |
$11.33 |
$23,570 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
6,310 |
$29.58 |
$61,530 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
6,300 |
$17.44 |
$36,280 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
5,460 |
$28.01 |
$58,260 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
5,340 |
$10.29 |
$21,400 |
| Cashiers |
5,210 |
$8.85 |
$18,420 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
4,630 |
$11.13 |
$23,140 |
| Customer service representatives |
4,410 |
$12.24 |
$25,450 |
| Office clerks, general |
3,700 |
$10.79 |
$22,440 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
3,670 |
$8.03 |
$16,690 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
3,400 |
Not available |
$46,180 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
3,300 |
$10.39 |
$21,600 |
| Community and social services occupations |
3,250 |
$16.20 |
$33,690 |
| General and operations managers |
3,170 |
$38.10 |
$79,240 |
| Registered nurses |
2,880 |
$27.72 |
$57,660 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
2,620 |
$29.12 |
$60,580 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
2,420 |
$18.79 |
$39,080 |
| Construction laborers |
2,410 |
$13.88 |
$28,880 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
2,400 |
$9.35 |
$19,450 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
2,390 |
$10.63 |
$22,110 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
2,280 |
$13.28 |
$27,620 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
2,240 |
$10.47 |
$21,780 |
| Teacher assistants |
2,230 |
Not available |
$20,640 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
2,170 |
$23.62 |
$49,130 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
2,120 |
$24.47 |
$50,900 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
2,010 |
$8.53 |
$17,740 |
| Protective service occupations |
1,950 |
$17.46 |
$36,320 |
| Food preparation workers |
1,870 |
$7.91 |
$16,440 |
| Carpenters |
1,810 |
$17.25 |
$35,890 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
1,770 |
$16.08 |
$33,450 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
1,760 |
$20.84 |
$43,350 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
1,690 |
$11.14 |
$23,170 |
| Social and human service assistants |
1,660 |
$11.15 |
$23,200 |
| Computer support specialists |
1,630 |
$15.95 |
$33,180 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
1,620 |
$10.13 |
$21,060 |
| Accountants and auditors |
1,500 |
$31.77 |
$66,070 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
1,440 |
$10.24 |
$21,310 |
| Telemarketers |
1,430 |
$11.71 |
$24,360 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
1,400 |
$13.87 |
$28,840 |
| Helpers--production workers |
1,340 |
$10.84 |
$22,540 |
| Team assemblers |
1,310 |
$11.88 |
$24,710 |
| Computer programmers |
1,270 |
$28.61 |
$59,510 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
1,270 |
$18.96 |
$39,430 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
1,260 |
$25.92 |
$53,920 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
1,260 |
Not available |
$51,360 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
1,190 |
$39.11 |
$81,340 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
1,150 |
$17.57 |
$36,550 |
| Electricians |
1,130 |
$23.58 |
$49,050 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
1,060 |
$12.38 |
$25,750 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
1,050 |
$8.95 |
$18,620 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
1,020 |
$13.06 |
$27,170 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
1,020 |
$11.08 |
$23,050 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
980 |
$17.96 |
$37,360 |
| Tellers |
940 |
$11.27 |
$23,440 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
930 |
$23.46 |
$48,790 |
| Home health aides |
930 |
$9.91 |
$20,620 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
910 |
$17.46 |
$36,310 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
900 |
$24.20 |
$50,340 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
900 |
$21.88 |
$45,520 |
| Medical secretaries |
870 |
$12.81 |
$26,650 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
820 |
$10.06 |
$20,910 |
| Medical assistants |
810 |
$11.63 |
$24,200 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
780 |
$9.26 |
$19,260 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
760 |
$15.99 |
$33,250 |
| Dental assistants |
760 |
$12.89 |
$26,820 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
750 |
$31.55 |
$65,620 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
740 |
$11.12 |
$23,140 |
| Data entry keyers |
720 |
$10.77 |
$22,400 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
660 |
$8.09 |
$16,840 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
660 |
$32.72 |
$68,060 |
| Legal occupations |
640 |
$28.03 |
$58,300 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
630 |
$23.93 |
$49,780 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
630 |
$12.07 |
$25,110 |
| Loan officers |
620 |
$28.02 |
$58,290 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
590 |
$7.61 |
$15,840 |
| Graphic designers |
590 |
$18.72 |
$38,930 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
590 |
$15.60 |
$32,440 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
580 |
$12.17 |
$25,320 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
580 |
$10.62 |
$22,100 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
570 |
$12.90 |
$26,840 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
570 |
$10.48 |
$21,810 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
560 |
$8.84 |
$18,380 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
550 |
$9.93 |
$20,660 |
| Financial managers |
540 |
$39.57 |
$82,300 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
540 |
$18.18 |
$37,810 |
| Construction managers |
520 |
$33.44 |
$69,560 |
| Order clerks |
520 |
$11.47 |
$23,850 |
| Sales managers |
520 |
$46.68 |
$97,090 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
520 |
$16.32 |
$33,940 |
| Dishwashers |
510 |
$8.20 |
$17,060 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
510 |
$15.44 |
$32,120 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
500 |
$8.42 |
$17,510 |
| Child care workers |
500 |
$9.12 |
$18,960 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
490 |
$13.74 |
$28,590 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
490 |
$16.50 |
$34,330 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
490 |
$19.90 |
$41,380 |
| Tile and marble setters |
480 |
$20.13 |
$41,860 |
| Bus drivers, school |
470 |
$14.09 |
$29,310 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
470 |
$29.23 |
$60,800 |
| Personal and home care aides |
460 |
$8.61 |
$17,910 |
| Security guards |
440 |
$14.22 |
$29,580 |
| Chief executives |
430 |
$67.60 |
$140,610 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
430 |
$50.53 |
$105,090 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
430 |
$37.26 |
$77,510 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
430 |
$25.62 |
$53,300 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
410 |
$13.05 |
$27,150 |
| Dental hygienists |
390 |
$31.61 |
$65,740 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
390 |
$7.65 |
$15,920 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
390 |
$13.05 |
$27,150 |
| Printing machine operators |
380 |
$12.08 |
$25,130 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
370 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Civil engineers |
360 |
$34.16 |
$71,050 |
| Electrical engineers |
360 |
$38.17 |
$79,400 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
360 |
$16.63 |
$34,590 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
350 |
$18.39 |
$38,240 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
350 |
$14.23 |
$29,590 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
350 |
$9.90 |
$20,590 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
340 |
$23.00 |
$47,840 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters |
340 |
$14.95 |
$31,090 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
330 |
$12.34 |
$25,670 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
330 |
Not available |
$82,130 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
330 |
$34.24 |
$71,220 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
330 |
$23.74 |
$49,370 |
| Computer systems analysts |
320 |
$33.23 |
$69,120 |
| Fire fighters |
320 |
$15.59 |
$32,420 |
| Cost estimators |
310 |
$24.29 |
$50,530 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic |
310 |
$12.07 |
$25,100 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
310 |
$30.41 |
$63,250 |
| Training and development specialists |
310 |
$21.19 |
$44,080 |
| Bill and account collectors |
300 |
$13.87 |
$28,840 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
300 |
$15.41 |
$32,050 |
| Machinists |
300 |
$18.65 |
$38,800 |
| Public relations specialists |
300 |
$20.99 |
$43,670 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
290 |
$22.27 |
$46,310 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
290 |
$15.03 |
$31,260 |
| Lawyers |
290 |
$39.42 |
$81,990 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary |
290 |
$23.91 |
$49,730 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
280 |
$13.64 |
$28,370 |
| Market research analysts |
280 |
$26.45 |
$55,020 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
270 |
$13.57 |
$28,230 |
| Medical and health services managers |
270 |
$38.71 |
$80,520 |
| Pharmacists |
270 |
$49.94 |
$103,870 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
260 |
$13.90 |
$28,910 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
260 |
$36.85 |
$76,650 |
| Helpers--carpenters |
260 |
$11.74 |
$24,430 |
| Physical therapist aides |
260 |
$8.47 |
$17,620 |
| Sheet metal workers |
250 |
$14.28 |
$29,690 |
| File clerks |
240 |
$10.36 |
$21,560 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
240 |
$13.07 |
$27,180 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
240 |
$11.18 |
$23,250 |
| Computer operators |
230 |
$14.25 |
$29,630 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs |
230 |
$16.89 |
$35,130 |
| Food service managers |
230 |
$23.39 |
$48,650 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
230 |
$12.99 |
$27,010 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
230 |
$22.57 |
$46,940 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
230 |
Not available |
$34,690 |
| Administrative services managers |
220 |
$31.99 |
$66,540 |
| Computer specialists, all other |
220 |
$14.73 |
$30,630 |
| Managers, all other |
220 |
$34.05 |
$70,810 |
| Parts salespersons |
220 |
$16.61 |
$34,560 |
| Physical therapists |
220 |
$31.71 |
$65,970 |
| Sewing machine operators |
220 |
$10.68 |
$22,210 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
210 |
$18.98 |
$39,480 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
210 |
$11.86 |
$24,680 |
| Dentists, general |
210 |
$39.31 |
$81,770 |
| Industrial production managers |
210 |
$38.69 |
$80,470 |
| Marketing managers |
210 |
$44.27 |
$92,070 |
| Bakers |
200 |
$11.37 |
$23,650 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
200 |
$8.71 |
$18,120 |
| Industrial engineers |
200 |
$35.77 |
$74,410 |
| Pipelayers |
200 |
$16.90 |
$35,150 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers |
200 |
$15.66 |
$32,580 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
190 |
$19.19 |
$39,920 |
| Bindery workers |
190 |
$12.12 |
$25,200 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
190 |
$20.30 |
$42,220 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
190 |
$21.91 |
$45,570 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
190 |
$16.62 |
$34,560 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
190 |
$19.38 |
$40,310 |
| Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons |
190 |
$10.79 |
$22,450 |
| Legal secretaries |
190 |
$14.39 |
$29,920 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
190 |
$11.70 |
$24,340 |
| Chemical technicians |
180 |
$16.08 |
$33,440 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
180 |
$15.20 |
$31,610 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
170 |
$18.95 |
$39,410 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
170 |
$13.61 |
$28,310 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
170 |
$13.05 |
$27,130 |
| Database administrators |
170 |
$34.30 |
$71,340 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
170 |
$11.43 |
$23,780 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
170 |
$13.13 |
$27,310 |
| Management analysts |
170 |
$28.13 |
$58,510 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
170 |
$19.42 |
$40,390 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
170 |
$17.82 |
$37,070 |
| Editors |
160 |
$17.13 |
$35,640 |
| Engineering managers |
160 |
$43.90 |
$91,320 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
160 |
$15.52 |
$32,280 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
160 |
$9.06 |
$18,840 |
| Librarians |
160 |
$20.31 |
$42,240 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
160 |
$15.58 |
$32,400 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
160 |
$19.15 |
$39,840 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
150 |
$20.92 |
$43,510 |
| Coaches and scouts |
150 |
Not available |
$27,450 |
| Crossing guards |
150 |
$9.56 |
$19,890 |
| Dental laboratory technicians |
150 |
$18.70 |
$38,890 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
150 |
$21.65 |
$45,040 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
150 |
$21.04 |
$43,750 |
| Insurance sales agents |
150 |
$16.13 |
$33,540 |
| Roofers |
150 |
$15.69 |
$32,630 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
150 |
$26.06 |
$54,200 |
| Surgical technologists |
150 |
$16.57 |
$34,470 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
140 |
$20.75 |
$43,150 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
140 |
$9.68 |
$20,120 |
| Forest and conservation technicians |
140 |
$14.44 |
$30,030 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
140 |
$23.24 |
$48,340 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders |
140 |
$11.22 |
$23,330 |
| Social and community service managers |
140 |
$27.73 |
$57,680 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
130 |
Not available |
$39,500 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
130 |
$10.75 |
$22,370 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
130 |
$25.50 |
$53,040 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
130 |
$13.98 |
$29,070 |
| Technical writers |
130 |
$22.02 |
$45,810 |
| Bartenders |
120 |
$9.46 |
$19,680 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
120 |
$15.62 |
$32,480 |
| Driver/sales workers |
120 |
$11.57 |
$24,070 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
120 |
$33.57 |
$69,830 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
120 |
$15.90 |
$33,080 |
| Job printers |
120 |
$15.35 |
$31,920 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
120 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Respiratory therapists |
120 |
$24.86 |
$51,700 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
120 |
$27.01 |
$56,180 |
| Chemists |
110 |
$30.52 |
$63,480 |
| Food batchmakers |
110 |
$11.40 |
$23,720 |
| Health specialties teachers, postsecondary |
110 |
Not available |
$91,740 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
110 |
$11.04 |
$22,950 |
| Instructional coordinators |
110 |
$25.23 |
$52,480 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
110 |
$14.32 |
$29,780 |
| Personal financial advisors |
110 |
$38.66 |
$80,420 |
| Real estate sales agents |
110 |
$21.96 |
$45,670 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
110 |
Not available |
$35,590 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
100 |
$14.33 |
$29,820 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
100 |
$23.08 |
$48,000 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
100 |
$9.78 |
$20,340 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse |
100 |
$10.29 |
$21,400 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
100 |
$15.42 |
$32,080 |
| Procurement clerks |
100 |
$13.35 |
$27,770 |
| Producers and directors |
100 |
$35.85 |
$74,560 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
100 |
$11.73 |
$24,400 |
| Recreation workers |
100 |
$12.37 |
$25,730 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
100 |
$18.80 |
$39,090 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
90 |
$21.68 |
$45,080 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
90 |
$16.37 |
$34,050 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
90 |
$10.56 |
$21,970 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians |
90 |
$18.91 |
$39,320 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
90 |
$21.00 |
$43,670 |
| Photographic processing machine operators |
90 |
$10.85 |
$22,560 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
90 |
$15.72 |
$32,690 |
| Postal service clerks |
90 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
90 |
$10.61 |
$22,060 |
| All other information and record clerks |
80 |
$13.39 |
$27,860 |
| Floral designers |
80 |
$9.46 |
$19,670 |
| Legislators |
80 |
Not available |
$20,660 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
80 |
$15.14 |
$31,480 |
| Mental health counselors |
80 |
$22.65 |
$47,110 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers |
80 |
$9.60 |
$19,970 |
| Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders |
80 |
$13.96 |
$29,040 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
80 |
$21.00 |
$43,670 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
80 |
$10.41 |
$21,650 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
80 |
$13.82 |
$28,760 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
80 |
$20.91 |
$43,490 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
80 |
$15.64 |
$32,530 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
80 |
$19.41 |
$40,380 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors |
80 |
$21.46 |
$44,640 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
80 |
$33.63 |
$69,940 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
80 |
$9.75 |
$20,270 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
80 |
$14.08 |
$29,280 |
| Budget analysts |
70 |
$26.75 |
$55,640 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
70 |
$29.42 |
$61,180 |
| Financial analysts |
70 |
$26.04 |
$54,170 |
| Foundry mold and coremakers |
70 |
$12.47 |
$25,930 |
| Furniture finishers |
70 |
$13.70 |
$28,490 |
| Mechanical drafters |
70 |
$29.88 |
$62,150 |
| Meter readers, utilities |
70 |
$15.74 |
$32,740 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
70 |
$11.30 |
$23,500 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
70 |
$13.03 |
$27,100 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers |
70 |
$12.76 |
$26,540 |
| Physician assistants |
70 |
$42.46 |
$88,320 |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
70 |
$13.69 |
$28,470 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials |
70 |
$8.11 |
$16,870 |
| Recreational therapists |
70 |
$17.12 |
$35,610 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
70 |
$12.82 |
$26,670 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
70 |
$12.39 |
$25,770 |
| Couriers and messengers |
60 |
$10.21 |
$21,240 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
60 |
$33.90 |
$70,510 |
| Food scientists and technologists |
60 |
$33.23 |
$69,110 |
| Home appliance repairers |
60 |
$18.11 |
$37,670 |
| Massage therapists |
60 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Natural sciences managers |
60 |
$41.74 |
$86,820 |
| Photographers |
60 |
$12.74 |
$26,490 |
| Purchasing managers |
60 |
$37.61 |
$78,240 |
| Word processors and typists |
60 |
$12.31 |
$25,600 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
50 |
$14.22 |
$29,580 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
50 |
$20.85 |
$43,370 |
| Etchers and engravers |
50 |
$11.96 |
$24,870 |
| Glaziers |
50 |
$19.10 |
$39,720 |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other |
50 |
$27.03 |
$56,210 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other |
50 |
$20.65 |
$42,950 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
50 |
$13.14 |
$27,320 |
| Helpers--roofers |
50 |
$8.34 |
$17,360 |
| Materials engineers |
50 |
$34.24 |
$71,210 |
| Meeting and convention planners |
50 |
$17.15 |
$35,670 |
| Occupational therapists |
50 |
$31.02 |
$64,530 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation |
50 |
$12.08 |
$25,120 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
50 |
$16.56 |
$34,450 |
| Pourers and casters, metal |
50 |
$13.38 |
$27,830 |
| Training and development managers |
50 |
$39.16 |
$81,460 |
| Urban and regional planners |
50 |
$26.47 |
$55,060 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school |
50 |
Not available |
$43,930 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians |
40 |
$23.14 |
$48,120 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other |
40 |
$15.93 |
$33,130 |
| Compensation and benefits managers |
40 |
$34.10 |
$70,930 |
| Loan counselors |
40 |
$19.18 |
$39,890 |
| Power plant operators |
40 |
$22.80 |
$47,420 |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
40 |
Not available |
$39,920 |
| Upholsterers |
40 |
$19.86 |
$41,310 |
| Veterinarians |
40 |
$39.24 |
$81,620 |
| Writers and authors |
40 |
$24.68 |
$51,340 |
| Zoologists and wildlife biologists |
40 |
$26.93 |
$56,010 |
| Athletic trainers |
30 |
Not available |
$42,050 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
30 |
$21.15 |
$44,000 |
| Computer hardware engineers |
30 |
$37.57 |
$78,150 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators |
30 |
$26.32 |
$54,750 |
| Funeral directors |
30 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Industrial engineering technicians |
30 |
$25.91 |
$53,890 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
30 |
$7.65 |
$15,900 |
| Occupational therapist assistants |
30 |
$20.26 |
$42,140 |
| Operations research analysts |
30 |
$21.43 |
$44,570 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors |
Not available |
$18.43 |
$38,340 |
| Agricultural and food science technicians |
Not available |
$18.63 |
$38,760 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
Not available |
$21.86 |
$45,470 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians |
Not available |
$13.59 |
$28,270 |
| Automotive glass installers and repairers |
Not available |
$13.84 |
$28,790 |
| Biological technicians |
Not available |
$14.99 |
$31,180 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary |
Not available |
Not available |
$85,130 |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders |
Not available |
$13.64 |
$28,370 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
Not available |
$24.40 |
$50,760 |
| Commercial and industrial designers |
Not available |
$26.71 |
$55,560 |
| Computer and information scientists, research |
Not available |
$66.02 |
$137,330 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary |
Not available |
Not available |
$89,380 |
| Conservation scientists |
Not available |
$32.11 |
$66,780 |
| Construction and related workers, all other |
Not available |
$16.70 |
$34,730 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door |
Not available |
$24.01 |
$49,930 |
| Cooks, fast food |
Not available |
$8.20 |
$17,050 |
| Crane and tower operators |
Not available |
$18.08 |
$37,600 |
| Drafters, all other |
Not available |
$11.71 |
$24,360 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers |
Not available |
$17.37 |
$36,120 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary |
Not available |
$42.28 |
$87,940 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program |
Not available |
$23.65 |
$49,200 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
Not available |
$20.16 |
$41,930 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
Not available |
$23.46 |
$48,790 |
| Environmental engineers |
Not available |
$32.63 |
$67,880 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators |
Not available |
$17.92 |
$37,270 |
| Family and general practitioners |
Not available |
$96.90 |
$201,560 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
Not available |
$11.59 |
$24,110 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals |
Not available |
$12.32 |
$25,630 |
| Film and video editors |
Not available |
$21.05 |
$43,780 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers |
Not available |
$45.09 |
$93,790 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand |
Not available |
$9.04 |
$18,800 |
| Helpers--electricians |
Not available |
$11.35 |
$23,610 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
Not available |
$14.25 |
$29,640 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
Not available |
$13.33 |
$27,720 |
| Law clerks |
Not available |
$16.07 |
$33,420 |
| Library technicians |
Not available |
$12.38 |
$25,760 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers |
Not available |
$12.78 |
$26,590 |
| Logisticians |
Not available |
$28.87 |
$60,050 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers |
Not available |
$14.02 |
$29,160 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary |
Not available |
Not available |
$79,030 |
| Mechanical engineers |
Not available |
$33.59 |
$69,880 |
| Medical equipment preparers |
Not available |
$13.65 |
$28,380 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists |
Not available |
$28.57 |
$59,420 |
| Motorcycle mechanics |
Not available |
$15.53 |
$32,300 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other |
Not available |
$14.41 |
$29,980 |
| Pharmacy aides |
Not available |
$9.68 |
$20,140 |
| Production workers, all other |
Not available |
$11.96 |
$24,880 |
| Psychiatric technicians |
Not available |
$11.40 |
$23,720 |
| Residential advisors |
Not available |
$10.88 |
$22,620 |
| Respiratory therapy technicians |
Not available |
$16.38 |
$34,080 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood |
Not available |
$11.23 |
$23,350 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
Not available |
$13.25 |
$27,570 |
| Service station attendants |
Not available |
$9.97 |
$20,730 |
| Skin care specialists |
Not available |
$13.24 |
$27,540 |
| Slaughterers and meat packers |
Not available |
$11.92 |
$24,790 |
| Stonemasons |
Not available |
$19.29 |
$40,130 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers |
Not available |
$10.65 |
$22,150 |
| Tax preparers |
Not available |
$18.77 |
$39,050 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
Not available |
Not available |
$21,190 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
Not available |
$27.60 |
$57,410 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers |
Not available |
$18.09 |
$37,640 |
| Travel agents |
Not available |
$14.44 |
$30,030 |
| Travel guides |
Not available |
$14.93 |
$31,050 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
Not available |
$22.72 |
$47,270 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$15.59 |
$32,430 |
