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 |
