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 | 515,570 | $20.27 | $42,170 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 83,770 | $15.40 | $32,040 |
| Sales and related occupations | 58,300 | $17.66 | $36,740 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 41,630 | $9.53 | $19,830 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 31,430 | $20.79 | $43,240 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 30,840 | $12.96 | $26,960 |
| Management occupations | 29,890 | $47.25 | $98,270 |
| Production occupations | 28,680 | $14.90 | $31,000 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 23,620 | $28.35 | $58,980 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 23,210 | $32.78 | $68,170 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 21,450 | $35.15 | $73,110 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 18,880 | $19.60 | $40,770 |
| Retail salespersons | 18,660 | $11.34 | $23,580 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 16,230 | $10.93 | $22,740 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 14,030 | $12.44 | $25,870 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 12,780 | $31.07 | $64,630 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 12,270 | $12.34 | $25,660 |
| Protective service occupations | 11,400 | $16.23 | $33,750 |
| Cashiers | 11,260 | $8.64 | $17,970 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 10,930 | $7.95 | $16,540 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 10,010 | $9.14 | $19,000 |
| Customer service representatives | 9,340 | $14.96 | $31,110 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 9,100 | $10.76 | $22,380 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 8,470 | $27.43 | $57,060 |
| General and operations managers | 8,280 | $57.46 | $119,510 |
| Registered nurses | 8,230 | $29.64 | $61,650 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 8,120 | $18.47 | $38,410 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 7,770 | $14.89 | $30,960 |
| Office clerks, general | 7,430 | $12.48 | $25,950 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 7,270 | $22.24 | $46,250 |
| Home health aides | 7,210 | $10.52 | $21,890 |
| Community and social services occupations | 6,770 | $18.13 | $37,700 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 6,720 | $16.27 | $33,850 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 6,370 | $10.99 | $22,860 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 6,110 | $18.02 | $37,470 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 5,870 | $27.37 | $56,920 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 5,820 | $10.03 | $20,870 |
| Team assemblers | 5,810 | $12.62 | $26,240 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 5,510 | $21.39 | $44,500 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 5,230 | $10.35 | $21,520 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 4,880 | $12.59 | $26,190 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 4,860 | $25.37 | $52,780 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 4,810 | Not available | $42,030 |
| Security guards | 4,510 | $11.41 | $23,740 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 4,500 | $29.83 | $62,040 |
| Accountants and auditors | 4,480 | $29.94 | $62,270 |
| Construction laborers | 4,470 | $12.98 | $27,000 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 4,430 | $17.47 | $36,350 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 4,390 | $41.23 | $85,760 |
| Teacher assistants | 4,330 | Not available | $19,280 |
| Legal occupations | 4,280 | $42.63 | $88,670 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 3,980 | $10.76 | $22,380 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 3,810 | $10.77 | $22,410 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 3,800 | $18.20 | $37,860 |
| Food preparation workers | 3,670 | $8.96 | $18,630 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 3,490 | $32.95 | $68,530 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 3,460 | $14.56 | $30,290 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 3,430 | $15.11 | $31,440 |
| Computer support specialists | 3,050 | $23.89 | $49,680 |
| Computer programmers | 2,840 | $35.07 | $72,940 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 2,800 | $9.11 | $18,950 |
| Computer systems analysts | 2,730 | $35.51 | $73,870 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software | 2,610 | $41.08 | $85,450 |
| Financial managers | 2,390 | $46.12 | $95,920 |
| Carpenters | 2,380 | $15.64 | $32,540 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 2,380 | $15.74 | $32,740 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 2,340 | $31.45 | $65,420 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 2,310 | Not available | $44,780 |
| Civil engineers | 2,260 | $34.40 | $71,550 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 2,190 | $13.66 | $28,400 |
| Driver/sales workers | 2,180 | $10.05 | $20,910 |
| Lawyers | 2,180 | $60.00 | $124,790 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 2,170 | $8.74 | $18,180 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 2,160 | $26.77 | $55,680 |
| Social and human service assistants | 2,110 | $12.67 | $26,340 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 2,090 | $54.49 | $113,330 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 2,080 | $19.28 | $40,100 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 2,050 | $10.05 | $20,910 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 1,930 | Not available | $27,650 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 1,850 | $11.25 | $23,390 |
| Managers, all other | 1,840 | $40.97 | $85,210 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 1,820 | $8.16 | $16,980 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 1,820 | $18.66 | $38,810 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary | 1,790 | $43.78 | $91,050 |
| Recreation workers | 1,790 | $10.92 | $22,720 |
| Tellers | 1,770 | $11.81 | $24,570 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 1,760 | $25.35 | $52,730 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 1,740 | $12.33 | $25,650 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 1,680 | Not available | $43,010 |
| Construction managers | 1,670 | $39.64 | $82,450 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 1,640 | $30.14 | $62,700 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 1,620 | $15.86 | $33,000 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 1,590 | $21.41 | $44,530 |
| Dishwashers | 1,570 | $8.83 | $18,360 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 1,560 | $10.15 | $21,120 |
| Sales managers | 1,550 | $48.75 | $101,390 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 1,500 | $15.74 | $32,740 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 1,500 | Not available | $72,360 |
| Loan officers | 1,500 | $26.00 | $54,090 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 1,470 | $19.49 | $40,550 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 1,440 | $21.52 | $44,760 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 1,430 | $40.01 | $83,210 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 1,420 | $25.64 | $53,320 |
| Personal and home care aides | 1,420 | $9.58 | $19,930 |
| Management analysts | 1,410 | $34.23 | $71,210 |
| Bartenders | 1,360 | $9.93 | $20,650 |
| Food service managers | 1,360 | $26.87 | $55,880 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 1,350 | $8.87 | $18,450 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 1,350 | $13.10 | $27,240 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 1,300 | $16.26 | $33,820 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 1,290 | $15.62 | $32,490 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 1,280 | $20.07 | $41,740 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 1,270 | $20.82 | $43,300 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | 1,260 | $14.20 | $29,540 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 1,260 | Not available | Not available |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 1,250 | Not available | $47,820 |
| Bus drivers, school | 1,210 | $11.26 | $23,430 |
| Real estate sales agents | 1,210 | $33.58 | $69,850 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 1,200 | $16.94 | $35,240 |
| Helpers--production workers | 1,200 | $12.21 | $25,400 |
| Child care workers | 1,190 | $9.43 | $19,620 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 1,190 | $8.83 | $18,360 |
| Bill and account collectors | 1,160 | $16.83 | $35,000 |
| Insurance sales agents | 1,150 | $26.99 | $56,130 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 1,110 | $22.39 | $46,580 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 1,100 | $26.24 | $54,580 |
| Training and development specialists | 1,090 | $26.86 | $55,870 |
| Market research analysts | 1,080 | $30.63 | $63,720 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 1,070 | $13.77 | $28,640 |
| Helpers--electricians | 1,060 | $13.21 | $27,480 |
| Engineering managers | 1,050 | $51.93 | $108,010 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | 1,040 | $10.37 | $21,580 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 1,020 | $12.74 | $26,500 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 1,010 | $24.98 | $51,960 |
| Parts salespersons | 1,010 | $14.39 | $29,940 |
| Dental assistants | 990 | $18.56 | $38,600 |
| Fire fighters | 990 | $16.28 | $33,860 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 980 | $29.27 | $60,880 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 970 | $15.64 | $32,540 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks | 970 | $18.09 | $37,640 |
| Instructional coordinators | 960 | $26.57 | $55,260 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 940 | $12.03 | $25,010 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists | 940 | $32.74 | $68,090 |
| Chemists | 920 | $29.60 | $61,580 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer | 920 | $39.23 | $81,600 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 920 | $18.93 | $39,370 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 920 | $25.79 | $53,650 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 910 | $17.16 | $35,690 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 910 | $14.26 | $29,660 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other | 910 | $11.23 | $23,360 |
| Pharmacists | 910 | $50.56 | $105,160 |
| Electrical engineers | 900 | $42.05 | $87,460 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 900 | $15.81 | $32,890 |
| Machinists | 900 | $16.19 | $33,670 |
| Medical assistants | 900 | $14.22 | $29,590 |
| Real estate brokers | 900 | $25.18 | $52,370 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 890 | $16.08 | $33,440 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 880 | $15.16 | $31,540 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 880 | $24.41 | $50,780 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | 880 | $12.95 | $26,930 |
| Pipelayers | 880 | $14.44 | $30,030 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 880 | $23.38 | $48,630 |
| Coaches and scouts | 870 | Not available | $39,480 |
| Data entry keyers | 870 | $12.97 | $26,980 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 860 | $21.90 | $45,560 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 860 | $23.68 | $49,250 |
| Medical and health services managers | 850 | $41.90 | $87,150 |
| Mechanical engineers | 840 | $33.38 | $69,420 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 820 | $21.43 | $44,570 |
| Graphic designers | 820 | $20.22 | $42,060 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 820 | $14.55 | $30,260 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 810 | $15.29 | $31,800 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 800 | $9.83 | $20,440 |
| Medical secretaries | 790 | $13.73 | $28,550 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 790 | $18.90 | $39,310 |
| Public relations specialists | 790 | $24.94 | $51,870 |
| Dental hygienists | 770 | $30.93 | $64,330 |
| Marketing managers | 760 | $53.97 | $112,250 |
| Sheet metal workers | 760 | $17.16 | $35,690 |
| All other information and record clerks | 750 | $18.77 | $39,030 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 740 | $17.16 | $35,700 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 730 | $11.83 | $24,610 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 730 | Not available | $39,980 |
| Legal secretaries | 730 | $21.90 | $45,550 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | 720 | $15.96 | $33,200 |
| Computer specialists, all other | 720 | $34.62 | $72,010 |
| Financial analysts | 720 | $34.13 | $71,000 |
| Industrial engineers | 710 | $35.00 | $72,800 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 700 | $19.36 | $40,270 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 690 | $9.30 | $19,340 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 680 | Not available | Not available |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 680 | $17.56 | $36,520 |
| Family and general practitioners | 660 | $82.90 | $172,440 |
| Sales and related workers, all other | 660 | $17.98 | $37,400 |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders | 650 | $19.56 | $40,670 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 650 | $12.92 | $26,870 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other | 650 | $26.80 | $55,740 |
| Operations research analysts | 650 | $32.87 | $68,380 |
| Roofers | 650 | $15.64 | $32,540 |
| Computer operators | 640 | $17.04 | $35,450 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 640 | $23.41 | $48,690 |
| Environmental engineers | 640 | $32.11 | $66,780 |
| Librarians | 640 | $25.53 | $53,100 |
| Sewing machine operators | 640 | $9.29 | $19,320 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 630 | $19.01 | $39,530 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 610 | $16.40 | $34,110 |
| Physical therapists | 610 | $36.13 | $75,150 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 600 | $18.14 | $37,740 |
| Cooks, short order | 600 | $8.69 | $18,080 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 600 | $22.17 | $46,120 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 600 | $12.89 | $26,810 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 600 | $20.52 | $42,680 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 600 | $14.61 | $30,390 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval | 590 | $35.16 | $73,130 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 590 | $9.97 | $20,740 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 580 | $11.32 | $23,540 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 580 | $13.77 | $28,640 |
| Bakers | 570 | $11.31 | $23,520 |
| Cost estimators | 570 | $26.22 | $54,540 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 570 | $24.58 | $51,120 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health | 550 | $16.94 | $35,230 |
| Tree trimmers and pruners | 550 | $13.64 | $28,370 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 540 | $36.64 | $76,210 |
| Financial specialists, all other | 540 | $26.36 | $54,830 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 540 | $17.05 | $35,460 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 540 | $28.61 | $59,520 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 540 | $12.22 | $25,410 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 530 | $9.87 | $20,540 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other | 530 | $19.64 | $40,860 |
| Service station attendants | 530 | $8.57 | $17,830 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 530 | $10.79 | $22,450 |
| Administrative services managers | 520 | $34.08 | $70,880 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 520 | $17.91 | $37,250 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 520 | $24.45 | $50,860 |
| Order clerks | 520 | $13.63 | $28,350 |
| Printing machine operators | 520 | $17.29 | $35,960 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 510 | Not available | Not available |
| File clerks | 510 | $12.28 | $25,540 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 510 | $17.33 | $36,060 |
| Mental health counselors | 510 | $19.57 | $40,700 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 500 | $14.28 | $29,700 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters | 500 | $11.09 | $23,060 |
| Sales engineers | 500 | $36.23 | $75,350 |
| Insurance underwriters | 490 | $26.43 | $54,970 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers | 490 | $7.79 | $16,190 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 480 | $28.25 | $58,760 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 480 | $18.29 | $38,030 |
| Parking lot attendants | 480 | $9.06 | $18,850 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 480 | $15.57 | $32,390 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians | 470 | $24.91 | $51,810 |
| Industrial production managers | 470 | $42.53 | $88,460 |
| Personal financial advisors | 470 | $25.40 | $52,840 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 470 | $30.46 | $63,360 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 470 | $43.71 | $90,910 |
| Social and community service managers | 460 | $27.10 | $56,370 |
| Telemarketers | 460 | $13.09 | $27,220 |
| Advertising sales agents | 450 | $24.74 | $51,450 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 440 | $15.07 | $31,340 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 440 | $18.03 | $37,500 |
| Database administrators | 440 | $35.37 | $73,580 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 440 | $21.76 | $45,250 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | 430 | $21.05 | $43,780 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 430 | $29.12 | $60,570 |
| Pest control workers | 430 | $13.78 | $28,660 |
| Editors | 420 | $24.85 | $51,680 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators | 420 | $14.83 | $30,850 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 420 | $11.95 | $24,850 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 420 | $20.51 | $42,650 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 420 | Not available | $46,830 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | 420 | $21.56 | $44,850 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | 410 | $18.63 | $38,750 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 410 | $8.93 | $18,580 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 410 | Not available | $48,100 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 400 | $15.13 | $31,470 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 400 | $91.70 | $190,740 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 400 | $12.92 | $26,880 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors | 390 | $26.66 | $55,450 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators | 390 | $28.16 | $58,570 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 390 | $25.01 | $52,020 |
| Dentists, general | 380 | $87.09 | $181,140 |
| Health specialties teachers, postsecondary | 370 | Not available | $81,930 |
| Multi-media artists and animators | 370 | $25.42 | $52,880 |
| New accounts clerks | 370 | $15.51 | $32,260 |
| Chief executives | 360 | $87.39 | $181,770 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | 360 | $19.67 | $40,920 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 360 | $32.67 | $67,940 |
| Natural sciences managers | 350 | $62.79 | $130,610 |
| Veterinarians | 350 | $51.44 | $107,000 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 330 | Not available | $53,110 |
| Photographers | 330 | Not available | Not available |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 330 | $12.03 | $25,020 |
| Farm and home management advisors | 320 | $33.88 | $70,480 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other | 320 | $23.52 | $48,920 |
| Occupational therapists | 320 | $29.51 | $61,370 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 320 | $11.84 | $24,640 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | 320 | $14.45 | $30,070 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 310 | $11.82 | $24,590 |
| Cargo and freight agents | 310 | $19.67 | $40,920 |
| Couriers and messengers | 310 | $14.04 | $29,190 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 310 | $13.13 | $27,320 |
| Private detectives and investigators | 310 | $20.47 | $42,590 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders | 310 | $19.52 | $40,590 |
| Special education teachers, middle school | 310 | Not available | $45,790 |
| Biological technicians | 300 | $21.21 | $44,110 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary | 300 | Not available | $86,160 |
| Purchasing managers | 300 | $43.54 | $90,560 |
| Surgical technologists | 300 | $19.30 | $40,140 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary | 300 | $25.05 | $52,100 |
| Credit analysts | 290 | $28.17 | $58,600 |
| Industrial engineering technicians | 290 | $27.46 | $57,110 |
| Library technicians | 290 | $14.17 | $29,460 |
| Technical writers | 290 | $33.62 | $69,920 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary | 280 | Not available | $89,310 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers | 280 | $11.98 | $24,920 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 280 | $17.58 | $36,570 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | 280 | $14.72 | $30,620 |
| Production workers, all other | 280 | $20.79 | $43,250 |
| Structural iron and steel workers | 280 | $15.85 | $32,970 |
| Tile and marble setters | 280 | Not available | Not available |
| Forensic science technicians | 270 | $18.11 | $37,670 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other | 270 | $24.46 | $50,880 |
| Logisticians | 270 | $32.11 | $66,800 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 270 | $18.69 | $38,880 |
| Postal service clerks | 270 | Not available | Not available |
| Protective service workers, all other | 270 | $15.62 | $32,490 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers | 270 | $18.08 | $37,600 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | 270 | $12.28 | $25,540 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 260 | $14.30 | $29,750 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 260 | $16.29 | $33,880 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | 260 | $9.61 | $19,990 |
| Urban and regional planners | 260 | $25.69 | $53,430 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters | 250 | $12.23 | $25,450 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other | 250 | $18.08 | $37,610 |
| Massage therapists | 250 | $22.60 | $47,010 |
| Public relations managers | 250 | $44.63 | $92,830 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary | 240 | Not available | $90,660 |
| Floral designers | 240 | $12.64 | $26,300 |
| Interior designers | 240 | $19.61 | $40,780 |
| Physician assistants | 240 | $39.44 | $82,040 |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists | 240 | $18.07 | $37,590 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents | 240 | $23.70 | $49,300 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary | 230 | Not available | $94,410 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 230 | $14.10 | $29,330 |
| Engineers, all other | 230 | $39.02 | $81,150 |
| Mechanical drafters | 230 | $24.89 | $51,770 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 230 | $16.98 | $35,310 |
| Office machine operators, except computer | 230 | $15.29 | $31,810 |
| Photographic process workers | 230 | $9.69 | $20,160 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 230 | $21.74 | $45,210 |
| Producers and directors | 230 | $33.08 | $68,800 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 230 | $36.32 | $75,530 |
| Travel agents | 230 | $17.88 | $37,190 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians | 220 | $21.83 | $45,400 |
| Chemical technicians | 220 | $18.19 | $37,840 |
| Compensation and benefits managers | 220 | $49.68 | $103,330 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers | 220 | $15.22 | $31,660 |
| Engineering teachers, postsecondary | 220 | Not available | $116,740 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers | 220 | $28.94 | $60,180 |
| Health educators | 220 | $24.21 | $50,350 |
| Helpers--carpenters | 220 | $10.70 | $22,260 |
| Chemistry teachers, postsecondary | 210 | Not available | $99,120 |
| Food scientists and technologists | 210 | $22.32 | $46,420 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 210 | $18.96 | $39,440 |
| Lodging managers | 200 | $25.36 | $52,750 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic | 200 | $10.12 | $21,050 |
| Nuclear engineers | 200 | $38.54 | $80,170 |
| Statisticians | 200 | $34.13 | $70,990 |
| Anesthesiologists | 190 | $75.00 | More than $145,600 |
| Commercial pilots | 190 | Not available | $60,450 |
| Construction and related workers, all other | 190 | $12.30 | $25,580 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary | 190 | Not available | $67,890 |
| Meter readers, utilities | 190 | $12.80 | $26,620 |
| Pharmacy aides | 190 | $11.42 | $23,760 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 190 | $16.77 | $34,880 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 190 | $17.77 | $36,950 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary | 180 | Not available | $66,460 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity | 180 | $10.48 | $21,790 |
| Cooks, fast food | 180 | $8.10 | $16,850 |
| Curators | 180 | $18.55 | $38,580 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | 180 | $24.83 | $51,640 |
| Insurance appraisers, auto damage | 180 | $26.69 | $55,510 |
| Legal support workers, all other | 180 | Not available | Not available |
| Meeting and convention planners | 180 | $19.94 | $41,470 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 180 | $16.01 | $33,290 |
| Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary | 180 | Not available | $57,670 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops | 170 | $14.65 | $30,470 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks | 170 | $15.60 | $32,450 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 170 | $12.56 | $26,110 |
| Interpreters and translators | 170 | $16.98 | $35,310 |
| Respiratory therapists | 170 | $24.05 | $50,030 |
| Tapers | 170 | $13.61 | $28,300 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | 160 | $28.44 | $59,150 |
| Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 160 | Not available | $52,400 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders | 160 | $14.28 | $29,710 |
| Pediatricians, general | 160 | $75.05 | $156,090 |
| Photographic processing machine operators | 160 | $10.19 | $21,190 |
| Social scientists and related workers, all other | 160 | $26.88 | $55,910 |
| Chemical engineers | 150 | $38.94 | $80,990 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers | 150 | $18.32 | $38,110 |
| Computer hardware engineers | 150 | $38.70 | $80,490 |
| Reporters and correspondents | 150 | $16.73 | $34,800 |
| Advertising and promotions managers | 140 | $45.62 | $94,890 |
| Bindery workers | 140 | $12.83 | $26,700 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians | 140 | Not available | Not available |
| Computer and information scientists, research | 140 | $46.13 | $95,950 |
| Criminal justice and law enforcement teachers, postsecondary | 140 | Not available | $57,470 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters | 140 | $25.86 | $53,800 |
| History teachers, postsecondary | 140 | Not available | $61,540 |
| Human resources managers, all other | 140 | $49.02 | $101,950 |
| Medical equipment preparers | 140 | $13.63 | $28,360 |
| Prepress technicians and workers | 140 | $16.91 | $35,170 |
| Procurement clerks | 140 | $16.86 | $35,080 |
| Radio and television announcers | 140 | $17.34 | $36,070 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators | 140 | $24.44 | $50,840 |
| Biological scientists, all other | 130 | $33.55 | $69,790 |
| Communications teachers, postsecondary | 130 | Not available | $56,940 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | 130 | $22.78 | $47,390 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers | 130 | $16.51 | $34,350 |
| Financial examiners | 130 | $36.38 | $75,670 |
| Internists, general | 130 | $95.30 | $198,230 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary | 130 | Not available | $68,700 |
| Surgeons | 130 | $75.00 | More than $145,600 |
| Budget analysts | 120 | $30.74 | $63,940 |
| Sociology teachers, postsecondary | 120 | Not available | $66,170 |
| Writers and authors | 120 | $25.99 | $54,060 |
| Broadcast technicians | 110 | $16.44 | $34,190 |
| Environmental engineering technicians | 110 | $21.75 | $45,240 |
| Painters, transportation equipment | 110 | $18.97 | $39,460 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary | 110 | Not available | $71,160 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood | 110 | $12.48 | $25,960 |
| Training and development managers | 110 | $46.90 | $97,550 |
| Education administrators, all other | 100 | $33.86 | $70,420 |
| Emergency management specialists | 100 | $20.63 | $42,900 |
| Logging equipment operators | 100 | $12.68 | $26,380 |
| Optometrists | 100 | $46.53 | $96,790 |
| Physics teachers, postsecondary | 100 | Not available | $111,300 |
| Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders | 100 | $14.61 | $30,400 |
| Vocational education teachers, middle school | 100 | Not available | $47,460 |
| Zoologists and wildlife biologists | 100 | $35.81 | $74,480 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | 90 | $27.27 | $56,720 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders | 90 | $12.96 | $26,950 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 90 | $16.43 | $34,170 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers | 90 | $13.67 | $28,440 |
| Landscape architects | 90 | $32.09 | $66,740 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers | 90 | $13.27 | $27,600 |
| Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary | 90 | Not available | $59,170 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other | 90 | Not available | $98,490 |
| Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products | 90 | $23.63 | $49,150 |
| Radiation therapists | 90 | $29.78 | $61,930 |
| Broadcast news analysts | 80 | $33.35 | $69,360 |
| Brokerage clerks | 80 | $17.52 | $36,440 |
| Dental laboratory technicians | 80 | $21.81 | $45,360 |
| Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators | 80 | $19.67 | $40,910 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors | 80 | $32.00 | $66,560 |
| Home appliance repairers | 80 | $16.69 | $34,710 |
| Hydrologists | 80 | $29.94 | $62,270 |
| Manicurists and pedicurists | 80 | $11.89 | $24,740 |
| Media and communication equipment workers, all other | 80 | $19.14 | $39,800 |
| Museum technicians and conservators | 80 | $17.73 | $36,890 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists | 80 | $28.19 | $58,640 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | 80 | $26.71 | $55,560 |
| Residential advisors | 80 | $11.66 | $24,250 |
| Social science research assistants | 80 | $18.71 | $38,910 |
| Sociologists | 80 | $21.43 | $44,560 |
| Soil and plant scientists | 80 | $36.20 | $75,290 |
| Cartographers and photogrammetrists | 70 | $28.38 | $59,030 |
| Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders | 70 | $13.37 | $27,810 |
| Clergy | 70 | $23.29 | $48,430 |
| Crane and tower operators | 70 | $23.62 | $49,130 |
| Film and video editors | 70 | $19.20 | $39,930 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers | 70 | $22.94 | $47,710 |
| Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 70 | $17.56 | $36,510 |
| Skin care specialists | 70 | $19.84 | $41,260 |
| Stonemasons | 70 | $17.01 | $35,370 |
| Architecture teachers, postsecondary | 60 | Not available | $73,370 |
| Art directors | 60 | $39.65 | $82,470 |
| Audiologists | 60 | $30.84 | $64,150 |
| Cutters and trimmers, hand | 60 | $9.60 | $19,970 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 60 | $12.96 | $26,950 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other | 60 | $22.79 | $47,400 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 60 | $13.27 | $27,600 |
| Job printers | 60 | $22.00 | $45,750 |
| Medical equipment repairers | 60 | $19.76 | $41,110 |
| Motion picture projectionists | 60 | $8.13 | $16,900 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers | 60 | $11.75 | $24,430 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation | 60 | $15.75 | $32,770 |
| Statistical assistants | 60 | $17.52 | $36,450 |
| Transportation workers, all other | 60 | $14.74 | $30,670 |
| Anthropologists and archeologists | 50 | $22.52 | $46,850 |
| Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture | 50 | $20.45 | $42,550 |
| Commercial and industrial designers | 50 | $31.06 | $64,600 |
| Correspondence clerks | 50 | $14.21 | $29,560 |
| Economics teachers, postsecondary | 50 | Not available | $102,010 |
| Economists | 50 | $31.36 | $65,220 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers | 50 | $15.58 | $32,400 |
| Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles | 50 | $12.79 | $26,600 |
| Farm equipment mechanics | 50 | $14.81 | $30,800 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals | 50 | $10.61 | $22,060 |
| Fire inspectors and investigators | 50 | $23.34 | $48,540 |
| Foresters | 50 | $27.13 | $56,420 |
| Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 50 | $13.46 | $27,990 |
| Loan counselors | 50 | $21.65 | $45,030 |
| Motorcycle mechanics | 50 | $14.96 | $31,120 |
| Occupational therapist assistants | 50 | $22.35 | $46,490 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | 50 | $19.34 | $40,220 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers | 50 | $21.47 | $44,650 |
| Tool and die makers | 50 | $20.39 | $42,400 |
| Animal control workers | 40 | $16.87 | $35,090 |
| Athletic trainers | 40 | Not available | $42,440 |
| Atmospheric and space scientists | 40 | $37.89 | $78,810 |
| Conservation scientists | 40 | $29.53 | $61,420 |
| Crossing guards | 40 | $12.78 | $26,590 |
| Desktop publishers | 40 | $16.06 | $33,410 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 40 | $14.06 | $29,240 |
| Public address system and other announcers | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Microbiologists | 30 | $26.63 | $55,380 |
| Actuaries | Not available | $53.50 | $111,280 |
| Agricultural and food science technicians | Not available | $16.74 | $34,830 |
| Bicycle repairers | Not available | $12.96 | $26,960 |
| Biochemists and biophysicists | Not available | $33.91 | $70,540 |
| Biomedical engineers | Not available | $34.06 | $70,850 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | Not available | $16.97 | $35,310 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders | Not available | $12.26 | $25,500 |
| Electricians | Not available | $17.94 | $37,310 |
| Fallers | Not available | $13.59 | $28,260 |
| Fence erectors | Not available | $12.46 | $25,920 |
| Floor sanders and finishers | Not available | $14.56 | $30,280 |
| Food batchmakers | Not available | $11.66 | $24,260 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders | Not available | $9.48 | $19,730 |
| Funeral attendants | Not available | $11.76 | $24,470 |
| Glaziers | Not available | $15.62 | $32,490 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand | Not available | $10.94 | $22,750 |
| Life scientists, all other | Not available | $23.35 | $48,570 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers | Not available | $17.23 | $35,840 |
| Materials scientists | Not available | $48.70 | $101,300 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers | Not available | $9.16 | $19,060 |
| Media and communication workers, all other | Not available | $15.48 | $32,190 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $14.85 | $30,880 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | Not available | $34.74 | $72,250 |
| Occupational health and safety technicians | Not available | $23.67 | $49,240 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other | Not available | $8.91 | $18,540 |
| Physicists | Not available | $41.34 | $86,000 |
| Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other | Not available | $29.32 | $60,990 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials | Not available | $10.40 | $21,620 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners | Not available | $13.94 | $29,000 |
| Sound engineering technicians | Not available | $16.95 | $35,250 |
| Surveyors | Not available | $28.68 | $59,660 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers | Not available | $12.24 | $25,460 |
| Tax preparers | Not available | $17.20 | $35,780 |
| Upholsterers | Not available | $12.56 | $26,120 |
| Word processors and typists | Not available | $14.39 | $29,940 |
