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 |
More than $70 |
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 |
More than $70 |
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 |
