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 |
218,750 |
$19.28 |
$40,110 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
38,920 |
$15.58 |
$32,410 |
| Sales and related occupations |
22,830 |
$16.46 |
$34,230 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
21,780 |
$9.62 |
$20,020 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
19,860 |
$14.99 |
$31,180 |
| Production occupations |
10,990 |
$14.93 |
$31,050 |
| Management occupations |
10,810 |
$41.96 |
$87,270 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
10,520 |
$23.79 |
$49,480 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
10,150 |
$11.36 |
$23,620 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
9,420 |
$11.61 |
$24,140 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
9,330 |
$19.85 |
$41,280 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
8,370 |
$38.46 |
$79,990 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
7,370 |
$32.25 |
$67,080 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
6,780 |
$11.62 |
$24,180 |
| Retail salespersons |
6,210 |
$12.20 |
$25,370 |
| Cashiers |
5,470 |
$10.26 |
$21,350 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
4,940 |
$8.11 |
$16,870 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
4,690 |
$14.22 |
$29,570 |
| Office clerks, general |
4,530 |
$14.16 |
$29,450 |
| Protective service occupations |
4,480 |
$19.48 |
$40,520 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
3,950 |
$10.61 |
$22,060 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
3,780 |
$11.43 |
$23,770 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
3,660 |
$21.28 |
$44,260 |
| General and operations managers |
3,610 |
$47.60 |
$99,010 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
3,480 |
$8.58 |
$17,840 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
3,400 |
$17.06 |
$35,490 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
3,240 |
$30.73 |
$63,920 |
| Registered nurses |
3,010 |
$34.21 |
$71,150 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
2,750 |
$21.70 |
$45,140 |
| Customer service representatives |
2,750 |
$16.62 |
$34,560 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
2,590 |
$30.86 |
$64,190 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
2,590 |
$16.47 |
$34,270 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
2,490 |
$16.76 |
$34,850 |
| Gaming dealers |
2,430 |
$7.04 |
$14,650 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
2,430 |
$12.80 |
$26,620 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
2,380 |
$15.17 |
$31,550 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
2,290 |
$30.03 |
$62,450 |
| Team assemblers |
2,260 |
$12.57 |
$26,130 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
2,230 |
$10.01 |
$20,820 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
2,180 |
$22.22 |
$46,210 |
| Security guards |
2,180 |
$11.95 |
$24,860 |
| Community and social services occupations |
2,130 |
$22.53 |
$46,860 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
2,040 |
$18.96 |
$39,430 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
1,930 |
$12.24 |
$25,460 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
1,930 |
$14.17 |
$29,470 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
1,870 |
$27.03 |
$56,220 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
1,870 |
$13.31 |
$27,680 |
| Construction laborers |
1,700 |
$17.78 |
$36,980 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
1,610 |
$15.34 |
$31,910 |
| Bartenders |
1,600 |
$8.57 |
$17,820 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
1,510 |
$7.50 |
$15,610 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
1,470 |
$11.07 |
$23,030 |
| Accountants and auditors |
1,410 |
$27.96 |
$58,160 |
| Food preparation workers |
1,380 |
$8.99 |
$18,690 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
1,360 |
$20.02 |
$41,630 |
| Legal occupations |
1,330 |
$51.04 |
$106,150 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
1,320 |
$32.75 |
$68,110 |
| Cooks, fast food |
1,300 |
$8.21 |
$17,070 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
1,240 |
$37.06 |
$77,080 |
| Telemarketers |
1,230 |
$12.64 |
$26,290 |
| Electricians |
1,190 |
$25.80 |
$53,660 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
1,180 |
$14.85 |
$30,900 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
1,180 |
$12.92 |
$26,880 |
| Dishwashers |
1,170 |
$8.83 |
$18,380 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
1,090 |
$18.91 |
$39,340 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
1,060 |
$24.61 |
$51,190 |
| Personal and home care aides |
960 |
$10.24 |
$21,290 |
| Recreation workers |
950 |
$10.97 |
$22,820 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
940 |
$20.78 |
$43,220 |
| Gaming supervisors |
920 |
$20.83 |
$43,320 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
910 |
$28.29 |
$58,850 |
| Home health aides |
900 |
$10.01 |
$20,830 |
| Financial managers |
850 |
$41.63 |
$86,590 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
810 |
$14.41 |
$29,970 |
| Managers, all other |
800 |
$42.09 |
$87,550 |
| Lawyers |
760 |
$67.37 |
$140,140 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
730 |
$16.05 |
$33,390 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
730 |
$8.61 |
$17,900 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
720 |
$11.20 |
$23,290 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
720 |
$41.60 |
$86,520 |
| Computer support specialists |
710 |
$20.31 |
$42,240 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
710 |
$10.76 |
$22,370 |
| Medical assistants |
710 |
$16.51 |
$34,340 |
| Order clerks |
710 |
$12.60 |
$26,200 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
700 |
$24.01 |
$49,930 |
| Helpers--production workers |
700 |
$11.21 |
$23,320 |
| Teacher assistants |
700 |
Not available |
$26,210 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
690 |
$27.51 |
$57,220 |
| Gaming change persons and booth cashiers |
680 |
$8.33 |
$17,330 |
| Driver/sales workers |
670 |
$13.75 |
$28,610 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
660 |
$30.72 |
$63,900 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks |
660 |
$11.58 |
$24,080 |
| Bill and account collectors |
650 |
$15.08 |
$31,370 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
640 |
$22.80 |
$47,420 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
630 |
$23.60 |
$49,080 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
630 |
$10.21 |
$21,240 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
600 |
$36.81 |
$76,560 |
| Dental assistants |
600 |
$17.50 |
$36,390 |
| Sales managers |
600 |
$40.11 |
$83,440 |
| Tellers |
590 |
$13.54 |
$28,150 |
| Legal secretaries |
580 |
$21.53 |
$44,780 |
| Management analysts |
570 |
$52.13 |
$108,420 |
| Child care workers |
550 |
$9.66 |
$20,100 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
540 |
$20.27 |
$42,170 |
| Construction managers |
530 |
$43.28 |
$90,010 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
530 |
$9.63 |
$20,030 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
530 |
$17.29 |
$35,960 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
530 |
$17.50 |
$36,410 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers |
520 |
$16.29 |
$33,870 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers |
500 |
$19.21 |
$39,950 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
500 |
$20.55 |
$42,740 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
490 |
$15.23 |
$31,680 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
480 |
$21.71 |
$45,170 |
| Computer systems analysts |
480 |
$32.87 |
$68,360 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
480 |
$12.56 |
$26,120 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
480 |
$13.60 |
$28,280 |
| Gaming service workers, all other |
470 |
$11.64 |
$24,200 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
470 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
470 |
$18.51 |
$38,490 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
460 |
$22.43 |
$46,650 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
460 |
$18.92 |
$39,360 |
| Sheet metal workers |
460 |
$20.98 |
$43,640 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
450 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
450 |
$24.35 |
$50,640 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
450 |
$9.10 |
$18,940 |
| Civil engineers |
440 |
$40.13 |
$83,480 |
| Slot key persons |
440 |
$10.57 |
$21,980 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
430 |
$9.05 |
$18,820 |
| Data entry keyers |
430 |
$10.68 |
$22,220 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
430 |
$16.28 |
$33,860 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
430 |
$16.56 |
$34,450 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
420 |
$22.38 |
$46,550 |
| Helpers--electricians |
420 |
$12.76 |
$26,540 |
| Cost estimators |
410 |
$32.26 |
$67,100 |
| Couriers and messengers |
410 |
$11.66 |
$24,260 |
| Insurance sales agents |
410 |
$32.60 |
$67,810 |
| Loan officers |
410 |
$35.34 |
$73,510 |
| Fire fighters |
400 |
$22.91 |
$47,660 |
| Helpers--carpenters |
400 |
$13.85 |
$28,800 |
| Parts salespersons |
400 |
$16.35 |
$34,010 |
| Personal financial advisors |
400 |
$43.62 |
$90,740 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
400 |
$15.46 |
$32,160 |
| Roofers |
400 |
$17.50 |
$36,410 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
390 |
$12.61 |
$26,220 |
| File clerks |
390 |
$12.79 |
$26,600 |
| Gaming cage workers |
380 |
$10.78 |
$22,430 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
380 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
370 |
$17.17 |
$35,720 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
370 |
$15.75 |
$32,770 |
| Social and human service assistants |
370 |
$15.19 |
$31,590 |
| Cooks, short order |
360 |
$10.74 |
$22,340 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
360 |
$11.60 |
$24,120 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
360 |
$19.71 |
$40,990 |
| Training and development specialists |
360 |
$15.94 |
$33,160 |
| Coaches and scouts |
350 |
Not available |
$34,720 |
| Pharmacists |
350 |
$50.50 |
$105,050 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
340 |
$19.73 |
$41,040 |
| Graphic designers |
340 |
$22.30 |
$46,380 |
| Parking lot attendants |
340 |
$7.51 |
$15,630 |
| Administrative services managers |
330 |
$32.56 |
$67,730 |
| Food service managers |
330 |
$25.65 |
$53,340 |
| Medical secretaries |
330 |
$17.61 |
$36,640 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
330 |
$23.00 |
$47,850 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops |
320 |
$9.01 |
$18,740 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
320 |
$50.26 |
$104,540 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
320 |
$25.13 |
$52,270 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other |
320 |
$9.92 |
$20,640 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters |
320 |
$13.80 |
$28,700 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
320 |
$22.47 |
$46,730 |
| Medical and health services managers |
320 |
$42.63 |
$88,680 |
| Plasterers and stucco masons |
320 |
$17.36 |
$36,100 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
320 |
$12.14 |
$25,260 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
320 |
$19.69 |
$40,960 |
| Computer programmers |
310 |
$34.68 |
$72,140 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
310 |
$22.39 |
$46,580 |
| Gaming and sports book writers and runners |
310 |
$9.47 |
$19,690 |
| Printing machine operators |
310 |
$17.08 |
$35,530 |
| Tile and marble setters |
310 |
$21.65 |
$45,030 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity |
300 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Chefs and head cooks |
300 |
$21.69 |
$45,120 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
300 |
$22.23 |
$46,240 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
300 |
$37.14 |
$77,240 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
300 |
$32.41 |
$67,400 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
300 |
$18.21 |
$37,880 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
300 |
$16.14 |
$33,580 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
300 |
$13.98 |
$29,070 |
| Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons |
290 |
$10.61 |
$22,060 |
| Dental hygienists |
280 |
$37.20 |
$77,380 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
280 |
$13.26 |
$27,580 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
280 |
$13.72 |
$28,540 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
280 |
$26.11 |
$54,300 |
| Family and general practitioners |
270 |
$88.26 |
$183,570 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
270 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
270 |
$10.64 |
$22,140 |
| Computer specialists, all other |
260 |
$28.00 |
$58,230 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
260 |
$12.93 |
$26,890 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other |
260 |
$17.56 |
$36,530 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
260 |
$24.04 |
$50,010 |
| Bakers |
250 |
$13.19 |
$27,440 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
250 |
$16.08 |
$33,440 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
250 |
$17.05 |
$35,460 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
250 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Marketing managers |
250 |
$39.03 |
$81,190 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
250 |
$32.74 |
$68,110 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
250 |
$33.42 |
$69,510 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
240 |
$18.22 |
$37,890 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
240 |
$16.56 |
$34,440 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
240 |
$21.49 |
$44,690 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
240 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Machinists |
240 |
$19.30 |
$40,150 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
240 |
$29.43 |
$61,210 |
| Tapers |
240 |
$18.70 |
$38,890 |
| Advertising sales agents |
230 |
$24.11 |
$50,140 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
230 |
$19.04 |
$39,600 |
| Carpet installers |
230 |
$20.85 |
$43,360 |
| Chief executives |
230 |
$70.39 |
$146,410 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
230 |
$16.61 |
$34,560 |
| Production workers, all other |
230 |
$13.05 |
$27,140 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
220 |
$29.80 |
$61,980 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
220 |
Not available |
$42,910 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
220 |
$25.09 |
$52,190 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers |
220 |
$11.65 |
$24,220 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
210 |
$27.71 |
$57,640 |
| Industrial production managers |
210 |
$32.22 |
$67,020 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
210 |
$16.92 |
$35,200 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
210 |
$31.44 |
$65,400 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
200 |
$16.16 |
$33,610 |
| Surgical technologists |
200 |
$21.85 |
$45,440 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
200 |
Not available |
$43,980 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
190 |
$21.65 |
$45,040 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers |
190 |
$10.55 |
$21,940 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
180 |
$23.65 |
$49,180 |
| Engineering managers |
180 |
$52.66 |
$109,530 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
180 |
$12.91 |
$26,840 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
180 |
$21.98 |
$45,720 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians |
170 |
$25.72 |
$53,510 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
170 |
$14.09 |
$29,320 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
170 |
$16.04 |
$33,350 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
170 |
$13.85 |
$28,810 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other |
170 |
$16.64 |
$34,620 |
| Mechanical engineers |
170 |
$35.84 |
$74,550 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
170 |
$13.46 |
$28,000 |
| Pipelayers |
170 |
$18.65 |
$38,790 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
160 |
$39.37 |
$81,880 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
160 |
$27.92 |
$58,080 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
160 |
$30.64 |
$63,720 |
| Occupational therapists |
160 |
$29.62 |
$61,620 |
| Public relations specialists |
160 |
$37.43 |
$77,860 |
| Surgeons |
160 |
More than $70 |
More than $145,600 |
| Bindery workers |
150 |
$13.17 |
$27,390 |
| Cargo and freight agents |
150 |
$18.58 |
$38,640 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers |
150 |
$14.45 |
$30,060 |
| Helpers--roofers |
150 |
$11.94 |
$24,830 |
| Physical therapists |
150 |
$37.49 |
$77,980 |
| Procurement clerks |
150 |
$16.77 |
$34,880 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers |
150 |
$19.67 |
$40,910 |
| Social and community service managers |
150 |
$26.99 |
$56,140 |
| Surveyors |
150 |
$35.71 |
$74,280 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers |
150 |
$29.37 |
$61,090 |
| All other information and record clerks |
140 |
$17.23 |
$35,840 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers |
140 |
$33.96 |
$70,650 |
| Market research analysts |
140 |
$26.75 |
$55,650 |
| Mechanical door repairers |
140 |
$17.87 |
$37,170 |
| Real estate sales agents |
140 |
$20.21 |
$42,040 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
130 |
$23.51 |
$48,910 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
130 |
$12.27 |
$25,520 |
| Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other |
130 |
$10.55 |
$21,930 |
| Librarians |
130 |
$28.88 |
$60,070 |
| Physical therapist aides |
130 |
$12.66 |
$26,330 |
| Hydrologists |
120 |
$39.40 |
$81,940 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians |
120 |
$13.32 |
$27,710 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders |
120 |
$14.52 |
$30,210 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks |
110 |
$17.36 |
$36,120 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
110 |
$9.03 |
$18,770 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers |
110 |
$41.24 |
$85,780 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers |
110 |
$10.17 |
$21,150 |
| Meeting and convention planners |
110 |
$24.24 |
$50,420 |
| Mental health counselors |
110 |
$27.02 |
$56,200 |
| Postal service clerks |
110 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Producers and directors |
110 |
$29.70 |
$61,770 |
| Radio and television announcers |
110 |
$16.87 |
$35,080 |
| Urban and regional planners |
110 |
$42.90 |
$89,230 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary |
110 |
$22.11 |
$45,980 |
| Advertising and promotions managers |
100 |
$34.54 |
$71,840 |
| Database administrators |
100 |
$26.15 |
$54,400 |
| Dentists, general |
100 |
$83.03 |
$172,700 |
| Editors |
100 |
$25.78 |
$53,620 |
| Electrical engineers |
100 |
$39.01 |
$81,130 |
| Floral designers |
100 |
$14.50 |
$30,150 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
100 |
$15.21 |
$31,640 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
100 |
$43.38 |
$90,230 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
100 |
$23.17 |
$48,190 |
| Interior designers |
100 |
$27.12 |
$56,410 |
| Media and communication workers, all other |
100 |
$21.22 |
$44,150 |
| Multi-media artists and animators |
100 |
$26.46 |
$55,030 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
100 |
$20.41 |
$42,450 |
| Service station attendants |
100 |
$11.53 |
$23,970 |
| Structural iron and steel workers |
100 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture |
90 |
$15.55 |
$32,340 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
90 |
$35.69 |
$74,230 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
90 |
$28.46 |
$59,200 |
| Computer operators |
90 |
$17.56 |
$36,530 |
| Financial analysts |
90 |
$34.48 |
$71,720 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
90 |
$30.61 |
$63,680 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
90 |
$10.82 |
$22,510 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
90 |
$14.70 |
$30,570 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
90 |
$28.09 |
$58,430 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
90 |
$14.27 |
$29,670 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians |
80 |
$23.44 |
$48,760 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
80 |
$28.51 |
$59,300 |
| Gaming managers |
80 |
$42.06 |
$87,490 |
| Instructional coordinators |
80 |
$34.68 |
$72,140 |
| Internists, general |
80 |
$94.82 |
$197,230 |
| Mechanical drafters |
80 |
$22.10 |
$45,970 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
80 |
$27.03 |
$56,230 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
80 |
$23.43 |
$48,740 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other |
80 |
$13.25 |
$27,560 |
| Photographic processing machine operators |
80 |
$12.41 |
$25,810 |
| Physician assistants |
80 |
$35.46 |
$73,760 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
80 |
$24.67 |
$51,310 |
| Reporters and correspondents |
80 |
$20.37 |
$42,360 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
80 |
$19.01 |
$39,530 |
| Construction and related workers, all other |
70 |
$18.57 |
$38,630 |
| Credit analysts |
70 |
$31.30 |
$65,110 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs |
70 |
$19.58 |
$40,730 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other |
70 |
$21.62 |
$44,970 |
| Environmental engineers |
70 |
$36.64 |
$76,200 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health |
70 |
$29.38 |
$61,120 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
70 |
$31.28 |
$65,060 |
| Food batchmakers |
70 |
$12.76 |
$26,540 |
| Health educators |
70 |
$26.92 |
$55,990 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other |
70 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
70 |
$30.58 |
$63,600 |
| Photographers |
70 |
$19.43 |
$40,410 |
| Public relations managers |
70 |
$39.36 |
$81,870 |
| Purchasing managers |
70 |
$37.27 |
$77,530 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers |
70 |
$11.21 |
$23,320 |
| Veterinarians |
70 |
$34.44 |
$71,640 |
| Broadcast technicians |
60 |
$15.83 |
$32,920 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other |
60 |
$22.56 |
$46,920 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program |
60 |
$15.92 |
$33,110 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators |
60 |
$21.98 |
$45,720 |
| Gaming surveillance officers and gaming investigators |
60 |
$17.19 |
$35,750 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
60 |
$18.50 |
$38,480 |
| Library technicians |
60 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Logisticians |
60 |
$24.66 |
$51,290 |
| Meter readers, utilities |
60 |
$21.24 |
$44,180 |
| Natural sciences managers |
60 |
$45.47 |
$94,570 |
| Pest control workers |
60 |
$16.10 |
$33,490 |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
60 |
$19.53 |
$40,630 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
60 |
$8.83 |
$18,370 |
| Budget analysts |
50 |
$34.74 |
$72,260 |
| Commercial pilots |
50 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Cooks, all other |
50 |
$12.33 |
$25,660 |
| Designers, all other |
50 |
$26.15 |
$54,400 |
| Education administrators, all other |
50 |
$31.42 |
$65,360 |
| Engineers, all other |
50 |
$28.93 |
$60,170 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
50 |
$14.75 |
$30,670 |
| Lodging managers |
50 |
$38.47 |
$80,010 |
| Massage therapists |
50 |
$7.56 |
$15,720 |
| Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
50 |
$17.77 |
$36,960 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers |
50 |
$12.49 |
$25,970 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
50 |
$35.97 |
$74,810 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents |
50 |
$28.35 |
$58,960 |
| Travel agents |
50 |
$15.25 |
$31,720 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
40 |
$14.89 |
$30,960 |
| Computer hardware engineers |
40 |
$37.72 |
$78,460 |
| Concierges |
40 |
$10.45 |
$21,740 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
40 |
$16.49 |
$34,290 |
| Desktop publishers |
40 |
$19.90 |
$41,390 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers |
40 |
$13.37 |
$27,800 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other |
40 |
$25.15 |
$52,310 |
| Industrial engineers |
40 |
$28.54 |
$59,360 |
| Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates |
40 |
$58.37 |
$121,400 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
40 |
$18.17 |
$37,790 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
40 |
$23.02 |
$47,890 |
| Sewing machine operators |
40 |
$11.72 |
$24,380 |
| Technical writers |
40 |
$32.80 |
$68,230 |
| Training and development managers |
40 |
$34.41 |
$71,580 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
40 |
$15.11 |
$31,430 |
| Zoologists and wildlife biologists |
40 |
$24.95 |
$51,900 |
| Clergy |
30 |
$29.16 |
$60,660 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
30 |
$33.97 |
$70,660 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
30 |
$28.87 |
$60,040 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals |
30 |
$15.16 |
$31,530 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors |
30 |
$30.03 |
$62,460 |
| Optometrists |
30 |
$67.31 |
$140,000 |
| Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
30 |
$15.30 |
$31,830 |
| Animal trainers |
Not available |
$19.54 |
$40,650 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
Not available |
$33.79 |
$70,280 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
Not available |
$47.24 |
$98,260 |
| Brokerage clerks |
Not available |
$19.01 |
$39,540 |
| Carpenters |
Not available |
$22.71 |
$47,240 |
| Chemical technicians |
Not available |
$15.12 |
$31,450 |
| Compensation and benefits managers |
Not available |
$32.87 |
$68,360 |
| Conservation scientists |
Not available |
$29.77 |
$61,920 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
Not available |
$22.00 |
$45,760 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$14.07 |
$29,260 |
| Dental laboratory technicians |
Not available |
$18.70 |
$38,900 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
Not available |
$40.91 |
$85,100 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
Not available |
$20.32 |
$42,260 |
| Fence erectors |
Not available |
$14.87 |
$30,920 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand |
Not available |
$11.51 |
$23,950 |
| Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$16.79 |
$34,920 |
| Job printers |
Not available |
$18.65 |
$38,800 |
| Landscape architects |
Not available |
$34.88 |
$72,560 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
Not available |
$18.59 |
$38,670 |
| Manicurists and pedicurists |
Not available |
$14.09 |
$29,320 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers |
Not available |
$14.61 |
$30,390 |
| Medical equipment repairers |
Not available |
$22.33 |
$46,450 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
Not available |
$20.17 |
$41,960 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic |
Not available |
$17.04 |
$35,440 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$7.62 |
$15,850 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other |
Not available |
$18.56 |
$38,610 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
Not available |
$10.61 |
$22,060 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics |
Not available |
$16.03 |
$33,330 |
| Painters, transportation equipment |
Not available |
$21.93 |
$45,620 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
Not available |
More than $70 |
More than $145,600 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials |
Not available |
$9.07 |
$18,870 |
| Recreational vehicle service technicians |
Not available |
$14.90 |
$30,980 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
Not available |
$16.82 |
$34,990 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
Not available |
$20.30 |
$42,220 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners |
Not available |
$20.82 |
$43,300 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors |
Not available |
$18.74 |
$38,970 |
| Transportation workers, all other |
Not available |
$12.83 |
$26,690 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
Not available |
$16.03 |
$33,340 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
Not available |
$16.24 |
$33,780 |
