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 | 614,770 | $20.46 | $42,550 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 106,220 | $15.81 | $32,880 |
| Sales and related occupations | 68,060 | $18.61 | $38,700 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 46,970 | $9.44 | $19,640 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 41,180 | $14.70 | $30,580 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 37,080 | $30.49 | $63,420 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 35,660 | $22.03 | $45,820 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 35,010 | $18.46 | $38,400 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 33,460 | $31.95 | $66,460 |
| Production occupations | 32,990 | $15.31 | $31,840 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 27,470 | $20.34 | $42,300 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 21,370 | $36.17 | $75,230 |
| Office clerks, general | 21,310 | $13.84 | $28,790 |
| Retail salespersons | 20,580 | $11.92 | $24,790 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 19,820 | $10.87 | $22,600 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 16,010 | $11.86 | $24,660 |
| Protective service occupations | 15,840 | $19.16 | $39,860 |
| Cashiers | 15,490 | $8.64 | $17,970 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 14,740 | $10.77 | $22,390 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 14,290 | $7.92 | $16,470 |
| Registered nurses | 12,380 | $29.19 | $60,720 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 11,450 | $32.52 | $67,640 |
| Customer service representatives | 10,520 | $15.67 | $32,600 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 10,440 | $10.49 | $21,810 |
| Community and social services occupations | 10,140 | $20.50 | $42,650 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 10,130 | $9.07 | $18,860 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 9,780 | $17.65 | $36,700 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 9,180 | $11.25 | $23,410 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 8,620 | $12.44 | $25,880 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 8,550 | $19.01 | $39,530 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 7,430 | $32.05 | $66,670 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 6,780 | $22.15 | $46,070 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 6,650 | $25.03 | $52,070 |
| Accountants and auditors | 6,310 | $30.81 | $64,080 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 6,290 | $18.27 | $38,010 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 5,830 | $11.15 | $23,200 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 5,510 | $11.80 | $24,540 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 5,410 | $28.05 | $58,350 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 5,360 | Not available | $54,260 |
| Security guards | 5,300 | $13.17 | $27,380 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 5,150 | Not available | $33,490 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 5,120 | $20.81 | $43,280 |
| Legal occupations | 4,880 | $41.18 | $85,660 |
| Construction laborers | 4,840 | $12.39 | $25,770 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 4,690 | $30.27 | $62,970 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 4,670 | $14.54 | $30,240 |
| Computer systems analysts | 4,470 | $37.77 | $78,560 |
| Management analysts | 4,460 | $35.80 | $74,450 |
| Teacher assistants | 4,440 | Not available | $21,320 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 4,400 | $20.20 | $42,020 |
| Carpenters | 4,070 | $19.38 | $40,300 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 3,980 | $29.76 | $61,900 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 3,980 | $10.94 | $22,750 |
| Electricians | 3,880 | $21.29 | $44,280 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 3,880 | $15.64 | $32,530 |
| Home health aides | 3,870 | $9.30 | $19,350 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 3,830 | $18.88 | $39,260 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 3,790 | $42.56 | $88,520 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 3,760 | $30.23 | $62,880 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 3,710 | Not available | $54,610 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 3,630 | $8.83 | $18,360 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 3,630 | $8.42 | $17,510 |
| Computer support specialists | 3,380 | $22.24 | $46,250 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 3,340 | $19.09 | $39,720 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 3,290 | $10.34 | $21,510 |
| Correctional officers and jailers | 3,010 | $18.22 | $37,890 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 2,950 | $14.65 | $30,470 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 2,850 | Not available | $53,850 |
| Bus drivers, school | 2,750 | $12.28 | $25,550 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 2,650 | $15.76 | $32,790 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software | 2,590 | $43.98 | $91,470 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 2,560 | $23.07 | $47,990 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 2,540 | $19.74 | $41,060 |
| Child care workers | 2,490 | $8.82 | $18,340 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 2,470 | $16.29 | $33,890 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 2,420 | $29.22 | $60,780 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 2,400 | $26.78 | $55,690 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 2,380 | $15.18 | $31,570 |
| Tellers | 2,380 | $12.31 | $25,600 |
| Bill and account collectors | 2,310 | $16.58 | $34,480 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 2,310 | $35.25 | $73,320 |
| Food preparation workers | 2,300 | $9.22 | $19,190 |
| Lawyers | 2,300 | $61.70 | $128,340 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 2,260 | $29.43 | $61,210 |
| Insurance sales agents | 2,170 | $25.28 | $52,570 |
| Financial managers | 2,160 | $51.16 | $106,420 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 2,120 | $9.33 | $19,410 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 2,100 | $10.27 | $21,370 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 2,000 | $11.67 | $24,280 |
| Dishwashers | 1,940 | $8.14 | $16,920 |
| Personal and home care aides | 1,940 | $8.18 | $17,020 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 1,910 | $16.79 | $34,920 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 1,890 | $15.77 | $32,800 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 1,850 | $33.23 | $69,120 |
| Real estate sales agents | 1,800 | $26.66 | $55,450 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 1,790 | $29.44 | $61,230 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 1,730 | $41.64 | $86,610 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 1,710 | $20.94 | $43,560 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 1,690 | $26.99 | $56,130 |
| Cooks, fast food | 1,690 | $8.01 | $16,660 |
| Computer programmers | 1,680 | $37.88 | $78,780 |
| Recreation workers | 1,680 | $11.10 | $23,080 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 1,670 | $7.88 | $16,380 |
| Financial analysts | 1,650 | $37.62 | $78,240 |
| Training and development specialists | 1,640 | $27.77 | $57,750 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 1,620 | $13.21 | $27,480 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 1,610 | $19.66 | $40,890 |
| Driver/sales workers | 1,600 | $13.28 | $27,620 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 1,600 | $23.34 | $48,550 |
| Loan officers | 1,590 | $32.80 | $68,220 |
| Market research analysts | 1,590 | $28.13 | $58,510 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 1,590 | $34.67 | $72,120 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 1,590 | $16.26 | $33,820 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 1,560 | $15.73 | $32,720 |
| Civil engineers | 1,550 | $36.02 | $74,920 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 1,540 | $39.19 | $81,520 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 1,520 | $59.51 | $123,780 |
| Public relations specialists | 1,500 | $23.74 | $49,380 |
| Medical assistants | 1,490 | $14.00 | $29,120 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 1,490 | $14.40 | $29,950 |
| Helpers--production workers | 1,480 | $10.79 | $22,450 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 1,470 | $16.47 | $34,260 |
| Team assemblers | 1,470 | $11.60 | $24,130 |
| Managers, all other | 1,440 | $49.83 | $103,650 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | 1,430 | $24.65 | $51,270 |
| Social and human service assistants | 1,400 | $13.52 | $28,120 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 1,390 | $8.19 | $17,040 |
| Bartenders | 1,380 | $10.68 | $22,220 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 1,380 | $22.34 | $46,470 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 1,380 | Not available | Not available |
| Production workers, all other | 1,370 | $10.38 | $21,590 |
| Data entry keyers | 1,350 | $12.11 | $25,180 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 1,340 | $19.89 | $41,380 |
| Fire fighters | 1,320 | $22.67 | $47,160 |
| Cost estimators | 1,290 | $25.19 | $52,400 |
| Machinists | 1,230 | $18.94 | $39,400 |
| Sales managers | 1,210 | $52.43 | $109,050 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 1,170 | $8.29 | $17,240 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 1,170 | $16.86 | $35,080 |
| Mechanical engineers | 1,170 | $37.09 | $77,140 |
| Helpers--carpenters | 1,150 | $12.08 | $25,130 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 1,150 | $20.36 | $42,340 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 1,140 | $26.64 | $55,420 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 1,130 | $11.55 | $24,030 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 1,130 | $24.64 | $51,260 |
| Medical secretaries | 1,130 | $14.58 | $30,320 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 1,130 | $13.59 | $28,270 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | 1,110 | $21.40 | $44,520 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 1,110 | $14.56 | $30,280 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 1,100 | $10.42 | $21,680 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 1,070 | $11.22 | $23,330 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 1,050 | Not available | Not available |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | 1,030 | $25.44 | $52,910 |
| Dental assistants | 1,030 | $15.60 | $32,450 |
| All other information and record clerks | 1,020 | $17.17 | $35,710 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 1,020 | $22.06 | $45,890 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 1,010 | $24.98 | $51,950 |
| Logisticians | 1,000 | $33.67 | $70,020 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 1,000 | $15.39 | $32,020 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 970 | $15.85 | $32,980 |
| Construction managers | 960 | $41.25 | $85,790 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 960 | $10.14 | $21,090 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 950 | Not available | $52,350 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 940 | $23.19 | $48,230 |
| Medical and health services managers | 940 | $42.96 | $89,360 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 940 | $22.53 | $46,870 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 930 | $26.04 | $54,170 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 920 | $21.17 | $44,040 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 920 | $9.15 | $19,040 |
| Psychiatric technicians | 890 | $12.49 | $25,980 |
| Parts salespersons | 880 | $15.89 | $33,060 |
| Chief executives | 870 | $83.84 | $174,390 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 870 | Not available | $81,840 |
| Graphic designers | 870 | $24.04 | $50,010 |
| Database administrators | 860 | $35.95 | $74,770 |
| Printing machine operators | 860 | $16.85 | $35,040 |
| Coaches and scouts | 850 | Not available | $34,590 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 850 | $11.64 | $24,220 |
| Order clerks | 850 | $15.33 | $31,880 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 850 | $10.24 | $21,290 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 850 | $17.67 | $36,750 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 830 | $10.16 | $21,120 |
| Administrative services managers | 820 | $35.34 | $73,500 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 820 | $23.61 | $49,110 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | 820 | $10.65 | $22,150 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 790 | $25.62 | $53,290 |
| Legal secretaries | 790 | $19.98 | $41,560 |
| Brokerage clerks | 780 | $17.21 | $35,790 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 780 | $17.88 | $37,180 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | 770 | $21.75 | $45,240 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 770 | $27.13 | $56,430 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 760 | $20.01 | $41,630 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 760 | $18.53 | $38,550 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 760 | $12.97 | $26,970 |
| Instructional coordinators | 760 | $29.29 | $60,930 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 760 | $19.79 | $41,170 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders | 760 | $16.48 | $34,290 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 760 | $17.09 | $35,550 |
| Librarians | 750 | $27.53 | $57,270 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 750 | $12.00 | $24,960 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 750 | $17.06 | $35,490 |
| Financial specialists, all other | 730 | $32.04 | $66,640 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 720 | $10.39 | $21,610 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 700 | $9.17 | $19,080 |
| Dental hygienists | 690 | $32.16 | $66,890 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 690 | $17.31 | $35,990 |
| Helpers--electricians | 690 | $11.80 | $24,530 |
| Mental health counselors | 690 | $23.35 | $48,570 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers | 690 | $7.66 | $15,940 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | 680 | $18.07 | $37,590 |
| Physical therapists | 680 | $32.16 | $66,890 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 670 | Not available | $52,300 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers | 670 | $14.97 | $31,130 |
| Nuclear engineers | 670 | $62.76 | $130,540 |
| Personal financial advisors | 670 | $43.31 | $90,080 |
| File clerks | 660 | $13.05 | $27,140 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 660 | $16.75 | $34,840 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 660 | $11.81 | $24,570 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval | 650 | $30.14 | $62,700 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity | 650 | $15.67 | $32,590 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 650 | $17.35 | $36,090 |
| Family and general practitioners | 650 | $78.52 | $163,330 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers | 640 | Not available | Not available |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 640 | $19.70 | $40,980 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 640 | $15.95 | $33,180 |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists | 640 | $20.77 | $43,200 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 630 | $29.03 | $60,390 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 630 | $15.35 | $31,920 |
| Home appliance repairers | 630 | $17.11 | $35,590 |
| Insurance underwriters | 630 | $24.42 | $50,780 |
| Sheet metal workers | 630 | $17.08 | $35,530 |
| Advertising sales agents | 620 | $27.40 | $56,980 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 620 | $35.19 | $73,190 |
| Insulation workers, mechanical | 620 | $15.38 | $31,980 |
| Social and community service managers | 620 | $35.00 | $72,790 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 620 | Not available | $51,670 |
| Industrial engineers | 610 | $39.38 | $81,900 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | 610 | $15.66 | $32,580 |
| Electrical engineers | 600 | $37.74 | $78,490 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 600 | $17.66 | $36,730 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other | 600 | $8.92 | $18,550 |
| Engineering managers | 590 | $49.69 | $103,360 |
| Food service managers | 590 | $24.83 | $51,650 |
| Special education teachers, middle school | 580 | Not available | $52,140 |
| Cooks, short order | 570 | $9.25 | $19,230 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 560 | $24.80 | $51,570 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 550 | $21.71 | $45,160 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 550 | $16.28 | $33,870 |
| Sales engineers | 550 | $34.46 | $71,680 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 540 | $21.68 | $45,100 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents | 540 | $26.01 | $54,090 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other | 530 | $14.47 | $30,090 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 530 | $18.20 | $37,860 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 530 | $14.13 | $29,400 |
| Service station attendants | 530 | $9.76 | $20,290 |
| Computer specialists, all other | 520 | $36.86 | $76,670 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | 520 | $12.48 | $25,950 |
| Procurement clerks | 520 | $17.88 | $37,200 |
| Tax preparers | 520 | $15.47 | $32,170 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 510 | $20.67 | $42,990 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters | 500 | $13.98 | $29,080 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 490 | $17.29 | $35,950 |
| Credit analysts | 480 | $33.22 | $69,100 |
| Roofers | 480 | $18.23 | $37,920 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 480 | $12.12 | $25,200 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 470 | $15.21 | $31,640 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 470 | $16.09 | $33,460 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 470 | $32.46 | $67,510 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 460 | $13.87 | $28,850 |
| Industrial production managers | 450 | $47.74 | $99,310 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks | 450 | $13.91 | $28,930 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 450 | $25.39 | $52,820 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary | 440 | Not available | Not available |
| Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 440 | $18.25 | $37,960 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood | 440 | $12.56 | $26,120 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers | 440 | $16.75 | $34,850 |
| Chemists | 430 | $30.61 | $63,680 |
| Computer operators | 430 | $19.46 | $40,480 |
| Environmental engineers | 430 | $34.12 | $70,970 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 430 | $19.61 | $40,780 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | 430 | $8.26 | $17,180 |
| Office machine operators, except computer | 430 | $12.15 | $25,270 |
| Respiratory therapists | 430 | $24.81 | $51,600 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | 430 | $19.57 | $40,710 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors | 420 | $22.50 | $46,800 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials | 420 | $9.06 | $18,850 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | 410 | $26.81 | $55,750 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 410 | $17.91 | $37,260 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers | 410 | $19.09 | $39,710 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer | 400 | $34.27 | $71,280 |
| Occupational therapists | 400 | $31.80 | $66,150 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | 390 | $20.74 | $43,140 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 390 | $21.50 | $44,720 |
| Marketing managers | 390 | $56.80 | $118,140 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 390 | $34.36 | $71,470 |
| Surgical technologists | 390 | $20.18 | $41,980 |
| Library technicians | 380 | $17.23 | $35,840 |
| Pipelayers | 380 | $13.71 | $28,510 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters | 370 | $14.05 | $29,220 |
| Prepress technicians and workers | 370 | $18.89 | $39,290 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 370 | Not available | $58,520 |
| Chemical technicians | 360 | $21.92 | $45,590 |
| Manicurists and pedicurists | 360 | $10.07 | $20,950 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | 360 | $28.76 | $59,820 |
| Surveyors | 360 | $25.91 | $53,890 |
| Budget analysts | 350 | $32.12 | $66,820 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other | 350 | $11.80 | $24,530 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 350 | $23.75 | $49,400 |
| Operations research analysts | 350 | $34.33 | $71,400 |
| Travel agents | 350 | $21.02 | $43,730 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 350 | $19.90 | $41,390 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | 350 | $12.22 | $25,430 |
| Sales and related workers, all other | 340 | $21.99 | $45,740 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 330 | $22.11 | $46,000 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 330 | $15.11 | $31,430 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay | 330 | $26.87 | $55,890 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers | 330 | $34.29 | $71,320 |
| Human resources managers, all other | 330 | $55.08 | $114,570 |
| Producers and directors | 330 | $24.48 | $50,920 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other | 320 | $22.50 | $46,800 |
| New accounts clerks | 320 | $16.10 | $33,490 |
| Purchasing managers | 320 | $51.87 | $107,900 |
| Sewing machine operators | 320 | $11.75 | $24,450 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 310 | $15.54 | $32,320 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 310 | $31.59 | $65,700 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 310 | $17.77 | $36,960 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 310 | $19.43 | $40,410 |
| Postal service clerks | 310 | Not available | Not available |
| Structural iron and steel workers | 310 | $18.77 | $39,040 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians | 300 | $22.01 | $45,790 |
| Mechanical drafters | 300 | $24.53 | $51,030 |
| Pest control workers | 300 | $17.91 | $37,260 |
| Protective service workers, all other | 300 | $17.48 | $36,360 |
| Training and development managers | 300 | $44.68 | $92,940 |
| Editors | 290 | $25.08 | $52,160 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 290 | $40.77 | $84,810 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 280 | $16.05 | $33,370 |
| Funeral attendants | 280 | $9.14 | $19,000 |
| Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other | 270 | $9.09 | $18,900 |
| Industrial engineering technicians | 270 | $22.52 | $46,830 |
| Physician assistants | 270 | $28.66 | $59,610 |
| Bindery workers | 260 | $14.37 | $29,900 |
| Crane and tower operators | 260 | $20.09 | $41,780 |
| Dentists, general | 260 | $81.70 | $169,940 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health | 260 | $19.45 | $40,460 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other | 260 | $24.27 | $50,490 |
| Logging equipment operators | 260 | $14.35 | $29,850 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 250 | Not available | $56,180 |
| Bakers | 240 | $11.58 | $24,090 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary | 240 | Not available | Not available |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks | 240 | $14.76 | $30,700 |
| Food batchmakers | 240 | $11.25 | $23,390 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary | 240 | Not available | $59,620 |
| Millwrights | 240 | $18.24 | $37,930 |
| Painters, transportation equipment | 240 | $23.58 | $49,040 |
| Veterinarians | 240 | $43.57 | $90,630 |
| Choreographers | 230 | $28.38 | $59,020 |
| Floral designers | 230 | $11.27 | $23,440 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 230 | $12.21 | $25,400 |
| Meeting and convention planners | 230 | $25.61 | $53,270 |
| Parking lot attendants | 230 | $9.29 | $19,320 |
| Stonemasons | 230 | $16.78 | $34,910 |
| Couriers and messengers | 220 | $12.01 | $24,990 |
| Engineers, all other | 220 | $36.07 | $75,030 |
| Interior designers | 220 | $25.51 | $53,070 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary | 220 | $24.32 | $50,580 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | 220 | $15.00 | $31,200 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | 210 | $18.49 | $38,460 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | 200 | $30.32 | $63,070 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary | 200 | Not available | $61,530 |
| Physical therapist aides | 200 | $12.87 | $26,770 |
| Public relations managers | 200 | $42.95 | $89,330 |
| Urban and regional planners | 200 | $26.71 | $55,550 |
| Cargo and freight agents | 190 | $21.45 | $44,610 |
| Counselors, all other | 190 | $18.18 | $37,800 |
| Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders | 190 | $21.75 | $45,230 |
| Clergy | 180 | $22.31 | $46,410 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door | 180 | $19.41 | $40,370 |
| Dental laboratory technicians | 180 | $14.05 | $29,220 |
| Medical equipment repairers | 180 | $19.86 | $41,310 |
| Musicians and singers | 180 | $20.23 | Not available |
| Pharmacy aides | 180 | $10.05 | $20,900 |
| Surgeons | 180 | $85.41 | $177,640 |
| Technical writers | 180 | $30.84 | $64,160 |
| Chemical engineers | 170 | $42.05 | $87,460 |
| Forensic science technicians | 170 | $26.01 | $54,090 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers | 170 | $15.57 | $32,380 |
| Health educators | 170 | $23.83 | $49,560 |
| Massage therapists | 170 | $17.15 | $35,670 |
| Photographers | 170 | $17.12 | $35,610 |
| Photographic processing machine operators | 170 | $11.22 | $23,340 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 170 | $42.69 | $88,800 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 170 | $17.11 | $35,590 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers | 170 | $12.05 | $25,070 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 170 | $13.13 | $27,310 |
| Broadcast technicians | 160 | $13.96 | $29,030 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 160 | $14.29 | $29,730 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 160 | $15.68 | $32,620 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other | 160 | $12.25 | $25,490 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 160 | $19.85 | $41,290 |
| Social workers, all other | 160 | $27.42 | $57,040 |
| Compensation and benefits managers | 150 | $43.63 | $90,760 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 150 | $12.08 | $25,130 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | 150 | $26.19 | $54,480 |
| Financial examiners | 150 | $45.28 | $94,170 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors | 150 | $34.46 | $71,690 |
| Medical equipment preparers | 150 | $12.49 | $25,980 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators | 150 | $19.37 | $40,290 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians | 140 | $26.15 | $54,400 |
| Computer and information scientists, research | 140 | $39.57 | $82,300 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary | 140 | Not available | $68,620 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers | 140 | $18.07 | $37,580 |
| Floor sanders and finishers | 140 | $14.89 | $30,960 |
| Glaziers | 140 | $19.73 | $41,030 |
| Physical scientists, all other | 140 | $30.90 | $64,270 |
| Recreational therapists | 140 | $18.54 | $38,560 |
| Reporters and correspondents | 140 | $21.66 | $45,050 |
| Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 140 | $17.53 | $36,460 |
| Environmental engineering technicians | 130 | $18.46 | $38,390 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers | 130 | $27.16 | $56,500 |
| Job printers | 130 | $13.92 | $28,960 |
| Residential advisors | 130 | $14.21 | $29,560 |
| Writers and authors | 130 | $31.03 | $64,530 |
| Cartographers and photogrammetrists | 120 | $20.36 | $42,340 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders | 120 | $14.22 | $29,570 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters | 120 | $25.06 | $52,120 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | 120 | $10.81 | $22,490 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists | 120 | $43.20 | $89,860 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic | 120 | $12.82 | $26,660 |
| Optometrists | 120 | $43.85 | $91,210 |
| Real estate brokers | 120 | Not available | Not available |
| Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers | 110 | Not available | Not available |
| Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians | 110 | $12.50 | $26,000 |
| Automotive glass installers and repairers | 110 | $16.43 | $34,170 |
| Computer hardware engineers | 110 | $40.65 | $84,540 |
| Engineering teachers, postsecondary | 110 | Not available | $86,820 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary | 110 | Not available | $63,690 |
| Shampooers | 110 | $7.27 | $15,120 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops | 100 | $8.84 | $18,390 |
| Education administrators, all other | 100 | $38.25 | $79,570 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other | 100 | $24.10 | $50,130 |
| Emergency management specialists | 100 | $33.64 | $69,970 |
| Helpers--roofers | 100 | $11.42 | $23,760 |
| History teachers, postsecondary | 100 | Not available | $59,960 |
| Landscape architects | 100 | $26.97 | $56,090 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians | 100 | $24.11 | $50,150 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers | 100 | $12.81 | $26,650 |
| Occupational health and safety technicians | 100 | $17.66 | $36,740 |
| Occupational therapist assistants | 100 | $25.51 | $53,070 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers | 100 | $13.55 | $28,180 |
| Photographic process workers | 100 | $19.06 | $39,640 |
| Radiation therapists | 100 | $35.81 | $74,490 |
| Dietetic technicians | 90 | $12.84 | $26,700 |
| Economists | 90 | $42.80 | $89,030 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other | 90 | $25.04 | $52,080 |
| Etchers and engravers | 90 | $18.55 | $38,580 |
| Internists, general | 90 | $95.54 | $198,730 |
| Natural sciences managers | 90 | $53.54 | $111,360 |
| Pediatricians, general | 90 | $67.64 | $140,680 |
| Petroleum engineers | 90 | $53.10 | $110,450 |
| Art directors | 80 | $31.52 | $65,560 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians | 80 | $15.05 | $31,300 |
| Biological technicians | 80 | $22.41 | $46,610 |
| Crossing guards | 80 | $13.08 | $27,210 |
| Curators | 80 | $24.95 | $51,890 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers | 80 | $16.23 | $33,770 |
| Interpreters and translators | 80 | $25.15 | $52,320 |
| Loan counselors | 80 | $21.74 | $45,210 |
| Materials engineers | 80 | $42.22 | $87,820 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 80 | $15.35 | $31,920 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists | 80 | $30.44 | $63,320 |
| Postmasters and mail superintendents | 80 | $30.43 | $63,290 |
| Statisticians | 80 | $28.92 | $60,160 |
| Tapers | 80 | $14.35 | $29,850 |
| Actuaries | 70 | $50.66 | $105,360 |
| Animal control workers | 70 | $16.03 | $33,330 |
| Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture | 70 | $19.50 | $40,550 |
| Chemistry teachers, postsecondary | 70 | Not available | $68,420 |
| Earth drillers, except oil and gas | 70 | $25.52 | $53,090 |
| Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 70 | Not available | $57,360 |
| Legislators | 70 | Not available | $28,530 |
| Lodging managers | 70 | $33.90 | $70,520 |
| Meter readers, utilities | 70 | $17.79 | $37,010 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics | 70 | $14.11 | $29,360 |
| Set and exhibit designers | 70 | $19.32 | $40,180 |
| Advertising and promotions managers | 60 | $49.46 | $102,870 |
| Directors, religious activities and education | 60 | $25.62 | $53,290 |
| Embalmers | 60 | $24.27 | $50,490 |
| Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators | 60 | $21.87 | $45,480 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other | 60 | $11.60 | $24,120 |
| Helpers--extraction workers | 60 | $14.23 | $29,610 |
| Museum technicians and conservators | 60 | $15.86 | $32,990 |
| Proofreaders and copy markers | 60 | $13.13 | $27,320 |
| Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary | 60 | Not available | $37,380 |
| Social scientists and related workers, all other | 60 | $32.08 | $66,730 |
| Tank car, truck, and ship loaders | 60 | $15.46 | $32,150 |
| Transportation workers, all other | 60 | $13.06 | $27,160 |
| Vocational education teachers, middle school | 60 | Not available | $51,740 |
| Economics teachers, postsecondary | 50 | Not available | $90,240 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists | 50 | $89.80 | $186,780 |
| Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary | 50 | Not available | $61,140 |
| Podiatrists | 50 | $41.92 | $87,200 |
| Psychiatrists | 50 | $88.07 | $183,180 |
| Tool and die makers | 50 | $20.02 | $41,650 |
| Agricultural and food science technicians | 40 | $14.81 | $30,800 |
| Agricultural inspectors | 40 | $23.99 | $49,910 |
| Farm equipment mechanics | 40 | $13.72 | $28,540 |
| Foresters | 40 | $26.16 | $54,410 |
| Funeral directors | 40 | $31.44 | $65,390 |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other | 40 | $34.56 | $71,890 |
| Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants | 40 | $9.20 | $19,130 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers | 40 | $12.86 | $26,750 |
| Music directors and composers | 40 | $19.14 | $39,820 |
| Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers | 40 | $15.56 | $32,360 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 40 | $10.93 | $22,720 |
| Sociology teachers, postsecondary | 40 | Not available | $56,890 |
| Zoologists and wildlife biologists | 40 | $23.37 | $48,610 |
| Archivists | 30 | $22.14 | $46,050 |
| Broadcast news analysts | 30 | $23.63 | $49,150 |
| Chiropractors | 30 | $46.03 | $95,750 |
| Drafters, all other | 30 | $24.98 | $51,960 |
| Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers, all other | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Psychologists, all other | 30 | $42.31 | $88,010 |
| Therapists, all other | 30 | $27.53 | $57,270 |
| Anesthesiologists | Not available | $75.00 | More than $145,600 |
| Audiologists | Not available | $26.78 | $55,710 |
| Carpet installers | Not available | $15.44 | $32,120 |
| Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders | Not available | $12.07 | $25,100 |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders | Not available | $20.27 | $42,150 |
| Chemical plant and system operators | Not available | $25.23 | $52,480 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers | Not available | $14.53 | $30,230 |
| Commercial and industrial designers | Not available | $33.15 | $68,940 |
| Construction and related workers, all other | Not available | $14.85 | $30,890 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | Not available | $13.13 | $27,310 |
| Desktop publishers | Not available | $14.82 | $30,820 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $15.72 | $32,700 |
| Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles | Not available | $8.93 | $18,570 |
| Elevator installers and repairers | Not available | $25.24 | $52,510 |
| Engine and other machine assemblers | Not available | $20.55 | $42,750 |
| Farm and home management advisors | Not available | $20.97 | $43,620 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals | Not available | $10.31 | $21,450 |
| Fence erectors | Not available | $12.90 | $26,830 |
| General and operations managers | Not available | $52.54 | $109,290 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers | Not available | $30.00 | $62,390 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | Not available | $16.64 | $34,620 |
| Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons | Not available | $9.25 | $19,230 |
| Insurance appraisers, auto damage | Not available | $26.81 | $55,760 |
| Law clerks | Not available | $29.74 | $61,860 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers | Not available | $22.37 | $46,520 |
| Management occupations | Not available | $49.39 | $102,730 |
| Material moving workers, all other | Not available | $16.76 | $34,860 |
| Medical appliance technicians | Not available | $17.32 | $36,030 |
| Motorboat mechanics | Not available | $19.34 | $40,230 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | Not available | $15.64 | $32,540 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians | Not available | $15.18 | $31,580 |
| Pharmacists | Not available | $52.99 | $110,220 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | Not available | $94.68 | $196,920 |
| Plant and system operators, all other | Not available | $19.83 | $41,240 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other | Not available | Not available | $34,520 |
| Power plant operators | Not available | $19.51 | $40,580 |
| Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other | Not available | $23.80 | $49,500 |
| Private detectives and investigators | Not available | $18.04 | $37,530 |
| Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products | Not available | $26.78 | $55,700 |
| Radio and television announcers | Not available | $17.45 | $36,290 |
| Radio mechanics | Not available | $17.46 | $36,320 |
| Reinforcing iron and rebar workers | Not available | $19.39 | $40,340 |
| Riggers | Not available | $19.38 | $40,310 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders | Not available | $17.69 | $36,800 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners | Not available | $15.62 | $32,490 |
| Skin care specialists | Not available | $9.17 | $19,080 |
| Soil and plant scientists | Not available | $24.89 | $51,760 |
| Telemarketers | Not available | $15.40 | $32,030 |
| Tile and marble setters | Not available | $16.55 | $34,420 |
| Tour guides and escorts | Not available | $8.58 | $17,850 |
| Umpires, referees, and other sports officials | Not available | Not available | $29,440 |
| Upholsterers | Not available | $19.24 | $40,010 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | Not available | $13.63 | $28,340 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders | Not available | $15.44 | $32,120 |
| Word processors and typists | Not available | $17.43 | $36,260 |
