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 |
156,210 |
$17.08 |
$35,520 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
27,720 |
$14.00 |
$29,130 |
| Sales and related occupations |
19,230 |
$14.86 |
$30,910 |
| Production occupations |
13,270 |
$13.95 |
$29,010 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
12,840 |
$8.92 |
$18,550 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
12,530 |
$12.90 |
$26,840 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
10,080 |
$29.64 |
$61,640 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
8,430 |
$15.91 |
$33,100 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
7,990 |
$21.07 |
$43,830 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
6,680 |
$17.89 |
$37,210 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
6,370 |
$24.87 |
$51,720 |
| Cashiers |
5,130 |
$8.26 |
$17,190 |
| Retail salespersons |
5,040 |
$10.94 |
$22,740 |
| Office clerks, general |
4,960 |
$12.24 |
$25,460 |
| Management occupations |
4,900 |
$42.43 |
$88,260 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
4,770 |
$12.02 |
$25,010 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
4,490 |
$11.05 |
$22,990 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
3,960 |
$8.01 |
$16,670 |
| Protective service occupations |
3,710 |
$16.71 |
$34,750 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
3,630 |
$9.89 |
$20,570 |
| Registered nurses |
3,620 |
$26.55 |
$55,210 |
| Customer service representatives |
3,280 |
$13.65 |
$28,400 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
2,920 |
$10.30 |
$21,410 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
2,810 |
$8.18 |
$17,010 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
2,590 |
$17.22 |
$35,830 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
2,430 |
$10.81 |
$22,480 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
2,360 |
$24.29 |
$50,530 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
2,300 |
$10.82 |
$22,510 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
2,200 |
$11.47 |
$23,850 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
2,140 |
$14.33 |
$29,800 |
| Community and social services occupations |
2,140 |
$18.73 |
$38,960 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
2,120 |
$29.26 |
$60,860 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
1,940 |
$30.75 |
$63,950 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
1,720 |
$15.72 |
$32,710 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
1,700 |
$18.20 |
$37,860 |
| Team assemblers |
1,670 |
$13.55 |
$28,190 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
1,650 |
$23.11 |
$48,070 |
| Security guards |
1,520 |
$10.17 |
$21,160 |
| General and operations managers |
1,500 |
$46.65 |
$97,020 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
1,440 |
Not available |
$51,250 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
1,430 |
$11.45 |
$23,820 |
| Teacher assistants |
1,380 |
Not available |
$19,830 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
1,350 |
$12.16 |
$25,300 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
1,300 |
$18.29 |
$38,040 |
| Carpenters |
1,280 |
$16.28 |
$33,870 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
1,240 |
$9.22 |
$19,180 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
1,150 |
$17.40 |
$36,200 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
1,130 |
$10.69 |
$22,230 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
1,110 |
$10.44 |
$21,710 |
| Food preparation workers |
1,110 |
$8.95 |
$18,620 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
1,100 |
$8.33 |
$17,320 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
1,100 |
Not available |
$36,180 |
| Accountants and auditors |
1,060 |
$25.41 |
$52,860 |
| Construction laborers |
1,040 |
$11.48 |
$23,880 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
1,040 |
$12.02 |
$25,000 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
1,020 |
$23.33 |
$48,520 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
990 |
Not available |
$52,720 |
| Electricians |
950 |
$15.38 |
$31,980 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
930 |
$14.27 |
$29,690 |
| Legal occupations |
860 |
$33.72 |
$70,130 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
840 |
$16.41 |
$34,130 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
830 |
$24.15 |
$50,230 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
790 |
$11.43 |
$23,770 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
790 |
$23.31 |
$48,480 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
750 |
$10.56 |
$21,960 |
| Bill and account collectors |
740 |
$12.09 |
$25,140 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
730 |
$15.88 |
$33,030 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
720 |
$17.70 |
$36,810 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
710 |
$24.93 |
$51,850 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
710 |
$14.81 |
$30,800 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
700 |
$13.80 |
$28,700 |
| Dishwashers |
690 |
$7.81 |
$16,240 |
| Tellers |
680 |
$10.96 |
$22,790 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
660 |
$21.53 |
$44,780 |
| Home health aides |
630 |
$9.72 |
$20,220 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
630 |
$27.15 |
$56,470 |
| Personal and home care aides |
630 |
$8.28 |
$17,230 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
620 |
$9.13 |
$19,000 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
600 |
$14.15 |
$29,430 |
| Bus drivers, school |
590 |
$9.89 |
$20,580 |
| Medical secretaries |
580 |
$13.27 |
$27,610 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
570 |
$13.31 |
$27,690 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
570 |
$72.97 |
$151,770 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
560 |
$24.07 |
$50,070 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
560 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
560 |
$18.75 |
$39,000 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
530 |
$11.96 |
$24,880 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
530 |
Not available |
$52,350 |
| Management analysts |
520 |
$28.65 |
$59,590 |
| Fire fighters |
490 |
$18.95 |
$39,420 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
490 |
$25.92 |
$53,910 |
| Child care workers |
480 |
$7.88 |
$16,390 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
480 |
$14.93 |
$31,050 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
480 |
$8.48 |
$17,630 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
470 |
$17.86 |
$37,140 |
| Medical assistants |
470 |
$12.75 |
$26,530 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
470 |
$13.87 |
$28,860 |
| Data entry keyers |
460 |
$12.14 |
$25,250 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
460 |
$12.39 |
$25,770 |
| Helpers--production workers |
440 |
$10.40 |
$21,640 |
| Insurance sales agents |
440 |
$23.65 |
$49,200 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
430 |
$13.28 |
$27,630 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
430 |
$17.32 |
$36,030 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
420 |
$12.79 |
$26,600 |
| Lawyers |
410 |
$47.38 |
$98,540 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
410 |
$24.03 |
$49,980 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
410 |
$16.43 |
$34,180 |
| Computer systems analysts |
400 |
$30.55 |
$63,540 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
390 |
$14.65 |
$30,480 |
| Driver/sales workers |
380 |
$14.22 |
$29,570 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
380 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Electrical engineers |
370 |
$36.45 |
$75,820 |
| Machinists |
370 |
$15.63 |
$32,510 |
| Cooks, fast food |
360 |
$7.55 |
$15,700 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
360 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Computer support specialists |
350 |
$20.16 |
$41,920 |
| Financial managers |
350 |
$42.04 |
$87,440 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
350 |
$37.49 |
$77,990 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
350 |
$11.02 |
$22,920 |
| Pharmacists |
350 |
$54.06 |
$112,440 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
350 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
340 |
$7.42 |
$15,430 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
340 |
$14.15 |
$29,430 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
320 |
$17.58 |
$36,560 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
310 |
$19.01 |
$39,540 |
| Correctional officers and jailers |
310 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Cost estimators |
310 |
$25.57 |
$53,190 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
310 |
$7.33 |
$15,250 |
| Loan officers |
310 |
$24.98 |
$51,960 |
| Medical and health services managers |
310 |
$43.26 |
$89,970 |
| Real estate sales agents |
310 |
$20.33 |
$42,280 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
300 |
$10.84 |
$22,540 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
300 |
$25.68 |
$53,410 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
300 |
$17.30 |
$35,990 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
300 |
$22.22 |
$46,220 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
300 |
$32.36 |
$67,310 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
290 |
$9.13 |
$19,000 |
| Printing machine operators |
290 |
$16.34 |
$33,980 |
| Public relations specialists |
290 |
$18.38 |
$38,230 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
280 |
$19.12 |
$39,770 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
280 |
$8.53 |
$17,750 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
280 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
280 |
$15.48 |
$32,200 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
280 |
$19.55 |
$40,660 |
| Training and development specialists |
280 |
$22.79 |
$47,390 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
270 |
$34.72 |
$72,220 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
270 |
$16.34 |
$33,980 |
| Couriers and messengers |
270 |
$10.87 |
$22,620 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
270 |
$13.42 |
$27,910 |
| Food service managers |
270 |
$26.29 |
$54,680 |
| Managers, all other |
270 |
$37.47 |
$77,930 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
270 |
$31.57 |
$65,660 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
270 |
Not available |
$50,370 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
260 |
$9.20 |
$19,140 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
260 |
$14.10 |
$29,340 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
260 |
$16.46 |
$34,230 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
260 |
$11.72 |
$24,380 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
260 |
$31.21 |
$64,920 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
250 |
$23.70 |
$49,290 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
250 |
$24.43 |
$50,810 |
| Mental health counselors |
250 |
$17.91 |
$37,250 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
250 |
$14.49 |
$30,150 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
250 |
$19.46 |
$40,480 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
250 |
$24.42 |
$50,790 |
| Sewing machine operators |
250 |
$9.30 |
$19,350 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
250 |
$15.10 |
$31,400 |
| Coaches and scouts |
240 |
Not available |
$33,150 |
| Dental assistants |
240 |
$16.18 |
$33,650 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
240 |
$19.29 |
$40,120 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other |
240 |
$15.69 |
$32,640 |
| Sales managers |
240 |
$43.73 |
$90,950 |
| Cooks, short order |
230 |
$9.08 |
$18,890 |
| Dental hygienists |
230 |
$29.80 |
$61,980 |
| Sheet metal workers |
230 |
$15.38 |
$31,990 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
220 |
$9.14 |
$19,000 |
| Parts salespersons |
220 |
$14.50 |
$30,160 |
| File clerks |
210 |
$10.70 |
$22,260 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
210 |
$11.80 |
$24,530 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
210 |
$19.43 |
$40,410 |
| Recreation workers |
210 |
$11.68 |
$24,300 |
| All other information and record clerks |
200 |
$16.06 |
$33,400 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
200 |
$12.50 |
$26,000 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
200 |
$22.21 |
$46,210 |
| Graphic designers |
200 |
$20.58 |
$42,800 |
| Helpers--electricians |
200 |
$11.48 |
$23,880 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
200 |
$16.00 |
$33,280 |
| Physical therapists |
200 |
$33.78 |
$70,270 |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists |
200 |
$18.74 |
$38,980 |
| Construction managers |
190 |
$33.07 |
$68,780 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
190 |
$19.55 |
$40,670 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
190 |
$24.82 |
$51,620 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
190 |
$9.42 |
$19,600 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
190 |
$16.41 |
$34,140 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
190 |
$30.44 |
$63,310 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
190 |
$9.99 |
$20,790 |
| Roofers |
190 |
$14.40 |
$29,940 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
180 |
$26.19 |
$54,480 |
| Family and general practitioners |
180 |
$68.29 |
$142,040 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
180 |
$12.37 |
$25,720 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
180 |
$23.02 |
$47,890 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other |
180 |
$13.20 |
$27,460 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
180 |
$15.52 |
$32,280 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
180 |
$13.90 |
$28,910 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
180 |
$18.03 |
$37,500 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
180 |
$15.32 |
$31,870 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
180 |
$9.86 |
$20,500 |
| Parking lot attendants |
180 |
$9.53 |
$19,830 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
180 |
$22.19 |
$46,150 |
| Social and human service assistants |
180 |
$12.20 |
$25,380 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
180 |
$11.66 |
$24,240 |
| Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders |
180 |
$11.59 |
$24,120 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
170 |
$7.85 |
$16,340 |
| Bakers |
170 |
$10.13 |
$21,070 |
| Civil engineers |
170 |
$31.09 |
$64,670 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks |
170 |
$13.53 |
$28,150 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs |
170 |
$19.59 |
$40,740 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
170 |
$13.73 |
$28,560 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
170 |
$16.51 |
$34,340 |
| Mechanical engineers |
170 |
$34.49 |
$71,740 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
160 |
$40.21 |
$83,630 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators |
160 |
$34.75 |
$72,280 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
160 |
$27.53 |
$57,270 |
| Librarians |
160 |
$26.73 |
$55,600 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
160 |
$12.86 |
$26,760 |
| Market research analysts |
160 |
$22.70 |
$47,220 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
150 |
$15.87 |
$33,010 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
150 |
$13.23 |
$27,520 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders |
150 |
$14.43 |
$30,010 |
| Personal financial advisors |
150 |
$42.85 |
$89,130 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks |
150 |
$11.91 |
$24,760 |
| Respiratory therapists |
150 |
$22.17 |
$46,110 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
150 |
$8.84 |
$18,390 |
| Administrative services managers |
140 |
$28.09 |
$58,430 |
| Bartenders |
140 |
$10.77 |
$22,410 |
| Computer programmers |
140 |
$28.09 |
$58,420 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
140 |
$19.00 |
$39,530 |
| Helpers--carpenters |
140 |
$12.62 |
$26,250 |
| Industrial engineers |
140 |
$28.08 |
$58,410 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
140 |
Not available |
$51,420 |
| Legal secretaries |
140 |
$17.30 |
$35,980 |
| Occupational therapists |
140 |
$35.55 |
$73,940 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
140 |
$23.24 |
$48,340 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
140 |
$16.67 |
$34,670 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
140 |
$10.48 |
$21,800 |
| Chief executives |
130 |
$69.19 |
$143,920 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
130 |
$23.69 |
$49,270 |
| Financial analysts |
130 |
$27.04 |
$56,250 |
| Industrial production managers |
130 |
$43.53 |
$90,540 |
| Instructional coordinators |
130 |
$34.14 |
$71,000 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
130 |
$14.03 |
$29,180 |
| Order clerks |
130 |
$11.99 |
$24,940 |
| Radio and television announcers |
130 |
$13.87 |
$28,850 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
130 |
$16.17 |
$33,640 |
| Residential advisors |
130 |
$11.34 |
$23,590 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
130 |
$30.68 |
$63,810 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
130 |
$12.23 |
$25,430 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
120 |
$12.53 |
$26,070 |
| Insurance underwriters |
120 |
$24.53 |
$51,020 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
120 |
$14.71 |
$30,600 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school |
120 |
Not available |
$55,760 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
120 |
$27.18 |
$56,530 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other |
110 |
$18.01 |
$37,460 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
110 |
$18.40 |
$38,270 |
| Pharmacy aides |
110 |
$11.55 |
$24,030 |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
110 |
$12.97 |
$26,990 |
| Procurement clerks |
110 |
$14.45 |
$30,050 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
110 |
$14.54 |
$30,240 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
100 |
$19.24 |
$40,010 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
100 |
$13.81 |
$28,720 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
100 |
$50.45 |
$104,930 |
| Dentists, general |
100 |
$71.14 |
$147,960 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers |
100 |
$27.02 |
$56,190 |
| Floral designers |
100 |
$10.48 |
$21,800 |
| Funeral attendants |
100 |
$8.88 |
$18,460 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
100 |
$13.48 |
$28,040 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
100 |
$18.35 |
$38,170 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators |
100 |
$16.92 |
$35,200 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
100 |
Not available |
$43,850 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
100 |
$39.46 |
$82,090 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
90 |
$17.51 |
$36,410 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders |
90 |
$12.06 |
$25,090 |
| Engineers, all other |
90 |
$30.50 |
$63,440 |
| Glaziers |
90 |
$13.73 |
$28,570 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
90 |
$11.11 |
$23,120 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
90 |
$22.78 |
$47,380 |
| Occupational therapist assistants |
90 |
$24.13 |
$50,190 |
| Pest control workers |
90 |
$15.14 |
$31,490 |
| Producers and directors |
90 |
$20.71 |
$43,080 |
| Purchasing managers |
90 |
$35.12 |
$73,060 |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
90 |
Not available |
$46,670 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
90 |
$12.86 |
$26,740 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
90 |
$20.53 |
$42,700 |
| Upholsterers |
90 |
$11.25 |
$23,400 |
| Bindery workers |
80 |
$12.80 |
$26,620 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
80 |
$20.60 |
$42,850 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
80 |
$31.20 |
$64,900 |
| Crane and tower operators |
80 |
$14.01 |
$29,140 |
| Credit analysts |
80 |
$28.56 |
$59,410 |
| Database administrators |
80 |
$31.37 |
$65,260 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
80 |
$29.34 |
$61,030 |
| Engineering managers |
80 |
$45.98 |
$95,640 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
80 |
$18.88 |
$39,270 |
| Library technicians |
80 |
$12.66 |
$26,330 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
80 |
$10.57 |
$21,980 |
| New accounts clerks |
80 |
$13.41 |
$27,900 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers |
80 |
$14.53 |
$30,220 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other |
80 |
$7.57 |
$15,740 |
| Photographers |
80 |
$16.12 |
$33,540 |
| Postal service clerks |
80 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Social and community service managers |
80 |
$32.05 |
$66,650 |
| Tool and die makers |
80 |
$18.52 |
$38,520 |
| Veterinarians |
80 |
$32.36 |
$67,300 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
70 |
$33.19 |
$69,040 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity |
70 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
70 |
$15.24 |
$31,690 |
| Editors |
70 |
$28.65 |
$59,600 |
| Marketing managers |
70 |
$48.75 |
$101,390 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic |
70 |
$13.83 |
$28,770 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
70 |
$27.49 |
$57,190 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
70 |
$18.51 |
$38,510 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
70 |
$16.24 |
$33,780 |
| Structural iron and steel workers |
70 |
$17.14 |
$35,660 |
| Surveyors |
70 |
$20.84 |
$43,360 |
| Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders |
70 |
$11.87 |
$24,680 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
70 |
$19.76 |
$41,090 |
| Broadcast technicians |
60 |
$13.04 |
$27,120 |
| Budget analysts |
60 |
$31.01 |
$64,490 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
60 |
$18.10 |
$37,660 |
| Computer operators |
60 |
$18.47 |
$38,410 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
60 |
$22.08 |
$45,930 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program |
60 |
$22.77 |
$47,350 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators |
60 |
$14.82 |
$30,830 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
60 |
$37.80 |
$78,620 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters |
60 |
$12.08 |
$25,140 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
60 |
$48.80 |
$101,510 |
| Material moving workers, all other |
60 |
$18.14 |
$37,730 |
| Mechanical drafters |
60 |
$20.30 |
$42,230 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers |
60 |
$14.08 |
$29,290 |
| Meter readers, utilities |
60 |
$13.31 |
$27,690 |
| Photographic processing machine operators |
60 |
$10.03 |
$20,850 |
| Physician assistants |
60 |
$32.14 |
$66,840 |
| Pipelayers |
60 |
$13.77 |
$28,650 |
| Sales engineers |
60 |
$39.11 |
$81,350 |
| Service station attendants |
60 |
$9.95 |
$20,700 |
| Social workers, all other |
60 |
$27.40 |
$56,980 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
60 |
$17.58 |
$36,570 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents |
60 |
$26.63 |
$55,400 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors |
50 |
$25.31 |
$52,640 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
50 |
$16.68 |
$34,700 |
| Compensation and benefits managers |
50 |
$42.66 |
$88,720 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
50 |
$18.53 |
$38,540 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary |
50 |
$38.16 |
$79,370 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary |
50 |
Not available |
$53,890 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay |
50 |
$28.34 |
$58,940 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other |
50 |
$25.97 |
$54,020 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
50 |
Not available |
$60,450 |
| Environmental engineers |
50 |
$30.64 |
$63,730 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse |
50 |
$7.94 |
$16,510 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
50 |
$27.92 |
$58,080 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
50 |
$12.06 |
$25,090 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other |
50 |
$24.12 |
$50,180 |
| Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers |
50 |
$14.34 |
$29,830 |
| Logisticians |
50 |
$23.68 |
$49,250 |
| Medical equipment repairers |
50 |
$16.58 |
$34,480 |
| Operations research analysts |
50 |
$33.27 |
$69,200 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
50 |
$34.74 |
$72,250 |
| Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders |
50 |
$10.94 |
$22,750 |
| Urban and regional planners |
50 |
$25.41 |
$52,850 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians |
40 |
$35.20 |
$73,210 |
| Brokerage clerks |
40 |
$14.38 |
$29,920 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
Not available |
$70,100 |
| Construction and related workers, all other |
40 |
$11.86 |
$24,670 |
| Desktop publishers |
40 |
$19.09 |
$39,710 |
| Education administrators, all other |
40 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Embalmers |
40 |
$20.27 |
$42,160 |
| Financial examiners |
40 |
$37.89 |
$78,810 |
| Health educators |
40 |
$23.65 |
$49,200 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other |
40 |
$11.41 |
$23,730 |
| Legislators |
40 |
Not available |
$15,150 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other |
40 |
$19.98 |
$41,560 |
| Medical appliance technicians |
40 |
$12.84 |
$26,710 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
40 |
$11.23 |
$23,350 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians |
40 |
$11.64 |
$24,200 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics |
40 |
$11.39 |
$23,700 |
| Painters, transportation equipment |
40 |
$17.95 |
$37,340 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other |
40 |
Not available |
$65,190 |
| Psychologists, all other |
40 |
$33.18 |
$69,020 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers |
40 |
$10.28 |
$21,390 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
40 |
$14.87 |
$30,930 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers |
30 |
$29.91 |
$62,200 |
| Optometrists |
30 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary |
30 |
Not available |
$70,030 |
| Training and development managers |
30 |
$34.18 |
$71,090 |
| Advertising sales agents |
Not available |
$22.41 |
$46,600 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary |
Not available |
Not available |
$78,910 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
Not available |
$15.83 |
$32,930 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops |
Not available |
$8.89 |
$18,480 |
| Chemical technicians |
Not available |
$19.88 |
$41,340 |
| Choreographers |
Not available |
$18.19 |
$37,820 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers |
Not available |
$16.30 |
$33,900 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door |
Not available |
$24.22 |
$50,370 |
| Counselors, all other |
Not available |
$17.68 |
$36,770 |
| Dental laboratory technicians |
Not available |
$16.02 |
$33,330 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers |
Not available |
$17.48 |
$36,370 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers |
Not available |
$18.73 |
$38,950 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters |
Not available |
$23.55 |
$48,980 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
Not available |
$19.59 |
$40,750 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
Not available |
$43.17 |
$89,790 |
| Elevator installers and repairers |
Not available |
$37.46 |
$77,920 |
| Emergency management specialists |
Not available |
$16.03 |
$33,340 |
| Engine and other machine assemblers |
Not available |
$15.85 |
$32,970 |
| Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders |
Not available |
$14.83 |
$30,840 |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other |
Not available |
$28.29 |
$58,840 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
Not available |
$12.90 |
$26,830 |
| Interior designers |
Not available |
$26.21 |
$54,520 |
| Internists, general |
Not available |
$78.57 |
$163,430 |
| Loan counselors |
Not available |
$17.59 |
$36,580 |
| Logging equipment operators |
Not available |
$13.17 |
$27,380 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers |
Not available |
$12.24 |
$25,460 |
| Manicurists and pedicurists |
Not available |
$9.56 |
$19,890 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials |
Not available |
$9.15 |
$19,030 |
| Production workers, all other |
Not available |
$11.78 |
$24,500 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood |
Not available |
$12.57 |
$26,140 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers |
Not available |
$16.37 |
$34,050 |
| Stonemasons |
Not available |
$13.80 |
$28,710 |
| Tax preparers |
Not available |
$15.01 |
$31,220 |
| Telemarketers |
Not available |
$9.49 |
$19,740 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
Not available |
$11.16 |
$23,210 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers |
Not available |
$18.44 |
$38,350 |
| Tour guides and escorts |
Not available |
$8.61 |
$17,920 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers |
Not available |
$6.95 |
$14,450 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary |
Not available |
$22.11 |
$45,990 |
