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 |
499,000 |
$20.05 |
$41,700 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
86,850 |
$14.95 |
$31,090 |
| Sales and related occupations |
50,400 |
$17.73 |
$36,880 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
45,260 |
$25.64 |
$53,340 |
| Production occupations |
42,600 |
$15.35 |
$31,940 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
38,380 |
$9.71 |
$20,200 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
28,940 |
$29.23 |
$60,790 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
24,220 |
$13.93 |
$28,980 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
20,570 |
$18.81 |
$39,120 |
| Management occupations |
20,120 |
$48.79 |
$101,490 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
17,860 |
$29.66 |
$61,690 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
17,770 |
$20.34 |
$42,300 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
16,270 |
$12.59 |
$26,180 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
16,090 |
$12.05 |
$25,070 |
| Retail salespersons |
16,040 |
$11.94 |
$24,840 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
13,380 |
$32.60 |
$67,810 |
| Cashiers |
12,930 |
$8.78 |
$18,260 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
12,270 |
$32.26 |
$67,100 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
11,830 |
$11.24 |
$23,370 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
10,650 |
$13.89 |
$28,890 |
| Community and social services occupations |
10,620 |
$19.96 |
$41,510 |
| Registered nurses |
10,300 |
$28.19 |
$58,630 |
| Protective service occupations |
9,970 |
$20.07 |
$41,740 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
9,400 |
$11.22 |
$23,340 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
8,120 |
$10.85 |
$22,570 |
| Teacher assistants |
8,120 |
Not available |
$21,990 |
| Customer service representatives |
7,960 |
$14.07 |
$29,270 |
| Office clerks, general |
7,570 |
$11.60 |
$24,130 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
7,460 |
$9.83 |
$20,440 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
6,800 |
$15.73 |
$32,730 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
6,640 |
$21.17 |
$44,030 |
| Home health aides |
6,360 |
$11.72 |
$24,380 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
5,880 |
$33.49 |
$69,650 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
5,760 |
$19.62 |
$40,800 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
5,700 |
$12.02 |
$25,000 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
5,650 |
$8.62 |
$17,930 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
5,470 |
$22.76 |
$47,330 |
| Food preparation workers |
5,400 |
$9.09 |
$18,900 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
5,310 |
$28.08 |
$58,420 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
5,260 |
$11.55 |
$24,020 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
5,200 |
Not available |
$57,660 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
5,130 |
$16.72 |
$34,780 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
5,110 |
Not available |
$54,470 |
| General and operations managers |
4,870 |
$52.12 |
$108,400 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other |
4,320 |
Not available |
$103,500 |
| Accountants and auditors |
4,250 |
$32.10 |
$66,780 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
3,900 |
$11.78 |
$24,500 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
3,820 |
Not available |
$29,960 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
3,750 |
$17.79 |
$37,010 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
3,690 |
$8.06 |
$16,760 |
| Team assemblers |
3,690 |
$12.57 |
$26,140 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
3,430 |
$16.31 |
$33,930 |
| Security guards |
3,400 |
$12.11 |
$25,190 |
| Child care workers |
3,310 |
$9.34 |
$19,420 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
3,280 |
$13.00 |
$27,040 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
3,230 |
$16.55 |
$34,420 |
| Legal occupations |
3,150 |
$38.53 |
$80,150 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
3,110 |
Not available |
$55,980 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
3,020 |
$19.87 |
$41,320 |
| Bus drivers, school |
3,000 |
$15.06 |
$31,320 |
| Carpenters |
2,870 |
$19.25 |
$40,040 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
2,810 |
$16.25 |
$33,810 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
2,790 |
$25.06 |
$52,120 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
2,760 |
$13.99 |
$29,100 |
| Construction laborers |
2,730 |
$16.40 |
$34,110 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
2,650 |
$13.34 |
$27,760 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
2,570 |
$12.95 |
$26,940 |
| Computer support specialists |
2,550 |
$21.88 |
$45,510 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
2,470 |
$14.18 |
$29,500 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
2,320 |
$12.91 |
$26,850 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
2,310 |
$14.25 |
$29,650 |
| Cooks, fast food |
2,300 |
$9.18 |
$19,090 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
2,260 |
$25.60 |
$53,250 |
| Computer systems analysts |
2,220 |
$33.12 |
$68,900 |
| Machinists |
2,210 |
$17.88 |
$37,190 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
2,190 |
$40.71 |
$84,670 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
2,160 |
$9.78 |
$20,340 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
2,080 |
$12.03 |
$25,020 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
2,030 |
$9.23 |
$19,190 |
| Computer programmers |
2,020 |
$31.82 |
$66,190 |
| Industrial engineers |
2,020 |
$33.98 |
$70,690 |
| Dishwashers |
2,000 |
$8.09 |
$16,830 |
| Social and human service assistants |
1,960 |
$13.66 |
$28,410 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
1,930 |
$24.89 |
$51,780 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
1,880 |
$15.40 |
$32,030 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
1,850 |
$12.31 |
$25,600 |
| Correctional officers and jailers |
1,770 |
$25.60 |
$53,250 |
| Telemarketers |
1,770 |
$10.80 |
$22,450 |
| Bartenders |
1,730 |
$9.17 |
$19,060 |
| Tellers |
1,730 |
$11.42 |
$23,750 |
| Word processors and typists |
1,720 |
$14.75 |
$30,680 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
1,690 |
$64.37 |
$133,890 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
1,670 |
$46.12 |
$95,930 |
| Electricians |
1,620 |
$23.19 |
$48,230 |
| Financial managers |
1,610 |
$51.31 |
$106,730 |
| Lawyers |
1,610 |
$49.61 |
$103,190 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
1,570 |
$16.75 |
$34,840 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
1,550 |
$38.80 |
$80,690 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
1,530 |
$28.04 |
$58,310 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
1,520 |
$12.48 |
$25,950 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
1,510 |
$27.38 |
$56,940 |
| Helpers--production workers |
1,500 |
$10.68 |
$22,220 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
1,500 |
$20.73 |
$43,120 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
1,420 |
$21.45 |
$44,620 |
| Mechanical engineers |
1,390 |
$32.62 |
$67,860 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
1,390 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Management analysts |
1,380 |
$37.93 |
$78,900 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
1,380 |
$23.48 |
$48,840 |
| Recreation workers |
1,370 |
$11.57 |
$24,060 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
1,320 |
$19.00 |
$39,520 |
| Driver/sales workers |
1,300 |
$11.17 |
$23,240 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
1,300 |
$26.15 |
$54,390 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
1,290 |
$24.66 |
$51,290 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
1,280 |
$8.18 |
$17,020 |
| Personal and home care aides |
1,260 |
$9.58 |
$19,920 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
1,260 |
Not available |
$57,290 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
1,250 |
Not available |
$56,640 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
1,230 |
$18.71 |
$38,920 |
| Medical and health services managers |
1,200 |
$43.75 |
$90,990 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
1,200 |
$30.59 |
$63,630 |
| Market research analysts |
1,190 |
$32.55 |
$67,710 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
1,150 |
$55.98 |
$116,440 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
1,150 |
$14.70 |
$30,570 |
| Legal secretaries |
1,150 |
$16.54 |
$34,400 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
1,140 |
$23.89 |
$49,690 |
| Bill and account collectors |
1,130 |
$14.44 |
$30,030 |
| Training and development specialists |
1,130 |
$27.96 |
$58,170 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
1,120 |
$14.06 |
$29,250 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
1,110 |
$12.46 |
$25,910 |
| Financial analysts |
1,110 |
$34.49 |
$71,730 |
| Graduate teaching assistants |
1,090 |
Not available |
$42,390 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders |
1,080 |
$13.04 |
$27,130 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
1,080 |
$12.45 |
$25,900 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary |
1,070 |
Not available |
$83,050 |
| Data entry keyers |
1,050 |
$11.76 |
$24,470 |
| Engineering managers |
1,050 |
$58.74 |
$122,180 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
1,050 |
$12.08 |
$25,120 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
1,040 |
$40.35 |
$83,930 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
1,040 |
$20.23 |
$42,090 |
| Tool and die makers |
1,030 |
$22.15 |
$46,080 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
1,020 |
$9.42 |
$19,590 |
| Social workers, all other |
1,020 |
$23.39 |
$48,650 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
1,010 |
$12.92 |
$26,870 |
| Electrical engineers |
1,010 |
$35.65 |
$74,160 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other |
1,010 |
$18.85 |
$39,220 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
1,010 |
$15.37 |
$31,970 |
| Medical secretaries |
1,000 |
$13.44 |
$27,960 |
| Industrial engineering technicians |
990 |
$22.73 |
$47,270 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
980 |
$23.78 |
$49,450 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
960 |
$11.31 |
$23,520 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
960 |
$23.22 |
$48,290 |
| Dental assistants |
950 |
$14.89 |
$30,960 |
| Dental hygienists |
950 |
$27.58 |
$57,370 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
950 |
$15.55 |
$32,330 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
910 |
$10.26 |
$21,340 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
910 |
$21.19 |
$44,080 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
910 |
$18.77 |
$39,050 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
900 |
Not available |
$91,310 |
| Librarians |
900 |
$24.18 |
$50,300 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
890 |
$13.79 |
$28,690 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
870 |
$15.12 |
$31,460 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
860 |
$22.06 |
$45,880 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
850 |
$21.29 |
$44,290 |
| Pharmacists |
840 |
$53.83 |
$111,970 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
820 |
$10.15 |
$21,120 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
820 |
$21.86 |
$45,470 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
820 |
$42.90 |
$89,230 |
| Graphic designers |
820 |
$21.73 |
$45,200 |
| Chief executives |
810 |
$75.34 |
$156,700 |
| Coaches and scouts |
810 |
Not available |
$36,720 |
| Cooks, short order |
800 |
$9.62 |
$20,000 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
800 |
$9.37 |
$19,480 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
800 |
$14.01 |
$29,140 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
800 |
$33.02 |
$68,680 |
| Administrative services managers |
790 |
$43.96 |
$91,430 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
790 |
$18.43 |
$38,340 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
790 |
$31.02 |
$64,510 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
790 |
$14.84 |
$30,860 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
790 |
$17.58 |
$36,570 |
| Printing machine operators |
790 |
$16.28 |
$33,870 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
780 |
$14.73 |
$30,630 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
780 |
$10.01 |
$20,810 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
780 |
$27.50 |
$57,190 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
770 |
$19.85 |
$41,300 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
770 |
$14.90 |
$30,990 |
| Food batchmakers |
750 |
$11.13 |
$23,140 |
| Managers, all other |
750 |
$38.46 |
$79,990 |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
750 |
Not available |
$61,760 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
740 |
$28.57 |
$59,430 |
| Public relations specialists |
740 |
$22.63 |
$47,070 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
720 |
$20.13 |
$41,870 |
| Cost estimators |
720 |
$25.41 |
$52,850 |
| Food service managers |
720 |
$22.23 |
$46,240 |
| Civil engineers |
710 |
$35.11 |
$73,030 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
710 |
$11.03 |
$22,950 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
700 |
$15.37 |
$31,960 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
700 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Sales managers |
700 |
$60.19 |
$125,200 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
690 |
$31.20 |
$64,900 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
690 |
Not available |
$55,620 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
690 |
$16.83 |
$35,000 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
680 |
$14.44 |
$30,040 |
| Parts salespersons |
680 |
$15.06 |
$31,320 |
| File clerks |
670 |
$10.97 |
$22,820 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers |
670 |
$13.97 |
$29,050 |
| Advertising sales agents |
660 |
$23.47 |
$48,820 |
| Computer operators |
640 |
$16.38 |
$34,080 |
| Industrial production managers |
640 |
$42.99 |
$89,410 |
| Bakers |
630 |
$11.42 |
$23,750 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
630 |
$18.89 |
$39,290 |
| Construction managers |
630 |
$40.33 |
$83,900 |
| Insurance sales agents |
630 |
$37.12 |
$77,210 |
| Marketing managers |
630 |
$55.99 |
$116,460 |
| Order clerks |
630 |
$12.65 |
$26,320 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
630 |
$10.49 |
$21,820 |
| Fire fighters |
620 |
$25.70 |
$53,460 |
| Clergy |
610 |
$24.91 |
$51,820 |
| Medical assistants |
610 |
$13.22 |
$27,490 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
600 |
$24.03 |
$49,980 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
590 |
$16.69 |
$34,710 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors |
590 |
$18.25 |
$37,950 |
| Engineers, all other |
580 |
$36.90 |
$76,750 |
| Loan officers |
580 |
$30.28 |
$62,990 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers |
580 |
$9.94 |
$20,680 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
580 |
$16.67 |
$34,680 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers |
570 |
$19.52 |
$40,610 |
| Sheet metal workers |
570 |
$22.59 |
$46,980 |
| Physician assistants |
560 |
$37.91 |
$78,850 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
550 |
$9.24 |
$19,210 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
550 |
$14.49 |
$30,130 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists |
550 |
$31.70 |
$65,940 |
| Physical therapists |
550 |
$31.60 |
$65,730 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
540 |
$25.88 |
$53,830 |
| Editors |
540 |
$28.83 |
$59,970 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
540 |
$16.27 |
$33,840 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
540 |
$20.35 |
$42,330 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
530 |
$11.65 |
$24,220 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
530 |
$15.47 |
$32,170 |
| Real estate sales agents |
530 |
$20.92 |
$43,510 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
530 |
$41.43 |
$86,180 |
| Legislators |
520 |
Not available |
$78,810 |
| Library technicians |
520 |
$10.81 |
$22,480 |
| Instructional coordinators |
510 |
$29.99 |
$62,380 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
500 |
$24.77 |
$51,520 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
500 |
$18.01 |
$37,450 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
500 |
$16.28 |
$33,860 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
490 |
$30.23 |
$62,880 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
490 |
$16.39 |
$34,090 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
490 |
$22.51 |
$46,820 |
| Sales engineers |
490 |
$31.25 |
$65,000 |
| Social and community service managers |
490 |
$33.02 |
$68,670 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
480 |
$9.44 |
$19,630 |
| Personal financial advisors |
480 |
$46.83 |
$97,410 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
470 |
$21.89 |
$45,520 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary |
470 |
$53.14 |
$110,530 |
| Production workers, all other |
470 |
$14.71 |
$30,590 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
470 |
$12.14 |
$25,250 |
| Mental health counselors |
460 |
$20.16 |
$41,940 |
| Occupational therapists |
460 |
$29.39 |
$61,130 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school |
460 |
Not available |
$59,830 |
| All other information and record clerks |
440 |
$16.04 |
$33,360 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
440 |
$9.72 |
$20,220 |
| Musicians and singers |
440 |
$15.42 |
Not available |
| New accounts clerks |
440 |
$14.66 |
$30,500 |
| Database administrators |
430 |
$33.74 |
$70,180 |
| Engineering teachers, postsecondary |
430 |
Not available |
$103,150 |
| Health specialties teachers, postsecondary |
430 |
Not available |
$148,010 |
| Couriers and messengers |
420 |
$12.20 |
$25,370 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other |
420 |
$21.82 |
$45,390 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
420 |
$26.86 |
$55,870 |
| Sewing machine operators |
410 |
$10.55 |
$21,950 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
390 |
$21.93 |
$45,620 |
| Roofers |
390 |
$19.28 |
$40,110 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers |
390 |
$10.57 |
$21,980 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
380 |
$16.53 |
$34,390 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
370 |
$19.64 |
$40,850 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors |
360 |
$23.56 |
$49,010 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
360 |
$34.53 |
$71,830 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
360 |
$17.49 |
$36,380 |
| Travel agents |
360 |
$16.04 |
$33,360 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
350 |
$18.50 |
$38,480 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
350 |
$13.74 |
$28,580 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
350 |
$22.22 |
$46,220 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
340 |
$21.75 |
$45,250 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers |
340 |
$12.90 |
$26,840 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
330 |
$13.41 |
$27,900 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
330 |
$19.93 |
$41,460 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
330 |
$20.03 |
$41,660 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
330 |
$22.99 |
$47,810 |
| Chemists |
320 |
$29.17 |
$60,670 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse |
320 |
$10.33 |
$21,490 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers |
320 |
$13.52 |
$28,120 |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists |
320 |
$28.35 |
$58,970 |
| Computer hardware engineers |
310 |
$40.94 |
$85,150 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
310 |
$31.00 |
$64,480 |
| Floral designers |
310 |
$11.48 |
$23,870 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
310 |
$11.70 |
$24,340 |
| Parking lot attendants |
310 |
$11.80 |
$24,550 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
310 |
$11.79 |
$24,520 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
310 |
$14.78 |
$30,740 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
300 |
$18.89 |
$39,300 |
| Chemical engineers |
290 |
$37.72 |
$78,460 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators |
290 |
$29.32 |
$60,990 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other |
290 |
$16.57 |
$34,470 |
| Procurement clerks |
280 |
$15.80 |
$32,860 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
280 |
$16.68 |
$34,700 |
| Respiratory therapists |
280 |
$24.31 |
$50,560 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators |
280 |
$23.78 |
$49,460 |
| Tax preparers |
280 |
$16.62 |
$34,570 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
270 |
$21.01 |
$43,700 |
| Postal service clerks |
270 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Purchasing managers |
270 |
$50.33 |
$104,700 |
| Dentists, general |
260 |
$83.03 |
$172,710 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers |
260 |
$17.14 |
$35,640 |
| Health educators |
260 |
$20.88 |
$43,430 |
| Helpers--carpenters |
260 |
$10.30 |
$21,420 |
| Insurance underwriters |
260 |
$28.62 |
$59,520 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators |
260 |
$20.06 |
$41,720 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
250 |
$20.24 |
$42,100 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
250 |
$21.30 |
$44,310 |
| Crossing guards |
250 |
$11.18 |
$23,260 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
250 |
$28.54 |
$59,350 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
250 |
$24.35 |
$50,650 |
| Interpreters and translators |
250 |
$20.61 |
$42,870 |
| Mechanical drafters |
250 |
$23.72 |
$49,330 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators |
240 |
$17.08 |
$35,520 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary |
240 |
Not available |
$72,100 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
240 |
$13.58 |
$28,250 |
| Producers and directors |
240 |
$31.45 |
$65,410 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
240 |
$10.95 |
$22,770 |
| Training and development managers |
240 |
$49.05 |
$102,020 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
230 |
$36.38 |
$75,670 |
| Bindery workers |
230 |
$13.69 |
$28,480 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
230 |
$14.94 |
$31,070 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs |
230 |
$19.53 |
$40,620 |
| Environmental engineers |
230 |
$38.30 |
$79,670 |
| Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates |
230 |
$58.81 |
$122,330 |
| Surgical technologists |
230 |
$15.60 |
$32,450 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary |
220 |
Not available |
$99,150 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
220 |
$11.76 |
$24,460 |
| Floor layers, except carpet, wood, and hard tiles |
220 |
$20.40 |
$42,430 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians |
220 |
$22.80 |
$47,430 |
| Operations research analysts |
220 |
$34.25 |
$71,240 |
| Pharmacy aides |
220 |
$9.96 |
$20,720 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials |
220 |
$10.01 |
$20,820 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters |
210 |
$24.82 |
$51,630 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
210 |
Not available |
$73,800 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
210 |
$48.87 |
$101,650 |
| Job printers |
210 |
$20.76 |
$43,170 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
210 |
$16.33 |
$33,960 |
| Chemical technicians |
200 |
$18.90 |
$39,320 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary |
200 |
Not available |
$87,660 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program |
200 |
$22.17 |
$46,110 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists |
200 |
$25.53 |
$53,100 |
| Public relations managers |
200 |
$39.26 |
$81,670 |
| Veterinarians |
200 |
$41.36 |
$86,030 |
| Directors, religious activities and education |
190 |
$16.43 |
$34,180 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other |
190 |
$16.52 |
$34,360 |
| Radio and television announcers |
190 |
$30.35 |
$63,120 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers |
190 |
$17.22 |
$35,820 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
190 |
$54.77 |
$113,920 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary |
180 |
Not available |
$93,120 |
| Compensation and benefits managers |
180 |
$51.09 |
$106,270 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers |
180 |
$33.09 |
$68,820 |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
180 |
$18.21 |
$37,870 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
180 |
$15.40 |
$32,040 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary |
180 |
$29.21 |
$60,760 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
170 |
$21.40 |
$44,500 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
170 |
$29.47 |
$61,300 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
170 |
$24.35 |
$50,650 |
| Meeting and convention planners |
170 |
$21.10 |
$43,880 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
170 |
$29.11 |
$60,540 |
| Physics teachers, postsecondary |
170 |
Not available |
$117,510 |
| Reporters and correspondents |
170 |
$19.44 |
$40,440 |
| Residential advisors |
170 |
$14.21 |
$29,550 |
| Technical writers |
170 |
$26.28 |
$54,670 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
170 |
$11.93 |
$24,800 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
160 |
$20.22 |
$42,060 |
| Helpers--electricians |
160 |
$12.47 |
$25,930 |
| Medical equipment repairers |
160 |
$19.23 |
$39,990 |
| Motorboat mechanics |
160 |
$16.72 |
$34,780 |
| Music directors and composers |
160 |
$16.30 |
$33,890 |
| Numerical tool and process control programmers |
160 |
$20.00 |
$41,600 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
160 |
$40.03 |
$83,260 |
| Recreational therapists |
160 |
$20.75 |
$43,160 |
| Surveyors |
160 |
$22.83 |
$47,480 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
160 |
$14.59 |
$30,360 |
| Broadcast technicians |
150 |
$14.19 |
$29,510 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders |
150 |
$12.22 |
$25,420 |
| Loan counselors |
150 |
$18.84 |
$39,180 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents |
150 |
$27.44 |
$57,070 |
| Biological technicians |
140 |
$18.11 |
$37,670 |
| Credit analysts |
140 |
$27.90 |
$58,030 |
| Internists, general |
140 |
$66.25 |
$137,800 |
| Logisticians |
140 |
$31.96 |
$66,470 |
| Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
140 |
$16.15 |
$33,580 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary |
140 |
Not available |
$63,010 |
| Real estate brokers |
140 |
$42.58 |
$88,570 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
140 |
$17.94 |
$37,320 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
140 |
$11.53 |
$23,990 |
| Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians |
130 |
$10.58 |
$22,000 |
| Area, ethnic, and cultural studies teachers, postsecondary |
130 |
Not available |
$86,540 |
| Commercial and industrial designers |
130 |
$30.07 |
$62,540 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
130 |
$16.27 |
$33,840 |
| Family and general practitioners |
130 |
$71.66 |
$149,060 |
| Funeral attendants |
130 |
$13.48 |
$28,030 |
| Medical equipment preparers |
130 |
$12.42 |
$25,830 |
| Psychiatric technicians |
130 |
$13.65 |
$28,400 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
120 |
$18.93 |
$39,380 |
| Counselors, all other |
120 |
$16.73 |
$34,800 |
| Funeral directors |
120 |
$31.77 |
$66,070 |
| Life scientists, all other |
120 |
$28.26 |
$58,780 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other |
120 |
$10.86 |
$22,590 |
| Physical scientists, all other |
120 |
$36.62 |
$76,170 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners |
120 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Biomedical engineers |
110 |
$39.39 |
$81,940 |
| Brokerage clerks |
110 |
$18.93 |
$39,380 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers |
110 |
$17.17 |
$35,720 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists |
110 |
$88.81 |
$184,730 |
| Occupational therapist assistants |
110 |
$19.10 |
$39,730 |
| Bailiffs |
100 |
$18.18 |
$37,810 |
| Chemistry teachers, postsecondary |
100 |
Not available |
$83,330 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
100 |
$23.33 |
$48,530 |
| Desktop publishers |
100 |
$23.54 |
$48,970 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders |
100 |
$13.58 |
$28,240 |
| Materials engineers |
100 |
$50.03 |
$104,070 |
| Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary |
100 |
Not available |
$72,010 |
| Economics teachers, postsecondary |
90 |
Not available |
$113,650 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health |
90 |
$18.39 |
$38,250 |
| Natural sciences managers |
90 |
$59.11 |
$122,940 |
| Postmasters and mail superintendents |
90 |
$28.52 |
$59,330 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary |
90 |
Not available |
$75,330 |
| Advertising and promotions managers |
80 |
$49.41 |
$102,760 |
| Animal control workers |
80 |
$15.32 |
$31,860 |
| Art directors |
80 |
$39.13 |
$81,390 |
| Audio-visual collections specialists |
80 |
$16.51 |
$34,350 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops |
80 |
$11.15 |
$23,190 |
| Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers |
80 |
$8.03 |
$16,700 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
80 |
$13.58 |
$28,240 |
| Education administrators, all other |
80 |
$42.19 |
$87,760 |
| Environmental engineering technicians |
80 |
$17.40 |
$36,190 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals |
80 |
$9.05 |
$18,830 |
| Manicurists and pedicurists |
80 |
$10.12 |
$21,050 |
| Massage therapists |
80 |
$13.67 |
$28,430 |
| Optometrists |
80 |
$53.64 |
$111,570 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other |
80 |
$15.02 |
$31,240 |
| Pest control workers |
80 |
$17.53 |
$36,470 |
| Political science teachers, postsecondary |
80 |
Not available |
$103,500 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
80 |
$11.63 |
$24,180 |
| Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
80 |
$15.62 |
$32,480 |
| Shampooers |
80 |
$8.41 |
$17,490 |
| Surgeons |
80 |
$94.00 |
$195,520 |
| Vocational education teachers, middle school |
80 |
Not available |
$54,740 |
| Athletic trainers |
70 |
Not available |
$33,540 |
| Budget analysts |
70 |
$28.40 |
$59,080 |
| Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders |
70 |
$14.24 |
$29,620 |
| Furniture finishers |
70 |
$14.11 |
$29,340 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand |
70 |
$13.32 |
$27,700 |
| Historians |
70 |
$14.81 |
$30,800 |
| History teachers, postsecondary |
70 |
Not available |
$70,660 |
| Interior designers |
70 |
$23.66 |
$49,210 |
| Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants |
70 |
$10.10 |
$21,010 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers |
70 |
$17.95 |
$37,340 |
| Lodging managers |
70 |
$28.94 |
$60,190 |
| Material moving workers, all other |
70 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Photographic process workers |
70 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Service station attendants |
70 |
$9.01 |
$18,740 |
| Skin care specialists |
70 |
$14.42 |
$29,990 |
| Urban and regional planners |
70 |
$29.72 |
$61,830 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
70 |
$12.58 |
$26,170 |
| Writers and authors |
70 |
$29.63 |
$61,640 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians |
60 |
$24.77 |
$51,520 |
| Carpet installers |
60 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Coil winders, tapers, and finishers |
60 |
$10.73 |
$22,310 |
| Communications teachers, postsecondary |
60 |
Not available |
$73,700 |
| Court reporters |
60 |
$31.06 |
$64,600 |
| Curators |
60 |
$20.21 |
$42,040 |
| Dental laboratory technicians |
60 |
$15.65 |
$32,560 |
| Dietetic technicians |
60 |
$16.36 |
$34,030 |
| Drafters, all other |
60 |
$20.38 |
$42,390 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary |
60 |
Not available |
$64,750 |
| Farm equipment mechanics |
60 |
$16.35 |
$34,020 |
| Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
60 |
Not available |
$61,030 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors |
60 |
$30.59 |
$63,630 |
| Meter readers, utilities |
60 |
$18.77 |
$39,040 |
| Millwrights |
60 |
$21.22 |
$44,130 |
| Physical therapist aides |
60 |
$11.92 |
$24,780 |
| Pipelayers |
60 |
$20.07 |
$41,750 |
| Psychiatrists |
60 |
$82.02 |
$170,600 |
| Radiation therapists |
60 |
$30.42 |
$63,270 |
| Audiologists |
50 |
$28.01 |
$58,250 |
| Computer specialists, all other |
50 |
$30.42 |
$63,270 |
| Crane and tower operators |
50 |
$28.93 |
$60,180 |
| Fire inspectors and investigators |
50 |
$24.64 |
$51,260 |
| Social sciences teachers, postsecondary, all other |
50 |
Not available |
$118,290 |
| Sound engineering technicians |
50 |
$25.16 |
$52,330 |
| Anthropology and archeology teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
Not available |
$78,060 |
| Athletes and sports competitors |
40 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks |
40 |
$15.66 |
$32,580 |
| Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
40 |
$17.08 |
$35,530 |
| Landscape architects |
40 |
$25.48 |
$53,010 |
| Legal support workers, all other |
40 |
$24.87 |
$51,720 |
| Materials scientists |
40 |
$39.98 |
$83,150 |
| Microbiologists |
40 |
$30.67 |
$63,790 |
| Model makers, metal and plastic |
40 |
$20.90 |
$43,480 |
| Motion picture projectionists |
40 |
$12.76 |
$26,530 |
| Painters, transportation equipment |
40 |
$11.45 |
$23,810 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood |
40 |
$14.05 |
$29,210 |
| Sociology teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
Not available |
$65,270 |
| Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles |
30 |
$16.65 |
$34,640 |
| Film and video editors |
30 |
$17.27 |
$35,930 |
| Private detectives and investigators |
30 |
$17.25 |
$35,880 |
| Psychologists, all other |
30 |
$37.50 |
$78,000 |
| Religious workers, all other |
30 |
$11.47 |
$23,860 |
| Riggers |
30 |
$23.01 |
$47,860 |
| Social science research assistants |
30 |
$12.98 |
$26,990 |
| Telephone operators |
30 |
$17.32 |
$36,020 |
| Therapists, all other |
30 |
$24.89 |
$51,770 |
| Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners |
30 |
$19.02 |
$39,560 |
| Archivists |
Not available |
$20.98 |
$43,640 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians |
Not available |
$17.71 |
$36,830 |
| Automotive glass installers and repairers |
Not available |
$18.38 |
$38,230 |
| Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture |
Not available |
$23.83 |
$49,560 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians |
Not available |
$23.22 |
$48,290 |
| Cargo and freight agents |
Not available |
$18.03 |
$37,500 |
| Chiropractors |
Not available |
$31.31 |
$65,120 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other |
Not available |
$23.79 |
$49,490 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door |
Not available |
$22.54 |
$46,880 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
Not available |
$18.29 |
$38,030 |
| Craft artists |
Not available |
$15.03 |
$31,260 |
| Cutters and trimmers, hand |
Not available |
$13.06 |
$27,170 |
| Earth drillers, except oil and gas |
Not available |
$19.13 |
$39,800 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
Not available |
$16.49 |
$34,300 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers |
Not available |
$14.13 |
$29,380 |
| Emergency management specialists |
Not available |
$26.30 |
$54,710 |
| Etchers and engravers |
Not available |
$13.61 |
$28,300 |
| Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders |
Not available |
$9.99 |
$20,780 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers |
Not available |
$32.17 |
$66,920 |
| Glaziers |
Not available |
$18.03 |
$37,500 |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other |
Not available |
$43.76 |
$91,030 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
Not available |
$14.25 |
$29,630 |
| Insurance appraisers, auto damage |
Not available |
$28.44 |
$59,150 |
| Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers |
Not available |
$13.65 |
$28,390 |
| Law clerks |
Not available |
$15.35 |
$31,930 |
| Marriage and family therapists |
Not available |
$26.13 |
$54,340 |
| Medical appliance technicians |
Not available |
$14.15 |
$29,440 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$19.45 |
$40,450 |
| Multi-media artists and animators |
Not available |
$22.54 |
$46,890 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians |
Not available |
$13.97 |
$29,050 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics |
Not available |
$12.70 |
$26,430 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers |
Not available |
$10.47 |
$21,780 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation |
Not available |
$14.85 |
$30,880 |
| Photographers |
Not available |
$14.80 |
$30,790 |
| Photographic processing machine operators |
Not available |
$9.95 |
$20,690 |
| Plasterers and stucco masons |
Not available |
$25.49 |
$53,020 |
| Power plant operators |
Not available |
$31.40 |
$65,320 |
| Proofreaders and copy markers |
Not available |
$16.44 |
$34,190 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks |
Not available |
$15.79 |
$32,850 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
Not available |
$23.17 |
$48,190 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$12.43 |
$25,860 |
| Set and exhibit designers |
Not available |
$26.18 |
$54,460 |
| Social scientists and related workers, all other |
Not available |
$26.97 |
$56,100 |
| Tapers |
Not available |
$25.63 |
$53,300 |
| Tile and marble setters |
Not available |
$14.16 |
$29,450 |
| Tree trimmers and pruners |
Not available |
$16.97 |
$35,300 |
