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 |
151,890 |
$18.12 |
$37,690 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
26,970 |
$15.30 |
$31,820 |
| Sales and related occupations |
15,300 |
$14.68 |
$30,530 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
13,030 |
$10.22 |
$21,250 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
10,340 |
$13.83 |
$28,770 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
10,210 |
$19.65 |
$40,880 |
| Production occupations |
8,880 |
$13.71 |
$28,510 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
8,500 |
$18.98 |
$39,480 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
8,240 |
$26.04 |
$54,160 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
6,560 |
$33.42 |
$69,510 |
| Management occupations |
6,460 |
$39.26 |
$81,670 |
| Retail salespersons |
5,890 |
$12.10 |
$25,170 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
5,040 |
$12.13 |
$25,240 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
4,860 |
$19.14 |
$39,810 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
4,500 |
$11.66 |
$24,250 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
4,350 |
$13.36 |
$27,780 |
| Office clerks, general |
4,170 |
$13.64 |
$28,380 |
| Cashiers |
4,160 |
$9.95 |
$20,690 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
3,800 |
$11.54 |
$24,000 |
| Community and social services occupations |
3,400 |
$19.19 |
$39,920 |
| Protective service occupations |
3,320 |
$20.57 |
$42,780 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
2,980 |
$28.96 |
$60,240 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
2,770 |
$9.29 |
$19,330 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
2,520 |
$13.13 |
$27,320 |
| Customer service representatives |
2,470 |
$14.18 |
$29,490 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
2,450 |
$12.14 |
$25,250 |
| Teacher assistants |
2,440 |
Not available |
$27,410 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
2,400 |
$14.80 |
$30,770 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
2,250 |
$16.91 |
$35,170 |
| Registered nurses |
2,240 |
$33.10 |
$68,840 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse |
2,200 |
$9.23 |
$19,200 |
| Carpenters |
2,050 |
$16.88 |
$35,110 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
2,010 |
$9.92 |
$20,640 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
1,980 |
$17.36 |
$36,120 |
| General and operations managers |
1,760 |
$48.60 |
$101,090 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
1,690 |
Not available |
$48,910 |
| Computer specialists, all other |
1,560 |
$30.23 |
$62,890 |
| Managers, all other |
1,500 |
$34.65 |
$72,060 |
| Construction laborers |
1,490 |
$14.13 |
$29,390 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
1,450 |
$28.75 |
$59,810 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
1,430 |
$21.65 |
$45,020 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
1,410 |
$18.86 |
$39,220 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
1,410 |
$12.57 |
$26,150 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
1,390 |
$11.38 |
$23,680 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
1,370 |
$19.44 |
$40,430 |
| Management analysts |
1,360 |
$27.42 |
$57,030 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
1,350 |
Not available |
$49,320 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
1,270 |
$9.51 |
$19,780 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
1,250 |
$18.16 |
$37,780 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
1,240 |
$12.79 |
$26,600 |
| Legal occupations |
1,200 |
$34.98 |
$72,750 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
1,200 |
$12.97 |
$26,970 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other |
1,190 |
$11.10 |
$23,080 |
| Accountants and auditors |
1,170 |
$26.87 |
$55,890 |
| Food preparation workers |
1,130 |
$10.34 |
$21,510 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
1,110 |
$24.59 |
$51,140 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
1,100 |
$28.68 |
$59,650 |
| Team assemblers |
1,050 |
$12.60 |
$26,210 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
1,020 |
$24.98 |
$51,960 |
| Cooks, fast food |
1,020 |
$9.01 |
$18,730 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
1,000 |
Not available |
$44,830 |
| Home health aides |
990 |
$9.58 |
$19,920 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
910 |
$16.50 |
$34,310 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
830 |
$13.06 |
$27,160 |
| Medical assistants |
830 |
$14.55 |
$30,260 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
820 |
$15.94 |
$33,150 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
790 |
$11.52 |
$23,960 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
790 |
$9.91 |
$20,610 |
| Dishwashers |
770 |
$9.14 |
$19,020 |
| Medical secretaries |
770 |
$14.44 |
$30,030 |
| Electricians |
730 |
$26.71 |
$55,550 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
730 |
$20.00 |
$41,590 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
720 |
$10.28 |
$21,390 |
| Lawyers |
680 |
$41.28 |
$85,860 |
| Personal and home care aides |
680 |
$10.30 |
$21,430 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
670 |
$9.24 |
$19,230 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
650 |
$29.07 |
$60,460 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
630 |
$14.15 |
$29,430 |
| Service station attendants |
620 |
$9.49 |
$19,740 |
| Bartenders |
610 |
$9.53 |
$19,830 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
610 |
$25.94 |
$53,950 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
590 |
$13.75 |
$28,600 |
| Social and human service assistants |
590 |
$14.21 |
$29,560 |
| Tellers |
590 |
$10.81 |
$22,490 |
| Training and development specialists |
590 |
$23.25 |
$48,350 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
580 |
$12.84 |
$26,710 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
570 |
$24.30 |
$50,540 |
| Graders and sorters, agricultural products |
570 |
$9.81 |
$20,400 |
| Helpers--production workers |
570 |
$9.91 |
$20,610 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
570 |
$20.40 |
$42,440 |
| Clergy |
540 |
$19.51 |
$40,580 |
| Bus drivers, school |
520 |
$12.68 |
$26,380 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
510 |
$12.95 |
$26,940 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
500 |
$17.47 |
$36,330 |
| Security guards |
500 |
$11.98 |
$24,920 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
490 |
$10.97 |
$22,820 |
| Legal secretaries |
490 |
$15.95 |
$33,180 |
| All other information and record clerks |
470 |
$13.59 |
$28,260 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
470 |
$15.82 |
$32,900 |
| Computer support specialists |
470 |
$19.28 |
$40,110 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
470 |
$27.74 |
$57,700 |
| Loan officers |
470 |
$28.27 |
$58,800 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
460 |
$11.40 |
$23,710 |
| Child care workers |
460 |
$9.57 |
$19,910 |
| Dental assistants |
450 |
$17.21 |
$35,790 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
430 |
$12.01 |
$24,970 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
410 |
$25.57 |
$53,190 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
410 |
$16.74 |
$34,820 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
390 |
$27.24 |
$56,670 |
| Data entry keyers |
390 |
$12.51 |
$26,030 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
390 |
$12.97 |
$26,980 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
390 |
$9.36 |
$19,460 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
390 |
$12.27 |
$25,520 |
| Parts salespersons |
390 |
$15.05 |
$31,310 |
| Civil engineers |
380 |
$35.33 |
$73,490 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers |
380 |
$10.90 |
$22,670 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
380 |
$20.67 |
$42,980 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
370 |
$21.70 |
$45,140 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
360 |
$14.87 |
$30,920 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
360 |
Not available |
$47,110 |
| Cost estimators |
350 |
$29.56 |
$61,480 |
| Driver/sales workers |
350 |
$11.84 |
$24,630 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
350 |
$14.05 |
$29,230 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
350 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
350 |
$14.88 |
$30,960 |
| Construction managers |
330 |
$36.67 |
$76,280 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
330 |
$16.10 |
$33,480 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
330 |
$23.66 |
$49,210 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
320 |
$9.29 |
$19,320 |
| Crossing guards |
310 |
$14.65 |
$30,470 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
310 |
$8.97 |
$18,660 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
310 |
$15.72 |
$32,700 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
300 |
$20.40 |
$42,440 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
300 |
$16.95 |
$35,260 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
290 |
$15.23 |
$31,690 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
290 |
$10.07 |
$20,950 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
290 |
Not available |
$82,150 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
290 |
$15.10 |
$31,410 |
| Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other |
280 |
$9.25 |
$19,240 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
270 |
$21.06 |
$43,800 |
| Sewing machine operators |
270 |
$9.52 |
$19,800 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
260 |
$19.36 |
$40,260 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
260 |
$14.88 |
$30,950 |
| Directors, religious activities and education |
250 |
$15.32 |
$31,860 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
250 |
$9.10 |
$18,930 |
| Production workers, all other |
250 |
$12.73 |
$26,470 |
| Dental hygienists |
240 |
$36.06 |
$75,010 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
240 |
$24.81 |
$51,600 |
| Financial managers |
240 |
$42.85 |
$89,130 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
240 |
$16.85 |
$35,060 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
240 |
$18.79 |
$39,090 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
230 |
$17.89 |
$37,200 |
| Pharmacists |
230 |
$50.23 |
$104,470 |
| Psychiatric aides |
230 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Civil engineering technicians |
220 |
$25.21 |
$52,430 |
| File clerks |
220 |
$12.97 |
$26,970 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
220 |
$31.28 |
$65,060 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
220 |
$24.07 |
$50,070 |
| Insurance sales agents |
220 |
$31.66 |
$65,840 |
| Library technicians |
220 |
$14.14 |
$29,400 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
220 |
$13.01 |
$27,070 |
| Order clerks |
220 |
$16.31 |
$33,930 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
210 |
$29.97 |
$62,340 |
| Chief executives |
210 |
$60.32 |
$125,470 |
| Coaches and scouts |
210 |
Not available |
$24,780 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs |
210 |
$14.89 |
$30,980 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators |
210 |
$20.14 |
$41,900 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
210 |
$19.33 |
$40,210 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
210 |
$21.13 |
$43,940 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
210 |
Not available |
$46,910 |
| Librarians |
210 |
$25.15 |
$52,310 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
210 |
$19.34 |
$40,230 |
| Recreation workers |
210 |
$14.02 |
$29,150 |
| Fire fighters |
200 |
$23.45 |
$48,770 |
| Food service managers |
200 |
$22.91 |
$47,660 |
| Medical and health services managers |
200 |
$40.03 |
$83,250 |
| Printing machine operators |
200 |
$14.67 |
$30,520 |
| Roofers |
200 |
$15.55 |
$32,350 |
| Telemarketers |
200 |
$10.69 |
$22,230 |
| Budget analysts |
190 |
$27.20 |
$56,580 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters |
190 |
$17.69 |
$36,800 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
190 |
$10.06 |
$20,920 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
190 |
$19.57 |
$40,700 |
| Public relations specialists |
190 |
$29.73 |
$61,830 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
180 |
$23.11 |
$48,080 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other |
180 |
$18.81 |
$39,120 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
180 |
$28.61 |
$59,500 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
180 |
$16.33 |
$33,960 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
180 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
180 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Bill and account collectors |
170 |
$15.10 |
$31,400 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity |
170 |
$16.23 |
$33,770 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other |
170 |
$11.85 |
$24,650 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
170 |
$19.27 |
$40,080 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
170 |
$17.68 |
$36,770 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
170 |
$16.80 |
$34,950 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
170 |
$15.71 |
$32,680 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
170 |
$14.54 |
$30,250 |
| Social and community service managers |
170 |
$25.08 |
$52,160 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
170 |
$24.92 |
$51,830 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
160 |
$9.31 |
$19,370 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
160 |
$19.35 |
$40,240 |
| Bakers |
160 |
$11.85 |
$24,640 |
| Computer systems analysts |
160 |
$33.55 |
$69,780 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
160 |
$19.91 |
$41,400 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
160 |
$19.07 |
$39,670 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
160 |
$16.81 |
$34,970 |
| Instructional coordinators |
160 |
$32.29 |
$67,160 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
160 |
$27.21 |
$56,600 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
160 |
$17.66 |
$36,730 |
| Advertising sales agents |
150 |
$18.95 |
$39,410 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
150 |
$17.75 |
$36,910 |
| Family and general practitioners |
150 |
$91.63 |
$190,590 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
150 |
$22.12 |
$46,010 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
150 |
$38.38 |
$79,830 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
150 |
$18.36 |
$38,180 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
150 |
$9.35 |
$19,440 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
150 |
$32.00 |
$66,560 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
150 |
$21.06 |
$43,800 |
| Computer programmers |
140 |
$29.65 |
$61,670 |
| Graphic designers |
140 |
$18.59 |
$38,680 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other |
140 |
$19.16 |
$39,860 |
| Industrial production managers |
140 |
$34.08 |
$70,890 |
| Machinists |
140 |
$17.22 |
$35,820 |
| Sales managers |
140 |
$44.95 |
$93,500 |
| Administrative services managers |
130 |
$34.10 |
$70,930 |
| Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders |
130 |
$10.43 |
$21,690 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
130 |
$16.60 |
$34,520 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
130 |
$9.36 |
$19,470 |
| Physical therapists |
130 |
$34.73 |
$72,240 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
130 |
$22.38 |
$46,560 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
130 |
Not available |
$52,000 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors |
130 |
$17.71 |
$36,830 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers |
130 |
$23.75 |
$49,390 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
120 |
$13.43 |
$27,920 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
120 |
$17.27 |
$35,920 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
120 |
$14.35 |
$29,860 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
120 |
$30.71 |
$63,880 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
120 |
$21.52 |
$44,770 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders |
120 |
$15.61 |
$32,470 |
| Urban and regional planners |
120 |
$29.41 |
$61,180 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
120 |
$14.47 |
$30,100 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
110 |
$20.90 |
$43,470 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
110 |
$19.76 |
$41,110 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
110 |
$45.65 |
$94,960 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators |
110 |
$26.46 |
$55,040 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
110 |
$19.78 |
$41,140 |
| Forest and conservation technicians |
110 |
$19.11 |
$39,760 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
110 |
$9.70 |
$20,170 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
110 |
$11.74 |
$24,420 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
110 |
$18.97 |
$39,450 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
110 |
$22.07 |
$45,900 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
100 |
$29.79 |
$61,960 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
100 |
$28.30 |
$58,850 |
| Dentists, general |
100 |
$59.73 |
$124,230 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
100 |
$12.07 |
$25,100 |
| Purchasing managers |
100 |
$29.01 |
$60,350 |
| Social workers, all other |
100 |
$20.41 |
$42,450 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
100 |
$11.32 |
$23,540 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
100 |
$16.11 |
$33,500 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
90 |
$16.54 |
$34,410 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
90 |
$32.01 |
$66,580 |
| Construction and related workers, all other |
90 |
$18.41 |
$38,290 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
90 |
$12.79 |
$26,610 |
| Editors |
90 |
$18.71 |
$38,920 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
90 |
$16.99 |
$35,340 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers |
90 |
$14.66 |
$30,500 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
90 |
$84.99 |
$176,780 |
| Postal service clerks |
90 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other |
90 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Protective service workers, all other |
90 |
$14.78 |
$30,730 |
| Real estate brokers |
90 |
$24.15 |
$50,240 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
90 |
$19.61 |
$40,780 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
90 |
$13.74 |
$28,580 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
90 |
$14.03 |
$29,170 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
90 |
$21.40 |
$44,510 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
80 |
$34.73 |
$72,230 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
80 |
$31.77 |
$66,070 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
80 |
$11.32 |
$23,550 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary |
80 |
$43.98 |
$91,470 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
80 |
$27.16 |
$56,500 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers |
80 |
$22.22 |
$46,210 |
| Floral designers |
80 |
$10.74 |
$22,340 |
| Foresters |
80 |
$28.85 |
$60,000 |
| Insurance underwriters |
80 |
$29.78 |
$61,950 |
| Interpreters and translators |
80 |
$21.18 |
$44,050 |
| Mental health counselors |
80 |
$23.32 |
$48,500 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
80 |
$31.29 |
$65,090 |
| Photographers |
80 |
$15.20 |
$31,620 |
| Photographic processing machine operators |
80 |
$12.42 |
$25,840 |
| Procurement clerks |
80 |
$16.45 |
$34,210 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
80 |
$37.87 |
$78,770 |
| Veterinarians |
80 |
$37.77 |
$78,560 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers |
70 |
$19.78 |
$41,140 |
| Couriers and messengers |
70 |
$13.93 |
$28,960 |
| Desktop publishers |
70 |
$18.27 |
$37,990 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
70 |
$25.01 |
$52,020 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
70 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Farm equipment mechanics |
70 |
$18.45 |
$38,380 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders |
70 |
$12.18 |
$25,330 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
70 |
$19.85 |
$41,300 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
70 |
$26.25 |
$54,590 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other |
70 |
$10.19 |
$21,200 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
70 |
$14.88 |
$30,960 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
70 |
$47.78 |
$99,390 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood |
70 |
$14.16 |
$29,450 |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
70 |
Not available |
$53,990 |
| Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers |
60 |
$34.78 |
$72,350 |
| Bindery workers |
60 |
$14.29 |
$29,720 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
60 |
$25.13 |
$52,280 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
60 |
$17.88 |
$37,190 |
| Dental laboratory technicians |
60 |
$17.90 |
$37,240 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
60 |
$33.14 |
$68,930 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health |
60 |
$19.98 |
$41,560 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
60 |
$11.25 |
$23,410 |
| Helpers--electricians |
60 |
$17.53 |
$36,460 |
| Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates |
60 |
$53.15 |
$110,560 |
| Music directors and composers |
60 |
$30.93 |
$64,340 |
| Musicians and singers |
60 |
$30.10 |
Not available |
| Occupational therapists |
60 |
$30.92 |
$64,320 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
60 |
$16.60 |
$34,520 |
| Painters, transportation equipment |
60 |
$17.31 |
$36,010 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators |
60 |
$21.10 |
$43,890 |
| Residential advisors |
60 |
$13.52 |
$28,110 |
| Surveyors |
60 |
$31.79 |
$66,120 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary |
60 |
$14.86 |
$30,900 |
| Chiropractors |
50 |
$32.60 |
$67,810 |
| Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders |
50 |
$14.27 |
$29,680 |
| Credit analysts |
50 |
$31.03 |
$64,540 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
50 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Database administrators |
50 |
$31.58 |
$65,690 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program |
50 |
$18.48 |
$38,440 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
50 |
$13.92 |
$28,950 |
| Food batchmakers |
50 |
$13.29 |
$27,650 |
| Forest and conservation workers |
50 |
$12.77 |
$26,560 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
50 |
$14.77 |
$30,720 |
| Mechanical drafters |
50 |
$19.70 |
$40,970 |
| Mechanical engineers |
50 |
$32.74 |
$68,090 |
| Physician assistants |
50 |
$37.14 |
$77,250 |
| Pipelayers |
50 |
$21.56 |
$44,840 |
| Reporters and correspondents |
50 |
$17.67 |
$36,750 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
50 |
Not available |
$56,010 |
| Surgical technologists |
50 |
$19.77 |
$41,120 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors |
40 |
$13.52 |
$28,110 |
| Brokerage clerks |
40 |
$17.05 |
$35,470 |
| Cargo and freight agents |
40 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Conservation scientists |
40 |
$27.48 |
$57,160 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door |
40 |
$25.86 |
$53,800 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
40 |
$37.65 |
$78,320 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals |
40 |
$10.08 |
$20,970 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
40 |
$18.47 |
$38,420 |
| Health educators |
40 |
$23.79 |
$49,470 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
40 |
$38.16 |
$79,360 |
| Industrial engineers |
40 |
$33.78 |
$70,250 |
| Internists, general |
40 |
$102.09 |
$212,340 |
| Material moving workers, all other |
40 |
$11.99 |
$24,930 |
| Media and communication workers, all other |
40 |
$17.37 |
$36,130 |
| Meeting and convention planners |
40 |
$19.11 |
$39,750 |
| Optometrists |
40 |
$32.86 |
$68,340 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
40 |
$21.03 |
$43,750 |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
40 |
$18.79 |
$39,090 |
| Public relations managers |
40 |
$37.65 |
$78,320 |
| Real estate sales agents |
40 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Religious workers, all other |
40 |
$13.44 |
$27,950 |
| Tax preparers |
40 |
$18.86 |
$39,240 |
| Travel agents |
40 |
$11.62 |
$24,180 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school |
40 |
Not available |
$56,500 |
| Word processors and typists |
40 |
$15.30 |
$31,830 |
| Biological technicians |
30 |
$16.77 |
$34,890 |
| Computer operators |
30 |
$20.82 |
$43,310 |
| Education administrators, all other |
30 |
$25.47 |
$52,970 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
30 |
$20.26 |
$42,140 |
| Engineering managers |
30 |
$47.19 |
$98,160 |
| Massage therapists |
30 |
$16.02 |
$33,320 |
| Meter readers, utilities |
30 |
$17.04 |
$35,450 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers |
30 |
$13.47 |
$28,020 |
| Recreational therapists |
30 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Recreational vehicle service technicians |
30 |
$16.19 |
$33,670 |
| Athletic trainers |
Not available |
Not available |
$45,730 |
| Commercial pilots |
Not available |
Not available |
$36,420 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
Not available |
$40.04 |
$83,290 |
| Cooks, short order |
Not available |
$10.21 |
$21,240 |
| Curators |
Not available |
$21.26 |
$44,220 |
| Earth drillers, except oil and gas |
Not available |
$22.07 |
$45,910 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other |
Not available |
$13.52 |
$28,130 |
| Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles |
Not available |
$15.23 |
$31,670 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
Not available |
$26.67 |
$55,480 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers |
Not available |
$31.81 |
$66,150 |
| Glaziers |
Not available |
$15.66 |
$32,580 |
| Grounds maintenance workers, all other |
Not available |
$15.43 |
$32,100 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
Not available |
$10.84 |
$22,560 |
| Home appliance repairers |
Not available |
$16.17 |
$33,640 |
| Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall |
Not available |
$11.76 |
$24,450 |
| Job printers |
Not available |
$17.95 |
$37,330 |
| Logging workers, all other |
Not available |
$16.60 |
$34,540 |
| Marketing managers |
Not available |
$37.08 |
$77,130 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists |
Not available |
More than $70 |
More than $145,600 |
| New accounts clerks |
Not available |
$13.42 |
$27,910 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
Not available |
$15.75 |
$32,760 |
| Producers and directors |
Not available |
$16.07 |
$33,420 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners |
Not available |
$16.19 |
$33,670 |
| Sheet metal workers |
Not available |
$26.24 |
$54,590 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
Not available |
$29.71 |
$61,800 |
| Surgeons |
Not available |
More than $70 |
More than $145,600 |
| Tapers |
Not available |
$13.90 |
$28,910 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
Not available |
$24.51 |
$50,980 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
Not available |
$13.60 |
$28,280 |
