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 | 634,340 | $19.52 | $40,610 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 127,520 | $14.22 | $29,590 |
| Sales and related occupations | 78,170 | $18.55 | $38,580 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 45,310 | $15.34 | $31,910 |
| Production occupations | 44,010 | $14.86 | $30,910 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 41,900 | $9.69 | $20,150 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 38,140 | $18.05 | $37,540 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 30,770 | $27.35 | $56,880 |
| Management occupations | 29,400 | $44.25 | $92,040 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 28,250 | $22.88 | $47,580 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 26,300 | $31.60 | $65,730 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 24,200 | $19.84 | $41,280 |
| Retail salespersons | 20,950 | $12.62 | $26,260 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 20,790 | $32.69 | $68,000 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 18,700 | $10.95 | $22,780 |
| Customer service representatives | 18,160 | $13.76 | $28,620 |
| Cashiers | 14,800 | $9.09 | $18,900 |
| Office clerks, general | 14,140 | $12.04 | $25,040 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 14,010 | $12.03 | $25,030 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 13,460 | $32.00 | $66,560 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 12,800 | $11.47 | $23,870 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 11,680 | $22.33 | $46,450 |
| Protective service occupations | 11,190 | $17.31 | $36,000 |
| General and operations managers | 10,720 | $43.02 | $89,480 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 10,540 | $13.72 | $28,540 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 10,420 | $11.21 | $23,320 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 10,380 | $28.62 | $59,520 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 10,090 | $18.89 | $39,290 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 9,330 | $9.45 | $19,650 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 9,320 | $10.19 | $21,200 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 9,010 | $8.29 | $17,250 |
| Registered nurses | 9,000 | $28.81 | $59,920 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 7,660 | $20.86 | $43,380 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 7,600 | $11.10 | $23,080 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 7,400 | $14.75 | $30,680 |
| Telemarketers | 7,050 | $11.02 | $22,920 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 6,700 | $12.26 | $25,490 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 6,630 | $10.68 | $22,210 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 6,500 | $25.76 | $53,580 |
| Community and social services occupations | 6,320 | $18.32 | $38,100 |
| Accountants and auditors | 5,950 | $29.61 | $61,590 |
| Construction laborers | 5,800 | $12.91 | $26,840 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 5,800 | $18.75 | $38,990 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks | 5,750 | $12.60 | $26,200 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 5,220 | $19.03 | $39,570 |
| Carpenters | 5,090 | $18.15 | $37,750 |
| Team assemblers | 5,090 | $14.58 | $30,330 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 4,890 | $16.47 | $34,270 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 4,720 | Not available | $48,670 |
| Legal occupations | 4,490 | $47.16 | $98,090 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 4,440 | $11.09 | $23,070 |
| Computer programmers | 4,270 | $36.73 | $76,410 |
| Security guards | 4,250 | $12.54 | $26,090 |
| Teacher assistants | 4,170 | Not available | $21,630 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 4,110 | $26.26 | $54,620 |
| Computer support specialists | 3,990 | $21.47 | $44,660 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 3,900 | Not available | $54,440 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 3,860 | $10.95 | $22,780 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 3,820 | $11.12 | $23,140 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 3,810 | $40.27 | $83,770 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 3,780 | $13.62 | $28,340 |
| Electricians | 3,520 | $19.96 | $41,520 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software | 3,490 | $39.49 | $82,130 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 3,390 | $38.87 | $80,860 |
| Loan officers | 3,340 | $30.99 | $64,470 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 3,140 | $15.26 | $31,730 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 3,110 | $9.03 | $18,780 |
| Medical secretaries | 3,100 | $12.75 | $26,510 |
| Tellers | 3,100 | $11.17 | $23,240 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 3,080 | $27.88 | $57,990 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 3,080 | $24.97 | $51,950 |
| Bill and account collectors | 3,000 | $14.50 | $30,160 |
| Data entry keyers | 2,920 | $13.66 | $28,400 |
| Lawyers | 2,910 | $60.19 | $125,190 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 2,890 | $37.60 | $78,210 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 2,840 | Not available | $50,290 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 2,820 | $10.13 | $21,070 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 2,780 | $18.15 | $37,760 |
| Home health aides | 2,650 | $10.36 | $21,540 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 2,590 | $25.27 | $52,570 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 2,580 | $20.35 | $42,320 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 2,560 | $15.24 | $31,690 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 2,520 | $14.10 | $29,330 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 2,470 | $14.58 | $30,330 |
| Medical assistants | 2,420 | $13.23 | $27,520 |
| Cooks, fast food | 2,350 | $8.23 | $17,120 |
| Financial managers | 2,290 | $48.96 | $101,830 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 2,270 | $8.30 | $17,260 |
| Child care workers | 2,250 | $8.70 | $18,090 |
| Dishwashers | 2,150 | $8.28 | $17,230 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 2,140 | $11.01 | $22,900 |
| Order clerks | 2,070 | $14.06 | $29,240 |
| Food preparation workers | 2,060 | $8.49 | $17,670 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 2,040 | $11.70 | $24,340 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 2,020 | $8.69 | $18,080 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 2,020 | $27.90 | $58,020 |
| Helpers--production workers | 2,020 | $10.51 | $21,870 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 2,010 | $15.96 | $33,190 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 2,010 | $12.63 | $26,270 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 1,990 | $17.04 | $35,440 |
| Dental assistants | 1,970 | $13.41 | $27,890 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 1,970 | $18.92 | $39,340 |
| Social and human service assistants | 1,970 | $12.73 | $26,480 |
| Sales managers | 1,880 | $50.73 | $105,520 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 1,830 | $20.67 | $43,000 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 1,810 | $23.09 | $48,020 |
| Driver/sales workers | 1,780 | $14.53 | $30,220 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 1,770 | $17.52 | $36,440 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 1,760 | $10.28 | $21,380 |
| Insurance sales agents | 1,750 | $26.97 | $56,100 |
| Chief executives | 1,740 | $74.96 | $155,910 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 1,740 | $29.62 | $61,610 |
| Machinists | 1,720 | $17.97 | $37,370 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 1,720 | $13.90 | $28,910 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 1,720 | Not available | $26,890 |
| Computer systems analysts | 1,710 | $32.18 | $66,930 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 1,710 | $8.83 | $18,360 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 1,670 | $19.95 | $41,500 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 1,650 | $26.68 | $55,490 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 1,630 | $16.87 | $35,080 |
| Coaches and scouts | 1,530 | Not available | $38,920 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | 1,520 | $15.37 | $31,960 |
| Management analysts | 1,520 | $30.69 | $63,840 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 1,500 | $11.45 | $23,820 |
| Public relations specialists | 1,440 | $24.54 | $51,050 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 1,430 | $23.68 | $49,250 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 1,420 | $8.94 | $18,600 |
| Financial analysts | 1,420 | $30.01 | $62,410 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 1,420 | $21.78 | $45,310 |
| Training and development specialists | 1,410 | $21.93 | $45,610 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 1,400 | $29.84 | $62,080 |
| Cost estimators | 1,360 | $26.01 | $54,100 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 1,360 | $15.32 | $31,870 |
| Graphic designers | 1,340 | $20.96 | $43,600 |
| Bartenders | 1,330 | $11.42 | $23,750 |
| Legal secretaries | 1,330 | $18.83 | $39,170 |
| Civil engineers | 1,300 | $34.15 | $71,030 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 1,300 | $9.12 | $18,970 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 1,280 | $14.83 | $30,850 |
| Mechanical engineers | 1,280 | $35.41 | $73,660 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | 1,280 | $12.49 | $25,980 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 1,270 | $24.22 | $50,380 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 1,270 | $17.86 | $37,150 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 1,260 | $10.67 | $22,190 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | 1,240 | $14.52 | $30,190 |
| Medical and health services managers | 1,240 | $42.84 | $89,120 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 1,230 | $13.81 | $28,720 |
| Managers, all other | 1,210 | $36.47 | $75,850 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 1,200 | $12.19 | $25,360 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 1,190 | $19.20 | $39,950 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 1,170 | $45.41 | $94,450 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 1,170 | $15.85 | $32,970 |
| Printing machine operators | 1,170 | $13.21 | $27,480 |
| Dental laboratory technicians | 1,160 | $15.04 | $31,280 |
| Industrial engineers | 1,160 | $37.09 | $77,160 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 1,160 | $14.83 | $30,850 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 1,130 | $14.48 | $30,120 |
| Personal financial advisors | 1,120 | $32.37 | $67,340 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 1,110 | $96.65 | $201,030 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 1,100 | $18.74 | $38,990 |
| Pharmacists | 1,080 | $46.69 | $97,110 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers | 1,080 | $8.41 | $17,500 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 1,050 | $11.10 | $23,080 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 1,020 | $20.56 | $42,770 |
| Parts salespersons | 1,020 | $17.32 | $36,030 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 1,020 | Not available | Not available |
| Sewing machine operators | 1,020 | $10.57 | $21,990 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 1,010 | $21.08 | $43,850 |
| Engineering managers | 1,010 | $51.24 | $106,580 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 1,000 | $21.75 | $45,240 |
| Advertising sales agents | 980 | $23.25 | $48,360 |
| Real estate sales agents | 980 | $32.03 | $66,630 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 970 | $16.05 | $33,380 |
| Fire fighters | 960 | $20.31 | $42,240 |
| Construction managers | 920 | $38.97 | $81,050 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 910 | $16.95 | $35,250 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary | 910 | $17.30 | $35,980 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 900 | $19.36 | $40,270 |
| Administrative services managers | 880 | $34.06 | $70,850 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 880 | $17.50 | $36,400 |
| All other information and record clerks | 870 | $15.37 | $31,980 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 860 | $17.84 | $37,100 |
| Market research analysts | 860 | $28.21 | $58,680 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 840 | $26.86 | $55,870 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 830 | $22.45 | $46,690 |
| Roofers | 820 | $17.90 | $37,240 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 800 | $13.28 | $27,630 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 800 | $14.95 | $31,100 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 790 | $14.23 | $29,590 |
| Helpers--carpenters | 790 | $11.93 | $24,820 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 790 | $22.01 | $45,770 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval | 780 | $37.19 | $77,360 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 780 | $30.88 | $64,240 |
| Personal and home care aides | 780 | $10.61 | $22,070 |
| Bakers | 770 | $12.13 | $25,220 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 770 | $9.90 | $20,580 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 770 | $9.87 | $20,540 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 740 | $26.98 | $56,120 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists | 740 | $27.61 | $57,420 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 730 | $22.24 | $46,250 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 730 | $11.59 | $24,110 |
| Instructional coordinators | 730 | $21.27 | $44,240 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 720 | $11.76 | $24,460 |
| File clerks | 720 | $11.90 | $24,750 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 720 | $28.14 | $58,530 |
| Dental hygienists | 710 | $31.04 | $64,560 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 710 | $21.43 | $44,580 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | 700 | $26.13 | $54,350 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers | 690 | $15.13 | $31,460 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 660 | $25.62 | $53,300 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 660 | $16.56 | $34,450 |
| Surveyors | 660 | $26.02 | $54,120 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 650 | $24.29 | $50,520 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 650 | $16.50 | $34,330 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 650 | $19.04 | $39,600 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 650 | $9.00 | $18,710 |
| Biological technicians | 640 | $16.23 | $33,760 |
| Interior designers | 640 | $26.94 | $56,030 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 640 | $14.55 | $30,270 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 630 | $28.47 | $59,220 |
| Sheet metal workers | 630 | $23.60 | $49,090 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 630 | $24.50 | $50,960 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 620 | $18.39 | $38,250 |
| Database administrators | 620 | $33.33 | $69,330 |
| Editors | 610 | $23.74 | $49,380 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 610 | $15.58 | $32,400 |
| Food batchmakers | 610 | $9.94 | $20,680 |
| Marketing managers | 610 | $43.47 | $90,420 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 610 | Not available | Not available |
| Tire repairers and changers | 610 | $12.02 | $25,000 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians | 600 | $25.31 | $52,640 |
| Tile and marble setters | 600 | $21.45 | $44,610 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 580 | Not available | $79,280 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 580 | $17.74 | $36,900 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 580 | $35.99 | $74,860 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | 570 | $24.64 | $51,250 |
| Computer operators | 570 | $15.09 | $31,390 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 560 | $13.15 | $27,350 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 560 | $23.58 | $49,050 |
| Structural iron and steel workers | 560 | $19.34 | $40,220 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 550 | $13.91 | $28,930 |
| Dentists, general | 550 | $52.93 | $110,100 |
| Electrical engineers | 550 | $38.17 | $79,380 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters | 540 | $15.91 | $33,090 |
| Industrial production managers | 540 | $42.83 | $89,080 |
| Plasterers and stucco masons | 540 | $13.95 | $29,010 |
| Glaziers | 530 | $17.87 | $37,180 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 530 | $17.96 | $37,350 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers | 530 | $23.63 | $49,160 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 530 | $16.07 | $33,410 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 530 | $11.70 | $24,340 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 520 | $20.45 | $42,550 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | 520 | $8.93 | $18,570 |
| Crossing guards | 510 | $10.19 | $21,190 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters | 510 | $14.82 | $30,820 |
| Physical therapists | 510 | $31.15 | $64,790 |
| Recreation workers | 510 | $11.42 | $23,750 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 500 | $9.05 | $18,830 |
| Librarians | 500 | $24.54 | $51,050 |
| Environmental engineers | 490 | Not available | Not available |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other | 490 | $19.29 | $40,120 |
| Social and community service managers | 490 | $27.73 | $57,680 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 480 | $19.39 | $40,330 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 480 | $31.25 | $64,990 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 480 | $15.26 | $31,730 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 470 | $13.10 | $27,250 |
| Travel agents | 470 | $16.21 | $33,720 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer | 460 | $41.03 | $85,340 |
| Couriers and messengers | 450 | $12.01 | $24,980 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 450 | $10.25 | $21,310 |
| Logisticians | 450 | $31.16 | $64,820 |
| Production workers, all other | 450 | $10.31 | $21,440 |
| Slaughterers and meat packers | 450 | $10.90 | $22,670 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary | 440 | $43.82 | $91,150 |
| Food service managers | 440 | $28.03 | $58,300 |
| Interpreters and translators | 440 | $20.40 | $42,430 |
| Bus drivers, school | 430 | $14.56 | $30,280 |
| Chemists | 430 | $29.70 | $61,780 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 430 | $26.75 | $55,640 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 430 | $17.96 | $37,350 |
| Operations research analysts | 430 | $26.51 | $55,130 |
| Parking lot attendants | 430 | $8.63 | $17,940 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 430 | $16.68 | $34,690 |
| Bindery workers | 420 | $10.53 | $21,900 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 420 | $12.38 | $25,750 |
| New accounts clerks | 410 | $13.80 | $28,700 |
| Procurement clerks | 410 | $16.67 | $34,680 |
| Reporters and correspondents | 410 | $27.13 | $56,430 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 400 | Not available | $42,840 |
| Protective service workers, all other | 400 | $11.83 | $24,600 |
| Job printers | 390 | $16.07 | $33,430 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 390 | $20.29 | $42,200 |
| Chemical technicians | 380 | $20.64 | $42,930 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 380 | $15.05 | $31,310 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 380 | $24.22 | $50,380 |
| Credit analysts | 380 | $28.14 | $58,520 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | 380 | $19.36 | $40,270 |
| Cargo and freight agents | 370 | $13.37 | $27,810 |
| Mechanical drafters | 370 | $22.28 | $46,330 |
| Mental health counselors | 370 | $22.51 | $46,830 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers | 370 | $14.08 | $29,290 |
| Prepress technicians and workers | 370 | $14.09 | $29,300 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | 370 | $20.54 | $42,730 |
| Medical equipment repairers | 360 | $28.19 | $58,640 |
| Respiratory therapists | 360 | $26.03 | $54,140 |
| Technical writers | 360 | $26.23 | $54,550 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers | 360 | $21.33 | $44,370 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops | 350 | $8.27 | $17,190 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 350 | $12.11 | $25,180 |
| Library technicians | 350 | $13.95 | $29,020 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | 340 | $16.38 | $34,060 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 340 | Not available | $48,370 |
| Helpers--electricians | 330 | $12.06 | $25,070 |
| Physical therapist aides | 330 | $9.35 | $19,440 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other | 330 | Not available | $72,800 |
| Producers and directors | 330 | $27.04 | $56,240 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians | 320 | $17.04 | $35,440 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers | 320 | $12.12 | $25,210 |
| Physician assistants | 320 | $44.98 | $93,550 |
| Sales and related workers, all other | 320 | $28.07 | $58,380 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 310 | $13.81 | $28,730 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | 310 | $29.64 | $61,660 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | 310 | $15.84 | $32,940 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | 300 | $24.47 | $50,900 |
| Family and general practitioners | 300 | $80.14 | $166,690 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers | 300 | $29.95 | $62,290 |
| Massage therapists | 300 | $15.40 | $32,020 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians | 300 | $22.74 | $47,290 |
| Real estate brokers | 300 | $43.55 | $90,590 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks | 290 | $18.44 | $38,360 |
| Surgical technologists | 290 | $18.72 | $38,930 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 290 | $11.58 | $24,080 |
| Broadcast technicians | 280 | $15.77 | $32,800 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary | 280 | Not available | $71,650 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 280 | $22.75 | $47,310 |
| Insurance underwriters | 280 | $27.87 | $57,970 |
| Pipelayers | 280 | $16.25 | $33,800 |
| Public relations managers | 280 | $40.79 | $84,850 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 280 | Not available | $49,990 |
| Budget analysts | 270 | $29.44 | $61,230 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health | 270 | $19.52 | $40,610 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers | 270 | $21.13 | $43,940 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors | 270 | $27.79 | $57,810 |
| Medical appliance technicians | 270 | $13.41 | $27,900 |
| Training and development managers | 270 | $40.78 | $84,820 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 260 | $14.50 | $30,160 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic | 260 | $14.11 | $29,350 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other | 250 | $19.59 | $40,750 |
| Postal service clerks | 250 | Not available | Not available |
| Purchasing managers | 240 | $42.54 | $88,490 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 240 | $28.41 | $59,090 |
| Telephone operators | 240 | $12.57 | $26,150 |
| Financial examiners | 230 | $33.71 | $70,110 |
| Helpers--roofers | 230 | $13.07 | $27,190 |
| Multi-media artists and animators | 230 | $28.07 | $58,400 |
| Musicians and singers | 230 | Not available | Not available |
| Photographers | 230 | $17.16 | $35,700 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood | 230 | $15.69 | $32,640 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary | 220 | Not available | Not available |
| Biomedical engineers | 220 | $36.82 | $76,580 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 220 | $30.27 | $62,970 |
| Floral designers | 220 | $12.78 | $26,580 |
| Office machine operators, except computer | 220 | $14.58 | $30,320 |
| Engineers, all other | 210 | $36.46 | $75,850 |
| Environmental engineering technicians | 210 | $19.41 | $40,380 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | 210 | $10.67 | $22,200 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 210 | $16.91 | $35,170 |
| Radio and television announcers | 210 | $28.07 | $58,390 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 210 | Not available | $42,190 |
| Home appliance repairers | 200 | $21.61 | $44,940 |
| Human resources managers, all other | 200 | $41.05 | $85,380 |
| Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall | 200 | $14.84 | $30,880 |
| Loan counselors | 200 | $18.51 | $38,510 |
| Materials engineers | 200 | $36.46 | $75,840 |
| Natural sciences managers | 200 | $44.42 | $92,390 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders | 200 | $14.67 | $30,500 |
| Airfield operations specialists | 190 | $19.80 | $41,190 |
| Compensation and benefits managers | 190 | $41.48 | $86,280 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators | 190 | $31.28 | $65,070 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators | 190 | $17.65 | $36,710 |
| Industrial engineering technicians | 190 | $22.18 | $46,140 |
| Service station attendants | 190 | $10.46 | $21,750 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | 190 | $19.96 | $41,510 |
| Financial specialists, all other | 180 | Not available | Not available |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers | 180 | $37.10 | $77,160 |
| Material moving workers, all other | 180 | $16.58 | $34,490 |
| Meeting and convention planners | 180 | $25.38 | $52,790 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary | 180 | Not available | $63,820 |
| Photographic processing machine operators | 180 | $10.67 | $22,190 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 180 | $16.32 | $33,940 |
| Urban and regional planners | 180 | $27.76 | $57,750 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | 180 | $9.08 | $18,880 |
| Commercial and industrial designers | 170 | $29.06 | $60,450 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | 170 | $24.29 | $50,530 |
| Grounds maintenance workers, all other | 170 | $10.38 | $21,590 |
| Law clerks | 170 | $17.44 | $36,270 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other | 170 | $22.98 | $47,800 |
| Medical equipment preparers | 170 | $13.56 | $28,210 |
| Meter readers, utilities | 170 | $15.65 | $32,560 |
| Microbiologists | 170 | $26.12 | $54,330 |
| Occupational therapists | 170 | $30.75 | $63,960 |
| Painters, transportation equipment | 170 | $17.10 | $35,560 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 170 | $18.94 | $39,400 |
| Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 170 | $10.65 | $22,140 |
| Art directors | 160 | $36.09 | $75,070 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | 160 | $27.76 | $57,730 |
| Electro-mechanical technicians | 160 | $22.17 | $46,110 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 160 | $14.36 | $29,860 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 160 | $18.16 | $37,770 |
| Actors | 150 | $15.69 | Not available |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 150 | $14.61 | $30,390 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 150 | Not available | Not available |
| Fiberglass laminators and fabricators | 150 | $12.92 | $26,870 |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other | 150 | $27.97 | $58,170 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other | 150 | $17.27 | $35,930 |
| Rotary drill operators, oil and gas | 150 | $24.05 | $50,030 |
| Veterinarians | 150 | $33.15 | $68,950 |
| Writers and authors | 150 | $45.01 | $93,620 |
| Advertising and promotions managers | 140 | $46.03 | $95,750 |
| Biochemists and biophysicists | 140 | $28.79 | $59,870 |
| Etchers and engravers | 140 | $14.68 | $30,530 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 140 | $11.03 | $22,950 |
| Lodging managers | 140 | $30.66 | $63,780 |
| Millwrights | 140 | $21.50 | $44,720 |
| Tool and die makers | 140 | $22.30 | $46,380 |
| Media and communication equipment workers, all other | 130 | $27.39 | $56,970 |
| Occupational health and safety technicians | 130 | $22.24 | $46,260 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 130 | $14.46 | $30,070 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators | 130 | $26.67 | $55,480 |
| Statisticians | 130 | $27.64 | $57,500 |
| Survey researchers | 130 | $12.28 | $25,550 |
| Tax preparers | 130 | $19.17 | $39,880 |
| Tour guides and escorts | 130 | $14.09 | $29,310 |
| Transportation attendants, except flight attendants and baggage porters | 130 | $10.44 | $21,720 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 130 | $14.81 | $30,800 |
| Aerospace engineers | 120 | $40.32 | $83,860 |
| Biological scientists, all other | 120 | $28.39 | $59,050 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians | 120 | $23.06 | $47,960 |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders | 120 | $17.30 | $35,990 |
| Chemistry teachers, postsecondary | 120 | Not available | Not available |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary | 120 | Not available | $77,870 |
| Earth drillers, except oil and gas | 120 | $24.94 | $51,880 |
| Furniture finishers | 120 | $19.21 | $39,950 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 120 | $12.63 | $26,270 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents | 120 | Not available | Not available |
| Transportation inspectors | 120 | $31.20 | $64,900 |
| Communications teachers, postsecondary | 110 | Not available | $50,770 |
| Computer and information scientists, research | 110 | $34.87 | $72,530 |
| Desktop publishers | 110 | $19.93 | $41,450 |
| Film and video editors | 110 | $23.01 | $47,870 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other | 110 | $19.17 | $39,870 |
| Pharmacy aides | 110 | $9.64 | $20,050 |
| Recreational therapists | 110 | $16.95 | $35,260 |
| Special education teachers, middle school | 110 | Not available | $54,270 |
| Surgeons | 110 | $102.56 | $213,320 |
| Umpires, referees, and other sports officials | 110 | Not available | $21,840 |
| Concierges | 100 | $11.55 | $24,020 |
| Dancers | 100 | $15.82 | Not available |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | 100 | $16.81 | $34,970 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters | 100 | $25.36 | $52,740 |
| Forensic science technicians | 100 | $20.73 | $43,120 |
| Health educators | 100 | $22.56 | $46,920 |
| Physical scientists, all other | 100 | $37.52 | $78,030 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary | 100 | Not available | Not available |
| Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers | 90 | $36.00 | $74,880 |
| Cartographers and photogrammetrists | 90 | $25.88 | $53,840 |
| Chemical engineers | 90 | $42.98 | $89,390 |
| Crane and tower operators | 90 | $24.85 | $51,680 |
| Dietetic technicians | 90 | $12.36 | $25,700 |
| Education administrators, all other | 90 | $36.29 | $75,490 |
| Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers | 90 | $13.89 | $28,890 |
| Pest control workers | 90 | $17.74 | $36,900 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders | 90 | $14.69 | $30,560 |
| Animal control workers | 80 | $15.38 | $31,990 |
| Economists | 80 | $30.37 | $63,180 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary | 80 | Not available | $59,100 |
| Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators | 80 | $19.77 | $41,130 |
| Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 80 | Not available | $50,100 |
| Legislators | 80 | Not available | $33,080 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists | 80 | $30.36 | $63,150 |
| Occupational therapist assistants | 80 | $20.07 | $41,740 |
| Sales engineers | 80 | $48.37 | $100,620 |
| Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture | 70 | $25.61 | $53,260 |
| Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders | 70 | $14.58 | $30,330 |
| Clergy | 70 | $17.91 | $37,240 |
| Emergency management specialists | 70 | $28.26 | $58,770 |
| Funeral directors | 70 | $38.53 | $80,140 |
| Landscape architects | 70 | $27.79 | $57,800 |
| Parking enforcement workers | 70 | $14.45 | $30,060 |
| Proofreaders and copy markers | 70 | $17.50 | $36,410 |
| Psychiatrists | 70 | $67.72 | $140,860 |
| Athletic trainers | 60 | Not available | $40,880 |
| Atmospheric and space scientists | 60 | $39.09 | $81,300 |
| Commercial pilots | 60 | Not available | $58,340 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders | 60 | $15.26 | $31,750 |
| Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles | 60 | $14.46 | $30,080 |
| Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 60 | $14.20 | $29,540 |
| Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates | 60 | $45.73 | $95,110 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 60 | $13.32 | $27,700 |
| Motion picture projectionists | 60 | $11.63 | $24,190 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other | 60 | $11.54 | $24,000 |
| Actuaries | 50 | $37.46 | $77,920 |
| Aircraft cargo handling supervisors | 50 | $16.14 | $33,580 |
| Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders | 50 | $12.49 | $25,980 |
| Correspondence clerks | 50 | $14.45 | $30,050 |
| Cutters and trimmers, hand | 50 | $12.24 | $25,450 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand | 50 | $11.29 | $23,490 |
| Hydrologists | 50 | $36.12 | $75,130 |
| Legal support workers, all other | 50 | $21.56 | $44,840 |
| Recreational vehicle service technicians | 50 | $18.69 | $38,870 |
| Archivists | 40 | $19.14 | $39,810 |
| Materials scientists | 40 | $38.99 | $81,100 |
| Numerical tool and process control programmers | 40 | $22.19 | $46,150 |
| Radiation therapists | 40 | $36.31 | $75,510 |
| Sociology teachers, postsecondary | 40 | Not available | $50,300 |
| Sound engineering technicians | 40 | $23.68 | $49,260 |
| Traffic technicians | 40 | $19.46 | $40,480 |
| Vocational education teachers, middle school | 40 | Not available | $39,890 |
| Audiologists | 30 | $28.34 | $58,940 |
| Brokerage clerks | 30 | $16.97 | $35,290 |
| Museum technicians and conservators | 30 | $14.19 | $29,520 |
| Podiatrists | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products | 30 | $22.79 | $47,410 |
| Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes | Not available | $18.51 | $38,510 |
| Athletes and sports competitors | Not available | Not available | $62,290 |
| Avionics technicians | Not available | $21.49 | $44,710 |
| Bicycle repairers | Not available | $12.43 | $25,850 |
| Broadcast news analysts | Not available | $31.62 | $65,780 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity | Not available | $14.78 | $30,750 |
| Chiropractors | Not available | $21.61 | $44,940 |
| Choreographers | Not available | $22.78 | $47,380 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers | Not available | $9.69 | $20,160 |
| Computer specialists, all other | Not available | $32.20 | $66,970 |
| Conservation scientists | Not available | $26.60 | $55,320 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door | Not available | $22.12 | $46,000 |
| Cooks, short order | Not available | $8.46 | $17,600 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other | Not available | $15.68 | $32,610 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers | Not available | $18.71 | $38,910 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers | Not available | $25.49 | $53,020 |
| Fence erectors | Not available | $14.21 | $29,560 |
| Floor layers, except carpet, wood, and hard tiles | Not available | $16.52 | $34,350 |
| Foundry mold and coremakers | Not available | $16.85 | $35,060 |
| Geological and petroleum technicians | Not available | $24.94 | $51,870 |
| Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons | Not available | $9.38 | $19,510 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other | Not available | $14.33 | $29,810 |
| Historians | Not available | $26.43 | $54,980 |
| Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants | Not available | $8.58 | $17,840 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers | Not available | $20.29 | $42,190 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers | Not available | $12.62 | $26,260 |
| Medical transcriptionists | Not available | $16.01 | $33,290 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists | Not available | $100.24 | $208,490 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians | Not available | $11.47 | $23,860 |
| Optometrists | Not available | $63.53 | $132,130 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics | Not available | $16.63 | $34,580 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | Not available | $16.73 | $34,790 |
| Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers | Not available | $29.57 | $61,500 |
| Photographic process workers | Not available | $12.17 | $25,310 |
| Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other | Not available | $19.68 | $40,930 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | Not available | $9.78 | $20,350 |
| Reinforcing iron and rebar workers | Not available | $22.80 | $47,420 |
| Residential advisors | Not available | $8.90 | $18,500 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners | Not available | $13.85 | $28,810 |
| Set and exhibit designers | Not available | $20.41 | $42,440 |
| Sewers, hand | Not available | $11.24 | $23,370 |
| Skin care specialists | Not available | $16.75 | $34,840 |
| Social science research assistants | Not available | $13.62 | $28,330 |
| Social workers, all other | Not available | $20.05 | $41,690 |
| Stonemasons | Not available | $18.04 | $37,530 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers | Not available | $10.78 | $22,410 |
| Transportation workers, all other | Not available | $12.09 | $25,150 |
| Upholsterers | Not available | $15.17 | $31,550 |
| Word processors and typists | Not available | $18.15 | $37,760 |
