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, construction trades, all other |
Not available |
$14.33 |
$29,810 |
| Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons |
Not available |
$9.38 |
$19,510 |
| 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 |
