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 | 842,050 | $17.30 | $35,980 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 157,330 | $13.98 | $29,090 |
| Sales and related occupations | 90,310 | $14.30 | $29,740 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 82,500 | $8.67 | $18,030 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 58,170 | $21.57 | $44,860 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 50,400 | $13.14 | $27,320 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 45,210 | $29.76 | $61,890 |
| Production occupations | 43,360 | $13.13 | $27,310 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 42,460 | $15.07 | $31,350 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 37,030 | $26.89 | $55,930 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 35,950 | $16.63 | $34,600 |
| Management occupations | 32,980 | $42.88 | $89,200 |
| Retail salespersons | 29,110 | $10.86 | $22,590 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 28,580 | $9.87 | $20,530 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 28,420 | $8.57 | $17,820 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 25,470 | $7.82 | $16,270 |
| Customer service representatives | 25,340 | $12.59 | $26,200 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 25,060 | $11.17 | $23,220 |
| Cashiers | 22,720 | $8.34 | $17,340 |
| Protective service occupations | 21,800 | $17.08 | $35,530 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 18,310 | $30.44 | $63,310 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 17,100 | $7.94 | $16,520 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 15,860 | $12.87 | $26,780 |
| Office clerks, general | 15,700 | $11.33 | $23,570 |
| Registered nurses | 14,160 | $29.05 | $60,420 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 14,050 | $9.57 | $19,910 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 13,120 | $29.32 | $60,990 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 12,650 | Not available | $47,990 |
| Personal and home care aides | 12,550 | $7.02 | $14,590 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 11,380 | $10.59 | $22,020 |
| General and operations managers | 11,110 | $47.37 | $98,520 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 10,190 | $14.67 | $30,520 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 9,920 | $18.05 | $37,550 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 9,780 | $10.58 | $22,000 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 9,360 | $22.21 | $46,190 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 9,180 | $16.69 | $34,710 |
| Construction laborers | 9,080 | $10.73 | $22,320 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 8,990 | $21.26 | $44,210 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 8,840 | $13.35 | $27,770 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 8,830 | $10.08 | $20,960 |
| Community and social services occupations | 8,150 | $19.06 | $39,650 |
| Teacher assistants | 8,020 | Not available | $18,760 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 7,930 | $18.82 | $39,140 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 7,780 | $10.69 | $22,230 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 7,700 | $25.54 | $53,110 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 7,610 | Not available | $51,140 |
| Security guards | 7,410 | $11.23 | $23,370 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 7,260 | $13.41 | $27,900 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 7,130 | $8.52 | $17,720 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 6,840 | $28.47 | $59,210 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 6,470 | $29.92 | $62,240 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 6,130 | Not available | $49,000 |
| Accountants and auditors | 6,030 | $27.66 | $57,530 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 5,990 | $12.51 | $26,010 |
| Legal occupations | 5,980 | $37.32 | $77,620 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 5,850 | $18.30 | $38,070 |
| Home health aides | 5,370 | $8.41 | $17,490 |
| Food preparation workers | 5,350 | $7.81 | $16,240 |
| Team assemblers | 5,350 | $11.83 | $24,610 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 5,240 | $10.52 | $21,870 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 4,940 | $9.97 | $20,750 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 4,850 | $23.06 | $47,960 |
| Medical assistants | 4,800 | $11.74 | $24,430 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 4,440 | $14.68 | $30,530 |
| Tellers | 3,970 | $12.03 | $25,030 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 3,960 | Not available | $28,410 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 3,810 | $17.56 | $36,530 |
| Bill and account collectors | 3,800 | $12.98 | $27,000 |
| Computer support specialists | 3,680 | $20.90 | $43,480 |
| Electricians | 3,660 | $17.56 | $36,530 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 3,650 | $7.59 | $15,800 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 3,540 | $19.38 | $40,310 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 3,540 | $12.80 | $26,630 |
| Child care workers | 3,530 | $7.96 | $16,550 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 3,500 | $24.01 | $49,950 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 3,460 | $10.41 | $21,660 |
| Carpenters | 3,380 | $15.23 | $31,690 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 3,260 | $22.54 | $46,880 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 3,210 | $14.36 | $29,860 |
| Bus drivers, school | 3,140 | $10.64 | $22,130 |
| Bartenders | 3,120 | $8.69 | $18,080 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 3,100 | $12.12 | $25,200 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 3,090 | $13.94 | $28,990 |
| Lawyers | 3,070 | $51.88 | $107,900 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 3,060 | $22.87 | $47,560 |
| Computer systems analysts | 3,040 | $31.51 | $65,540 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 2,930 | $25.10 | $52,200 |
| Correctional officers and jailers | 2,890 | $16.03 | $33,340 |
| Dishwashers | 2,860 | $7.76 | $16,150 |
| Driver/sales workers | 2,800 | $11.34 | $23,580 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 2,790 | $19.33 | $40,210 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 2,710 | $11.17 | $23,230 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 2,690 | $35.83 | $74,530 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 2,660 | $7.86 | $16,350 |
| Medical secretaries | 2,630 | $12.21 | $25,410 |
| Management analysts | 2,600 | $29.85 | $62,090 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 2,590 | $16.87 | $35,090 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 2,590 | $7.54 | $15,680 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 2,540 | $9.02 | $18,760 |
| Cooks, fast food | 2,450 | $7.39 | $15,370 |
| Fire fighters | 2,400 | $22.59 | $47,000 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 2,350 | $8.25 | $17,160 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians | 2,320 | $19.59 | $40,750 |
| Civil engineers | 2,260 | $31.50 | $65,520 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 2,180 | $11.32 | $23,550 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 2,150 | $12.39 | $25,760 |
| Financial managers | 2,140 | $52.14 | $108,460 |
| Helpers--production workers | 2,130 | $8.95 | $18,610 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 2,110 | $27.03 | $56,210 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 2,100 | $64.53 | $134,210 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 2,010 | $15.79 | $32,840 |
| Construction managers | 2,000 | $31.85 | $66,250 |
| Logisticians | 1,970 | $20.45 | $42,540 |
| Pharmacists | 1,960 | $52.22 | $108,620 |
| Dental assistants | 1,920 | $13.99 | $29,090 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 1,910 | $9.65 | $20,070 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 1,890 | $16.63 | $34,600 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 1,870 | $14.99 | $31,180 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | 1,860 | $14.05 | $29,230 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 1,860 | $8.39 | $17,460 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 1,860 | $29.00 | $60,330 |
| All other information and record clerks | 1,820 | $15.37 | $31,980 |
| Insurance sales agents | 1,790 | $22.60 | $47,020 |
| Data entry keyers | 1,760 | $11.59 | $24,110 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 1,760 | $13.45 | $27,970 |
| Graduate teaching assistants | 1,750 | Not available | $29,710 |
| Computer programmers | 1,740 | $33.80 | $70,300 |
| Administrative services managers | 1,720 | $37.24 | $77,450 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary | 1,700 | Not available | $128,840 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 1,690 | Not available | Not available |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 1,680 | $10.49 | $21,810 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 1,680 | $33.01 | $68,660 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 1,650 | $21.42 | $44,550 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | 1,650 | $16.47 | $34,260 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 1,620 | $25.50 | $53,050 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 1,600 | Not available | $72,180 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 1,550 | $12.86 | $26,750 |
| Public relations specialists | 1,550 | $26.48 | $55,080 |
| Medical and health services managers | 1,540 | $41.84 | $87,020 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 1,540 | $30.93 | $64,340 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 1,520 | $16.68 | $34,690 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 1,510 | $19.82 | $41,230 |
| Parts salespersons | 1,510 | $13.79 | $28,670 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 1,500 | $11.92 | $24,790 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 1,500 | $10.24 | $21,310 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks | 1,480 | $15.90 | $33,070 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity | 1,470 | $16.76 | $34,850 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 1,470 | $16.10 | $33,480 |
| Sales managers | 1,450 | $45.56 | $94,750 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | 1,440 | $14.60 | $30,370 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 1,440 | $10.14 | $21,090 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 1,430 | $24.06 | $50,050 |
| File clerks | 1,420 | $12.59 | $26,180 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 1,420 | $8.43 | $17,520 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 1,400 | $29.75 | $61,880 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 1,400 | $30.52 | $63,490 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | 1,390 | $7.86 | $16,350 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 1,390 | Not available | $48,470 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters | 1,370 | $14.17 | $29,480 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary | 1,370 | $25.18 | $52,380 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software | 1,360 | $36.57 | $76,070 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 1,350 | $17.05 | $35,460 |
| Instructional coordinators | 1,310 | $26.86 | $55,880 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 1,310 | $14.14 | $29,410 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 1,300 | $24.34 | $50,630 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 1,280 | $15.53 | $32,310 |
| Personal financial advisors | 1,270 | $31.82 | $66,190 |
| Loan officers | 1,260 | $31.54 | $65,610 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 1,250 | $20.01 | $41,620 |
| Machinists | 1,230 | $13.34 | $27,760 |
| Computer specialists, all other | 1,220 | $35.09 | $72,980 |
| Food service managers | 1,220 | $23.91 | $49,730 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 1,210 | $24.05 | $50,020 |
| Market research analysts | 1,200 | $30.88 | $64,230 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 1,200 | $14.86 | $30,910 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 1,200 | $10.47 | $21,790 |
| Real estate sales agents | 1,180 | $24.52 | $51,000 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 1,170 | $16.12 | $33,520 |
| Order clerks | 1,150 | $12.49 | $25,980 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 1,140 | $14.49 | $30,140 |
| Managers, all other | 1,130 | $47.26 | $98,300 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 1,120 | $19.16 | $39,860 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 1,120 | $15.46 | $32,160 |
| Cost estimators | 1,110 | $24.81 | $51,600 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 1,110 | $8.71 | $18,120 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 1,100 | $53.05 | $110,350 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators | 1,100 | $29.32 | $60,980 |
| Training and development specialists | 1,100 | $23.15 | $48,160 |
| Financial analysts | 1,090 | $25.58 | $53,220 |
| Engineers, all other | 1,080 | $43.08 | $89,610 |
| Printing machine operators | 1,080 | $15.19 | $31,600 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 1,070 | $24.94 | $51,880 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 1,060 | $20.55 | $42,750 |
| Graphic designers | 1,060 | $22.58 | $46,960 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 1,060 | $9.11 | $18,950 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 1,050 | $13.71 | $28,520 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 1,040 | $16.81 | $34,960 |
| Service station attendants | 1,040 | $9.18 | $19,100 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers | 1,030 | $14.87 | $30,940 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 1,030 | $29.94 | $62,280 |
| Sales and related workers, all other | 1,010 | $13.33 | $27,720 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 1,000 | $18.17 | $37,800 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 1,000 | $13.02 | $27,070 |
| Legal secretaries | 1,000 | $18.48 | $38,440 |
| Helpers--electricians | 990 | $11.91 | $24,780 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 980 | $18.42 | $38,310 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 980 | $17.57 | $36,540 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 970 | Not available | Not available |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 950 | $12.47 | $25,940 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 950 | $30.63 | $63,710 |
| Recreation workers | 950 | $10.13 | $21,080 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 950 | $23.21 | $48,280 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 940 | $23.73 | $49,360 |
| Dental hygienists | 920 | $30.66 | $63,770 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 900 | $9.46 | $19,670 |
| Physical therapists | 900 | $39.12 | $81,380 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers | 890 | $14.26 | $29,660 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 890 | $9.30 | $19,350 |
| Chief executives | 870 | $77.70 | $161,620 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 860 | $13.22 | $27,510 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 860 | Not available | $50,100 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 840 | $20.49 | $42,620 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 840 | $22.92 | $47,680 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 830 | $17.83 | $37,090 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 830 | $17.54 | $36,490 |
| Respiratory therapists | 830 | $22.65 | $47,100 |
| Database administrators | 820 | $30.10 | $62,610 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other | 810 | Not available | Not available |
| Librarians | 810 | $25.62 | $53,300 |
| Parking lot attendants | 790 | $8.52 | $17,720 |
| Sewing machine operators | 780 | $8.14 | $16,940 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 770 | $15.33 | $31,890 |
| Manicurists and pedicurists | 750 | $8.38 | $17,440 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval | 740 | $31.22 | $64,940 |
| Occupational therapists | 740 | $35.29 | $73,400 |
| Surgical technologists | 740 | $16.87 | $35,090 |
| Travel agents | 740 | $13.93 | $28,970 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 720 | $11.66 | $24,250 |
| Insurance underwriters | 720 | $26.40 | $54,910 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 710 | Not available | $44,180 |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists | 710 | $16.53 | $34,390 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 710 | $12.86 | $26,740 |
| Financial specialists, all other | 700 | $24.99 | $51,980 |
| Marketing managers | 690 | $50.20 | $104,420 |
| Sheet metal workers | 690 | $17.79 | $36,990 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 680 | $15.23 | $31,680 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer | 680 | $39.94 | $83,070 |
| Painters, transportation equipment | 680 | $14.54 | $30,250 |
| Procurement clerks | 680 | $16.97 | $35,300 |
| Social and human service assistants | 670 | $12.03 | $25,020 |
| Advertising sales agents | 660 | $26.99 | $56,150 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 660 | $11.97 | $24,900 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 660 | $28.71 | $59,720 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 660 | $13.34 | $27,750 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | 660 | $10.64 | $22,130 |
| Engine and other machine assemblers | 640 | $15.66 | $32,580 |
| Roofers | 640 | $13.51 | $28,110 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 630 | Not available | Not available |
| Word processors and typists | 630 | $14.96 | $31,110 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other | 620 | $23.62 | $49,120 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 620 | $11.45 | $23,810 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 610 | $13.48 | $28,050 |
| Mechanical engineers | 610 | $31.20 | $64,890 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | 600 | $18.32 | $38,100 |
| Engineering managers | 600 | $54.39 | $113,130 |
| Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other | 600 | $10.09 | $20,990 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 600 | $12.31 | $25,600 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers | 600 | $20.13 | $41,860 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 600 | $16.23 | $33,750 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 580 | $19.31 | $40,160 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 580 | $15.10 | $31,410 |
| Food batchmakers | 580 | $9.42 | $19,590 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials | 580 | $8.45 | $17,580 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 570 | $14.00 | $29,120 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians | 570 | $10.66 | $22,170 |
| Special education teachers, middle school | 570 | Not available | $49,180 |
| Helpers--carpenters | 560 | $10.49 | $21,810 |
| Social and community service managers | 560 | $24.94 | $51,880 |
| Dentists, general | 550 | $61.06 | $127,010 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | 550 | $9.52 | $19,800 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 540 | Not available | $48,080 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 540 | $24.10 | $50,120 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 530 | $12.55 | $26,110 |
| Industrial production managers | 530 | $47.00 | $97,760 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 530 | $13.70 | $28,490 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 530 | $16.17 | $33,630 |
| Electrical engineers | 520 | $40.23 | $83,680 |
| New accounts clerks | 520 | $15.54 | $32,310 |
| Glaziers | 510 | $12.12 | $25,220 |
| Budget analysts | 500 | $30.92 | $64,320 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | 500 | $13.73 | $28,560 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other | 490 | $15.72 | $32,710 |
| Coaches and scouts | 480 | Not available | $30,270 |
| Massage therapists | 470 | $17.39 | $36,170 |
| Plasterers and stucco masons | 470 | $16.25 | $33,810 |
| Bakers | 460 | $11.50 | $23,920 |
| Cargo and freight agents | 460 | $19.52 | $40,610 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 460 | $26.18 | $54,440 |
| Office machine operators, except computer | 460 | $11.00 | $22,880 |
| Pipelayers | 460 | $12.83 | $26,700 |
| Industrial engineers | 450 | $34.09 | $70,910 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 450 | $10.97 | $22,820 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers | 450 | $9.76 | $20,310 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 450 | $14.89 | $30,970 |
| Technical writers | 450 | $24.59 | $51,140 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 450 | $10.99 | $22,850 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 450 | $39.78 | $82,740 |
| Cooks, short order | 440 | $9.89 | $20,560 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers | 430 | $14.16 | $29,450 |
| Editors | 430 | $22.90 | $47,620 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters | 420 | $11.32 | $23,540 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary | 410 | Not available | $53,470 |
| Computer operators | 400 | $17.34 | $36,080 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary | 400 | $40.01 | $83,210 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 390 | $11.66 | $24,260 |
| Photographers | 390 | $10.76 | $22,380 |
| Physical therapist aides | 390 | $10.05 | $20,900 |
| Family and general practitioners | 380 | $67.40 | $140,190 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary | 370 | Not available | $74,720 |
| Chemical technicians | 370 | $17.72 | $36,850 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | 370 | $24.33 | $50,610 |
| Interior designers | 370 | $18.21 | $37,870 |
| Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers | 360 | $18.24 | $37,940 |
| Pest control workers | 360 | $15.42 | $32,070 |
| Private detectives and investigators | 360 | $25.81 | $53,690 |
| Structural iron and steel workers | 360 | $15.31 | $31,840 |
| Crossing guards | 350 | $10.55 | $21,950 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers | 350 | $15.42 | $32,080 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 350 | $11.34 | $23,600 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 350 | $28.71 | $59,720 |
| Aerospace engineers | 340 | $36.74 | $76,420 |
| Couriers and messengers | 340 | $11.88 | $24,700 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 340 | Not available | $54,790 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health | 340 | $17.86 | $37,150 |
| Pharmacy aides | 340 | $10.73 | $22,320 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks | 330 | $12.46 | $25,910 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | 330 | $27.02 | $56,210 |
| Veterinarians | 330 | $52.76 | $109,750 |
| Chemists | 320 | $29.23 | $60,800 |
| Computer and information scientists, research | 320 | $40.68 | $84,610 |
| Postal service clerks | 320 | Not available | Not available |
| Tile and marble setters | 320 | $11.83 | $24,610 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | 310 | $26.04 | $54,170 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians | 310 | $24.41 | $50,770 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 300 | $11.98 | $24,920 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | 300 | $22.30 | $46,380 |
| Library technicians | 300 | $13.39 | $27,850 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders | 300 | $11.18 | $23,260 |
| Surveyors | 300 | $21.82 | $45,390 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents | 300 | $27.37 | $56,930 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | 290 | $19.50 | $40,550 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators | 290 | $14.11 | $29,350 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other | 290 | $17.46 | $36,320 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other | 290 | $18.48 | $38,440 |
| Meeting and convention planners | 290 | $21.20 | $44,100 |
| Social workers, all other | 290 | $22.30 | $46,390 |
| Tax preparers | 290 | $16.10 | $33,490 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | 290 | $12.43 | $25,850 |
| Brokerage clerks | 280 | $20.16 | $41,940 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders | 280 | $13.15 | $27,340 |
| Credit analysts | 280 | $28.26 | $58,780 |
| Health educators | 280 | $19.90 | $41,380 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other | 280 | $18.23 | $37,920 |
| Mechanical drafters | 280 | $21.22 | $44,150 |
| Residential advisors | 280 | $10.50 | $21,840 |
| Social scientists and related workers, all other | 280 | $37.41 | $77,810 |
| Tour guides and escorts | 280 | $10.35 | $21,520 |
| Avionics technicians | 270 | $20.88 | $43,430 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops | 270 | $9.14 | $19,010 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | 270 | $28.95 | $60,210 |
| Mental health counselors | 270 | $23.26 | $48,390 |
| Physician assistants | 270 | $40.05 | $83,300 |
| Producers and directors | 270 | $31.85 | $66,250 |
| Purchasing managers | 270 | $48.05 | $99,940 |
| Reporters and correspondents | 270 | $17.89 | $37,210 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary | 260 | Not available | $63,520 |
| Medical equipment repairers | 260 | $15.43 | $32,100 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists | 260 | $44.09 | $91,700 |
| Prepress technicians and workers | 260 | $15.38 | $31,980 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood | 260 | $11.20 | $23,290 |
| Biological technicians | 250 | $19.95 | $41,490 |
| Compensation and benefits managers | 250 | $44.36 | $92,280 |
| Counselors, all other | 250 | $27.06 | $56,290 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | 250 | $16.62 | $34,580 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers | 250 | $14.55 | $30,270 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 250 | $10.87 | $22,610 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers | 250 | $50.74 | $105,540 |
| Lodging managers | 250 | $26.82 | $55,780 |
| Medical equipment preparers | 250 | $12.61 | $26,230 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers | 250 | $16.98 | $35,320 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 240 | $11.24 | $23,390 |
| Floral designers | 240 | $12.28 | $25,540 |
| Graders and sorters, agricultural products | 240 | $7.09 | $14,750 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 240 | $12.83 | $26,680 |
| Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other | 240 | $22.16 | $46,090 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary | 240 | Not available | $69,560 |
| Sales engineers | 240 | $41.46 | $86,240 |
| Broadcast technicians | 230 | $15.21 | $31,630 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 230 | $29.39 | $61,120 |
| Financial examiners | 230 | $33.02 | $68,690 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | 230 | $18.90 | $39,310 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians | 220 | $16.33 | $33,960 |
| Derrick operators, oil and gas | 220 | $17.17 | $35,720 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 220 | $20.93 | $43,540 |
| Forensic science technicians | 220 | $17.22 | $35,820 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand | 220 | $11.54 | $24,000 |
| Musicians and singers | 220 | $16.17 | Not available |
| Operations research analysts | 220 | $32.89 | $68,420 |
| Production workers, all other | 220 | $11.51 | $23,940 |
| Respiratory therapy technicians | 220 | $21.36 | $44,420 |
| Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 220 | $14.88 | $30,960 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other | 210 | $19.93 | $41,460 |
| Law clerks | 210 | $20.37 | $42,380 |
| Legal support workers, all other | 210 | $23.64 | $49,160 |
| Loan counselors | 210 | $17.43 | $36,250 |
| Occupational therapist assistants | 210 | $30.35 | $63,130 |
| Public relations managers | 210 | $40.35 | $83,930 |
| Real estate brokers | 210 | $27.77 | $57,750 |
| Bindery workers | 200 | $12.74 | $26,490 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians | 200 | $23.34 | $48,550 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 200 | $14.82 | $30,820 |
| Cutters and trimmers, hand | 200 | $8.56 | $17,800 |
| Environmental engineers | 200 | $37.58 | $78,160 |
| Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 200 | Not available | $52,280 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other | 200 | $10.35 | $21,520 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary | 200 | Not available | $59,770 |
| Advertising and promotions managers | 190 | $37.27 | $77,520 |
| Area, ethnic, and cultural studies teachers, postsecondary | 190 | Not available | $40,810 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary | 190 | Not available | $71,270 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders | 190 | $10.12 | $21,050 |
| Funeral attendants | 190 | $8.15 | $16,960 |
| Human resources managers, all other | 190 | $47.50 | $98,790 |
| Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates | 190 | $32.95 | $68,540 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary | 190 | Not available | $60,780 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 190 | $12.47 | $25,930 |
| Pediatricians, general | 190 | $75.67 | $157,400 |
| Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers | 190 | $18.70 | $38,900 |
| Protective service workers, all other | 190 | $12.30 | $25,580 |
| Urban and regional planners | 190 | $24.14 | $50,210 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors | 180 | $22.30 | $46,390 |
| Communications teachers, postsecondary | 180 | Not available | $42,660 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | 180 | $17.08 | $35,520 |
| Crane and tower operators | 180 | $20.19 | $42,000 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 180 | $16.43 | $34,170 |
| Industrial engineering technicians | 180 | $21.46 | $44,630 |
| Meter readers, utilities | 180 | $12.43 | $25,860 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers | 180 | $11.20 | $23,290 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers | 180 | $11.61 | $24,150 |
| Photographic processing machine operators | 170 | $9.97 | $20,730 |
| Vocational education teachers, middle school | 170 | Not available | $48,180 |
| Anesthesiologists | 160 | $99.83 | $207,640 |
| Carpet installers | 160 | $13.49 | $28,070 |
| Desktop publishers | 160 | $15.95 | $33,180 |
| Insulation workers, mechanical | 160 | $15.22 | $31,650 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic | 160 | $12.57 | $26,150 |
| Podiatrists | 160 | Not available | Not available |
| Service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining | 160 | $17.56 | $36,530 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators | 160 | $16.09 | $33,460 |
| Art directors | 150 | $29.69 | $61,740 |
| Court reporters | 150 | $29.29 | $60,920 |
| Dental laboratory technicians | 150 | $16.33 | $33,970 |
| Environmental engineering technicians | 150 | $18.35 | $38,170 |
| History teachers, postsecondary | 150 | Not available | $56,870 |
| Education administrators, all other | 140 | $28.35 | $58,970 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 140 | $33.76 | $70,220 |
| Funeral directors | 140 | $22.23 | $46,240 |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other | 140 | $36.05 | $74,990 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 140 | $15.83 | $32,930 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 140 | $19.86 | $41,300 |
| Reinforcing iron and rebar workers | 140 | $15.29 | $31,800 |
| Surgeons | 140 | $75.00 | More than $145,600 |
| Transportation inspectors | 140 | $28.69 | $59,670 |
| Upholsterers | 140 | $13.49 | $28,050 |
| Biological scientists, all other | 130 | $23.45 | $48,780 |
| Concierges | 130 | $10.73 | $22,320 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 130 | $12.64 | $26,300 |
| Job printers | 130 | $17.38 | $36,140 |
| Statistical assistants | 130 | $23.38 | $48,630 |
| Training and development managers | 130 | $40.88 | $85,040 |
| Athletic trainers | 120 | Not available | $41,650 |
| Chemistry teachers, postsecondary | 120 | Not available | $61,980 |
| Clergy | 120 | $20.76 | $43,190 |
| Dietetic technicians | 120 | $11.37 | $23,660 |
| Elevator installers and repairers | 120 | $29.62 | $61,620 |
| Engineering teachers, postsecondary | 120 | Not available | $73,660 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors | 120 | $33.90 | $70,510 |
| Lay-out workers, metal and plastic | 120 | $12.43 | $25,860 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists | 120 | $29.68 | $61,730 |
| Political science teachers, postsecondary | 120 | Not available | $52,380 |
| Psychologists, all other | 120 | $38.02 | $79,070 |
| Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary | 120 | Not available | $41,300 |
| Recreational vehicle service technicians | 120 | $14.93 | $31,060 |
| Writers and authors | 120 | $24.83 | $51,640 |
| Computer hardware engineers | 110 | $44.74 | $93,050 |
| Craft artists | 110 | $9.66 | $20,080 |
| Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders | 110 | $13.22 | $27,490 |
| Furniture finishers | 110 | $11.97 | $24,900 |
| Insurance appraisers, auto damage | 110 | $24.64 | $51,250 |
| Media and communication equipment workers, all other | 110 | $30.32 | $63,060 |
| Animal control workers | 100 | $13.49 | $28,050 |
| Multi-media artists and animators | 100 | $24.39 | $50,730 |
| Stonemasons | 100 | $16.45 | $34,210 |
| Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders | 90 | $13.18 | $27,420 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers | 90 | $16.30 | $33,900 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers | 90 | $18.74 | $38,980 |
| Gaming and sports book writers and runners | 90 | $7.74 | $16,090 |
| Health specialties teachers, postsecondary | 90 | Not available | $72,290 |
| Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons | 90 | $9.47 | $19,690 |
| Natural sciences managers | 90 | $50.98 | $106,040 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists | 90 | $101.31 | $210,730 |
| Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary | 90 | Not available | $69,870 |
| Statisticians | 90 | $33.49 | $69,670 |
| Etchers and engravers | 80 | $11.60 | $24,130 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers | 80 | $32.11 | $66,790 |
| Helpers--roofers | 80 | $11.83 | $24,600 |
| Optometrists | 80 | Not available | Not available |
| Proofreaders and copy markers | 80 | $11.33 | $23,570 |
| Recreational therapists | 80 | $17.26 | $35,890 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 80 | $12.61 | $26,230 |
| Animal trainers | 70 | $18.05 | $37,540 |
| Atmospheric, earth, marine, and space sciences teachers, postsecondary | 70 | Not available | $57,540 |
| Audiologists | 70 | $27.22 | $56,620 |
| Bailiffs | 70 | $15.68 | $32,610 |
| Drafters, all other | 70 | $19.84 | $41,270 |
| Economics teachers, postsecondary | 70 | Not available | $70,030 |
| Embalmers | 70 | $13.99 | $29,100 |
| Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers | 70 | $18.91 | $39,340 |
| Microbiologists | 70 | $30.79 | $64,040 |
| Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 70 | $11.71 | $24,360 |
| Physicists | 70 | $44.98 | $93,570 |
| Physics teachers, postsecondary | 70 | Not available | $56,480 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 70 | $13.12 | $27,300 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders | 70 | $17.65 | $36,710 |
| Sociology teachers, postsecondary | 70 | Not available | $57,690 |
| Therapists, all other | 70 | $23.26 | $48,380 |
| Tool and die makers | 70 | $17.73 | $36,880 |
| Anthropology and archeology teachers, postsecondary | 60 | Not available | $51,090 |
| Correspondence clerks | 60 | $12.85 | $26,720 |
| Economists | 60 | Not available | Not available |
| Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders | 60 | $9.69 | $20,150 |
| Geography teachers, postsecondary | 60 | Not available | $52,060 |
| Legislators | 60 | Not available | $26,090 |
| Life scientists, all other | 60 | $37.62 | $78,260 |
| Occupational therapist aides | 60 | $10.81 | $22,480 |
| Postmasters and mail superintendents | 60 | $31.46 | $65,440 |
| Public address system and other announcers | 60 | $11.24 | $23,380 |
| Traffic technicians | 60 | $18.01 | $37,470 |
| Actuaries | 50 | $46.83 | $97,410 |
| Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture | 50 | $19.95 | $41,500 |
| Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders | 50 | $11.72 | $24,380 |
| Fire inspectors and investigators | 50 | $21.75 | $45,250 |
| Food scientists and technologists | 50 | $29.24 | $60,810 |
| Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants | 50 | $9.32 | $19,380 |
| Museum technicians and conservators | 50 | $14.83 | $30,850 |
| Aerospace engineering and operations technicians | 40 | $27.59 | $57,380 |
| Curators | 40 | $24.09 | $50,110 |
| Farm equipment mechanics | 40 | $14.92 | $31,020 |
| Occupational health and safety technicians | 40 | $24.75 | $51,480 |
| Plant and system operators, all other | 40 | $21.63 | $44,990 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners | 40 | $13.09 | $27,220 |
| Social science research assistants | 40 | $19.69 | $40,950 |
| Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes | 30 | $24.87 | $51,720 |
| Criminal justice and law enforcement teachers, postsecondary | 30 | Not available | $64,120 |
| Hydrologists | 30 | $33.33 | $69,320 |
| Sound engineering technicians | 30 | $20.77 | $43,200 |
| Tapers | 30 | $17.32 | $36,030 |
| Agricultural and food science technicians | Not available | $18.95 | $39,420 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | Not available | $12.28 | $25,540 |
| Biochemists and biophysicists | Not available | $52.38 | $108,940 |
| Commercial and industrial designers | Not available | $19.71 | $41,000 |
| Commercial pilots | Not available | Not available | $64,590 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door | Not available | $13.59 | $28,260 |
| Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders | Not available | $11.54 | $24,010 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $13.77 | $28,640 |
| Earth drillers, except oil and gas | Not available | $16.93 | $35,220 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters | Not available | $21.53 | $44,780 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers | Not available | $11.71 | $24,360 |
| Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles | Not available | $11.12 | $23,120 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | Not available | $8.83 | $18,360 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals | Not available | $7.21 | $14,990 |
| Fiberglass laminators and fabricators | Not available | $11.02 | $22,930 |
| Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $19.24 | $40,020 |
| Geological and petroleum technicians | Not available | $20.46 | $42,550 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | Not available | $14.27 | $29,690 |
| Helpers--extraction workers | Not available | $13.19 | $27,420 |
| Home appliance repairers | Not available | $19.12 | $39,760 |
| Industrial-organizational psychologists | Not available | $26.18 | $54,460 |
| Interpreters and translators | Not available | $19.32 | $40,180 |
| Material moving workers, all other | Not available | $14.96 | $31,120 |
| Materials engineers | Not available | $48.36 | $100,580 |
| Materials scientists | Not available | $38.11 | $79,260 |
| Mechanical door repairers | Not available | $9.49 | $19,740 |
| Medical appliance technicians | Not available | $14.11 | $29,350 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other | Not available | $12.97 | $26,990 |
| Numerical tool and process control programmers | Not available | $25.51 | $53,070 |
| Orthotists and prosthetists | Not available | $34.43 | $71,610 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics | Not available | $13.54 | $28,150 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other | Not available | $8.48 | $17,630 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation | Not available | $14.26 | $29,660 |
| Petroleum engineers | Not available | $49.69 | $103,360 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | Not available | $18.59 | $38,660 |
| Psychiatrists | Not available | $86.11 | $179,110 |
| Radio mechanics | Not available | $14.96 | $31,120 |
| Rock splitters, quarry | Not available | $15.06 | $31,320 |
| Rotary drill operators, oil and gas | Not available | $21.72 | $45,170 |
| Roustabouts, oil and gas | Not available | $15.73 | $32,730 |
| Shoe and leather workers and repairers | Not available | $11.22 | $23,330 |
| Skin care specialists | Not available | $14.58 | $30,330 |
| Survey researchers | Not available | $17.26 | $35,890 |
| Telemarketers | Not available | $9.27 | $19,280 |
| Transportation workers, all other | Not available | $12.38 | $25,760 |
| Tree trimmers and pruners | Not available | $13.35 | $27,760 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers | Not available | $7.94 | $16,510 |
