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 | 923,720 | $30.92 | $64,310 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 130,050 | $19.99 | $41,590 |
| Sales and related occupations | 91,520 | $25.61 | $53,270 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 81,280 | $49.27 | $102,480 |
| Management occupations | 72,240 | $66.18 | $137,660 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 64,520 | $10.46 | $21,760 |
| Production occupations | 59,310 | $17.32 | $36,030 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 54,390 | $39.36 | $81,860 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 53,490 | $47.60 | $99,000 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 49,960 | $28.19 | $58,630 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 39,430 | $26.51 | $55,140 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 36,260 | $45.35 | $94,330 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 36,190 | $16.03 | $33,350 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 27,530 | $24.33 | $50,600 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 26,440 | $13.02 | $27,080 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software | 26,400 | $55.64 | $115,730 |
| Retail salespersons | 25,500 | $12.78 | $26,590 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 18,650 | $16.58 | $34,490 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 17,990 | $52.01 | $108,170 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 16,960 | $13.68 | $28,440 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 16,720 | $42.07 | $87,510 |
| Cashiers | 16,700 | $11.76 | $24,460 |
| General and operations managers | 16,490 | $68.02 | $141,480 |
| Office clerks, general | 15,940 | $16.04 | $33,350 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 15,300 | $25.11 | $52,230 |
| Protective service occupations | 15,130 | $23.34 | $48,560 |
| Registered nurses | 14,590 | $50.19 | $104,400 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 13,940 | $33.17 | $68,990 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 12,380 | $10.10 | $21,010 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 12,340 | $12.46 | $25,910 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 10,800 | $36.71 | $76,350 |
| Customer service representatives | 10,730 | $20.98 | $43,640 |
| Accountants and auditors | 10,600 | $39.95 | $83,090 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 10,570 | $9.82 | $20,430 |
| Computer hardware engineers | 10,350 | $58.73 | $122,150 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 10,320 | $21.06 | $43,800 |
| Community and social services occupations | 9,680 | $25.87 | $53,820 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 9,510 | $12.68 | $26,380 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 9,210 | $28.45 | $59,170 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 9,020 | $13.25 | $27,570 |
| Computer systems analysts | 8,960 | $42.61 | $88,620 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 8,930 | Not available | $62,920 |
| Security guards | 8,500 | $14.15 | $29,430 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 7,780 | $49.84 | $103,670 |
| Computer support specialists | 7,610 | $32.36 | $67,300 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 7,370 | $78.06 | $162,360 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer | 7,290 | $51.77 | $107,670 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 7,250 | $22.38 | $46,550 |
| Legal occupations | 7,230 | $62.34 | $129,660 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 7,180 | $40.42 | $84,060 |
| Engineering managers | 7,100 | $77.66 | $161,530 |
| Sales engineers | 6,960 | $53.97 | $112,250 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 6,650 | $36.16 | $75,220 |
| Team assemblers | 6,550 | $13.58 | $28,240 |
| Construction laborers | 6,380 | $18.53 | $38,530 |
| Management analysts | 6,350 | $50.37 | $104,770 |
| Food preparation workers | 6,270 | $10.08 | $20,960 |
| Teacher assistants | 6,200 | Not available | $31,590 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 6,190 | $20.84 | $43,340 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 6,020 | $13.39 | $27,850 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 5,960 | $15.91 | $33,090 |
| Computer programmers | 5,840 | $50.45 | $104,930 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 5,820 | Not available | $67,870 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 5,690 | $11.56 | $24,050 |
| Marketing managers | 5,590 | $74.69 | $155,350 |
| Financial managers | 5,540 | $68.83 | $143,160 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 5,390 | $9.40 | $19,550 |
| Carpenters | 5,310 | $27.09 | $56,340 |
| Electrical engineers | 5,300 | $50.76 | $105,570 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 5,290 | $15.71 | $32,670 |
| Market research analysts | 5,170 | $48.08 | $100,010 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 5,160 | $11.55 | $24,030 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | 5,130 | $17.41 | $36,210 |
| Sales managers | 5,000 | $67.13 | $139,630 |
| Engineers, all other | 4,850 | $52.21 | $108,590 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 4,770 | $16.81 | $34,960 |
| Medical secretaries | 4,740 | $17.14 | $35,650 |
| Cooks, fast food | 4,710 | $9.22 | $19,170 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 4,680 | $15.47 | $32,180 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 4,610 | $18.07 | $37,580 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 4,580 | $19.84 | $41,270 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 4,460 | $19.38 | $40,310 |
| Mechanical engineers | 4,250 | $48.96 | $101,840 |
| Electricians | 4,230 | $33.87 | $70,450 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 4,190 | $10.21 | $21,230 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 4,140 | $16.28 | $33,860 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 4,080 | Not available | $64,690 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 4,060 | $28.69 | $59,680 |
| Lawyers | 4,040 | $87.43 | $181,850 |
| Managers, all other | 4,030 | $69.19 | $143,920 |
| Dishwashers | 4,020 | $9.13 | $19,000 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 3,960 | $9.11 | $18,950 |
| Semiconductor processors | 3,940 | $18.09 | $37,630 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other | 3,890 | Not available | $72,520 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 3,800 | $15.07 | $31,360 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 3,730 | $30.89 | $64,250 |
| Production workers, all other | 3,670 | $18.17 | $37,800 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 3,630 | $46.96 | $97,670 |
| Computer specialists, all other | 3,580 | $45.02 | $93,650 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 3,560 | $25.30 | $52,620 |
| Industrial engineers | 3,530 | $47.01 | $97,780 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 3,480 | Not available | $67,680 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 3,480 | $47.55 | $98,900 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 3,440 | $33.65 | $69,980 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 3,380 | $23.22 | $48,290 |
| Financial analysts | 3,340 | $44.03 | $91,570 |
| Medical assistants | 3,170 | $17.54 | $36,470 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 3,150 | $39.60 | $82,370 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 3,030 | $12.84 | $26,700 |
| Dental assistants | 3,030 | $18.80 | $39,100 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 2,780 | $10.21 | $21,230 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists | 2,740 | $49.54 | $103,050 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 2,730 | $35.12 | $73,050 |
| Child care workers | 2,680 | $11.75 | $24,440 |
| Home health aides | 2,670 | $11.58 | $24,080 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 2,660 | $18.64 | $38,770 |
| Machinists | 2,550 | $20.59 | $42,840 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | 2,480 | $25.46 | $52,960 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 2,430 | $27.68 | $57,570 |
| Bartenders | 2,420 | $9.65 | $20,060 |
| Chief executives | 2,420 | $96.24 | $200,180 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 2,420 | $20.37 | $42,360 |
| Tellers | 2,420 | $13.89 | $28,890 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers | 2,360 | $16.25 | $33,800 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 2,340 | $47.52 | $98,840 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 2,330 | $43.29 | $90,050 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | 2,270 | $9.20 | $19,130 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 2,190 | $35.98 | $74,840 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 2,180 | Not available | Not available |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 2,170 | $19.10 | $39,720 |
| Helpers--production workers | 2,160 | $11.46 | $23,840 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 2,130 | $37.37 | $77,720 |
| Personal and home care aides | 2,130 | $11.73 | $24,390 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 2,110 | $14.35 | $29,860 |
| Public relations specialists | 2,030 | $42.89 | $89,210 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 2,010 | $23.40 | $48,670 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 2,010 | $12.14 | $25,250 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 1,990 | $16.73 | $34,800 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 1,970 | $29.77 | $61,920 |
| Administrative services managers | 1,960 | $46.75 | $97,240 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 1,940 | $30.16 | $62,740 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 1,880 | $10.01 | $20,820 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 1,850 | $10.43 | $21,690 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 1,830 | $12.02 | $25,000 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 1,830 | $9.55 | $19,870 |
| Social and human service assistants | 1,820 | $16.73 | $34,800 |
| Cost estimators | 1,810 | $35.94 | $74,760 |
| Recreation workers | 1,770 | $15.38 | $31,990 |
| Industrial production managers | 1,740 | $53.01 | $110,270 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 1,720 | Not available | $56,120 |
| Order clerks | 1,720 | $18.83 | $39,160 |
| Coaches and scouts | 1,700 | Not available | $44,800 |
| Food service managers | 1,700 | $23.80 | $49,500 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 1,680 | $27.58 | $57,360 |
| Logisticians | 1,640 | $40.27 | $83,760 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 1,630 | $22.91 | $47,660 |
| Legal secretaries | 1,630 | $30.79 | $64,040 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 1,630 | $80.82 | $168,110 |
| All other information and record clerks | 1,610 | $19.60 | $40,760 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 1,610 | $19.62 | $40,810 |
| Pharmacists | 1,600 | $55.92 | $116,300 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity | 1,590 | $20.04 | $41,690 |
| Bill and account collectors | 1,580 | $22.00 | $45,770 |
| Civil engineers | 1,560 | $48.03 | $99,890 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 1,550 | $39.88 | $82,950 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 1,490 | $32.97 | $68,580 |
| Sales and related workers, all other | 1,490 | $24.00 | $49,930 |
| Loan officers | 1,480 | $38.60 | $80,290 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 1,460 | $19.28 | $40,110 |
| Sheet metal workers | 1,440 | $27.84 | $57,910 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other | 1,410 | $30.98 | $64,430 |
| Graphic designers | 1,410 | $29.44 | $61,240 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 1,410 | $21.52 | $44,760 |
| Training and development specialists | 1,410 | $35.90 | $74,670 |
| Chemists | 1,390 | $40.13 | $83,470 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | 1,390 | $24.46 | $50,890 |
| Budget analysts | 1,380 | $43.67 | $90,820 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 1,380 | $16.06 | $33,390 |
| Technical writers | 1,350 | $43.92 | $91,350 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 1,340 | $18.41 | $38,300 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 1,340 | $48.97 | $101,850 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 1,330 | $29.69 | $61,750 |
| Industrial engineering technicians | 1,320 | $28.63 | $59,550 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 1,310 | $21.72 | $45,180 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 1,300 | Not available | $103,220 |
| Data entry keyers | 1,290 | $14.85 | $30,890 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 1,280 | $14.33 | $29,810 |
| Roofers | 1,280 | $26.75 | $55,640 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 1,280 | $31.07 | $64,620 |
| Editors | 1,250 | $27.89 | $58,020 |
| Telemarketers | 1,250 | $15.20 | $31,610 |
| Driver/sales workers | 1,230 | $13.53 | $28,140 |
| Medical and health services managers | 1,200 | $55.65 | $115,750 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 1,190 | $15.75 | $32,770 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 1,190 | $19.40 | $40,360 |
| Insurance sales agents | 1,180 | $32.83 | $68,280 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 1,170 | $16.62 | $34,570 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 1,160 | $20.78 | $43,220 |
| Bakers | 1,130 | $12.75 | $26,520 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 1,130 | $24.19 | $50,310 |
| Personal financial advisors | 1,120 | $50.46 | $104,960 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 1,100 | $22.33 | $46,440 |
| Printing machine operators | 1,090 | $17.88 | $37,200 |
| Construction managers | 1,080 | $55.82 | $116,100 |
| Computer and information scientists, research | 1,050 | $60.22 | $125,260 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 1,050 | $27.56 | $57,330 |
| Human resources managers, all other | 1,040 | $68.81 | $143,130 |
| Purchasing managers | 1,040 | $56.16 | $116,810 |
| Biological technicians | 1,030 | $26.92 | $55,990 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 1,030 | $11.68 | $24,300 |
| Instructional coordinators | 1,030 | $33.11 | $68,870 |
| File clerks | 990 | $15.54 | $32,330 |
| Fire fighters | 960 | $32.69 | $68,000 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 940 | $20.36 | $42,360 |
| Financial specialists, all other | 930 | $34.72 | $72,210 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 920 | $26.04 | $54,170 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 920 | $40.12 | $83,450 |
| Dentists, general | 910 | $67.89 | $141,220 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters | 910 | $33.14 | $68,930 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 910 | $24.51 | $50,980 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 900 | $19.95 | $41,510 |
| Parking lot attendants | 900 | $10.95 | $22,770 |
| Parts salespersons | 900 | $17.57 | $36,550 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 880 | $12.67 | $26,360 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other | 880 | $24.93 | $51,840 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 870 | $19.51 | $40,570 |
| Advertising sales agents | 860 | $26.83 | $55,810 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 860 | $21.15 | $44,000 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers | 860 | $11.06 | $23,010 |
| Natural sciences managers | 860 | $84.01 | $174,750 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 850 | $36.70 | $76,330 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 840 | $17.14 | $35,640 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians | 840 | $30.07 | $62,550 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 830 | $25.43 | $52,890 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 830 | Not available | Not available |
| Tapers | 830 | $27.35 | $56,880 |
| Word processors and typists | 830 | $23.90 | $49,700 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 820 | $20.69 | $43,040 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 810 | $26.69 | $55,510 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 800 | $21.50 | $44,730 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 800 | $26.70 | $55,540 |
| Electro-mechanical technicians | 790 | $27.61 | $57,430 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 780 | $22.76 | $47,350 |
| Dental hygienists | 770 | $42.09 | $87,540 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other | 770 | $26.31 | $54,720 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 760 | $39.04 | $81,190 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 760 | $17.45 | $36,290 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 760 | $16.50 | $34,320 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 760 | $15.77 | $32,800 |
| Travel agents | 760 | $19.72 | $41,020 |
| Materials engineers | 750 | $50.63 | $105,310 |
| Librarians | 740 | $34.46 | $71,670 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 740 | $47.85 | $99,520 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | 730 | $13.22 | $27,490 |
| Cooks, short order | 700 | $10.80 | $22,450 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 700 | $20.15 | $41,920 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 700 | $21.77 | $45,280 |
| Social and community service managers | 700 | $36.46 | $75,830 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | 690 | $26.45 | $55,020 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 690 | $28.39 | $59,050 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers | 690 | $9.65 | $20,080 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters | 680 | $12.92 | $26,870 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 680 | $14.71 | $30,600 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 680 | $36.82 | $76,580 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 670 | $10.98 | $22,830 |
| Physical therapists | 650 | $38.77 | $80,650 |
| Tile and marble setters | 650 | $26.83 | $55,810 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 640 | Not available | $62,230 |
| Credit analysts | 620 | $35.11 | $73,030 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary | 620 | $38.61 | $80,300 |
| Library technicians | 620 | $17.46 | $36,320 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 620 | $14.26 | $29,670 |
| Biochemists and biophysicists | 610 | $50.08 | $104,170 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 610 | $31.99 | $66,550 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 610 | $30.62 | $63,680 |
| Health educators | 600 | $24.48 | $50,920 |
| Medical equipment repairers | 600 | $23.48 | $48,830 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other | 600 | $21.71 | $45,150 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 600 | $29.99 | $62,380 |
| Couriers and messengers | 590 | $14.38 | $29,900 |
| Respiratory therapists | 590 | $37.67 | $78,350 |
| Chemical technicians | 580 | $22.70 | $47,210 |
| Commercial and industrial designers | 580 | $48.95 | $101,820 |
| Office machine operators, except computer | 580 | $16.99 | $35,340 |
| Bus drivers, school | 570 | $17.12 | $35,610 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 570 | $14.85 | $30,880 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 560 | $29.09 | $60,500 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 560 | $16.30 | $33,900 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 560 | $13.87 | $28,850 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 550 | $38.73 | $80,560 |
| Surgical technologists | 550 | $25.58 | $53,210 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | 530 | $29.30 | $60,940 |
| Mental health counselors | 520 | $21.81 | $45,350 |
| Multi-media artists and animators | 520 | $45.08 | $93,770 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 510 | $37.24 | $77,470 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 510 | $15.39 | $32,010 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 510 | Not available | $66,210 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 500 | $21.76 | $45,260 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other | 500 | $34.12 | $70,980 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 500 | $13.02 | $27,080 |
| Protective service workers, all other | 500 | $21.14 | $43,970 |
| Family and general practitioners | 490 | $88.58 | $184,250 |
| Plasterers and stucco masons | 490 | $23.18 | $48,210 |
| Massage therapists | 480 | $26.73 | $55,590 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 480 | $13.29 | $27,640 |
| Pest control workers | 480 | $15.72 | $32,700 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks | 470 | $15.89 | $33,050 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | 460 | $11.69 | $24,320 |
| Procurement clerks | 460 | $19.81 | $41,210 |
| Public relations managers | 460 | $68.07 | $141,590 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | 460 | $15.62 | $32,490 |
| Tax preparers | 460 | $35.08 | $72,970 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians | 450 | $22.64 | $47,090 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders | 440 | $18.30 | $38,070 |
| Law clerks | 430 | $24.70 | $51,370 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 420 | $27.07 | $56,300 |
| Occupational therapists | 420 | $39.12 | $81,360 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary | 420 | $33.68 | $70,040 |
| Real estate sales agents | 410 | $27.80 | $57,820 |
| Art directors | 400 | $58.08 | $120,810 |
| Photographic processing machine operators | 400 | $13.53 | $28,140 |
| Physical scientists, all other | 400 | $68.89 | $143,290 |
| Compensation and benefits managers | 390 | $64.93 | $135,050 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 390 | $43.68 | $90,850 |
| Legal support workers, all other | 390 | $31.03 | $64,550 |
| Biological scientists, all other | 380 | $41.10 | $85,490 |
| Biomedical engineers | 380 | $47.93 | $99,700 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 380 | $17.27 | $35,930 |
| Service station attendants | 380 | $11.77 | $24,480 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval | 370 | $38.99 | $81,090 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary | 370 | Not available | $85,070 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | 370 | $23.55 | $48,980 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | 370 | $37.87 | $78,760 |
| Operations research analysts | 370 | $41.36 | $86,020 |
| Pharmacy aides | 370 | $12.89 | $26,800 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers | 370 | $22.19 | $46,150 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | 370 | $14.27 | $29,680 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 360 | $16.74 | $34,830 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks | 360 | $21.66 | $45,060 |
| Painters, transportation equipment | 360 | $19.51 | $40,580 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 360 | $31.71 | $65,950 |
| Helpers--electricians | 350 | $18.47 | $38,420 |
| Interpreters and translators | 350 | $25.10 | $52,200 |
| Mechanical drafters | 350 | $32.51 | $67,620 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 350 | $22.70 | $47,220 |
| Drafters, all other | 340 | $24.73 | $51,430 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 340 | Not available | $81,540 |
| Graduate teaching assistants | 340 | Not available | $26,390 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers | 340 | $15.31 | $31,840 |
| Education administrators, all other | 330 | $33.23 | $69,120 |
| Fence erectors | 330 | $14.58 | $30,330 |
| Postal service clerks | 330 | Not available | Not available |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials | 330 | $10.04 | $20,870 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 330 | $17.95 | $37,330 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand | 320 | $13.61 | $28,300 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters | 320 | $15.74 | $32,730 |
| New accounts clerks | 320 | $19.45 | $40,460 |
| Surveyors | 320 | $34.86 | $72,510 |
| Cargo and freight agents | 310 | $18.43 | $38,340 |
| Carpet installers | 310 | $21.57 | $44,860 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators | 310 | $42.37 | $88,130 |
| Floor layers, except carpet, wood, and hard tiles | 310 | $25.48 | $52,990 |
| Food batchmakers | 310 | $12.54 | $26,080 |
| Musicians and singers | 310 | $50.85 | Not available |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | 310 | $21.47 | $44,650 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 300 | $19.62 | $40,810 |
| Sewing machine operators | 300 | $10.83 | $22,520 |
| Advertising and promotions managers | 290 | $49.12 | $102,160 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 290 | $30.54 | $63,530 |
| Dental laboratory technicians | 290 | $21.76 | $45,270 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | 290 | $41.85 | $87,040 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 290 | $38.09 | $79,220 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 280 | $21.15 | $44,000 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians | 270 | $28.15 | $58,560 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other | 270 | $32.14 | $66,840 |
| Interior designers | 270 | $36.96 | $76,870 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 270 | $25.17 | $52,360 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops | 260 | $10.22 | $21,250 |
| Meeting and convention planners | 260 | $26.17 | $54,430 |
| Writers and authors | 260 | $34.92 | $72,630 |
| Crossing guards | 250 | Not available | Not available |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary | 250 | Not available | $87,550 |
| Urban and regional planners | 250 | $41.47 | $86,260 |
| Lodging managers | 240 | $28.23 | $58,730 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers | 240 | $13.12 | $27,290 |
| Numerical tool and process control programmers | 240 | $27.83 | $57,890 |
| Physician assistants | 240 | $48.13 | $100,100 |
| Statisticians | 240 | $44.35 | $92,240 |
| Training and development managers | 240 | $60.19 | $125,200 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 240 | Not available | $59,710 |
| Clergy | 230 | $28.82 | $59,940 |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other | 230 | $32.75 | $68,130 |
| Medical equipment preparers | 230 | $16.68 | $34,700 |
| Physical therapist aides | 230 | $15.45 | $32,140 |
| Reporters and correspondents | 230 | $17.11 | $35,600 |
| Veterinarians | 220 | $58.24 | $121,130 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 210 | $13.72 | $28,530 |
| Floral designers | 210 | $18.47 | $38,410 |
| Glaziers | 210 | $30.29 | $63,010 |
| Social scientists and related workers, all other | 210 | $30.31 | $63,050 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | 200 | Not available | Not available |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other | 200 | $9.49 | $19,750 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 200 | $27.02 | $56,210 |
| Oral and maxillofacial surgeons | 200 | $94.15 | $195,840 |
| Prepress technicians and workers | 200 | $17.79 | $37,000 |
| Producers and directors | 200 | $35.16 | $73,140 |
| Special education teachers, middle school | 200 | Not available | $59,080 |
| Designers, all other | 190 | $21.47 | $44,660 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 190 | $59.44 | $123,630 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | 190 | $35.51 | $73,860 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary | 190 | Not available | $77,570 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 190 | $28.96 | $60,230 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 190 | $27.79 | $57,800 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | 180 | $36.26 | $75,430 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other | 180 | $25.03 | $52,060 |
| Environmental engineers | 180 | $40.27 | $83,770 |
| Marriage and family therapists | 180 | $22.30 | $46,390 |
| Directors, religious activities and education | 170 | $21.65 | $45,030 |
| Environmental engineering technicians | 170 | $28.97 | $60,250 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health | 170 | $26.96 | $56,080 |
| Meter readers, utilities | 170 | $25.39 | $52,810 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 170 | $24.30 | $50,550 |
| Power plant operators | 170 | $34.98 | $72,760 |
| Psychiatric aides | 170 | $11.67 | $24,280 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders | 170 | $20.69 | $43,040 |
| Agricultural equipment operators | 160 | $19.19 | $39,910 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians | 160 | $29.65 | $61,670 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors | 160 | $44.82 | $93,220 |
| Metal workers and plastic workers, all other | 160 | $22.35 | $46,500 |
| Music directors and composers | 160 | $26.19 | $54,470 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists | 160 | $100.17 | $208,350 |
| Surgeons | 160 | $91.55 | $190,420 |
| Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders | 150 | $14.10 | $29,330 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators | 150 | $21.82 | $45,380 |
| Motion picture projectionists | 150 | $13.40 | $27,870 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 140 | $19.88 | $41,350 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers | 140 | $45.21 | $94,040 |
| Mathematical scientists, all other | 140 | $44.59 | $92,750 |
| Microbiologists | 140 | $43.11 | $89,680 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary | 130 | Not available | $74,480 |
| Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles | 130 | $15.43 | $32,100 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other | 130 | $11.84 | $24,630 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers | 130 | $27.78 | $57,790 |
| Bicycle repairers | 120 | $15.68 | $32,610 |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders | 120 | $26.72 | $55,580 |
| Court reporters | 120 | $26.03 | $54,130 |
| Cutters and trimmers, hand | 120 | $12.78 | $26,580 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers | 120 | $24.29 | $50,520 |
| Skin care specialists | 120 | $21.89 | $45,530 |
| Tool and die makers | 120 | $22.47 | $46,730 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary | 110 | Not available | Not available |
| Desktop publishers | 110 | $20.59 | $42,830 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 110 | $14.69 | $30,560 |
| Loan counselors | 110 | $22.34 | $46,460 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 110 | $21.09 | $43,860 |
| Media and communication equipment workers, all other | 110 | $26.73 | $55,600 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians | 110 | $16.93 | $35,210 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 100 | $23.75 | $49,410 |
| Dietetic technicians | 100 | $19.77 | $41,120 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 100 | $21.70 | $45,140 |
| Graders and sorters, agricultural products | 100 | $8.80 | $18,300 |
| Mechanical door repairers | 100 | $23.54 | $48,960 |
| Psychologists, all other | 100 | $37.79 | $78,600 |
| Radio and television announcers | 100 | $17.54 | $36,490 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers | 100 | $12.71 | $26,440 |
| Bindery workers | 90 | $13.77 | $28,630 |
| Communications teachers, postsecondary | 90 | Not available | Not available |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door | 90 | $23.47 | $48,810 |
| Counselors, all other | 90 | Not available | Not available |
| Film and video editors | 90 | Not available | Not available |
| Internists, general | 90 | $98.59 | $205,070 |
| Job printers | 90 | $18.63 | $38,740 |
| Photographic process workers | 90 | $13.15 | $27,340 |
| Physicists | 90 | $63.64 | $132,380 |
| Radiation therapists | 90 | $45.24 | $94,090 |
| Commercial pilots | 80 | Not available | $78,500 |
| Concierges | 80 | $13.98 | $29,070 |
| Cooks, all other | 80 | $13.33 | $27,730 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers | 80 | $15.45 | $32,130 |
| Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers, all other | 80 | $24.02 | Not available |
| Financial examiners | 80 | $44.66 | $92,900 |
| History teachers, postsecondary | 80 | Not available | Not available |
| Legislators | 80 | Not available | $62,500 |
| Materials scientists | 80 | $50.34 | $104,710 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists | 80 | $42.97 | $89,370 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics | 80 | $18.25 | $37,970 |
| Psychiatric technicians | 80 | $27.59 | $57,380 |
| Recreational therapists | 80 | $29.57 | $61,500 |
| Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 80 | $17.81 | $37,030 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators | 80 | $33.69 | $70,070 |
| Tour guides and escorts | 80 | $11.55 | $24,020 |
| Umpires, referees, and other sports officials | 80 | Not available | $29,430 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 80 | $17.19 | $35,760 |
| Agricultural and food science technicians | 70 | $15.08 | $31,370 |
| Chemistry teachers, postsecondary | 70 | Not available | Not available |
| Conservation scientists | 70 | $40.20 | $83,610 |
| Fashion designers | 70 | $29.75 | $61,880 |
| Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators | 70 | $38.10 | $79,250 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers | 70 | $18.50 | $38,470 |
| Life scientists, all other | 70 | $37.53 | $78,060 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation | 70 | $16.65 | $34,640 |
| Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary | 70 | Not available | $84,530 |
| Psychiatrists | 70 | $95.04 | $197,670 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood | 70 | $15.00 | $31,190 |
| Set and exhibit designers | 70 | $22.72 | $47,250 |
| Sociology teachers, postsecondary | 70 | Not available | Not available |
| Airfield operations specialists | 60 | $28.97 | $60,260 |
| Model makers, metal and plastic | 60 | $23.60 | $49,090 |
| Motorcycle mechanics | 60 | $18.99 | $39,500 |
| Podiatrists | 60 | $62.97 | $130,980 |
| Animal trainers | 50 | $21.26 | $44,230 |
| Athletic trainers | 50 | Not available | $46,940 |
| Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture | 50 | $23.03 | $47,890 |
| Cartographers and photogrammetrists | 50 | $31.74 | $66,030 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders | 50 | $18.60 | $38,680 |
| Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment | 50 | $26.19 | $54,470 |
| Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other | 50 | $14.14 | $29,400 |
| Insurance appraisers, auto damage | 50 | $31.03 | $64,530 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers | 50 | $13.86 | $28,820 |
| Political science teachers, postsecondary | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Proofreaders and copy markers | 50 | $18.90 | $39,310 |
| Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Soil and plant scientists | 50 | $32.34 | $67,260 |
| Correspondence clerks | 40 | $17.06 | $35,490 |
| Furniture finishers | 40 | $15.18 | $31,580 |
| Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants | 40 | $13.79 | $28,690 |
| Occupational health and safety technicians | 40 | $22.99 | $47,820 |
| Occupational therapist assistants | 40 | $23.38 | $48,640 |
| Physics teachers, postsecondary | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Animal control workers | 30 | $23.31 | $48,490 |
| Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Audiologists | 30 | $38.45 | $79,980 |
| Chemical plant and system operators | 30 | $32.10 | $66,770 |
| Costume attendants | 30 | $16.32 | $33,950 |
| Fire inspectors and investigators | 30 | $54.62 | $113,600 |
| Geography teachers, postsecondary | 30 | Not available | $95,320 |
| Medical appliance technicians | 30 | $24.35 | $50,660 |
| Plant and system operators, all other | 30 | $29.63 | $61,630 |
| Therapists, all other | 30 | $38.69 | $80,470 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors | Not available | $29.73 | $61,830 |
| Aerospace engineers | Not available | $55.80 | $116,060 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary | Not available | Not available | $74,290 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | Not available | $27.49 | $57,180 |
| Brokerage clerks | Not available | $20.80 | $43,260 |
| Chemical engineers | Not available | $57.06 | $118,680 |
| Chiropractors | Not available | $31.32 | $65,140 |
| Choreographers | Not available | $20.22 | $42,050 |
| Coil winders, tapers, and finishers | Not available | $16.09 | $33,470 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers | Not available | $15.54 | $32,320 |
| Computer operators | Not available | $22.08 | $45,930 |
| Construction and related workers, all other | Not available | $18.63 | $38,760 |
| Crane and tower operators | Not available | $31.53 | $65,580 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders | Not available | $16.05 | $33,390 |
| Database administrators | Not available | $42.32 | $88,020 |
| Economists | Not available | $55.92 | $116,320 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers | Not available | $20.75 | $43,160 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay | Not available | $35.30 | $73,430 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | Not available | $14.05 | $29,220 |
| Engine and other machine assemblers | Not available | $11.87 | $24,690 |
| Etchers and engravers | Not available | $16.48 | $34,270 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals | Not available | $12.35 | $25,680 |
| Floor sanders and finishers | Not available | $24.83 | $51,640 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders | Not available | $13.38 | $27,840 |
| Forest and conservation technicians | Not available | $18.49 | $38,450 |
| Funeral attendants | Not available | $13.11 | $27,260 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers | Not available | $28.51 | $59,310 |
| Health specialties teachers, postsecondary | Not available | Not available | $69,120 |
| Helpers--carpenters | Not available | $16.28 | $33,850 |
| Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons | Not available | $11.91 | $24,780 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other | Not available | $19.21 | $39,960 |
| Home appliance repairers | Not available | $21.29 | $44,290 |
| Insulation workers, mechanical | Not available | $23.82 | $49,550 |
| Insurance underwriters | Not available | $29.84 | $62,060 |
| Landscape architects | Not available | $44.49 | $92,530 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers | Not available | $25.29 | $52,600 |
| Manicurists and pedicurists | Not available | $13.07 | $27,180 |
| Material moving workers, all other | Not available | $17.48 | $36,360 |
| Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $23.54 | $48,970 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic | Not available | $12.78 | $26,590 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $14.88 | $30,960 |
| Nuclear engineers | Not available | $54.43 | $113,220 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary | Not available | Not available | $56,490 |
| Occupational therapist aides | Not available | $14.20 | $29,550 |
| Optometrists | Not available | $40.68 | $84,610 |
| Pediatricians, general | Not available | $102.31 | $212,800 |
| Photographers | Not available | $16.53 | $34,380 |
| Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other | Not available | $20.49 | $42,620 |
| Private detectives and investigators | Not available | $35.68 | $74,210 |
| Real estate brokers | Not available | $50.30 | $104,620 |
| Reinforcing iron and rebar workers | Not available | $22.68 | $47,170 |
| Respiratory therapy technicians | Not available | $34.05 | $70,830 |
| Shoe and leather workers and repairers | Not available | $12.01 | $24,980 |
| Stonemasons | Not available | $20.70 | $43,050 |
| Structural iron and steel workers | Not available | $32.24 | $67,060 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | Not available | $16.46 | $34,240 |
| Survey researchers | Not available | $29.58 | $61,540 |
| Terrazzo workers and finishers | Not available | $17.12 | $35,610 |
| Timing device assemblers, adjusters, and calibrators | Not available | $17.49 | $36,370 |
| Transportation workers, all other | Not available | $19.69 | $40,960 |
| Tree trimmers and pruners | Not available | $14.96 | $31,110 |
| Upholsterers | Not available | $13.26 | $27,590 |
| Vocational education teachers, middle school | Not available | Not available | $46,880 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | Not available | $15.71 | $32,670 |
