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 |
178,270 |
$21.18 |
$44,050 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
32,470 |
$16.75 |
$34,840 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
18,960 |
$10.24 |
$21,310 |
| Sales and related occupations |
18,110 |
$16.54 |
$34,400 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
13,240 |
$27.53 |
$57,260 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
10,490 |
$22.91 |
$47,650 |
| Management occupations |
8,800 |
$48.10 |
$100,050 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
8,190 |
$14.90 |
$31,000 |
| Production occupations |
7,620 |
$16.49 |
$34,310 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
7,530 |
$11.78 |
$24,510 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
6,960 |
$9.68 |
$20,130 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
6,450 |
$33.32 |
$69,310 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
6,240 |
$40.20 |
$83,620 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse |
6,180 |
$9.18 |
$19,100 |
| Retail salespersons |
6,110 |
$12.55 |
$26,100 |
| Office clerks, general |
5,190 |
$15.30 |
$31,820 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
5,160 |
$19.76 |
$41,110 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
4,560 |
$35.27 |
$73,350 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
4,420 |
$12.98 |
$27,000 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
4,320 |
$14.19 |
$29,510 |
| Cashiers |
4,080 |
$10.93 |
$22,740 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
4,010 |
$39.02 |
$81,170 |
| Protective service occupations |
3,980 |
$27.18 |
$56,540 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
3,850 |
$9.52 |
$19,800 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
3,250 |
$9.14 |
$19,020 |
| General and operations managers |
2,880 |
$52.96 |
$110,150 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
2,680 |
$21.45 |
$44,610 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
2,440 |
$18.83 |
$39,170 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
2,340 |
$11.72 |
$24,380 |
| Community and social services occupations |
2,310 |
$20.92 |
$43,510 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
2,310 |
$9.57 |
$19,920 |
| Registered nurses |
2,250 |
$39.09 |
$81,300 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
2,250 |
Not available |
$62,520 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
2,230 |
$11.78 |
$24,510 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
2,170 |
$12.10 |
$25,160 |
| Construction laborers |
1,950 |
$17.10 |
$35,570 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
1,940 |
$16.47 |
$34,270 |
| Teacher assistants |
1,890 |
Not available |
$31,260 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
1,880 |
$30.15 |
$62,720 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
1,770 |
$25.96 |
$53,990 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
1,760 |
$33.46 |
$69,600 |
| Customer service representatives |
1,750 |
$15.29 |
$31,800 |
| Food preparation workers |
1,750 |
$10.06 |
$20,920 |
| Cooks, fast food |
1,710 |
$8.96 |
$18,640 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
1,580 |
$17.51 |
$36,420 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
1,550 |
$12.07 |
$25,110 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
1,510 |
$34.79 |
$72,360 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
1,510 |
$12.25 |
$25,470 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
1,510 |
$14.01 |
$29,140 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
1,470 |
$19.67 |
$40,910 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
1,460 |
$13.14 |
$27,320 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
1,380 |
Not available |
$56,940 |
| Dishwashers |
1,310 |
$8.87 |
$18,450 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
1,300 |
$13.71 |
$28,510 |
| Carpenters |
1,260 |
$27.59 |
$57,390 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
1,200 |
$15.15 |
$31,510 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
1,190 |
$8.97 |
$18,660 |
| Medical secretaries |
1,180 |
$14.73 |
$30,630 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
1,070 |
$9.52 |
$19,800 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
990 |
$25.80 |
$53,670 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
990 |
$14.85 |
$30,880 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
960 |
$17.89 |
$37,210 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
950 |
$48.38 |
$100,630 |
| Accountants and auditors |
940 |
$34.81 |
$72,410 |
| Security guards |
940 |
$12.48 |
$25,960 |
| Computer support specialists |
920 |
$21.39 |
$44,500 |
| Telemarketers |
900 |
$12.36 |
$25,710 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
880 |
$14.80 |
$30,790 |
| Electricians |
870 |
$26.78 |
$55,700 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
870 |
$34.59 |
$71,940 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
860 |
$12.32 |
$25,620 |
| Medical assistants |
840 |
$14.88 |
$30,940 |
| Tellers |
830 |
$12.64 |
$26,280 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
810 |
$24.77 |
$51,520 |
| Legal occupations |
800 |
$43.99 |
$91,490 |
| Management analysts |
760 |
$40.64 |
$84,530 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
750 |
$18.22 |
$37,900 |
| Dental assistants |
710 |
$16.42 |
$34,150 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
680 |
$9.47 |
$19,710 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
660 |
$9.58 |
$19,930 |
| Financial managers |
650 |
$50.47 |
$104,980 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
650 |
$23.98 |
$49,880 |
| Home health aides |
640 |
$11.48 |
$23,890 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
630 |
$23.91 |
$49,720 |
| Computer programmers |
620 |
$33.39 |
$69,450 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
620 |
$18.38 |
$38,220 |
| Bartenders |
610 |
$9.47 |
$19,690 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
610 |
$11.32 |
$23,540 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
600 |
$10.47 |
$21,770 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
600 |
$41.66 |
$86,650 |
| Team assemblers |
600 |
$12.75 |
$26,520 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
580 |
$15.46 |
$32,150 |
| Social and human service assistants |
580 |
$15.37 |
$31,970 |
| Recreation workers |
570 |
$12.63 |
$26,280 |
| Sales managers |
540 |
$44.62 |
$92,810 |
| Personal and home care aides |
530 |
$11.52 |
$23,960 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
510 |
$17.41 |
$36,220 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
490 |
$19.94 |
$41,480 |
| File clerks |
490 |
$11.52 |
$23,970 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
490 |
$27.74 |
$57,690 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
490 |
$17.76 |
$36,950 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
490 |
Not available |
$59,270 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
480 |
$17.35 |
$36,090 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
480 |
$32.45 |
$67,500 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
480 |
$29.94 |
$62,280 |
| Food service managers |
450 |
$24.88 |
$51,760 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
440 |
$26.85 |
$55,850 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
440 |
$30.94 |
$64,350 |
| Civil engineers |
430 |
$34.72 |
$72,210 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers |
430 |
$21.84 |
$45,430 |
| Driver/sales workers |
420 |
$12.09 |
$25,160 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
420 |
$31.73 |
$65,990 |
| Electrical engineers |
410 |
$47.15 |
$98,060 |
| Order clerks |
390 |
$13.37 |
$27,810 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
390 |
$14.66 |
$30,500 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
390 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Child care workers |
380 |
$11.04 |
$22,950 |
| Computer systems analysts |
380 |
$34.60 |
$71,980 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
370 |
$9.11 |
$18,950 |
| Data entry keyers |
370 |
$13.11 |
$27,260 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
370 |
$14.03 |
$29,170 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
370 |
$14.90 |
$30,990 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
360 |
$27.96 |
$58,150 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
360 |
$43.67 |
$90,820 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
350 |
Not available |
$80,170 |
| Engineering managers |
350 |
$69.54 |
$144,640 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
350 |
$17.52 |
$36,440 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
340 |
$53.54 |
$111,350 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
340 |
$20.40 |
$42,440 |
| Engineers, all other |
330 |
$49.08 |
$102,090 |
| Mechanical engineers |
330 |
$41.97 |
$87,290 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
320 |
$25.41 |
$52,860 |
| Lawyers |
320 |
$71.86 |
$149,460 |
| Market research analysts |
320 |
$36.40 |
$75,720 |
| Personal financial advisors |
320 |
$35.25 |
$73,320 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
320 |
$45.49 |
$94,620 |
| Machinists |
310 |
$22.87 |
$47,580 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
310 |
$27.20 |
$56,570 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
300 |
$13.50 |
$28,080 |
| Chief executives |
300 |
$77.61 |
$161,440 |
| Parts salespersons |
300 |
$14.33 |
$29,810 |
| Roofers |
300 |
$19.40 |
$40,350 |
| Aerospace engineers |
290 |
$45.54 |
$94,720 |
| Graphic designers |
290 |
$23.16 |
$48,170 |
| Managers, all other |
290 |
$47.91 |
$99,660 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
280 |
$11.03 |
$22,950 |
| Cooks, short order |
270 |
$11.49 |
$23,890 |
| Insurance sales agents |
270 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Marketing managers |
270 |
$55.31 |
$115,040 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
260 |
$16.82 |
$34,990 |
| Medical and health services managers |
260 |
$49.12 |
$102,160 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
250 |
$29.02 |
$60,360 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
250 |
$23.32 |
$48,500 |
| Dental hygienists |
250 |
$38.38 |
$79,830 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers |
250 |
$17.03 |
$35,420 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
250 |
$18.38 |
$38,240 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
250 |
$18.18 |
$37,810 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
250 |
$16.98 |
$35,310 |
| Cost estimators |
240 |
$31.35 |
$65,220 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
240 |
$18.06 |
$37,570 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
240 |
$28.69 |
$59,680 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
240 |
$12.09 |
$25,150 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
240 |
$19.01 |
$39,540 |
| Instructional coordinators |
240 |
$31.78 |
$66,110 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
240 |
$10.38 |
$21,600 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
240 |
$19.82 |
$41,230 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
240 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Tile and marble setters |
240 |
$21.02 |
$43,730 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
230 |
$17.74 |
$36,900 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
230 |
$15.27 |
$31,770 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
230 |
$17.48 |
$36,350 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
230 |
$12.96 |
$26,960 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
220 |
$23.72 |
$49,340 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
220 |
$48.46 |
$100,800 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
220 |
$16.63 |
$34,580 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
220 |
$30.13 |
$62,670 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
220 |
Not available |
$57,790 |
| Public relations specialists |
220 |
$28.14 |
$58,520 |
| Social and community service managers |
220 |
$29.05 |
$60,430 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
220 |
Not available |
$66,450 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
220 |
$14.34 |
$29,830 |
| Bill and account collectors |
210 |
$17.74 |
$36,890 |
| Advertising sales agents |
200 |
$36.36 |
$75,620 |
| Construction managers |
200 |
$46.93 |
$97,620 |
| Industrial engineers |
200 |
$41.88 |
$87,100 |
| Legal secretaries |
200 |
$21.00 |
$43,670 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders |
200 |
$29.15 |
$60,630 |
| Word processors and typists |
200 |
$16.56 |
$34,450 |
| Coaches and scouts |
190 |
Not available |
$41,580 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
190 |
$19.94 |
$41,480 |
| Industrial production managers |
190 |
$47.55 |
$98,900 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
190 |
$33.42 |
$69,510 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
190 |
$10.44 |
$21,710 |
| Pest control workers |
190 |
$15.13 |
$31,460 |
| Pharmacists |
190 |
$65.28 |
$135,770 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
190 |
$29.58 |
$61,520 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
190 |
$12.48 |
$25,950 |
| Computer specialists, all other |
180 |
$32.85 |
$68,340 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
180 |
$30.22 |
$62,850 |
| Helpers--production workers |
180 |
$12.25 |
$25,470 |
| Marriage and family therapists |
180 |
$23.50 |
$48,880 |
| Pharmacy aides |
180 |
$10.02 |
$20,840 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
180 |
$16.80 |
$34,950 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
180 |
Not available |
$61,220 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
180 |
$12.33 |
$25,640 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
180 |
$24.04 |
$49,990 |
| Bakers |
170 |
$13.18 |
$27,420 |
| Budget analysts |
170 |
$33.69 |
$70,070 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
170 |
$31.00 |
$64,480 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
160 |
$17.32 |
$36,020 |
| Health educators |
160 |
$22.22 |
$46,210 |
| Loan officers |
160 |
$35.90 |
$74,670 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand |
150 |
$12.72 |
$26,450 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
150 |
$24.51 |
$50,980 |
| Parking lot attendants |
150 |
$9.45 |
$19,660 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
150 |
$34.18 |
$71,100 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
140 |
$38.23 |
$79,520 |
| Forest and conservation technicians |
140 |
$18.66 |
$38,810 |
| Library technicians |
140 |
$18.79 |
$39,070 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
140 |
$22.86 |
$47,540 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers |
140 |
$9.35 |
$19,440 |
| Agricultural equipment operators |
130 |
$10.18 |
$21,180 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
130 |
$14.79 |
$30,760 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
130 |
$20.49 |
$42,620 |
| Librarians |
130 |
$32.37 |
$67,320 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
130 |
$93.40 |
$194,270 |
| Printing machine operators |
130 |
$15.51 |
$32,270 |
| Purchasing managers |
130 |
$39.76 |
$82,710 |
| Surgical technologists |
130 |
$22.47 |
$46,740 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
120 |
$23.06 |
$47,960 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary |
120 |
$47.09 |
$97,950 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers |
120 |
$13.79 |
$28,680 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health |
120 |
$20.39 |
$42,410 |
| Family and general practitioners |
120 |
$75.92 |
$157,910 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals |
120 |
$10.83 |
$22,520 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
120 |
$23.62 |
$49,130 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
120 |
$28.34 |
$58,950 |
| Helpers--carpenters |
120 |
$17.15 |
$35,670 |
| Logisticians |
120 |
$31.98 |
$66,510 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
120 |
$36.87 |
$76,700 |
| Physical therapists |
120 |
$39.92 |
$83,030 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
120 |
$37.29 |
$77,570 |
| Training and development specialists |
120 |
$28.12 |
$58,490 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
120 |
$17.20 |
$35,780 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary |
120 |
$34.09 |
$70,900 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other |
110 |
$22.59 |
$46,980 |
| Dentists, general |
110 |
$74.73 |
$155,440 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
110 |
$32.99 |
$68,620 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
110 |
$20.93 |
$43,530 |
| Glaziers |
110 |
$27.96 |
$58,160 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters |
110 |
$12.55 |
$26,110 |
| Sales engineers |
110 |
$36.61 |
$76,140 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
110 |
$22.93 |
$47,680 |
| Travel agents |
110 |
$20.26 |
$42,140 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
110 |
$22.50 |
$46,800 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary |
100 |
Not available |
$89,250 |
| Chemists |
100 |
$39.39 |
$81,930 |
| Computer hardware engineers |
100 |
$62.94 |
$130,910 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
100 |
$17.49 |
$36,390 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
100 |
$12.67 |
$26,360 |
| Editors |
100 |
$25.51 |
$53,060 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
100 |
$36.81 |
$76,570 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
100 |
$23.33 |
$48,520 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
100 |
$23.96 |
$49,830 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians |
100 |
$20.95 |
$43,580 |
| Postal service clerks |
100 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
100 |
$20.13 |
$41,880 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
100 |
$25.65 |
$53,340 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
100 |
$42.47 |
$88,330 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school |
100 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door |
90 |
$30.97 |
$64,420 |
| Couriers and messengers |
90 |
$10.85 |
$22,560 |
| Database administrators |
90 |
$34.20 |
$71,140 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other |
90 |
$21.73 |
$45,190 |
| Financial analysts |
90 |
$41.23 |
$85,770 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other |
90 |
$46.17 |
$96,030 |
| Lodging managers |
90 |
$30.33 |
$63,080 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
90 |
$16.53 |
$34,370 |
| Operations research analysts |
90 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Producers and directors |
90 |
$52.79 |
$109,810 |
| Production workers, all other |
90 |
$13.97 |
$29,050 |
| Real estate sales agents |
90 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks |
90 |
$15.04 |
$31,270 |
| Service station attendants |
90 |
$9.30 |
$19,350 |
| Surveyors |
90 |
$45.44 |
$94,520 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops |
80 |
$9.39 |
$19,530 |
| Credit analysts |
80 |
$32.94 |
$68,510 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
80 |
$28.23 |
$58,710 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary |
80 |
Not available |
$80,790 |
| Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other |
80 |
$10.88 |
$22,640 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
80 |
$15.38 |
$31,980 |
| Food batchmakers |
80 |
$9.59 |
$19,950 |
| Massage therapists |
80 |
$19.85 |
$41,290 |
| Materials engineers |
80 |
$36.50 |
$75,910 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
80 |
$17.34 |
$36,070 |
| New accounts clerks |
80 |
$16.67 |
$34,680 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
80 |
$14.69 |
$30,560 |
| Procurement clerks |
80 |
$18.30 |
$38,070 |
| Sewing machine operators |
80 |
$10.78 |
$22,430 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
80 |
$13.75 |
$28,610 |
| Chemical technicians |
70 |
$20.06 |
$41,720 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
70 |
$29.03 |
$60,370 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
70 |
$16.60 |
$34,530 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other |
70 |
$28.24 |
$58,740 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other |
70 |
$9.55 |
$19,860 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
70 |
$11.88 |
$24,720 |
| Mechanical drafters |
70 |
$16.91 |
$35,180 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers |
70 |
$13.71 |
$28,510 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
70 |
$15.21 |
$31,630 |
| Physician assistants |
70 |
$41.72 |
$86,770 |
| Respiratory therapists |
70 |
$31.94 |
$66,440 |
| Roustabouts, oil and gas |
70 |
$17.19 |
$35,750 |
| Technical writers |
70 |
$33.38 |
$69,420 |
| Veterinarians |
70 |
$59.83 |
$124,440 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians |
60 |
$27.08 |
$56,320 |
| Education administrators, all other |
60 |
$44.02 |
$91,570 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program |
60 |
$27.65 |
$57,510 |
| Floral designers |
60 |
$22.84 |
$47,520 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
60 |
$45.17 |
$93,950 |
| Social workers, all other |
60 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Stonemasons |
60 |
$17.68 |
$36,770 |
| Tax preparers |
60 |
$23.46 |
$48,790 |
| Tour guides and escorts |
60 |
$12.24 |
$25,450 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
60 |
$16.76 |
$34,850 |
| Bus drivers, school |
50 |
$13.35 |
$27,760 |
| Chemical engineers |
50 |
$50.48 |
$105,000 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
50 |
$27.81 |
$57,850 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
50 |
$11.50 |
$23,930 |
| Environmental engineers |
50 |
$43.69 |
$90,870 |
| Farm equipment mechanics |
50 |
$16.92 |
$35,190 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
50 |
$55.56 |
$115,570 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
50 |
$24.51 |
$50,980 |
| Insurance underwriters |
50 |
$29.31 |
$60,960 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
50 |
$11.15 |
$23,200 |
| Occupational therapists |
50 |
$37.80 |
$78,630 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
50 |
$20.26 |
$42,130 |
| Physical scientists, all other |
50 |
$51.81 |
$107,770 |
| Physical therapist aides |
50 |
$12.20 |
$25,370 |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
50 |
Not available |
$57,560 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
50 |
$25.56 |
$53,160 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers |
50 |
$16.68 |
$34,700 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents |
50 |
$35.28 |
$73,390 |
| Transportation workers, all other |
50 |
$13.08 |
$27,200 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors |
40 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Advertising and promotions managers |
40 |
$44.80 |
$93,190 |
| Agricultural and food science technicians |
40 |
$19.40 |
$40,340 |
| Art directors |
40 |
$46.13 |
$95,940 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians |
40 |
$20.54 |
$42,720 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians |
40 |
$22.39 |
$46,580 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
40 |
$13.93 |
$28,980 |
| Farm, ranch, and other agricultural managers |
40 |
$31.42 |
$65,350 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors |
40 |
$42.31 |
$87,990 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
40 |
$19.57 |
$40,700 |
| Meeting and convention planners |
40 |
$21.67 |
$45,070 |
| Motorcycle mechanics |
40 |
$18.73 |
$38,970 |
| Painters, transportation equipment |
40 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Public relations managers |
40 |
$36.06 |
$75,000 |
| Tool and die makers |
40 |
$21.15 |
$43,990 |
| Urban and regional planners |
40 |
$33.47 |
$69,610 |
| Broadcast technicians |
30 |
$17.91 |
$37,260 |
| Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture |
30 |
$24.69 |
$51,360 |
| Clergy |
30 |
$38.43 |
$79,930 |
| Compensation and benefits managers |
30 |
$39.41 |
$81,980 |
| Computer and information scientists, research |
30 |
$53.86 |
$112,020 |
| Dental laboratory technicians |
30 |
$18.04 |
$37,520 |
| Interior designers |
30 |
$34.11 |
$70,960 |
| Legislators |
30 |
Not available |
$37,030 |
| Microbiologists |
30 |
$39.71 |
$82,600 |
| Motion picture projectionists |
30 |
$12.81 |
$26,630 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
30 |
$37.29 |
$77,570 |
| Upholsterers |
30 |
$15.41 |
$32,040 |
| Administrative services managers |
Not available |
$37.81 |
$78,640 |
| Agricultural workers, all other |
Not available |
$17.67 |
$36,760 |
| All other information and record clerks |
Not available |
$20.00 |
$41,600 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
Not available |
$61.25 |
$127,410 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
Not available |
$22.30 |
$46,380 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
Not available |
$19.71 |
$40,990 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity |
Not available |
$20.94 |
$43,550 |
| Cargo and freight agents |
Not available |
$19.69 |
$40,960 |
| Carpet installers |
Not available |
$18.86 |
$39,230 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers |
Not available |
$15.06 |
$31,330 |
| Computer operators |
Not available |
$19.98 |
$41,570 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
Not available |
$13.34 |
$27,740 |
| Court reporters |
Not available |
$25.67 |
$53,390 |
| Curators |
Not available |
$20.05 |
$41,700 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
Not available |
$20.09 |
$41,800 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs |
Not available |
$23.59 |
$49,080 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
Not available |
Not available |
$75,660 |
| Fire fighters |
Not available |
$32.01 |
$66,580 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
Not available |
$10.01 |
$20,820 |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other |
Not available |
$29.65 |
$61,680 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other |
Not available |
$13.59 |
$28,260 |
| Helpers--electricians |
Not available |
$13.90 |
$28,920 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
Not available |
$11.14 |
$23,170 |
| Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons |
Not available |
$11.56 |
$24,040 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
Not available |
$15.15 |
$31,520 |
| Home appliance repairers |
Not available |
$15.37 |
$31,960 |
| Internists, general |
Not available |
$88.01 |
$183,060 |
| Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers |
Not available |
$20.02 |
$41,650 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
Not available |
$15.16 |
$31,540 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers |
Not available |
$11.42 |
$23,750 |
| Mechanical door repairers |
Not available |
$17.53 |
$36,460 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
Not available |
$22.15 |
$46,080 |
| Medical equipment preparers |
Not available |
$12.56 |
$26,130 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists |
Not available |
$37.85 |
$78,720 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
Not available |
$22.72 |
$47,250 |
| Mental health counselors |
Not available |
$16.68 |
$34,700 |
| Meter readers, utilities |
Not available |
$20.86 |
$43,390 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other |
Not available |
$21.49 |
$44,710 |
| Museum technicians and conservators |
Not available |
$30.79 |
$64,050 |
| Musicians and singers |
Not available |
$61.55 |
Not available |
| Natural sciences managers |
Not available |
$71.84 |
$149,430 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics |
Not available |
$12.43 |
$25,850 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
Not available |
$21.79 |
$45,320 |
| Photographic processing machine operators |
Not available |
$11.83 |
$24,600 |
| Plasterers and stucco masons |
Not available |
$15.72 |
$32,710 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
Not available |
$36.13 |
$75,150 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other |
Not available |
Not available |
$88,680 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials |
Not available |
$10.74 |
$22,330 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary |
Not available |
Not available |
$84,940 |
| Real estate brokers |
Not available |
$40.57 |
$84,390 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
Not available |
$20.37 |
$42,380 |
| Reporters and correspondents |
Not available |
$16.39 |
$34,080 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
Not available |
$25.23 |
$52,470 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
Not available |
Not available |
$44,800 |
| Tree trimmers and pruners |
Not available |
$18.17 |
$37,790 |
| Writers and authors |
Not available |
$61.63 |
$128,200 |
