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 | 90,080 | $21.75 | $45,230 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 15,510 | $16.50 | $34,310 |
| Sales and related occupations | 10,030 | $17.13 | $35,630 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 9,630 | $10.40 | $21,630 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 9,150 | $25.04 | $52,080 |
| Management occupations | 5,210 | $47.58 | $98,970 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 4,520 | $15.29 | $31,810 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 3,980 | $42.05 | $87,470 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 3,870 | $24.20 | $50,330 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 3,650 | $29.97 | $62,340 |
| Retail salespersons | 3,320 | $12.42 | $25,840 |
| Production occupations | 3,270 | $15.27 | $31,750 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 3,050 | $13.56 | $28,210 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 2,840 | $13.42 | $27,910 |
| Cashiers | 2,830 | $12.75 | $26,510 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 2,570 | $21.44 | $44,590 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 2,410 | $15.62 | $32,490 |
| Office clerks, general | 2,410 | $12.75 | $26,520 |
| Community and social services occupations | 2,230 | $23.18 | $48,210 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 1,990 | $10.42 | $21,680 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 1,860 | $9.44 | $19,630 |
| General and operations managers | 1,820 | $51.25 | $106,600 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 1,800 | $35.37 | $73,570 |
| Protective service occupations | 1,600 | $25.14 | $52,280 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 1,580 | $12.30 | $25,590 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 1,490 | $19.94 | $41,470 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 1,360 | $28.86 | $60,030 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 1,330 | $24.64 | $51,250 |
| Registered nurses | 1,300 | $42.31 | $88,010 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 1,240 | $20.37 | $42,370 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 1,210 | Not available | $62,680 |
| Teacher assistants | 1,150 | Not available | $27,310 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 1,130 | Not available | $52,690 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 1,110 | $24.14 | $50,200 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 1,100 | $12.36 | $25,710 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 1,040 | $19.46 | $40,480 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 990 | Not available | $53,630 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 960 | $40.68 | $84,620 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 890 | $11.65 | $24,230 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 890 | $32.90 | $68,430 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 870 | $14.97 | $31,140 |
| Cooks, fast food | 840 | $9.19 | $19,110 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 750 | $16.47 | $34,250 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 740 | $11.89 | $24,720 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 740 | $16.90 | $35,150 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 720 | $26.76 | $55,670 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 720 | $9.06 | $18,840 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 710 | $20.83 | $43,320 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 700 | $12.37 | $25,730 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 690 | Not available | Not available |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 670 | $15.80 | $32,850 |
| Construction laborers | 650 | $17.41 | $36,210 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 650 | $9.53 | $19,830 |
| Food preparation workers | 640 | $10.77 | $22,400 |
| Medical secretaries | 620 | $15.66 | $32,570 |
| Personal and home care aides | 620 | $11.62 | $24,180 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 610 | $9.71 | $20,200 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 610 | $14.30 | $29,740 |
| Bartenders | 600 | $9.69 | $20,160 |
| Accountants and auditors | 580 | $30.35 | $63,120 |
| Customer service representatives | 580 | $18.62 | $38,720 |
| Dishwashers | 570 | $9.21 | $19,150 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 560 | $12.34 | $25,670 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 550 | $12.25 | $25,470 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | 550 | $9.39 | $19,520 |
| Medical assistants | 550 | $17.24 | $35,850 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 550 | $14.03 | $29,180 |
| Carpenters | 530 | $29.27 | $60,880 |
| Tellers | 530 | $12.56 | $26,130 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 520 | $13.86 | $28,830 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 490 | $9.13 | $18,990 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 480 | $10.96 | $22,790 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 480 | $26.47 | $55,070 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 470 | $9.69 | $20,150 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 430 | $21.88 | $45,520 |
| Management analysts | 430 | $39.53 | $82,230 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 380 | $21.44 | $44,600 |
| Financial managers | 370 | $43.87 | $91,250 |
| Legal occupations | 370 | $52.84 | $109,900 |
| Security guards | 370 | $13.93 | $28,980 |
| Child care workers | 360 | $11.03 | $22,940 |
| Dental assistants | 360 | $15.97 | $33,210 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 350 | $37.06 | $77,080 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 340 | $24.71 | $51,390 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 330 | Not available | $51,370 |
| Dental hygienists | 320 | $39.04 | $81,210 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 310 | $16.76 | $34,870 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 310 | $31.84 | $66,230 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 300 | $23.00 | $47,850 |
| Computer support specialists | 300 | $24.33 | $50,600 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 300 | $9.27 | $19,290 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 300 | $16.79 | $34,920 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 290 | Not available | Not available |
| Sales managers | 290 | $49.25 | $102,430 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 290 | $18.09 | $37,620 |
| Social and human service assistants | 280 | $16.28 | $33,860 |
| Administrative services managers | 270 | $40.71 | $84,690 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 260 | $38.80 | $80,710 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 260 | $10.58 | $22,020 |
| Lawyers | 260 | $61.50 | $127,910 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 260 | $18.45 | $38,370 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 260 | $30.82 | $64,110 |
| Computer programmers | 250 | $34.57 | $71,900 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software | 250 | $48.32 | $100,510 |
| Public relations specialists | 250 | $20.75 | $43,150 |
| Food service managers | 240 | $23.64 | $49,160 |
| Bill and account collectors | 230 | $17.94 | $37,310 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 230 | $32.54 | $67,670 |
| All other information and record clerks | 220 | $15.52 | $32,280 |
| Marketing managers | 220 | $63.27 | $131,600 |
| Medical and health services managers | 220 | $44.23 | $92,000 |
| Protective service workers, all other | 220 | $17.27 | $35,920 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 210 | $12.85 | $26,740 |
| Fire fighters | 210 | $21.83 | $45,410 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 210 | $31.66 | $65,850 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 210 | $14.90 | $30,990 |
| Managers, all other | 210 | $49.44 | $102,840 |
| Recreation workers | 210 | $13.14 | $27,330 |
| Driver/sales workers | 200 | $13.28 | $27,630 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | 200 | $25.18 | $52,380 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 200 | Not available | $102,500 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 200 | $26.53 | $55,180 |
| Health educators | 200 | $21.43 | $44,580 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 200 | Not available | $58,150 |
| Order clerks | 200 | $15.96 | $33,190 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 190 | $14.51 | $30,190 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 190 | $11.57 | $24,060 |
| Electricians | 190 | $33.41 | $69,490 |
| Home health aides | 190 | $11.33 | $23,560 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 190 | $18.24 | $37,950 |
| Coaches and scouts | 180 | Not available | $43,390 |
| Roofers | 180 | $26.74 | $55,610 |
| Team assemblers | 180 | $13.38 | $27,830 |
| Bakers | 170 | $12.86 | $26,760 |
| Chief executives | 170 | $80.22 | $166,850 |
| Helpers--production workers | 170 | $9.78 | $20,340 |
| Instructional coordinators | 170 | $33.77 | $70,240 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 160 | $20.85 | $43,370 |
| Computer systems analysts | 160 | $37.14 | $77,240 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 160 | $17.03 | $35,420 |
| Pharmacists | 160 | $60.66 | $126,170 |
| Civil engineers | 150 | $40.18 | $83,560 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 150 | $58.24 | $121,150 |
| File clerks | 150 | $11.33 | $23,560 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 150 | $23.51 | $48,910 |
| Graphic designers | 150 | $23.90 | $49,710 |
| Computer hardware engineers | 140 | $49.58 | $103,120 |
| Cooks, short order | 140 | $11.57 | $24,060 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other | 140 | $15.95 | $33,170 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | 140 | $14.93 | $31,050 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 140 | $35.95 | $74,770 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 140 | $19.39 | $40,330 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 140 | $16.48 | $34,290 |
| Library technicians | 140 | $20.92 | $43,500 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 140 | $23.44 | $48,750 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 140 | $36.02 | $74,910 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 140 | $19.05 | $39,620 |
| Pharmacy aides | 140 | $11.34 | $23,580 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 140 | $20.39 | $42,400 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 130 | $19.11 | $39,750 |
| Cost estimators | 130 | $29.70 | $61,780 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers | 130 | $32.52 | $67,640 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 130 | $15.65 | $32,560 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 130 | $11.51 | $23,950 |
| Parts salespersons | 130 | $16.12 | $33,540 |
| Social and community service managers | 130 | $32.65 | $67,920 |
| Telemarketers | 130 | $12.18 | $25,340 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 130 | $30.45 | $63,340 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 120 | $31.87 | $66,290 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers | 120 | Not available | Not available |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 120 | $20.41 | $42,440 |
| Loan officers | 120 | $29.73 | $61,830 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 120 | $29.86 | $62,110 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 120 | $29.14 | $60,610 |
| Sales and related workers, all other | 120 | $17.12 | $35,610 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 120 | $33.89 | $70,500 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 120 | $27.57 | $57,350 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 120 | $25.88 | $53,830 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 110 | $28.95 | $60,220 |
| Market research analysts | 110 | $33.60 | $69,880 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 110 | $48.57 | $101,030 |
| Data entry keyers | 100 | $15.09 | $31,380 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 100 | $16.74 | $34,820 |
| Electrical engineers | 100 | $53.36 | $111,000 |
| Family and general practitioners | 100 | $65.71 | $136,680 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 100 | $10.75 | $22,360 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 100 | $19.56 | $40,670 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 100 | Not available | Not available |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers | 100 | $10.60 | $22,040 |
| Mechanical engineers | 100 | $44.23 | $92,000 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 100 | $19.67 | $40,920 |
| Printing machine operators | 100 | $15.89 | $33,050 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 100 | $13.60 | $28,290 |
| Urban and regional planners | 100 | $35.44 | $73,720 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | 100 | $14.03 | $29,170 |
| Advertising sales agents | 90 | $25.97 | $54,020 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 90 | $24.57 | $51,110 |
| Biological technicians | 90 | $19.08 | $39,700 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 90 | $16.75 | $34,840 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 90 | $28.00 | $58,250 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 90 | $25.69 | $53,440 |
| Engineering managers | 90 | $67.24 | $139,860 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 90 | $19.55 | $40,670 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 90 | $28.34 | $58,950 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 90 | $24.04 | $50,010 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 90 | $28.25 | $58,760 |
| Personal financial advisors | 90 | $40.17 | $83,550 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 90 | Not available | $68,150 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 90 | $13.03 | $27,090 |
| Veterinarians | 90 | $48.29 | $100,430 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 80 | $19.75 | $41,080 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 80 | $18.41 | $38,300 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 80 | $27.53 | $57,250 |
| Food batchmakers | 80 | $11.10 | $23,080 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters | 80 | $17.52 | $36,450 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 80 | $17.21 | $35,800 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 80 | $27.55 | $57,300 |
| Physical therapists | 80 | $37.15 | $77,280 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 80 | $18.70 | $38,890 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 70 | $24.01 | $49,930 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers | 70 | $26.94 | $56,040 |
| Industrial production managers | 70 | $47.98 | $99,790 |
| Librarians | 70 | $30.72 | $63,900 |
| Meeting and convention planners | 70 | $15.29 | $31,800 |
| Postal service clerks | 70 | Not available | Not available |
| Tax preparers | 70 | $18.97 | $39,450 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 70 | $19.30 | $40,150 |
| Database administrators | 60 | $32.92 | $68,470 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | 60 | $23.20 | $48,250 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers | 60 | $31.24 | $64,970 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 60 | $52.16 | $108,500 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 60 | $24.82 | $51,620 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 60 | $10.28 | $21,380 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 60 | $24.40 | $50,740 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 60 | $27.17 | $56,500 |
| Musicians and singers | 60 | Not available | Not available |
| Photographic process workers | 60 | $13.43 | $27,930 |
| Procurement clerks | 60 | $16.93 | $35,210 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 50 | $25.15 | $52,310 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 50 | $32.17 | $66,920 |
| Dentists, general | 50 | $85.03 | $176,860 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 50 | $30.24 | $62,890 |
| Financial analysts | 50 | $37.21 | $77,410 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 50 | $12.75 | $26,520 |
| Machinists | 50 | $18.96 | $39,450 |
| Massage therapists | 50 | $13.76 | $28,620 |
| Mental health counselors | 50 | $20.41 | $42,440 |
| Physician assistants | 50 | $44.68 | $92,930 |
| Sales engineers | 50 | $45.64 | $94,930 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 50 | $33.57 | $69,830 |
| Training and development specialists | 50 | $28.30 | $58,870 |
| Clergy | 40 | $29.08 | $60,500 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 40 | $27.16 | $56,480 |
| Computer operators | 40 | $20.46 | $42,560 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 40 | $21.97 | $45,710 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | 40 | $45.75 | $95,170 |
| Editors | 40 | $23.91 | $49,730 |
| Education administrators, all other | 40 | $38.13 | $79,300 |
| Engineers, all other | 40 | $47.27 | $98,320 |
| Human resources managers, all other | 40 | $56.59 | $117,710 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers | 40 | $17.44 | $36,270 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians | 40 | $18.36 | $38,180 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists | 40 | $42.88 | $89,190 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic | 40 | $13.28 | $27,620 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other | 40 | $21.35 | $44,400 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 40 | $17.88 | $37,200 |
| Painters, transportation equipment | 40 | $23.14 | $48,130 |
| Purchasing managers | 40 | $41.40 | $86,120 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 40 | $19.01 | $39,550 |
| Social workers, all other | 40 | $22.87 | $47,570 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 40 | Not available | $60,300 |
| Surveyors | 40 | $35.48 | $73,800 |
| Technical writers | 40 | $26.31 | $54,720 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | 40 | $26.57 | $55,260 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 40 | $14.33 | $29,800 |
| Biological scientists, all other | 30 | $24.25 | $50,440 |
| Chiropractors | 30 | $28.22 | $58,700 |
| Floral designers | 30 | $15.42 | $32,070 |
| Helpers--roofers | 30 | $14.74 | $30,660 |
| Legislators | 30 | Not available | $48,550 |
| Lodging managers | 30 | $20.32 | $42,270 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 30 | $30.59 | $63,620 |
| Natural sciences managers | 30 | $54.87 | $114,130 |
| Occupational therapists | 30 | $28.76 | $59,810 |
| Photographers | 30 | $20.60 | $42,850 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 30 | $44.15 | $91,820 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians | Not available | $33.12 | $68,900 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | Not available | $24.97 | $51,930 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | Not available | $25.80 | $53,670 |
| Brokerage clerks | Not available | $15.23 | $31,690 |
| Budget analysts | Not available | $32.55 | $67,710 |
| Bus drivers, school | Not available | $16.09 | $33,460 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | Not available | $19.35 | $40,250 |
| Computer specialists, all other | Not available | $39.09 | $81,310 |
| Construction managers | Not available | $32.81 | $68,240 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | Not available | $27.21 | $56,590 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health | Not available | $28.52 | $59,310 |
| Financial specialists, all other | Not available | $23.15 | $48,150 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other | Not available | $26.08 | $54,240 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other | Not available | $34.48 | $71,710 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | Not available | $17.12 | $35,610 |
| Insurance sales agents | Not available | $22.25 | $46,280 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | Not available | $16.34 | $33,990 |
| Legal secretaries | Not available | $23.15 | $48,150 |
| Logisticians | Not available | $33.28 | $69,220 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | Not available | $10.14 | $21,090 |
| New accounts clerks | Not available | $16.36 | $34,030 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists | Not available | $75.00 | More than $145,600 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | Not available | $10.31 | $21,440 |
| Parking lot attendants | Not available | $10.93 | $22,730 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | Not available | $22.18 | $46,120 |
| Physical therapist assistants | Not available | $26.61 | $55,350 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | Not available | $75.00 | More than $145,600 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials | Not available | $9.66 | $20,090 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | Not available | $29.26 | $60,850 |
| Reporters and correspondents | Not available | $14.39 | $29,940 |
| Respiratory therapists | Not available | $33.00 | $68,650 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | Not available | $16.95 | $35,260 |
| Tour guides and escorts | Not available | $15.96 | $33,200 |
| Tree trimmers and pruners | Not available | $16.77 | $34,880 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers | Not available | $8.85 | $18,400 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary | Not available | $24.84 | $51,660 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | Not available | $20.82 | $43,310 |
