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 |
185,790 |
$22.51 |
$46,830 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
30,560 |
$17.91 |
$37,250 |
| Sales and related occupations |
20,310 |
$19.50 |
$40,570 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
18,090 |
$10.56 |
$21,960 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
12,830 |
$25.28 |
$52,580 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
11,640 |
$15.37 |
$31,980 |
| Production occupations |
11,580 |
$16.80 |
$34,940 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
11,160 |
$26.52 |
$55,150 |
| Management occupations |
10,410 |
$48.69 |
$101,270 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
9,180 |
$38.34 |
$79,750 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
8,080 |
$32.11 |
$66,780 |
| Retail salespersons |
6,660 |
$13.47 |
$28,020 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
6,610 |
$13.28 |
$27,610 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
5,440 |
$23.06 |
$47,960 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
5,040 |
$14.06 |
$29,240 |
| Cashiers |
4,800 |
$11.98 |
$24,910 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
4,790 |
$15.59 |
$32,420 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
3,900 |
$9.87 |
$20,530 |
| Office clerks, general |
3,880 |
$14.56 |
$30,270 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
3,870 |
$35.76 |
$74,380 |
| General and operations managers |
3,310 |
$54.99 |
$114,370 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
3,230 |
$39.65 |
$82,470 |
| Registered nurses |
3,200 |
$40.32 |
$83,860 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
3,130 |
$9.72 |
$20,220 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
3,120 |
$19.22 |
$39,980 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
3,100 |
$13.24 |
$27,540 |
| Protective service occupations |
2,960 |
$24.93 |
$51,840 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
2,810 |
Not available |
$55,550 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
2,780 |
$21.77 |
$45,270 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
2,580 |
$12.00 |
$24,970 |
| Teacher assistants |
2,540 |
Not available |
$27,200 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
2,380 |
$12.91 |
$26,840 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
2,280 |
$11.72 |
$24,380 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
2,250 |
$22.13 |
$46,020 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
2,240 |
$34.85 |
$72,490 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
2,190 |
$24.85 |
$51,700 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
2,190 |
$13.78 |
$28,660 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
1,900 |
$30.82 |
$64,100 |
| Construction laborers |
1,880 |
$20.82 |
$43,310 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
1,880 |
$19.05 |
$39,630 |
| Carpenters |
1,860 |
$28.37 |
$59,010 |
| Customer service representatives |
1,750 |
$17.81 |
$37,050 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse |
1,730 |
$10.73 |
$22,320 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
1,710 |
$34.82 |
$72,420 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
1,610 |
$20.13 |
$41,880 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
1,560 |
$11.54 |
$24,010 |
| Medical secretaries |
1,550 |
$17.76 |
$36,940 |
| Food preparation workers |
1,530 |
$10.88 |
$22,630 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
1,510 |
$19.55 |
$40,660 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
1,510 |
$17.25 |
$35,880 |
| Cooks, fast food |
1,400 |
$9.09 |
$18,910 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
1,260 |
$15.29 |
$31,800 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
1,230 |
$15.72 |
$32,700 |
| Accountants and auditors |
1,220 |
$32.76 |
$68,150 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
1,180 |
$14.87 |
$30,930 |
| Dishwashers |
1,150 |
$9.07 |
$18,870 |
| Home health aides |
1,140 |
$11.16 |
$23,210 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
1,140 |
Not available |
$62,030 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
1,130 |
$14.42 |
$30,000 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
1,120 |
$10.51 |
$21,850 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
1,090 |
$14.86 |
$30,900 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
1,080 |
$9.25 |
$19,250 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
1,000 |
$22.22 |
$46,220 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
990 |
$36.30 |
$75,510 |
| Electricians |
960 |
$27.85 |
$57,920 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
940 |
$10.92 |
$22,720 |
| Food batchmakers |
940 |
$11.52 |
$23,970 |
| Medical assistants |
940 |
$15.60 |
$32,440 |
| Team assemblers |
920 |
$16.92 |
$35,200 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
900 |
$8.82 |
$18,350 |
| Tellers |
890 |
$13.73 |
$28,560 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
880 |
$10.04 |
$20,890 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders |
880 |
$22.31 |
$46,410 |
| Driver/sales workers |
860 |
$11.89 |
$24,730 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
820 |
$16.80 |
$34,940 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
820 |
Not available |
$37,880 |
| Security guards |
790 |
$12.79 |
$26,600 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
770 |
$15.54 |
$32,320 |
| Legal occupations |
770 |
$54.50 |
$113,360 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
770 |
$12.95 |
$26,930 |
| Child care workers |
750 |
$12.08 |
$25,120 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
750 |
$20.11 |
$41,830 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
750 |
$33.43 |
$69,540 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
740 |
$32.44 |
$67,470 |
| Financial managers |
720 |
$48.37 |
$100,610 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
720 |
$29.50 |
$61,350 |
| Dental assistants |
710 |
$22.28 |
$46,340 |
| Bartenders |
690 |
$10.57 |
$21,980 |
| Fire fighters |
680 |
$21.80 |
$45,340 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
680 |
$23.04 |
$47,920 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
680 |
$37.23 |
$77,430 |
| Sales managers |
680 |
$48.32 |
$100,500 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
670 |
$18.44 |
$38,360 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
670 |
$26.88 |
$55,910 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
630 |
$32.97 |
$68,580 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
620 |
$46.80 |
$97,350 |
| Personal and home care aides |
620 |
$12.92 |
$26,870 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
600 |
$51.27 |
$106,640 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
600 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
580 |
Not available |
$61,900 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
570 |
$9.41 |
$19,560 |
| Cost estimators |
560 |
$36.16 |
$75,200 |
| Food service managers |
550 |
$24.84 |
$51,670 |
| Bill and account collectors |
540 |
$17.96 |
$37,360 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers |
530 |
$25.63 |
$53,310 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
530 |
$9.53 |
$19,830 |
| Computer support specialists |
510 |
$23.97 |
$49,850 |
| Bus drivers, school |
480 |
$16.31 |
$33,930 |
| Chief executives |
480 |
$82.46 |
$171,520 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
480 |
$11.55 |
$24,020 |
| Loan officers |
480 |
$35.40 |
$73,620 |
| Helpers--production workers |
470 |
$11.16 |
$23,210 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
470 |
$14.72 |
$30,610 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
450 |
$10.76 |
$22,370 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
440 |
$35.43 |
$73,690 |
| Lawyers |
440 |
$75.68 |
$157,410 |
| Insurance sales agents |
430 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Order clerks |
430 |
$15.70 |
$32,650 |
| Management analysts |
420 |
$43.18 |
$89,810 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
420 |
$12.61 |
$26,230 |
| Computer systems analysts |
400 |
$38.88 |
$80,870 |
| Recreation workers |
400 |
$12.49 |
$25,970 |
| All other information and record clerks |
390 |
$19.42 |
$40,390 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
390 |
$16.29 |
$33,880 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
390 |
$16.99 |
$35,330 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
390 |
$32.74 |
$68,110 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
390 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Social and human service assistants |
390 |
$16.19 |
$33,670 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
380 |
$30.70 |
$63,870 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
380 |
$38.88 |
$80,880 |
| Managers, all other |
380 |
$45.77 |
$95,200 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
370 |
$13.86 |
$28,820 |
| Engineering managers |
370 |
$64.73 |
$134,650 |
| Medical and health services managers |
370 |
$43.50 |
$90,470 |
| Parts salespersons |
370 |
$20.86 |
$43,380 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
370 |
$27.18 |
$56,530 |
| Dental hygienists |
360 |
$55.14 |
$114,690 |
| Industrial production managers |
360 |
$48.04 |
$99,920 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
350 |
Not available |
$86,250 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
350 |
$33.72 |
$70,140 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
350 |
$27.61 |
$57,440 |
| Bakers |
340 |
$15.39 |
$32,010 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
340 |
$20.49 |
$42,620 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
340 |
$18.97 |
$39,460 |
| Administrative services managers |
330 |
$40.27 |
$83,760 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
330 |
$11.55 |
$24,030 |
| Production workers, all other |
330 |
$14.72 |
$30,620 |
| Roofers |
330 |
$22.10 |
$45,970 |
| Coaches and scouts |
320 |
Not available |
$30,270 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
320 |
$13.43 |
$27,930 |
| Marketing managers |
320 |
$48.14 |
$100,130 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
320 |
$20.91 |
$43,500 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
320 |
$19.16 |
$39,850 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
320 |
$39.14 |
$81,420 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
310 |
$17.45 |
$36,300 |
| Electrical engineers |
310 |
$44.40 |
$92,340 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
310 |
Not available |
$60,780 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
310 |
$18.71 |
$38,930 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
310 |
$26.99 |
$56,150 |
| Tile and marble setters |
310 |
$23.49 |
$48,860 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
300 |
$18.79 |
$39,080 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders |
300 |
$11.23 |
$23,360 |
| Legal secretaries |
300 |
$20.99 |
$43,660 |
| Mechanical engineers |
300 |
$38.63 |
$80,350 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
300 |
$23.03 |
$47,910 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
300 |
$28.65 |
$59,580 |
| Word processors and typists |
300 |
$17.14 |
$35,650 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
290 |
$24.14 |
$50,220 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
280 |
$25.44 |
$52,920 |
| Civil engineers |
280 |
$43.89 |
$91,290 |
| Construction managers |
280 |
$46.24 |
$96,180 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
280 |
$37.95 |
$78,940 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
280 |
$16.26 |
$33,820 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
270 |
$19.41 |
$40,380 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
270 |
$15.48 |
$32,210 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity |
260 |
$16.19 |
$33,680 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
260 |
$22.39 |
$46,580 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
260 |
$17.98 |
$37,410 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
260 |
$16.13 |
$33,550 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
250 |
$24.35 |
$50,650 |
| Marriage and family therapists |
250 |
$23.24 |
$48,350 |
| Computer programmers |
240 |
$40.78 |
$84,830 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
240 |
$34.15 |
$71,030 |
| Market research analysts |
240 |
$25.87 |
$53,820 |
| Massage therapists |
240 |
$20.64 |
$42,930 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
240 |
Not available |
$60,480 |
| Data entry keyers |
230 |
$17.26 |
$35,910 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
230 |
$22.01 |
$45,790 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
230 |
$19.03 |
$39,570 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
230 |
$27.86 |
$57,950 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
230 |
$10.79 |
$22,450 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
230 |
$11.12 |
$23,120 |
| Pharmacists |
230 |
$57.18 |
$118,930 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
230 |
$20.13 |
$41,880 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
220 |
$30.21 |
$62,840 |
| Graphic designers |
220 |
$20.30 |
$42,220 |
| Industrial engineers |
220 |
$42.69 |
$88,800 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
220 |
$19.32 |
$40,190 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
220 |
$19.77 |
$41,110 |
| Public relations specialists |
220 |
$25.88 |
$53,830 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
210 |
$54.43 |
$113,210 |
| Engineers, all other |
210 |
$43.27 |
$90,000 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers |
210 |
$17.22 |
$35,820 |
| Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall |
210 |
$18.50 |
$38,480 |
| Machinists |
210 |
$19.50 |
$40,560 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other |
210 |
$18.66 |
$38,820 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
210 |
$44.49 |
$92,530 |
| Sewing machine operators |
210 |
$12.53 |
$26,060 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
200 |
$26.04 |
$54,150 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
200 |
$32.12 |
$66,800 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
200 |
$40.92 |
$85,120 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers |
200 |
$12.79 |
$26,600 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
200 |
$34.65 |
$72,080 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
200 |
$29.71 |
$61,800 |
| Social and community service managers |
200 |
$34.70 |
$72,180 |
| Training and development specialists |
200 |
$27.84 |
$57,910 |
| Chemists |
190 |
$33.93 |
$70,580 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
190 |
$16.01 |
$33,300 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
190 |
$21.58 |
$44,880 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials |
190 |
$9.31 |
$19,360 |
| Telemarketers |
190 |
$13.97 |
$29,050 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
190 |
$38.60 |
$80,300 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other |
180 |
$24.93 |
$51,850 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
180 |
$20.43 |
$42,480 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
180 |
$28.94 |
$60,200 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
180 |
$12.78 |
$26,580 |
| Physical therapists |
180 |
$39.90 |
$83,000 |
| Printing machine operators |
180 |
$20.99 |
$43,660 |
| Sales engineers |
180 |
$55.21 |
$114,830 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
170 |
$15.83 |
$32,920 |
| Family and general practitioners |
170 |
$56.23 |
$116,960 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
170 |
$11.56 |
$24,050 |
| Health specialties teachers, postsecondary |
170 |
Not available |
$98,670 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
160 |
$39.07 |
$81,260 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other |
160 |
$26.26 |
$54,630 |
| File clerks |
160 |
$12.06 |
$25,090 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
160 |
$25.94 |
$53,950 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
160 |
$18.12 |
$37,680 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic |
160 |
$13.52 |
$28,120 |
| New accounts clerks |
160 |
$17.44 |
$36,270 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
160 |
$13.99 |
$29,100 |
| Veterinarians |
160 |
$44.06 |
$91,640 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
150 |
$23.65 |
$49,190 |
| Instructional coordinators |
150 |
$30.91 |
$64,280 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
150 |
$23.31 |
$48,490 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors |
150 |
$16.70 |
$34,740 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers |
150 |
$10.44 |
$21,710 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
150 |
$15.18 |
$31,570 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
140 |
$23.22 |
$48,300 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
140 |
$36.66 |
$76,260 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program |
140 |
$23.67 |
$49,230 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
140 |
$28.88 |
$60,060 |
| Postal service clerks |
140 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Stonemasons |
140 |
$21.58 |
$44,890 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
140 |
$12.98 |
$27,010 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
130 |
$15.72 |
$32,690 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
130 |
$26.61 |
$55,350 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals |
130 |
$10.78 |
$22,410 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
130 |
$45.28 |
$94,180 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
130 |
$26.82 |
$55,780 |
| Insurance underwriters |
130 |
$32.73 |
$68,070 |
| Library technicians |
130 |
$16.95 |
$35,250 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
130 |
$13.71 |
$28,530 |
| Pest control workers |
130 |
$16.97 |
$35,290 |
| Surveyors |
130 |
$31.35 |
$65,200 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
130 |
$29.10 |
$60,530 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
120 |
$21.32 |
$44,350 |
| Dentists, general |
120 |
$79.16 |
$164,660 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
120 |
$31.19 |
$64,860 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators |
120 |
$30.94 |
$64,350 |
| Health educators |
120 |
$22.35 |
$46,480 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
120 |
$10.06 |
$20,930 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
120 |
$29.78 |
$61,950 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
120 |
$26.80 |
$55,740 |
| Respiratory therapists |
120 |
$32.76 |
$68,140 |
| Advertising sales agents |
110 |
$19.44 |
$40,430 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
110 |
$15.44 |
$32,110 |
| Meeting and convention planners |
110 |
$26.98 |
$56,120 |
| Personal financial advisors |
110 |
$47.02 |
$97,810 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
110 |
$24.23 |
$50,410 |
| Tapers |
110 |
$28.93 |
$60,170 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
110 |
$15.42 |
$32,070 |
| Computer hardware engineers |
100 |
$40.69 |
$84,640 |
| Credit analysts |
100 |
$35.63 |
$74,110 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
100 |
$13.89 |
$28,890 |
| Editors |
100 |
$24.10 |
$50,140 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers |
100 |
$34.68 |
$72,140 |
| Floral designers |
100 |
$14.46 |
$30,080 |
| Helpers--electricians |
100 |
$18.78 |
$39,070 |
| Occupational therapists |
100 |
$32.12 |
$66,800 |
| Pipelayers |
100 |
$28.94 |
$60,190 |
| Producers and directors |
100 |
$22.74 |
$47,300 |
| Purchasing managers |
100 |
$52.63 |
$109,470 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood |
100 |
$16.48 |
$34,270 |
| Social scientists and related workers, all other |
100 |
$42.31 |
$88,000 |
| Cooks, short order |
90 |
$11.64 |
$24,200 |
| Database administrators |
90 |
$35.75 |
$74,360 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters |
90 |
$15.22 |
$31,650 |
| Painters, transportation equipment |
90 |
$24.34 |
$50,620 |
| Physician assistants |
90 |
$37.82 |
$78,670 |
| Sheet metal workers |
90 |
$30.06 |
$62,510 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
90 |
Not available |
$67,730 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
90 |
$33.31 |
$69,290 |
| Travel agents |
90 |
$17.24 |
$35,860 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
90 |
$14.62 |
$30,400 |
| Budget analysts |
80 |
$35.85 |
$74,580 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
80 |
$15.69 |
$32,630 |
| Education administrators, all other |
80 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Librarians |
80 |
$29.98 |
$62,360 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers |
80 |
$11.59 |
$24,110 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
80 |
$14.23 |
$29,590 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other |
80 |
$12.35 |
$25,700 |
| Procurement clerks |
80 |
$16.62 |
$34,560 |
| Surgical technologists |
80 |
$24.77 |
$51,510 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents |
80 |
$30.94 |
$64,360 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians |
70 |
$31.93 |
$66,420 |
| Clergy |
70 |
$18.25 |
$37,960 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
70 |
$37.18 |
$77,330 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
70 |
$14.17 |
$29,480 |
| Interior designers |
70 |
$31.33 |
$65,160 |
| Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers |
70 |
$16.55 |
$34,430 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
70 |
$14.82 |
$30,840 |
| Lodging managers |
70 |
$31.08 |
$64,640 |
| Medical equipment preparers |
70 |
$13.66 |
$28,400 |
| Meter readers, utilities |
70 |
$21.87 |
$45,490 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
70 |
$17.50 |
$36,390 |
| Skin care specialists |
70 |
$14.53 |
$30,220 |
| Surgeons |
70 |
$87.52 |
$182,050 |
| Technical writers |
70 |
$36.95 |
$76,860 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary |
70 |
$52.02 |
$108,190 |
| Atmospheric and space scientists |
60 |
$37.14 |
$77,250 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians |
60 |
$18.54 |
$38,560 |
| Compensation and benefits managers |
60 |
$35.39 |
$73,600 |
| Computer operators |
60 |
$21.08 |
$43,850 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
60 |
$33.85 |
$70,410 |
| Couriers and messengers |
60 |
$12.30 |
$25,580 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
60 |
$31.22 |
$64,940 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
60 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Farm equipment mechanics |
60 |
$19.79 |
$41,160 |
| Financial analysts |
60 |
$51.71 |
$107,560 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other |
60 |
$24.98 |
$51,950 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other |
60 |
$38.73 |
$80,560 |
| Helpers--carpenters |
60 |
$14.79 |
$30,770 |
| Interpreters and translators |
60 |
$22.30 |
$46,390 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists |
60 |
$49.25 |
$102,430 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers |
60 |
$12.36 |
$25,700 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
60 |
$12.85 |
$26,730 |
| Parking lot attendants |
60 |
$12.19 |
$25,350 |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
60 |
$23.51 |
$48,900 |
| Recreational therapists |
60 |
$22.00 |
$45,760 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
60 |
$21.65 |
$45,040 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school |
60 |
Not available |
$60,640 |
| Writers and authors |
60 |
$17.33 |
$36,040 |
| Advertising and promotions managers |
50 |
$35.55 |
$73,950 |
| Chemical technicians |
50 |
$17.86 |
$37,150 |
| Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders |
50 |
$11.08 |
$23,040 |
| Computer specialists, all other |
50 |
$37.13 |
$77,240 |
| Drafters, all other |
50 |
$20.88 |
$43,440 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
50 |
$29.60 |
$61,570 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
50 |
$27.96 |
$58,160 |
| Forensic science technicians |
50 |
$32.25 |
$67,070 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers |
50 |
$36.95 |
$76,860 |
| Industrial engineering technicians |
50 |
$22.97 |
$47,770 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
50 |
$16.24 |
$33,780 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
50 |
$14.43 |
$30,010 |
| Motion picture projectionists |
50 |
$12.89 |
$26,810 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
50 |
$27.88 |
$57,990 |
| Pharmacy aides |
50 |
$12.10 |
$25,160 |
| Photographic processing machine operators |
50 |
$14.60 |
$30,360 |
| Radio and television announcers |
50 |
$16.13 |
$33,550 |
| Recreational vehicle service technicians |
50 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
50 |
Not available |
$63,270 |
| Agricultural engineers |
40 |
$35.48 |
$73,800 |
| Concierges |
40 |
$14.81 |
$30,810 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders |
40 |
$16.78 |
$34,890 |
| Crane and tower operators |
40 |
$31.23 |
$64,950 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary |
40 |
$49.72 |
$103,420 |
| Glaziers |
40 |
$20.78 |
$43,230 |
| Legislators |
40 |
Not available |
$53,270 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers |
40 |
$18.98 |
$39,470 |
| Logisticians |
40 |
$33.86 |
$70,430 |
| Mechanical drafters |
40 |
$30.35 |
$63,130 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
40 |
$20.66 |
$42,980 |
| Natural sciences managers |
40 |
$54.12 |
$112,560 |
| Pediatricians, general |
40 |
$76.23 |
$158,560 |
| Physical therapist aides |
40 |
$14.99 |
$31,190 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
40 |
$22.96 |
$47,770 |
| Public relations managers |
40 |
$40.49 |
$84,220 |
| Tour guides and escorts |
40 |
$17.80 |
$37,030 |
| Urban and regional planners |
40 |
$38.09 |
$79,230 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops |
30 |
$9.91 |
$20,610 |
| Broadcast technicians |
30 |
$11.58 |
$24,080 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians |
30 |
$24.48 |
$50,930 |
| Metal workers and plastic workers, all other |
30 |
$19.02 |
$39,550 |
| Postmasters and mail superintendents |
30 |
$29.92 |
$62,230 |
| Social science research assistants |
30 |
$21.28 |
$44,250 |
| Agricultural equipment operators |
Not available |
$14.48 |
$30,120 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
Not available |
$28.36 |
$58,980 |
| Art directors |
Not available |
$26.51 |
$55,130 |
| Bicycle repairers |
Not available |
$13.97 |
$29,060 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
Not available |
$28.54 |
$59,370 |
| Brokerage clerks |
Not available |
$22.89 |
$47,600 |
| Cartographers and photogrammetrists |
Not available |
$33.59 |
$69,860 |
| Community and social services occupations |
Not available |
$21.58 |
$44,890 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
Not available |
$30.38 |
$63,190 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door |
Not available |
$22.89 |
$47,620 |
| Court reporters |
Not available |
$36.95 |
$76,860 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
Not available |
$22.92 |
$47,670 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$15.28 |
$31,770 |
| Dental laboratory technicians |
Not available |
$20.87 |
$43,400 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters |
Not available |
$31.70 |
$65,940 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers |
Not available |
$17.82 |
$37,060 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
Not available |
$16.02 |
$33,310 |
| Engine and other machine assemblers |
Not available |
$16.94 |
$35,230 |
| Environmental engineering technicians |
Not available |
$23.15 |
$48,140 |
| Environmental engineers |
Not available |
$41.95 |
$87,260 |
| Farm, ranch, and other agricultural managers |
Not available |
$35.11 |
$73,030 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
Not available |
$66.06 |
$137,410 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other |
Not available |
$8.78 |
$18,260 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers |
Not available |
$20.42 |
$42,480 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
Not available |
$15.27 |
$31,760 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
Not available |
$25.72 |
$53,500 |
| Job printers |
Not available |
$16.79 |
$34,920 |
| Landscape architects |
Not available |
$28.51 |
$59,310 |
| Law clerks |
Not available |
$12.51 |
$26,020 |
| Manicurists and pedicurists |
Not available |
$11.26 |
$23,420 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
Not available |
$18.61 |
$38,710 |
| Mental health counselors |
Not available |
$15.37 |
$31,980 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers |
Not available |
$12.72 |
$26,460 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators |
Not available |
$23.41 |
$48,680 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation |
Not available |
$15.69 |
$32,640 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
Not available |
$95.80 |
$199,260 |
| Psychiatrists |
Not available |
$84.60 |
$175,960 |
| Real estate sales agents |
Not available |
$34.88 |
$72,550 |
| Service station attendants |
Not available |
$12.25 |
$25,480 |
| Social workers, all other |
Not available |
$20.67 |
$42,990 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators |
Not available |
$29.24 |
$60,820 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
Not available |
$16.89 |
$35,130 |
| Tax preparers |
Not available |
$22.21 |
$46,190 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
Not available |
$28.06 |
$58,360 |
| Tool and die makers |
Not available |
$22.97 |
$47,770 |
| Woodworkers, all other |
Not available |
$16.46 |
$34,240 |
