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 | 258,220 | $17.02 | $35,390 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 46,690 | $14.04 | $29,190 |
| Sales and related occupations | 29,060 | $14.63 | $30,430 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 26,030 | $14.02 | $29,160 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 22,650 | $9.25 | $19,250 |
| Production occupations | 22,430 | $15.02 | $31,230 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 16,480 | $27.58 | $57,370 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 14,020 | $22.89 | $47,600 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 10,610 | $18.11 | $37,670 |
| Retail salespersons | 10,440 | $11.65 | $24,240 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 9,870 | $11.81 | $24,560 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 9,160 | $19.81 | $41,200 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 8,320 | $26.44 | $54,990 |
| Cashiers | 8,010 | $8.54 | $17,760 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 7,430 | $11.36 | $23,620 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 7,290 | $13.24 | $27,540 |
| Management occupations | 7,220 | $38.33 | $79,730 |
| Office clerks, general | 6,830 | $12.14 | $25,250 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 6,020 | $10.34 | $21,510 |
| Registered nurses | 5,840 | $27.91 | $58,050 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 5,550 | $8.57 | $17,820 |
| Customer service representatives | 5,320 | $13.85 | $28,820 |
| Community and social services occupations | 5,290 | $16.81 | $34,960 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 5,220 | $8.50 | $17,680 |
| Protective service occupations | 5,030 | $18.26 | $37,980 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 4,580 | $11.82 | $24,590 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 4,340 | $16.98 | $35,330 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 3,990 | $11.08 | $23,040 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 3,950 | $10.70 | $22,260 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 3,620 | $14.37 | $29,880 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 3,600 | $13.06 | $27,160 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 3,500 | $25.22 | $52,460 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 3,420 | $28.33 | $58,930 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 3,210 | $10.65 | $22,140 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 3,080 | $28.38 | $59,040 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 2,930 | $14.79 | $30,770 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 2,810 | Not available | $51,210 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 2,730 | $16.11 | $33,520 |
| Home health aides | 2,720 | $9.93 | $20,660 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 2,420 | $16.89 | $35,120 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 2,360 | $18.73 | $38,960 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 2,200 | $21.64 | $45,010 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 2,130 | Not available | $52,490 |
| Team assemblers | 2,130 | $14.13 | $29,400 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 2,040 | $11.38 | $23,670 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 1,980 | $14.87 | $30,920 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 1,970 | $9.70 | $20,180 |
| Helpers--production workers | 1,860 | $11.22 | $23,330 |
| Teacher assistants | 1,860 | Not available | $22,140 |
| Accountants and auditors | 1,770 | $26.33 | $54,770 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 1,770 | $15.45 | $32,140 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 1,760 | $19.00 | $39,520 |
| Carpenters | 1,720 | $17.25 | $35,890 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 1,640 | $11.75 | $24,440 |
| General and operations managers | 1,570 | $41.89 | $87,140 |
| Food preparation workers | 1,530 | $9.52 | $19,800 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 1,490 | $13.38 | $27,830 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 1,470 | $14.53 | $30,210 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 1,460 | $30.74 | $63,940 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 1,410 | $11.46 | $23,830 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 1,400 | $23.43 | $48,730 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 1,390 | $17.62 | $36,660 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 1,390 | Not available | $56,190 |
| Bartenders | 1,370 | $8.22 | $17,110 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 1,280 | $19.91 | $41,410 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 1,250 | $9.26 | $19,260 |
| Mental health counselors | 1,240 | $14.90 | $30,990 |
| Security guards | 1,240 | $11.94 | $24,840 |
| Construction laborers | 1,190 | $14.15 | $29,430 |
| Dishwashers | 1,180 | $8.22 | $17,110 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 1,150 | $10.47 | $21,770 |
| Legal occupations | 1,150 | $33.04 | $68,730 |
| Bus drivers, school | 1,140 | $10.16 | $21,140 |
| Personal and home care aides | 1,120 | $9.93 | $20,650 |
| Tellers | 1,100 | $10.51 | $21,870 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 1,090 | $16.02 | $33,320 |
| Correctional officers and jailers | 1,080 | $21.00 | $43,680 |
| Bill and account collectors | 990 | $13.38 | $27,840 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 960 | $14.16 | $29,440 |
| Electricians | 960 | $23.99 | $49,890 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 950 | $14.84 | $30,860 |
| Child care workers | 900 | $8.66 | $18,010 |
| Order clerks | 890 | $14.20 | $29,530 |
| Loan officers | 870 | $30.21 | $62,840 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 850 | $7.85 | $16,330 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 840 | $22.44 | $46,670 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 830 | $15.46 | $32,150 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 820 | $11.25 | $23,400 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 820 | $11.29 | $23,470 |
| Medical secretaries | 790 | $12.91 | $26,840 |
| Computer support specialists | 780 | $18.32 | $38,090 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 770 | $19.34 | $40,230 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 760 | Not available | Not available |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 760 | $12.11 | $25,190 |
| Legal secretaries | 720 | $12.06 | $25,090 |
| Computer systems analysts | 710 | $32.96 | $68,550 |
| Social and human service assistants | 710 | $12.07 | $25,110 |
| Dental assistants | 700 | $14.15 | $29,430 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 700 | $8.87 | $18,450 |
| All other information and record clerks | 680 | $17.63 | $36,670 |
| Medical and health services managers | 680 | $33.61 | $69,910 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 670 | $12.54 | $26,080 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 660 | $21.24 | $44,180 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 650 | $17.88 | $37,190 |
| Printing machine operators | 650 | $13.33 | $27,730 |
| Machinists | 640 | $16.51 | $34,350 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity | 630 | $15.95 | $33,170 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 630 | $19.62 | $40,820 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 630 | $22.27 | $46,310 |
| Parts salespersons | 630 | $12.94 | $26,920 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 610 | $12.61 | $26,220 |
| Word processors and typists | 610 | $15.13 | $31,460 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 600 | $28.36 | $58,980 |
| Sewing machine operators | 600 | $11.25 | $23,410 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 600 | $15.64 | $32,520 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 590 | $14.98 | $31,160 |
| Management analysts | 590 | $38.12 | $79,290 |
| Chief executives | 580 | $65.59 | $136,420 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 570 | $14.70 | $30,570 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 570 | $15.04 | $31,290 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 570 | $16.81 | $34,960 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 560 | $8.39 | $17,440 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 560 | $9.44 | $19,630 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 550 | $29.38 | $61,100 |
| Insurance sales agents | 550 | $25.13 | $52,260 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 550 | $16.16 | $33,610 |
| Lawyers | 540 | $46.66 | $97,040 |
| Medical assistants | 540 | $13.43 | $27,940 |
| Pharmacists | 540 | $42.52 | $88,450 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 540 | $27.05 | $56,260 |
| Cooks, short order | 520 | $10.50 | $21,840 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 520 | $8.22 | $17,090 |
| Financial managers | 520 | $31.32 | $65,140 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 520 | $26.99 | $56,140 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 520 | $15.27 | $31,770 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 500 | $10.09 | $20,980 |
| Bakers | 490 | $10.84 | $22,550 |
| Couriers and messengers | 490 | $11.89 | $24,740 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 490 | $22.38 | $46,560 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 490 | $18.62 | $38,730 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 480 | $26.58 | $55,280 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 470 | $26.16 | $54,400 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers | 460 | $12.51 | $26,020 |
| Occupational therapists | 460 | $27.29 | $56,750 |
| Advertising sales agents | 450 | $19.78 | $41,140 |
| Food batchmakers | 450 | $14.28 | $29,700 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 450 | $24.33 | $50,610 |
| Recreation workers | 450 | $11.48 | $23,880 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 440 | $14.87 | $30,940 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | 430 | $21.42 | $44,560 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 420 | $16.43 | $34,180 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 420 | $23.22 | $48,300 |
| File clerks | 420 | $11.83 | $24,600 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 420 | $24.15 | $50,230 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 420 | $9.06 | $18,840 |
| Sheet metal workers | 420 | $23.02 | $47,890 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 410 | $27.88 | $57,990 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 410 | $15.03 | $31,270 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 400 | $22.30 | $46,370 |
| Cost estimators | 380 | $25.92 | $53,910 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 380 | Not available | Not available |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 380 | Not available | $51,470 |
| Computer programmers | 370 | $25.95 | $53,980 |
| Graphic designers | 370 | $16.68 | $34,690 |
| Legislators | 370 | Not available | $24,110 |
| Physical therapists | 370 | $32.75 | $68,120 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 370 | $21.55 | $44,830 |
| Cooks, fast food | 360 | $8.94 | $18,600 |
| Data entry keyers | 360 | $11.33 | $23,570 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 360 | $21.12 | $43,930 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 360 | $12.95 | $26,930 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 360 | $39.93 | $83,040 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 360 | $10.84 | $22,550 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 360 | $14.11 | $29,350 |
| Production workers, all other | 350 | $18.21 | $37,880 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 350 | $11.36 | $23,620 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 350 | $31.52 | $65,570 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 340 | Not available | $86,310 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 340 | $12.65 | $26,310 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 340 | $30.71 | $63,880 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 330 | $14.57 | $30,300 |
| Sales managers | 330 | $42.45 | $88,310 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 330 | $21.52 | $44,770 |
| Coaches and scouts | 320 | Not available | $24,660 |
| Computer operators | 320 | $16.63 | $34,600 |
| Family and general practitioners | 320 | $97.54 | $202,890 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 320 | $13.19 | $27,440 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 320 | $19.20 | $39,940 |
| Civil engineers | 310 | $30.33 | $63,090 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 310 | $15.15 | $31,500 |
| Librarians | 310 | $20.95 | $43,570 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 310 | $16.93 | $35,220 |
| Training and development specialists | 310 | $21.02 | $43,720 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 300 | $15.45 | $32,130 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 300 | $15.07 | $31,350 |
| Office machine operators, except computer | 300 | $10.94 | $22,750 |
| Residential advisors | 300 | $12.61 | $26,220 |
| Market research analysts | 290 | $23.76 | $49,420 |
| Mechanical engineers | 290 | $29.56 | $61,490 |
| Financial analysts | 280 | $29.85 | $62,090 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 280 | $16.89 | $35,140 |
| Industrial engineers | 280 | $35.95 | $74,770 |
| Industrial production managers | 280 | $38.71 | $80,520 |
| Dental hygienists | 270 | $22.89 | $47,610 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 270 | $17.12 | $35,610 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 270 | $34.30 | $71,350 |
| Personal financial advisors | 270 | $37.00 | $76,960 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | 270 | $20.24 | $42,100 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 270 | $10.60 | $22,050 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 260 | $9.65 | $20,080 |
| Real estate sales agents | 260 | $22.41 | $46,600 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 250 | $9.93 | $20,650 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 250 | $14.34 | $29,820 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 250 | $11.12 | $23,130 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 250 | $21.72 | $45,170 |
| Public relations specialists | 250 | $20.38 | $42,380 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary | 250 | $23.25 | $48,360 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 240 | $23.39 | $48,650 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary | 240 | Not available | $60,160 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 240 | $17.72 | $36,850 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 240 | $19.75 | $41,080 |
| Physician assistants | 240 | $30.87 | $64,200 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 240 | $17.18 | $35,730 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 230 | $33.60 | $69,890 |
| Editors | 230 | $20.34 | $42,320 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary | 230 | $43.55 | $90,570 |
| Engineering managers | 230 | $48.91 | $101,740 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 230 | Not available | $51,100 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary | 220 | Not available | $56,670 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | 220 | $19.97 | $41,550 |
| Food service managers | 220 | $23.45 | $48,780 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 220 | $14.10 | $29,320 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians | 220 | $11.95 | $24,850 |
| Special education teachers, middle school | 220 | Not available | $54,760 |
| Surgical technologists | 220 | $16.56 | $34,450 |
| Administrative services managers | 210 | $33.07 | $68,780 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary | 210 | Not available | $59,040 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 210 | $45.48 | $94,600 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 210 | $25.88 | $53,840 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 210 | $32.09 | $66,750 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 210 | $14.30 | $29,740 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents | 210 | $16.00 | $33,280 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 200 | $28.12 | $58,490 |
| Crossing guards | 200 | $9.12 | $18,960 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 200 | $15.07 | $31,340 |
| Fire fighters | 200 | $21.25 | $44,200 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 200 | $45.04 | $93,680 |
| Tool and die makers | 200 | $20.22 | $42,050 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 190 | $20.68 | $43,010 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 190 | Not available | $54,530 |
| Library technicians | 190 | $13.28 | $27,630 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 190 | $13.79 | $28,690 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 190 | $18.78 | $39,060 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 180 | Not available | $55,010 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other | 180 | $13.44 | $27,950 |
| Helpers--carpenters | 180 | $14.12 | $29,370 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 180 | $14.03 | $29,180 |
| Logisticians | 180 | $25.13 | $52,280 |
| Psychiatric aides | 180 | $13.46 | $28,000 |
| Reporters and correspondents | 180 | $19.14 | $39,800 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks | 180 | $10.75 | $22,370 |
| Social and community service managers | 180 | $25.24 | $52,500 |
| Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers | 170 | $29.77 | $61,930 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors | 170 | $20.17 | $41,960 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 170 | $21.23 | $44,160 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 170 | $16.42 | $34,150 |
| Construction managers | 170 | $39.02 | $81,160 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | 170 | $22.55 | $46,900 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 170 | $16.63 | $34,590 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 170 | $11.60 | $24,130 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | 170 | $8.10 | $16,840 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 170 | $19.13 | $39,790 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 170 | $14.21 | $29,560 |
| Private detectives and investigators | 170 | $18.39 | $38,240 |
| Respiratory therapists | 170 | $23.63 | $49,140 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 170 | $17.72 | $36,850 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers | 160 | $13.51 | $28,100 |
| Glaziers | 160 | $18.45 | $38,380 |
| Health educators | 160 | $17.41 | $36,220 |
| Job printers | 160 | $17.83 | $37,090 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 160 | $17.11 | $35,580 |
| Photographers | 160 | $17.16 | $35,690 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 160 | $82.64 | $171,880 |
| Postal service clerks | 160 | Not available | Not available |
| Travel agents | 160 | $18.93 | $39,380 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 150 | $16.89 | $35,140 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software | 150 | $35.52 | $73,880 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | 150 | $9.59 | $19,940 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 150 | $20.79 | $43,250 |
| Managers, all other | 150 | $34.70 | $72,180 |
| Marketing managers | 150 | $40.10 | $83,420 |
| Mechanical drafters | 150 | $20.94 | $43,550 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary | 150 | Not available | $59,900 |
| Structural iron and steel workers | 150 | $25.86 | $53,790 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 150 | $43.94 | $91,400 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 150 | $13.42 | $27,910 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval | 140 | $34.73 | $72,230 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary | 140 | Not available | $67,590 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 140 | $22.61 | $47,040 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 140 | $17.97 | $37,380 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | 140 | $25.75 | $53,550 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | 140 | $17.45 | $36,300 |
| Health specialties teachers, postsecondary | 140 | Not available | $55,260 |
| Medical equipment repairers | 140 | $18.89 | $39,290 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | 140 | $22.42 | $46,640 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 140 | $18.21 | $37,880 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | 140 | $13.01 | $27,070 |
| Computer specialists, all other | 130 | $36.02 | $74,910 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 130 | $15.34 | $31,920 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer | 130 | $35.12 | $73,060 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary | 130 | Not available | $61,280 |
| Pharmacy aides | 130 | $10.65 | $22,150 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 130 | $18.21 | $37,870 |
| Floral designers | 120 | $12.84 | $26,710 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 120 | $13.46 | $27,990 |
| Prepress technicians and workers | 120 | $18.17 | $37,800 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 120 | $11.90 | $24,760 |
| Broadcast technicians | 110 | $22.89 | $47,610 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians | 110 | $21.48 | $44,670 |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders | 110 | $18.59 | $38,660 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary | 110 | Not available | $66,860 |
| Helpers--electricians | 110 | $13.79 | $28,690 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers | 110 | $11.71 | $24,360 |
| Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary | 110 | Not available | $56,400 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials | 110 | $9.91 | $20,610 |
| Recreational therapists | 110 | $18.20 | $37,860 |
| Roofers | 110 | $15.57 | $32,380 |
| Surgeons | 110 | $75.00 | More than $145,600 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 110 | Not available | $48,620 |
| Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians | 100 | $9.48 | $19,720 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | 100 | $20.06 | $41,730 |
| Electrical engineers | 100 | $31.08 | $64,640 |
| History teachers, postsecondary | 100 | Not available | $57,540 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 100 | $17.82 | $37,060 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 100 | $13.12 | $27,290 |
| Procurement clerks | 100 | $15.94 | $33,150 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary | 100 | Not available | $59,400 |
| Communications teachers, postsecondary | 90 | Not available | $60,150 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers | 90 | $17.66 | $36,740 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters | 90 | $11.98 | $24,910 |
| Insurance underwriters | 90 | $20.25 | $42,130 |
| Parking lot attendants | 90 | $9.20 | $19,130 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | 90 | $23.71 | $49,310 |
| Chemistry teachers, postsecondary | 80 | Not available | $63,270 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 80 | $16.71 | $34,760 |
| Clergy | 80 | $16.18 | $33,660 |
| Database administrators | 80 | $34.58 | $71,920 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters | 80 | $11.94 | $24,840 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators | 80 | $30.28 | $62,990 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators | 80 | $16.70 | $34,740 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers | 80 | $18.46 | $38,390 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand | 80 | $15.45 | $32,140 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers | 80 | $12.99 | $27,030 |
| Pest control workers | 80 | $13.89 | $28,890 |
| Physical therapist aides | 80 | $10.61 | $22,080 |
| Producers and directors | 80 | $16.05 | $33,380 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood | 80 | $12.56 | $26,120 |
| Survey researchers | 80 | $16.69 | $34,720 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 80 | Not available | $51,180 |
| Bindery workers | 70 | $17.46 | $36,320 |
| Chemical technicians | 70 | $18.21 | $37,880 |
| Dentists, general | 70 | $51.02 | $106,110 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other | 70 | $24.95 | $51,900 |
| Instructional coordinators | 70 | $26.98 | $56,130 |
| Internists, general | 70 | $99.39 | $206,730 |
| Loan counselors | 70 | $21.63 | $45,000 |
| Musicians and singers | 70 | $12.03 | Not available |
| Purchasing managers | 70 | $40.29 | $83,790 |
| Radio and television announcers | 70 | $13.54 | $28,160 |
| Rock splitters, quarry | 70 | $14.97 | $31,140 |
| Sales and related workers, all other | 70 | $27.17 | $56,510 |
| Sales engineers | 70 | $48.59 | $101,060 |
| Sociology teachers, postsecondary | 70 | Not available | $73,060 |
| Chemists | 60 | $22.17 | $46,120 |
| Credit analysts | 60 | $24.78 | $51,540 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | 60 | $31.32 | $65,140 |
| Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers | 60 | $14.80 | $30,770 |
| Financial specialists, all other | 60 | $26.27 | $54,650 |
| Human resources managers, all other | 60 | $36.92 | $76,800 |
| Law clerks | 60 | $18.02 | $37,480 |
| Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 60 | $14.97 | $31,140 |
| Postmasters and mail superintendents | 60 | $28.02 | $58,280 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers | 60 | $17.57 | $36,540 |
| Upholsterers | 60 | $10.74 | $22,330 |
| Advertising and promotions managers | 50 | $37.72 | $78,470 |
| Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture | 50 | $13.50 | $28,090 |
| Compensation and benefits managers | 50 | $36.92 | $76,790 |
| Counselors, all other | 50 | $12.77 | $26,570 |
| Emergency management specialists | 50 | $22.34 | $46,470 |
| Engineering teachers, postsecondary | 50 | Not available | $66,980 |
| Environmental engineers | 50 | $36.39 | $75,700 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health | 50 | $25.15 | $52,300 |
| Financial examiners | 50 | $32.30 | $67,190 |
| Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 50 | Not available | $64,530 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other | 50 | $19.10 | $39,730 |
| Lodging managers | 50 | $23.90 | $49,710 |
| Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders | 50 | $15.28 | $31,790 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 50 | $15.86 | $32,980 |
| Public relations managers | 50 | $29.36 | $61,070 |
| Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary | 50 | Not available | $64,790 |
| Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 50 | $17.10 | $35,580 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators | 50 | $25.67 | $53,390 |
| Surveyors | 50 | $22.54 | $46,880 |
| Veterinarians | 50 | $39.81 | $82,800 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | 40 | $19.06 | $39,650 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians | 40 | $11.46 | $23,850 |
| Budget analysts | 40 | $29.93 | $62,250 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks | 40 | $14.17 | $29,480 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 40 | $17.47 | $36,330 |
| Cutters and trimmers, hand | 40 | $11.66 | $24,260 |
| Dietetic technicians | 40 | $13.39 | $27,850 |
| Economics teachers, postsecondary | 40 | Not available | $58,800 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters | 40 | $22.80 | $47,420 |
| Film and video editors | 40 | $15.07 | $31,350 |
| Interior designers | 40 | $22.51 | $46,830 |
| Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants | 40 | $10.25 | $21,330 |
| Materials engineers | 40 | $36.41 | $75,730 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians | 40 | $23.60 | $49,100 |
| Medical equipment preparers | 40 | $13.79 | $28,690 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other | 40 | $12.45 | $25,900 |
| Music directors and composers | 40 | $11.83 | $24,600 |
| Occupational therapist assistants | 40 | $17.13 | $35,630 |
| Psychiatrists | 40 | $57.00 | $118,560 |
| Social work teachers, postsecondary | 40 | Not available | $65,390 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 40 | $15.18 | $31,570 |
| Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other | 40 | $11.36 | $23,640 |
| Tour guides and escorts | 40 | $11.61 | $24,140 |
| Writers and authors | 40 | $14.03 | $29,170 |
| Art directors | 30 | $25.55 | $53,140 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | 30 | $18.84 | $39,180 |
| Desktop publishers | 30 | $20.11 | $41,830 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers | 30 | $21.68 | $45,090 |
| Furniture finishers | 30 | $13.21 | $27,480 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 30 | $17.66 | $36,740 |
| Legal support workers, all other | 30 | $20.66 | $42,970 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other | 30 | $13.68 | $28,460 |
| Political science teachers, postsecondary | 30 | Not available | $96,760 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other | 30 | Not available | $50,470 |
| Respiratory therapy technicians | 30 | $20.20 | $42,020 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers | 30 | $15.31 | $31,850 |
| Anesthesiologists | Not available | $96.15 | $199,990 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | Not available | $11.25 | $23,400 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | Not available | $12.75 | $26,520 |
| Cargo and freight agents | Not available | $16.96 | $35,280 |
| Chiropractors | Not available | $38.12 | $79,280 |
| Crane and tower operators | Not available | $21.37 | $44,460 |
| Dental laboratory technicians | Not available | $19.06 | $39,640 |
| Driver/sales workers | Not available | $11.12 | $23,130 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | Not available | $14.59 | $30,350 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers | Not available | $10.77 | $22,410 |
| Environmental engineering technicians | Not available | $15.60 | $32,440 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals | Not available | $10.51 | $21,860 |
| Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $17.24 | $35,860 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $13.95 | $29,020 |
| Grounds maintenance workers, all other | Not available | $8.91 | $18,530 |
| Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $15.69 | $32,640 |
| Home appliance repairers | Not available | $13.24 | $27,540 |
| Industrial engineering technicians | Not available | $23.95 | $49,820 |
| Insurance appraisers, auto damage | Not available | $25.12 | $52,250 |
| Marriage and family therapists | Not available | $23.03 | $47,900 |
| Material moving workers, all other | Not available | $13.17 | $27,390 |
| Mechanical door repairers | Not available | $15.85 | $32,960 |
| Millwrights | Not available | $17.70 | $36,820 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic | Not available | $14.63 | $30,420 |
| New accounts clerks | Not available | $13.81 | $28,720 |
| Operations research analysts | Not available | $32.23 | $67,050 |
| Optometrists | Not available | $37.78 | $78,580 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics | Not available | $15.75 | $32,760 |
| Photographic processing machine operators | Not available | $9.08 | $18,880 |
| Podiatrists | Not available | $45.32 | $94,250 |
| Power plant operators | Not available | $23.90 | $49,710 |
| Protective service workers, all other | Not available | $15.29 | $31,800 |
| Radiation therapists | Not available | $33.21 | $69,080 |
| Religious workers, all other | Not available | $9.29 | $19,320 |
| Service station attendants | Not available | $8.86 | $18,430 |
| Slaughterers and meat packers | Not available | $12.63 | $26,280 |
| Statistical assistants | Not available | $9.89 | $20,580 |
| Tax preparers | Not available | $12.75 | $26,510 |
| Telemarketers | Not available | $11.68 | $24,300 |
| Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders | Not available | $11.43 | $23,780 |
| Tile and marble setters | Not available | $17.23 | $35,830 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers | Not available | $9.33 | $19,410 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | Not available | $9.77 | $20,320 |
| Vocational education teachers, middle school | Not available | Not available | $61,040 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | Not available | $12.39 | $25,770 |
