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 |
More than $70 |
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 |
