Occupational employment / Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division

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.

Estimates for "Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 1,452,930 $24.85 $51,680
Office and administrative support occupations 234,160 $17.64 $36,690
Sales and related occupations 157,120 $21.66 $45,050
Food preparation and serving related occupations 115,770 $11.98 $24,910
Transportation and material moving occupations 96,580 $18.14 $37,720
Production occupations 89,850 $18.95 $39,410
Business and financial operations occupations 86,150 $33.48 $69,640
Computer and mathematical occupations 84,810 $41.61 $86,550
Construction and extraction occupations 79,170 $25.55 $53,150
Education, training, and library occupations 63,920 $24.65 $51,260
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 61,760 $37.06 $77,090
Management occupations 61,470 $58.01 $120,660
Architecture and engineering occupations 53,640 $37.98 $79,000
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 48,740 $23.21 $48,270
Personal care and service occupations 45,640 $14.08 $29,280
Retail salespersons 41,290 $14.08 $29,290
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 35,980 $13.86 $28,830
Cashiers 31,040 $11.98 $24,920
Healthcare support occupations 30,120 $15.48 $32,200
Office clerks, general 27,320 $14.80 $30,790
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 26,500 $27.24 $56,660
Life, physical, and social science occupations 25,040 $34.67 $72,110
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 24,640 $18.49 $38,460
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 24,450 $10.40 $21,630
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 23,650 $13.04 $27,120
Registered nurses 23,570 $36.28 $75,460
Protective service occupations 23,380 $23.92 $49,740
Waiters and waitresses 23,340 $13.14 $27,320
Computer software engineers, applications 21,250 $44.96 $93,510
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 19,980 $31.90 $66,360
Community and social services occupations 18,460 $21.39 $44,490
Stock clerks and order fillers 18,100 $13.57 $28,220
Customer service representatives 17,440 $16.50 $34,310
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 17,260 $13.50 $28,070
Business operations specialists, all other 16,310 $33.61 $69,900
Carpenters 16,210 $25.00 $52,010
Computer software engineers, systems software 14,770 $47.95 $99,740
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 14,100 $26.11 $54,320
Accountants and auditors 13,840 $32.19 $66,950
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 13,350 $9.89 $20,570
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 12,050 $22.82 $47,470
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 11,840 $21.18 $44,060
Legal occupations 11,810 $45.27 $94,150
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 11,810 $17.32 $36,020
Cooks, restaurant 11,500 $12.57 $26,150
General and operations managers 11,160 $70.01 $145,620
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 10,960 $17.86 $37,150
Maintenance and repair workers, general 10,100 $19.22 $39,980
Receptionists and information clerks 10,010 $13.66 $28,410
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 9,930 $23.14 $48,130
Teacher assistants 9,710 Not available $30,160
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 9,390 $13.91 $28,940
Construction laborers 9,240 $19.67 $40,900
Computer systems analysts 9,190 $41.03 $85,350
Management analysts 9,110 $41.20 $85,700
Elementary school teachers, except special education 9,100 Not available $54,460
Personal and home care aides 9,090 $11.37 $23,660
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 8,910 $15.92 $33,110
Computer programmers 8,840 $42.97 $89,380
Sales representatives, services, all other 8,630 $32.99 $68,610
Security guards 8,490 $16.25 $33,810
Counter and rental clerks 8,110 $12.48 $25,950
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 8,070 $14.66 $30,490
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 7,740 $11.54 $24,010
Computer support specialists 7,720 $25.06 $52,130
Team assemblers 7,700 $14.95 $31,090
Medical secretaries 7,560 $18.05 $37,540
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 7,550 $17.88 $37,190
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 7,260 $43.22 $89,900
Market research analysts 7,230 $43.63 $90,750
Network and computer systems administrators 7,130 $37.64 $78,280
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 6,930 $36.12 $75,130
Packers and packagers, hand 6,810 $11.22 $23,340
Lawyers 6,740 $57.97 $120,580
Aerospace engineers 6,720 $45.17 $93,950
Food preparation workers 6,710 $11.47 $23,850
Electricians 6,680 $30.63 $63,710
Financial managers 6,550 $56.10 $116,690
Industrial truck and tractor operators 6,460 $18.61 $38,700
Civil engineers 6,220 $39.48 $82,110
Teachers and instructors, all other 6,050 Not available $35,280
Child care workers 5,960 $10.96 $22,790
Office and administrative support workers, all other 5,880 $15.75 $32,760
Computer specialists, all other 5,820 $38.94 $81,000
Computer and information systems managers 5,720 $65.28 $135,770
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 5,490 $31.74 $66,030
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 5,470 $17.05 $35,460
Bartenders 5,460 $13.27 $27,600
Network systems and data communications analysts 5,460 $40.81 $84,880
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 5,450 Not available $57,590
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 5,310 $40.64 $84,530
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 5,290 $27.71 $57,640
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 5,200 $31.20 $64,890
Home health aides 5,140 $11.81 $24,550
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 5,080 $17.56 $36,520
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 5,040 $21.34 $44,390
Managers, all other 5,040 $53.30 $110,860
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 5,010 $26.92 $56,000
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 4,990 $9.86 $20,520
Loan officers 4,950 $39.32 $81,780
Dishwashers 4,900 $10.06 $20,920
Painters, construction and maintenance 4,830 $16.56 $34,440
Sales and related workers, all other 4,820 $24.27 $50,470
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 4,760 $23.29 $48,430
Tellers 4,650 $12.52 $26,040
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 4,530 $10.07 $20,940
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers 4,460 $14.97 $31,150
Medical assistants 4,460 $16.70 $34,730
Sales managers 4,440 $62.51 $130,020
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 4,420 $31.94 $66,440
Dental assistants 4,300 $18.34 $38,140
Driver/sales workers 4,260 $16.06 $33,410
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 4,170 Not available $54,850
Mechanical engineers 3,990 $41.15 $85,580
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 3,940 $21.16 $44,000
Gaming dealers 3,860 $16.42 $34,150
Assemblers and fabricators, all other 3,740 $14.84 $30,880
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 3,720 $33.31 $69,270
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 3,600 $31.80 $66,150
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks 3,510 $18.22 $37,890
Bill and account collectors 3,360 $17.37 $36,130
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 3,310 $42.87 $89,180
Telemarketers 3,300 $13.14 $27,330
Paralegals and legal assistants 3,280 $24.86 $51,700
Public relations specialists 3,270 $30.68 $63,820
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators 3,250 $29.86 $62,100
Medical scientists, except epidemiologists 3,250 $33.60 $69,890
Machinists 3,240 $23.49 $48,870
Fire fighters 3,220 $31.82 $66,180
Electronics engineers, except computer 3,210 $44.17 $91,880
Court, municipal, and license clerks 3,180 $19.52 $40,610
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 3,170 $22.23 $46,240
Bus drivers, school 3,150 $16.97 $35,290
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians 3,140 $27.92 $58,070
Logisticians 3,140 $32.98 $68,590
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 3,120 $12.27 $25,520
Engineering managers 3,060 $60.26 $125,350
Order clerks 3,010 $16.25 $33,800
Amusement and recreation attendants 3,000 $10.09 $20,990
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 2,980 $15.50 $32,240
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 2,950 $29.78 $61,940
Postal service mail carriers 2,950 Not available Not available
Graphic designers 2,890 $25.01 $52,030
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors 2,880 $20.61 $42,870
Cost estimators 2,850 $32.11 $66,790
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 2,850 $14.56 $30,290
Preschool teachers, except special education 2,840 $13.87 $28,860
Helpers--production workers 2,810 $12.63 $26,280
Marketing managers 2,780 $61.14 $127,180
Insurance sales agents 2,760 $33.80 $70,310
Architects, except landscape and naval 2,720 $36.69 $76,320
Construction managers 2,720 $53.59 $111,470
Pharmacists 2,690 $49.53 $103,030
Bus drivers, transit and intercity 2,660 $20.48 $42,610
Parking lot attendants 2,580 $11.16 $23,200
Coaches and scouts 2,560 Not available $41,910
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 2,560 $30.73 $63,920
Social and human service assistants 2,560 $15.05 $31,310
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 2,560 $21.23 $44,170
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 2,520 $25.65 $53,360
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service 2,520 $15.30 $31,820
Drywall and ceiling tile installers 2,510 $24.77 $51,520
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 2,430 $14.42 $29,990
Pharmacy technicians 2,430 $17.85 $37,130
Dental hygienists 2,400 $45.40 $94,430
Legal secretaries 2,400 $22.35 $46,490
Cooks, fast food 2,380 $9.57 $19,900
Recreation workers 2,370 $13.29 $27,650
Financial specialists, all other 2,360 $33.91 $70,530
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary 2,360 $25.56 $53,170
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 2,340 $10.94 $22,760
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs 2,320 $12.18 $25,330
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers 2,320 $28.18 $58,620
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers 2,270 $10.62 $22,100
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks 2,250 $15.55 $32,350
Self-enrichment education teachers 2,240 $21.35 $44,400
Flight attendants 2,230 Not available Not available
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 2,220 $23.12 $48,080
Cement masons and concrete finishers 2,220 $25.94 $53,940
Parts salespersons 2,210 $17.49 $36,390
Architectural and civil drafters 2,200 $21.77 $45,270
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 2,190 $14.57 $30,310
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators 2,180 Not available Not available
Training and development specialists 2,180 $33.18 $69,010
Loan interviewers and clerks 2,130 $18.72 $38,950
Administrative services managers 2,110 $45.53 $94,700
Data entry keyers 2,100 $14.68 $30,540
Demonstrators and product promoters 2,090 $11.96 $24,870
Sheet metal workers 2,090 $29.70 $61,780
Budget analysts 2,070 $33.22 $69,100
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 2,070 $20.01 $41,610
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic 2,060 $23.13 $48,110
Database administrators 2,040 $37.89 $78,820
Healthcare support workers, all other 2,040 $15.83 $32,930
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health 1,990 $33.70 $70,090
Medical records and health information technicians 1,980 $18.54 $38,560
Telecommunications line installers and repairers 1,980 $23.39 $48,650
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 1,950 $19.59 $40,740
Advertising sales agents 1,930 $27.83 $57,890
Industrial machinery mechanics 1,930 $26.43 $54,970
Bakers 1,910 $15.21 $31,650
Child, family, and school social workers 1,910 $21.97 $45,700
Electrical engineers 1,910 $39.77 $82,730
Financial analysts 1,910 $43.63 $90,760
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers 1,910 $28.51 $59,310
Mental health counselors 1,910 $19.51 $40,580
Physical therapists 1,910 $36.83 $76,600
Physicians and surgeons, all other 1,900 $82.40 $171,390
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 1,890 $19.02 $39,560
File clerks 1,870 $14.37 $29,880
Nonfarm animal caretakers 1,860 $12.03 $25,010
Roofers 1,850 $24.59 $51,150
Biological technicians 1,810 $20.12 $41,840
Cargo and freight agents 1,810 $22.22 $46,220
Radiologic technologists and technicians 1,800 $32.00 $66,570
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics 1,790 $18.05 $37,550
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 1,780 $26.95 $56,060
Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers 1,730 Not available $116,920
Property, real estate, and community association managers 1,730 $34.57 $71,910
Sailors and marine oilers 1,730 $21.40 $44,520
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 1,720 $24.85 $51,690
All other information and record clerks 1,690 $18.33 $38,130
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 1,660 $23.72 $49,330
Medical and health services managers 1,650 $57.06 $118,680
Mechanical drafters 1,630 $30.54 $63,530
Tapers 1,620 $24.28 $50,490
Real estate sales agents 1,610 $23.29 $48,430
Librarians 1,600 $31.01 $64,490
Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors 1,590 $21.01 $43,710
Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other 1,590 $31.49 $65,500
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 1,580 $22.07 $45,900
Structural iron and steel workers 1,580 $30.16 $62,730
Structural metal fabricators and fitters 1,530 $17.63 $36,660
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 1,530 $47.67 $99,160
Urban and regional planners 1,530 $33.70 $70,100
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists 1,510 $29.83 $62,050
Food servers, nonrestaurant 1,440 $13.78 $28,660
Human resources managers, all other 1,430 $54.09 $112,500
Printing machine operators 1,410 $19.27 $40,080
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters 1,400 $16.69 $34,710
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 1,390 Not available $94,090
Eligibility interviewers, government programs 1,360 $20.93 $43,520
Sales engineers 1,360 $46.95 $97,650
Service station attendants 1,360 $11.41 $23,730
Multi-media artists and animators 1,350 $30.67 $63,790
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other 1,340 $21.04 $43,770
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 1,340 $18.28 $38,010
Health technologists and technicians, all other 1,330 $24.48 $50,930
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 1,320 $13.37 $27,800
Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers 1,320 $11.36 $23,620
Sewing machine operators 1,310 $12.69 $26,400
Technical writers 1,310 $37.22 $77,420
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 1,300 $17.52 $36,450
Industrial engineering technicians 1,290 $29.90 $62,200
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 1,290 $11.59 $24,110
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers 1,290 $10.36 $21,550
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 1,270 $32.29 $67,160
Education, training, and library workers, all other 1,270 $25.58 $53,210
Industrial production managers 1,270 $53.80 $111,890
Community and social service specialists, all other 1,260 $20.71 $43,080
Library assistants, clerical 1,260 $12.72 $26,450
Chief executives 1,250 $98.51 $204,910
Switchboard operators, including answering service 1,210 $14.15 $29,430
Food batchmakers 1,200 $12.43 $25,860
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 1,200 $27.26 $56,710
New accounts clerks 1,200 $17.23 $35,830
Office machine operators, except computer 1,200 $13.47 $28,020
Instructional coordinators 1,190 $30.81 $64,080
Construction and building inspectors 1,180 $31.15 $64,780
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 1,170 $26.13 $54,350
Insurance underwriters 1,170 $31.11 $64,710
Automotive body and related repairers 1,160 $21.86 $45,470
Glaziers 1,160 $24.03 $49,990
Machine feeders and offbearers 1,160 $13.05 $27,150
Computer operators 1,150 $20.42 $42,480
Medical and public health social workers 1,140 $26.63 $55,390
Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels 1,130 $33.73 $70,160
Computer and information scientists, research 1,120 $56.61 $117,740
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 1,110 $19.07 $39,670
Medical transcriptionists 1,110 $18.18 $37,800
Library technicians 1,100 $18.39 $38,250
Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary 1,070 Not available $54,310
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 1,050 Not available $53,790
Tool and die makers 1,040 $28.61 $59,500
Motor vehicle operators, all other 1,030 $13.92 $28,950
Editors 1,020 $32.62 $67,850
Merchandise displayers and window trimmers 1,020 $14.77 $30,710
Media and communication workers, all other 1,010 $29.67 $61,720
Food service managers 1,000 $31.54 $65,600
Public relations managers 1,000 $51.89 $107,940
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment 990 $29.48 $61,310
Zoologists and wildlife biologists 990 $32.57 $67,740
Civil engineering technicians 980 $25.78 $53,620
Personal financial advisors 970 $44.50 $92,570
Surveying and mapping technicians 970 $22.46 $46,720
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 960 $20.39 $42,420
Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 960 $15.15 $31,510
Painters, transportation equipment 960 $23.11 $48,070
Massage therapists 950 $28.31 $58,880
Mechanical engineering technicians 940 $28.40 $59,070
Purchasing managers 940 $49.58 $103,130
Electrical and electronics drafters 930 $31.67 $65,860
Producers and directors 930 $32.34 $67,260
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders 920 $14.39 $29,940
Education administrators, postsecondary 920 $45.58 $94,800
Health educators 920 $24.12 $50,170
Material moving workers, all other 920 $19.13 $39,790
Computer hardware engineers 910 $50.99 $106,060
Couriers and messengers 910 $14.36 $29,870
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 910 Not available $49,470
Crossing guards 900 $14.71 $30,600
Musicians and singers 900 $31.56 Not available
Plasterers and stucco masons 900 $22.68 $47,170
Tire repairers and changers 890 $12.54 $26,090
Graders and sorters, agricultural products 870 $11.40 $23,710
Appraisers and assessors of real estate 860 $30.34 $63,110
Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders 860 $20.20 $42,020
Biological scientists, all other 850 $34.51 $71,790
First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers 850 $41.68 $86,700
Hazardous materials removal workers 850 $25.12 $52,240
Mental health and substance abuse social workers 850 $20.00 $41,600
Writers and authors 850 $30.71 $63,870
Grinding and polishing workers, hand 840 $16.48 $34,280
Photographers 840 $17.30 $35,980
Speech-language pathologists 840 $30.60 $63,640
Baggage porters and bellhops 830 $14.14 $29,420
Landscape architects 830 $31.83 $66,210
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers 820 $23.02 $47,880
Ship engineers 820 $35.23 $73,280
Social and community service managers 820 $37.91 $78,850
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers 820 $12.35 $25,680
Vocational education teachers, secondary school 820 Not available $58,850
Environmental engineers 810 $39.30 $81,750
Occupational therapists 810 $32.85 $68,330
Dentists, general 800 $82.78 $172,180
Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse 800 $11.22 $23,330
Interior designers 800 $25.66 $53,370
Protective service workers, all other 800 $19.47 $40,510
Refuse and recyclable material collectors 800 $21.34 $44,400
Occupational health and safety specialists 790 $36.14 $75,180
Butchers and meat cutters 780 $21.26 $44,210
Chefs and head cooks 770 $23.85 $49,610
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 770 $24.16 $50,250
Pipelayers 770 $24.24 $50,410
Prepress technicians and workers 770 $22.27 $46,330
Chemists 760 $36.28 $75,470
Medical equipment repairers 760 $25.46 $52,950
Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks 750 $18.74 $38,990
Helpers--carpenters 750 $14.54 $30,240
Gaming supervisors 740 $21.86 $45,470
Credit analysts 730 $30.86 $64,180
Family and general practitioners 730 $69.96 $145,520
Highway maintenance workers 730 $23.39 $48,660
Meeting and convention planners 720 $22.32 $46,420
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing 720 $14.71 $30,590
Crane and tower operators 710 $31.15 $64,790
Natural sciences managers 710 $67.20 $139,770
Physician assistants 710 $43.34 $90,140
Special education teachers, secondary school 710 Not available $54,170
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists 700 $33.72 $70,140
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 700 $44.00 $91,520
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders 700 $18.76 $39,020
Procurement clerks 690 $18.34 $38,150
Fiberglass laminators and fabricators 680 $15.50 $32,240
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors 680 $19.32 $40,190
Tile and marble setters 680 $28.52 $59,330
Medical equipment preparers 670 $15.85 $32,970
Surgical technologists 670 $22.99 $47,810
Respiratory therapists 660 $29.74 $61,850
Legal support workers, all other 650 $27.76 $57,730
Opticians, dispensing 650 $16.77 $34,870
Electromechanical equipment assemblers 640 $17.42 $36,230
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 630 $15.80 $32,860
Actors 620 Not available Not available
Operations research analysts 620 $40.89 $85,050
Word processors and typists 620 $19.55 $40,670
Bindery workers 610 $13.73 $28,560
Cooks, short order 610 $11.52 $23,960
Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other 610 $20.32 $42,270
Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers 600 $37.52 $78,030
Audio and video equipment technicians 590 $20.23 $42,070
Floral designers 590 $15.02 $31,240
Home appliance repairers 590 $19.36 $40,270
Postal service clerks 590 Not available Not available
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping 590 $16.49 $34,290
Brokerage clerks 580 $20.45 $42,540
Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers 580 $16.35 $34,010
Commercial and industrial designers 570 $32.18 $66,940
Security and fire alarm systems installers 570 $18.67 $38,830
Painting, coating, and decorating workers 560 $21.61 $44,950
Air traffic controllers 550 $49.95 $103,900
Construction and related workers, all other 550 $18.48 $38,440
Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders 550 $19.61 $40,800
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 540 $18.84 $39,180
Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 540 $13.68 $28,450
Surgeons 540 $99.28 $206,500
Electrical power-line installers and repairers 530 $32.69 $67,980
Metal workers and plastic workers, all other 530 $22.68 $47,170
Art directors 520 $43.35 $90,170
Biological science teachers, postsecondary 520 Not available Not available
Brickmasons and blockmasons 520 $29.67 $61,720
Diagnostic medical sonographers 520 $37.62 $78,240
English language and literature teachers, postsecondary 520 Not available $56,480
Veterinarians 520 $41.16 $85,600
Social science research assistants 510 $18.28 $38,020
Special education teachers, middle school 510 Not available $51,630
Surveyors 510 $36.18 $75,250
Upholsterers 510 $17.47 $36,350
Media and communication equipment workers, all other 500 $24.39 $50,730
Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood 500 $15.62 $32,490
Statisticians 500 $34.87 $72,530
First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other 490 $27.16 $56,500
Maintenance workers, machinery 490 $17.55 $36,500
Aerospace engineering and operations technicians 480 $28.61 $59,510
Business teachers, postsecondary 480 Not available $80,450
Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary 480 Not available $69,470
Real estate brokers 480 $44.57 $92,710
Reporters and correspondents 480 $23.78 $49,460
Tax preparers 480 $14.05 $29,230
Gaming cage workers 470 $12.22 $25,420
Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents 470 $29.07 $60,470
Transportation inspectors 470 $30.68 $63,820
Avionics technicians 460 $21.54 $44,810
Dietitians and nutritionists 460 $28.51 $59,300
Food preparation and serving related workers, all other 460 $11.79 $24,530
Job printers 460 $19.69 $40,950
Millwrights 460 $27.83 $57,890
Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers 460 $14.08 $29,290
Lay-out workers, metal and plastic 450 $22.31 $46,400
Interpreters and translators 440 $19.98 $41,560
Commercial pilots 430 Not available $88,300
Social workers, all other 430 $23.10 $48,040
Training and development managers 430 $49.73 $103,430
Biomedical engineers 420 $36.39 $75,680
Concierges 420 $14.32 $29,790
Stonemasons 420 Not available Not available
Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers 410 $19.14 $39,800
Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary 400 Not available $51,050
Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons 400 $13.30 $27,660
Helpers--roofers 400 $12.72 $26,460
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials 400 $11.27 $23,440
Social scientists and related workers, all other 400 $32.51 $67,630
Designers, all other 390 $35.31 $73,450
Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders 390 $16.42 $34,150
Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters 390 $20.30 $42,210
Insulation workers, mechanical 390 $24.59 $51,140
Physical therapist assistants 390 $23.62 $49,130
Dental laboratory technicians 370 $18.94 $39,390
Meter readers, utilities 370 $21.34 $44,390
Photographic processing machine operators 370 $14.83 $30,850
Advertising and promotions managers 360 $52.91 $110,040
Broadcast technicians 360 $19.02 $39,560
Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 360 $16.01 $33,300
Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 360 $19.50 $40,550
Motorboat mechanics 360 $20.10 $41,810
Physical therapist aides 360 $12.83 $26,700
Anesthesiologists 350 $104.39 $217,140
Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other 350 $35.54 $73,920
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 350 $29.25 $60,840
Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles 340 $20.41 $42,450
Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators 340 $24.88 $51,750
Numerical tool and process control programmers 340 $33.31 $69,280
Desktop publishers 330 $23.13 $48,110
Education teachers, postsecondary 330 Not available $64,680
Fence erectors 330 $15.58 $32,410
Internists, general 330 $84.77 $176,320
Dancers 320 $18.52 Not available
Gaming surveillance officers and gaming investigators 320 $13.84 $28,800
Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other 320 $27.81 $57,850
Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers 320 $23.31 $48,480
Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door 310 $25.99 $54,050
Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders 310 $17.18 $35,730
Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay 300 $29.34 $61,020
Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary 300 Not available $79,350
Transportation attendants, except flight attendants and baggage porters 300 $10.09 $20,990
Chemical technicians 290 $18.47 $38,420
Compensation and benefits managers 290 $50.15 $104,320
Education administrators, all other 290 $32.26 $67,100
Chiropractors 280 $58.78 $122,260
Dietetic technicians 280 $15.19 $31,600
Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other 280 $11.22 $23,340
Gaming and sports book writers and runners 280 $12.98 $26,990
Marine engineers and naval architects 280 $37.77 $78,560
Pest control workers 280 $19.13 $39,790
Psychology teachers, postsecondary 280 Not available $69,400
Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture 270 $27.72 $57,660
Chemical engineers 270 $42.58 $88,560
Conveyor operators and tenders 270 $13.72 $28,550
Cutters and trimmers, hand 270 $12.27 $25,520
Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program 270 $22.53 $46,860
Environmental science and protection technicians, including health 270 $22.02 $45,790
Life scientists, all other 270 $50.31 $104,640
Pediatricians, general 270 $70.66 $146,980
Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators 260 $22.84 $47,510
Lodging managers 260 $35.71 $74,280
Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 260 $21.42 $44,550
Slaughterers and meat packers 260 $12.46 $25,920
Sound engineering technicians 260 $26.86 $55,880
Audiologists 250 $32.01 $66,580
Computer science teachers, postsecondary 250 Not available $73,240
Helpers, construction trades, all other 250 $14.75 $30,680
Microbiologists 250 $31.08 $64,640
Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic 250 $14.49 $30,150
Biochemists and biophysicists 240 $33.32 $69,310
Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment 240 $21.85 $45,450
Environmental engineering technicians 240 $27.77 $57,770
Psychiatrists 240 $92.19 $191,750
Stationary engineers and boiler operators 240 $26.47 $55,070
Cardiovascular technologists and technicians 230 $29.75 $61,880
Electro-mechanical technicians 230 Not available Not available
Financial examiners 230 $34.83 $72,440
Gaming service workers, all other 230 $12.30 $25,580
Helpers--electricians 230 $14.14 $29,400
Pharmacy aides 230 $11.80 $24,540
Radio and television announcers 230 $38.57 $80,230
Actuaries 220 $43.26 $89,970
Clergy 220 $25.72 $53,490
Forest and conservation technicians 220 $18.04 $37,520
Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products 220 $33.62 $69,920
Communications teachers, postsecondary 210 Not available $54,280
Private detectives and investigators 210 $24.49 $50,930
Skin care specialists 210 $21.86 $45,470
Tank car, truck, and ship loaders 210 $22.77 $47,360
Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners 210 $24.97 $51,940
Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers 200 $21.71 $45,160
Floor layers, except carpet, wood, and hard tiles 200 $24.76 $51,500
Food cooking machine operators and tenders 200 $13.50 $28,080
Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers 200 $19.43 $40,400
Cartographers and photogrammetrists 190 $34.38 $71,520
Furniture finishers 190 $16.14 $33,580
Public address system and other announcers 190 $18.01 $37,460
Tour guides and escorts 190 $15.20 $31,620
Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders 180 $16.52 $34,360
Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors 180 $38.32 $79,710
Legislators 180 Not available Not available
Logging equipment operators 180 $22.43 $46,650
Personal care and service workers, all other 180 $11.52 $23,960
Radiation therapists 180 $43.62 $90,740
Boilermakers 170 $22.92 $47,670
Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 170 $21.53 $44,780
Epidemiologists 170 $34.05 $70,820
Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 170 $19.34 $40,220
Loan counselors 170 $17.33 $36,040
Nuclear medicine technologists 170 $38.80 $80,700
Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary 170 Not available $65,090
Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders 170 $18.80 $39,100
Chemistry teachers, postsecondary 160 Not available $76,550
Mechanical door repairers 160 $21.39 $44,500
Physicists 160 $41.77 $86,890
Physics teachers, postsecondary 160 Not available $84,310
Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers 150 $42.77 $88,970
Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders 150 $16.72 $34,770
Economists 150 $40.32 $83,860
Film and video editors 150 $25.84 $53,740
Hydrologists 150 $39.87 $82,920
Locksmiths and safe repairers 150 $19.12 $39,770
Obstetricians and gynecologists 150 $75.27 $156,550
Occupational health and safety technicians 150 $26.47 $55,050
Psychiatric technicians 150 $15.22 $31,670
Statistical assistants 150 $17.98 $37,390
Animal trainers 140 $17.17 $35,710
History teachers, postsecondary 140 Not available $68,560
Physical scientists, all other 140 $43.88 $91,260
Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners 140 $22.22 $46,210
Atmospheric and space scientists 130 $35.10 $73,010
Bailiffs 130 Not available Not available
Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders 130 $16.21 $33,710
Fire inspectors and investigators 130 $37.51 $78,020
First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers 130 $24.92 $51,830
Medical appliance technicians 130 $17.29 $35,970
Motorcycle mechanics 130 $17.98 $37,390
Occupational therapist assistants 130 $24.57 $51,100
Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics 130 $17.60 $36,600
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators 130 $30.73 $63,910
Semiconductor processors 130 $16.20 $33,690
Umpires, referees, and other sports officials 130 Not available $28,150
Aircraft cargo handling supervisors 120 $19.61 $40,790
Correspondence clerks 120 $18.50 $38,470
Embalmers 120 $18.77 $39,040
Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants 120 $11.52 $23,960
Model makers, metal and plastic 120 $30.90 $64,280
Museum technicians and conservators 120 $20.22 $42,050
Psychologists, all other 120 $29.28 $60,910
Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 120 $20.59 $42,830
Animal control workers 110 $21.77 $45,280
Curators 110 $28.30 $58,860
Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers, all other 110 $20.00 Not available
Etchers and engravers 110 $16.32 $33,940
Law clerks 110 $26.44 $54,990
Orthotists and prosthetists 110 $33.53 $69,750
Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary 110 Not available $46,230
Athletic trainers 100 Not available $44,310
Fashion designers 100 $34.60 $71,960
Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders 100 $15.69 $32,640
Logging workers, all other 100 $21.70 $45,130
Photographic process workers 100 $21.03 $43,740
Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other 100 $29.75 $61,870
Psychiatric aides 100 $12.86 $26,750
Set and exhibit designers 100 $24.48 $50,920
Sociology teachers, postsecondary 100 Not available $72,370
Therapists, all other 100 $35.09 $73,000
Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders 100 $19.63 $40,830
Airfield operations specialists 90 $33.02 $68,690
Archivists 90 $22.23 $46,240
Audio-visual collections specialists 90 $22.17 $46,110
Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers 90 Not available Not available
Marriage and family therapists 90 $21.44 $44,590
Political scientists 90 $31.39 $65,290
Riggers 90 $20.83 $43,320
Survey researchers 90 $22.93 $47,690
Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders 90 $13.20 $27,450
Woodworkers, all other 90 $12.93 $26,900
Anthropology and archeology teachers, postsecondary 80 Not available $71,270
Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders 80 $15.20 $31,620
Directors, religious activities and education 80 $24.11 $50,140
Emergency management specialists 80 $31.04 $64,560
Farm equipment mechanics 80 $20.81 $43,290
Gaming change persons and booth cashiers 80 $10.65 $22,160
Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 80 $14.83 $30,850
Power plant operators 80 $32.57 $67,750
Agricultural and food science technicians 70 $20.28 $42,190
Agricultural inspectors 70 $18.22 $37,900
Economics teachers, postsecondary 70 Not available $81,390
Gaming managers 70 $40.86 $84,990
Music directors and composers 70 $32.10 $66,770
Podiatrists 70 $67.57 $140,550
Recreational therapists 70 $26.83 $55,810
Artists and related workers, all other 60 $29.93 $62,250
Broadcast news analysts 60 $49.83 $103,650
Foresters 60 $28.51 $59,310
Materials scientists 60 $27.88 $57,990
Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers 60 $37.32 $77,620
Motion picture projectionists 60 Not available Not available
Proofreaders and copy markers 60 $17.98 $37,400
Sewers, hand 60 $12.06 $25,090
Costume attendants 50 $18.65 $38,790
Insurance appraisers, auto damage 50 $27.61 $57,440
Models 50 $13.85 $28,810
Pile-driver operators 50 $37.38 $77,740
Postmasters and mail superintendents 50 $36.65 $76,240
Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators 40 $39.49 $82,130
Chemical equipment operators and tenders 40 $24.09 $50,110
Geography teachers, postsecondary 40 Not available $68,700
Plant and system operators, all other 40 $28.29 $58,840
Pourers and casters, metal 40 $14.80 $30,770
Residential advisors 40 $14.40 $29,950
Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other 40 $10.64 $22,130
Counselors, all other 30 $26.62 $55,380
Fabric and apparel patternmakers 30 $19.50 $40,570
Hoist and winch operators 30 $32.72 $68,060
Radio mechanics 30 $35.35 $73,530
Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians Not available $13.19 $27,440
Anthropologists and archeologists Not available $23.80 $49,510
Athletes and sports competitors Not available Not available $129,800
Automotive glass installers and repairers Not available $16.48 $34,270
Bicycle repairers Not available $10.87 $22,610
Building cleaning workers, all other Not available $14.15 $29,430
Camera and photographic equipment repairers Not available $18.16 $37,770
Carpet installers Not available $19.77 $41,130
Choreographers Not available $22.88 $47,590
Coil winders, tapers, and finishers Not available $13.15 $27,340
Conservation scientists Not available $38.57 $80,230
Cooks, all other Not available $13.74 $28,570
Court reporters Not available $34.68 $72,140
Drafters, all other Not available $28.79 $59,870
Engineers, all other Not available $43.57 $90,630
Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Not available $13.76 $28,620
Farm and home management advisors Not available $16.66 $34,640
Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals Not available $15.35 $31,930
Floor sanders and finishers Not available $16.99 $35,340
Food scientists and technologists Not available $28.87 $60,040
Foundry mold and coremakers Not available $16.68 $34,700
Grounds maintenance workers, all other Not available $17.36 $36,100
Historians Not available $29.54 $61,450
Industrial engineers Not available $38.25 $79,560
Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall Not available $15.90 $33,060
Manicurists and pedicurists Not available $10.91 $22,690
Mathematical scientists, all other Not available $30.80 $64,070
Nuclear engineers Not available $60.95 $126,780
Optometrists Not available $72.42 $150,630
Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation Not available $16.57 $34,470
Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists Not available $24.86 $51,720
Production workers, all other Not available $15.50 $32,240
Recreational vehicle service technicians Not available $18.03 $37,510
Rehabilitation counselors Not available $20.19 $41,990
Reinforcing iron and rebar workers Not available $30.91 $64,300
Religious workers, all other Not available $18.24 $37,940
Respiratory therapy technicians Not available $26.15 $54,400
Soil and plant scientists Not available $31.97 $66,500
Transportation workers, all other Not available $17.53 $36,460
Travel agents Not available $18.85 $39,200
Tree trimmers and pruners Not available $19.80 $41,190
Veterinary technologists and technicians Not available $14.42 $30,000
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