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 | 47,000 | $17.62 | $36,650 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 8,140 | $14.25 | $29,640 |
| Sales and related occupations | 6,480 | $16.05 | $33,390 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 5,190 | $10.45 | $21,730 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 3,420 | $30.61 | $63,670 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 2,860 | $18.10 | $37,640 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 2,290 | $23.59 | $49,070 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 2,130 | $11.91 | $24,780 |
| Retail salespersons | 2,120 | $14.15 | $29,430 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 2,100 | $13.40 | $27,860 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 2,070 | $16.79 | $34,910 |
| Production occupations | 2,000 | $15.21 | $31,640 |
| Cashiers | 1,900 | $8.90 | $18,510 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 1,710 | $12.22 | $25,420 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 1,510 | $9.91 | $20,610 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 1,490 | $30.27 | $62,960 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 1,400 | $12.20 | $25,390 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 1,310 | $10.67 | $22,190 |
| Management occupations | 1,230 | $43.88 | $91,260 |
| Registered nurses | 1,220 | $26.83 | $55,810 |
| Protective service occupations | 1,060 | $19.25 | $40,030 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 990 | $13.10 | $27,240 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | 980 | $10.18 | $21,170 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 970 | $10.65 | $22,140 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 900 | $11.44 | $23,790 |
| Office clerks, general | 870 | $10.85 | $22,560 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 770 | $15.25 | $31,720 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 690 | $11.25 | $23,390 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 610 | $11.19 | $23,280 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 610 | Not available | $54,450 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 610 | $13.23 | $27,510 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 580 | $11.74 | $24,420 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 570 | $17.51 | $36,410 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 560 | $27.29 | $56,760 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 560 | $21.22 | $44,130 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 540 | $21.54 | $44,800 |
| Carpenters | 510 | $15.87 | $33,010 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 510 | $8.12 | $16,880 |
| Customer service representatives | 490 | $12.27 | $25,520 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 480 | $12.93 | $26,900 |
| Food preparation workers | 470 | $9.49 | $19,730 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 440 | $9.38 | $19,510 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 420 | $18.68 | $38,850 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 410 | $32.66 | $67,940 |
| Dishwashers | 390 | $8.38 | $17,440 |
| Accountants and auditors | 370 | $31.20 | $64,890 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 370 | $27.29 | $56,760 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 350 | $30.37 | $63,170 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 350 | $18.61 | $38,700 |
| Community and social services occupations | 340 | $19.79 | $41,160 |
| Home health aides | 330 | $10.21 | $21,230 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 330 | $9.47 | $19,690 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 330 | $8.15 | $16,960 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 320 | $18.73 | $38,960 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 320 | Not available | $55,550 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 310 | $28.26 | $58,770 |
| General and operations managers | 310 | $47.04 | $97,840 |
| Legal occupations | 300 | $37.43 | $77,860 |
| Electricians | 270 | $20.24 | $42,100 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 260 | Not available | $55,550 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 260 | $24.11 | $50,160 |
| Teacher assistants | 260 | Not available | $26,970 |
| Tellers | 260 | $12.38 | $25,750 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 260 | $17.21 | $35,800 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 240 | $18.83 | $39,160 |
| Real estate sales agents | 240 | Not available | Not available |
| Security guards | 240 | $10.20 | $21,220 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 240 | $12.71 | $26,430 |
| Child care workers | 230 | $12.59 | $26,190 |
| Construction laborers | 230 | $11.88 | $24,710 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 230 | $12.04 | $25,040 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 220 | $26.51 | $55,140 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 220 | $8.82 | $18,340 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 220 | $8.94 | $18,600 |
| Medical assistants | 220 | $12.61 | $26,220 |
| Medical secretaries | 220 | $15.94 | $33,150 |
| Bus drivers, school | 210 | $13.85 | $28,800 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 210 | Not available | Not available |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 200 | $9.22 | $19,170 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 190 | $12.81 | $26,640 |
| Insurance sales agents | 190 | $17.58 | $36,560 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 180 | $13.94 | $28,990 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 170 | $10.60 | $22,050 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 170 | $17.87 | $37,160 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 170 | $25.70 | $53,450 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 170 | $18.15 | $37,750 |
| Bartenders | 160 | $9.61 | $19,980 |
| Lawyers | 160 | $53.60 | $111,480 |
| Roofers | 160 | $14.23 | $29,590 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 150 | $12.51 | $26,020 |
| Management analysts | 150 | $39.47 | $82,100 |
| Personal financial advisors | 150 | $46.98 | $97,730 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 150 | $12.32 | $25,630 |
| Construction and related workers, all other | 140 | $19.84 | $41,280 |
| Construction managers | 140 | $43.28 | $90,020 |
| Dental assistants | 140 | $15.92 | $33,110 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 140 | $97.12 | $202,010 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 140 | $22.14 | $46,040 |
| Recreation workers | 140 | $11.12 | $23,130 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 130 | $14.92 | $31,030 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 130 | $14.10 | $29,320 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 130 | $27.33 | $56,840 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 130 | $24.38 | $50,720 |
| Helpers--production workers | 130 | $12.01 | $24,980 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 130 | $11.52 | $23,970 |
| Coaches and scouts | 120 | Not available | $42,170 |
| Dental hygienists | 120 | $28.63 | $59,560 |
| Graders and sorters, agricultural products | 120 | $8.03 | $16,690 |
| Loan officers | 120 | $31.52 | $65,550 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 120 | $25.31 | $52,650 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 120 | Not available | $36,450 |
| Agricultural equipment operators | 110 | $8.79 | $18,270 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 110 | $21.43 | $44,570 |
| File clerks | 110 | $11.84 | $24,630 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 110 | $10.92 | $22,710 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 110 | $9.44 | $19,630 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 110 | $8.81 | $18,320 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other | 110 | $9.11 | $18,940 |
| Pharmacists | 110 | $50.54 | $105,120 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 110 | $18.57 | $38,630 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 110 | $23.23 | $48,310 |
| Chief executives | 100 | $70.35 | $146,330 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 100 | $9.68 | $20,130 |
| Computer support specialists | 100 | $17.04 | $35,440 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 100 | Not available | $54,360 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 100 | $15.26 | $31,740 |
| Cost estimators | 90 | $24.24 | $50,410 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters | 90 | $10.82 | $22,510 |
| Financial managers | 90 | $49.76 | $103,500 |
| Order clerks | 90 | $12.07 | $25,100 |
| Physical therapists | 90 | $39.75 | $82,680 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 80 | $13.37 | $27,800 |
| Commercial pilots | 80 | Not available | $78,310 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 80 | $18.32 | $38,100 |
| Pest control workers | 80 | $19.40 | $40,360 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 80 | $22.65 | $47,100 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 80 | $16.23 | $33,760 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 80 | $9.80 | $20,380 |
| Data entry keyers | 70 | $13.69 | $28,480 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | 70 | $14.21 | $29,560 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other | 70 | $32.55 | $67,700 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers | 70 | $21.63 | $44,990 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 70 | $22.65 | $47,110 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 70 | $21.37 | $44,440 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 70 | $15.75 | $32,760 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 70 | $8.99 | $18,690 |
| Interior designers | 70 | $18.43 | $38,330 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 70 | $13.05 | $27,150 |
| Parts salespersons | 70 | $13.24 | $27,540 |
| Sales managers | 70 | $51.18 | $106,450 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 70 | $52.62 | $109,450 |
| Team assemblers | 70 | $12.84 | $26,710 |
| All other information and record clerks | 60 | $13.01 | $27,060 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval | 60 | $33.43 | $69,520 |
| Bill and account collectors | 60 | $14.53 | $30,230 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 60 | $12.68 | $26,370 |
| Food service managers | 60 | $25.17 | $52,350 |
| Glaziers | 60 | $16.58 | $34,490 |
| Graphic designers | 60 | $16.67 | $34,670 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 60 | $14.33 | $29,800 |
| Helpers--carpenters | 60 | $13.16 | $27,380 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 60 | $16.89 | $35,140 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 60 | $16.43 | $34,170 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 60 | $24.50 | $50,960 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 60 | $20.98 | $43,630 |
| New accounts clerks | 60 | $16.57 | $34,470 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 60 | $35.56 | $73,970 |
| Surgical technologists | 60 | $17.91 | $37,250 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 60 | $13.64 | $28,370 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 60 | $21.19 | $44,070 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 60 | $16.98 | $35,310 |
| Bakers | 50 | $10.41 | $21,650 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 50 | $16.36 | $34,030 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians | 50 | $18.72 | $38,930 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 50 | $31.45 | $65,410 |
| Civil engineers | 50 | $45.95 | $95,570 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 50 | $24.06 | $50,040 |
| Dentists, general | 50 | $97.96 | $203,760 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators | 50 | $24.44 | $50,830 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | 50 | $28.37 | $59,020 |
| Driver/sales workers | 50 | $11.43 | $23,780 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 50 | $29.43 | $61,210 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 50 | $25.64 | $53,330 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 50 | $15.10 | $31,400 |
| Librarians | 50 | $28.41 | $59,090 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 50 | $11.52 | $23,970 |
| Occupational therapists | 50 | $37.45 | $77,900 |
| Pharmacy aides | 50 | $10.40 | $21,620 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 50 | $24.66 | $51,300 |
| Pipelayers | 50 | $17.08 | $35,520 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 50 | $17.60 | $36,610 |
| Respiratory therapists | 50 | $25.97 | $54,020 |
| Sales and related workers, all other | 50 | $14.00 | $29,120 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 50 | $11.72 | $24,380 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | 50 | $9.07 | $18,860 |
| Administrative services managers | 40 | $36.14 | $75,180 |
| Biological scientists, all other | 40 | $30.14 | $62,680 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 40 | $26.82 | $55,780 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 40 | $19.95 | $41,490 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 40 | $15.21 | $31,640 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 40 | Not available | $87,700 |
| Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment | 40 | $17.88 | $37,180 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 40 | $20.30 | $42,210 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 40 | $18.70 | $38,900 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 40 | $41.49 | $86,300 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other | 40 | $17.75 | $36,910 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 40 | $28.05 | $58,350 |
| Managers, all other | 40 | $32.38 | $67,340 |
| Medical and health services managers | 40 | $52.43 | $109,050 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 40 | $14.55 | $30,260 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 40 | $26.09 | $54,270 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians | 40 | $12.92 | $26,870 |
| Postal service clerks | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Public relations specialists | 40 | $22.23 | $46,240 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 40 | $13.14 | $27,320 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 40 | $9.39 | $19,530 |
| Veterinarians | 40 | $43.73 | $90,950 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | 30 | $22.86 | $47,560 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 30 | $31.25 | $65,000 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 30 | $20.85 | $43,360 |
| Financial specialists, all other | 30 | $23.96 | $49,840 |
| Floral designers | 30 | $13.01 | $27,050 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 30 | $17.68 | $36,780 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 30 | $14.41 | $29,980 |
| Physical therapist aides | 30 | $11.63 | $24,190 |
| Travel agents | 30 | $13.59 | $28,270 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians | Not available | $20.79 | $43,240 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | Not available | $16.03 | $33,340 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | Not available | $14.00 | $29,130 |
| Cooks, fast food | Not available | $9.90 | $20,590 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers | Not available | $14.47 | $30,090 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | Not available | $15.78 | $32,820 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | Not available | $24.86 | $51,710 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | Not available | $9.14 | $19,020 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | Not available | $12.71 | $26,430 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other | Not available | $11.61 | $24,150 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | Not available | $16.04 | $33,370 |
| Photographic processing machine operators | Not available | $10.14 | $21,090 |
| Sheet metal workers | Not available | $16.67 | $34,670 |
| Structural iron and steel workers | Not available | $16.00 | $33,280 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers | Not available | $25.29 | $52,610 |
