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 |
135,110 |
$17.03 |
$35,420 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
27,430 |
$13.29 |
$27,650 |
| Sales and related occupations |
15,580 |
$17.05 |
$35,460 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
11,640 |
$8.85 |
$18,400 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
10,280 |
$13.49 |
$28,060 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
9,990 |
$29.04 |
$60,400 |
| Production occupations |
9,700 |
$13.89 |
$28,890 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
6,960 |
$16.13 |
$33,560 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
6,370 |
$26.07 |
$54,230 |
| Customer service representatives |
5,470 |
$12.49 |
$25,980 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
5,260 |
$17.94 |
$37,320 |
| Retail salespersons |
5,090 |
$11.66 |
$24,250 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
5,020 |
$17.23 |
$35,830 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
4,390 |
$10.81 |
$22,490 |
| Registered nurses |
4,320 |
$26.23 |
$54,550 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
3,870 |
$10.48 |
$21,790 |
| Management occupations |
3,680 |
$42.92 |
$89,260 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
3,290 |
$12.37 |
$25,720 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
3,250 |
$26.06 |
$54,210 |
| Cashiers |
3,130 |
$9.03 |
$18,780 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
2,880 |
$16.68 |
$34,700 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
2,700 |
$13.36 |
$27,780 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
2,430 |
$7.88 |
$16,390 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
2,430 |
$10.21 |
$21,250 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
2,430 |
$10.91 |
$22,690 |
| Bill and account collectors |
2,310 |
$14.00 |
$29,120 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
2,260 |
$7.87 |
$16,370 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
2,100 |
$16.29 |
$33,890 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
2,030 |
$25.07 |
$52,150 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
1,870 |
$11.35 |
$23,610 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
1,830 |
$10.12 |
$21,050 |
| Protective service occupations |
1,800 |
$17.69 |
$36,800 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
1,630 |
$11.00 |
$22,870 |
| Community and social services occupations |
1,610 |
$17.66 |
$36,730 |
| Accountants and auditors |
1,550 |
$27.19 |
$56,550 |
| Carpenters |
1,370 |
$15.10 |
$31,400 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
1,370 |
$13.41 |
$27,900 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
1,370 |
$11.80 |
$24,550 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
1,300 |
$27.38 |
$56,950 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
1,210 |
$22.13 |
$46,030 |
| Office clerks, general |
1,190 |
$10.51 |
$21,870 |
| Food preparation workers |
1,160 |
$8.96 |
$18,640 |
| Team assemblers |
1,110 |
$11.86 |
$24,680 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
1,070 |
$16.01 |
$33,310 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
1,070 |
$9.88 |
$20,540 |
| Child care workers |
1,050 |
$9.38 |
$19,500 |
| General and operations managers |
1,040 |
$53.79 |
$111,870 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
1,010 |
$21.19 |
$44,080 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
930 |
Not available |
$36,590 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
930 |
$9.42 |
$19,580 |
| Teacher assistants |
900 |
Not available |
$22,700 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
860 |
$8.56 |
$17,810 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
850 |
$14.08 |
$29,280 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
790 |
$12.81 |
$26,640 |
| Construction laborers |
770 |
$11.69 |
$24,320 |
| Management analysts |
770 |
$31.25 |
$64,990 |
| Residential advisors |
770 |
$10.67 |
$22,190 |
| Computer support specialists |
760 |
$17.51 |
$36,410 |
| Cooks, fast food |
750 |
$8.22 |
$17,090 |
| Tellers |
750 |
$10.59 |
$22,020 |
| Electricians |
740 |
$19.32 |
$40,190 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
740 |
$30.59 |
$63,640 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
730 |
$8.67 |
$18,030 |
| Insurance sales agents |
710 |
$28.16 |
$58,570 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
710 |
$13.80 |
$28,710 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
690 |
Not available |
$38,190 |
| Bartenders |
680 |
$8.52 |
$17,720 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
680 |
$11.92 |
$24,790 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
680 |
$16.03 |
$33,340 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
670 |
$17.11 |
$35,600 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
650 |
$13.59 |
$28,270 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
630 |
$11.73 |
$24,410 |
| Legal occupations |
630 |
$30.61 |
$63,660 |
| Driver/sales workers |
600 |
$13.61 |
$28,310 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
600 |
$26.23 |
$54,570 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
590 |
$39.48 |
$82,110 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
570 |
$10.94 |
$22,760 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
570 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
560 |
$11.68 |
$24,290 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
540 |
$9.75 |
$20,280 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
530 |
$8.41 |
$17,490 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
510 |
$25.57 |
$53,190 |
| Loan officers |
510 |
$23.72 |
$49,340 |
| Parts salespersons |
500 |
$14.93 |
$31,060 |
| Pharmacists |
500 |
$43.47 |
$90,420 |
| Security guards |
500 |
$11.98 |
$24,930 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
490 |
Not available |
$38,960 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
480 |
$10.63 |
$22,120 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
470 |
$14.25 |
$29,640 |
| Dishwashers |
470 |
$8.40 |
$17,460 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
460 |
$12.44 |
$25,870 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks |
460 |
$13.60 |
$28,300 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
460 |
$24.19 |
$50,310 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
460 |
$18.51 |
$38,500 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
430 |
$13.50 |
$28,070 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
420 |
$17.58 |
$36,560 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
410 |
$28.06 |
$58,360 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
410 |
$17.74 |
$36,910 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
410 |
$14.73 |
$30,630 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
400 |
$13.05 |
$27,150 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
390 |
$22.95 |
$47,740 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
380 |
$11.92 |
$24,790 |
| Public relations specialists |
380 |
$20.30 |
$42,220 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
380 |
$13.77 |
$28,650 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
370 |
$32.96 |
$68,560 |
| Financial analysts |
370 |
$25.59 |
$53,220 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
370 |
$23.25 |
$48,350 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
370 |
$16.24 |
$33,780 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
360 |
$28.24 |
$58,730 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
360 |
$14.39 |
$29,940 |
| Personal and home care aides |
360 |
$9.72 |
$20,210 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
350 |
$39.84 |
$82,860 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
350 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Computer systems analysts |
340 |
$30.93 |
$64,330 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
330 |
$17.14 |
$35,660 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
330 |
$12.11 |
$25,180 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
320 |
$27.51 |
$57,220 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
320 |
$13.87 |
$28,850 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
310 |
$23.70 |
$49,300 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
310 |
$13.99 |
$29,100 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
310 |
$18.20 |
$37,850 |
| Medical assistants |
310 |
$12.43 |
$25,850 |
| Printing machine operators |
310 |
$16.33 |
$33,960 |
| Computer programmers |
300 |
$24.12 |
$50,180 |
| Credit analysts |
300 |
$27.78 |
$57,770 |
| Financial managers |
290 |
$52.98 |
$110,200 |
| Graphic designers |
290 |
$17.06 |
$35,490 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
290 |
$8.97 |
$18,660 |
| Lawyers |
290 |
$42.48 |
$88,350 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
290 |
$14.31 |
$29,770 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
290 |
$12.85 |
$26,730 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
290 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
280 |
$21.21 |
$44,110 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
270 |
$9.09 |
$18,910 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
270 |
$12.10 |
$25,160 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
270 |
$8.88 |
$18,470 |
| Cargo and freight agents |
260 |
$21.91 |
$45,580 |
| Cost estimators |
260 |
$22.56 |
$46,920 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
260 |
$10.05 |
$20,900 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
260 |
$12.75 |
$26,530 |
| Bus drivers, school |
250 |
$12.76 |
$26,550 |
| Cooks, short order |
250 |
$9.46 |
$19,680 |
| Food service managers |
250 |
$22.32 |
$46,420 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
250 |
$16.30 |
$33,900 |
| Training and development specialists |
250 |
$19.78 |
$41,140 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
240 |
$18.38 |
$38,220 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
240 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Social and human service assistants |
240 |
$10.33 |
$21,490 |
| Home health aides |
230 |
$12.47 |
$25,930 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
230 |
$18.89 |
$39,280 |
| Physical therapists |
230 |
$29.68 |
$61,730 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
230 |
$15.96 |
$33,190 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
220 |
$32.36 |
$67,310 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
220 |
$22.35 |
$46,480 |
| Recreation workers |
220 |
$11.24 |
$23,380 |
| Sheet metal workers |
220 |
$15.08 |
$31,360 |
| Telemarketers |
220 |
$11.91 |
$24,770 |
| Civil engineers |
210 |
$32.11 |
$66,780 |
| Dental assistants |
210 |
$15.38 |
$31,990 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
210 |
$12.75 |
$26,520 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
210 |
$15.17 |
$31,550 |
| Advertising sales agents |
200 |
$21.98 |
$45,720 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
200 |
$21.86 |
$45,480 |
| Dental hygienists |
200 |
$30.48 |
$63,400 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers |
200 |
$16.34 |
$34,000 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
200 |
$10.87 |
$22,600 |
| Medical and health services managers |
200 |
$41.39 |
$86,100 |
| Chief executives |
190 |
$85.86 |
$178,590 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
190 |
$12.82 |
$26,670 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
190 |
$15.01 |
$31,220 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
190 |
$14.33 |
$29,800 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors |
190 |
$18.71 |
$38,920 |
| Surgical technologists |
190 |
$17.80 |
$37,020 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
190 |
$12.41 |
$25,820 |
| Correspondence clerks |
180 |
$13.53 |
$28,130 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
180 |
$18.57 |
$38,620 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
180 |
$23.89 |
$49,680 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
170 |
$17.93 |
$37,300 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
170 |
$25.43 |
$52,890 |
| Helpers--electricians |
170 |
$11.74 |
$24,420 |
| Insurance underwriters |
170 |
$28.49 |
$59,250 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
170 |
$21.65 |
$45,030 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers |
170 |
$11.14 |
$23,170 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity |
160 |
$13.97 |
$29,060 |
| Data entry keyers |
160 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Physician assistants |
160 |
$39.88 |
$82,950 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
160 |
Not available |
$35,690 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
150 |
$29.56 |
$61,480 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
150 |
$13.28 |
$27,620 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers |
150 |
$17.01 |
$35,390 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
150 |
$13.16 |
$27,360 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
150 |
$16.40 |
$34,110 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
150 |
$13.82 |
$28,740 |
| Library technicians |
150 |
$12.62 |
$26,250 |
| Machinists |
150 |
$15.49 |
$32,210 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors |
140 |
$14.80 |
$30,770 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
140 |
$14.98 |
$31,150 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
140 |
$17.87 |
$37,170 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
140 |
Not available |
$67,520 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
140 |
$26.24 |
$54,570 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
140 |
$17.17 |
$35,700 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
140 |
$12.35 |
$25,690 |
| Order clerks |
140 |
$12.95 |
$26,940 |
| Sales managers |
140 |
$50.70 |
$105,460 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers |
140 |
$8.48 |
$17,630 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
130 |
$46.71 |
$97,170 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
130 |
$22.77 |
$47,370 |
| File clerks |
130 |
$10.90 |
$22,680 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
130 |
Not available |
$35,580 |
| Legal secretaries |
130 |
$15.92 |
$33,120 |
| Mental health counselors |
130 |
$20.77 |
$43,210 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
130 |
$12.05 |
$25,070 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood |
130 |
$11.89 |
$24,720 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
130 |
$15.46 |
$32,160 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
130 |
$9.95 |
$20,690 |
| Administrative services managers |
120 |
$37.45 |
$77,900 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
120 |
$17.87 |
$37,170 |
| Coaches and scouts |
120 |
Not available |
$32,950 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders |
120 |
$12.80 |
$26,630 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
120 |
$20.34 |
$42,310 |
| Family and general practitioners |
120 |
$63.51 |
$132,100 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
120 |
$20.78 |
$43,220 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
120 |
$14.68 |
$30,540 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers |
120 |
$11.00 |
$22,880 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
120 |
$14.85 |
$30,890 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
120 |
$104.38 |
$217,110 |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
120 |
$13.96 |
$29,040 |
| Respiratory therapists |
120 |
$23.26 |
$48,390 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
110 |
$13.61 |
$28,310 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
110 |
$15.94 |
$33,160 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
110 |
$12.10 |
$25,170 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
110 |
$31.03 |
$64,530 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
110 |
$13.67 |
$28,440 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
110 |
$14.94 |
$31,070 |
| Occupational therapists |
110 |
$27.55 |
$57,310 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
110 |
$14.56 |
$30,290 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
110 |
$18.00 |
$37,450 |
| Roofers |
110 |
$13.22 |
$27,500 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
110 |
$18.22 |
$37,890 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
110 |
Not available |
$36,850 |
| Surgeons |
110 |
More than $70 |
More than $145,600 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary |
110 |
$20.06 |
$41,730 |
| Anesthesiologists |
100 |
$70.42 |
$146,470 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
100 |
$30.03 |
$62,470 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians |
100 |
$23.97 |
$49,850 |
| Helpers--carpenters |
100 |
$9.75 |
$20,280 |
| Internists, general |
100 |
$101.65 |
$211,430 |
| Librarians |
100 |
$20.44 |
$42,510 |
| Market research analysts |
100 |
$23.69 |
$49,280 |
| Photographic processing machine operators |
100 |
$9.86 |
$20,510 |
| Radio and television announcers |
100 |
$13.72 |
$28,540 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
100 |
$23.56 |
$49,000 |
| Tool and die makers |
100 |
$22.03 |
$45,830 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
100 |
$20.80 |
$43,260 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians |
90 |
$22.32 |
$46,430 |
| Bakers |
90 |
$11.48 |
$23,870 |
| Couriers and messengers |
90 |
$11.30 |
$23,510 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
90 |
$10.20 |
$21,220 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters |
90 |
$12.69 |
$26,400 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
90 |
$11.37 |
$23,640 |
| Industrial production managers |
90 |
$38.31 |
$79,680 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
90 |
$9.33 |
$19,410 |
| Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants |
90 |
$10.67 |
$22,200 |
| Mechanical engineers |
90 |
$29.98 |
$62,360 |
| Medical equipment repairers |
90 |
$23.89 |
$49,690 |
| Medical secretaries |
90 |
$14.87 |
$30,930 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
90 |
$9.08 |
$18,880 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
90 |
$11.50 |
$23,910 |
| Operations research analysts |
90 |
$22.71 |
$47,230 |
| Pipelayers |
90 |
$15.43 |
$32,100 |
| Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products |
90 |
$25.29 |
$52,590 |
| Real estate sales agents |
90 |
$21.89 |
$45,530 |
| Service station attendants |
90 |
$8.94 |
$18,600 |
| Social and community service managers |
90 |
$29.20 |
$60,740 |
| Bindery workers |
80 |
$12.08 |
$25,130 |
| Construction managers |
80 |
$35.58 |
$74,000 |
| Database administrators |
80 |
$31.23 |
$64,970 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
80 |
$20.60 |
$42,840 |
| Industrial engineers |
80 |
$30.19 |
$62,800 |
| Medical equipment preparers |
80 |
$12.27 |
$25,510 |
| Meeting and convention planners |
80 |
$13.33 |
$27,720 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
80 |
$14.98 |
$31,170 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators |
80 |
$15.25 |
$31,710 |
| Personal financial advisors |
80 |
$35.74 |
$74,340 |
| Sales engineers |
80 |
$37.06 |
$77,080 |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
80 |
Not available |
$37,670 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
80 |
$20.67 |
$43,000 |
| Brokerage clerks |
70 |
$17.91 |
$37,260 |
| Commercial pilots |
70 |
Not available |
$55,970 |
| Editors |
70 |
$20.38 |
$42,390 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers |
70 |
$14.61 |
$30,390 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
70 |
$13.07 |
$27,190 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse |
70 |
$9.92 |
$20,630 |
| Financial examiners |
70 |
$35.55 |
$73,950 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
70 |
$19.40 |
$40,350 |
| Floral designers |
70 |
$10.89 |
$22,660 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
70 |
$10.89 |
$22,650 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
70 |
$43.43 |
$90,330 |
| Legislators |
70 |
Not available |
$39,310 |
| Managers, all other |
70 |
$44.11 |
$91,760 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists |
70 |
$26.56 |
$55,250 |
| Reinforcing iron and rebar workers |
70 |
$15.36 |
$31,940 |
| Reporters and correspondents |
70 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
70 |
$14.12 |
$29,370 |
| Clergy |
60 |
$19.30 |
$40,150 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
60 |
$35.38 |
$73,590 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary |
60 |
Not available |
$83,670 |
| Dentists, general |
60 |
$78.35 |
$162,970 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
60 |
$24.37 |
$50,680 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
60 |
$23.31 |
$48,470 |
| Electrical engineers |
60 |
$31.84 |
$66,220 |
| Environmental engineers |
60 |
$25.48 |
$53,010 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand |
60 |
$11.79 |
$24,510 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
60 |
$18.55 |
$38,580 |
| Massage therapists |
60 |
$16.70 |
$34,730 |
| Mechanical drafters |
60 |
$16.13 |
$33,550 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
60 |
$14.62 |
$30,410 |
| Painters, transportation equipment |
60 |
$14.63 |
$30,420 |
| Parking lot attendants |
60 |
$10.74 |
$22,340 |
| Photographic process workers |
60 |
$12.22 |
$25,420 |
| Procurement clerks |
60 |
$14.54 |
$30,240 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school |
60 |
Not available |
$37,440 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary |
50 |
Not available |
$53,670 |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders |
50 |
$12.49 |
$25,990 |
| Chiropractors |
50 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Construction and building inspectors |
50 |
$23.18 |
$48,210 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators |
50 |
$17.06 |
$35,480 |
| Farm equipment mechanics |
50 |
$15.13 |
$31,470 |
| Health educators |
50 |
$20.18 |
$41,980 |
| Instructional coordinators |
50 |
$19.67 |
$40,920 |
| Interpreters and translators |
50 |
$19.46 |
$40,470 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
50 |
$27.73 |
$57,680 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation |
50 |
$13.35 |
$27,780 |
| Photographers |
50 |
$15.24 |
$31,700 |
| Producers and directors |
50 |
$24.06 |
$50,050 |
| Recreational vehicle service technicians |
50 |
$14.29 |
$29,720 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks |
50 |
$11.02 |
$22,910 |
| Structural iron and steel workers |
50 |
$21.47 |
$44,660 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents |
50 |
$23.03 |
$47,900 |
| Technical writers |
50 |
$20.71 |
$43,070 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
50 |
$37.26 |
$77,510 |
| Travel agents |
50 |
$13.77 |
$28,650 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
50 |
$13.48 |
$28,030 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
40 |
$49.17 |
$102,260 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Audiologists |
40 |
$29.21 |
$60,770 |
| Broadcast technicians |
40 |
$11.56 |
$24,050 |
| Budget analysts |
40 |
$27.83 |
$57,890 |
| Commercial and industrial designers |
40 |
$16.72 |
$34,780 |
| Computer operators |
40 |
$15.69 |
$32,640 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
40 |
$13.27 |
$27,610 |
| Engineering managers |
40 |
$43.60 |
$90,690 |
| Graders and sorters, agricultural products |
40 |
$12.52 |
$26,050 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
40 |
$12.41 |
$25,810 |
| Interior designers |
40 |
$19.62 |
$40,810 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians |
40 |
$16.41 |
$34,140 |
| Multi-media artists and animators |
40 |
$19.27 |
$40,090 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
40 |
$13.38 |
$27,830 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians |
40 |
$12.83 |
$26,680 |
| Pest control workers |
40 |
$14.90 |
$31,000 |
| Postal service clerks |
40 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Postmasters and mail superintendents |
40 |
$29.69 |
$61,760 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
40 |
$13.19 |
$27,440 |
| Veterinarians |
40 |
$30.32 |
$63,070 |
| Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture |
30 |
$10.73 |
$22,310 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
30 |
$15.94 |
$33,150 |
| Dental laboratory technicians |
30 |
$13.79 |
$28,690 |
| Desktop publishers |
30 |
$11.92 |
$24,790 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
30 |
$21.72 |
$45,180 |
| Funeral directors |
30 |
$25.11 |
$52,220 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
30 |
$18.15 |
$37,750 |
| Marketing managers |
30 |
$51.34 |
$106,800 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists |
30 |
$100.83 |
$209,720 |
| Optometrists |
30 |
$47.20 |
$98,170 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials |
30 |
$8.19 |
$17,040 |
| Public address system and other announcers |
30 |
$10.44 |
$21,710 |
| Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary |
30 |
Not available |
$51,720 |
| Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
30 |
$13.57 |
$28,230 |
| Sewing machine operators |
30 |
$11.37 |
$23,640 |
| Soil and plant scientists |
30 |
$26.31 |
$54,730 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
30 |
$9.38 |
$19,500 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians |
Not available |
$14.29 |
$29,730 |
| Automotive glass installers and repairers |
Not available |
$17.43 |
$36,260 |
| Avionics technicians |
Not available |
$16.98 |
$35,330 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
Not available |
$15.84 |
$32,950 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
Not available |
$34.17 |
$71,060 |
| Landscape architects |
Not available |
$29.66 |
$61,700 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
Not available |
$10.61 |
$22,070 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
Not available |
$10.49 |
$21,830 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers |
Not available |
$19.11 |
$39,740 |
| Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners |
Not available |
$13.58 |
$28,240 |
| Tree trimmers and pruners |
Not available |
$14.01 |
$29,130 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
Not available |
$14.32 |
$29,780 |
