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 |
134,670 |
$17.69 |
$36,780 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
23,340 |
$13.94 |
$28,990 |
| Sales and related occupations |
14,560 |
$16.08 |
$33,450 |
| Production occupations |
14,380 |
$14.88 |
$30,960 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
12,610 |
$9.10 |
$18,930 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
9,780 |
$13.45 |
$27,970 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
9,750 |
$21.77 |
$45,270 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
7,550 |
$31.10 |
$64,690 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
5,510 |
$19.97 |
$41,540 |
| Management occupations |
5,330 |
$40.20 |
$83,620 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
4,860 |
$21.09 |
$43,860 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
4,450 |
$11.46 |
$23,840 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
4,210 |
$12.29 |
$25,560 |
| Retail salespersons |
4,040 |
$11.74 |
$24,420 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
3,980 |
$27.74 |
$57,710 |
| Cashiers |
3,270 |
$8.16 |
$16,980 |
| Team assemblers |
3,240 |
$13.07 |
$27,180 |
| Office clerks, general |
2,860 |
$10.82 |
$22,510 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
2,800 |
$10.35 |
$21,540 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
2,800 |
$9.22 |
$19,180 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
2,770 |
$7.30 |
$15,180 |
| Registered nurses |
2,500 |
$25.79 |
$53,650 |
| Protective service occupations |
2,420 |
$15.58 |
$32,400 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
2,330 |
$9.41 |
$19,580 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
2,290 |
$27.55 |
$57,290 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
2,210 |
$10.89 |
$22,650 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
2,110 |
$17.78 |
$36,970 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
2,080 |
$15.01 |
$31,220 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
2,050 |
$16.36 |
$34,040 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
2,040 |
$13.29 |
$27,640 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
1,980 |
$25.88 |
$53,840 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
1,970 |
$15.50 |
$32,240 |
| Community and social services occupations |
1,920 |
$17.22 |
$35,820 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
1,850 |
$11.61 |
$24,160 |
| Customer service representatives |
1,800 |
$16.64 |
$34,610 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
1,710 |
$29.88 |
$62,150 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
1,650 |
$10.77 |
$22,410 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
1,550 |
$11.17 |
$23,230 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
1,450 |
$8.75 |
$18,210 |
| Teacher assistants |
1,440 |
Not available |
$19,090 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
1,420 |
$17.54 |
$36,480 |
| Food preparation workers |
1,310 |
$8.57 |
$17,830 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
1,300 |
Not available |
$47,690 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
1,220 |
$22.21 |
$46,210 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
1,220 |
$19.93 |
$41,460 |
| General and operations managers |
1,140 |
$47.73 |
$99,280 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
1,080 |
Not available |
$48,430 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
1,070 |
$13.71 |
$28,510 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
1,070 |
$12.33 |
$25,650 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
1,050 |
$13.10 |
$27,240 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
1,040 |
$23.85 |
$49,610 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
940 |
$10.48 |
$21,810 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
930 |
$10.34 |
$21,500 |
| Accountants and auditors |
920 |
$28.09 |
$58,440 |
| Home health aides |
900 |
$10.35 |
$21,520 |
| Machinists |
880 |
$18.67 |
$38,840 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
850 |
$9.27 |
$19,290 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
820 |
$18.81 |
$39,120 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
810 |
$14.31 |
$29,760 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
810 |
Not available |
$28,920 |
| Security guards |
790 |
$10.54 |
$21,920 |
| Carpenters |
780 |
$20.37 |
$42,370 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
760 |
$10.88 |
$22,640 |
| Tellers |
740 |
$10.98 |
$22,830 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
730 |
$15.49 |
$32,220 |
| Legal occupations |
710 |
$25.39 |
$52,810 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
710 |
Not available |
$48,700 |
| Bus drivers, school |
660 |
$12.01 |
$24,980 |
| Bartenders |
650 |
$11.27 |
$23,450 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
650 |
$11.58 |
$24,080 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
650 |
$8.19 |
$17,030 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
610 |
$21.87 |
$45,480 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
600 |
$18.42 |
$38,310 |
| Dishwashers |
600 |
$8.18 |
$17,000 |
| Computer support specialists |
580 |
$17.63 |
$36,680 |
| Electricians |
570 |
$23.94 |
$49,790 |
| Child care workers |
550 |
$8.14 |
$16,930 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
530 |
$12.74 |
$26,490 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
510 |
$26.30 |
$54,700 |
| Medical assistants |
510 |
$13.16 |
$27,370 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
500 |
$11.39 |
$23,690 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
490 |
$24.68 |
$51,340 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
480 |
$15.51 |
$32,250 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
480 |
$23.13 |
$48,110 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
450 |
$14.18 |
$29,500 |
| Coaches and scouts |
450 |
Not available |
$22,730 |
| Construction laborers |
440 |
$17.39 |
$36,170 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
440 |
$10.31 |
$21,440 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
440 |
$7.99 |
$16,620 |
| Medical secretaries |
440 |
$13.76 |
$28,610 |
| Driver/sales workers |
420 |
$12.05 |
$25,060 |
| Helpers--production workers |
420 |
$10.72 |
$22,300 |
| Telemarketers |
420 |
$9.24 |
$19,230 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
410 |
$12.91 |
$26,860 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
410 |
$25.64 |
$53,330 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
410 |
$37.58 |
$78,170 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
400 |
$10.58 |
$22,000 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
400 |
$12.45 |
$25,900 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
400 |
$15.96 |
$33,190 |
| Computer systems analysts |
380 |
$31.47 |
$65,450 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
380 |
$24.87 |
$51,740 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
380 |
$25.07 |
$52,140 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
370 |
$19.36 |
$40,260 |
| Sales managers |
370 |
$38.67 |
$80,440 |
| Financial managers |
360 |
$42.28 |
$87,940 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
360 |
$37.17 |
$77,320 |
| Medical and health services managers |
360 |
$38.92 |
$80,960 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
360 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Cooks, fast food |
350 |
$7.52 |
$15,650 |
| Dental assistants |
350 |
$17.17 |
$35,720 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
350 |
$13.61 |
$28,320 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
340 |
$16.73 |
$34,800 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
340 |
$31.39 |
$65,290 |
| Mechanical engineers |
330 |
$41.19 |
$85,680 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
320 |
$27.57 |
$57,340 |
| Fire fighters |
310 |
$18.61 |
$38,700 |
| Industrial production managers |
310 |
$38.73 |
$80,550 |
| Loan officers |
310 |
$29.95 |
$62,310 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
310 |
$19.99 |
$41,570 |
| Cooks, short order |
300 |
$9.12 |
$18,960 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
300 |
$7.58 |
$15,760 |
| Lawyers |
300 |
$35.43 |
$73,690 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
300 |
$10.90 |
$22,670 |
| Bill and account collectors |
290 |
$15.59 |
$32,420 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
290 |
$17.13 |
$35,630 |
| Insurance sales agents |
290 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
290 |
$19.50 |
$40,570 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
290 |
$31.15 |
$64,790 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary |
280 |
Not available |
$58,520 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
280 |
$22.24 |
$46,260 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
270 |
$10.77 |
$22,400 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
270 |
$22.35 |
$46,480 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
270 |
$102.04 |
$212,230 |
| Social and human service assistants |
270 |
$10.47 |
$21,780 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
260 |
$14.55 |
$30,260 |
| Cost estimators |
260 |
$29.30 |
$60,930 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
260 |
$12.36 |
$25,720 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
260 |
$9.63 |
$20,030 |
| Library technicians |
260 |
$11.07 |
$23,030 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
260 |
$13.35 |
$27,770 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
250 |
$22.41 |
$46,610 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
250 |
$24.50 |
$50,960 |
| Industrial engineers |
250 |
$33.43 |
$69,540 |
| Production workers, all other |
250 |
$15.13 |
$31,470 |
| Dental hygienists |
240 |
$29.05 |
$60,430 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
240 |
$11.76 |
$24,450 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other |
240 |
Not available |
$47,010 |
| Printing machine operators |
240 |
$16.45 |
$34,210 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
240 |
$25.83 |
$53,730 |
| Administrative services managers |
230 |
$27.50 |
$57,210 |
| Chief executives |
230 |
$78.88 |
$164,080 |
| Food service managers |
230 |
$24.59 |
$51,140 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
230 |
$9.03 |
$18,790 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
230 |
$13.73 |
$28,570 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
230 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Recreation workers |
230 |
$10.10 |
$21,000 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
220 |
$8.36 |
$17,400 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
220 |
$18.49 |
$38,460 |
| Mechanical drafters |
220 |
$21.58 |
$44,880 |
| Millwrights |
220 |
$23.25 |
$48,360 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
220 |
$28.37 |
$59,010 |
| Personal and home care aides |
220 |
$8.44 |
$17,560 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
220 |
$24.03 |
$49,990 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
210 |
$27.57 |
$57,350 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other |
210 |
$8.84 |
$18,390 |
| Order clerks |
210 |
$12.15 |
$25,270 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
210 |
$17.77 |
$36,960 |
| Parts salespersons |
210 |
$14.12 |
$29,370 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
210 |
$9.89 |
$20,560 |
| Tool and die makers |
210 |
$20.35 |
$42,320 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
200 |
$25.80 |
$53,660 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
200 |
$9.26 |
$19,260 |
| Computer programmers |
200 |
$29.93 |
$62,240 |
| Graphic designers |
200 |
$18.10 |
$37,650 |
| Librarians |
200 |
$22.37 |
$46,540 |
| Management analysts |
200 |
$39.10 |
$81,340 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
190 |
Not available |
$78,250 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
190 |
$23.22 |
$48,290 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
190 |
$18.41 |
$38,300 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
190 |
$18.45 |
$38,380 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
180 |
$16.25 |
$33,800 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
180 |
$9.62 |
$20,020 |
| Industrial engineering technicians |
180 |
$22.81 |
$47,450 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
180 |
$20.57 |
$42,780 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
180 |
$14.03 |
$29,180 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
180 |
$19.11 |
$39,760 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
180 |
$15.65 |
$32,560 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
180 |
$15.48 |
$32,200 |
| Training and development specialists |
180 |
$27.12 |
$56,410 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary |
170 |
Not available |
$59,300 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
170 |
$20.16 |
$41,940 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary |
170 |
Not available |
$66,770 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
170 |
$17.63 |
$36,680 |
| Physical therapists |
170 |
$36.86 |
$76,660 |
| Advertising sales agents |
160 |
$24.10 |
$50,140 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
160 |
$19.27 |
$40,070 |
| Data entry keyers |
160 |
$11.83 |
$24,610 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
160 |
$15.73 |
$32,710 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers |
160 |
$10.02 |
$20,840 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary |
160 |
Not available |
$53,690 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
150 |
$23.57 |
$49,020 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary |
150 |
Not available |
$59,400 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
150 |
$48.05 |
$99,940 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
150 |
Not available |
$54,630 |
| Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
150 |
$15.15 |
$31,520 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
150 |
$15.30 |
$31,830 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
150 |
$13.49 |
$28,050 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
150 |
$19.30 |
$40,140 |
| Public relations specialists |
150 |
$23.02 |
$47,880 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
150 |
$10.41 |
$21,650 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
140 |
$25.08 |
$52,170 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
140 |
$15.47 |
$32,170 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
140 |
$15.04 |
$31,280 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
140 |
$18.60 |
$38,690 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood |
140 |
$10.75 |
$22,350 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
130 |
$19.55 |
$40,660 |
| Computer operators |
130 |
$11.86 |
$24,670 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door |
130 |
$20.57 |
$42,790 |
| Editors |
130 |
$17.01 |
$35,380 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
130 |
$12.02 |
$25,000 |
| Engineering managers |
130 |
$48.71 |
$101,310 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
130 |
Not available |
$42,700 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
130 |
$18.79 |
$39,070 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
130 |
$15.89 |
$33,050 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
130 |
$17.20 |
$35,770 |
| Social and community service managers |
130 |
$23.52 |
$48,930 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
130 |
$10.49 |
$21,810 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
120 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Bakers |
120 |
$10.46 |
$21,750 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
120 |
$25.03 |
$52,060 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
120 |
$12.91 |
$26,850 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
120 |
$16.41 |
$34,140 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
120 |
$17.66 |
$36,730 |
| Legal secretaries |
120 |
$15.17 |
$31,550 |
| Photographers |
120 |
$11.85 |
$24,650 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
120 |
$30.04 |
$62,490 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
120 |
$23.39 |
$48,650 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
110 |
$12.94 |
$26,910 |
| Civil engineers |
110 |
$28.00 |
$58,240 |
| Construction managers |
110 |
$37.98 |
$79,000 |
| Couriers and messengers |
110 |
$12.85 |
$26,730 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
110 |
$15.15 |
$31,520 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
110 |
$9.62 |
$20,000 |
| Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
110 |
$17.07 |
$35,510 |
| Service station attendants |
110 |
$9.39 |
$19,530 |
| Sheet metal workers |
110 |
$20.97 |
$43,620 |
| Bindery workers |
100 |
$13.75 |
$28,590 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
100 |
$13.94 |
$28,990 |
| Database administrators |
100 |
$26.44 |
$54,990 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
100 |
$13.85 |
$28,810 |
| Insulation workers, mechanical |
100 |
$25.60 |
$53,250 |
| Marketing managers |
100 |
$38.97 |
$81,050 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
100 |
Not available |
$48,360 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary |
100 |
$16.93 |
$35,210 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors |
90 |
$18.79 |
$39,080 |
| Crossing guards |
90 |
$8.85 |
$18,410 |
| Dentists, general |
90 |
$79.00 |
$164,320 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
90 |
$21.36 |
$44,430 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other |
90 |
$14.65 |
$30,480 |
| Instructional coordinators |
90 |
$23.85 |
$49,610 |
| Occupational therapists |
90 |
$29.82 |
$62,020 |
| Personal financial advisors |
90 |
$48.01 |
$99,870 |
| Residential advisors |
90 |
$12.78 |
$26,580 |
| Surgical technologists |
90 |
$18.74 |
$38,980 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
90 |
$8.90 |
$18,510 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
80 |
$13.56 |
$28,190 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
80 |
$30.15 |
$62,720 |
| Credit analysts |
80 |
$22.04 |
$45,850 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
80 |
$20.31 |
$42,240 |
| File clerks |
80 |
$11.67 |
$24,270 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
80 |
$9.05 |
$18,820 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
80 |
$14.01 |
$29,150 |
| Postal service clerks |
80 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials |
80 |
$8.02 |
$16,690 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
80 |
$12.62 |
$26,260 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary |
80 |
Not available |
$69,580 |
| Respiratory therapists |
80 |
$23.78 |
$49,460 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
80 |
Not available |
$48,070 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
80 |
$27.54 |
$57,270 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
80 |
$45.01 |
$93,630 |
| Word processors and typists |
80 |
$11.73 |
$24,400 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers |
70 |
$14.68 |
$30,520 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
70 |
$22.41 |
$46,610 |
| Computer specialists, all other |
70 |
$26.11 |
$54,310 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
70 |
$16.25 |
$33,790 |
| Engineers, all other |
70 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Financial analysts |
70 |
$41.98 |
$87,320 |
| Floral designers |
70 |
$10.85 |
$22,580 |
| Interior designers |
70 |
$15.70 |
$32,660 |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
70 |
$17.11 |
$35,590 |
| Public relations managers |
70 |
$28.66 |
$59,620 |
| Travel agents |
70 |
$14.35 |
$29,850 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
70 |
$14.85 |
$30,880 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians |
60 |
$21.26 |
$44,220 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other |
60 |
$19.89 |
$41,360 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
60 |
$23.43 |
$48,740 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs |
60 |
$18.09 |
$37,640 |
| Family and general practitioners |
60 |
$73.72 |
$153,330 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
60 |
$12.44 |
$25,880 |
| Health specialties teachers, postsecondary |
60 |
Not available |
$69,200 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
60 |
$39.06 |
$81,250 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
60 |
$25.34 |
$52,700 |
| New accounts clerks |
60 |
$15.14 |
$31,490 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
60 |
$14.70 |
$30,570 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
60 |
$13.33 |
$27,730 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
60 |
$19.42 |
$40,400 |
| Purchasing managers |
60 |
$34.78 |
$72,350 |
| Real estate sales agents |
60 |
$19.58 |
$40,730 |
| Social workers, all other |
60 |
$16.07 |
$33,430 |
| Surgeons |
60 |
More than $70 |
More than $145,600 |
| Veterinarians |
60 |
$36.54 |
$76,000 |
| Writers and authors |
60 |
$16.23 |
$33,750 |
| Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders |
50 |
$11.44 |
$23,790 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
50 |
$17.59 |
$36,600 |
| Compensation and benefits managers |
50 |
$30.07 |
$62,550 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary |
50 |
Not available |
$73,630 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
50 |
$31.58 |
$65,680 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
50 |
$24.42 |
$50,790 |
| Health educators |
50 |
$21.27 |
$44,240 |
| History teachers, postsecondary |
50 |
Not available |
$71,830 |
| Job printers |
50 |
$19.10 |
$39,730 |
| Legal support workers, all other |
50 |
$14.04 |
$29,200 |
| Market research analysts |
50 |
$28.75 |
$59,810 |
| Marriage and family therapists |
50 |
$21.60 |
$44,930 |
| Pharmacy aides |
50 |
$9.03 |
$18,770 |
| Physical therapist aides |
50 |
$13.49 |
$28,050 |
| Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other |
50 |
$19.87 |
$41,340 |
| Producers and directors |
50 |
$22.51 |
$46,830 |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
50 |
Not available |
$51,500 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
50 |
$12.05 |
$25,070 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school |
50 |
Not available |
$58,850 |
| Advertising and promotions managers |
40 |
$36.42 |
$75,750 |
| All other information and record clerks |
40 |
$13.29 |
$27,640 |
| Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians |
40 |
$15.15 |
$31,520 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
40 |
$20.65 |
$42,950 |
| Audiologists |
40 |
$35.55 |
$73,930 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
40 |
$27.03 |
$56,210 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
40 |
$11.52 |
$23,950 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
40 |
$27.35 |
$56,880 |
| Electrical engineers |
40 |
$44.97 |
$93,540 |
| Legislators |
40 |
Not available |
$26,320 |
| Logisticians |
40 |
$31.39 |
$65,300 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
40 |
$16.58 |
$34,500 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers |
40 |
$14.39 |
$29,930 |
| Occupational therapist assistants |
40 |
$20.03 |
$41,650 |
| Parking lot attendants |
40 |
$7.01 |
$14,570 |
| Photographic processing machine operators |
40 |
$10.89 |
$22,650 |
| Procurement clerks |
40 |
$15.06 |
$31,310 |
| Sociology teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
Not available |
$68,510 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers |
40 |
$7.67 |
$15,950 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
40 |
$19.57 |
$40,710 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
40 |
$10.30 |
$21,430 |
| Audio-visual collections specialists |
30 |
$15.49 |
$32,210 |
| Biological technicians |
30 |
$13.21 |
$27,480 |
| Cargo and freight agents |
30 |
$21.61 |
$44,950 |
| Commercial pilots |
30 |
Not available |
$112,070 |
| Earth drillers, except oil and gas |
30 |
$21.22 |
$44,140 |
| Funeral attendants |
30 |
$12.42 |
$25,840 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other |
30 |
$20.44 |
$42,520 |
| Helpers--roofers |
30 |
$12.55 |
$26,090 |
| Interpreters and translators |
30 |
$12.35 |
$25,690 |
| Loan counselors |
30 |
$20.51 |
$42,650 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
30 |
$17.81 |
$37,050 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners |
30 |
$17.63 |
$36,670 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers |
30 |
$12.83 |
$26,690 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
30 |
$16.19 |
$33,670 |
| Anesthesiologists |
Not available |
More than $70 |
More than $145,600 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
Not available |
$29.44 |
$61,230 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians |
Not available |
$18.83 |
$39,160 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary |
Not available |
Not available |
$96,020 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity |
Not available |
$15.37 |
$31,980 |
| Chemistry teachers, postsecondary |
Not available |
Not available |
$81,470 |
| Communications teachers, postsecondary |
Not available |
Not available |
$61,980 |
| Crane and tower operators |
Not available |
$19.27 |
$40,080 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$13.15 |
$27,360 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
Not available |
$25.65 |
$53,340 |
| Directors, religious activities and education |
Not available |
$20.82 |
$43,300 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$13.53 |
$28,150 |
| Education administrators, all other |
Not available |
$58.27 |
$121,190 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary |
Not available |
$28.05 |
$58,350 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers |
Not available |
$25.56 |
$53,150 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
Not available |
$24.84 |
$51,670 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers |
Not available |
$15.48 |
$32,200 |
| Food batchmakers |
Not available |
$12.14 |
$25,240 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders |
Not available |
$12.71 |
$26,430 |
| Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
Not available |
Not available |
$63,730 |
| Funeral directors |
Not available |
$21.43 |
$44,580 |
| Glaziers |
Not available |
$19.57 |
$40,710 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand |
Not available |
$14.13 |
$29,390 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other |
Not available |
$13.64 |
$28,360 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
Not available |
$26.37 |
$54,850 |
| Home appliance repairers |
Not available |
$14.17 |
$29,480 |
| Insurance underwriters |
Not available |
$26.99 |
$56,140 |
| Law clerks |
Not available |
$16.17 |
$33,630 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other |
Not available |
$22.68 |
$47,170 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers |
Not available |
$17.14 |
$35,660 |
| Managers, all other |
Not available |
$35.79 |
$74,450 |
| Medical equipment repairers |
Not available |
$17.72 |
$36,850 |
| Mental health counselors |
Not available |
$20.64 |
$42,930 |
| Metal workers and plastic workers, all other |
Not available |
$12.25 |
$25,470 |
| Model makers, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$17.16 |
$35,700 |
| Musicians and singers |
Not available |
$10.49 |
Not available |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
Not available |
$34.51 |
$71,780 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians |
Not available |
$17.74 |
$36,890 |
| Painters, transportation equipment |
Not available |
$16.30 |
$33,900 |
| Pharmacists |
Not available |
$48.74 |
$101,380 |
| Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary |
Not available |
Not available |
$65,620 |
| Physics teachers, postsecondary |
Not available |
Not available |
$92,140 |
| Political science teachers, postsecondary |
Not available |
Not available |
$70,940 |
| Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary |
Not available |
Not available |
$55,400 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
Not available |
$13.62 |
$28,320 |
| Religious workers, all other |
Not available |
$11.46 |
$23,830 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks |
Not available |
$13.33 |
$27,740 |
| Roofers |
Not available |
$18.55 |
$38,570 |
| Structural iron and steel workers |
Not available |
$23.07 |
$47,990 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors |
Not available |
$14.47 |
$30,090 |
| Tax preparers |
Not available |
$18.36 |
$38,190 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
Not available |
$17.85 |
$37,140 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers |
Not available |
$13.65 |
$28,390 |
