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 | 210,300 | $19.00 | $39,510 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 38,020 | $15.12 | $31,450 |
| Sales and related occupations | 25,850 | $16.42 | $34,150 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 18,560 | $10.99 | $22,850 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 14,680 | $15.28 | $31,790 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 13,060 | $34.02 | $70,750 |
| Production occupations | 12,620 | $15.65 | $32,550 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 12,270 | $22.40 | $46,600 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 10,570 | $20.92 | $43,510 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 8,450 | $20.32 | $42,260 |
| Retail salespersons | 7,770 | $12.77 | $26,550 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 7,410 | $11.83 | $24,600 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 7,190 | $12.86 | $26,740 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 7,120 | $27.04 | $56,240 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 6,840 | $12.73 | $26,480 |
| Management occupations | 5,760 | $45.64 | $94,930 |
| Cashiers | 5,750 | $10.64 | $22,120 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 5,540 | $9.52 | $19,810 |
| Registered nurses | 5,220 | $32.88 | $68,380 |
| Community and social services occupations | 5,110 | $19.08 | $39,680 |
| Office clerks, general | 4,720 | $12.84 | $26,700 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 3,920 | $29.08 | $60,490 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 3,710 | $16.16 | $33,600 |
| Protective service occupations | 3,530 | $22.35 | $46,480 |
| Customer service representatives | 3,500 | $14.42 | $30,000 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 3,230 | $12.25 | $25,490 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 3,190 | $28.92 | $60,160 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 3,150 | $11.73 | $24,390 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 3,090 | $12.49 | $25,980 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 3,090 | $13.13 | $27,310 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 2,950 | $19.25 | $40,040 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 2,890 | $20.92 | $43,510 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 2,710 | $26.08 | $54,240 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 2,460 | $23.44 | $48,750 |
| Personal and home care aides | 2,420 | $10.46 | $21,750 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 2,020 | $15.68 | $32,610 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 2,010 | $11.80 | $24,550 |
| Carpenters | 1,890 | $20.53 | $42,710 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 1,880 | $12.08 | $25,130 |
| Teacher assistants | 1,790 | Not available | $26,340 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 1,740 | Not available | $53,250 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 1,740 | $13.86 | $28,830 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 1,680 | $9.60 | $19,970 |
| Medical secretaries | 1,680 | $15.49 | $32,210 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 1,630 | $14.19 | $29,520 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 1,630 | $22.95 | $47,740 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 1,620 | $15.09 | $31,390 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 1,600 | $10.83 | $22,520 |
| Telemarketers | 1,550 | $11.04 | $22,960 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 1,540 | $26.57 | $55,270 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 1,540 | $17.78 | $36,990 |
| Home health aides | 1,530 | $10.05 | $20,910 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 1,530 | $9.83 | $20,440 |
| Legal occupations | 1,500 | $34.09 | $70,910 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 1,420 | $11.97 | $24,910 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 1,350 | $28.05 | $58,350 |
| Construction laborers | 1,350 | $15.45 | $32,140 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 1,350 | Not available | $37,480 |
| Child care workers | 1,330 | $9.66 | $20,080 |
| General and operations managers | 1,300 | $55.48 | $115,400 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 1,240 | $15.36 | $31,940 |
| Accountants and auditors | 1,200 | $29.16 | $60,660 |
| Security guards | 1,200 | $13.08 | $27,200 |
| Electricians | 1,190 | $21.31 | $44,330 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 1,140 | $21.87 | $45,490 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 1,110 | $13.62 | $28,320 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 1,060 | Not available | $55,820 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 1,010 | Not available | $54,830 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 1,000 | $15.05 | $31,300 |
| Food preparation workers | 990 | $10.20 | $21,220 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 970 | $18.36 | $38,200 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 970 | $15.65 | $32,540 |
| Social and human service assistants | 950 | $12.35 | $25,690 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 920 | $29.22 | $60,770 |
| Medical assistants | 920 | $14.10 | $29,340 |
| Driver/sales workers | 910 | $13.93 | $28,970 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 890 | $19.82 | $41,230 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 880 | $13.53 | $28,150 |
| Bus drivers, school | 850 | $12.96 | $26,950 |
| Team assemblers | 850 | $12.20 | $25,390 |
| Dishwashers | 840 | $9.54 | $19,850 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 820 | $25.64 | $53,340 |
| Bartenders | 810 | $13.58 | $28,250 |
| Lawyers | 810 | $43.93 | $91,370 |
| Tellers | 810 | $11.74 | $24,420 |
| Computer support specialists | 800 | $20.57 | $42,790 |
| Dental assistants | 740 | $15.57 | $32,390 |
| Helpers--production workers | 740 | $11.88 | $24,710 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 730 | $11.12 | $23,120 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 720 | $13.56 | $28,200 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 720 | $25.10 | $52,200 |
| Loan officers | 680 | $30.52 | $63,490 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 670 | $21.89 | $45,530 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | 640 | $14.16 | $29,450 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 630 | $12.04 | $25,030 |
| Sales and related workers, all other | 620 | $16.43 | $34,180 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary | 610 | $24.71 | $51,390 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 600 | $28.06 | $58,370 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 580 | $20.70 | $43,050 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 570 | $10.19 | $21,190 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 570 | $13.59 | $28,280 |
| Financial managers | 560 | $44.40 | $92,340 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 560 | $32.45 | $67,500 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 560 | $23.64 | $49,160 |
| Pharmacists | 560 | $47.93 | $99,700 |
| Computer systems analysts | 550 | $34.24 | $71,210 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 550 | Not available | Not available |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 550 | $16.77 | $34,890 |
| Insurance sales agents | 540 | $25.63 | $53,310 |
| Parts salespersons | 540 | $15.15 | $31,520 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 540 | $23.76 | $49,430 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 540 | $28.39 | $59,040 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 540 | $16.93 | $35,210 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 530 | $12.58 | $26,160 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 530 | $15.99 | $33,260 |
| Fire fighters | 520 | $28.88 | $60,080 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 510 | $10.35 | $21,530 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 490 | $33.41 | $69,490 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 480 | $28.88 | $60,080 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers | 480 | $10.34 | $21,500 |
| Coaches and scouts | 470 | Not available | $36,200 |
| Cooks, fast food | 470 | $9.11 | $18,940 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 470 | $97.30 | $202,380 |
| Recreation workers | 470 | $12.04 | $25,050 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 460 | $10.13 | $21,080 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 460 | $18.04 | $37,530 |
| Physical therapists | 460 | $31.39 | $65,280 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 450 | $14.87 | $30,940 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 450 | $22.24 | $46,260 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 450 | $26.73 | $55,590 |
| Civil engineers | 440 | $31.18 | $64,850 |
| Computer programmers | 440 | $27.58 | $57,360 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 440 | $17.52 | $36,450 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 440 | $24.43 | $50,820 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 430 | $35.63 | $74,100 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 420 | $17.62 | $36,650 |
| Sales managers | 420 | $45.55 | $94,740 |
| Bill and account collectors | 410 | $17.71 | $36,830 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 410 | $18.30 | $38,060 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 400 | $22.24 | $46,260 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 400 | $12.43 | $25,860 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 390 | $12.28 | $25,530 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 390 | $19.79 | $41,170 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 390 | $22.01 | $45,780 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | 390 | $13.30 | $27,660 |
| Gaming dealers | 390 | $15.26 | $31,730 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 380 | $24.13 | $50,200 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 380 | $19.64 | $40,850 |
| Bakers | 370 | $15.12 | $31,440 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity | 370 | Not available | Not available |
| Machinists | 370 | $17.73 | $36,880 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 370 | $28.64 | $59,580 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 360 | $9.19 | $19,120 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 350 | $17.67 | $36,750 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 350 | $14.50 | $30,160 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 350 | $21.52 | $44,770 |
| Structural iron and steel workers | 350 | $19.52 | $40,590 |
| Advertising sales agents | 340 | $23.92 | $49,740 |
| Dental hygienists | 340 | $34.89 | $72,560 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | 340 | $21.13 | $43,960 |
| All other information and record clerks | 330 | $16.97 | $35,300 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 330 | $17.90 | $37,240 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 330 | $28.24 | $58,730 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 330 | $13.10 | $27,250 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary | 320 | Not available | $53,620 |
| Couriers and messengers | 320 | $11.94 | $24,840 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 320 | $25.07 | $52,140 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 320 | $15.56 | $32,360 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 320 | $27.27 | $56,730 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 320 | $16.81 | $34,960 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors | 310 | $19.85 | $41,280 |
| Data entry keyers | 310 | $13.39 | $27,860 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 310 | $20.87 | $43,410 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 310 | $19.03 | $39,590 |
| Graphic designers | 310 | $18.23 | $37,930 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 310 | $29.91 | $62,220 |
| Sheet metal workers | 310 | $17.95 | $37,340 |
| Cost estimators | 300 | $23.24 | $48,330 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 290 | $16.07 | $33,430 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 290 | $10.54 | $21,930 |
| Legal secretaries | 290 | $17.09 | $35,550 |
| Managers, all other | 290 | $39.15 | $81,430 |
| Market research analysts | 290 | $25.86 | $53,800 |
| Order clerks | 290 | $13.81 | $28,730 |
| Parking lot attendants | 290 | $10.30 | $21,420 |
| Roofers | 290 | $20.72 | $43,090 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 280 | Not available | $91,480 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 280 | $16.71 | $34,750 |
| Mechanical engineers | 280 | $30.64 | $63,720 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 280 | Not available | Not available |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 280 | $12.53 | $26,060 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 270 | $24.51 | $50,970 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 270 | $20.75 | $43,160 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 270 | $15.80 | $32,860 |
| Computer specialists, all other | 260 | $25.15 | $52,310 |
| Surgical technologists | 260 | $21.26 | $44,220 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | 260 | $10.46 | $21,750 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 250 | $21.27 | $44,230 |
| Librarians | 250 | $26.36 | $54,820 |
| Medical and health services managers | 250 | $47.38 | $98,560 |
| Printing machine operators | 250 | $17.45 | $36,300 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 250 | $19.40 | $40,340 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 250 | Not available | $47,790 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 250 | $11.79 | $24,520 |
| Construction managers | 240 | $49.89 | $103,780 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | 240 | $24.26 | $50,460 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | 240 | $36.06 | $75,010 |
| File clerks | 240 | $11.14 | $23,170 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 240 | $11.83 | $24,610 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 240 | $15.85 | $32,970 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 240 | $13.63 | $28,360 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks | 240 | $11.56 | $24,040 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 240 | $20.14 | $41,900 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters | 230 | $10.31 | $21,450 |
| Electrical engineers | 230 | $35.31 | $73,450 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer | 230 | $38.23 | $79,510 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 230 | $20.42 | $42,470 |
| Production workers, all other | 230 | $14.39 | $29,920 |
| Respiratory therapists | 230 | $26.16 | $54,420 |
| Administrative services managers | 220 | $41.38 | $86,080 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval | 220 | $38.29 | $79,640 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 220 | $18.80 | $39,100 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | 220 | $23.97 | $49,850 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 220 | $13.37 | $27,810 |
| Engineering managers | 220 | $52.27 | $108,710 |
| Library technicians | 220 | $15.00 | $31,210 |
| Management analysts | 220 | $31.59 | $65,710 |
| Office machine operators, except computer | 220 | $10.28 | $21,390 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 210 | $14.33 | $29,810 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 210 | $46.28 | $96,250 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 210 | $10.10 | $21,020 |
| Public relations specialists | 210 | $23.55 | $48,970 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 200 | $20.07 | $41,750 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 200 | $23.55 | $48,970 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other | 200 | $21.31 | $44,330 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 200 | $13.56 | $28,200 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 200 | $10.25 | $21,320 |
| New accounts clerks | 200 | $14.94 | $31,070 |
| Occupational therapists | 200 | $30.31 | $63,050 |
| Physician assistants | 200 | $41.96 | $87,280 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 200 | $28.72 | $59,730 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 200 | $17.50 | $36,390 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary | 190 | $42.81 | $89,050 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 190 | Not available | $47,190 |
| Media and communication workers, all other | 190 | $18.67 | $38,840 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 190 | $22.82 | $47,470 |
| Social and community service managers | 190 | $30.00 | $62,410 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 190 | $11.95 | $24,860 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | 190 | $13.74 | $28,580 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 180 | $19.61 | $40,800 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other | 180 | $23.33 | $48,520 |
| Industrial production managers | 180 | $42.14 | $87,650 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers | 180 | $12.73 | $26,470 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 180 | $14.45 | $30,060 |
| Marketing managers | 180 | $49.40 | $102,760 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 180 | $18.07 | $37,580 |
| Training and development specialists | 180 | $24.65 | $51,270 |
| Dental laboratory technicians | 170 | $16.33 | $33,960 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 170 | $17.32 | $36,020 |
| Sales engineers | 170 | $41.00 | $85,270 |
| Sewing machine operators | 170 | $11.03 | $22,940 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 170 | Not available | $57,950 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 160 | $31.20 | $64,900 |
| Cooks, short order | 160 | $10.71 | $22,280 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers | 160 | $15.30 | $31,820 |
| Instructional coordinators | 160 | $31.78 | $66,100 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 160 | $17.21 | $35,800 |
| Physical therapist aides | 160 | $11.35 | $23,600 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary | 150 | Not available | $58,680 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters | 150 | $18.32 | $38,100 |
| Home appliance repairers | 150 | $15.84 | $32,950 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | 150 | $32.39 | $67,370 |
| Protective service workers, all other | 150 | $14.59 | $30,350 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 150 | Not available | $51,050 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 150 | $40.98 | $85,240 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 140 | $14.48 | $30,120 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 140 | $22.76 | $47,350 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 140 | $38.60 | $80,280 |
| Industrial engineers | 140 | $32.81 | $68,250 |
| Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders | 140 | Not available | Not available |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 140 | $16.76 | $34,850 |
| Database administrators | 130 | $26.50 | $55,110 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers | 130 | $37.97 | $78,980 |
| Floral designers | 130 | $10.96 | $22,800 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand | 130 | $14.57 | $30,300 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 130 | $14.48 | $30,110 |
| Postal service clerks | 130 | Not available | Not available |
| Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary | 130 | Not available | $45,800 |
| Reporters and correspondents | 130 | $20.54 | $42,720 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 130 | $18.80 | $39,110 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 120 | $18.06 | $37,570 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 120 | $25.84 | $53,760 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | 120 | $24.41 | $50,760 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | 120 | $24.91 | $51,810 |
| Financial analysts | 120 | $34.32 | $71,390 |
| Financial specialists, all other | 120 | $26.81 | $55,760 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 120 | Not available | $51,030 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists | 120 | $24.97 | $51,930 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 120 | $20.34 | $42,310 |
| Producers and directors | 120 | $24.74 | $51,460 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 120 | $27.71 | $57,640 |
| Radio and television announcers | 120 | $17.90 | $37,230 |
| Special education teachers, middle school | 120 | Not available | $52,580 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 110 | $17.15 | $35,670 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | 110 | $33.17 | $68,990 |
| Editors | 110 | $28.40 | $59,070 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 110 | $22.62 | $47,050 |
| Food service managers | 110 | $22.91 | $47,660 |
| Insurance underwriters | 110 | $25.27 | $52,560 |
| Mechanical drafters | 110 | $18.33 | $38,130 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers | 110 | $15.93 | $33,140 |
| Tapers | 110 | $22.56 | $46,920 |
| Budget analysts | 100 | $26.55 | $55,220 |
| Construction and related workers, all other | 100 | Not available | Not available |
| Electrical and electronics drafters | 100 | $21.42 | $44,550 |
| Engine and other machine assemblers | 100 | $15.51 | $32,260 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 100 | $25.50 | $53,040 |
| Food batchmakers | 100 | $10.53 | $21,900 |
| Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 100 | $15.57 | $32,380 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 100 | $15.80 | $32,870 |
| Legal support workers, all other | 100 | $21.32 | $44,350 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 100 | $20.51 | $42,660 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 100 | $21.29 | $44,290 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary | 100 | Not available | $58,190 |
| Urban and regional planners | 100 | $28.88 | $60,060 |
| Veterinarians | 100 | $40.50 | $84,230 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians | 90 | $28.08 | $58,410 |
| Chief executives | 90 | $79.73 | $165,840 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 90 | $12.81 | $26,650 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 90 | $15.09 | $31,390 |
| Human resources managers, all other | 90 | $44.39 | $92,330 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other | 90 | $20.08 | $41,770 |
| Massage therapists | 90 | $24.30 | $50,540 |
| Photographers | 90 | $17.66 | $36,740 |
| Public relations managers | 90 | $37.42 | $77,830 |
| Surgeons | 90 | $75.00 | More than $145,600 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary | 80 | Not available | $64,920 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers | 80 | $14.88 | $30,960 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 80 | $28.06 | $58,370 |
| Computer operators | 80 | $16.47 | $34,250 |
| Credit analysts | 80 | $26.79 | $55,720 |
| Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 80 | Not available | $56,380 |
| Gaming supervisors | 80 | $18.53 | $38,540 |
| Manufactured building and mobile home installers | 80 | $16.21 | $33,710 |
| Photographic processing machine operators | 80 | $12.93 | $26,890 |
| Procurement clerks | 80 | $15.59 | $32,420 |
| Purchasing managers | 80 | $39.55 | $82,270 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers | 80 | $21.63 | $44,990 |
| Broadcast technicians | 70 | $17.97 | $37,370 |
| Brokerage clerks | 70 | $17.88 | $37,200 |
| Communications teachers, postsecondary | 70 | Not available | $57,140 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks | 70 | $15.14 | $31,490 |
| Dentists, general | 70 | $81.32 | $169,140 |
| Earth drillers, except oil and gas | 70 | $16.03 | $33,340 |
| Health educators | 70 | $21.80 | $45,340 |
| Helpers--extraction workers | 70 | $15.63 | $32,510 |
| History teachers, postsecondary | 70 | Not available | $51,850 |
| Industrial engineering technicians | 70 | $21.35 | $44,420 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary | 70 | Not available | $54,840 |
| Media and communication equipment workers, all other | 70 | $21.73 | $45,200 |
| Medical equipment repairers | 70 | $21.55 | $44,830 |
| Meter readers, utilities | 70 | $18.04 | $37,530 |
| Painters, transportation equipment | 70 | $18.73 | $38,950 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood | 70 | $13.74 | $28,580 |
| Social workers, all other | 70 | $26.64 | $55,400 |
| Tax preparers | 70 | $19.60 | $40,760 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 70 | $20.56 | $42,770 |
| Word processors and typists | 70 | $17.25 | $35,880 |
| Chemical technicians | 60 | $20.54 | $42,730 |
| Family and general practitioners | 60 | $64.09 | $133,300 |
| Film and video editors | 60 | $15.19 | $31,590 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other | 60 | $20.29 | $42,210 |
| Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders | 60 | $12.69 | $26,390 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians | 60 | $19.75 | $41,090 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers | 60 | $11.06 | $23,000 |
| Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary | 60 | Not available | $56,140 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 60 | $13.94 | $29,000 |
| Prepress technicians and workers | 60 | $20.13 | $41,880 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators | 60 | $24.92 | $51,820 |
| Advertising and promotions managers | 50 | $24.73 | $51,430 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops | 50 | $14.76 | $30,700 |
| Cargo and freight agents | 50 | $19.69 | $40,960 |
| Chemistry teachers, postsecondary | 50 | Not available | $61,910 |
| Clergy | 50 | $22.51 | $46,820 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary | 50 | Not available | $69,400 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 50 | $12.47 | $25,930 |
| Education administrators, all other | 50 | $29.61 | $61,580 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other | 50 | $23.99 | $49,910 |
| Environmental engineers | 50 | $36.35 | $75,610 |
| Gaming surveillance officers and gaming investigators | 50 | $12.21 | $25,400 |
| Interpreters and translators | 50 | $21.31 | $44,330 |
| Law clerks | 50 | $20.50 | $42,640 |
| Legislators | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other | 50 | Not available | $46,810 |
| Private detectives and investigators | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Real estate sales agents | 50 | $22.22 | $46,220 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | 50 | $13.91 | $28,930 |
| Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers | 40 | $40.68 | $84,620 |
| Chemists | 40 | $24.79 | $51,550 |
| Economics teachers, postsecondary | 40 | Not available | $74,010 |
| Engineers, all other | 40 | $36.41 | $75,740 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health | 40 | $24.26 | $50,450 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators | 40 | $20.21 | $42,040 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | 40 | $10.13 | $21,070 |
| Lodging managers | 40 | $37.81 | $78,650 |
| Logisticians | 40 | $28.17 | $58,580 |
| Marriage and family therapists | 40 | $16.25 | $33,800 |
| Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers | 40 | $41.65 | $86,630 |
| Multi-media artists and animators | 40 | $29.71 | $61,800 |
| Natural sciences managers | 40 | $46.32 | $96,350 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics | 40 | $15.83 | $32,930 |
| Photographic process workers | 40 | $10.42 | $21,680 |
| Psychiatrists | 40 | $72.87 | $151,570 |
| Real estate brokers | 40 | $47.99 | $99,830 |
| Residential advisors | 40 | $13.54 | $28,150 |
| Social science research assistants | 40 | $18.47 | $38,410 |
| Sociology teachers, postsecondary | 40 | Not available | $55,870 |
| Technical writers | 40 | $26.35 | $54,810 |
| Anesthesiologists | 30 | $95.11 | $197,830 |
| Broadcast news analysts | 30 | $38.87 | $80,840 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | 30 | $22.93 | $47,700 |
| Interior designers | 30 | $23.80 | $49,510 |
| Meeting and convention planners | 30 | $21.83 | $45,400 |
| Numerical tool and process control programmers | 30 | $27.01 | $56,170 |
| Occupational therapist assistants | 30 | $21.83 | $45,400 |
| Pile-driver operators | 30 | $31.42 | $65,360 |
| Pipelayers | 30 | $25.75 | $53,560 |
| Political science teachers, postsecondary | 30 | Not available | $56,260 |
| Recreational therapists | 30 | $21.62 | $44,970 |
| Service station attendants | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Social scientists and related workers, all other | 30 | $31.83 | $66,200 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians | Not available | $21.78 | $45,310 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | Not available | $28.77 | $59,840 |
| Art directors | Not available | $29.76 | $61,910 |
| Audiologists | Not available | $26.20 | $54,490 |
| Avionics technicians | Not available | $21.44 | $44,590 |
| Bindery workers | Not available | $16.36 | $34,040 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | Not available | $22.49 | $46,780 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software | Not available | $37.42 | $77,840 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door | Not available | $19.58 | $40,720 |
| Cooks, all other | Not available | $10.88 | $22,630 |
| Crane and tower operators | Not available | $21.84 | $45,430 |
| Crossing guards | Not available | $20.88 | $43,440 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | Not available | $9.42 | $19,590 |
| Drafters, all other | Not available | $23.67 | $49,230 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers | Not available | $16.75 | $34,850 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | Not available | $17.37 | $36,120 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | Not available | $10.85 | $22,560 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers | Not available | $33.13 | $68,910 |
| Helpers--carpenters | Not available | $12.01 | $24,980 |
| Helpers--electricians | Not available | $13.74 | $28,580 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | Not available | $13.49 | $28,060 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other | Not available | $13.11 | $27,260 |
| Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers | Not available | $15.11 | $31,430 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers | Not available | $17.26 | $35,910 |
| Materials engineers | Not available | $38.77 | $80,640 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians | Not available | $19.03 | $39,570 |
| Medical equipment preparers | Not available | $14.18 | $29,500 |
| Mental health counselors | Not available | $20.08 | $41,760 |
| Metal workers and plastic workers, all other | Not available | $10.69 | $22,240 |
| Millwrights | Not available | $23.41 | $48,680 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other | Not available | $10.45 | $21,730 |
| Motorcycle mechanics | Not available | $16.47 | $34,250 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $20.50 | $42,630 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | Not available | $10.97 | $22,820 |
| Optometrists | Not available | $79.45 | $165,260 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | Not available | $17.87 | $37,170 |
| Pediatricians, general | Not available | $84.67 | $176,110 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other | Not available | $10.53 | $21,900 |
| Personal financial advisors | Not available | $42.41 | $88,220 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation | Not available | $14.03 | $29,190 |
| Pharmacy aides | Not available | $11.89 | $24,730 |
| Pourers and casters, metal | Not available | $14.93 | $31,060 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials | Not available | $9.87 | $20,520 |
| Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products | Not available | $26.19 | $54,470 |
| Recreational vehicle service technicians | Not available | $18.49 | $38,470 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers | Not available | $18.95 | $39,420 |
| Skin care specialists | Not available | $17.59 | $36,580 |
| Surveyors | Not available | $35.70 | $74,250 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers | Not available | $14.74 | $30,650 |
| Tile and marble setters | Not available | $26.61 | $55,340 |
| Tool and die makers | Not available | $16.08 | $33,440 |
| Travel agents | Not available | $17.31 | $36,010 |
