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 |
More than $70 |
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, construction trades, all other |
Not available |
$13.11 |
$27,260 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
