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 |
298,560 |
$20.33 |
$42,280 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
52,080 |
$16.50 |
$34,320 |
| Sales and related occupations |
29,950 |
$16.41 |
$34,130 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
24,730 |
$10.69 |
$22,240 |
| Production occupations |
24,690 |
$16.75 |
$34,840 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
22,500 |
$23.12 |
$48,090 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
22,110 |
$16.21 |
$33,710 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
19,170 |
$34.70 |
$72,170 |
| Management occupations |
13,500 |
$44.37 |
$92,290 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
11,760 |
$21.40 |
$44,500 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
11,170 |
$29.60 |
$61,580 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
11,050 |
$14.02 |
$29,160 |
| Retail salespersons |
10,400 |
$11.91 |
$24,780 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
9,090 |
$13.06 |
$27,170 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
8,600 |
$22.39 |
$46,570 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
8,140 |
$12.01 |
$24,990 |
| Cashiers |
7,830 |
$9.61 |
$19,990 |
| Protective service occupations |
7,620 |
$20.83 |
$43,330 |
| Community and social services occupations |
6,980 |
$20.75 |
$43,160 |
| Registered nurses |
6,600 |
$32.03 |
$66,630 |
| Office clerks, general |
6,140 |
$14.35 |
$29,840 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
5,330 |
$9.46 |
$19,680 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
4,790 |
$10.72 |
$22,300 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
4,700 |
$12.62 |
$26,240 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
4,610 |
$12.19 |
$25,360 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
4,540 |
$12.70 |
$26,410 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
4,460 |
$31.53 |
$65,590 |
| Customer service representatives |
4,330 |
$16.35 |
$34,010 |
| Teacher assistants |
4,290 |
Not available |
$23,170 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
4,290 |
$20.13 |
$41,870 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
4,210 |
$17.18 |
$35,740 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
4,060 |
$15.66 |
$32,580 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
3,950 |
$13.32 |
$27,710 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
3,860 |
Not available |
$53,660 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
3,740 |
$31.73 |
$65,990 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
3,640 |
$22.46 |
$46,720 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
3,330 |
$20.42 |
$42,470 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
3,330 |
$18.29 |
$38,040 |
| General and operations managers |
3,000 |
$48.71 |
$101,310 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
2,960 |
Not available |
$55,440 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
2,690 |
$28.43 |
$59,130 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
2,670 |
$15.94 |
$33,160 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
2,250 |
$12.12 |
$25,210 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
2,220 |
$19.95 |
$41,490 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
2,220 |
Not available |
$54,590 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
2,180 |
$31.41 |
$65,340 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
2,160 |
$13.17 |
$27,390 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
2,140 |
$15.25 |
$31,720 |
| Personal and home care aides |
2,130 |
$11.69 |
$24,320 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
2,120 |
$18.75 |
$39,000 |
| Food preparation workers |
2,100 |
$10.40 |
$21,620 |
| Machinists |
2,070 |
$19.97 |
$41,530 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
1,940 |
$24.78 |
$51,550 |
| Team assemblers |
1,930 |
$13.76 |
$28,620 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
1,920 |
$9.36 |
$19,480 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
1,850 |
$11.98 |
$24,930 |
| Home health aides |
1,830 |
$11.75 |
$24,440 |
| Bus drivers, school |
1,800 |
$16.63 |
$34,590 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
1,800 |
$26.49 |
$55,100 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
1,770 |
$23.74 |
$49,370 |
| Accountants and auditors |
1,760 |
$29.49 |
$61,330 |
| Bartenders |
1,730 |
$10.21 |
$21,230 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
1,720 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Social and human service assistants |
1,700 |
$16.10 |
$33,480 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
1,670 |
$13.50 |
$28,080 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
1,630 |
$18.52 |
$38,510 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
1,610 |
$15.93 |
$33,140 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
1,580 |
$10.00 |
$20,800 |
| Correctional officers and jailers |
1,560 |
$21.47 |
$44,670 |
| Legal occupations |
1,550 |
$34.42 |
$71,590 |
| Security guards |
1,520 |
$11.67 |
$24,270 |
| Medical secretaries |
1,490 |
$16.17 |
$33,620 |
| Construction laborers |
1,460 |
$18.77 |
$39,050 |
| Tellers |
1,400 |
$12.34 |
$25,670 |
| Chief executives |
1,380 |
$63.22 |
$131,500 |
| Medical assistants |
1,360 |
$15.32 |
$31,860 |
| Child care workers |
1,350 |
$9.91 |
$20,600 |
| Helpers--production workers |
1,340 |
$11.70 |
$24,340 |
| Parking lot attendants |
1,290 |
$10.37 |
$21,580 |
| Dishwashers |
1,240 |
$9.22 |
$19,180 |
| Financial managers |
1,210 |
$44.89 |
$93,370 |
| Fire fighters |
1,200 |
$22.56 |
$46,920 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
1,200 |
$17.73 |
$36,870 |
| Psychiatric aides |
1,180 |
$15.14 |
$31,490 |
| Management analysts |
1,150 |
$36.30 |
$75,500 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
1,140 |
$13.86 |
$28,820 |
| Electricians |
1,110 |
$24.36 |
$50,670 |
| Computer support specialists |
1,060 |
$21.62 |
$44,960 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
1,060 |
$28.53 |
$59,340 |
| Carpenters |
1,050 |
$20.49 |
$42,630 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
1,040 |
$15.67 |
$32,590 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
1,030 |
$28.53 |
$59,350 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
1,020 |
$24.61 |
$51,180 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
1,010 |
$16.35 |
$34,000 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
980 |
Not available |
$51,120 |
| Mental health counselors |
950 |
$18.65 |
$38,790 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
940 |
$14.36 |
$29,860 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
940 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
920 |
$9.04 |
$18,800 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
910 |
$25.64 |
$53,320 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
880 |
$37.52 |
$78,040 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
880 |
$12.29 |
$25,570 |
| Driver/sales workers |
880 |
$14.86 |
$30,900 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks |
860 |
$18.96 |
$39,430 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
860 |
$31.05 |
$64,580 |
| Cooks, fast food |
850 |
$9.71 |
$20,210 |
| Recreation workers |
840 |
$12.84 |
$26,710 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
830 |
$14.18 |
$29,490 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders |
800 |
$16.27 |
$33,830 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
790 |
$21.36 |
$44,420 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
780 |
$21.29 |
$44,280 |
| Printing machine operators |
770 |
$17.81 |
$37,040 |
| Lawyers |
750 |
$43.34 |
$90,140 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians |
740 |
$26.32 |
$54,750 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
740 |
$88.98 |
$185,070 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
720 |
$25.55 |
$53,150 |
| Medical and health services managers |
720 |
$50.95 |
$105,990 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
720 |
$34.01 |
$70,750 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
710 |
$21.11 |
$43,900 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
700 |
$9.81 |
$20,400 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
700 |
$30.84 |
$64,150 |
| Order clerks |
690 |
$14.49 |
$30,130 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
680 |
$14.51 |
$30,170 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
680 |
$30.28 |
$62,980 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
670 |
Not available |
$81,690 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
670 |
$13.46 |
$28,010 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
660 |
$25.42 |
$52,880 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
640 |
$38.73 |
$80,560 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
640 |
$17.92 |
$37,280 |
| Dental hygienists |
640 |
$32.59 |
$67,780 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
640 |
$29.73 |
$61,840 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
640 |
$23.09 |
$48,030 |
| Sales managers |
630 |
$44.18 |
$91,900 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
620 |
$17.37 |
$36,120 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
620 |
$11.25 |
$23,410 |
| Administrative services managers |
600 |
$33.17 |
$69,000 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
600 |
$13.31 |
$27,680 |
| Dental assistants |
600 |
$17.05 |
$35,470 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
600 |
$22.22 |
$46,210 |
| Parts salespersons |
600 |
$15.16 |
$31,530 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
600 |
$28.51 |
$59,300 |
| Insurance sales agents |
590 |
$35.87 |
$74,600 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary |
580 |
$44.20 |
$91,940 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
570 |
$17.20 |
$35,780 |
| Physical therapists |
560 |
$34.88 |
$72,540 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
550 |
$21.74 |
$45,220 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
540 |
$30.37 |
$63,160 |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
540 |
Not available |
$51,790 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
530 |
$33.09 |
$68,840 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
530 |
$23.70 |
$49,290 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
530 |
Not available |
$52,990 |
| Mechanical engineers |
520 |
$33.92 |
$70,550 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
510 |
$20.69 |
$43,030 |
| Computer systems analysts |
510 |
$35.96 |
$74,800 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
510 |
$22.37 |
$46,520 |
| Industrial engineers |
510 |
$32.11 |
$66,790 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
500 |
$23.09 |
$48,030 |
| Food service managers |
500 |
$25.45 |
$52,940 |
| Social and community service managers |
500 |
$28.10 |
$58,440 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
490 |
$10.56 |
$21,970 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
490 |
$10.38 |
$21,600 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
480 |
$11.28 |
$23,470 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
480 |
$16.12 |
$33,530 |
| Food batchmakers |
480 |
$16.58 |
$34,490 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
480 |
$15.78 |
$32,830 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
480 |
$17.25 |
$35,880 |
| Data entry keyers |
470 |
$16.23 |
$33,750 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
460 |
$20.33 |
$42,280 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
460 |
$13.46 |
$27,990 |
| Bill and account collectors |
450 |
$16.62 |
$34,560 |
| Cost estimators |
450 |
$30.57 |
$63,590 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
450 |
$16.64 |
$34,600 |
| Industrial production managers |
450 |
$39.38 |
$81,920 |
| Public relations specialists |
450 |
$22.97 |
$47,770 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
440 |
$17.74 |
$36,900 |
| Legal secretaries |
430 |
$18.68 |
$38,860 |
| Training and development specialists |
430 |
$25.45 |
$52,940 |
| Coaches and scouts |
420 |
Not available |
$30,930 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
420 |
$45.09 |
$93,790 |
| Cooks, short order |
420 |
$10.37 |
$21,560 |
| Pharmacists |
420 |
$45.12 |
$93,860 |
| Tool and die makers |
420 |
$19.30 |
$40,140 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
420 |
$23.31 |
$48,490 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
410 |
$36.09 |
$75,060 |
| Library technicians |
410 |
$16.28 |
$33,860 |
| Production workers, all other |
410 |
$14.29 |
$29,720 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
410 |
$17.13 |
$35,620 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
400 |
$17.38 |
$36,140 |
| Graphic designers |
400 |
$24.62 |
$51,210 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
400 |
$22.14 |
$46,040 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
390 |
$20.13 |
$41,870 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
390 |
Not available |
$53,450 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
390 |
$26.68 |
$55,490 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
380 |
$24.51 |
$50,990 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
380 |
$31.30 |
$65,110 |
| Librarians |
380 |
$24.41 |
$50,760 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
370 |
$18.65 |
$38,790 |
| Engineering managers |
370 |
$45.08 |
$93,770 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
370 |
$16.99 |
$35,340 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
370 |
$46.03 |
$95,730 |
| Civil engineers |
360 |
$34.19 |
$71,110 |
| Construction managers |
360 |
$37.34 |
$77,660 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
360 |
$13.19 |
$27,440 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
360 |
$13.36 |
$27,790 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
360 |
Not available |
$37,040 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity |
350 |
$16.52 |
$34,370 |
| Financial analysts |
350 |
$42.48 |
$88,360 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
350 |
$16.04 |
$33,350 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
350 |
$27.94 |
$58,120 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
340 |
$16.21 |
$33,720 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
340 |
$19.21 |
$39,960 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
340 |
$18.39 |
$38,260 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
340 |
$12.97 |
$26,980 |
| Internists, general |
340 |
$73.24 |
$152,330 |
| Managers, all other |
340 |
$41.19 |
$85,680 |
| Occupational therapists |
340 |
$30.09 |
$62,590 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
340 |
$16.77 |
$34,880 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
330 |
$14.45 |
$30,060 |
| File clerks |
330 |
$11.68 |
$24,290 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
330 |
$13.39 |
$27,840 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
330 |
$19.80 |
$41,180 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
330 |
$16.54 |
$34,410 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary |
320 |
Not available |
$64,810 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
320 |
$18.02 |
$37,480 |
| Loan officers |
320 |
$39.89 |
$82,960 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
320 |
$20.59 |
$42,830 |
| Bakers |
310 |
$13.88 |
$28,880 |
| Cargo and freight agents |
310 |
$15.96 |
$33,210 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
310 |
$17.83 |
$37,090 |
| Computer programmers |
300 |
$35.02 |
$72,840 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
300 |
$21.41 |
$44,540 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
300 |
$14.71 |
$30,610 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers |
300 |
$14.84 |
$30,870 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
300 |
$27.05 |
$56,260 |
| Sheet metal workers |
300 |
$22.90 |
$47,640 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
300 |
$18.60 |
$38,690 |
| All other information and record clerks |
290 |
$18.29 |
$38,040 |
| Chemical technicians |
290 |
$19.67 |
$40,910 |
| Sewing machine operators |
290 |
$11.03 |
$22,940 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
290 |
$28.31 |
$58,890 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
280 |
$18.43 |
$38,330 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
280 |
$11.84 |
$24,630 |
| Market research analysts |
280 |
$29.45 |
$61,250 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
280 |
$16.90 |
$35,160 |
| Surgical technologists |
280 |
$19.27 |
$40,080 |
| Telemarketers |
280 |
$17.53 |
$36,460 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors |
270 |
$23.22 |
$48,310 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other |
270 |
$18.71 |
$38,930 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
270 |
$30.07 |
$62,540 |
| Physician assistants |
270 |
$43.51 |
$90,500 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors |
270 |
$20.26 |
$42,130 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
260 |
$12.78 |
$26,590 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
260 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
260 |
$10.32 |
$21,470 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
260 |
$17.25 |
$35,870 |
| Crossing guards |
250 |
$14.13 |
$29,390 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
250 |
$10.09 |
$20,990 |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
250 |
$15.81 |
$32,880 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
250 |
$30.06 |
$62,530 |
| Couriers and messengers |
240 |
$12.84 |
$26,710 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary |
240 |
Not available |
$61,320 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
240 |
$19.66 |
$40,880 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
240 |
$12.90 |
$26,820 |
| Marketing managers |
230 |
$53.36 |
$110,980 |
| Purchasing managers |
230 |
$37.88 |
$78,800 |
| Reporters and correspondents |
230 |
$15.76 |
$32,770 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
230 |
$20.99 |
$43,660 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
230 |
$18.69 |
$38,880 |
| Bindery workers |
220 |
$15.43 |
$32,090 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
220 |
$29.07 |
$60,450 |
| Computer operators |
220 |
$19.06 |
$39,650 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
220 |
$38.40 |
$79,880 |
| Floral designers |
220 |
$11.75 |
$24,430 |
| Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
220 |
$12.47 |
$25,950 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
220 |
$22.74 |
$47,310 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers |
210 |
$14.86 |
$30,900 |
| Instructional coordinators |
210 |
$30.01 |
$62,420 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
210 |
$13.44 |
$27,960 |
| Personal financial advisors |
210 |
$45.42 |
$94,480 |
| Postal service clerks |
210 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Roofers |
210 |
$19.52 |
$40,610 |
| Surgeons |
210 |
$92.33 |
$192,050 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
200 |
$16.10 |
$33,490 |
| Dietetic technicians |
200 |
$12.38 |
$25,750 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
200 |
$15.03 |
$31,250 |
| Millwrights |
200 |
$21.51 |
$44,730 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
200 |
$12.07 |
$25,100 |
| Sales engineers |
200 |
$48.70 |
$101,290 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
200 |
$39.47 |
$82,100 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
200 |
$15.82 |
$32,900 |
| Advertising sales agents |
190 |
$25.88 |
$53,820 |
| Aerospace engineers |
190 |
$38.09 |
$79,220 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
190 |
$23.25 |
$48,360 |
| Editors |
190 |
$20.19 |
$42,000 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
190 |
$23.99 |
$49,910 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
190 |
$35.87 |
$74,620 |
| Health educators |
190 |
$22.06 |
$45,880 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
190 |
$25.29 |
$52,590 |
| Respiratory therapists |
190 |
$27.38 |
$56,940 |
| Electrical engineers |
180 |
$38.66 |
$80,410 |
| Mechanical drafters |
180 |
$25.93 |
$53,930 |
| Procurement clerks |
180 |
$18.41 |
$38,300 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school |
180 |
Not available |
$55,960 |
| Dentists, general |
170 |
$69.85 |
$145,280 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs |
170 |
$21.30 |
$44,300 |
| Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
170 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Mechanical engineering technicians |
170 |
$26.69 |
$55,510 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
170 |
$12.39 |
$25,770 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary |
160 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Database administrators |
160 |
$34.45 |
$71,660 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
160 |
$14.72 |
$30,610 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
160 |
$19.20 |
$39,930 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
160 |
$31.11 |
$64,700 |
| Photographers |
160 |
$14.22 |
$29,580 |
| Choreographers |
150 |
$19.88 |
$41,360 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other |
150 |
$28.00 |
$58,230 |
| Producers and directors |
150 |
$23.65 |
$49,190 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary |
150 |
Not available |
$71,250 |
| Recreational therapists |
150 |
$18.02 |
$37,480 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
150 |
$18.18 |
$37,800 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents |
150 |
$30.15 |
$62,710 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
140 |
$24.60 |
$51,170 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary |
140 |
Not available |
$93,650 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
140 |
$20.38 |
$42,390 |
| Chemists |
140 |
$27.62 |
$57,450 |
| Compensation and benefits managers |
140 |
$46.78 |
$97,310 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary |
140 |
Not available |
$79,920 |
| Computer specialists, all other |
140 |
$33.35 |
$69,360 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
140 |
$32.78 |
$68,190 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay |
140 |
$29.72 |
$61,820 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers |
140 |
$31.73 |
$65,990 |
| Medical equipment preparers |
140 |
$15.82 |
$32,910 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
140 |
$16.99 |
$35,340 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary |
140 |
$20.04 |
$41,690 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door |
130 |
$21.96 |
$45,670 |
| Cutters and trimmers, hand |
130 |
$13.74 |
$28,570 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
130 |
$27.71 |
$57,630 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program |
130 |
$21.35 |
$44,400 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary |
130 |
Not available |
$69,520 |
| Residential advisors |
130 |
$14.36 |
$29,870 |
| Skin care specialists |
130 |
$13.65 |
$28,390 |
| Veterinarians |
130 |
$46.27 |
$96,250 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
130 |
$11.46 |
$23,830 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
120 |
$19.90 |
$41,390 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators |
120 |
$20.31 |
$42,240 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
120 |
$28.95 |
$60,220 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other |
120 |
$18.67 |
$38,820 |
| Industrial engineering technicians |
120 |
$22.58 |
$46,970 |
| Travel agents |
120 |
$15.91 |
$33,100 |
| Word processors and typists |
120 |
$16.82 |
$34,980 |
| Anesthesiologists |
110 |
$78.37 |
$163,000 |
| Brokerage clerks |
110 |
$18.27 |
$38,010 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians |
110 |
$29.82 |
$62,020 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
110 |
$19.66 |
$40,890 |
| Funeral attendants |
110 |
$10.56 |
$21,970 |
| History teachers, postsecondary |
110 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
110 |
$17.89 |
$37,210 |
| Manicurists and pedicurists |
110 |
$10.68 |
$22,220 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators |
110 |
$21.73 |
$45,210 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other |
110 |
$9.30 |
$19,350 |
| Sociology teachers, postsecondary |
110 |
Not available |
$64,090 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers |
110 |
$8.83 |
$18,370 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops |
100 |
$14.21 |
$29,570 |
| Credit analysts |
100 |
$27.04 |
$56,240 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
100 |
$20.06 |
$41,720 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
100 |
$42.47 |
$88,340 |
| Job printers |
100 |
$19.39 |
$40,330 |
| Logisticians |
100 |
$27.98 |
$58,190 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
100 |
$22.97 |
$47,780 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators |
100 |
$21.55 |
$44,820 |
| Area, ethnic, and cultural studies teachers, postsecondary |
90 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders |
90 |
$15.27 |
$31,770 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers |
90 |
$18.54 |
$38,570 |
| Health specialties teachers, postsecondary |
90 |
Not available |
$72,200 |
| Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
90 |
$17.02 |
$35,390 |
| Interpreters and translators |
90 |
$18.00 |
$37,430 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic |
90 |
$14.97 |
$31,140 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary |
90 |
Not available |
$63,740 |
| Occupational therapist assistants |
90 |
$20.48 |
$42,600 |
| Pest control workers |
90 |
$17.45 |
$36,290 |
| Photographic processing machine operators |
90 |
$10.14 |
$21,080 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
90 |
$13.63 |
$28,340 |
| Public relations managers |
90 |
$47.30 |
$98,380 |
| Tax preparers |
90 |
$21.29 |
$44,290 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
80 |
$21.69 |
$45,110 |
| Economics teachers, postsecondary |
80 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Education administrators, all other |
80 |
$36.58 |
$76,080 |
| Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
80 |
$17.38 |
$36,150 |
| Loan counselors |
80 |
$20.35 |
$42,340 |
| Meeting and convention planners |
80 |
$25.75 |
$53,550 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other |
80 |
$14.41 |
$29,980 |
| Natural sciences managers |
80 |
$48.03 |
$99,910 |
| Painters, transportation equipment |
80 |
$17.05 |
$35,460 |
| Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary |
80 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Real estate brokers |
80 |
$22.98 |
$47,800 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood |
80 |
$13.80 |
$28,700 |
| Shampooers |
80 |
$8.95 |
$18,620 |
| Tour guides and escorts |
80 |
$9.56 |
$19,880 |
| Urban and regional planners |
80 |
$30.72 |
$63,900 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
70 |
$42.68 |
$88,770 |
| Budget analysts |
70 |
$31.16 |
$64,820 |
| Clergy |
70 |
$25.30 |
$52,610 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
70 |
$12.63 |
$26,270 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters |
70 |
$26.47 |
$55,050 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
70 |
$33.67 |
$70,020 |
| Environmental engineers |
70 |
$36.88 |
$76,710 |
| Financial examiners |
70 |
$48.84 |
$101,580 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand |
70 |
$16.74 |
$34,820 |
| Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers |
70 |
$19.27 |
$40,090 |
| Legislators |
70 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers |
70 |
$14.26 |
$29,660 |
| Political science teachers, postsecondary |
70 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Psychiatrists |
70 |
$87.09 |
$181,140 |
| Psychologists, all other |
70 |
$30.85 |
$64,170 |
| Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products |
70 |
$31.97 |
$66,500 |
| Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary |
70 |
Not available |
$59,180 |
| Social science research assistants |
70 |
$19.27 |
$40,070 |
| Social work teachers, postsecondary |
70 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Therapists, all other |
70 |
$18.37 |
$38,220 |
| Athletic trainers |
60 |
Not available |
$47,120 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
60 |
$43.34 |
$90,150 |
| Broadcast technicians |
60 |
$19.79 |
$41,160 |
| Correspondence clerks |
60 |
$16.71 |
$34,750 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators |
60 |
$37.87 |
$78,760 |
| Engineering teachers, postsecondary |
60 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Floor layers, except carpet, wood, and hard tiles |
60 |
$22.73 |
$47,290 |
| Helpers--electricians |
60 |
$15.93 |
$33,140 |
| Landscape architects |
60 |
$31.05 |
$64,580 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other |
60 |
$19.70 |
$40,980 |
| Lodging managers |
60 |
$25.08 |
$52,170 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists |
60 |
$80.25 |
$166,920 |
| Operations research analysts |
60 |
$23.41 |
$48,680 |
| Pharmacy aides |
60 |
$11.09 |
$23,060 |
| Real estate sales agents |
60 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Surveyors |
60 |
$28.50 |
$59,270 |
| Training and development managers |
60 |
$48.43 |
$100,740 |
| Transportation inspectors |
60 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
60 |
$18.50 |
$38,480 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
60 |
$15.86 |
$33,000 |
| Art directors |
50 |
$45.57 |
$94,790 |
| Chemistry teachers, postsecondary |
50 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Commercial and industrial designers |
50 |
$33.66 |
$70,010 |
| Construction and related workers, all other |
50 |
$16.31 |
$33,930 |
| Criminal justice and law enforcement teachers, postsecondary |
50 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Curators |
50 |
$19.04 |
$39,610 |
| Desktop publishers |
50 |
$20.65 |
$42,950 |
| Electro-mechanical technicians |
50 |
$21.47 |
$44,650 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers |
50 |
$14.76 |
$30,710 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
50 |
$38.77 |
$80,630 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other |
50 |
$25.29 |
$52,590 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors |
50 |
$35.14 |
$73,080 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters |
50 |
$18.49 |
$38,460 |
| Home appliance repairers |
50 |
$17.59 |
$36,580 |
| Interior designers |
50 |
$23.70 |
$49,300 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers |
50 |
$17.76 |
$36,940 |
| Multi-media artists and animators |
50 |
$25.21 |
$52,450 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists |
50 |
$34.07 |
$70,860 |
| Photographic process workers |
50 |
$11.95 |
$24,860 |
| Physical therapist aides |
50 |
$12.43 |
$25,860 |
| Postmasters and mail superintendents |
50 |
$31.28 |
$65,070 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners |
50 |
$21.35 |
$44,410 |
| Technical writers |
50 |
$25.55 |
$53,140 |
| Writers and authors |
50 |
$26.78 |
$55,710 |
| Animal control workers |
40 |
$14.17 |
$29,460 |
| Biomedical engineers |
40 |
$38.86 |
$80,830 |
| Conservation scientists |
40 |
$34.26 |
$71,250 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
40 |
$20.90 |
$43,470 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
40 |
$19.70 |
$40,970 |
| Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles |
40 |
$14.27 |
$29,670 |
| Family and general practitioners |
40 |
$86.06 |
$179,010 |
| Film and video editors |
40 |
$28.04 |
$58,320 |
| Lay-out workers, metal and plastic |
40 |
$13.37 |
$27,820 |
| Meter readers, utilities |
40 |
$20.58 |
$42,810 |
| Parking enforcement workers |
40 |
$16.36 |
$34,040 |
| Physics teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other |
40 |
Not available |
$50,720 |
| Social workers, all other |
40 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Statisticians |
40 |
$29.18 |
$60,690 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers |
40 |
$24.71 |
$51,400 |
| Advertising and promotions managers |
30 |
$36.64 |
$76,210 |
| Atmospheric, earth, marine, and space sciences teachers, postsecondary |
30 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Audio-visual collections specialists |
30 |
$12.23 |
$25,440 |
| Funeral directors |
30 |
$34.28 |
$71,310 |
| Motorcycle mechanics |
30 |
$14.23 |
$29,590 |
| Respiratory therapy technicians |
30 |
$18.35 |
$38,160 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
30 |
$18.83 |
$39,170 |
| Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
30 |
$12.23 |
$25,430 |
| Transportation attendants, except flight attendants and baggage porters |
30 |
$8.89 |
$18,480 |
| Actuaries |
Not available |
$45.24 |
$94,090 |
| Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers |
Not available |
$14.70 |
$30,570 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians |
Not available |
$18.32 |
$38,110 |
| Bookbinders |
Not available |
$16.31 |
$33,920 |
| Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders |
Not available |
$13.46 |
$27,990 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
Not available |
$23.78 |
$49,460 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers |
Not available |
$13.65 |
$28,380 |
| Concierges |
Not available |
$11.89 |
$24,730 |
| Crane and tower operators |
Not available |
$19.23 |
$40,000 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers |
Not available |
$27.13 |
$56,440 |
| Engineers, all other |
Not available |
$44.31 |
$92,170 |
| Helpers--carpenters |
Not available |
$13.19 |
$27,430 |
| Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons |
Not available |
$11.87 |
$24,690 |
| Helpers--roofers |
Not available |
$15.28 |
$31,780 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
Not available |
$17.52 |
$36,440 |
| Insurance underwriters |
Not available |
$27.69 |
$57,600 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers |
Not available |
$19.46 |
$40,480 |
| Marriage and family therapists |
Not available |
$19.21 |
$39,960 |
| Massage therapists |
Not available |
$14.37 |
$29,880 |
| Materials engineers |
Not available |
$38.18 |
$79,410 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers |
Not available |
$11.36 |
$23,620 |
| Mechanical door repairers |
Not available |
$20.03 |
$41,660 |
| Medical appliance technicians |
Not available |
$20.62 |
$42,890 |
| Medical equipment repairers |
Not available |
$25.79 |
$53,640 |
| New accounts clerks |
Not available |
$13.83 |
$28,770 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians |
Not available |
$17.09 |
$35,550 |
| Optometrists |
Not available |
$49.58 |
$103,130 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics |
Not available |
$17.64 |
$36,690 |
| Pediatricians, general |
Not available |
$64.21 |
$133,550 |
| Power plant operators |
Not available |
$30.17 |
$62,750 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials |
Not available |
$9.50 |
$19,760 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers |
Not available |
$20.45 |
$42,540 |
| Service station attendants |
Not available |
$9.27 |
$19,280 |
| Statistical assistants |
Not available |
$16.76 |
$34,850 |
| Survey researchers |
Not available |
$17.97 |
$37,380 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers |
Not available |
$11.32 |
$23,540 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
Not available |
$11.48 |
$23,880 |
| Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners |
Not available |
$20.92 |
$43,510 |
| Tree trimmers and pruners |
Not available |
$15.11 |
$31,430 |
