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 |
215,920 |
$19.68 |
$40,940 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
36,100 |
$16.01 |
$33,300 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
24,960 |
$16.39 |
$34,080 |
| Sales and related occupations |
21,350 |
$16.40 |
$34,120 |
| Production occupations |
18,450 |
$14.98 |
$31,150 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
17,410 |
$26.07 |
$54,230 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
16,430 |
$9.96 |
$20,720 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
10,550 |
$22.43 |
$46,640 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
9,260 |
$36.30 |
$75,500 |
| Management occupations |
8,850 |
$44.93 |
$93,460 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
8,560 |
$21.21 |
$44,120 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
6,960 |
$9.41 |
$19,570 |
| Retail salespersons |
6,950 |
$12.68 |
$26,380 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
6,420 |
$29.64 |
$61,650 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
5,990 |
$14.09 |
$29,300 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse |
5,790 |
$9.03 |
$18,770 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
5,770 |
$13.08 |
$27,210 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
5,710 |
$13.24 |
$27,540 |
| Cashiers |
5,690 |
$10.52 |
$21,890 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
5,670 |
$20.78 |
$43,220 |
| Office clerks, general |
4,660 |
$13.18 |
$27,420 |
| Protective service occupations |
4,480 |
$25.76 |
$53,570 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
4,220 |
$11.07 |
$23,020 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
4,150 |
Not available |
$59,340 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
4,020 |
$9.09 |
$18,910 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
3,680 |
$11.88 |
$24,720 |
| Community and social services occupations |
3,620 |
$23.03 |
$47,910 |
| Registered nurses |
3,590 |
$36.20 |
$75,290 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
3,040 |
$16.94 |
$35,230 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
3,020 |
$10.77 |
$22,410 |
| General and operations managers |
2,970 |
$50.26 |
$104,540 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
2,690 |
$12.93 |
$26,880 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
2,640 |
$15.85 |
$32,960 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
2,610 |
$10.99 |
$22,870 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
2,530 |
$9.80 |
$20,370 |
| Teacher assistants |
2,430 |
Not available |
$28,490 |
| Customer service representatives |
2,190 |
$18.45 |
$38,370 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
2,190 |
$19.41 |
$40,360 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
2,150 |
$23.63 |
$49,150 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
2,150 |
Not available |
$61,860 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
2,120 |
$18.96 |
$39,440 |
| Construction laborers |
2,090 |
$17.41 |
$36,210 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
2,080 |
Not available |
$49,170 |
| Cooks, fast food |
1,960 |
$8.87 |
$18,450 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
1,950 |
$15.25 |
$31,730 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
1,820 |
$33.89 |
$70,490 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
1,810 |
$20.34 |
$42,310 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
1,740 |
$34.76 |
$72,290 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
1,720 |
$32.98 |
$68,590 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
1,720 |
$12.45 |
$25,890 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
1,710 |
$12.27 |
$25,520 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
1,620 |
$20.21 |
$42,030 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
1,590 |
$31.68 |
$65,890 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
1,570 |
$16.23 |
$33,760 |
| Food preparation workers |
1,550 |
$10.51 |
$21,860 |
| Medical secretaries |
1,480 |
$13.91 |
$28,930 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
1,450 |
Not available |
$61,660 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
1,320 |
$13.50 |
$28,070 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
1,280 |
$16.34 |
$33,980 |
| Carpenters |
1,230 |
$24.83 |
$51,640 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
1,180 |
$10.31 |
$21,440 |
| Driver/sales workers |
1,170 |
$15.30 |
$31,830 |
| Home health aides |
1,140 |
$9.95 |
$20,690 |
| Security guards |
1,110 |
$10.95 |
$22,770 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
1,080 |
$25.18 |
$52,360 |
| Personal and home care aides |
1,070 |
$9.62 |
$20,000 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
1,040 |
$9.90 |
$20,580 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
1,030 |
$13.38 |
$27,840 |
| Tellers |
1,030 |
$12.93 |
$26,900 |
| Team assemblers |
1,010 |
$11.86 |
$24,660 |
| Medical assistants |
1,000 |
$12.86 |
$26,740 |
| Correctional officers and jailers |
990 |
$30.67 |
$63,800 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
980 |
$10.58 |
$22,010 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
980 |
$32.43 |
$67,450 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
970 |
$11.20 |
$23,290 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
970 |
$15.49 |
$32,220 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
970 |
$23.85 |
$49,610 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
950 |
$19.81 |
$41,210 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
950 |
$33.81 |
$70,310 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
950 |
$21.79 |
$45,320 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
950 |
$15.99 |
$33,260 |
| Electricians |
940 |
$25.03 |
$52,060 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
910 |
$16.25 |
$33,810 |
| Recreation workers |
910 |
$10.54 |
$21,910 |
| Helpers--production workers |
900 |
$10.62 |
$22,100 |
| Telemarketers |
900 |
$12.31 |
$25,610 |
| Accountants and auditors |
870 |
$32.52 |
$67,630 |
| Bill and account collectors |
870 |
$15.34 |
$31,900 |
| Food batchmakers |
870 |
$14.96 |
$31,110 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
870 |
$14.43 |
$30,010 |
| Dental assistants |
840 |
$15.31 |
$31,850 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
820 |
$12.58 |
$26,160 |
| Dishwashers |
810 |
$8.68 |
$18,050 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
750 |
Not available |
$56,610 |
| Legal occupations |
690 |
$50.60 |
$105,250 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
680 |
$30.55 |
$63,530 |
| All other information and record clerks |
670 |
$18.21 |
$37,880 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
620 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
610 |
$24.70 |
$51,390 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
590 |
$20.12 |
$41,850 |
| Sales managers |
590 |
$45.31 |
$94,240 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
560 |
Not available |
$102,990 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
550 |
$27.81 |
$57,850 |
| Production workers, all other |
550 |
$13.70 |
$28,500 |
| Financial managers |
540 |
$44.94 |
$93,470 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
540 |
$8.53 |
$17,730 |
| Child care workers |
530 |
$11.43 |
$23,770 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
530 |
$28.12 |
$58,480 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
530 |
$17.34 |
$36,060 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
530 |
$21.97 |
$45,700 |
| Social and human service assistants |
530 |
$18.88 |
$39,260 |
| Graders and sorters, agricultural products |
520 |
$8.60 |
$17,890 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other |
520 |
$19.32 |
$40,180 |
| Management analysts |
510 |
$30.56 |
$63,550 |
| Plasterers and stucco masons |
510 |
$18.07 |
$37,580 |
| Medical and health services managers |
500 |
$41.28 |
$85,860 |
| File clerks |
490 |
$11.89 |
$24,740 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
490 |
$23.88 |
$49,670 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
490 |
$20.63 |
$42,920 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
490 |
$30.51 |
$63,460 |
| Parts salespersons |
490 |
$14.17 |
$29,470 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
480 |
$8.48 |
$17,640 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
470 |
$17.23 |
$35,840 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
460 |
$19.64 |
$40,850 |
| Insurance sales agents |
460 |
$33.95 |
$70,620 |
| Pharmacists |
460 |
$54.02 |
$112,370 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
460 |
$23.20 |
$48,260 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
440 |
Not available |
$68,560 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
430 |
$19.67 |
$40,920 |
| Bartenders |
420 |
$10.43 |
$21,700 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
420 |
$15.39 |
$32,010 |
| Fire fighters |
420 |
$28.10 |
$58,450 |
| Cost estimators |
410 |
$30.96 |
$64,400 |
| Food service managers |
400 |
$21.68 |
$45,090 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
400 |
$25.18 |
$52,380 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
400 |
$19.89 |
$41,380 |
| Computer support specialists |
390 |
$20.65 |
$42,940 |
| Lawyers |
390 |
$62.41 |
$129,820 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
390 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
390 |
$11.23 |
$23,350 |
| Bus drivers, school |
380 |
$16.41 |
$34,130 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
380 |
$19.99 |
$41,580 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
370 |
$12.13 |
$25,230 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
370 |
$20.29 |
$42,210 |
| Civil engineers |
370 |
$39.61 |
$82,390 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
360 |
$13.74 |
$28,580 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
350 |
$32.73 |
$68,090 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
340 |
$14.00 |
$29,110 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
340 |
$17.45 |
$36,290 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
340 |
$18.22 |
$37,900 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
330 |
$15.50 |
$32,250 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers |
330 |
$14.13 |
$29,390 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
330 |
$20.18 |
$41,980 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
330 |
$32.96 |
$68,560 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity |
320 |
$16.38 |
$34,080 |
| Chief executives |
320 |
$87.22 |
$181,420 |
| Computer systems analysts |
320 |
$32.71 |
$68,030 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
320 |
$14.69 |
$30,550 |
| Order clerks |
320 |
$14.63 |
$30,440 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
320 |
$27.25 |
$56,670 |
| Loan officers |
310 |
$29.92 |
$62,230 |
| Roofers |
310 |
$17.20 |
$35,770 |
| Dental hygienists |
300 |
$35.13 |
$73,080 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
300 |
$18.11 |
$37,670 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
300 |
$9.10 |
$18,930 |
| Machinists |
300 |
$19.18 |
$39,890 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
290 |
$29.05 |
$60,420 |
| Dentists, general |
290 |
$80.86 |
$168,180 |
| Sheet metal workers |
290 |
$21.06 |
$43,800 |
| Tax preparers |
290 |
$17.40 |
$36,190 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
280 |
$17.05 |
$35,460 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers |
280 |
$26.39 |
$54,900 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
280 |
$27.59 |
$57,390 |
| Coaches and scouts |
270 |
Not available |
$35,580 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
270 |
$25.95 |
$53,970 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
270 |
$18.17 |
$37,800 |
| Industrial production managers |
270 |
$42.33 |
$88,040 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
260 |
$9.40 |
$19,550 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
260 |
$16.61 |
$34,540 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic |
250 |
$14.21 |
$29,570 |
| Printing machine operators |
250 |
$18.95 |
$39,430 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
250 |
$20.19 |
$41,990 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
250 |
$27.68 |
$57,560 |
| Administrative services managers |
240 |
$37.04 |
$77,040 |
| Couriers and messengers |
240 |
$12.28 |
$25,540 |
| Instructional coordinators |
240 |
$30.21 |
$62,840 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
240 |
$16.22 |
$33,740 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
240 |
$24.70 |
$51,380 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school |
240 |
Not available |
$68,640 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
230 |
$19.80 |
$41,180 |
| Construction managers |
230 |
$46.65 |
$97,030 |
| Interpreters and translators |
230 |
$20.05 |
$41,710 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
230 |
$21.88 |
$45,520 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders |
230 |
$16.39 |
$34,080 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
230 |
$37.91 |
$78,850 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders |
230 |
$23.51 |
$48,910 |
| Word processors and typists |
230 |
$15.56 |
$32,370 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
220 |
$30.86 |
$64,180 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
220 |
$17.64 |
$36,680 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
220 |
$23.71 |
$49,320 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
220 |
$10.48 |
$21,790 |
| Managers, all other |
220 |
$42.11 |
$87,590 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
220 |
$31.92 |
$66,400 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
220 |
Not available |
$63,310 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
220 |
$11.89 |
$24,720 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
220 |
$26.83 |
$55,800 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
210 |
$16.34 |
$33,990 |
| Procurement clerks |
210 |
$20.34 |
$42,310 |
| Structural iron and steel workers |
210 |
$23.59 |
$49,060 |
| Advertising sales agents |
200 |
$20.82 |
$43,310 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
200 |
$15.40 |
$32,030 |
| Data entry keyers |
200 |
$12.69 |
$26,400 |
| Legal secretaries |
200 |
$18.90 |
$39,320 |
| Physical therapists |
200 |
$41.14 |
$85,560 |
| Social and community service managers |
200 |
$30.39 |
$63,220 |
| Stonemasons |
200 |
$20.99 |
$43,660 |
| Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians |
190 |
$13.82 |
$28,740 |
| Bakers |
190 |
$16.93 |
$35,210 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
190 |
$30.47 |
$63,390 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers |
190 |
$17.19 |
$35,760 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders |
190 |
$11.14 |
$23,170 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials |
190 |
$10.90 |
$22,670 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
190 |
$36.57 |
$76,070 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
180 |
$47.00 |
$97,760 |
| Library technicians |
180 |
$16.26 |
$33,830 |
| Market research analysts |
180 |
$32.18 |
$66,940 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
180 |
$28.59 |
$59,460 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
180 |
$19.19 |
$39,910 |
| Mental health counselors |
180 |
$19.66 |
$40,900 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
180 |
$9.97 |
$20,740 |
| Public relations specialists |
180 |
$24.40 |
$50,750 |
| Respiratory therapists |
180 |
$30.54 |
$63,520 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
180 |
$15.97 |
$33,210 |
| Graphic designers |
170 |
$17.46 |
$36,310 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters |
170 |
$14.17 |
$29,480 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
160 |
$22.25 |
$46,280 |
| Farm equipment mechanics |
160 |
$16.31 |
$33,910 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand |
160 |
$12.55 |
$26,090 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
160 |
$12.70 |
$26,410 |
| Painters, transportation equipment |
160 |
$17.11 |
$35,590 |
| Training and development specialists |
160 |
$23.61 |
$49,120 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
150 |
$28.04 |
$58,320 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
150 |
$38.94 |
$80,990 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
150 |
$13.85 |
$28,810 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
150 |
$15.97 |
$33,220 |
| Health specialties teachers, postsecondary |
150 |
Not available |
$76,040 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
150 |
$40.97 |
$85,210 |
| Tile and marble setters |
150 |
$27.40 |
$56,990 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
150 |
$13.81 |
$28,730 |
| Agricultural equipment operators |
140 |
$10.99 |
$22,850 |
| Dental laboratory technicians |
140 |
$15.06 |
$31,330 |
| Helpers--electricians |
140 |
$14.26 |
$29,650 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
140 |
$13.47 |
$28,030 |
| Marketing managers |
140 |
$52.49 |
$109,180 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
140 |
$33.85 |
$70,410 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers |
140 |
$13.11 |
$27,270 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
140 |
$29.73 |
$61,830 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
140 |
$31.68 |
$65,890 |
| Surgical technologists |
140 |
$23.05 |
$47,940 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
130 |
$45.05 |
$93,700 |
| Engineers, all other |
130 |
$42.72 |
$88,850 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
130 |
$23.49 |
$48,850 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
130 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Pest control workers |
130 |
$16.31 |
$33,930 |
| Postal service clerks |
130 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Social workers, all other |
130 |
$20.20 |
$42,010 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
130 |
$10.53 |
$21,900 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
130 |
$25.96 |
$54,000 |
| Computer programmers |
120 |
$31.96 |
$66,480 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
120 |
$63.03 |
$131,110 |
| Engineering managers |
120 |
$50.50 |
$105,030 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
120 |
$28.74 |
$59,790 |
| Gaming dealers |
120 |
$9.19 |
$19,110 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
120 |
$12.96 |
$26,950 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
120 |
$30.36 |
$63,150 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
120 |
$15.64 |
$32,540 |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
120 |
Not available |
$60,810 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary |
110 |
Not available |
$93,250 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
110 |
$27.95 |
$58,140 |
| Computer specialists, all other |
110 |
$32.75 |
$68,120 |
| Education administrators, all other |
110 |
$47.80 |
$99,410 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other |
110 |
$19.92 |
$41,440 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other |
110 |
$10.52 |
$21,870 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
110 |
$10.88 |
$22,630 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
110 |
$18.79 |
$39,080 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
110 |
$67.03 |
$139,420 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
110 |
$29.85 |
$62,080 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians |
100 |
$21.28 |
$44,270 |
| Computer operators |
100 |
$17.37 |
$36,120 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
100 |
$27.91 |
$58,050 |
| Industrial engineers |
100 |
$34.58 |
$71,920 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers |
100 |
$11.08 |
$23,040 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
100 |
$27.11 |
$56,380 |
| Surgeons |
100 |
More than $70 |
More than $145,600 |
| Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders |
90 |
$13.21 |
$27,480 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary |
90 |
$51.20 |
$106,500 |
| Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles |
90 |
$10.04 |
$20,880 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
90 |
$30.70 |
$63,860 |
| Family and general practitioners |
90 |
$89.07 |
$185,270 |
| Helpers--carpenters |
90 |
$11.65 |
$24,230 |
| Librarians |
90 |
$32.70 |
$68,020 |
| Metal workers and plastic workers, all other |
90 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Opticians, dispensing |
90 |
$16.61 |
$34,550 |
| Reporters and correspondents |
90 |
$14.71 |
$30,600 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
90 |
$12.53 |
$26,060 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
90 |
$27.03 |
$56,230 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors |
80 |
$39.38 |
$81,900 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
80 |
$25.57 |
$53,190 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
80 |
$20.28 |
$42,180 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
80 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
80 |
$36.38 |
$75,660 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
80 |
$32.70 |
$68,020 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
80 |
$35.52 |
$73,880 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
80 |
$15.90 |
$33,080 |
| Job printers |
80 |
$16.40 |
$34,110 |
| Massage therapists |
80 |
$17.87 |
$37,170 |
| Material moving workers, all other |
80 |
$22.61 |
$47,020 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists |
80 |
$48.57 |
$101,030 |
| Occupational therapists |
80 |
$38.10 |
$79,240 |
| Photographic processing machine operators |
80 |
$11.82 |
$24,590 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood |
80 |
$13.78 |
$28,650 |
| Surveyors |
80 |
$35.03 |
$72,870 |
| Tool and die makers |
80 |
$23.70 |
$49,290 |
| Travel agents |
80 |
$14.39 |
$29,930 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians |
70 |
$26.23 |
$54,560 |
| Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders |
70 |
$13.39 |
$27,850 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
70 |
$26.24 |
$54,570 |
| Clergy |
70 |
$26.32 |
$54,750 |
| Crane and tower operators |
70 |
$25.60 |
$53,240 |
| Database administrators |
70 |
$43.33 |
$90,130 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program |
70 |
$24.65 |
$51,280 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators |
70 |
$25.85 |
$53,770 |
| Financial analysts |
70 |
$34.02 |
$70,760 |
| Floral designers |
70 |
$12.41 |
$25,810 |
| Health educators |
70 |
$19.08 |
$39,680 |
| Logisticians |
70 |
$30.63 |
$63,710 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
70 |
$11.12 |
$23,130 |
| Tank car, truck, and ship loaders |
70 |
$30.50 |
$63,430 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary |
60 |
Not available |
$69,130 |
| Credit analysts |
60 |
$40.41 |
$84,050 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
60 |
$29.96 |
$62,320 |
| Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons |
60 |
$11.95 |
$24,850 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
60 |
$50.53 |
$105,100 |
| Legislators |
60 |
Not available |
$39,780 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other |
60 |
$24.30 |
$50,540 |
| Mechanical engineers |
60 |
$35.72 |
$74,290 |
| Medical equipment preparers |
60 |
$15.96 |
$33,200 |
| Physical therapist aides |
60 |
$11.18 |
$23,240 |
| Purchasing managers |
60 |
$37.77 |
$78,560 |
| Transportation workers, all other |
60 |
$24.58 |
$51,130 |
| Agricultural inspectors |
50 |
$16.27 |
$33,830 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians |
50 |
$18.71 |
$38,920 |
| Carpet installers |
50 |
$15.75 |
$32,760 |
| Compensation and benefits managers |
50 |
$53.35 |
$110,970 |
| Editors |
50 |
$26.74 |
$55,620 |
| Millwrights |
50 |
$22.87 |
$47,570 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
50 |
$15.71 |
$32,680 |
| Musicians and singers |
50 |
$36.11 |
Not available |
| Personal financial advisors |
50 |
$33.41 |
$69,490 |
| Physician assistants |
50 |
$39.40 |
$81,940 |
| Urban and regional planners |
50 |
$32.64 |
$67,900 |
| Advertising and promotions managers |
40 |
$38.16 |
$79,360 |
| Animal control workers |
40 |
$17.69 |
$36,790 |
| Bicycle repairers |
40 |
$11.45 |
$23,820 |
| Budget analysts |
40 |
$34.89 |
$72,570 |
| Drafters, all other |
40 |
$25.75 |
$53,570 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
40 |
$15.32 |
$31,860 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
40 |
$27.89 |
$58,000 |
| Electrical engineers |
40 |
$55.70 |
$115,850 |
| Food scientists and technologists |
40 |
$29.61 |
$61,590 |
| Mechanical drafters |
40 |
$25.69 |
$53,430 |
| Operations research analysts |
40 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Personal care and service workers, all other |
40 |
$9.92 |
$20,630 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation |
40 |
$23.55 |
$48,980 |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
40 |
$16.98 |
$35,320 |
| Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products |
40 |
$29.88 |
$62,150 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators |
40 |
$26.93 |
$56,010 |
| Veterinarians |
40 |
$35.18 |
$73,170 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
$35.04 |
$72,880 |
| Biological technicians |
30 |
$20.45 |
$42,540 |
| Chemists |
30 |
$41.13 |
$85,540 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other |
30 |
$28.00 |
$58,240 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals |
30 |
$14.38 |
$29,910 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
30 |
$23.82 |
$49,550 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
30 |
$14.94 |
$31,080 |
| Agricultural workers, all other |
Not available |
$10.98 |
$22,840 |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders |
Not available |
$26.05 |
$54,190 |
| Construction and related workers, all other |
Not available |
$25.50 |
$53,050 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders |
Not available |
$18.06 |
$37,570 |
| Cooks, short order |
Not available |
$10.28 |
$21,380 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$15.57 |
$32,380 |
| Cutters and trimmers, hand |
Not available |
$13.96 |
$29,040 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters |
Not available |
$19.81 |
$41,200 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
Not available |
$13.46 |
$28,000 |
| Environmental engineering technicians |
Not available |
$25.84 |
$53,740 |
| Environmental engineers |
Not available |
$41.03 |
$85,340 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health |
Not available |
$24.31 |
$50,560 |
| Fence erectors |
Not available |
$14.54 |
$30,250 |
| Foundry mold and coremakers |
Not available |
$12.28 |
$25,530 |
| Funeral attendants |
Not available |
$11.23 |
$23,360 |
| Glaziers |
Not available |
$19.14 |
$39,810 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
Not available |
$12.03 |
$25,020 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers |
Not available |
$18.43 |
$38,340 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other |
Not available |
$22.35 |
$46,480 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
Not available |
$20.79 |
$43,250 |
| Insurance underwriters |
Not available |
$29.79 |
$61,960 |
| Legal support workers, all other |
Not available |
$26.31 |
$54,730 |
| Loan counselors |
Not available |
$25.16 |
$52,330 |
| Manicurists and pedicurists |
Not available |
$8.94 |
$18,590 |
| Marriage and family therapists |
Not available |
$18.91 |
$39,330 |
| Medical equipment repairers |
Not available |
$23.65 |
$49,190 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
Not available |
$21.45 |
$44,610 |
| New accounts clerks |
Not available |
$12.94 |
$26,920 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists |
Not available |
$97.13 |
$202,030 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
Not available |
$35.66 |
$74,170 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
Not available |
$14.13 |
$29,390 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics |
Not available |
$20.68 |
$43,020 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators |
Not available |
$21.69 |
$45,120 |
| Pharmacy aides |
Not available |
$10.55 |
$21,950 |
| Pipelayers |
Not available |
$19.96 |
$41,520 |
| Power distributors and dispatchers |
Not available |
$40.75 |
$84,770 |
| Real estate sales agents |
Not available |
$25.88 |
$53,840 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers |
Not available |
$15.94 |
$33,150 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners |
Not available |
$15.33 |
$31,890 |
| Service station attendants |
Not available |
$12.03 |
$25,020 |
| Sewing machine operators |
Not available |
$11.17 |
$23,230 |
| Skin care specialists |
Not available |
$15.82 |
$32,910 |
| Tapers |
Not available |
$26.40 |
$54,910 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
Not available |
$16.45 |
$34,220 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
Not available |
$12.14 |
$25,250 |
