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 | 36,100 | $15.17 | $31,550 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 5,170 | $12.54 | $26,090 |
| Production occupations | 4,310 | $13.36 | $27,780 |
| Sales and related occupations | 3,780 | $11.83 | $24,610 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 3,500 | $11.84 | $24,630 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 3,180 | $8.17 | $16,990 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 2,600 | $18.03 | $37,500 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 2,210 | $17.17 | $35,710 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 1,920 | $14.14 | $29,400 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 1,760 | $10.04 | $20,890 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 1,700 | $30.46 | $63,370 |
| Cashiers | 1,420 | $7.70 | $16,030 |
| Retail salespersons | 1,240 | $10.39 | $21,620 |
| Management occupations | 1,220 | $38.77 | $80,640 |
| Protective service occupations | 1,160 | $12.99 | $27,020 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 1,090 | $9.30 | $19,350 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 1,000 | $10.20 | $21,220 |
| Office clerks, general | 980 | $9.88 | $20,540 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 750 | $25.24 | $52,490 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 670 | $14.54 | $30,230 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 640 | $8.46 | $17,600 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 630 | $27.69 | $57,590 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 620 | $8.37 | $17,410 |
| Cooks, fast food | 590 | $7.17 | $14,920 |
| Registered nurses | 590 | $28.11 | $58,470 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 590 | $12.75 | $26,530 |
| Community and social services occupations | 550 | $16.37 | $34,050 |
| Team assemblers | 550 | $14.33 | $29,810 |
| Construction laborers | 520 | $11.13 | $23,150 |
| General and operations managers | 470 | $42.44 | $88,280 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 460 | $7.71 | $16,030 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 450 | $16.66 | $34,650 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 440 | Not available | $41,630 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 410 | $7.30 | $15,190 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 390 | $13.97 | $29,060 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 380 | $9.36 | $19,460 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 370 | $16.53 | $34,380 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 360 | $11.88 | $24,720 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 350 | $24.42 | $50,800 |
| Teacher assistants | 350 | Not available | $17,200 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 340 | $8.15 | $16,960 |
| Food preparation workers | 340 | $8.00 | $16,640 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 340 | $9.54 | $19,840 |
| Child care workers | 330 | $7.16 | $14,900 |
| Home health aides | 330 | $7.91 | $16,450 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 320 | $20.79 | $43,250 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 320 | $12.79 | $26,600 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 310 | Not available | $41,100 |
| Customer service representatives | 290 | $12.10 | $25,160 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 290 | $10.08 | $20,960 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | 280 | $20.17 | $41,950 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 270 | $15.20 | $31,620 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 270 | $11.54 | $24,000 |
| Tellers | 260 | $10.45 | $21,730 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 260 | $11.90 | $24,750 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 250 | $13.54 | $28,150 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 230 | Not available | $36,760 |
| Correctional officers and jailers | 220 | $14.52 | $30,210 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 220 | $23.51 | $48,900 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 210 | $13.69 | $28,480 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 210 | $25.64 | $53,320 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 210 | $21.01 | $43,700 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 210 | $16.77 | $34,880 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 210 | $13.91 | $28,930 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 200 | $8.78 | $18,260 |
| Legal occupations | 180 | $27.83 | $57,890 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 180 | Not available | $17,010 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 180 | $12.43 | $25,850 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 160 | $8.33 | $17,330 |
| Dishwashers | 160 | $7.35 | $15,290 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 160 | $23.77 | $49,440 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 160 | $11.16 | $23,200 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 160 | $15.09 | $31,390 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 150 | $8.67 | $18,030 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 150 | $15.96 | $33,200 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 150 | $9.02 | $18,770 |
| Accountants and auditors | 140 | $24.88 | $51,760 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 140 | $22.97 | $47,780 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 140 | $11.39 | $23,690 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 130 | $15.39 | $32,020 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 130 | $13.61 | $28,320 |
| Construction managers | 130 | $41.43 | $86,180 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 120 | $15.50 | $32,240 |
| Medical assistants | 120 | $11.23 | $23,360 |
| Parts salespersons | 120 | $10.90 | $22,670 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 120 | Not available | Not available |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 110 | $16.40 | $34,100 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 110 | $10.00 | $20,790 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 110 | $19.87 | $41,340 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 110 | $7.71 | $16,030 |
| Bill and account collectors | 100 | $11.51 | $23,940 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 100 | $28.32 | $58,910 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 100 | $15.05 | $31,310 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 100 | $12.71 | $26,430 |
| Electricians | 100 | $17.46 | $36,320 |
| Electrical engineers | 90 | $30.19 | $62,790 |
| Instructional coordinators | 90 | $27.51 | $57,220 |
| Medical and health services managers | 90 | $32.20 | $66,980 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 90 | $30.00 | $62,400 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 90 | $15.04 | $31,290 |
| Pharmacists | 90 | $44.34 | $92,240 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 90 | $12.61 | $26,230 |
| Bartenders | 80 | $7.93 | $16,490 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 80 | $15.30 | $31,830 |
| Cost estimators | 80 | $23.62 | $49,140 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 80 | Not available | $65,620 |
| Fire fighters | 80 | $12.70 | $26,420 |
| Mechanical engineers | 80 | $28.41 | $59,100 |
| Dental assistants | 70 | $15.25 | $31,720 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 70 | $7.18 | $14,930 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 70 | $11.20 | $23,290 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 70 | $10.77 | $22,400 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 70 | $17.48 | $36,360 |
| Insurance sales agents | 70 | $24.68 | $51,330 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 70 | Not available | $42,960 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 70 | $11.61 | $24,160 |
| Medical secretaries | 70 | $11.48 | $23,870 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 70 | $11.30 | $23,490 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | 70 | $14.94 | $31,070 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 70 | $24.77 | $51,510 |
| Recreation workers | 70 | $11.04 | $22,960 |
| Roofers | 70 | $11.48 | $23,870 |
| Dental hygienists | 60 | $23.36 | $48,580 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 60 | $14.57 | $30,300 |
| Industrial engineers | 60 | $30.62 | $63,680 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 60 | $11.41 | $23,730 |
| Lawyers | 60 | $45.70 | $95,060 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 60 | $13.37 | $27,810 |
| Machinists | 60 | $15.87 | $33,000 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 60 | $13.95 | $29,020 |
| Social and human service assistants | 60 | $10.91 | $22,690 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | 60 | $10.79 | $22,450 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 50 | $11.38 | $23,660 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 50 | $17.76 | $36,940 |
| Financial managers | 50 | $38.31 | $79,690 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 50 | $20.05 | $41,710 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 50 | $9.35 | $19,450 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 50 | $14.97 | $31,130 |
| Industrial engineering technicians | 50 | $22.71 | $47,240 |
| Librarians | 50 | $21.85 | $45,450 |
| Loan officers | 50 | $24.02 | $49,970 |
| Logisticians | 50 | $31.13 | $64,740 |
| Management analysts | 50 | $32.04 | $66,650 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 50 | $14.90 | $30,990 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 50 | $14.85 | $30,890 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 50 | $86.44 | $179,800 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 50 | $18.12 | $37,690 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 50 | $16.76 | $34,850 |
| Real estate sales agents | 50 | $13.69 | $28,470 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 50 | $19.37 | $40,290 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 50 | $13.03 | $27,110 |
| Administrative services managers | 40 | $30.05 | $62,490 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 40 | $12.72 | $26,460 |
| Chief executives | 40 | $74.62 | $155,200 |
| Computer support specialists | 40 | $17.26 | $35,890 |
| Engineering managers | 40 | $45.92 | $95,520 |
| Food service managers | 40 | $25.35 | $52,740 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 40 | $7.74 | $16,100 |
| Order clerks | 40 | $11.87 | $24,700 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 40 | $15.24 | $31,700 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 40 | $11.52 | $23,970 |
| Sales managers | 40 | $39.24 | $81,620 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 40 | $21.28 | $44,260 |
| Structural iron and steel workers | 40 | $16.23 | $33,760 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 40 | $10.07 | $20,950 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | 30 | $19.30 | $40,140 |
| File clerks | 30 | $9.93 | $20,650 |
| Internists, general | 30 | $75.00 | More than $145,600 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors | Not available | $18.45 | $38,380 |
| Carpenters | Not available | $12.91 | $26,850 |
| Civil engineers | Not available | $31.37 | $65,260 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators | Not available | $12.30 | $25,580 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | Not available | $10.98 | $22,840 |
| Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers | Not available | $17.83 | $37,090 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | Not available | $10.95 | $22,780 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | Not available | $16.22 | $33,740 |
| Tire repairers and changers | Not available | $9.95 | $20,700 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary | Not available | $17.63 | $36,670 |
