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 |
311,490 |
$19.70 |
$40,970 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
58,110 |
$15.22 |
$31,650 |
| Sales and related occupations |
29,850 |
$17.12 |
$35,610 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
28,200 |
$25.70 |
$53,450 |
| Production occupations |
23,670 |
$15.01 |
$31,210 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
23,300 |
$9.51 |
$19,790 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
19,990 |
$15.00 |
$31,200 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
17,520 |
$29.91 |
$62,200 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
14,160 |
$19.53 |
$40,620 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
13,220 |
$19.59 |
$40,740 |
| Management occupations |
12,000 |
$46.78 |
$97,300 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
11,530 |
$28.24 |
$58,730 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
10,950 |
$12.02 |
$25,010 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
9,090 |
$12.55 |
$26,100 |
| Cashiers |
8,690 |
$8.55 |
$17,780 |
| Retail salespersons |
8,420 |
$11.60 |
$24,130 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
7,240 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Community and social services occupations |
6,790 |
$18.67 |
$38,820 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
6,420 |
$11.97 |
$24,900 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
6,300 |
$11.51 |
$23,940 |
| Office clerks, general |
5,960 |
$11.85 |
$24,640 |
| Protective service occupations |
5,940 |
$18.45 |
$38,380 |
| Registered nurses |
5,730 |
$26.97 |
$56,110 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
5,620 |
$13.83 |
$28,770 |
| Customer service representatives |
5,440 |
$14.57 |
$30,300 |
| Teacher assistants |
5,440 |
Not available |
$21,880 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
5,300 |
$15.80 |
$32,860 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
4,990 |
$30.40 |
$63,240 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
4,930 |
$10.28 |
$21,380 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
4,730 |
$8.48 |
$17,640 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
4,580 |
$18.89 |
$39,280 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
4,380 |
$12.21 |
$25,390 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
4,290 |
$28.99 |
$60,300 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
4,120 |
$9.74 |
$20,250 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
4,090 |
$19.84 |
$41,260 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other |
3,710 |
Not available |
$96,720 |
| Team assemblers |
3,710 |
$12.26 |
$25,510 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
3,630 |
$11.69 |
$24,310 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
3,610 |
Not available |
$56,090 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
3,430 |
$23.62 |
$49,130 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
3,290 |
$16.07 |
$33,430 |
| General and operations managers |
3,230 |
$52.18 |
$108,540 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
3,200 |
$19.70 |
$40,970 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
2,870 |
$11.75 |
$24,450 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
2,860 |
$29.03 |
$60,390 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
2,770 |
$16.64 |
$34,600 |
| Food preparation workers |
2,760 |
$9.80 |
$20,380 |
| Accountants and auditors |
2,480 |
$32.80 |
$68,210 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
2,470 |
Not available |
$55,810 |
| Security guards |
2,400 |
$13.54 |
$28,170 |
| Home health aides |
2,380 |
$11.96 |
$24,880 |
| Carpenters |
2,220 |
$17.98 |
$37,400 |
| Construction laborers |
2,220 |
$17.62 |
$36,640 |
| Legal occupations |
2,220 |
$41.34 |
$85,980 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
2,040 |
$16.53 |
$34,380 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
1,980 |
$14.28 |
$29,700 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
1,920 |
$18.89 |
$39,280 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
1,880 |
$13.05 |
$27,140 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
1,860 |
$9.65 |
$20,070 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
1,810 |
Not available |
$56,790 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
1,790 |
$11.32 |
$23,540 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
1,780 |
Not available |
$31,110 |
| Bus drivers, school |
1,720 |
$17.28 |
$35,950 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
1,680 |
$8.24 |
$17,150 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
1,630 |
$13.34 |
$27,750 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
1,570 |
$24.00 |
$49,920 |
| Child care workers |
1,550 |
$9.98 |
$20,760 |
| Dishwashers |
1,550 |
$7.97 |
$16,570 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
1,450 |
$23.24 |
$48,330 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
1,430 |
$11.76 |
$24,460 |
| Word processors and typists |
1,380 |
$15.10 |
$31,410 |
| Social and human service assistants |
1,360 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Bartenders |
1,330 |
$8.59 |
$17,870 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
1,310 |
$14.81 |
$30,790 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
1,310 |
$10.44 |
$21,710 |
| Cooks, fast food |
1,280 |
$8.56 |
$17,800 |
| Computer support specialists |
1,240 |
$20.64 |
$42,930 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
1,240 |
$15.06 |
$31,330 |
| Lawyers |
1,200 |
$51.95 |
$108,060 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
1,170 |
$26.32 |
$54,740 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
1,150 |
$13.13 |
$27,310 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
1,150 |
$27.95 |
$58,130 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
1,130 |
$15.65 |
$32,550 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
1,090 |
$11.86 |
$24,680 |
| Tellers |
1,090 |
$11.37 |
$23,650 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
1,080 |
$27.80 |
$57,830 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
1,080 |
$16.77 |
$34,870 |
| Helpers--production workers |
1,060 |
$10.84 |
$22,540 |
| Financial managers |
1,050 |
$52.73 |
$109,670 |
| Health specialties teachers, postsecondary |
1,030 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
1,000 |
$19.68 |
$40,920 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
990 |
Not available |
$56,990 |
| Personal and home care aides |
970 |
$9.63 |
$20,040 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
960 |
$10.46 |
$21,750 |
| Machinists |
950 |
$16.46 |
$34,240 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
930 |
$23.55 |
$48,990 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
920 |
$11.46 |
$23,840 |
| Computer programmers |
900 |
$29.77 |
$61,920 |
| Driver/sales workers |
900 |
$9.82 |
$20,420 |
| Electricians |
900 |
$23.50 |
$48,870 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
880 |
$10.54 |
$21,910 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
870 |
$15.46 |
$32,150 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
860 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
840 |
$81.90 |
$170,340 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
830 |
$11.87 |
$24,690 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
810 |
$21.18 |
$44,050 |
| Legal secretaries |
810 |
$16.72 |
$34,770 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
800 |
$8.21 |
$17,080 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
800 |
$27.00 |
$56,160 |
| Insurance sales agents |
760 |
$31.38 |
$65,270 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
750 |
$21.28 |
$44,260 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
750 |
$38.46 |
$80,000 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
750 |
$11.41 |
$23,730 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
710 |
$35.50 |
$73,840 |
| Cost estimators |
690 |
$24.41 |
$50,770 |
| Management analysts |
690 |
$31.94 |
$66,430 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
680 |
$39.54 |
$82,240 |
| Medical and health services managers |
680 |
$43.16 |
$89,780 |
| Social workers, all other |
660 |
$21.52 |
$44,750 |
| Printing machine operators |
650 |
$16.46 |
$34,240 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
650 |
$24.92 |
$51,830 |
| Dental assistants |
640 |
$14.53 |
$30,220 |
| Industrial engineers |
640 |
$32.46 |
$67,520 |
| Civil engineers |
630 |
$33.23 |
$69,120 |
| Electrical engineers |
630 |
$38.75 |
$80,600 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
630 |
$52.17 |
$108,520 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
630 |
$16.17 |
$33,630 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
630 |
$16.86 |
$35,070 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders |
620 |
$18.40 |
$38,260 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
620 |
$25.08 |
$52,170 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
620 |
$27.43 |
$57,050 |
| Bill and account collectors |
610 |
$16.32 |
$33,950 |
| Data entry keyers |
600 |
$13.67 |
$28,430 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
600 |
$21.28 |
$44,260 |
| Pharmacists |
600 |
$49.69 |
$103,350 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
600 |
Not available |
$60,250 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
600 |
$9.69 |
$20,160 |
| Chief executives |
590 |
$69.26 |
$144,070 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
590 |
$8.83 |
$18,370 |
| Computer systems analysts |
580 |
$32.99 |
$68,610 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
580 |
$12.57 |
$26,150 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
580 |
$21.18 |
$44,050 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
570 |
$14.61 |
$30,390 |
| Insurance underwriters |
570 |
$30.95 |
$64,380 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
570 |
$17.88 |
$37,190 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
570 |
$23.57 |
$49,020 |
| Medical assistants |
560 |
$13.50 |
$28,070 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
560 |
$28.81 |
$59,920 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
550 |
$24.73 |
$51,450 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
550 |
$19.69 |
$40,950 |
| Order clerks |
550 |
$14.09 |
$29,310 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
540 |
$22.23 |
$46,230 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
540 |
$13.01 |
$27,050 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
530 |
$19.46 |
$40,480 |
| Mechanical engineers |
530 |
$36.15 |
$75,190 |
| Physical therapists |
530 |
$29.71 |
$61,800 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
520 |
$14.18 |
$29,500 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
520 |
$22.57 |
$46,950 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
510 |
$26.60 |
$55,340 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
510 |
$13.48 |
$28,030 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
510 |
$8.60 |
$17,890 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
510 |
$15.86 |
$33,000 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
510 |
$16.03 |
$33,340 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors |
510 |
$16.18 |
$33,650 |
| Dental hygienists |
500 |
$26.75 |
$55,640 |
| Market research analysts |
500 |
$27.07 |
$56,310 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
500 |
$23.14 |
$48,140 |
| Administrative services managers |
490 |
$40.37 |
$83,960 |
| Construction managers |
490 |
$45.94 |
$95,550 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
490 |
Not available |
$87,710 |
| Managers, all other |
490 |
$35.19 |
$73,200 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
480 |
$19.74 |
$41,060 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
480 |
$28.57 |
$59,420 |
| Engineering managers |
480 |
$54.21 |
$112,760 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
480 |
$12.11 |
$25,180 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
470 |
$18.11 |
$37,670 |
| Sales managers |
470 |
$53.86 |
$112,020 |
| Financial analysts |
460 |
$39.27 |
$81,690 |
| Food service managers |
460 |
$21.13 |
$43,960 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
460 |
$11.04 |
$22,970 |
| Medical secretaries |
460 |
$13.35 |
$27,770 |
| Parts salespersons |
460 |
$16.83 |
$35,010 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
460 |
$11.18 |
$23,240 |
| Librarians |
450 |
$26.90 |
$55,950 |
| Recreation workers |
450 |
$12.26 |
$25,500 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
430 |
$16.64 |
$34,620 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs |
420 |
$19.31 |
$40,160 |
| Graphic designers |
420 |
$21.86 |
$45,460 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers |
420 |
$21.14 |
$43,970 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
420 |
$13.11 |
$27,270 |
| Loan officers |
420 |
$25.74 |
$53,540 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
420 |
$10.38 |
$21,590 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
420 |
$27.01 |
$56,180 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school |
420 |
Not available |
$61,900 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
420 |
$23.90 |
$49,700 |
| Clergy |
410 |
$21.96 |
$45,680 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
410 |
$20.90 |
$43,470 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
410 |
$10.41 |
$21,650 |
| Instructional coordinators |
410 |
$27.42 |
$57,030 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
410 |
$16.31 |
$33,920 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
410 |
$15.23 |
$31,680 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
410 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers |
400 |
$19.14 |
$39,810 |
| Fire fighters |
390 |
$21.79 |
$45,320 |
| Legislators |
390 |
Not available |
$76,200 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
380 |
$24.74 |
$51,460 |
| Bakers |
370 |
$10.96 |
$22,790 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
370 |
$16.94 |
$35,240 |
| Public relations specialists |
370 |
$23.10 |
$48,050 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers |
370 |
$15.49 |
$32,210 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
360 |
$29.65 |
$61,670 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
360 |
$46.43 |
$96,580 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
360 |
$23.04 |
$47,920 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
360 |
$13.19 |
$27,440 |
| Industrial production managers |
360 |
$43.78 |
$91,070 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
360 |
$30.10 |
$62,610 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
350 |
$17.18 |
$35,730 |
| New accounts clerks |
350 |
$14.95 |
$31,100 |
| Physician assistants |
350 |
$37.44 |
$77,870 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
340 |
$35.92 |
$74,720 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
340 |
$17.66 |
$36,730 |
| File clerks |
340 |
$11.62 |
$24,170 |
| Food batchmakers |
340 |
$10.71 |
$22,280 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
330 |
$25.02 |
$52,040 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
330 |
$13.14 |
$27,330 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
330 |
$10.98 |
$22,840 |
| Training and development specialists |
330 |
$25.00 |
$52,010 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
320 |
$44.90 |
$93,400 |
| Advertising sales agents |
310 |
$24.46 |
$50,870 |
| Correctional officers and jailers |
310 |
$20.93 |
$43,540 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers |
300 |
$10.25 |
$21,330 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
300 |
$12.17 |
$25,310 |
| All other information and record clerks |
290 |
$18.60 |
$38,690 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
290 |
$16.75 |
$34,850 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
290 |
$12.89 |
$26,810 |
| Mechanical drafters |
290 |
$22.05 |
$45,860 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
290 |
$14.29 |
$29,720 |
| Parking lot attendants |
290 |
$9.97 |
$20,740 |
| Roofers |
290 |
$14.86 |
$30,910 |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
290 |
Not available |
$55,500 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay |
280 |
$34.13 |
$70,980 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
280 |
$20.01 |
$41,620 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
280 |
$17.50 |
$36,410 |
| Personal financial advisors |
280 |
$41.23 |
$85,770 |
| Pharmacy aides |
280 |
$10.68 |
$22,220 |
| Social and community service managers |
280 |
$30.35 |
$63,130 |
| Telemarketers |
280 |
$10.47 |
$21,770 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
270 |
$17.55 |
$36,500 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary |
270 |
$48.46 |
$100,790 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
270 |
$23.00 |
$47,840 |
| Graduate teaching assistants |
270 |
Not available |
$30,690 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
270 |
Not available |
$53,260 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
270 |
$18.48 |
$38,450 |
| Occupational therapists |
270 |
$30.71 |
$63,890 |
| Environmental engineers |
260 |
$35.98 |
$74,830 |
| Helpers--carpenters |
260 |
$10.65 |
$22,150 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
250 |
$22.44 |
$46,670 |
| Cooks, short order |
250 |
$11.02 |
$22,910 |
| Dentists, general |
250 |
$76.77 |
$159,680 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
250 |
$22.64 |
$47,090 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
250 |
$19.29 |
$40,120 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
250 |
$29.48 |
$61,320 |
| Library technicians |
250 |
$12.36 |
$25,710 |
| Respiratory therapists |
250 |
$23.38 |
$48,620 |
| Tool and die makers |
250 |
$22.30 |
$46,390 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
240 |
$13.29 |
$27,650 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
240 |
$33.51 |
$69,700 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
240 |
$21.30 |
$44,300 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
240 |
$19.62 |
$40,800 |
| Postal service clerks |
240 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Speech-language pathologists |
240 |
$29.17 |
$60,670 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
240 |
$18.09 |
$37,630 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
230 |
$10.51 |
$21,870 |
| Coaches and scouts |
230 |
Not available |
$39,100 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other |
230 |
$19.38 |
$40,310 |
| Health educators |
230 |
$23.27 |
$48,400 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
230 |
$8.93 |
$18,580 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
230 |
$16.20 |
$33,700 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
220 |
$24.29 |
$50,520 |
| Industrial engineering technicians |
220 |
$23.23 |
$48,310 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
220 |
$14.63 |
$30,430 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary |
210 |
Not available |
$85,080 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
210 |
$17.28 |
$35,930 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
210 |
$13.36 |
$27,780 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers |
210 |
$8.20 |
$17,060 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors |
200 |
$27.40 |
$56,980 |
| Computer operators |
200 |
$13.71 |
$28,510 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
200 |
$15.91 |
$33,100 |
| Photographers |
200 |
$13.57 |
$28,220 |
| Power plant operators |
200 |
$31.42 |
$65,360 |
| Procurement clerks |
200 |
$16.62 |
$34,570 |
| Sales engineers |
200 |
$39.56 |
$82,280 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters |
190 |
$27.10 |
$56,360 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
190 |
$14.84 |
$30,870 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
190 |
$22.39 |
$46,580 |
| Real estate sales agents |
190 |
$18.88 |
$39,260 |
| Surgical technologists |
190 |
$19.27 |
$40,080 |
| Travel agents |
190 |
$15.04 |
$31,280 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
180 |
$12.29 |
$25,570 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops |
180 |
$10.28 |
$21,380 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
180 |
$13.14 |
$27,330 |
| Couriers and messengers |
180 |
$11.78 |
$24,510 |
| Family and general practitioners |
180 |
$96.30 |
$200,310 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
180 |
$14.34 |
$29,830 |
| Residential advisors |
180 |
$12.05 |
$25,070 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
180 |
$15.62 |
$32,490 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
170 |
$19.52 |
$40,610 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door |
170 |
$28.98 |
$60,270 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators |
170 |
$32.46 |
$67,520 |
| Editors |
170 |
$21.31 |
$44,320 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
170 |
Not available |
$66,340 |
| Floral designers |
170 |
$12.49 |
$25,970 |
| Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates |
170 |
$59.41 |
$123,570 |
| Marketing managers |
170 |
$66.38 |
$138,080 |
| Millwrights |
170 |
$20.70 |
$43,050 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
170 |
$18.87 |
$39,250 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
160 |
$15.80 |
$32,870 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
160 |
$29.16 |
$60,640 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
160 |
$24.70 |
$51,380 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers |
160 |
$11.20 |
$23,300 |
| Photographic processing machine operators |
160 |
$9.65 |
$20,080 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
160 |
$18.40 |
$38,260 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials |
160 |
$11.63 |
$24,190 |
| Radio and television announcers |
160 |
$17.74 |
$36,900 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
160 |
$39.93 |
$83,060 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
150 |
$20.31 |
$42,240 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
150 |
$13.90 |
$28,920 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other |
150 |
$16.19 |
$33,670 |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
150 |
$17.69 |
$36,790 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
150 |
$29.24 |
$60,820 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
140 |
$23.67 |
$49,230 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
140 |
$25.87 |
$53,810 |
| Funeral directors |
140 |
$25.12 |
$52,250 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians |
140 |
$14.37 |
$29,890 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents |
140 |
$26.56 |
$55,240 |
| Crane and tower operators |
130 |
$26.39 |
$54,890 |
| Crossing guards |
130 |
$8.04 |
$16,730 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
130 |
$12.23 |
$25,430 |
| Physical therapist aides |
130 |
$12.18 |
$25,330 |
| Producers and directors |
130 |
$20.25 |
$42,110 |
| Purchasing managers |
130 |
$38.99 |
$81,100 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
130 |
$21.84 |
$45,420 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators |
130 |
$23.30 |
$48,460 |
| Bailiffs |
120 |
$17.45 |
$36,290 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
120 |
$22.73 |
$47,270 |
| Helpers--electricians |
120 |
$12.94 |
$26,920 |
| Law clerks |
120 |
$13.67 |
$28,430 |
| Tapers |
120 |
$21.99 |
$45,730 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers |
120 |
$20.41 |
$42,440 |
| Writers and authors |
120 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians |
110 |
$25.37 |
$52,760 |
| Commercial and industrial designers |
110 |
$27.81 |
$57,850 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health |
110 |
$18.26 |
$37,970 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
110 |
$18.64 |
$38,770 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
110 |
$29.23 |
$60,810 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
110 |
$21.05 |
$43,790 |
| Surveyors |
110 |
$25.70 |
$53,450 |
| Tile and marble setters |
110 |
$15.59 |
$32,420 |
| Actuaries |
100 |
$38.34 |
$79,760 |
| Chemists |
100 |
$22.18 |
$46,130 |
| Credit analysts |
100 |
$25.68 |
$53,410 |
| Database administrators |
100 |
$34.04 |
$70,810 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
100 |
$29.64 |
$61,650 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
100 |
$16.64 |
$34,620 |
| Elevator installers and repairers |
100 |
$34.18 |
$71,090 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other |
100 |
$19.87 |
$41,330 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other |
100 |
$20.11 |
$41,830 |
| Music directors and composers |
100 |
$17.75 |
$36,920 |
| Recreational therapists |
100 |
$19.29 |
$40,120 |
| Animal control workers |
90 |
$14.11 |
$29,350 |
| Broadcast technicians |
90 |
$19.94 |
$41,470 |
| Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders |
90 |
$14.93 |
$31,050 |
| Chemical technicians |
90 |
$19.98 |
$41,560 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program |
90 |
$19.35 |
$40,250 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
90 |
$42.08 |
$87,520 |
| Interior designers |
90 |
$25.66 |
$53,360 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians |
90 |
$24.67 |
$51,320 |
| Mental health counselors |
90 |
$18.90 |
$39,310 |
| Meter readers, utilities |
90 |
$19.28 |
$40,100 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic |
90 |
$12.33 |
$25,640 |
| Optometrists |
90 |
$55.62 |
$115,690 |
| Public relations managers |
90 |
$40.39 |
$84,020 |
| Real estate brokers |
90 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
90 |
$10.12 |
$21,050 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians |
80 |
$28.30 |
$58,860 |
| Bindery workers |
80 |
$12.93 |
$26,890 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary |
80 |
Not available |
$77,520 |
| Cargo and freight agents |
80 |
$16.41 |
$34,140 |
| Compensation and benefits managers |
80 |
$50.53 |
$105,110 |
| Directors, religious activities and education |
80 |
$18.64 |
$38,770 |
| Engineers, all other |
80 |
$33.61 |
$69,900 |
| Environmental engineering technicians |
80 |
$20.14 |
$41,900 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders |
80 |
$12.13 |
$25,230 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other |
80 |
$22.93 |
$47,680 |
| Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
80 |
$15.87 |
$33,010 |
| History teachers, postsecondary |
80 |
Not available |
$67,180 |
| Massage therapists |
80 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers |
80 |
$14.58 |
$30,320 |
| Numerical tool and process control programmers |
80 |
$20.88 |
$43,430 |
| Radiation therapists |
80 |
$31.15 |
$64,790 |
| Technical writers |
80 |
$25.22 |
$52,460 |
| Budget analysts |
70 |
$24.52 |
$50,990 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
70 |
$26.69 |
$55,510 |
| Chemical engineers |
70 |
$47.64 |
$99,090 |
| Computer hardware engineers |
70 |
$39.76 |
$82,710 |
| Job printers |
70 |
$16.13 |
$33,560 |
| Loan counselors |
70 |
$26.41 |
$54,920 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers |
70 |
$18.54 |
$38,560 |
| Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
70 |
$13.94 |
$28,990 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists |
70 |
$30.87 |
$64,200 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers |
70 |
$10.91 |
$22,700 |
| Postmasters and mail superintendents |
70 |
$29.91 |
$62,210 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
70 |
$16.52 |
$34,360 |
| Training and development managers |
70 |
$44.06 |
$91,650 |
| Urban and regional planners |
70 |
$20.20 |
$42,030 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary |
70 |
$21.40 |
$44,520 |
| Biological technicians |
60 |
$14.89 |
$30,980 |
| Carpet installers |
60 |
$14.78 |
$30,740 |
| Computer specialists, all other |
60 |
$32.93 |
$68,500 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders |
60 |
$10.23 |
$21,280 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks |
60 |
$15.68 |
$32,620 |
| Dietetic technicians |
60 |
$17.04 |
$35,440 |
| Farm equipment mechanics |
60 |
$19.43 |
$40,420 |
| Graders and sorters, agricultural products |
60 |
$10.08 |
$20,960 |
| Internists, general |
60 |
$90.95 |
$189,180 |
| Medical equipment repairers |
60 |
$20.74 |
$43,150 |
| Meeting and convention planners |
60 |
$19.95 |
$41,490 |
| Natural sciences managers |
60 |
$55.97 |
$116,420 |
| Pourers and casters, metal |
60 |
$14.46 |
$30,070 |
| Sewing machine operators |
60 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
60 |
$15.46 |
$32,150 |
| Advertising and promotions managers |
50 |
$53.34 |
$110,940 |
| Chiropractors |
50 |
$39.74 |
$82,660 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals |
50 |
$9.54 |
$19,850 |
| Financial examiners |
50 |
$40.30 |
$83,820 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors |
50 |
$29.01 |
$60,350 |
| Materials engineers |
50 |
$31.31 |
$65,130 |
| Social scientists and related workers, all other |
50 |
$26.05 |
$54,180 |
| Vocational education teachers, middle school |
50 |
Not available |
$51,150 |
| Art directors |
40 |
$41.74 |
$86,820 |
| Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture |
40 |
$18.30 |
$38,070 |
| Conservation scientists |
40 |
$26.89 |
$55,930 |
| Construction and related workers, all other |
40 |
$13.52 |
$28,110 |
| Cooks, all other |
40 |
$12.62 |
$26,260 |
| Economics teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
Not available |
$84,060 |
| Education administrators, all other |
40 |
$39.48 |
$82,120 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other |
40 |
$19.38 |
$40,310 |
| Electro-mechanical technicians |
40 |
$20.64 |
$42,940 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
40 |
$15.44 |
$32,120 |
| Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
Not available |
$74,280 |
| Foundry mold and coremakers |
40 |
$13.11 |
$27,270 |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other |
40 |
$36.47 |
$75,850 |
| Historians |
40 |
$14.58 |
$30,320 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
Not available |
$70,700 |
| Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
Not available |
$76,030 |
| Photographic process workers |
40 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Psychiatrists |
40 |
$81.33 |
$169,160 |
| Psychologists, all other |
40 |
$34.88 |
$72,540 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood |
40 |
$10.67 |
$22,200 |
| Survey researchers |
40 |
$17.39 |
$36,180 |
| Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers |
30 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Audio and video equipment technicians |
30 |
$17.06 |
$35,490 |
| Fire inspectors and investigators |
30 |
$21.01 |
$43,700 |
| Occupational therapist assistants |
30 |
$16.91 |
$35,180 |
| Painters, transportation equipment |
30 |
$16.93 |
$35,210 |
| Political science teachers, postsecondary |
30 |
Not available |
$85,470 |
| Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products |
30 |
$22.89 |
$47,610 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary |
Not available |
Not available |
$75,390 |
| Brokerage clerks |
Not available |
$20.94 |
$43,560 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity |
Not available |
$15.09 |
$31,380 |
| Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders |
Not available |
$17.12 |
$35,600 |
| Coil winders, tapers, and finishers |
Not available |
$14.81 |
$30,810 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers |
Not available |
$12.54 |
$26,090 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary |
Not available |
Not available |
$58,810 |
| Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders |
Not available |
$17.23 |
$35,840 |
| Counselors, all other |
Not available |
$18.57 |
$38,630 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
Not available |
$10.87 |
$22,610 |
| Earth drillers, except oil and gas |
Not available |
$17.82 |
$37,070 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers |
Not available |
$15.48 |
$32,200 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers |
Not available |
$15.81 |
$32,880 |
| Etchers and engravers |
Not available |
$14.38 |
$29,910 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse |
Not available |
$11.99 |
$24,930 |
| Fence erectors |
Not available |
$15.35 |
$31,930 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other |
Not available |
$11.28 |
$23,470 |
| Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall |
Not available |
$14.55 |
$30,270 |
| Logisticians |
Not available |
$31.30 |
$65,100 |
| Medical equipment preparers |
Not available |
$14.70 |
$30,580 |
| Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders |
Not available |
$17.68 |
$36,760 |
| Musicians and singers |
Not available |
$9.86 |
Not available |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
Not available |
$18.16 |
$37,770 |
| Orthotists and prosthetists |
Not available |
$39.77 |
$82,720 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics |
Not available |
$15.13 |
$31,470 |
| Pediatricians, general |
Not available |
$73.28 |
$152,420 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other |
Not available |
$14.01 |
$29,130 |
| Pipelayers |
Not available |
$22.50 |
$46,790 |
| Production workers, all other |
Not available |
$13.96 |
$29,030 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary |
Not available |
Not available |
$73,160 |
| Public address system and other announcers |
Not available |
$15.72 |
$32,700 |
| Sheet metal workers |
Not available |
$20.18 |
$41,970 |
| Structural iron and steel workers |
Not available |
$20.07 |
$41,750 |
| Tax preparers |
Not available |
$13.10 |
$27,250 |
| Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other |
Not available |
$14.69 |
$30,560 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
Not available |
$11.20 |
$23,290 |
| Veterinarians |
Not available |
$36.85 |
$76,650 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
Not available |
$10.83 |
$22,520 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
Not available |
$16.11 |
$33,500 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
Not available |
$11.32 |
$23,550 |
