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 | 275,250 | $20.83 | $43,330 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 45,920 | $16.48 | $34,280 |
| Sales and related occupations | 28,640 | $17.41 | $36,200 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 26,160 | $11.83 | $24,610 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 23,700 | $17.34 | $36,060 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 19,670 | $24.34 | $50,630 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 17,950 | $22.51 | $46,820 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 16,700 | $37.79 | $78,590 |
| Production occupations | 15,230 | $18.23 | $37,930 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 12,300 | $22.71 | $47,240 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 9,850 | $29.84 | $62,070 |
| Retail salespersons | 8,360 | $13.25 | $27,560 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 8,300 | $13.47 | $28,020 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 8,180 | $9.95 | $20,700 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 8,120 | $14.45 | $30,050 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 7,930 | $12.36 | $25,710 |
| Cashiers | 7,470 | $11.09 | $23,060 |
| Management occupations | 7,020 | $49.48 | $102,910 |
| Community and social services occupations | 6,860 | $20.52 | $42,690 |
| Registered nurses | 6,370 | $34.99 | $72,780 |
| Protective service occupations | 6,120 | $23.36 | $48,580 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 5,720 | $13.16 | $27,360 |
| Office clerks, general | 5,460 | $13.75 | $28,600 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 4,480 | $14.75 | $30,670 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 4,470 | $12.39 | $25,780 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 4,220 | $12.96 | $26,960 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 4,080 | $33.27 | $69,190 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 3,950 | $18.20 | $37,850 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 3,940 | $32.02 | $66,600 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 3,720 | $20.72 | $43,100 |
| Carpenters | 3,640 | $22.02 | $45,790 |
| Teacher assistants | 3,320 | Not available | $28,700 |
| Customer service representatives | 3,290 | $15.26 | $31,740 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 3,270 | $28.66 | $59,610 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 3,150 | $17.17 | $35,710 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 3,090 | Not available | $55,150 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 2,920 | $24.97 | $51,930 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 2,770 | $10.07 | $20,940 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 2,390 | $12.53 | $26,070 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 2,320 | $30.15 | $62,710 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 2,270 | $21.58 | $44,890 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 2,240 | $19.24 | $40,020 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 2,230 | $12.73 | $26,480 |
| Construction laborers | 2,220 | $19.49 | $40,540 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 2,180 | $12.15 | $25,270 |
| Electricians | 2,170 | $27.01 | $56,180 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 2,140 | $20.39 | $42,410 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 2,110 | $18.67 | $38,830 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 2,110 | $15.33 | $31,880 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 2,050 | $31.36 | $65,230 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 2,020 | $13.67 | $28,420 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 1,970 | $20.64 | $42,940 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 1,920 | Not available | $39,300 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 1,880 | $14.18 | $29,500 |
| Medical secretaries | 1,870 | $16.58 | $34,490 |
| Security guards | 1,830 | $14.68 | $30,540 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 1,820 | $11.84 | $24,630 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 1,800 | Not available | $56,910 |
| Legal occupations | 1,790 | $31.69 | $65,910 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 1,770 | $15.80 | $32,870 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 1,700 | $35.74 | $74,340 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 1,580 | $21.07 | $43,820 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 1,490 | $18.34 | $38,150 |
| General and operations managers | 1,460 | $62.16 | $129,290 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 1,460 | $11.16 | $23,220 |
| Tellers | 1,450 | $12.33 | $25,650 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 1,400 | Not available | $55,370 |
| Medical assistants | 1,330 | $16.01 | $33,300 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 1,270 | $20.25 | $42,120 |
| Accountants and auditors | 1,260 | $30.29 | $63,000 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 1,250 | $27.64 | $57,490 |
| Bus drivers, school | 1,230 | $16.61 | $34,550 |
| Food preparation workers | 1,230 | $10.99 | $22,870 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 1,230 | $28.92 | $60,150 |
| Mental health counselors | 1,210 | $18.75 | $39,000 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 1,160 | $10.18 | $21,180 |
| Dental assistants | 1,130 | $17.79 | $37,010 |
| All other information and record clerks | 1,110 | $16.90 | $35,140 |
| Child care workers | 1,100 | $10.05 | $20,910 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 1,080 | $28.93 | $60,170 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 1,060 | $16.51 | $34,340 |
| Fire fighters | 1,060 | $28.85 | $60,010 |
| Social and human service assistants | 1,040 | $16.95 | $35,250 |
| Dishwashers | 1,030 | $9.30 | $19,350 |
| Bartenders | 1,000 | $13.56 | $28,200 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 990 | $32.39 | $67,370 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 990 | $15.46 | $32,170 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | 940 | $26.27 | $54,650 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 940 | $30.68 | $63,820 |
| Helpers--production workers | 920 | $13.39 | $27,850 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 910 | $30.09 | $62,580 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 900 | $12.26 | $25,500 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 890 | $10.99 | $22,850 |
| Parts salespersons | 890 | $12.85 | $26,740 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 870 | $18.88 | $39,260 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 850 | $14.23 | $29,590 |
| Team assemblers | 850 | $13.93 | $28,970 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary | 850 | $24.63 | $51,220 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 820 | $19.56 | $40,690 |
| Driver/sales workers | 800 | $15.85 | $32,960 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 790 | Not available | Not available |
| Computer support specialists | 780 | $21.72 | $45,170 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity | 760 | $21.16 | $44,010 |
| Civil engineers | 760 | $37.07 | $77,100 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 760 | $19.65 | $40,870 |
| Financial managers | 750 | $49.66 | $103,290 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 740 | $13.71 | $28,510 |
| Gaming dealers | 730 | $13.61 | $28,300 |
| Roofers | 720 | $20.92 | $43,510 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 710 | $24.49 | $50,930 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 680 | $16.89 | $35,130 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 670 | $11.59 | $24,120 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 660 | $28.79 | $59,890 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 650 | $20.43 | $42,500 |
| Loan officers | 640 | $32.09 | $66,740 |
| Bill and account collectors | 630 | $18.23 | $37,930 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 630 | $9.50 | $19,760 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 620 | $25.57 | $53,190 |
| Computer systems analysts | 620 | $33.49 | $69,650 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 620 | $35.39 | $73,620 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 620 | $18.48 | $38,440 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 610 | $15.75 | $32,750 |
| Cost estimators | 610 | $27.60 | $57,400 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 600 | $32.57 | $67,740 |
| Lawyers | 590 | $43.70 | $90,900 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | 580 | $30.75 | $63,960 |
| Recreation workers | 580 | $12.49 | $25,990 |
| Computer programmers | 570 | $37.92 | $78,880 |
| Tapers | 570 | $21.33 | $44,370 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 560 | $23.89 | $49,700 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 550 | $26.25 | $54,600 |
| Cooks, fast food | 540 | $9.36 | $19,470 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 540 | $27.16 | $56,500 |
| Pharmacists | 540 | $49.40 | $102,740 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 530 | $16.24 | $33,790 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 530 | $25.05 | $52,100 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 520 | $21.61 | $44,940 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 520 | $11.26 | $23,420 |
| Order clerks | 520 | $14.11 | $29,350 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 520 | $91.51 | $190,350 |
| Sales managers | 520 | $52.37 | $108,920 |
| Telemarketers | 520 | $12.68 | $26,360 |
| Management analysts | 510 | $32.22 | $67,020 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 510 | $17.22 | $35,820 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 500 | $12.41 | $25,810 |
| Coaches and scouts | 500 | Not available | $33,210 |
| Dental hygienists | 490 | $40.88 | $85,020 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 490 | Not available | $93,650 |
| Insurance sales agents | 490 | $31.31 | $65,130 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 490 | $34.35 | $71,450 |
| Service station attendants | 490 | $14.02 | $29,170 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 480 | $24.48 | $50,920 |
| Machinists | 480 | $22.31 | $46,410 |
| Sheet metal workers | 470 | $27.35 | $56,890 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 460 | $18.28 | $38,030 |
| Data entry keyers | 450 | $12.90 | $26,830 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 450 | $12.40 | $25,800 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 450 | $10.55 | $21,950 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 450 | $28.60 | $59,480 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 440 | $10.54 | $21,930 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 430 | $9.50 | $19,760 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 430 | $18.83 | $39,180 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 430 | $28.99 | $60,290 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 430 | $33.14 | $68,920 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 430 | Not available | Not available |
| Construction managers | 420 | $54.04 | $112,400 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 420 | $16.90 | $35,140 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 420 | $20.55 | $42,750 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 420 | Not available | $54,320 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | 420 | $22.05 | $45,870 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 410 | $25.60 | $53,240 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 400 | Not available | Not available |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 390 | $36.21 | $75,320 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 390 | $24.45 | $50,850 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 390 | $33.23 | $69,120 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 390 | $18.73 | $38,950 |
| Protective service workers, all other | 390 | $17.27 | $35,920 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 380 | $13.94 | $28,990 |
| Financial analysts | 380 | $42.21 | $87,790 |
| Physical therapists | 380 | $32.13 | $66,830 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 380 | $17.64 | $36,690 |
| Computer specialists, all other | 370 | $30.33 | $63,090 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 370 | $23.04 | $47,920 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 370 | Not available | Not available |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors | 360 | $23.48 | $48,850 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 360 | $16.10 | $33,490 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 360 | $19.19 | $39,910 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 350 | $19.61 | $40,780 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 340 | $33.31 | $69,280 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other | 340 | $23.23 | $48,320 |
| Office machine operators, except computer | 340 | $12.28 | $25,540 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 340 | $27.26 | $56,700 |
| Sales and related workers, all other | 340 | $21.12 | $43,940 |
| Market research analysts | 330 | $34.13 | $70,980 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 330 | $11.95 | $24,850 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 330 | $18.75 | $38,990 |
| File clerks | 320 | $12.81 | $26,650 |
| Transportation workers, all other | 320 | $26.83 | $55,810 |
| Instructional coordinators | 310 | $33.44 | $69,550 |
| Procurement clerks | 310 | $18.47 | $38,410 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 310 | Not available | $56,340 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 300 | $24.14 | $50,210 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 300 | $27.95 | $58,130 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 300 | $30.27 | $62,960 |
| Crossing guards | 300 | $14.25 | $29,650 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 300 | $21.32 | $44,350 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers | 300 | $9.94 | $20,680 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | 300 | $15.13 | $31,470 |
| Administrative services managers | 290 | $42.16 | $87,680 |
| Dentists, general | 290 | $95.83 | $199,330 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 290 | $21.59 | $44,900 |
| Financial specialists, all other | 290 | $25.17 | $52,360 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers | 290 | $14.65 | $30,470 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 290 | $26.80 | $55,740 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 280 | $25.94 | $53,960 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other | 280 | $21.04 | $43,770 |
| New accounts clerks | 280 | $16.17 | $33,630 |
| Public relations specialists | 280 | $27.25 | $56,690 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 280 | $22.39 | $46,580 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 270 | $24.27 | $50,490 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 270 | $20.61 | $42,880 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 270 | $24.48 | $50,920 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 270 | $16.93 | $35,210 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 270 | $22.03 | $45,820 |
| Mechanical engineers | 270 | $39.36 | $81,880 |
| Occupational therapists | 270 | $30.58 | $63,610 |
| Bakers | 260 | $16.38 | $34,080 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers | 260 | $40.44 | $84,100 |
| Librarians | 260 | $29.45 | $61,250 |
| Medical and health services managers | 260 | $53.09 | $110,430 |
| Respiratory therapists | 260 | $26.81 | $55,770 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 260 | $29.99 | $62,370 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 260 | $13.24 | $27,540 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 250 | $23.43 | $48,730 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 250 | Not available | $53,710 |
| Logisticians | 250 | $33.79 | $70,290 |
| Managers, all other | 250 | $46.46 | $96,630 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 250 | $25.18 | $52,370 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 240 | $50.64 | $105,330 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers | 230 | $16.10 | $33,500 |
| Engineering managers | 230 | $54.14 | $112,600 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 230 | $19.03 | $39,590 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic | 230 | $13.76 | $28,620 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | 230 | $32.57 | $67,740 |
| Pipelayers | 230 | $25.75 | $53,560 |
| Printing machine operators | 230 | $20.67 | $43,000 |
| Sewing machine operators | 230 | $11.27 | $23,450 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval | 220 | $35.14 | $73,090 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 220 | $18.96 | $39,430 |
| Industrial production managers | 220 | $47.51 | $98,830 |
| Social and community service managers | 220 | $36.51 | $75,940 |
| Training and development specialists | 220 | $27.28 | $56,730 |
| Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders | 210 | $21.16 | $44,000 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers | 210 | $12.89 | $26,810 |
| Production workers, all other | 210 | $12.01 | $24,980 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 210 | $14.65 | $30,470 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 200 | $17.63 | $36,670 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 200 | $11.62 | $24,170 |
| Food service managers | 200 | $28.68 | $59,660 |
| Physician assistants | 200 | $52.20 | $108,580 |
| Postal service clerks | 200 | Not available | Not available |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 200 | $20.42 | $42,460 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 190 | $23.34 | $48,540 |
| Health educators | 190 | $21.29 | $44,280 |
| Special education teachers, middle school | 190 | Not available | $55,520 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 190 | Not available | $55,220 |
| Advertising sales agents | 180 | $26.60 | $55,330 |
| Biological technicians | 180 | $18.93 | $39,370 |
| Budget analysts | 180 | $28.76 | $59,820 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators | 180 | $35.79 | $74,450 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary | 180 | $37.78 | $78,580 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 180 | $39.78 | $82,740 |
| Graphic designers | 180 | $22.84 | $47,510 |
| Internists, general | 180 | $96.28 | $200,260 |
| Millwrights | 180 | $27.46 | $57,120 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers | 180 | $21.91 | $45,560 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 180 | $43.37 | $90,210 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | 170 | $26.20 | $54,500 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 170 | $21.19 | $44,080 |
| Cargo and freight agents | 170 | $26.75 | $55,650 |
| Crane and tower operators | 170 | $30.84 | $64,140 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 170 | Not available | $51,980 |
| Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates | 170 | $46.59 | $96,920 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 170 | $17.79 | $37,000 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary | 160 | Not available | $47,670 |
| Chemical plant and system operators | 160 | $24.60 | $51,170 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | 160 | $30.20 | $62,810 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 160 | $18.09 | $37,630 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 160 | $16.32 | $33,950 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers | 160 | $18.43 | $38,330 |
| Industrial engineers | 160 | $37.97 | $78,990 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 160 | $13.40 | $27,880 |
| Library technicians | 160 | $17.39 | $36,160 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 160 | $23.69 | $49,270 |
| Medical equipment preparers | 160 | $16.03 | $33,350 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers | 160 | $13.96 | $29,050 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 160 | $17.63 | $36,660 |
| Painters, transportation equipment | 160 | $21.42 | $44,560 |
| Real estate sales agents | 160 | $18.55 | $38,580 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood | 160 | $15.99 | $33,260 |
| Structural iron and steel workers | 160 | $28.99 | $60,290 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 160 | $26.00 | $54,090 |
| Cooks, short order | 150 | $11.81 | $24,560 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | 150 | $28.22 | $58,690 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 150 | $30.41 | $63,240 |
| Family and general practitioners | 150 | $75.80 | $157,660 |
| Gaming supervisors | 150 | $20.69 | $43,030 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | 150 | $10.77 | $22,400 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 150 | $13.38 | $27,840 |
| Musicians and singers | 150 | $29.14 | Not available |
| Opticians, dispensing | 150 | $17.72 | $36,870 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 150 | $21.82 | $45,390 |
| Social workers, all other | 150 | $27.91 | $58,050 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 140 | $16.95 | $35,250 |
| Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment | 140 | $21.54 | $44,790 |
| Helpers--carpenters | 140 | $13.12 | $27,300 |
| Urban and regional planners | 140 | $31.60 | $65,730 |
| Veterinarians | 140 | $44.51 | $92,590 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | 140 | $9.80 | $20,390 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary | 130 | Not available | $56,150 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters | 130 | $9.97 | $20,730 |
| Electrical engineers | 130 | $40.76 | $84,780 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other | 130 | $24.24 | $50,430 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other | 130 | $12.80 | $26,630 |
| Parking lot attendants | 130 | $10.69 | $22,240 |
| Private detectives and investigators | 130 | $21.57 | $44,870 |
| Psychiatrists | 130 | $84.01 | $174,730 |
| Rail car repairers | 130 | $17.84 | $37,110 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 120 | $24.16 | $50,260 |
| Chief executives | 120 | $81.44 | $169,390 |
| Computer operators | 120 | $20.10 | $41,800 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health | 120 | $16.17 | $33,630 |
| Food batchmakers | 120 | $10.04 | $20,880 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other | 120 | $24.64 | $51,250 |
| Marketing managers | 120 | $48.02 | $99,870 |
| Mechanical drafters | 120 | $24.61 | $51,190 |
| Metal workers and plastic workers, all other | 120 | $26.45 | $55,020 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners | 120 | $21.22 | $44,130 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators | 120 | $26.18 | $54,460 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents | 120 | $26.97 | $56,100 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | 120 | $16.15 | $33,590 |
| Bindery workers | 110 | $12.98 | $26,990 |
| Emergency management specialists | 110 | $27.14 | $56,450 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators | 110 | $29.25 | $60,840 |
| Motorboat mechanics | 110 | $17.73 | $36,880 |
| Prepress technicians and workers | 110 | $19.99 | $41,580 |
| Surgeons | 110 | $101.71 | $211,560 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | 100 | $29.54 | $61,450 |
| Chemical technicians | 100 | $20.96 | $43,600 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door | 100 | $27.29 | $56,770 |
| Cooks, all other | 100 | $10.76 | $22,390 |
| Database administrators | 100 | $34.98 | $72,760 |
| Drafters, all other | 100 | $23.74 | $49,370 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 100 | $20.04 | $41,690 |
| Floral designers | 100 | $14.52 | $30,190 |
| Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 100 | Not available | $59,310 |
| Numerical tool and process control programmers | 100 | $30.35 | $63,130 |
| Pest control workers | 100 | $18.91 | $39,330 |
| Public relations managers | 100 | $44.72 | $93,020 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | 100 | $18.15 | $37,760 |
| Word processors and typists | 100 | $15.91 | $33,100 |
| Brokerage clerks | 90 | $21.54 | $44,790 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 90 | $28.34 | $58,950 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer | 90 | $39.75 | $82,690 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 90 | $32.99 | $68,620 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand | 90 | $20.98 | $43,650 |
| Human resources managers, all other | 90 | $44.61 | $92,780 |
| Industrial engineering technicians | 90 | $25.77 | $53,610 |
| Logging equipment operators | 90 | $21.73 | $45,200 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 90 | $22.57 | $46,940 |
| Chiropractors | 80 | Not available | Not available |
| Credit analysts | 80 | $25.84 | $53,740 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | 80 | $35.07 | $72,950 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other | 80 | $27.91 | $58,060 |
| Fiberglass laminators and fabricators | 80 | $15.33 | $31,890 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary | 80 | Not available | $55,870 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary | 80 | Not available | $48,850 |
| Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers | 80 | $25.97 | $54,030 |
| Psychologists, all other | 80 | $36.83 | $76,600 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary | 80 | Not available | $56,580 |
| Purchasing managers | 80 | $40.29 | $83,790 |
| Social scientists and related workers, all other | 80 | $33.53 | $69,750 |
| Tool and die makers | 80 | $27.89 | $58,010 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary | 70 | Not available | $52,520 |
| Clergy | 70 | $24.08 | $50,080 |
| Communications teachers, postsecondary | 70 | Not available | $55,450 |
| Correspondence clerks | 70 | $19.69 | $40,950 |
| Couriers and messengers | 70 | $12.93 | $26,880 |
| Dental laboratory technicians | 70 | $16.76 | $34,860 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers | 70 | $23.68 | $49,250 |
| Embalmers | 70 | $19.65 | $40,880 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other | 70 | $22.89 | $47,620 |
| Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders | 70 | $20.53 | $42,700 |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other | 70 | $41.23 | $85,760 |
| Medical equipment repairers | 70 | $15.88 | $33,030 |
| Meter readers, utilities | 70 | $19.02 | $39,560 |
| Operations research analysts | 70 | $27.29 | $56,750 |
| Respiratory therapy technicians | 70 | $22.48 | $46,760 |
| Statistical assistants | 70 | $17.07 | $35,510 |
| Surgical technologists | 70 | $22.18 | $46,130 |
| Travel agents | 70 | $15.23 | $31,670 |
| Marriage and family therapists | 60 | $23.63 | $49,150 |
| Meeting and convention planners | 60 | $23.04 | $47,920 |
| Photographers | 60 | $16.51 | $34,350 |
| Physical therapist aides | 60 | $10.67 | $22,190 |
| Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners | 60 | $19.05 | $39,610 |
| Aerospace engineers | 50 | $41.04 | $85,360 |
| Chemical engineers | 50 | $43.39 | $90,240 |
| Chemistry teachers, postsecondary | 50 | Not available | $50,520 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary | 50 | Not available | $63,170 |
| Conservation scientists | 50 | $26.29 | $54,690 |
| Curators | 50 | $31.86 | $66,260 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | 50 | $32.92 | $68,480 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | 50 | $14.15 | $29,430 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters | 50 | $22.31 | $46,400 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers | 50 | $35.73 | $74,310 |
| Furniture finishers | 50 | $15.13 | $31,480 |
| Job printers | 50 | $17.61 | $36,620 |
| Legislators | 50 | Not available | $46,170 |
| Material moving workers, all other | 50 | $20.25 | $42,110 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists | 50 | $38.13 | $79,320 |
| Optometrists | 50 | $59.20 | $123,130 |
| Photographic processing machine operators | 50 | $12.29 | $25,570 |
| Plant and system operators, all other | 50 | $29.04 | $60,410 |
| Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary | 50 | Not available | $47,040 |
| Recreational therapists | 50 | $26.35 | $54,810 |
| Transportation inspectors | 50 | $20.71 | $43,080 |
| Tree trimmers and pruners | 50 | $21.11 | $43,910 |
| Cartographers and photogrammetrists | 40 | $32.63 | $67,880 |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders | 40 | $26.73 | $55,600 |
| Chemists | 40 | $31.96 | $66,470 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks | 40 | $17.99 | $37,420 |
| Education administrators, all other | 40 | $36.88 | $76,710 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders | 40 | $13.30 | $27,660 |
| History teachers, postsecondary | 40 | Not available | $57,940 |
| Interior designers | 40 | $23.25 | $48,350 |
| Media and communication workers, all other | 40 | $20.09 | $41,790 |
| Pharmacy aides | 40 | $12.16 | $25,280 |
| Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary | 40 | Not available | $55,370 |
| Pile-driver operators | 40 | $30.93 | $64,340 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other | 40 | Not available | $51,800 |
| Real estate brokers | 40 | $31.50 | $65,510 |
| Technical writers | 40 | $23.49 | $48,860 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 30 | $17.06 | $35,490 |
| Epidemiologists | 30 | $32.43 | $67,450 |
| Law clerks | 30 | $23.64 | $49,180 |
| Lodging managers | 30 | $33.22 | $69,090 |
| Materials engineers | 30 | $42.24 | $87,860 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 30 | $21.53 | $44,790 |
| Natural sciences managers | 30 | $60.19 | $125,200 |
| Occupational health and safety technicians | 30 | $26.69 | $55,510 |
| Vocational education teachers, middle school | 30 | Not available | $59,970 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians | Not available | $23.11 | $48,070 |
| Anesthesiologists | Not available | $75.00 | More than $145,600 |
| Athletic trainers | Not available | Not available | $38,890 |
| Automotive glass installers and repairers | Not available | $17.87 | $37,160 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians | Not available | $28.14 | $58,540 |
| Commercial and industrial designers | Not available | $18.80 | $39,090 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | Not available | $21.57 | $44,860 |
| Construction and related workers, all other | Not available | $15.85 | $32,960 |
| Correctional officers and jailers | Not available | $26.56 | $55,240 |
| Editors | Not available | $28.05 | $58,330 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary | Not available | Not available | $54,600 |
| Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles | Not available | $14.24 | $29,630 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers | Not available | $17.82 | $37,060 |
| Engine and other machine assemblers | Not available | $22.57 | $46,940 |
| Etchers and engravers | Not available | $19.22 | $39,970 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | Not available | $10.29 | $21,410 |
| Fence erectors | Not available | $14.87 | $30,930 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers | Not available | $21.39 | $44,480 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other | Not available | $11.78 | $24,500 |
| Glaziers | Not available | $20.14 | $41,900 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters | Not available | $17.57 | $36,540 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | Not available | $16.37 | $34,040 |
| Home appliance repairers | Not available | $17.71 | $36,830 |
| Home health aides | Not available | $10.33 | $21,490 |
| Hydrologists | Not available | $33.68 | $70,050 |
| Landscape architects | Not available | $34.67 | $72,110 |
| Legal secretaries | Not available | $19.15 | $39,830 |
| Legal support workers, all other | Not available | $26.27 | $54,630 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers | Not available | $18.58 | $38,640 |
| Manicurists and pedicurists | Not available | $9.52 | $19,800 |
| Massage therapists | Not available | $18.26 | $37,980 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians | Not available | $29.22 | $60,790 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists | Not available | $35.86 | $74,580 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | Not available | $17.24 | $35,850 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $15.33 | $31,890 |
| Museum technicians and conservators | Not available | $18.16 | $37,770 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians | Not available | $13.41 | $27,890 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics | Not available | $14.53 | $30,210 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders | Not available | $15.30 | $31,820 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | Not available | $24.32 | $50,580 |
| Personal and home care aides | Not available | $11.76 | $24,460 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other | Not available | $9.11 | $18,950 |
| Personal financial advisors | Not available | $48.10 | $100,050 |
| Plasterers and stucco masons | Not available | $30.74 | $63,940 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials | Not available | $12.35 | $25,680 |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists | Not available | $21.25 | $44,210 |
| Recreational vehicle service technicians | Not available | $14.01 | $29,140 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | Not available | $19.63 | $40,820 |
| Residential advisors | Not available | $16.44 | $34,200 |
| Surveyors | Not available | $36.69 | $76,320 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers | Not available | $12.81 | $26,640 |
| Tile and marble setters | Not available | $31.35 | $65,210 |
| Tire repairers and changers | Not available | $15.90 | $33,070 |
| Upholsterers | Not available | $17.07 | $35,510 |
| Woodworkers, all other | Not available | $14.62 | $30,410 |
| Writers and authors | Not available | $20.92 | $43,510 |
