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 |
More than $70 |
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 |
