Occupational employment / Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division

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.

Estimates for "Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division" are below, ordered by total employment.

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
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