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 |
224,050 |
$25.42 |
$52,870 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
45,510 |
$17.51 |
$36,420 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
19,530 |
$34.62 |
$72,000 |
| Sales and related occupations |
19,330 |
$20.96 |
$43,590 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
17,540 |
$26.76 |
$55,670 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
12,750 |
$10.84 |
$22,560 |
| Management occupations |
12,360 |
$56.52 |
$117,560 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
11,720 |
$36.59 |
$76,100 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
11,120 |
$39.05 |
$81,220 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
10,140 |
$14.75 |
$30,670 |
| Production occupations |
6,990 |
$16.80 |
$34,940 |
| Protective service occupations |
6,840 |
$28.79 |
$59,870 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
6,820 |
$13.28 |
$27,630 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
6,340 |
$14.57 |
$30,300 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
5,720 |
$21.70 |
$45,130 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
5,620 |
$14.21 |
$29,550 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
5,560 |
$31.39 |
$65,290 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
5,410 |
$18.73 |
$38,960 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
5,390 |
$27.89 |
$58,020 |
| Retail salespersons |
5,170 |
$13.49 |
$28,060 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
5,000 |
$33.72 |
$70,140 |
| Community and social services occupations |
4,700 |
$26.49 |
$55,100 |
| Cashiers |
4,620 |
$9.48 |
$19,720 |
| Registered nurses |
4,390 |
$31.49 |
$65,500 |
| Office clerks, general |
4,180 |
$14.41 |
$29,980 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
4,110 |
$35.44 |
$73,700 |
| Customer service representatives |
3,860 |
$16.23 |
$33,760 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
3,820 |
$12.48 |
$25,970 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
3,280 |
$26.91 |
$55,960 |
| Legal occupations |
2,920 |
$42.01 |
$87,380 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
2,900 |
$8.93 |
$18,570 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
2,900 |
$43.81 |
$91,130 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
2,790 |
$25.19 |
$52,390 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
2,760 |
$18.81 |
$39,110 |
| Accountants and auditors |
2,660 |
$34.06 |
$70,850 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
2,650 |
$12.45 |
$25,900 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
2,630 |
$11.41 |
$23,740 |
| Management analysts |
2,540 |
$41.55 |
$86,420 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
2,530 |
$13.23 |
$27,510 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
2,520 |
$24.27 |
$50,480 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
2,400 |
$10.43 |
$21,690 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
2,290 |
$12.83 |
$26,680 |
| Teacher assistants |
2,120 |
Not available |
$27,630 |
| General and operations managers |
2,080 |
$77.54 |
$161,280 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
1,940 |
$36.09 |
$75,060 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
1,880 |
$30.98 |
$64,430 |
| Lawyers |
1,820 |
$50.05 |
$104,110 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
1,790 |
Not available |
$59,560 |
| Computer systems analysts |
1,740 |
$40.13 |
$83,470 |
| Security guards |
1,740 |
$16.66 |
$34,650 |
| Word processors and typists |
1,730 |
$16.39 |
$34,080 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
1,690 |
$18.40 |
$38,280 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
1,630 |
$22.19 |
$46,160 |
| Managers, all other |
1,620 |
$49.66 |
$103,290 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
1,590 |
$13.15 |
$27,350 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
1,590 |
Not available |
$63,230 |
| Computer support specialists |
1,440 |
$23.12 |
$48,100 |
| Financial managers |
1,420 |
$61.10 |
$127,080 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
1,400 |
$31.65 |
$65,840 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
1,350 |
$13.38 |
$27,820 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
1,330 |
$34.03 |
$70,790 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
1,310 |
Not available |
$37,720 |
| Computer programmers |
1,300 |
$40.87 |
$85,010 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
1,100 |
$53.54 |
$111,360 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
1,040 |
$15.45 |
$32,130 |
| Civil engineers |
1,020 |
$35.82 |
$74,510 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
1,020 |
$9.60 |
$19,960 |
| Medical secretaries |
1,020 |
$16.26 |
$33,830 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
1,000 |
Not available |
$58,650 |
| Food preparation workers |
970 |
$10.21 |
$21,230 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
960 |
$35.14 |
$73,090 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
960 |
$18.47 |
$38,410 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
940 |
$55.56 |
$115,560 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
940 |
$22.52 |
$46,840 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
920 |
$22.79 |
$47,410 |
| Home health aides |
910 |
$11.83 |
$24,600 |
| Carpenters |
900 |
$28.89 |
$60,100 |
| Tellers |
900 |
$12.89 |
$26,800 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
870 |
$14.48 |
$30,110 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
860 |
$20.33 |
$42,280 |
| Financial analysts |
860 |
$52.76 |
$109,730 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
860 |
$35.84 |
$74,540 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
850 |
$17.29 |
$35,970 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
840 |
$18.22 |
$37,900 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
830 |
$18.46 |
$38,400 |
| Bus drivers, school |
820 |
$15.81 |
$32,890 |
| Electricians |
810 |
$37.90 |
$78,830 |
| Administrative services managers |
800 |
$45.59 |
$94,830 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
800 |
$45.76 |
$95,170 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
790 |
$9.63 |
$20,030 |
| Computer specialists, all other |
780 |
$35.81 |
$74,490 |
| File clerks |
770 |
$15.23 |
$31,680 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
770 |
$34.93 |
$72,640 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
770 |
$20.97 |
$43,620 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
760 |
$10.67 |
$22,190 |
| Public relations specialists |
740 |
$30.30 |
$63,030 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
710 |
$29.35 |
$61,050 |
| Social and human service assistants |
710 |
$16.21 |
$33,720 |
| Training and development specialists |
710 |
$31.03 |
$64,540 |
| All other information and record clerks |
700 |
$16.38 |
$34,070 |
| Legal secretaries |
680 |
$22.01 |
$45,770 |
| Data entry keyers |
670 |
$14.69 |
$30,550 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
670 |
$30.51 |
$63,470 |
| Instructional coordinators |
650 |
$35.15 |
$73,110 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
650 |
Not available |
$64,300 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
620 |
$8.77 |
$18,250 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
620 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Bartenders |
610 |
$10.95 |
$22,770 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
610 |
$26.61 |
$55,350 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
600 |
$26.79 |
$55,730 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
600 |
$15.96 |
$33,200 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
600 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Cooks, restaurant |
590 |
$12.96 |
$26,960 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
580 |
$11.03 |
$22,930 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
580 |
$43.40 |
$90,280 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
570 |
$12.36 |
$25,710 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
570 |
$13.42 |
$27,910 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
560 |
$13.33 |
$27,740 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
550 |
$16.15 |
$33,580 |
| Medical assistants |
550 |
$15.61 |
$32,460 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other |
530 |
$27.43 |
$57,050 |
| Fire fighters |
530 |
$26.59 |
$55,300 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
530 |
$40.55 |
$84,350 |
| Service station attendants |
530 |
$8.98 |
$18,680 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
520 |
$22.65 |
$47,120 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
510 |
$16.44 |
$34,200 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
510 |
$33.93 |
$70,580 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
510 |
$10.45 |
$21,740 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
500 |
$35.88 |
$74,620 |
| Medical and health services managers |
500 |
$45.08 |
$93,770 |
| Recreation workers |
500 |
$11.41 |
$23,740 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
490 |
$31.22 |
$64,930 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
490 |
$24.52 |
$50,990 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
480 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Cooks, short order |
470 |
$10.75 |
$22,370 |
| Market research analysts |
470 |
$31.77 |
$66,090 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
470 |
$31.89 |
$66,330 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
470 |
$25.21 |
$52,440 |
| Graphic designers |
460 |
$25.39 |
$52,810 |
| Sales managers |
460 |
$57.59 |
$119,780 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
450 |
$29.23 |
$60,800 |
| Dishwashers |
450 |
$9.19 |
$19,120 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
440 |
$34.57 |
$71,900 |
| Construction laborers |
430 |
$22.10 |
$45,980 |
| Engineering managers |
430 |
$68.07 |
$141,580 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
430 |
$96.60 |
$200,930 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
420 |
$12.84 |
$26,720 |
| Dental assistants |
420 |
$17.94 |
$37,320 |
| Chemists |
410 |
$37.64 |
$78,290 |
| Computer operators |
400 |
$21.37 |
$44,460 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
400 |
Not available |
$100,860 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
400 |
$16.18 |
$33,650 |
| Environmental engineers |
390 |
$36.49 |
$75,900 |
| Telemarketers |
390 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
380 |
$38.81 |
$80,720 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
380 |
$21.95 |
$45,660 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
380 |
$29.52 |
$61,390 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
380 |
$38.40 |
$79,880 |
| Social and community service managers |
380 |
$41.09 |
$85,480 |
| Insurance underwriters |
370 |
$33.18 |
$69,020 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
370 |
$13.50 |
$28,090 |
| Construction managers |
360 |
$47.73 |
$99,270 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
360 |
$25.01 |
$52,010 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
360 |
$19.19 |
$39,910 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
360 |
$29.58 |
$61,540 |
| Personal financial advisors |
350 |
$62.15 |
$129,280 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
340 |
$8.94 |
$18,600 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
340 |
$30.11 |
$62,630 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other |
340 |
$21.31 |
$44,310 |
| Marketing managers |
340 |
$65.21 |
$135,630 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
340 |
$13.22 |
$27,500 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
330 |
$31.37 |
$65,250 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
330 |
Not available |
$70,130 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
320 |
$14.79 |
$30,760 |
| Order clerks |
320 |
$17.23 |
$35,840 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
320 |
$19.77 |
$41,130 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
310 |
$20.43 |
$42,490 |
| Printing machine operators |
310 |
$21.93 |
$45,600 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
300 |
$10.05 |
$20,900 |
| Cooks, fast food |
300 |
$10.27 |
$21,360 |
| Database administrators |
300 |
$38.23 |
$79,510 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
300 |
$10.51 |
$21,870 |
| Insurance sales agents |
300 |
$37.62 |
$78,250 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
300 |
$12.98 |
$27,000 |
| Team assemblers |
300 |
$11.75 |
$24,440 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary |
290 |
$53.41 |
$111,090 |
| Food service managers |
290 |
$31.27 |
$65,050 |
| Librarians |
290 |
$32.18 |
$66,930 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
290 |
$19.71 |
$41,000 |
| Dentists, general |
280 |
$65.50 |
$136,250 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
280 |
$22.50 |
$46,800 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
280 |
$50.42 |
$104,870 |
| Helpers--production workers |
280 |
$12.26 |
$25,490 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors |
270 |
$22.27 |
$46,310 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity |
270 |
$16.21 |
$33,720 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
270 |
$20.55 |
$42,750 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
270 |
$50.55 |
$105,150 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
270 |
$9.45 |
$19,660 |
| Physical therapists |
270 |
$38.46 |
$79,990 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents |
270 |
$29.36 |
$61,070 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
270 |
$17.85 |
$37,130 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
260 |
$23.22 |
$48,290 |
| Editors |
260 |
$28.07 |
$58,380 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
260 |
$18.59 |
$38,660 |
| Loan officers |
260 |
$31.66 |
$65,850 |
| Mechanical engineers |
260 |
$39.09 |
$81,300 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
260 |
$11.66 |
$24,250 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
260 |
$39.33 |
$81,810 |
| Survey researchers |
260 |
$20.52 |
$42,680 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
250 |
$20.95 |
$43,580 |
| Driver/sales workers |
250 |
$15.27 |
$31,770 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
250 |
$27.40 |
$56,980 |
| Occupational therapists |
250 |
$36.45 |
$75,830 |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
250 |
Not available |
$63,310 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
240 |
$25.10 |
$52,210 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
240 |
$23.52 |
$48,920 |
| Travel agents |
240 |
$20.07 |
$41,740 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
240 |
$31.57 |
$65,660 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
230 |
$52.97 |
$110,180 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
230 |
$49.70 |
$103,370 |
| Personal and home care aides |
230 |
$10.12 |
$21,060 |
| Chief executives |
220 |
$74.56 |
$155,080 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs |
220 |
$22.90 |
$47,620 |
| Natural sciences managers |
220 |
$65.71 |
$136,670 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
220 |
$19.44 |
$40,440 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
210 |
$22.81 |
$47,440 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks |
210 |
$19.65 |
$40,880 |
| Dental hygienists |
210 |
$33.36 |
$69,400 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
210 |
$29.16 |
$60,650 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
210 |
$10.09 |
$20,980 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
210 |
$29.32 |
$60,990 |
| Mental health counselors |
210 |
$19.92 |
$41,440 |
| Advertising sales agents |
200 |
$25.97 |
$54,020 |
| Chemical technicians |
200 |
$21.96 |
$45,670 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
200 |
$20.55 |
$42,740 |
| Industrial production managers |
200 |
$50.35 |
$104,740 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
200 |
$17.87 |
$37,160 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists |
200 |
$45.01 |
$93,620 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
200 |
$25.22 |
$52,450 |
| Parts salespersons |
200 |
$16.82 |
$34,980 |
| Bakers |
190 |
$12.14 |
$25,250 |
| Crossing guards |
190 |
$13.41 |
$27,900 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers |
190 |
$33.00 |
$68,640 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
190 |
$14.02 |
$29,160 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
190 |
$27.24 |
$56,660 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
190 |
$14.11 |
$29,340 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators |
190 |
$18.15 |
$37,760 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
190 |
$23.53 |
$48,950 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
190 |
$51.07 |
$106,230 |
| Bill and account collectors |
170 |
$17.08 |
$35,520 |
| Budget analysts |
170 |
$33.40 |
$69,470 |
| Cost estimators |
170 |
$36.67 |
$76,270 |
| Electrical engineers |
170 |
$40.57 |
$84,380 |
| Library technicians |
170 |
$17.24 |
$35,860 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
170 |
$9.34 |
$19,430 |
| Public relations managers |
170 |
$66.00 |
$137,270 |
| Technical writers |
170 |
$34.12 |
$70,980 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
170 |
$16.46 |
$34,230 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
160 |
$13.11 |
$27,270 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
160 |
$16.05 |
$33,380 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
160 |
$22.85 |
$47,520 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
160 |
$13.93 |
$28,980 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
160 |
Not available |
$56,540 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
160 |
$18.13 |
$37,710 |
| Real estate sales agents |
160 |
$30.28 |
$62,980 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
160 |
$25.48 |
$53,000 |
| Writers and authors |
160 |
$24.40 |
$50,760 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program |
150 |
$28.53 |
$59,350 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other |
150 |
$17.62 |
$36,640 |
| Industrial engineers |
150 |
$37.00 |
$76,970 |
| Law clerks |
150 |
$25.12 |
$52,250 |
| Machinists |
150 |
$20.17 |
$41,950 |
| Counselors, all other |
140 |
$19.14 |
$39,810 |
| Engineers, all other |
140 |
$41.07 |
$85,420 |
| Family and general practitioners |
140 |
$75.63 |
$157,310 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers |
140 |
$45.23 |
$94,070 |
| Musicians and singers |
140 |
$20.82 |
Not available |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
140 |
$18.22 |
$37,900 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
140 |
$38.01 |
$79,060 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
130 |
$24.45 |
$50,850 |
| Couriers and messengers |
130 |
$16.54 |
$34,400 |
| Education administrators, all other |
130 |
$36.46 |
$75,840 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse |
130 |
$9.26 |
$19,250 |
| Financial examiners |
130 |
$41.87 |
$87,100 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
130 |
$22.48 |
$46,770 |
| Physical scientists, all other |
130 |
$40.76 |
$84,770 |
| Social scientists and related workers, all other |
130 |
$32.81 |
$68,250 |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other |
120 |
$20.84 |
$43,350 |
| Health educators |
120 |
$30.03 |
$62,470 |
| Internists, general |
120 |
$76.03 |
$158,140 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers |
120 |
$13.66 |
$28,410 |
| Producers and directors |
120 |
$30.77 |
$63,990 |
| Production workers, all other |
120 |
$15.09 |
$31,390 |
| Social workers, all other |
120 |
$32.58 |
$67,760 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators |
120 |
$23.87 |
$49,640 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians |
110 |
$26.09 |
$54,260 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
110 |
$28.95 |
$60,220 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health |
110 |
$20.73 |
$43,120 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators |
110 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Psychiatrists |
110 |
$92.29 |
$191,960 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
110 |
$16.35 |
$34,010 |
| Biological technicians |
100 |
$24.89 |
$51,760 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
100 |
$18.76 |
$39,020 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians |
100 |
$29.58 |
$61,520 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
100 |
$23.34 |
$48,540 |
| Credit analysts |
100 |
$34.97 |
$72,740 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
100 |
$31.36 |
$65,230 |
| Meeting and convention planners |
100 |
$23.32 |
$48,500 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists |
100 |
$86.08 |
$179,040 |
| Respiratory therapists |
100 |
$32.10 |
$66,770 |
| Urban and regional planners |
100 |
$34.18 |
$71,090 |
| Actuaries |
90 |
$51.36 |
$106,820 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
90 |
$32.87 |
$68,380 |
| Logisticians |
90 |
$34.81 |
$72,410 |
| Operations research analysts |
90 |
$44.24 |
$92,020 |
| Photographic processing machine operators |
90 |
$9.92 |
$20,630 |
| Postal service clerks |
90 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Procurement clerks |
90 |
$19.73 |
$41,050 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
90 |
$11.41 |
$23,730 |
| Clergy |
80 |
$24.61 |
$51,180 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
80 |
$33.93 |
$70,580 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
80 |
$23.57 |
$49,020 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
80 |
$14.41 |
$29,980 |
| Funeral directors |
80 |
$32.80 |
$68,220 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
80 |
$19.60 |
$40,780 |
| Legislators |
80 |
Not available |
$45,800 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
80 |
$14.25 |
$29,630 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
80 |
$17.64 |
$36,700 |
| Statistical assistants |
80 |
$21.73 |
$45,190 |
| Statisticians |
80 |
$37.63 |
$78,270 |
| Tax preparers |
80 |
$16.45 |
$34,210 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
70 |
$16.11 |
$33,500 |
| Fence erectors |
70 |
$14.42 |
$30,000 |
| Legal support workers, all other |
70 |
$27.16 |
$56,480 |
| Mechanical drafters |
70 |
$26.87 |
$55,880 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
70 |
$22.73 |
$47,280 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers |
70 |
$11.60 |
$24,130 |
| Parking lot attendants |
70 |
$9.92 |
$20,620 |
| Pest control workers |
70 |
$16.40 |
$34,110 |
| Physical therapist aides |
70 |
$10.92 |
$22,720 |
| Proofreaders and copy markers |
70 |
$15.63 |
$32,510 |
| Roofers |
70 |
$24.27 |
$50,490 |
| Sewing machine operators |
70 |
$10.71 |
$22,270 |
| Surgical technologists |
70 |
$20.16 |
$41,940 |
| Surveyors |
70 |
$26.93 |
$56,010 |
| Advertising and promotions managers |
60 |
$52.53 |
$109,260 |
| Biochemists and biophysicists |
60 |
$55.98 |
$116,430 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
60 |
$17.11 |
$35,580 |
| Environmental engineering technicians |
60 |
$25.98 |
$54,030 |
| Hydrologists |
60 |
$39.33 |
$81,810 |
| Interior designers |
60 |
$29.80 |
$61,980 |
| Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates |
60 |
$61.71 |
$128,360 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
60 |
$18.22 |
$37,890 |
| Microbiologists |
60 |
$32.00 |
$66,570 |
| Photographers |
60 |
$16.35 |
$34,010 |
| Physician assistants |
60 |
$38.92 |
$80,950 |
| Physicists |
60 |
$48.53 |
$100,950 |
| Purchasing managers |
60 |
$57.45 |
$119,500 |
| Sales engineers |
60 |
$39.67 |
$82,520 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops |
50 |
$13.34 |
$27,740 |
| Commercial and industrial designers |
50 |
$30.00 |
$62,410 |
| Compensation and benefits managers |
50 |
$44.90 |
$93,400 |
| Dental laboratory technicians |
50 |
$21.74 |
$45,220 |
| Floral designers |
50 |
$14.95 |
$31,100 |
| Funeral attendants |
50 |
$18.19 |
$37,830 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other |
50 |
$35.00 |
$72,790 |
| Historians |
50 |
$32.22 |
$67,010 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers |
50 |
$13.26 |
$27,580 |
| Media and communication equipment workers, all other |
50 |
$30.54 |
$63,530 |
| Medical equipment repairers |
50 |
$21.42 |
$44,560 |
| Private detectives and investigators |
50 |
$21.44 |
$44,590 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
50 |
$17.86 |
$37,140 |
| Training and development managers |
50 |
$54.33 |
$113,010 |
| Transportation inspectors |
50 |
$31.23 |
$64,960 |
| Veterinarians |
50 |
$48.63 |
$101,140 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians |
40 |
$27.91 |
$58,060 |
| Art directors |
40 |
$37.86 |
$78,740 |
| Athletic trainers |
40 |
Not available |
$47,570 |
| Conservation scientists |
40 |
$34.62 |
$72,000 |
| Construction and related workers, all other |
40 |
$16.28 |
$33,860 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
40 |
$13.02 |
$27,090 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers |
40 |
$17.41 |
$36,210 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers |
40 |
$16.60 |
$34,520 |
| Landscape architects |
40 |
$29.73 |
$61,840 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers |
40 |
$21.24 |
$44,180 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
40 |
$18.88 |
$39,260 |
| Materials engineers |
40 |
$38.98 |
$81,070 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians |
40 |
$26.15 |
$54,390 |
| Millwrights |
40 |
$19.96 |
$41,510 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other |
40 |
$13.91 |
$28,940 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists |
40 |
$36.14 |
$75,160 |
| Parking enforcement workers |
40 |
$19.79 |
$41,160 |
| Pediatricians, general |
40 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Physical therapist assistants |
40 |
$23.67 |
$49,230 |
| Reporters and correspondents |
40 |
$17.93 |
$37,300 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers |
40 |
$23.18 |
$48,210 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
40 |
$15.47 |
$32,190 |
| Surgeons |
40 |
$105.80 |
$220,050 |
| Broadcast technicians |
30 |
$29.45 |
$61,260 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
30 |
$14.34 |
$29,830 |
| Coil winders, tapers, and finishers |
30 |
$17.51 |
$36,420 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other |
30 |
$21.34 |
$44,380 |
| Fire inspectors and investigators |
30 |
$25.54 |
$53,130 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors |
30 |
$37.23 |
$77,430 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians |
30 |
$14.08 |
$29,290 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
30 |
$14.32 |
$29,780 |
| Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators |
Not available |
$27.84 |
$57,910 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
Not available |
$25.04 |
$52,080 |
| Barbers |
Not available |
$14.66 |
$30,490 |
| Bindery workers |
Not available |
$15.56 |
$32,370 |
| Brokerage clerks |
Not available |
$19.94 |
$41,480 |
| Chemical engineers |
Not available |
$41.95 |
$87,250 |
| Child care workers |
Not available |
$12.94 |
$26,900 |
| Coaches and scouts |
Not available |
Not available |
$68,640 |
| Computer and information scientists, research |
Not available |
$46.66 |
$97,060 |
| Computer hardware engineers |
Not available |
$45.80 |
$95,260 |
| Concierges |
Not available |
$13.05 |
$27,140 |
| Desktop publishers |
Not available |
$20.07 |
$41,750 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other |
Not available |
$28.66 |
$59,610 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
Not available |
$19.81 |
$41,200 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals |
Not available |
$11.00 |
$22,880 |
| Food batchmakers |
Not available |
$13.39 |
$27,840 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other |
Not available |
$10.71 |
$22,280 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other |
Not available |
$15.76 |
$32,780 |
| Helpers--carpenters |
Not available |
$14.82 |
$30,830 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
Not available |
$11.89 |
$24,730 |
| Job printers |
Not available |
$15.09 |
$31,390 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers |
Not available |
$13.16 |
$27,360 |
| Manicurists and pedicurists |
Not available |
$11.20 |
$23,290 |
| Massage therapists |
Not available |
$25.51 |
$53,060 |
| Materials scientists |
Not available |
$47.69 |
$99,200 |
| Medical equipment preparers |
Not available |
$14.98 |
$31,160 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
Not available |
$28.52 |
$59,310 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic |
Not available |
$18.34 |
$38,140 |
| Multi-media artists and animators |
Not available |
$27.62 |
$57,440 |
| Music directors and composers |
Not available |
$20.78 |
$43,220 |
| New accounts clerks |
Not available |
$16.83 |
$35,000 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary |
Not available |
Not available |
$77,150 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
Not available |
$13.67 |
$28,430 |
| Optometrists |
Not available |
$41.90 |
$87,150 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other |
Not available |
$17.62 |
$36,660 |
| Pharmacists |
Not available |
$48.33 |
$100,530 |
| Pharmacy aides |
Not available |
$9.36 |
$19,470 |
| Psychiatric aides |
Not available |
$15.60 |
$32,440 |
| Recreational therapists |
Not available |
$18.54 |
$38,560 |
| Residential advisors |
Not available |
$20.90 |
$43,470 |
| Sheet metal workers |
Not available |
$24.35 |
$50,650 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers |
Not available |
$14.18 |
$29,490 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
Not available |
$28.50 |
$59,270 |
| Tile and marble setters |
Not available |
$30.26 |
$62,950 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers |
Not available |
$22.72 |
$47,250 |
| Transportation attendants, except flight attendants and baggage porters |
Not available |
$9.78 |
$20,350 |
| Upholsterers |
Not available |
$16.48 |
$34,270 |
