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 |
377,630 |
$19.06 |
$39,650 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
68,320 |
$14.41 |
$29,970 |
| Sales and related occupations |
36,590 |
$13.91 |
$28,930 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
33,300 |
$9.56 |
$19,880 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
23,790 |
$21.95 |
$45,660 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
22,390 |
$32.84 |
$68,310 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
21,450 |
$17.26 |
$35,900 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
18,760 |
$13.38 |
$27,830 |
| Management occupations |
18,420 |
$41.43 |
$86,170 |
| Production occupations |
16,370 |
$15.37 |
$31,980 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
14,660 |
$18.67 |
$38,830 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
14,140 |
$12.19 |
$25,350 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
14,120 |
$27.20 |
$56,570 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
12,850 |
$10.49 |
$21,810 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
11,550 |
$33.72 |
$70,130 |
| Protective service occupations |
11,520 |
$19.42 |
$40,390 |
| Cashiers |
10,880 |
$9.76 |
$20,310 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
10,310 |
$12.20 |
$25,370 |
| Retail salespersons |
10,310 |
$12.29 |
$25,560 |
| Customer service representatives |
9,720 |
$13.93 |
$28,980 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
9,240 |
$35.51 |
$73,850 |
| Office clerks, general |
7,960 |
$12.82 |
$26,670 |
| Registered nurses |
7,690 |
$30.63 |
$63,710 |
| Community and social services occupations |
7,100 |
$18.98 |
$39,470 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
6,920 |
$8.74 |
$18,170 |
| General and operations managers |
6,290 |
$46.92 |
$97,600 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
5,840 |
$8.42 |
$17,520 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
5,570 |
$10.55 |
$21,940 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
5,050 |
$10.46 |
$21,750 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
5,040 |
$17.88 |
$37,200 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
4,950 |
$14.12 |
$29,380 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
4,920 |
$26.76 |
$55,660 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
4,830 |
$10.15 |
$21,110 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
4,590 |
$11.49 |
$23,900 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
4,370 |
$20.49 |
$42,620 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
4,340 |
$15.86 |
$32,990 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
4,080 |
$11.74 |
$24,410 |
| Home health aides |
4,030 |
$10.68 |
$22,210 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
4,020 |
Not available |
$42,930 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
3,870 |
Not available |
$38,340 |
| Teacher assistants |
3,850 |
Not available |
$22,970 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
3,810 |
$14.73 |
$30,640 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
3,580 |
$21.17 |
$44,030 |
| Security guards |
3,410 |
$10.44 |
$21,710 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
3,340 |
$10.60 |
$22,040 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
3,310 |
$8.80 |
$18,300 |
| Telemarketers |
3,300 |
$10.40 |
$21,630 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
3,230 |
$18.38 |
$38,240 |
| Legal occupations |
3,090 |
$36.76 |
$76,460 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
2,940 |
$10.30 |
$21,430 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
2,880 |
$40.37 |
$83,960 |
| Accountants and auditors |
2,870 |
$31.97 |
$66,500 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
2,750 |
$22.97 |
$47,770 |
| Carpenters |
2,670 |
$18.32 |
$38,100 |
| Food preparation workers |
2,450 |
$10.40 |
$21,630 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
2,420 |
$10.90 |
$22,660 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
2,400 |
$13.92 |
$28,950 |
| Construction laborers |
2,390 |
$13.63 |
$28,360 |
| Medical assistants |
2,390 |
$13.11 |
$27,270 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
2,390 |
$18.54 |
$38,560 |
| Personal and home care aides |
2,340 |
$10.29 |
$21,400 |
| Team assemblers |
2,260 |
$11.83 |
$24,600 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
2,220 |
$14.61 |
$30,390 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
2,130 |
$19.27 |
$40,090 |
| Electricians |
2,120 |
$18.17 |
$37,790 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
2,080 |
Not available |
$43,220 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
2,060 |
$26.64 |
$55,410 |
| Cooks, fast food |
2,030 |
$8.68 |
$18,050 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
2,000 |
$20.71 |
$43,080 |
| Bill and account collectors |
1,920 |
$14.43 |
$30,010 |
| Dishwashers |
1,810 |
$8.16 |
$16,970 |
| Tellers |
1,770 |
$11.65 |
$24,240 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
1,660 |
$28.34 |
$58,950 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
1,640 |
$8.52 |
$17,720 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
1,590 |
$12.38 |
$25,750 |
| Lawyers |
1,570 |
$50.08 |
$104,160 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
1,560 |
$19.22 |
$39,970 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
1,540 |
$8.44 |
$17,560 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
1,490 |
$8.37 |
$17,410 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
1,480 |
$26.77 |
$55,670 |
| Medical secretaries |
1,420 |
$13.85 |
$28,800 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
1,360 |
$26.51 |
$55,140 |
| Electrical engineers |
1,350 |
$42.44 |
$88,280 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
1,340 |
$8.38 |
$17,430 |
| Computer systems analysts |
1,330 |
$39.55 |
$82,270 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks |
1,330 |
$16.35 |
$34,020 |
| Cooks, short order |
1,310 |
$9.12 |
$18,960 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers |
1,280 |
$17.13 |
$35,640 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
1,270 |
$24.76 |
$51,500 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
1,270 |
$13.47 |
$28,020 |
| Child care workers |
1,260 |
$9.24 |
$19,210 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
1,250 |
$19.23 |
$39,990 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
1,240 |
$22.13 |
$46,030 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
1,230 |
$25.49 |
$53,010 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
1,220 |
$18.84 |
$39,180 |
| Mechanical engineers |
1,190 |
$36.71 |
$76,350 |
| Computer programmers |
1,180 |
$32.18 |
$66,940 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
1,170 |
$16.14 |
$33,570 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
1,160 |
$41.52 |
$86,360 |
| Driver/sales workers |
1,100 |
$10.18 |
$21,170 |
| Financial managers |
1,100 |
$39.68 |
$82,540 |
| Management analysts |
1,100 |
$28.80 |
$59,900 |
| Sales managers |
1,100 |
$36.23 |
$75,360 |
| Bartenders |
1,080 |
$9.97 |
$20,730 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
1,080 |
$14.26 |
$29,660 |
| Tapers |
1,050 |
$15.25 |
$31,730 |
| Social and human service assistants |
1,020 |
$15.55 |
$32,330 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
990 |
$22.48 |
$46,760 |
| Industrial engineers |
980 |
$37.94 |
$78,920 |
| Managers, all other |
980 |
$40.45 |
$84,130 |
| Computer support specialists |
970 |
$21.74 |
$45,230 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
970 |
$14.83 |
$30,850 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
960 |
$11.88 |
$24,710 |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists |
960 |
$20.21 |
$42,040 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
950 |
$15.05 |
$31,300 |
| Recreation workers |
920 |
$13.08 |
$27,210 |
| Medical and health services managers |
910 |
$39.51 |
$82,170 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
910 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
900 |
$47.19 |
$98,160 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
900 |
$12.64 |
$26,280 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
890 |
$8.82 |
$18,340 |
| Market research analysts |
880 |
$24.35 |
$50,650 |
| Fire fighters |
870 |
$19.34 |
$40,220 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians |
850 |
$22.66 |
$47,130 |
| Parts salespersons |
850 |
$13.85 |
$28,810 |
| Bus drivers, school |
840 |
$11.04 |
$22,970 |
| Engineering managers |
840 |
$58.48 |
$121,630 |
| Training and development specialists |
840 |
$19.93 |
$41,460 |
| Legal secretaries |
810 |
$18.17 |
$37,790 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
790 |
$23.07 |
$47,980 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
790 |
$10.86 |
$22,590 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
790 |
$15.74 |
$32,740 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
780 |
$19.03 |
$39,580 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
780 |
$11.84 |
$24,630 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
780 |
Not available |
$33,530 |
| Administrative services managers |
750 |
$29.59 |
$61,550 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
750 |
$13.92 |
$28,950 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
750 |
$16.52 |
$34,360 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
750 |
$11.22 |
$23,340 |
| All other information and record clerks |
730 |
$15.46 |
$32,160 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity |
730 |
$16.04 |
$33,370 |
| Data entry keyers |
730 |
$12.92 |
$26,860 |
| Pharmacists |
730 |
$47.61 |
$99,040 |
| Civil engineers |
710 |
$32.37 |
$67,330 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
710 |
$14.05 |
$29,220 |
| Machinists |
710 |
$19.09 |
$39,710 |
| Food service managers |
690 |
$19.66 |
$40,890 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
690 |
$21.49 |
$44,710 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
690 |
$96.42 |
$200,550 |
| Loan officers |
660 |
$28.98 |
$60,280 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
640 |
$17.31 |
$36,000 |
| Dental hygienists |
630 |
$35.60 |
$74,060 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
630 |
$18.84 |
$39,180 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
630 |
$13.84 |
$28,800 |
| Dental assistants |
620 |
$16.74 |
$34,810 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
620 |
$9.57 |
$19,900 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other |
620 |
$20.22 |
$42,050 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
620 |
$15.69 |
$32,640 |
| Cost estimators |
610 |
$27.10 |
$56,360 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
590 |
$21.79 |
$45,330 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
590 |
$9.77 |
$20,330 |
| Roofers |
590 |
$16.30 |
$33,900 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
590 |
$26.19 |
$54,480 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
580 |
$8.24 |
$17,140 |
| File clerks |
570 |
$12.07 |
$25,120 |
| Advertising sales agents |
560 |
$26.33 |
$54,770 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
550 |
$12.23 |
$25,440 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
540 |
$15.66 |
$32,570 |
| Financial analysts |
540 |
$31.63 |
$65,790 |
| Coaches and scouts |
530 |
Not available |
$39,260 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
530 |
$24.45 |
$50,850 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
530 |
$16.23 |
$33,760 |
| Insurance sales agents |
530 |
$18.42 |
$38,300 |
| Librarians |
530 |
$22.65 |
$47,100 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
520 |
$22.48 |
$46,760 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
520 |
$16.01 |
$33,290 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
510 |
$18.96 |
$39,440 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
510 |
$22.85 |
$47,520 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
510 |
$22.79 |
$47,400 |
| Instructional coordinators |
510 |
$21.65 |
$45,040 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
510 |
$22.85 |
$47,520 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
500 |
$21.56 |
$44,840 |
| Graphic designers |
500 |
$20.80 |
$43,270 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
500 |
$22.63 |
$47,080 |
| Physical therapists |
500 |
$38.86 |
$80,830 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
490 |
$18.14 |
$37,730 |
| Construction managers |
490 |
$38.81 |
$80,720 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
490 |
$15.28 |
$31,780 |
| Sheet metal workers |
490 |
$16.72 |
$34,780 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
490 |
$10.53 |
$21,910 |
| Social and community service managers |
480 |
$23.15 |
$48,150 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
470 |
$12.73 |
$26,480 |
| Public relations specialists |
470 |
$25.62 |
$53,290 |
| Helpers--production workers |
460 |
$9.80 |
$20,380 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
460 |
$26.57 |
$55,270 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
460 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
460 |
$9.77 |
$20,320 |
| Tile and marble setters |
460 |
$14.93 |
$31,050 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
440 |
$20.50 |
$42,630 |
| Library technicians |
440 |
$15.80 |
$32,870 |
| Massage therapists |
440 |
$17.20 |
$35,770 |
| Chief executives |
430 |
$62.86 |
$130,760 |
| Dentists, general |
430 |
$88.03 |
$183,110 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
430 |
$24.94 |
$51,880 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
430 |
$18.96 |
$39,440 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other |
430 |
$15.01 |
$31,220 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
430 |
$12.81 |
$26,650 |
| Surveyors |
430 |
$21.22 |
$44,150 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
420 |
$44.96 |
$93,530 |
| Computer specialists, all other |
420 |
$27.48 |
$57,160 |
| Service station attendants |
420 |
$10.32 |
$21,470 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
410 |
$20.58 |
$42,800 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
410 |
$25.24 |
$52,500 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
400 |
Not available |
$80,650 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
390 |
$16.73 |
$34,790 |
| Marketing managers |
390 |
$38.07 |
$79,190 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
390 |
$21.07 |
$43,820 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
380 |
$16.54 |
$34,410 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
380 |
$22.26 |
$46,290 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
380 |
$21.82 |
$45,380 |
| Database administrators |
370 |
$28.77 |
$59,840 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
370 |
$10.73 |
$22,320 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
370 |
$16.89 |
$35,120 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
370 |
$25.64 |
$53,340 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
370 |
$39.86 |
$82,920 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
370 |
Not available |
$41,640 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
360 |
$14.48 |
$30,120 |
| Pest control workers |
360 |
$11.99 |
$24,940 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
360 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
350 |
$25.29 |
$52,610 |
| Bakers |
350 |
$12.82 |
$26,670 |
| Parking lot attendants |
350 |
$9.57 |
$19,910 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary |
340 |
$29.63 |
$61,640 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
330 |
$20.48 |
$42,610 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
330 |
$25.32 |
$52,670 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
330 |
$9.39 |
$19,520 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
330 |
$21.18 |
$44,050 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
320 |
$23.71 |
$49,310 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
320 |
$15.38 |
$32,000 |
| Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers |
320 |
$32.17 |
$66,910 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
320 |
$10.18 |
$21,170 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
320 |
Not available |
$47,280 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
310 |
$21.13 |
$43,950 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
310 |
$25.34 |
$52,710 |
| Computer operators |
310 |
$15.46 |
$32,160 |
| Editors |
310 |
$22.41 |
$46,610 |
| Engineers, all other |
310 |
$32.71 |
$68,040 |
| Health educators |
310 |
$20.69 |
$43,030 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters |
310 |
$11.54 |
$24,010 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
310 |
$20.58 |
$42,820 |
| Respiratory therapists |
310 |
$19.88 |
$41,350 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
300 |
$23.47 |
$48,820 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
300 |
$15.93 |
$33,140 |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other |
300 |
$39.13 |
$81,380 |
| Printing machine operators |
300 |
$14.74 |
$30,660 |
| Real estate sales agents |
300 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Order clerks |
290 |
$13.55 |
$28,180 |
| Plasterers and stucco masons |
290 |
$14.92 |
$31,040 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
290 |
$16.87 |
$35,090 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
280 |
$25.44 |
$52,920 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
280 |
$38.59 |
$80,260 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
280 |
$11.98 |
$24,910 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
270 |
$22.18 |
$46,130 |
| Family and general practitioners |
270 |
$71.17 |
$148,030 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
270 |
$15.37 |
$31,980 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
270 |
Not available |
$43,120 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
260 |
$13.74 |
$28,580 |
| Internists, general |
260 |
$81.32 |
$169,150 |
| Stonemasons |
260 |
$15.06 |
$31,310 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
260 |
$13.17 |
$27,380 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
250 |
$27.27 |
$56,730 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
250 |
$16.25 |
$33,810 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse |
250 |
$9.39 |
$19,520 |
| Medical equipment preparers |
250 |
$12.21 |
$25,390 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
250 |
$15.31 |
$31,850 |
| Surgical technologists |
250 |
$20.46 |
$42,550 |
| Tax preparers |
250 |
$15.14 |
$31,500 |
| Couriers and messengers |
240 |
$10.90 |
$22,680 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers |
240 |
$11.64 |
$24,200 |
| Personal financial advisors |
240 |
$30.37 |
$63,170 |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
240 |
$11.78 |
$24,500 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
230 |
$19.65 |
$40,860 |
| Dental laboratory technicians |
230 |
$12.99 |
$27,030 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
230 |
$16.54 |
$34,410 |
| Logisticians |
230 |
$31.86 |
$66,270 |
| Gaming supervisors |
220 |
$20.02 |
$41,640 |
| Helpers--carpenters |
220 |
$11.86 |
$24,680 |
| Industrial production managers |
220 |
$47.05 |
$97,860 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
220 |
$27.10 |
$56,360 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
210 |
$11.77 |
$24,480 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other |
210 |
$20.69 |
$43,020 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials |
210 |
$8.78 |
$18,260 |
| Purchasing managers |
210 |
$46.90 |
$97,550 |
| Slot key persons |
210 |
$15.91 |
$33,100 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors |
210 |
$17.12 |
$35,610 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other |
200 |
$26.17 |
$54,420 |
| Law clerks |
200 |
$19.12 |
$39,770 |
| Physical therapist aides |
200 |
$12.30 |
$25,590 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
200 |
$18.00 |
$37,440 |
| Public relations managers |
200 |
$38.06 |
$79,160 |
| Residential advisors |
200 |
$12.14 |
$25,260 |
| Structural iron and steel workers |
200 |
$15.12 |
$31,450 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
200 |
$35.51 |
$73,860 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school |
200 |
Not available |
$41,830 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
190 |
$22.38 |
$46,560 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program |
190 |
$23.25 |
$48,360 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other |
190 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Physician assistants |
190 |
$37.37 |
$77,720 |
| Producers and directors |
190 |
$21.26 |
$44,220 |
| Reporters and correspondents |
190 |
$19.98 |
$41,560 |
| Skin care specialists |
190 |
$13.01 |
$27,060 |
| Veterinarians |
190 |
$38.26 |
$79,580 |
| Word processors and typists |
190 |
$12.71 |
$26,430 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
180 |
$26.89 |
$55,930 |
| Interpreters and translators |
180 |
$20.86 |
$43,380 |
| Mechanical drafters |
180 |
$22.68 |
$47,180 |
| Postal service clerks |
180 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Radio and television announcers |
180 |
$19.06 |
$39,640 |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
180 |
Not available |
$40,080 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops |
170 |
$9.89 |
$20,570 |
| Budget analysts |
170 |
$29.27 |
$60,880 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary |
170 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Crane and tower operators |
170 |
$28.03 |
$58,310 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
170 |
$30.68 |
$63,810 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
170 |
$12.20 |
$25,370 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
170 |
$17.69 |
$36,800 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators |
170 |
$17.60 |
$36,620 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
170 |
$18.93 |
$39,380 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
170 |
$12.61 |
$26,230 |
| Gaming dealers |
160 |
$10.47 |
$21,780 |
| Glaziers |
160 |
$16.27 |
$33,830 |
| Helpers--electricians |
160 |
$10.81 |
$22,480 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
160 |
$19.02 |
$39,560 |
| Procurement clerks |
160 |
$17.54 |
$36,480 |
| Psychiatric aides |
160 |
$12.64 |
$26,300 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers |
160 |
$7.95 |
$16,540 |
| Commercial pilots |
150 |
Not available |
$57,050 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
150 |
$23.82 |
$49,550 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
150 |
$13.75 |
$28,600 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
150 |
$41.62 |
$86,570 |
| Hydrologists |
150 |
$33.93 |
$70,580 |
| Industrial engineering technicians |
150 |
$22.53 |
$46,850 |
| Mental health counselors |
150 |
$19.12 |
$39,770 |
| Pipelayers |
150 |
$17.14 |
$35,650 |
| Broadcast technicians |
140 |
$15.78 |
$32,820 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
140 |
$10.71 |
$22,270 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters |
140 |
$24.38 |
$50,710 |
| Food batchmakers |
140 |
$11.38 |
$23,670 |
| Gaming surveillance officers and gaming investigators |
140 |
$14.16 |
$29,450 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers |
140 |
$34.09 |
$70,910 |
| Landscape architects |
140 |
$20.69 |
$43,040 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
140 |
$16.73 |
$34,800 |
| Lodging managers |
140 |
$23.09 |
$48,030 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic |
140 |
$11.13 |
$23,150 |
| Photographers |
140 |
$20.50 |
$42,650 |
| Photographic process workers |
140 |
$12.49 |
$25,990 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
140 |
$11.81 |
$24,560 |
| Advertising and promotions managers |
130 |
$28.64 |
$59,560 |
| Crossing guards |
130 |
$8.79 |
$18,290 |
| Environmental engineers |
130 |
$34.93 |
$72,660 |
| Floral designers |
130 |
$12.43 |
$25,850 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other |
130 |
$9.94 |
$20,670 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
130 |
$15.85 |
$32,970 |
| Insurance underwriters |
130 |
$27.40 |
$56,990 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists |
130 |
$30.67 |
$63,790 |
| Meter readers, utilities |
130 |
$19.07 |
$39,670 |
| Podiatrists |
130 |
$29.56 |
$61,490 |
| Bindery workers |
120 |
$12.74 |
$26,500 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
120 |
$11.63 |
$24,200 |
| Chemical technicians |
120 |
$19.59 |
$40,750 |
| Chemists |
120 |
$29.75 |
$61,870 |
| Court reporters |
120 |
$23.14 |
$48,140 |
| Gaming service workers, all other |
120 |
$10.45 |
$21,740 |
| Home appliance repairers |
120 |
$24.28 |
$50,500 |
| Manicurists and pedicurists |
120 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Production workers, all other |
120 |
$12.67 |
$26,350 |
| Surgeons |
120 |
More than $70 |
More than $145,600 |
| Technical writers |
120 |
$26.79 |
$55,720 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
110 |
$28.32 |
$58,900 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
110 |
$26.19 |
$54,480 |
| Floor layers, except carpet, wood, and hard tiles |
110 |
$20.94 |
$43,550 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors |
110 |
$29.45 |
$61,260 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers |
110 |
$15.78 |
$32,820 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians |
110 |
$22.78 |
$47,370 |
| Meeting and convention planners |
110 |
$21.32 |
$44,340 |
| Photographic processing machine operators |
110 |
$11.72 |
$24,370 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
110 |
$16.87 |
$35,080 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers |
100 |
$14.17 |
$29,480 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers |
100 |
$17.37 |
$36,130 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers |
100 |
$33.21 |
$69,080 |
| Funeral attendants |
100 |
$13.59 |
$28,270 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers |
100 |
$11.40 |
$23,720 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers |
100 |
$10.99 |
$22,860 |
| Social workers, all other |
100 |
$21.90 |
$45,550 |
| Tour guides and escorts |
100 |
$9.98 |
$20,750 |
| Training and development managers |
100 |
$34.30 |
$71,340 |
| Urban and regional planners |
100 |
$25.32 |
$52,660 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
100 |
$11.87 |
$24,690 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians |
90 |
$17.35 |
$36,080 |
| Avionics technicians |
90 |
$22.50 |
$46,800 |
| Cargo and freight agents |
90 |
$20.26 |
$42,140 |
| Clergy |
90 |
$21.46 |
$44,640 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
90 |
$13.37 |
$27,800 |
| Credit analysts |
90 |
$27.09 |
$56,340 |
| Forensic science technicians |
90 |
$23.30 |
$48,460 |
| Gaming and sports book writers and runners |
90 |
$8.92 |
$18,560 |
| Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
90 |
$15.61 |
$32,470 |
| Natural sciences managers |
90 |
$57.18 |
$118,940 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
90 |
$27.15 |
$56,470 |
| Occupational therapist assistants |
90 |
$21.78 |
$45,300 |
| Painters, transportation equipment |
90 |
$22.37 |
$46,530 |
| Sewing machine operators |
90 |
$10.82 |
$22,500 |
| Travel agents |
90 |
$13.03 |
$27,110 |
| Audiologists |
80 |
$24.80 |
$51,590 |
| Compensation and benefits managers |
80 |
$36.30 |
$75,500 |
| Curators |
80 |
$24.59 |
$51,140 |
| Electro-mechanical technicians |
80 |
$20.96 |
$43,590 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals |
80 |
$11.83 |
$24,610 |
| Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators |
80 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Legislators |
80 |
Not available |
$45,950 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
80 |
$12.42 |
$25,830 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
80 |
$13.21 |
$27,490 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists |
80 |
$34.47 |
$71,690 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
80 |
$18.02 |
$37,480 |
| Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers |
80 |
$23.49 |
$48,860 |
| Psychiatric technicians |
80 |
$15.98 |
$33,230 |
| Biological technicians |
70 |
$18.67 |
$38,820 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians |
70 |
$23.86 |
$49,630 |
| Chemical engineers |
70 |
$37.24 |
$77,450 |
| Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles |
70 |
$10.94 |
$22,760 |
| Environmental engineering technicians |
70 |
$22.24 |
$46,260 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators |
70 |
$16.26 |
$33,830 |
| Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
70 |
Not available |
$64,420 |
| Interior designers |
70 |
$21.00 |
$43,680 |
| Materials scientists |
70 |
$39.87 |
$82,930 |
| Physicists |
70 |
$42.39 |
$88,180 |
| Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products |
70 |
$24.96 |
$51,910 |
| Vocational education teachers, middle school |
70 |
Not available |
$38,560 |
| Funeral directors |
60 |
$26.28 |
$54,670 |
| Media and communication equipment workers, all other |
60 |
$27.20 |
$56,570 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
60 |
$13.96 |
$29,040 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
60 |
$15.57 |
$32,380 |
| Psychiatrists |
60 |
$85.64 |
$178,130 |
| Tool and die makers |
60 |
$22.75 |
$47,320 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors |
50 |
$21.66 |
$45,050 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand |
50 |
$11.49 |
$23,890 |
| Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers |
50 |
$15.11 |
$31,420 |
| Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants |
50 |
$8.83 |
$18,360 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other |
50 |
$18.21 |
$37,880 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists |
50 |
$99.62 |
$207,210 |
| Optometrists |
50 |
$42.19 |
$87,760 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers |
50 |
$12.72 |
$26,450 |
| Parking enforcement workers |
50 |
$14.91 |
$31,010 |
| Sales engineers |
50 |
$24.86 |
$51,710 |
| Writers and authors |
50 |
$26.41 |
$54,930 |
| Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators |
40 |
$23.74 |
$49,390 |
| Art directors |
40 |
$22.20 |
$46,170 |
| Bailiffs |
40 |
$15.74 |
$32,750 |
| Conservation scientists |
40 |
$26.40 |
$54,920 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door |
40 |
$24.85 |
$51,700 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
40 |
$14.15 |
$29,420 |
| Museum technicians and conservators |
40 |
$16.58 |
$34,480 |
| Operations research analysts |
40 |
$24.91 |
$51,810 |
| Public address system and other announcers |
40 |
$9.47 |
$19,700 |
| Zoologists and wildlife biologists |
40 |
$24.26 |
$50,470 |
| Concierges |
30 |
$10.93 |
$22,740 |
| Construction and related workers, all other |
30 |
$15.39 |
$32,020 |
| Education administrators, all other |
30 |
$30.75 |
$63,960 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay |
30 |
$27.01 |
$56,180 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders |
30 |
$10.31 |
$21,440 |
| Loan counselors |
30 |
$26.32 |
$54,750 |
| Motion picture projectionists |
30 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Sound engineering technicians |
30 |
$21.30 |
$44,300 |
| Statisticians |
30 |
$24.84 |
$51,670 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
30 |
$15.53 |
$32,310 |
| Animal trainers |
Not available |
$17.25 |
$35,890 |
| Anthropologists and archeologists |
Not available |
$27.99 |
$58,230 |
| Atmospheric and space scientists |
Not available |
$41.52 |
$86,350 |
| Automotive glass installers and repairers |
Not available |
$17.89 |
$37,210 |
| Brokerage clerks |
Not available |
$18.54 |
$38,570 |
| Carpet installers |
Not available |
$10.59 |
$22,020 |
| Chiropractors |
Not available |
$20.60 |
$42,840 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers |
Not available |
$15.92 |
$33,110 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers |
Not available |
$12.77 |
$26,560 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs |
Not available |
$16.45 |
$34,220 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
Not available |
$17.13 |
$35,620 |
| Gaming managers |
Not available |
$36.06 |
$75,010 |
| Geological and petroleum technicians |
Not available |
$18.20 |
$37,850 |
| Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$12.52 |
$26,050 |
| Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons |
Not available |
$12.09 |
$25,160 |
| Helpers--roofers |
Not available |
$9.66 |
$20,100 |
| Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall |
Not available |
$18.88 |
$39,270 |
| Job printers |
Not available |
$14.27 |
$29,670 |
| Materials engineers |
Not available |
$24.30 |
$50,540 |
| Medical equipment repairers |
Not available |
$16.45 |
$34,220 |
| Mine cutting and channeling machine operators |
Not available |
$19.87 |
$41,320 |
| Model makers, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$20.19 |
$42,000 |
| Musicians and singers |
Not available |
$29.05 |
Not available |
| Nuclear technicians |
Not available |
$28.46 |
$59,200 |
| Occupational therapists |
Not available |
$35.96 |
$74,790 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians |
Not available |
$13.95 |
$29,010 |
| Pediatricians, general |
Not available |
$82.08 |
$170,720 |
| Real estate brokers |
Not available |
$23.16 |
$48,170 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
Not available |
$15.68 |
$32,620 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
Not available |
$23.13 |
$48,100 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood |
Not available |
$12.20 |
$25,370 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers |
Not available |
$16.46 |
$34,230 |
| Set and exhibit designers |
Not available |
$17.70 |
$36,820 |
| Social scientists and related workers, all other |
Not available |
$32.36 |
$67,320 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers |
Not available |
$10.29 |
$21,400 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers |
Not available |
$16.92 |
$35,190 |
| Upholsterers |
Not available |
$10.39 |
$21,610 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$17.04 |
$35,450 |
