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 | 92,850 | $16.94 | $35,220 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 13,370 | $13.18 | $27,420 |
| Production occupations | 12,260 | $19.10 | $39,720 |
| Sales and related occupations | 9,150 | $12.40 | $25,790 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 7,990 | $12.53 | $26,070 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 7,800 | $8.26 | $17,190 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 6,800 | $16.52 | $34,370 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 6,520 | $21.59 | $44,920 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 6,130 | $26.02 | $54,120 |
| Team assemblers | 4,740 | $24.31 | $50,570 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 4,190 | $19.02 | $39,570 |
| Cashiers | 3,490 | $7.82 | $16,270 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 3,340 | $10.30 | $21,420 |
| Management occupations | 3,190 | $40.15 | $83,510 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 2,760 | $9.69 | $20,140 |
| Retail salespersons | 2,370 | $11.11 | $23,110 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 2,180 | $9.10 | $18,930 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 2,170 | $7.19 | $14,960 |
| Registered nurses | 2,130 | $27.52 | $57,240 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 1,960 | $28.93 | $60,180 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 1,940 | $13.78 | $28,670 |
| Office clerks, general | 1,770 | $9.96 | $20,710 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 1,520 | $10.19 | $21,200 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 1,490 | $9.66 | $20,100 |
| Protective service occupations | 1,480 | $17.75 | $36,920 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 1,430 | $9.50 | $19,750 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 1,410 | $10.96 | $22,790 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 1,370 | $7.46 | $15,510 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 1,300 | $16.09 | $33,480 |
| General and operations managers | 1,280 | $40.87 | $85,000 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 1,270 | $27.37 | $56,920 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 1,190 | $15.33 | $31,900 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 1,160 | $13.45 | $27,970 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 1,130 | $15.88 | $33,040 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 1,000 | Not available | $41,430 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 930 | Not available | $29,650 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 860 | $15.59 | $32,420 |
| Construction laborers | 820 | $11.26 | $23,420 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 800 | $20.43 | $42,490 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 780 | $17.78 | $36,980 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 760 | $26.92 | $56,000 |
| Cooks, fast food | 740 | $7.16 | $14,900 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 740 | $12.96 | $26,960 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 720 | $25.85 | $53,760 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 720 | $24.14 | $50,220 |
| Customer service representatives | 700 | $11.95 | $24,860 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 660 | $9.54 | $19,850 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 650 | $10.07 | $20,950 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 650 | $26.29 | $54,690 |
| Community and social services occupations | 640 | $19.57 | $40,710 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 640 | $13.57 | $28,230 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 640 | Not available | $43,850 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 630 | $26.87 | $55,890 |
| Psychiatric aides | 610 | $10.92 | $22,720 |
| Electricians | 600 | $18.23 | $37,920 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 590 | $9.52 | $19,800 |
| Carpenters | 570 | $15.19 | $31,590 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 570 | $15.70 | $32,660 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 560 | $7.79 | $16,210 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 560 | Not available | $48,420 |
| Food preparation workers | 540 | $7.49 | $15,570 |
| Teacher assistants | 540 | Not available | $15,530 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 530 | $20.30 | $42,230 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 510 | $15.96 | $33,200 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 500 | $13.82 | $28,740 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 490 | $9.77 | $20,320 |
| Bus drivers, school | 480 | $6.92 | $14,400 |
| Helpers--production workers | 480 | $12.96 | $26,960 |
| Accountants and auditors | 450 | $26.65 | $55,430 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 430 | $8.08 | $16,800 |
| Child care workers | 420 | $7.74 | $16,090 |
| Legal occupations | 400 | $33.31 | $69,270 |
| Tellers | 400 | $9.96 | $20,710 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 390 | $10.37 | $21,560 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 370 | $15.81 | $32,890 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 370 | $9.28 | $19,290 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 370 | $20.62 | $42,880 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 370 | $13.08 | $27,200 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 370 | $14.95 | $31,090 |
| Bill and account collectors | 360 | $11.61 | $24,150 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 360 | $26.97 | $56,100 |
| Home health aides | 320 | $8.23 | $17,110 |
| Security guards | 320 | $11.69 | $24,310 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 310 | $27.59 | $57,400 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 290 | $12.66 | $26,340 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 290 | $12.65 | $26,300 |
| Coaches and scouts | 280 | Not available | $41,990 |
| Bartenders | 270 | $8.02 | $16,680 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 270 | $7.45 | $15,490 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | 270 | $15.08 | $31,370 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 270 | $14.44 | $30,040 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 250 | $9.53 | $19,820 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers | 250 | $11.33 | $23,570 |
| Medical assistants | 250 | Not available | Not available |
| Pharmacy technicians | 250 | $12.15 | $25,260 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door | 230 | $24.10 | $50,140 |
| Loan officers | 230 | $30.53 | $63,510 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 230 | Not available | Not available |
| Civil engineers | 220 | $31.16 | $64,810 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 220 | $12.98 | $27,000 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 220 | $21.74 | $45,220 |
| Dishwashers | 210 | $7.80 | $16,220 |
| Lawyers | 210 | $46.77 | $97,270 |
| Machinists | 210 | $13.41 | $27,880 |
| Pharmacists | 210 | $51.52 | $107,150 |
| Production workers, all other | 210 | $12.24 | $25,450 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 200 | $15.13 | $31,460 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 200 | $9.11 | $18,950 |
| Medical secretaries | 200 | $11.66 | $24,260 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 200 | $21.44 | $44,580 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | 190 | $13.50 | $28,080 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 190 | $18.13 | $37,710 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 190 | $25.71 | $53,470 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 190 | $13.87 | $28,850 |
| Management analysts | 190 | $50.93 | $105,940 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 190 | $13.59 | $28,260 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 180 | $12.54 | $26,090 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 180 | $19.11 | $39,760 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 170 | $17.18 | $35,740 |
| Computer support specialists | 170 | $20.11 | $41,830 |
| Construction managers | 170 | $33.84 | $70,390 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 170 | $7.58 | $15,770 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 170 | $8.32 | $17,310 |
| Logging equipment operators | 170 | $14.58 | $30,320 |
| Personal and home care aides | 170 | $8.62 | $17,920 |
| Sheet metal workers | 170 | $15.22 | $31,670 |
| Driver/sales workers | 160 | $14.26 | $29,670 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 160 | $16.57 | $34,460 |
| Parts salespersons | 160 | $12.32 | $25,620 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 160 | $15.42 | $32,080 |
| Chief executives | 150 | $78.87 | $164,040 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 150 | $18.89 | $39,290 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 150 | $17.99 | $37,410 |
| Correctional officers and jailers | 150 | $14.96 | $31,120 |
| Industrial engineers | 150 | $35.13 | $73,070 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 150 | $15.25 | $31,710 |
| Printing machine operators | 150 | $11.11 | $23,120 |
| Dental assistants | 140 | $12.85 | $26,730 |
| Dental hygienists | 140 | $20.75 | $43,160 |
| File clerks | 140 | $9.38 | $19,510 |
| Financial managers | 140 | $45.97 | $95,620 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 140 | $11.62 | $24,160 |
| Food service managers | 140 | $23.02 | $47,880 |
| Helpers--electricians | 140 | $11.47 | $23,860 |
| Pipelayers | 140 | $12.62 | $26,250 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 140 | $9.65 | $20,080 |
| Recreation workers | 140 | $9.80 | $20,390 |
| All other information and record clerks | 130 | $14.88 | $30,960 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 130 | Not available | $74,800 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 130 | $22.44 | $46,680 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 130 | $11.91 | $24,770 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 120 | $15.64 | $32,530 |
| Data entry keyers | 120 | $10.19 | $21,200 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 120 | $7.84 | $16,310 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 120 | $18.66 | $38,820 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 120 | $14.27 | $29,680 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 120 | $33.10 | $68,840 |
| Insurance sales agents | 120 | $30.81 | $64,080 |
| Medical and health services managers | 120 | $43.63 | $90,750 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 120 | $15.04 | $31,290 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 120 | $12.06 | $25,080 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 120 | $21.59 | $44,900 |
| Sewing machine operators | 120 | $9.69 | $20,150 |
| Computer systems analysts | 110 | $31.75 | $66,030 |
| Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders | 110 | $16.64 | $34,620 |
| Mechanical engineers | 110 | $40.90 | $85,060 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 110 | $19.12 | $39,760 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 110 | $15.29 | $31,800 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 110 | $91.46 | $190,230 |
| Sales managers | 110 | $52.09 | $108,350 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 110 | $20.17 | $41,940 |
| Surveyors | 110 | $22.12 | $46,020 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 110 | $11.74 | $24,430 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 110 | $15.81 | $32,890 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 100 | $16.89 | $35,130 |
| Cost estimators | 100 | $23.26 | $48,390 |
| Couriers and messengers | 100 | $8.87 | $18,450 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 100 | $15.92 | $33,110 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 100 | Not available | $37,180 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 100 | $13.92 | $28,960 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 100 | $13.35 | $27,760 |
| Order clerks | 100 | $13.05 | $27,140 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 100 | $13.56 | $28,210 |
| Physical therapists | 100 | $36.77 | $76,480 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 100 | Not available | $42,580 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | 100 | $20.79 | $43,250 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 100 | $10.20 | $21,210 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 90 | $27.88 | $57,990 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 90 | $15.11 | $31,420 |
| Engineering managers | 90 | $43.32 | $90,110 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 90 | $12.43 | $25,860 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 90 | $14.32 | $29,780 |
| Industrial production managers | 90 | $45.26 | $94,150 |
| Librarians | 90 | $19.58 | $40,730 |
| Library technicians | 90 | $12.00 | $24,960 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 90 | $25.53 | $53,110 |
| Pharmacy aides | 90 | $7.63 | $15,860 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 90 | $18.59 | $38,670 |
| Roofers | 90 | $12.74 | $26,500 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 90 | $19.18 | $39,900 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood | 90 | $10.01 | $20,820 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 90 | $13.10 | $27,250 |
| Advertising sales agents | 80 | Not available | Not available |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 80 | $13.82 | $28,750 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 80 | $12.15 | $25,270 |
| Computer programmers | 80 | $33.39 | $69,450 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 80 | $17.24 | $35,860 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 80 | $15.89 | $33,040 |
| Family and general practitioners | 80 | $41.49 | $86,290 |
| Graphic designers | 80 | $15.62 | $32,500 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 80 | $11.54 | $24,010 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 80 | $27.33 | $56,850 |
| Industrial engineering technicians | 80 | $27.03 | $56,230 |
| Real estate sales agents | 80 | $14.84 | $30,860 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | 70 | Not available | Not available |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 70 | $18.39 | $38,250 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 70 | $35.29 | $73,400 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | 70 | $23.11 | $48,070 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other | 70 | $25.09 | $52,180 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 70 | $12.08 | $25,120 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 70 | $14.43 | $30,010 |
| Managers, all other | 70 | $33.86 | $70,420 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | 70 | $26.01 | $54,110 |
| Residential advisors | 70 | $10.43 | $21,690 |
| Rotary drill operators, oil and gas | 70 | $20.30 | $42,220 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 70 | $23.94 | $49,790 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 60 | $7.54 | $15,680 |
| Dentists, general | 60 | $50.89 | $105,850 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | 60 | $24.02 | $49,950 |
| Floral designers | 60 | $9.71 | $20,200 |
| Internists, general | 60 | $99.23 | $206,400 |
| Millwrights | 60 | $18.89 | $39,280 |
| Training and development specialists | 60 | $25.17 | $52,360 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | 50 | $18.11 | $37,660 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 50 | $12.70 | $26,410 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 50 | $22.49 | $46,780 |
| Editors | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 50 | $29.43 | $61,210 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 50 | $19.29 | $40,130 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other | 50 | $17.10 | $35,570 |
| Helpers--extraction workers | 50 | $10.25 | $21,320 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 50 | $23.23 | $48,320 |
| New accounts clerks | 50 | $15.01 | $31,220 |
| Personal financial advisors | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Photographers | 50 | $11.04 | $22,970 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 50 | $24.12 | $50,180 |
| Social workers, all other | 50 | $26.23 | $54,560 |
| Special education teachers, middle school | 50 | Not available | $44,910 |
| Tax preparers | 50 | $17.28 | $35,950 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 50 | $9.06 | $18,850 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | 50 | $15.40 | $32,030 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 50 | $18.45 | $38,380 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 40 | $18.72 | $38,930 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 40 | $27.51 | $57,230 |
| Computer operators | 40 | $13.26 | $27,590 |
| Database administrators | 40 | $24.07 | $50,070 |
| Earth drillers, except oil and gas | 40 | $23.81 | $49,530 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 40 | $27.59 | $57,390 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other | 40 | $9.93 | $20,650 |
| Legislators | 40 | Not available | $14,510 |
| Market research analysts | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Mental health counselors | 40 | $17.53 | $36,470 |
| Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers | 40 | $41.58 | $86,480 |
| Photographic processing machine operators | 40 | $11.36 | $23,620 |
| Postal service clerks | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 40 | $17.16 | $35,690 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 40 | $38.76 | $80,630 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 40 | $52.07 | $108,300 |
| Social and community service managers | 40 | $22.86 | $47,540 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 40 | Not available | $42,610 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 40 | $26.37 | $54,850 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents | 40 | $23.61 | $49,100 |
| Brokerage clerks | 30 | $14.97 | $31,150 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 30 | $29.25 | $60,840 |
| Credit analysts | 30 | $18.09 | $37,640 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 30 | $16.33 | $33,960 |
| Dental laboratory technicians | 30 | $13.05 | $27,140 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | 30 | $20.50 | $42,650 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | 30 | $20.88 | $43,430 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Interior designers | 30 | $19.19 | $39,910 |
| Mechanical drafters | 30 | $15.32 | $31,860 |
| Occupational therapists | 30 | $29.84 | $62,070 |
| Procurement clerks | 30 | $12.42 | $25,830 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers | 30 | $15.30 | $31,820 |
| Surgeons | 30 | $75.00 | More than $145,600 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval | Not available | $33.27 | $69,200 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity | Not available | $8.76 | $18,230 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | Not available | $25.39 | $52,820 |
| Construction and related workers, all other | Not available | $12.03 | $25,020 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders | Not available | $13.52 | $28,120 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks | Not available | $15.83 | $32,930 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | Not available | $12.02 | $24,990 |
| Derrick operators, oil and gas | Not available | $17.53 | $36,460 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | Not available | $9.78 | $20,340 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators | Not available | $15.19 | $31,590 |
| Helpers--carpenters | Not available | $9.63 | $20,040 |
| Legal secretaries | Not available | $15.21 | $31,630 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | Not available | $9.71 | $20,190 |
| Opticians, dispensing | Not available | $13.04 | $27,120 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation | Not available | $10.17 | $21,160 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | Not available | $17.95 | $37,330 |
| Prepress technicians and workers | Not available | $11.32 | $23,540 |
| Public relations specialists | Not available | $18.70 | $38,890 |
| Service station attendants | Not available | $9.37 | $19,490 |
| Service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining | Not available | $18.14 | $37,730 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | Not available | $9.02 | $18,750 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders | Not available | $13.93 | $28,970 |
