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 |
340,760 |
$23.09 |
$48,030 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
64,120 |
$16.65 |
$34,640 |
| Sales and related occupations |
35,800 |
$17.61 |
$36,630 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
24,890 |
$10.51 |
$21,860 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
21,080 |
$15.39 |
$32,000 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
21,070 |
$31.86 |
$66,270 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
19,740 |
$24.43 |
$50,820 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
19,380 |
$36.43 |
$75,780 |
| Management occupations |
16,910 |
$55.79 |
$116,040 |
| Production occupations |
16,190 |
$19.75 |
$41,080 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
15,480 |
$22.26 |
$46,300 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
14,190 |
$21.70 |
$45,130 |
| Retail salespersons |
11,510 |
$11.95 |
$24,860 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
11,300 |
$38.25 |
$79,560 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
10,730 |
$12.25 |
$25,480 |
| Cashiers |
9,320 |
$9.61 |
$20,000 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
8,500 |
$14.57 |
$30,300 |
| Office clerks, general |
8,390 |
$13.45 |
$27,970 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
7,820 |
$33.90 |
$70,520 |
| Registered nurses |
7,530 |
$33.25 |
$69,150 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
7,360 |
$36.60 |
$76,130 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
6,900 |
$12.25 |
$25,490 |
| Customer service representatives |
6,830 |
$17.66 |
$36,740 |
| Protective service occupations |
6,780 |
$18.75 |
$39,000 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
5,660 |
$11.43 |
$23,780 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
5,240 |
$10.15 |
$21,120 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
5,070 |
$13.84 |
$28,780 |
| Community and social services occupations |
5,040 |
$20.29 |
$42,210 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
4,860 |
$17.62 |
$36,640 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
4,850 |
$8.60 |
$17,890 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
4,750 |
$15.54 |
$32,320 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
4,730 |
$11.08 |
$23,040 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
4,260 |
$21.12 |
$43,920 |
| Accountants and auditors |
4,160 |
$33.97 |
$70,660 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
4,030 |
$14.03 |
$29,170 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
3,850 |
Not available |
$55,260 |
| Legal occupations |
3,810 |
$50.58 |
$105,200 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
3,800 |
$26.08 |
$54,250 |
| General and operations managers |
3,780 |
$61.33 |
$127,560 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
3,520 |
$20.44 |
$42,520 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
3,180 |
$25.88 |
$53,830 |
| Security guards |
3,110 |
$11.82 |
$24,590 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
2,840 |
$12.48 |
$25,960 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
2,830 |
$18.28 |
$38,020 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
2,710 |
$20.51 |
$42,660 |
| Computer systems analysts |
2,700 |
$40.62 |
$84,490 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
2,600 |
$10.61 |
$22,060 |
| Construction laborers |
2,570 |
$15.57 |
$32,380 |
| Teacher assistants |
2,270 |
Not available |
$26,090 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
2,270 |
$15.28 |
$31,780 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
2,210 |
$34.50 |
$71,750 |
| Bill and account collectors |
2,200 |
$16.16 |
$33,610 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
2,130 |
$12.45 |
$25,900 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
2,120 |
$11.68 |
$24,290 |
| Lawyers |
2,080 |
$71.57 |
$148,870 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
2,030 |
$29.76 |
$61,900 |
| Carpenters |
2,010 |
$23.60 |
$49,080 |
| Financial managers |
2,010 |
$61.11 |
$127,100 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
1,870 |
Not available |
$56,530 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
1,850 |
$31.69 |
$65,910 |
| Medical secretaries |
1,830 |
$16.21 |
$33,710 |
| Financial analysts |
1,820 |
$38.95 |
$81,010 |
| Management analysts |
1,810 |
$40.14 |
$83,480 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
1,770 |
$17.02 |
$35,400 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
1,760 |
$22.63 |
$47,080 |
| Market research analysts |
1,760 |
$36.33 |
$75,560 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
1,750 |
$18.20 |
$37,850 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
1,730 |
$17.19 |
$35,750 |
| Computer support specialists |
1,730 |
$27.56 |
$57,330 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
1,720 |
$14.97 |
$31,140 |
| Home health aides |
1,690 |
$12.31 |
$25,610 |
| Electricians |
1,680 |
$25.28 |
$52,580 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
1,670 |
$9.93 |
$20,640 |
| Computer programmers |
1,650 |
$37.79 |
$78,600 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
1,620 |
Not available |
$39,510 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
1,460 |
$28.49 |
$59,250 |
| Chemical technicians |
1,450 |
$27.17 |
$56,520 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
1,410 |
$29.66 |
$61,700 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
1,320 |
$14.95 |
$31,100 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
1,320 |
$12.06 |
$25,080 |
| Dishwashers |
1,310 |
$8.89 |
$18,480 |
| Bartenders |
1,290 |
$10.34 |
$21,510 |
| Bus drivers, school |
1,280 |
$13.73 |
$28,560 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
1,280 |
$43.11 |
$89,670 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
1,240 |
$25.59 |
$53,220 |
| Food preparation workers |
1,200 |
$9.92 |
$20,630 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
1,180 |
$20.41 |
$42,440 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
1,180 |
$63.70 |
$132,490 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
1,180 |
$14.44 |
$30,020 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
1,160 |
$12.21 |
$25,390 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
1,160 |
$16.99 |
$35,340 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
1,160 |
$44.29 |
$92,130 |
| Chemists |
1,130 |
$41.05 |
$85,380 |
| Child care workers |
1,110 |
$9.46 |
$19,680 |
| Tellers |
1,110 |
$11.83 |
$24,610 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
1,100 |
$21.58 |
$44,890 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
1,100 |
$36.60 |
$76,120 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
1,100 |
$13.40 |
$27,870 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
1,080 |
$37.55 |
$78,110 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
1,070 |
$30.67 |
$63,800 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
1,060 |
$72.65 |
$151,100 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
1,040 |
$31.42 |
$65,340 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
1,030 |
$23.32 |
$48,510 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
1,020 |
$8.75 |
$18,200 |
| Legal secretaries |
1,020 |
$22.76 |
$47,330 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
1,010 |
$8.92 |
$18,560 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
1,010 |
$25.34 |
$52,720 |
| Telemarketers |
1,010 |
$15.03 |
$31,270 |
| Sales managers |
990 |
$57.78 |
$120,190 |
| Data entry keyers |
940 |
$12.57 |
$26,150 |
| Order clerks |
910 |
$17.88 |
$37,180 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
900 |
$19.21 |
$39,950 |
| Marketing managers |
900 |
$64.45 |
$134,060 |
| Industrial engineers |
890 |
$39.67 |
$82,500 |
| Personal financial advisors |
890 |
$42.55 |
$88,510 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
850 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Team assemblers |
840 |
$14.99 |
$31,180 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
830 |
$25.86 |
$53,790 |
| Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers |
830 |
$19.06 |
$39,640 |
| Driver/sales workers |
810 |
$12.43 |
$25,840 |
| Loan officers |
810 |
$30.84 |
$64,150 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
790 |
$47.93 |
$99,690 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
790 |
$10.73 |
$22,320 |
| Training and development specialists |
770 |
$30.57 |
$63,580 |
| Medical and health services managers |
760 |
$42.57 |
$88,540 |
| Insurance sales agents |
740 |
$28.65 |
$59,600 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
740 |
$30.65 |
$63,750 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
730 |
$17.79 |
$36,990 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
730 |
$12.74 |
$26,490 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
730 |
$17.94 |
$37,320 |
| Medical assistants |
720 |
$15.27 |
$31,770 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
720 |
$17.65 |
$36,710 |
| Administrative services managers |
710 |
$47.14 |
$98,040 |
| Electrical engineers |
710 |
$43.52 |
$90,520 |
| Recreation workers |
710 |
$12.28 |
$25,540 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
700 |
$25.95 |
$53,980 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
700 |
$22.03 |
$45,820 |
| Civil engineers |
690 |
$43.62 |
$90,720 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
690 |
$26.62 |
$55,370 |
| Real estate sales agents |
690 |
$22.35 |
$46,490 |
| Social and human service assistants |
680 |
$14.35 |
$29,850 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
670 |
$25.79 |
$53,650 |
| Mechanical engineers |
670 |
$40.29 |
$83,800 |
| Construction managers |
660 |
$47.73 |
$99,270 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
660 |
$23.87 |
$49,650 |
| Helpers--production workers |
650 |
$11.36 |
$23,630 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
650 |
$40.02 |
$83,250 |
| File clerks |
640 |
$12.69 |
$26,390 |
| Cost estimators |
630 |
$30.90 |
$64,270 |
| Dental assistants |
630 |
$17.00 |
$35,370 |
| Pharmacists |
630 |
$50.02 |
$104,040 |
| Parts salespersons |
620 |
$14.09 |
$29,300 |
| Biological technicians |
610 |
$26.23 |
$54,560 |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders |
590 |
$25.54 |
$53,120 |
| Cooks, fast food |
590 |
$9.50 |
$19,760 |
| Social and community service managers |
590 |
$30.15 |
$62,710 |
| Public relations specialists |
580 |
$29.49 |
$61,330 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
570 |
$10.39 |
$21,610 |
| Biochemists and biophysicists |
560 |
$50.70 |
$105,450 |
| Database administrators |
560 |
$37.24 |
$77,460 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
560 |
$36.92 |
$76,790 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
560 |
Not available |
$51,060 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
550 |
$28.21 |
$58,670 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
550 |
Not available |
Not available |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
540 |
$28.54 |
$59,370 |
| Insurance underwriters |
540 |
$29.27 |
$60,870 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
540 |
$20.80 |
$43,260 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
540 |
$27.30 |
$56,790 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
530 |
$13.72 |
$28,540 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
530 |
$9.72 |
$20,220 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
530 |
$16.27 |
$33,840 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
520 |
$18.45 |
$38,370 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
520 |
Not available |
$105,980 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
510 |
$9.57 |
$19,920 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
510 |
$22.31 |
$46,410 |
| Machinists |
510 |
$24.13 |
$50,180 |
| Chemical engineers |
490 |
$46.70 |
$97,130 |
| Computer operators |
490 |
$19.85 |
$41,280 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
490 |
$12.69 |
$26,400 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
480 |
$21.53 |
$44,790 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
480 |
$13.88 |
$28,860 |
| Managers, all other |
480 |
$54.21 |
$112,750 |
| Physical therapists |
480 |
$35.88 |
$74,640 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
480 |
$21.23 |
$44,170 |
| Dental hygienists |
460 |
$33.34 |
$69,350 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
440 |
$30.50 |
$63,430 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
440 |
$10.21 |
$21,240 |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
420 |
Not available |
$57,270 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
420 |
$58.44 |
$121,560 |
| Industrial production managers |
410 |
$50.79 |
$105,630 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
410 |
Not available |
$50,840 |
| Librarians |
410 |
$29.15 |
$60,640 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
410 |
$13.12 |
$27,280 |
| Production workers, all other |
410 |
Not available |
Not available |
| All other information and record clerks |
400 |
$17.25 |
$35,880 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
400 |
$31.33 |
$65,160 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
400 |
$20.86 |
$43,390 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
400 |
$15.61 |
$32,470 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
400 |
$11.19 |
$23,270 |
| Chief executives |
390 |
$94.85 |
$197,280 |
| Couriers and messengers |
390 |
$12.07 |
$25,100 |
| Engineering managers |
390 |
$63.49 |
$132,060 |
| Natural sciences managers |
390 |
$74.58 |
$155,120 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
390 |
$14.00 |
$29,130 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
390 |
$18.01 |
$37,460 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school |
390 |
Not available |
$59,340 |
| Engineers, all other |
380 |
$33.85 |
$70,400 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
380 |
$15.90 |
$33,070 |
| Fire fighters |
370 |
$24.44 |
$50,830 |
| Food service managers |
370 |
$30.69 |
$63,840 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
370 |
$13.07 |
$27,180 |
| Logisticians |
350 |
$37.00 |
$76,950 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
350 |
$27.01 |
$56,190 |
| Personal and home care aides |
350 |
$10.32 |
$21,470 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
350 |
$22.08 |
$45,920 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
340 |
$22.69 |
$47,200 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
340 |
$20.79 |
$43,250 |
| Graphic designers |
340 |
$21.82 |
$45,390 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
340 |
$17.20 |
$35,780 |
| Instructional coordinators |
340 |
$28.44 |
$59,150 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
330 |
$25.27 |
$52,550 |
| Helpers--electricians |
330 |
$13.06 |
$27,160 |
| Operations research analysts |
330 |
$36.97 |
$76,890 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
330 |
$15.52 |
$32,280 |
| Sheet metal workers |
330 |
$22.76 |
$47,350 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
320 |
$22.87 |
$47,570 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
320 |
$22.79 |
$47,400 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers |
310 |
$12.13 |
$25,230 |
| Cooks, short order |
310 |
$9.35 |
$19,440 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators |
310 |
$20.66 |
$42,970 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
300 |
$23.20 |
$48,250 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
300 |
$19.00 |
$39,510 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
300 |
$16.48 |
$34,270 |
| New accounts clerks |
300 |
$15.74 |
$32,740 |
| Crossing guards |
290 |
$15.00 |
$31,200 |
| Dentists, general |
290 |
$86.57 |
$180,070 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
290 |
$28.85 |
$60,000 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
290 |
$29.83 |
$62,050 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
290 |
$17.88 |
$37,190 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
290 |
$16.15 |
$33,590 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
290 |
$9.58 |
$19,920 |
| Library technicians |
290 |
$17.55 |
$36,500 |
| Respiratory therapists |
290 |
$28.29 |
$58,840 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
290 |
Not available |
$60,970 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
290 |
$36.36 |
$75,630 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
290 |
$23.48 |
$48,840 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other |
280 |
$17.65 |
$36,710 |
| Computer specialists, all other |
280 |
$33.09 |
$68,830 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
280 |
$10.07 |
$20,940 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
270 |
$23.71 |
$49,320 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary |
270 |
$40.78 |
$84,810 |
| Family and general practitioners |
270 |
$79.63 |
$165,630 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
270 |
$20.77 |
$43,200 |
| Residential advisors |
270 |
$16.53 |
$34,390 |
| Roofers |
270 |
$20.30 |
$42,230 |
| Shampooers |
270 |
$8.00 |
$16,630 |
| Social science research assistants |
270 |
$14.45 |
$30,050 |
| Surgeons |
270 |
$100.28 |
$208,590 |
| Word processors and typists |
270 |
$17.24 |
$35,860 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
260 |
$33.32 |
$69,310 |
| Insulation workers, mechanical |
260 |
$23.28 |
$48,420 |
| Occupational therapists |
260 |
$30.49 |
$63,430 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
250 |
$13.52 |
$28,130 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers |
250 |
$14.29 |
$29,720 |
| Compensation and benefits managers |
240 |
$53.36 |
$110,990 |
| Environmental engineers |
240 |
$35.80 |
$74,460 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
240 |
$18.44 |
$38,350 |
| Printing machine operators |
240 |
$16.64 |
$34,620 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program |
230 |
$21.40 |
$44,510 |
| Parking lot attendants |
230 |
$9.95 |
$20,700 |
| Service station attendants |
230 |
$9.16 |
$19,040 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians |
220 |
$26.24 |
$54,570 |
| Bakers |
220 |
$12.89 |
$26,820 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
220 |
$14.72 |
$30,610 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
220 |
$14.99 |
$31,170 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
220 |
$24.55 |
$51,060 |
| Brokerage clerks |
210 |
$20.13 |
$41,870 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity |
210 |
$14.28 |
$29,690 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
210 |
$13.34 |
$27,740 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers |
210 |
$23.26 |
$48,390 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators |
210 |
$22.49 |
$46,770 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse |
210 |
$10.45 |
$21,740 |
| Internists, general |
210 |
$98.06 |
$203,960 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
200 |
$24.15 |
$50,240 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
200 |
$23.83 |
$49,560 |
| Meeting and convention planners |
200 |
$24.05 |
$50,010 |
| Procurement clerks |
200 |
$18.17 |
$37,800 |
| Editors |
190 |
$27.81 |
$57,840 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters |
190 |
$29.27 |
$60,870 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
190 |
$30.06 |
$62,530 |
| Loan counselors |
190 |
$23.52 |
$48,920 |
| Mechanical drafters |
190 |
$28.72 |
$59,750 |
| Postal service clerks |
190 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors |
190 |
$17.01 |
$35,380 |
| Marriage and family therapists |
180 |
$24.65 |
$51,260 |
| Physician assistants |
180 |
$40.04 |
$83,290 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
180 |
$35.95 |
$74,780 |
| Psychiatric technicians |
180 |
$16.20 |
$33,700 |
| Sales engineers |
180 |
$41.67 |
$86,680 |
| Surveyors |
180 |
$27.72 |
$57,650 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
180 |
$11.42 |
$23,760 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
170 |
$23.74 |
$49,390 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
170 |
Not available |
$81,630 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
170 |
$38.75 |
$80,590 |
| Helpers--carpenters |
170 |
$12.36 |
$25,700 |
| Industrial engineering technicians |
170 |
$22.43 |
$46,650 |
| Surgical technologists |
170 |
$20.16 |
$41,920 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary |
170 |
$20.57 |
$42,780 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
170 |
$20.92 |
$43,500 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
160 |
$40.86 |
$84,980 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators |
160 |
$37.20 |
$77,370 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
160 |
$20.68 |
$43,010 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
160 |
$22.83 |
$47,490 |
| Public relations managers |
160 |
$59.18 |
$123,090 |
| Purchasing managers |
160 |
$52.90 |
$110,030 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
160 |
$16.07 |
$33,420 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors |
150 |
$22.86 |
$47,550 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
150 |
$16.86 |
$35,080 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
150 |
$17.49 |
$36,380 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
150 |
$22.25 |
$46,290 |
| Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall |
150 |
$18.49 |
$38,450 |
| Medical equipment preparers |
150 |
$16.31 |
$33,930 |
| Medical equipment repairers |
150 |
$19.48 |
$40,510 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
150 |
$27.44 |
$57,080 |
| Photographic processing machine operators |
150 |
$10.02 |
$20,840 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
150 |
$18.06 |
$37,560 |
| Actuaries |
140 |
$50.11 |
$104,220 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians |
140 |
$20.42 |
$42,480 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
140 |
$20.71 |
$43,070 |
| Legislators |
140 |
Not available |
$37,440 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
140 |
$16.78 |
$34,900 |
| Mental health counselors |
140 |
$19.53 |
$40,630 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other |
140 |
$13.78 |
$28,660 |
| Physical therapist aides |
140 |
$13.56 |
$28,200 |
| Veterinarians |
140 |
$50.45 |
$104,940 |
| Health specialties teachers, postsecondary |
130 |
Not available |
$55,100 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
130 |
$63.40 |
$131,870 |
| Interior designers |
130 |
$20.25 |
$42,130 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians |
130 |
$27.01 |
$56,180 |
| Metal workers and plastic workers, all other |
130 |
$19.63 |
$40,840 |
| Millwrights |
130 |
$28.26 |
$58,780 |
| Pest control workers |
130 |
$15.56 |
$32,370 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks |
130 |
$12.70 |
$26,420 |
| Travel agents |
130 |
$14.66 |
$30,490 |
| Advertising sales agents |
120 |
$26.22 |
$54,550 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
120 |
$16.79 |
$34,920 |
| Chiropractors |
120 |
$45.69 |
$95,030 |
| Crane and tower operators |
120 |
$18.57 |
$38,620 |
| Dental laboratory technicians |
120 |
$20.43 |
$42,490 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary |
120 |
Not available |
$62,590 |
| Floral designers |
120 |
$12.29 |
$25,570 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers |
120 |
$21.86 |
$45,470 |
| Advertising and promotions managers |
110 |
$46.06 |
$95,800 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
110 |
$29.32 |
$60,990 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers |
110 |
$15.80 |
$32,870 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals |
110 |
$12.97 |
$26,990 |
| Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
110 |
Not available |
$48,790 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors |
110 |
$39.09 |
$81,300 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
110 |
$16.57 |
$34,460 |
| Meter readers, utilities |
110 |
$21.73 |
$45,200 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation |
110 |
$17.87 |
$37,180 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
110 |
$12.93 |
$26,900 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents |
110 |
$29.87 |
$62,130 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
110 |
$11.26 |
$23,410 |
| Training and development managers |
110 |
$60.03 |
$124,860 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
100 |
$15.14 |
$31,490 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
100 |
$32.61 |
$67,830 |
| Financial examiners |
100 |
$39.75 |
$82,680 |
| Funeral attendants |
100 |
$13.61 |
$28,310 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters |
100 |
$13.55 |
$28,180 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
100 |
$13.69 |
$28,470 |
| Occupational therapist assistants |
100 |
$25.15 |
$52,310 |
| Painters, transportation equipment |
100 |
$21.29 |
$44,270 |
| Social workers, all other |
100 |
$27.53 |
$57,260 |
| Structural iron and steel workers |
100 |
$20.77 |
$43,200 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
100 |
$17.80 |
$37,010 |
| Tour guides and escorts |
100 |
$13.34 |
$27,740 |
| Transportation inspectors |
100 |
$17.70 |
$36,820 |
| Urban and regional planners |
100 |
$31.25 |
$65,000 |
| Budget analysts |
90 |
$31.96 |
$66,470 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other |
90 |
$12.17 |
$25,320 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other |
90 |
$24.54 |
$51,050 |
| Home appliance repairers |
90 |
$16.63 |
$34,590 |
| Landscape architects |
90 |
$22.44 |
$46,670 |
| Massage therapists |
90 |
$26.51 |
$55,140 |
| Microbiologists |
90 |
$33.62 |
$69,940 |
| Photographers |
90 |
$15.51 |
$32,260 |
| Technical writers |
90 |
$27.02 |
$56,200 |
| Upholsterers |
90 |
$24.18 |
$50,290 |
| Animal trainers |
80 |
$17.96 |
$37,350 |
| Fiberglass laminators and fabricators |
80 |
$16.11 |
$33,510 |
| Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates |
80 |
$72.70 |
$151,220 |
| Manicurists and pedicurists |
80 |
$12.98 |
$26,990 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary |
80 |
Not available |
$78,930 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers |
80 |
$10.42 |
$21,670 |
| Museum technicians and conservators |
80 |
$16.82 |
$34,980 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists |
80 |
$32.26 |
$67,100 |
| Pipelayers |
80 |
$18.70 |
$38,900 |
| Plasterers and stucco masons |
80 |
$19.29 |
$40,120 |
| Psychiatrists |
80 |
$80.13 |
$166,670 |
| Recreational therapists |
80 |
$20.57 |
$42,780 |
| Social scientists and related workers, all other |
80 |
$31.46 |
$65,440 |
| Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers |
70 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health |
70 |
$16.53 |
$34,390 |
| Funeral directors |
70 |
$36.17 |
$75,230 |
| Health educators |
70 |
$21.87 |
$45,480 |
| Materials scientists |
70 |
$37.27 |
$77,520 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
70 |
$16.39 |
$34,090 |
| Optometrists |
70 |
$40.15 |
$83,500 |
| Podiatrists |
70 |
$47.37 |
$98,520 |
| Power distributors and dispatchers |
70 |
$33.73 |
$70,160 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary |
70 |
Not available |
$96,500 |
| Real estate brokers |
70 |
$40.62 |
$84,490 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators |
70 |
$24.61 |
$51,190 |
| Transportation attendants, except flight attendants and baggage porters |
70 |
$10.18 |
$21,180 |
| Writers and authors |
70 |
$27.42 |
$57,030 |
| Athletes and sports competitors |
60 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Commercial pilots |
60 |
Not available |
$79,410 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary |
60 |
Not available |
$100,040 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
60 |
$17.19 |
$35,750 |
| Farm equipment mechanics |
60 |
$17.11 |
$35,600 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other |
60 |
$23.44 |
$48,760 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics |
60 |
$17.44 |
$36,280 |
| Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers |
60 |
$27.17 |
$56,500 |
| Reporters and correspondents |
60 |
$24.79 |
$51,570 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners |
60 |
$16.99 |
$35,340 |
| Sociology teachers, postsecondary |
60 |
Not available |
$84,300 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
60 |
$17.73 |
$36,890 |
| Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians |
50 |
$12.32 |
$25,620 |
| Art directors |
50 |
$34.00 |
$70,710 |
| Bindery workers |
50 |
$14.68 |
$30,530 |
| Biological scientists, all other |
50 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Curators |
50 |
$23.61 |
$49,100 |
| Dietetic technicians |
50 |
$12.21 |
$25,400 |
| Economics teachers, postsecondary |
50 |
Not available |
$106,150 |
| Economists |
50 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles |
50 |
$13.75 |
$28,590 |
| Fire inspectors and investigators |
50 |
$22.09 |
$45,950 |
| Legal support workers, all other |
50 |
$22.65 |
$47,120 |
| Lodging managers |
50 |
$28.39 |
$59,040 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
50 |
$17.97 |
$37,380 |
| Mechanical door repairers |
50 |
$17.56 |
$36,520 |
| Photographic process workers |
50 |
$12.12 |
$25,200 |
| Soil and plant scientists |
50 |
$26.25 |
$54,600 |
| Automotive glass installers and repairers |
40 |
$14.02 |
$29,170 |
| Cargo and freight agents |
40 |
$17.29 |
$35,970 |
| Clergy |
40 |
$24.44 |
$50,830 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
40 |
$16.66 |
$34,650 |
| Desktop publishers |
40 |
$18.70 |
$38,900 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
40 |
$15.44 |
$32,110 |
| Education administrators, all other |
40 |
$28.28 |
$58,820 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers |
40 |
$24.62 |
$51,200 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers |
40 |
$33.64 |
$69,970 |
| Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants |
40 |
$9.54 |
$19,850 |
| Media and communication equipment workers, all other |
40 |
$32.34 |
$67,260 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists |
40 |
$90.37 |
$187,970 |
| Postmasters and mail superintendents |
40 |
$28.97 |
$60,250 |
| Therapists, all other |
40 |
$27.73 |
$57,680 |
| Tool and die makers |
40 |
$29.66 |
$61,690 |
| Athletic trainers |
30 |
Not available |
$45,150 |
| Gas plant operators |
30 |
$32.50 |
$67,600 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers |
30 |
$9.88 |
$20,550 |
| Private detectives and investigators |
30 |
$24.94 |
$51,880 |
| Public address system and other announcers |
30 |
$14.59 |
$30,340 |
| Sewing machine operators |
30 |
$14.16 |
$29,450 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
30 |
$17.16 |
$35,690 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
30 |
$11.16 |
$23,220 |
| Anesthesiologists |
Not available |
$100.81 |
$209,680 |
| Biomedical engineers |
Not available |
$61.13 |
$127,140 |
| Broadcast technicians |
Not available |
$21.52 |
$44,770 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary |
Not available |
Not available |
$98,670 |
| Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels |
Not available |
$26.25 |
$54,610 |
| Carpet installers |
Not available |
$20.37 |
$42,370 |
| Chemical plant and system operators |
Not available |
$21.31 |
$44,320 |
| Coaches and scouts |
Not available |
Not available |
$37,510 |
| Computer and information scientists, research |
Not available |
$50.35 |
$104,720 |
| Computer hardware engineers |
Not available |
$34.79 |
$72,360 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
Not available |
$18.28 |
$38,030 |
| Concierges |
Not available |
$13.06 |
$27,160 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door |
Not available |
$26.97 |
$56,100 |
| Correspondence clerks |
Not available |
$16.29 |
$33,890 |
| Credit analysts |
Not available |
$25.70 |
$53,460 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks |
Not available |
$17.41 |
$36,200 |
| Cutters and trimmers, hand |
Not available |
$15.70 |
$32,660 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$17.95 |
$37,340 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other |
Not available |
$18.18 |
$37,810 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
Not available |
$17.20 |
$35,780 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay |
Not available |
$33.49 |
$69,660 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
Not available |
$46.88 |
$97,520 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$14.30 |
$29,740 |
| Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators |
Not available |
$59.06 |
$122,840 |
| Floor layers, except carpet, wood, and hard tiles |
Not available |
$15.63 |
$32,510 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders |
Not available |
$10.39 |
$21,610 |
| Helpers, construction trades, all other |
Not available |
$12.13 |
$25,240 |
| Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons |
Not available |
$14.35 |
$29,850 |
| Job printers |
Not available |
$16.31 |
$33,930 |
| Law clerks |
Not available |
$18.61 |
$38,710 |
| Law teachers, postsecondary |
Not available |
Not available |
$104,450 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists |
Not available |
$42.33 |
$88,040 |
| Motorboat mechanics |
Not available |
$18.70 |
$38,890 |
| Multi-media artists and animators |
Not available |
$21.33 |
$44,360 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
Not available |
$11.43 |
$23,780 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other |
Not available |
$9.28 |
$19,310 |
| Power plant operators |
Not available |
$30.00 |
$62,390 |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
Not available |
$18.82 |
$39,140 |
| Reinforcing iron and rebar workers |
Not available |
$27.17 |
$56,520 |
| Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$14.74 |
$30,660 |
| Sailors and marine oilers |
Not available |
$13.13 |
$27,320 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
Not available |
$24.90 |
$51,780 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
Not available |
Not available |
$58,890 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers |
Not available |
$23.06 |
$47,970 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$13.61 |
$28,310 |
| Skin care specialists |
Not available |
$17.67 |
$36,750 |
| Stonemasons |
Not available |
$16.35 |
$34,010 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers |
Not available |
$14.75 |
$30,680 |
| Tax preparers |
Not available |
$25.32 |
$52,660 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
Not available |
$26.34 |
$54,780 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers |
Not available |
$19.36 |
$40,260 |
| Tree trimmers and pruners |
Not available |
$21.08 |
$43,840 |
