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 |
144,880 |
$16.95 |
$35,260 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
22,520 |
$14.10 |
$29,320 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
18,110 |
$8.84 |
$18,380 |
| Sales and related occupations |
17,720 |
$15.27 |
$31,760 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
9,080 |
$13.76 |
$28,620 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
8,710 |
$15.71 |
$32,670 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
8,710 |
$18.79 |
$39,070 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
8,460 |
$29.10 |
$60,520 |
| Production occupations |
8,190 |
$15.44 |
$32,120 |
| Retail salespersons |
6,630 |
$11.53 |
$23,980 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
6,140 |
$10.81 |
$22,480 |
| Management occupations |
5,800 |
$41.93 |
$87,210 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
5,770 |
$19.22 |
$39,990 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
5,470 |
$11.75 |
$24,450 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
4,740 |
$8.38 |
$17,420 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
4,340 |
$26.15 |
$54,400 |
| Cashiers |
4,010 |
$8.35 |
$17,360 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
3,670 |
$7.80 |
$16,230 |
| Protective service occupations |
3,450 |
$16.04 |
$33,370 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
3,220 |
$10.20 |
$21,210 |
| Registered nurses |
2,920 |
$27.16 |
$56,480 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
2,670 |
$12.77 |
$26,550 |
| Home health aides |
2,390 |
$9.67 |
$20,120 |
| Office clerks, general |
2,330 |
$11.45 |
$23,820 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
2,320 |
$17.36 |
$36,100 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
2,280 |
$10.02 |
$20,840 |
| General and operations managers |
2,210 |
$48.34 |
$100,550 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
2,170 |
$10.53 |
$21,900 |
| Customer service representatives |
2,040 |
$14.62 |
$30,410 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
1,980 |
$28.67 |
$59,630 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
1,950 |
$27.93 |
$58,090 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
1,800 |
$14.52 |
$30,210 |
| Community and social services occupations |
1,780 |
$19.57 |
$40,700 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
1,730 |
$10.50 |
$21,850 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
1,700 |
$16.83 |
$35,010 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
1,640 |
Not available |
$40,100 |
| Food preparation workers |
1,620 |
$8.62 |
$17,930 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
1,560 |
$25.36 |
$52,740 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
1,550 |
$10.17 |
$21,150 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
1,540 |
$10.36 |
$21,540 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
1,470 |
$23.65 |
$49,190 |
| Teacher assistants |
1,470 |
Not available |
$19,970 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
1,430 |
$21.52 |
$44,770 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
1,400 |
$15.28 |
$31,780 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
1,360 |
$12.09 |
$25,150 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
1,340 |
$13.81 |
$28,730 |
| Construction laborers |
1,310 |
$12.21 |
$25,390 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
1,290 |
$8.64 |
$17,970 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
1,290 |
$18.16 |
$37,770 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
1,260 |
$22.61 |
$47,020 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
1,240 |
$15.50 |
$32,230 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
1,180 |
$18.30 |
$38,070 |
| Carpenters |
1,140 |
$15.66 |
$32,580 |
| Security guards |
1,000 |
$10.66 |
$22,180 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
960 |
$7.42 |
$15,430 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
910 |
$7.90 |
$16,420 |
| Team assemblers |
910 |
$10.31 |
$21,450 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
900 |
$18.46 |
$38,390 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
870 |
$11.21 |
$23,320 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
870 |
Not available |
$41,330 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
820 |
Not available |
$40,560 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
820 |
$18.41 |
$38,300 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
790 |
$19.73 |
$41,030 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
790 |
$25.99 |
$54,070 |
| Dishwashers |
790 |
$7.73 |
$16,090 |
| Accountants and auditors |
760 |
$28.95 |
$60,220 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
710 |
$16.72 |
$34,780 |
| Bartenders |
690 |
$8.66 |
$18,020 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
680 |
$13.89 |
$28,890 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
680 |
$9.34 |
$19,420 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
660 |
$27.30 |
$56,780 |
| Legal occupations |
660 |
$25.60 |
$53,240 |
| Tellers |
660 |
$11.39 |
$23,680 |
| Cooks, short order |
650 |
$8.11 |
$16,870 |
| Medical assistants |
650 |
$13.79 |
$28,690 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
640 |
$15.63 |
$32,520 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
640 |
$8.39 |
$17,450 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
630 |
$8.25 |
$17,160 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
610 |
$12.69 |
$26,400 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
600 |
$7.79 |
$16,200 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
590 |
$27.89 |
$58,020 |
| Electricians |
570 |
$17.08 |
$35,530 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
540 |
$14.58 |
$30,330 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
500 |
$14.54 |
$30,250 |
| Computer support specialists |
480 |
$19.15 |
$39,840 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
460 |
$12.90 |
$26,840 |
| Child care workers |
450 |
$8.45 |
$17,570 |
| Correctional officers and jailers |
450 |
$15.39 |
$32,020 |
| Driver/sales workers |
450 |
$10.37 |
$21,570 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
450 |
$12.33 |
$25,650 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
450 |
$10.12 |
$21,040 |
| Bill and account collectors |
410 |
$15.32 |
$31,860 |
| Fire fighters |
410 |
$15.08 |
$31,380 |
| Management analysts |
410 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Postal service mail carriers |
410 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Financial managers |
400 |
$42.83 |
$89,090 |
| Loan officers |
400 |
$25.01 |
$52,010 |
| Construction managers |
390 |
$38.58 |
$80,250 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
390 |
$24.41 |
$50,770 |
| Helpers--electricians |
390 |
$11.67 |
$24,270 |
| Medical secretaries |
390 |
$13.11 |
$27,270 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
390 |
$16.21 |
$33,710 |
| Personal and home care aides |
370 |
$8.50 |
$17,690 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
360 |
$22.12 |
$46,010 |
| Dental assistants |
360 |
$15.90 |
$33,070 |
| Real estate sales agents |
360 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
350 |
$8.72 |
$18,140 |
| Cooks, fast food |
350 |
$9.03 |
$18,780 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
350 |
$14.65 |
$30,480 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
350 |
$16.43 |
$34,160 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
330 |
$9.90 |
$20,600 |
| Social and human service assistants |
330 |
$12.87 |
$26,770 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
310 |
$16.64 |
$34,610 |
| Sales managers |
310 |
$36.93 |
$76,820 |
| Insurance sales agents |
300 |
$24.77 |
$51,520 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
300 |
$27.53 |
$57,260 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
300 |
Not available |
$37,240 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
290 |
$12.35 |
$25,690 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
290 |
$20.39 |
$42,410 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
290 |
$8.52 |
$17,710 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
290 |
$11.63 |
$24,200 |
| Real estate brokers |
290 |
$23.29 |
$48,440 |
| Bus drivers, school |
270 |
$10.69 |
$22,240 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
270 |
Not available |
$65,920 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
270 |
$9.20 |
$19,140 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
270 |
$21.61 |
$44,940 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
270 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
270 |
$16.04 |
$33,370 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
260 |
$28.29 |
$58,850 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
260 |
$35.49 |
$73,830 |
| Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall |
260 |
$13.64 |
$28,370 |
| Lawyers |
260 |
$36.63 |
$76,190 |
| Machinists |
260 |
$16.55 |
$34,420 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
260 |
Not available |
$34,700 |
| Medical and health services managers |
250 |
$42.12 |
$87,610 |
| Sheet metal workers |
250 |
$14.92 |
$31,040 |
| Bakers |
240 |
$9.71 |
$20,200 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
240 |
$21.76 |
$45,250 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
240 |
$16.05 |
$33,380 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
240 |
$17.15 |
$35,660 |
| Pharmacists |
240 |
$53.36 |
$110,990 |
| Telemarketers |
240 |
$10.97 |
$22,820 |
| Dental hygienists |
230 |
$31.95 |
$66,460 |
| Parts salespersons |
230 |
$15.53 |
$32,290 |
| Civil engineers |
220 |
$32.25 |
$67,090 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs |
220 |
$16.20 |
$33,690 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
220 |
$22.11 |
$45,990 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
220 |
$20.66 |
$42,970 |
| Food service managers |
220 |
$25.47 |
$52,980 |
| Graphic designers |
220 |
$17.69 |
$36,800 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
220 |
$8.70 |
$18,090 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
210 |
$19.01 |
$39,550 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
210 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
210 |
$17.14 |
$35,640 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
210 |
$15.40 |
$32,030 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
210 |
$10.27 |
$21,360 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
210 |
$22.04 |
$45,850 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
210 |
$15.21 |
$31,640 |
| Pest control workers |
210 |
$14.55 |
$30,270 |
| Physical therapists |
210 |
$38.60 |
$80,290 |
| Training and development specialists |
210 |
$28.24 |
$58,740 |
| Managers, all other |
200 |
$38.83 |
$80,770 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
200 |
$28.61 |
$59,510 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
200 |
$15.00 |
$31,210 |
| Recreation workers |
200 |
$13.10 |
$27,250 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
200 |
$27.04 |
$56,250 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
200 |
$23.59 |
$49,060 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
200 |
$11.67 |
$24,260 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
200 |
$26.56 |
$55,250 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
200 |
$11.73 |
$24,390 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
200 |
$16.90 |
$35,160 |
| Computer programmers |
190 |
$28.20 |
$58,660 |
| Couriers and messengers |
190 |
$12.33 |
$25,640 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
190 |
$12.03 |
$25,030 |
| Advertising sales agents |
180 |
$18.43 |
$38,330 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
180 |
$22.89 |
$47,610 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
180 |
$16.60 |
$34,530 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
170 |
$23.62 |
$49,140 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators |
170 |
$24.30 |
$50,550 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary |
170 |
$42.07 |
$87,510 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
170 |
$26.72 |
$55,580 |
| Industrial engineers |
170 |
$36.67 |
$76,270 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers |
170 |
$12.29 |
$25,570 |
| Occupational therapists |
170 |
$25.18 |
$52,370 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
170 |
$72.39 |
$150,580 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
170 |
$16.46 |
$34,240 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
170 |
$25.72 |
$53,500 |
| All other information and record clerks |
160 |
$16.28 |
$33,860 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
160 |
$13.72 |
$28,530 |
| Chemists |
160 |
$21.19 |
$44,070 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
160 |
$21.38 |
$44,470 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
160 |
$22.42 |
$46,630 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
160 |
$12.84 |
$26,700 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
160 |
$10.06 |
$20,930 |
| Printing machine operators |
160 |
$16.01 |
$33,310 |
| Roofers |
160 |
$15.83 |
$32,920 |
| Cost estimators |
150 |
$23.89 |
$49,680 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program |
150 |
$14.85 |
$30,890 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other |
150 |
$21.92 |
$45,600 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
150 |
$16.41 |
$34,140 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
150 |
$15.04 |
$31,290 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
150 |
$18.34 |
$38,150 |
| Data entry keyers |
140 |
$13.28 |
$27,610 |
| Family and general practitioners |
140 |
$94.07 |
$195,660 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
140 |
$10.05 |
$20,900 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
140 |
$14.67 |
$30,520 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other |
140 |
$13.51 |
$28,090 |
| Physician assistants |
140 |
$41.11 |
$85,510 |
| Pipelayers |
140 |
$13.26 |
$27,580 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
140 |
$27.72 |
$57,670 |
| Public relations specialists |
140 |
$23.68 |
$49,250 |
| Transportation workers, all other |
140 |
$11.79 |
$24,510 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
130 |
$29.97 |
$62,330 |
| Computer operators |
130 |
$16.24 |
$33,790 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
130 |
$17.23 |
$35,830 |
| Engineering managers |
130 |
$48.29 |
$100,440 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
130 |
$23.96 |
$49,830 |
| Financial analysts |
130 |
$27.71 |
$57,630 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
130 |
$25.27 |
$52,550 |
| Mental health counselors |
130 |
$23.43 |
$48,740 |
| Motorboat mechanics |
130 |
$17.61 |
$36,630 |
| Postal service clerks |
130 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
130 |
$24.26 |
$50,460 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
130 |
$9.69 |
$20,160 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors |
120 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
120 |
$19.94 |
$41,480 |
| Computer systems analysts |
120 |
$32.19 |
$66,950 |
| Librarians |
120 |
$24.41 |
$50,770 |
| Millwrights |
120 |
$19.69 |
$40,960 |
| New accounts clerks |
120 |
$14.06 |
$29,250 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
120 |
$14.74 |
$30,660 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
120 |
$9.56 |
$19,890 |
| Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels |
110 |
$19.68 |
$40,920 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
110 |
$45.04 |
$93,690 |
| Database administrators |
110 |
$24.59 |
$51,140 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers |
110 |
$14.38 |
$29,900 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers |
110 |
$24.91 |
$51,810 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other |
110 |
$19.54 |
$40,640 |
| Helpers--production workers |
110 |
$11.76 |
$24,450 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
110 |
$7.85 |
$16,330 |
| Order clerks |
110 |
$12.90 |
$26,840 |
| Veterinarians |
110 |
$27.64 |
$57,480 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
110 |
$10.86 |
$22,590 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
100 |
$31.48 |
$65,480 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
100 |
$14.50 |
$30,150 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
100 |
$27.38 |
$56,960 |
| Coaches and scouts |
100 |
Not available |
$39,460 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers |
100 |
$14.85 |
$30,890 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
100 |
$25.36 |
$52,760 |
| File clerks |
100 |
$10.64 |
$22,140 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
100 |
$19.90 |
$41,390 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
100 |
$15.81 |
$32,880 |
| Photographic processing machine operators |
100 |
$9.67 |
$20,110 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
100 |
$24.93 |
$51,860 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
100 |
$10.75 |
$22,360 |
| Administrative services managers |
90 |
$34.69 |
$72,140 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other |
90 |
$24.41 |
$50,770 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
90 |
$26.90 |
$55,950 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
90 |
$11.67 |
$24,270 |
| Dentists, general |
90 |
$102.13 |
$212,440 |
| Industrial production managers |
90 |
$40.56 |
$84,360 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
90 |
$10.73 |
$22,320 |
| Meter readers, utilities |
90 |
$12.19 |
$25,350 |
| Radio and television announcers |
90 |
$15.58 |
$32,410 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
90 |
$17.93 |
$37,290 |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
90 |
Not available |
$40,400 |
| Statisticians |
90 |
$35.61 |
$74,080 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
90 |
$26.10 |
$54,290 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary |
80 |
Not available |
$81,160 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
80 |
$15.78 |
$32,830 |
| Floral designers |
80 |
$11.19 |
$23,270 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other |
80 |
$22.00 |
$45,770 |
| Helpers--carpenters |
80 |
$11.97 |
$24,900 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
80 |
$26.80 |
$55,740 |
| Instructional coordinators |
80 |
$24.11 |
$50,150 |
| Legal secretaries |
80 |
$18.58 |
$38,640 |
| Lodging managers |
80 |
$21.66 |
$45,060 |
| Market research analysts |
80 |
$27.91 |
$58,050 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary |
80 |
Not available |
$70,290 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics |
80 |
$13.41 |
$27,900 |
| Production workers, all other |
80 |
$16.00 |
$33,280 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
80 |
$12.01 |
$24,980 |
| Surgical technologists |
80 |
$16.74 |
$34,820 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
80 |
$34.79 |
$72,360 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
70 |
$13.18 |
$27,420 |
| Chemical plant and system operators |
70 |
$21.66 |
$45,050 |
| Chief executives |
70 |
$83.55 |
$173,780 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
70 |
$15.63 |
$32,520 |
| Crane and tower operators |
70 |
$15.00 |
$31,200 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
70 |
$18.30 |
$38,060 |
| Editors |
70 |
$25.23 |
$52,480 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health |
70 |
$17.66 |
$36,740 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand |
70 |
$12.08 |
$25,130 |
| Health specialties teachers, postsecondary |
70 |
Not available |
$56,390 |
| Industrial engineering technicians |
70 |
$22.63 |
$47,070 |
| Library technicians |
70 |
$15.90 |
$33,070 |
| Medical equipment preparers |
70 |
$12.31 |
$25,600 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
70 |
$16.35 |
$34,010 |
| Producers and directors |
70 |
$20.34 |
$42,310 |
| Reporters and correspondents |
70 |
$15.03 |
$31,260 |
| Social and community service managers |
70 |
$31.01 |
$64,490 |
| Surgeons |
70 |
More than $70 |
More than $145,600 |
| Surveyors |
70 |
$33.78 |
$70,250 |
| Urban and regional planners |
70 |
$23.43 |
$48,740 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary |
60 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Brokerage clerks |
60 |
$14.97 |
$31,130 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
60 |
$17.92 |
$37,270 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
60 |
$14.26 |
$29,650 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
60 |
$27.39 |
$56,960 |
| Environmental engineers |
60 |
$35.90 |
$74,670 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
60 |
$14.51 |
$30,190 |
| Internists, general |
60 |
More than $70 |
More than $145,600 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
60 |
Not available |
$38,110 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
60 |
$13.20 |
$27,450 |
| Marketing managers |
60 |
$51.64 |
$107,400 |
| Mechanical engineers |
60 |
$35.51 |
$73,870 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
60 |
$14.24 |
$29,620 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks |
60 |
$11.59 |
$24,100 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
60 |
$22.81 |
$47,450 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
60 |
$9.41 |
$19,580 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school |
60 |
Not available |
$45,680 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
50 |
$23.74 |
$49,380 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
50 |
$24.97 |
$51,930 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
50 |
$24.35 |
$50,650 |
| Logging equipment operators |
50 |
$15.56 |
$32,370 |
| Natural sciences managers |
50 |
$54.53 |
$113,430 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
50 |
$25.99 |
$54,070 |
| Painters, transportation equipment |
50 |
$20.78 |
$43,220 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation |
50 |
$13.80 |
$28,710 |
| Photographers |
50 |
$12.73 |
$26,480 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials |
50 |
$8.32 |
$17,310 |
| Sewing machine operators |
50 |
$8.61 |
$17,900 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents |
50 |
$24.35 |
$50,660 |
| Tool and die makers |
50 |
$23.78 |
$49,460 |
| Tour guides and escorts |
50 |
$10.42 |
$21,680 |
| Biological scientists, all other |
40 |
$35.09 |
$72,990 |
| Broadcast technicians |
40 |
$13.35 |
$27,760 |
| Commercial pilots |
40 |
Not available |
$68,880 |
| Credit analysts |
40 |
$32.14 |
$66,850 |
| Dental laboratory technicians |
40 |
$16.07 |
$33,430 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers |
40 |
$27.80 |
$57,830 |
| History teachers, postsecondary |
40 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
40 |
$16.90 |
$35,150 |
| Meeting and convention planners |
40 |
$19.11 |
$39,740 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
40 |
$18.29 |
$38,040 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders |
40 |
$11.85 |
$24,650 |
| Personal financial advisors |
40 |
$27.34 |
$56,860 |
| Procurement clerks |
40 |
$15.15 |
$31,510 |
| Purchasing managers |
40 |
$37.43 |
$77,860 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
40 |
$21.18 |
$44,050 |
| Social workers, all other |
40 |
$20.85 |
$43,370 |
| Tank car, truck, and ship loaders |
40 |
$18.99 |
$39,500 |
| Training and development managers |
40 |
$73.10 |
$152,040 |
| Animal control workers |
30 |
$15.21 |
$31,630 |
| Budget analysts |
30 |
$25.88 |
$53,830 |
| Desktop publishers |
30 |
$16.14 |
$33,570 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other |
30 |
$27.72 |
$57,660 |
| Funeral directors |
30 |
$29.18 |
$60,690 |
| Health educators |
30 |
$22.84 |
$47,500 |
| Mechanical drafters |
30 |
$23.28 |
$48,420 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers |
30 |
$12.22 |
$25,410 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
30 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Public relations managers |
30 |
$35.37 |
$73,560 |
| Sales engineers |
30 |
$35.79 |
$74,440 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers |
30 |
$15.68 |
$32,610 |
| Audio and video equipment technicians |
Not available |
$21.57 |
$44,860 |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders |
Not available |
$21.41 |
$44,530 |
| Chemical technicians |
Not available |
$17.85 |
$37,130 |
| Chiropractors |
Not available |
$33.41 |
$69,500 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
Not available |
$17.21 |
$35,790 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$12.43 |
$25,850 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$13.48 |
$28,050 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$14.10 |
$29,340 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
Not available |
$21.04 |
$43,750 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$12.18 |
$25,340 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters |
Not available |
$10.20 |
$21,210 |
| Home appliance repairers |
Not available |
$15.44 |
$32,120 |
| Insurance underwriters |
Not available |
$21.23 |
$44,160 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$15.98 |
$33,250 |
| Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other |
Not available |
$17.49 |
$36,390 |
| Logisticians |
Not available |
$31.94 |
$66,440 |
| Massage therapists |
Not available |
$20.82 |
$43,310 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists |
Not available |
$36.15 |
$75,190 |
| Metal workers and plastic workers, all other |
Not available |
$23.74 |
$49,380 |
| Microbiologists |
Not available |
$28.32 |
$58,910 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$13.65 |
$28,380 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
Not available |
$18.74 |
$38,970 |
| Nuclear engineers |
Not available |
$47.81 |
$99,440 |
| Numerical tool and process control programmers |
Not available |
$19.47 |
$40,500 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists |
Not available |
$102.26 |
$212,710 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians |
Not available |
$13.74 |
$28,580 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators |
Not available |
$12.74 |
$26,500 |
| Pharmacy aides |
Not available |
$8.64 |
$17,960 |
| Photographic process workers |
Not available |
$9.70 |
$20,170 |
| Psychiatric technicians |
Not available |
$11.86 |
$24,670 |
| Service station attendants |
Not available |
$10.75 |
$22,360 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers |
Not available |
$8.59 |
$17,860 |
| Tax preparers |
Not available |
$15.68 |
$32,610 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers |
Not available |
$13.17 |
$27,390 |
| Tree trimmers and pruners |
Not available |
$12.52 |
$26,040 |
| Word processors and typists |
Not available |
$12.41 |
$25,820 |
