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 |
214,370 |
$18.78 |
$39,060 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
33,360 |
$14.94 |
$31,070 |
| Sales and related occupations |
21,020 |
$14.59 |
$30,340 |
| Production occupations |
19,860 |
$15.64 |
$32,530 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
19,000 |
$13.40 |
$27,860 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
17,860 |
$8.74 |
$18,180 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
16,050 |
$32.07 |
$66,700 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
13,760 |
$23.04 |
$47,920 |
| Management occupations |
9,930 |
$46.73 |
$97,190 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
8,880 |
$26.87 |
$55,900 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
8,870 |
$11.79 |
$24,530 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
8,490 |
$16.31 |
$33,930 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
7,990 |
$19.01 |
$39,540 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
6,770 |
$10.10 |
$21,000 |
| Registered nurses |
6,570 |
$27.95 |
$58,140 |
| Retail salespersons |
6,470 |
$11.54 |
$24,000 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
5,830 |
$7.84 |
$16,300 |
| Cashiers |
5,640 |
$8.20 |
$17,050 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
5,640 |
$10.50 |
$21,840 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
4,400 |
$10.49 |
$21,820 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
4,230 |
$7.94 |
$16,510 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
4,180 |
$34.26 |
$71,260 |
| Home health aides |
4,150 |
$9.98 |
$20,760 |
| Protective service occupations |
3,860 |
$15.24 |
$31,700 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
3,680 |
$9.33 |
$19,400 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
3,160 |
$18.08 |
$37,610 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
3,080 |
$14.12 |
$29,370 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
3,030 |
$18.95 |
$39,410 |
| Customer service representatives |
2,870 |
$15.20 |
$31,610 |
| Office clerks, general |
2,850 |
$11.99 |
$24,950 |
| General and operations managers |
2,760 |
$53.44 |
$111,160 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
2,740 |
$15.86 |
$32,980 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
2,570 |
$28.98 |
$60,280 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
2,560 |
$17.25 |
$35,890 |
| Community and social services occupations |
2,530 |
$17.79 |
$37,000 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
2,370 |
$10.02 |
$20,850 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
2,310 |
$10.77 |
$22,390 |
| Team assemblers |
2,280 |
$12.47 |
$25,940 |
| Teacher assistants |
2,180 |
Not available |
$19,950 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
2,130 |
$21.31 |
$44,330 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
2,070 |
$24.31 |
$50,570 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
2,030 |
$16.48 |
$34,270 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
1,970 |
$22.20 |
$46,180 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
1,960 |
Not available |
$40,360 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
1,900 |
$12.52 |
$26,040 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
1,700 |
Not available |
$41,750 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
1,690 |
$11.49 |
$23,890 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
1,600 |
$11.63 |
$24,190 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
1,550 |
$26.90 |
$55,960 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
1,540 |
$24.45 |
$50,860 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
1,540 |
$14.94 |
$31,070 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
1,530 |
$15.85 |
$32,960 |
| Legal occupations |
1,450 |
$35.42 |
$73,670 |
| Accountants and auditors |
1,410 |
$29.34 |
$61,030 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
1,350 |
$17.96 |
$37,350 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
1,320 |
$21.04 |
$43,760 |
| Food preparation workers |
1,300 |
$8.81 |
$18,330 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
1,300 |
$8.88 |
$18,470 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
1,290 |
$25.07 |
$52,150 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
1,280 |
$24.62 |
$51,210 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
1,280 |
$14.16 |
$29,450 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
1,240 |
$13.73 |
$28,550 |
| Driver/sales workers |
1,180 |
$11.98 |
$24,920 |
| Helpers--production workers |
1,180 |
$12.14 |
$25,240 |
| Financial managers |
1,120 |
$50.40 |
$104,840 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
1,070 |
$17.70 |
$36,810 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
1,070 |
$11.02 |
$22,910 |
| Machinists |
1,070 |
$17.61 |
$36,630 |
| Carpenters |
1,060 |
$15.29 |
$31,810 |
| Construction laborers |
1,060 |
$12.50 |
$26,000 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
1,050 |
$14.82 |
$30,820 |
| Security guards |
1,040 |
$12.10 |
$25,170 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
1,010 |
$13.17 |
$27,400 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
1,000 |
Not available |
$22,940 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
980 |
$9.66 |
$20,090 |
| Personal and home care aides |
950 |
$9.22 |
$19,170 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
930 |
$12.81 |
$26,640 |
| Computer systems analysts |
920 |
$35.84 |
$74,540 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
910 |
$24.02 |
$49,970 |
| Bus drivers, school |
900 |
$10.82 |
$22,500 |
| Medical secretaries |
880 |
$13.65 |
$28,400 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
870 |
$18.67 |
$38,840 |
| Electricians |
860 |
$17.57 |
$36,550 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
840 |
$26.68 |
$55,500 |
| Computer support specialists |
800 |
$21.43 |
$44,570 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
800 |
Not available |
$41,340 |
| Social and human service assistants |
800 |
$13.69 |
$28,480 |
| Tellers |
780 |
$11.83 |
$24,610 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
760 |
$14.91 |
$31,010 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
750 |
$11.10 |
$23,080 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
750 |
$18.26 |
$37,980 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
740 |
$19.22 |
$39,970 |
| Child care workers |
720 |
$9.48 |
$19,710 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
720 |
$13.84 |
$28,780 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
690 |
$12.89 |
$26,810 |
| Loan officers |
660 |
$25.38 |
$52,780 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
650 |
$11.24 |
$23,390 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
650 |
$7.89 |
$16,420 |
| Computer programmers |
640 |
$38.76 |
$80,620 |
| Parts salespersons |
620 |
$13.20 |
$27,450 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
620 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders |
620 |
$11.86 |
$24,680 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
610 |
$26.01 |
$54,110 |
| Lawyers |
600 |
$56.62 |
$117,760 |
| Pharmacists |
590 |
$52.63 |
$109,470 |
| Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders |
590 |
$12.66 |
$26,330 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
580 |
Not available |
$67,520 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
580 |
$17.02 |
$35,410 |
| Medical assistants |
570 |
$14.06 |
$29,240 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
560 |
$13.25 |
$27,550 |
| Dishwashers |
550 |
$8.31 |
$17,280 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
540 |
$19.03 |
$39,590 |
| Sales managers |
530 |
$43.82 |
$91,140 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
520 |
$46.41 |
$96,540 |
| Construction managers |
520 |
$41.88 |
$87,120 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
520 |
$24.02 |
$49,950 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
500 |
$17.11 |
$35,580 |
| Data entry keyers |
490 |
$12.36 |
$25,710 |
| Industrial engineers |
490 |
$33.70 |
$70,100 |
| Dental assistants |
480 |
$16.98 |
$35,310 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
480 |
$23.57 |
$49,020 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
470 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Fire fighters |
460 |
$13.00 |
$27,040 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
450 |
$7.82 |
$16,260 |
| Financial analysts |
450 |
$33.82 |
$70,340 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
450 |
$18.42 |
$38,310 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
450 |
$25.81 |
$53,680 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school |
450 |
Not available |
$44,350 |
| Helpers--electricians |
440 |
$11.81 |
$24,570 |
| Medical and health services managers |
440 |
$44.08 |
$91,680 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
440 |
$15.20 |
$31,620 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
430 |
$50.45 |
$104,930 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
430 |
$12.96 |
$26,970 |
| Managers, all other |
430 |
$45.84 |
$95,340 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
430 |
$15.60 |
$32,460 |
| Sheet metal workers |
430 |
$16.17 |
$33,630 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
420 |
$9.00 |
$18,710 |
| Cooks, short order |
420 |
$8.78 |
$18,260 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
420 |
$9.13 |
$18,990 |
| Bill and account collectors |
410 |
$15.88 |
$33,030 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
410 |
$7.83 |
$16,290 |
| Management analysts |
410 |
$40.32 |
$83,860 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
410 |
$93.41 |
$194,290 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
400 |
$17.09 |
$35,550 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
400 |
$30.37 |
$63,170 |
| Sewing machine operators |
400 |
$9.98 |
$20,750 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
390 |
$8.00 |
$16,640 |
| Bartenders |
390 |
$8.83 |
$18,370 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders |
390 |
$15.20 |
$31,610 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
380 |
$19.70 |
$40,970 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
380 |
$11.60 |
$24,130 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
380 |
$15.94 |
$33,150 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
380 |
Not available |
$39,630 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
380 |
$11.60 |
$24,120 |
| Financial specialists, all other |
370 |
$27.66 |
$57,530 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
370 |
$32.79 |
$68,210 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
360 |
$14.34 |
$29,830 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
360 |
$7.77 |
$16,160 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary |
360 |
$44.04 |
$91,610 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
360 |
$31.09 |
$64,660 |
| Market research analysts |
360 |
$30.69 |
$63,840 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
360 |
$11.06 |
$23,010 |
| Marketing managers |
350 |
$53.44 |
$111,160 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
340 |
$19.50 |
$40,560 |
| Dental hygienists |
340 |
$32.02 |
$66,600 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
340 |
$17.94 |
$37,320 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials |
340 |
$10.13 |
$21,080 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
330 |
$14.94 |
$31,070 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
330 |
$16.40 |
$34,120 |
| Printing machine operators |
330 |
$16.02 |
$33,310 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
320 |
$11.13 |
$23,150 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
320 |
$16.38 |
$34,060 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
320 |
$31.54 |
$65,610 |
| All other information and record clerks |
310 |
$15.83 |
$32,920 |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary |
310 |
Not available |
$66,390 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
310 |
$26.57 |
$55,280 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
310 |
$21.27 |
$44,250 |
| Engineering managers |
310 |
$53.66 |
$111,610 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
310 |
$9.90 |
$20,580 |
| Graphic designers |
310 |
$21.60 |
$44,920 |
| Industrial production managers |
310 |
$40.66 |
$84,570 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
310 |
Not available |
$36,120 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
310 |
$13.18 |
$27,410 |
| Physical therapists |
310 |
$35.38 |
$73,590 |
| Respiratory therapists |
310 |
$25.30 |
$52,610 |
| Telemarketers |
310 |
$8.91 |
$18,540 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
300 |
$22.67 |
$47,150 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
290 |
$15.99 |
$33,250 |
| Family and general practitioners |
290 |
$91.47 |
$190,260 |
| Librarians |
290 |
$23.23 |
$48,310 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
280 |
$16.07 |
$33,430 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
270 |
$18.94 |
$39,400 |
| File clerks |
270 |
$12.87 |
$26,770 |
| Order clerks |
270 |
$13.74 |
$28,580 |
| Personal financial advisors |
270 |
$32.56 |
$67,730 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
270 |
$35.23 |
$73,280 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
270 |
$11.91 |
$24,780 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists |
260 |
$26.74 |
$55,610 |
| Physician assistants |
260 |
$39.06 |
$81,250 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
250 |
$21.77 |
$45,280 |
| Food service managers |
250 |
$23.10 |
$48,050 |
| Real estate sales agents |
250 |
$23.65 |
$49,200 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
250 |
Not available |
$41,670 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
250 |
$15.56 |
$32,350 |
| Training and development specialists |
250 |
$25.89 |
$53,850 |
| Advertising sales agents |
240 |
$22.34 |
$46,460 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians |
240 |
$22.04 |
$45,830 |
| Bakers |
240 |
$11.15 |
$23,200 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
240 |
$17.22 |
$35,810 |
| Cost estimators |
240 |
$25.45 |
$52,930 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs |
240 |
$15.85 |
$32,960 |
| Legal secretaries |
240 |
$19.70 |
$40,990 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
240 |
$16.38 |
$34,070 |
| Mechanical engineers |
240 |
$30.68 |
$63,810 |
| Medical equipment preparers |
230 |
$13.30 |
$27,660 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
220 |
$13.24 |
$27,530 |
| Occupational therapists |
220 |
$30.36 |
$63,140 |
| Public relations specialists |
220 |
$27.53 |
$57,260 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
210 |
$19.11 |
$39,740 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
210 |
$16.62 |
$34,570 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers |
210 |
$14.10 |
$29,330 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
210 |
$9.58 |
$19,930 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
210 |
$21.09 |
$43,870 |
| Roofers |
210 |
$14.50 |
$30,160 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
210 |
$28.92 |
$60,150 |
| Administrative services managers |
200 |
$38.15 |
$79,340 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
200 |
$15.36 |
$31,960 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other |
200 |
$20.57 |
$42,790 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
200 |
$25.81 |
$53,680 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
200 |
$9.59 |
$19,940 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
190 |
$26.94 |
$56,040 |
| Industrial engineering technicians |
190 |
$23.57 |
$49,030 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
190 |
$10.61 |
$22,070 |
| Coaches and scouts |
180 |
Not available |
$48,380 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other |
180 |
$18.70 |
$38,890 |
| Internists, general |
180 |
$100.80 |
$209,670 |
| Job printers |
180 |
$17.46 |
$36,310 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
180 |
$9.80 |
$20,380 |
| Library technicians |
180 |
$14.08 |
$29,290 |
| Real estate brokers |
180 |
$20.20 |
$42,020 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
180 |
$15.14 |
$31,480 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors |
170 |
$22.66 |
$47,140 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
170 |
$19.50 |
$40,570 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
170 |
$14.46 |
$30,070 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers |
170 |
$11.32 |
$23,540 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
170 |
$13.07 |
$27,190 |
| Recreation workers |
170 |
$11.83 |
$24,600 |
| Surgical technologists |
170 |
$18.31 |
$38,080 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
160 |
$16.43 |
$34,170 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
160 |
$13.10 |
$27,240 |
| Chief executives |
160 |
$84.60 |
$175,960 |
| Dentists, general |
160 |
$79.78 |
$165,950 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
160 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Instructional coordinators |
160 |
$22.89 |
$47,610 |
| Mechanical drafters |
160 |
$31.03 |
$64,540 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
160 |
$17.66 |
$36,720 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
160 |
$14.81 |
$30,810 |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
160 |
Not available |
$38,830 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
160 |
$10.42 |
$21,680 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
150 |
$21.20 |
$44,100 |
| Brokerage clerks |
150 |
$17.12 |
$35,610 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
150 |
$13.32 |
$27,710 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
150 |
$24.96 |
$51,910 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
150 |
$18.57 |
$38,630 |
| Interior designers |
150 |
$21.03 |
$43,730 |
| Social and community service managers |
150 |
$27.68 |
$57,570 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary |
140 |
Not available |
$127,440 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
140 |
$44.03 |
$91,580 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
140 |
$37.54 |
$78,080 |
| Pest control workers |
140 |
$13.92 |
$28,960 |
| Purchasing managers |
140 |
$40.26 |
$83,740 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
140 |
$20.04 |
$41,670 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
130 |
$17.79 |
$36,990 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
130 |
$31.62 |
$65,770 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
130 |
$11.52 |
$23,960 |
| Civil engineers |
130 |
$31.82 |
$66,180 |
| Database administrators |
130 |
$37.75 |
$78,520 |
| Health educators |
130 |
$24.88 |
$51,760 |
| Insurance underwriters |
130 |
$30.63 |
$63,700 |
| Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
130 |
$11.07 |
$23,030 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood |
130 |
$11.21 |
$23,320 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
130 |
$24.32 |
$50,590 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
130 |
$23.77 |
$49,440 |
| Computer operators |
120 |
$19.17 |
$39,880 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
120 |
$29.15 |
$60,640 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
120 |
$24.45 |
$50,850 |
| Postal service clerks |
120 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists |
120 |
$18.18 |
$37,820 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
120 |
$13.63 |
$28,350 |
| Public relations managers |
120 |
$53.55 |
$111,390 |
| Veterinarians |
120 |
$49.72 |
$103,420 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
110 |
$19.92 |
$41,430 |
| Compensation and benefits managers |
110 |
$49.44 |
$102,830 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other |
110 |
$24.48 |
$50,910 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary |
110 |
Not available |
$63,980 |
| Production workers, all other |
110 |
$12.18 |
$25,330 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
110 |
$13.69 |
$28,480 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
110 |
$18.74 |
$38,970 |
| Surgeons |
110 |
More than $70 |
More than $145,600 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
110 |
$39.95 |
$83,100 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
100 |
$12.24 |
$25,450 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
100 |
$34.67 |
$72,100 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
100 |
$20.69 |
$43,030 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
100 |
$16.39 |
$34,090 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
100 |
Not available |
$76,450 |
| Funeral attendants |
100 |
$11.92 |
$24,790 |
| Operations research analysts |
100 |
$35.95 |
$74,770 |
| Tool and die makers |
100 |
$19.79 |
$41,170 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
100 |
$17.06 |
$35,490 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity |
90 |
$10.97 |
$22,820 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other |
90 |
$19.58 |
$40,730 |
| Credit analysts |
90 |
$28.12 |
$58,500 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators |
90 |
$21.55 |
$44,830 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
90 |
$23.57 |
$49,020 |
| Editors |
90 |
$19.39 |
$40,330 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
90 |
$50.78 |
$105,630 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers |
90 |
$11.29 |
$23,480 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary |
90 |
Not available |
$70,570 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
90 |
$31.12 |
$64,730 |
| Vocational education teachers, middle school |
90 |
Not available |
$40,010 |
| Couriers and messengers |
80 |
$11.75 |
$24,440 |
| Funeral directors |
80 |
$26.22 |
$54,540 |
| Medical equipment repairers |
80 |
$24.47 |
$50,900 |
| Parking lot attendants |
80 |
$10.01 |
$20,820 |
| Pharmacy aides |
80 |
$8.79 |
$18,280 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
80 |
$15.89 |
$33,060 |
| Private detectives and investigators |
80 |
$16.09 |
$33,470 |
| Procurement clerks |
80 |
$15.66 |
$32,580 |
| Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary |
80 |
Not available |
$75,650 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
80 |
$23.27 |
$48,410 |
| Sales engineers |
80 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers |
80 |
$10.86 |
$22,580 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
80 |
$12.72 |
$26,460 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing |
80 |
$11.92 |
$24,800 |
| Art directors |
70 |
$42.91 |
$89,240 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary |
70 |
Not available |
$90,990 |
| Cargo and freight agents |
70 |
$18.09 |
$37,630 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
70 |
$20.17 |
$41,950 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers |
70 |
$14.31 |
$29,770 |
| Cooks, fast food |
70 |
$8.02 |
$16,670 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks |
70 |
$13.72 |
$28,540 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program |
70 |
$19.90 |
$41,390 |
| Electrical engineers |
70 |
$41.66 |
$86,660 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators |
70 |
$16.27 |
$33,840 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
70 |
$23.06 |
$47,960 |
| Floral designers |
70 |
$11.65 |
$24,240 |
| Lodging managers |
70 |
$18.79 |
$39,080 |
| Meeting and convention planners |
70 |
$21.72 |
$45,170 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
70 |
$17.64 |
$36,700 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
70 |
$19.44 |
$40,440 |
| Physical therapist aides |
70 |
$13.09 |
$27,220 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
70 |
$25.18 |
$52,370 |
| Pipelayers |
70 |
$14.30 |
$29,740 |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
70 |
$17.55 |
$36,500 |
| Structural iron and steel workers |
70 |
$14.28 |
$29,710 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents |
70 |
$21.29 |
$44,290 |
| Bindery workers |
60 |
$11.03 |
$22,950 |
| Chemistry teachers, postsecondary |
60 |
Not available |
$77,940 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
60 |
$14.13 |
$29,380 |
| Engineers, all other |
60 |
$40.40 |
$84,020 |
| Interpreters and translators |
60 |
$16.10 |
$33,480 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
60 |
$20.41 |
$42,440 |
| Loan counselors |
60 |
$15.77 |
$32,800 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
60 |
$28.33 |
$58,920 |
| Pediatricians, general |
60 |
$101.34 |
$210,790 |
| Photographic processing machine operators |
60 |
$9.94 |
$20,670 |
| Travel agents |
60 |
$15.53 |
$32,310 |
| Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders |
50 |
$11.45 |
$23,810 |
| Chemists |
50 |
$37.20 |
$77,380 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary |
50 |
Not available |
$80,000 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary |
50 |
Not available |
$78,650 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters |
50 |
$25.35 |
$52,730 |
| Helpers--carpenters |
50 |
$12.78 |
$26,580 |
| Logisticians |
50 |
$24.04 |
$50,000 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers |
50 |
$11.99 |
$24,940 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
50 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary |
50 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Advertising and promotions managers |
40 |
$40.88 |
$85,040 |
| Chemical technicians |
40 |
$16.96 |
$35,280 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
40 |
$12.21 |
$25,390 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
40 |
$23.32 |
$48,500 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
40 |
$25.41 |
$52,850 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
40 |
$16.19 |
$33,670 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
40 |
$14.83 |
$30,840 |
| Massage therapists |
40 |
$15.72 |
$32,690 |
| Materials engineers |
40 |
$35.53 |
$73,890 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers |
40 |
$20.76 |
$43,180 |
| Millwrights |
40 |
$21.56 |
$44,840 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
40 |
$13.87 |
$28,840 |
| Statisticians |
40 |
$33.15 |
$68,960 |
| Surveyors |
40 |
$28.98 |
$60,270 |
| Training and development managers |
40 |
$47.05 |
$97,870 |
| Word processors and typists |
40 |
$17.65 |
$36,720 |
| Writers and authors |
40 |
$23.52 |
$48,930 |
| Communications teachers, postsecondary |
30 |
Not available |
$73,970 |
| Dental laboratory technicians |
30 |
$15.51 |
$32,270 |
| Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
30 |
$16.06 |
$33,400 |
| Multi-media artists and animators |
30 |
$27.49 |
$57,170 |
| Photographic process workers |
30 |
$14.30 |
$29,750 |
| Radio and television announcers |
30 |
$13.06 |
$27,160 |
| Recreational therapists |
30 |
$19.85 |
$41,280 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers |
30 |
$19.90 |
$41,400 |
| Computer specialists, all other |
Not available |
$31.35 |
$65,210 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$11.68 |
$24,300 |
| Glaziers |
Not available |
$15.60 |
$32,450 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
Not available |
$11.02 |
$22,920 |
| History teachers, postsecondary |
Not available |
Not available |
$65,810 |
| Home appliance repairers |
Not available |
$12.64 |
$26,290 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
Not available |
$15.52 |
$32,270 |
| Mental health counselors |
Not available |
$17.06 |
$35,490 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
Not available |
$14.83 |
$30,840 |
| New accounts clerks |
Not available |
$15.52 |
$32,280 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists |
Not available |
$99.50 |
$206,950 |
| Orthotists and prosthetists |
Not available |
$25.10 |
$52,200 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics |
Not available |
$15.47 |
$32,180 |
| Photographers |
Not available |
$20.50 |
$42,640 |
| Physicists |
Not available |
$45.22 |
$94,060 |
| Producers and directors |
Not available |
$25.86 |
$53,780 |
| Service station attendants |
Not available |
$10.28 |
$21,380 |
| Social workers, all other |
Not available |
$18.27 |
$37,990 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
Not available |
$17.88 |
$37,190 |
| Tour guides and escorts |
Not available |
$10.24 |
$21,300 |
| Transportation workers, all other |
Not available |
$22.90 |
$47,630 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers |
Not available |
$7.06 |
$14,690 |
