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 |
246,170 |
$21.87 |
$45,490 |
| Office and administrative support occupations |
44,380 |
$16.70 |
$34,730 |
| Sales and related occupations |
25,840 |
$19.28 |
$40,110 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations |
19,670 |
$10.94 |
$22,760 |
| Production occupations |
18,070 |
$16.58 |
$34,480 |
| Education, training, and library occupations |
16,620 |
$25.37 |
$52,780 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations |
16,560 |
$34.20 |
$71,140 |
| Management occupations |
13,360 |
$49.63 |
$103,220 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations |
12,840 |
$15.81 |
$32,880 |
| Business and financial operations occupations |
9,470 |
$31.41 |
$65,320 |
| Healthcare support occupations |
9,220 |
$15.07 |
$31,350 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
8,980 |
$20.11 |
$41,820 |
| Retail salespersons |
8,740 |
$12.74 |
$26,500 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
8,060 |
$13.34 |
$27,750 |
| Construction and extraction occupations |
8,040 |
$22.33 |
$46,440 |
| Registered nurses |
6,960 |
$36.60 |
$76,120 |
| Personal care and service occupations |
6,460 |
$12.37 |
$25,720 |
| Community and social services occupations |
6,300 |
$18.77 |
$39,040 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations |
5,720 |
$36.66 |
$76,260 |
| Cashiers |
5,670 |
$9.65 |
$20,070 |
| Office clerks, general |
5,670 |
$15.07 |
$31,350 |
| Protective service occupations |
5,180 |
$21.42 |
$44,560 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
4,950 |
$9.14 |
$19,000 |
| Customer service representatives |
4,240 |
$16.77 |
$34,870 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations |
4,220 |
$34.90 |
$72,580 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
4,180 |
$12.68 |
$26,370 |
| Waiters and waitresses |
4,040 |
$11.38 |
$23,680 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
3,910 |
$14.57 |
$30,310 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers |
3,810 |
$11.55 |
$24,030 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
3,730 |
$17.26 |
$35,900 |
| General and operations managers |
3,520 |
$52.40 |
$108,990 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
3,510 |
$16.29 |
$33,880 |
| Teacher assistants |
3,080 |
Not available |
$25,350 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations |
2,980 |
$31.94 |
$66,430 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
2,840 |
$21.35 |
$44,400 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
2,740 |
$21.68 |
$45,100 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
2,740 |
$33.66 |
$70,010 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
2,660 |
$22.15 |
$46,070 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
2,590 |
$23.56 |
$49,010 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education |
2,550 |
Not available |
$56,380 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
2,460 |
$13.30 |
$27,660 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
2,370 |
$19.83 |
$41,240 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
2,320 |
Not available |
$55,670 |
| Social and human service assistants |
2,170 |
$14.53 |
$30,230 |
| Accountants and auditors |
2,090 |
$32.34 |
$67,260 |
| Medical secretaries |
1,940 |
$17.14 |
$35,660 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
1,930 |
$14.04 |
$29,200 |
| Team assemblers |
1,920 |
$13.48 |
$28,030 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general |
1,800 |
$17.99 |
$37,420 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
1,730 |
$28.49 |
$59,260 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
1,710 |
$13.58 |
$28,240 |
| Home health aides |
1,670 |
$12.72 |
$26,460 |
| Food preparation workers |
1,610 |
$10.73 |
$22,320 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
1,600 |
$16.27 |
$33,830 |
| Child care workers |
1,580 |
$11.39 |
$23,700 |
| Receptionists and information clerks |
1,580 |
$12.56 |
$26,130 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
1,580 |
$42.12 |
$87,600 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
1,510 |
$24.84 |
$51,680 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
1,450 |
$18.10 |
$37,650 |
| Packers and packagers, hand |
1,450 |
$10.86 |
$22,590 |
| Cooks, restaurant |
1,430 |
$12.80 |
$26,630 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
1,360 |
$10.94 |
$22,750 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
1,360 |
Not available |
$56,630 |
| Financial managers |
1,350 |
$49.48 |
$102,910 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
1,330 |
$15.13 |
$31,470 |
| Security guards |
1,320 |
$12.66 |
$26,330 |
| Helpers--production workers |
1,270 |
$11.25 |
$23,410 |
| Bartenders |
1,260 |
$11.33 |
$23,560 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
1,240 |
$27.21 |
$56,590 |
| Legal occupations |
1,230 |
$41.60 |
$86,530 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
1,220 |
$9.48 |
$19,720 |
| Chief executives |
1,210 |
$77.44 |
$161,070 |
| Tellers |
1,190 |
$12.90 |
$26,820 |
| Machinists |
1,180 |
$19.08 |
$39,680 |
| Bus drivers, school |
1,150 |
$14.16 |
$29,460 |
| Construction laborers |
1,110 |
$17.94 |
$37,320 |
| Fire fighters |
1,070 |
$20.94 |
$43,560 |
| Electricians |
1,040 |
$24.53 |
$51,030 |
| Carpenters |
1,030 |
$21.43 |
$44,570 |
| Dishwashers |
1,010 |
$9.43 |
$19,620 |
| Administrative services managers |
960 |
$39.83 |
$82,840 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators |
960 |
$26.12 |
$54,340 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software |
920 |
$46.08 |
$95,840 |
| Computer support specialists |
910 |
$24.86 |
$51,710 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
900 |
$18.72 |
$38,940 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
880 |
$14.51 |
$30,190 |
| Medical assistants |
870 |
$16.19 |
$33,670 |
| Computer systems analysts |
860 |
$36.65 |
$76,240 |
| Business operations specialists, all other |
850 |
$27.96 |
$58,160 |
| Computer software engineers, applications |
840 |
$41.10 |
$85,480 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other |
830 |
$12.29 |
$25,570 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
830 |
$16.12 |
$33,520 |
| Child, family, and school social workers |
800 |
$23.06 |
$47,960 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers |
770 |
$17.42 |
$36,240 |
| Personal and home care aides |
770 |
$11.74 |
$24,430 |
| Medical and health services managers |
760 |
$42.37 |
$88,140 |
| Recreation workers |
740 |
$10.96 |
$22,800 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
730 |
$23.90 |
$49,710 |
| Postal service mail carriers |
730 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Sales managers |
730 |
$60.63 |
$126,120 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
720 |
$28.15 |
$58,550 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers |
720 |
$34.05 |
$70,820 |
| Management analysts |
700 |
$40.92 |
$85,110 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
680 |
Not available |
$54,020 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
670 |
$16.80 |
$34,950 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
670 |
$16.55 |
$34,430 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education |
670 |
$16.13 |
$33,550 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
660 |
$29.28 |
$60,890 |
| Lawyers |
620 |
$55.41 |
$115,240 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
610 |
$13.03 |
$27,100 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators |
610 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Sales representatives, services, all other |
610 |
$28.99 |
$60,300 |
| Computer and information systems managers |
600 |
$58.19 |
$121,040 |
| Dental hygienists |
600 |
$32.57 |
$67,750 |
| Network and computer systems administrators |
590 |
$32.10 |
$66,780 |
| Counter and rental clerks |
580 |
$14.80 |
$30,780 |
| Data entry keyers |
580 |
$14.00 |
$29,120 |
| Driver/sales workers |
580 |
$16.28 |
$33,870 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop |
580 |
$10.74 |
$22,340 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators |
580 |
$15.07 |
$31,350 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
570 |
$10.11 |
$21,040 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
570 |
$25.73 |
$53,510 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
550 |
$14.53 |
$30,230 |
| Financial analysts |
550 |
$31.88 |
$66,310 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
550 |
$28.25 |
$58,760 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
540 |
Not available |
$93,710 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
540 |
$21.10 |
$43,880 |
| Dental assistants |
530 |
$17.85 |
$37,120 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
530 |
$14.39 |
$29,920 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
530 |
$14.85 |
$30,890 |
| Mechanical engineers |
520 |
$37.87 |
$78,760 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other |
520 |
$88.01 |
$183,060 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary |
510 |
Not available |
$84,630 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists |
510 |
$34.10 |
$70,930 |
| Coaches and scouts |
510 |
Not available |
$38,160 |
| Industrial engineers |
510 |
$35.34 |
$73,500 |
| Medical records and health information technicians |
500 |
$16.55 |
$34,420 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
490 |
$21.82 |
$45,390 |
| Computer programmers |
480 |
$37.84 |
$78,710 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
480 |
$18.00 |
$37,430 |
| Order clerks |
480 |
$16.03 |
$33,350 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school |
480 |
Not available |
$57,000 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other |
470 |
$17.65 |
$36,720 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
470 |
$28.11 |
$58,480 |
| Legal secretaries |
460 |
$20.81 |
$43,280 |
| Market research analysts |
460 |
$34.55 |
$71,860 |
| Pharmacists |
460 |
$47.97 |
$99,770 |
| Rehabilitation counselors |
460 |
$19.88 |
$41,350 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers |
460 |
$17.86 |
$37,150 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
450 |
$29.04 |
$60,410 |
| Medical and public health social workers |
450 |
$22.93 |
$47,700 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
450 |
$15.37 |
$31,960 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
440 |
$17.63 |
$36,670 |
| Public relations specialists |
440 |
$26.48 |
$55,070 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians |
430 |
$26.38 |
$54,860 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers |
430 |
$12.68 |
$26,370 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks |
430 |
$17.91 |
$37,260 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products |
430 |
$28.70 |
$59,690 |
| Training and development specialists |
430 |
$29.16 |
$60,650 |
| Cost estimators |
420 |
$26.96 |
$56,090 |
| Couriers and messengers |
420 |
$19.45 |
$40,460 |
| Insurance sales agents |
420 |
$37.44 |
$77,870 |
| Mental health counselors |
420 |
$17.75 |
$36,920 |
| Social and community service managers |
420 |
$27.70 |
$57,620 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers |
420 |
$18.42 |
$38,320 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians |
410 |
$31.38 |
$65,280 |
| Biological technicians |
400 |
$23.49 |
$48,850 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts |
400 |
$36.83 |
$76,610 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders |
400 |
$15.90 |
$33,070 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders |
390 |
$14.98 |
$31,150 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
390 |
$16.18 |
$33,650 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers |
390 |
$20.28 |
$42,180 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
390 |
$21.32 |
$44,340 |
| Physical therapists |
390 |
$35.36 |
$73,550 |
| Civil engineers |
380 |
$35.43 |
$73,700 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance |
380 |
$17.91 |
$37,250 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
380 |
$24.54 |
$51,040 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters |
370 |
$17.10 |
$35,570 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service |
370 |
$11.70 |
$24,330 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians |
370 |
$16.66 |
$34,660 |
| Food service managers |
350 |
$23.63 |
$49,150 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment |
340 |
$11.02 |
$22,920 |
| File clerks |
340 |
$13.21 |
$27,480 |
| Library technicians |
340 |
$16.28 |
$33,860 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants |
340 |
$25.91 |
$53,880 |
| Special education teachers, middle school |
340 |
Not available |
$55,360 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs |
340 |
$10.22 |
$21,260 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
330 |
Not available |
$55,240 |
| Marketing managers |
330 |
$53.04 |
$110,310 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders |
330 |
$16.28 |
$33,860 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers |
330 |
$10.64 |
$22,120 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer |
320 |
$46.08 |
$95,850 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers |
320 |
$16.80 |
$34,940 |
| Industrial production managers |
320 |
$47.19 |
$98,150 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service |
320 |
$11.94 |
$24,830 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school |
320 |
Not available |
$60,250 |
| Automotive body and related repairers |
310 |
$18.34 |
$38,150 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
310 |
$16.68 |
$34,700 |
| Librarians |
310 |
$27.16 |
$56,480 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists |
310 |
$35.68 |
$74,220 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
310 |
$16.36 |
$34,030 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance |
310 |
$18.69 |
$38,880 |
| Bill and account collectors |
300 |
$18.18 |
$37,820 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary |
300 |
$46.11 |
$95,910 |
| Parts salespersons |
300 |
$17.17 |
$35,720 |
| Printing machine operators |
300 |
$16.66 |
$34,660 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
300 |
$42.15 |
$87,670 |
| Semiconductor processors |
300 |
$18.01 |
$37,460 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants |
290 |
$9.64 |
$20,060 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists |
290 |
$26.49 |
$55,100 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
290 |
$10.39 |
$21,620 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
290 |
$19.99 |
$41,570 |
| Occupational therapists |
290 |
$33.92 |
$70,560 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers |
290 |
$16.39 |
$34,090 |
| Engineering managers |
280 |
$54.85 |
$114,090 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers |
280 |
$22.54 |
$46,880 |
| Helpers--electricians |
280 |
$14.18 |
$29,490 |
| Sheet metal workers |
280 |
$23.76 |
$49,420 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary |
270 |
Not available |
$138,910 |
| Chemical technicians |
270 |
$20.99 |
$43,660 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation |
270 |
$31.54 |
$65,600 |
| Construction and building inspectors |
270 |
$22.12 |
$46,010 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers |
270 |
$16.61 |
$34,540 |
| Loan officers |
270 |
$34.02 |
$70,750 |
| Respiratory therapists |
270 |
$29.10 |
$60,530 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers |
270 |
$9.95 |
$20,700 |
| Chefs and head cooks |
260 |
$18.17 |
$37,790 |
| Cooks, fast food |
260 |
$9.45 |
$19,650 |
| Electrical engineers |
260 |
$42.99 |
$89,420 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders |
260 |
$18.76 |
$39,030 |
| Library assistants, clerical |
260 |
$12.80 |
$26,630 |
| Tool and die makers |
260 |
$22.08 |
$45,930 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
250 |
$27.04 |
$56,230 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors |
250 |
$15.01 |
$31,230 |
| Sales engineers |
250 |
$47.59 |
$98,980 |
| Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment |
240 |
$13.43 |
$27,940 |
| Graphic designers |
240 |
$22.48 |
$46,750 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
240 |
$19.07 |
$39,670 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other |
240 |
$29.38 |
$61,100 |
| Medical equipment repairers |
240 |
$18.16 |
$37,770 |
| Roofers |
240 |
$26.47 |
$55,050 |
| Bakers |
230 |
$13.66 |
$28,410 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers |
230 |
$16.93 |
$35,210 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand |
230 |
$21.57 |
$44,860 |
| Insurance underwriters |
230 |
$31.12 |
$64,720 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
230 |
$21.99 |
$45,740 |
| Chemists |
220 |
$32.60 |
$67,800 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
220 |
$15.42 |
$32,080 |
| Instructional coordinators |
220 |
$29.40 |
$61,140 |
| Natural sciences managers |
220 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Production workers, all other |
220 |
$15.78 |
$32,820 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic |
210 |
$19.31 |
$40,170 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks |
210 |
$20.91 |
$43,490 |
| Dietetic technicians |
210 |
$10.01 |
$20,830 |
| Industrial engineering technicians |
210 |
$25.10 |
$52,210 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
210 |
$15.82 |
$32,910 |
| Mechanical drafters |
210 |
$28.87 |
$60,040 |
| Advertising sales agents |
200 |
$23.64 |
$49,170 |
| Database administrators |
200 |
$30.58 |
$63,600 |
| Environmental engineers |
200 |
$35.04 |
$72,880 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
200 |
$35.96 |
$74,800 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
200 |
$15.03 |
$31,260 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers |
200 |
$11.20 |
$23,290 |
| Managers, all other |
200 |
$28.02 |
$58,270 |
| Postal service clerks |
200 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary |
190 |
Not available |
$69,710 |
| Bindery workers |
190 |
$13.62 |
$28,330 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
190 |
$22.49 |
$46,780 |
| Construction managers |
190 |
$40.14 |
$83,500 |
| Health specialties teachers, postsecondary |
190 |
Not available |
$79,180 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
190 |
$10.85 |
$22,570 |
| Occupational therapist assistants |
190 |
$22.33 |
$46,450 |
| Parking lot attendants |
190 |
$9.57 |
$19,910 |
| Speech-language pathologists |
190 |
$33.87 |
$70,460 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators |
190 |
$20.36 |
$42,350 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products |
190 |
$31.23 |
$64,970 |
| Computer specialists, all other |
180 |
$31.48 |
$65,480 |
| Prepress technicians and workers |
180 |
$21.70 |
$45,130 |
| Veterinarians |
180 |
$36.89 |
$76,730 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
170 |
Not available |
$69,930 |
| Personal financial advisors |
170 |
$65.04 |
$135,280 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
170 |
$17.87 |
$37,160 |
| Sales and related workers, all other |
170 |
$22.67 |
$47,160 |
| Travel agents |
170 |
$16.22 |
$33,730 |
| All other information and record clerks |
160 |
$13.32 |
$27,700 |
| Crossing guards |
160 |
$9.71 |
$20,190 |
| Interpreters and translators |
160 |
$17.89 |
$37,200 |
| Procurement clerks |
160 |
$18.46 |
$38,400 |
| Surgical technologists |
160 |
$21.70 |
$45,130 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
160 |
$28.97 |
$60,250 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping |
160 |
$13.03 |
$27,110 |
| Butchers and meat cutters |
150 |
$19.84 |
$41,270 |
| Floral designers |
150 |
$14.28 |
$29,710 |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic |
150 |
$15.28 |
$31,770 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other |
150 |
$9.76 |
$20,300 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity |
140 |
$13.07 |
$27,180 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other |
140 |
$16.50 |
$34,330 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
140 |
$15.68 |
$32,610 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
140 |
$23.66 |
$49,200 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health |
140 |
$35.26 |
$73,350 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks |
140 |
$19.67 |
$40,920 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery |
140 |
$19.44 |
$40,430 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers |
140 |
$16.37 |
$34,040 |
| Physician assistants |
140 |
$44.54 |
$92,640 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors |
140 |
$19.75 |
$41,080 |
| Budget analysts |
130 |
$32.36 |
$67,310 |
| Computer hardware engineers |
130 |
$48.58 |
$101,040 |
| Computer operators |
130 |
$19.74 |
$41,050 |
| Engineers, all other |
130 |
$44.43 |
$92,410 |
| Health educators |
130 |
$19.28 |
$40,100 |
| Medical transcriptionists |
130 |
$17.42 |
$36,230 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters |
130 |
$16.50 |
$34,320 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other |
130 |
Not available |
$44,580 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
130 |
$49.34 |
$102,630 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors |
120 |
$15.55 |
$32,340 |
| Biochemists and biophysicists |
120 |
$45.05 |
$93,700 |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders |
120 |
$18.33 |
$38,120 |
| Dentists, general |
120 |
$90.61 |
$188,460 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists |
120 |
$23.87 |
$49,650 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
120 |
$27.39 |
$56,960 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs |
120 |
$25.92 |
$53,910 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other |
120 |
$17.77 |
$36,970 |
| Purchasing managers |
120 |
$43.27 |
$90,000 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents |
120 |
$30.85 |
$64,170 |
| Compensation and benefits managers |
110 |
$46.78 |
$97,310 |
| Editors |
110 |
$25.33 |
$52,690 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
110 |
$16.11 |
$33,510 |
| Insurance appraisers, auto damage |
110 |
$27.13 |
$56,430 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers |
110 |
$14.32 |
$29,780 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary |
110 |
Not available |
$89,590 |
| Office machine operators, except computer |
110 |
$11.75 |
$24,440 |
| Opticians, dispensing |
110 |
$22.59 |
$46,990 |
| Physical therapist assistants |
110 |
$24.27 |
$50,490 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers |
110 |
$27.44 |
$57,080 |
| Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians |
100 |
$11.47 |
$23,860 |
| Biomedical engineers |
100 |
$42.02 |
$87,410 |
| Chemical engineers |
100 |
$39.78 |
$82,740 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program |
100 |
$26.22 |
$54,530 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other |
100 |
$21.48 |
$44,670 |
| Helpers--carpenters |
100 |
$14.16 |
$29,460 |
| History teachers, postsecondary |
100 |
Not available |
$76,220 |
| Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary |
100 |
Not available |
$73,680 |
| Pipelayers |
100 |
$22.84 |
$47,500 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary |
100 |
Not available |
$70,360 |
| Technical writers |
100 |
$35.26 |
$73,340 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary |
100 |
$24.51 |
$50,970 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
100 |
$14.42 |
$29,990 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate |
90 |
$25.94 |
$53,960 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters |
90 |
$13.80 |
$28,710 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers |
90 |
$42.55 |
$88,500 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers |
90 |
$34.09 |
$70,900 |
| Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
90 |
Not available |
$66,700 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
90 |
$18.55 |
$38,580 |
| Medical equipment preparers |
90 |
$16.25 |
$33,810 |
| Meeting and convention planners |
90 |
$30.48 |
$63,390 |
| Millwrights |
90 |
$21.01 |
$43,700 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other |
90 |
$16.50 |
$34,320 |
| Protective service workers, all other |
90 |
$14.90 |
$30,980 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians |
90 |
$18.48 |
$38,430 |
| Architectural and civil drafters |
80 |
$27.69 |
$57,590 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians |
80 |
$28.65 |
$59,600 |
| Credit analysts |
80 |
$26.27 |
$54,630 |
| Education administrators, all other |
80 |
$37.81 |
$78,640 |
| Family and general practitioners |
80 |
$80.56 |
$167,560 |
| Human resources managers, all other |
80 |
$53.52 |
$111,310 |
| Internists, general |
80 |
$76.39 |
$158,890 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics |
80 |
$15.71 |
$32,670 |
| Pest control workers |
80 |
$17.32 |
$36,030 |
| Physical therapist aides |
80 |
$16.74 |
$34,820 |
| Public relations managers |
80 |
$42.90 |
$89,240 |
| Brokerage clerks |
70 |
$19.68 |
$40,930 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary |
70 |
Not available |
$78,820 |
| Correspondence clerks |
70 |
$17.10 |
$35,560 |
| Materials engineers |
70 |
$41.56 |
$86,450 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary |
70 |
Not available |
$84,630 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians |
70 |
$23.98 |
$49,870 |
| Photographers |
70 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Photographic processing machine operators |
70 |
$10.21 |
$21,230 |
| Social workers, all other |
70 |
$14.57 |
$30,310 |
| Training and development managers |
70 |
$53.66 |
$111,610 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval |
60 |
$32.78 |
$68,190 |
| Chemistry teachers, postsecondary |
60 |
Not available |
$84,120 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks |
60 |
$17.20 |
$35,780 |
| Desktop publishers |
60 |
$19.19 |
$39,910 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
60 |
$13.86 |
$28,830 |
| Economics teachers, postsecondary |
60 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Financial specialists, all other |
60 |
$34.17 |
$71,060 |
| Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
60 |
$20.00 |
$41,600 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists |
60 |
$26.91 |
$55,970 |
| Recreational therapists |
60 |
$18.50 |
$38,480 |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers |
60 |
$13.30 |
$27,650 |
| Urban and regional planners |
60 |
$29.69 |
$61,750 |
| Advertising and promotions managers |
50 |
$36.38 |
$75,680 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers |
50 |
$27.74 |
$57,700 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders |
50 |
$16.50 |
$34,310 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators |
50 |
$38.95 |
$81,020 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary |
50 |
Not available |
$67,890 |
| Electro-mechanical technicians |
50 |
$25.91 |
$53,900 |
| Engine and other machine assemblers |
50 |
$21.18 |
$44,050 |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other |
50 |
$24.17 |
$50,280 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand |
50 |
$14.32 |
$29,790 |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other |
50 |
$35.40 |
$73,640 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other |
50 |
$23.73 |
$49,350 |
| Legislators |
50 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers |
50 |
$18.32 |
$38,100 |
| Logisticians |
50 |
$37.00 |
$76,960 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers |
50 |
$14.78 |
$30,740 |
| Operations research analysts |
50 |
$25.86 |
$53,780 |
| Political science teachers, postsecondary |
50 |
Not available |
$90,900 |
| Postmasters and mail superintendents |
50 |
$32.13 |
$66,830 |
| Residential advisors |
50 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Sociology teachers, postsecondary |
50 |
Not available |
$68,050 |
| Word processors and typists |
50 |
$14.47 |
$30,110 |
| Writers and authors |
50 |
$34.14 |
$71,020 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons |
40 |
$34.55 |
$71,850 |
| Broadcast technicians |
40 |
$25.30 |
$52,620 |
| Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders |
40 |
$14.70 |
$30,580 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers |
40 |
$17.73 |
$36,870 |
| Curators |
40 |
$24.55 |
$51,070 |
| Fire inspectors and investigators |
40 |
$27.26 |
$56,710 |
| Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic |
40 |
$21.70 |
$45,130 |
| Loan counselors |
40 |
$26.09 |
$54,260 |
| Lodging managers |
40 |
$30.23 |
$62,880 |
| Metal workers and plastic workers, all other |
40 |
$18.52 |
$38,530 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists |
40 |
$28.91 |
$60,140 |
| Numerical tool and process control programmers |
40 |
$22.54 |
$46,890 |
| Optometrists |
40 |
$69.66 |
$144,890 |
| Psychiatrists |
40 |
$77.86 |
$161,950 |
| Tax preparers |
40 |
$23.88 |
$49,680 |
| Clergy |
30 |
$24.59 |
$51,150 |
| Commercial and industrial designers |
30 |
$22.34 |
$46,470 |
| Food batchmakers |
30 |
$12.07 |
$25,100 |
| Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors |
30 |
$35.22 |
$73,260 |
| Interior designers |
30 |
Not available |
Not available |
| Multi-media artists and animators |
30 |
$24.38 |
$50,710 |
| Actuaries |
Not available |
$50.13 |
$104,270 |
| Animal control workers |
Not available |
$13.70 |
$28,490 |
| Athletic trainers |
Not available |
Not available |
$24,980 |
| Automotive glass installers and repairers |
Not available |
$17.13 |
$35,630 |
| Boilermakers |
Not available |
$25.75 |
$53,560 |
| Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders |
Not available |
$14.64 |
$30,450 |
| Civil engineering technicians |
Not available |
$16.78 |
$34,910 |
| Computer and information scientists, research |
Not available |
$49.17 |
$102,280 |
| Construction and related workers, all other |
Not available |
$15.09 |
$31,380 |
| Cooks, short order |
Not available |
$11.55 |
$24,020 |
| Counselors, all other |
Not available |
$15.09 |
$31,380 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators |
Not available |
$15.76 |
$32,780 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse |
Not available |
$15.67 |
$32,600 |
| Financial examiners |
Not available |
$39.90 |
$82,980 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
Not available |
$14.14 |
$29,410 |
| Funeral attendants |
Not available |
$13.72 |
$28,530 |
| Glaziers |
Not available |
$15.32 |
$31,870 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers |
Not available |
$19.21 |
$39,950 |
| Home appliance repairers |
Not available |
$16.07 |
$33,430 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics |
Not available |
$24.92 |
$51,820 |
| Job printers |
Not available |
$17.52 |
$36,440 |
| Landscape architects |
Not available |
$49.39 |
$102,730 |
| Life scientists, all other |
Not available |
$34.50 |
$71,760 |
| Material moving workers, all other |
Not available |
$11.83 |
$24,610 |
| Medical appliance technicians |
Not available |
$21.05 |
$43,790 |
| Microbiologists |
Not available |
$31.95 |
$66,470 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other |
Not available |
$12.30 |
$25,580 |
| New accounts clerks |
Not available |
$14.70 |
$30,580 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators |
Not available |
$21.70 |
$45,130 |
| Pharmacy aides |
Not available |
$10.26 |
$21,340 |
| Plasterers and stucco masons |
Not available |
$21.65 |
$45,040 |
| Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products |
Not available |
$42.38 |
$88,140 |
| Real estate sales agents |
Not available |
$21.12 |
$43,930 |
| Reporters and correspondents |
Not available |
$14.94 |
$31,070 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers |
Not available |
$16.79 |
$34,930 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners |
Not available |
$19.30 |
$40,140 |
| Service station attendants |
Not available |
$9.93 |
$20,650 |
| Sewing machine operators |
Not available |
$9.60 |
$19,960 |
| Shampooers |
Not available |
$9.27 |
$19,290 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators |
Not available |
$21.53 |
$44,790 |
| Statistical assistants |
Not available |
$20.98 |
$43,640 |
| Surveyors |
Not available |
$28.39 |
$59,050 |
| Telemarketers |
Not available |
$18.02 |
$37,480 |
| Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders |
Not available |
$9.89 |
$20,570 |
| Tire repairers and changers |
Not available |
$12.48 |
$25,970 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers |
Not available |
$26.03 |
$54,150 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers |
Not available |
$12.69 |
$26,390 |
