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 | 80,430 | $17.39 | $36,180 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 12,040 | $14.88 | $30,960 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 9,250 | $13.44 | $27,960 |
| Sales and related occupations | 7,500 | $15.39 | $32,020 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 7,070 | $10.72 | $22,300 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 6,540 | $20.89 | $43,450 |
| Production occupations | 6,480 | $14.00 | $29,130 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 4,160 | $33.96 | $70,650 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 3,490 | $19.73 | $41,040 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 3,220 | $18.63 | $38,750 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 2,790 | $12.35 | $25,700 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 2,560 | $11.75 | $24,440 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 2,540 | $12.11 | $25,180 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 2,460 | $12.32 | $25,630 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 2,350 | $9.84 | $20,470 |
| Retail salespersons | 2,240 | $13.07 | $27,190 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 2,210 | $10.41 | $21,650 |
| Cashiers | 2,170 | $9.98 | $20,760 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 2,000 | $11.17 | $23,240 |
| Management occupations | 1,990 | $42.78 | $88,990 |
| Office clerks, general | 1,830 | $12.99 | $27,010 |
| Community and social services occupations | 1,800 | $19.65 | $40,860 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 1,790 | $27.54 | $57,290 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 1,730 | $16.24 | $33,780 |
| Registered nurses | 1,720 | $30.21 | $62,840 |
| Protective service occupations | 1,580 | $20.69 | $43,040 |
| Teacher assistants | 1,540 | Not available | $26,980 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 1,420 | Not available | $53,830 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 1,410 | $11.40 | $23,710 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 1,320 | $12.32 | $25,630 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 1,320 | $18.55 | $38,580 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 1,280 | $11.50 | $23,920 |
| Graders and sorters, agricultural products | 1,190 | $9.70 | $20,190 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 1,050 | $15.11 | $31,430 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 1,000 | $10.97 | $22,820 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 890 | $13.73 | $28,550 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 840 | $18.99 | $39,510 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 840 | $16.54 | $34,390 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 800 | Not available | $37,850 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | 770 | $9.85 | $20,480 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 710 | Not available | $54,080 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 700 | $30.80 | $64,070 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 700 | $9.84 | $20,460 |
| Construction laborers | 670 | $16.02 | $33,310 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 660 | $22.12 | $46,000 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 650 | $24.14 | $50,200 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 650 | $11.47 | $23,850 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 650 | $24.76 | $51,490 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 640 | $20.76 | $43,170 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 560 | $12.56 | $26,130 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 560 | Not available | $54,540 |
| Team assemblers | 560 | $12.31 | $25,610 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 550 | $27.06 | $56,280 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 540 | $10.86 | $22,590 |
| Child care workers | 530 | $9.76 | $20,310 |
| Food preparation workers | 530 | $10.35 | $21,520 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 530 | $13.54 | $28,170 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 520 | $11.47 | $23,860 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 480 | $23.67 | $49,240 |
| Medical secretaries | 470 | $14.74 | $30,660 |
| Customer service representatives | 450 | $13.81 | $28,730 |
| General and operations managers | 450 | $51.40 | $106,910 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 440 | $13.40 | $27,880 |
| Helpers--production workers | 440 | $10.77 | $22,390 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 430 | $12.36 | $25,700 |
| Legal occupations | 430 | $26.63 | $55,390 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 420 | $13.07 | $27,190 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 400 | $17.09 | $35,560 |
| Security guards | 400 | $12.26 | $25,500 |
| Accountants and auditors | 390 | $31.99 | $66,540 |
| Carpenters | 390 | $21.27 | $44,240 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 380 | $16.17 | $33,630 |
| Social and human service assistants | 380 | $13.22 | $27,500 |
| Tellers | 370 | $11.47 | $23,860 |
| Cooks, fast food | 360 | $9.05 | $18,820 |
| Bus drivers, school | 350 | $15.49 | $32,220 |
| Medical assistants | 350 | $15.40 | $32,040 |
| Mental health counselors | 350 | $18.26 | $37,990 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 330 | $30.97 | $64,410 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 330 | $10.30 | $21,410 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 330 | $13.90 | $28,920 |
| Driver/sales workers | 320 | $15.23 | $31,680 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 310 | $14.64 | $30,460 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 300 | $20.35 | $42,330 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 300 | $20.46 | $42,560 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 280 | $9.13 | $18,980 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 280 | $22.77 | $47,360 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 270 | $15.02 | $31,240 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 270 | $13.32 | $27,710 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 270 | $30.27 | $62,950 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 270 | $12.37 | $25,730 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 270 | $14.76 | $30,690 |
| Parts salespersons | 260 | $14.68 | $30,530 |
| Dishwashers | 250 | $9.08 | $18,890 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 250 | $29.02 | $60,360 |
| Bartenders | 240 | $11.97 | $24,910 |
| Coaches and scouts | 240 | Not available | $35,050 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 240 | $12.47 | $25,940 |
| Dental assistants | 240 | $15.83 | $32,920 |
| Fire fighters | 240 | $21.73 | $45,190 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 240 | $17.37 | $36,120 |
| Computer support specialists | 220 | $19.28 | $40,090 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 220 | Not available | $91,770 |
| Electricians | 220 | $26.94 | $56,030 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 220 | $28.56 | $59,390 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 210 | $25.93 | $53,930 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 210 | $24.97 | $51,940 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 210 | $16.30 | $33,910 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 200 | $9.63 | $20,040 |
| Machinists | 200 | $19.11 | $39,740 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 200 | Not available | Not available |
| Production workers, all other | 200 | $11.27 | $23,440 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | 190 | $20.36 | $42,350 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 190 | $18.55 | $38,590 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 190 | $17.76 | $36,950 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 180 | $24.31 | $50,560 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 180 | $19.81 | $41,210 |
| Financial managers | 180 | $38.72 | $80,540 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 180 | $9.61 | $19,980 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 180 | $16.01 | $33,300 |
| Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers | 180 | $9.90 | $20,600 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 170 | $10.48 | $21,810 |
| Dental hygienists | 170 | $40.15 | $83,510 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary | 170 | $16.26 | $33,830 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 160 | $17.09 | $35,550 |
| Civil engineers | 160 | $31.28 | $65,070 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 160 | $10.97 | $22,810 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 160 | $24.24 | $50,430 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 160 | $16.96 | $35,270 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 160 | $21.80 | $45,340 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 150 | $14.25 | $29,650 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 150 | $16.88 | $35,100 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 150 | $14.74 | $30,670 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 140 | $19.39 | $40,330 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters | 140 | $9.10 | $18,920 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 140 | $9.57 | $19,910 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 140 | $16.69 | $34,710 |
| Pharmacists | 140 | $46.72 | $97,170 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 140 | $16.84 | $35,030 |
| Agricultural inspectors | 130 | $19.36 | $40,270 |
| Bill and account collectors | 130 | $17.61 | $36,630 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 130 | $23.00 | $47,840 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders | 130 | $12.15 | $25,280 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 130 | $27.49 | $57,180 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 130 | $12.09 | $25,150 |
| Telemarketers | 130 | $10.17 | $21,150 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 120 | $24.64 | $51,260 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 120 | $29.58 | $61,540 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 120 | $18.70 | $38,890 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 120 | $11.27 | $23,430 |
| Lawyers | 120 | $39.10 | $81,320 |
| Roofers | 120 | $18.54 | $38,570 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 120 | Not available | $58,030 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 110 | $18.33 | $38,130 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 110 | $31.24 | $64,980 |
| Sales managers | 110 | $49.12 | $102,180 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 100 | $9.26 | $19,260 |
| Cost estimators | 100 | $24.42 | $50,790 |
| File clerks | 100 | $11.25 | $23,400 |
| Medical and health services managers | 100 | $50.07 | $104,150 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 100 | $21.40 | $44,500 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 100 | $19.51 | $40,590 |
| Social and community service managers | 100 | $30.81 | $64,090 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 100 | $26.92 | $56,000 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 90 | $21.61 | $44,960 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers | 90 | $21.84 | $45,440 |
| Floral designers | 90 | $11.91 | $24,780 |
| Industrial production managers | 90 | $45.60 | $94,850 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 90 | $12.45 | $25,890 |
| Loan officers | 90 | $35.43 | $73,700 |
| Order clerks | 90 | $14.09 | $29,300 |
| Physical therapists | 90 | $35.37 | $73,560 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 90 | $20.41 | $42,450 |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders | 90 | $13.36 | $27,780 |
| Service station attendants | 90 | $9.87 | $20,530 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 80 | $25.33 | $52,680 |
| Cooks, short order | 80 | $10.33 | $21,480 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 80 | $14.08 | $29,290 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other | 80 | $20.57 | $42,780 |
| Farm equipment mechanics | 80 | $17.17 | $35,720 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 80 | $18.50 | $38,490 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 80 | $13.92 | $28,940 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 80 | $13.24 | $27,540 |
| Instructional coordinators | 80 | $32.13 | $66,830 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders | 80 | $21.20 | $44,100 |
| Printing machine operators | 80 | $18.05 | $37,540 |
| Protective service workers, all other | 80 | $16.59 | $34,500 |
| Public relations specialists | 80 | $25.14 | $52,300 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 80 | $38.56 | $80,200 |
| Tapers | 80 | $15.95 | $33,180 |
| Advertising sales agents | 70 | $28.84 | $59,980 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 70 | $20.61 | $42,860 |
| Computer systems analysts | 70 | $36.46 | $75,830 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders | 70 | $10.96 | $22,800 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 70 | $17.16 | $35,690 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 70 | $17.18 | $35,730 |
| Food service managers | 70 | $28.79 | $59,890 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 70 | Not available | $47,340 |
| Librarians | 70 | $27.54 | $57,270 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 70 | $15.69 | $32,640 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | 70 | $32.20 | $66,970 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 70 | $92.17 | $191,720 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 70 | $21.46 | $44,630 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 70 | $25.63 | $53,310 |
| Recreation workers | 70 | $13.67 | $28,430 |
| Sales and related workers, all other | 70 | $20.90 | $43,470 |
| Administrative services managers | 60 | $37.25 | $77,490 |
| Bakers | 60 | $12.86 | $26,750 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 60 | $14.13 | $29,380 |
| Dentists, general | 60 | $99.26 | $206,460 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 60 | $39.71 | $82,590 |
| Internists, general | 60 | $87.15 | $181,270 |
| Managers, all other | 60 | $44.53 | $92,620 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 60 | $18.09 | $37,620 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 60 | $27.59 | $57,390 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 60 | $22.45 | $46,690 |
| Physician assistants | 60 | $38.40 | $79,870 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 60 | Not available | Not available |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 60 | $16.64 | $34,610 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 60 | $30.33 | $63,080 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 60 | $36.20 | $75,290 |
| Urban and regional planners | 60 | $26.40 | $54,910 |
| Agricultural and food science technicians | 50 | $19.03 | $39,590 |
| All other information and record clerks | 50 | $16.96 | $35,270 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | 50 | $25.65 | $53,350 |
| Biological technicians | 50 | $17.18 | $35,740 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 50 | $19.76 | $41,100 |
| Health educators | 50 | $21.33 | $44,360 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other | 50 | $19.58 | $40,730 |
| Library technicians | 50 | $13.85 | $28,810 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 50 | $16.46 | $34,240 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 50 | $19.16 | $39,860 |
| Metal workers and plastic workers, all other | 50 | $14.71 | $30,590 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation | 50 | $13.90 | $28,900 |
| Physical therapist aides | 50 | $11.20 | $23,290 |
| Procurement clerks | 50 | $15.88 | $33,020 |
| Reporters and correspondents | 50 | $16.92 | $35,190 |
| Special education teachers, middle school | 50 | Not available | $54,560 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 50 | Not available | $49,720 |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | 50 | $11.30 | $23,510 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | 50 | $15.25 | $31,720 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 50 | $23.68 | $49,250 |
| Chief executives | 40 | $65.11 | $135,430 |
| Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders | 40 | $11.25 | $23,400 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 40 | $29.74 | $61,860 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 40 | $17.77 | $36,950 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 40 | $28.78 | $59,870 |
| Construction and related workers, all other | 40 | $19.80 | $41,190 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door | 40 | $24.18 | $50,290 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers | 40 | $12.33 | $25,650 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 40 | $16.91 | $35,180 |
| Financial specialists, all other | 40 | $21.53 | $44,780 |
| Food batchmakers | 40 | $14.32 | $29,780 |
| Graphic designers | 40 | $15.19 | $31,600 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 40 | $13.99 | $29,110 |
| Legislators | 40 | Not available | $40,050 |
| Logisticians | 40 | $21.72 | $45,170 |
| Management analysts | 40 | $27.81 | $57,850 |
| Market research analysts | 40 | $28.87 | $60,040 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 40 | $14.20 | $29,530 |
| Obstetricians and gynecologists | 40 | $100.89 | $209,840 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers | 40 | $11.99 | $24,950 |
| Pharmacy aides | 40 | $11.74 | $24,410 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 40 | $20.40 | $42,430 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 40 | $17.06 | $35,490 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 40 | $19.07 | $39,670 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 40 | $13.35 | $27,770 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers | 40 | $18.72 | $38,940 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 40 | $26.70 | $55,530 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 40 | $13.57 | $28,220 |
| Word processors and typists | 40 | $13.56 | $28,210 |
| Agricultural equipment operators | 30 | $12.13 | $25,230 |
| Budget analysts | 30 | $24.72 | $51,420 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 30 | $27.89 | $58,000 |
| Computer operators | 30 | $15.78 | $32,820 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | 30 | $37.96 | $78,950 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers | 30 | $17.34 | $36,070 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers | 30 | $38.02 | $79,090 |
| Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates | 30 | $48.16 | $100,170 |
| Legal support workers, all other | 30 | $18.87 | $39,250 |
| Marketing managers | 30 | $46.06 | $95,800 |
| Occupational therapists | 30 | $35.42 | $73,660 |
| Postal service clerks | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 30 | $14.16 | $29,460 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | 30 | $13.53 | $28,150 |
| Agricultural workers, all other | Not available | $17.03 | $35,420 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval | Not available | $34.10 | $70,920 |
| Broadcast technicians | Not available | $13.77 | $28,650 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | Not available | $15.70 | $32,650 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | Not available | $34.90 | $72,590 |
| Couriers and messengers | Not available | $11.46 | $23,840 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks | Not available | $12.34 | $25,670 |
| Family and general practitioners | Not available | $57.75 | $120,120 |
| Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals | Not available | $11.79 | $24,510 |
| Glaziers | Not available | $16.27 | $33,840 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | Not available | $20.69 | $43,040 |
| Home health aides | Not available | $9.80 | $20,380 |
| Insurance sales agents | Not available | $24.62 | $51,200 |
| Legal secretaries | Not available | $16.07 | $33,420 |
| Massage therapists | Not available | $27.81 | $57,840 |
| New accounts clerks | Not available | $14.12 | $29,360 |
| Personal and home care aides | Not available | $10.78 | $22,420 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood | Not available | $10.49 | $21,820 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | Not available | $35.73 | $74,330 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers | Not available | $25.96 | $53,990 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners | Not available | $11.25 | $23,400 |
| Sheet metal workers | Not available | $25.25 | $52,510 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | Not available | $13.44 | $27,950 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | Not available | $20.36 | $42,340 |
