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 | 232,200 | $17.09 | $35,540 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 36,450 | $13.58 | $28,240 |
| Sales and related occupations | 27,750 | $14.65 | $30,480 |
| Production occupations | 25,850 | $17.73 | $36,870 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 23,310 | $8.79 | $18,280 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 19,910 | $14.44 | $30,040 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 14,610 | $28.00 | $58,250 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 13,870 | $22.41 | $46,620 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 10,310 | $18.29 | $38,050 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 10,110 | $11.80 | $24,550 |
| Retail salespersons | 8,910 | $11.01 | $22,900 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 8,400 | $20.84 | $43,340 |
| Cashiers | 7,180 | $8.17 | $16,990 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 6,780 | $11.18 | $23,260 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 6,350 | $7.82 | $16,270 |
| Management occupations | 6,320 | $42.74 | $88,900 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 6,280 | $25.01 | $52,010 |
| Protective service occupations | 5,650 | $18.16 | $37,770 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 5,290 | $12.45 | $25,890 |
| Office clerks, general | 5,290 | $11.34 | $23,590 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 4,890 | $10.25 | $21,330 |
| Registered nurses | 4,870 | $24.76 | $51,510 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 4,740 | $8.00 | $16,630 |
| Community and social services occupations | 4,680 | $17.78 | $36,990 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 4,580 | $18.96 | $39,440 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 3,790 | $10.02 | $20,830 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 3,670 | $11.00 | $22,880 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 3,530 | $11.46 | $23,840 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 3,420 | Not available | $51,340 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 3,050 | $13.86 | $28,830 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 2,950 | $12.91 | $26,850 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 2,810 | $15.14 | $31,490 |
| Home health aides | 2,740 | $9.07 | $18,860 |
| Team assemblers | 2,410 | $14.77 | $30,730 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 2,380 | $16.88 | $35,120 |
| Customer service representatives | 2,360 | $15.94 | $33,160 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 2,310 | $28.62 | $59,530 |
| Telemarketers | 2,300 | $10.36 | $21,550 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 2,210 | $17.34 | $36,070 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 2,090 | $10.47 | $21,790 |
| Medical secretaries | 2,050 | $11.69 | $24,320 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 2,040 | Not available | $50,160 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 2,020 | $13.16 | $27,360 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 1,880 | $26.62 | $55,370 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 1,840 | $28.54 | $59,360 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 1,770 | $20.70 | $43,050 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 1,710 | $25.43 | $52,890 |
| Food preparation workers | 1,600 | $9.08 | $18,880 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 1,590 | $14.41 | $29,980 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 1,580 | $15.60 | $32,440 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 1,560 | $13.51 | $28,090 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 1,510 | $14.69 | $30,550 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 1,500 | $9.51 | $19,780 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 1,500 | $9.01 | $18,740 |
| General and operations managers | 1,480 | $48.23 | $100,310 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 1,420 | $17.49 | $36,370 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 1,400 | $10.03 | $20,850 |
| Correctional officers and jailers | 1,370 | $19.81 | $41,190 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 1,370 | $11.43 | $23,780 |
| Teacher assistants | 1,370 | Not available | $21,300 |
| Tellers | 1,300 | $10.45 | $21,740 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 1,290 | $18.26 | $37,980 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 1,280 | $14.07 | $29,270 |
| Child care workers | 1,270 | $10.12 | $21,060 |
| Production workers, all other | 1,250 | $21.22 | $44,130 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 1,240 | Not available | $51,000 |
| Helpers--production workers | 1,220 | $12.40 | $25,800 |
| Bartenders | 1,180 | $7.92 | $16,480 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 1,170 | $20.54 | $42,710 |
| Accountants and auditors | 1,160 | $27.21 | $56,590 |
| Driver/sales workers | 1,150 | $10.35 | $21,530 |
| Medical assistants | 1,140 | $11.76 | $24,450 |
| Machinists | 1,130 | $19.26 | $40,060 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 1,120 | $11.57 | $24,060 |
| Electricians | 1,110 | $26.31 | $54,730 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 1,110 | $15.60 | $32,450 |
| Carpenters | 1,080 | $16.12 | $33,540 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 1,060 | $13.00 | $27,050 |
| Cooks, fast food | 1,060 | $7.74 | $16,100 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 1,050 | $23.30 | $48,470 |
| Construction laborers | 960 | $16.73 | $34,790 |
| Security guards | 950 | $11.29 | $23,480 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 890 | $39.57 | $82,310 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 860 | $15.70 | $32,650 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 850 | $26.75 | $55,650 |
| Legal occupations | 850 | $28.80 | $59,910 |
| Personal and home care aides | 850 | $9.19 | $19,120 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 810 | $22.91 | $47,660 |
| Dishwashers | 800 | $8.04 | $16,730 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 770 | Not available | Not available |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 770 | Not available | $43,710 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 750 | $25.07 | $52,150 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 740 | $26.60 | $55,330 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 710 | $17.39 | $36,170 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 690 | $8.31 | $17,280 |
| Fire fighters | 680 | $16.91 | $35,180 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 680 | Not available | $48,900 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 670 | $10.27 | $21,360 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 670 | $15.01 | $31,210 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 660 | $9.14 | $19,010 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 660 | $8.91 | $18,540 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 660 | $11.53 | $23,980 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 660 | $27.77 | $57,770 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 660 | $10.84 | $22,550 |
| Social and human service assistants | 650 | $12.19 | $25,360 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 640 | $9.18 | $19,100 |
| Parts salespersons | 640 | $12.96 | $26,960 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 630 | $26.54 | $55,210 |
| Mental health counselors | 620 | $21.45 | $44,620 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 590 | $7.98 | $16,590 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 590 | $15.96 | $33,190 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 590 | $15.70 | $32,650 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 580 | $12.49 | $25,980 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 580 | $9.39 | $19,530 |
| Recreation workers | 580 | $11.74 | $24,420 |
| Medical and health services managers | 560 | $36.56 | $76,040 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 560 | $25.82 | $53,700 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 550 | $18.20 | $37,860 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 540 | $17.52 | $36,440 |
| Computer support specialists | 530 | $17.42 | $36,240 |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters | 530 | $17.04 | $35,450 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 520 | $10.73 | $22,330 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 520 | Not available | $50,060 |
| Dental assistants | 510 | $14.29 | $29,730 |
| Loan officers | 510 | $28.65 | $59,580 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 500 | $20.67 | $43,000 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 490 | $17.29 | $35,960 |
| Cost estimators | 490 | $25.18 | $52,370 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 490 | $9.81 | $20,400 |
| Physical therapists | 480 | $35.34 | $73,500 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 470 | $36.64 | $76,200 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 470 | $22.95 | $47,740 |
| Chief executives | 460 | $67.27 | $139,910 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 460 | $16.07 | $33,430 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 460 | $16.08 | $33,440 |
| Pharmacists | 460 | $47.80 | $99,420 |
| Bill and account collectors | 450 | $13.62 | $28,330 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 450 | $23.68 | $49,260 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 450 | $23.25 | $48,370 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 430 | Not available | $83,020 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 430 | $100.04 | $208,090 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 420 | $23.99 | $49,890 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | 420 | $20.37 | $42,360 |
| Financial managers | 410 | $45.58 | $94,800 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 410 | $14.36 | $29,860 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 400 | $14.62 | $30,410 |
| Data entry keyers | 400 | $11.48 | $23,870 |
| Lawyers | 400 | $36.74 | $76,410 |
| Computer systems analysts | 390 | $33.23 | $69,120 |
| Cooks, short order | 380 | $8.82 | $18,350 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 380 | $16.91 | $35,180 |
| Bus drivers, school | 370 | $10.72 | $22,310 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 370 | $14.89 | $30,960 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 360 | $18.01 | $37,460 |
| Order clerks | 360 | $12.08 | $25,130 |
| Printing machine operators | 360 | $11.93 | $24,810 |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders | 350 | $13.74 | $28,580 |
| Dental hygienists | 350 | $25.53 | $53,100 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | 350 | $18.46 | $38,400 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 350 | $18.85 | $39,220 |
| Legal secretaries | 350 | $13.61 | $28,310 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity | 340 | $14.10 | $29,340 |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 340 | $16.34 | $33,980 |
| Insurance sales agents | 340 | $30.82 | $64,110 |
| Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 340 | $18.06 | $37,570 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 340 | $19.52 | $40,600 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 330 | $8.57 | $17,840 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 330 | $14.02 | $29,160 |
| Sales managers | 330 | $45.21 | $94,040 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 320 | $15.23 | $31,680 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 320 | $19.93 | $41,450 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 320 | $11.54 | $24,010 |
| Food service managers | 320 | $21.90 | $45,550 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 320 | $9.43 | $19,610 |
| Community and social service specialists, all other | 310 | $17.49 | $36,380 |
| Industrial production managers | 310 | $38.26 | $79,580 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 310 | $13.15 | $27,360 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 310 | $12.44 | $25,870 |
| Mechanical engineers | 310 | $41.52 | $86,370 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 310 | $26.94 | $56,040 |
| Roofers | 310 | $17.60 | $36,600 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 300 | $19.44 | $40,430 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other | 300 | $20.35 | $42,330 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 300 | $12.10 | $25,170 |
| File clerks | 280 | $9.81 | $20,410 |
| Metal workers and plastic workers, all other | 280 | $14.45 | $30,060 |
| Millwrights | 280 | $28.14 | $58,530 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 280 | $23.45 | $48,780 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 280 | $19.32 | $40,180 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 280 | $33.93 | $70,570 |
| Occupational therapist assistants | 270 | $23.08 | $48,000 |
| Management analysts | 260 | $28.21 | $58,680 |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders | 260 | $13.84 | $28,780 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 260 | $31.27 | $65,040 |
| Bakers | 250 | $10.60 | $22,060 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 250 | $13.63 | $28,360 |
| Coaches and scouts | 250 | Not available | $19,950 |
| Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 250 | $16.59 | $34,510 |
| Industrial engineers | 250 | $31.92 | $66,400 |
| Librarians | 250 | $24.52 | $50,990 |
| Social workers, all other | 250 | $18.23 | $37,910 |
| Training and development specialists | 250 | $22.19 | $46,160 |
| Construction managers | 240 | $47.52 | $98,850 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 240 | $11.86 | $24,670 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 240 | $24.35 | $50,640 |
| Sheet metal workers | 240 | $27.04 | $56,240 |
| Special education teachers, middle school | 240 | Not available | $48,660 |
| Structural iron and steel workers | 240 | $24.97 | $51,950 |
| Crane and tower operators | 230 | $15.56 | $32,360 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 230 | Not available | $46,710 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 230 | $14.29 | $29,730 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 230 | $10.34 | $21,510 |
| Word processors and typists | 230 | $15.18 | $31,570 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 220 | $43.31 | $90,090 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 220 | $11.19 | $23,270 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 220 | $14.02 | $29,160 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 220 | $14.13 | $29,390 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 220 | Not available | Not available |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 220 | $14.66 | $30,490 |
| Administrative services managers | 210 | $35.20 | $73,210 |
| All other information and record clerks | 210 | $14.61 | $30,390 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 210 | $8.90 | $18,520 |
| Computer programmers | 210 | $27.58 | $57,360 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 210 | Not available | Not available |
| Family and general practitioners | 210 | $76.66 | $159,460 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 210 | $14.53 | $30,210 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 210 | $17.54 | $36,480 |
| Respiratory therapists | 210 | $24.24 | $50,420 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 200 | $16.99 | $35,330 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers | 200 | $12.25 | $25,490 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 200 | $17.19 | $35,760 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 200 | $30.44 | $63,310 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand | 200 | $14.01 | $29,130 |
| Instructional coordinators | 200 | $26.29 | $54,680 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | 200 | $8.24 | $17,130 |
| Occupational therapists | 200 | $33.31 | $69,290 |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 200 | $14.91 | $31,020 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 190 | $15.84 | $32,950 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 190 | $9.15 | $19,030 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 190 | $10.39 | $21,600 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary | 190 | $17.85 | $37,140 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | 180 | $23.56 | $49,010 |
| Education, training, and library workers, all other | 180 | $14.85 | $30,880 |
| Funeral attendants | 180 | $8.84 | $18,390 |
| Managers, all other | 180 | $37.50 | $78,000 |
| New accounts clerks | 180 | $13.33 | $27,720 |
| Sales and related workers, all other | 180 | $18.24 | $37,930 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 180 | $25.83 | $53,720 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 170 | $22.91 | $47,650 |
| Demonstrators and product promoters | 170 | $10.34 | $21,500 |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment | 170 | $21.42 | $44,550 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 170 | $16.19 | $33,680 |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists | 170 | $21.86 | $45,470 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | 170 | $17.72 | $36,850 |
| Wellhead pumpers | 170 | Not available | Not available |
| Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary | 160 | Not available | $60,630 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 160 | $15.94 | $33,150 |
| Engineering managers | 160 | $43.52 | $90,530 |
| Legislators | 160 | Not available | $60,830 |
| Mechanical drafters | 160 | $18.57 | $38,620 |
| Public relations specialists | 160 | $19.93 | $41,460 |
| Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products | 160 | $21.05 | $43,780 |
| Advertising sales agents | 150 | $20.54 | $42,730 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 150 | $16.03 | $33,340 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 150 | $28.52 | $59,320 |
| Graphic designers | 150 | $15.79 | $32,850 |
| Market research analysts | 150 | $25.77 | $53,600 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 150 | $16.18 | $33,660 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 150 | $19.28 | $40,110 |
| Postal service clerks | 150 | Not available | Not available |
| Surgical technologists | 150 | $18.22 | $37,900 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers | 140 | $24.05 | $50,010 |
| Machine feeders and offbearers | 140 | $14.74 | $30,670 |
| Photographers | 140 | $11.46 | $23,830 |
| Social and community service managers | 140 | $28.52 | $59,330 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary | 130 | Not available | $76,250 |
| Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 130 | $37.48 | $77,960 |
| Couriers and messengers | 130 | $11.29 | $23,480 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | 130 | $22.41 | $46,620 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary | 130 | Not available | $64,430 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 130 | $18.75 | $39,010 |
| Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 130 | $15.99 | $33,260 |
| Meter readers, utilities | 130 | $18.28 | $38,020 |
| Procurement clerks | 130 | $12.70 | $26,420 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers | 130 | $15.49 | $32,220 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 130 | $46.21 | $96,120 |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians | 130 | $11.45 | $23,820 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 120 | $45.15 | $93,920 |
| Crossing guards | 120 | $10.14 | $21,100 |
| Dentists, general | 120 | $84.47 | $175,700 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators | 120 | $23.63 | $49,150 |
| Library technicians | 120 | $13.15 | $27,350 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 120 | $17.95 | $37,340 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 120 | $34.94 | $72,680 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents | 120 | $20.51 | $42,670 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 110 | $20.77 | $43,210 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 110 | $15.38 | $31,980 |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers | 110 | $17.39 | $36,170 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 110 | $23.71 | $49,320 |
| Electrical engineers | 110 | $30.56 | $63,570 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 110 | Not available | $61,150 |
| Food batchmakers | 110 | $11.75 | $24,430 |
| Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders | 110 | $19.59 | $40,750 |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 110 | $9.68 | $20,130 |
| Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary | 110 | Not available | $60,780 |
| Prepress technicians and workers | 110 | $13.99 | $29,100 |
| Protective service workers, all other | 110 | $15.84 | $32,960 |
| Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 110 | Not available | $57,470 |
| Architectural and civil drafters | 100 | $21.59 | $44,900 |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 100 | $21.81 | $45,360 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software | 100 | $35.89 | $74,660 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 100 | $16.37 | $34,040 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | 100 | $9.80 | $20,390 |
| Floral designers | 100 | $10.02 | $20,830 |
| Personal financial advisors | 100 | $36.31 | $75,520 |
| Pharmacy aides | 100 | $10.27 | $21,360 |
| Physical therapist aides | 100 | $12.39 | $25,770 |
| Real estate sales agents | 100 | $18.92 | $39,360 |
| Sewing machine operators | 100 | $11.56 | $24,050 |
| Civil engineers | 90 | $32.14 | $66,840 |
| Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | 90 | $19.75 | $41,090 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 90 | $17.54 | $36,480 |
| Home appliance repairers | 90 | $15.60 | $32,440 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 90 | $15.89 | $33,050 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 90 | $21.19 | $44,080 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 90 | $13.92 | $28,960 |
| Pourers and casters, metal | 90 | $16.40 | $34,110 |
| Self-enrichment education teachers | 90 | $13.08 | $27,200 |
| Tax preparers | 90 | $13.90 | $28,910 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians | 80 | $25.33 | $52,690 |
| Bailiffs | 80 | $16.48 | $34,290 |
| Bindery workers | 80 | $10.53 | $21,910 |
| Brokerage clerks | 80 | $17.56 | $36,520 |
| Clergy | 80 | $15.93 | $33,130 |
| Coil winders, tapers, and finishers | 80 | $16.48 | $34,280 |
| Computer specialists, all other | 80 | $23.18 | $48,210 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | 80 | $24.83 | $51,640 |
| Editors | 80 | $24.69 | $51,360 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary | 80 | $53.81 | $111,920 |
| Industrial engineering technicians | 80 | $23.99 | $49,910 |
| Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates | 80 | $36.88 | $76,700 |
| Legal support workers, all other | 80 | $21.51 | $44,730 |
| Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary | 80 | Not available | $61,620 |
| Network systems and data communications analysts | 80 | $33.32 | $69,300 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials | 80 | $9.03 | $18,780 |
| Residential advisors | 80 | $13.92 | $28,950 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors | 70 | $17.99 | $37,430 |
| Broadcast technicians | 70 | $16.40 | $34,120 |
| Health specialties teachers, postsecondary | 70 | Not available | $64,760 |
| Helpers--electricians | 70 | $10.85 | $22,560 |
| Materials engineers | 70 | $34.50 | $71,750 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | 70 | $26.09 | $54,260 |
| Painters, transportation equipment | 70 | $15.99 | $33,250 |
| Patternmakers, metal and plastic | 70 | Not available | Not available |
| Purchasing managers | 70 | $38.65 | $80,380 |
| Reporters and correspondents | 70 | $19.60 | $40,770 |
| Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers | 70 | $15.23 | $31,670 |
| Travel agents | 70 | $13.69 | $28,470 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval | 60 | $36.77 | $76,490 |
| Biological science teachers, postsecondary | 60 | Not available | $65,000 |
| Court reporters | 60 | $20.32 | $42,260 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters | 60 | $21.71 | $45,150 |
| Farm equipment mechanics | 60 | $12.86 | $26,750 |
| Financial specialists, all other | 60 | $23.76 | $49,420 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers | 60 | $27.37 | $56,930 |
| First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other | 60 | $24.91 | $51,820 |
| Health educators | 60 | $18.02 | $37,470 |
| Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall | 60 | $12.96 | $26,970 |
| Internists, general | 60 | $101.35 | $210,820 |
| Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 60 | $17.73 | $36,880 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other | 60 | $14.77 | $30,720 |
| Postmasters and mail superintendents | 60 | $30.01 | $62,410 |
| Psychology teachers, postsecondary | 60 | Not available | $65,940 |
| Radio and television announcers | 60 | $18.38 | $38,230 |
| Recreational therapists | 60 | $17.66 | $36,730 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | 60 | $13.85 | $28,800 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | 50 | $26.73 | $55,600 |
| Athletic trainers | 50 | Not available | $42,470 |
| Cargo and freight agents | 50 | $13.60 | $28,280 |
| Chemistry teachers, postsecondary | 50 | Not available | $68,420 |
| Chiropractors | 50 | $49.46 | $102,880 |
| Computer operators | 50 | $17.07 | $35,520 |
| Credit analysts | 50 | $22.95 | $47,740 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers | 50 | $17.38 | $36,150 |
| Electronics engineers, except computer | 50 | $30.61 | $63,660 |
| Etchers and engravers | 50 | $10.10 | $21,000 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators | 50 | $14.68 | $30,540 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters | 50 | $14.79 | $30,770 |
| Helpers--carpenters | 50 | $9.80 | $20,380 |
| History teachers, postsecondary | 50 | Not available | $60,700 |
| Human resources managers, all other | 50 | $44.68 | $92,920 |
| Logisticians | 50 | $32.29 | $67,150 |
| Marketing managers | 50 | $56.80 | $118,150 |
| Model makers, metal and plastic | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Nuclear medicine technologists | 50 | $26.74 | $55,610 |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics | 50 | $14.29 | $29,720 |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators | 50 | $17.45 | $36,290 |
| Photographic processing machine operators | 50 | $10.68 | $22,220 |
| Physician assistants | 50 | $29.79 | $61,960 |
| Producers and directors | 50 | $19.85 | $41,280 |
| Veterinarians | 50 | $40.17 | $83,560 |
| Budget analysts | 40 | $27.90 | $58,040 |
| Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture | 40 | $16.30 | $33,900 |
| Communications teachers, postsecondary | 40 | Not available | $61,690 |
| Computer science teachers, postsecondary | 40 | Not available | $68,280 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door | 40 | $21.44 | $44,600 |
| Database administrators | 40 | $26.71 | $55,560 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | 40 | $12.89 | $26,810 |
| Financial analysts | 40 | $27.07 | $56,300 |
| Funeral directors | 40 | $42.41 | $88,220 |
| Furniture finishers | 40 | $12.79 | $26,600 |
| Law clerks | 40 | $12.82 | $26,660 |
| Lodging managers | 40 | $19.77 | $41,120 |
| Optometrists | 40 | $75.29 | $156,600 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers | 40 | $10.51 | $21,870 |
| Parking lot attendants | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Podiatrists | 40 | $74.80 | $155,590 |
| Real estate brokers | 40 | $39.39 | $81,930 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks | 40 | $11.52 | $23,950 |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood | 40 | $11.74 | $24,420 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 40 | $17.36 | $36,120 |
| Urban and regional planners | 40 | $21.07 | $43,830 |
| Chemists | 30 | $24.09 | $50,120 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 30 | $17.90 | $37,230 |
| Counselors, all other | 30 | $21.21 | $44,120 |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 30 | $15.46 | $32,150 |
| Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 30 | Not available | $63,850 |
| Loan counselors | 30 | $16.93 | $35,210 |
| Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary | 30 | Not available | $64,920 |
| Pipelayers | 30 | $19.49 | $40,540 |
| Respiratory therapy technicians | 30 | $19.88 | $41,350 |
| Surgeons | 30 | $75.00 | More than $145,600 |
| Vocational education teachers, middle school | 30 | Not available | $40,840 |
| Anesthesiologists | Not available | $94.12 | $195,760 |
| Audiologists | Not available | $29.37 | $61,090 |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters | Not available | $14.17 | $29,480 |
| Chemical technicians | Not available | $16.08 | $33,450 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | Not available | $31.63 | $65,780 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | Not available | $17.45 | $36,290 |
| Construction and related workers, all other | Not available | $12.38 | $25,740 |
| Cooks, all other | Not available | $8.79 | $18,280 |
| Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks | Not available | $15.84 | $32,950 |
| Earth drillers, except oil and gas | Not available | $12.34 | $25,660 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | Not available | $26.78 | $55,700 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers | Not available | $15.50 | $32,250 |
| Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles | Not available | $12.77 | $26,550 |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health | Not available | $16.47 | $34,260 |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders | Not available | $9.90 | $20,590 |
| Food preparation and serving related workers, all other | Not available | $8.79 | $18,280 |
| Foundry mold and coremakers | Not available | $17.15 | $35,680 |
| Glaziers | Not available | $14.69 | $30,550 |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | Not available | $9.16 | $19,040 |
| Job printers | Not available | $17.08 | $35,530 |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers | Not available | $18.51 | $38,500 |
| Manicurists and pedicurists | Not available | $9.04 | $18,800 |
| Massage therapists | Not available | $17.87 | $37,170 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers | Not available | $10.73 | $22,320 |
| Mechanical engineering technicians | Not available | $18.53 | $38,540 |
| Medical equipment preparers | Not available | $13.99 | $29,090 |
| Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders | Not available | $15.76 | $32,770 |
| Motorcycle mechanics | Not available | $13.95 | $29,020 |
| Office machine operators, except computer | Not available | $12.05 | $25,060 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians | Not available | $12.15 | $25,270 |
| Personal care and service workers, all other | Not available | $8.37 | $17,410 |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation | Not available | $13.49 | $28,060 |
| Psychiatric technicians | Not available | $13.37 | $27,800 |
| Sales engineers | Not available | $41.59 | $86,500 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners | Not available | $15.76 | $32,770 |
| Service station attendants | Not available | $9.74 | $20,250 |
| Sewers, hand | Not available | $10.40 | $21,630 |
| Skin care specialists | Not available | $11.02 | $22,920 |
| Upholsterers | Not available | $8.54 | $17,770 |
| Woodworkers, all other | Not available | $11.52 | $23,970 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | Not available | $11.91 | $24,780 |
