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 |
More than $70 |
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 |
