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 | 61,320 | $15.18 | $31,580 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 8,720 | $13.43 | $27,940 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 8,440 | $9.21 | $19,150 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | 7,580 | $8.50 | $17,680 |
| Sales and related occupations | 6,220 | $13.41 | $27,880 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 4,890 | $9.14 | $19,020 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 4,030 | $12.41 | $25,810 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 3,720 | $15.34 | $31,900 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 3,370 | $17.30 | $35,980 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 2,890 | $17.20 | $35,780 |
| Protective service occupations | 2,650 | $20.26 | $42,140 |
| Production occupations | 2,460 | $12.62 | $26,240 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 2,430 | $10.25 | $21,330 |
| Management occupations | 2,110 | $34.60 | $71,970 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 2,090 | $30.47 | $63,380 |
| Cashiers | 1,920 | $9.53 | $19,830 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 1,670 | $25.56 | $53,170 |
| Retail salespersons | 1,650 | $12.06 | $25,080 |
| Office clerks, general | 1,450 | $11.65 | $24,230 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 1,440 | $12.45 | $25,900 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 1,260 | $25.55 | $53,140 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 1,150 | $10.16 | $21,120 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 1,020 | $15.48 | $32,200 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 1,010 | $8.80 | $18,300 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 940 | $8.87 | $18,450 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 930 | $10.33 | $21,490 |
| Registered nurses | 930 | $29.86 | $62,110 |
| Community and social services occupations | 870 | $19.52 | $40,600 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 860 | Not available | $39,290 |
| Telemarketers | 820 | $10.14 | $21,090 |
| General and operations managers | 770 | $38.05 | $79,140 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators | 760 | $24.97 | $51,940 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 740 | $13.93 | $28,980 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 740 | $8.75 | $18,200 |
| Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 720 | $12.12 | $25,220 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 700 | $18.20 | $37,860 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 680 | $10.72 | $22,290 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 660 | $10.42 | $21,680 |
| Teacher assistants | 660 | Not available | $20,780 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 640 | Not available | $41,580 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 610 | $12.21 | $25,390 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 600 | $9.77 | $20,320 |
| Correctional officers and jailers | 580 | $17.22 | $35,810 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 550 | $7.88 | $16,390 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 540 | $12.90 | $26,830 |
| Construction laborers | 520 | $12.92 | $26,880 |
| Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 520 | $15.75 | $32,770 |
| Customer service representatives | 510 | $13.57 | $28,220 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 510 | $18.80 | $39,110 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 470 | $11.95 | $24,850 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 460 | $9.38 | $19,500 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 450 | $8.58 | $17,840 |
| Carpenters | 440 | $14.64 | $30,450 |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 440 | $12.37 | $25,730 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 430 | $17.60 | $36,610 |
| Home health aides | 400 | $9.87 | $20,520 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 390 | $13.15 | $27,350 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 340 | $28.58 | $59,450 |
| Helpers--production workers | 340 | $10.84 | $22,550 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 340 | $26.26 | $54,630 |
| Security guards | 340 | $10.19 | $21,200 |
| Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 330 | $13.48 | $28,040 |
| Agricultural equipment operators | 310 | $10.60 | $22,050 |
| Accountants and auditors | 300 | $26.73 | $55,600 |
| Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 300 | $24.71 | $51,400 |
| Electricians | 300 | $19.89 | $41,370 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 300 | $21.33 | $44,360 |
| Bartenders | 290 | $9.38 | $19,510 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 280 | $26.04 | $54,160 |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 270 | $27.68 | $57,570 |
| Tellers | 270 | $11.30 | $23,500 |
| Food preparation workers | 260 | $8.95 | $18,620 |
| Medical assistants | 260 | $14.35 | $29,840 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 250 | $14.66 | $30,490 |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 240 | $24.91 | $51,820 |
| Legal occupations | 230 | $31.00 | $64,480 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 220 | $11.27 | $23,440 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 210 | $26.40 | $54,910 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 210 | $32.29 | $67,170 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 190 | $14.00 | $29,130 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 190 | $28.99 | $60,290 |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 180 | $13.44 | $27,950 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 180 | $15.67 | $32,600 |
| Fire fighters | 180 | $17.20 | $35,780 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 180 | $9.37 | $19,480 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | 170 | $14.25 | $29,640 |
| Dishwashers | 170 | $8.15 | $16,950 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers | 170 | $21.57 | $44,860 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 170 | $20.71 | $43,070 |
| Plasterers and stucco masons | 170 | $12.82 | $26,670 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 170 | $8.92 | $18,560 |
| Bus drivers, school | 160 | $11.71 | $24,350 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 160 | $8.58 | $17,840 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 160 | $17.64 | $36,700 |
| Parts salespersons | 150 | $13.22 | $27,500 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 150 | Not available | Not available |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 140 | $18.39 | $38,240 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 140 | $12.16 | $25,290 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 140 | $16.80 | $34,950 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 140 | $7.82 | $16,270 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 140 | $8.58 | $17,850 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 140 | $19.70 | $40,980 |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 130 | $14.09 | $29,310 |
| Bill and account collectors | 120 | $15.14 | $31,480 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 120 | $8.45 | $17,570 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 120 | $23.00 | $47,830 |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 120 | $12.86 | $26,750 |
| Lawyers | 120 | $37.59 | $78,190 |
| Management analysts | 120 | $33.85 | $70,400 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 120 | $13.55 | $28,190 |
| Sheet metal workers | 120 | $13.67 | $28,440 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 110 | $15.94 | $33,150 |
| Glaziers | 110 | $10.56 | $21,960 |
| Legal secretaries | 110 | $15.58 | $32,400 |
| Medical and health services managers | 110 | $31.95 | $66,450 |
| Pharmacy technicians | 110 | $12.88 | $26,800 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 110 | $11.47 | $23,860 |
| Sales managers | 110 | $33.65 | $70,000 |
| Administrative services managers | 100 | $30.27 | $62,950 |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians | 100 | $23.56 | $49,000 |
| Bakers | 100 | $9.65 | $20,080 |
| Cost estimators | 100 | $23.53 | $48,950 |
| Health educators | 100 | $17.04 | $35,450 |
| Managers, all other | 100 | $38.05 | $79,150 |
| Recreation workers | 100 | $12.17 | $25,310 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 90 | $12.55 | $26,100 |
| Computer support specialists | 90 | $19.83 | $41,250 |
| Dental assistants | 90 | $14.78 | $30,740 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 90 | Not available | $78,780 |
| Engineering managers | 90 | $33.76 | $70,230 |
| File clerks | 90 | $10.13 | $21,060 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 90 | $20.05 | $41,700 |
| Pharmacists | 90 | $54.56 | $113,480 |
| Stonemasons | 90 | $13.11 | $27,270 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 90 | $16.34 | $33,990 |
| Civil engineers | 80 | $35.50 | $73,840 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 80 | $13.19 | $27,430 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators | 80 | $15.28 | $31,790 |
| Farm equipment mechanics | 80 | $14.63 | $30,430 |
| Financial managers | 80 | $37.22 | $77,420 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 80 | $21.70 | $45,140 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 80 | $24.37 | $50,690 |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians | 80 | $25.07 | $52,150 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 80 | $31.75 | $66,030 |
| All other information and record clerks | 70 | $17.13 | $35,620 |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | 70 | $19.89 | $41,360 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 70 | $14.70 | $30,570 |
| Construction and building inspectors | 70 | $20.56 | $42,770 |
| Construction managers | 70 | $36.43 | $75,780 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 70 | $17.15 | $35,670 |
| Engineers, all other | 70 | $44.76 | $93,100 |
| Farm, ranch, and other agricultural managers | 70 | $41.37 | $86,040 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 70 | $21.72 | $45,180 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 70 | $11.07 | $23,030 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 70 | $11.79 | $24,520 |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 70 | $16.74 | $34,830 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 70 | $19.66 | $40,880 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 70 | Not available | $40,510 |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 70 | $12.18 | $25,330 |
| Medical secretaries | 70 | $12.67 | $26,360 |
| Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers | 70 | $15.40 | $32,040 |
| Protective service workers, all other | 70 | $15.38 | $31,990 |
| Social and community service managers | 70 | $26.12 | $54,340 |
| Agricultural inspectors | 60 | $17.68 | $36,780 |
| Automotive body and related repairers | 60 | $10.58 | $22,010 |
| Child care workers | 60 | $8.35 | $17,360 |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers | 60 | $13.94 | $28,980 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 60 | $8.49 | $17,650 |
| Food service managers | 60 | $22.33 | $46,440 |
| Instructional coordinators | 60 | $22.07 | $45,900 |
| Mechanical engineers | 60 | $33.63 | $69,950 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 60 | $22.13 | $46,040 |
| Pest control workers | 60 | $13.60 | $28,280 |
| Property, real estate, and community association managers | 60 | $21.85 | $45,450 |
| Real estate sales agents | 60 | Not available | Not available |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 60 | Not available | $38,150 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 60 | Not available | $48,360 |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | 60 | $12.63 | $26,270 |
| Computer programmers | 50 | $27.01 | $56,180 |
| Data entry keyers | 50 | $12.15 | $25,280 |
| Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers | 50 | $14.46 | $30,080 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 50 | $28.79 | $59,890 |
| Graders and sorters, agricultural products | 50 | $9.12 | $18,980 |
| Helpers--carpenters | 50 | $10.21 | $21,240 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 50 | $8.40 | $17,480 |
| Librarians | 50 | $20.34 | $42,310 |
| Lodging managers | 50 | $20.08 | $41,770 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 50 | $12.87 | $26,760 |
| Meter readers, utilities | 50 | $9.70 | $20,180 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 50 | $21.65 | $45,030 |
| Network and computer systems administrators | 50 | $27.09 | $56,350 |
| Order clerks | 50 | $11.79 | $24,520 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 50 | $19.80 | $41,190 |
| Pipelayers | 50 | $14.88 | $30,940 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 50 | $18.62 | $38,720 |
| Respiratory therapists | 50 | $24.51 | $50,980 |
| Social and human service assistants | 50 | $14.82 | $30,830 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | 50 | $21.98 | $45,720 |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 50 | $10.99 | $22,870 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 50 | $20.34 | $42,310 |
| Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors | 40 | $19.90 | $41,400 |
| Chefs and head cooks | 40 | $15.77 | $32,800 |
| Dentists, general | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 40 | $16.78 | $34,900 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 40 | $14.99 | $31,180 |
| Library technicians | 40 | $12.87 | $26,760 |
| Machinists | 40 | $17.97 | $37,370 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 40 | $10.48 | $21,800 |
| Postal service clerks | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 40 | $27.68 | $57,580 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 40 | $10.54 | $21,920 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 40 | $9.82 | $20,430 |
| Training and development specialists | 40 | $17.47 | $36,340 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 40 | $35.12 | $73,050 |
| Word processors and typists | 40 | $14.38 | $29,910 |
| Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 30 | $9.64 | $20,050 |
| Chief executives | 30 | $55.79 | $116,040 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 30 | $24.94 | $51,870 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 30 | $42.40 | $88,200 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | 30 | $32.89 | $68,420 |
| Graphic designers | 30 | $17.06 | $35,480 |
| Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons | 30 | $10.42 | $21,670 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 30 | $25.54 | $53,120 |
| Legislators | 30 | Not available | $25,760 |
| Physician assistants | 30 | $39.01 | $81,140 |
| Procurement clerks | 30 | $15.41 | $32,050 |
| Surveyors | 30 | $23.01 | $47,860 |
| Urban and regional planners | 30 | $25.25 | $52,520 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | Not available | $10.29 | $21,400 |
| Cooks, fast food | Not available | $8.30 | $17,260 |
| Driver/sales workers | Not available | $13.01 | $27,060 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | Not available | $9.05 | $18,820 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | Not available | $13.64 | $28,370 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | Not available | $17.82 | $37,060 |
| Fence erectors | Not available | $13.64 | $28,360 |
| Financial specialists, all other | Not available | $24.48 | $50,920 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | Not available | $12.58 | $26,160 |
| Food batchmakers | Not available | $9.53 | $19,830 |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters | Not available | $10.89 | $22,650 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | Not available | $13.47 | $28,020 |
| Insurance sales agents | Not available | $19.11 | $39,750 |
| Internists, general | Not available | $92.27 | $191,920 |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | Not available | $18.98 | $39,470 |
| Loan officers | Not available | $23.44 | $48,750 |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers | Not available | $11.98 | $24,920 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | Not available | $20.31 | $42,230 |
| Personal and home care aides | Not available | $9.69 | $20,160 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | Not available | $80.55 | $167,540 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | Not available | $13.13 | $27,300 |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists | Not available | $19.31 | $40,160 |
| Roofers | Not available | $14.91 | $31,020 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | Not available | $15.65 | $32,560 |
| Tile and marble setters | Not available | $15.82 | $32,900 |
| Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | Not available | $14.87 | $30,930 |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | Not available | $11.07 | $23,030 |
