Table 5.  National employment and wage data for occupations with employment less than 4,000, May 2009

        Occupation (1)                                                Major occupational group                 Employment          Median wages       Mean hourly
                                                                                                                                Hourly     Annual(2)     wages

Shoe machine operators and tenders                              Production                                          3,990      $12.69      $26,390       $12.80
Political scientists                                            Life, physical, and social science                  3,970       50.04      104,090        48.58
Library science teachers, postsecondary                         Education, training, and library                    3,940        (3)        60,650         (3) 
Geography teachers, postsecondary                               Education, training, and library                    3,930        (3)        65,420         (3) 
Transit and railroad police                                     Protective service                                  3,930       24.49       50,940        25.17
Historians                                                      Life, physical, and social science                  3,620       24.54       51,050        27.09
Loading machine operators, underground mining                   Transportation and material moving                  3,570       21.36       44,420        21.14
Shuttle car operators                                           Transportation and material moving                  3,520       21.91       45,560        22.31
Rock splitters, quarry                                          Construction and extraction                         3,430       13.96       29,040        14.64
Gaming managers                                                 Management                                          3,390       32.40       67,380        35.59

Camera and photograph equipment repairers                       Installation, maintenance, and repair               3,290       17.03       35,420        18.85
Farm, ranch, and other agricultural managers                    Management                                          3,250       28.58       59,450        31.13
Motorboat operators                                             Transportation and material moving                  3,070       15.97       33,210        18.46
Commercial divers                                               Installation, maintenance, and repair               3,030       25.26       52,540        27.91
Hoist and winch operators                                       Transportation and material moving                  2,990       17.89       37,220        20.01
Log graders and scalers                                         Farming, fishing, and forestry                      2,940       16.20       33,700        17.09
Communications equipment operators, all other                   Office and administrative support                   2,810       18.12       37,700        18.68
Mathematicians                                                  Computer and mathematical science                   2,770       44.99       93,580        45.16
Agricultural engineers                                          Architecture and engineering                        2,620       33.44       69,560        35.89
Mathematical scientists, all other                              Computer and mathematical science                   2,610       23.18       48,210        29.74

Forestry and conservation science teachers, postsecondary       Education, training, and library                    2,380        (3)        66,930         (3) 
Watch repairers                                                 Installation, maintenance, and repair               2,350       18.12       37,680        19.62
Timing device assemblers, adjusters, and calibrators            Production                                          2,260       13.50       28,070        14.41
Animal scientists                                               Life, physical, and social science                  2,190       27.38       56,960        31.02
Refractory materials repairers, except brickmasons              Installation, maintenance, and repair               2,080       19.97       41,530        20.82
Dredge operators                                                Transportation and material moving                  1,990       16.63       34,590        18.43
Makeup artists, theatrical and performance                      Personal care and service                           1,930       15.12       31,450        21.64
Model makers, wood                                              Production                                          1,900       14.72       30,610        16.33
Industrial-organizational psychologists                         Life, physical, and social science                  1,710       40.03       83,260        49.31
Animal breeders                                                 Farming, fishing, and forestry                      1,700       14.27       29,680        16.93

Forest fire inspectors and prevention specialists               Protective service                                  1,540       15.83       32,940        18.36
Patternmakers, wood                                             Production                                          1,540       15.48       32,190        18.53
Models                                                          Sales and related                                   1,510       13.14       27,330        17.51
Astronomers                                                     Life, physical, and social science                  1,240       50.35      104,720        49.40
Geographers                                                     Life, physical, and social science                  1,170       34.36       71,470        34.33
Mathematical technicians                                        Computer and mathematical science                   1,090       19.83       41,240        21.27
Segmental pavers                                                Construction and extraction                         1,040       13.33       27,720        13.81
Farm labor contractors                                          Farming, fishing, and forestry                      1,000       14.62       30,400        17.37
Locomotive firers                                               Transportation and material moving                    960       22.63       47,060        24.71
Radio operators                                                 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media        870       20.69       43,040        20.86
Fabric menders, except garment                                  Installation, maintenance, and repair                 840       13.50       28,090        13.28
Prosthodontists                                                 Healthcare practitioner and technical                 660       53.42      111,110        60.29


   1 Some occupations concentrated in private households and in the agricultural sector (except logging and support activities for crop and animal 
production) which are not covered by the OES survey have been omitted.
   2 Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours;
for those occupations where there is not an hourly mean wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the 
reported survey data.
   3 Wages for some occupations that do not generally work year round, full time, are reported either as hourly wages or annual
salaries depending on how they are typically paid.