Data Tables for the Overview of May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wages

Major occupational groups as a percentage of total employment, May 2025
Occupational group	Percent
Office and administrative support	11.4
Food preparation and serving related	8.8
Transportation and material moving	8.8
Sales and related	8.6
Management	7.2
Business and financial operations	6.8
Healthcare practitioners and technical	6.3
Educational instruction and library	5.9
Production	5.5
Healthcare support	5.1
Construction and extraction	4.1
Installation, maintenance, and repair	3.9
Computer and mathematical	3.4
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance	2.9
Protective service	2.4
Personal care and service	2.1
Community and social service	1.7
Architecture and engineering	1.7
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media	1.3
Life, physical, and social science	0.9
Legal	0.8
Farming, fishing, and forestry	0.3

Employment for the largest occupations, May 2025
Occupation	Employment (millions)
Home health and personal care aides	4.3
Retail salespersons	3.9
Fast food and counter workers	3.9
General and operations managers	3.5
Registered nurses	3.4
Cashiers	3.1
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	3.0
Stockers and order fillers	2.8
Customer service representatives	2.6
Office clerks, general	2.5

Annual mean wages for the largest occupations, May 2025
Occupation	Annual mean wage
General and operations managers	$134,940
Registered nurses	101,420
All occupations	69,770
Customer service representatives	46,590
Office clerks, general	46,420
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	42,260
Stockers and order fillers	39,540
Retail salespersons	37,310
Home health and personal care aides	36,120
Cashiers	33,180
Fast food and counter workers	32,150

Highest and lowest paying construction and extraction occupations, May 2025
Occupation	Annual mean wage
Elevator and escalator installers and repairers	$109,820
First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers	86,450
Terrazzo workers and finishers	84,920
Pile driver operators	80,710
Boilermakers	80,090
All occupations	69,770
All construction and extraction occupations	65,360
Helpers, construction trades, all other	45,140
Helpers—electricians	44,080
Helpers—carpenters	44,050
Helpers—pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	43,730
Helpers—painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons	42,440

Metropolitan areas with the highest concentrations of construction and extraction occupations, May 2025
Metropolitan area	Percent
Midland, TX	14.8
Odessa, TX	12.8
Farmington, NM	12.3
Greeley, CO	9.9
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	9.7
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	9.0
St. George, UT	8.7
Minot, ND	8.3
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA	8.3
Baton Rouge, LA	8.2
United States	4.1

Last Modified Date: May 15, 2026