For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Wednesday, March 30, 2016 USDL-16-0661
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OCCUPATIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES -- MAY 2015
Healthcare occupations had employment of 12 million in May 2015, representing nearly
9 percent of total national employment, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported
today. Registered nurses, with more than 2.7 million jobs, was the largest healthcare
occupation. The largest healthcare occupations also included nursing assistants (1.4
million), home health aides (820,630), and licensed practical and licensed vocational
nurses (697,250).
The data in this news release are the May 2015 employment and wage estimates from the
Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) program. These
estimates cover over 800 occupations for the nation, states, and nearly 600 metropolitan
and nonmetropolitan areas; and for more than 460 industry classifications at the national
level.
Some healthcare occupations were among the highest paying occupations overall, including
several physician and dentist occupations. Nurse anesthetists, with an annual mean wage
of $160,250; podiatrists ($136,180); and pharmacists ($119,270) also were among the
highest paying healthcare occupations. The lowest paying healthcare occupations included
home health aides ($22,870) and veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers
($25,940). National employment and wage information for all occupations is shown in
table 1.
Highlights from the May 2015 OES data:
Production occupations
--Production occupations had total employment of nearly 9.1 million and an annual
mean wage of $36,220 across all industries. (See table 1.) Among manufacturing
industries, the pay for these occupations varied widely.
--Manufacturing industries with the highest wages for production occupations
included petroleum and coal products manufacturing ($62,140) and basic chemical
manufacturing ($55,230).
--Manufacturing industries with the lowest wages for production occupations
included seafood product preparation and packaging ($25,860), animal
slaughtering and processing ($27,460), and several apparel, textile, and
leather products industries.
--Production occupations made up 6.6 percent of national employment, but over
11 percent of employment in Wisconsin and nearly 13 percent of employment in
Indiana.
--Production occupations made up 35 percent of employment in Elkhart-Goshen, Ind.,
the highest employment share of any metropolitan area. Dalton, Ga.; Columbus,
Ind.; and Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, N.C., also were among the metropolitan areas
with the highest shares of production occupations.
OES national industry-specific data are available from www.bls.gov/oes/current/oessrci.htm.
OES data by state and metropolitan/nonmetropolitan area are available from
www.bls.gov/oes/current/oessrcst.htm and www.bls.gov/oes/current/oessrcma.htm,
respectively.
Construction and extraction occupations
--Construction and extraction occupations had employment of 5.5 million, representing
nearly 4 percent of national employment. (See table 1.)
--Construction laborers (887,580), carpenters (639,190), and electricians (592,230)
were the largest construction occupations. (See table 1.)
--States with the highest concentrations of construction and extraction occupations
included Wyoming and North Dakota, which each had nearly three times as many
construction and extraction jobs as a share of total employment than the United
States as a whole.
--Metropolitan areas with the highest concentrations of construction and extraction
occupations included several areas in Texas; Farmington, N.M.; and Greeley, Colo.
Typical entry-level education
--Sixty-four percent of employment was in occupations that typically require either
a high school diploma or equivalent or no formal educational credential for entry,
such as retail sales occupations, general office clerks, and customer service
representatives.
--Occupations typically requiring a bachelor's degree for entry made up 21 percent
of national employment, but nearly 42 percent of employment in the District of
Columbia and over 26 percent of employment in Massachusetts.
--States with the lowest shares of occupations typically requiring a bachelor's
degree for entry included Nevada (15 percent) and North Dakota (16 percent).
--Average wages were generally higher for occupations that require more education.
Annual mean wages were $25,000 for occupations that typically require no formal
educational credential for entry, $41,730 for occupations typically requiring
high school or the equivalent, and $53,730 for occupations typically requiring
an associate's degree.
--The annual mean wage for occupations that typically require a bachelor's degree
for entry was $82,260 nationally, but varied from $60,240 in Montana to $104,840
in the District of Columbia.
Additional charts of employment and wages by typical entry-level educational requirement
are available at www.bls.gov/oes/current/overview_2015.htm.
STEM occupations
--There were nearly 8.6 million science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
(STEM) jobs representing 6.2 percent of total U.S. employment.
--Seven of the 10 largest STEM occupations were related to computers, and included
applications software developers (747,730) and computer user support specialists
(585,060). (See table 1.)
--Areas with the highest employment shares of STEM occupations included California-
Lexington Park, Md. (nearly 23 percent of employment), and San Jose-Sunnyvale-
Santa Clara, Calif. (22 percent).
--STEM occupations were less prevalent (approximately 1 percent of employment) in
Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas; Gadsden, Ala.; and Ocean City, N.J.
--STEM occupations had an annual mean wage of $87,570, compared with $45,700 for
non-STEM occupations. Ninety-three of the 100 STEM occupations had mean wages
significantly above the all-occupations average of $48,320. (See table 1.)
--The highest paying STEM occupations included petroleum engineers ($149,590),
physicists ($118,500), and the three STEM-related management occupations. (See
table 1.)
--The lowest paying STEM occupations included forest and conservation technicians
($38,260) and agricultural and food science technicians ($39,000). (See table 1.)
Additional STEM charts are available at www.bls.gov/oes/current/overview_2015.htm.
Largest occupations
--The largest occupations overall were retail salespersons (4.6 million) and
cashiers (3.5 million). Retail salespersons also was the largest occupation in
36 of the 50 states. (See table 1.)
--The largest occupations nationally also included combined food preparation and
serving workers (3.2 million), general office clerks (2.9 million), registered
nurses (2.7 million), and customer service representatives (2.6 million). (See
table 1.)
--Most of the largest occupations were relatively low paying. For example, retail
salespersons ($26,340), cashiers ($20,990), and combined food preparation and
serving workers ($19,710) all had annual mean wages significantly below the
all-occupations average. (See table 1.)
--Registered nurses was the largest occupation with an above-average wage
($71,000). (See table 1.)
Public sector occupations
--The public sector made up nearly 16 percent of employment and had a different
occupational mix from the private sector.
--Many of the largest public sector occupations were related to education,
including elementary school teachers, except special education (public sector
employment of 1.2 million); teacher assistants (956,850); and secondary school
teachers, except special and career/technical education (847,520).
--Police and sheriff's patrol officers (647,880), general office clerks (521,180),
and correctional officers and jailers (407,050) also were among the occupations
with the highest public sector employment.
OES data by ownership are available from www.bls.gov/oes/current/oessrci.htm.
More information
The Occupational Employment Statistics program produces employment and wage estimates for
over 800 occupations for all industries combined in the nation; the 50 states and the
District of Columbia; 432 metropolitan areas and divisions; 167 nonmetropolitan areas;
and Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. National estimates are also available
by industry for NAICS sectors, 3-, 4-, and selected 5- and 6-digit industries, and by
ownership across all industries and for schools and hospitals. Additional OES data are
available at www.bls.gov/oes/tables.htm.
This release contains data on STEM occupations. A list of occupations included in the
STEM definition used for this release is available at www.bls.gov/oes/stem_list.xlsx.
Data on employment by the typical education level required to enter an occupation are
based on education and training categories from the BLS Employment Projections program.
Education and training levels assigned to each occupation are available at
www.bls.gov/emp/ep_table_112.htm.
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| Introduction of New Metropolitan Area Definitions |
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|With the issuance of data for May 2015, the OES program has incorporated redefined |
|metropolitan area definitions as designated by the Office of Management and Budget. |
|OES data are available for 394 metropolitan areas, 38 metropolitan divisions, and 167 |
|OES-defined nonmetropolitan areas. A listing of the areas and their definitions can be|
|found at www.bls.gov/oes/current/msa_def.htm. |
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Technical Note
Scope of the survey
The Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) survey is a semiannual mail survey
measuring occupational employment and wage rates for wage and salary workers in
nonfarm establishments in the United States. The OES data available from BLS
include cross-industry occupational employment and wage estimates for the nation;
over 650 areas, including states and the District of Columbia, metropolitan
statistical areas (MSAs), metropolitan divisions, nonmetropolitan areas, and
territories; national industry-specific estimates at the NAICS sector, 3-, 4-,
and selected 5- and 6-digit industry levels; and national estimates by ownership
across all industries and for schools and hospitals.
The OES survey is a cooperative effort between BLS and the State Workforce
Agencies (SWAs). BLS funds the survey and provides the procedures and technical
support, while the State Workforce Agencies collect most of the data. OES
estimates are constructed from a sample of about 1.2 million establishments.
Each year, forms are mailed to two semiannual panels of approximately 200,000
sampled establishments, one panel in May and the other in November. The May 2015
estimates are based on responses from six semiannual panels collected over a
3-year period: May 2015, November 2014, May 2014, November 2013, May 2013, and
November 2012. The overall national response rate for the six panels, based on
the 50 states and the District of Columbia, is 73.5 percent based on establishments
and 69.6 percent based on weighted sampled employment. The unweighted employment
of sampled establishments across all six semiannual panels represents approximately
57.9 percent of total national employment. (Response rates are slightly lower for
these estimates due to the federal shutdown in October 2013.)
The occupational coding system
The OES survey categorizes workers into 821 detailed occupations based on the Office
of Management and Budget's 2010 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system.
Together, these detailed occupations make up 22 of the 23 SOC major occupational
groups. Major group 55, Military Specific Occupations, is not included.
For more information about the SOC system, please see the BLS website at
www.bls.gov/soc/.
The industry coding system
The May 2015 OES estimates use the 2012 North American Industry Classification
System (NAICS). For more information about NAICS, see the BLS website at
www.bls.gov/bls/naics.htm.
The OES survey excludes the majority of the agricultural sector, with the exception
of logging (NAICS 113310), support activities for crop production (NAICS 1151),
and support activities for animal production (NAICS 1152).Private households (NAICS 814)
also are excluded. OES federal government data include the U.S. Postal Service and the
federal executive branch only. All other industries, including state and local government,
are covered by the survey.
Survey sample
The OES survey draws its sample from state unemployment insurance (UI) files.
Supplemental sources are used for rail transportation (NAICS 4821) and Guam
because they do not report to the UI program. The OES survey sample is stratified
by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area, industry, and size.
To provide the most occupational coverage, larger employers are more likely to be
selected than smaller employers. A census is taken of the executive branch of the
federal government, the U.S. Postal Service, and state government.
Concepts
Occupational employment is the estimate of total wage and salary employment in an
occupation. The OES survey defines employment as the number of workers who can be
classified as full- or part-time employees, including workers on paid vacations or
other types of paid leave; workers on unpaid short-term absences; salaried officers,
executives, and staff members of incorporated firms; employees temporarily assigned
to other units; and employees for whom the reporting unit is their permanent duty
station, regardless of whether that unit prepares their paycheck. The survey does not
include the self-employed, owners and partners in unincorporated firms, household
workers, or unpaid family workers.
Wages for the OES survey are straight-time, gross pay, exclusive of premium pay. Base
rate; cost-of-living allowances; guaranteed pay; hazardous-duty pay; incentive pay,
including commissions and production bonuses; and tips are included. Excluded are
overtime pay, severance pay, shift differentials, nonproduction bonuses, employer cost
for supplementary benefits, and tuition reimbursements.
OES receives wage rate data for the federal government, the U.S. Postal Service, and
most state governments. For the remaining establishments, the OES survey collects
wage data in 12 intervals. For each occupation, respondents are asked to report the
number of employees paid within specific wage intervals. The intervals are defined
both as hourly rates and the corresponding annual rates, where the annual rate for an
occupation is calculated by multiplying the hourly wage rate by a typical work year of
2,080 hours. The responding establishments are instructed to report the hourly rate
for part-time workers, and to report annual rates for occupations that are typically
paid at an annual rate but do not work 2,080 hours per year, such as teachers, pilots,
and flight attendants. Other workers, such as some entertainment workers, are paid
hourly rates, but generally do not work 40 hours per week, year round. For these
workers, only an hourly wage is reported.
Estimation methodology
The OES survey is designed to produce estimates by combining six panels of data collected
over a 3-year period. Each OES panel includes approximately 200,000 establishments. The
full six-panel sample of nearly 1.2 million establishments allows the production of
estimates at detailed levels of geography, industry, and occupation.
Wage updating. Significant reductions in sampling errors are obtained by combining six
panels of data, particularly for small geographic areas and occupations. Wages for the
current panel need no adjustment. However, wages in the five previous panels need to be
updated to the current panel's reference period.
The OES program uses the BLS Employment Cost Index (ECI) to adjust survey data from prior
panels before combining them with the current panel's data. The wage updating procedure
adjusts each detailed occupation's wage rate, as measured in the earlier panel, according
to the average movement of its broader occupational division.
Imputation. About 25 percent of establishments do not respond for a given panel. For most
employers, a "nearest neighbor" hot deck imputation procedure is used to impute missing
occupational employment totals. A variant of mean imputation is used to impute missing
wage distributions. In some cases, data for current panel nonrespondents are available
from earlier panels. In those cases, the older data may be used and aged to represent
the current reference period.
Weighting and benchmarking. The sampled establishments are weighted to represent all
establishments for the reference period. Weights are further adjusted by the ratio of
employment totals (the average of November 2014 and May 2015 employment) from the BLS
Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages to employment totals from the OES survey.
Changes and special procedures for the May 2015 estimates
With the issuance of data for May 2015, the OES program has incorporated redefined
metropolitan area definitions as designated by the Office of Management and Budget.
OES data are available for 394 metropolitan areas, 38 metropolitan divisions, and 167
OES-defined nonmetropolitan areas. A listing of the areas and their definitions can be
found at www.bls.gov/oes/current/msa_def.htm.
The Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages program, from which the OES sample is
drawn, has recently begun coding some establishments that were historically found in
NAICS 814110 Private Households to NAICS 624120 Services for the Elderly and Persons
with Disabilities. Private households are out of scope for OES, so this shift caused a
scope increase for OES in NAICS 624120. Because this scope increase affected only the
three most recent of the six survey panels used to produce the May 2015 OES estimates,
the units that shifted industries were removed from the survey data and not used in estimation.
For more information
Answers to frequently asked questions about the OES data are available at
www.bls.gov/oes/oes_ques.htm. Detailed technical information about the OES survey
is available in the Survey Methods and Reliability Statement on the BLS website at
www.bls.gov/oes/current/methods_statement.pdf.
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2015
Median
Occupation Employment Mean wages hourly
Hourly Annual(1) wages
All occupations 137,896,660 $23.23 $48,320 $17.40
Management occupations 6,936,990 55.30 115,020 47.38
Top executives..................................................................... 2,439,900 59.71 124,210 48.53
Chief executives.................................................................. 238,940 89.35 185,850 84.19
General and operations managers................................................... 2,145,140 57.44 119,460 46.99
Legislators....................................................................... 55,820 (²) 42,530 (²)
Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers........... 647,360 63.30 131,670 56.16
Advertising and promotions managers............................................... 29,340 54.62 113,610 46.10
Marketing and sales managers...................................................... 557,640 64.40 133,950 57.35
Marketing managers............................................................... 192,890 67.63 140,660 61.90
Sales managers................................................................... 364,750 62.69 130,400 54.74
Public relations and fundraising managers......................................... 60,380 57.40 119,390 50.07
Operations specialties managers.................................................... 1,663,790 58.12 120,900 52.05
Administrative services managers.................................................. 270,080 45.60 94,840 41.40
Computer and information systems managers......................................... 341,250 67.79 141,000 63.27
Financial managers................................................................ 531,120 64.58 134,330 56.73
Industrial production managers.................................................... 169,390 49.87 103,720 45.17
Purchasing managers............................................................... 72,600 54.87 114,130 51.98
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers................................ 109,210 45.74 95,130 41.65
Compensation and benefits managers................................................ 15,930 58.48 121,630 53.57
Human resources managers.......................................................... 122,780 56.29 117,080 50.21
Training and development managers................................................. 31,430 53.69 111,680 49.35
Other management occupations....................................................... 2,185,950 45.85 95,360 41.29
Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers................................ 4,370 33.60 69,880 30.85
Construction managers............................................................. 239,640 46.88 97,510 42.02
Education administrators.......................................................... 449,430 43.74 90,970 41.01
Education administrators, preschool and childcare center/program................. 46,760 25.37 52,760 21.96
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school........................ 235,110 (²) 92,940 (²)
Education administrators, postsecondary.......................................... 135,690 49.33 102,610 42.59
Education administrators, all other.............................................. 31,880 39.89 82,970 36.99
Architectural and engineering managers............................................ 179,770 68.10 141,650 63.85
Food service managers............................................................. 201,370 25.79 53,640 23.41
Funeral service managers.......................................................... 8,300 40.61 84,470 34.08
Gaming managers................................................................... 3,950 37.39 77,770 32.88
Lodging managers.................................................................. 35,480 27.79 57,810 23.91
Medical and health services managers.............................................. 314,950 50.99 106,070 45.43
Natural sciences managers......................................................... 53,450 65.66 136,570 57.77
Postmasters and mail superintendents.............................................. 14,770 33.92 70,540 33.96
Property, real estate, and community association managers......................... 174,410 32.81 68,240 26.63
Social and community service managers............................................. 119,770 33.38 69,430 30.54
Emergency management directors.................................................... 9,840 35.46 73,750 32.37
Managers, all other............................................................... 376,440 53.47 111,230 50.41
Business and financial operations occupations 7,032,560 35.48 73,800 31.59
Business operations specialists.................................................... 4,424,800 34.09 70,900 31.01
Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes................. 13,230 46.06 95,810 30.26
Buyers and purchasing agents...................................................... 414,900 30.85 64,170 28.66
Buyers and purchasing agents, farm products...................................... 12,160 29.94 62,280 27.05
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products................................ 111,200 28.50 59,270 25.45
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products................... 291,540 31.79 66,120 29.91
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........................ 286,870 30.94 64,350 30.32
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators................................... 271,600 30.91 64,300 30.28
Insurance appraisers, auto damage................................................ 15,270 31.39 65,300 30.78
Compliance officers............................................................... 257,010 33.26 69,180 31.56
Cost estimators................................................................... 216,270 31.16 64,810 29.03
Human resources workers........................................................... 571,640 30.42 63,280 28.06
Human resources specialists...................................................... 491,090 30.63 63,710 28.06
Farm labor contractors........................................................... 1,230 21.11 43,920 14.86
Labor relations specialists...................................................... 79,330 29.30 60,930 28.28
Logisticians...................................................................... 133,770 37.25 77,470 35.70
Management analysts............................................................... 614,110 44.12 91,770 39.10
Meeting, convention, and event planners........................................... 87,400 24.62 51,200 22.52
Fundraisers....................................................................... 62,720 27.49 57,170 25.47
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists.............................. 79,780 31.30 65,100 29.26
Training and development specialists.............................................. 254,060 30.03 62,460 27.99
Market research analysts and marketing specialists................................ 506,420 33.67 70,030 29.88
Business operations specialists, all other........................................ 926,610 35.33 73,480 32.77
Financial specialists.............................................................. 2,607,760 37.85 78,730 32.57
Accountants and auditors.......................................................... 1,226,910 36.19 75,280 32.30
Appraisers and assessors of real estate........................................... 60,290 28.08 58,400 24.93
Budget analysts................................................................... 56,300 36.13 75,150 34.42
Credit analysts................................................................... 70,840 38.33 79,720 33.50
Financial analysts and advisors................................................... 555,900 47.95 99,730 38.15
Financial analysts............................................................... 268,360 45.83 95,320 38.61
Personal financial advisors...................................................... 197,580 56.76 118,050 42.86
Insurance underwriters........................................................... 89,960 34.93 72,650 31.27
Financial examiners............................................................... 44,200 42.46 88,310 37.50
Credit counselors and loan officers............................................... 334,380 35.01 72,810 29.29
Credit counselors................................................................ 30,510 23.70 49,310 21.08
Loan officers.................................................................... 303,870 36.14 75,170 30.49
Tax examiners, collectors and preparers, and revenue agents....................... 131,700 24.24 50,410 21.56
Tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents................................. 59,640 27.54 57,280 24.73
Tax preparers.................................................................... 72,060 21.50 44,730 17.53
Financial specialists, all other.................................................. 127,250 34.85 72,480 32.05
Computer and mathematical occupations 4,005,250 41.43 86,170 39.15
Computer occupations............................................................... 3,853,860 41.39 86,090 39.15
Computer and information research scientists...................................... 25,510 55.57 115,580 53.18
Computer and information analysts................................................. 645,550 43.56 90,600 41.52
Computer systems analysts........................................................ 556,660 43.36 90,180 41.25
Information security analysts.................................................... 88,880 44.83 93,250 43.33
Software developers and programmers............................................... 1,554,960 47.08 97,930 45.23
Computer programmers............................................................. 289,420 40.56 84,360 38.24
Software developers, applications................................................ 747,730 49.12 102,160 47.24
Software developers, systems software............................................ 390,750 52.29 108,760 50.76
Web developers................................................................... 127,070 33.97 70,660 31.23
Database and systems administrators and network architects........................ 634,850 42.02 87,400 39.80
Database administrators.......................................................... 113,770 40.51 84,250 39.29
Network and computer systems administrators...................................... 374,480 39.52 82,200 37.41
Computer network architects...................................................... 146,600 49.57 103,100 48.19
Computer support specialists...................................................... 769,630 26.92 55,980 24.75
Computer user support specialists................................................ 585,060 25.21 52,430 23.38
Computer network support specialists............................................. 184,570 32.33 67,260 29.93
Computer occupations, all other................................................... 223,370 41.98 87,310 40.98
Mathematical science occupations................................................... 151,380 42.33 88,040 39.12
Actuaries......................................................................... 19,770 53.15 110,560 46.67
Mathematicians.................................................................... 3,170 54.11 112,560 53.42
Operations research analysts...................................................... 95,860 40.47 84,180 37.80
Statisticians..................................................................... 29,870 40.60 84,440 38.51
Miscellaneous mathematical science occupations.................................... 2,700 34.05 70,820 28.16
Mathematical technicians......................................................... 820 25.79 53,630 22.40
Mathematical science occupations, all other...................................... 1,880 37.65 78,310 31.83
Architecture and engineering occupations 2,475,390 39.89 82,980 36.96
Architects, surveyors, and cartographers........................................... 168,660 35.85 74,580 33.23
Architects, except naval.......................................................... 113,550 38.64 80,370 35.60
Architects, except landscape and naval........................................... 93,720 39.83 82,850 36.59
Landscape architects............................................................. 19,820 32.98 68,600 30.68
Surveyors, cartographers, and photogrammetrists................................... 55,110 30.12 62,650 28.33
Cartographers and photogrammetrists.............................................. 11,970 31.45 65,410 29.75
Surveyors........................................................................ 43,140 29.75 61,880 27.89
Engineers.......................................................................... 1,610,480 45.79 95,240 43.30
Aerospace engineers............................................................... 66,980 53.16 110,570 51.84
Agricultural engineers............................................................ 2,330 37.73 78,490 36.10
Biomedical engineers.............................................................. 20,890 43.86 91,230 41.45
Chemical engineers................................................................ 32,230 49.98 103,960 46.81
Civil engineers................................................................... 275,210 42.28 87,940 39.53
Computer hardware engineers....................................................... 75,870 55.27 114,970 53.72
Electrical and electronics engineers.............................................. 313,970 47.85 99,520 45.78
Electrical engineers............................................................. 178,580 46.80 97,340 44.71
Electronics engineers, except computer........................................... 135,390 49.23 102,390 47.24
Environmental engineers........................................................... 52,600 42.33 88,040 40.65
Industrial engineers, including health and safety................................. 272,470 41.86 87,070 40.18
Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors....... 24,900 42.21 87,810 40.68
Industrial engineers............................................................. 247,570 41.82 86,990 40.13
Marine engineers and naval architects............................................. 7,600 48.12 100,090 44.76
Materials engineers............................................................... 27,040 45.53 94,690 43.90
Mechanical engineers.............................................................. 278,340 42.40 88,190 40.19
Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers................ 8,000 51.87 107,880 45.21
Nuclear engineers................................................................. 16,880 50.99 106,060 49.49
Petroleum engineers............................................................... 34,600 71.92 149,590 62.49
Engineers, all other.............................................................. 125,460 47.19 98,150 46.11
Drafters, engineering technicians, and mapping technicians......................... 696,250 27.24 56,650 26.03
Drafters.......................................................................... 205,190 26.84 55,820 25.35
Architectural and civil drafters................................................. 95,280 25.71 53,470 24.38
Electrical and electronics drafters.............................................. 29,200 30.24 62,890 28.62
Mechanical drafters.............................................................. 65,250 27.22 56,610 25.73
Drafters, all other.............................................................. 15,470 25.80 53,660 23.87
Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................................... 437,440 28.12 58,490 27.14
Aerospace engineering and operations technicians................................. 12,890 32.99 68,620 31.82
Civil engineering technicians.................................................... 71,440 24.68 51,330 23.68
Electrical and electronics engineering technicians............................... 139,080 29.74 61,870 29.39
Electro-mechanical technicians................................................... 14,720 27.08 56,320 25.65
Environmental engineering technicians............................................ 17,360 24.60 51,170 23.39
Industrial engineering technicians............................................... 62,290 27.08 56,320 25.86
Mechanical engineering technicians............................................... 48,910 27.11 56,390 25.92
Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other.............................. 70,750 30.20 62,820 29.45
Surveying and mapping technicians................................................. 53,620 21.54 44,800 20.20
Life, physical, and social science occupations 1,146,110 34.24 71,220 29.88
Life scientists.................................................................... 281,440 39.39 81,920 34.66
Agricultural and food scientists.................................................. 31,700 33.28 69,230 30.03
Animal scientists................................................................ 2,430 34.53 71,830 29.03
Food scientists and technologists................................................ 14,660 34.63 72,030 31.65
Soil and plant scientists........................................................ 14,610 31.72 65,980 28.87
Biological scientists............................................................. 101,970 38.27 79,610 34.72
Biochemists and biophysicists.................................................... 30,800 44.90 93,390 39.50
Microbiologists.................................................................. 21,210 36.65 76,230 32.47
Zoologists and wildlife biologists............................................... 17,910 30.88 64,230 28.69
Biological scientists, all other................................................. 32,050 37.11 77,190 36.13
Conservation scientists and foresters............................................. 28,790 30.22 62,860 28.95
Conservation scientists.......................................................... 20,200 30.67 63,800 29.38
Foresters........................................................................ 8,590 29.16 60,650 28.00
Medical scientists................................................................ 109,900 44.66 92,900 38.97
Epidemiologists.................................................................. 5,460 36.97 76,900 33.39
Medical scientists, except epidemiologists....................................... 104,440 45.06 93,730 39.54
Life scientists, all other........................................................ 9,070 38.40 79,870 33.92
Physical scientists................................................................ 266,060 40.95 85,180 36.61
Astronomers and physicists........................................................ 17,410 56.57 117,660 53.36
Astronomers...................................................................... 1,760 52.99 110,220 50.05
Physicists....................................................................... 15,650 56.97 118,500 53.65
Atmospheric and space scientists.................................................. 10,370 43.37 90,210 43.18
Chemists and materials scientists................................................. 91,520 38.04 79,130 34.91
Chemists......................................................................... 84,720 37.43 77,860 34.26
Materials scientists............................................................. 6,790 45.64 94,940 43.75
Environmental scientists and geoscientists........................................ 125,630 39.65 82,480 34.49
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health....................... 87,250 35.55 73,930 32.43
Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers............................... 31,800 50.83 105,720 43.13
Hydrologists..................................................................... 6,580 40.11 83,440 38.24
Physical scientists, all other.................................................... 21,130 47.23 98,240 46.70
Social scientists and related workers.............................................. 239,170 37.75 78,520 34.89
Economists........................................................................ 19,090 52.51 109,230 47.68
Survey researchers................................................................ 13,650 28.53 59,340 25.92
Psychologists..................................................................... 118,990 37.47 77,950 34.89
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists................................... 105,600 36.56 76,040 33.93
Industrial-organizational psychologists.......................................... 990 44.38 92,320 37.19
Psychologists, all other......................................................... 12,400 44.73 93,050 45.47
Sociologists...................................................................... 2,620 39.47 82,100 35.46
Urban and regional planners....................................................... 35,480 33.98 70,680 32.80
Miscellaneous social scientists and related workers............................... 49,340 37.88 78,790 35.88
Anthropologists and archeologists................................................ 6,980 30.91 64,290 29.43
Geographers...................................................................... 1,280 36.02 74,920 35.70
Historians....................................................................... 3,010 29.38 61,120 26.83
Political scientists............................................................. 3,910 49.62 103,210 47.95
Social scientists and related workers, all other................................. 34,160 38.78 80,650 36.72
Life, physical, and social science technicians..................................... 359,440 22.90 47,640 20.91
Agricultural and food science technicians......................................... 20,260 18.75 39,000 17.54
Biological technicians............................................................ 72,900 21.75 45,230 20.02
Chemical technicians.............................................................. 64,770 23.43 48,730 21.47
Geological and petroleum technicians.............................................. 16,820 29.19 60,710 26.73
Nuclear technicians............................................................... 6,500 37.91 78,850 38.59
Social science research assistants................................................ 28,060 22.00 45,760 20.42
Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians...................... 150,140 22.62 47,040 20.92
Environmental science and protection technicians, including health............... 34,250 22.38 46,540 20.69
Forensic science technicians..................................................... 14,070 28.89 60,090 27.08
Forest and conservation technicians.............................................. 29,810 18.40 38,260 17.04
Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other........................ 72,020 23.25 48,360 21.78
Community and social service occupations 1,972,140 22.19 46,160 20.20
Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists..... 1,895,770 22.20 46,170 20.21
Counselors........................................................................ 628,820 23.46 48,790 21.71
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors............................... 87,090 20.64 42,920 19.22
Educational, guidance, school, and vocational counselors......................... 253,460 27.16 56,490 25.80
Marriage and family therapists................................................... 32,070 25.73 53,520 23.37
Mental health counselors......................................................... 128,200 21.67 45,080 20.13
Rehabilitation counselors........................................................ 101,630 18.29 38,040 16.54
Counselors, all other............................................................ 26,370 23.05 47,950 21.89
Social workers.................................................................... 619,300 23.88 49,670 22.07
Child, family, and school social workers......................................... 294,080 22.41 46,610 20.36
Healthcare social workers........................................................ 155,590 25.97 54,020 25.18
Mental health and substance abuse social workers................................. 110,070 22.69 47,190 20.28
Social workers, all other........................................................ 59,570 27.87 57,970 28.15
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............................ 647,650 19.36 40,270 17.36
Health educators................................................................. 57,570 27.26 56,690 24.98
Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists........................ 87,950 26.00 54,080 23.73
Social and human service assistants.............................................. 359,350 15.96 33,190 14.82
Community health workers......................................................... 48,130 19.30 40,150 17.45
Community and social service specialists, all other.............................. 94,670 21.33 44,370 20.14
Religious workers.................................................................. 76,370 22.12 46,020 19.98
Clergy............................................................................ 48,250 23.15 48,150 21.27
Directors, religious activities and education..................................... 20,280 $21.71 45,160 18.65
Religious workers, all other...................................................... 7,840 16.90 35,160 13.82
Legal occupations 1,062,370 49.74 103,460 37.58
Lawyers, judges, and related workers............................................... 672,580 63.64 132,380 54.39
Lawyers and judicial law clerks................................................... 622,590 64.76 134,710 54.94
Lawyers.......................................................................... 609,930 65.51 136,260 55.69
Judicial law clerks.............................................................. 12,660 28.81 59,910 24.39
Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers................................... 49,990 49.71 103,390 48.01
Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers.................... 14,590 44.78 93,140 43.56
Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators......................................... 6,380 33.20 69,060 27.89
Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates....................................... 29,020 55.82 116,100 61.03
Legal support workers.............................................................. 389,790 25.75 53,550 23.40
Paralegals and legal assistants................................................... 271,930 25.19 52,390 23.47
Miscellaneous legal support workers............................................... 117,850 27.04 56,250 23.23
Court reporters.................................................................. 17,670 26.31 54,720 23.80
Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers...................................... 54,620 23.96 49,840 21.33
Legal support workers, all other................................................. 45,570 31.02 64,530 25.92
Education, training, and library occupations 8,542,670 25.48 53,000 22.70
Postsecondary teachers............................................................. 1,531,350 (²) 77,480 (²)
Business teachers, postsecondary.................................................. 84,890 (²) 92,220 (²)
Math and computer teachers, postsecondary......................................... 87,610 (²) 80,140 (²)
Computer science teachers, postsecondary......................................... 33,760 (²) 84,700 (²)
Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary..................................... 53,850 (²) 77,290 (²)
Engineering and architecture teachers, postsecondary.............................. 44,610 (²) 101,040 (²)
Architecture teachers, postsecondary............................................. 7,340 (²) 84,880 (²)
Engineering teachers, postsecondary.............................................. 37,270 (²) 104,220 (²)
Life sciences teachers, postsecondary............................................. 62,990 (²) 88,240 (²)
Agricultural sciences teachers, postsecondary.................................... 9,680 (²) 95,280 (²)
Biological science teachers, postsecondary....................................... 51,640 (²) 86,830 (²)
Forestry and conservation science teachers, postsecondary........................ 1,660 (²) 91,030 (²)
Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary......................................... 52,200 (²) 89,840 (²)
Atmospheric, earth, marine, and space sciences teachers, postsecondary........... 10,890 (²) 92,540 (²)
Chemistry teachers, postsecondary................................................ 21,460 (²) 86,070 (²)
Environmental science teachers, postsecondary.................................... 5,540 (²) 88,570 (²)
Physics teachers, postsecondary.................................................. 14,310 (²) 93,950 (²)
Social sciences teachers, postsecondary........................................... 116,420 (²) 84,180 (²)
Anthropology and archeology teachers, postsecondary.............................. 6,000 (²) 85,440 (²)
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies teachers, postsecondary....................... 9,240 (²) 81,700 (²)
Economics teachers, postsecondary................................................ 13,580 (²) 106,980 (²)
Geography teachers, postsecondary................................................ 4,350 (²) 79,690 (²)
Political science teachers, postsecondary........................................ 17,460 (²) 88,680 (²)
Psychology teachers, postsecondary............................................... 38,380 (²) 79,370 (²)
Sociology teachers, postsecondary................................................ 16,160 (²) 76,750 (²)
Social sciences teachers, postsecondary, all other............................... 11,250 (²) 79,820 (²)
Health teachers, postsecondary.................................................... 236,290 (²) 104,470 (²)
Health specialties teachers, postsecondary....................................... 178,900 (²) 114,510 (²)
Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary.................................. 57,390 (²) 73,150 (²)
Education and library science teachers, postsecondary............................. 65,160 (²) 68,560 (²)
Education teachers, postsecondary................................................ 60,260 (²) 68,200 (²)
Library science teachers, postsecondary.......................................... 4,910 (²) 73,030 (²)
Law, criminal justice, and social work teachers, postsecondary.................... 42,720 (²) 89,470 (²)
Criminal justice and law enforcement teachers, postsecondary..................... 14,560 (²) 64,460 (²)
Law teachers, postsecondary...................................................... 16,430 (²) 126,230 (²)
Social work teachers, postsecondary.............................................. 11,740 (²) 69,030 (²)
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary...................... 280,710 (²) 73,660 (²)
Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary.................................... 98,310 (²) 76,710 (²)
Communications teachers, postsecondary........................................... 29,050 (²) 70,290 (²)
English language and literature teachers, postsecondary.......................... 75,730 (²) 71,210 (²)
Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary.......................... 30,120 (²) 69,520 (²)
History teachers, postsecondary.................................................. 23,680 (²) 76,670 (²)
Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary.................................. 23,820 (²) 75,140 (²)
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers.............................................. 457,750 (²) 55,920 (²)
Graduate teaching assistants..................................................... 125,100 (²) 32,510 (²)
Home economics teachers, postsecondary........................................... 3,650 (²) 69,090 (²)
Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary........................... 17,980 (²) 66,090 (²)
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary..................................... 119,800 26.09 54,260 23.79
Postsecondary teachers, all other................................................ 191,220 (²) 71,060 (²)
Preschool, primary, secondary, and special education school teachers............... 4,080,100 (²) 56,370 (²)
Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................................... 528,330 18.79 39,090 16.51
Preschool teachers, except special education..................................... 370,190 15.62 32,500 13.74
Kindergarten teachers, except special education.................................. 158,150 (²) 54,510 (²)
Elementary and middle school teachers............................................. 2,027,280 (²) 58,060 (²)
Elementary school teachers, except special education............................. 1,381,430 (²) 57,730 (²)
Middle school teachers, except special and career/technical education............ 632,760 (²) 58,760 (²)
Career/technical education teachers, middle school............................... 13,090 (²) 58,480 (²)
Secondary school teachers......................................................... 1,040,250 (²) 60,270 (²)
Secondary school teachers, except special and career/technical education......... 962,820 (²) 60,440 (²)
Career/technical education teachers, secondary school............................ 77,430 (²) 58,170 (²)
Special education teachers........................................................ 484,240 (²) 59,800 (²)
Special education teachers, preschool............................................ 29,230 (²) 58,210 (²)
Special education teachers, kindergarten and elementary school................... 195,780 (²) 58,640 (²)
Special education teachers, middle school........................................ 91,050 (²) 60,300 (²)
Special education teachers, secondary school..................................... 129,770 (²) 62,180 (²)
Special education teachers, all other............................................ 38,410 (²) 57,670 (²)
Other teachers and instructors..................................................... 1,182,320 17.99 37,420 14.79
Adult basic and secondary education and literacy teachers and instructors......... 65,110 25.99 54,060 24.17
Self-enrichment education teachers................................................ 217,530 20.36 42,350 17.64
Miscellaneous teachers and instructors............................................ 899,670 16.84 35,020 13.92
Substitute teachers.............................................................. 626,750 14.25 29,630 12.90
Teachers and instructors, all other, except substitute teachers.................. 272,920 (²) 47,410 (²)
Librarians, curators, and archivists............................................... 253,810 23.54 48,960 22.10
Archivists, curators, and museum technicians...................................... 28,080 24.88 51,750 22.46
Archivists....................................................................... 5,460 25.90 53,880 24.16
Curators......................................................................... 11,870 27.40 56,990 24.77
Museum technicians and conservators.............................................. 10,750 21.58 44,880 19.40
Librarians........................................................................ 131,550 28.33 58,930 27.35
Library technicians............................................................... 94,170 16.44 34,200 15.54
Other education, training, and library occupations................................. 1,495,090 (²) 31,710 (²)
Audio-visual and multimedia collections specialists............................... 10,170 23.18 48,220 22.06
Farm and home management advisors................................................. 8,760 24.91 51,820 23.65
Instructional coordinators........................................................ 139,460 31.19 64,870 29.94
Teacher assistants................................................................ 1,228,440 (²) 26,550 (²)
Education, training, and library workers, all other............................... 108,270 21.34 44,380 19.41
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 1,843,600 27.39 56,980 22.19
Art and design workers............................................................. 559,820 25.11 52,240 21.13
Artists and related workers....................................................... 90,150 37.30 77,580 32.51
Art directors.................................................................... 34,690 49.03 101,990 43.15
Craft artists.................................................................... 5,270 17.17 35,710 14.77
Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators.................... 12,240 26.04 54,170 22.34
Multimedia artists and animators................................................. 30,240 33.80 70,300 30.76
Artists and related workers, all other........................................... 7,700 29.87 62,130 28.10
Designers......................................................................... 469,670 22.78 47,370 19.49
Commercial and industrial designers.............................................. 31,330 33.57 69,820 32.28
Fashion designers................................................................ 19,040 35.18 73,180 30.61
Floral designers................................................................. 44,350 12.98 27,010 12.02
Graphic designers................................................................ 204,850 24.83 51,640 22.55
Interior designers............................................................... 51,050 26.69 55,510 23.48
Merchandise displayers and window trimmers....................................... 100,540 14.32 29,790 12.92
Set and exhibit designers........................................................ 11,930 26.40 54,920 23.81
Designers, all other............................................................. 6,590 29.92 62,220 25.62
Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers............................ 498,020 28.07 58,380 19.25
Actors, producers, and directors.................................................. 155,210 41.28 85,850 29.08
Actors........................................................................... 50,570 37.47 (²) 18.80
Producers and directors.......................................................... 104,650 43.11 89,670 32.91
Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers................................... 254,440 (²) 41,470 (²)
Athletes and sports competitors.................................................. 11,710 (²) 80,490 (²)
Coaches and scouts............................................................... 224,110 (²) 40,050 (²)
Umpires, referees, and other sports officials.................................... 18,620 (²) 33,990 (²)
Dancers and choreographers........................................................ 15,160 20.39 42,410 16.85
Dancers.......................................................................... 10,030 18.14 (²) 14.44
Choreographers................................................................... 5,130 24.79 51,560 22.09
Musicians, singers, and related workers........................................... 58,630 31.70 (²) 24.08
Music directors and composers.................................................... 21,540 28.38 59,040 23.95
Musicians and singers............................................................ 37,090 33.62 (²) 24.20
Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers, all other................ 14,570 22.71 (²) 17.64
Media and communication workers.................................................... 564,800 29.76 61,910 25.73
Announcers........................................................................ 38,380 21.72 45,170 14.46
Radio and television announcers.................................................. 30,390 22.31 46,410 14.88
Public address system and other announcers....................................... 8,000 19.44 40,440 12.95
News analysts, reporters and correspondents....................................... 45,790 24.50 50,970 18.13
Broadcast news analysts.......................................................... 4,730 42.90 89,240 31.51
Reporters and correspondents..................................................... 41,050 22.38 46,560 17.48
Public relations specialists...................................................... 218,910 31.65 65,830 27.29
Writers and editors............................................................... 189,840 32.74 68,090 29.24
Editors.......................................................................... 96,690 31.21 64,910 26.93
Technical writers................................................................ 49,770 35.26 73,350 33.77
Writers and authors.............................................................. 43,380 33.24 69,130 28.97
Miscellaneous media and communication workers..................................... 71,890 23.82 49,550 21.39
Interpreters and translators..................................................... 49,650 23.25 48,360 21.24
Media and communication workers, all other....................................... 22,240 25.10 52,200 21.74
Media and communication equipment workers.......................................... 220,950 25.59 53,220 20.91
Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio operators................... 105,500 23.14 48,140 20.13
Audio and video equipment technicians............................................ 62,460 22.42 46,630 19.92
Broadcast technicians............................................................ 28,270 21.18 44,050 18.02
Radio operators.................................................................. 940 22.69 47,200 24.06
Sound engineering technicians.................................................... 13,840 30.45 63,340 25.64
Photographers..................................................................... 50,070 19.37 40,280 15.24
Television, video, and motion picture camera operators and editors................ 47,710 34.37 71,500 26.80
Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture.......................... 20,060 28.54 59,360 23.60
Film and video editors........................................................... 27,660 38.61 80,300 29.69
Media and communication equipment workers, all other.............................. 17,670 34.10 70,920 33.94
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 8,021,800 37.40 77,800 30.10
Health diagnosing and treating practitioners....................................... 4,960,900 46.65 97,030 36.90
Chiropractors..................................................................... 32,080 37.68 78,370 30.98
Dentists.......................................................................... 116,750 85.16 177,130 76.11
Dentists, general................................................................ 100,080 82.86 172,350 73.42
Oral and maxillofacial surgeons.................................................. 5,000 112.45 233,900 (³)
Orthodontists.................................................................... 5,410 106.44 221,390 (³)
Prosthodontists.................................................................. 710 77.41 161,020 57.57
Dentists, all other specialists.................................................. 5,550 82.23 171,040 82.21
Dietitians and nutritionists...................................................... 59,740 28.08 58,410 27.84
Optometrists...................................................................... 35,300 55.65 115,750 49.95
Pharmacists....................................................................... 295,620 57.34 119,270 58.41
Physicians and surgeons........................................................... 642,720 97.33 202,450 (³)
Anesthesiologists................................................................ 29,220 124.09 258,100 (³)
Family and general practitioners................................................. 127,430 92.36 192,120 88.65
Internists, general.............................................................. 48,920 94.48 196,520 (³)
Obstetricians and gynecologists.................................................. 20,090 106.92 222,400 (³)
Pediatricians, general........................................................... 28,660 88.07 183,180 81.87
Psychiatrists.................................................................... 24,060 93.12 193,680 (³)
Surgeons......................................................................... 41,600 119.00 247,520 (³)
Physicians and surgeons, all other............................................... 322,740 95.05 197,700 (³)
Physician assistants.............................................................. 98,470 47.73 99,270 47.20
Podiatrists....................................................................... 9,500 65.47 136,180 57.37
Therapists........................................................................ 628,440 36.64 76,220 35.53
Occupational therapists.......................................................... 114,660 39.27 81,690 38.54
Physical therapists.............................................................. 209,690 41.25 85,790 40.40
Radiation therapists............................................................. 16,930 40.61 84,460 38.57
Recreational therapists.......................................................... 17,880 22.98 47,790 22.06
Respiratory therapists........................................................... 120,330 28.67 59,640 27.78
Speech-language pathologists..................................................... 131,450 36.97 76,900 35.29
Exercise physiologists........................................................... 6,620 23.91 49,740 22.60
Therapists, all other............................................................ 10,890 28.46 59,210 26.93
Veterinarians..................................................................... 65,650 47.59 99,000 42.54
Registered nurses................................................................. 2,745,910 34.14 71,000 32.45
Nurse anesthetists................................................................ 39,410 77.04 160,250 75.55
Nurse midwives.................................................................... 7,430 45.01 93,610 44.48
Nurse practitioners............................................................... 136,060 48.68 101,260 47.21
Audiologists...................................................................... 12,070 37.22 77,420 36.01
Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other........................... 35,750 40.92 85,120 35.92
Health technologists and technicians............................................... 2,909,230 22.04 45,850 20.28
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................................. 320,550 24.91 51,810 24.30
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists.................................... 162,950 29.74 61,860 29.09
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians...................................... 157,610 19.91 41,420 18.73
Dental hygienists................................................................. 200,550 34.96 72,720 34.77
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................................. 361,430 29.84 62,080 29.04
Cardiovascular technologists and technicians..................................... 51,400 26.97 56,100 26.38
Diagnostic medical sonographers.................................................. 61,250 34.08 70,880 33.16
Nuclear medicine technologists................................................... 19,740 36.06 74,990 35.27
Radiologic technologists......................................................... 195,590 28.13 58,520 27.25
Magnetic resonance imaging technologists......................................... 33,460 32.86 68,340 32.56
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...................................... 236,890 17.04 35,430 15.38
Health practitioner support technologists and technicians......................... 712,050 16.69 34,710 15.71
Dietetic technicians............................................................. 28,950 14.03 29,170 12.52
Pharmacy technicians............................................................. 379,430 15.23 31,680 14.62
Psychiatric technicians.......................................................... 58,450 17.44 36,280 14.97
Respiratory therapy technicians.................................................. 10,000 23.90 49,720 23.31
Surgical technologists........................................................... 100,270 22.09 45,940 21.31
Veterinary technologists and technicians......................................... 95,790 16.00 33,280 15.29
Ophthalmic medical technicians................................................... 39,160 17.64 36,690 16.99
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................................. 697,250 21.17 44,030 20.76
Medical records and health information technicians................................ 189,930 19.44 40,430 17.84
Opticians, dispensing............................................................. 73,520 17.70 36,820 16.75
Miscellaneous health technologists and technicians................................ 117,040 22.86 47,560 20.54
Orthotists and prosthetists...................................................... 7,100 33.63 69,960 30.98
Hearing aid specialists.......................................................... 5,920 25.41 52,850 23.85
Health technologists and technicians, all other.................................. 104,020 21.98 45,730 19.84
Other healthcare practitioners and technical occupations........................... 151,680 29.72 61,820 27.88
Occupational health and safety specialists and technicians........................ 86,270 32.68 67,970 31.69
Occupational health and safety specialists....................................... 70,220 34.51 71,790 33.75
Occupational health and safety technicians....................................... 16,050 24.65 51,270 23.11
Miscellaneous health practitioners and technical workers.......................... 65,410 25.82 53,710 22.64
Athletic trainers................................................................ 23,450 (²) 46,940 (²)
Genetic counselors............................................................... 2,520 35.85 74,570 34.66
Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other........................ 39,440 27.12 56,400 23.21
Healthcare support occupations 3,989,910 14.19 29,520 13.00
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides........................................ 2,363,400 12.26 25,500 11.56
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................................... 2,363,400 12.26 25,500 11.56
Home health aides................................................................ 820,630 11.00 22,870 10.54
Psychiatric aides................................................................ 69,550 13.55 28,170 12.59
Nursing assistants............................................................... 1,420,570 12.89 26,820 12.36
Orderlies........................................................................ 52,660 13.26 27,580 12.30
Occupational therapy and physical therapist assistants and aides................... 174,800 22.50 46,790 22.46
Occupational therapy assistants and aides......................................... 43,030 25.74 53,550 26.21
Occupational therapy assistants.................................................. 35,460 28.05 58,340 27.82
Occupational therapy aides....................................................... 7,570 14.95 31,090 13.37
Physical therapist assistants and aides........................................... 131,770 21.44 44,590 20.66
Physical therapist assistants.................................................... 81,230 26.56 55,250 26.52
Physical therapist aides......................................................... 50,540 13.19 27,440 12.08
Other healthcare support occupations............................................... 1,451,710 16.33 33,970 15.49
Massage therapists................................................................ 92,090 20.76 43,170 18.29
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................................... 1,359,620 16.03 33,340 15.36
Dental assistants................................................................ 323,110 17.75 36,920 17.30
Medical assistants............................................................... 601,240 15.34 31,910 14.71
Medical equipment preparers...................................................... 50,330 16.80 34,950 16.02
Medical transcriptionists........................................................ 57,830 17.17 35,720 16.77
Pharmacy aides................................................................... 38,040 13.20 27,460 11.75
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers........................... 75,620 12.47 25,940 11.71
Phlebotomists.................................................................... 118,160 15.76 32,770 15.21
Healthcare support workers, all other............................................ 95,290 17.75 36,920 17.20
Protective service occupations 3,351,620 21.45 44,610 18.14
Supervisors of protective service workers.......................................... 270,660 33.91 70,530 31.76
First-line supervisors of law enforcement workers................................. 142,890 37.96 78,950 36.18
First-line supervisors of correctional officers.................................. 42,520 30.18 62,770 28.71
First-line supervisors of police and detectives.................................. 100,370 41.26 85,810 39.47
First-line supervisors of fire fighting and prevention workers.................... 58,110 36.05 74,970 34.72
First-line supervisors of protective service workers, all other................... 69,660 23.82 49,540 22.55
Fire fighting and prevention workers............................................... 332,730 23.89 49,690 22.72
Firefighters...................................................................... 318,790 23.72 49,330 22.53
Fire inspectors................................................................... 13,940 27.89 58,020 26.34
Fire inspectors and investigators................................................ 12,290 28.75 59,800 27.27
Forest fire inspectors and prevention specialists................................ 1,650 21.51 44,740 17.62
Law enforcement workers............................................................ 1,223,890 27.34 56,860 25.03
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................................... 445,520 21.78 45,310 19.51
Bailiffs......................................................................... 17,730 21.59 44,900 20.03
Correctional officers and jailers................................................ 427,790 21.79 45,320 19.49
Detectives and criminal investigators............................................. 106,580 38.28 79,620 37.12
Fish and game wardens............................................................. 5,630 26.43 54,970 25.38
Parking enforcement workers....................................................... 8,710 18.40 38,280 17.56
Police officers................................................................... 657,460 29.46 61,270 28.04
Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................................. 653,740 29.45 61,270 28.04
Transit and railroad police...................................................... 3,720 29.85 62,090 28.69
Other protective service workers................................................... 1,524,340 13.97 29,050 11.95
Animal control workers............................................................ 13,180 16.98 35,330 16.08
Private detectives and investigators.............................................. 30,460 25.41 52,840 21.93
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................................. 1,108,310 13.71 28,510 11.87
Gaming surveillance officers and gaming investigators............................ 10,650 16.29 33,880 14.99
Security guards.................................................................. 1,097,660 13.68 28,460 11.84
Miscellaneous protective service workers.......................................... 372,390 13.71 28,510 11.67
Crossing guards.................................................................. 68,640 13.33 27,730 12.07
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers........ 141,670 10.54 21,930 9.38
Transportation security screeners................................................ 41,820 19.25 40,050 18.90
Protective service workers, all other............................................ 120,270 15.72 32,690 13.77
Food preparation and serving related occupations 12,577,080 10.98 22,850 9.41
Supervisors of food preparation and serving workers................................ 1,013,460 16.80 34,930 15.11
Supervisors of food preparation and serving workers............................... 1,013,460 16.80 34,930 15.11
Chefs and head cooks............................................................. 129,370 22.07 45,920 19.95
First-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers................... 884,090 16.02 33,330 14.59
Cooks and food preparation workers................................................. 3,147,210 11.05 22,990 10.24
Cooks............................................................................. 2,284,470 11.23 23,350 10.44
Cooks, fast food................................................................. 520,010 9.43 19,610 9.17
Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................................. 404,980 12.29 25,560 11.52
Cooks, private household......................................................... 380 18.12 37,680 12.65
Cooks, restaurant................................................................ 1,150,760 11.74 24,430 11.11
Cooks, short order............................................................... 193,170 10.55 21,940 9.99
Cooks, all other................................................................. 15,160 13.58 28,240 12.67
Food preparation workers.......................................................... 862,740 10.60 22,050 9.70
Food and beverage serving workers.................................................. 7,054,960 10.30 21,430 9.19
Bartenders........................................................................ 589,150 11.59 24,110 9.39
Fast food and counter workers..................................................... 3,703,110 9.53 19,820 9.11
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food............... 3,216,460 9.47 19,710 9.09
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop.................. 486,650 9.90 20,590 9.24
Waiters and waitresses............................................................ 2,505,630 11.07 23,020 9.25
Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................................... 257,070 11.06 23,010 9.82
Other food preparation and serving related workers................................. 1,361,450 10.01 20,830 9.27
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers........................ 412,830 10.29 21,400 9.27
Dishwashers....................................................................... 505,000 9.79 20,360 9.30
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop.......................... 391,150 9.87 20,530 9.22
Food preparation and serving related workers, all other........................... 52,470 11.09 23,060 9.80
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 4,407,050 13.02 27,080 11.47
Supervisors of building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............... 270,360 20.52 42,680 18.96
First-line supervisors of building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers... 270,360 20.52 42,680 18.96
First-line supervisors of housekeeping and janitorial workers.................... 166,920 19.26 40,060 17.81
First-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers.. 103,450 22.55 46,900 21.15
Building cleaning and pest control workers......................................... 3,159,840 12.23 25,440 10.93
Building cleaning workers......................................................... 3,089,590 12.14 25,240 10.86
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners.................... 2,146,880 12.59 26,180 11.27
Maids and housekeeping cleaners.................................................. 926,240 11.05 22,990 9.97
Building cleaning workers, all other............................................. 16,480 14.52 30,200 14.06
Pest control workers.............................................................. 70,250 16.39 34,080 15.46
Grounds maintenance workers........................................................ 976,840 13.50 28,090 12.31
Grounds maintenance workers....................................................... 976,840 13.50 28,090 12.31
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers........................................... 895,600 13.20 27,460 12.03
Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation........................ 24,200 16.62 34,570 15.64
Tree trimmers and pruners........................................................ 40,160 17.32 36,030 16.10
Grounds maintenance workers, all other........................................... 16,890 16.03 33,340 14.05
Personal care and service occupations 4,307,500 12.33 25,650 10.50
Supervisors of personal care and service workers................................... 208,040 19.17 39,870 17.71
First-line supervisors of gaming workers.......................................... 30,340 22.57 46,940 22.19
Gaming supervisors............................................................... 22,640 24.10 50,130 23.91
Slot supervisors................................................................. 7,700 18.05 37,550 17.16
First-line supervisors of personal service workers................................ 177,700 18.59 38,670 17.17
Animal care and service workers.................................................... 185,780 11.66 24,260 10.22
Animal trainers................................................................... 11,720 16.15 33,600 12.80
Nonfarm animal caretakers......................................................... 174,060 11.36 23,630 10.10
Entertainment attendants and related workers....................................... 551,590 10.64 22,140 9.29
Gaming services workers........................................................... 119,540 10.93 22,730 9.24
Gaming dealers................................................................... 94,900 10.49 21,810 9.14
Gaming and sports book writers and runners....................................... 12,370 12.58 26,170 10.91
Gaming service workers, all other................................................ 12,280 12.68 26,380 11.56
Motion picture projectionists..................................................... 5,620 11.80 24,540 10.33
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers....................................... 114,000 10.13 21,060 9.22
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers........................ 312,430 10.70 22,260 9.33
Amusement and recreation attendants.............................................. 273,870 10.27 21,360 9.27
Costume attendants............................................................... 6,120 25.42 52,870 21.40
Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants.............................. 17,430 11.53 23,990 10.11
Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other.......................... 15,010 11.59 24,110 10.92
Funeral service workers............................................................ 64,470 18.01 37,460 14.79
Embalmers......................................................................... 3,710 19.95 41,490 19.43
Funeral attendants................................................................ 35,290 12.42 25,840 11.43
Morticians, undertakers, and funeral directors.................................... 25,470 25.47 52,990 23.31
Personal appearance workers........................................................ 504,640 13.67 28,420 11.17
Barbers, hairdressers, hairstylists and cosmetologists............................ 362,360 13.84 28,790 11.40
Barbers.......................................................................... 14,350 14.01 29,140 11.95
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists................................... 348,010 13.83 28,770 11.38
Miscellaneous personal appearance workers......................................... 142,280 13.22 27,500 10.65
Makeup artists, theatrical and performance....................................... 3,060 32.00 66,560 25.59
Manicurists and pedicurists...................................................... 83,840 11.36 23,630 10.01
Shampooers....................................................................... 15,190 9.78 20,350 9.27
Skincare specialists............................................................. 40,190 16.97 35,300 14.47
Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges.......................................... 77,980 12.99 27,030 11.60
Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges......................................... 77,980 12.99 27,030 11.60
Baggage porters and bellhops..................................................... 46,550 11.75 24,430 10.17
Concierges....................................................................... 31,430 14.84 30,870 13.96
Tour and travel guides............................................................. 38,740 13.29 27,640 11.85
Tour and travel guides............................................................ 38,740 13.29 27,640 11.85
Tour guides and escorts.......................................................... 35,930 12.94 26,920 11.59
Travel guides.................................................................... 2,810 17.75 36,920 16.43
Other personal care and service workers............................................ 2,676,260 11.77 24,480 10.40
Childcare workers................................................................. 573,440 10.72 22,310 9.77
Personal care aides............................................................... 1,369,230 10.48 21,790 10.09
Recreation and fitness workers.................................................... 573,920 15.66 32,560 12.76
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors........................................ 237,760 19.70 40,970 17.39
Recreation workers............................................................... 336,150 12.79 26,610 11.21
Residential advisors.............................................................. 102,540 13.05 27,140 12.01
Personal care and service workers, all other...................................... 57,140 11.99 24,950 10.73
Sales and related occupations 14,462,120 18.90 39,320 12.34
Supervisors of sales workers....................................................... 1,441,700 24.10 50,120 19.87
First-line supervisors of sales workers........................................... 1,441,700 24.10 50,120 19.87
First-line supervisors of retail sales workers................................... 1,193,850 20.63 42,900 18.42
First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers............................... 247,850 40.82 84,910 34.76
Retail sales workers............................................................... 8,799,250 11.77 24,490 9.84
Cashiers.......................................................................... 3,501,210 10.10 21,010 9.29
Cashiers......................................................................... 3,478,420 10.09 20,990 9.28
Gaming change persons and booth cashiers......................................... 22,790 11.84 24,620 11.03
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons.................................. 685,520 14.32 29,790 12.58
Counter and rental clerks........................................................ 447,050 13.57 28,210 11.75
Parts salespersons............................................................... 238,470 15.74 32,750 14.25
Retail salespersons............................................................... 4,612,510 12.67 26,340 10.47
Sales representatives, services.................................................... 1,808,330 33.22 69,100 24.78
Advertising sales agents.......................................................... 149,770 29.66 61,690 23.31
Insurance sales agents............................................................ 386,140 31.15 64,790 23.17
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...................... 319,280 49.45 102,860 34.40
Travel agents..................................................................... 66,560 18.63 38,750 17.15
Sales representatives, services, all other........................................ 886,580 29.98 62,360 24.86
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................................. 1,743,560 34.17 71,080 28.41
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................................ 1,743,560 34.17 71,080 28.41
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific
products........................................................................ 334,010 42.87 89,170 36.63
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and
scientific products............................................................. 1,409,550 32.11 66,790 26.79
Other sales and related workers.................................................... 669,270 22.97 47,780 14.84
Models, demonstrators, and product promoters...................................... 88,080 14.47 30,100 12.01
Demonstrators and product promoters.............................................. 83,620 14.29 29,720 11.99
Models........................................................................... 4,460 17.91 37,240 13.23
Real estate brokers and sales agents.............................................. 190,510 30.22 62,850 21.93
Real estate brokers.............................................................. 38,810 38.56 80,210 27.34
Real estate sales agents......................................................... 151,700 28.08 58,410 20.85
Sales engineers................................................................... 72,200 51.52 107,160 46.95
Telemarketers..................................................................... 226,730 12.73 26,470 11.31
Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................................... 91,760 18.93 39,370 15.35
Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers......... 7,510 12.58 26,160 10.68
Sales and related workers, all other............................................. 84,240 19.49 40,540 15.98
Office and administrative support occupations 21,846,420 17.47 36,330 15.96
Supervisors of office and administrative support workers........................... 1,424,450 27.01 56,170 25.30
First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers............... 1,424,450 27.01 56,170 25.30
Communications equipment operators................................................. 112,260 14.54 30,250 13.47
Switchboard operators, including answering service................................ 100,500 13.94 28,990 13.19
Telephone operators............................................................... 9,750 19.62 40,820 17.25
Communications equipment operators, all other..................................... 2,010 20.19 41,990 19.39
Financial clerks................................................................... 3,179,250 17.63 36,680 16.74
Bill and account collectors....................................................... 318,970 17.60 36,600 16.56
Billing and posting clerks........................................................ 491,070 17.45 36,300 16.85
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks...................................... 1,580,220 18.74 38,990 17.91
Gaming cage workers............................................................... 17,650 13.36 27,780 12.43
Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................................... 166,700 20.26 42,130 19.71
Procurement clerks................................................................ 71,470 19.72 41,010 19.52
Tellers........................................................................... 498,460 13.10 27,260 12.70
Financial clerks, all other....................................................... 34,700 20.32 42,270 19.27
Information and record clerks...................................................... 5,513,250 16.16 33,610 14.91
Brokerage clerks.................................................................. 57,490 24.83 51,640 23.16
Correspondence clerks............................................................. 7,320 17.47 36,340 16.98
Court, municipal, and license clerks.............................................. 130,190 18.38 38,230 17.23
Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks.......................................... 41,880 18.23 37,920 16.96
Customer service representatives.................................................. 2,595,990 16.62 34,560 15.25
Eligibility interviewers, government programs..................................... 130,420 20.69 43,040 20.75
File clerks....................................................................... 140,560 14.38 29,900 13.39
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks.............................................. 243,210 10.87 22,610 10.11
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................................... 184,050 15.83 32,930 15.10
Library assistants, clerical...................................................... 100,090 12.78 26,580 11.77
Loan interviewers and clerks...................................................... 216,380 18.85 39,210 18.13
New accounts clerks............................................................... 48,970 17.22 35,820 16.77
Order clerks...................................................................... 185,890 16.38 34,080 15.54
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........................ 138,910 18.84 39,180 18.32
Receptionists and information clerks.............................................. 975,890 13.67 28,430 13.12
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks.................... 138,810 17.68 36,780 16.91
Information and record clerks, all other.......................................... 177,210 18.64 38,770 18.26
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers.............. 3,973,740 16.16 33,610 14.32
Cargo and freight agents.......................................................... 81,120 21.38 44,470 20.13
Couriers and messengers........................................................... 73,180 14.01 29,130 13.12
Dispatchers....................................................................... 292,570 19.30 40,140 18.00
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers.......................................... 95,630 19.23 40,000 18.27
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance.................................. 196,940 19.33 40,210 17.86
Meter readers, utilities.......................................................... 34,970 19.66 40,900 18.51
Postal service workers............................................................ 504,540 24.38 50,700 27.30
Postal service clerks............................................................ 78,660 23.60 49,090 27.30
Postal service mail carriers..................................................... 315,950 24.58 51,130 28.02
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators........ 109,930 24.35 50,650 27.28
Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................................... 309,110 23.18 48,210 22.19
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................................... 674,820 15.55 32,350 14.64
Stock clerks and order fillers.................................................... 1,934,060 12.47 25,940 11.17
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping........................ 69,360 14.89 30,980 13.80
Secretaries and administrative assistants.......................................... 3,680,630 18.93 39,360 17.55
Secretaries and administrative assistants......................................... 3,680,630 18.93 39,360 17.55
Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants.................... 666,490 26.66 55,460 25.66
Legal secretaries................................................................ 202,660 22.34 46,470 20.77
Medical secretaries.............................................................. 530,360 16.50 34,330 15.89
Secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive.. 2,281,120 16.92 35,200 16.31
Other office and administrative support workers.................................... 3,962,840 15.77 32,800 14.67
Computer operators................................................................ 51,510 20.26 42,140 19.43
Data entry and information processing workers..................................... 267,900 15.79 32,840 14.99
Data entry keyers................................................................ 199,240 14.81 30,810 14.16
Word processors and typists...................................................... 68,660 18.61 38,710 18.08
Desktop publishers................................................................ 13,240 21.10 43,900 19.15
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................................... 262,910 19.02 39,560 18.04
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service..................... 95,640 14.39 29,930 13.74
Office clerks, general............................................................ 2,944,420 15.33 31,890 14.22
Office machine operators, except computer......................................... 63,290 14.90 30,980 13.95
Proofreaders and copy markers..................................................... 10,810 18.12 37,690 17.13
Statistical assistants............................................................ 13,510 21.26 44,220 20.53
Office and administrative support workers, all other.............................. 239,630 16.70 34,730 15.67
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 454,230 12.67 26,360 10.46
Supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers.............................. 19,060 23.22 48,290 21.80
First-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers.................. 19,060 23.22 48,290 21.80
Agricultural workers............................................................... 388,900 11.58 24,090 9.86
Agricultural inspectors........................................................... 14,670 21.06 43,810 20.86
Animal breeders................................................................... 1,030 21.47 44,650 18.93
Graders and sorters, agricultural products........................................ 35,290 11.18 23,260 10.14
Miscellaneous agricultural workers................................................ 337,920 11.18 23,260 9.65
Agricultural equipment operators................................................. 27,200 14.13 29,380 13.38
Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse.......................... 272,170 10.64 22,130 9.51
Farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals............................... 33,530 12.58 26,160 11.42
Agricultural workers, all other.................................................. 5,020 15.31 31,850 14.34
Fishing and hunting workers........................................................ 700 14.60 30,370 13.51
Fishers and related fishing workers............................................... 540 14.41 29,970 13.14
Forest, conservation, and logging workers.......................................... 45,570 17.53 36,470 16.90
Forest and conservation workers................................................... 6,870 14.36 29,860 12.59
Logging workers................................................................... 38,700 18.10 37,640 17.41
Fallers.......................................................................... 5,840 20.07 41,750 17.50
Logging equipment operators...................................................... 27,290 17.76 36,930 17.45
Log graders and scalers.......................................................... 2,740 17.99 37,420 17.36
Logging workers, all other....................................................... 2,830 17.41 36,210 17.13
Construction and extraction occupations 5,477,820 22.88 47,580 20.33
Supervisors of construction and extraction workers................................. 517,560 32.13 66,820 29.84
First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers.............. 517,560 32.13 66,820 29.84
Construction trades workers........................................................ 4,076,800 22.25 46,290 19.72
Boilermakers...................................................................... 16,350 29.16 60,660 28.90
Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons......................................... 74,570 24.13 50,200 22.32
Brickmasons and blockmasons...................................................... 61,360 24.88 51,750 23.05
Stonemasons...................................................................... 13,210 20.66 42,970 18.57
Carpenters........................................................................ 639,190 22.49 46,780 20.24
Carpet, floor, and tile installers and finishers.................................. 75,280 20.76 43,180 18.38
Carpet installers................................................................ 25,810 20.77 43,210 17.89
Floor layers, except carpet, wood, and hard tiles................................ 9,830 20.44 42,520 17.80
Floor sanders and finishers...................................................... 4,700 18.35 38,160 17.76
Tile and marble setters.......................................................... 34,940 21.16 44,010 18.94
Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers........................... 166,610 20.27 42,150 18.16
Cement masons and concrete finishers............................................. 163,360 20.23 42,080 18.14
Terrazzo workers and finishers................................................... 3,250 22.14 46,050 19.57
Construction laborers............................................................. 887,580 17.57 36,550 15.34
Construction equipment operators.................................................. 411,920 23.26 48,380 21.06
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators............................... 53,110 20.68 43,020 18.40
Pile-driver operators............................................................ 3,670 26.51 55,150 23.77
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators................... 355,140 23.61 49,110 21.44
Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers........................... 106,000 22.48 46,760 19.46
Drywall and ceiling tile installers.............................................. 88,490 21.88 45,510 18.85
Tapers........................................................................... 17,500 25.52 53,080 23.06
Electricians...................................................................... 592,230 26.73 55,590 24.94
Glaziers.......................................................................... 44,230 21.84 45,420 18.96
Insulation workers................................................................ 55,180 21.51 44,740 18.57
Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall..................................... 25,850 18.66 38,810 16.85
Insulation workers, mechanical................................................... 29,330 24.02 49,970 20.97
Painters and paperhangers......................................................... 216,340 19.47 40,490 17.57
Painters, construction and maintenance........................................... 213,330 19.49 40,540 17.59
Paperhangers..................................................................... 3,020 17.60 36,610 16.15
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............................... 432,380 25.89 53,860 23.72
Pipelayers....................................................................... 40,710 20.15 41,910 18.16
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters.......................................... 391,680 26.49 55,100 24.34
Plasterers and stucco masons...................................................... 22,420 20.22 42,070 17.94
Reinforcing iron and rebar workers................................................ 20,060 25.98 54,030 23.08
Roofers........................................................................... 109,720 19.54 40,630 17.65
Sheet metal workers............................................................... 135,570 23.95 49,810 21.99
Structural iron and steel workers................................................. 64,280 26.32 54,750 24.28
Solar photovoltaic installers..................................................... 6,870 19.26 40,070 18.19
Helpers, construction trades....................................................... 228,710 14.37 29,890 13.64
Helpers, construction trades...................................................... 228,710 14.37 29,890 13.64
Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters...... 22,970 15.43 32,090 14.09
Helpers--carpenters.............................................................. 37,820 14.04 29,200 13.41
Helpers--electricians............................................................ 71,610 14.42 30,000 13.81
Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons................... 11,030 13.31 27,690 12.73
Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters..................... 55,530 14.40 29,950 13.70
Helpers--roofers................................................................. 10,810 13.38 27,820 13.04
Helpers, construction trades, all other.......................................... 18,930 14.66 30,500 13.71
Other construction and related workers............................................. 393,710 22.29 46,370 20.16
Construction and building inspectors.............................................. 91,480 28.86 60,030 27.57
Elevator installers and repairers................................................. 21,000 37.19 77,350 38.88
Fence erectors.................................................................... 21,160 16.75 34,840 15.60
Hazardous materials removal workers............................................... 42,560 21.22 44,150 19.08
Highway maintenance workers....................................................... 142,300 18.36 38,200 17.75
Rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators............................. 14,470 24.68 51,340 25.40
Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners..................................... 27,080 18.21 37,880 17.00
Miscellaneous construction and related workers.................................... 33,660 18.86 39,220 17.31
Segmental pavers................................................................. 1,240 15.30 31,820 14.77
Construction and related workers, all other...................................... 32,420 18.99 39,500 17.45
Extraction workers................................................................. 261,040 22.58 46,970 20.52
Derrick, rotary drill, and service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining........... 105,120 25.33 52,680 22.71
Derrick operators, oil and gas................................................... 19,330 24.38 50,710 23.03
Rotary drill operators, oil and gas.............................................. 24,960 29.03 60,380 26.11
Service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining..................................... 60,830 24.11 50,150 21.63
Earth drillers, except oil and gas................................................ 19,490 24.92 51,840 21.27
Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters....................... 7,540 25.28 52,580 24.14
Mining machine operators.......................................................... 19,880 24.29 50,530 23.83
Continuous mining machine operators.............................................. 11,130 24.35 50,660 23.37
Mine cutting and channeling machine operators.................................... 6,630 24.39 50,720 24.91
Mining machine operators, all other.............................................. 2,120 23.69 49,270 23.34
Rock splitters, quarry............................................................ 3,790 16.77 34,870 16.26
Roof bolters, mining.............................................................. 5,220 26.68 55,500 26.42
Roustabouts, oil and gas.......................................................... 71,790 18.61 38,700 17.56
Helpers--extraction workers....................................................... 22,820 17.83 37,080 17.19
Extraction workers, all other..................................................... 5,400 23.62 49,140 21.33
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 5,374,150 22.11 45,990 20.57
Supervisors of installation, maintenance, and repair workers....................... 445,510 31.68 65,890 30.29
First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers.................... 445,510 31.68 65,890 30.29
Electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers........... 585,270 24.22 50,380 23.30
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers.......................... 106,100 18.75 38,990 17.71
Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers................... 233,260 26.16 54,420 26.15
Radio, cellular, and tower equipment installers and repairers.................... 14,160 25.45 52,940 24.84
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers.... 219,100 26.21 54,510 26.24
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and
repairers........................................................................ 245,910 24.74 51,460 23.92
Avionics technicians............................................................. 17,340 28.94 60,200 28.15
Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers................................ 17,920 21.04 43,760 19.48
Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment.... 14,210 28.41 59,080 28.36
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment........ 69,290 27.25 56,670 26.77
Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay.......... 23,070 34.83 72,450 35.49
Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles.................... 12,470 16.10 33,500 15.08
Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers................. 26,890 19.07 39,670 18.17
Security and fire alarm systems installers....................................... 64,730 21.57 44,860 20.87
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers.................. 1,554,340 20.67 42,990 19.31
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians........................................ 124,040 28.92 60,160 28.06
Automotive technicians and repairers.............................................. 798,280 19.85 41,290 18.41
Automotive body and related repairers............................................ 143,040 21.44 44,590 19.70
Automotive glass installers and repairers........................................ 17,160 16.93 35,210 16.27
Automotive service technicians and mechanics..................................... 638,080 19.58 40,720 18.20
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............................. 251,750 22.17 46,110 21.40
Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics.............. 180,400 23.17 48,180 22.65
Farm equipment mechanics and service technicians................................. 37,080 18.52 38,510 17.82
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines................................. 121,900 24.08 50,080 23.45
Rail car repairers............................................................... 21,410 26.02 54,130 26.72
Small engine mechanics............................................................ 67,850 17.51 36,420 16.66
Motorboat mechanics and service technicians...................................... 20,440 18.99 39,500 18.41
Motorcycle mechanics............................................................. 15,850 17.42 36,240 16.45
Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics......................... 31,560 16.60 34,520 15.72
Miscellaneous vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers... 132,030 13.20 27,460 12.09
Bicycle repairers................................................................ 12,560 13.41 27,900 13.20
Recreational vehicle service technicians......................................... 11,970 17.97 37,380 17.15
Tire repairers and changers...................................................... 107,500 12.65 26,310 11.65
Other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations............................ 2,789,020 20.95 43,570 19.39
Control and valve installers and repairers........................................ 60,440 24.55 51,060 22.79
Mechanical door repairers........................................................ 17,930 19.18 39,900 18.34
Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door............... 42,510 26.81 55,760 26.01
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers............. 274,680 22.78 47,380 21.69
Home appliance repairers.......................................................... 33,990 18.66 38,820 17.40
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers................ 457,380 24.12 50,160 23.27
Industrial machinery mechanics................................................... 323,280 24.75 51,470 23.89
Maintenance workers, machinery................................................... 92,520 21.41 44,540 20.80
Millwrights...................................................................... 40,030 25.31 52,650 24.71
Refractory materials repairers, except brickmasons............................... 1,550 23.52 48,920 22.62
Line installers and repairers..................................................... 221,740 28.92 60,160 29.53
Electrical power-line installers and repairers................................... 115,380 31.57 65,650 31.95
Telecommunications line installers and repairers................................. 106,360 26.06 54,200 25.44
Precision instrument and equipment repairers...................................... 66,660 23.19 48,230 21.94
Camera and photographic equipment repairers...................................... 3,540 20.44 42,510 19.53
Medical equipment repairers...................................................... 41,060 23.75 49,400 22.28
Musical instrument repairers and tuners.......................................... 7,730 18.55 38,590 17.14
Watch repairers.................................................................. 2,200 17.84 37,110 16.71
Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other.......................... 12,130 26.01 54,110 26.13
Maintenance and repair workers, general........................................... 1,314,560 18.73 38,950 17.61
Wind turbine service technicians.................................................. 3,950 25.50 53,030 24.55
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....................... 355,620 17.81 37,050 15.98
Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers..................... 32,250 16.47 34,260 15.72
Commercial divers................................................................ 3,450 26.27 54,640 24.26
Fabric menders, except garment................................................... 620 12.43 25,840 11.77
Locksmiths and safe repairers.................................................... 17,800 19.84 41,270 18.83
Manufactured building and mobile home installers................................. 3,650 15.94 33,150 14.45
Riggers.......................................................................... 22,790 22.97 47,770 20.78
Signal and track switch repairers................................................ 8,190 30.12 62,650 30.69
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers........................... 124,220 13.71 28,530 12.69
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other......................... 142,650 19.77 41,120 18.14
Production occupations 9,073,290 17.41 36,220 15.51
Supervisors of production workers.................................................. 603,080 28.81 59,930 27.09
First-line supervisors of production and operating workers........................ 603,080 28.81 59,930 27.09
Assemblers and fabricators......................................................... 1,800,410 15.70 32,670 14.46
Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers..................... 42,810 24.54 51,040 23.55
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......................... 273,030 16.14 33,570 15.07
Coil winders, tapers, and finishers.............................................. 14,450 15.86 32,990 15.26
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers................................... 212,170 15.99 33,260 14.84
Electromechanical equipment assemblers........................................... 46,400 16.89 35,140 16.15
Engine and other machine assemblers............................................... 38,700 20.07 41,750 19.04
Structural metal fabricators and fitters.......................................... 79,620 18.77 39,040 17.81
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................................... 1,366,250 15.04 31,280 13.87
Fiberglass laminators and fabricators............................................ 20,630 14.79 30,760 14.02
Team assemblers.................................................................. 1,115,510 15.17 31,560 13.98
Timing device assemblers and adjusters........................................... 1,190 19.96 41,510 17.76
Assemblers and fabricators, all other............................................ 228,930 14.39 29,920 13.28
Food processing workers............................................................ 783,650 13.22 27,500 12.25
Bakers............................................................................ 176,610 12.63 26,270 11.62
Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..................... 372,980 13.18 27,410 12.34
Butchers and meat cutters........................................................ 137,350 14.88 30,940 14.01
Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers..................................... 155,390 11.93 24,810 11.48
Slaughterers and meat packers.................................................... 80,250 12.70 26,420 12.33
Miscellaneous food processing workers............................................. 234,060 13.73 28,560 12.67
Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders...... 20,320 14.58 30,320 13.49
Food batchmakers................................................................. 133,470 14.04 29,210 12.95
Food cooking machine operators and tenders....................................... 34,640 14.15 29,430 13.35
Food processing workers, all other............................................... 45,630 12.12 25,220 11.41
Metal workers and plastic workers.................................................. 1,945,220 18.68 38,850 17.66
Computer control programmers and operators........................................ 172,260 19.54 40,650 18.48
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic.................... 146,600 18.62 38,720 17.80
Computer numerically controlled machine tool programmers, metal and plastic...... 25,660 24.82 51,630 23.55
Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................ 123,780 17.62 36,650 16.82
Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic. 72,390 16.62 34,580 15.92
Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............... 19,650 17.75 36,910 16.86
Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............... 31,740 19.81 41,200 19.51
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........... 342,970 16.60 34,530 15.79
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic......................................................................... 194,670 15.88 33,030 15.04
Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic......................................................................... 14,840 18.11 37,660 17.06
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic..................................................... 73,570 16.62 34,560 15.79
Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic......................................................................... 40,140 18.31 38,080 17.70
Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic... 19,750 19.05 39,620 18.39
Machinists........................................................................ 399,040 20.25 42,120 19.49
Metal furnace operators, tenders, pourers, and casters............................ 29,700 19.42 40,390 18.99
Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders..................................... 20,070 20.57 42,790 20.31
Pourers and casters, metal....................................................... 9,630 17.01 35,390 16.28
Model makers and patternmakers, metal and plastic................................. 10,400 21.93 45,620 21.13
Model makers, metal and plastic.................................................. 6,380 23.18 48,210 22.11
Patternmakers, metal and plastic................................................. 4,020 19.95 41,500 19.69
Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.... 148,410 15.25 31,720 14.24
Foundry mold and coremakers...................................................... 12,860 16.31 33,930 15.71
Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal
and plastic..................................................................... 135,550 15.15 31,510 14.11
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......... 105,570 17.01 35,380 16.32
Tool and die makers............................................................... 74,510 24.58 51,130 24.18
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................................... 439,320 19.50 40,560 18.23
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers......................................... 386,240 19.70 40,970 18.34
Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders.......... 53,080 18.07 37,590 17.38
Miscellaneous metal workers and plastic workers................................... 99,270 17.63 36,660 16.48
Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic....... 20,570 18.47 38,420 17.60
Layout workers, metal and plastic................................................ 10,660 22.32 46,430 21.41
Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic... 35,640 15.83 32,930 14.69
Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners............................................ 10,220 18.07 37,590 17.09
Metal workers and plastic workers, all other..................................... 22,190 17.26 35,910 15.86
Printing workers................................................................... 256,040 17.52 36,440 16.64
Printing workers.................................................................. 256,040 17.52 36,440 16.64
Prepress technicians and workers................................................. 35,330 19.26 40,060 18.40
Printing press operators......................................................... 168,330 17.80 37,020 16.94
Print binding and finishing workers.............................................. 52,380 15.47 32,170 14.55
Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers.......................................... 578,100 12.22 25,420 11.05
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................................. 201,620 10.90 22,660 10.01
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials................................. 48,340 10.40 21,640 9.84
Sewing machine operators.......................................................... 141,520 11.87 24,680 10.84
Shoe and leather workers.......................................................... 11,410 12.29 25,570 11.58
Shoe and leather workers and repairers........................................... 8,180 12.29 25,570 11.36
Shoe machine operators and tenders............................................... 3,230 12.29 25,560 12.11
Tailors, dressmakers, and sewers.................................................. 26,900 13.31 27,690 12.08
Sewers, hand..................................................................... 6,920 12.01 24,980 11.37
Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers.......................................... 19,980 13.76 28,630 12.42
Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................................... 76,630 13.29 27,640 12.83
Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders....................... 11,630 13.30 27,660 12.66
Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders.......................... 14,680 12.96 26,950 12.26
Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders............. 22,560 13.53 28,150 13.09
Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and
tenders......................................................................... 27,760 13.26 27,580 12.92
Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers........................... 71,690 16.32 33,950 14.96
Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and
glass fibers.................................................................... 19,810 16.44 34,190 15.85
Fabric and apparel patternmakers................................................. 5,140 23.58 49,040 21.11
Upholsterers..................................................................... 30,180 16.13 33,550 15.39
Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other............................. 16,560 14.29 29,720 12.65
Woodworkers........................................................................ 243,350 15.05 31,300 14.18
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters................................................ 93,650 16.34 33,980 15.52
Furniture finishers............................................................... 16,480 14.87 30,920 14.04
Model makers and patternmakers, wood.............................................. 2,180 19.16 39,840 17.18
Model makers, wood............................................................... 1,160 18.43 38,330 16.15
Patternmakers, wood.............................................................. 1,030 19.98 41,550 18.46
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............................... 124,150 14.00 29,130 13.37
Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood............................. 48,600 14.04 29,190 13.37
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing............... 75,540 13.98 29,090 13.37
Woodworkers, all other............................................................ 6,900 15.45 32,130 13.94
Plant and system operators......................................................... 311,050 28.26 58,780 27.48
Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers.............................. 55,990 36.15 75,190 36.38
Nuclear power reactor operators.................................................. 6,940 42.70 88,820 42.58
Power distributors and dispatchers............................................... 11,540 38.66 80,400 38.86
Power plant operators............................................................ 37,510 34.17 71,070 34.58
Stationary engineers and boiler operators......................................... 34,630 29.08 60,480 28.14
Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators......................... 114,770 22.49 46,790 21.53
Miscellaneous plant and system operators.......................................... 105,670 30.07 62,540 29.85
Chemical plant and system operators.............................................. 35,020 28.40 59,070 28.52
Gas plant operators.............................................................. 16,790 31.65 65,830 31.74
Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers................. 42,320 31.74 66,020 31.34
Plant and system operators, all other............................................ 11,540 26.70 55,530 26.70
Other production occupations....................................................... 2,552,380 16.31 33,930 14.71
Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders....................... 115,400 22.19 46,150 20.84
Chemical equipment operators and tenders......................................... 67,650 23.87 49,640 22.70
Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters,
operators, and tenders.......................................................... 47,750 19.81 41,210 18.47
Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....................... 188,510 17.01 35,370 16.09
Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders........ 31,140 17.10 35,560 16.26
Grinding and polishing workers, hand............................................. 28,110 14.60 30,370 13.76
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders...................... 129,270 17.51 36,410 16.63
Cutting workers................................................................... 79,070 15.56 32,370 14.89
Cutters and trimmers, hand....................................................... 15,740 13.87 28,850 12.89
Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders...................... 63,330 15.98 33,250 15.48
Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and
tenders.......................................................................... 71,430 16.36 34,030 15.46
Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders...................... 19,650 17.77 36,970 17.00
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............................. 508,590 18.95 39,410 17.31
Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers..................................... 25,270 20.38 42,380 17.82
Medical, dental, and ophthalmic laboratory technicians............................ 80,150 18.08 37,610 16.32
Dental laboratory technicians.................................................... 37,520 19.48 40,520 17.88
Medical appliance technicians.................................................... 14,640 18.76 39,020 16.77
Ophthalmic laboratory technicians................................................ 27,990 15.85 32,970 14.35
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............................... 378,560 14.31 29,770 13.02
Painting workers.................................................................. 156,550 17.84 37,110 16.51
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders.......... 88,780 16.16 33,610 15.35
Painters, transportation equipment............................................... 51,760 21.60 44,920 19.79
Painting, coating, and decorating workers........................................ 16,020 15.01 31,210 14.07
Semiconductor processors.......................................................... 24,230 18.08 37,600 17.01
Photographic process workers and processing machine operators..................... 23,940 14.77 30,720 12.78
Miscellaneous production workers.................................................. 881,020 14.21 29,560 12.78
Adhesive bonding machine operators and tenders................................... 17,400 16.23 33,750 15.25
Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders............ 17,420 14.38 29,910 13.41
Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders............................. 7,970 15.14 31,490 13.76
Etchers and engravers............................................................ 9,490 15.33 31,880 14.33
Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic.......................... 38,730 15.24 31,690 14.24
Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders.............................. 91,400 17.87 37,160 17.17
Tire builders.................................................................... 17,710 19.34 40,230 18.81
Helpers--production workers...................................................... 439,000 12.50 26,010 11.52
Production workers, all other.................................................... 241,910 15.15 31,520 13.44
Transportation and material moving occupations 9,536,610 16.90 35,160 14.47
Supervisors of transportation and material moving workers.......................... 386,340 26.10 54,290 24.66
Aircraft cargo handling supervisors............................................... 6,760 23.50 48,870 21.86
First-line supervisors of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand............ 176,030 23.88 49,670 22.58
First-line supervisors of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle
operators........................................................................ 203,550 28.11 58,470 26.85
Air transportation workers......................................................... 260,670 (²) 87,140 (²)
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers.............................................. 121,110 (²) 119,360 (²)
Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers................................... 81,350 (²) 136,400 (²)
Commercial pilots................................................................ 39,760 (²) 84,510 (²)
Air traffic controllers and airfield operations specialists....................... 31,050 49.32 102,580 48.05
Air traffic controllers.......................................................... 23,130 57.09 118,740 59.11
Airfield operations specialists.................................................. 7,920 26.64 55,400 24.94
Flight attendants................................................................. 108,510 (²) 46,750 (²)
Motor vehicle operators............................................................ 3,851,720 17.53 36,460 16.43
Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians............ 19,950 12.25 25,470 11.41
Bus drivers....................................................................... 674,180 15.85 32,980 14.88
Bus drivers, transit and intercity............................................... 168,620 19.31 40,160 18.41
Bus drivers, school or special client............................................ 505,560 14.70 30,580 14.18
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................................ 2,922,450 18.28 38,030 17.23
Driver/sales workers............................................................. 417,660 13.41 27,890 10.79
Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers.......................................... 1,678,280 20.43 42,500 19.36
Light truck or delivery services drivers......................................... 826,510 16.38 34,080 14.35
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs....................................................... 180,960 12.53 26,070 11.30
Motor vehicle operators, all other................................................ 54,160 16.07 33,430 14.05
Rail transportation workers........................................................ 122,010 27.52 57,230 26.88
Locomotive engineers and operators................................................ 43,560 27.87 57,980 26.46
Locomotive engineers............................................................. 37,490 28.54 59,360 27.04
Locomotive firers................................................................ 1,610 26.22 54,540 23.30
Rail yard engineers, dinkey operators, and hostlers.............................. 4,460 22.88 47,600 22.01
Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators...................................... 18,970 25.96 53,990 25.97
Railroad conductors and yardmasters............................................... 42,330 27.29 56,760 26.89
Subway and streetcar operators.................................................... 12,600 29.12 60,580 29.98
Rail transportation workers, all other............................................ 4,550 28.25 58,760 28.77
Water transportation workers....................................................... 77,260 31.11 64,720 26.44
Sailors and marine oilers......................................................... 30,570 20.63 42,910 19.84
Ship and boat captains and operators.............................................. 36,760 37.98 79,000 34.82
Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels..................................... 33,110 39.98 83,150 36.91
Motorboat operators.............................................................. 3,650 19.88 41,350 17.69
Ship engineers.................................................................... 9,940 37.97 78,970 35.03
Other transportation workers....................................................... 343,230 14.14 29,410 11.00
Bridge and lock tenders........................................................... 3,170 22.10 45,980 23.33
Parking lot attendants............................................................ 144,150 10.83 22,520 9.92
Automotive and watercraft service attendants...................................... 109,710 11.27 23,440 10.36
Traffic technicians............................................................... 6,750 22.92 47,660 21.12
Transportation inspectors......................................................... 25,860 34.72 72,220 34.05
Transportation attendants, except flight attendants............................... 15,680 14.68 30,540 12.47
Transportation workers, all other................................................. 37,900 18.52 38,520 17.74
Material moving workers............................................................ 4,495,380 13.81 28,710 12.22
Conveyor operators and tenders.................................................... 32,890 16.88 35,100 15.41
Crane and tower operators......................................................... 46,490 26.23 54,560 24.83
Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators................................. 54,930 21.54 44,810 19.54
Dredge operators................................................................. 1,850 21.18 44,040 19.26
Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators............................ 49,880 21.41 44,520 19.26
Loading machine operators, underground mining.................................... 3,210 23.91 49,740 25.15
Hoist and winch operators......................................................... 2,880 24.37 50,680 20.30
Industrial truck and tractor operators............................................ 539,810 16.39 34,090 15.43
Laborers and material movers, hand................................................ 3,637,790 12.86 26,760 11.50
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment............................................... 336,960 11.51 23,940 10.25
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand........................... 2,487,680 13.39 27,840 12.02
Machine feeders and offbearers................................................... 100,020 14.89 30,960 14.15
Packers and packagers, hand...................................................... 713,130 11.40 23,710 10.10
Pumping station operators......................................................... 30,350 23.35 48,570 22.69
Gas compressor and gas pumping station operators................................. 4,100 27.65 57,510 28.06
Pump operators, except wellhead pumpers.......................................... 13,390 22.21 46,200 20.39
Wellhead pumpers................................................................. 12,860 23.17 48,180 22.59
Refuse and recyclable material collectors......................................... 114,220 17.48 36,370 16.25
Mine shuttle car operators........................................................ 2,310 26.50 55,120 26.59
Tank car, truck, and ship loaders................................................. 11,960 19.72 41,010 17.63
Material moving workers, all other................................................ 21,740 17.82 37,060 14.60
1 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.
2 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.
3 Represents a wage equal to or greater than $90.00 per hour.
United States Department of Labor
