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Occupation | Employment |
---|---|
Maintenance and repair workers, general |
1,418,990 |
Automotive service technicians and mechanics |
655,330 |
First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
485,700 |
Industrial machinery mechanics |
387,630 |
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers |
342,040 |
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists |
266,330 |
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
208,480 |
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other |
161,290 |
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines |
147,800 |
Automotive body and related repairers |
144,180 |
Occupation | Annual mean wage |
---|---|
Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay |
$81,280 |
Signal and track switch repairers |
72,690 |
Electrical power-line installers and repairers |
71,960 |
First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
70,550 |
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians |
67,110 |
Commercial divers |
67,100 |
Avionics technicians |
66,970 |
Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment |
63,670 |
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment |
60,360 |
Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other |
59,940 |
All occupations |
53,490 |
All installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
50,130 |
Industry | Employment |
---|---|
Automotive repair and maintenance |
454,220 |
Building equipment contractors |
437,470 |
Real estate |
352,350 |
Automobile dealers |
315,630 |
Local government (excluding schools and hospitals) |
275,290 |
Telecommunications |
233,700 |
Automotive parts, accessories, and tire stores |
174,260 |
Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers |
151,450 |
Electric power generation, transmission and distribution |
116,280 |
Traveler accommodation |
106,080 |
State | Percent of state employment |
---|---|
Wyoming |
6.6 |
Alaska |
5.7 |
North Dakota |
5.3 |
West Virginia |
5.0 |
Alabama |
5.0 |
United States |
3.9 |
New York |
3.3 |
Connecticut |
3.2 |
California |
3.1 |
Massachusetts |
2.9 |
District of Columbia |
1.3 |
State | Annual mean wage |
---|---|
Alaska |
$61,260 |
District of Columbia |
60,630 |
Connecticut |
58,110 |
Hawaii |
57,980 |
Wyoming |
57,650 |
United States |
50,130 |
South Carolina |
45,540 |
Florida |
44,550 |
Mississippi |
43,820 |
Arkansas |
43,580 |
West Virginia |
43,520 |
Occupation | Employment (millions) |
---|---|
Retail salespersons |
4.3 |
Cashiers |
3.6 |
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
1.3 |
First-line supervisors of retail sales workers |
1.2 |
Sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel |
1.0 |
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
0.4 |
Counter and rental clerks |
0.4 |
Insurance sales agents |
0.4 |
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
0.3 |
Parts salespersons |
0.3 |
Metropolitan area | Employment |
---|---|
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
84,870 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
63,550 |
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
57,050 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
41,290 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
33,300 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL |
31,830 |
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
31,460 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
27,130 |
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI |
24,980 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA |
22,680 |
Occupation | Annual mean wage |
---|---|
Sales engineers |
$112,780 |
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
93,090 |
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
92,980 |
First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers |
86,180 |
Real estate brokers |
81,450 |
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
71,110 |
Insurance sales agents |
67,780 |
Sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel |
66,760 |
Advertising sales agents |
64,660 |
Real estate sales agents |
62,060 |
All occupations |
53,490 |
All sales and related occupations |
43,060 |
State | Annual mean wage |
---|---|
New Jersey |
$84,170 |
Massachusetts |
82,220 |
Colorado |
81,670 |
Rhode Island |
80,180 |
Connecticut |
78,810 |
United States |
71,110 |
Alaska |
59,680 |
Oklahoma |
59,660 |
West Virginia |
58,930 |
Montana |
57,510 |
Hawaii |
55,260 |
Occupation | Employment |
---|---|
Social and human service assistants |
404,450 |
Child, family, and school social workers |
327,710 |
Educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors |
296,460 |
Substance abuse, behavioral disorder, and mental health counselors |
283,540 |
Healthcare social workers |
174,890 |
Mental health and substance abuse social workers |
117,770 |
Rehabilitation counselors |
109,040 |
Community and social service specialists, all other |
97,480 |
Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists |
88,120 |
Marriage and family therapists |
59,050 |
Occupation | Annual mean wage |
---|---|
Social workers, all other |
$61,750 |
Educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors |
61,000 |
Health education specialists |
60,500 |
Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists |
59,910 |
Healthcare social workers |
59,300 |
All occupations |
53,490 |
All community and social service occupations |
50,480 |
Community and social service specialists, all other |
46,900 |
Community health workers |
44,390 |
Rehabilitation counselors |
40,160 |
Religious workers, all other |
39,830 |
Social and human service assistants |
37,050 |
State | Annual mean wage |
---|---|
District of Columbia |
$71,590 |
New Jersey |
68,830 |
Connecticut |
68,360 |
Rhode Island |
63,310 |
Maryland |
61,910 |
United States |
51,030 |
Delaware |
39,880 |
South Carolina |
38,380 |
Missouri |
38,170 |
Oklahoma |
37,610 |
Mississippi |
37,190 |
Typical entry-level educational requirement | Percent |
---|---|
Doctoral or professional degree |
2.5 |
Master's degree |
1.6 |
Bachelor's degree |
22.4 |
Associate's degree |
2.3 |
Postsecondary nondegree award |
6.2 |
Some college, no degree |
2.6 |
High school diploma or equivalent |
38.2 |
No formal educational credential |
24.2 |
Typical entry-level educational requirement | Annual mean wage |
---|---|
Doctoral or professional degree |
$130,890 |
Master's degree |
83,300 |
Bachelor's degree |
88,260 |
Associate's degree |
58,430 |
Postsecondary nondegree award |
43,930 |
Some college, no degree |
40,330 |
High school diploma or equivalent |
44,190 |
No formal educational credential |
29,190 |
All occupations |
53,490 |
Occupation | Annual mean wage |
---|---|
Air traffic controllers |
$120,140 |
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
103,320 |
Commercial pilots |
102,870 |
Nuclear power reactor operators |
100,990 |
Funeral home managers |
95,220 |
First-line supervisors of police and detectives |
94,950 |
Athletes and sports competitors |
93,140 |
Radiation therapists |
91,620 |
Power distributors and dispatchers |
88,910 |
Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels |
87,420 |
All occupations |
53,490 |
Occupation | Employment |
---|---|
Software developers and software quality assurance analysts and testers |
1,406,870 |
Computer user support specialists |
647,330 |
Computer systems analysts |
589,060 |
Computer and information systems managers |
433,960 |
Computer occupations, all other |
393,160 |
Network and computer systems administrators |
354,450 |
Civil engineers |
310,850 |
Mechanical engineers |
306,990 |
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
306,980 |
Industrial engineers |
291,710 |
Metropolitan area | Percent |
---|---|
California-Lexington Park, MD |
28.1 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA |
21.0 |
Boulder, CO |
17.1 |
Huntsville, AL |
16.9 |
Bloomington, IL |
13.4 |
Columbus, IN |
13.0 |
Corvallis, OR |
12.8 |
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC |
12.6 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA |
12.0 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
12.0 |
United States |
6.4 |
Occupation | Annual mean wage |
---|---|
Petroleum engineers |
$156,780 |
Computer and information systems managers |
156,390 |
Architectural and engineering managers |
152,930 |
Natural sciences managers |
145,450 |
Physicists |
131,080 |
All STEM occupations |
95,350 |
All occupations |
53,490 |
Environmental science and protection technicians, including health |
50,760 |
Biological technicians |
49,110 |
Surveying and mapping technicians |
48,500 |
Forest and conservation technicians |
45,860 |
Agricultural and food science technicians |
44,440 |
Occupation | Employment (millions) |
---|---|
Retail salespersons |
4.3 |
Fast food and counter workers |
4.0 |
Cashiers |
3.6 |
Home health and personal care aides |
3.2 |
Registered nurses |
3.0 |
Office clerks, general |
3.0 |
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
3.0 |
Customer service representatives |
2.9 |
Waiters and waitresses |
2.6 |
General and operations managers |
2.4 |
Occupation | Annual mean wage |
---|---|
General and operations managers |
$123,030 |
Registered nurses |
77,460 |
All occupations |
53,490 |
Customer service representatives |
37,320 |
Office clerks, general |
36,360 |
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
32,130 |
Retail salespersons |
29,360 |
Waiters and waitresses |
26,800 |
Home health and personal care aides |
26,440 |
Cashiers |
24,370 |
Fast food and counter workers |
23,250 |
Occupational group | Percent |
---|---|
Office and administrative support |
13.3 |
Sales and related |
9.8 |
Food preparation and serving related |
9.2 |
Transportation and material moving |
8.5 |
Production |
6.2 |
Educational instruction and library |
6.1 |
Healthcare practitioners and technical |
5.9 |
Business and financial operations |
5.6 |
Management |
5.5 |
Healthcare support |
4.4 |
Construction and extraction |
4.2 |
Installation, maintenance, and repair |
3.9 |
Computer and mathematical |
3.1 |
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance |
3.0 |
Protective service |
2.4 |
Personal care and service |
2.2 |
Architecture and engineering |
1.8 |
Community and social service |
1.5 |
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media |
1.4 |
Life, physical, and social science |
0.9 |
Legal |
0.8 |
Farming, fishing, and forestry |
0.3 |
Occupation | Employment |
---|---|
Elementary school teachers, except special education |
1,272,030 |
Teaching assistants, except postsecondary |
1,050,770 |
Secondary school teachers, except special and career/technical education |
904,570 |
Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
658,300 |
Middle school teachers, except special and career/technical education |
553,620 |
Office clerks, general |
511,040 |
Secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive |
500,330 |
Registered nurses |
497,740 |
Substitute teachers, short-term |
496,830 |
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
491,410 |
Last Modified Date: March 31, 2020