Data tables for the overview of May 2019 occupational employment and wages

Employment for the largest installation, maintenance, and repair occupations, May 2019
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

Highest paying installation, maintenance, and repair occupations, May 2019
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

Industries with the largest employment of installation, maintenance, and repair occupations, May 2019
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

States with the highest and lowest employment shares of installation, maintenance, and repair occupations, May 2019
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

Highest and lowest paying states for installation, maintenance, and repair occupations, May 2019
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

Employment for the largest sales and related occupations, May 2019
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 areas with the largest employment of sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products, May 2019
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

Highest paying sales and related occupations, May 2019
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

Highest and lowest paying states for sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products, May 2019
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

Employment for the largest community and social service occupations, May 2019
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

Highest and lowest paying community and social service occupations, May 2019
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

Highest and lowest paying states for child, family, and school social workers, May 2019
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

Employment by typical entry-level educational requirement, as a percentage of total employment, May 2019
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

Annual mean wages by typical entry-level educational requirement, May 2019
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

Highest paying occupations that typically require less than a bachelor's degree for entry, May 2019
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

Employment for the largest STEM occupations, May 2019
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 areas with the highest employment shares of STEM occupations, May 2019
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

Highest and lowest paying STEM occupations, May 2019
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

Employment for the largest occupations, May 2019
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

Annual mean wages for the largest occupations, May 2019
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

Major occupational groups as a percentage of total employment, May 2019
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

Occupations with the highest employment in the public sector, May 2019
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