Table 7. Median wages for selected occupations and all-occupations percentile wages, May 2010
Occupation Hourly median/percentile wage Annual median/percentile wage

Pharmacists

 $53.64 $111,570

Financial managers

 49.96 103,910

90th percentile, all occupations

 39.97 83,140

Materials engineers

 39.96 83,120

Accountants and auditors

 29.66 61,690

Police and sheriff's patrol officers

 25.74 53,540

Healthcare social workers

 22.71 47,230

Sheet metal workers

 20.05 41,710

Carpenters

 19.00 39,530

Median (50th percentile), all occupations

 16.27 33,840

Dental assistants

 16.09 33,470

Refuse and recyclable materials collectors

 15.69 32,640

Medical secretaries

 14.68 30,530

Team assemblers

 13.07 27,180

Stock clerks and order fillers

 10.24 21,290

Home health aides

 9.89 20,560

Maids and housekeeping cleaners

 9.28 19,300

Cooks, fast food

 8.70 18,100

10th percentile, all occupations

 8.51 17,690

 

Last Modified Date: June 20, 2011