Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2004-05 | All Occupations

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Occupations ranked by median annual wage

2002 median annual earnings

Median annual wage (in $)	Occupation
$14,090	Gaming dealers
$14,150	Waiters and waitresses
$14,350	Cooks, fast food
$14,360	Shampooers
$14,500	Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food
$14,530	Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers
$14,600	Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers
$14,860	Dishwashers
$14,920	Amusement and recreation attendants
$15,000	Bartenders
$15,070	Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse
$15,220	Legislators
$15,230	Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop
$15,310	Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop
$15,420	Cashiers, except gaming
$15,640	Food servers, nonrestaurant
$15,940	Graders and sorters, agricultural products
$16,250	Personal and home care aides
$16,270	Cooks, short order
$16,320	Food preparation and serving related workers, all other
$16,320	Parking lot attendants
$16,330	Food preparation workers
$16,350	Childcare workers
$16,440	Maids and housekeeping cleaners
$16,570	Service station attendants
$16,580	Motion picture projectionists
$16,692	Cooks, private household
$16,700	Packers and packagers, hand
$16,780	Laundry and dry-cleaning workers
$16,930	Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants
$17,060	Cleaners of vehicles and equipment
$17,070	Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials
$17,080	Nonfarm animal caretakers
$17,090	Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals
$17,280	Counter and rental clerks
$17,290	Agricultural equipment operators
$17,330	Manicurists and pedicurists
$17,370	Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks
$17,440	Sewing machine operators
$17,710	Retail salespersons
$17,790	Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers
$17,820	Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers
$17,820	Personal care and service workers, all other
$17,860	Baggage porters and bellhops
$17,970	Gaming service workers, all other
$18,060	Recreation workers
$18,070	Sewers, hand
$18,090	Home health aides
$18,140	Cooks, institution and cafeteria
$18,190	Funeral attendants
$18,250	Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners
$18,430	Pharmacy aides
$18,500	Tour guides and escorts
$18,530	Taxi drivers and chauffeurs
$18,660	Gaming and sports book writers and runners
$18,660	Teacher assistants
$18,680	Crossing guards
$18,720	Transportation attendants, except flight attendants and baggage porters
$18,740	Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other
$18,820	Motor vehicle operators, all other
$18,820	Photographic processing machine operators
$18,960	Forest and conservation workers
$18,960	Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists
$19,010	Shoe and leather workers and repairers
$19,050	Cooks, restaurant
$19,100	Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians
$19,140	Security guards
$19,230	Bicycle repairers
$19,240	Helpers — production workers
$19,270	Preschool teachers, except special education
$19,270	Stock clerks and order fillers
$19,390	Couriers and Messengers
$19,410	Food processing workers, all other
$19,450	Library assistants, clerical
$19,480	Floral designers
$19,550	Barbers
$19,550	Telemarketers
$19,600	Gaming change persons and booth cashiers
$19,710	Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand
$19,770	Landscaping and groundskeeping workers
$19,960	Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants
$20,020	File clerks
$20,100	Helpers — painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons
$20,160	Tire repairers and changers
$20,220	Photographic process workers
$20,230	Helpers — construction trades, all other
$20,320	Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders
$20,370	Slaughterers and meat packers
$20,380	Demonstrators and product promoters
$20,400	Tellers
$20,480	Helpers — roofers
$20,540	Umpires, referees, and other sports officials
$20,580	Bakers
$20,600	Shoe machine operators and tenders
$20,620	Announcers
$20,640	Driver/sales workers
$20,670	Physical therapist aides
$20,700	Residential advisors
$20,710	Fishers and related fishing workers
$20,800	Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders
$20,990	Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers, all other
$21,020	Woodworkers, all other
$21,100	Dancers
$21,150	Receptionists and information clerks
$21,190	Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service
$21,190	Switchboard operators, including answering service
$21,200	Painting, coating, and decorating workers
$21,210	Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders
$21,240	Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders
$21,400	Models
$21,440	Helpers — installation, maintenance, and repair workers
$21,450	Farming, fishing, and forestry workers, all other
$21,510	Helpers — carpenters
$21,690	Interviewers, except eligibility and loan
$21,720	Concierges
$21,760	Ophthalmic laboratory technicians
$21,770	Office machine operators, except computer
$21,780	Gaming cage workers
$21,840	Machine feeders and offbearers
$21,860	Bindery workers
$21,860	Food cooking machine operators and tenders
$21,920	Food batchmakers
$21,920	Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders
$22,020	Cutters and trimmers, hand
$22,030	Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing
$22,040	Occupational therapist aides
$22,080	Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood
$22,160	Fence erectors
$22,200	Survey researchers
$22,220	Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers
$22,230	Helpers — pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
$22,250	Pharmacy technicians
$22,260	Production workers, all other
$22,280	Office clerks, general
$22,280	Roustabouts, oil and gas
$22,390	Bus drivers, school
$22,390	Data entry keyers
$22,450	Etchers and engravers
$22,450	Skin care specialists
$22,490	Dietetic technicians
$22,550	Merchandise displayers and window trimmers
$22,680	Team assemblers
$22,710	Furniture finishers
$22,850	Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders
$22,870	Slot key persons
$22,890	Assemblers and fabricators, all other
$22,900	Construction trades and related workers, all other
$22,940	Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers
$22,950	Animal trainers
$22,950	Veterinary technologists and technicians
$22,960	Medical equipment preparers
$22,970	Grinding and polishing workers, hand
$22,970	Psychiatric aides
$22,970	Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders
$23,020	Coil winders, tapers, and finishers
$23,090	Helpers — electricians
$23,110	Gaming surveillance officers and gaming investigators
$23,170	Manufactured building and mobile home installers
$23,190	Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders
$23,230	Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
$23,260	Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders
$23,330	Air transportation workers, all other
$23,330	Printing workers, all other
$23,370	Social and human service assistants
$23,410	Protective service workers, all other
$23,420	Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks
$23,470	Actors
$23,690	Healthcare support workers, all other
$23,870	Truck drivers, light or delivery services
$23,890	Medical records and health information technicians
$23,940	Medical assistants
$23,950	Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors
$23,950	Parts salespersons
$24,000	Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters
$24,030	Emergency medical technicians and paramedics
$24,040	Photographers
$24,076	Farmers and ranchers
$24,090	Library technicians
$24,130	Refuse and recyclable material collectors
$24,160	Costume attendants
$24,170	Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping
$24,190	Timing device assemblers, adjusters, and calibrators
$24,250	Conveyor operators and tenders
$24,280	Proofreaders and copy markers
$24,390	First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers
$24,390	Helpers — brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters
$24,570	Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
$24,610	Fiberglass laminators and fabricators
$24,670	Upholsterers
$24,700	Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic
$24,730	Makeup artists, theatrical and performance
$24,740	Construction laborers
$24,740	Model makers, wood
$24,760	Pest control workers
$24,780	Animal control workers
$24,810	Order clerks
$24,820	Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics
$24,830	Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation
$25,070	Material moving workers, all other
$25,090	Animal breeders
$25,110	Tree trimmers and pruners
$25,200	Helpers — extraction workers
$25,200	New-accounts clerks
$25,260	Electromechanical equipment assemblers
$25,290	Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders
$25,290	Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive
$25,340	Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers
$25,350	Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks
$25,420	Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
$25,430	Medical secretaries
$25,500	Butchers and meatcutters
$25,600	Opticians, dispensing
$25,630	Tax preparers
$25,690	Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders
$25,690	Fabric menders, except garment
$25,710	Psychiatric technicians
$25,840	Secretaries, administrative assistants, and other office support workers, all other
$25,840	Rehabilitation counselors
$25,870	Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
$25,890	Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers, all other
$25,960	Correspondence clerks
$26,010	Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles
$26,070	Industrial truck and tractor operators
$26,100	Foundry mold and coremakers
$26,110	Billing and posting clerks and machine operators
$26,110	Travel guides
$26,120	Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
$26,170	Rock splitters, quarry
$26,240	Customer service representatives
$26,260	Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers
$26,300	Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
$26,360	Fabric and apparel patternmakers
$26,440	Motorboat operators
$26,540	Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders
$26,560	Watch repairers
$26,600	Transportation workers, all other
$26,630	Travel agents
$26,690	Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks
$26,690	Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders
$26,730	Word processors and typists
$26,780	Bill and account collectors
$26,790	Logging equipment operators
$26,890	Automotive glass installers and repairers
$26,940	Segmental pavers
$27,060	Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers
$27,080	Recreational vehicle service technicians
$27,100	Farm equipment mechanics
$27,100	Motorcycle mechanics
$27,140	Medical transcriptionists
$27,200	Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers
$27,200	Log graders and scalers
$27,240	Dental assistants
$27,280	Library, museum, training, and other education workers, all other
$27,300	Court, municipal, and license clerks
$27,340	Semiconductor processors
$27,380	Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
$27,380	Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers
$27,500	Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers
$27,500	Floor sanders and finishers
$27,530	Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
$27,530	Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders
$27,660	Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers
$27,680	Bookbinders
$27,680	Medical appliance technicians
$27,730	Dredge operators
$27,760	Broadcast technicians
$27,830	Loan interviewers and clerks
$27,880	Coaches and scouts
$27,880	Pourers and casters, metal
$27,910	Terrazzo workers and finishers
$27,940	Chefs and head cooks
$27,940	Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners
$28,020	Directors, religious activities and education
$28,110	Parking enforcement workers
$28,140	First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers
$28,160	Fallers
$28,200	Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
$28,210	Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders
$28,280	Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders
$28,330	Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
$28,370	Sailors and marine oilers
$28,390	Highway maintenance workers
$28,400	Metal workers and plastic workers, all other
$28,430	Locksmiths and safe repairers
$28,500	Dental laboratory technicians
$28,500	Pipelayers
$28,580	Agricultural and food science technicians
$28,600	Telephone operators
$28,610	Massage therapists
$28,620	Agricultural inspectors
$28,620	Structural metal fabricators and fitters
$28,670	Service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining
$28,690	Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
$28,830	Meter readers, utilities
$28,860	Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators
$28,870	Insurance claims and policy processing clerks
$28,900	Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders
$28,930	Insulation workers
$28,960	First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers
$29,000	Payroll and timekeeping clerks
$29,010	Printing machine operators
$29,040	Medical and clinical laboratory technicians
$29,050	Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic
$29,050	Motorboat mechanics
$29,070	Painters, construction and maintenance
$29,110	Extraction workers, all other
$29,160	Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers
$29,170	Engine and other machine assemblers
$29,190	Mechanical door repairers
$29,210	Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
$29,230	Surveying and mapping technicians
$29,250	Teachers, primary, secondary, and adult, all other
$29,300	Private detectives and investigators
$29,320	Self-enrichment education teachers
$29,370	Maintenance and repair workers, general
$29,400	Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners
$29,440	Musical instrument repairers and tuners
$29,470	Choreographers
$29,470	Statistical assistants
$29,580	Bus drivers, transit and intercity
$29,600	Procurement clerks
$29,650	Computer operators
$29,700	First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
$29,780	Patternmakers, wood
$29,820	Derrick operators, oil and gas
$29,940	Mental health counselors
$30,030	Financial, information, and record clerks, all other
$30,100	Job printers
$30,180	Roofers
$30,180	Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors
$30,270	Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
$30,280	Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance
$30,340	Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators and tenders
$30,390	Home appliance repairers
$30,410	Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping
$30,460	Law clerks
$30,510	News analysts, reporters and correspondents
$30,520	Water transportation workers, all other
$30,540	Recreational therapists
$30,590	Automotive service technicians and mechanics
$30,660	Cement masons and concrete finishers
$30,660	Hunters and trappers
$30,760	Lay-out workers, metal and plastic
$30,770	Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders
$30,930	Real estate sales agents
$30,980	Forest and conservation technicians
$31,010	Eligibility interviewers, government programs
$31,110	Audio and video equipment technicians
$31,140	Supervisors, farming, fishing, and forestry workers
$31,150	Counselors, social, and religious workers, all other
$31,150	Prepress technicians and workers
$31,210	Surgical technologists
$31,310	Music directors and composers
$31,390	Camera and photographic equipment repairers
$31,400	Hoist and winch operators
$31,410	Cargo and freight agents
$31,440	Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses
$31,530	Radio operators
$31,620	Desktop publishers
$31,620	Glaziers
$31,640	Communications equipment operators, all other
$31,650	Paperhangers
$31,650	Traffic technicians
$31,690	Health practitioners and technical workers, all other
$31,930	Loading machine operators, underground mining
$32,010	Loan counselors
$32,210	Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers
$32,360	Audio-visual collections specialists
$32,370	Security and fire alarm systems installers
$32,410	Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators
$32,460	Hazardous materials removal workers
$32,490	Earth drillers, except oil and gas
$32,500	Tank car, truck, and ship loaders
$32,520	Maintenance workers, machinery
$32,570	Machinists
$32,590	Carpet installers
$32,590	Interpreters and translators
$32,610	Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers
$32,670	Correctional officers and jailers
$32,680	Automotive body and related repairers
$32,710	Bailiffs
$32,710	Biological technicians
$32,720	Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture
$32,850	Mental health and substance abuse social workers
$33,010	Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other
$33,050	First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers
$33,100	Plasterers and stucco masons
$33,110	Clergy
$33,150	Child, family, and school social workers
$33,210	Brokerage clerks
$33,210	Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer
$33,250	Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers
$33,340	Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program
$33,390	Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators
$33,410	Executive secretaries and administrative assistants
$33,470	Patternmakers, metal and plastic
$33,550	Painters, transportation equipment
$33,590	Floor layers, except carpet, wood, and hard tiles
$33,650	Production, planning, and expediting clerks
$33,710	Drywall and ceiling tile installers
$33,740	Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers, all other
$33,750	Rotary drill operators, oil and gas
$33,770	Wellhead pumpers
$33,790	Riggers
$33,820	Athletic trainers
$33,870	Set and exhibit designers
$33,970	Lodging managers
$34,030	Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other
$34,040	Stonemasons
$34,060	Art and design workers, all other
$34,130	Respiratory therapy technicians
$34,190	Carpenters
$34,240	Embalmers
$34,320	First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other
$34,380	Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists
$34,560	Sheet metal workers
$34,680	Media and communication equipment workers, all other
$34,710	Commercial divers
$34,850	Continuous mining machine operators
$34,900	Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers
$35,020	Legal secretaries
$35,100	Refractory materials repairers, except brickmasons
$35,110	Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters
$35,160	Electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers, all other
$35,160	Rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators
$35,170	Sales and related workers, all other
$35,240	Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators
$35,260	Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators
$35,270	Archivists, curators, and museum technicians
$35,310	Bridge and lock tenders
$35,320	Environmental science and protection technicians, including health
$35,580	Marriage and family therapists
$35,770	Tile and marble setters
$35,790	Food service managers
$35,840	Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers, all other
$35,970	Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines
$36,010	Airfield operations specialists
$36,080	Physical therapist assistants
$36,230	Firefighters
$36,230	Radio mechanics
$36,240	Health educators
$36,290	Musicians and singers
$36,330	Crane and tower operators
$36,380	Medical equipment repairers
$36,400	Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors
$36,430	Cardiovascular technologists and technicians
$36,470	Pump operators, except wellhead pumpers
$36,660	Plant and system operators, all other
$36,660	Occupational therapist assistants
$36,680	Graphic designers
$36,740	Reinforcing iron and rebar workers
$36,850	Environmental engineering technicians
$36,880	Property, real estate, and community association managers
$36,970	Sound engineering technicians
$37,180	First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand
$37,220	Aircraft cargo handling supervisors
$37,330	Architectural and civil drafters
$37,380	Medical and public health social workers
$37,420	Meeting and convention planners
$37,430	Chemical equipment operators and tenders
$37,430	Chemical technicians
$37,520	Numerical tool and process control programmers
$37,590	Mine cutting and channeling machine operators
$37,670	Advertising sales agents
$37,720	Civil engineering technicians
$37,950	Paralegals and legal assistants
$37,980	Industrial machinery mechanics
$38,000	Model makers, metal and plastic
$38,120	Electro-mechanical technicians
$38,150	Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators
$38,270	Film and video editors
$38,360	Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists
$38,360	Shuttle car operators
$38,430	Roof bolters, mining
$38,610	Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment
$38,620	Anthropologists and archeologists
$38,680	Media and communication workers, all other
$38,700	Legal and related workers, all other
$38,780	Mining machine operators, all other
$38,820	First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers
$38,840	Tire builders
$38,910	Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers
$38,970	Radiologic technologists and technicians
$39,000	Tapers
$39,060	Railcar repairers
$39,100	Computer support specialists
$39,180	Interior designers
$39,290	Gaming supervisors
$39,410	Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists
$39,430	Farm and home management advisors
$39,430	Geological and petroleum technicians
$39,530	Postal service mail carriers
$39,640	Telecommunications line installers and repairers
$39,700	Postal service clerks
$39,810	Kindergarten teachers, except special education
$39,970	Surveyors
$40,170	Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
$40,220	Respiratory therapists
$40,660	Structural iron and steel workers
$40,730	Mechanical drafters
$40,750	Insurance sales agents
$40,780	Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products
$40,900	Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products
$41,010	Fish and game wardens
$41,040	Forensic science technicians
$41,090	Electrical and electronics drafters
$41,110	Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment
$41,170	Dietitians and nutritionists
$41,170	Editors
$41,280	Mechanical engineering technicians
$41,390	Electricians
$41,550	Court reporters
$41,620	Construction and building inspectors
$41,710	Public relations specialists
$41,760	Appraisers and assessors of real estate
$41,780	Elementary school teachers, except special education
$41,820	Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education
$41,840	Brickmasons and blockmasons
$41,910	Industrial engineering technicians
$41,960	Boilermakers
$41,990	Millwrights
$42,030	Avionics technicians
$42,030	Historians
$42,250	Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents
$42,270	Police and sheriff's patrol officers
$42,510	Gas compressor and gas pumping station operators
$42,590	Vocational education teachers, middle school
$42,630	Insurance appraisers, auto damage
$42,730	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products
$42,730	Tool and die makers
$42,790	Writers and authors
$42,800	Training and development specialists
$42,870	Cartographers and photogrammetrists
$42,910	Credit analysts
$42,910	First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material moving machine and vehicle operators
$42,910	Medical and clinical laboratory technologists
$42,930	First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers
$42,950	Electrical and electronic engineering technicians
$43,020	Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators
$43,070	Aircraft mechanics and service technicians
$43,080	Social and community service managers
$43,090	Librarians
$43,140	Flight attendants
$43,210	Architects, surveyors, and cartographers, all other
$43,240	Stationary engineers and boiler operators
$43,370	Signal and track switch repairers
$43,380	Funeral directors
$43,450	Special education teachers
$43,460	Control valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door
$43,520	Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators
$43,560	Emergency management specialists
$43,710	Transit and railroad police
$43,740	Farm, ranch, and other agricultural managers
$43,940	Chemical plant and system operators
$43,950	Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education
$43,980	Loan officers
$43,980	Multi-media artists and animators
$44,090	Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other
$44,100	Educational, vocational, and school counselors
$44,140	Financial specialists, all other
$44,250	Fire inspectors
$44,340	Vocational education teachers, secondary school
$44,450	Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians, all other
$44,490	Railroad conductors and yardmasters
$44,680	Subway, streetcar operators and all other rail transportation workers
$44,800	Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation
$44,940	First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers
$45,090	Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products
$45,100	Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists
$45,320	Athletes and sports competitors
$45,420	Pile-driver operators
$45,450	Locomotive engineers and operators
$45,590	Insurance underwriters
$46,010	Occupational health and safety specialists and technicians
$46,140	Life scientists, all other
$46,240	Producers and directors
$46,260	Orthotists and prosthetists
$46,730	Foresters
$47,000	Accountants and auditors
$47,320	Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators
$47,350	Instructional coordinators
$47,380	Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers
$47,400	Landscape architects
$47,550	Cost estimators
$47,580	First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers
$47,600	Environmental scientists and specialists, including health
$47,670	First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers
$47,740	Zoologists and wildlife biologists
$47,970	Commercial pilots
$48,090	Registered nurses
$48,340	Gas plant operators
$48,400	Audiologists
$48,450	Transportation inspectors
$48,530	Electrical powerline installers and repairers
$48,540	Postmasters and mail superintendents
$48,660	Diagnostic medical sonographers
$48,670	Agricultural and food scientists
$48,750	Nuclear medicine technologists
$49,090	Postsecondary teachers
$49,280	Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers
$49,450	Speech-language pathologists
$49,850	Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels
$49,880	Urban and regional planners
$49,920	Power plant operators
$50,330	Real estate brokers
$50,340	Conservation scientists
$50,580	Technical writers
$50,640	Radiation therapists
$50,680	Business operations specialists, all other
$50,700	Agricultural engineers
$51,020	Microbiologists
$51,170	Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists
$51,190	Ship engineers
$51,290	Fashion designers
$51,410	Detectives and criminal investigators
$51,650	Aerospace engineering and operations technicians
$51,690	Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay
$51,990	Occupational therapists
$52,060	Miscellaneous mathematical science occupations
$52,260	Commercial and industrial designers
$52,430	Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other
$52,480	Budget analysts
$52,500	Administrative services managers
$52,890	Chemists
$53,020	First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers
$53,160	Sociologists
$53,300	Biological scientists, all other
$53,420	Geographers
$53,810	Market research analysts
$53,840	Epidemiologists
$53,940	Social scientists and related workers, all other
$54,070	Computer specialists, all other
$54,070	Elevator installers and repairers
$54,120	Power distributors and dispatchers
$54,330	Gaming managers
$54,810	Network and computer systems administrators
$55,320	Dental hygienists
$55,450	First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers
$55,480	Database administrators
$55,730	Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes
$55,740	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products
$56,220	Financial examiners
$56,530	Hydrologists
$56,620	Architects, except landscape and naval
$56,680	Personal financial advisors
$56,920	Operations research analysts
$56,980	Medical scientists, except epidemiologists
$57,080	Statisticians
$57,100	Financial analysts
$57,130	Advertising and promotions managers
$57,330	Physical therapists
$57,840	Education administrators, all other
$58,010	Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors
$58,420	Network systems and data communications analysts
$59,660	Transportation, storage, and distribution managers
$59,890	Purchasing managers
$59,990	Nuclear technicians
$60,070	Civil engineers
$60,200	Atmospheric scientists
$60,290	Computer programmers
$60,340	Management analysts
$60,390	Biochemists and biophysicists
$60,410	Biomedical engineers
$60,640	Public relations managers
$60,990	Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents
$61,010	First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives
$61,060	Nuclear power reactor operators
$61,370	Medical and health services managers
$61,410	Environmental engineers
$61,770	Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers
$61,850	Art directors
$62,150	Industrial engineers
$62,590	Materials engineers
$62,880	Mechanical engineers
$62,890	Computer systems analysts
$63,090	Veterinarians
$63,500	Construction managers
$63,660	Sales engineers
$63,710	Industrial-organizational psychologists
$64,540	Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers
$64,590	Materials scientists
$64,640	Education administrators, postsecondary
$64,670	Physician assistants
$64,710	Human resources managers
$65,330	Chiropractors
$66,650	Marine engineers and naval architects
$66,890	Managers, all other
$67,320	Industrial production managers
$67,470	Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers
$67,890	Physical scientists, all other
$68,180	Electrical engineers
$68,210	General and operations managers
$68,550	Economists
$69,930	Electronics engineers, except computer
$69,970	Actuaries
$70,540	Engineers, all other
$70,900	Computer software engineers, applications
$71,490	Education administrators, elementary and secondary school
$72,150	Computer hardware engineers
$72,490	Chemical engineers
$72,750	Aerospace engineers
$73,340	Financial managers
$74,040	Computer software engineers, systems software
$75,040	Sales managers
$76,470	Mathematicians
$77,050	Pharmacists
$77,760	Computer and information scientists, research
$78,250	Marketing managers
$80,560	Political scientists
$81,350	Nuclear engineers
$82,250	Natural sciences managers
$83,370	Petroleum engineers
$85,020	Physicists
$85,240	Computer and information systems managers
$86,090	Optometrists
$90,290	Lawyers
$90,930	Engineering managers
$91,600	Air traffic controllers
$94,070	Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates
$94,870	Podiatrists
$109,580	Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers
$123,210	Dentists
$126,260	Chief executives
$150,267	Physicians and surgeons

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