| Mean annual wage | Occupation | Median annual wage | Employment |
| $188,740 | Physicians and surgeons, all other
(area) (ind) | >$145K | n.a. |
| $177,510 | Family and general practitioners
(area) (ind) | >$145K | 40 |
| $111,830 | Chief executives
(area) (ind) | $113,280 | 70 |
| $102,850 | Managers, all other
(area) (ind) | $82,680 | 120 |
| $90,890 | Lawyers
(area) (ind) | $65,750 | 70 |
| $88,730 | Engineering managers
(area) (ind) | $83,320 | 50 |
| $81,840 | Pharmacists
(area) (ind) | $81,420 | 100 |
| $79,330 | Electronics engineers, except computer
(area) (ind) | $80,580 | n.a. |
| $77,510 | General and operations managers
(area) (ind) | $63,830 | 710 |
| $74,920 | Legal occupations
(area) (ind) | $53,570 | 100 |
| $72,670 | Management occupations
(area) (ind) | $61,730 | 1,730 |
| $67,620 | Financial managers
(area) (ind) | $63,520 | 70 |
| $64,590 | Administrative services managers
(area) (ind) | $51,470 | 30 |
| $64,360 | Mechanical engineers
(area) (ind) | $62,640 | 70 |
| $64,050 | First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers
(area) (ind) | $56,610 | 70 |
| $63,900 | Sales managers
(area) (ind) | $56,680 | 50 |
| $63,580 | Physical therapists
(area) (ind) | $59,180 | 30 |
| $63,490 | Medical and health services managers
(area) (ind) | $54,900 | 80 |
| $62,930 | Engineers, all other
(area) (ind) | $66,810 | 40 |
| $60,840 | Education administrators, elementary and secondary school
(area) (ind) | $62,570 | 60 |
| $60,690 | Industrial engineers
(area) (ind) | $62,790 | 80 |
| $60,120 | Computer systems analysts
(area) (ind) | $62,740 | 80 |
| $55,510 | Construction managers
(area) (ind) | $47,480 | 40 |
| $55,250 | Environmental scientists and specialists, including health
(area) (ind) | $50,150 | 30 |
| $54,670 | Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products
(area) (ind) | $53,920 | 30 |
| $53,860 | Architecture and engineering occupations
(area) (ind) | $50,640 | 700 |
| $53,080 | Registered nurses
(area) (ind) | $43,920 | 1,000 |
| $52,060 | Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products
(area) (ind) | $40,590 | 330 |
| $51,990 | Management analysts
(area) (ind) | $52,560 | 30 |
| $51,650 | Industrial production managers
(area) (ind) | $46,800 | 50 |
| $51,180 | Advertising sales agents
(area) (ind) | $44,170 | 70 |
| $50,870 | Computer and mathematical occupations
(area) (ind) | $49,790 | 280 |
| $50,410 | Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations
(area) (ind) | $36,650 | 2,800 |
| $50,190 | Computer programmers
(area) (ind) | $46,770 | 40 |
| $49,580 | Business operations specialists, all other
(area) (ind) | $49,530 | 280 |
| $48,650 | Accountants and auditors
(area) (ind) | $41,680 | 180 |
| $48,610 | Civil engineers
(area) (ind) | $45,040 | n.a. |
| $48,540 | Electrical power-line installers and repairers
(area) (ind) | $49,750 | 100 |
| $48,360 | Life, physical, and social science occupations
(area) (ind) | $42,800 | 270 |
| $48,030 | Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment
(area) (ind) | $48,630 | 90 |
| $47,190 | First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers
(area) (ind) | $45,530 | 270 |
| $47,180 | Social and community service managers
(area) (ind) | $42,560 | 40 |
| $47,130 | Network systems and data communications analysts
(area) (ind) | $49,350 | 30 |
| $46,880 | Dietitians and nutritionists
(area) (ind) | $39,210 | n.a. |
| $46,810 | First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators
(area) (ind) | $45,960 | 110 |
| $46,400 | Business and financial operations occupations
(area) (ind) | $44,270 | 1,050 |
| $45,810 | Training and development specialists
(area) (ind) | $45,980 | n.a. |
| $45,420 | Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators
(area) (ind) | $48,310 | 40 |
| $45,420 | Electrical and electronic engineering technicians
(area) (ind) | $46,970 | 60 |
| $44,330 | Loan officers
(area) (ind) | $40,830 | 80 |
| $43,350 | Cost estimators
(area) (ind) | $40,430 | 60 |
| $42,770 | Postal service mail carriers
(area) (ind) | $45,730 | 130 |
| $42,490 | Public relations specialists
(area) (ind) | $42,300 | n.a. |
| $42,200 | First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers
(area) (ind) | $40,330 | 450 |
| $42,170 | Physical therapist assistants
(area) (ind) | $41,360 | 30 |
| $42,120 | Postal service clerks
(area) (ind) | $45,090 | 30 |
| $41,740 | Tool and die makers
(area) (ind) | $43,680 | 70 |
| $41,140 | Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door
(area) (ind) | $40,520 | 70 |
| $40,960 | Medical and clinical laboratory technologists
(area) (ind) | $41,610 | 50 |
| $40,770 | Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products
(area) (ind) | $37,600 | 150 |
| $40,290 | Industrial machinery mechanics
(area) (ind) | $39,340 | 70 |
| $40,280 | Librarians
(area) (ind) | $40,380 | n.a. |
| $39,460 | First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers
(area) (ind) | $35,540 | 480 |
| $39,280 | Child, family, and school social workers
(area) (ind) | $39,030 | 60 |
| $38,840 | Elementary school teachers, except special education
(area) (ind) | $38,620 | 520 |
| $38,740 | First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers
(area) (ind) | $36,450 | 190 |
| $38,290 | Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines
(area) (ind) | $39,100 | 950 |
| $38,140 | First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand
(area) (ind) | $35,750 | 90 |
| $37,980 | Food service managers
(area) (ind) | $36,680 | n.a. |
| $37,420 | All other information and record clerks
(area) (ind) | $37,190 | 210 |
| $37,280 | Production, planning, and expediting clerks
(area) (ind) | $35,740 | 170 |
| $37,100 | Educational, vocational, and school counselors
(area) (ind) | $37,600 | 100 |
| $36,200 | Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators
(area) (ind) | $36,740 | n.a. |
| $35,950 | Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers
(area) (ind) | $37,390 | 440 |
| $35,220 | Radiologic technologists and technicians
(area) (ind) | $34,000 | 80 |
| $35,130 | Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
(area) (ind) | $36,130 | 3,620 |
| $34,990 | Kindergarten teachers, except special education
(area) (ind) | $33,920 | 90 |
| $34,790 | Millwrights
(area) (ind) | $34,920 | 60 |
| $34,320 | Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations
(area) (ind) | $31,980 | 400 |
| $33,960 | Procurement clerks
(area) (ind) | $34,160 | 90 |
| $33,900 | Fire fighters
(area) (ind) | $34,290 | 120 |
| $33,900 | Community and social services occupations
(area) (ind) | $31,550 | 470 |
| $33,820 | Machinists
(area) (ind) | $36,540 | 470 |
| $33,710 | Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer
(area) (ind) | $35,370 | 750 |
| $33,690 | Painters, construction and maintenance
(area) (ind) | $35,290 | 120 |
| $33,660 | Education, training, and library occupations
(area) (ind) | $34,340 | 2,610 |
| $33,560 | Sales representatives, services, all other
(area) (ind) | $31,490 | 30 |
| $33,430 | Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists
(area) (ind) | $29,950 | 60 |
| $32,770 | Electricians
(area) (ind) | $32,910 | 130 |
| $32,080 | Medical and public health social workers
(area) (ind) | $30,170 | 90 |
| $31,950 | Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other
(area) (ind) | $31,660 | 410 |
| $31,880 | First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
(area) (ind) | $28,230 | 500 |
| $31,830 | Vocational education teachers, postsecondary
(area) (ind) | $26,620 | 80 |
| $31,640 | Executive secretaries and administrative assistants
(area) (ind) | $32,180 | 240 |
| $31,600 | Police and sheriff's patrol officers
(area) (ind) | $30,970 | 200 |
| $31,590 | Production workers, all other
(area) (ind) | $32,370 | 130 |
| $31,500 | Crane and tower operators
(area) (ind) | $35,370 | 50 |
| $31,020 | Telecommunications line installers and repairers
(area) (ind) | $32,140 | 40 |
| $31,010 | First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers
(area) (ind) | $29,580 | 130 |
| $30,950 | Insurance sales agents
(area) (ind) | $27,320 | 120 |
| $30,630 | Automotive body and related repairers
(area) (ind) | $31,830 | 50 |
| $30,600 | Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers
(area) (ind) | $29,430 | 30 |
| $30,340 | Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance
(area) (ind) | $31,610 | 50 |
| $30,210 | Maintenance and repair workers, general
(area) (ind) | $29,000 | 450 |
| $30,100 | Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers
(area) (ind) | $26,910 | 430 |
| $30,040 | Meter readers, utilities
(area) (ind) | $27,230 | 40 |
| $29,570 | All Occupations
(area) (ind) | $24,070 | 50,350 |
| $29,250 | Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers
(area) (ind) | $29,630 | 50 |
| $28,620 | Roofers
(area) (ind) | $27,890 | 40 |
| $28,570 | Truck drivers, light or delivery services
(area) (ind) | $25,070 | 270 |
| $28,480 | Carpenters
(area) (ind) | $27,670 | 290 |
| $28,350 | Protective service occupations
(area) (ind) | $28,710 | 1,130 |
| $28,020 | Loan interviewers and clerks
(area) (ind) | $29,280 | 70 |
| $27,980 | Painters, transportation equipment
(area) (ind) | $27,630 | n.a. |
| $27,830 | Medical transcriptionists
(area) (ind) | $28,110 | 60 |
| $27,690 | Civil engineering technicians
(area) (ind) | $29,900 | 50 |
| $27,640 | Medical and clinical laboratory technicians
(area) (ind) | $28,660 | 80 |
| $27,490 | Production occupations
(area) (ind) | $25,680 | 6,530 |
| $27,400 | Payroll and timekeeping clerks
(area) (ind) | $25,830 | 60 |
| $27,390 | Preschool teachers, except special education
(area) (ind) | $21,850 | 30 |
| $27,360 | Sheet metal workers
(area) (ind) | $27,850 | 80 |
| $27,310 | Computer support specialists
(area) (ind) | $26,470 | 40 |
| $27,210 | Cement masons and concrete finishers
(area) (ind) | $26,610 | 30 |
| $27,050 | Construction and extraction occupations
(area) (ind) | $25,680 | 1,980 |
| $27,050 | Social workers, all other
(area) (ind) | $26,730 | 40 |
| $27,030 | Pourers and casters, metal
(area) (ind) | $26,200 | 50 |
| $26,940 | Industrial truck and tractor operators
(area) (ind) | $25,770 | 360 |
| $26,860 | Printing machine operators
(area) (ind) | $27,840 | 70 |
| $26,600 | Teachers and instructors, all other
(area) (ind) | $26,170 | 80 |
| $26,530 | Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders
(area) (ind) | $26,240 | 40 |
| $26,530 | Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators
(area) (ind) | $25,770 | 130 |
| $26,520 | Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers
(area) (ind) | $23,150 | 140 |
| $26,410 | Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks
(area) (ind) | $26,690 | 240 |
| $26,210 | First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers
(area) (ind) | $24,210 | 40 |
| $26,140 | Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses
(area) (ind) | $25,510 | 420 |
| $26,060 | Social and human service assistants
(area) (ind) | $25,540 | 70 |
| $26,020 | Automotive service technicians and mechanics
(area) (ind) | $22,360 | 240 |
| $25,770 | Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
(area) (ind) | $24,180 | 370 |
| $25,600 | Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
(area) (ind) | $25,650 | n.a. |
| $25,490 | Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping
(area) (ind) | $25,660 | 40 |
| $25,340 | Recreation workers
(area) (ind) | $24,730 | 40 |
| $25,300 | Sales and related occupations
(area) (ind) | $18,310 | 4,580 |
| $25,170 | Office and administrative support occupations
(area) (ind) | $22,360 | 7,300 |
| $25,160 | Transportation and material moving occupations
(area) (ind) | $22,450 | 5,260 |
| $24,960 | Security guards
(area) (ind) | $25,250 | 550 |
| $24,950 | Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic
(area) (ind) | $24,000 | 170 |
| $24,810 | Structural metal fabricators and fitters
(area) (ind) | $22,310 | 110 |
| $24,770 | Butchers and meat cutters
(area) (ind) | $23,520 | 40 |
| $24,740 | Tree trimmers and pruners
(area) (ind) | $24,600 | n.a. |
| $24,730 | Office and administrative support workers, all other
(area) (ind) | $24,500 | n.a. |
| $24,540 | Customer service representatives
(area) (ind) | $21,490 | 500 |
| $24,450 | Bill and account collectors
(area) (ind) | $21,510 | 90 |
| $24,220 | First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers
(area) (ind) | $24,230 | 60 |
| $23,890 | Highway maintenance workers
(area) (ind) | $23,160 | 90 |
| $23,600 | Team assemblers
(area) (ind) | $24,440 | 700 |
| $23,340 | First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers
(area) (ind) | $21,900 | 550 |
| $23,210 | Photographers
(area) (ind) | $17,150 | 40 |
| $23,030 | Medical secretaries
(area) (ind) | $21,830 | 80 |
| $22,990 | Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
(area) (ind) | $22,350 | n.a. |
| $22,950 | Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners
(area) (ind) | $22,110 | 110 |
| $22,730 | Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive
(area) (ind) | $22,220 | 1,010 |
| $22,700 | New accounts clerks
(area) (ind) | $22,650 | 50 |
| $22,680 | Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations
(area) (ind) | $23,790 | 40 |
| $22,580 | Refuse and recyclable material collectors
(area) (ind) | $22,540 | 70 |
| $22,510 | Billing and posting clerks and machine operators
(area) (ind) | $21,940 | 120 |
| $22,500 | Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand
(area) (ind) | $20,990 | 2,130 |
| $22,460 | Emergency medical technicians and paramedics
(area) (ind) | $22,750 | 140 |
| $22,410 | Driver/sales workers
(area) (ind) | $21,720 | 180 |
| $22,290 | Graphic designers
(area) (ind) | $22,060 | 40 |
| $22,200 | Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders
(area) (ind) | $20,840 | 50 |
| $22,110 | Legal secretaries
(area) (ind) | $21,840 | 110 |
| $22,060 | Machine feeders and offbearers
(area) (ind) | $22,600 | 70 |
| $21,600 | Maintenance workers, machinery
(area) (ind) | $18,470 | n.a. |
| $21,540 | Retail salespersons
(area) (ind) | $18,440 | 1,730 |
| $21,430 | Office clerks, general
(area) (ind) | $20,830 | 780 |
| $21,330 | Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
(area) (ind) | $20,620 | 240 |
| $21,120 | Stock clerks and order fillers
(area) (ind) | $18,830 | 660 |
| $20,770 | Construction laborers
(area) (ind) | $20,260 | n.a. |
| $20,760 | Order clerks
(area) (ind) | $19,180 | 50 |
| $20,710 | Pharmacy technicians
(area) (ind) | $20,460 | 130 |
| $20,530 | Tire repairers and changers
(area) (ind) | $19,810 | 50 |
| $20,410 | Data entry keyers
(area) (ind) | $19,100 | 110 |
| $20,240 | Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations
(area) (ind) | $19,300 | 1,690 |
| $20,200 | Helpers--production workers
(area) (ind) | $20,160 | 190 |
| $20,100 | Medical assistants
(area) (ind) | $20,120 | 150 |
| $19,990 | Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers
(area) (ind) | $17,530 | 50 |
| $19,960 | Healthcare support occupations
(area) (ind) | $17,930 | 940 |
| $19,860 | Helpers--carpenters
(area) (ind) | $20,460 | 40 |
| $19,710 | Interviewers, except eligibility and loan
(area) (ind) | $17,880 | 70 |
| $19,680 | Parts salespersons
(area) (ind) | $16,960 | 140 |
| $19,590 | Chefs and head cooks
(area) (ind) | $18,950 | 130 |
| $19,480 | Landscaping and groundskeeping workers
(area) (ind) | $18,670 | 120 |
| $19,330 | Library assistants, clerical
(area) (ind) | $19,030 | n.a. |
| $19,330 | Tellers
(area) (ind) | $18,900 | 260 |
| $19,180 | Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters
(area) (ind) | $17,310 | 40 |
| $19,100 | Medical records and health information technicians
(area) (ind) | $18,020 | 60 |
| $18,920 | Helpers--electricians
(area) (ind) | $18,150 | 50 |
| $18,730 | Assemblers and fabricators, all other
(area) (ind) | $19,010 | n.a. |
| $18,130 | Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers
(area) (ind) | $18,850 | 40 |
| $18,060 | Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists
(area) (ind) | $15,290 | 120 |
| $17,790 | Switchboard operators, including answering service
(area) (ind) | $17,220 | 60 |
| $17,730 | Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants
(area) (ind) | $17,190 | 340 |
| $17,590 | Receptionists and information clerks
(area) (ind) | $17,040 | 260 |
| $17,240 | Counter and rental clerks
(area) (ind) | $13,930 | n.a. |
| $17,140 | Personal care and service occupations
(area) (ind) | $16,150 | 860 |
| $17,050 | Pest control workers
(area) (ind) | $16,430 | 30 |
| $16,650 | Home health aides
(area) (ind) | $16,660 | 240 |
| $16,560 | Bakers
(area) (ind) | $16,710 | 30 |
| $16,450 | Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners
(area) (ind) | $15,560 | 490 |
| $16,230 | Cooks, restaurant
(area) (ind) | $16,060 | 280 |
| $16,160 | Bartenders
(area) (ind) | $16,140 | 70 |
| $16,120 | Packers and packagers, hand
(area) (ind) | $15,090 | 390 |
| $15,670 | Amusement and recreation attendants
(area) (ind) | $15,510 | 50 |
| $15,440 | Bus drivers, transit and intercity
(area) (ind) | $13,230 | 130 |
| $15,160 | Laundry and dry-cleaning workers
(area) (ind) | $15,040 | 100 |
| $15,050 | Teacher assistants
(area) (ind) | $13,640 | 500 |
| $15,040 | Cashiers
(area) (ind) | $14,750 | 1,290 |
| $15,030 | Maids and housekeeping cleaners
(area) (ind) | $14,710 | 340 |
| $14,850 | Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop
(area) (ind) | $14,250 | n.a. |
| $14,750 | Food preparation workers
(area) (ind) | $14,820 | n.a. |
| $14,730 | Food preparation and serving related occupations
(area) (ind) | $13,570 | 6,010 |
| $14,620 | Cooks, fast food
(area) (ind) | $13,660 | 210 |
| $14,420 | Food servers, nonrestaurant
(area) (ind) | $13,840 | n.a. |
| $14,350 | Cooks, institution and cafeteria
(area) (ind) | $13,780 | 320 |
| $14,290 | Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks
(area) (ind) | $14,160 | 80 |
| $14,160 | Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers
(area) (ind) | $13,800 | 200 |
| $14,140 | Child care workers
(area) (ind) | $13,670 | 170 |
| $14,070 | Dishwashers
(area) (ind) | $13,980 | 310 |
| $13,990 | Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop
(area) (ind) | $13,290 | n.a. |
| $13,270 | Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food
(area) (ind) | $13,100 | 1,560 |
| $12,840 | Cooks, short order
(area) (ind) | $12,880 | 60 |
| $12,370 | Waiters and waitresses
(area) (ind) | $12,600 | 1,250 |