| Mean annual wage | Occupation | Median annual wage | Employment |
| $186,300 | Physicians and surgeons, all other
(area) (ind) | >$145K | n.a. |
| $176,960 | Family and general practitioners
(area) (ind) | >$145K | 30 |
| $153,510 | Internists, general
(area) (ind) | $140,890 | n.a. |
| $105,800 | Chief executives
(area) (ind) | $105,870 | 70 |
| $104,300 | Managers, all other
(area) (ind) | $84,850 | 110 |
| $90,120 | Purchasing managers
(area) (ind) | $79,860 | 30 |
| $86,390 | Engineering managers
(area) (ind) | $86,000 | 70 |
| $84,860 | Pharmacists
(area) (ind) | $89,390 | 90 |
| $81,800 | Electronics engineers, except computer
(area) (ind) | $82,910 | n.a. |
| $79,350 | General and operations managers
(area) (ind) | $68,800 | 640 |
| $75,540 | Financial managers
(area) (ind) | $72,340 | 90 |
| $73,500 | Management occupations
(area) (ind) | $64,150 | 1,680 |
| $71,380 | Chemical engineers
(area) (ind) | $71,100 | n.a. |
| $68,260 | Engineers, all other
(area) (ind) | $70,760 | 40 |
| $67,280 | Medical and health services managers
(area) (ind) | $57,580 | 70 |
| $66,670 | Industrial engineers
(area) (ind) | $67,320 | 80 |
| $66,090 | Administrative services managers
(area) (ind) | $56,600 | 30 |
| $65,820 | Physical therapists
(area) (ind) | $64,300 | 40 |
| $64,070 | Environmental scientists and specialists, including health
(area) (ind) | $64,720 | 80 |
| $61,980 | Mechanical engineers
(area) (ind) | $63,090 | n.a. |
| $61,870 | Sales managers
(area) (ind) | $53,270 | 50 |
| $60,620 | Computer systems analysts
(area) (ind) | $63,440 | 80 |
| $59,720 | Education administrators, elementary and secondary school
(area) (ind) | $62,270 | 70 |
| $56,560 | Civil engineers
(area) (ind) | $59,340 | n.a. |
| $56,500 | Construction managers
(area) (ind) | $50,120 | 40 |
| $55,810 | Lawyers
(area) (ind) | $53,530 | 50 |
| $55,470 | Registered nurses
(area) (ind) | $45,680 | 920 |
| $54,900 | Transportation, storage, and distribution managers
(area) (ind) | $53,590 | 30 |
| $54,040 | Management analysts
(area) (ind) | $54,090 | 30 |
| $52,500 | Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products
(area) (ind) | $40,800 | 340 |
| $52,410 | First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers
(area) (ind) | $47,400 | 90 |
| $52,090 | Environmental engineers
(area) (ind) | $50,910 | n.a. |
| $52,030 | Business operations specialists, all other
(area) (ind) | $52,460 | 270 |
| $51,850 | Training and development specialists
(area) (ind) | $42,380 | 50 |
| $51,730 | Occupational therapists
(area) (ind) | $51,490 | n.a. |
| $51,670 | Life, physical, and social science occupations
(area) (ind) | $46,340 | 280 |
| $50,670 | Computer and mathematical occupations
(area) (ind) | $49,700 | 270 |
| $50,190 | Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other
(area) (ind) | $49,140 | 50 |
| $50,080 | Accountants and auditors
(area) (ind) | $43,230 | 180 |
| $49,870 | Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations
(area) (ind) | $37,390 | 2,630 |
| $49,120 | Legal occupations
(area) (ind) | $46,500 | 80 |
| $49,110 | Business and financial operations occupations
(area) (ind) | $45,540 | 1,010 |
| $49,100 | Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment
(area) (ind) | $49,920 | 80 |
| $48,830 | Electrical power-line installers and repairers
(area) (ind) | $50,420 | 90 |
| $48,650 | Computer programmers
(area) (ind) | $46,250 | 40 |
| $48,430 | Industrial production managers
(area) (ind) | $44,260 | 60 |
| $48,380 | Loan officers
(area) (ind) | $46,580 | 70 |
| $47,580 | First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers
(area) (ind) | $46,470 | 270 |
| $47,210 | Network systems and data communications analysts
(area) (ind) | $49,100 | 30 |
| $47,030 | First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators
(area) (ind) | $45,870 | 100 |
| $46,130 | Electrical and electronic engineering technicians
(area) (ind) | $47,130 | 60 |
| $46,080 | Cost estimators
(area) (ind) | $41,790 | 50 |
| $45,960 | Advertising sales agents
(area) (ind) | $43,620 | 70 |
| $45,200 | Real estate sales agents
(area) (ind) | $49,230 | n.a. |
| $44,950 | Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators
(area) (ind) | $48,250 | 30 |
| $44,790 | Postal service clerks
(area) (ind) | $44,720 | 30 |
| $44,690 | Social and community service managers
(area) (ind) | $42,150 | 30 |
| $43,780 | Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation
(area) (ind) | $38,050 | 30 |
| $43,500 | First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers
(area) (ind) | $42,770 | 480 |
| $43,250 | Postal service mail carriers
(area) (ind) | $45,850 | 130 |
| $42,840 | Physical therapist assistants
(area) (ind) | $43,330 | 30 |
| $41,970 | Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products
(area) (ind) | $38,720 | 160 |
| $41,630 | Medical and clinical laboratory technologists
(area) (ind) | $41,900 | 50 |
| $41,410 | Industrial machinery mechanics
(area) (ind) | $40,070 | 70 |
| $41,210 | Art directors
(area) (ind) | $41,430 | n.a. |
| $41,130 | First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers
(area) (ind) | $36,330 | 510 |
| $40,960 | Public relations specialists
(area) (ind) | $36,310 | 40 |
| $40,630 | Tool and die makers
(area) (ind) | $42,400 | 80 |
| $40,530 | Librarians
(area) (ind) | $40,740 | 80 |
| $39,790 | Child, family, and school social workers
(area) (ind) | $40,950 | n.a. |
| $39,690 | Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines
(area) (ind) | $39,770 | 1,020 |
| $39,500 | First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers
(area) (ind) | $37,670 | 190 |
| $38,770 | Production, planning, and expediting clerks
(area) (ind) | $37,730 | 180 |
| $38,760 | First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand
(area) (ind) | $36,300 | 90 |
| $38,450 | Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education
(area) (ind) | $38,710 | 100 |
| $38,290 | Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators
(area) (ind) | $38,500 | n.a. |
| $37,940 | Elementary school teachers, except special education
(area) (ind) | $38,120 | 630 |
| $37,370 | Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door
(area) (ind) | $36,340 | 120 |
| $37,020 | Millwrights
(area) (ind) | $37,930 | 50 |
| $36,870 | Educational, vocational, and school counselors
(area) (ind) | $37,360 | 90 |
| $36,580 | Radiologic technologists and technicians
(area) (ind) | $35,830 | 80 |
| $36,510 | Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school
(area) (ind) | $37,730 | 110 |
| $35,880 | Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers
(area) (ind) | $36,250 | 410 |
| $35,800 | Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
(area) (ind) | $35,830 | 3,610 |
| $35,760 | Kindergarten teachers, except special education
(area) (ind) | $34,710 | 110 |
| $35,570 | Food service managers
(area) (ind) | $33,010 | 70 |
| $35,240 | Executive secretaries and administrative assistants
(area) (ind) | $33,530 | 170 |
| $35,240 | All other information and record clerks
(area) (ind) | $36,560 | 260 |
| $35,220 | Painters, construction and maintenance
(area) (ind) | $36,080 | 130 |
| $34,970 | Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer
(area) (ind) | $35,530 | 820 |
| $34,910 | Education, training, and library occupations
(area) (ind) | $35,910 | 2,570 |
| $34,520 | Community and social services occupations
(area) (ind) | $31,910 | 410 |
| $34,440 | Sales representatives, services, all other
(area) (ind) | $31,840 | 40 |
| $34,390 | Procurement clerks
(area) (ind) | $35,470 | 90 |
| $33,690 | Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists
(area) (ind) | $31,670 | 60 |
| $33,620 | Electricians
(area) (ind) | $33,590 | 140 |
| $33,550 | Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations
(area) (ind) | $29,040 | 390 |
| $32,760 | Fire fighters
(area) (ind) | $33,000 | 100 |
| $32,700 | Machinists
(area) (ind) | $33,520 | 540 |
| $32,210 | Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other
(area) (ind) | $32,520 | 450 |
| $32,090 | Insurance sales agents
(area) (ind) | $26,520 | 100 |
| $32,000 | Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers
(area) (ind) | $27,720 | 440 |
| $31,960 | Police and sheriff's patrol officers
(area) (ind) | $31,430 | 200 |
| $31,830 | Crane and tower operators
(area) (ind) | $30,750 | 40 |
| $31,730 | First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers
(area) (ind) | $29,340 | 120 |
| $31,600 | Carpenters
(area) (ind) | $31,070 | 190 |
| $31,000 | Meter readers, utilities
(area) (ind) | $28,740 | 40 |
| $30,900 | Production workers, all other
(area) (ind) | $31,920 | 110 |
| $30,870 | Medical and public health social workers
(area) (ind) | $28,910 | 80 |
| $30,640 | Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance
(area) (ind) | $32,190 | 50 |
| $30,630 | All Occupations
(area) (ind) | $25,060 | 49,820 |
| $30,510 | Maintenance and repair workers, general
(area) (ind) | $28,660 | 410 |
| $30,340 | Sheet metal workers
(area) (ind) | $31,490 | 50 |
| $30,260 | Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers
(area) (ind) | $27,770 | n.a. |
| $30,120 | Telecommunications line installers and repairers
(area) (ind) | $30,950 | 80 |
| $30,070 | Surgical technologists
(area) (ind) | $29,790 | 90 |
| $29,960 | Prepress technicians and workers
(area) (ind) | $26,490 | n.a. |
| $29,720 | Truck drivers, light or delivery services
(area) (ind) | $26,700 | 250 |
| $29,710 | Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
(area) (ind) | $25,830 | 200 |
| $29,280 | First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
(area) (ind) | $26,550 | 530 |
| $29,190 | Teachers and instructors, all other
(area) (ind) | $27,840 | 70 |
| $29,080 | Payroll and timekeeping clerks
(area) (ind) | $28,650 | 70 |
| $28,630 | Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders
(area) (ind) | $27,790 | 50 |
| $28,620 | Medical transcriptionists
(area) (ind) | $29,520 | 50 |
| $28,490 | Painters, transportation equipment
(area) (ind) | $27,970 | n.a. |
| $28,370 | Production occupations
(area) (ind) | $26,250 | 6,800 |
| $28,280 | Social and human service assistants
(area) (ind) | $26,680 | 50 |
| $28,150 | Construction and extraction occupations
(area) (ind) | $26,340 | 1,860 |
| $28,040 | Computer support specialists
(area) (ind) | $27,520 | 40 |
| $27,990 | Industrial truck and tractor operators
(area) (ind) | $26,390 | 290 |
| $27,980 | Roofers
(area) (ind) | $25,730 | 40 |
| $27,770 | Civil engineering technicians
(area) (ind) | $30,070 | 50 |
| $27,720 | Cement masons and concrete finishers
(area) (ind) | $27,010 | 30 |
| $27,540 | Printing machine operators
(area) (ind) | $28,740 | 60 |
| $27,480 | First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers
(area) (ind) | $25,010 | 30 |
| $27,310 | Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators
(area) (ind) | $26,460 | 130 |
| $27,260 | Protective service occupations
(area) (ind) | $26,970 | 1,330 |
| $27,130 | Loan interviewers and clerks
(area) (ind) | $26,880 | 70 |
| $27,080 | Maintenance workers, machinery
(area) (ind) | $26,350 | 30 |
| $27,080 | Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers
(area) (ind) | $28,510 | 40 |
| $27,070 | Medical and clinical laboratory technicians
(area) (ind) | $27,200 | 90 |
| $26,610 | Photographers
(area) (ind) | $23,400 | n.a. |
| $26,560 | Automotive body and related repairers
(area) (ind) | $21,810 | 80 |
| $26,500 | Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses
(area) (ind) | $26,000 | 380 |
| $26,490 | Structural metal fabricators and fitters
(area) (ind) | $25,740 | 140 |
| $26,440 | Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers
(area) (ind) | $26,250 | 40 |
| $26,330 | Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping
(area) (ind) | $25,210 | 40 |
| $26,100 | Pourers and casters, metal
(area) (ind) | $25,860 | 60 |
| $26,000 | Transportation and material moving occupations
(area) (ind) | $23,040 | 4,830 |
| $26,000 | Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks
(area) (ind) | $24,700 | 330 |
| $25,940 | Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
(area) (ind) | $26,010 | 70 |
| $25,820 | Automotive service technicians and mechanics
(area) (ind) | $22,830 | 240 |
| $25,780 | Office and administrative support occupations
(area) (ind) | $22,990 | 7,340 |
| $25,520 | Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic
(area) (ind) | $23,760 | n.a. |
| $25,440 | Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
(area) (ind) | $23,300 | 400 |
| $25,320 | Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic
(area) (ind) | $23,070 | 170 |
| $25,260 | Tree trimmers and pruners
(area) (ind) | $25,080 | n.a. |
| $24,890 | Legal secretaries
(area) (ind) | $25,440 | 120 |
| $24,720 | Team assemblers
(area) (ind) | $24,890 | 830 |
| $24,550 | Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations
(area) (ind) | $25,200 | 30 |
| $24,440 | First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers
(area) (ind) | $24,150 | 60 |
| $24,370 | Sales and related occupations
(area) (ind) | $17,700 | 4,640 |
| $24,230 | Office and administrative support workers, all other
(area) (ind) | $23,530 | 60 |
| $24,020 | Bill and account collectors
(area) (ind) | $22,210 | 110 |
| $23,900 | Tax preparers
(area) (ind) | $24,240 | n.a. |
| $23,540 | Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand
(area) (ind) | $22,410 | 1,610 |
| $23,400 | First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers
(area) (ind) | $21,720 | 440 |
| $23,360 | Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists
(area) (ind) | $17,010 | 100 |
| $23,340 | Security guards
(area) (ind) | $17,640 | 730 |
| $23,340 | Graphic designers
(area) (ind) | $22,500 | n.a. |
| $23,320 | Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive
(area) (ind) | $22,880 | 1,040 |
| $23,280 | Customer service representatives
(area) (ind) | $22,270 | 450 |
| $23,270 | Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners
(area) (ind) | $20,010 | 150 |
| $23,050 | Butchers and meat cutters
(area) (ind) | $21,960 | 50 |
| $23,000 | Helpers--production workers
(area) (ind) | $23,220 | 200 |
| $22,900 | Billing and posting clerks and machine operators
(area) (ind) | $22,390 | 130 |
| $22,890 | Data entry keyers
(area) (ind) | $21,970 | 50 |
| $22,580 | Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders
(area) (ind) | $21,250 | 30 |
| $22,440 | Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters
(area) (ind) | $22,560 | 40 |
| $22,430 | Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders
(area) (ind) | $21,780 | 70 |
| $22,390 | Tire repairers and changers
(area) (ind) | $21,430 | n.a. |
| $22,250 | Medical secretaries
(area) (ind) | $21,160 | 80 |
| $22,180 | Refuse and recyclable material collectors
(area) (ind) | $21,950 | 90 |
| $22,160 | Foundry mold and coremakers
(area) (ind) | $23,300 | 60 |
| $22,140 | Community and social service specialists, all other
(area) (ind) | $19,650 | 30 |
| $22,010 | Stock clerks and order fillers
(area) (ind) | $20,030 | 710 |
| $21,770 | Parts salespersons
(area) (ind) | $17,760 | 110 |
| $21,330 | Office clerks, general
(area) (ind) | $20,820 | 820 |
| $21,310 | Order clerks
(area) (ind) | $20,110 | 60 |
| $21,080 | Construction laborers
(area) (ind) | $20,220 | n.a. |
| $21,050 | Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders
(area) (ind) | $20,630 | 30 |
| $20,760 | Emergency medical technicians and paramedics
(area) (ind) | $20,220 | 120 |
| $20,620 | New accounts clerks
(area) (ind) | $20,370 | n.a. |
| $20,540 | Retail salespersons
(area) (ind) | $17,440 | 1,730 |
| $20,530 | Pharmacy technicians
(area) (ind) | $20,370 | 140 |
| $20,480 | Tellers
(area) (ind) | $20,460 | 250 |
| $20,440 | Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders
(area) (ind) | $20,550 | 30 |
| $20,440 | Chefs and head cooks
(area) (ind) | $20,360 | 60 |
| $20,330 | Helpers--carpenters
(area) (ind) | $20,780 | 50 |
| $20,230 | Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders
(area) (ind) | $19,920 | 40 |
| $20,200 | Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations
(area) (ind) | $18,780 | 1,670 |
| $20,000 | Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
(area) (ind) | $18,970 | 200 |
| $19,890 | Surveying and mapping technicians
(area) (ind) | $16,470 | n.a. |
| $19,800 | Driver/sales workers
(area) (ind) | $14,010 | 280 |
| $19,760 | Receptionists and information clerks
(area) (ind) | $17,890 | 260 |
| $19,710 | Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers
(area) (ind) | $17,410 | 30 |
| $19,630 | Medical records and health information technicians
(area) (ind) | $18,910 | 70 |
| $19,340 | Floral designers
(area) (ind) | $17,480 | 30 |
| $19,260 | Machine feeders and offbearers
(area) (ind) | $19,920 | 60 |
| $19,070 | Library assistants, clerical
(area) (ind) | $18,610 | n.a. |
| $19,010 | Counter and rental clerks
(area) (ind) | $14,430 | 120 |
| $18,980 | Cleaners of vehicles and equipment
(area) (ind) | $19,330 | 320 |
| $18,760 | Healthcare support occupations
(area) (ind) | $16,960 | 1,280 |
| $18,720 | Assemblers and fabricators, all other
(area) (ind) | $19,420 | n.a. |
| $18,610 | Cutters and trimmers, hand
(area) (ind) | $19,470 | 30 |
| $18,540 | Helpers--electricians
(area) (ind) | $18,800 | 40 |
| $18,490 | Medical assistants
(area) (ind) | $17,460 | 290 |
| $18,000 | Landscaping and groundskeeping workers
(area) (ind) | $16,840 | 150 |
| $17,870 | Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants
(area) (ind) | $17,240 | 360 |
| $17,730 | Personal care and service occupations
(area) (ind) | $15,610 | 830 |
| $17,480 | Switchboard operators, including answering service
(area) (ind) | $16,880 | 80 |
| $17,260 | Pest control workers
(area) (ind) | $16,450 | 30 |
| $16,810 | Bus drivers, transit and intercity
(area) (ind) | $13,880 | 110 |
| $16,590 | Packers and packagers, hand
(area) (ind) | $15,570 | n.a. |
| $16,570 | Bakers
(area) (ind) | $16,700 | 30 |
| $16,440 | Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners
(area) (ind) | $15,360 | 520 |
| $16,380 | Cooks, restaurant
(area) (ind) | $16,270 | 260 |
| $16,200 | Food preparation workers
(area) (ind) | $16,260 | 170 |
| $16,170 | Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks
(area) (ind) | $16,530 | 100 |
| $16,140 | Home health aides
(area) (ind) | $16,140 | 410 |
| $15,900 | Amusement and recreation attendants
(area) (ind) | $15,210 | 50 |
| $15,670 | Bartenders
(area) (ind) | $15,960 | 70 |
| $15,600 | Laundry and dry-cleaning workers
(area) (ind) | $15,730 | 120 |
| $15,520 | Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers
(area) (ind) | $15,350 | n.a. |
| $15,320 | Maids and housekeeping cleaners
(area) (ind) | $15,260 | 310 |
| $15,160 | Teacher assistants
(area) (ind) | $13,980 | 460 |
| $14,590 | Food preparation and serving related occupations
(area) (ind) | $13,420 | n.a. |
| $14,570 | Cooks, institution and cafeteria
(area) (ind) | $13,750 | 300 |
| $14,360 | Cashiers
(area) (ind) | $13,770 | 1,380 |
| $14,240 | Cooks, fast food
(area) (ind) | $13,550 | 200 |
| $14,230 | Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop
(area) (ind) | $13,280 | 50 |
| $13,830 | Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop
(area) (ind) | $13,820 | n.a. |
| $13,760 | Dishwashers
(area) (ind) | $13,710 | n.a. |
| $13,580 | Child care workers
(area) (ind) | $13,420 | 210 |
| $13,530 | Food servers, nonrestaurant
(area) (ind) | $13,280 | n.a. |
| $13,510 | Cooks, short order
(area) (ind) | $13,490 | 180 |
| $13,090 | Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food
(area) (ind) | $12,910 | 1,550 |
| $12,470 | Waiters and waitresses
(area) (ind) | $12,710 | 1,080 |