| Mean annual wage | Occupation | Median annual wage | Employment |
| $130,200 | Chief executives
(area) (ind) | $127,690 | 90 |
| $129,170 | Environmental engineers
(area) (ind) | $92,680 | n.a. |
| $112,530 | Lawyers
(area) (ind) | $120,280 | 80 |
| $88,420 | Legal occupations
(area) (ind) | $82,430 | 120 |
| $84,440 | Pharmacists
(area) (ind) | $84,780 | 170 |
| $81,720 | Industrial production managers
(area) (ind) | $72,440 | 110 |
| $81,200 | Engineering managers
(area) (ind) | $84,280 | 110 |
| $79,840 | Medical and health services managers
(area) (ind) | $69,750 | 60 |
| $79,400 | Engineers, all other
(area) (ind) | $80,280 | 100 |
| $76,720 | Chemical engineers
(area) (ind) | $77,170 | 30 |
| $73,210 | Management analysts
(area) (ind) | $54,270 | 110 |
| $70,850 | Sales managers
(area) (ind) | $65,330 | 80 |
| $70,680 | Business operations specialists, all other
(area) (ind) | $76,430 | 430 |
| $70,510 | General and operations managers
(area) (ind) | $58,910 | 680 |
| $70,290 | Financial managers
(area) (ind) | $67,230 | 110 |
| $70,240 | Computer programmers
(area) (ind) | $66,640 | 70 |
| $70,140 | Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products
(area) (ind) | $67,690 | 50 |
| $69,690 | Education administrators, elementary and secondary school
(area) (ind) | $70,260 | 90 |
| $68,460 | Electrical engineers
(area) (ind) | $71,290 | 60 |
| $67,800 | Management occupations
(area) (ind) | $61,240 | 1,970 |
| $67,440 | Industrial engineers
(area) (ind) | $64,970 | 80 |
| $65,080 | Teachers and instructors, all other
(area) (ind) | $68,070 | 70 |
| $64,340 | Construction managers
(area) (ind) | $64,470 | 60 |
| $62,070 | Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other
(area) (ind) | $64,280 | 80 |
| $61,130 | First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers
(area) (ind) | $53,300 | 80 |
| $61,100 | Mechanical engineers
(area) (ind) | $63,640 | 90 |
| $58,940 | Architecture and engineering occupations
(area) (ind) | $56,440 | 1,000 |
| $57,710 | Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other
(area) (ind) | $61,360 | 100 |
| $56,860 | Computer systems analysts
(area) (ind) | $55,650 | 30 |
| $56,630 | Computer and mathematical occupations
(area) (ind) | $55,640 | 220 |
| $55,490 | Occupational health and safety specialists
(area) (ind) | $54,060 | 40 |
| $55,220 | Civil engineers
(area) (ind) | $50,350 | 50 |
| $55,100 | Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other
(area) (ind) | $61,580 | 170 |
| $54,370 | Managers, all other
(area) (ind) | $56,730 | 80 |
| $54,140 | Transportation, storage, and distribution managers
(area) (ind) | $46,410 | 30 |
| $51,910 | Business and financial operations occupations
(area) (ind) | $44,920 | 1,520 |
| $51,340 | First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives
(area) (ind) | $49,620 | 40 |
| $51,020 | Educational, vocational, and school counselors
(area) (ind) | $51,530 | 70 |
| $50,170 | Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products
(area) (ind) | $49,540 | 100 |
| $49,300 | Electrical and electronic engineering technicians
(area) (ind) | $49,160 | 40 |
| $47,740 | First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers
(area) (ind) | $44,640 | 550 |
| $47,510 | Purchasing managers
(area) (ind) | $43,650 | 30 |
| $47,090 | Cost estimators
(area) (ind) | $47,450 | 70 |
| $46,010 | First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers
(area) (ind) | $44,300 | 280 |
| $45,360 | Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations
(area) (ind) | $38,120 | 2,430 |
| $45,350 | Vocational education teachers, secondary school
(area) (ind) | $45,390 | 80 |
| $45,310 | Industrial engineering technicians
(area) (ind) | $45,400 | 80 |
| $45,100 | Credit analysts
(area) (ind) | $39,700 | 30 |
| $45,030 | Life, physical, and social science occupations
(area) (ind) | $40,850 | 200 |
| $44,380 | Appraisers and assessors of real estate
(area) (ind) | $40,960 | 40 |
| $43,130 | Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products
(area) (ind) | $35,910 | 410 |
| $42,980 | First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers
(area) (ind) | $42,790 | 310 |
| $42,890 | Accountants and auditors
(area) (ind) | $39,130 | 260 |
| $42,650 | First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators
(area) (ind) | $41,610 | 130 |
| $42,490 | Postal service mail carriers
(area) (ind) | $42,850 | 160 |
| $42,370 | Kindergarten teachers, except special education
(area) (ind) | $42,430 | 120 |
| $42,310 | Registered nurses
(area) (ind) | $41,350 | 900 |
| $42,280 | Electrical power-line installers and repairers
(area) (ind) | $44,680 | 90 |
| $41,720 | Chemical technicians
(area) (ind) | $46,560 | 40 |
| $41,360 | Elementary school teachers, except special education
(area) (ind) | $40,820 | 830 |
| $41,050 | Executive secretaries and administrative assistants
(area) (ind) | $36,260 | 200 |
| $40,530 | Physical therapist assistants
(area) (ind) | $40,710 | 60 |
| $40,370 | Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education
(area) (ind) | $40,240 | 660 |
| $40,280 | Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school
(area) (ind) | $40,670 | 80 |
| $39,940 | Electricians
(area) (ind) | $35,940 | 450 |
| $39,610 | Mechanical drafters
(area) (ind) | $40,260 | 50 |
| $39,570 | Chemical plant and system operators
(area) (ind) | $40,120 | 330 |
| $39,510 | Special education teachers, secondary school
(area) (ind) | $39,830 | 80 |
| $39,250 | Automotive body and related repairers
(area) (ind) | $33,880 | 60 |
| $38,840 | Tool and die makers
(area) (ind) | $38,850 | 70 |
| $38,700 | Loan officers
(area) (ind) | $37,790 | 80 |
| $37,940 | Administrative services managers
(area) (ind) | $28,540 | n.a. |
| $37,790 | Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders
(area) (ind) | $38,330 | 200 |
| $37,480 | Training and development specialists
(area) (ind) | $37,320 | 60 |
| $37,310 | Environmental scientists and specialists, including health
(area) (ind) | $35,990 | 40 |
| $37,200 | Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other
(area) (ind) | $32,260 | 100 |
| $36,950 | Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer
(area) (ind) | $35,850 | 1,460 |
| $36,930 | Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation
(area) (ind) | $37,800 | 30 |
| $36,890 | Librarians
(area) (ind) | $40,190 | 80 |
| $36,800 | Insulation workers, mechanical
(area) (ind) | $34,420 | 150 |
| $36,580 | First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers
(area) (ind) | $34,560 | 500 |
| $36,520 | Advertising sales agents
(area) (ind) | $36,140 | 40 |
| $36,160 | Radiologic technologists and technicians
(area) (ind) | $36,980 | 50 |
| $36,120 | Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
(area) (ind) | $33,440 | 3,430 |
| $36,120 | Insurance sales agents
(area) (ind) | $30,120 | 100 |
| $35,800 | Millwrights
(area) (ind) | $34,000 | 300 |
| $35,780 | Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists
(area) (ind) | $34,420 | 40 |
| $35,770 | Dental hygienists
(area) (ind) | $32,960 | 110 |
| $35,740 | Police and sheriff's patrol officers
(area) (ind) | $36,620 | 340 |
| $35,450 | Maintenance and repair workers, general
(area) (ind) | $32,190 | 860 |
| $35,330 | Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders
(area) (ind) | $32,160 | 30 |
| $34,790 | Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators
(area) (ind) | $34,960 | 60 |
| $34,790 | Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines
(area) (ind) | $35,630 | 80 |
| $34,190 | Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers
(area) (ind) | $33,650 | 110 |
| $33,960 | First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand
(area) (ind) | $32,500 | 80 |
| $33,790 | Production, planning, and expediting clerks
(area) (ind) | $32,430 | 140 |
| $33,660 | Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
(area) (ind) | $33,400 | 180 |
| $33,620 | Medical and public health social workers
(area) (ind) | $32,500 | 60 |
| $33,600 | Education, training, and library occupations
(area) (ind) | $35,810 | 3,260 |
| $33,050 | Industrial machinery mechanics
(area) (ind) | $32,130 | 230 |
| $33,010 | Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers
(area) (ind) | $27,550 | 310 |
| $32,600 | Community and social services occupations
(area) (ind) | $30,470 | 440 |
| $32,170 | Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators
(area) (ind) | $32,150 | n.a. |
| $32,110 | Sales representatives, services, all other
(area) (ind) | $35,770 | 110 |
| $32,050 | Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance
(area) (ind) | $32,850 | 70 |
| $32,040 | Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations
(area) (ind) | $27,490 | 270 |
| $31,690 | Architectural and civil drafters
(area) (ind) | $30,950 | 40 |
| $31,640 | Construction and extraction occupations
(area) (ind) | $30,290 | 3,150 |
| $31,260 | Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
(area) (ind) | $31,590 | 40 |
| $31,050 | First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers
(area) (ind) | $25,930 | 50 |
| $30,960 | Medical and clinical laboratory technicians
(area) (ind) | $29,440 | 50 |
| $30,910 | Printing machine operators
(area) (ind) | $27,190 | 80 |
| $30,860 | Painters, construction and maintenance
(area) (ind) | $32,000 | 60 |
| $30,620 | First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
(area) (ind) | $26,790 | 480 |
| $30,560 | Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators
(area) (ind) | $30,710 | 170 |
| $30,490 | Automotive service technicians and mechanics
(area) (ind) | $30,730 | 220 |
| $30,490 | All Occupations
(area) (ind) | $25,030 | 54,600 |
| $30,060 | Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists
(area) (ind) | $30,150 | 190 |
| $30,000 | Maintenance workers, machinery
(area) (ind) | $22,450 | 110 |
| $29,760 | Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders
(area) (ind) | $25,480 | 180 |
| $29,650 | Computer support specialists
(area) (ind) | $23,250 | 50 |
| $29,480 | Structural metal fabricators and fitters
(area) (ind) | $29,050 | 160 |
| $29,440 | Crane and tower operators
(area) (ind) | $28,500 | 110 |
| $29,190 | First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers
(area) (ind) | $26,200 | n.a. |
| $29,160 | Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
(area) (ind) | $30,890 | 90 |
| $28,870 | Driver/sales workers
(area) (ind) | $27,470 | 160 |
| $28,680 | Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers
(area) (ind) | $27,950 | 430 |
| $28,660 | Carpenters
(area) (ind) | $27,930 | 330 |
| $28,480 | Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses
(area) (ind) | $27,970 | 390 |
| $28,400 | Legal secretaries
(area) (ind) | $27,690 | 100 |
| $28,280 | Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks
(area) (ind) | $26,280 | 290 |
| $28,170 | Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders
(area) (ind) | $25,010 | 160 |
| $28,110 | Food service managers
(area) (ind) | $24,270 | 50 |
| $27,910 | Sheet metal workers
(area) (ind) | $27,520 | 170 |
| $27,890 | Production occupations
(area) (ind) | $24,890 | 9,950 |
| $27,850 | Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic
(area) (ind) | $24,550 | 150 |
| $27,750 | Dental assistants
(area) (ind) | $31,100 | 130 |
| $27,650 | Protective service occupations
(area) (ind) | $24,370 | 1,100 |
| $27,630 | First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers
(area) (ind) | $26,160 | 60 |
| $27,260 | Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping
(area) (ind) | $26,650 | 80 |
| $27,240 | Machinists
(area) (ind) | $29,030 | 370 |
| $26,970 | Construction laborers
(area) (ind) | $22,790 | 350 |
| $26,880 | Highway maintenance workers
(area) (ind) | $26,850 | 50 |
| $26,520 | Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
(area) (ind) | $25,940 | 570 |
| $26,510 | Dental laboratory technicians
(area) (ind) | $24,880 | 60 |
| $26,500 | Drywall and ceiling tile installers
(area) (ind) | $26,280 | 80 |
| $26,460 | Truck drivers, light or delivery services
(area) (ind) | $22,620 | 410 |
| $26,390 | Helpers--electricians
(area) (ind) | $26,400 | 180 |
| $26,170 | Pest control workers
(area) (ind) | $26,390 | 110 |
| $26,090 | Parts salespersons
(area) (ind) | $21,330 | 100 |
| $26,070 | Interviewers, except eligibility and loan
(area) (ind) | $24,170 | 70 |
| $25,950 | Correctional officers and jailers
(area) (ind) | $24,340 | 140 |
| $25,800 | Transportation and material moving occupations
(area) (ind) | $22,290 | 5,480 |
| $25,540 | Cement masons and concrete finishers
(area) (ind) | $25,220 | 160 |
| $25,520 | Payroll and timekeeping clerks
(area) (ind) | $25,830 | 110 |
| $25,420 | Office and administrative support occupations
(area) (ind) | $22,970 | 7,220 |
| $25,350 | Billing and posting clerks and machine operators
(area) (ind) | $24,650 | 220 |
| $25,270 | Customer service representatives
(area) (ind) | $23,170 | 520 |
| $25,150 | Machine feeders and offbearers
(area) (ind) | $25,650 | 90 |
| $25,100 | Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
(area) (ind) | $24,970 | 240 |
| $25,010 | Sales and related occupations
(area) (ind) | $18,900 | 5,090 |
| $24,860 | Surveying and mapping technicians
(area) (ind) | $22,480 | 40 |
| $24,490 | Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
(area) (ind) | $21,490 | n.a. |
| $23,990 | Retail salespersons
(area) (ind) | $18,890 | 1,700 |
| $23,960 | Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive
(area) (ind) | $23,020 | 800 |
| $23,870 | Landscaping and groundskeeping workers
(area) (ind) | $20,780 | 220 |
| $23,720 | Loan interviewers and clerks
(area) (ind) | $22,250 | 120 |
| $23,670 | Order clerks
(area) (ind) | $21,230 | 90 |
| $23,510 | Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
(area) (ind) | $22,100 | 420 |
| $23,410 | Office and administrative support workers, all other
(area) (ind) | $21,130 | 40 |
| $23,330 | Recreation workers
(area) (ind) | $23,260 | 80 |
| $23,060 | Tire repairers and changers
(area) (ind) | $23,320 | 90 |
| $23,050 | Social and human service assistants
(area) (ind) | $19,750 | 180 |
| $22,980 | Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks
(area) (ind) | $20,920 | 40 |
| $22,770 | Helpers--production workers
(area) (ind) | $20,650 | 580 |
| $22,740 | Sales and related workers, all other
(area) (ind) | $20,400 | 40 |
| $22,660 | Industrial truck and tractor operators
(area) (ind) | $22,250 | 340 |
| $22,550 | Helpers--carpenters
(area) (ind) | $22,120 | 60 |
| $22,540 | Bill and account collectors
(area) (ind) | $21,160 | 260 |
| $22,450 | Medical records and health information technicians
(area) (ind) | $21,070 | 40 |
| $22,230 | Refuse and recyclable material collectors
(area) (ind) | $20,340 | n.a. |
| $22,200 | Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders
(area) (ind) | $20,740 | n.a. |
| $22,110 | Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters
(area) (ind) | $20,810 | 80 |
| $21,810 | Counter and rental clerks
(area) (ind) | $19,860 | 150 |
| $21,690 | Floral designers
(area) (ind) | $21,720 | 40 |
| $21,420 | Office clerks, general
(area) (ind) | $20,550 | 910 |
| $21,330 | Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers
(area) (ind) | $21,220 | 60 |
| $21,270 | Tellers
(area) (ind) | $20,500 | 260 |
| $21,200 | Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers
(area) (ind) | $19,670 | n.a. |
| $21,040 | Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders
(area) (ind) | $19,350 | 330 |
| $20,960 | First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers
(area) (ind) | $20,130 | 440 |
| $20,710 | Healthcare support occupations
(area) (ind) | $18,800 | 1,370 |
| $20,300 | Preschool teachers, except special education
(area) (ind) | $19,950 | 190 |
| $20,270 | Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand
(area) (ind) | $19,820 | 1,040 |
| $20,190 | Pharmacy technicians
(area) (ind) | $20,190 | 130 |
| $20,130 | Cleaners of vehicles and equipment
(area) (ind) | $18,740 | 210 |
| $20,130 | Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood
(area) (ind) | $21,800 | 70 |
| $19,960 | Medical secretaries
(area) (ind) | $19,700 | 140 |
| $19,790 | Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists
(area) (ind) | $17,430 | 70 |
| $19,710 | Team assemblers
(area) (ind) | $17,490 | 1,180 |
| $19,670 | Personal care and service occupations
(area) (ind) | $16,450 | 700 |
| $19,620 | Pharmacy aides
(area) (ind) | $20,550 | n.a. |
| $19,530 | Medical assistants
(area) (ind) | $19,480 | 150 |
| $19,410 | Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations
(area) (ind) | $16,840 | 80 |
| $19,330 | Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations
(area) (ind) | $17,280 | 1,430 |
| $19,190 | Sewing machine operators
(area) (ind) | $19,310 | 70 |
| $19,170 | Stock clerks and order fillers
(area) (ind) | $18,430 | 620 |
| $19,080 | Home health aides
(area) (ind) | $18,550 | 90 |
| $18,940 | Switchboard operators, including answering service
(area) (ind) | $17,830 | 60 |
| $18,940 | Chefs and head cooks
(area) (ind) | $17,230 | 40 |
| $18,420 | Bakers
(area) (ind) | $16,510 | n.a. |
| $18,410 | Data entry keyers
(area) (ind) | $17,670 | 60 |
| $18,220 | Photographic processing machine operators
(area) (ind) | $18,190 | 40 |
| $18,210 | Receptionists and information clerks
(area) (ind) | $17,610 | 260 |
| $18,140 | File clerks
(area) (ind) | $16,970 | 60 |
| $17,600 | Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing
(area) (ind) | $16,070 | 60 |
| $17,420 | Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants
(area) (ind) | $17,070 | 600 |
| $17,390 | Motor vehicle operators, all other
(area) (ind) | $16,180 | n.a. |
| $17,290 | Laundry and dry-cleaning workers
(area) (ind) | $17,210 | 110 |
| $17,250 | Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners
(area) (ind) | $16,670 | 740 |
| $17,180 | Cooks, restaurant
(area) (ind) | $16,780 | 260 |
| $17,140 | Security guards
(area) (ind) | $16,240 | 310 |
| $16,280 | Food preparation workers
(area) (ind) | $15,530 | 210 |
| $15,990 | Cashiers
(area) (ind) | $15,830 | 1,760 |
| $15,950 | Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials
(area) (ind) | $16,210 | 60 |
| $15,360 | Personal and home care aides
(area) (ind) | $15,490 | 150 |
| $15,220 | Cooks, institution and cafeteria
(area) (ind) | $14,560 | 320 |
| $14,900 | Child care workers
(area) (ind) | $13,980 | 90 |
| $14,740 | Food preparation and serving related occupations
(area) (ind) | $13,600 | 4,160 |
| $14,600 | Library assistants, clerical
(area) (ind) | $14,780 | 30 |
| $14,480 | Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop
(area) (ind) | $14,870 | 70 |
| $14,360 | Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers
(area) (ind) | $14,740 | 50 |
| $13,940 | Cooks, short order
(area) (ind) | $14,040 | 210 |
| $13,910 | Maids and housekeeping cleaners
(area) (ind) | $13,560 | 240 |
| $13,850 | Dishwashers
(area) (ind) | $13,680 | 70 |
| $13,840 | Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks
(area) (ind) | $13,690 | 100 |
| $13,560 | Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food
(area) (ind) | $13,250 | 1,210 |
| $13,310 | Legislators
(area) (ind) | $12,610 | n.a. |
| $13,220 | Bartenders
(area) (ind) | $12,940 | 60 |
| $12,810 | Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop
(area) (ind) | $12,840 | 150 |
| $12,790 | Cooks, fast food
(area) (ind) | $12,830 | n.a. |
| $12,610 | Waiters and waitresses
(area) (ind) | $12,750 | 720 |