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Highest earnings to lowest earnings occupations

Massachusetts

This list of OES occupational earnings and employment estimates for Massachusetts is ordered by average occupational earnings. The occupation title is a link to the section of the Occupational Outlook Handbook that includes the occupation. (In some cases two or more OES occupations are included together in one OOH article.)

Occupations ranked by earnings

Massachusetts

All industries, May 2005

Mean annual wageOccupationMedian annual wageEmployment
$191,250Orthodontists
(area) (ind)
>$145Kn.a.
$179,780Oral and maxillofacial surgeons
(area) (ind)
>$145K 280
$176,340Surgeons
(area) (ind)
>$145K 1,140
$167,360Obstetricians and gynecologists
(area) (ind)
>$145K 490
$151,740Family and general practitioners
(area) (ind)
>$145K 1,410
$151,590Pediatricians, general
(area) (ind)
>$145K 1,070
$139,800Chief executives
(area) (ind)
$142,290 21,950
$139,490Internists, general
(area) (ind)
$140,350 1,570
$139,240Psychiatrists
(area) (ind)
$136,720 820
$138,140Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers
(area) (ind)
$142,710 1,270
$134,990Natural sciences managers
(area) (ind)
$132,070 1,130
$134,080Dentists, general
(area) (ind)
$125,220 1,840
$128,990Physicians and surgeons, all other
(area) (ind)
$133,470 7,440
$124,150Dentists, all other specialists
(area) (ind)
$89,160n.a.
$122,850Astronomers
(area) (ind)
$114,740 80
$122,150Lawyers
(area) (ind)
$113,740 14,130
$121,040Anesthesiologists
(area) (ind)
$110,360 470
$116,280Marketing managers
(area) (ind)
$110,760 6,970
$116,230Engineering managers
(area) (ind)
$111,100 6,260
$115,270Computer and information scientists, research
(area) (ind)
$112,130 1,390
$113,610Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents
(area) (ind)
$105,570 7,070
$111,520Biological science teachers, postsecondary
(area) (ind)
$99,530 1,710
$110,780Computer and information systems managers
(area) (ind)
$104,990 10,330
$110,290Sales managers
(area) (ind)
$100,470 10,710
$109,320Law teachers, postsecondary
(area) (ind)
$110,970 810
$106,660Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates
(area) (ind)
$112,810 740
$105,850Financial managers
(area) (ind)
$94,040 19,040
$104,210Podiatrists
(area) (ind)
$90,200 100
$102,680General and operations managers
(area) (ind)
$88,940 46,100
$102,160Advertising and promotions managers
(area) (ind)
$84,110 1,300
$101,740Training and development managers
(area) (ind)
$95,440 1,010
$101,720Engineering teachers, postsecondary
(area) (ind)
$96,030 1,360
$99,600Management occupations
(area) (ind)
$87,830 197,650
$98,920Business teachers, postsecondary
(area) (ind)
$87,810 2,220
$98,690Physicists
(area) (ind)
$96,320 440
$97,960Human resources managers, all other
(area) (ind)
$92,880 1,610
$96,990Public relations managers
(area) (ind)
$90,440 1,630
$96,970Compensation and benefits managers
(area) (ind)
$88,860 1,900
$96,760Health specialties teachers, postsecondary
(area) (ind)
$87,240 3,870
$96,660Construction managers
(area) (ind)
$86,570 4,580
$94,540Materials scientists
(area) (ind)
$92,370 240
$93,170Architecture teachers, postsecondary
(area) (ind)
$81,280 220
$92,700Computer hardware engineers
(area) (ind)
$90,470 4,490
$91,850Legal occupations
(area) (ind)
$70,980 25,100
$91,840Biochemists and biophysicists
(area) (ind)
$85,910 1,520
$91,680Agricultural engineers
(area) (ind)
$84,790n.a.
$91,110Economics teachers, postsecondary
(area) (ind)
$79,640 640
$90,650Aerospace engineers
(area) (ind)
$92,070 970
$90,640Physics teachers, postsecondary
(area) (ind)
$83,130 660
$90,550Actuaries
(area) (ind)
$79,460 980
$90,360Atmospheric, earth, marine, and space sciences teachers, postsecondary
(area) (ind)
$81,250 310
$90,020Industrial production managers
(area) (ind)
$83,520 3,840
$88,810Nuclear engineers
(area) (ind)
$87,450 150
$88,750Management analysts
(area) (ind)
$78,450 16,940
$88,680Computer software engineers, systems software
(area) (ind)
$87,140 18,530
$88,640Managers, all other
(area) (ind)
$82,210 8,480
$88,380Computer software engineers, applications
(area) (ind)
$87,330 21,340
$86,920Sales engineers
(area) (ind)
$81,870 2,900
$86,010Biomedical engineers
(area) (ind)
$83,280 1,330
$85,790Physical scientists, all other
(area) (ind)
$87,560 430
$85,750Electrical engineers
(area) (ind)
$83,440 6,650
$85,140Social sciences teachers, postsecondary, all other
(area) (ind)
$80,190 310
$85,040Medical and health services managers
(area) (ind)
$78,900 6,940
$84,880Purchasing managers
(area) (ind)
$79,760 2,270
$84,640Education administrators, postsecondary
(area) (ind)
$71,880 5,580
$84,240Insurance sales agents
(area) (ind)
$67,050 6,270
$83,520Political science teachers, postsecondary
(area) (ind)
$74,950 610
$83,480Chemical engineers
(area) (ind)
$78,800 1,240
$83,470Chemistry teachers, postsecondary
(area) (ind)
$73,370 660
$82,940Financial analysts
(area) (ind)
$70,340 8,640
$82,830Electronics engineers, except computer
(area) (ind)
$80,630 4,970
$82,440Education administrators, elementary and secondary school
(area) (ind)
$82,810 5,350
$81,470Loan officers
(area) (ind)
$71,350 7,300
$81,090Engineers, all other
(area) (ind)
$79,820 3,980
$80,670Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers
(area) (ind)
$67,770 190
$80,550Computer programmers
(area) (ind)
$78,360 11,170
$80,020Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products
(area) (ind)
$71,770 17,530
$79,950Radiation therapists
(area) (ind)
$70,780 710
$79,520Pharmacists
(area) (ind)
$82,850 5,370
$79,120Chiropractors
(area) (ind)
$73,690 540
$78,990Materials engineers
(area) (ind)
$75,960 690
$78,630Mathematicians
(area) (ind)
$72,570 50
$78,580Anthropology and archeology teachers, postsecondary
(area) (ind)
$71,340 210
$78,520Mechanical engineers
(area) (ind)
$75,700 6,940
$78,310Environmental science teachers, postsecondary
(area) (ind)
$71,380 190
$77,690Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other
(area) (ind)
$55,960 2,420
$77,450Computer and mathematical occupations
(area) (ind)
$75,760 110,190
$76,930Architects, except landscape and naval
(area) (ind)
$69,750 3,500
$76,660Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary
(area) (ind)
$68,450 1,320
$76,620Operations research analysts
(area) (ind)
$73,260 2,140
$76,360First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers
(area) (ind)
$67,940 50
$76,110Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors
(area) (ind)
$74,750 810
$76,050Education administrators, all other
(area) (ind)
$67,520 1,580
$75,880Network systems and data communications analysts
(area) (ind)
$73,980 6,490
$75,690History teachers, postsecondary
(area) (ind)
$68,460 840
$75,300Transportation, storage, and distribution managers
(area) (ind)
$66,860 1,990
$75,170Veterinarians
(area) (ind)
$72,010 1,110
$75,150Industrial engineers
(area) (ind)
$73,410 6,290
$74,990Art directors
(area) (ind)
$68,830 1,120
$74,960Administrative services managers
(area) (ind)
$67,280 8,260
$74,740Medical scientists, except epidemiologists
(area) (ind)
$66,840 4,800
$74,560Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary
(area) (ind)
$68,190 810
$73,860Prosthodontists
(area) (ind)
$73,090n.a.
$73,570Statisticians
(area) (ind)
$67,890 500
$73,370Psychology teachers, postsecondary
(area) (ind)
$67,540 1,080
$73,330Civil engineers
(area) (ind)
$68,780 6,030
$73,260Computer systems analysts
(area) (ind)
$71,570 16,520
$73,170First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers
(area) (ind)
$62,960 6,580
$73,160Chemists
(area) (ind)
$67,620 2,850
$73,130Area, ethnic, and cultural studies teachers, postsecondary
(area) (ind)
$62,350 540
$73,070Computer science teachers, postsecondary
(area) (ind)
$61,320 1,500
$72,690Psychologists, all other
(area) (ind)
$76,600 300
$72,550Real estate brokers
(area) (ind)
$62,090 300
$72,210Environmental scientists and specialists, including health
(area) (ind)
$67,430 2,360
$72,060First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives
(area) (ind)
$69,490 2,820
$72,040Physician assistants
(area) (ind)
$73,720 1,850
$71,890Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers
(area) (ind)
$68,580 250
$71,590Zoologists and wildlife biologists
(area) (ind)
$73,510 1,220
$71,450Optometrists
(area) (ind)
$69,880 510
$71,390Computer specialists, all other
(area) (ind)
$64,940 2,440
$71,240Database administrators
(area) (ind)
$70,210 4,220
$70,940Environmental engineers
(area) (ind)
$69,360 2,310
$70,650Economists
(area) (ind)
$59,200 630
$70,620Architecture and engineering occupations
(area) (ind)
$66,810 73,800
$70,590Hydrologists
(area) (ind)
$73,450 160
$70,070Financial examiners
(area) (ind)
$60,190 1,100
$69,330Network and computer systems administrators
(area) (ind)
$68,110 8,830
$69,190Soil and plant scientists
(area) (ind)
$71,320 50
$69,140Elevator installers and repairers
(area) (ind)
$70,100 700
$69,100Cost estimators
(area) (ind)
$62,840 5,060
$68,940Sociology teachers, postsecondary
(area) (ind)
$62,610 600
$68,210Biological scientists, all other
(area) (ind)
$66,370 530
$68,030Music directors and composers
(area) (ind)
$54,690 70
$67,910Budget analysts
(area) (ind)
$64,030 1,910
$67,700Insurance underwriters
(area) (ind)
$63,880 2,860
$67,180Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary
(area) (ind)
$60,370 970
$67,160Technical writers
(area) (ind)
$66,970 2,040
$67,070Detectives and criminal investigators
(area) (ind)
$66,700 1,080
$67,030Business and financial operations occupations
(area) (ind)
$58,110 157,940
$66,640Dental hygienists
(area) (ind)
$66,210 5,690
$66,470Diagnostic medical sonographers
(area) (ind)
$66,180 1,170
$66,250Registered nurses
(area) (ind)
$65,040 76,870
$66,210Atmospheric and space scientists
(area) (ind)
$54,820 520
$66,130Social scientists and related workers, all other
(area) (ind)
$61,520 950
$65,690Embalmers
(area) (ind)
$59,710 330
$65,610Nuclear medicine technologists
(area) (ind)
$65,500 440
$65,580Logisticians
(area) (ind)
$60,880 2,200
$65,460Microbiologists
(area) (ind)
$57,760 820
$65,420Occupational health and safety specialists
(area) (ind)
$63,740 1,070
$65,320Life, physical, and social science occupations
(area) (ind)
$58,520 42,530
$65,070Appraisers and assessors of real estate
(area) (ind)
$62,050 2,120
$65,000First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers
(area) (ind)
$61,740 9,360
$64,770First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers
(area) (ind)
$62,620 1,790
$64,620Geography teachers, postsecondary
(area) (ind)
$61,940 100
$64,440Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations
(area) (ind)
$57,700 193,290
$64,330Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary
(area) (ind)
$61,340 3,210
$64,290English language and literature teachers, postsecondary
(area) (ind)
$57,530 1,930
$64,200Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation
(area) (ind)
$59,950 4,450
$64,100Education teachers, postsecondary
(area) (ind)
$59,900 1,140
$63,880Marine engineers and naval architects
(area) (ind)
$64,770 440
$63,760Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products
(area) (ind)
$54,150 32,410
$63,020Conservation scientists
(area) (ind)
$57,210 340
$63,000Fashion designers
(area) (ind)
$58,530 610
$62,900Epidemiologists
(area) (ind)
$57,580 230
$62,280First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers
(area) (ind)
$57,220 8,230
$62,190Sales representatives, services, all other
(area) (ind)
$56,280n.a.
$62,190Postmasters and mail superintendents
(area) (ind)
$61,530 370
$61,820Physical therapists
(area) (ind)
$61,480 5,500
$61,760Urban and regional planners
(area) (ind)
$59,520 1,020
$61,730Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other
(area) (ind)
$56,470 3,140
$61,570Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary
(area) (ind)
$59,380 820
$61,550Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists
(area) (ind)
$62,620 2,030
$61,530Property, real estate, and community association managers
(area) (ind)
$55,390 3,950
$61,190Nuclear technicians
(area) (ind)
$63,830 330
$60,570Pile-driver operators
(area) (ind)
$59,540 230
$60,470Life scientists, all other
(area) (ind)
$55,590 130
$60,420Postsecondary teachers, all other
(area) (ind)
$53,570 4,610
$60,310Business operations specialists, all other
(area) (ind)
$58,550 19,790
$60,100Communications teachers, postsecondary
(area) (ind)
$60,180 510
$60,010Landscape architects
(area) (ind)
$51,410 1,110
$59,960Orthotists and prosthetists
(area) (ind)
$44,730 150
$59,850Producers and directors
(area) (ind)
$55,820 1,430
$59,790Speech-language pathologists
(area) (ind)
$58,740 3,130
$59,660Accountants and auditors
(area) (ind)
$54,520 27,780
$59,580Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists
(area) (ind)
$48,450 6,100
$59,440Public relations specialists
(area) (ind)
$53,990 7,120
$59,440Social work teachers, postsecondary
(area) (ind)
$56,830 230
$59,340Instructional coordinators
(area) (ind)
$59,390 2,820
$59,110Writers and authors
(area) (ind)
$50,360 1,100
$59,090Commercial and industrial designers
(area) (ind)
$55,130 1,030
$58,860Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists
(area) (ind)
$58,240 3,640
$58,860Food scientists and technologists
(area) (ind)
$51,980 260
$58,840Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists
(area) (ind)
$54,900 3,590
$58,670Occupational therapists
(area) (ind)
$57,060 3,710
$58,600Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators
(area) (ind)
$62,580 110
$58,460Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary
(area) (ind)
$54,980 290
$58,270Criminal justice and law enforcement teachers, postsecondary
(area) (ind)
$52,400 190
$58,270Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents
(area) (ind)
$57,790 2,160
$58,260Tile and marble setters
(area) (ind)
$62,020 480
$58,060Radiologic technologists and technicians
(area) (ind)
$58,300 5,230
$57,770Court reporters
(area) (ind)
$55,180 170
$57,750Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products
(area) (ind)
$54,570 7,470
$57,620Media and communication equipment workers, all other
(area) (ind)
$60,090 190
$57,280Interior designers
(area) (ind)
$49,950 1,510
$57,180Structural iron and steel workers
(area) (ind)
$60,680 1,380
$56,840Set and exhibit designers
(area) (ind)
$55,660 140
$56,810Vocational education teachers, secondary school
(area) (ind)
$57,800 3,270
$55,880Credit analysts
(area) (ind)
$48,860 1,930
$55,740Training and development specialists
(area) (ind)
$52,630 5,710
$55,680Audiologists
(area) (ind)
$55,810 280
$55,170Computer support specialists
(area) (ind)
$50,640 15,500
$55,140First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators
(area) (ind)
$52,160 3,300
$55,040Emergency management specialists
(area) (ind)
$52,600 190
$54,730Insurance appraisers, auto damage
(area) (ind)
$53,130 770
$54,630Advertising sales agents
(area) (ind)
$44,080 3,410
$54,490Librarians
(area) (ind)
$52,880 5,240
$54,340Power plant operators
(area) (ind)
$52,610 400
$54,260First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers
(area) (ind)
$51,730 13,630
$54,260First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers
(area) (ind)
$52,440 90
$54,160Electrical power-line installers and repairers
(area) (ind)
$55,940 1,490
$54,000Elementary school teachers, except special education
(area) (ind)
$54,350 32,150
$53,900Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
(area) (ind)
$51,920 10,920
$53,890Social and community service managers
(area) (ind)
$49,550 3,890
$53,860Fire inspectors and investigators
(area) (ind)
$53,420 270
$53,740Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers
(area) (ind)
$57,030 5,030
$53,710Ship engineers
(area) (ind)
$44,930 120
$53,630Vocational education teachers, postsecondary
(area) (ind)
$46,020 1,710
$53,620Locomotive engineers
(area) (ind)
$53,050 300
$53,500Aircraft mechanics and service technicians
(area) (ind)
$51,200 1,280
$53,440Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education
(area) (ind)
$53,650 18,070
$53,420Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education
(area) (ind)
$53,790 25,090
$53,250Curators
(area) (ind)
$49,890 400
$53,050Tapers
(area) (ind)
$54,820 450
$52,990Designers, all other
(area) (ind)
$50,880 260
$52,660Editors
(area) (ind)
$48,770 3,780
$52,610Electricians
(area) (ind)
$50,320 12,930
$52,360Electrical and electronics drafters
(area) (ind)
$51,650 990
$52,260Avionics technicians
(area) (ind)
$53,290 130
$51,940Film and video editors
(area) (ind)
$55,460 330
$51,870Medical and clinical laboratory technologists
(area) (ind)
$52,020 5,300
$51,660Cartographers and photogrammetrists
(area) (ind)
$46,920 180
$51,540Mechanical drafters
(area) (ind)
$50,850 2,050
$51,470Historians
(area) (ind)
$44,750 60
$51,310Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program
(area) (ind)
$44,210 2,520
$51,250Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators
(area) (ind)
$49,270 6,020
$51,150First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers
(area) (ind)
$48,020 29,380
$50,980Industrial engineering technicians
(area) (ind)
$46,700 2,020
$50,880Choreographers
(area) (ind)
$48,740 200
$50,870Kindergarten teachers, except special education
(area) (ind)
$51,290 4,240
$50,850Respiratory therapists
(area) (ind)
$50,990 2,070
$50,760Correctional officers and jailers
(area) (ind)
$51,460 5,580
$50,710Surveyors
(area) (ind)
$47,760 1,090
$50,700Bailiffs
(area) (ind)
$56,030 1,010
$50,680Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other
(area) (ind)
$48,390 1,600
$50,540Multi-media artists and animators
(area) (ind)
$45,020 1,020
$50,450Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators
(area) (ind)
$50,000 840
$50,430Special education teachers, secondary school
(area) (ind)
$50,290 3,750
$50,410Drafters, all other
(area) (ind)
$50,700 190
$50,400Meeting and convention planners
(area) (ind)
$45,530 1,520
$50,290Gas plant operators
(area) (ind)
$50,740 280
$50,060Education, training, and library occupations
(area) (ind)
$46,900 208,660
$50,020Tax preparers
(area) (ind)
$44,990 920
$49,430Graphic designers
(area) (ind)
$45,360 4,930
$49,420Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school
(area) (ind)
$49,210 6,950
$49,280Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations
(area) (ind)
$43,860 45,650
$49,270Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers
(area) (ind)
$46,030 6,730
$49,210Archivists
(area) (ind)
$41,340 270
$49,080Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators
(area) (ind)
$45,450 6,700
$49,040Numerical tool and process control programmers
(area) (ind)
$49,050 310
$49,010Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products
(area) (ind)
$45,170 5,040
$48,920Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other
(area) (ind)
$47,690 210
$48,900Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment
(area) (ind)
$49,540 1,690
$48,890Foresters
(area) (ind)
$49,540 80
$48,850Paralegals and legal assistants
(area) (ind)
$47,090 7,220
$48,790Automotive body and related repairers
(area) (ind)
$39,750 4,050
$48,790Electrical and electronic engineering technicians
(area) (ind)
$48,180 6,480
$48,760Educational, vocational, and school counselors
(area) (ind)
$47,990 6,580
$48,730Boilermakers
(area) (ind)
$46,310 210
$48,180Pipelayers
(area) (ind)
$44,990 510
$48,160Construction and extraction occupations
(area) (ind)
$45,220 115,220
$48,150Lodging managers
(area) (ind)
$43,800 530
$48,090Postal service clerks
(area) (ind)
$49,310 2,680
$48,060Special education teachers, middle school
(area) (ind)
$46,740 3,260
$47,850Sales and related workers, all other
(area) (ind)
$42,650 3,430
$47,820Watch repairers
(area) (ind)
$50,570n.a.
$47,810Construction and building inspectors
(area) (ind)
$46,910 2,290
$47,690First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other
(area) (ind)
$43,300 1,130
$47,650Social science research assistants
(area) (ind)
$43,040 510
$47,610Therapists, all other
(area) (ind)
$48,160 350
$47,560Architectural and civil drafters
(area) (ind)
$44,840 2,620
$47,520Medical equipment repairers
(area) (ind)
$46,490 670
$47,460Carpenters
(area) (ind)
$45,470 21,010
$47,430Police and sheriff's patrol officers
(area) (ind)
$47,040 15,360
$47,370First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers
(area) (ind)
$43,850 2,720
$47,370Mechanical engineering technicians
(area) (ind)
$45,820 1,800
$47,020Glaziers
(area) (ind)
$45,080 740
$47,020Child, family, and school social workers
(area) (ind)
$46,830 8,520
$47,000Respiratory therapy technicians
(area) (ind)
$44,760 290
$46,990Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines
(area) (ind)
$43,810 1,700
$46,940Cardiovascular technologists and technicians
(area) (ind)
$42,380 1,030
$46,780Sheet metal workers
(area) (ind)
$42,350 3,570
$46,730Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other
(area) (ind)
$42,800 1,410
$46,700Flight attendants
(area) (ind)
$38,610 2,430
$46,660Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors
(area) (ind)
$43,400 1,900
$46,420Vocational education teachers, middle school
(area) (ind)
$43,540n.a.
$46,350Stonemasons
(area) (ind)
$45,290 710
$46,040Food service managers
(area) (ind)
$43,200 6,440
$45,980Postal service mail carriers
(area) (ind)
$47,540 9,330
$45,970All Occupations
(area) (ind)
$36,340 3,144,540
$45,910Stationary engineers and boiler operators
(area) (ind)
$43,320 1,470
$45,900Fire fighters
(area) (ind)
$44,510 12,270
$45,780Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses
(area) (ind)
$45,270 16,710
$45,610Biological technicians
(area) (ind)
$42,370 3,820
$45,470Audio-visual collections specialists
(area) (ind)
$43,230 210
$45,460Drywall and ceiling tile installers
(area) (ind)
$44,180 1,070
$45,430Environmental engineering technicians
(area) (ind)
$43,870 440
$45,380Dietitians and nutritionists
(area) (ind)
$43,000 2,060
$45,230Medical and public health social workers
(area) (ind)
$45,470 4,850
$45,190Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators
(area) (ind)
$46,340 360
$45,070Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers
(area) (ind)
$44,570 560
$44,850Tank car, truck, and ship loaders
(area) (ind)
$38,670 70
$44,800Desktop publishers
(area) (ind)
$44,270 1,350
$44,770Electro-mechanical technicians
(area) (ind)
$43,350 910
$44,540Security and fire alarm systems installers
(area) (ind)
$46,920 1,030
$44,320Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture
(area) (ind)
$46,970 600
$44,290First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand
(area) (ind)
$41,050 3,260
$44,290Millwrights
(area) (ind)
$43,300 860
$44,260Legal support workers, all other
(area) (ind)
$42,970 1,440
$44,130Fabric and apparel patternmakers
(area) (ind)
$40,410 130
$44,080Production, planning, and expediting clerks
(area) (ind)
$42,950 6,930
$44,040Transit and railroad police
(area) (ind)
$42,310 110
$44,010Fish and game wardens
(area) (ind)
$47,960 100
$43,980Chemical plant and system operators
(area) (ind)
$42,600 550
$43,930Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
(area) (ind)
$41,370 100,580
$43,910Model makers, metal and plastic
(area) (ind)
$44,650 210
$43,840Graduate teaching assistants
(area) (ind)
$45,510 3,190
$43,840Clergy
(area) (ind)
$42,420 410
$43,810Traffic technicians
(area) (ind)
$41,600 70
$43,790Industrial machinery mechanics
(area) (ind)
$43,190 3,340
$43,770Chemical technicians
(area) (ind)
$42,120 1,970
$43,610Law clerks
(area) (ind)
$42,470 520
$43,560Teachers and instructors, all other
(area) (ind)
$41,270 5,270
$43,510Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other
(area) (ind)
$37,260 750
$43,500Sound engineering technicians
(area) (ind)
$37,800n.a.
$43,490Legal secretaries
(area) (ind)
$42,550 7,540
$43,470Civil engineering technicians
(area) (ind)
$42,650 780
$43,380Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists
(area) (ind)
$42,230 4,190
$43,310Media and communication workers, all other
(area) (ind)
$41,660 630
$43,260Mental health and substance abuse social workers
(area) (ind)
$40,860 3,960
$43,220Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators
(area) (ind)
$42,400 1,490
$43,120Geological and petroleum technicians
(area) (ind)
$40,550 70
$42,990Cement masons and concrete finishers
(area) (ind)
$36,280 1,630
$42,960Executive secretaries and administrative assistants
(area) (ind)
$41,830 44,050
$42,920Plasterers and stucco masons
(area) (ind)
$42,400 490
$42,920Opticians, dispensing
(area) (ind)
$40,010 1,440
$42,800Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels
(area) (ind)
$38,550 580
$42,770Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators
(area) (ind)
$40,170 870
$42,690Tool and die makers
(area) (ind)
$42,050 1,690
$42,560Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door
(area) (ind)
$41,410 510
$42,520Health educators
(area) (ind)
$39,110 1,470
$42,420Self-enrichment education teachers
(area) (ind)
$37,620 4,560
$42,290All other information and record clerks
(area) (ind)
$37,730 4,320
$42,250Surgical technologists
(area) (ind)
$42,040 1,610
$42,200Social workers, all other
(area) (ind)
$41,830 670
$42,080Physical therapist assistants
(area) (ind)
$41,520 1,700
$42,070Agricultural inspectors
(area) (ind)
$43,560 30
$42,040Health technologists and technicians, all other
(area) (ind)
$38,040 470
$41,930Massage therapists
(area) (ind)
$39,770 890
$41,890Earth drillers, except oil and gas
(area) (ind)
$40,770n.a.
$41,890Eligibility interviewers, government programs
(area) (ind)
$41,820 1,450
$41,860Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers
(area) (ind)
$40,220n.a.
$41,500Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators
(area) (ind)
$42,620 6,410
$41,290Costume attendants
(area) (ind)
$35,050 80
$41,270Painters, construction and maintenance
(area) (ind)
$38,850 4,660
$41,180Motorboat mechanics
(area) (ind)
$41,280 850
$40,960Rotary drill operators, oil and gas
(area) (ind)
$39,870 40
$40,900Construction laborers
(area) (ind)
$40,700 16,300
$40,880Survey researchers
(area) (ind)
$37,430 570
$40,720Machinists
(area) (ind)
$40,020 8,470
$40,530Chemical equipment operators and tenders
(area) (ind)
$38,580 810
$40,490Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer
(area) (ind)
$39,640 25,150
$40,470Paperhangers
(area) (ind)
$38,300n.a.
$40,430Locksmiths and safe repairers
(area) (ind)
$39,750 320
$40,400Dental laboratory technicians
(area) (ind)
$40,770 590
$40,380First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
(area) (ind)
$36,750 24,580
$40,370Statistical assistants
(area) (ind)
$39,270 430
$40,310Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other
(area) (ind)
$38,510 2,380
$40,250Surveying and mapping technicians
(area) (ind)
$39,950 690
$40,240Construction and related workers, all other
(area) (ind)
$35,620 600
$40,200Interpreters and translators
(area) (ind)
$38,290 920
$40,170Roofers
(area) (ind)
$38,950 1,820
$40,100Butchers and meat cutters
(area) (ind)
$41,450 1,390
$40,080Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers
(area) (ind)
$39,280 3,040
$40,060Community and social services occupations
(area) (ind)
$37,010 56,640
$40,010Museum technicians and conservators
(area) (ind)
$38,600 350
$39,930Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment
(area) (ind)
$39,970 260
$39,930Education, training, and library workers, all other
(area) (ind)
$36,690 590
$39,870Plant and system operators, all other
(area) (ind)
$41,360 140
$39,740Protective service occupations
(area) (ind)
$38,100 72,310
$39,690Travel guides
(area) (ind)
$37,930 50
$39,670Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters
(area) (ind)
$36,490 1,360
$39,590Automotive service technicians and mechanics
(area) (ind)
$37,420 14,710
$39,440Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance
(area) (ind)
$35,920 3,450
$39,320Occupational health and safety technicians
(area) (ind)
$37,940 80
$39,250Forest and conservation technicians
(area) (ind)
$37,780 40
$39,110Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
(area) (ind)
$38,520 510
$39,070Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
(area) (ind)
$37,090 930
$39,000Brokerage clerks
(area) (ind)
$37,210 1,970
$38,990Meter readers, utilities
(area) (ind)
$39,660 650
$38,940Environmental science and protection technicians, including health
(area) (ind)
$36,350 1,030
$38,880Cargo and freight agents
(area) (ind)
$39,920 1,140
$38,640Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping
(area) (ind)
$37,310 3,710
$38,610Farm, ranch, and other agricultural managers
(area) (ind)
$37,130n.a.
$38,480First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers
(area) (ind)
$35,440 4,680
$38,470Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall
(area) (ind)
$36,640 1,100
$38,430Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors
(area) (ind)
$36,710 1,810
$38,400Forest and conservation workers
(area) (ind)
$38,950 180
$38,390Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers
(area) (ind)
$34,560 9,890
$38,340Hazardous materials removal workers
(area) (ind)
$37,870 970
$38,250Occupational therapist assistants
(area) (ind)
$38,200 840
$38,160Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders
(area) (ind)
$36,620 440
$38,110Sales and related occupations
(area) (ind)
$24,620 326,420
$38,050Tree trimmers and pruners
(area) (ind)
$38,140 1,040
$37,970Painters, transportation equipment
(area) (ind)
$36,680 400
$37,950Floor layers, except carpet, wood, and hard tiles
(area) (ind)
$34,760n.a.
$37,870Chefs and head cooks
(area) (ind)
$34,600 4,140
$37,860Radio mechanics
(area) (ind)
$34,370n.a.
$37,810Engine and other machine assemblers
(area) (ind)
$38,290 520
$37,700Court, municipal, and license clerks
(area) (ind)
$37,300 1,060
$37,640Riggers
(area) (ind)
$37,600 210
$37,600Maintenance and repair workers, general
(area) (ind)
$37,060 22,540
$37,490Structural metal fabricators and fitters
(area) (ind)
$37,280 1,340
$37,480Refractory materials repairers, except brickmasons
(area) (ind)
$38,180 30
$37,410Material moving workers, all other
(area) (ind)
$39,730 1,710
$37,380Audio and video equipment technicians
(area) (ind)
$34,840 940
$37,