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