| Employment | Occupation | Median annual wage | Mean annual wage |
| 45,390 | All Occupations
(area) (ind) | $22,840 | $29,830 |
| 6,450 | Office and administrative support occupations
(area) (ind) | $22,620 | $24,510 |
| 5,470 | Production occupations
(area) (ind) | $22,710 | $26,610 |
| 4,960 | Food preparation and serving related occupations
(area) (ind) | $13,420 | $14,540 |
| 4,420 | Sales and related occupations
(area) (ind) | $16,540 | $23,130 |
| 3,720 | Transportation and material moving occupations
(area) (ind) | $20,310 | $22,430 |
| 2,380 | Construction and extraction occupations
(area) (ind) | $24,010 | $26,360 |
| 2,200 | Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations
(area) (ind) | $40,750 | $55,330 |
| 1,900 | Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
(area) (ind) | $31,160 | $31,780 |
| 1,800 | Management occupations
(area) (ind) | $62,690 | $71,480 |
| 1,630 | Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations
(area) (ind) | $15,990 | $17,960 |
| 1,560 | Retail salespersons
(area) (ind) | $15,180 | $19,860 |
| 1,380 | Cashiers
(area) (ind) | $14,280 | $14,670 |
| 1,310 | Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand
(area) (ind) | $22,610 | $22,520 |
| 1,280 | Waiters and waitresses
(area) (ind) | $12,760 | $12,720 |
| 1,180 | Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food
(area) (ind) | $12,830 | $12,740 |
| 1,170 | Team assemblers
(area) (ind) | $19,760 | $19,170 |
| 1,040 | Personal care and service occupations
(area) (ind) | $13,410 | $15,770 |
| 1,010 | Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive
(area) (ind) | $24,310 | $25,110 |
| 930 | Protective service occupations
(area) (ind) | $24,590 | $25,620 |
| 860 | Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners
(area) (ind) | $15,400 | $17,100 |
| 860 | Teacher assistants
(area) (ind) | $16,300 | $17,760 |
| 720 | Office clerks, general
(area) (ind) | $19,790 | $20,290 |
| 710 | Construction laborers
(area) (ind) | $19,480 | $19,920 |
| 680 | Business and financial operations occupations
(area) (ind) | $41,000 | $44,010 |
| 630 | Stock clerks and order fillers
(area) (ind) | $17,340 | $18,530 |
| 610 | Maintenance and repair workers, general
(area) (ind) | $29,890 | $29,490 |
| 550 | Helpers--production workers
(area) (ind) | $19,670 | $22,080 |
| 530 | General and operations managers
(area) (ind) | $68,650 | $79,880 |
| 510 | First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
(area) (ind) | $24,610 | $29,450 |
| 510 | Elementary school teachers, except special education
(area) (ind) | $39,430 | $39,290 |
| 470 | First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers
(area) (ind) | $33,600 | $35,550 |
| 470 | Architecture and engineering occupations
(area) (ind) | $48,320 | $49,210 |
| 460 | Cooks, restaurant
(area) (ind) | $16,780 | $17,160 |
| 440 | Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer
(area) (ind) | $23,650 | $25,580 |
| 430 | Community and social services occupations
(area) (ind) | $34,630 | $35,420 |
| 390 | Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
(area) (ind) | $24,540 | $25,260 |
| 390 | First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers
(area) (ind) | $22,710 | $22,980 |
| 380 | Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations
(area) (ind) | $29,420 | $38,290 |
| 360 | Security guards
(area) (ind) | $15,820 | $16,450 |
| 360 | Computer and mathematical occupations
(area) (ind) | $47,830 | $49,860 |
| 320 | Automotive service technicians and mechanics
(area) (ind) | $29,670 | $29,690 |
| 310 | First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers
(area) (ind) | $42,330 | $44,100 |
| 310 | Executive secretaries and administrative assistants
(area) (ind) | $33,770 | $35,190 |
| 310 | Receptionists and information clerks
(area) (ind) | $18,030 | $18,900 |
| 300 | Truck drivers, light or delivery services
(area) (ind) | $21,720 | $26,330 |
| 300 | Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products
(area) (ind) | $38,540 | $50,280 |
| 300 | Cooks, fast food
(area) (ind) | $13,130 | $13,570 |
| 290 | Carpenters
(area) (ind) | $25,810 | $25,940 |
| 280 | Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers
(area) (ind) | $31,530 | $32,230 |
| 280 | Electricians
(area) (ind) | $31,970 | $32,330 |
| 270 | Industrial truck and tractor operators
(area) (ind) | $26,420 | $27,220 |
| 260 | Police and sheriff's patrol officers
(area) (ind) | $32,130 | $32,720 |
| 250 | Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education
(area) (ind) | $40,040 | $40,520 |
| 240 | First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers
(area) (ind) | $41,240 | $43,530 |
| 240 | Landscaping and groundskeeping workers
(area) (ind) | $16,030 | $16,660 |
| 240 | Food preparation workers
(area) (ind) | $13,770 | $14,470 |
| 230 | Dishwashers
(area) (ind) | $13,050 | $13,160 |
| 220 | Industrial machinery mechanics
(area) (ind) | $33,210 | $32,920 |
| 210 | Driver/sales workers
(area) (ind) | $16,080 | $19,860 |
| 210 | Child care workers
(area) (ind) | $12,960 | $13,320 |
| 200 | Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop
(area) (ind) | $13,780 | $13,780 |
| 200 | Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses
(area) (ind) | $28,050 | $28,410 |
| 200 | Preschool teachers, except special education
(area) (ind) | $18,910 | $20,260 |
| 200 | Accountants and auditors
(area) (ind) | $37,180 | $39,100 |
| 190 | First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers
(area) (ind) | $42,920 | $44,460 |
| 190 | Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks
(area) (ind) | $27,330 | $27,290 |
| 190 | Counter and rental clerks
(area) (ind) | $13,830 | $16,290 |
| 180 | Amusement and recreation attendants
(area) (ind) | $12,860 | $13,070 |
| 180 | Cooks, institution and cafeteria
(area) (ind) | $15,240 | $16,220 |
| 170 | Fire fighters
(area) (ind) | $28,810 | $30,920 |
| 150 | Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators
(area) (ind) | $22,890 | $26,600 |
| 140 | Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
(area) (ind) | $18,590 | $20,340 |
| 140 | Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks
(area) (ind) | $13,990 | $14,090 |
| 140 | Tellers
(area) (ind) | $20,540 | $20,560 |
| 110 | Assemblers and fabricators, all other
(area) (ind) | $20,140 | $20,330 |
| 110 | Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers
(area) (ind) | $30,880 | $30,060 |
| 110 | Insurance sales agents
(area) (ind) | $38,120 | $38,180 |
| 110 | Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers
(area) (ind) | $13,640 | $14,010 |
| 110 | Dental hygienists
(area) (ind) | $33,380 | $33,890 |
| 110 | Pharmacists
(area) (ind) | $88,630 | $89,830 |
| 110 | Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school
(area) (ind) | $41,020 | $40,900 |
| 110 | Legal occupations
(area) (ind) | $44,260 | $62,150 |
| 110 | Construction managers
(area) (ind) | $56,300 | $59,000 |
| 100 | Postal service mail carriers
(area) (ind) | $42,850 | $41,830 |
| 100 | Billing and posting clerks and machine operators
(area) (ind) | $25,280 | $24,620 |
| 100 | Sales representatives, services, all other
(area) (ind) | $34,690 | $45,310 |
| 100 | Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists
(area) (ind) | $18,680 | $18,860 |
| 100 | Veterinary technologists and technicians
(area) (ind) | $18,270 | $20,680 |
| 90 | Machinists
(area) (ind) | $31,020 | $32,310 |
| 90 | Bill and account collectors
(area) (ind) | $25,630 | $27,050 |
| 90 | Personal and home care aides
(area) (ind) | $23,300 | $21,940 |
| 90 | Pharmacy technicians
(area) (ind) | $21,060 | $24,320 |
| 80 | Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers
(area) (ind) | $21,910 | $23,320 |
| 80 | First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers
(area) (ind) | $26,140 | $28,850 |
| 80 | Bartenders
(area) (ind) | $14,520 | $14,980 |
| 80 | Child, family, and school social workers
(area) (ind) | $32,510 | $33,590 |
| 80 | Education administrators, elementary and secondary school
(area) (ind) | $61,520 | $59,720 |
| 70 | Cleaners of vehicles and equipment
(area) (ind) | $16,410 | $16,390 |
| 70 | Laundry and dry-cleaning workers
(area) (ind) | $14,430 | $14,440 |
| 70 | Printing machine operators
(area) (ind) | $23,530 | $24,550 |
| 70 | Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers
(area) (ind) | $16,550 | $17,710 |
| 70 | Helpers--electricians
(area) (ind) | $20,370 | $20,490 |
| 70 | Legal secretaries
(area) (ind) | $20,140 | $22,110 |
| 70 | Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop
(area) (ind) | $12,770 | $12,610 |
| 70 | Librarians
(area) (ind) | $43,120 | $44,960 |
| 70 | Lawyers
(area) (ind) | $60,390 | $75,550 |
| 70 | Electrical and electronic engineering technicians
(area) (ind) | $42,680 | $40,660 |
| 70 | Financial managers
(area) (ind) | $79,850 | $81,200 |
| 60 | First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand
(area) (ind) | $42,170 | $42,340 |
| 60 | Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders
(area) (ind) | $24,630 | $24,920 |
| 60 | Bakers
(area) (ind) | $17,420 | $19,150 |
| 60 | Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
(area) (ind) | $30,720 | $31,830 |
| 60 | Painters, construction and maintenance
(area) (ind) | $23,820 | $22,770 |
| 60 | Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers
(area) (ind) | $28,050 | $28,140 |
| 60 | File clerks
(area) (ind) | $17,730 | $20,010 |
| 60 | First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers
(area) (ind) | $26,660 | $27,510 |
| 60 | Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers
(area) (ind) | $16,580 | $16,860 |
| 60 | Medical assistants
(area) (ind) | $19,040 | $20,600 |
| 60 | Physical therapists
(area) (ind) | $61,120 | $58,460 |
| 60 | Managers, all other
(area) (ind) | $64,570 | $68,460 |
| 50 | Refuse and recyclable material collectors
(area) (ind) | $24,410 | $25,570 |
| 50 | Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators
(area) (ind) | $29,920 | $31,290 |
| 50 | Sewing machine operators
(area) (ind) | $13,660 | $13,720 |
| 50 | Electrical power-line installers and repairers
(area) (ind) | $34,200 | $35,860 |
| 50 | Highway maintenance workers
(area) (ind) | $25,370 | $24,950 |
| 50 | Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
(area) (ind) | $20,910 | $20,850 |
| 50 | Sheet metal workers
(area) (ind) | $25,550 | $25,280 |
| 50 | Cement masons and concrete finishers
(area) (ind) | $25,220 | $25,530 |
| 50 | Data entry keyers
(area) (ind) | $19,230 | $20,290 |
| 50 | Computer operators
(area) (ind) | $29,480 | $29,290 |
| 50 | Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping
(area) (ind) | $27,780 | $28,530 |
| 50 | Order clerks
(area) (ind) | $18,280 | $19,940 |
| 50 | Loan interviewers and clerks
(area) (ind) | $25,150 | $25,470 |
| 50 | Payroll and timekeeping clerks
(area) (ind) | $28,280 | $28,770 |
| 50 | First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers
(area) (ind) | $49,640 | $53,410 |
| 50 | First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers
(area) (ind) | $19,710 | $24,450 |
| 50 | Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation
(area) (ind) | $22,080 | $21,630 |
| 50 | Pest control workers
(area) (ind) | $22,600 | $24,590 |
| 50 | Dental assistants
(area) (ind) | $22,640 | $22,440 |
| 50 | Surgeons
(area) (ind) | >$145K | $172,310 |
| 50 | Special education teachers, secondary school
(area) (ind) | $39,310 | $38,970 |
| 50 | Computer programmers
(area) (ind) | $43,320 | $50,170 |
| 50 | Loan officers
(area) (ind) | $60,160 | $57,860 |
| 50 | Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products
(area) (ind) | $42,240 | $43,260 |
| 50 | Food service managers
(area) (ind) | $30,980 | $33,090 |
| 50 | Industrial production managers
(area) (ind) | $64,560 | $64,350 |
| 50 | Computer and information systems managers
(area) (ind) | $74,480 | $75,370 |
| 50 | Sales managers
(area) (ind) | $58,160 | $66,140 |
| 50 | Chief executives
(area) (ind) | >$145K | $152,260 |
| 40 | Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders
(area) (ind) | $21,870 | $21,690 |
| 40 | Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters
(area) (ind) | $21,600 | $23,410 |
| 40 | Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists
(area) (ind) | $33,870 | $36,840 |
| 40 | Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers
(area) (ind) | $48,390 | $46,580 |
| 40 | Helpers--carpenters
(area) (ind) | $20,140 | $20,550 |
| 40 | Production, planning, and expediting clerks
(area) (ind) | $28,860 | $31,190 |
| 40 | Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance
(area) (ind) | $35,370 | $33,260 |
| 40 | Library assistants, clerical
(area) (ind) | $22,450 | $20,680 |
| 40 | Switchboard operators, including answering service
(area) (ind) | $19,150 | $19,590 |
| 40 | Healthcare support workers, all other
(area) (ind) | $18,630 | $19,910 |
| 40 | Medical transcriptionists
(area) (ind) | $25,650 | $25,500 |
| 40 | Home health aides
(area) (ind) | $16,920 | $16,650 |
| 40 | Public relations specialists
(area) (ind) | $34,180 | $38,750 |
| 40 | Instructional coordinators
(area) (ind) | $51,060 | $49,420 |
| 40 | Vocational education teachers, secondary school
(area) (ind) | $44,700 | $46,920 |
| 40 | Network and computer systems administrators
(area) (ind) | $46,330 | $46,200 |
| 40 | Training and development specialists
(area) (ind) | $31,130 | $36,050 |
| 40 | Cost estimators
(area) (ind) | $48,500 | $53,530 |
| 40 | Engineering managers
(area) (ind) | $71,700 | $76,710 |
| 40 | Administrative services managers
(area) (ind) | $38,720 | $40,640 |
| 30 | Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials
(area) (ind) | $16,340 | $16,080 |
| 30 | Butchers and meat cutters
(area) (ind) | $25,280 | $26,070 |
| 30 | Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners
(area) (ind) | $26,660 | $28,510 |
| 30 | Pipelayers
(area) (ind) | $23,740 | $24,930 |
| 30 | Photographers
(area) (ind) | $13,870 | $18,450 |
| 30 | Graphic designers
(area) (ind) | $27,090 | $27,660 |
| 30 | Surveying and mapping technicians
(area) (ind) | $25,210 | $25,650 |
| 30 | Mechanical engineers
(area) (ind) | $63,680 | $60,610 |
| 30 | Civil engineers
(area) (ind) | $47,570 | $51,090 |
| 30 | Financial specialists, all other
(area) (ind) | $39,450 | $37,960 |
| n.a. | Packers and packagers, hand
(area) (ind) | $13,640 | $13,950 |
| n.a. | Bus drivers, transit and intercity
(area) (ind) | $12,890 | $12,900 |
| n.a. | Tire repairers and changers
(area) (ind) | $20,180 | $20,050 |
| n.a. | Real estate sales agents
(area) (ind) | $29,040 | $31,650 |
| n.a. | Parts salespersons
(area) (ind) | $18,340 | $21,860 |
| n.a. | Maids and housekeeping cleaners
(area) (ind) | $13,900 | $14,180 |
| n.a. | Cooks, short order
(area) (ind) | $15,380 | $15,160 |
| n.a. | Physical therapist assistants
(area) (ind) | $39,540 | $39,910 |
| n.a. | Opticians, dispensing
(area) (ind) | $19,180 | $19,090 |
| n.a. | Physicians and surgeons, all other
(area) (ind) | >$145K | $194,640 |
| n.a. | Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists
(area) (ind) | $42,270 | $52,490 |
| n.a. | Property, real estate, and community association managers
(area) (ind) | $31,580 | $33,380 |