| Employment | Occupation | Median annual wage | Mean annual wage |
| 46,010 | All Occupations
(area) (ind) | $23,080 | $29,900 |
| 6,540 | Office and administrative support occupations
(area) (ind) | $22,800 | $24,720 |
| 5,370 | Production occupations
(area) (ind) | $22,430 | $26,320 |
| 5,070 | Food preparation and serving related occupations
(area) (ind) | $13,460 | $14,670 |
| 4,650 | Sales and related occupations
(area) (ind) | $17,090 | $23,550 |
| 3,610 | Transportation and material moving occupations
(area) (ind) | $22,250 | $23,710 |
| 2,240 | Construction and extraction occupations
(area) (ind) | $25,090 | $27,090 |
| 1,960 | Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
(area) (ind) | $31,900 | $32,710 |
| 1,900 | Management occupations
(area) (ind) | $61,300 | $70,170 |
| 1,780 | Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations
(area) (ind) | $16,170 | $18,040 |
| 1,630 | Retail salespersons
(area) (ind) | $15,900 | $19,410 |
| 1,490 | Cashiers
(area) (ind) | $14,560 | $14,940 |
| 1,400 | Personal care and service occupations
(area) (ind) | $13,510 | $15,500 |
| 1,250 | Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand
(area) (ind) | $23,350 | $23,180 |
| 1,240 | Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food
(area) (ind) | $12,830 | $12,820 |
| 1,220 | Waiters and waitresses
(area) (ind) | $12,790 | $12,740 |
| 1,180 | Team assemblers
(area) (ind) | $20,110 | $19,550 |
| 1,070 | Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive
(area) (ind) | $23,520 | $24,620 |
| 910 | Protective service occupations
(area) (ind) | $26,980 | $27,190 |
| 850 | Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners
(area) (ind) | $15,740 | $17,280 |
| 780 | Office clerks, general
(area) (ind) | $19,210 | $19,540 |
| 740 | Teacher assistants
(area) (ind) | $16,780 | $18,490 |
| 720 | Construction laborers
(area) (ind) | $20,230 | $20,960 |
| 680 | Business and financial operations occupations
(area) (ind) | $40,420 | $46,790 |
| 640 | Stock clerks and order fillers
(area) (ind) | $18,930 | $20,030 |
| 600 | General and operations managers
(area) (ind) | $64,460 | $77,530 |
| 560 | Maintenance and repair workers, general
(area) (ind) | $30,000 | $29,290 |
| 530 | Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer
(area) (ind) | $26,240 | $26,740 |
| 530 | First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
(area) (ind) | $24,510 | $28,730 |
| 530 | Elementary school teachers, except special education
(area) (ind) | $38,770 | $38,840 |
| 510 | Helpers--production workers
(area) (ind) | $19,840 | $22,340 |
| 490 | Recreation workers
(area) (ind) | $12,650 | $13,160 |
| 470 | First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers
(area) (ind) | $34,640 | $36,090 |
| 460 | Architecture and engineering occupations
(area) (ind) | $47,820 | $48,880 |
| 450 | Cooks, restaurant
(area) (ind) | $17,260 | $17,540 |
| 450 | Community and social services occupations
(area) (ind) | $33,770 | $34,460 |
| 420 | Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
(area) (ind) | $25,350 | $25,800 |
| 420 | Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations
(area) (ind) | $29,390 | $37,960 |
| 420 | Computer and mathematical occupations
(area) (ind) | $47,240 | $47,390 |
| 370 | Cooks, fast food
(area) (ind) | $13,200 | $13,490 |
| 360 | First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers
(area) (ind) | $23,570 | $24,270 |
| 330 | Landscaping and groundskeeping workers
(area) (ind) | $15,730 | $16,390 |
| 320 | Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products
(area) (ind) | $39,690 | $50,460 |
| 320 | Food preparation workers
(area) (ind) | $13,230 | $13,800 |
| 300 | Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers
(area) (ind) | $30,190 | $30,190 |
| 300 | First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers
(area) (ind) | $41,120 | $42,130 |
| 300 | Police and sheriff's patrol officers
(area) (ind) | $32,620 | $33,260 |
| 290 | Industrial truck and tractor operators
(area) (ind) | $26,330 | $27,120 |
| 290 | Automotive service technicians and mechanics
(area) (ind) | $29,750 | $30,730 |
| 290 | Receptionists and information clerks
(area) (ind) | $18,440 | $19,420 |
| 280 | Truck drivers, light or delivery services
(area) (ind) | $23,030 | $27,950 |
| 280 | Electricians
(area) (ind) | $31,970 | $32,390 |
| 270 | Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education
(area) (ind) | $37,940 | $38,240 |
| 260 | Child care workers
(area) (ind) | $13,720 | $14,230 |
| 250 | Carpenters
(area) (ind) | $27,410 | $28,010 |
| 250 | Security guards
(area) (ind) | $16,080 | $17,180 |
| 250 | Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education
(area) (ind) | $39,980 | $40,200 |
| 240 | First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers
(area) (ind) | $42,880 | $45,220 |
| 230 | First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers
(area) (ind) | $39,050 | $42,370 |
| 230 | Dishwashers
(area) (ind) | $13,270 | $13,430 |
| 220 | Industrial machinery mechanics
(area) (ind) | $33,790 | $33,610 |
| 200 | Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks
(area) (ind) | $27,030 | $27,060 |
| 200 | Accountants and auditors
(area) (ind) | $35,830 | $38,580 |
| 190 | Driver/sales workers
(area) (ind) | $17,480 | $21,180 |
| 190 | Bus drivers, transit and intercity
(area) (ind) | $13,000 | $12,870 |
| 190 | Cooks, institution and cafeteria
(area) (ind) | $14,320 | $15,590 |
| 180 | Counter and rental clerks
(area) (ind) | $14,260 | $17,300 |
| 170 | Tellers
(area) (ind) | $20,900 | $21,030 |
| 160 | Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers
(area) (ind) | $30,270 | $29,760 |
| 160 | Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators
(area) (ind) | $25,200 | $27,200 |
| 160 | Fire fighters
(area) (ind) | $27,440 | $29,300 |
| 150 | Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop
(area) (ind) | $13,870 | $13,890 |
| 150 | Preschool teachers, except special education
(area) (ind) | $18,820 | $22,840 |
| 140 | Insurance sales agents
(area) (ind) | $34,550 | $42,390 |
| 140 | Home health aides
(area) (ind) | $12,720 | $12,980 |
| 130 | Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers
(area) (ind) | $21,260 | $22,950 |
| 130 | Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks
(area) (ind) | $14,290 | $14,650 |
| 130 | Food servers, nonrestaurant
(area) (ind) | $16,910 | $17,370 |
| 130 | Cooks, short order
(area) (ind) | $15,480 | $14,950 |
| 130 | Construction managers
(area) (ind) | $53,330 | $55,050 |
| 120 | First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators
(area) (ind) | $39,680 | $41,390 |
| 120 | Social and human service assistants
(area) (ind) | $20,430 | $22,450 |
| 110 | Postal service mail carriers
(area) (ind) | $43,460 | $42,420 |
| 110 | Billing and posting clerks and machine operators
(area) (ind) | $24,840 | $24,480 |
| 110 | Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists
(area) (ind) | $20,120 | $19,710 |
| 110 | Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop
(area) (ind) | $13,620 | $13,630 |
| 110 | Dental hygienists
(area) (ind) | $34,800 | $35,010 |
| 110 | Pharmacists
(area) (ind) | $90,900 | $92,660 |
| 100 | Assemblers and fabricators, all other
(area) (ind) | $20,240 | $20,340 |
| 100 | Bill and account collectors
(area) (ind) | $25,320 | $26,230 |
| 100 | Sales representatives, services, all other
(area) (ind) | $34,740 | $46,600 |
| 100 | Pharmacy technicians
(area) (ind) | $21,410 | $24,800 |
| 90 | Legal occupations
(area) (ind) | $40,660 | $57,140 |
| 90 | Child, family, and school social workers
(area) (ind) | $32,410 | $33,460 |
| 90 | Education administrators, elementary and secondary school
(area) (ind) | $61,480 | $61,420 |
| 80 | Personal and home care aides
(area) (ind) | $23,830 | $22,390 |
| 80 | First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers
(area) (ind) | $26,280 | $27,920 |
| 80 | Bartenders
(area) (ind) | $14,340 | $15,070 |
| 80 | Financial managers
(area) (ind) | $80,030 | $80,050 |
| 70 | Laundry and dry-cleaning workers
(area) (ind) | $14,530 | $14,570 |
| 70 | Printing machine operators
(area) (ind) | $23,820 | $24,800 |
| 70 | Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers
(area) (ind) | $16,770 | $18,440 |
| 70 | Electrical power-line installers and repairers
(area) (ind) | $37,760 | $38,290 |
| 70 | Helpers--electricians
(area) (ind) | $21,350 | $21,320 |
| 70 | Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors
(area) (ind) | $17,690 | $20,380 |
| 70 | Librarians
(area) (ind) | $44,070 | $47,100 |
| 60 | Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders
(area) (ind) | $25,130 | $25,400 |
| 60 | Painters, construction and maintenance
(area) (ind) | $24,580 | $23,690 |
| 60 | Legal secretaries
(area) (ind) | $25,480 | $28,360 |
| 60 | File clerks
(area) (ind) | $18,370 | $20,750 |
| 60 | Payroll and timekeeping clerks
(area) (ind) | $30,260 | $30,810 |
| 60 | Parts salespersons
(area) (ind) | $25,370 | $25,370 |
| 60 | Pest control workers
(area) (ind) | $25,830 | $26,360 |
| 60 | First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers
(area) (ind) | $26,730 | $27,490 |
| 60 | Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers
(area) (ind) | $13,670 | $13,890 |
| 60 | Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers
(area) (ind) | $15,350 | $15,540 |
| 60 | Dental assistants
(area) (ind) | $24,640 | $24,710 |
| 60 | Managers, all other
(area) (ind) | $65,410 | $68,680 |
| 60 | Food service managers
(area) (ind) | $31,110 | $33,680 |
| 60 | Computer and information systems managers
(area) (ind) | $72,880 | $74,210 |
| 60 | Sales managers
(area) (ind) | $63,050 | $73,650 |
| 50 | Cleaners of vehicles and equipment
(area) (ind) | $16,220 | $16,120 |
| 50 | First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand
(area) (ind) | $41,710 | $40,660 |
| 50 | Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders
(area) (ind) | $21,550 | $21,400 |
| 50 | Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators
(area) (ind) | $31,200 | $32,740 |
| 50 | Bakers
(area) (ind) | $18,140 | $19,850 |
| 50 | Highway maintenance workers
(area) (ind) | $26,120 | $25,920 |
| 50 | Sheet metal workers
(area) (ind) | $27,960 | $27,870 |
| 50 | Cement masons and concrete finishers
(area) (ind) | $26,530 | $27,400 |
| 50 | Computer operators
(area) (ind) | $29,920 | $29,310 |
| 50 | Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers
(area) (ind) | $28,610 | $28,600 |
| 50 | Order clerks
(area) (ind) | $18,050 | $19,330 |
| 50 | Library assistants, clerical
(area) (ind) | $22,930 | $20,980 |
| 50 | First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers
(area) (ind) | $51,250 | $55,180 |
| 50 | First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers
(area) (ind) | $24,600 | $25,430 |
| 50 | Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation
(area) (ind) | $23,050 | $22,370 |
| 50 | Chefs and head cooks
(area) (ind) | $26,770 | $27,590 |
| 50 | Medical assistants
(area) (ind) | $18,150 | $20,460 |
| 50 | Physical therapists
(area) (ind) | $60,120 | $58,240 |
| 50 | Surgeons
(area) (ind) | >$145K | $176,540 |
| 50 | Instructional coordinators
(area) (ind) | $35,790 | $40,780 |
| 50 | Lawyers
(area) (ind) | $52,560 | $73,610 |
| 50 | Electrical and electronic engineering technicians
(area) (ind) | $46,110 | $42,210 |
| 50 | Network and computer systems administrators
(area) (ind) | $47,050 | $46,880 |
| 50 | Loan officers
(area) (ind) | $36,570 | $54,630 |
| 50 | Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products
(area) (ind) | $41,450 | $42,530 |
| 50 | Chief executives
(area) (ind) | $140,730 | $134,040 |
| 40 | Machine feeders and offbearers
(area) (ind) | $21,130 | $24,840 |
| 40 | Butchers and meat cutters
(area) (ind) | $25,980 | $26,680 |
| 40 | Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists
(area) (ind) | $33,870 | $34,690 |
| 40 | Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers
(area) (ind) | $49,280 | $48,210 |
| 40 | Helpers--carpenters
(area) (ind) | $20,280 | $20,620 |
| 40 | Data entry keyers
(area) (ind) | $18,720 | $19,760 |
| 40 | Production, planning, and expediting clerks
(area) (ind) | $29,630 | $31,980 |
| 40 | Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance
(area) (ind) | $28,350 | $31,850 |
| 40 | Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping
(area) (ind) | $27,820 | $28,880 |
| 40 | Switchboard operators, including answering service
(area) (ind) | $20,680 | $21,370 |
| 40 | Advertising sales agents
(area) (ind) | n.a. | n.a. |
| 40 | Healthcare support workers, all other
(area) (ind) | $19,040 | $20,290 |
| 40 | Medical transcriptionists
(area) (ind) | $24,810 | $23,410 |
| 40 | Public relations specialists
(area) (ind) | $36,540 | $40,000 |
| 40 | Special education teachers, secondary school
(area) (ind) | $39,690 | $39,360 |
| 40 | Vocational education teachers, secondary school
(area) (ind) | $45,230 | $47,480 |
| 40 | Surveying and mapping technicians
(area) (ind) | $20,700 | $21,060 |
| 40 | Civil engineers
(area) (ind) | $50,720 | $54,300 |
| 40 | Training and development specialists
(area) (ind) | $31,030 | $36,170 |
| 40 | Cost estimators
(area) (ind) | $46,350 | $54,050 |
| 40 | Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products
(area) (ind) | n.a. | n.a. |
| 40 | Social and community service managers
(area) (ind) | $47,660 | $48,290 |
| 40 | Engineering managers
(area) (ind) | $71,850 | $78,100 |
| 40 | Industrial production managers
(area) (ind) | $64,840 | $65,120 |
| 40 | Administrative services managers
(area) (ind) | $39,770 | $40,940 |
| 30 | Refuse and recyclable material collectors
(area) (ind) | $22,910 | $23,490 |
| 30 | Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood
(area) (ind) | $21,450 | $21,740 |
| 30 | Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials
(area) (ind) | $16,550 | $16,290 |
| 30 | Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines
(area) (ind) | $36,540 | $35,990 |
| 30 | Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners
(area) (ind) | $27,370 | $29,890 |
| 30 | Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
(area) (ind) | $29,210 | $29,850 |
| 30 | Pipelayers
(area) (ind) | $24,600 | $26,380 |
| 30 | Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators
(area) (ind) | $27,340 | $28,740 |
| 30 | Meter readers, utilities
(area) (ind) | $30,150 | $34,030 |
| 30 | Loan interviewers and clerks
(area) (ind) | $26,280 | $26,460 |
| 30 | Tree trimmers and pruners
(area) (ind) | $25,370 | $25,100 |
| 30 | Detectives and criminal investigators
(area) (ind) | $37,540 | $36,300 |
| 30 | Medical and clinical laboratory technicians
(area) (ind) | $27,030 | $28,200 |
| 30 | Photographers
(area) (ind) | $14,050 | $18,340 |
| 30 | Graphic designers
(area) (ind) | $27,510 | $28,130 |
| 30 | Medical and public health social workers
(area) (ind) | $29,810 | $30,390 |
| 30 | Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists
(area) (ind) | $45,850 | $60,270 |
| 30 | Chemists
(area) (ind) | $29,770 | $36,070 |
| 30 | Surveyors
(area) (ind) | $36,340 | $34,100 |
| 30 | Computer programmers
(area) (ind) | $56,650 | $58,820 |
| 30 | Financial specialists, all other
(area) (ind) | $39,230 | $37,840 |
| 30 | Business operations specialists, all other
(area) (ind) | $47,840 | $48,140 |
| n.a. | Packers and packagers, hand
(area) (ind) | $13,950 | $14,290 |
| n.a. | Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters
(area) (ind) | $30,860 | $29,520 |
| n.a. | Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers
(area) (ind) | $16,220 | $16,120 |
| n.a. | Sewing machine operators
(area) (ind) | $13,260 | $13,540 |
| n.a. | Job printers
(area) (ind) | $20,700 | $22,260 |
| n.a. | Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers
(area) (ind) | $17,060 | $18,360 |
| n.a. | Tire repairers and changers
(area) (ind) | $20,760 | $20,300 |
| n.a. | Automotive body and related repairers
(area) (ind) | $37,070 | $37,870 |
| n.a. | Reinforcing iron and rebar workers
(area) (ind) | $27,310 | $29,270 |
| n.a. | Couriers and messengers
(area) (ind) | $16,140 | $16,340 |
| n.a. | Real estate sales agents
(area) (ind) | $27,990 | $31,950 |
| n.a. | Amusement and recreation attendants
(area) (ind) | $12,800 | $13,190 |
| n.a. | Maids and housekeeping cleaners
(area) (ind) | $14,360 | $14,420 |
| n.a. | Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers
(area) (ind) | $14,260 | $14,390 |
| n.a. | Pharmacy aides
(area) (ind) | $20,140 | $20,750 |
| n.a. | Physical therapist aides
(area) (ind) | $17,540 | $17,910 |
| n.a. | Physical therapist assistants
(area) (ind) | $39,720 | $39,100 |
| n.a. | Athletic trainers
(area) (ind) | $33,050 | $32,960 |
| n.a. | Opticians, dispensing
(area) (ind) | $18,120 | $18,820 |
| n.a. | Occupational therapists
(area) (ind) | $60,220 | $62,550 |
| n.a. | Self-enrichment education teachers
(area) (ind) | $33,810 | $37,640 |
| n.a. | Computer specialists, all other
(area) (ind) | $22,150 | $25,800 |
| n.a. | Computer software engineers, systems software
(area) (ind) | $67,340 | $69,330 |
| n.a. | Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists
(area) (ind) | $32,340 | $33,100 |
| n.a. | Lodging managers
(area) (ind) | $39,870 | $40,550 |