| Employment | Occupation | Median annual wage | Mean annual wage |
| 58,840 | All Occupations
(area) (ind) | $22,210 | $29,210 |
| 9,040 | Office and administrative support occupations
(area) (ind) | $21,750 | $23,630 |
| 6,950 | Sales and related occupations
(area) (ind) | $18,790 | $25,320 |
| 6,710 | Production occupations
(area) (ind) | $20,750 | $23,690 |
| 5,390 | Food preparation and serving related occupations
(area) (ind) | $13,810 | $15,290 |
| 5,160 | Transportation and material moving occupations
(area) (ind) | $20,500 | $23,740 |
| 3,250 | Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
(area) (ind) | $28,160 | $30,280 |
| 3,050 | Construction and extraction occupations
(area) (ind) | $25,220 | $27,430 |
| 2,420 | Management occupations
(area) (ind) | $57,070 | $65,500 |
| 2,170 | Education, training, and library occupations
(area) (ind) | $33,910 | $31,300 |
| 2,080 | Retail salespersons
(area) (ind) | $17,100 | $19,730 |
| 1,960 | Cashiers
(area) (ind) | $13,550 | $14,440 |
| 1,660 | Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations
(area) (ind) | $16,340 | $17,250 |
| 1,660 | Healthcare support occupations
(area) (ind) | $19,090 | $20,380 |
| 1,340 | Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food
(area) (ind) | $13,100 | $13,370 |
| 1,340 | Protective service occupations
(area) (ind) | $23,120 | $25,420 |
| 1,310 | Business and financial operations occupations
(area) (ind) | $40,020 | $47,000 |
| 1,260 | Waiters and waitresses
(area) (ind) | $13,150 | $13,640 |
| 1,210 | Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand
(area) (ind) | $16,180 | $17,490 |
| 1,210 | Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer
(area) (ind) | $27,300 | $31,490 |
| 1,090 | Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive
(area) (ind) | $22,270 | $22,880 |
| 1,040 | Personal care and service occupations
(area) (ind) | $14,010 | $15,930 |
| 1,030 | Office clerks, general
(area) (ind) | $17,900 | $18,430 |
| 920 | First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
(area) (ind) | $26,350 | $29,360 |
| 860 | General and operations managers
(area) (ind) | $63,420 | $77,160 |
| 840 | Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
(area) (ind) | $23,590 | $24,710 |
| 740 | Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants
(area) (ind) | $17,980 | $18,480 |
| 730 | Architecture and engineering occupations
(area) (ind) | $56,360 | $55,530 |
| 720 | Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products
(area) (ind) | $41,670 | $44,740 |
| 700 | Stock clerks and order fillers
(area) (ind) | $16,470 | $17,560 |
| 670 | Sewing machine operators
(area) (ind) | $19,260 | $17,770 |
| 650 | Maintenance and repair workers, general
(area) (ind) | $28,030 | $28,080 |
| 650 | First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers
(area) (ind) | $31,970 | $35,170 |
| 610 | Team assemblers
(area) (ind) | $22,340 | $22,880 |
| 610 | Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners
(area) (ind) | $16,510 | $17,000 |
| 600 | Maids and housekeeping cleaners
(area) (ind) | $13,830 | $14,420 |
| 560 | Elementary school teachers, except special education
(area) (ind) | $37,950 | $36,740 |
| 550 | Truck drivers, light or delivery services
(area) (ind) | $26,270 | $28,750 |
| 540 | Community and social services occupations
(area) (ind) | $28,850 | $29,870 |
| 520 | Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education
(area) (ind) | $39,350 | $38,640 |
| 510 | Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations
(area) (ind) | $20,550 | $20,850 |
| 480 | Teacher assistants
(area) (ind) | $15,750 | $15,530 |
| 440 | Carpenters
(area) (ind) | $25,460 | $29,130 |
| 440 | First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers
(area) (ind) | $24,040 | $26,180 |
| 440 | Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations
(area) (ind) | $22,620 | $25,300 |
| 430 | Cooks, fast food
(area) (ind) | $13,330 | $13,650 |
| 420 | First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers
(area) (ind) | $40,570 | $49,400 |
| 420 | Customer service representatives
(area) (ind) | $21,860 | $22,680 |
| 420 | Cooks, restaurant
(area) (ind) | $16,560 | $16,540 |
| 390 | Bus drivers, school
(area) (ind) | $12,830 | $12,490 |
| 390 | Counter and rental clerks
(area) (ind) | $13,790 | $17,730 |
| 380 | First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers
(area) (ind) | $33,760 | $37,230 |
| 370 | Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers
(area) (ind) | $23,220 | $25,160 |
| 370 | Construction laborers
(area) (ind) | $20,690 | $20,460 |
| 370 | Child care workers
(area) (ind) | $13,060 | $13,460 |
| 370 | Cooks, institution and cafeteria
(area) (ind) | $14,450 | $14,720 |
| 370 | Accountants and auditors
(area) (ind) | $43,290 | $52,470 |
| 360 | Automotive service technicians and mechanics
(area) (ind) | $33,150 | $33,900 |
| 350 | Driver/sales workers
(area) (ind) | $22,390 | $23,700 |
| 350 | Electricians
(area) (ind) | $31,890 | $31,620 |
| 350 | First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers
(area) (ind) | $39,800 | $40,700 |
| 350 | Receptionists and information clerks
(area) (ind) | $19,070 | $19,960 |
| 340 | Industrial truck and tractor operators
(area) (ind) | $22,070 | $23,290 |
| 340 | Helpers--production workers
(area) (ind) | $19,840 | $19,110 |
| 340 | Food preparation workers
(area) (ind) | $14,390 | $15,580 |
| 330 | Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks
(area) (ind) | $19,220 | $19,960 |
| 320 | Physicians and surgeons, all other
(area) (ind) | n.a. | n.a. |
| 310 | Billing and posting clerks and machine operators
(area) (ind) | $24,090 | $24,920 |
| 310 | Police and sheriff's patrol officers
(area) (ind) | $27,190 | $29,180 |
| 290 | Tellers
(area) (ind) | $19,950 | $19,880 |
| 290 | Computer and mathematical occupations
(area) (ind) | $39,610 | $44,880 |
| 270 | Packers and packagers, hand
(area) (ind) | $16,830 | $17,110 |
| 270 | Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists
(area) (ind) | $31,200 | $30,910 |
| 260 | Executive secretaries and administrative assistants
(area) (ind) | $33,160 | $34,410 |
| 250 | Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers
(area) (ind) | $16,650 | $19,470 |
| 250 | Landscaping and groundskeeping workers
(area) (ind) | $19,010 | $18,760 |
| 240 | Pharmacy technicians
(area) (ind) | $22,190 | $21,960 |
| 240 | Pharmacists
(area) (ind) | $83,180 | $73,930 |
| 230 | Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators
(area) (ind) | $25,630 | $25,990 |
| 200 | Bill and account collectors
(area) (ind) | $23,590 | $23,980 |
| 200 | Dishwashers
(area) (ind) | $13,880 | $14,110 |
| 190 | Life, physical, and social science occupations
(area) (ind) | $48,620 | $51,600 |
| 180 | Legal secretaries
(area) (ind) | $24,150 | $23,640 |
| 180 | Postal service mail carriers
(area) (ind) | $42,850 | $41,240 |
| 180 | Medical records and health information technicians
(area) (ind) | $19,800 | $20,290 |
| 170 | Helpers--electricians
(area) (ind) | $19,900 | $19,470 |
| 170 | Order clerks
(area) (ind) | $21,420 | $22,620 |
| 160 | First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators
(area) (ind) | $39,690 | $39,960 |
| 160 | Laundry and dry-cleaning workers
(area) (ind) | $14,770 | $15,390 |
| 160 | Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
(area) (ind) | $26,800 | $27,480 |
| 160 | Amusement and recreation attendants
(area) (ind) | $14,120 | $14,510 |
| 160 | Medical assistants
(area) (ind) | $21,050 | $21,280 |
| 160 | Home health aides
(area) (ind) | $15,760 | $16,060 |
| 160 | Social and human service assistants
(area) (ind) | $19,620 | $21,330 |
| 150 | Cleaners of vehicles and equipment
(area) (ind) | $15,770 | $16,120 |
| 150 | Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop
(area) (ind) | $13,750 | $15,100 |
| 150 | Protective service workers, all other
(area) (ind) | $19,260 | $20,810 |
| 150 | Preschool teachers, except special education
(area) (ind) | $25,410 | $24,250 |
| 140 | Financial managers
(area) (ind) | $59,300 | $67,840 |
| 130 | Refuse and recyclable material collectors
(area) (ind) | $19,830 | $20,020 |
| 130 | Automotive body and related repairers
(area) (ind) | $32,960 | $32,800 |
| 130 | Payroll and timekeeping clerks
(area) (ind) | $24,670 | $25,660 |
| 130 | First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers
(area) (ind) | $44,910 | $50,850 |
| 130 | Chief executives
(area) (ind) | $88,210 | $108,920 |
| 120 | Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing
(area) (ind) | $22,360 | $22,570 |
| 120 | Switchboard operators, including answering service
(area) (ind) | $19,060 | $19,420 |
| 120 | Food servers, nonrestaurant
(area) (ind) | $18,580 | $17,860 |
| 120 | Dental assistants
(area) (ind) | $28,630 | $30,350 |
| 110 | Sales representatives, services, all other
(area) (ind) | $35,260 | $37,600 |
| 110 | Advertising sales agents
(area) (ind) | $46,670 | $53,220 |
| 110 | Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists
(area) (ind) | $16,210 | $17,310 |
| 110 | Kindergarten teachers, except special education
(area) (ind) | $37,920 | $35,580 |
| 110 | Architectural and civil drafters
(area) (ind) | $41,630 | $38,710 |
| 110 | Construction managers
(area) (ind) | $67,740 | $74,980 |
| 100 | Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders
(area) (ind) | $19,890 | $21,470 |
| 100 | Printing machine operators
(area) (ind) | $21,800 | $23,920 |
| 100 | Structural metal fabricators and fitters
(area) (ind) | $25,790 | $27,300 |
| 100 | Tire repairers and changers
(area) (ind) | $17,060 | $19,610 |
| 100 | Sheet metal workers
(area) (ind) | $26,390 | $27,190 |
| 100 | Painters, construction and maintenance
(area) (ind) | $28,030 | $30,400 |
| 100 | Production, planning, and expediting clerks
(area) (ind) | $24,310 | $28,380 |
| 100 | Loan interviewers and clerks
(area) (ind) | $25,910 | $26,190 |
| 100 | Medical and public health social workers
(area) (ind) | $30,230 | $31,790 |
| 100 | Loan officers
(area) (ind) | $53,130 | $65,920 |
| 100 | Business operations specialists, all other
(area) (ind) | $43,190 | $47,770 |
| 90 | Cement masons and concrete finishers
(area) (ind) | $20,460 | $21,440 |
| 90 | Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop
(area) (ind) | $13,800 | $13,810 |
| 90 | Sales managers
(area) (ind) | $61,950 | $63,880 |
| 80 | Bus drivers, transit and intercity
(area) (ind) | $17,280 | $20,630 |
| 80 | File clerks
(area) (ind) | $18,670 | $19,960 |
| 80 | Personal and home care aides
(area) (ind) | $12,990 | $13,000 |
| 80 | Pest control workers
(area) (ind) | $23,760 | $23,050 |
| 80 | Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers
(area) (ind) | $13,500 | $13,590 |
| 80 | Bartenders
(area) (ind) | $15,510 | $16,800 |
| 80 | Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school
(area) (ind) | $38,270 | $37,220 |
| 80 | Lawyers
(area) (ind) | $97,020 | $116,690 |
| 80 | Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products
(area) (ind) | $38,810 | $46,300 |
| 80 | Administrative services managers
(area) (ind) | $43,070 | $55,540 |
| 70 | First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand
(area) (ind) | $26,650 | $32,790 |
| 70 | Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other
(area) (ind) | $29,080 | $28,700 |
| 70 | Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping
(area) (ind) | $25,710 | $25,930 |
| 70 | Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks
(area) (ind) | $25,620 | $26,270 |
| 70 | Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors
(area) (ind) | n.a. | n.a. |
| 70 | Coaches and scouts
(area) (ind) | $22,200 | $26,690 |
| 70 | Graphic designers
(area) (ind) | $27,320 | $28,180 |
| 70 | Network and computer systems administrators
(area) (ind) | $46,050 | $51,900 |
| 70 | Food service managers
(area) (ind) | $36,890 | $40,290 |
| 70 | Education administrators, elementary and secondary school
(area) (ind) | $58,530 | $59,710 |
| 60 | Machinists
(area) (ind) | $33,560 | $34,750 |
| 60 | Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines
(area) (ind) | $35,740 | $35,230 |
| 60 | Highway maintenance workers
(area) (ind) | $22,670 | $22,660 |
| 60 | Data entry keyers
(area) (ind) | $17,860 | $18,930 |
| 60 | First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers
(area) (ind) | $22,670 | $23,490 |
| 60 | First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers
(area) (ind) | $23,370 | $24,160 |
| 60 | Physical therapists
(area) (ind) | $67,500 | $68,030 |
| 60 | Child, family, and school social workers
(area) (ind) | $32,810 | $34,020 |
| 60 | Industrial engineers
(area) (ind) | $59,570 | $66,620 |
| 60 | Computer support specialists
(area) (ind) | $26,750 | $30,090 |
| 60 | Managers, all other
(area) (ind) | $51,600 | $59,000 |
| 50 | Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters
(area) (ind) | $21,490 | $22,650 |
| 50 | Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
(area) (ind) | $16,050 | $21,370 |
| 50 | Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic
(area) (ind) | $27,220 | $28,440 |
| 50 | Helpers--carpenters
(area) (ind) | $18,310 | $17,560 |
| 50 | Tile and marble setters
(area) (ind) | $19,840 | $20,000 |
| 50 | Brickmasons and blockmasons
(area) (ind) | $28,020 | $30,930 |
| 50 | Recreation workers
(area) (ind) | $21,690 | $22,890 |
| 50 | Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers
(area) (ind) | $13,780 | $14,080 |
| 50 | Radio and television announcers
(area) (ind) | $24,190 | $26,110 |
| 50 | Librarians
(area) (ind) | $39,790 | $37,150 |
| 50 | Educational, vocational, and school counselors
(area) (ind) | $43,210 | $42,960 |
| 50 | Computer programmers
(area) (ind) | $44,800 | $46,720 |
| 50 | Cost estimators
(area) (ind) | $45,710 | $49,780 |
| 50 | Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation
(area) (ind) | $39,930 | $39,840 |
| 50 | Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products
(area) (ind) | $28,360 | $35,290 |
| 50 | Industrial production managers
(area) (ind) | $58,610 | $62,410 |
| 40 | Painters, transportation equipment
(area) (ind) | $25,850 | $30,980 |
| 40 | Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders
(area) (ind) | $17,090 | $19,130 |
| 40 | Home appliance repairers
(area) (ind) | $19,740 | $22,340 |
| 40 | Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers
(area) (ind) | $24,300 | $26,680 |
| 40 | Computer operators
(area) (ind) | $28,020 | $30,000 |
| 40 | Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators
(area) (ind) | $44,720 | $41,050 |
| 40 | Eligibility interviewers, government programs
(area) (ind) | $27,380 | $30,900 |
| 40 | Sales and related workers, all other
(area) (ind) | $18,480 | $18,630 |
| 40 | Real estate sales agents
(area) (ind) | $51,790 | $60,540 |
| 40 | Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents
(area) (ind) | n.a. | n.a. |
| 40 | First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers
(area) (ind) | $32,640 | $33,280 |
| 40 | Public relations specialists
(area) (ind) | $28,590 | $29,560 |
| 40 | Merchandise displayers and window trimmers
(area) (ind) | $16,270 | $16,710 |
| 40 | Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other
(area) (ind) | $29,170 | $37,810 |
| 40 | Training and development specialists
(area) (ind) | $39,320 | $43,440 |
| 40 | Social and community service managers
(area) (ind) | $54,630 | $52,470 |
| 40 | Transportation, storage, and distribution managers
(area) (ind) | $61,580 | $62,230 |
| 40 | Computer and information systems managers
(area) (ind) | $73,840 | $77,370 |
| 30 | Machine feeders and offbearers
(area) (ind) | $17,860 | $18,540 |
| 30 | Conveyor operators and tenders
(area) (ind) | $19,560 | $18,840 |
| 30 | Assemblers and fabricators, all other
(area) (ind) | $28,000 | $26,920 |
| 30 | Motorcycle mechanics
(area) (ind) | $23,100 | $28,210 |
| 30 | Postal service clerks
(area) (ind) | $43,870 | $43,500 |
| 30 | Procurement clerks
(area) (ind) | $26,250 | $26,280 |
| 30 | Telemarketers
(area) (ind) | $19,420 | $20,820 |
| 30 | Demonstrators and product promoters
(area) (ind) | $22,800 | $23,200 |
| 30 | Shampooers
(area) (ind) | $15,770 | $15,300 |
| 30 | Speech-language pathologists
(area) (ind) | $38,990 | $47,110 |
| 30 | Occupational therapists
(area) (ind) | $61,410 | $59,750 |
| 30 | Teachers and instructors, all other
(area) (ind) | $31,520 | $33,730 |
| 30 | Environmental scientists and specialists, including health
(area) (ind) | $41,690 | $42,840 |
| 30 | Civil engineering technicians
(area) (ind) | $25,060 | $28,010 |
| 30 | Drafters, all other
(area) (ind) | $22,490 | $25,520 |
| 30 | Civil engineers
(area) (ind) | $61,930 | $58,980 |
| 30 | Architects, except landscape and naval
(area) (ind) | $66,220 | $69,480 |
| 30 | Computer systems analysts
(area) (ind) | $40,130 | $42,760 |
| 30 | Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents
(area) (ind) | $55,160 | $51,770 |
| 30 | Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists
(area) (ind) | $35,150 | $36,790 |
| 30 | Lodging managers
(area) (ind) | $28,550 | $37,030 |
| 30 | Engineering managers
(area) (ind) | $79,590 | $83,280 |
| 30 | Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program
(area) (ind) | $63,630 | $54,180 |
| n.a. | Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers
(area) (ind) | $31,830 | $31,410 |
| n.a. | Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials
(area) (ind) | $16,190 | $16,170 |
| n.a. | Bakers
(area) (ind) | $18,530 | $18,160 |
| n.a. | Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other
(area) (ind) | $37,580 | $37,670 |
| n.a. | Millwrights
(area) (ind) | $23,350 | $27,470 |
| n.a. | Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers
(area) (ind) | $25,890 | $26,800 |
| n.a. | Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door
(area) (ind) | $20,790 | $22,820 |
| n.a. | Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics
(area) (ind) | $23,870 | $23,780 |
| n.a. | Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers
(area) (ind) | $30,170 | $30,630 |
| n.a. | Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
(area) (ind) | $16,230 | $16,060 |
| n.a. | Logging equipment operators
(area) (ind) | $21,280 | $23,320 |
| n.a. | Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse
(area) (ind) | $19,840 | $19,130 |
| n.a. | First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers
(area) (ind) | $28,120 | $26,480 |
| n.a. | Meter readers, utilities
(area) (ind) | $18,150 | $20,860 |
| n.a. | Couriers and messengers
(area) (ind) | $20,100 | $19,890 |
| n.a. | Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks
(area) (ind) | $12,930 | $13,050 |
| n.a. | Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products
(area) (ind) | $129,360 | $110,240 |
| n.a. | Parts salespersons
(area) (ind) | $25,550 | $26,000 |
| n.a. | Food preparation and serving related workers, all other
(area) (ind) | $13,540 | $13,790 |
| n.a. | Private detectives and investigators
(area) (ind) | $33,510 | $41,390 |
| n.a. | Pharmacy aides
(area) (ind) | $15,210 | $15,030 |
| n.a. | Physical therapist aides
(area) (ind) | $17,010 | $17,280 |
| n.a. | Psychiatric aides
(area) (ind) | $19,280 | $18,310 |
| n.a. | Emergency medical technicians and paramedics
(area) (ind) | $24,510 | $24,240 |
| n.a. | Dental hygienists
(area) (ind) | $38,950 | $37,850 |
| n.a. | Surgeons
(area) (ind) | n.a. | n.a. |
| n.a. | Pediatricians, general
(area) (ind) | >$145K | $179,500 |
| n.a. | Editors
(area) (ind) | $35,210 | $34,770 |
| n.a. | Instructional coordinators
(area) (ind) | $25,650 | $30,390 |
| n.a. | Legal occupations
(area) (ind) | $64,950 | $84,060 |
| n.a. | Community and social service specialists, all other
(area) (ind) | $16,940 | $21,410 |
| n.a. | Social workers, all other
(area) (ind) | $38,410 | $35,100 |
| n.a. | Surveyors
(area) (ind) | $48,230 | $46,890 |
| n.a. | Computer software engineers, applications
(area) (ind) | $86,490 | $82,000 |
| n.a. | Tax preparers
(area) (ind) | $21,220 | $23,260 |
| n.a. | Financial analysts
(area) (ind) | $92,190 | $76,720 |
| n.a. | Credit analysts
(area) (ind) | $28,040 | $30,670 |
| n.a. | Public relations managers
(area) (ind) | $69,430 | $67,450 |
| n.a. | Legislators
(area) (ind) | $12,440 | $12,290 |