| Employment | Occupation | Median annual wage | Mean annual wage |
| 36,290 | All Occupations
(area) (ind) | $22,490 | $28,050 |
| 5,180 | Office and administrative support occupations
(area) (ind) | $22,530 | $25,020 |
| 4,570 | Production occupations
(area) (ind) | $24,400 | $27,460 |
| 4,330 | Transportation and material moving occupations
(area) (ind) | $21,410 | $23,320 |
| 3,820 | Food preparation and serving related occupations
(area) (ind) | $13,600 | $14,560 |
| 3,560 | Sales and related occupations
(area) (ind) | $16,820 | $22,900 |
| 2,760 | Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations
(area) (ind) | $37,560 | $44,900 |
| 2,190 | Education, training, and library occupations
(area) (ind) | $34,430 | $32,120 |
| 1,490 | Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
(area) (ind) | $28,290 | $29,660 |
| 1,440 | Healthcare support occupations
(area) (ind) | $17,460 | $18,650 |
| 1,400 | Construction and extraction occupations
(area) (ind) | $24,950 | $26,650 |
| 1,200 | Retail salespersons
(area) (ind) | $15,770 | $18,040 |
| 1,200 | Management occupations
(area) (ind) | $60,950 | $73,520 |
| 1,130 | Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food
(area) (ind) | $13,070 | $13,050 |
| 1,070 | Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations
(area) (ind) | $16,650 | $19,310 |
| 1,030 | Cashiers
(area) (ind) | $13,950 | $14,260 |
| 900 | Registered nurses
(area) (ind) | $42,210 | $43,940 |
| 770 | Protective service occupations
(area) (ind) | $26,700 | $27,250 |
| 760 | Office clerks, general
(area) (ind) | $20,800 | $20,980 |
| 720 | Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive
(area) (ind) | $21,890 | $24,510 |
| 690 | Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer
(area) (ind) | $29,270 | $32,800 |
| 660 | Waiters and waitresses
(area) (ind) | $12,830 | $12,730 |
| 660 | Business and financial operations occupations
(area) (ind) | $42,710 | $50,740 |
| 610 | Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants
(area) (ind) | $17,740 | $18,000 |
| 580 | Personal care and service occupations
(area) (ind) | $15,090 | $16,660 |
| 490 | Helpers--production workers
(area) (ind) | $16,590 | $18,610 |
| 490 | Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
(area) (ind) | $22,730 | $23,710 |
| 490 | Teacher assistants
(area) (ind) | $14,530 | $15,290 |
| 490 | Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education
(area) (ind) | $37,610 | $36,450 |
| 490 | General and operations managers
(area) (ind) | $60,020 | $75,290 |
| 480 | Production workers, all other
(area) (ind) | $24,540 | $23,680 |
| 470 | Community and social services occupations
(area) (ind) | $31,280 | $33,310 |
| 430 | First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
(area) (ind) | $26,410 | $29,320 |
| 420 | Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners
(area) (ind) | $14,800 | $17,540 |
| 380 | First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers
(area) (ind) | $42,770 | $42,770 |
| 380 | First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers
(area) (ind) | $22,390 | $23,200 |
| 360 | Home health aides
(area) (ind) | $14,750 | $14,630 |
| 350 | Truck drivers, light or delivery services
(area) (ind) | $20,980 | $24,900 |
| 350 | Maintenance and repair workers, general
(area) (ind) | $31,680 | $31,050 |
| 350 | Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses
(area) (ind) | $27,280 | $27,430 |
| 320 | Stock clerks and order fillers
(area) (ind) | $15,330 | $16,750 |
| 300 | Cooks, fast food
(area) (ind) | $13,090 | $13,210 |
| 300 | Elementary school teachers, except special education
(area) (ind) | $38,770 | $37,560 |
| 290 | Customer service representatives
(area) (ind) | $23,840 | $24,150 |
| 290 | Cooks, institution and cafeteria
(area) (ind) | $14,310 | $14,870 |
| 280 | Receptionists and information clerks
(area) (ind) | $20,690 | $20,550 |
| 280 | Architecture and engineering occupations
(area) (ind) | $52,460 | $51,540 |
| 270 | Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products
(area) (ind) | $46,660 | $47,140 |
| 270 | Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations
(area) (ind) | $22,320 | $25,480 |
| 270 | Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education
(area) (ind) | $37,800 | $37,920 |
| 260 | First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers
(area) (ind) | $42,100 | $43,280 |
| 260 | Police and sheriff's patrol officers
(area) (ind) | $28,030 | $27,850 |
| 240 | Child care workers
(area) (ind) | $13,820 | $13,850 |
| 230 | Maids and housekeeping cleaners
(area) (ind) | $14,400 | $14,610 |
| 230 | Cooks, restaurant
(area) (ind) | $15,580 | $15,690 |
| 210 | Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers
(area) (ind) | $22,120 | $23,540 |
| 210 | Automotive service technicians and mechanics
(area) (ind) | $24,040 | $26,230 |
| 210 | Construction laborers
(area) (ind) | $23,160 | $23,580 |
| 190 | Billing and posting clerks and machine operators
(area) (ind) | $25,080 | $25,290 |
| 190 | Food preparation workers
(area) (ind) | $13,210 | $13,500 |
| 190 | Pharmacy technicians
(area) (ind) | $20,250 | $20,310 |
| 180 | Industrial truck and tractor operators
(area) (ind) | $22,130 | $24,870 |
| 170 | Team assemblers
(area) (ind) | $19,240 | $20,520 |
| 170 | Landscaping and groundskeeping workers
(area) (ind) | $19,290 | $19,730 |
| 160 | Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators
(area) (ind) | $24,470 | $25,210 |
| 160 | First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers
(area) (ind) | $35,780 | $42,020 |
| 150 | Counter and rental clerks
(area) (ind) | $14,090 | $16,810 |
| 140 | Structural metal fabricators and fitters
(area) (ind) | $20,400 | $21,280 |
| 140 | Electricians
(area) (ind) | $33,200 | $32,870 |
| 140 | Carpenters
(area) (ind) | $21,380 | $22,140 |
| 140 | Executive secretaries and administrative assistants
(area) (ind) | $34,290 | $37,320 |
| 140 | Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks
(area) (ind) | $21,220 | $22,320 |
| 140 | Dishwashers
(area) (ind) | $14,580 | $14,950 |
| 140 | Medical assistants
(area) (ind) | $21,600 | $21,710 |
| 140 | Accountants and auditors
(area) (ind) | $52,910 | $59,070 |
| 130 | First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers
(area) (ind) | $36,460 | $38,920 |
| 130 | Legal secretaries
(area) (ind) | $24,190 | $24,650 |
| 130 | Pharmacists
(area) (ind) | $85,700 | $87,950 |
| 120 | Machinists
(area) (ind) | $24,500 | $26,540 |
| 120 | Postal service mail carriers
(area) (ind) | $44,840 | $43,850 |
| 120 | Tellers
(area) (ind) | $17,960 | $19,600 |
| 110 | Driver/sales workers
(area) (ind) | $25,010 | $25,390 |
| 110 | Insurance sales agents
(area) (ind) | $40,450 | $42,170 |
| 110 | Security guards
(area) (ind) | $20,020 | $21,310 |
| 110 | Dental assistants
(area) (ind) | $21,890 | $23,290 |
| 100 | Cleaners of vehicles and equipment
(area) (ind) | $16,670 | $19,220 |
| 100 | Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
(area) (ind) | $20,410 | $20,740 |
| 100 | Helpers--electricians
(area) (ind) | $17,430 | $18,440 |
| 90 | Laundry and dry-cleaning workers
(area) (ind) | $15,580 | $16,370 |
| 90 | Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists
(area) (ind) | $31,650 | $31,260 |
| 90 | Sheet metal workers
(area) (ind) | $21,280 | $21,670 |
| 90 | Data entry keyers
(area) (ind) | $19,190 | $18,920 |
| 90 | Sales representatives, services, all other
(area) (ind) | $27,200 | $27,760 |
| 90 | Healthcare support workers, all other
(area) (ind) | $16,120 | $17,120 |
| 90 | Radiologic technologists and technicians
(area) (ind) | $33,690 | $34,760 |
| 90 | Dental hygienists
(area) (ind) | $33,410 | $33,310 |
| 90 | Social and human service assistants
(area) (ind) | $23,200 | $24,360 |
| 90 | Medical and health services managers
(area) (ind) | $59,590 | $79,590 |
| 80 | First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators
(area) (ind) | $44,530 | $50,600 |
| 80 | Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers
(area) (ind) | $27,920 | $27,230 |
| 80 | Payroll and timekeeping clerks
(area) (ind) | $26,390 | $26,840 |
| 80 | Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop
(area) (ind) | $14,870 | $14,490 |
| 80 | Bartenders
(area) (ind) | $13,450 | $13,430 |
| 80 | Psychiatric technicians
(area) (ind) | $17,940 | $26,350 |
| 80 | Medical and clinical laboratory technicians
(area) (ind) | $25,280 | $25,300 |
| 80 | Legal occupations
(area) (ind) | $63,170 | $74,890 |
| 70 | Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
(area) (ind) | $17,980 | $20,850 |
| 70 | Industrial machinery mechanics
(area) (ind) | $30,260 | $30,660 |
| 70 | Tire repairers and changers
(area) (ind) | $20,380 | $21,460 |
| 70 | Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers
(area) (ind) | $34,380 | $33,620 |
| 70 | File clerks
(area) (ind) | $15,450 | $15,680 |
| 70 | Advertising sales agents
(area) (ind) | $21,840 | $27,100 |
| 70 | Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers
(area) (ind) | $14,850 | $14,540 |
| 70 | Medical records and health information technicians
(area) (ind) | $22,060 | $23,130 |
| 70 | Medical and public health social workers
(area) (ind) | $32,800 | $33,700 |
| 70 | Life, physical, and social science occupations
(area) (ind) | $35,760 | $39,590 |
| 70 | Cost estimators
(area) (ind) | $35,920 | $46,430 |
| 60 | Bus drivers, transit and intercity
(area) (ind) | $12,640 | $12,350 |
| 60 | First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand
(area) (ind) | $37,080 | $38,850 |
| 60 | Interviewers, except eligibility and loan
(area) (ind) | $20,260 | $22,400 |
| 60 | First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers
(area) (ind) | $44,480 | $45,970 |
| 60 | Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists
(area) (ind) | $16,590 | $17,130 |
| 60 | Food servers, nonrestaurant
(area) (ind) | $14,110 | $14,520 |
| 60 | Medical and clinical laboratory technologists
(area) (ind) | $36,040 | $39,780 |
| 60 | Industrial engineers
(area) (ind) | $68,660 | $67,440 |
| 60 | Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other
(area) (ind) | $38,400 | $36,920 |
| 60 | Construction managers
(area) (ind) | $71,410 | $71,680 |
| 60 | Financial managers
(area) (ind) | $64,330 | $80,850 |
| 60 | Chief executives
(area) (ind) | $117,260 | $132,430 |
| 50 | Drywall and ceiling tile installers
(area) (ind) | $26,430 | $26,670 |
| 50 | Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers
(area) (ind) | $23,180 | $23,330 |
| 50 | Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks
(area) (ind) | $13,220 | $13,310 |
| 50 | Parts salespersons
(area) (ind) | $21,330 | $24,790 |
| 50 | First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers
(area) (ind) | $22,220 | $25,980 |
| 50 | Respiratory therapists
(area) (ind) | n.a. | n.a. |
| 50 | Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors
(area) (ind) | $33,640 | $38,830 |
| 50 | Business operations specialists, all other
(area) (ind) | $47,490 | $47,380 |
| 50 | Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation
(area) (ind) | $42,820 | $51,550 |
| 50 | Sales managers
(area) (ind) | $52,070 | $64,780 |
| 40 | Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders
(area) (ind) | $20,920 | $22,170 |
| 40 | Grinding and polishing workers, hand
(area) (ind) | $17,930 | $17,840 |
| 40 | Tool and die makers
(area) (ind) | $35,580 | $35,860 |
| 40 | Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic
(area) (ind) | $30,550 | $30,410 |
| 40 | Automotive body and related repairers
(area) (ind) | $27,640 | $30,700 |
| 40 | Roofers
(area) (ind) | $30,990 | $29,500 |
| 40 | Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping
(area) (ind) | $36,930 | $33,990 |
| 40 | Switchboard operators, including answering service
(area) (ind) | $19,550 | $18,980 |
| 40 | First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers
(area) (ind) | $34,200 | $34,380 |
| 40 | Librarians
(area) (ind) | $37,190 | $34,110 |
| 40 | Lawyers
(area) (ind) | $82,390 | $92,100 |
| 40 | Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products
(area) (ind) | $34,810 | $45,700 |
| 40 | Industrial production managers
(area) (ind) | $51,400 | $61,880 |
| 30 | Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood
(area) (ind) | $20,600 | $20,580 |
| 30 | Assemblers and fabricators, all other
(area) (ind) | $15,170 | $18,120 |
| 30 | Painters, construction and maintenance
(area) (ind) | $23,110 | $22,960 |
| 30 | Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations
(area) (ind) | $29,190 | $27,620 |
| 30 | Computer operators
(area) (ind) | $31,800 | $32,580 |
| 30 | Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators
(area) (ind) | $45,070 | $41,380 |
| 30 | Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance
(area) (ind) | $30,320 | $32,800 |
| 30 | Couriers and messengers
(area) (ind) | $16,210 | $16,170 |
| 30 | Order clerks
(area) (ind) | $27,670 | $28,270 |
| 30 | Library assistants, clerical
(area) (ind) | $24,430 | $22,450 |
| 30 | Court, municipal, and license clerks
(area) (ind) | $23,070 | $23,680 |
| 30 | Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products
(area) (ind) | $47,940 | $53,860 |
| 30 | Recreation workers
(area) (ind) | $21,590 | $21,280 |
| 30 | Nonfarm animal caretakers
(area) (ind) | $14,170 | $15,120 |
| 30 | First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers
(area) (ind) | $16,870 | $20,070 |
| 30 | Pest control workers
(area) (ind) | $27,790 | $28,200 |
| 30 | Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop
(area) (ind) | $14,650 | $15,120 |
| 30 | Physical therapist assistants
(area) (ind) | $40,160 | $39,400 |
| 30 | Radio and television announcers
(area) (ind) | $18,480 | $18,280 |
| 30 | Floral designers
(area) (ind) | $17,140 | $17,490 |
| 30 | Library technicians
(area) (ind) | $24,500 | $24,320 |
| 30 | Mental health and substance abuse social workers
(area) (ind) | $25,170 | $30,150 |
| 30 | Surveying and mapping technicians
(area) (ind) | $19,660 | $20,070 |
| 30 | Electrical and electronic engineering technicians
(area) (ind) | $50,840 | $47,190 |
| 30 | Appraisers and assessors of real estate
(area) (ind) | $27,160 | $35,290 |
| 30 | Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators
(area) (ind) | $48,920 | $55,660 |
| 30 | Managers, all other
(area) (ind) | $63,120 | $68,270 |
| 30 | Food service managers
(area) (ind) | $40,300 | $41,500 |
| 30 | Administrative services managers
(area) (ind) | $46,820 | $49,820 |
| n.a. | Packers and packagers, hand
(area) (ind) | $14,380 | $15,420 |
| n.a. | Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand
(area) (ind) | $20,950 | $20,720 |
| n.a. | Taxi drivers and chauffeurs
(area) (ind) | $13,580 | $13,930 |
| n.a. | Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders
(area) (ind) | $21,330 | $21,940 |
| n.a. | Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers
(area) (ind) | $19,610 | $19,270 |
| n.a. | Butchers and meat cutters
(area) (ind) | $24,600 | $25,010 |
| n.a. | Helpers--carpenters
(area) (ind) | $18,280 | $19,220 |
| n.a. | Logging equipment operators
(area) (ind) | $27,220 | $27,270 |
| n.a. | Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service
(area) (ind) | $15,800 | $16,770 |
| n.a. | Loan interviewers and clerks
(area) (ind) | $26,150 | $27,990 |
| n.a. | Personal and home care aides
(area) (ind) | $16,440 | $16,230 |
| n.a. | Grounds maintenance workers, all other
(area) (ind) | $27,180 | $28,030 |
| n.a. | Tree trimmers and pruners
(area) (ind) | $21,190 | $22,950 |
| n.a. | Cooks, short order
(area) (ind) | $13,320 | $13,320 |
| n.a. | First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other
(area) (ind) | $51,800 | $49,860 |
| n.a. | Medical transcriptionists
(area) (ind) | $25,630 | $25,340 |
| n.a. | Diagnostic medical sonographers
(area) (ind) | $41,620 | $42,010 |
| n.a. | Physician assistants
(area) (ind) | $74,810 | $60,320 |
| n.a. | Physicians and surgeons, all other
(area) (ind) | >$145K | $186,310 |
| n.a. | Special education teachers, secondary school
(area) (ind) | $39,950 | $39,300 |
| n.a. | Special education teachers, middle school
(area) (ind) | $37,440 | $36,010 |
| n.a. | Kindergarten teachers, except special education
(area) (ind) | $35,930 | $34,570 |
| n.a. | Engineers, all other
(area) (ind) | $77,840 | $72,250 |
| n.a. | Computer support specialists
(area) (ind) | $27,270 | $28,330 |
| n.a. | Financial specialists, all other
(area) (ind) | $42,360 | $47,810 |
| n.a. | Loan officers
(area) (ind) | $63,370 | $56,700 |
| n.a. | Education administrators, elementary and secondary school
(area) (ind) | $58,650 | $58,360 |
| n.a. | Compensation and benefits managers
(area) (ind) | $104,310 | $93,270 |
| n.a. | Public relations managers
(area) (ind) | $61,300 | $60,100 |