| Employment | Occupation | Median annual wage | Mean annual wage |
| 35,800 | All Occupations
(area) (ind) | $21,400 | $27,300 |
| 5,770 | Office and administrative support occupations
(area) (ind) | $21,780 | $23,890 |
| 4,890 | Sales and related occupations
(area) (ind) | $16,800 | $23,600 |
| 4,110 | Food preparation and serving related occupations
(area) (ind) | $14,110 | $15,200 |
| 2,820 | Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations
(area) (ind) | $38,900 | $44,790 |
| 2,710 | Production occupations
(area) (ind) | $21,790 | $25,060 |
| 2,130 | Transportation and material moving occupations
(area) (ind) | $17,970 | $20,520 |
| 1,880 | Retail salespersons
(area) (ind) | $15,810 | $19,590 |
| 1,870 | Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
(area) (ind) | $27,470 | $29,270 |
| 1,850 | Healthcare support occupations
(area) (ind) | $18,720 | $20,060 |
| 1,630 | Education, training, and library occupations
(area) (ind) | $37,720 | $35,640 |
| 1,520 | Construction and extraction occupations
(area) (ind) | $26,310 | $27,810 |
| 1,500 | Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations
(area) (ind) | $16,910 | $18,060 |
| 1,360 | Cashiers
(area) (ind) | $13,780 | $14,500 |
| 1,350 | Management occupations
(area) (ind) | $56,380 | $65,450 |
| 1,120 | Registered nurses
(area) (ind) | $45,860 | $46,770 |
| 960 | Waiters and waitresses
(area) (ind) | $13,360 | $13,810 |
| 890 | Personal care and service occupations
(area) (ind) | $15,530 | $16,280 |
| 760 | Office clerks, general
(area) (ind) | $18,880 | $18,400 |
| 740 | Business and financial operations occupations
(area) (ind) | $38,140 | $41,300 |
| 690 | Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand
(area) (ind) | $16,190 | $16,260 |
| 680 | Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
(area) (ind) | $25,410 | $26,810 |
| 630 | Protective service occupations
(area) (ind) | $24,120 | $27,220 |
| 620 | Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses
(area) (ind) | $28,070 | $28,410 |
| 590 | Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants
(area) (ind) | $18,770 | $18,770 |
| 530 | Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners
(area) (ind) | $16,190 | $16,540 |
| 530 | Home health aides
(area) (ind) | $18,290 | $18,080 |
| 480 | First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
(area) (ind) | $27,400 | $30,730 |
| 460 | Maintenance and repair workers, general
(area) (ind) | $23,050 | $24,150 |
| 450 | Maids and housekeeping cleaners
(area) (ind) | $15,770 | $15,740 |
| 450 | General and operations managers
(area) (ind) | $65,090 | $78,230 |
| 430 | Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food
(area) (ind) | $13,130 | $13,250 |
| 420 | Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive
(area) (ind) | $21,410 | $22,610 |
| 410 | First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers
(area) (ind) | $35,080 | $34,770 |
| 400 | Receptionists and information clerks
(area) (ind) | $19,110 | $19,380 |
| 400 | Community and social services occupations
(area) (ind) | $30,320 | $33,480 |
| 380 | Stock clerks and order fillers
(area) (ind) | $17,030 | $17,930 |
| 380 | Cooks, fast food
(area) (ind) | $13,240 | $13,230 |
| 370 | Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop
(area) (ind) | $13,090 | $13,280 |
| 360 | Landscaping and groundskeeping workers
(area) (ind) | $18,910 | $18,950 |
| 350 | Elementary school teachers, except special education
(area) (ind) | $36,970 | $37,320 |
| 320 | First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers
(area) (ind) | $21,120 | $23,160 |
| 320 | Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education
(area) (ind) | $41,810 | $41,890 |
| 310 | Tellers
(area) (ind) | $22,990 | $24,460 |
| 300 | Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products
(area) (ind) | $46,630 | $55,600 |
| 290 | Customer service representatives
(area) (ind) | $21,370 | $23,330 |
| 290 | Cooks, restaurant
(area) (ind) | $16,420 | $16,660 |
| 280 | Team assemblers
(area) (ind) | $17,240 | $18,150 |
| 280 | Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations
(area) (ind) | $25,470 | $33,830 |
| 270 | Electricians
(area) (ind) | $31,760 | $33,830 |
| 270 | Food preparation workers
(area) (ind) | $15,280 | $15,100 |
| 260 | Counter and rental clerks
(area) (ind) | $17,710 | $19,360 |
| 260 | Cooks, institution and cafeteria
(area) (ind) | $16,150 | $16,580 |
| 260 | Security guards
(area) (ind) | $14,190 | $14,840 |
| 240 | Dishwashers
(area) (ind) | $14,740 | $14,500 |
| 230 | Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer
(area) (ind) | $21,510 | $21,780 |
| 220 | Executive secretaries and administrative assistants
(area) (ind) | $27,080 | $27,600 |
| 220 | Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks
(area) (ind) | $15,160 | $14,900 |
| 220 | Architecture and engineering occupations
(area) (ind) | $39,580 | $43,890 |
| 200 | Industrial truck and tractor operators
(area) (ind) | $18,960 | $19,540 |
| 200 | Bartenders
(area) (ind) | $15,780 | $16,500 |
| 200 | Computer and mathematical occupations
(area) (ind) | $34,060 | $38,350 |
| 190 | Truck drivers, light or delivery services
(area) (ind) | $19,060 | $20,690 |
| 180 | First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers
(area) (ind) | $39,270 | $41,000 |
| 180 | Automotive service technicians and mechanics
(area) (ind) | $29,080 | $29,610 |
| 170 | Helpers--production workers
(area) (ind) | $16,680 | $17,000 |
| 170 | First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers
(area) (ind) | $40,030 | $44,090 |
| 170 | Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks
(area) (ind) | $21,150 | $22,580 |
| 170 | Teacher assistants
(area) (ind) | $13,850 | $15,070 |
| 160 | Construction laborers
(area) (ind) | $21,370 | $21,500 |
| 160 | Nonfarm animal caretakers
(area) (ind) | $14,990 | $15,420 |
| 150 | Cleaners of vehicles and equipment
(area) (ind) | $13,120 | $13,760 |
| 150 | Carpenters
(area) (ind) | $26,310 | $27,510 |
| 150 | First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers
(area) (ind) | $34,330 | $35,980 |
| 150 | Legal occupations
(area) (ind) | $39,700 | $41,660 |
| 140 | Billing and posting clerks and machine operators
(area) (ind) | $24,260 | $24,320 |
| 140 | Life, physical, and social science occupations
(area) (ind) | $50,000 | $51,950 |
| 130 | Driver/sales workers
(area) (ind) | $26,240 | $26,310 |
| 130 | Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers
(area) (ind) | $13,700 | $13,690 |
| 130 | Accountants and auditors
(area) (ind) | $43,480 | $47,420 |
| 120 | Postal service mail carriers
(area) (ind) | $47,180 | $44,390 |
| 120 | File clerks
(area) (ind) | $17,820 | $18,970 |
| 120 | Switchboard operators, including answering service
(area) (ind) | $17,740 | $18,540 |
| 120 | Massage therapists
(area) (ind) | $40,680 | $38,680 |
| 120 | Teachers and instructors, all other
(area) (ind) | $39,310 | $36,390 |
| 110 | Laundry and dry-cleaning workers
(area) (ind) | $15,390 | $15,460 |
| 110 | Bill and account collectors
(area) (ind) | $21,840 | $22,970 |
| 110 | Telemarketers
(area) (ind) | $13,330 | $13,910 |
| 110 | Insurance sales agents
(area) (ind) | $45,250 | $50,360 |
| 110 | Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop
(area) (ind) | $13,800 | $14,190 |
| 110 | Dental assistants
(area) (ind) | $19,360 | $22,000 |
| 110 | Financial managers
(area) (ind) | $60,700 | $64,370 |
| 100 | Bus drivers, school
(area) (ind) | $13,970 | $15,980 |
| 100 | Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators
(area) (ind) | $26,910 | $27,940 |
| 100 | Pharmacy technicians
(area) (ind) | $20,830 | $21,330 |
| 100 | Medical and health services managers
(area) (ind) | $59,480 | $66,380 |
| 90 | Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers
(area) (ind) | $26,470 | $29,680 |
| 90 | Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters
(area) (ind) | $25,730 | $25,010 |
| 90 | Helpers--electricians
(area) (ind) | $21,050 | $21,830 |
| 90 | Child care workers
(area) (ind) | $14,760 | $14,620 |
| 90 | Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists
(area) (ind) | $15,150 | $15,950 |
| 90 | Food servers, nonrestaurant
(area) (ind) | $14,900 | $14,710 |
| 90 | Pharmacists
(area) (ind) | $79,170 | $73,180 |
| 90 | Food service managers
(area) (ind) | $37,770 | $39,170 |
| 80 | Packers and packagers, hand
(area) (ind) | $14,250 | $15,510 |
| 80 | Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers
(area) (ind) | $26,550 | $27,270 |
| 80 | Machinists
(area) (ind) | $23,530 | $26,880 |
| 80 | Brickmasons and blockmasons
(area) (ind) | $30,140 | $31,190 |
| 80 | Interviewers, except eligibility and loan
(area) (ind) | $19,080 | $19,140 |
| 80 | Medical transcriptionists
(area) (ind) | $25,530 | $25,190 |
| 80 | Preschool teachers, except special education
(area) (ind) | $15,110 | $15,780 |
| 80 | Computer support specialists
(area) (ind) | $24,750 | $29,950 |
| 80 | Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists
(area) (ind) | $23,760 | $27,870 |
| 80 | Administrative services managers
(area) (ind) | $41,890 | $57,620 |
| 70 | Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors
(area) (ind) | $16,460 | $17,180 |
| 70 | First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers
(area) (ind) | $22,280 | $26,190 |
| 70 | Respiratory therapists
(area) (ind) | $44,980 | $44,330 |
| 70 | Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors
(area) (ind) | $42,140 | $41,270 |
| 70 | Kindergarten teachers, except special education
(area) (ind) | $39,300 | $38,500 |
| 70 | Educational, vocational, and school counselors
(area) (ind) | $48,530 | $46,340 |
| 70 | Education administrators, elementary and secondary school
(area) (ind) | $63,560 | $62,380 |
| 60 | Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators
(area) (ind) | $30,190 | $29,460 |
| 60 | First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators
(area) (ind) | $38,240 | $42,760 |
| 60 | Stationary engineers and boiler operators
(area) (ind) | $22,210 | $24,310 |
| 60 | Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
(area) (ind) | $26,560 | $25,600 |
| 60 | Structural metal fabricators and fitters
(area) (ind) | $26,710 | $27,510 |
| 60 | Data entry keyers
(area) (ind) | $20,610 | $22,400 |
| 60 | Medical secretaries
(area) (ind) | $22,110 | $22,630 |
| 60 | Sales and related workers, all other
(area) (ind) | $20,240 | $20,590 |
| 60 | Health technologists and technicians, all other
(area) (ind) | $21,300 | $23,380 |
| 60 | Radiologic technologists and technicians
(area) (ind) | $41,100 | $41,360 |
| 60 | Lawyers
(area) (ind) | $54,070 | $57,640 |
| 60 | Social and human service assistants
(area) (ind) | $23,020 | $26,060 |
| 50 | First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand
(area) (ind) | $32,760 | $33,140 |
| 50 | Painters, transportation equipment
(area) (ind) | $25,510 | $27,860 |
| 50 | Industrial machinery mechanics
(area) (ind) | $38,760 | $38,610 |
| 50 | Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters
(area) (ind) | $20,880 | $21,940 |
| 50 | Production, planning, and expediting clerks
(area) (ind) | $27,120 | $30,480 |
| 50 | Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping
(area) (ind) | $28,280 | $29,050 |
| 50 | Order clerks
(area) (ind) | $19,200 | $24,050 |
| 50 | Sales representatives, services, all other
(area) (ind) | $22,500 | $31,130 |
| 50 | Parts salespersons
(area) (ind) | $31,040 | $31,770 |
| 50 | First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers
(area) (ind) | $58,100 | $69,070 |
| 50 | Pest control workers
(area) (ind) | $20,730 | $23,660 |
| 50 | Protective service workers, all other
(area) (ind) | $33,200 | $34,320 |
| 50 | Healthcare support workers, all other
(area) (ind) | $18,670 | $18,810 |
| 50 | Rehabilitation counselors
(area) (ind) | $37,500 | $40,130 |
| 50 | Property, real estate, and community association managers
(area) (ind) | $35,810 | $40,140 |
| 50 | Sales managers
(area) (ind) | $81,450 | $87,080 |
| 40 | Refuse and recyclable material collectors
(area) (ind) | $21,200 | $22,540 |
| 40 | Dental laboratory technicians
(area) (ind) | $17,390 | $22,810 |
| 40 | Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood
(area) (ind) | $21,070 | $21,460 |
| 40 | Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers
(area) (ind) | $17,090 | $17,230 |
| 40 | Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
(area) (ind) | $27,290 | $27,940 |
| 40 | Painters, construction and maintenance
(area) (ind) | $22,390 | $22,040 |
| 40 | All other information and record clerks
(area) (ind) | $24,110 | $30,410 |
| 40 | Medical and clinical laboratory technicians
(area) (ind) | $34,500 | $32,590 |
| 40 | Physical therapists
(area) (ind) | $58,100 | $65,600 |
| 40 | Vocational education teachers, secondary school
(area) (ind) | $41,890 | $43,000 |
| 40 | Personal financial advisors
(area) (ind) | n.a. | n.a. |
| 40 | Meeting and convention planners
(area) (ind) | $25,740 | $26,410 |
| 40 | Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products
(area) (ind) | $40,410 | $42,550 |
| 30 | Assemblers and fabricators, all other
(area) (ind) | $18,200 | $18,630 |
| 30 | Motorboat mechanics
(area) (ind) | $22,120 | $27,200 |
| 30 | Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists
(area) (ind) | $27,820 | $27,790 |
| 30 | Insurance claims and policy processing clerks
(area) (ind) | $22,000 | $23,740 |
| 30 | Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators
(area) (ind) | $47,340 | $44,090 |
| 30 | Postal service clerks
(area) (ind) | $46,380 | $43,820 |
| 30 | New accounts clerks
(area) (ind) | $27,310 | $29,210 |
| 30 | Payroll and timekeeping clerks
(area) (ind) | $26,150 | $25,890 |
| 30 | Advertising sales agents
(area) (ind) | $27,080 | $30,920 |
| 30 | Baggage porters and bellhops
(area) (ind) | $14,000 | $15,070 |
| 30 | Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants
(area) (ind) | $19,660 | $19,180 |
| 30 | First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers
(area) (ind) | $37,280 | $35,140 |
| 30 | Medical equipment preparers
(area) (ind) | $20,500 | $23,290 |
| 30 | Speech-language pathologists
(area) (ind) | $42,450 | $45,950 |
| 30 | Public relations specialists
(area) (ind) | $35,570 | $38,530 |
| 30 | Librarians
(area) (ind) | $43,890 | $43,810 |
| 30 | Medical and public health social workers
(area) (ind) | $39,710 | $39,710 |
| 30 | Mechanical engineers
(area) (ind) | $47,320 | $57,420 |
| 30 | Civil engineers
(area) (ind) | $57,300 | $58,140 |
| 30 | Computer systems analysts
(area) (ind) | $54,930 | $56,780 |
| 30 | Computer programmers
(area) (ind) | n.a. | n.a. |
| 30 | Management analysts
(area) (ind) | $28,300 | $40,110 |
| 30 | Cost estimators
(area) (ind) | $37,280 | $36,480 |
| 30 | Managers, all other
(area) (ind) | $60,280 | $56,890 |
| 30 | Lodging managers
(area) (ind) | $23,730 | $29,740 |
| 30 | Construction managers
(area) (ind) | $46,160 | $50,410 |
| 30 | Industrial production managers
(area) (ind) | $35,050 | $42,630 |
| 30 | Chief executives
(area) (ind) | $91,340 | $103,770 |
| n.a. | Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders
(area) (ind) | $18,470 | $18,900 |
| n.a. | Grinding and polishing workers, hand
(area) (ind) | $21,090 | $21,140 |
| n.a. | Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing
(area) (ind) | $21,200 | $21,410 |
| n.a. | Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
(area) (ind) | $22,810 | $24,110 |
| n.a. | Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic
(area) (ind) | $29,360 | $30,850 |
| n.a. | Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other
(area) (ind) | $16,560 | $17,710 |
| n.a. | Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers
(area) (ind) | $28,480 | $29,540 |
| n.a. | Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers
(area) (ind) | $21,110 | $23,260 |
| n.a. | Helpers, construction trades, all other
(area) (ind) | $20,510 | $20,600 |
| n.a. | Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators
(area) (ind) | $22,510 | $24,030 |
| n.a. | Office and administrative support workers, all other
(area) (ind) | $26,930 | $29,130 |
| n.a. | Legal secretaries
(area) (ind) | $24,290 | $24,450 |
| n.a. | Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping
(area) (ind) | $24,720 | $24,490 |
| n.a. | Couriers and messengers
(area) (ind) | $17,020 | $19,420 |
| n.a. | Loan interviewers and clerks
(area) (ind) | $29,390 | $29,170 |
| n.a. | Personal care and service workers, all other
(area) (ind) | $13,130 | $14,560 |
| n.a. | Personal and home care aides
(area) (ind) | $15,530 | $15,160 |
| n.a. | Cooks, short order
(area) (ind) | $13,570 | $14,150 |
| n.a. | Chefs and head cooks
(area) (ind) | $27,010 | $29,010 |
| n.a. | Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers
(area) (ind) | $12,780 | $12,830 |
| n.a. | Medical assistants
(area) (ind) | $22,970 | $23,160 |
| n.a. | Cardiovascular technologists and technicians
(area) (ind) | $34,270 | $37,060 |
| n.a. | Medical and clinical laboratory technologists
(area) (ind) | $43,280 | $42,610 |
| n.a. | Dietitians and nutritionists
(area) (ind) | $34,280 | $34,280 |
| n.a. | Dentists, general
(area) (ind) | $88,130 | $102,660 |
| n.a. | Floral designers
(area) (ind) | $24,390 | $23,230 |
| n.a. | Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers
(area) (ind) | $24,210 | $26,410 |
| n.a. | Clergy
(area) (ind) | $33,280 | $32,870 |
| n.a. | Environmental scientists and specialists, including health
(area) (ind) | $43,230 | $41,820 |
| n.a. | Mechanical engineering technicians
(area) (ind) | $22,900 | $24,100 |
| n.a. | Loan officers
(area) (ind) | $57,770 | $63,270 |
| n.a. | Business operations specialists, all other
(area) (ind) | $50,540 | $48,550 |