| Employment | Occupation | Median annual wage | Mean annual wage |
| 35,940 | All Occupations
(area) (ind) | $22,200 | $28,320 |
| 5,440 | Office and administrative support occupations
(area) (ind) | $21,660 | $24,430 |
| 4,510 | Production occupations
(area) (ind) | $23,510 | $27,110 |
| 4,060 | Food preparation and serving related occupations
(area) (ind) | $13,550 | $14,640 |
| 3,820 | Transportation and material moving occupations
(area) (ind) | $21,350 | $23,390 |
| 3,170 | Sales and related occupations
(area) (ind) | $17,310 | $23,540 |
| 2,850 | Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations
(area) (ind) | $37,060 | $45,850 |
| 2,010 | Education, training, and library occupations
(area) (ind) | $32,970 | $31,220 |
| 1,400 | Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
(area) (ind) | $28,330 | $30,780 |
| 1,390 | Construction and extraction occupations
(area) (ind) | $24,090 | $26,100 |
| 1,390 | Healthcare support occupations
(area) (ind) | $17,390 | $18,720 |
| 1,240 | Management occupations
(area) (ind) | $59,600 | $73,070 |
| 1,220 | Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food
(area) (ind) | $13,170 | $13,110 |
| 1,090 | Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations
(area) (ind) | $16,360 | $18,940 |
| 1,040 | Retail salespersons
(area) (ind) | $16,320 | $19,100 |
| 970 | Cashiers
(area) (ind) | $13,760 | $14,430 |
| 950 | Registered nurses
(area) (ind) | $41,670 | $43,250 |
| 770 | Waiters and waitresses
(area) (ind) | $12,730 | $12,420 |
| 720 | Protective service occupations
(area) (ind) | $23,260 | $24,540 |
| 700 | Office clerks, general
(area) (ind) | $20,030 | $20,300 |
| 700 | Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive
(area) (ind) | $21,260 | $23,550 |
| 660 | Business and financial operations occupations
(area) (ind) | $42,970 | $48,810 |
| 640 | Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants
(area) (ind) | $17,250 | $17,630 |
| 600 | Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer
(area) (ind) | $32,540 | $34,090 |
| 560 | Personal care and service occupations
(area) (ind) | $14,500 | $16,550 |
| 530 | Teacher assistants
(area) (ind) | $14,790 | $15,270 |
| 490 | Community and social services occupations
(area) (ind) | $30,050 | $32,030 |
| 480 | Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
(area) (ind) | $22,310 | $23,590 |
| 480 | General and operations managers
(area) (ind) | $56,130 | $73,620 |
| 470 | Maintenance and repair workers, general
(area) (ind) | $33,410 | $32,660 |
| 470 | Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners
(area) (ind) | $15,630 | $17,660 |
| 450 | Production workers, all other
(area) (ind) | $24,560 | $23,770 |
| 410 | First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers
(area) (ind) | $22,750 | $23,770 |
| 410 | Architecture and engineering occupations
(area) (ind) | $47,410 | $50,280 |
| 400 | First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers
(area) (ind) | $40,010 | $40,150 |
| 390 | First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
(area) (ind) | $27,140 | $30,600 |
| 370 | Stock clerks and order fillers
(area) (ind) | $15,360 | $17,010 |
| 360 | Cooks, institution and cafeteria
(area) (ind) | $14,420 | $15,340 |
| 350 | Truck drivers, light or delivery services
(area) (ind) | $23,130 | $25,940 |
| 350 | Elementary school teachers, except special education
(area) (ind) | $38,410 | $37,280 |
| 330 | Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses
(area) (ind) | $26,370 | $26,600 |
| 330 | Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations
(area) (ind) | $22,420 | $26,520 |
| 330 | Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education
(area) (ind) | $36,990 | $37,290 |
| 300 | Executive secretaries and administrative assistants
(area) (ind) | $32,320 | $33,890 |
| 290 | Customer service representatives
(area) (ind) | $22,530 | $23,010 |
| 280 | First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers
(area) (ind) | $41,520 | $43,180 |
| 280 | Construction laborers
(area) (ind) | $18,240 | $20,820 |
| 280 | Receptionists and information clerks
(area) (ind) | $19,810 | $19,690 |
| 280 | Home health aides
(area) (ind) | $16,110 | $16,170 |
| 270 | Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education
(area) (ind) | $39,380 | $39,290 |
| 260 | Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products
(area) (ind) | $38,350 | $42,440 |
| 240 | Child care workers
(area) (ind) | $13,630 | $13,730 |
| 240 | Maids and housekeeping cleaners
(area) (ind) | $13,780 | $14,050 |
| 240 | Pharmacy technicians
(area) (ind) | $20,210 | $20,190 |
| 230 | Cooks, restaurant
(area) (ind) | $16,440 | $16,600 |
| 230 | Police and sheriff's patrol officers
(area) (ind) | $24,620 | $24,540 |
| 220 | Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks
(area) (ind) | $20,410 | $22,930 |
| 210 | Automotive service technicians and mechanics
(area) (ind) | $23,270 | $26,280 |
| 200 | Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers
(area) (ind) | $23,440 | $24,380 |
| 200 | Cooks, fast food
(area) (ind) | $12,920 | $12,950 |
| 190 | Food preparation workers
(area) (ind) | $14,040 | $14,280 |
| 180 | Industrial truck and tractor operators
(area) (ind) | $21,470 | $23,800 |
| 180 | Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators
(area) (ind) | $23,980 | $24,930 |
| 180 | Dishwashers
(area) (ind) | $13,950 | $14,490 |
| 170 | Bill and account collectors
(area) (ind) | $16,460 | $17,540 |
| 150 | Tellers
(area) (ind) | $17,850 | $19,250 |
| 150 | Billing and posting clerks and machine operators
(area) (ind) | $24,230 | $24,920 |
| 140 | Team assemblers
(area) (ind) | $18,590 | $19,090 |
| 140 | Structural metal fabricators and fitters
(area) (ind) | $20,390 | $21,190 |
| 140 | First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers
(area) (ind) | $36,240 | $39,070 |
| 140 | Carpenters
(area) (ind) | $22,570 | $23,870 |
| 140 | Pharmacists
(area) (ind) | $85,150 | $86,800 |
| 140 | Accountants and auditors
(area) (ind) | $49,740 | $55,450 |
| 130 | First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers
(area) (ind) | $44,710 | $46,320 |
| 130 | Counter and rental clerks
(area) (ind) | $14,000 | $16,810 |
| 120 | Machinists
(area) (ind) | $24,960 | $26,410 |
| 120 | Postal service mail carriers
(area) (ind) | $44,030 | $43,210 |
| 120 | Security guards
(area) (ind) | $19,880 | $22,010 |
| 120 | Medical assistants
(area) (ind) | $22,130 | $21,760 |
| 110 | Cleaners of vehicles and equipment
(area) (ind) | $19,230 | $19,820 |
| 110 | Legal occupations
(area) (ind) | $67,200 | $78,820 |
| 100 | Driver/sales workers
(area) (ind) | $24,190 | $25,830 |
| 100 | Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers
(area) (ind) | $20,830 | $24,020 |
| 100 | Electricians
(area) (ind) | $30,580 | $30,040 |
| 100 | Landscaping and groundskeeping workers
(area) (ind) | $16,600 | $18,060 |
| 100 | Dental hygienists
(area) (ind) | $30,980 | $31,290 |
| 100 | Medical and clinical laboratory technicians
(area) (ind) | $24,880 | $24,930 |
| 100 | Social and human service assistants
(area) (ind) | $21,370 | $22,900 |
| 90 | First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators
(area) (ind) | $41,930 | $46,760 |
| 90 | Laundry and dry-cleaning workers
(area) (ind) | $15,940 | $16,850 |
| 90 | Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
(area) (ind) | $20,280 | $20,600 |
| 90 | Legal secretaries
(area) (ind) | $21,660 | $22,590 |
| 90 | Bartenders
(area) (ind) | $13,320 | $13,340 |
| 90 | Healthcare support workers, all other
(area) (ind) | $15,920 | $16,940 |
| 90 | Medical and health services managers
(area) (ind) | $61,120 | $83,800 |
| 90 | Education administrators, elementary and secondary school
(area) (ind) | $60,560 | $59,000 |
| 80 | Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers
(area) (ind) | $25,980 | $26,190 |
| 80 | Helpers--electricians
(area) (ind) | $18,760 | $18,790 |
| 80 | Data entry keyers
(area) (ind) | $19,110 | $18,830 |
| 80 | Psychiatric technicians
(area) (ind) | $17,940 | $26,190 |
| 80 | Radiologic technologists and technicians
(area) (ind) | $34,010 | $34,550 |
| 70 | Tire repairers and changers
(area) (ind) | $20,880 | $22,610 |
| 70 | Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists
(area) (ind) | $30,750 | $31,530 |
| 70 | Insurance sales agents
(area) (ind) | $40,070 | $42,570 |
| 70 | Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop
(area) (ind) | $13,440 | $13,450 |
| 70 | Medical and public health social workers
(area) (ind) | $31,960 | $33,270 |
| 70 | Cost estimators
(area) (ind) | $34,930 | $43,910 |
| 60 | Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
(area) (ind) | $17,830 | $20,140 |
| 60 | Helpers--carpenters
(area) (ind) | $17,100 | $18,220 |
| 60 | Drywall and ceiling tile installers
(area) (ind) | $27,090 | $27,550 |
| 60 | Interviewers, except eligibility and loan
(area) (ind) | $20,100 | $22,080 |
| 60 | Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks
(area) (ind) | $13,940 | $13,940 |
| 60 | Switchboard operators, including answering service
(area) (ind) | $18,120 | $17,720 |
| 60 | Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists
(area) (ind) | $16,450 | $17,310 |
| 60 | Medical records and health information technicians
(area) (ind) | $17,910 | $18,830 |
| 60 | Lawyers
(area) (ind) | $94,700 | $105,590 |
| 60 | Network and computer systems administrators
(area) (ind) | $48,840 | $63,110 |
| 60 | Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation
(area) (ind) | $42,400 | $49,730 |
| 60 | Financial managers
(area) (ind) | $69,130 | $91,180 |
| 60 | Chief executives
(area) (ind) | $122,880 | $126,670 |
| 50 | Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers
(area) (ind) | $21,130 | $21,660 |
| 50 | Payroll and timekeeping clerks
(area) (ind) | $26,210 | $26,420 |
| 50 | Sales representatives, services, all other
(area) (ind) | $23,780 | $33,270 |
| 50 | Parts salespersons
(area) (ind) | $19,940 | $22,360 |
| 50 | First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers
(area) (ind) | $23,170 | $27,310 |
| 50 | Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop
(area) (ind) | $15,740 | $15,770 |
| 50 | Life, physical, and social science occupations
(area) (ind) | $41,520 | $44,750 |
| 50 | Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other
(area) (ind) | $36,430 | $35,240 |
| 50 | Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products
(area) (ind) | $37,460 | $44,930 |
| 50 | Construction managers
(area) (ind) | $79,230 | $75,450 |
| 50 | Sales managers
(area) (ind) | $46,540 | $63,480 |
| 40 | First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand
(area) (ind) | $35,840 | $37,330 |
| 40 | Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders
(area) (ind) | $22,060 | $22,250 |
| 40 | Grinding and polishing workers, hand
(area) (ind) | $18,340 | $19,190 |
| 40 | Tool and die makers
(area) (ind) | $34,760 | $35,080 |
| 40 | Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic
(area) (ind) | $30,300 | $30,220 |
| 40 | Automotive body and related repairers
(area) (ind) | $28,330 | $29,750 |
| 40 | Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers
(area) (ind) | $20,670 | $22,670 |
| 40 | Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping
(area) (ind) | $36,700 | $33,080 |
| 40 | Order clerks
(area) (ind) | $24,990 | $26,090 |
| 40 | Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products
(area) (ind) | $34,490 | $42,170 |
| 40 | First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers
(area) (ind) | $50,180 | $50,080 |
| 40 | Pest control workers
(area) (ind) | $26,190 | $26,440 |
| 40 | First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers
(area) (ind) | $27,770 | $32,450 |
| 40 | Physical therapist assistants
(area) (ind) | $39,830 | $38,600 |
| 40 | Respiratory therapists
(area) (ind) | $37,950 | $36,230 |
| 40 | Librarians
(area) (ind) | $39,350 | $37,010 |
| 40 | Mental health and substance abuse social workers
(area) (ind) | $23,530 | $28,230 |
| 40 | Industrial engineers
(area) (ind) | $66,710 | $64,310 |
| 40 | Business operations specialists, all other
(area) (ind) | $50,830 | $48,740 |
| 40 | Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators
(area) (ind) | $48,570 | $54,790 |
| 40 | Industrial production managers
(area) (ind) | $54,010 | $61,590 |
| 30 | Roofers
(area) (ind) | $30,840 | $29,300 |
| 30 | Computer operators
(area) (ind) | $29,520 | $29,400 |
| 30 | Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators
(area) (ind) | $45,470 | $42,660 |
| 30 | Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance
(area) (ind) | $28,010 | $31,040 |
| 30 | Floral designers
(area) (ind) | $17,010 | $17,350 |
| 30 | Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors
(area) (ind) | $34,600 | $39,130 |
| 30 | Administrative services managers
(area) (ind) | $46,270 | $60,270 |
| n.a. | Packers and packagers, hand
(area) (ind) | $15,610 | $16,040 |
| n.a. | Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand
(area) (ind) | $20,380 | $19,820 |
| n.a. | Taxi drivers and chauffeurs
(area) (ind) | $12,740 | $12,820 |
| n.a. | Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders
(area) (ind) | $20,420 | $21,780 |
| n.a. | Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers
(area) (ind) | $20,790 | $20,190 |
| n.a. | Bakers
(area) (ind) | $18,270 | $18,300 |
| n.a. | Industrial machinery mechanics
(area) (ind) | $30,890 | $30,930 |
| n.a. | Sheet metal workers
(area) (ind) | $23,200 | $23,160 |
| n.a. | Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service
(area) (ind) | $15,440 | $16,340 |
| n.a. | Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers
(area) (ind) | $20,600 | $21,020 |
| n.a. | Loan interviewers and clerks
(area) (ind) | $23,560 | $25,990 |
| n.a. | File clerks
(area) (ind) | $14,990 | $15,680 |
| n.a. | Court, municipal, and license clerks
(area) (ind) | $22,250 | $23,290 |
| n.a. | Advertising sales agents
(area) (ind) | $27,520 | $33,210 |
| n.a. | Personal and home care aides
(area) (ind) | $15,100 | $14,870 |
| n.a. | Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers
(area) (ind) | $13,190 | $13,150 |
| n.a. | Food servers, nonrestaurant
(area) (ind) | $13,700 | $14,160 |
| n.a. | Cooks, short order
(area) (ind) | $13,170 | $13,180 |
| n.a. | Medical transcriptionists
(area) (ind) | $25,100 | $24,410 |
| n.a. | Dental assistants
(area) (ind) | $18,670 | $19,160 |
| n.a. | Medical and clinical laboratory technologists
(area) (ind) | $34,680 | $37,800 |
| n.a. | Physicians and surgeons, all other
(area) (ind) | >$145K | $190,520 |
| n.a. | Radio and television announcers
(area) (ind) | $19,230 | $23,330 |
| n.a. | Special education teachers, middle school
(area) (ind) | $36,860 | $35,470 |
| n.a. | Mechanical engineers
(area) (ind) | $64,650 | $63,410 |
| n.a. | Computer support specialists
(area) (ind) | $32,640 | $36,430 |
| n.a. | Computer programmers
(area) (ind) | $63,250 | $68,900 |
| n.a. | Computer and mathematical occupations
(area) (ind) | $46,850 | $56,860 |