| Occupational Title | May 2011 Employment Estimates | Mean Hourly Wage | Mean Annual Wage |
| Business and Financial Operations Occupations |
580 |
$27.45 |
$57,098 |
| Cost Estimators |
110 |
$31.05 |
$64,588 |
| Human resources, labor relations, and training specialists, all other |
90 |
$25.52 |
$53,077 |
| Management Analysts |
190 |
$30.47 |
$63,381 |
| Training and Development Specialists |
70 |
$20.50 |
$42,644 |
| Loan Officers |
120 |
$29.71 |
$61,798 |
| Computer and Mathematical Occupations |
480 |
$31.54 |
$65,592 |
| Computer Systems Analysts |
90 |
$32.31 |
$67,200 |
| Computer Programmers |
30 |
$30.65 |
$63,746 |
| Computer Software Engineers, Applications |
60 |
$39.85 |
$82,883 |
| Network and Computer Systems Administrators |
60 |
$34.67 |
$72,115 |
| Computer Support Specialists |
190 |
$20.53 |
$42,690 |
| Information Security Analysts, Web Developers, and Computer Network Architects |
50 |
$31.22 |
$64,918 |
| Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations |
240 |
$18.49 |
$38,474 |
| Graphic Designers |
70 |
$18.26 |
$37,996 |
| Public Relations Specialists |
70 |
$21.63 |
$44,994 |
| Editors |
60 |
$23.25 |
$48,373 |
| Photographers |
40 |
$10.83 |
$22,531 |
| Healthcare Support Occupations |
3080 |
$13.34 |
$27,751 |
| Home Health Aides |
590 |
$10.01 |
$20,817 |
| Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants |
1220 |
$11.94 |
$24,819 |
| Physical Therapist Aides |
100 |
$11.02 |
$22,934 |
| Dental Assistants |
250 |
$15.50 |
$32,252 |
| Medical Assistants |
510 |
$13.82 |
$28,749 |
| Medical Equipment Preparers |
40 |
$13.71 |
$28,526 |
| Medical Transcriptionists |
50 |
$17.38 |
$36,141 |
| Pharmacy Aides |
40 |
$11.54 |
$24,012 |
| Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers |
110 |
$12.40 |
$25,794 |
| Healthcare Support Workers, All Other* |
170 |
$16.09 |
$33,465 |
| Protective Service Occupations |
1020 |
$23.11 |
$48,073 |
| Fire Fighters |
310 |
$19.39 |
$40,332 |
| Fire Inspectors and Investigators |
50 |
$21.42 |
$44,559 |
| Detectives and Criminal Investigators |
30 |
$35.36 |
$73,556 |
| Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers |
340 |
$32.60 |
$67,798 |
| Security Guards |
250 |
$11.62 |
$24,174 |
| Protective Service Workers, All Other |
40 |
$18.28 |
$38,016 |
| Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance Occupations |
2060 |
$12.85 |
$26,714 |
| Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners |
990 |
$11.95 |
$24,844 |
| Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners |
430 |
$9.82 |
$20,420 |
| Pest Control Workers |
100 |
$16.55 |
$34,422 |
| Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers |
540 |
$13.06 |
$27,170 |
| Personal Care and Service Occupations |
1760 |
$11.42 |
$23,753 |
| Nonfarm Animal Caretakers |
50 |
$9.62 |
$20,010 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers |
30 |
$9.91 |
$20,617 |
| Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists |
90 |
$11.29 |
$23,482 |
| Child Care Workers |
330 |
$10.48 |
$21,796 |
| Personal and Home Care Aides |
630 |
$9.13 |
$18,980 |
| Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors |
200 |
$18.36 |
$38,191 |
| Recreation Workers |
430 |
$11.16 |
$23,196 |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations |
730 |
$15.83 |
$32,928 |
| Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products |
90 |
$9.36 |
$19,455 |
| Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse |
500 |
$9.85 |
$20,495 |
| Agricultural Workers, All Other |
80 |
$14.91 |
$30,999 |
| Logging Equipment Operators |
30 |
$29.16 |
$60,639 |
| Logging Workers, All Other |
30 |
$15.89 |
$33,051 |
| Construction and Extraction Occupations |
1650 |
$22.14 |
$46,056 |
| Brickmasons and Blockmasons |
30 |
$26.48 |
$55,080 |
| Carpenters |
180 |
$20.37 |
$42,371 |
| Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers |
180 |
$19.84 |
$41,252 |
| Construction Laborers |
490 |
$16.55 |
$34,441 |
| Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators |
40 |
$23.72 |
$49,341 |
| Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators |
120 |
$27.85 |
$57,935 |
| Electricians |
150 |
$26.13 |
$54,359 |
| Painters, Construction and Maintenance |
80 |
$17.54 |
$36,494 |
| Pipelayers |
30 |
$17.63 |
$36,674 |
| Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters |
130 |
$25.33 |
$52,670 |
| Plasterers and Stucco Masons |
30 |
$23.22 |
$48,298 |
| Roofers |
70 |
$19.55 |
$40,675 |
| Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters |
30 |
$13.32 |
$27,699 |
| Construction and Building Inspectors |
30 |
$31.19 |
$64,871 |
| Hazardous Materials Removal Workers |
60 |
$23.41 |
$48,678 |
| Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations |
1380 |
$19.06 |
$39,644 |
| Electronic Home Entertainment Equipment Installers and Repairers |
40 |
$13.88 |
$28,886 |
| Automotive Body and Related Repairers |
40 |
$19.44 |
$40,453 |
| Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics |
310 |
$18.77 |
$39,049 |
| Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists |
40 |
$20.86 |
$43,390 |
| Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines |
100 |
$22.71 |
$47,249 |
| Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door |
30 |
$26.14 |
$54,373 |
| Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers |
50 |
$23.70 |
$49,281 |
| Maintenance and Repair Workers, General |
600 |
$16.25 |
$33,792 |
| Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers |
40 |
$15.74 |
$32,750 |
| Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers |
50 |
$13.37 |
$27,815 |
| Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other* |
80 |
$18.77 |
$39,051 |
| Production Occupations |
2000 |
$16.29 |
$33,888 |
| First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Production and Operating Workers |
240 |
$24.40 |
$50,762 |
| Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers |
30 |
$12.35 |
$25,697 |
| Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters |
30 |
$15.95 |
$33,179 |
| Team Assemblers |
150 |
$12.59 |
$26,203 |
| Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other |
60 |
$12.75 |
$26,513 |
| Bakers |
60 |
$14.95 |
$31,095 |
| Butchers and Meat Cutters |
150 |
$17.56 |
$36,536 |
| Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic |
40 |
$15.43 |
$32,108 |
| Machinists |
60 |
$20.34 |
$42,312 |
| Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic |
30 |
$11.01 |
$22,902 |
| Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers |
100 |
$18.67 |
$38,839 |
| Printing Press Operators |
100 |
$13.61 |
$28,315 |
| Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers |
70 |
$9.61 |
$19,982 |
| Sewing Machine Operators |
80 |
$10.16 |
$21,137 |
| Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters |
80 |
$14.59 |
$30,361 |
| Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing |
40 |
$11.34 |
$23,602 |
| Power Plant Operators |
70 |
$39.35 |
$81,857 |
| Water and Liquid Waste Treatment Plant and System Operators |
110 |
$29.78 |
$61,954 |
| Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers |
100 |
$17.83 |
$37,072 |
| Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders |
220 |
$12.90 |
$26,820 |
| Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders |
40 |
$15.42 |
$32,089 |
| Helpers--Production Workers |
90 |
$12.20 |
$25,381 |
| Production Workers, All Other* |
50 |
$11.89 |
$24,717 |
| Transportation and Material Moving Occupations |
2500 |
$13.85 |
$28,806 |
| Bus Drivers, School |
90 |
$13.70 |
$28,503 |
| Driver/Sales Workers |
170 |
$16.52 |
$34,362 |
| Truck Drivers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer |
480 |
$18.05 |
$37,537 |
| Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Services |
370 |
$17.70 |
$36,817 |
| Taxi Drivers and Chauffeurs |
120 |
$10.28 |
$21,377 |
| Service Station Attendants |
50 |
$11.52 |
$23,975 |
| Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators |
140 |
$18.12 |
$37,674 |
| Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment |
140 |
$10.48 |
$21,791 |
| Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand |
580 |
$12.10 |
$25,175 |
| Packers and Packagers, Hand |
360 |
$10.03 |
$20,846 |
