For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Wednesday, March 30, 2016 USDL-16-0661 

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OCCUPATIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES — MAY 2015

Healthcare occupations had employment of 12 million in May 2015, representing nearly 9 percent of 

total national employment, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Registered nurses, with 

more than 2.7 million jobs, was the largest healthcare occupation. The largest healthcare occupations 

also included nursing assistants (1.4 million), home health aides (820,630), and licensed practical and 

licensed vocational nurses (697,250). (See chart 1.) 

The data in this news release are the May 2015 employment and wage estimates from the Bureau of 

Labor Statistics’ Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) program. These estimates cover over 800 

occupations for the nation, states, and nearly 600 metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas; and for more 

than 460 industry classifications at the national level. 

Some healthcare occupations were among the highest paying occupations overall, including several 

physician and dentist occupations. Nurse anesthetists, with an annual mean wage of $160,250; 

podiatrists ($136,180); and pharmacists ($119,270) also were among the highest paying healthcare 

occupations. The lowest paying healthcare occupations included home health aides ($22,870) and 

veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers ($25,940). National employment and wage 

information for all occupations is shown in table 1. 

Highlights from the May 2015 OES data: 

Production occupations 

 Production occupations had total employment of nearly 9.1 million and an annual mean wage 

of $36,220 across all industries. (See table 1.) Among manufacturing industries, the pay for these 

occupations varied widely. 

 Manufacturing industries with the highest wages for production occupations included petroleum 

and coal products manufacturing ($62,140) and basic chemical manufacturing ($55,230). 

 Manufacturing industries with the lowest wages for production occupations included seafood 

product preparation and packaging ($25,860), animal slaughtering and processing ($27,460), and 

several apparel, textile, and leather products industries. 
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 Production occupations made up 6.6 percent of national employment, but over 11 percent of 

employment in Wisconsin and nearly 13 percent of employment in Indiana. 

 Production occupations made up 35 percent of employment in Elkhart-Goshen, Ind., the highest 

employment share of any metropolitan area. Dalton, Ga.; Columbus, Ind.; and Hickory-LenoirMorganton, N.C., also were among the metropolitan areas with the highest shares of production 

occupations. 

OES national industry-specific data are available from www.bls.gov/oes/current/oessrci.htm. 

OES data by state and metropolitan/nonmetropolitan area are available from 

www.bls.gov/oes/current/oessrcst.htm and www.bls.gov/oes/current/oessrcma.htm, respectively. 

Construction and extraction occupations 

 Construction and extraction occupations had employment of 5.5 million, representing nearly 4 

percent of national employment. (See table 1.) 

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0

Registered nurses

Nursing assistants

Home health aides

Licensed practical and licensed

vocational nurses

Medical assistants

Pharmacy technicians

Dental assistants

Physicians and surgeons, all other

Pharmacists

Emergency medical technicians and

paramedics

Employment (millions)

Chart 1. Employment for the largest healthcare occupations, May 2015
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 Construction laborers (887,580), carpenters (639,190), and electricians (592,230) were the 

largest construction occupations. (See table 1.) 

 States with the highest concentrations of construction and extraction occupations included 

Wyoming and North Dakota, which each had nearly three times as many construction and 

extraction jobs as a share of total employment than the United States as a whole. 

 Metropolitan areas with the highest concentrations of construction and extraction occupations 

included several areas in Texas; Farmington, N.M.; and Greeley, Colo. 

Typical entry-level education 

 Sixty-four percent of employment was in occupations that typically require either a high school 

diploma or equivalent or no formal educational credential for entry, such as retail sales 

occupations, general office clerks, and customer service representatives. 

$0 $25,000 $50,000 $75,000 $100,000 $125,000

Doctoral or professional degree

Master's degree

Bachelor's degree

Associate's degree

Postsecondary nondegree award

Some college, no degree

High school diploma or equivalent

No formal educational credential

All occupations

Annual mean wage

Chart 2. Annual mean wages by typical entry-level education required, May 2015
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 Occupations typically requiring a bachelor’s degree for entry made up 21 percent of national 

employment, but nearly 42 percent of employment in the District of Columbia and over 26 

percent of employment in Massachusetts. 

 States with the lowest shares of occupations typically requiring a bachelor’s degree for entry 

included Nevada (15 percent) and North Dakota (16 percent). 

 Average wages were generally higher for occupations that require more education. Annual mean 

wages were $25,000 for occupations that typically require no formal educational credential for 

entry, $41,730 for occupations typically requiring high school or the equivalent, and $53,730 for 

occupations typically requiring an associate’s degree. (See chart 2.) 

 The annual mean wage for occupations that typically require a bachelor’s degree for entry was 

$82,260 nationally, but varied from $60,240 in Montana to $104,840 in the District of Columbia. 

Additional charts of employment and wages by typical entry-level educational requirement are available 

at www.bls.gov/oes/current/overview_2015.htm. 

0 5 10 15 20 25

California-Lexington Park, MD

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

Framingham, MA NECTA Division

Huntsville, AL

Boulder, CO

United States

Hanford-Corcoran, CA

Hammond, LA

Brownsville-Harlingen, TX

Gadsden, AL

Ocean City, NJ

Percent

Chart 3. Metropolitan areas with the highest and lowest employment shares of STEM 

occupations, May 2015
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STEM occupations 

 There were nearly 8.6 million science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) 

jobs representing 6.2 percent of total U.S. employment. 

 Seven of the 10 largest STEM occupations were related to computers, and included 

applications software developers (747,730) and computer user support specialists (585,060). 

(See table 1.) 

 Areas with the highest employment shares of STEM occupations included California-Lexington 

Park, Md. (nearly 23 percent of employment), and San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, Calif. (22 

percent). (See chart 3.) 

 STEM occupations were less prevalent (approximately 1 percent of employment) in 

Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas; Gadsden, Ala.; and Ocean City, N.J. (See chart 3.) 

 STEM occupations had an annual mean wage of $87,570, compared with $45,700 for non-STEM 

occupations. Ninety-three of the 100 STEM occupations had mean wages significantly above the 

all-occupations average of $48,320. (See table 1.) 

 The highest paying STEM occupations included petroleum engineers ($149,590), physicists 

($118,500), and the three STEM-related management occupations. (See table 1.) 

 The lowest paying STEM occupations included forest and conservation technicians ($38,260) 

and agricultural and food science technicians ($39,000). (See table 1.) 

Additional STEM charts are available at www.bls.gov/oes/current/overview_2015.htm. 

Largest occupations 

 The largest occupations overall were retail salespersons (4.6 million) and cashiers (3.5 million). 

Retail salespersons also was the largest occupation in 36 of the 50 states. (See table 1.) 

 The largest occupations nationally also included combined food preparation and serving workers 

(3.2 million), general office clerks (2.9 million), registered nurses (2.7 million), and customer 

service representatives (2.6 million). (See table 1.) 

 Most of the largest occupations were relatively low paying. For example, retail salespersons 

($26,340), cashiers ($20,990), and combined food preparation and serving workers ($19,710) all 

had annual mean wages significantly below the all-occupations average. (See table 1.) 

 Registered nurses was the largest occupation with an above-average wage ($71,000). (See 

table 1.) 

 
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Public sector occupations 

 The public sector made up nearly 16 percent of employment and had a different occupational 

mix from the private sector. 

 Many of the largest public sector occupations were related to education, including elementary 

school teachers, except special education (public sector employment of 1.2 million); teacher 

assistants (956,850); and secondary school teachers, except special and career/technical 

education (847,520). 

 Police and sheriff’s patrol officers (647,880), general office clerks (521,180), and correctional 

officers and jailers (407,050) also were among the occupations with the highest public sector 

employment. 

OES data by ownership are available from www.bls.gov/oes/current/oessrci.htm. 

More information 

The Occupational Employment Statistics program produces employment and wage estimates for over 

800 occupations for all industries combined in the nation; the 50 states and the District of Columbia; 432 

metropolitan areas and divisions; 167 nonmetropolitan areas; and Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. 

Virgin Islands. National estimates are also available by industry for NAICS sectors, 3-, 4-, and selected 

5- and 6-digit industries, and by ownership across all industries and for schools and hospitals. Additional 

OES data are available at www.bls.gov/oes/tables.htm. 

This release contains data on STEM occupations. A list of occupations included in the STEM definition 

used for this release is available at www.bls.gov/oes/stem_list.xlsx. Data on employment by the typical 

education level required to enter an occupation are based on education and training categories from the 

BLS Employment Projections program. Education and training levels assigned to each occupation are 

available at www.bls.gov/emp/ep_table_112.htm. 

Introduction of New Metropolitan Area Definitions 

With the issuance of data for May 2015, the OES program has incorporated redefined 

metropolitan area definitions as designated by the Office of Management and Budget. OES data 

are available for 394 metropolitan areas, 38 metropolitan divisions, and 167 OES-defined 

nonmetropolitan areas. A listing of the areas and their definitions can be found at 

www.bls.gov/oes/current/msa_def.htm. 
Technical Note 

Scope of the survey 

The Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) survey is 

a semiannual mail survey measuring occupational employment 

and wage rates for wage and salary workers in nonfarm 

establishments in the United States. T h e OES data available 

from BLS include cross-industry occupational employment and 

wage estimates for the nation; over 650 areas, including states 

and the District of Columbia, metropolitan statistical areas 

(MSAs), metropolitan divisions, nonmetropolitan areas, and 

territories; national industry-specific estimates at the NAICS 

sector, 3-, 4-, and selected 5- and 6-digit industry levels; and 

national estimates by ownership across all industries and for 

schools and hospitals. 

The OES survey is a cooperative effort between BLS and 

the State Workforce Agencies (SWAs). BLS funds the survey 

and provides the procedures and technical support, while the 

State Workforce Agencies collect most of the data. OES 

estimates are constructed from a sample of about 1.2 million 

establishments. Each year, forms are mailed to two semiannual 

panels of approximately 200,000 sampled establishments, one 

panel in May and the other in November. The May 2015 

estimates are based on responses from six semiannual panels 

collected over a 3-year period: May 2015, November 2014, 

May 2014, November 2013, May 2013, and November 2012. 

The overall national response rate for the six panels, based on 

the 50 states and the District of Columbia, is 73.5 

percent based on establishments and 69.6 percent based on 

w e ig h ted s a mp l ed employment. The unweighted 

employment of sampled establishments across all six 

semiannual panels represents approximately 57.9 percent of total 

national employment. (Response rates are slightly lower for these 

estimates due to the federal shutdown in October 2013.) 

The occupational coding system

The OES survey categorizes workers into 821 detailed 

occupations based on the Office of Management and Budget’s 

2010 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. 

Together, these detailed occupations make up 22 of the 23 SOC 

major occupational groups. Major group 55, Military Specific 

Occupations, is not included. 

For more information about the SOC system, please see 

the BLS website at www.bls.gov/soc/. 

The industry coding system

The May 2015 OES estimates use the 2012 North American 

Industry Classification System (NAICS). For more information 

about NAICS, see the BLS website at www.bls.gov/bls/naics.htm. 

The OES survey excludes the majority of the agricultural 

sector, with the exception of logging (NAICS 113310), support 

activities for crop production (NAICS 1151), and support 

activities for animal production (NAICS 1152). Private 

households (NAICS 814) also are excluded. OES federal 

government data include the U.S. Postal Service and the federal 

executive branch only. All other industries, including state and 

local government, are covered by the survey. 

Survey sample

The OES survey draws its sample from state unemployment 

insurance (UI) files. Supplemental sources are used for rail 

transportation (NAICS 4821) and Guam because they do not 

report to the UI program. The OES survey sample is stratified 

by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area, industry, and size. 

To provide the most occupational coverage, larger 

employers are more likely to be selected than smaller employers. 

A census is taken of the executive branch of the federal 

government, the U.S. Postal Service, and state government. 

Concepts

Occupational employment is the estimate of total wage 

and salary employment in an occupation. The OES survey 

defines employment as the number of workers who can be 

classified as full- or part-time employees, including workers on 

paid vacations or other types of paid leave; workers on unpaid 

short-term absences; salaried officers, executives, and staff 

members of incorporated firms; employees temporarily assigned 

to other units; and employees for whom the reporting unit is 

their permanent duty station, regardless of whether that unit 

prepares their paycheck. The survey does not include the selfemployed, owners and partners in unincorporated firms, household 

workers, or unpaid family workers. 

Wages for the OES survey are straight-time, gross pay, 

exclusive of premium pay. Base rate; cost-of-living allowances; 

guaranteed pay; hazardous-duty pay; incentive pay, including 

commissions and production bonuses; and tips are included. 

Excluded are overtime pay, severance pay, shift differentials, 

nonproduction bonuses, employer cost for supplementary 

benefits, and tuition reimbursements. 

OES receives wage rate data for the federal government, 

the U.S. Postal Service, and m o s t state governments. For the 

remaining establishments, the OES survey collects wage data 

in 12 intervals. For each occupation, respondents are asked to 

report the number of employees paid within specific wage 

intervals. The intervals are defined both as hourly rates and the 

corresponding annual rates, where the annual rate for an 

occupation is calculated by multiplying the hourly wage rate by 

a typical work year of 2,080 hours. The responding 

establishments are instructed to report the hourly rate for parttime workers, and to report annual rates for occupations that 

are typically paid at an annual rate but do not work 2,080 hours 

per year, such as teachers, pilots, and flight attendants. Other 

workers, such as some entertainment workers, are paid hourly 

rates, but generally do not work 40 hours per week, year round. 

For these workers, only an hourly wage is reported. 

Estimation methodology

The OES survey is designed to produce estimates by 

combining six panels of data collected over a 3-year period. 

Each OES panel includes approximately 200,000 

establishments. The full six-panel sample of nearly 1.2 million 

establishments allows the production of estimates at detailed levels 

of geography, industry, and occupation. 
Wage updating. Significant reductions in sampling errors 

are obtained by combining six panels of data, particularly for 

small geographic areas and occupations. Wages for the current 

panel need no adjustment. However, wages in the five previous 

panels need to be updated to the current panel's reference period. 

The OES program uses the BLS Employment Cost Index 

(ECI) to adjust survey data from prior panels before combining 

them with the current panel's data. The wage updating procedure 

adjusts each detailed occupation's wage rate, as measured in the 

earlier panel, according to the average movement of its broader 

occupational division. 

Imputation. About 25 percent of establishments do not 

respond for a given panel. F o r m o s t e m p l o y e r s , a 

"nearest neighbor" hot deck imputation procedure is used to 

impute missing occupational employment totals. A variant of 

mean imputation is used to impute missing wage distributions. In 

some cases, data for current panel nonrespondents are available 

from earlier panels. In those cases, the older data may be used and 

aged to represent the current reference period. 

Weighting and benchmarking. The sampled establishments 

are weighted to represent all establishments for the reference 

period. Weights are further adjusted by the ratio of employment 

totals (the average of November 2014 and May 2015 

employment) from the BLS Quarterly Census of Employment 

and Wages to employment totals from the OES survey. 

Changes and special procedures for the May 2015 estimates 

With the issuance of data for May 2015, the OES program 

has incorporated redefined metropolitan area definitions as 

designated by the Office of Management and Budget. OES data 

are available for 394 metropolitan areas, 38 metropolitan 

divisions, and 167 OES-defined nonmetropolitan areas. A listing 

of the areas and their definitions can be found at 

www.bls.gov/oes/current/msa_def.htm. 

The Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages program, 

from which the OES sample is drawn, has recently begun coding 

some establishments that were historically found in NAICS 

814110 Private Households to NAICS 624120 Services for the 

Elderly and Persons with Disabilities. Private households are out 

of scope for OES, so this shift caused a scope increase for OES in 

NAICS 624120. Because this scope increase affected only the 

three most recent of the six survey panels used to produce the May 

2015 OES estimates, the units that shifted industries were 

removed from the survey data and not used in estimation.

For more information 

Answers to frequently asked questions about the OES data 

are available at www.bls.gov/oes/oes_ques.htm. Detailed 

technical information about the OES survey is available in the 

Survey Methods and Reliability Statement on the BLS website 

at www.bls.gov/oes/current/methods_statement.pdf.
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2015

Hourly Annual1

All occupations 137,896,660 $23.23 $48,320 $17.40

Management occupations 6,936,990 55.30 115,020 47.38

2,439,900 59.71 124,210 48.53

238,940 89.35 185,850 84.19

2,145,140 57.44 119,460 46.99

55,820 (2) 42,530 (2)

647,360 63.30 131,670 56.16

29,340 54.62 113,610 46.10

557,640 64.40 133,950 57.35

Marketing managers................................................................................................................................... 192,890 67.63 140,660 61.90

Sales managers.......................................................................................................................................... 364,750 62.69 130,400 54.74

60,380 57.40 119,390 50.07

1,663,790 58.12 120,900 52.05

270,080 45.60 94,840 41.40

341,250 67.79 141,000 63.27

531,120 64.58 134,330 56.73

169,390 49.87 103,720 45.17

72,600 54.87 114,130 51.98

109,210 45.74 95,130 41.65

15,930 58.48 121,630 53.57

122,780 56.29 117,080 50.21

31,430 53.69 111,680 49.35

2,185,950 45.85 95,360 41.29

4,370 33.60 69,880 30.85

239,640 46.88 97,510 42.02

449,430 43.74 90,970 41.01

Education administrators, preschool and childcare center/program.......................................................... 46,760 25.37 52,760 21.96

Education administrators, elementary and secondary school................................................................... 235,110 (2) 92,940 (2)

Education administrators, postsecondary................................................................................................... 135,690 49.33 102,610 42.59

Education administrators, all other.............................................................................................................. 31,880 39.89 82,970 36.99

179,770 68.10 141,650 63.85

201,370 25.79 53,640 23.41

8,300 40.61 84,470 34.08

3,950 37.39 77,770 32.88

35,480 27.79 57,810 23.91

314,950 50.99 106,070 45.43

53,450 65.66 136,570 57.77

14,770 33.92 70,540 33.96

174,410 32.81 68,240 26.63

119,770 33.38 69,430 30.54

9,840 35.46 73,750 32.37

376,440 53.47 111,230 50.41

Business and financial operations occupations 7,032,560 35.48 73,800 31.59

4,424,800 34.09 70,900 31.01

13,230 46.06 95,810 30.26

414,900 30.85 64,170 28.66

Buyers and purchasing agents, farm products........................................................................................... 12,160 29.94 62,280 27.05

Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products................................................................................... 111,200 28.50 59,270 25.45

Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products............................................................... 291,540 31.79 66,120 29.91

286,870 30.94 64,350 30.32

Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators......................................................................................... 271,600 30.91 64,300 30.28

Insurance appraisers, auto damage........................................................................................................... 15,270 31.39 65,300 30.78

257,010 33.26 69,180 31.56

216,270 31.16 64,810 29.03

571,640 30.42 63,280 28.06

Human resources specialists...................................................................................................................... 491,090 30.63 63,710 28.06

Farm labor contractors................................................................................................................................ 1,230 21.11 43,920 14.86

Labor relations specialists........................................................................................................................... 79,330 29.30 60,930 28.28

133,770 37.25 77,470 35.70

614,110 44.12 91,770 39.10

87,400 24.62 51,200 22.52

62,720 27.49 57,170 25.47

79,780 31.30 65,100 29.26

254,060 30.03 62,460 27.99

506,420 33.67 70,030 29.88

926,610 35.33 73,480 32.77

2,607,760 37.85 78,730 32.57

1,226,910 36.19 75,280 32.30

60,290 28.08 58,400 24.93

56,300 36.13 75,150 34.42

70,840 38.33 79,720 33.50

555,900 47.95 99,730 38.15

Financial analysts........................................................................................................................................ 268,360 45.83 95,320 38.61

Personal financial advisors......................................................................................................................... 197,580 56.76 118,050 42.86

Insurance underwriters................................................................................................................................ 89,960 34.93 72,650 31.27

44,200 42.46 88,310 37.50

334,380 35.01 72,810 29.29

Credit counselors........................................................................................................................................ 30,510 23.70 49,310 21.08

See footnotes at end of table.

Market research analysts and marketing specialists.......................................................................................

Business operations specialists, all other........................................................................................................

Cost estimators.................................................................................................................................................

Human resources workers...............................................................................................................................

Financial examiners..........................................................................................................................................

Credit counselors and loan officers..................................................................................................................

Financial analysts and advisors.......................................................................................................................

Credit analysts..................................................................................................................................................

Budget analysts................................................................................................................................................

Appraisers and assessors of real estate.........................................................................................................

Accountants and auditors.................................................................................................................................

Financial specialists...............................................................................................................................................

Logisticians.......................................................................................................................................................

Management analysts......................................................................................................................................

Meeting, convention, and event planners........................................................................................................

Fundraisers.......................................................................................................................................................

Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists.....................................................................................

Training and development specialists..............................................................................................................

Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators...........................................................................

Compliance officers..........................................................................................................................................

Construction managers....................................................................................................................................

Education administrators..................................................................................................................................

Architectural and engineering managers.........................................................................................................

Managers, all other...........................................................................................................................................

Emergency management directors..................................................................................................................

Food service managers...................................................................................................................................

Funeral service managers...............................................................................................................................

Gaming managers............................................................................................................................................

Lodging managers............................................................................................................................................

Medical and health services managers...........................................................................................................

Natural sciences managers.............................................................................................................................

Postmasters and mail superintendents...........................................................................................................

Property, real estate, and community association managers.........................................................................

Social and community service managers........................................................................................................

Advertising and promotions managers............................................................................................................

Marketing and sales managers........................................................................................................................

Operations specialties managers..........................................................................................................................

Administrative services managers...................................................................................................................

Top executives.......................................................................................................................................................

Chief executives...............................................................................................................................................

General and operations managers..................................................................................................................

Legislators........................................................................................................................................................

Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers.........................................................

Compensation and benefits managers............................................................................................................

Human resources managers...........................................................................................................................

Training and development managers..............................................................................................................

Other management occupations...........................................................................................................................

Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers......................................................................................

Computer and information systems managers...............................................................................................

Financial managers..........................................................................................................................................

Industrial production managers........................................................................................................................

Purchasing managers......................................................................................................................................

Transportation, storage, and distribution managers........................................................................................

Business operations specialists............................................................................................................................

Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes..............................................................

Buyers and purchasing agents........................................................................................................................

Mean wages

Occupation Employment

Median 

hourly 

wages

Public relations and fundraising managers......................................................................................................
Hourly Annual1

Business and financial operations occupations (Continued)

Loan officers................................................................................................................................................ 303,870 $36.14 $75,170 $30.49

131,700 24.24 50,410 21.56

Tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents................................................................................... 59,640 27.54 57,280 24.73

Tax preparers.............................................................................................................................................. 72,060 21.50 44,730 17.53

127,250 34.85 72,480 32.05

4,005,250 41.43 86,170 39.15

3,853,860 41.39 86,090 39.15

25,510 55.57 115,580 53.18

645,550 43.56 90,600 41.52

Computer systems analysts........................................................................................................................ 556,660 43.36 90,180 41.25

Information security analysts....................................................................................................................... 88,880 44.83 93,250 43.33

1,554,960 47.08 97,930 45.23

Computer programmers.............................................................................................................................. 289,420 40.56 84,360 38.24

Software developers, applications.............................................................................................................. 747,730 49.12 102,160 47.24

Software developers, systems software..................................................................................................... 390,750 52.29 108,760 50.76

Web developers.......................................................................................................................................... 127,070 33.97 70,660 31.23

634,850 42.02 87,400 39.80

Database administrators............................................................................................................................. 113,770 40.51 84,250 39.29

Network and computer systems administrators......................................................................................... 374,480 39.52 82,200 37.41

Computer network architects...................................................................................................................... 146,600 49.57 103,100 48.19

769,630 26.92 55,980 24.75

Computer user support specialists............................................................................................................. 585,060 25.21 52,430 23.38

Computer network support specialists........................................................................................................ 184,570 32.33 67,260 29.93

223,370 41.98 87,310 40.98

151,380 42.33 88,040 39.12

19,770 53.15 110,560 46.67

3,170 54.11 112,560 53.42

95,860 40.47 84,180 37.80

29,870 40.60 84,440 38.51

2,700 34.05 70,820 28.16

Mathematical technicians............................................................................................................................ 820 25.79 53,630 22.40

Mathematical science occupations, all other.............................................................................................. 1,880 37.65 78,310 31.83

2,475,390 39.89 82,980 36.96

168,660 35.85 74,580 33.23

113,550 38.64 80,370 35.60

Architects, except landscape and naval..................................................................................................... 93,720 39.83 82,850 36.59

Landscape architects.................................................................................................................................. 19,820 32.98 68,600 30.68

55,110 30.12 62,650 28.33

Cartographers and photogrammetrists....................................................................................................... 11,970 31.45 65,410 29.75

Surveyors.................................................................................................................................................... 43,140 29.75 61,880 27.89

1,610,480 45.79 95,240 43.30

66,980 53.16 110,570 51.84

2,330 37.73 78,490 36.10

20,890 43.86 91,230 41.45

32,230 49.98 103,960 46.81

275,210 42.28 87,940 39.53

75,870 55.27 114,970 53.72

313,970 47.85 99,520 45.78

Electrical engineers..................................................................................................................................... 178,580 46.80 97,340 44.71

Electronics engineers, except computer..................................................................................................... 135,390 49.23 102,390 47.24

52,600 42.33 88,040 40.65

272,470 41.86 87,070 40.18

Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors.......................................... 24,900 42.21 87,810 40.68

Industrial engineers..................................................................................................................................... 247,570 41.82 86,990 40.13

7,600 48.12 100,090 44.76

27,040 45.53 94,690 43.90

278,340 42.40 88,190 40.19

8,000 51.87 107,880 45.21

16,880 50.99 106,060 49.49

34,600 71.92 149,590 62.49

125,460 47.19 98,150 46.11

696,250 27.24 56,650 26.03

205,190 26.84 55,820 25.35

Architectural and civil drafters..................................................................................................................... 95,280 25.71 53,470 24.38

Electrical and electronics drafters............................................................................................................... 29,200 30.24 62,890 28.62

Mechanical drafters..................................................................................................................................... 65,250 27.22 56,610 25.73

Drafters, all other......................................................................................................................................... 15,470 25.80 53,660 23.87

437,440 28.12 58,490 27.14

Aerospace engineering and operations technicians.................................................................................. 12,890 32.99 68,620 31.82

Civil engineering technicians....................................................................................................................... 71,440 24.68 51,330 23.68

Electrical and electronics engineering technicians..................................................................................... 139,080 29.74 61,870 29.39

Electro-mechanical technicians.................................................................................................................. 14,720 27.08 56,320 25.65

Environmental engineering technicians...................................................................................................... 17,360 24.60 51,170 23.39

Industrial engineering technicians............................................................................................................... 62,290 27.08 56,320 25.86

Mechanical engineering technicians........................................................................................................... 48,910 27.11 56,390 25.92

Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other..................................................................................... 70,750 30.20 62,820 29.45

53,620 21.54 44,800 20.20

See footnotes at end of table.

Environmental engineers.................................................................................................................................

Industrial engineers, including health and safety.............................................................................................

Marine engineers and naval architects............................................................................................................

Materials engineers..........................................................................................................................................

Mechanical engineers......................................................................................................................................

Architecture and engineering occupations

Surveying and mapping technicians

Engineering technicians, except drafters.........................................................................................................

Drafters.............................................................................................................................................................

Drafters, engineering technicians, and mapping technicians...............................................................................

Architects, surveyors, and cartographers.............................................................................................................

Architects, except naval...................................................................................................................................

Surveyors, cartographers, and photogrammetrists.........................................................................................

Engineers...............................................................................................................................................................

Aerospace engineers.......................................................................................................................................

Agricultural engineers.......................................................................................................................................

Biomedical engineers.......................................................................................................................................

Chemical engineers..........................................................................................................................................

Civil engineers..................................................................................................................................................

Computer hardware engineers........................................................................................................................

Electrical and electronics engineers.................................................................................................................

Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers.............................................................

Nuclear engineers............................................................................................................................................

Petroleum engineers........................................................................................................................................

Engineers, all other...........................................................................................................................................

Actuaries...........................................................................................................................................................

Mathematicians................................................................................................................................................

Operations research analysts..........................................................................................................................

Statisticians.......................................................................................................................................................

Miscellaneous mathematical science occupations..........................................................................................

Tax examiners, collectors and preparers, and revenue agents......................................................................

Financial specialists, all other...........................................................................................................................

Computer and mathematical occupations

Computer occupations..........................................................................................................................................

Computer and information research scientists................................................................................................

Computer and information analysts.................................................................................................................

Software developers and programmers..........................................................................................................

Database and systems administrators and network architects.......................................................................

Computer support specialists...........................................................................................................................

Computer occupations, all other......................................................................................................................

Mathematical science occupations.......................................................................................................................

Mean wages

Occupation Employment

Median 

hourly 

wages

Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2015- Continued
Hourly Annual1

Life, physical, and social science occupations 1,146,110 $34.24 $71,220 $29.88

281,440 39.39 81,920 34.66

31,700 33.28 69,230 30.03

Animal scientists.......................................................................................................................................... 2,430 34.53 71,830 29.03

Food scientists and technologists............................................................................................................... 14,660 34.63 72,030 31.65

Soil and plant scientists............................................................................................................................... 14,610 31.72 65,980 28.87

101,970 38.27 79,610 34.72

Biochemists and biophysicists.................................................................................................................... 30,800 44.90 93,390 39.50

Microbiologists............................................................................................................................................. 21,210 36.65 76,230 32.47

Zoologists and wildlife biologists................................................................................................................. 17,910 30.88 64,230 28.69

Biological scientists, all other....................................................................................................................... 32,050 37.11 77,190 36.13

28,790 30.22 62,860 28.95

Conservation scientists............................................................................................................................... 20,200 30.67 63,800 29.38

Foresters..................................................................................................................................................... 8,590 29.16 60,650 28.00

109,900 44.66 92,900 38.97

Epidemiologists........................................................................................................................................... 5,460 36.97 76,900 33.39

Medical scientists, except epidemiologists................................................................................................. 104,440 45.06 93,730 39.54

9,070 38.40 79,870 33.92

266,060 40.95 85,180 36.61

17,410 56.57 117,660 53.36

Astronomers................................................................................................................................................ 1,760 52.99 110,220 50.05

Physicists..................................................................................................................................................... 15,650 56.97 118,500 53.65

10,370 43.37 90,210 43.18

91,520 38.04 79,130 34.91

Chemists...................................................................................................................................................... 84,720 37.43 77,860 34.26

Materials scientists...................................................................................................................................... 6,790 45.64 94,940 43.75

125,630 39.65 82,480 34.49

Environmental scientists and specialists, including health......................................................................... 87,250 35.55 73,930 32.43

Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers................................................................................. 31,800 50.83 105,720 43.13

Hydrologists................................................................................................................................................. 6,580 40.11 83,440 38.24

21,130 47.23 98,240 46.70

239,170 37.75 78,520 34.89

19,090 52.51 109,230 47.68

13,650 28.53 59,340 25.92

118,990 37.47 77,950 34.89

Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists........................................................................................... 105,600 36.56 76,040 33.93

Industrial-organizational psychologists....................................................................................................... 990 44.38 92,320 37.19

Psychologists, all other................................................................................................................................ 12,400 44.73 93,050 45.47

2,620 39.47 82,100 35.46

35,480 33.98 70,680 32.80

49,340 37.88 78,790 35.88

Anthropologists and archeologists.............................................................................................................. 6,980 30.91 64,290 29.43

Geographers............................................................................................................................................... 1,280 36.02 74,920 35.70

Historians..................................................................................................................................................... 3,010 29.38 61,120 26.83

Political scientists......................................................................................................................................... 3,910 49.62 103,210 47.95

Social scientists and related workers, all other........................................................................................... 34,160 38.78 80,650 36.72

359,440 22.90 47,640 20.91

20,260 18.75 39,000 17.54

72,900 21.75 45,230 20.02

64,770 23.43 48,730 21.47

16,820 29.19 60,710 26.73

6,500 37.91 78,850 38.59

28,060 22.00 45,760 20.42

150,140 22.62 47,040 20.92

Environmental science and protection technicians, including health......................................................... 34,250 22.38 46,540 20.69

Forensic science technicians...................................................................................................................... 14,070 28.89 60,090 27.08

Forest and conservation technicians.......................................................................................................... 29,810 18.40 38,260 17.04

Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other.............................................................................. 72,020 23.25 48,360 21.78

1,972,140 22.19 46,160 20.20

1,895,770 22.20 46,170 20.21

628,820 23.46 48,790 21.71

Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors.............................................................................. 87,090 20.64 42,920 19.22

Educational, guidance, school, and vocational counselors........................................................................ 253,460 27.16 56,490 25.80

Marriage and family therapists.................................................................................................................... 32,070 25.73 53,520 23.37

Mental health counselors............................................................................................................................ 128,200 21.67 45,080 20.13

Rehabilitation counselors............................................................................................................................ 101,630 18.29 38,040 16.54

Counselors, all other................................................................................................................................... 26,370 23.05 47,950 21.89

619,300 23.88 49,670 22.07

Child, family, and school social workers..................................................................................................... 294,080 22.41 46,610 20.36

Healthcare social workers........................................................................................................................... 155,590 25.97 54,020 25.18

Mental health and substance abuse social workers................................................................................... 110,070 22.69 47,190 20.28

Social workers, all other.............................................................................................................................. 59,570 27.87 57,970 28.15

647,650 19.36 40,270 17.36

Health educators......................................................................................................................................... 57,570 27.26 56,690 24.98

Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists........................................................................... 87,950 26.00 54,080 23.73

Social and human service assistants......................................................................................................... 359,350 15.96 33,190 14.82

Community health workers.......................................................................................................................... 48,130 19.30 40,150 17.45

Community and social service specialists, all other................................................................................... 94,670 21.33 44,370 20.14

76,370 22.12 46,020 19.98

48,250 23.15 48,150 21.27

See footnotes at end of table.

Community and social service occupations

Religious workers..................................................................................................................................................

Clergy................................................................................................................................................................

Miscellaneous community and social service specialists................................................................................

Social workers..................................................................................................................................................

Counselors........................................................................................................................................................

Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists...............................................

Biological technicians.......................................................................................................................................

Chemical technicians.......................................................................................................................................

Geological and petroleum technicians.............................................................................................................

Nuclear technicians..........................................................................................................................................

Social science research assistants..................................................................................................................

Miscellaneous social scientists and related workers.......................................................................................

Life, physical, and social science technicians.......................................................................................................

Agricultural and food science technicians........................................................................................................

Physical scientists, all other..............................................................................................................................

Social scientists and related workers....................................................................................................................

Economists.......................................................................................................................................................

Survey researchers..........................................................................................................................................

Psychologists....................................................................................................................................................

Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians...........................................................................

Chemists and materials scientists....................................................................................................................

Environmental scientists and geoscientists.....................................................................................................

Agricultural and food scientists.........................................................................................................................

Biological scientists...........................................................................................................................................

Conservation scientists and foresters..............................................................................................................

Medical scientists..............................................................................................................................................

Life scientists, all other.....................................................................................................................................

Sociologists.......................................................................................................................................................

Urban and regional planners............................................................................................................................

Life scientists.........................................................................................................................................................

Physical scientists..................................................................................................................................................

Astronomers and physicists.............................................................................................................................

Atmospheric and space scientists...................................................................................................................

Employment

Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2015- Continued

Median 

hourly 

wages

Occupation

Mean wages
Hourly Annual1

Community and social service occupations (Continued)

20,280 $21.71 $45,160 $18.65

7,840 16.90 35,160 13.82

1,062,370 49.74 103,460 37.58

672,580 63.64 132,380 54.39

622,590 64.76 134,710 54.94

Lawyers....................................................................................................................................................... 609,930 65.51 136,260 55.69

Judicial law clerks........................................................................................................................................ 12,660 28.81 59,910 24.39

49,990 49.71 103,390 48.01

Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers................................................................... 14,590 44.78 93,140 43.56

Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators....................................................................................................... 6,380 33.20 69,060 27.89

Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates.............................................................................................. 29,020 55.82 116,100 61.03

389,790 25.75 53,550 23.40

271,930 25.19 52,390 23.47

117,850 27.04 56,250 23.23

Court reporters............................................................................................................................................ 17,670 26.31 54,720 23.80

Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers............................................................................................... 54,620 23.96 49,840 21.33

Legal support workers, all other.................................................................................................................. 45,570 31.02 64,530 25.92

Education, training, and library occupations 8,542,670 25.48 53,000 22.70

1,531,350 (2) 77,480 (2)

84,890 (2) 92,220 (2)

87,610 (2) 80,140 (2)

Computer science teachers, postsecondary.............................................................................................. 33,760 (2) 84,700 (2)

Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary........................................................................................ 53,850 (2) 77,290 (2)

44,610 (2) 101,040 (2)

Architecture teachers, postsecondary........................................................................................................ 7,340 (2) 84,880 (2)

Engineering teachers, postsecondary........................................................................................................ 37,270 (2) 104,220 (2)

62,990 (2) 88,240 (2)

Agricultural sciences teachers, postsecondary.......................................................................................... 9,680 (2) 95,280 (2)

Biological science teachers, postsecondary............................................................................................... 51,640 (2) 86,830 (2)

Forestry and conservation science teachers, postsecondary.................................................................... 1,660 (2) 91,030 (2)

52,200 (2) 89,840 (2)

Atmospheric, earth, marine, and space sciences teachers, postsecondary............................................. 10,890 (2) 92,540 (2)

Chemistry teachers, postsecondary........................................................................................................... 21,460 (2) 86,070 (2)

Environmental science teachers, postsecondary....................................................................................... 5,540 (2) 88,570 (2)

Physics teachers, postsecondary............................................................................................................... 14,310 (2) 93,950 (2)

116,420 (2) 84,180 (2)

Anthropology and archeology teachers, postsecondary............................................................................ 6,000 (2) 85,440 (2)

Area, ethnic, and cultural studies teachers, postsecondary....................................................................... 9,240 (2) 81,700 (2)

Economics teachers, postsecondary.......................................................................................................... 13,580 (2) 106,980 (2)

Geography teachers, postsecondary.......................................................................................................... 4,350 (2) 79,690 (2)

Political science teachers, postsecondary.................................................................................................. 17,460 (2) 88,680 (2)

Psychology teachers, postsecondary......................................................................................................... 38,380 (2) 79,370 (2)

Sociology teachers, postsecondary............................................................................................................ 16,160 (2) 76,750 (2)

Social sciences teachers, postsecondary, all other.................................................................................... 11,250 (2) 79,820 (2)

236,290 (2) 104,470 (2)

Health specialties teachers, postsecondary............................................................................................... 178,900 (2) 114,510 (2)

Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary...................................................................................... 57,390 (2) 73,150 (2)

65,160 (2) 68,560 (2)

Education teachers, postsecondary........................................................................................................... 60,260 (2) 68,200 (2)

Library science teachers, postsecondary................................................................................................... 4,910 (2) 73,030 (2)

42,720 (2) 89,470 (2)

Criminal justice and law enforcement teachers, postsecondary................................................................ 14,560 (2) 64,460 (2)

Law teachers, postsecondary..................................................................................................................... 16,430 (2) 126,230 (2)

Social work teachers, postsecondary......................................................................................................... 11,740 (2) 69,030 (2)

280,710 (2) 73,660 (2)

Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary........................................................................................ 98,310 (2) 76,710 (2)

Communications teachers, postsecondary................................................................................................ 29,050 (2) 70,290 (2)

English language and literature teachers, postsecondary......................................................................... 75,730 (2) 71,210 (2)

Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary......................................................................... 30,120 (2) 69,520 (2)

History teachers, postsecondary................................................................................................................ 23,680 (2) 76,670 (2)

Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary...................................................................................... 23,820 (2) 75,140 (2)

457,750 (2) 55,920 (2)

Graduate teaching assistants..................................................................................................................... 125,100 (2) 32,510 (2)

Home economics teachers, postsecondary............................................................................................... 3,650 (2) 69,090 (2)

Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary........................................................................... 17,980 (2) 66,090 (2)

Vocational education teachers, postsecondary.......................................................................................... 119,800 26.09 54,260 23.79

Postsecondary teachers, all other.............................................................................................................. 191,220 (2) 71,060 (2)

4,080,100 (2) 56,370 (2)

528,330 18.79 39,090 16.51

Preschool teachers, except special education........................................................................................... 370,190 15.62 32,500 13.74

Kindergarten teachers, except special education....................................................................................... 158,150 (2) 54,510 (2)

2,027,280 (2) 58,060 (2)

Elementary school teachers, except special education............................................................................. 1,381,430 (2) 57,730 (2)

Middle school teachers, except special and career/technical education................................................... 632,760 (2) 58,760 (2)

Career/technical education teachers, middle school.................................................................................. 13,090 (2) 58,480 (2)

1,040,250 (2) 60,270 (2)

Secondary school teachers, except special and career/technical education............................................ 962,820 (2) 60,440 (2)

Career/technical education teachers, secondary school........................................................................... 77,430 (2) 58,170 (2)

See footnotes at end of table.

Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers..............................................................................................

Legal support workers...........................................................................................................................................

Paralegals and legal assistants........................................................................................................................

Miscellaneous legal support workers...............................................................................................................

Directors, religious activities and education.....................................................................................................

Religious workers, all other..............................................................................................................................

Legal occupations

Lawyers, judges, and related workers..................................................................................................................

Lawyers and judicial law clerks........................................................................................................................

Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2015- Continued

Employment

Mean wages

Occupation

Median 

hourly 

wages

Postsecondary teachers........................................................................................................................................

Business teachers, postsecondary..................................................................................................................

Health teachers, postsecondary......................................................................................................................

Social sciences teachers, postsecondary........................................................................................................

Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary....................................................................................................

Life sciences teachers, postsecondary............................................................................................................

Engineering and architecture teachers, postsecondary..................................................................................

Math and computer teachers, postsecondary.................................................................................................

Preschool, primary, secondary, and special education school teachers.............................................................

Preschool and kindergarten teachers..............................................................................................................

Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers...........................................................................................................

Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary...................................................................

Law, criminal justice, and social work teachers, postsecondary.....................................................................

Elementary and middle school teachers..........................................................................................................

Secondary school teachers..............................................................................................................................

Education and library science teachers, postsecondary.................................................................................
Hourly Annual1

Education, training, and library occupations (Continued)

484,240 (2) $59,800 (2)

Special education teachers, preschool....................................................................................................... 29,230 (2) 58,210 (2)

Special education teachers, kindergarten and elementary school............................................................ 195,780 (2) 58,640 (2)

Special education teachers, middle school................................................................................................ 91,050 (2) 60,300 (2)

Special education teachers, secondary school.......................................................................................... 129,770 (2) 62,180 (2)

Special education teachers, all other.......................................................................................................... 38,410 (2) 57,670 (2)

1,182,320 17.99 37,420 14.79

65,110 25.99 54,060 24.17

217,530 20.36 42,350 17.64

899,670 16.84 35,020 13.92

Substitute teachers...................................................................................................................................... 626,750 14.25 29,630 12.90

Teachers and instructors, all other, except substitute teachers................................................................. 272,920 (2) 47,410 (2)

253,810 23.54 48,960 22.10

28,080 24.88 51,750 22.46

Archivists..................................................................................................................................................... 5,460 25.90 53,880 24.16

Curators....................................................................................................................................................... 11,870 27.40 56,990 24.77

Museum technicians and conservators...................................................................................................... 10,750 21.58 44,880 19.40

131,550 28.33 58,930 27.35

94,170 16.44 34,200 15.54

1,495,090 (2) 31,710 (2)

10,170 23.18 48,220 22.06

8,760 24.91 51,820 23.65

139,460 31.19 64,870 29.94

1,228,440 (2) 26,550 (2)

108,270 21.34 44,380 19.41

1,843,600 27.39 56,980 22.19

559,820 25.11 52,240 21.13

90,150 37.30 77,580 32.51

Art directors................................................................................................................................................. 34,690 49.03 101,990 43.15

Craft artists.................................................................................................................................................. 5,270 17.17 35,710 14.77

Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators.......................................................................... 12,240 26.04 54,170 22.34

Multimedia artists and animators................................................................................................................ 30,240 33.80 70,300 30.76

Artists and related workers, all other........................................................................................................... 7,700 29.87 62,130 28.10

469,670 22.78 47,370 19.49

Commercial and industrial designers.......................................................................................................... 31,330 33.57 69,820 32.28

Fashion designers....................................................................................................................................... 19,040 35.18 73,180 30.61

Floral designers........................................................................................................................................... 44,350 12.98 27,010 12.02

Graphic designers....................................................................................................................................... 204,850 24.83 51,640 22.55

Interior designers......................................................................................................................................... 51,050 26.69 55,510 23.48

Merchandise displayers and window trimmers........................................................................................... 100,540 14.32 29,790 12.92

Set and exhibit designers............................................................................................................................ 11,930 26.40 54,920 23.81

Designers, all other...................................................................................................................................... 6,590 29.92 62,220 25.62

498,020 28.07 58,380 19.25

155,210 41.28 85,850 29.08

Actors........................................................................................................................................................... 50,570 37.47 (2) 18.80

Producers and directors.............................................................................................................................. 104,650 43.11 89,670 32.91

254,440 (2) 41,470 (2)

Athletes and sports competitors................................................................................................................. 11,710 (2) 80,490 (2)

Coaches and scouts................................................................................................................................... 224,110 (2) 40,050 (2)

Umpires, referees, and other sports officials.............................................................................................. 18,620 (2) 33,990 (2)

15,160 20.39 42,410 16.85

Dancers....................................................................................................................................................... 10,030 18.14 (2) 14.44

Choreographers.......................................................................................................................................... 5,130 24.79 51,560 22.09

58,630 31.70 (2) 24.08

Music directors and composers.................................................................................................................. 21,540 28.38 59,040 23.95

Musicians and singers................................................................................................................................. 37,090 33.62 (2) 24.20

14,570 22.71 (2) 17.64

564,800 29.76 61,910 25.73

38,380 21.72 45,170 14.46

Radio and television announcers................................................................................................................ 30,390 22.31 46,410 14.88

Public address system and other announcers........................................................................................... 8,000 19.44 40,440 12.95

45,790 24.50 50,970 18.13

Broadcast news analysts............................................................................................................................ 4,730 42.90 89,240 31.51

Reporters and correspondents................................................................................................................... 41,050 22.38 46,560 17.48

218,910 31.65 65,830 27.29

189,840 32.74 68,090 29.24

Editors.......................................................................................................................................................... 96,690 31.21 64,910 26.93

Technical writers.......................................................................................................................................... 49,770 35.26 73,350 33.77

Writers and authors..................................................................................................................................... 43,380 33.24 69,130 28.97

71,890 23.82 49,550 21.39

Interpreters and translators......................................................................................................................... 49,650 23.25 48,360 21.24

Media and communication workers, all other............................................................................................. 22,240 25.10 52,200 21.74

220,950 25.59 53,220 20.91

105,500 23.14 48,140 20.13

Audio and video equipment technicians..................................................................................................... 62,460 22.42 46,630 19.92

Broadcast technicians................................................................................................................................. 28,270 21.18 44,050 18.02

Radio operators........................................................................................................................................... 940 22.69 47,200 24.06

Sound engineering technicians................................................................................................................... 13,840 30.45 63,340 25.64

See footnotes at end of table.

Mean wages

Occupation

Median 

hourly 

wages

Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2015- Continued

Employment

Audio-visual and multimedia collections specialists........................................................................................

Special education teachers..............................................................................................................................

Other teachers and instructors..............................................................................................................................

Adult basic and secondary education and literacy teachers and instructors..................................................

Miscellaneous teachers and instructors...........................................................................................................

Librarians, curators, and archivists.......................................................................................................................

Archivists, curators, and museum technicians................................................................................................

Librarians..........................................................................................................................................................

Library technicians............................................................................................................................................

Other education, training, and library occupations...............................................................................................

Self-enrichment education teachers................................................................................................................

Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio operators...............................................................

Media and communication equipment workers....................................................................................................

Miscellaneous media and communication workers.........................................................................................

Public relations specialists................................................................................................................................

Writers and editors...........................................................................................................................................

News analysts, reporters and correspondents................................................................................................

Announcers......................................................................................................................................................

Media and communication workers......................................................................................................................

Instructional coordinators.................................................................................................................................

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations

Farm and home management advisors..........................................................................................................

Teacher assistants...........................................................................................................................................

Education, training, and library workers, all other............................................................................................

Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers, all other................................................................

Musicians, singers, and related workers..........................................................................................................

Dancers and choreographers..........................................................................................................................

Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers............................................................................................

Actors, producers, and directors......................................................................................................................

Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers....................................................................................

Designers..........................................................................................................................................................

Artists and related workers...............................................................................................................................

Art and design workers..........................................................................................................................................
Hourly Annual1

50,070 $19.37 $40,280 $15.24

47,710 34.37 71,500 26.80

Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture........................................................................... 20,060 28.54 59,360 23.60

Film and video editors................................................................................................................................. 27,660 38.61 80,300 29.69

17,670 34.10 70,920 33.94

8,021,800 37.40 77,800 30.10

4,960,900 46.65 97,030 36.90

32,080 37.68 78,370 30.98

116,750 85.16 177,130 76.11

Dentists, general.......................................................................................................................................... 100,080 82.86 172,350 73.42

Oral and maxillofacial surgeons.................................................................................................................. 5,000 112.45 233,900 (3)

Orthodontists............................................................................................................................................... 5,410 106.44 221,390 (3)

Prosthodontists............................................................................................................................................ 710 77.41 161,020 57.57

Dentists, all other specialists....................................................................................................................... 5,550 82.23 171,040 82.21

59,740 28.08 58,410 27.84

35,300 55.65 115,750 49.95

295,620 57.34 119,270 58.41

642,720 97.33 202,450 (3)

Anesthesiologists........................................................................................................................................ 29,220 124.09 258,100 (3)

Family and general practitioners................................................................................................................. 127,430 92.36 192,120 88.65

Internists, general........................................................................................................................................ 48,920 94.48 196,520 (3)

Obstetricians and gynecologists................................................................................................................. 20,090 106.92 222,400 (3)

Pediatricians, general.................................................................................................................................. 28,660 88.07 183,180 81.87

Psychiatrists................................................................................................................................................. 24,060 93.12 193,680 (3)

Surgeons..................................................................................................................................................... 41,600 119.00 247,520 (3)

Physicians and surgeons, all other............................................................................................................. 322,740 95.05 197,700 (3)

98,470 47.73 99,270 47.20

9,500 65.47 136,180 57.37

628,440 36.64 76,220 35.53

Occupational therapists............................................................................................................................... 114,660 39.27 81,690 38.54

Physical therapists....................................................................................................................................... 209,690 41.25 85,790 40.40

Radiation therapists..................................................................................................................................... 16,930 40.61 84,460 38.57

Recreational therapists................................................................................................................................ 17,880 22.98 47,790 22.06

Respiratory therapists................................................................................................................................. 120,330 28.67 59,640 27.78

Speech-language pathologists................................................................................................................... 131,450 36.97 76,900 35.29

Exercise physiologists................................................................................................................................. 6,620 23.91 49,740 22.60

Therapists, all other..................................................................................................................................... 10,890 28.46 59,210 26.93

65,650 47.59 99,000 42.54

2,745,910 34.14 71,000 32.45

39,410 77.04 160,250 75.55

7,430 45.01 93,610 44.48

136,060 48.68 101,260 47.21

12,070 37.22 77,420 36.01

35,750 40.92 85,120 35.92

2,909,230 22.04 45,850 20.28

320,550 24.91 51,810 24.30

Medical and clinical laboratory technologists.............................................................................................. 162,950 29.74 61,860 29.09

Medical and clinical laboratory technicians................................................................................................. 157,610 19.91 41,420 18.73

200,550 34.96 72,720 34.77

361,430 29.84 62,080 29.04

Cardiovascular technologists and technicians........................................................................................... 51,400 26.97 56,100 26.38

Diagnostic medical sonographers............................................................................................................... 61,250 34.08 70,880 33.16

Nuclear medicine technologists.................................................................................................................. 19,740 36.06 74,990 35.27

Radiologic technologists.............................................................................................................................. 195,590 28.13 58,520 27.25

Magnetic resonance imaging technologists................................................................................................ 33,460 32.86 68,340 32.56

236,890 17.04 35,430 15.38

712,050 16.69 34,710 15.71

Dietetic technicians...................................................................................................................................... 28,950 14.03 29,170 12.52

Pharmacy technicians................................................................................................................................. 379,430 15.23 31,680 14.62

Psychiatric technicians................................................................................................................................ 58,450 17.44 36,280 14.97

Respiratory therapy technicians.................................................................................................................. 10,000 23.90 49,720 23.31

Surgical technologists................................................................................................................................. 100,270 22.09 45,940 21.31

Veterinary technologists and technicians................................................................................................... 95,790 16.00 33,280 15.29

Ophthalmic medical technicians................................................................................................................. 39,160 17.64 36,690 16.99

697,250 21.17 44,030 20.76

189,930 19.44 40,430 17.84

73,520 17.70 36,820 16.75

117,040 22.86 47,560 20.54

Orthotists and prosthetists.......................................................................................................................... 7,100 33.63 69,960 30.98

Hearing aid specialists................................................................................................................................ 5,920 25.41 52,850 23.85

Health technologists and technicians, all other.......................................................................................... 104,020 21.98 45,730 19.84

151,680 29.72 61,820 27.88

86,270 32.68 67,970 31.69

Occupational health and safety specialists................................................................................................. 70,220 34.51 71,790 33.75

Occupational health and safety technicians............................................................................................... 16,050 24.65 51,270 23.11

65,410 25.82 53,710 22.64

Athletic trainers............................................................................................................................................ 23,450 (2) 46,940 (2)

See footnotes at end of table.

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations (Continued)

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations

Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2015- Continued

Occupation

Median 

hourly 

wages

Employment

Mean wages

Photographers..................................................................................................................................................

Television, video, and motion picture camera operators and editors.............................................................

Media and communication equipment workers, all other................................................................................

Health diagnosing and treating practitioners.........................................................................................................

Chiropractors....................................................................................................................................................

Dentists.............................................................................................................................................................

Dietitians and nutritionists.................................................................................................................................

Optometrists.....................................................................................................................................................

Pharmacists......................................................................................................................................................

Physicians and surgeons.................................................................................................................................

Physician assistants.........................................................................................................................................

Podiatrists.........................................................................................................................................................

Therapists.........................................................................................................................................................

Veterinarians.....................................................................................................................................................

Registered nurses............................................................................................................................................

Nurse anesthetists............................................................................................................................................

Nurse midwives................................................................................................................................................

Nurse practitioners...........................................................................................................................................

Audiologists......................................................................................................................................................

Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other.....................................................................................

Health technologists and technicians....................................................................................................................

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians............................................................................................

Dental hygienists..............................................................................................................................................

Diagnostic related technologists and technicians............................................................................................

Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...........................................................................................

Health practitioner support technologists and technicians..............................................................................

Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses.........................................................................................

Medical records and health information technicians........................................................................................

Opticians, dispensing.......................................................................................................................................

Miscellaneous health technologists and technicians.......................................................................................

Miscellaneous health practitioners and technical workers...............................................................................

Occupational health and safety specialists and technicians...........................................................................

Other healthcare practitioners and technical occupations....................................................................................
Hourly Annual1

Genetic counselors...................................................................................................................................... 2,520 $35.85 $74,570 $34.66

Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other........................................................................... 39,440 27.12 56,400 23.21

3,989,910 14.19 29,520 13.00

2,363,400 12.26 25,500 11.56

2,363,400 12.26 25,500 11.56

Home health aides...................................................................................................................................... 820,630 11.00 22,870 10.54

Psychiatric aides.......................................................................................................................................... 69,550 13.55 28,170 12.59

Nursing assistants....................................................................................................................................... 1,420,570 12.89 26,820 12.36

Orderlies...................................................................................................................................................... 52,660 13.26 27,580 12.30

174,800 22.50 46,790 22.46

43,030 25.74 53,550 26.21

Occupational therapy assistants................................................................................................................. 35,460 28.05 58,340 27.82

Occupational therapy aides......................................................................................................................... 7,570 14.95 31,090 13.37

131,770 21.44 44,590 20.66

Physical therapist assistants....................................................................................................................... 81,230 26.56 55,250 26.52

Physical therapist aides............................................................................................................................... 50,540 13.19 27,440 12.08

1,451,710 16.33 33,970 15.49

92,090 20.76 43,170 18.29

1,359,620 16.03 33,340 15.36

Dental assistants......................................................................................................................................... 323,110 17.75 36,920 17.30

Medical assistants....................................................................................................................................... 601,240 15.34 31,910 14.71

Medical equipment preparers..................................................................................................................... 50,330 16.80 34,950 16.02

Medical transcriptionists.............................................................................................................................. 57,830 17.17 35,720 16.77

Pharmacy aides........................................................................................................................................... 38,040 13.20 27,460 11.75

Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers............................................................................ 75,620 12.47 25,940 11.71

Phlebotomists.............................................................................................................................................. 118,160 15.76 32,770 15.21

Healthcare support workers, all other......................................................................................................... 95,290 17.75 36,920 17.20

3,351,620 21.45 44,610 18.14

270,660 33.91 70,530 31.76

142,890 37.96 78,950 36.18

First-line supervisors of correctional officers.............................................................................................. 42,520 30.18 62,770 28.71

First-line supervisors of police and detectives............................................................................................ 100,370 41.26 85,810 39.47

58,110 36.05 74,970 34.72

69,660 23.82 49,540 22.55

332,730 23.89 49,690 22.72

318,790 23.72 49,330 22.53

13,940 27.89 58,020 26.34

Fire inspectors and investigators................................................................................................................ 12,290 28.75 59,800 27.27

Forest fire inspectors and prevention specialists....................................................................................... 1,650 21.51 44,740 17.62

1,223,890 27.34 56,860 25.03

445,520 21.78 45,310 19.51

Bailiffs.......................................................................................................................................................... 17,730 21.59 44,900 20.03

Correctional officers and jailers................................................................................................................... 427,790 21.79 45,320 19.49

106,580 38.28 79,620 37.12

5,630 26.43 54,970 25.38

8,710 18.40 38,280 17.56

657,460 29.46 61,270 28.04

Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................................................................................................... 653,740 29.45 61,270 28.04

Transit and railroad police........................................................................................................................... 3,720 29.85 62,090 28.69

1,524,340 13.97 29,050 11.95

13,180 16.98 35,330 16.08

30,460 25.41 52,840 21.93

1,108,310 13.71 28,510 11.87

Gaming surveillance officers and gaming investigators............................................................................. 10,650 16.29 33,880 14.99

Security guards............................................................................................................................................ 1,097,660 13.68 28,460 11.84

372,390 13.71 28,510 11.67

Crossing guards.......................................................................................................................................... 68,640 13.33 27,730 12.07

Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers.................................................. 141,670 10.54 21,930 9.38

Transportation security screeners............................................................................................................... 41,820 19.25 40,050 18.90

Protective service workers, all other........................................................................................................... 120,270 15.72 32,690 13.77

12,577,080 10.98 22,850 9.41

1,013,460 16.80 34,930 15.11

1,013,460 16.80 34,930 15.11

Chefs and head cooks................................................................................................................................ 129,370 22.07 45,920 19.95

First-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers................................................................. 884,090 16.02 33,330 14.59

3,147,210 11.05 22,990 10.24

2,284,470 11.23 23,350 10.44

Cooks, fast food.......................................................................................................................................... 520,010 9.43 19,610 9.17

Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................................................................................................... 404,980 12.29 25,560 11.52

Cooks, private household........................................................................................................................... 380 18.12 37,680 12.65

Cooks, restaurant........................................................................................................................................ 1,150,760 11.74 24,430 11.11

Cooks, short order....................................................................................................................................... 193,170 10.55 21,940 9.99

Cooks, all other............................................................................................................................................ 15,160 13.58 28,240 12.67

862,740 10.60 22,050 9.70

See footnotes at end of table.

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations (Continued)

Healthcare support occupations

Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...............................................................................................

Massage therapists..........................................................................................................................................

Other healthcare support occupations..................................................................................................................

Physical therapist assistants and aides...........................................................................................................

Occupational therapy assistants and aides.....................................................................................................

Occupational therapy and physical therapist assistants and aides......................................................................

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides...................................................................................................

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides........................................................................................................

Occupation

Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2015- Continued

Median 

hourly 

wages

Employment

Mean wages

Protective service occupations

Supervisors of protective service workers............................................................................................................

First-line supervisors of law enforcement workers..........................................................................................

First-line supervisors of fire fighting and prevention workers..........................................................................

First-line supervisors of protective service workers, all other..........................................................................

Fire fighting and prevention workers.....................................................................................................................

Firefighters........................................................................................................................................................

Fire inspectors..................................................................................................................................................

Law enforcement workers.....................................................................................................................................

Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...........................................................................................................

Detectives and criminal investigators...............................................................................................................

Fish and game wardens...................................................................................................................................

Parking enforcement workers..........................................................................................................................

Police officers...................................................................................................................................................

Other protective service workers...........................................................................................................................

Animal control workers.....................................................................................................................................

Private detectives and investigators................................................................................................................

Security guards and gaming surveillance officers...........................................................................................

Miscellaneous protective service workers.......................................................................................................

Food preparation and serving related occupations

Supervisors of food preparation and serving workers.....................................................................................

Supervisors of food preparation and serving workers..........................................................................................

Cooks and food preparation workers....................................................................................................................

Cooks................................................................................................................................................................

Food preparation workers................................................................................................................................
Hourly Annual1

7,054,960 $10.30 $21,430 $9.19

589,150 11.59 24,110 9.39

3,703,110 9.53 19,820 9.11

Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food....................................................... 3,216,460 9.47 19,710 9.09

Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop............................................................. 486,650 9.90 20,590 9.24

2,505,630 11.07 23,020 9.25

257,070 11.06 23,010 9.82

1,361,450 10.01 20,830 9.27

412,830 10.29 21,400 9.27

505,000 9.79 20,360 9.30

391,150 9.87 20,530 9.22

52,470 11.09 23,060 9.80

4,407,050 13.02 27,080 11.47

270,360 20.52 42,680 18.96

270,360 20.52 42,680 18.96

First-line supervisors of housekeeping and janitorial workers.................................................................... 166,920 19.26 40,060 17.81

First-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers................................... 103,450 22.55 46,900 21.15

3,159,840 12.23 25,440 10.93

3,089,590 12.14 25,240 10.86

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners............................................................ 2,146,880 12.59 26,180 11.27

Maids and housekeeping cleaners............................................................................................................. 926,240 11.05 22,990 9.97

Building cleaning workers, all other............................................................................................................. 16,480 14.52 30,200 14.06

70,250 16.39 34,080 15.46

976,840 13.50 28,090 12.31

976,840 13.50 28,090 12.31

Landscaping and groundskeeping workers................................................................................................ 895,600 13.20 27,460 12.03

Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation......................................................................... 24,200 16.62 34,570 15.64

Tree trimmers and pruners......................................................................................................................... 40,160 17.32 36,030 16.10

Grounds maintenance workers, all other.................................................................................................... 16,890 16.03 33,340 14.05

4,307,500 12.33 25,650 10.50

208,040 19.17 39,870 17.71

30,340 22.57 46,940 22.19

Gaming supervisors.................................................................................................................................... 22,640 24.10 50,130 23.91

Slot supervisors........................................................................................................................................... 7,700 18.05 37,550 17.16

177,700 18.59 38,670 17.17

185,780 11.66 24,260 10.22

11,720 16.15 33,600 12.80

174,060 11.36 23,630 10.10

551,590 10.64 22,140 9.29

119,540 10.93 22,730 9.24

Gaming dealers........................................................................................................................................... 94,900 10.49 21,810 9.14

Gaming and sports book writers and runners............................................................................................ 12,370 12.58 26,170 10.91

Gaming service workers, all other............................................................................................................... 12,280 12.68 26,380 11.56

5,620 11.80 24,540 10.33

114,000 10.13 21,060 9.22

312,430 10.70 22,260 9.33

Amusement and recreation attendants...................................................................................................... 273,870 10.27 21,360 9.27

Costume attendants.................................................................................................................................... 6,120 25.42 52,870 21.40

Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants............................................................................ 17,430 11.53 23,990 10.11

Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other............................................................................ 15,010 11.59 24,110 10.92

64,470 18.01 37,460 14.79

3,710 19.95 41,490 19.43

35,290 12.42 25,840 11.43

25,470 25.47 52,990 23.31

504,640 13.67 28,420 11.17

362,360 13.84 28,790 11.40

Barbers........................................................................................................................................................ 14,350 14.01 29,140 11.95

Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists............................................................................................ 348,010 13.83 28,770 11.38

142,280 13.22 27,500 10.65

Makeup artists, theatrical and performance............................................................................................... 3,060 32.00 66,560 25.59

Manicurists and pedicurists......................................................................................................................... 83,840 11.36 23,630 10.01

Shampooers................................................................................................................................................ 15,190 9.78 20,350 9.27

Skincare specialists..................................................................................................................................... 40,190 16.97 35,300 14.47

77,980 12.99 27,030 11.60

77,980 12.99 27,030 11.60

Baggage porters and bellhops.................................................................................................................... 46,550 11.75 24,430 10.17

Concierges.................................................................................................................................................. 31,430 14.84 30,870 13.96

38,740 13.29 27,640 11.85

38,740 13.29 27,640 11.85

Tour guides and escorts.............................................................................................................................. 35,930 12.94 26,920 11.59

Travel guides............................................................................................................................................... 2,810 17.75 36,920 16.43

2,676,260 11.77 24,480 10.40

573,440 10.72 22,310 9.77

1,369,230 10.48 21,790 10.09

573,920 15.66 32,560 12.76

Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors.................................................................................................... 237,760 19.70 40,970 17.39

Recreation workers..................................................................................................................................... 336,150 12.79 26,610 11.21

See footnotes at end of table.

Median 

hourly 

wages

Occupation Employment

Mean wages

Dishwashers.....................................................................................................................................................

Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop............................................................................

Food preparation and serving related workers, all other.................................................................................

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations

Supervisors of building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers...........................................................

First-line supervisors of building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers.......................................

Building cleaning and pest control workers...........................................................................................................

Building cleaning workers.................................................................................................................................

Pest control workers.........................................................................................................................................

Grounds maintenance workers.............................................................................................................................

Grounds maintenance workers........................................................................................................................

Personal care and service occupations

Supervisors of personal care and service workers...............................................................................................

First-line supervisors of gaming workers.........................................................................................................

First-line supervisors of personal service workers...........................................................................................

Food preparation and serving related occupations (Continued)

Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers.........................................................................

Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2015- Continued

Other food preparation and serving related workers............................................................................................

Waiters and waitresses....................................................................................................................................

Food servers, nonrestaurant............................................................................................................................

Fast food and counter workers........................................................................................................................

Bartenders........................................................................................................................................................

Food and beverage serving workers....................................................................................................................

Animal care and service workers..........................................................................................................................

Animal trainers..................................................................................................................................................

Nonfarm animal caretakers..............................................................................................................................

Entertainment attendants and related workers.....................................................................................................

Gaming services workers.................................................................................................................................

Motion picture projectionists.............................................................................................................................

Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers.....................................................................................................

Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers........................................................................

Funeral service workers........................................................................................................................................

Embalmers.......................................................................................................................................................

Funeral attendants...........................................................................................................................................

Morticians, undertakers, and funeral directors.................................................................................................

Personal appearance workers..............................................................................................................................

Barbers, hairdressers, hairstylists and cosmetologists...................................................................................

Miscellaneous personal appearance workers.................................................................................................

Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges.........................................................................................................

Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges....................................................................................................

Tour and travel guides...........................................................................................................................................

Tour and travel guides......................................................................................................................................

Other personal care and service workers.............................................................................................................

Childcare workers.............................................................................................................................................

Personal care aides..........................................................................................................................................

Recreation and fitness workers........................................................................................................................
Hourly Annual1

Personal care and service occupations (Continued)

102,540 $13.05 $27,140 $12.01

57,140 11.99 24,950 10.73

14,462,120 18.90 39,320 12.34

1,441,700 24.10 50,120 19.87

1,441,700 24.10 50,120 19.87

First-line supervisors of retail sales workers............................................................................................... 1,193,850 20.63 42,900 18.42

First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers........................................................................................ 247,850 40.82 84,910 34.76

8,799,250 11.77 24,490 9.84

3,501,210 10.10 21,010 9.29

Cashiers....................................................................................................................................................... 3,478,420 10.09 20,990 9.28

Gaming change persons and booth cashiers............................................................................................. 22,790 11.84 24,620 11.03

685,520 14.32 29,790 12.58

Counter and rental clerks............................................................................................................................ 447,050 13.57 28,210 11.75

Parts salespersons...................................................................................................................................... 238,470 15.74 32,750 14.25

4,612,510 12.67 26,340 10.47

1,808,330 33.22 69,100 24.78

149,770 29.66 61,690 23.31

386,140 31.15 64,790 23.17

319,280 49.45 102,860 34.40

66,560 18.63 38,750 17.15

886,580 29.98 62,360 24.86

1,743,560 34.17 71,080 28.41

1,743,560 34.17 71,080 28.41

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products.......................... 334,010 42.87 89,170 36.63

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............. 1,409,550 32.11 66,790 26.79

669,270 22.97 47,780 14.84

88,080 14.47 30,100 12.01

Demonstrators and product promoters....................................................................................................... 83,620 14.29 29,720 11.99

Models......................................................................................................................................................... 4,460 17.91 37,240 13.23

190,510 30.22 62,850 21.93

Real estate brokers..................................................................................................................................... 38,810 38.56 80,210 27.34

Real estate sales agents............................................................................................................................. 151,700 28.08 58,410 20.85

72,200 51.52 107,160 46.95

226,730 12.73 26,470 11.31

91,760 18.93 39,370 15.35

Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers............................................ 7,510 12.58 26,160 10.68

Sales and related workers, all other............................................................................................................ 84,240 19.49 40,540 15.98

21,846,420 17.47 36,330 15.96

1,424,450 27.01 56,170 25.30

1,424,450 27.01 56,170 25.30

112,260 14.54 30,250 13.47

100,500 13.94 28,990 13.19

9,750 19.62 40,820 17.25

2,010 20.19 41,990 19.39

3,179,250 17.63 36,680 16.74

318,970 17.60 36,600 16.56

491,070 17.45 36,300 16.85

1,580,220 18.74 38,990 17.91

17,650 13.36 27,780 12.43

166,700 20.26 42,130 19.71

71,470 19.72 41,010 19.52

498,460 13.10 27,260 12.70

34,700 20.32 42,270 19.27

5,513,250 16.16 33,610 14.91

57,490 24.83 51,640 23.16

7,320 17.47 36,340 16.98

130,190 18.38 38,230 17.23

41,880 18.23 37,920 16.96

2,595,990 16.62 34,560 15.25

130,420 20.69 43,040 20.75

140,560 14.38 29,900 13.39

243,210 10.87 22,610 10.11

184,050 15.83 32,930 15.10

100,090 12.78 26,580 11.77

216,380 18.85 39,210 18.13

48,970 17.22 35,820 16.77

185,890 16.38 34,080 15.54

138,910 18.84 39,180 18.32

975,890 13.67 28,430 13.12

138,810 17.68 36,780 16.91

177,210 18.64 38,770 18.26

3,973,740 16.16 33,610 14.32

81,120 21.38 44,470 20.13

73,180 14.01 29,130 13.12

292,570 19.30 40,140 18.00

Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers..................................................................................................... 95,630 19.23 40,000 18.27

Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance........................................................................................ 196,940 19.33 40,210 17.86

34,970 19.66 40,900 18.51

See footnotes at end of table.

Mean wages

Occupation Employment

Median 

hourly 

wages

Residential advisors.........................................................................................................................................

Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2015- Continued

Personal care and service workers, all other...................................................................................................

Sales and related occupations

Supervisors of sales workers................................................................................................................................

First-line supervisors of sales workers.............................................................................................................

Retail sales workers...............................................................................................................................................

Cashiers............................................................................................................................................................

Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons..........................................................................................

Retail salespersons..........................................................................................................................................

Sales representatives, services............................................................................................................................

Advertising sales agents..................................................................................................................................

Insurance sales agents....................................................................................................................................

Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents.........................................................................

Travel agents....................................................................................................................................................

Sales representatives, services, all other........................................................................................................

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing..........................................................................................

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing.....................................................................................

Other sales and related workers...........................................................................................................................

Models, demonstrators, and product promoters..............................................................................................

Meter readers, utilities......................................................................................................................................

Cargo and freight agents..................................................................................................................................

Couriers and messengers................................................................................................................................

Dispatchers.......................................................................................................................................................

Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers.................................................................

Brokerage clerks...............................................................................................................................................

Correspondence clerks....................................................................................................................................

Court, municipal, and license clerks.................................................................................................................

Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks..........................................................................................................

Customer service representatives...................................................................................................................

Eligibility interviewers, government programs..................................................................................................

File clerks..........................................................................................................................................................

Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks.................................................................................................................

Interviewers, except eligibility and loan............................................................................................................

Library assistants, clerical................................................................................................................................

Loan interviewers and clerks............................................................................................................................

New accounts clerks........................................................................................................................................

Tellers...............................................................................................................................................................

Financial clerks, all other..................................................................................................................................

Real estate brokers and sales agents.............................................................................................................

Sales engineers................................................................................................................................................

Telemarketers...................................................................................................................................................

Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................................................................................................

Office and administrative support occupations

Financial clerks......................................................................................................................................................

Switchboard operators, including answering service.......................................................................................

Telephone operators........................................................................................................................................

Communications equipment operators, all other.............................................................................................

Communications equipment operators.................................................................................................................

First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers.................................................................

Supervisors of office and administrative support workers....................................................................................

Receptionists and information clerks...............................................................................................................

Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks......................................................................

Information and record clerks, all other............................................................................................................

Information and record clerks................................................................................................................................

Bill and account collectors................................................................................................................................

Billing and posting clerks..................................................................................................................................

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks................................................................................................

Order clerks......................................................................................................................................................

Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping.......................................................................

Gaming cage workers......................................................................................................................................

Payroll and timekeeping clerks........................................................................................................................

Procurement clerks..........................................................................................................................................
Hourly Annual1

504,540 $24.38 $50,700 $27.30

Postal service clerks.................................................................................................................................... 78,660 23.60 49,090 27.30

Postal service mail carriers......................................................................................................................... 315,950 24.58 51,130 28.02

Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators........................................... 109,930 24.35 50,650 27.28

309,110 23.18 48,210 22.19

674,820 15.55 32,350 14.64

1,934,060 12.47 25,940 11.17

69,360 14.89 30,980 13.80

3,680,630 18.93 39,360 17.55

3,680,630 18.93 39,360 17.55

Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants................................................................. 666,490 26.66 55,460 25.66

Legal secretaries......................................................................................................................................... 202,660 22.34 46,470 20.77

Medical secretaries...................................................................................................................................... 530,360 16.50 34,330 15.89

Secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive..................................... 2,281,120 16.92 35,200 16.31

3,962,840 15.77 32,800 14.67

51,510 20.26 42,140 19.43

267,900 15.79 32,840 14.99

Data entry keyers........................................................................................................................................ 199,240 14.81 30,810 14.16

Word processors and typists...................................................................................................................... 68,660 18.61 38,710 18.08

13,240 21.10 43,900 19.15

262,910 19.02 39,560 18.04

95,640 14.39 29,930 13.74

2,944,420 15.33 31,890 14.22

63,290 14.90 30,980 13.95

10,810 18.12 37,690 17.13

13,510 21.26 44,220 20.53

239,630 16.70 34,730 15.67

454,230 12.67 26,360 10.46

19,060 23.22 48,290 21.80

19,060 23.22 48,290 21.80

388,900 11.58 24,090 9.86

14,670 21.06 43,810 20.86

1,030 21.47 44,650 18.93

35,290 11.18 23,260 10.14

337,920 11.18 23,260 9.65

Agricultural equipment operators................................................................................................................ 27,200 14.13 29,380 13.38

Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse...................................................................... 272,170 10.64 22,130 9.51

Farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals................................................................................ 33,530 12.58 26,160 11.42

Agricultural workers, all other...................................................................................................................... 5,020 15.31 31,850 14.34

700 14.60 30,370 13.51

540 14.41 29,970 13.14

45,570 17.53 36,470 16.90

6,870 14.36 29,860 12.59

38,700 18.10 37,640 17.41

Fallers.......................................................................................................................................................... 5,840 20.07 41,750 17.50

Logging equipment operators..................................................................................................................... 27,290 17.76 36,930 17.45

Log graders and scalers............................................................................................................................. 2,740 17.99 37,420 17.36

Logging workers, all other........................................................................................................................... 2,830 17.41 36,210 17.13

5,477,820 22.88 47,580 20.33

517,560 32.13 66,820 29.84

517,560 32.13 66,820 29.84

4,076,800 22.25 46,290 19.72

16,350 29.16 60,660 28.90

74,570 24.13 50,200 22.32

Brickmasons and blockmasons.................................................................................................................. 61,360 24.88 51,750 23.05

Stonemasons.............................................................................................................................................. 13,210 20.66 42,970 18.57

639,190 22.49 46,780 20.24

75,280 20.76 43,180 18.38

Carpet installers........................................................................................................................................... 25,810 20.77 43,210 17.89

Floor layers, except carpet, wood, and hard tiles....................................................................................... 9,830 20.44 42,520 17.80

Floor sanders and finishers......................................................................................................................... 4,700 18.35 38,160 17.76

Tile and marble setters................................................................................................................................ 34,940 21.16 44,010 18.94

166,610 20.27 42,150 18.16

Cement masons and concrete finishers..................................................................................................... 163,360 20.23 42,080 18.14

Terrazzo workers and finishers................................................................................................................... 3,250 22.14 46,050 19.57

887,580 17.57 36,550 15.34

411,920 23.26 48,380 21.06

Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators................................................................................ 53,110 20.68 43,020 18.40

Pile-driver operators.................................................................................................................................... 3,670 26.51 55,150 23.77

Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators........................................................... 355,140 23.61 49,110 21.44

106,000 22.48 46,760 19.46

Drywall and ceiling tile installers.................................................................................................................. 88,490 21.88 45,510 18.85

Tapers.......................................................................................................................................................... 17,500 25.52 53,080 23.06

592,230 26.73 55,590 24.94

44,230 21.84 45,420 18.96

See footnotes at end of table.

Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2015- Continued

Mean wages

Occupation

Median 

hourly 

wages

Employment

Insurance claims and policy processing clerks................................................................................................

Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service......................................................................

Office and administrative support occupations (Continued)

Desktop publishers...........................................................................................................................................

Other office and administrative support workers..................................................................................................

Secretaries and administrative assistants.......................................................................................................

Postal service workers.....................................................................................................................................

Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................................................................................................

Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks...............................................................................................................

Stock clerks and order fillers............................................................................................................................

Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping.....................................................................

Secretaries and administrative assistants............................................................................................................

Office clerks, general........................................................................................................................................

Office machine operators, except computer....................................................................................................

Proofreaders and copy markers......................................................................................................................

Statistical assistants.........................................................................................................................................

Office and administrative support workers, all other........................................................................................

Computer operators.........................................................................................................................................

Data entry and information processing workers..............................................................................................

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

Fishing and hunting workers.................................................................................................................................

Fishers and related fishing workers.................................................................................................................

Forest, conservation, and logging workers...........................................................................................................

Forest and conservation workers.....................................................................................................................

Logging workers...............................................................................................................................................

Supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers...........................................................................................

First-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers.......................................................................

Agricultural workers...............................................................................................................................................

Agricultural inspectors......................................................................................................................................

Animal breeders...............................................................................................................................................

Graders and sorters, agricultural products......................................................................................................

Miscellaneous agricultural workers..................................................................................................................

Construction and extraction occupations

Electricians........................................................................................................................................................

Glaziers.............................................................................................................................................................

Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers..........................................................................................

Construction laborers.......................................................................................................................................

Construction equipment operators...................................................................................................................

Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers............................................................................

Carpenters........................................................................................................................................................

Carpet, floor, and tile installers and finishers...................................................................................................

Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons..............................................................................................

Boilermakers.....................................................................................................................................................

Construction trades workers..................................................................................................................................

First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers..............................................................

Supervisors of construction and extraction workers.............................................................................................
Hourly Annual1

55,180 $21.51 $44,740 $18.57

Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall................................................................................................... 25,850 18.66 38,810 16.85

Insulation workers, mechanical................................................................................................................... 29,330 24.02 49,970 20.97

216,340 19.47 40,490 17.57

Painters, construction and maintenance.................................................................................................... 213,330 19.49 40,540 17.59

Paperhangers.............................................................................................................................................. 3,020 17.60 36,610 16.15

432,380 25.89 53,860 23.72

Pipelayers.................................................................................................................................................... 40,710 20.15 41,910 18.16

Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters....................................................................................................... 391,680 26.49 55,100 24.34

22,420 20.22 42,070 17.94

20,060 25.98 54,030 23.08

109,720 19.54 40,630 17.65

135,570 23.95 49,810 21.99

64,280 26.32 54,750 24.28

6,870 19.26 40,070 18.19

228,710 14.37 29,890 13.64

228,710 14.37 29,890 13.64

Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters.................................... 22,970 15.43 32,090 14.09

Helpers--carpenters..................................................................................................................................... 37,820 14.04 29,200 13.41

Helpers--electricians.................................................................................................................................... 71,610 14.42 30,000 13.81

Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons............................................................ 11,030 13.31 27,690 12.73

Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters...................................................................... 55,530 14.40 29,950 13.70

Helpers--roofers........................................................................................................................................... 10,810 13.38 27,820 13.04

Helpers, construction trades, all other........................................................................................................ 18,930 14.66 30,500 13.71

393,710 22.29 46,370 20.16

91,480 28.86 60,030 27.57

21,000 37.19 77,350 38.88

21,160 16.75 34,840 15.60

42,560 21.22 44,150 19.08

142,300 18.36 38,200 17.75

14,470 24.68 51,340 25.40

27,080 18.21 37,880 17.00

33,660 18.86 39,220 17.31

Segmental pavers....................................................................................................................................... 1,240 15.30 31,820 14.77

Construction and related workers, all other................................................................................................ 32,420 18.99 39,500 17.45

261,040 22.58 46,970 20.52

105,120 25.33 52,680 22.71

Derrick operators, oil and gas..................................................................................................................... 19,330 24.38 50,710 23.03

Rotary drill operators, oil and gas............................................................................................................... 24,960 29.03 60,380 26.11

Service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining................................................................................................ 60,830 24.11 50,150 21.63

19,490 24.92 51,840 21.27

7,540 25.28 52,580 24.14

19,880 24.29 50,530 23.83

Continuous mining machine operators....................................................................................................... 11,130 24.35 50,660 23.37

Mine cutting and channeling machine operators........................................................................................ 6,630 24.39 50,720 24.91

Mining machine operators, all other............................................................................................................ 2,120 23.69 49,270 23.34

3,790 16.77 34,870 16.26

5,220 26.68 55,500 26.42

71,790 18.61 38,700 17.56

22,820 17.83 37,080 17.19

5,400 23.62 49,140 21.33

5,374,150 22.11 45,990 20.57

445,510 31.68 65,890 30.29

445,510 31.68 65,890 30.29

585,270 24.22 50,380 23.30

106,100 18.75 38,990 17.71

233,260 26.16 54,420 26.15

Radio, cellular, and tower equipment installers and repairers.................................................................... 14,160 25.45 52,940 24.84

Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers........................................ 219,100 26.21 54,510 26.24

245,910 24.74 51,460 23.92

Avionics technicians.................................................................................................................................... 17,340 28.94 60,200 28.15

Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers........................................................................................ 17,920 21.04 43,760 19.48

Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment............................................ 14,210 28.41 59,080 28.36

Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment............................................... 69,290 27.25 56,670 26.77

Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay................................................... 23,070 34.83 72,450 35.49

Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles................................................................... 12,470 16.10 33,500 15.08

Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers........................................................... 26,890 19.07 39,670 18.17

Security and fire alarm systems installers................................................................................................... 64,730 21.57 44,860 20.87

1,554,340 20.67 42,990 19.31

124,040 28.92 60,160 28.06

798,280 19.85 41,290 18.41

Automotive body and related repairers....................................................................................................... 143,040 21.44 44,590 19.70

Automotive glass installers and repairers................................................................................................... 17,160 16.93 35,210 16.27

Automotive service technicians and mechanics........................................................................................ 638,080 19.58 40,720 18.20

251,750 22.17 46,110 21.40

180,400 23.17 48,180 22.65

Farm equipment mechanics and service technicians................................................................................ 37,080 18.52 38,510 17.82

Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines................................................................................ 121,900 24.08 50,080 23.45

Rail car repairers......................................................................................................................................... 21,410 26.02 54,130 26.72

See footnotes at end of table.

Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2015- Continued

Median 

hourly 

wages

Mean wages

Occupation Employment

Construction and extraction occupations (Continued)

Insulation workers.............................................................................................................................................

Painters and paperhangers..............................................................................................................................

Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters..........................................................................................

Plasterers and stucco masons.........................................................................................................................

Reinforcing iron and rebar workers..................................................................................................................

Roofers.............................................................................................................................................................

Sheet metal workers.........................................................................................................................................

Structural iron and steel workers......................................................................................................................

Solar photovoltaic installers..............................................................................................................................

Helpers, construction trades..................................................................................................................................

Helpers, construction trades............................................................................................................................

Other construction and related workers................................................................................................................

Construction and building inspectors...............................................................................................................

Elevator installers and repairers.......................................................................................................................

Fence erectors..................................................................................................................................................

Hazardous materials removal workers............................................................................................................

Highway maintenance workers........................................................................................................................

Rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators................................................................................

Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners...............................................................................................

Miscellaneous construction and related workers.............................................................................................

Extraction workers.................................................................................................................................................

Derrick, rotary drill, and service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining...............................................................

Earth drillers, except oil and gas......................................................................................................................

Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters.......................................................................

Mining machine operators................................................................................................................................

Rock splitters, quarry........................................................................................................................................

Roof bolters, mining..........................................................................................................................................

Roustabouts, oil and gas..................................................................................................................................

Helpers--extraction workers.............................................................................................................................

Extraction workers, all other.............................................................................................................................

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

Supervisors of installation, maintenance, and repair workers..............................................................................

First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers..........................................................................

Electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers............................................................

Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers.............................................................................

Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers................................................................

Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers...............................

Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................................

Aircraft mechanics and service technicians.....................................................................................................

Automotive technicians and repairers..............................................................................................................

Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists.................................................................................

Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics....................................................
Hourly Annual1

67,850 $17.51 $36,420 $16.66

Motorboat mechanics and service technicians.......................................................................................... 20,440 18.99 39,500 18.41

Motorcycle mechanics................................................................................................................................. 15,850 17.42 36,240 16.45

Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics.................................................................. 31,560 16.60 34,520 15.72

132,030 13.20 27,460 12.09

Bicycle repairers.......................................................................................................................................... 12,560 13.41 27,900 13.20

Recreational vehicle service technicians.................................................................................................... 11,970 17.97 37,380 17.15

Tire repairers and changers........................................................................................................................ 107,500 12.65 26,310 11.65

2,789,020 20.95 43,570 19.39

60,440 24.55 51,060 22.79

Mechanical door repairers........................................................................................................................... 17,930 19.18 39,900 18.34

Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door......................................................... 42,510 26.81 55,760 26.01

274,680 22.78 47,380 21.69

33,990 18.66 38,820 17.40

457,380 24.12 50,160 23.27

Industrial machinery mechanics.................................................................................................................. 323,280 24.75 51,470 23.89

Maintenance workers, machinery............................................................................................................... 92,520 21.41 44,540 20.80

Millwrights.................................................................................................................................................... 40,030 25.31 52,650 24.71

Refractory materials repairers, except brickmasons.................................................................................. 1,550 23.52 48,920 22.62

221,740 28.92 60,160 29.53

Electrical power-line installers and repairers............................................................................................... 115,380 31.57 65,650 31.95

Telecommunications line installers and repairers....................................................................................... 106,360 26.06 54,200 25.44

66,660 23.19 48,230 21.94

Camera and photographic equipment repairers......................................................................................... 3,540 20.44 42,510 19.53

Medical equipment repairers....................................................................................................................... 41,060 23.75 49,400 22.28

Musical instrument repairers and tuners..................................................................................................... 7,730 18.55 38,590 17.14

Watch repairers........................................................................................................................................... 2,200 17.84 37,110 16.71

Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other............................................................................ 12,130 26.01 54,110 26.13

1,314,560 18.73 38,950 17.61

3,950 25.50 53,030 24.55

355,620 17.81 37,050 15.98

Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers............................................................ 32,250 16.47 34,260 15.72

Commercial divers....................................................................................................................................... 3,450 26.27 54,640 24.26

Fabric menders, except garment................................................................................................................ 620 12.43 25,840 11.77

Locksmiths and safe repairers.................................................................................................................... 17,800 19.84 41,270 18.83

Manufactured building and mobile home installers.................................................................................... 3,650 15.94 33,150 14.45

Riggers........................................................................................................................................................ 22,790 22.97 47,770 20.78

Signal and track switch repairers................................................................................................................ 8,190 30.12 62,650 30.69

Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers............................................................................. 124,220 13.71 28,530 12.69

Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other............................................................................. 142,650 19.77 41,120 18.14

9,073,290 17.41 36,220 15.51

603,080 28.81 59,930 27.09

603,080 28.81 59,930 27.09

1,800,410 15.70 32,670 14.46

42,810 24.54 51,040 23.55

273,030 16.14 33,570 15.07

Coil winders, tapers, and finishers.............................................................................................................. 14,450 15.86 32,990 15.26

Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers........................................................................................ 212,170 15.99 33,260 14.84

Electromechanical equipment assemblers................................................................................................. 46,400 16.89 35,140 16.15

38,700 20.07 41,750 19.04

79,620 18.77 39,040 17.81

1,366,250 15.04 31,280 13.87

Fiberglass laminators and fabricators......................................................................................................... 20,630 14.79 30,760 14.02

Team assemblers........................................................................................................................................ 1,115,510 15.17 31,560 13.98

Timing device assemblers and adjusters................................................................................................... 1,190 19.96 41,510 17.76

Assemblers and fabricators, all other......................................................................................................... 228,930 14.39 29,920 13.28

783,650 13.22 27,500 12.25

176,610 12.63 26,270 11.62

372,980 13.18 27,410 12.34

Butchers and meat cutters.......................................................................................................................... 137,350 14.88 30,940 14.01

Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers............................................................................................... 155,390 11.93 24,810 11.48

Slaughterers and meat packers.................................................................................................................. 80,250 12.70 26,420 12.33

234,060 13.73 28,560 12.67

Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders..................................... 20,320 14.58 30,320 13.49

Food batchmakers...................................................................................................................................... 133,470 14.04 29,210 12.95

Food cooking machine operators and tenders........................................................................................... 34,640 14.15 29,430 13.35

Food processing workers, all other............................................................................................................. 45,630 12.12 25,220 11.41

1,945,220 18.68 38,850 17.66

172,260 19.54 40,650 18.48

Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic................................................................ 146,600 18.62 38,720 17.80

Computer numerically controlled machine tool programmers, metal and plastic...................................... 25,660 24.82 51,630 23.55

123,780 17.62 36,650 16.82

Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................. 72,390 16.62 34,580 15.92

Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic......................................................... 19,650 17.75 36,910 16.86

Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................... 31,740 19.81 41,200 19.51

342,970 16.60 34,530 15.79

Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic...................... 194,670 15.88 33,030 15.04

Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................. 14,840 18.11 37,660 17.06

See footnotes at end of table.

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations (Continued)

Small engine mechanics..................................................................................................................................

Control and valve installers and repairers.......................................................................................................

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers.............................................................

Miscellaneous vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers.......................................

Other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations......................................................................................

Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2015- Continued

Occupation Employment

Mean wages Median 

hourly 

wages

Precision instrument and equipment repairers................................................................................................

Production occupations

Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers........................................................................

Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers.............................................................................

Maintenance and repair workers, general.......................................................................................................

Wind turbine service technicians.....................................................................................................................

Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers.........................................................................

Home appliance repairers................................................................................................................................

Line installers and repairers.............................................................................................................................

Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers................................................................

Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.........................................................

Supervisors of production workers........................................................................................................................

First-line supervisors of production and operating workers.............................................................................

Assemblers and fabricators...................................................................................................................................

Engine and other machine assemblers...........................................................................................................

Structural metal fabricators and fitters.............................................................................................................

Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators......................................................................................................

Food processing workers......................................................................................................................................

Bakers...............................................................................................................................................................

Miscellaneous food processing workers..........................................................................................................

Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.............................................................

Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers.....................................................................

Metal workers and plastic workers........................................................................................................................

Computer control programmers and operators...............................................................................................
Hourly Annual1

Production occupations (Continued)

Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, 

 metal and plastic................................................................................................................................... 73,570 $16.62 $34,560 $15.79

Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................................. 40,140 18.31 38,080 17.70

Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic....................................... 19,750 19.05 39,620 18.39

399,040 20.25 42,120 19.49

29,700 19.42 40,390 18.99

Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders............................................................................................. 20,070 20.57 42,790 20.31

Pourers and casters, metal......................................................................................................................... 9,630 17.01 35,390 16.28

10,400 21.93 45,620 21.13

Model makers, metal and plastic................................................................................................................ 6,380 23.18 48,210 22.11

Patternmakers, metal and plastic............................................................................................................... 4,020 19.95 41,500 19.69

148,410 15.25 31,720 14.24

Foundry mold and coremakers................................................................................................................... 12,860 16.31 33,930 15.71

Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............... 135,550 15.15 31,510 14.11

105,570 17.01 35,380 16.32

74,510 24.58 51,130 24.18

439,320 19.50 40,560 18.23

Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers.................................................................................................... 386,240 19.70 40,970 18.34

Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders............................................... 53,080 18.07 37,590 17.38

99,270 17.63 36,660 16.48

Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............................................. 20,570 18.47 38,420 17.60

Layout workers, metal and plastic............................................................................................................... 10,660 22.32 46,430 21.41

Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic...................................... 35,640 15.83 32,930 14.69

Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners.......................................................................................................... 10,220 18.07 37,590 17.09

Metal workers and plastic workers, all other............................................................................................... 22,190 17.26 35,910 15.86

256,040 17.52 36,440 16.64

256,040 17.52 36,440 16.64

Prepress technicians and workers.............................................................................................................. 35,330 19.26 40,060 18.40

Printing press operators.............................................................................................................................. 168,330 17.80 37,020 16.94

Print binding and finishing workers............................................................................................................. 52,380 15.47 32,170 14.55

578,100 12.22 25,420 11.05

201,620 10.90 22,660 10.01

48,340 10.40 21,640 9.84

141,520 11.87 24,680 10.84

11,410 12.29 25,570 11.58

Shoe and leather workers and repairers.................................................................................................... 8,180 12.29 25,570 11.36

Shoe machine operators and tenders........................................................................................................ 3,230 12.29 25,560 12.11

26,900 13.31 27,690 12.08

Sewers, hand............................................................................................................................................... 6,920 12.01 24,980 11.37

Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers................................................................................................. 19,980 13.76 28,630 12.42

76,630 13.29 27,640 12.83

Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders................................................................... 11,630 13.30 27,660 12.66

Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders............................................................................ 14,680 12.96 26,950 12.26

Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders...................................................... 22,560 13.53 28,150 13.09

Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders................................. 27,760 13.26 27,580 12.92

71,690 16.32 33,950 14.96

Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers.................... 19,810 16.44 34,190 15.85

Fabric and apparel patternmakers.............................................................................................................. 5,140 23.58 49,040 21.11

Upholsterers................................................................................................................................................ 30,180 16.13 33,550 15.39

Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other.................................................................................... 16,560 14.29 29,720 12.65

243,350 15.05 31,300 14.18

93,650 16.34 33,980 15.52

16,480 14.87 30,920 14.04

2,180 19.16 39,840 17.18

Model makers, wood................................................................................................................................... 1,160 18.43 38,330 16.15

Patternmakers, wood.................................................................................................................................. 1,030 19.98 41,550 18.46

124,150 14.00 29,130 13.37

Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood............................................................................ 48,600 14.04 29,190 13.37

Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing................................................... 75,540 13.98 29,090 13.37

6,900 15.45 32,130 13.94

311,050 28.26 58,780 27.48

55,990 36.15 75,190 36.38

Nuclear power reactor operators................................................................................................................ 6,940 42.70 88,820 42.58

Power distributors and dispatchers............................................................................................................. 11,540 38.66 80,400 38.86

Power plant operators................................................................................................................................. 37,510 34.17 71,070 34.58

34,630 29.08 60,480 28.14

114,770 22.49 46,790 21.53

105,670 30.07 62,540 29.85

Chemical plant and system operators........................................................................................................ 35,020 28.40 59,070 28.52

Gas plant operators..................................................................................................................................... 16,790 31.65 65,830 31.74

Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers....................................................... 42,320 31.74 66,020 31.34

Plant and system operators, all other......................................................................................................... 11,540 26.70 55,530 26.70

2,552,380 16.31 33,930 14.71

115,400 22.19 46,150 20.84

Chemical equipment operators and tenders.............................................................................................. 67,650 23.87 49,640 22.70

Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 47,750 19.81 41,210 18.47

188,510 17.01 35,370 16.09

Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders.............................................. 31,140 17.10 35,560 16.26

Grinding and polishing workers, hand......................................................................................................... 28,110 14.60 30,370 13.76

Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders.................................................................. 129,270 17.51 36,410 16.63

See footnotes at end of table.

Tool and die makers.........................................................................................................................................

Welding, soldering, and brazing workers.........................................................................................................

Laundry and dry-cleaning workers...................................................................................................................

Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials............................................................................................

Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2015- Continued

Occupation

Mean wages

Employment

Median 

hourly 

wages

Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders.............................................................................................

Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers......................................................................................

Stationary engineers and boiler operators.......................................................................................................

Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers..................................................................................

Furniture finishers.............................................................................................................................................

Model makers and patternmakers, wood........................................................................................................

Woodworkers.........................................................................................................................................................

Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters.............................................................................................................

Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders..................................................................................

Woodworkers, all other.....................................................................................................................................

Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators.......................................................................

Plant and system operators..................................................................................................................................

Machinists.........................................................................................................................................................

Metal furnace operators, tenders, pourers, and casters.................................................................................

Model makers and patternmakers, metal and plastic......................................................................................

Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................

Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................

Miscellaneous metal workers and plastic workers...........................................................................................

Printing workers.....................................................................................................................................................

Printing workers................................................................................................................................................

Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers..............................................................................................................

Sewing machine operators...............................................................................................................................

Shoe and leather workers................................................................................................................................

Tailors, dressmakers, and sewers...................................................................................................................

Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers...........................................................................

Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders......................................................................

Other production occupations...............................................................................................................................

Miscellaneous plant and system operators......................................................................................................
Hourly Annual1

Production occupations (Continued)

79,070 $15.56 $32,370 $14.89

Cutters and trimmers, hand........................................................................................................................ 15,740 13.87 28,850 12.89

Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders..................................................................... 63,330 15.98 33,250 15.48

71,430 16.36 34,030 15.46

19,650 17.77 36,970 17.00

508,590 18.95 39,410 17.31

25,270 20.38 42,380 17.82

80,150 18.08 37,610 16.32

Dental laboratory technicians...................................................................................................................... 37,520 19.48 40,520 17.88

Medical appliance technicians.................................................................................................................... 14,640 18.76 39,020 16.77

Ophthalmic laboratory technicians.............................................................................................................. 27,990 15.85 32,970 14.35

378,560 14.31 29,770 13.02

156,550 17.84 37,110 16.51

Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders................................................ 88,780 16.16 33,610 15.35

Painters, transportation equipment............................................................................................................. 51,760 21.60 44,920 19.79

Painting, coating, and decorating workers.................................................................................................. 16,020 15.01 31,210 14.07

24,230 18.08 37,600 17.01

23,940 14.77 30,720 12.78

881,020 14.21 29,560 12.78

Adhesive bonding machine operators and tenders.................................................................................... 17,400 16.23 33,750 15.25

Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders................................................ 17,420 14.38 29,910 13.41

Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders............................................................................ 7,970 15.14 31,490 13.76

Etchers and engravers................................................................................................................................ 9,490 15.33 31,880 14.33

Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic.......................................................................... 38,730 15.24 31,690 14.24

Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders.............................................................................. 91,400 17.87 37,160 17.17

Tire builders................................................................................................................................................. 17,710 19.34 40,230 18.81

Helpers--production workers....................................................................................................................... 439,000 12.50 26,010 11.52

Production workers, all other....................................................................................................................... 241,910 15.15 31,520 13.44

9,536,610 16.90 35,160 14.47

386,340 26.10 54,290 24.66

6,760 23.50 48,870 21.86

176,030 23.88 49,670 22.58

203,550 28.11 58,470 26.85

260,670 (2) 87,140 (2)

121,110 (2) 119,360 (2)

Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers................................................................................................. 81,350 (2) 136,400 (2)

Commercial pilots........................................................................................................................................ 39,760 (2) 84,510 (2)

31,050 49.32 102,580 48.05

Air traffic controllers..................................................................................................................................... 23,130 57.09 118,740 59.11

Airfield operations specialists...................................................................................................................... 7,920 26.64 55,400 24.94

108,510 (2) 46,750 (2)

3,851,720 17.53 36,460 16.43

19,950 12.25 25,470 11.41

674,180 15.85 32,980 14.88

Bus drivers, transit and intercity.................................................................................................................. 168,620 19.31 40,160 18.41

Bus drivers, school or special client............................................................................................................ 505,560 14.70 30,580 14.18

2,922,450 18.28 38,030 17.23

Driver/sales workers.................................................................................................................................... 417,660 13.41 27,890 10.79

Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers......................................................................................................... 1,678,280 20.43 42,500 19.36

Light truck or delivery services drivers........................................................................................................ 826,510 16.38 34,080 14.35

180,960 12.53 26,070 11.30

54,160 16.07 33,430 14.05

122,010 27.52 57,230 26.88

43,560 27.87 57,980 26.46

Locomotive engineers................................................................................................................................. 37,490 28.54 59,360 27.04

Locomotive firers......................................................................................................................................... 1,610 26.22 54,540 23.30

Rail yard engineers, dinkey operators, and hostlers.................................................................................. 4,460 22.88 47,600 22.01

18,970 25.96 53,990 25.97

42,330 27.29 56,760 26.89

12,600 29.12 60,580 29.98

4,550 28.25 58,760 28.77

77,260 31.11 64,720 26.44

30,570 20.63 42,910 19.84

36,760 37.98 79,000 34.82

Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels............................................................................................. 33,110 39.98 83,150 36.91

Motorboat operators.................................................................................................................................... 3,650 19.88 41,350 17.69

9,940 37.97 78,970 35.03

343,230 14.14 29,410 11.00

3,170 22.10 45,980 23.33

144,150 10.83 22,520 9.92

109,710 11.27 23,440 10.36

6,750 22.92 47,660 21.12

25,860 34.72 72,220 34.05

15,680 14.68 30,540 12.47

37,900 18.52 38,520 17.74

4,495,380 13.81 28,710 12.22

32,890 16.88 35,100 15.41

46,490 26.23 54,560 24.83

See footnotes at end of table.

Miscellaneous production workers...................................................................................................................

Supervisors of transportation and material moving workers................................................................................

Aircraft cargo handling supervisors..................................................................................................................

First-line supervisors of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand..........................................................

First-line supervisors of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.......................

Air transportation workers......................................................................................................................................

Aircraft pilots and flight engineers....................................................................................................................

Air traffic controllers and airfield operations specialists...................................................................................

Flight attendants...............................................................................................................................................

Motor vehicle operators.........................................................................................................................................

Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians.................................................

Bus drivers........................................................................................................................................................

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers.............................................................................................................

Automotive and watercraft service attendants................................................................................................

Traffic technicians.............................................................................................................................................

Transportation inspectors.................................................................................................................................

Taxi drivers and chauffeurs..............................................................................................................................

Motor vehicle operators, all other.....................................................................................................................

Rail transportation workers....................................................................................................................................

Locomotive engineers and operators..............................................................................................................

Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators...................................................................................................

Railroad conductors and yardmasters.............................................................................................................

Cutting workers.................................................................................................................................................

Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders..............................

Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders...........................................................................

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers......................................................................................

Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers............................................................................................

Medical, dental, and ophthalmic laboratory technicians..................................................................................

Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders.....................................................................................

Painting workers...............................................................................................................................................

Semiconductor processors..............................................................................................................................

Photographic process workers and processing machine operators...............................................................

Transportation and material moving occupations

Parking lot attendants.......................................................................................................................................

Sailors and marine oilers..................................................................................................................................

Ship and boat captains and operators.............................................................................................................

Ship engineers..................................................................................................................................................

Mean wages

Employment

Median 

hourly 

wages

Occupation

Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2015- Continued

Subway and streetcar operators......................................................................................................................

Rail transportation workers, all other................................................................................................................

Water transportation workers................................................................................................................................

Transportation attendants, except flight attendants.........................................................................................

Transportation workers, all other......................................................................................................................

Material moving workers........................................................................................................................................

Conveyor operators and tenders.....................................................................................................................

Crane and tower operators..............................................................................................................................

Other transportation workers.................................................................................................................................

Bridge and lock tenders....................................................................................................................................
Hourly Annual1

54,930 $21.54 $44,810 $19.54

Dredge operators........................................................................................................................................ 1,850 21.18 44,040 19.26

Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators.......................................................................... 49,880 21.41 44,520 19.26

Loading machine operators, underground mining...................................................................................... 3,210 23.91 49,740 25.15

2,880 24.37 50,680 20.30

539,810 16.39 34,090 15.43

3,637,790 12.86 26,760 11.50

Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.......................................................................................................... 336,960 11.51 23,940 10.25

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand............................................................................ 2,487,680 13.39 27,840 12.02

Machine feeders and offbearers................................................................................................................. 100,020 14.89 30,960 14.15

Packers and packagers, hand.................................................................................................................... 713,130 11.40 23,710 10.10

30,350 23.35 48,570 22.69

Gas compressor and gas pumping station operators................................................................................ 4,100 27.65 57,510 28.06

Pump operators, except wellhead pumpers............................................................................................... 13,390 22.21 46,200 20.39

Wellhead pumpers...................................................................................................................................... 12,860 23.17 48,180 22.59

114,220 17.48 36,370 16.25

2,310 26.50 55,120 26.59

11,960 19.72 41,010 17.63

21,740 17.82 37,060 14.60

3

 Represents a wage equal to or greater than $90.00 per hour.

2

 Wages for some occupations that do not generally work year-round, full time, are reported either as hourly wages or annual salaries 

depending on how they are typically paid.

Occupation

1

 Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those 

occupations where there is not an hourly mean wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.

Mean wages

Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2015- Continued

Median 

hourly 

wages

Employment

Tank car, truck, and ship loaders.....................................................................................................................

Material moving workers, all other....................................................................................................................

Transportation and material moving occupations (Continued)

Refuse and recyclable material collectors.......................................................................................................

Mine shuttle car operators................................................................................................................................

Pumping station operators...............................................................................................................................

Laborers and material movers, hand...............................................................................................................

Industrial truck and tractor operators...............................................................................................................

Hoist and winch operators................................................................................................................................

Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators......................................................................................