Occupation	Average Salary	Salary of Top 10%
Accountants and auditors ;	$60,670	over $94,050
Actuaries	$91,810	over  $91,810
Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers	$77,730	over  $133,850
Administrative services managers	$72,840	over  $117,610
Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors	$46,690	over  $75,680
Advertising and promotions managers	$85,140	over  $85,140
Advertising sales agents	$51,370	over  $91,280
Aerospace engineering and operations technicians	$54,480	over  $74,860
Aerospace engineers	$89,260	over  $124,550
Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes	$84,070	over  $84,070
Agricultural and food science technicians	$33,700	over  $49,270
Agricultural engineers	$67,810	over  $96,270
Agricultural equipment operators	$21,950	over  $32,100
Agricultural inspectors	$38,820	over  $55,620
Agricultural sciences teachers, postsecondary	$77,190	over  $118,180
Agricultural workers, all other	$25,070	over  $40,060
Air traffic controllers	$110,270	over  $110,270
Aircraft cargo handling supervisors	$45,440	over  $75,040
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians	$49,300	over  $71,780
Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers	$43,860	over  $59,540
Airfield operations specialists	$41,400	over  $70,860
Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers	$140,380	over  $140,380
All Occupations	$39,190	over  $72,960
All other information and record clerks	$32,900	over  $48,100
Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians	$21,930	over  $31,800
Amusement and recreation attendants	$17,530	over  $24,030
Anesthesiologists	$184,340	over  $184,340
Animal breeders	$31,970	over  $54,650
Animal control workers	$29,370	over  $44,800
Animal scientists	$53,230	over  $81,430
Animal trainers	$29,920	over  $46,630
Anthropologists and archeologists	$52,900	over  $81,490
Anthropology and archeology teachers, postsecondary	$68,240	over  $109,330
Appraisers and assessors of real estate	$51,110	over  $86,140
Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators	$58,790	over  $102,020
Architects, except landscape and naval	$69,760	over  $104,970
Architectural and civil drafters	$43,900	over  $63,310
Architecture and engineering occupations	$66,190	over  $104,250
Architecture teachers, postsecondary	$67,390	over  $101,700
Archivists	$44,400	over  $73,060
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies teachers, postsecondary	$63,710	over  $106,080
Art directors	$78,420	over  $135,090
Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary	$58,250	over  $94,270
Artists and related workers, all other	$48,890	over  $88,430
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	$46,110	over  $82,330
Assemblers and fabricators, all other	$31,000	over  $55,130
Astronomers	$95,000	over  $95,000
Athletes and sports competitors	$74,440	over  $74,440
Athletic trainers	$38,860	over  $57,580
Atmospheric and space scientists	$77,810	over  $119,700
Atmospheric, earth, marine, and space sciences teachers, postsecondary	$74,880	over  $121,500
Audio and video equipment technicians	$38,710	over  $62,550
Audio-visual collections specialists	$42,090	over  $65,610
Audiologists	$61,110	over  $89,160
Automotive body and related repairers	$38,230	over  $59,720
Automotive glass installers and repairers	$32,050	over  $46,220
Automotive service technicians and mechanics	$36,070	over  $56,620
Avionics technicians	$47,380	over  $63,090
Baggage porters and bellhops	$21,580	over  $35,550
Bailiffs	$36,260	over  $58,270
Bakers	$23,710	over  $35,380
Barbers	$26,540	over  $42,770
Bartenders	$18,540	over  $28,210
Bicycle repairers	$22,610	over  $31,090
Bill and account collectors	$30,640	over  $43,930
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	$29,930	over  $41,750
Bindery workers	$27,370	over  $41,880
Biochemists and biophysicists	$80,900	over  $129,510
Biological science teachers, postsecondary	$82,110	over  $82,110
Biological scientists, all other	$63,560	over  $95,130
Biological technicians	$38,240	over  $57,890
Biomedical engineers	$78,030	over  $116,330
Boilermakers	$48,600	over  $71,170
Bookbinders	$32,210	over  $47,200
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	$31,780	over  $46,020
Brickmasons and blockmasons	$44,370	over  $67,450
Bridge and lock tenders	$35,930	over  $50,360
Broadcast news analysts	$66,910	over  $66,910
Broadcast technicians	$35,540	over  $64,860
Brokerage clerks	$39,280	over  $57,600
Budget analysts	$63,920	over  $93,080
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	$22,580	over  $34,990
Building cleaning workers, all other	$28,670	over  $49,730
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists	$38,440	over  $55,120
Bus drivers, school	$25,130	over  $36,630
Bus drivers, transit and intercity	$33,050	over  $50,090
Business and financial operations occupations	$60,000	over  $95,890
Business operations specialists, all other	$60,240	over  $96,590
Business teachers, postsecondary	$70,220	over  $120,620
Butchers and meat cutters	$28,310	over  $43,260
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters	$28,760	over  $43,060
Camera and photographic equipment repairers	$36,600	over  $54,860
Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture	$46,150	over  $84,500
Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels	$57,060	over  $89,230
Cardiovascular technologists and technicians	$43,990	over  $67,410
Cargo and freight agents	$38,560	over  $57,440
Carpenters	$39,930	over  $63,330
Carpet installers	$38,280	over  $64,710
Cartographers and photogrammetrists	$52,600	over  $80,520
Cashiers	$17,930	over  $24,210
Cement masons and concrete finishers	$35,630	over  $56,310
Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders	$26,840	over  $39,810
Chefs and head cooks	$37,880	over  $60,730
Chemical engineers	$81,600	over  $118,670
Chemical equipment operators and tenders	$41,300	over  $58,440
Chemical plant and system operators	$48,930	over  $66,820
Chemical technicians	$40,970	over  $60,120
Chemistry teachers, postsecondary	$70,100	over  $116,910
Chemists	$66,040	over  $106,310
Chief executives	$144,600	over  $144,600
Child care workers	$18,820	over  $27,050
Child, family, and school social workers	$40,640	over  $62,530
Chiropractors	$81,070	over  $81,070
Choreographers	$38,320	over  $64,070
Civil engineering technicians	$42,380	over  $62,920
Civil engineers	$72,120	over  $104,420
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators	$52,750	over  $79,170
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment	$20,130	over  $29,820
Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders	$25,420	over  $39,410
Clergy	$43,060	over  $69,720
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists	$66,110	over  $102,730
Coaches and scouts	$33,290	over  $58,890
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders	$28,230	over  $41,320
Coil winders, tapers, and finishers	$26,910	over  $37,450
Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers	$29,820	over  $44,410
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	$15,930	over  $21,130
Commercial and industrial designers	$59,340	over  $92,970
Commercial divers	$45,410	over  $75,770
Commercial pilots	$66,720	over  $115,220
Communications equipment operators, all other	$33,130	over  $51,120
Communications teachers, postsecondary	$56,600	over  $90,710
Community and social service specialists, all other	$37,410	over  $57,790
Community and social services occupations	$39,000	over  $62,280
Compensation and benefits managers	$82,010	over  $132,820
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists	$53,500	over  $80,150
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation	$50,890	over  $80,380
Computer and information scientists, research	$96,440	over  $144,880
Computer and information systems managers	$107,250	over  $107,250
Computer and mathematical occupations	$69,240	over  $109,240
Computer hardware engineers	$91,280	over  $135,260
Computer operators	$35,010	over  $51,970
Computer programmers	$69,500	over  $106,610
Computer science teachers, postsecondary	$65,000	over  $108,780
Computer software engineers, applications	$82,000	over  $119,770
Computer software engineers, systems software	$87,250	over  $125,750
Computer specialists, all other	$69,370	over  $103,270
Computer support specialists      majorsť	$44,350	over  $68,540
Computer systems analysts	$72,230	over  $106,820
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers	$38,050	over  $56,910
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic	$32,820	over  $46,690
Concierges	$26,000	over  $38,210
Conservation scientists	$55,410	over  $80,260
Construction and building inspectors	$48,620	over  $72,590
Construction and extraction occupations	$39,290	over  $64,800
Construction and related workers, all other	$32,880	over  $51,550
Construction laborers	$29,930	over  $50,320
Construction managers	$82,760	over  $135,780
Continuous mining machine operators	$40,310	over  $54,520
Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door	$45,290	over  $66,380
Conveyor operators and tenders	$27,970	over  $40,030
Cooks, all other	$23,590	over  $35,020
Cooks, fast food	$15,960	over  $20,770
Cooks, institution and cafeteria	$21,320	over  $30,770
Cooks, private household	$28,370	over  $55,040
Cooks, restaurant	$21,020	over  $28,850
Cooks, short order	$18,710	over  $26,110
Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders	$25,970	over  $39,160
Correctional officers and jailers	$38,310	over  $58,580
Correspondence clerks	$29,850	over  $42,810
Cost estimators	$56,820	over  $88,310
Costume attendants	$29,540	over  $52,030
Counselors, all other	$40,280	over  $60,600
Counter and rental clerks	$23,340	over  $37,800
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop	$16,950	over  $22,590
Couriers and messengers	$23,170	over  $34,510
Court reporters	$48,370	over  $77,770
Court, municipal, and license clerks	$32,580	over  $47,680
Craft artists	$28,610	over  $46,700
Crane and tower operators	$41,450	over  $63,210
Credit analysts	$60,190	over  $100,280
Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks	$31,710	over  $46,390
Criminal justice and law enforcement teachers, postsecondary	$55,310	over  $89,850
Crossing guards	$22,270	over  $32,020
Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders	$29,570	over  $44,140
Curators	$49,980	over  $80,030
Customer service representatives	$30,400	over  $45,990
Cutters and trimmers, hand	$24,370	over  $36,300
Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders	$29,610	over  $44,310
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	$27,730	over  $40,400
Dancers	$14/hr	over  $26/hr
Data entry keyers	$25,640	over  $35,970
Database administrators	$67,460	over  $103,010
Demonstrators and product promoters	$25,770	over  $40,090
Dental assistants	$30,850	over  $43,040
Dental hygienists	$62,430	over  $86,530
Dental laboratory technicians	$34,910	over  $54,350
Dentists, all other specialists	$108,340	over  $108,340
Dentists, general	$140,950	over  $140,950
Derrick operators, oil and gas	$37,930	over  $55,100
Designers, all other	$48,890	over  $80,180
Desktop publishers	$36,120	over  $55,040
Detectives and criminal investigators	$60,390	over  $92,590
Diagnostic medical sonographers	$58,110	over  $77,520
Dietetic technicians	$26,090	over  $38,520
Dietitians and nutritionists	$47,890	over  $68,330
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers	$16,320	over  $22,050
Directors, religious activities and education	$37,570	over  $61,040
Dishwashers	$16,190	over  $20,800
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance	$34,450	over  $53,250
Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers	$26,880	over  $50,740
Drafters, all other	$45,480	over  $69,810
Dredge operators	$37,050	over  $57,930
Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	$31,640	over  $47,370
Driver/sales workers	$24,380	over  $42,230
Drywall and ceiling tile installers	$38,810	over  $60,010
Earth drillers, except oil and gas	$37,030	over  $54,750
Economics teachers, postsecondary	$79,370	over  $130,990
Economists	$83,500	over  $136,550
Editors	$53,220	over  $87,400
Education administrators, all other	$71,520	over  $114,500
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school	$79,200	over  $112,990
Education administrators, postsecondary	$82,820	over  $137,900
Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program	$43,430	over  $70,360
Education teachers, postsecondary	$57,410	over  $94,960
Education, training, and library occupations	$45,320	over  $75,970
Education, training, and library workers, all other	$35,640	over  $61,950
Educational, vocational, and school counselors	$49,760	over  $75,920
Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers	$34,810	over  $52,760
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians	$50,840	over  $73,200
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers	$27,510	over  $41,210
Electrical and electronics drafters	$49,610	over  $74,490
Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment	$43,650	over  $59,870
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment	$45,670	over  $64,270
Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay	$56,870	over  $73,830
Electrical engineers	$78,900	over  $115,240
Electrical power-line installers and repairers	$49,900	over  $71,130
Electricians	$46,620	over  $72,700
Electro-mechanical technicians	$46,540	over  $68,700
Electromechanical equipment assemblers	$28,930	over  $42,600
Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles	$31,190	over  $48,770
Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers	$31,710	over  $46,640
Electronics engineers, except computer	$82,820	over  $119,900
Elementary school teachers, except special education	$48,700	over  $72,720
Elevator installers and repairers	$61,930	over  $87,660
Eligibility interviewers, government programs	$37,770	over  $50,550
Embalmers	$40,410	over  $59,900
Emergency management specialists	$50,450	over  $80,850
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics	$29,390	over  $45,280
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists	$50,070	over  $81,680
Engine and other machine assemblers	$35,400	over  $55,530
Engineering managers	$110,030	over  $110,030
Engineering teachers, postsecondary	$82,080	over  $129,610
Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other	$53,850	over  $77,080
Engineers, all other	$81,750	over  $120,610
English language and literature teachers, postsecondary	$57,320	over  $94,290
Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers, all other	$17/hr	over  $27/hr
Environmental engineering technicians	$43,100	over  $66,120
Environmental engineers	$72,590	over  $106,230
Environmental science and protection technicians, including health	$40,260	over  $60,700
Environmental science teachers, postsecondary	$71,980	over  $119,260
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health	$61,120	over  $94,670
Epidemiologists	$60,290	over  $87,300
Etchers and engravers	$27,750	over  $42,320
Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators	$35,740	over  $54,460
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants	$39,160	over  $56,740
Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters	$41,240	over  $56,190
Extraction workers, all other	$38,470	over  $64,550
Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	$29,330	over  $41,920
Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers	$29,910	over  $43,390
Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders	$29,230	over  $43,380
Fabric and apparel patternmakers	$38,380	over  $69,110
Fabric menders, except garment	$30,260	over  $46,400
Fallers	$32,960	over  $55,040
Family and general practitioners	$149,850	over  $149,850
Farm and home management advisors	$46,990	over  $73,520
Farm equipment mechanics	$30,320	over  $43,210
Farm labor contractors	$28,850	over  $48,320
Farm, ranch, and other agricultural managers	$58,550	over  $100,050
Farmers and ranchers	$43,520	over  $76,030
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	$21,810	over  $35,780
Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse	$17,630	over  $23,110
Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals	$20,630	over  $30,120
Fashion designers	$69,270	over  $117,120
Fence erectors	$28,130	over  $40,830
Fiberglass laminators and fabricators	$26,960	over  $37,510
File clerks	$23,540	over  $34,760
Film and video editors	$58,100	over  $110,720
Financial analysts	$77,280	over  $130,130
Financial examiners	$71,240	over  $118,000
Financial managers	$101,450	over  $101,450
Financial specialists, all other	$59,600	over  $94,600
Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators	$47,100	over  $79,390
Fire fighters	$42,370	over  $66,140
Fire inspectors and investigators	$49,950	over  $74,930
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	$57,500	over  $87,270
First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers	$54,630	over  $81,230
First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers	$40,210	over  $64,310
First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers	$65,030	over  $97,820
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	$28,870	over  $43,750
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand	$41,940	over  $63,490
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers	$33,610	over  $51,490
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers	$40,240	over  $60,930
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	$56,110	over  $83,670
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers	$76,840	over  $135,270
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	$46,530	over  $71,340
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers	$36,090	over  $56,960
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives	$70,230	over  $104,410
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	$50,480	over  $76,820
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	$38,830	over  $59,710
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators	$50,990	over  $76,270
First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other	$46,350	over  $73,240
Fish and game wardens	$44,200	over  $62,270
Fishers and related fishing workers	$28,510	over  $45,480
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors	$31,710	over  $56,750
Flight attendants	$56,150	over  $99,300
Floor layers, except carpet, wood, and hard tiles	$39,120	over  $67,220
Floor sanders and finishers	$31,810	over  $50,360
Floral designers	$23,040	over  $33,650
Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders	$25,710	over  $38,740
Food batchmakers	$24,790	over  $37,930
Food cooking machine operators and tenders	$22,750	over  $34,350
Food preparation and serving related occupations	$18,430	over  $27,510
Food preparation and serving related workers, all other	$19,360	over  $27,970
Food preparation workers	$18,480	over  $25,940
Food scientists and technologists	$59,260	over  $97,350
Food servers, nonrestaurant	$19,710	over  $28,720
Food service managers	$46,780	over  $70,810
Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary	$60,050	over  $100,790
Forensic science technicians	$48,130	over  $73,100
Forest and conservation technicians	$33,780	over  $49,380
Forest and conservation workers	$24,890	over  $39,580
Forest fire inspectors and prevention specialists	$35,810	over  $59,050
Foresters	$52,450	over  $74,570
Forestry and conservation science teachers, postsecondary	$66,970	over  $102,630
Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	$29,980	over  $43,560
Foundry mold and coremakers	$29,950	over  $42,630
Funeral attendants	$21,970	over  $32,390
Funeral directors	$57,250	over  $91,800
Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders	$31,720	over  $46,180
Furniture finishers	$26,680	over  $39,500
Gaming and sports book writers and runners	$20,850	over  $33,030
Gaming cage workers	$24,170	over  $33,120
Gaming change persons and booth cashiers	$21,470	over  $30,150
Gaming dealers	$17,010	over  $25,100
Gaming managers	$67,340	over  $104,070
Gaming service workers, all other	$24,110	over  $36,360
Gaming supervisors	$42,390	over  $61,700
Gaming surveillance officers and gaming investigators	$30,470	over  $45,940
Gas compressor and gas pumping station operators	$44,760	over  $61,190
Gas plant operators	$53,870	over  $72,200
General and operations managers	$99,280	over  $99,280
Geographers	$63,720	over  $93,930
Geography teachers, postsecondary	$62,850	over  $98,200
Geological and petroleum technicians	$51,490	over  $88,150
Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers	$79,890	over  $135,950
Glaziers	$38,060	over  $63,490
Graders and sorters, agricultural products	$18,610	over  $25,650
Graduate teaching assistants	$30,190	over  $46,770
Graphic designers	$43,830	over  $69,730
Grinding and polishing workers, hand	$25,460	over  $36,180
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	$29,780	over  $44,560
Grounds maintenance workers, all other	$24,490	over  $41,830
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists	$24,550	over  $39,070
Hazardous materials removal workers	$38,340	over  $59,180
Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors	$68,400	over  $100,160
Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other	$83,110	over  $83,110
Health educators	$45,370	over  $72,500
Health specialties teachers, postsecondary	$91,260	over  $91,260
Health technologists and technicians, all other	$38,260	over  $59,020
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	$62,030	over  $105,970
Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other	$45,090	over  $81,910
Healthcare support occupations	$24,610	over  $35,750
Healthcare support workers, all other	$28,170	over  $40,390
Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	$31,750	over  $45,330
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers	$39,710	over  $59,430
Helpers, construction trades, all other	$24,820	over  $36,460
Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters	$27,850	over  $42,220
Helpers--carpenters	$24,190	over  $33,630
Helpers--electricians	$25,050	over  $35,500
Helpers--extraction workers	$30,460	over  $44,860
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers	$24,210	over  $36,720
Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons	$22,620	over  $30,820
Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	$25,430	over  $35,800
Helpers--production workers	$22,120	over  $32,340
Helpers--roofers	$22,740	over  $31,340
Highway maintenance workers	$32,370	over  $46,890
Historians	$52,750	over  $89,940
History teachers, postsecondary	$63,200	over  $101,530
Hoist and winch operators	$36,530	over  $59,640
Home appliance repairers	$35,350	over  $53,750
Home economics teachers, postsecondary	$60,630	over  $100,660
Home health aides	$20,100	over  $27,030
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	$16,860	over  $22,470
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks	$19,480	over  $27,030
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping	$34,740	over  $48,670
Human resources managers, all other	$94,910	over  $94,910
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other	$54,700	over  $88,630
Hydrologists	$68,230	over  $98,320
Industrial engineering technicians	$50,920	over  $79,180
Industrial engineers	$70,630	over  $100,980
Industrial machinery mechanics	$42,570	over  $62,080
Industrial production managers	$83,970	over  $130,680
Industrial truck and tractor operators	$29,090	over  $42,900
Industrial-organizational psychologists	$89,920	over  $139,620
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	$32,190	over  $51,690
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	$39,060	over  $61,240
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other	$35,560	over  $56,370
Instructional coordinators	$55,570	over  $87,510
Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall	$34,280	over  $57,730
Insulation workers, mechanical	$41,740	over  $69,450
Insurance appraisers, auto damage	$49,980	over  $68,420
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks	$32,740	over  $46,490
Insurance sales agents	$58,450	over  $115,090
Insurance underwriters	$57,960	over  $92,240
Interior designers	$48,000	over  $78,760
Internists, general	$160,860	over  $160,860
Interpreters and translators	$39,750	over  $64,290
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan	$27,190	over  $38,620
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	$21,730	over  $33,060
Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers	$33,300	over  $54,940
Job printers	$34,020	over  $51,370
Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates	$95,640	over  $95,640
Kindergarten teachers, except special education	$47,040	over  $71,410
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	$23,050	over  $34,780
Landscape architects	$60,480	over  $95,420
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	$23,010	over  $34,240
Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	$33,250	over  $48,190
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers	$18,890	over  $26,210
Law clerks	$39,210	over  $59,240
Law teachers, postsecondary	$94,290	over  $94,290
Lawyers	$113,660	over  $113,660
Lay-out workers, metal and plastic	$35,080	over  $53,890
Legal occupations	$85,360	over  $85,360
Legal secretaries	$39,670	over  $58,770
Legal support workers, all other	$50,520	over  $84,840
Legislators	$32,730	over  $75,270
Librarians	$50,860	over  $74,670
Library assistants, clerical	$22,940	over  $34,810
Library science teachers, postsecondary	$57,550	over  $87,430
Library technicians	$27,910	over  $42,850
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	$37,530	over  $50,480
Life scientists, all other	$64,480	over  $104,780
Life, physical, and social science occupations	$59,660	over  $101,110
Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other	$40,870	over  $64,060
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers	$18,410	over  $25,440
Loading machine operators, underground mining	$40,290	over  $54,930
Loan counselors	$41,840	over  $65,370
Loan interviewers and clerks	$32,680	over  $47,140
Loan officers	$61,930	over  $107,040
Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants	$19,760	over  $27,480
Locksmiths and safe repairers	$33,560	over  $51,170
Locomotive engineers	$61,850	over  $93,720
Locomotive firers	$45,680	over  $78,210
Lodging managers	$49,560	over  $82,510
Log graders and scalers	$30,980	over  $44,940
Logging equipment operators	$30,880	over  $44,490
Logging workers, all other	$31,720	over  $44,660
Logisticians	$65,640	over  $97,020
Machine feeders and offbearers	$24,080	over  $35,100
Machinists	$35,810	over  $52,640
Maids and housekeeping cleaners	$18,700	over  $26,390
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service	$25,060	over  $36,100
Maintenance and repair workers, general	$33,510	over  $50,840
Maintenance workers, machinery	$36,390	over  $55,030
Makeup artists, theatrical and performance	$36,730	over  $70,750
Management analysts	$77,270	over  $128,330
Management occupations	$91,930	over  $91,930
Managers, all other	$87,250	over  $138,170
Manicurists and pedicurists	$21,280	over  $31,910
Manufactured building and mobile home installers	$26,600	over  $37,770
Marine engineers and naval architects	$75,400	over  $113,320
Market research analysts	$65,930	over  $112,510
Marketing managers	$107,610	over  $107,610
Marriage and family therapists	$44,700	over  $69,050
Massage therapists	$39,380	over  $70,360
Material moving workers, all other	$33,000	over  $52,670
Materials engineers	$75,960	over  $112,140
Materials scientists	$77,010	over  $118,670
Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary	$62,790	over  $103,330
Mathematical scientists, all other	$64,920	over  $93,210
Mathematical technicians	$46,010	over  $72,040
Mathematicians	$86,780	over  $132,190
Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers	$21,260	over  $29,070
Mechanical door repairers	$34,060	over  $50,520
Mechanical drafters	$45,960	over  $67,860
Mechanical engineering technicians	$47,710	over  $70,090
Mechanical engineers	$72,580	over  $104,900
Media and communication equipment workers, all other	$53,230	over  $89,690
Media and communication workers, all other	$46,310	over  $76,270
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians	$34,620	over  $50,250
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists	$50,550	over  $69,260
Medical and health services managers	$81,160	over  $127,830
Medical and public health social workers	$44,690	over  $64,070
Medical appliance technicians	$34,450	over  $56,160
Medical assistants	$27,190	over  $36,840
Medical equipment preparers	$26,980	over  $37,140
Medical equipment repairers	$43,040	over  $66,160
Medical records and health information technicians	$30,140	over  $45,260
Medical scientists, except epidemiologists	$70,350	over  $117,520
Medical secretaries	$29,220	over  $40,870
Medical transcriptionists	$30,660	over  $41,920
Meeting and convention planners	$45,580	over  $70,950
Mental health and substance abuse social workers	$37,980	over  $57,630
Mental health counselors	$37,840	over  $59,700
Merchandise displayers and window trimmers	$26,550	over  $41,370
Metal workers and plastic workers, all other	$37,730	over  $59,850
Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders	$33,560	over  $46,860
Meter readers, utilities	$32,040	over  $49,150
Microbiologists	$65,200	over  $108,270
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education	$49,470	over  $73,350
Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	$32,280	over  $46,170
Millwrights	$47,820	over  $71,540
Mine cutting and channeling machine operators	$38,930	over  $50,990
Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers	$77,620	over  $128,410
Mining machine operators, all other	$38,490	over  $57,660
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders	$30,790	over  $45,550
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines	$41,390	over  $58,620
Model makers, metal and plastic	$44,130	over  $71,590
Model makers, wood	$33,000	over  $63,240
Models	$27,980	over  $38,850
Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic	$26,730	over  $39,400
Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	$27,330	over  $40,270
Motion picture projectionists	$20,180	over  $29,650
Motor vehicle operators, all other	$26,550	over  $45,000
Motorboat mechanics	$34,430	over  $50,750
Motorboat operators	$34,810	over  $55,170
Motorcycle mechanics	$32,000	over  $48,480
Multi-media artists and animators	$58,030	over  $92,720
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	$32,140	over  $49,890
Museum technicians and conservators	$38,060	over  $61,270
Music directors and composers	$53,320	over  $110,850
Musical instrument repairers and tuners	$31,850	over  $50,580
Natural sciences managers	$107,970	over  $107,970
Network and computer systems administrators	$65,260	over  $97,080
Network systems and data communications analysts	$67,460	over  $101,740
New accounts clerks	$29,510	over  $40,250
Nonfarm animal caretakers	$20,230	over  $30,460
Nuclear engineers	$92,040	over  $124,510
Nuclear medicine technologists	$63,000	over  $82,310
Nuclear power reactor operators	$70,800	over  $92,240
Nuclear technicians	$64,760	over  $89,240
Numerical tool and process control programmers	$44,810	over  $66,260
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants	$22,960	over  $31,190
Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary	$58,690	over  $88,640
Obstetricians and gynecologists	$178,040	over  $178,040
Occupational health and safety specialists	$59,270	over  $86,590
Occupational health and safety technicians	$44,340	over  $68,640
Occupational therapist aides	$27,760	over  $44,130
Occupational therapist assistants	$42,110	over  $58,270
Occupational therapists	$62,510	over  $89,450
Office and administrative support occupations	$30,370	over  $46,960
Office and administrative support workers, all other	$29,260	over  $45,260
Office clerks, general	$25,200	over  $37,600
Office machine operators, except computer	$26,010	over  $37,330
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators	$40,560	over  $64,120
Operations research analysts	$69,100	over  $108,290
Ophthalmic laboratory technicians	$27,770	over  $41,560
Opticians, dispensing	$32,220	over  $47,630
Optometrists	$98,550	over  $98,550
Oral and maxillofacial surgeons	$164,760	over  $164,760
Order clerks	$28,130	over  $43,040
Orthodontists	$176,900	over  $176,900
Orthotists and prosthetists	$62,110	over  $94,240
Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics	$27,950	over  $40,170
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders	$25,000	over  $37,930
Packers and packagers, hand	$19,340	over  $28,330
Painters, construction and maintenance	$34,220	over  $53,280
Painters, transportation equipment	$38,630	over  $58,450
Painting, coating, and decorating workers	$25,260	over  $37,910
Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders	$32,610	over  $47,850
Paperhangers	$36,230	over  $55,680
Paralegals and legal assistants	$45,460	over  $67,540
Parking enforcement workers	$31,260	over  $46,940
Parking lot attendants	$18,450	over  $25,500
Parts salespersons	$30,010	over  $47,050
Patternmakers, metal and plastic	$38,090	over  $59,260
Patternmakers, wood	$33,690	over  $55,090
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators	$34,210	over  $52,620
Payroll and timekeeping clerks	$33,140	over  $46,500
Pediatricians, general	$141,440	over  $141,440
Personal and home care aides	$18,180	over  $24,120
Personal care and service occupations	$22,920	over  $36,940
Personal care and service workers, all other	$21,640	over  $33,590
Personal financial advisors	$86,730	over  $86,730
Pest control workers	$29,350	over  $43,370
Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation	$28,560	over  $41,850
Petroleum engineers	$101,620	over  $101,620
Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers	$52,410	over  $72,050
Pharmacists	$93,500	over  $119,480
Pharmacy aides	$20,950	over  $30,450
Pharmacy technicians	$26,510	over  $36,720
Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary	$60,180	over  $96,600
Photographers	$31,830	over  $56,640
Photographic process workers	$26,710	over  $44,580
Photographic processing machine operators	$21,540	over  $31,030
Physical scientists, all other	$85,310	over  $136,130
Physical therapist aides	$23,290	over  $32,600
Physical therapist assistants	$41,410	over  $57,220
Physical therapists	$68,050	over  $94,810
Physician assistants	$74,270	over  $102,230
Physicians and surgeons, all other	$142,220	over  $142,220
Physicists	$95,580	over  $143,570
Physics teachers, postsecondary	$74,650	over  $120,210
Pile-driver operators	$49,950	over  $77,540
Pipelayers	$33,710	over  $53,510
Plant and system operators, all other	$46,450	over  $65,840
Plasterers and stucco masons	$37,260	over  $56,810
Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	$29,280	over  $43,970
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	$45,830	over  $72,360
Podiatrists	$118,500	over  $118,500
Police and sheriffs patrol officers	$48,410	over  $72,450
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers	$32,590	over  $47,190
Political science teachers, postsecondary	$69,040	over  $113,480
Political scientists	$86,370	over  $133,120
Postal service clerks	$43,950	over  $49,750
Postal service mail carriers	$43,750	over  $50,830
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators	$41,070	over  $49,570
Postmasters and mail superintendents	$55,630	over  $76,590
Postsecondary teachers, all other	$72,310	over  $120,580
Pourers and casters, metal	$30,930	over  $43,660
Power distributors and dispatchers	$62,640	over  $85,740
Power plant operators	$55,340	over  $75,240
Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other	$47,230	over  $69,280
Prepress technicians and workers	$34,730	over  $53,480
Preschool teachers, except special education	$25,900	over  $39,960
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials	$18,470	over  $24,350
Printing machine operators	$32,840	over  $50,400
Private detectives and investigators	$38,290	over  $64,380
Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists	$46,130	over  $71,160
Procurement clerks	$33,540	over  $47,180
Producers and directors	$72,210	over  $72,210
Production occupations	$30,480	over  $49,810
Production workers, all other	$28,740	over  $50,610
Production, planning, and expediting clerks	$40,000	over  $59,080
Proofreaders and copy markers	$29,380	over  $45,410
Property, real estate, and community association managers	$52,290	over  $95,170
Prosthodontists	$158,940	over  $158,940
Protective service occupations	$37,040	over  $65,130
Protective service workers, all other	$30,420	over  $50,460
Psychiatric aides	$24,990	over  $36,020
Psychiatric technicians	$30,450	over  $47,210
Psychiatrists	$149,990	over  $149,990
Psychologists, all other	$80,360	over  $123,840
Psychology teachers, postsecondary	$64,580	over  $104,390
Public address system and other announcers	$33,970	over  $61,760
Public relations managers	$92,250	over  $92,250
Public relations specialists	$53,760	over  $89,220
Pump operators, except wellhead pumpers	$40,670	over  $59,880
Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products	$53,730	over  $88,650
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products	$54,160	over  $83,900
Purchasing managers	$86,020	over  $132,040
Radiation therapists	$67,580	over  $92,110
Radio and television announcers	$36,120	over  $68,600
Radio mechanics	$39,880	over  $59,360
Radio operators	$38,870	over  $57,920
Radiologic technologists and technicians	$49,320	over  $68,920
Rail car repairers	$43,010	over  $58,270
Rail transportation workers, all other	$38,330	over  $51,570
Rail yard engineers, dinkey operators, and hostlers	$40,020	over  $56,670
Rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators	$39,640	over  $53,860
Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators	$52,110	over  $77,160
Railroad conductors and yardmasters	$58,880	over  $89,460
Real estate brokers	$80,230	over  $80,230
Real estate sales agents	$54,350	over  $111,500
Receptionists and information clerks	$23,810	over  $33,750
Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary	$54,020	over  $90,790
Recreation workers	$22,950	over  $35,780
Recreational therapists	$36,510	over  $55,530
Recreational vehicle service technicians	$33,280	over  $48,300
Refractory materials repairers, except brickmasons	$40,790	over  $57,910
Refuse and recyclable material collectors	$31,110	over  $50,790
Registered nurses	$59,730	over  $83,440
Rehabilitation counselors	$32,870	over  $53,170
Reinforcing iron and rebar workers	$42,330	over  $71,030
Religious workers, all other	$29,350	over  $52,940
Reporters and correspondents	$41,900	over  $73,880
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks	$30,120	over  $45,400
Residential advisors	$24,520	over  $36,610
Respiratory therapists	$48,610	over  $64,190
Respiratory therapy technicians	$39,860	over  $56,220
Retail salespersons	$23,940	over  $38,430
Riggers	$39,670	over  $58,700
Rock splitters, quarry	$28,940	over  $43,540
Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	$32,080	over  $45,970
Roof bolters, mining	$42,200	over  $52,930
Roofers	$35,340	over  $55,720
Rotary drill operators, oil and gas	$42,350	over  $65,140
Roustabouts, oil and gas	$26,890	over  $38,430
Sailors and marine oilers	$32,710	over  $49,650
Sales and related occupations	$34,350	over  $68,450
Sales and related workers, all other	$40,820	over  $72,450
Sales engineers	$83,080	over  $127,680
Sales managers	$102,730	over  $102,730
Sales representatives, services, all other	$56,420	over  $98,960
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	$58,540	over  $101,030
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products	$72,700	over  $121,850
Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood	$25,380	over  $36,220
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education	$51,150	over  $76,100
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	$28,460	over  $41,550
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents	$90,380	over  $90,380
Security and fire alarm systems installers	$36,410	over  $53,830
Security guards	$23,620	over  $35,840
Segmental pavers	$28,600	over  $39,740
Self-enrichment education teachers	$38,470	over  $66,600
Semiconductor processors	$34,730	over  $49,470
Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders	$36,130	over  $53,620
Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners	$32,560	over  $47,870
Service station attendants	$19,150	over  $27,290
Service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining	$36,120	over  $55,370
Set and exhibit designers	$45,620	over  $76,670
Sewers, hand	$21,680	over  $31,730
Sewing machine operators	$20,340	over  $28,850
Shampooers	$17,050	over  $22,630
Sheet metal workers	$40,780	over  $67,180
Ship engineers	$59,340	over  $92,860
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	$27,480	over  $40,590
Shoe and leather workers and repairers	$21,660	over  $30,710
Shoe machine operators and tenders	$22,710	over  $31,810
Shuttle car operators	$39,350	over  $48,320
Signal and track switch repairers	$49,870	over  $62,840
Skin care specialists	$29,550	over  $51,040
Slaughterers and meat packers	$21,940	over  $28,570
Slot key persons	$25,300	over  $38,510
Social and community service managers	$56,090	over  $88,600
Social and human service assistants	$27,200	over  $40,780
Social science research assistants	$35,840	over  $54,930
Social sciences teachers, postsecondary, all other	$69,640	over  $123,180
Social scientists and related workers, all other	$67,720	over  $103,390
Social work teachers, postsecondary	$57,990	over  $91,610
Social workers, all other	$44,950	over  $68,500
Sociologists	$68,300	over  $115,770
Sociology teachers, postsecondary	$63,160	over  $104,820
Soil and plant scientists	$59,330	over  $93,460
Sound engineering technicians	$50,260	over  $90,770
Special education teachers, middle school	$52,550	over  $80,170
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school	$49,710	over  $73,620
Special education teachers, secondary school	$52,520	over  $78,020
Speech-language pathologists	$60,840	over  $90,400
Stationary engineers and boiler operators	$46,990	over  $68,690
Statistical assistants	$32,950	over  $48,690
Statisticians	$69,080	over  $108,630
Stock clerks and order fillers	$22,440	over  $34,200
Stonemasons	$38,040	over  $59,190
Structural iron and steel workers	$43,950	over  $72,340
Structural metal fabricators and fitters	$31,440	over  $44,850
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors	$35,950	over  $52,340
Subway and streetcar operators	$46,180	over  $57,150
Surgeons	$184,150	over  $184,150
Surgical technologists	$37,370	over  $51,140
Survey researchers	$39,680	over  $73,630
Surveying and mapping technicians	$34,590	over  $53,310
Surveyors	$51,390	over  $79,910
Switchboard operators, including answering service	$23,640	over  $33,140
Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers	$24,770	over  $36,680
Tank car, truck, and ship loaders	$34,200	over  $53,330
Tapers	$42,590	over  $64,970
Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents	$49,690	over  $81,890
Tax preparers	$33,160	over  $56,640
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs	$22,080	over  $32,860
Teacher assistants	$21,860	over  $31,610
Teachers and instructors, all other	$35,370	over  $63,560
Team assemblers	$26,180	over  $39,810
Technical writers	$60,850	over  $91,720
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers	$50,610	over  $68,310
Telecommunications line installers and repairers	$45,740	over  $68,220
Telemarketers	$24,190	over  $38,430
Telephone operators	$32,710	over  $46,670
Tellers	$22,810	over  $30,020
Terrazzo workers and finishers	$34,900	over  $56,610
Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders	$23,920	over  $32,720
Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders	$22,740	over  $32,620
Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders	$24,530	over  $32,800
Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders	$23,550	over  $30,150
Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other	$24,770	over  $36,600
Therapists, all other	$45,070	over  $72,640
Tile and marble setters	$39,360	over  $62,290
Timing device assemblers, adjusters, and calibrators	$30,530	over  $46,760
Tire builders	$38,220	over  $56,940
Tire repairers and changers	$22,790	over  $32,890
Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers	$40,660	over  $63,650
Tool and die makers	$45,650	over  $67,420
Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners	$32,210	over  $46,240
Tour guides and escorts	$22,310	over  $34,630
Traffic technicians	$38,840	over  $57,250
Training and development managers	$86,670	over  $141,140
Training and development specialists	$51,100	over  $80,630
Transit and railroad police	$49,620	over  $73,430
Transportation and material moving occupations	$29,460	over  $47,680
Transportation attendants, except flight attendants and baggage porters	$21,140	over  $30,580
Transportation inspectors	$55,370	over  $95,310
Transportation workers, all other	$32,350	over  $49,590
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers	$78,560	over  $120,470
Travel agents	$31,460	over  $46,270
Travel guides	$30,840	over  $48,580
Tree trimmers and pruners	$29,910	over  $44,350
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	$36,320	over  $52,820
Truck drivers, light or delivery services	$27,520	over  $44,160
Umpires, referees, and other sports officials	$27,450	over  $45,430
Upholsterers	$28,500	over  $41,950
Urban and regional planners	$58,940	over  $86,880
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers	$17,500	over  $24,340
Veterinarians	$81,490	over  $133,150
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers	$21,060	over  $29,510
Veterinary technologists and technicians	$27,750	over  $38,850
Vocational education teachers, middle school	$46,650	over  $67,490
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary	$47,110	over  $73,610
Vocational education teachers, secondary school	$51,050	over  $73,280
Waiters and waitresses	$17,190	over  $25,910
Watch repairers	$32,760	over  $52,160
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators	$37,180	over  $55,120
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping	$27,330	over  $41,150
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers	$32,880	over  $46,800
Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders	$33,440	over  $52,920
Wellhead pumpers	$36,760	over  $53,950
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products	$51,010	over  $83,080
Woodworkers, all other	$25,030	over  $39,250
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing	$25,110	over  $35,950
Word processors and typists	$30,540	over  $43,330
Writers and authors	$58,080	over  $97,700
Zoologists and wildlife biologists	$56,120	over  $84,580
Courtesy of the U.S. Department of Labor website & the 2006-2007 Occupational Outlook Handbook