| Rank |
Job Description |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl i |
| 1 |
Economists
|
$117,150 |
$91,560 |
0 |
| 2 |
Physicists
|
$110,160 |
$83,350 |
40 |
| 3 |
Nurse Practitioners
|
$102,320 |
$43,030 |
50 |
| 4 |
Chemists
|
$99,840 |
$61,620 |
100 |
| 5 |
General Dentists
|
$97,490 |
$17,620 |
50 |
| 6 |
Atmospheric and Space Scientists
|
$93,100 |
$69,950 |
0 |
| 7 |
Information Security Analysts
|
$92,070 |
$57,470 |
90 |
| 8 |
Sales Managers
|
$86,930 |
$54,250 |
60 |
| 9 |
Other Physical Scientists
|
$81,610 |
$41,840 |
0 |
| 10 |
Natural Sciences Managers
|
$77,870 |
$62,770 |
30 |
| 11 |
Marketing Managers
|
$76,660 |
$55,560 |
50 |
| 12 |
Logisticians
|
$73,720 |
$57,120 |
30 |
| 13 |
Geoscientists (Except Hydrologists and Geographers)
|
$71,250 |
$63,690 |
60 |
| 14 |
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment
|
$69,460 |
$51,970 |
40 |
| 15 |
Computer Network Architects
|
$69,420 |
$43,820 |
30 |
| 16 |
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers
|
$69,340 |
$46,000 |
0 |
| 17 |
Other Life Scientists
|
$68,260 |
$41,970 |
30 |
| 18 |
Computer and Information Systems Managers
|
$66,680 |
$50,460 |
50 |
| 19 |
Veterinarians
|
$66,180 |
$34,440 |
30 |
| 20 |
Surveyors
|
$65,660 |
$43,240 |
30 |
| 21 |
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers
|
$64,600 |
$44,080 |
30 |
| 22 |
Soil and Plant Scientists
|
$64,410 |
$42,060 |
30 |
| 23 |
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
|
$63,870 |
$46,960 |
80 |
| 24 |
Administrative Services Managers
|
$60,960 |
$23,470 |
60 |
| 25 |
Continuous Mining Machine Operators
|
$59,670 |
$52,550 |
290 |
| 26 |
General and Operations Managers
|
$59,630 |
$35,210 |
660 |
| 27 |
Chief Executives
|
$59,210 |
$17,290 |
170 |
| 28 |
Brickmasons and Blockmasons
|
$57,240 |
$27,380 |
30 |
| 29 |
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers
|
$56,230 |
$30,600 |
70 |
| 30 |
Crane and Tower Operators
|
$55,920 |
$34,640 |
0 |
| 31 |
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians
|
$55,810 |
$39,500 |
30 |
| 32 |
All Other Teachers and Instructors Except Substitute Teachers
|
$54,390 |
$17,310 |
50 |
| 33 |
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists
|
$52,520 |
$18,490 |
40 |
| 34 |
Foresters
|
$51,400 |
$42,520 |
60 |
| 35 |
Lodging Managers
|
$50,300 |
$26,960 |
50 |
| 36 |
Other Engineering Technicians
|
$50,280 |
$40,750 |
100 |
| 37 |
Substance abuse, behavioral disorder, and mental health counselors
|
$49,790 |
$40,570 |
120 |
| 38 |
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics
|
$48,740 |
$19,530 |
30 |
| 39 |
Speech-Language Pathologists
|
$48,590 |
$33,200 |
0 |
| 40 |
Architectural and Civil Drafters
|
$47,500 |
$28,080 |
30 |
| 41 |
Buyers and Purchasing Agents
|
$47,050 |
$25,930 |
110 |
| 42 |
Urban and Regional Planners
|
$46,550 |
$32,580 |
40 |
| 43 |
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door
|
$45,250 |
$28,680 |
30 |
| 44 |
Adult Basic and Secondary Education and Literacy Teachers and Instructors
|
$44,600 |
$38,150 |
50 |
| 45 |
Meter Readers, Utilities
|
$43,840 |
$29,990 |
30 |
| 46 |
Firefighters
|
$43,670 |
$19,010 |
70 |
| 47 |
First-line supervisors of transportation moving workers
|
$43,520 |
$24,570 |
150 |
| 48 |
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education
|
$40,540 |
$33,530 |
30 |
| 49 |
Painters, Transportation Equipment
|
$40,320 |
$31,360 |
30 |
| 50 |
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers
|
$39,820 |
$29,740 |
50 |
| 51 |
Other Office and Administrative Support Workers
|
$39,130 |
$25,620 |
80 |
| 52 |
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians
|
$38,500 |
$29,530 |
100 |
| 53 |
Postsecondary Vocational Education Teachers
|
$38,420 |
$20,160 |
0 |
| 54 |
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
|
$38,160 |
$27,710 |
40 |
| 55 |
Surgical Technologists
|
$37,980 |
$30,140 |
30 |
| 56 |
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
|
$37,410 |
$25,080 |
40 |
| 57 |
Protective Service Workers, All Other
|
$36,370 |
$17,060 |
30 |
| 58 |
Community Health Workers
|
$36,320 |
$27,260 |
0 |
| 59 |
Wood Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
|
$35,800 |
$26,410 |
0 |
| 60 |
Agricultural Inspectors
|
$35,670 |
$26,100 |
50 |
| 61 |
Structural Iron and Steel Workers
|
$35,120 |
$22,080 |
70 |
| 62 |
Other Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians
|
$34,780 |
$31,490 |
90 |
| 63 |
Tax Preparers
|
$34,420 |
$23,190 |
0 |
| 64 |
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers
|
$33,150 |
$20,620 |
60 |
| 65 |
Biological Technicians
|
$32,850 |
$26,040 |
150 |
| 66 |
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
|
$32,660 |
$17,190 |
40 |
| 67 |
Agricultural Equipment Operators
|
$32,190 |
$26,830 |
80 |
| 68 |
All Occupations
|
$31,700 |
$17,650 |
48,620 |
| 69 |
Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products
|
$31,590 |
$22,150 |
40 |
| 70 |
Machine Feeders and Offbearers
|
$31,540 |
$18,400 |
0 |
| 71 |
Glaziers
|
$30,800 |
$23,720 |
0 |
| 72 |
Security Guards
|
$30,430 |
$20,990 |
170 |
| 73 |
All other assemblers and fabricators
|
$30,140 |
$20,270 |
190 |
| 74 |
Massage Therapists
|
$29,640 |
$25,630 |
0 |
| 75 |
Tree Trimmers and Pruners
|
$29,640 |
$25,680 |
0 |
| 76 |
Other Agricultural Workers
|
$29,360 |
$26,260 |
80 |
| 77 |
Transit and Intercity Bus Drivers
|
$29,350 |
$22,520 |
200 |
| 78 |
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation
|
$28,780 |
$20,590 |
50 |
| 79 |
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians
|
$27,560 |
$20,960 |
40 |
| 80 |
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders
|
$26,780 |
$19,840 |
340 |
| 81 |
Prepress Technicians and Workers
|
$25,300 |
$20,940 |
0 |
| 82 |
Food Batchmakers
|
$24,860 |
$18,000 |
80 |
| 83 |
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
|
$23,870 |
$19,590 |
50 |
| 84 |
Editors
|
$23,560 |
$18,410 |
40 |
| 85 |
Food Processing Workers, All Other
|
$23,490 |
$18,810 |
80 |
| 86 |
Reporters and Correspondents
|
$23,310 |
$19,730 |
30 |
| 87 |
Library Assistants, Clerical
|
$23,180 |
$17,390 |
30 |
| 88 |
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals
|
$22,180 |
$17,860 |
50 |
| 89 |
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers
|
$21,950 |
$19,620 |
0 |
| 90 |
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders
|
$21,290 |
$17,060 |
220 |
| 91 |
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants
|
$20,450 |
$16,730 |
40 |
| 92 |
Conveyor Operators and Tenders
|
$19,830 |
$16,840 |
40 |
| 93 |
Sewing Machine Operators
|
$19,360 |
$16,440 |
40 |
| 94 |
Credit Counselors
|
$18,690 |
$16,250 |
0 |
| 95 |
Legislators
|
$18,230 |
$16,250 |
70 |
| 96 |
Counter Attendants, Cafeteria, Food Concession, and Coffee Shop
|
$18,170 |
$16,390 |
80 |
| 97 |
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers
|
$17,870 |
$16,050 |
0 |
| 98 |
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers
|
$17,620 |
$15,750 |
60 |
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