When occupations in the BLS Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) Survey are ranked by annual earnings, most of the highest paid occupations are found in the professional and executive occupational groups. The lowest paid occupations are found mostly in the service, administrative support, machine operators, and handlers groups.
Click on the links below to other rankings that have calculated from the survey.
U.S. Occupational and Wage Rankings
- Occupations
- Industries
- U.S. States and Territories
- U.S. Cities and Metro Areas
Occupational and Wage Rankings By States
Rankings For Major Occupation Groups
- Architecture and Engineering Occupations
- Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations
- Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance Occupations
- Business and Financial Operations Occupations
- Community and Social Service Occupations
- Computer and Mathematical Occupations
- Construction and Extraction Occupations
- Education, Training, and Library Occupations
- Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations
- Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations
- Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations
- Healthcare Support Occupations
- Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations
- Legal Occupations
- Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations
- Management Occupations
- Office and Administrative Support Occupations
- Personal Care and Service Occupations
- Production Occupations
- Protective Service Occupations
- Sales and Related Occupations
- Transportation and Material Moving Occupations
Rankings For Major Industries
- Accommodation and Food Services
- Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services
- Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting
- Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
- Construction
- Educational Services
- Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)
- Finance and Insurance
- Health Care and Social Assistance
- Information
- Management of Companies and Enterprises
- Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction
- Other Services (except Federal, State, and Local Government)
- Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Real Estate and Rental and Leasing
- Utilities
- Wholesale Trade
