A-Z: How much local jobs tend to pay
Alphabetical list of San Diego County occupations and average salaries from state’s Employment Development Department
- Accountants, auditors $78,316
- Actors $25.58*
- Actuaries $111,734
- Adhesive-bonding machine operators $30,829
- Administrative law judges, adjudicators, hearing officers $128,366
- Administrative services managers $91,727
- Adult basic, secondary-education, literacy teachers $69,798
- Advertising, promotions managers $112,613
- Advertising sales agents $59,030
- Aerospace engineering & techs $71,316
- Aerospace engineers $101,596
- Agricultural, food-science techs $33,285
- Agricultural inspectors $64,784
- Aircraft cargo-handling supervisors $52,855
- Aircraft mechanics, service techs $58,737
- Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, systems assemblers $63,040
- Ambulance drivers, attendants, except emergency medical technicians $21,239
- Amusement & recreation attendants $21,161
- Anesthesiologists $233,463
- Animal breeders $42,957
- Animal control workers $47,289
- Animal trainers $36,286
- Anthropologists, archaeologists $56,140
- Appraisers, real estate assessors $59,435
- Arbitrators, mediators, conciliators $87,696
- Architects, except landscape & naval $98,359
- Architectural, civil drafters $56,292
- Architectural, engineering managers $146,537
- Archivists $62,322
- Area, ethnic, cultural studies teachers, postsecondary $61,209
- Art directors $92,795
- Artists & related workers, all other $62,807
- Assemblers, fabricators, all other $30,168
- Athletic trainers $63,000
- Atmospheric & space scientists $80,937
- Atmospheric, earth, marine, space sciences teachers, postsecondary $114,759
- Audio & video equipment techs $41,713
- Audiologists $81,160
- Audiovisual & multimedia collections specialists $54,946
- Auto, watercraft service attendants $26,341
- Automotive body, related repairers $56,111
- Automotive service techs, mechanics $43,470
- Avionics technicians $67,195
- Baggage porters, bellhops $22,098
- Bakers $24,425
- Bartenders $21,534
- Bicycle repairers $27,206
- Bill & account collectors $38,701
- Billing, posting clerks, machine operators $36,767
- Biochemists, biophysicists $95,111
- Biological science teachers, postsecondary $116,226
- Biological scientists, all other $77,234
- Biological technicians $51,941
- Biomedical engineers $98,025
- Bookkeeping, accounting, auditing clerks $41,374
- Brick masons & block masons $69,419
- Broadcast technicians $47,237
- Brokerage clerks $51,854
- Budget analysts $79,022
- Building cleaning workers, all other $25,272
- Bus & truck mechanics $54,279
- Bus drivers, school or special client $38,261
- Bus drivers, transit & intercity $28,495
- Business operations specialists $77,561
- Business teachers, postsecondary $99,917
- Butchers & meat cutters $28,420
- Buyers & purchasing agents, farm products $57,057
- Cabinetmakers & bench carpenters $39,581
- Camera operators, TV, video, movies $52,791
- Captains, mates, pilots of water vessels $70,364
- Cardiovascular techs $62,069
- Career/technical education teachers, secondary school $66,409
- Cargo & freight agents $46,538
- Carpenters $47,682
- Carpet installers $40,963
- Cartographers, photogrammetrists $66,905
- Cashiers $23,261
- Cement masons, concrete finishers $55,080
- Chefs & head cooks $52,660
- Chemical engineers $86,613
- Chemical equipment operators $42,284
- Chemical plant & system operators $56,169
- Chemical technicians $45,517
- Chemists $90,822
- Chief executives $191,534
- Child, family, school social workers $53,075
- Child care workers $24,486
- Chiropractors $111,653
- Choreographers $50,323
- Civil engineering technicians $56,059
- Civil engineers $92,268
- Claims adjusters, examiners, investigators $63,737
- Cleaners of vehicles & equipment $24,908
- Cleaning, washing, metal pickling equipment operators, tenders $31,713
- Clergy $50,626
- Clinical, counseling, school psychologists $82,182
- Coaches & scouts $39,801
- Coating, painting, spraying machine operators $32,821
- Coin, vending & amusement machine servicers & repairers $31,837
- Combined food preparation & serving, including fast food $20,838
- Commercial & industrial designers $77,619
- Commercial pilots $91,909
- Communications equipment operators $46,396
- Communications teachers, postsecondary $86,390
- Community, social service specialists $41,217
- Community health workers $39,690
- Compensation, benefits managers $120,996
- Compensation, benefits, job analysis specialists $68,483
- Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health & safety, transportation $73,531
- Computer, info research scientists $93,432
- Computer, info systems managers $148,804
- Computer hardware engineers $94,828
- Computer network architects $103,974
- Computer network support specialists $75,474
- Computer controlled machine tool programmers $58,974
- Computer occupations, all other $90,963
- Computer operators $47,591
- Computer programmers $82,789
- Computer science teachers, postsecondary $81,251
- Computer systems analysts $90,225
- Computer user-support specialists $52,265
- Computer, automated teller, office machine repairers $42,249
- Computer-controlled machine tool operators $42,894
- Concierges $29,232
- Conservation scientists $93,998
- Construction & building inspectors $76,796
- Construction & related, all other $39,870
- Construction laborers $40,508
- Construction managers $104,674
- Control & valve installers, repairers, except mechanical door $67,409
- Conveyor operators $36,168
- Cooks, all other $25,413
- Cooks, fast food $20,012
- Cooks, institution & cafeteria $28,527
- Cooks, restaurant $25,373
- Cooks, short order $24,375
- Cooling & freezing equipment operators $32,994
- Correctional officers, jailers $61,618
- Cost estimators $65,823
- Costume attendants $32,718
- Counselors, all other $35,268
- Counter & rental clerks $30,659
- Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, coffee shop $21,967
- Couriers & messengers $25,973
- Court reporters $85,682
- Court, municipal, license clerks $41,222
- Crane & tower operators $59,968
- Credit analysts $72,342
- Credit authorizers, checkers, clerks $39,298
- Credit counselors $69,178
- Crossing guards $28,507
- Crushing, grinding & polishing machine operators $50,599
- Curators $70,112
- Customer service representatives $39,126
- Cutters, trimmers, hand $22,453
- Cutting & slicing machine operators $30,453
- Cutting, punching, press machine operators $30,290
- Dancers $15.92*
- Data entry keyers $30,590
- Database administrators $88,211
- Demonstrators, product promoters $32,433
- Dental assistants $38,533
- Dental hygienists $90,427
- Dentists, all other specialists $133,870
- Dentists, general $166,093
- Designers, all other $74,563
- Desktop publishers $45,556
- Detectives & criminal investigators $100,433
- Diagnostic medical sonographers $86,714
- Dietetic technicians $29,562
- Dietitians & nutritionists $66,783
- Dining room, cafeteria attendants, bartender helpers $18,944
- Directors, religious activities & education $66,541
- Dishwashers $20,052
- Dispatchers, except police, fire, ambulance $38,073
- Drafters, all other $48,360
- Drilling & boring tool operators $30,443
- Driver/sales workers $32,631
- Drywall & ceiling tile installers $52,145
- Earth drillers, except oil & gas $55,464
- Economics teachers, postsecondary $108,881
- Economists $111,167
- Editors $62,059
- Education administrators, all other $97,379
- Education administrators, elementary, secondary school $110,457
- Education administrators, postsecondary $108,523
- Education administrators, preschool & child care center/program $68,845
- Education teachers, postsecondary $68,503
- Education, training, library workers, all other $33,417
- Educational, guidance, school & vocational counselors $58,781
- Electric motor, power-tool & related repairers $38,483
- Electrical & electronic equipment assemblers $31,093
- Electrical & electronics drafters $59,701
- Electrical, electronics engineering techs $62,352
- Electrical & electronics installers & repairers, transportation equipment $58,829
- Electrical & electronics repairers, commercial & industrial equipment $51,165
- Electrical & electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation & relay $65,149
- Electrical engineers $104,662
- Electrical power-line installers, repairers $86,360
- Electricians $63,165
- Electromechanical equipment assemblers $33,187
- Electromechanical technicians $59,813
- Electronic equipment installers & repairers, motor vehicles $33,241
- Electronic home-entertainment equipment installers & repairers $46,564
- Electronics engineers, except computer $111,734
- Elementary school teachers, except special education $64,770
- Elevator installers & repairers $84,456
- Eligibility interviewers, government programs $46,204
- Emergency management directors $76,332
- Emergency medical techs, paramedics $31,910
- Engineering teachers, postsecondary $118,745
- Engineering technicians (except drafters), all other $67,987
- Engineers, all other $104,702
- English language & literature teachers, postsecondary $83,800
- Entertainers & performers, sports & related, all other $16.02*
- Environmental engineering techs $56,150
- Environmental engineers $86,734
- Environmental science & protection technicians, including health $46,549
- Environmental scientists & specialists (including health) $79,470
- Epidemiologists $93,149
- Etchers & engravers $26,387
- Excavating, loading machine, dragline operators $58,668
- Executive secretaries, executive administrative assistants $57,656
- Extruding & drawing machine operators $25,787
- Extruding, forming, pressing, compacting machine operators $37,263
- Fabric & apparel patternmakers $35,718
- Family & general practitioners $191,548
- Farmers, ranchers, other ag managers
- $76,120
- Farmworkers & laborers, crop, nursery & greenhouse $22,485
- Farmworkers, farm, ranch, aquacultural animals $28,273
- Fashion designers $76,516
- Fiberglass laminators & fabricators $32,963
- File clerks $30,276
- Film & video editors $57,202
- Financial analysts $88,976
- Financial clerks, all other $41,526
- Financial examiners $86,820
- Financial managers $131,837
- Financial specialists, all other $70,256
- Fine artists (painters, sculptors, illustrators) $32,496
- Fire inspectors & investigators $62,686
- Firefighters $63,855
- First-line supervisors of construction trades, extraction work $76,280
- First-line supervisors, correctional officers $85,912
- First-line supervisors, farming, fishing, forestry $50,597
- First-line supervisors, fire fighting, prevention $92,392
- First-line supervisors, food preparation, serving $31,791
- First-line supervisors, helpers, laborers, material movers $45,375
- First-line supervisors, housekeeping janitorial $51,007
- First-line supervisors, landscaping, lawn service, grounds $49,577
- First-line supervisors, mechanics, installers, repairers $74,360
- First-line supervisors, non-retail sales $67,839
- First-line supervisors, office workers $55,621
- First-line supervisors, personal service $42,614
- First-line supervisors, police & detectives $120,777
- First-line supervisors, production, operating workers $64,138
- First-line supervisors, protective service, all other $49,385
- First-line supervisors, retail sales $48,216
- First-line supervisors transportation, material-moving $56,584
- Fish & game wardens $68,974
- Fishers, related fishing workers $31,835
- Fitness trainers, aerobics instructors $48,065
- Flight attendants $47,977
- Floor layers, except carpet, wood, hard tiles $56,618
- Floor sanders & finishers $40,690
- Floral designers $26,598
- Food & tobacco roasting, baking, drying machine operators $21,711
- Food batchmakers $22,901
- Food cooking machine operators $30,199
- Food preparation, serving, all other $22,773
- Food preparation workers $21,050
- Food processing workers, all other $22,128
- Food scientists, technologists $62,696
- Food servers, nonrestaurant $23,589
- Food service managers $55,485
- Foreign language, literature teachers, postsecondary $80,350
- Forensic science technicians $61,310
- Forest & conservation workers $19,156
- Forging machine operators $34,275
- Fundraisers $46,518
- Gaming, sports book writers, runners $26,108
- Gaming cage workers $29,648
- Gaming booth cashiers $24,199
- Gaming dealers $20,385
- Gaming managers $76,604
- Gaming supervisors $47,591
- Gaming surveillance officers, gaming investigators $35,500
- Gas plant operators $75,288
- General, operations managers $122,870
- Geological & petroleum techs $56,009
- Geoscientists, except hydrologists, geographers $83,760
- Glaziers $64,895
- Graders, sorters, agricultural $23,872
- Graduate teaching assistants $34,034
- Graphic designers $57,607
- Grinding & polishing workers, hand $30,260
- Grinding, lapping, polishing, buffing machine tool operators $30,504
- Grounds maintenance, all other $31,610
- Hairstylists, cosmetologists $33,021
- Hazardous materials removal $37,856
- Health & safety engineers, except mining safety engineers & inspectors $91,813
- Health diagnosing, treating practitioners, all other $99,330
- Health educators $51,729
- Health specialties teachers, postsecondary $66,308
- Health techs, all other $50,707
- Health care practitioners, technical workers, all other $65,215
- Health care social workers $63,232
- Health care support workers, all other $40,084
- Hearing aid specialists $58,619
- Heat-treating equipment operators $37,334
- Heating, air conditioning, refrigeration mechanics & installers $50,829
- Heavy, tractor-trailer truck drivers $40,731
- Helpers, construction trades, all other $36,500
- Helpers, brick masons, block masons, stonemasons, tile & marble setters $38,879
- Helpers, carpenters $24,205
- Helpers, electricians $30,479
- Helpers, installation, maintenance $30,442
- Helpers, painters, paperhangers, plasterers, stucco masons $31,734
- Helpers, pipe layers, plumbers, pipe fitters, steamfitters $28,425
- Helpers, production workers $25,635
- Highway maintenance workers $46,974
- Historians $70,678
- History teachers, postsecondary $90,781
- Home appliance repairers $33,394
- Home health aides $24,204
- Hosts & hostesses, restaurant $19,488
- Hotel, motel & resort desk clerks $26,155
- Human resources assistants, except payroll & timekeeping $41,313
- Human resources managers $120,019
- Human resources specialists $64,402
- Hydrologists $92,147
- Industrial engineering technicians $59,195
- Industrial engineers $92,875
- Industrial machinery mechanics $55,256
- Industrial production managers $108,815
- Industrial truck, tractor operators $34,816
- Information, record clerks, all other $42,822
- Information security analysts $94,646
- Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers $42,772
- Installation, maintenance & repair workers, all other $40,376
- Instructional coordinators $74,159
- Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, wall $37,725
- Insulation workers, mechanical $48,198
- Insurance appraisers, auto damage $62,014
- Insurance claims, policy processing $37,647
- Insurance sales agents $77,887
- Insurance underwriters $65,097
- Interior designers $58,032
- Internists, general $199,814
- Interpreters & translators $55,310
- Interviewers, except eligibility & loan $35,956
- Janitors, cleaners, except maids, housekeeping cleaners $27,227
- Jewelers, precious stone, metal $42,742
- Kindergarten teachers, except special ed $55,574
- Labor relations specialists $81,742
- Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand $25,965
- Landscape architects $72,469
- Landscaping, grounds-keeping $27,126
- Lathe, turning machine tool operators $40,363
- Laundry, dry-cleaning workers $23,277
- Lawyers $152,233
- Layout workers, metal & plastic $51,808
- Legal secretaries $46,700
- Legal support workers, all other $62,463
- Legislators $54,891
- Librarians $66,824
- Library assistants, clerical $33,162
- Library technicians $40,023
- Licensed practical, licensed vocational nurses $48,785
- Life scientists, all other $89,790
- Life, physical, social-science techs $52,720
- Lifeguards, ski patrol, other recreational protective service $27,469
- Light-truck, delivery services drivers $35,050
- Loan interviewers, clerks $40,554
- Loan officers $69,148
- Locker room, coatroom, dressing room attendants $25,423
- Locksmiths, safe repairers $48,437
- Lodging managers $59,445
- Logisticians $79,505
- Machine feeders & offbearers $25,965
- Machinists $43,199
- Magnetic resonance imaging techs $88,272
- Maids & housekeeping cleaners $22,178
- Mail clerks, mail machine operators, except postal service $32,797
- Maintenance, repair workers, general $40,020
- Maintenance workers, machinery $43,836
- Management analysts $92,896
- Managers, all other $123,192
- Manicurists, pedicurists $21,443
- Market research analysts, marketing specialists $68,463
- Marketing managers $143,454
- Marriage, family therapists $48,947
- Massage therapists $31,550
- Material-moving workers, all other $30,050
- Materials engineers $92,501
- Materials scientists $84,397
- Math occupations, all other $51,911
- Math teachers, postsecondary $79,885
- Mathematicians $92,623
- Meat, poultry & fish cutters, trimmers $23,683
- Mechanical drafters $64,750
- Mechanical engineering techs $56,717
- Mechanical engineers $94,899
- Media, comm. equipment, all other $76,931
- Media & communication, all other $46,640
- Medical & clinical lab technicians $46,316
- Medical & clinical lab technologists $81,635
- Medical & health services managers $111,193
- Medical appliance technicians $42,264
- Medical assistants $35,248
- Medical equipment preparers $37,847
- Medical equipment repairers $64,284
- Medical records & health info techs $41,976
- Medical scientists, except epidemiologists $95,749
- Medical secretaries $38,296
- Medical transcriptionists $49,153
- Meeting, convention, event planners $48,362
- Mental health, substance abuse $44,799
- Mental health counselors $46,590
- Merchandise displayers $35,511
- Metal & plastic workers, all other $33,533
- Meter readers, utilities $49,241
- Microbiologists $81,635
- Middle school teachers, except special, career/technical education $63,849
- Milling, planing machine operators $37,649
- Mixing & blending machine operators $30,494
- Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines $52,763
- Model makers, metal & plastic $54,949
- Molders, shapers & casters, except metal & plastic $33,746
- Molding, coremaking & casting machine operators, metal & plastic $34,234
- Morticians, funeral directors $47,823
- Motor vehicle operators, all other $39,501
- Motorboat mechanics service techs $33,608
- Motorboat operators $39,461
- Motorcycle mechanics $33,760
- Multimedia artists, animators $57,213
- Multiple machine tool operators $34,407
- Museum technicians, conservators $42,290
- Music directors, composers $58,244
- Musicians, singers $30.41*
- Natural-sciences managers $179,806
- Network, computer systems admin. $80,674
- New accounts clerks $40,857
- Nonfarm animal caretakers $25,463
- Nuclear engineers $110,368
- Nuclear medicine technologists $77,194
- Nurse anesthetists $151,484
- Nurse midwives $104,551
- Nurse practitioners $117,602
- Nursing assistants $28,517
- Nursing teachers, postsecondary $93,149
- Obstetricians, gynecologists $208,160
- Occupational health, safety specialists $77,730
- Occupational health, safety techs $49,008
- Occupational therapists $93,574
- Occupational therapy assistants $60,862
- Office & admin. support, all other $31,258
- Office clerks, general $31,410
- Office machine operators, except computer $30,165
- Operating engineers, other construction equipment operators $67,800
- Operations research analysts $116,327
- Ophthalmic laboratory technicians $31,978
- Ophthalmic medical techs $38,567
- Opticians, dispensing $40,924
- Optometrists $107,707
- Order clerks $36,007
- Orderlies $35,913
- Orthotists, prosthetists $72,054
- Outdoor power equipment & other small-engine mechanics $34,737
- Packaging, filling machine operators $25,238
- Packers & packagers, hand $21,798
- Painters, construction & maintenance $47,460
- Painters, transportation equipment $40,068
- Painting, coating & decorating workers $38,574
- Paper-goods machine operators $25,330
- Paralegals & legal assistants $53,864
- Parking enforcement $43,954
- Parking lot attendants $22,052
- Parts salespeople $35,224
- Paving, surfacing, tamping equipment operators $50,536
- Payroll, timekeeping clerks $44,401
- Pediatricians, general $162,421
- Personal-care aides $21,685
- Personal care, service workers, all other $25,332
- Personal financial advisers $100,996
- Pest control workers $35,308
- Pesticide handlers, sprayers, applicators, vegetation $39,097
- Petroleum-pump system operators, refinery operators, gaugers $58,639
- Pharmacists $127,031
- Pharmacy aides $27,136
- Pharmacy technicians $40,367
- Philosophy, religion teachers, postsecondary $72,236
- Phlebotomists $39,953
- Photographers $43,160
- Photographic-process workers, processing-machine operators $28,613
- Physical scientists, all other $98,268
- Physical therapist aides $26,199
- Physical therapist assistants $57,053
- Physical therapists $92,026
- Physician assistants $99,158
- Physicians & surgeons, all other $176,524
- Physicists $90,205
- Pipe layers $61,182
- Plant & system operators, all other $56,240
- Plasterers & stucco masons $45,507
- Plating & coating machine operators $31,510
- Plumbers, pipe fitters, steamfitters $58,024
- Podiatrists $160,681
- Police & sheriff’s patrol officers $75,423
- Police, fire, ambulance dispatchers $56,836
- Political science teachers, postsecondary $98,531
- Postal service clerks $52,603
- Postal service mail carriers $53,201
- Postal service mail sorters, processors, processing machine operators $49,100
- Postmasters, mail superintendents $85,561
- Postsecondary teachers, all other $68,655
- Pourers & casters, metal $29,131
- Power distributors, dispatchers $78,389
- Power plant operators $73,459
- Precision instrument, equipment repairers, all other $58,137
- Prepress technicians & workers $39,916
- Preschool teachers, except special ed $33,963
- Pressers, textile, garment $21,457
- Print binding, finishing workers $31,276
- Printing press operators $36,013
- Private detectives, investigators $64,117
- Probation officers, correctional treatment specialists $72,722
- Procurement clerks $40,452
- Producers, directors $91,722
- Production workers, all other $35,240
- Production, planning, expediting clerks $52,137
- Proofreaders, copy markers $42,903
- Property, real estate, community association managers $67,183
- Protective service workers, all other $38,643
- Psychiatric technicians $38,020
- Psychiatrists $99,270
- Psychologists, all other $87,240
- Psychology teachers, postsecondary $76,779
- Public-address system announcers $28,368
- Public relations, fundraising managers $106,870
- Public relations specialists $62,949
- Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, farm products $70,861
- Purchasing managers $117,651
- Radiation therapists $97,661
- Radio & television announcers $68,604
- Radiologic technologists, techs $71,549
- Real estate brokers $77,131
- Real estate sales agents $47,480
- Receptionists, information clerks $28,939
- Recreation workers $26,431
- Recreational therapists $53,236
- Recreational-vehicle service techs $42,289
- Refuse, recyclable-material collectors $37,550
- Registered nurses $85,439
- Rehabilitation counselors $32,911
- Reinforcing iron, rebar $66,767
- Religious workers, all other $41,258
- Reporters & correspondents $53,216
- Reservation, ticket agents, travel clerks $37,779
- Residential advisers $28,970
- Respiratory therapists $66,672
- Respiratory therapy techs $61,654
- Retail salespeople $28,774
- Riggers $50,666
- Rolling machine operators $37,416
- Roofers $48,411
- Sailors, marine oilers $31,575
- Sales, related, all other $42,471
- Sales engineers $110,521
- Sales managers $131,333
- Sales reps, services, all other $65,269
- Sales reps, wholesale & manufacturing, except technical, scientific products $59,635
- Sales reps, wholesale, manufacturing, technical, scientific products $81,787
- Sawing-machine operators wood $31,022
- Secondary schoolteachers, except special & career/technical ed $69,869
- Secretaries & administrative assistants, except legal, medical $38,650
- Securities, commodities, financial-services sales agents $75,398
- Security, fire-alarm systems installers $47,816
- Security guards $29,413
- Self-enrichment education teachers $37,848
- Semiconductor processors $35,667
- Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, still-machine operators $37,090
- Septic tank, sewer pipe cleaners $43,625
- Set & exhibit designers $43,281
- Sewers, hand $23,317
- Sewing machine operators $23,033
- Sheet-metal workers $55,393
- Ship engineers $74,297
- Shipping, receiving, traffic clerks $34,255
- Shoe, leather workers, repairers $22,829
- Skin-care specialists $33,827
- Slot supervisors $44,911
- Social, community-service managers $64,856
- Social, human-service assistants $34,813
- Social-science research assistants $42,755
- Social-sciences teachers, postsecondary, all other $76,273
- Social scientists, related, all other $76,496
- Social workers, all other $62,848
- Sociologists $97,620
- Sociology teachers, postsecondary $92,805
- Software developers, applications $101,202
- Software developers, systems software $114,921
- Special education teachers, all other $67,572
- Special education teachers, elementary $60,329
- Special education teachers, middle $58,568
- Special education teachers, preschool $83,800
- Special ed teachers, secondary $69,920
- Speech-language pathologists $78,287
- Stationary engineers, boiler operators $67,502
- Statistical assistants $53,069
- Statisticians $104,004
- Stock clerks, order fillers $27,157
- Structural iron, steel workers $65,108
- Structural metal fabricators, fitters $35,423
- Substance abuse, behavioral counselors $39,062
- Substitute teachers $37,848
- Surgeons $175,108
- Surgical technologists $55,907
- Survey researchers $75,140
- Surveying, mapping technicians $59,762
- Surveyors $80,189
- Switchboard operators, including answering service $28,332
- Tapers $50,313
- Tax examiners, collectors $61,158
- Tax preparers $49,541
- Taxi drivers, chauffeurs $24,796
- Teacher assistants $29,552
- Teachers & instructors, all other $52,508
- Team assemblers $27,302
- Technical writers $80,017
- Telecommunications equipment installers, repairers, except line installers $59,002
- Telecom line installers, repairers $55,582
- Telemarketers $24,209
- Telephone operators $36,463
- Tellers $28,706
- Textile dyeing machine operators $23,592
- Textile cutting machine operators $23,836
- Textile, apparel, furnishings, all other $24,964
- Therapists, all other $53,520
- Tile, marble setters $46,286
- Tire repairers, changers $26,330
- Title examiners, searchers $62,160
- Tool & die makers $52,947
- Tour guides, escorts $36,276
- Traffic technicians $70,547
- Training & development managers $111,968
- Training & development specialists $63,536
- Transportation attendants, except flight attendants $19,624
- Transportation inspectors $67,326
- Transportation workers, all other $33,028
- Transportation, storage, distribution managers $97,812
- Travel agents $41,443
- Travel guides $49,929
- Tree trimmers, pruners $46,846
- Umpires, referees, other officials $26,294
- Upholsterers $34,254
- Urban, regional planners $84,822
- Ushers, lobby attendants $21,352
- Veterinarians $103,286
- Vet assistants, lab caretakers $34,331
- Veterinary technicians $38,648
- Vocational-education teachers, postsecondary $61,553
- Waiters, waitresses $20,848
- Water & wastewater treatment plant, system operators $64,372
- Web developers $62,645
- Weighers, measurers, checkers, samplers, record-keeping $29,020
- Welders, cutters, solderers, brazers $42,742
- Welding, soldering, brazing machine operators $45,313
- Wholesale & retail buyers, except farm products $61,440
- Woodworking machine operators, except sawing $28,806
- Word processors, typists $39,126
- Writers, authors $57,030
- Zoologists, wildlife biologists $63,576
*Note: Jobs are full time unless an hourly rate is noted, meaning there was no estimate for full-time salary. Those jobs are noted by an asterisk.
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