Trenton Employment

Employment and Industries in the Trenton, New Jersey Area

The tables here illustrate essential information about work and employment in the area. Information includes:

A table of the most numerous types of work found here, both for jobs generally requiring college degrees and jobs not requiring college degrees.
A table listing those careers significantly more common in Trenton than in other US cities; this is useful both for career planning and for understanding the nature of Trenton.
A list of the highest-paying jobs in Trenton.
A list of any large public companies in Trenton.

Most Popular Jobs in Trenton, New Jersey Metro Area (2006 data)

Where the Majority of Workers Have College Degrees

Rank	Title	Local Jobs	Local Mean Salary	Typical Local Salary	National Growth % 2006-2016	National % With College Degree
1	Registered nurses	4,030	62,840	$47,230 - 80,220	24%	56%
2	Accountants and auditors	2,900	69,980	$44,960 - 110,580	18%	79%
3	Management analysts	2,640	80,850	$47,520 - 106,090	22%	78%
4	Elementary school teachers, except special education	2,070	55,020	$36,830 - 80,770	14%	95%
5	Lawyers	1,950	101,220	$58,140 - 0	11%	99%
6	Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education	1,800	57,530	$38,030 - 83,890	6%	96%
7	Teachers and instructors, all other	1,710	35,320	$22,050 - 50,230	9%	54%
8	Computer software engineers, applications	1,660	84,060	$54,780 - 124,500	45%	85%
9	Managers, all other	1,560	96,110	$67,000 - 127,490	7%	55%
10	Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation	1,490	59,620	$38,840 - 82,920	5%	58%
11	Computer programmers	1,430	70,620	$44,740 - 100,130	0%	73%
12	Financial managers	1,360	122,550	$72,440 - 0	13%	60%
13	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	1,270	63,760	$28,480 - 114,380	8%	51%
14	Computer and information systems managers	1,230	99,700	$66,180 - 142,280	16%	73%
15	Computer systems analysts	1,150	69,410	$46,910 - 97,280	29%	68%
16	Civil engineers	1,150	74,760	$53,250 - 100,250	18%	87%
17	Environmental scientists and specialists, including health	940	66,670	$45,180 - 81,850	25%	93%
18	Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education	910	54,320	$35,890 - 79,650	11%	95%
19	Financial specialists, all other	890	66,850	$39,400 - 92,970	12%	50%
20	Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists	740	60,950	$34,800 - 95,390	18%	56%
21	Network and computer systems administrators	670	70,670	$48,290 - 94,740	27%	50%
22	Instructional coordinators	650	72,230	$49,770 - 95,340	23%	79%
23	Financial analysts	640	99,550	$47,580 - 0	34%	87%
24	Personal financial advisors	620	106,960	$40,980 - 0	41%	81%
25	Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists	590	54,860	$38,240 - 76,190	18%	56%
26	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products	590	101,430	$49,370 - 0	12%	51%
27	Occupational health and safety specialists	590	65,120	$45,970 - 81,480	8%	72%
28	Network systems and data communications analysts	580	76,050	$53,060 - 103,070	53%	57%
29	Computer software engineers, systems software	570	94,200	$61,730 - 134,630	28%	85%
30	Sales managers	570	120,820	$51,760 - 0	10%	69%
31	Community and social service specialists, all other	560	57,730	$37,770 - 81,510	25%	58%
32	Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school	560	55,570	$37,010 - 82,960	20%	87%
33	Market research analysts	560	57,930	$35,120 - 87,990	20%	82%
34	Public relations specialists	510	59,660	$35,900 - 88,730	18%	81%
35	Marriage and family therapists	480	55,980	$42,130 - 75,950	30%	73%
36	Training and development specialists	460	60,180	$38,500 - 82,260	18%	56%
37	Social and human service assistants	450	32,170	$22,850 - 40,350	34%	58%
38	Education administrators, elementary and secondary school	450	88,880	$55,940 - 120,180	8%	78%
39	Marketing managers	410	123,260	$75,030 - 0	14%	69%
40	Computer specialists, all other	410	53,390	$33,180 - 86,630	15%	68%
41	Social and community service managers	400	77,240	$48,370 - 108,740	25%	72%
42	Engineering managers	400	146,740	$88,290 - 0	7%	84%
43	Chemists	390	66,570	$39,030 - 98,050	9%	93%
44	Self-enrichment education teachers	390	46,240	$25,040 - 74,340	23%	54%
45	Medical and health services managers	390	92,400	$56,360 - 135,370	16%	57%
46	Child, family, and school social workers	390	47,880	$25,170 - 79,600	19%	77%
47	Environmental engineers	380	71,500	$46,790 - 92,850	25%	86%
48	Survey researchers	380	33,200	$16,590 - 66,920	16%	82%
49	Architects, except landscape and naval	370	77,710	$50,320 - 98,390	18%	88%
50	Insurance underwriters	330	65,150	$39,290 - 93,430	6%	53%
51	Graphic designers	330	52,620	$34,140 - 77,370	10%	55%
52	Educational, vocational, and school counselors	330	62,080	$31,010 - 88,870	13%	73%
53	Pharmacists	320	87,740	$66,450 - 113,560	22%	97%
54	Natural sciences managers	310	120,240	$86,130 - 0	11%	93%
55	Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors	300	41,290	$26,450 - 61,430	34%	73%
56	Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists	300	65,100	$40,900 - 94,330	11%	58%
57	Librarians	290	60,640	$40,350 - 84,410	4%	85%
58	Rehabilitation counselors	290	34,000	$17,670 - 50,390	23%	73%
59	Dentists, general	290	115,820	$71,600 - 0	9%	100%
60	Education administrators, postsecondary	280	86,220	$35,470 - 143,930	14%	78%
61	Editors	270	54,130	$32,620 - 84,790	2%	81%
62	Sales and related workers, all other	270	54,860	$31,890 - 88,040	14%	62%
63	Detectives and criminal investigators	260	79,280	$53,190 - 101,700	17%	54%
64	Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists	260	90,770	$58,220 - 0	16%	99%
65	Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other	250	64,470	$42,270 - 98,060	17%	56%
66	Database administrators	250	74,380	$46,990 - 104,060	29%	72%
67	Coaches and scouts	250	41,770	$15,180 - 84,210	15%	60%
68	Physical therapists	250	77,380	$54,440 - 110,470	27%	89%
69	Human resources managers, all other	250	107,270	$77,980 - 0	11%	58%
70	Chief executives	230	164,920	$110,210 - 0	2%	65%
71	Biological technicians	230	46,700	$31,900 - 60,900	16%	60%
72	Occupational therapists	210	67,860	$52,450 - 88,600	23%	90%
73	Medical and clinical laboratory technologists	210	56,510	$46,970 - 71,180	12%	51%
74	Mental health counselors	200	41,440	$31,390 - 53,820	30%	73%
75	Speech-language pathologists	200	72,640	$50,030 - 107,590	11%	98%
76	Electrical engineers	190	80,970	$45,860 - 118,030	6%	81%
77	Mechanical engineers	190	81,380	$51,600 - 127,800	4%	78%
78	Special education teachers, middle school	170	62,390	$41,870 - 87,740	16%	87%
79	Advertising sales agents	170	61,200	$30,740 - 93,310	20%	56%
80	Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers	160	62,310	$40,760 - 82,570	22%	93%
81	Medical and clinical laboratory technicians	160	40,840	$26,400 - 55,480	15%	51%
82	Social scientists and related workers, all other	160	66,200	$47,180 - 90,890	5%	90%
83	Medical and public health social workers	160	55,490	$40,090 - 81,370	24%	77%
84	Budget analysts	160	66,340	$40,530 - 95,000	7%	78%
85	Computer and information scientists, research	160	69,320	$49,640 - 98,930	22%	68%
86	Public relations managers	160	126,610	$65,140 - 0	17%	75%
87	Industrial engineers	150	64,670	$43,530 - 97,440	20%	74%
88	Actuaries	150	89,940	$47,930 - 0	24%	99%
89	Physical scientists, all other	140	80,220	$55,140 - 113,510	6%	98%
90	Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program	130	56,980	$37,220 - 91,420	24%	78%
91	Purchasing managers	130	118,690	$71,820 - 0	3%	57%
92	Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors	130	44,110	$24,580 - 73,370	14%	54%
93	Operations research analysts	120	81,260	$42,640 - 130,970	11%	71%
94	Meeting and convention planners	120	42,650	$30,190 - 63,310	20%	67%
95	Reporters and correspondents	120	39,040	$20,920 - 58,970	1%	85%
96	Clergy	120	49,230	$27,140 - 75,550	19%	75%
97	Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other	120	62,430	$42,150 - 81,150	12%	94%
98	Education administrators, all other	120	76,880	$33,960 - 120,830	13%	78%
99	Statisticians	110	77,660	$43,590 - 123,830	9%	93%
100	Writers and authors	110	53,430	$41,830 - 75,040	13%	84%

Where the Majority of Workers Do Not Have College Degrees

Rank	Title	Local Jobs	Local Mean Salary	Typical Local Salary	National Growth % 2006-2016	National % With College Degree
1	Business operations specialists, all other	5,740	72,140	$41,090 - 105,820	21%	49%
2	Retail salespersons	5,670	25,760	$15,200 - 42,470	12%	25%
3	Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	5,540	37,820	$24,580 - 52,050	1%	18%
4	Office clerks, general	5,050	27,610	$14,620 - 43,250	13%	19%
5	Cashiers	4,890	18,470	$13,820 - 24,790	-2%	10%
6	Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	4,440	23,140	$14,030 - 37,930	15%	4%
7	Customer service representatives	4,130	32,100	$20,900 - 43,490	25%	22%
8	Waiters and waitresses	3,290	22,780	$13,770 - 33,040	11%	14%
9	Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	3,250	17,870	$13,360 - 27,510	18%	5%
10	Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	3,100	25,490	$15,430 - 39,810	2%	5%
11	First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	2,970	50,780	$33,740 - 72,850	6%	29%
12	Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	2,690	38,070	$26,410 - 50,390	13%	16%
13	Executive secretaries and administrative assistants	2,560	50,810	$33,900 - 73,230	15%	18%
14	Child care workers	2,530	19,440	$13,850 - 26,050	18%	15%
15	Stock clerks and order fillers	2,360	24,080	$14,780 - 38,030	-7%	8%
16	Police and sheriff's patrol officers	2,160	73,600	$47,710 - 98,760	11%	33%
17	Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants	2,100	25,690	$19,430 - 33,430	18%	7%
18	Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	2,070	26,200	$18,280 - 38,550	18%	6%
19	General and operations managers	2,050	143,240	$69,600 - [?]	2%	48%
20	Teacher assistants	1,970	25,330	$18,110 - 35,260	10%	18%
21	Security guards	1,910	31,960	$18,840 - 45,820	17%	13%
22	Maintenance and repair workers, general	1,720	36,400	$24,420 - 51,790	10%	6%
23	Word processors and typists	1,600	31,000	$22,470 - 39,730	-11%	19%
24	Medical secretaries	1,570	29,030	$21,130 - 36,510	17%	18%
25	First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	1,550	48,310	$27,180 - 78,380	4%	25%
26	Receptionists and information clerks	1,530	24,890	$16,810 - 34,690	17%	13%
27	Computer support specialists	1,400	47,340	$28,270 - 65,530	13%	43%
28	Correctional officers and jailers	1,360	62,670	$45,760 - 79,070	17%	11%
29	Truck drivers, light or delivery services	1,360	29,680	$18,710 - 40,080	8%	4%
30	Office and administrative support workers, all other	1,290	28,730	$15,540 - 42,170	-8%	32%
31	Sales representatives, services, all other	1,150	66,890	$28,240 - 121,950	28%	48%
32	Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	1,110	48,900	$36,660 - 66,160	14%	7%
33	Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	1,070	39,040	$30,350 - 47,390	10%	4%
34	Bus drivers, school	1,060	29,550	$20,750 - 37,260	9%	4%
35	Food preparation workers	1,020	19,160	$14,250 - 26,070	15%	7%
36	Legal secretaries	990	46,790	$35,040 - 58,020	12%	18%
37	Maids and housekeeping cleaners	960	19,610	$14,880 - 26,840	13%	5%
38	Carpenters	920	53,850	$32,460 - 89,550	10%	6%
39	Tellers	910	22,270	$16,140 - 30,200	14%	16%
40	Automotive service technicians and mechanics	910	37,610	$25,630 - 54,260	14%	4%
41	Telemarketers	910	41,080	$21,450 - 57,410	-9%	14%
42	Court, municipal, and license clerks	890	34,640	$22,240 - 49,570	9%	24%
43	Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	890	32,890	$22,080 - 44,760	4%	15%
44	Cooks, restaurant	870	25,210	$17,830 - 35,600	12%	5%
45	Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	860	28,890	$14,790 - 44,990	4%	6%
46	First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	840	37,170	$23,690 - 52,930	11%	14%
47	Administrative services managers	830	90,150	$54,630 - 126,810	12%	40%
48	First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	790	62,770	$44,120 - 85,130	7%	13%
49	Data entry keyers	780	30,170	$19,860 - 42,540	-4%	18%
50	Medical assistants	770	30,060	$21,300 - 37,210	35%	10%
51	First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	750	51,630	$35,110 - 73,550	-4%	15%
52	Construction laborers	740	35,600	$20,200 - 57,350	11%	5%
53	Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service	730	31,250	$21,210 - 43,560	-11%	9%
54	File clerks	720	28,860	$17,960 - 45,860	-40%	20%
55	Preschool teachers, except special education	710	34,840	$20,290 - 56,490	26%	43%
56	Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop	710	17,710	$13,570 - 24,460	10%	8%
57	Helpers--production workers	700	19,820	$13,720 - 27,360	0%	4%
58	Home health aides	690	23,870	$18,590 - 32,710	49%	7%
59	Fire fighters	660	51,510	$31,500 - 74,470	12%	18%
60	All other information and record clerks	640	40,770	$24,980 - 56,300	-12%	21%
61	First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	640	73,400	$44,510 - 110,500	9%	10%
62	Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators	620	42,990	$34,340 - 49,730	-7%	12%
63	Electricians	620	59,950	$35,710 - 97,400	7%	7%
64	Food servers, nonrestaurant	620	20,440	$15,970 - 25,500	16%	9%
65	Computer operators	610	41,790	$28,230 - 57,000	-24%	27%
66	Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists	600	29,610	$17,540 - 42,050	12%	6%
67	Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products	590	65,460	$40,220 - 99,120	0%	42%
68	Postal service mail carriers	570	44,530	$38,740 - 50,340	1%	11%
69	Healthcare support workers, all other	550	31,670	$24,320 - 40,170	16%	10%
70	Dishwashers	550	16,860	$13,510 - 21,720	10%	3%
71	Bartenders	540	24,000	$13,670 - 34,860	11%	17%
72	Industrial truck and tractor operators	540	32,340	$22,210 - 44,480	-1%	2%
73	Loan interviewers and clerks	530	36,570	$25,010 - 52,090	0%	24%
74	Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers	500	17,460	$13,500 - 22,710	12%	6%
75	Loan officers	490	68,240	$30,920 - 110,370	12%	49%
76	Taxi drivers and chauffeurs	480	27,850	$14,460 - 38,540	13%	15%
77	First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers	480	75,760	$46,610 - 114,400	4%	38%
78	Production, planning, and expediting clerks	460	42,160	$29,870 - 57,020	4%	30%
79	Counter and rental clerks	460	27,640	$14,750 - 53,760	23%	16%
80	Interviewers, except eligibility and loan	440	28,240	$20,010 - 36,790	10%	24%
81	Dental assistants	440	32,550	$18,900 - 46,060	29%	9%
82	Service station attendants	430	16,610	$13,390 - 21,260	13%	6%
83	Cooks, institution and cafeteria	430	26,970	$19,180 - 37,610	11%	5%
84	Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors	430	46,560	$24,000 - 64,480	27%	47%
85	Printing machine operators	420	43,090	$28,930 - 58,180	-5%	6%
86	Cooks, fast food	400	20,870	$13,560 - 30,910	8%	5%
87	Construction and building inspectors	400	58,820	$39,250 - 80,060	18%	23%
88	Radiologic technologists and technicians	380	54,890	$41,930 - 71,400	15%	25%
89	First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers	380	49,910	$28,000 - 87,250	13%	11%
90	Switchboard operators, including answering service	370	26,420	$19,020 - 34,500	-7%	10%
91	Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping	370	38,950	$26,960 - 51,180	11%	29%
92	Personal care and service workers, all other	360		$[?] - [?]	-12%	21%
93	Architectural and civil drafters	360	47,290	$27,680 - 67,240	6%	25%
94	Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	360	17,220	$13,680 - 22,130	10%	17%
95	Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	360	62,270	$37,630 - 103,350	11%	4%
96	Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	350	36,170	$17,740 - 56,820	-6%	14%
97	First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators	330	56,830	$31,820 - 77,200	10%	17%
98	First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives	330	100,110	$79,900 - 125,600	9%	33%
99	First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers	320	46,890	$26,740 - 76,000	16%	26%
100	Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers	320	40,010	$31,470 - 51,110	14%	11%

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Jobs More Common Near Trenton Than Most Other Cities

* Average job popularity for metro areas = 1.0

Title	Mean Local Salary	Local Jobs	Pop. vs. Avg.*
Marriage and family therapists	55,980	480	21.7
Survey researchers	33,200	380	17
Occupational health and safety specialists	65,120	590	9.3
Court, municipal, and license clerks	34,640	890	7.8
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health	66,670	940	7.6
Word processors and typists	31,000	1,600	7.1
Actuaries	89,940	150	7
Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other	45,440	320	5.7
Physical scientists, all other	80,220	140	5.6
Statistical assistants	38,850	110	5.3
Obstetricians and gynecologists	166,480	110	5.2
Natural sciences managers	120,240	310	5.1
Environmental engineers	71,500	380	4.8
Personal care and service workers, all other		360	4.6
Psychiatrists	169,470	110	4.6
Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals	23,410	140	4.6
Financial specialists, all other	66,850	890	4.4
Computer and information scientists, research	69,320	160	4.4
Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers	62,310	160	4.2
Crossing guards	27,340	280	4.1
Community and social service specialists, all other	57,730	560	4
Correctional officers and jailers	62,670	1,360	4
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation	59,620	1,490	3.8
Statisticians	77,660	110	3.7
Social scientists and related workers, all other	66,200	160	3.7
Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists	65,100	300	3.6
Chemical technicians	44,100	320	3.6
Education administrators, all other	76,880	120	3.6
Instructional coordinators	72,230	650	3.5
Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers	38,390	280	3.5
Service station attendants	16,610	430	3.5
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives	100,110	330	3.4
Business operations specialists, all other	72,140	5,740	3.3
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists	54,860	590	3.3
Stationary engineers and boiler operators	45,930	180	3.2
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service	31,250	730	3
Personal financial advisors	106,960	620	3
Management analysts	80,850	2,640	3
Chemists	66,570	390	3
Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary	59,350	250	2.9
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors	41,290	300	2.8
Office and administrative support workers, all other	28,730	1,290	2.8
Computer operators	41,790	610	2.8
Civil engineers	74,760	1,150	2.7
Police and sheriff's patrol officers	73,600	2,160	2.7
Managers, all other	96,110	1,560	2.7
Computer and information systems managers	99,700	1,230	2.6
Human resources managers, all other	107,270	250	2.6
Child care workers	19,440	2,530	2.6
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers	40,010	320	2.6

Work Paying Relatively Well in the Trenton, New Jersey Metro Area (2006 data)

* Average Salary Index for metro areas = 1.0

Title	Mean Local Salary	Salary Index *	Local Jobs
Correctional officers and jailers	62,670	1.8	1,360
Telemarketers	41,080	1.7	910
Police and sheriff's patrol officers	73,600	1.65	2,160
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors	46,560	1.65	430
Community and social service specialists, all other	57,730	1.6	560
General and operations managers	143,240	1.59	2,050
Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists	65,100	1.57	300
Public relations managers	126,610	1.56	160
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers	49,910	1.55	380
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products	101,430	1.53	590
Property, real estate, and community association managers	76,670	1.52	140
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives	100,110	1.49	330
Engineering managers	146,740	1.48	400
Carpenters	53,850	1.47	920
Couriers and messengers	32,460	1.46	130
Social and community service managers	77,240	1.46	400
Purchasing managers	118,690	1.46	130
Preschool teachers, except special education	34,840	1.46	710
Financial analysts	99,550	1.46	640
Sales and related workers, all other	54,860	1.45	270
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists	90,770	1.44	260
Food service managers	64,970	1.43	290
Financial managers	122,550	1.43	1,360
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	62,270	1.42	360
Compensation and benefits managers	109,150	1.41	110
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants	50,810	1.41	2,560
Personal financial advisors	106,960	1.41	620
Detectives and criminal investigators	79,280	1.4	260
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists	60,950	1.4	740
Security guards	31,960	1.39	1,910
Graphic designers	52,620	1.39	330
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs	27,850	1.39	480
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers	46,890	1.39	320
Waiters and waitresses	22,780	1.39	3,290
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics	40,560	1.38	320
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	37,820	1.38	5,540
Legal secretaries	46,790	1.37	990
Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program	56,980	1.37	130
Bartenders	24,000	1.37	540
Cement masons and concrete finishers	47,180	1.37	120
Electricians	59,950	1.37	620
Printing machine operators	43,090	1.36	420
Administrative services managers	90,150	1.35	830
Cooks, short order	24,840	1.35	200
Marketing managers	123,260	1.35	410
Advertising sales agents	61,200	1.35	170
Insurance sales agents	72,600	1.34	240
Sales representatives, services, all other	66,890	1.34	1,150
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	73,400	1.34	640
Construction managers	103,200	1.33	270

Highest Paying Jobs in Trenton, New Jersey Metro Area (2006 data)

Title	Mean Local Salary	Local Jobs
Psychiatrists	169,470	110
Obstetricians and gynecologists	166,480	110
Chief executives	164,920	230
Physicians and surgeons, all other	162,170	300
Pediatricians, general	148,150
Engineering managers	146,740	400
Family and general practitioners	146,190	170
General and operations managers	143,240	2,050
Advertising and promotions managers	134,410	60
Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates	130,820	70
Public relations managers	126,610	160
Marketing managers	123,260	410
Financial managers	122,550	1,360
Sales managers	120,820	570
Natural sciences managers	120,240	310
Purchasing managers	118,690	130
Dentists, general	115,820	290
Training and development managers	111,530	50
Compensation and benefits managers	109,150	110
Human resources managers, all other	107,270	250
Physicists	107,110
Chiropractors	106,990	30
Personal financial advisors	106,960	620
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents	105,800
Optometrists	103,840	30
Construction managers	103,200	270
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products	101,430	590
Lawyers	101,220	1,950
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives	100,110	330
Computer and information systems managers	99,700	1,230
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers	99,690	170
Financial analysts	99,550	640
Materials scientists	99,530
Engineers, all other	96,410	70
Managers, all other	96,110	1,560
Industrial production managers	94,550	220
Computer software engineers, systems software	94,200	570
Art directors	93,700	70
Electronics engineers, except computer	93,260
Biochemists and biophysicists	92,870
Medical and health services managers	92,400	390
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists	90,770	260
Administrative services managers	90,150	830
Actuaries	89,940	150
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school	88,880	450
Veterinarians	88,660	70
Pharmacists	87,740	320
Education administrators, postsecondary	86,220	280
Sales engineers	85,010	70
Computer software engineers, applications	84,060	1,660

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