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Wage reference · May 2025
Office and Administrative Support

Statistical Assistants

Compile and compute data according to statistical formulas for use in statistical studies. May perform actuarial computations and compile charts and graphs for use by actuaries. Includes actuarial clerks.

National median annual wage$50,330Source occupation group · May 2025
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Computer and Mathematical

Statisticians

Develop or apply mathematical or statistical theory and methods to collect, organize, interpret, and summarize numerical data to provide usable information. May specialize in fields such as biostatistics, agricultural statistics, business statistics, or economic statistics. Includes mathematical and survey statisticians.

National median annual wage$105,650Source occupation group · May 2025
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Transportation and Material Moving

Stockers and Order Fillers

Receive, store, and issue merchandise, materials, equipment, and other items from stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard to fill shelves, racks, tables, or customers' orders. May operate power equipment to fill orders. May mark prices on merchandise and set up sales displays.

National median annual wage$37,330Source occupation group · May 2025
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Production

Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing

Cut or carve stone according to diagrams and patterns.

National median annual wage$46,170Source occupation group · May 2025
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Construction and Extraction

Stonemasons

Build stone structures, such as piers, walls, and abutments. Lay walks, curbstones, or special types of masonry for vats, tanks, and floors.

National median annual wage$57,390Source occupation group · May 2025
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Construction and Extraction

Structural Iron and Steel Workers

Raise, place, and unite iron or steel girders, columns, and other structural members to form completed structures or structural frameworks. May erect metal storage tanks and assemble prefabricated metal buildings.

National median annual wage$62,780Source occupation group · May 2025
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Production

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters

Fabricate, position, align, and fit parts of structural metal products.

National median annual wage$51,330Source occupation group · May 2025
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Community and Social Service

Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors

Counsel and advise individuals with alcohol, tobacco, drug, or other problems, such as gambling and eating disorders. May counsel individuals, families, or groups or engage in prevention programs.

National median annual wage$59,350Source occupation group · May 2025
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Educational Instruction and Library

Substitute Teachers, Short-Term

Teach students on a short-term basis as a temporary replacement for a regular classroom teacher, typically using the regular teacher's lesson plan.

National median annual wage$41,670Source occupation group · May 2025
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Transportation and Material Moving

Subway and Streetcar Operators

Operate subway or elevated suburban trains with no separate locomotive, or electric-powered streetcar, to transport passengers. May handle fares.

National median annual wage$86,380Source occupation group · May 2025
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Management

Supply Chain Managers

Direct or coordinate production, purchasing, warehousing, distribution, or financial forecasting services or activities to limit costs and improve accuracy, customer service, or safety. Examine existing procedures or opportunities for streamlining activities to meet product distribution needs. Direct the movement, storage, or processing of inventory.

National median annual wage$107,230Source occupation group · May 2025
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Healthcare Practitioners and Technical

Surgeons, All Other

All surgeons not listed separately.

National median annual wage$414,010Source occupation group · May 2025
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Healthcare Practitioners and Technical

Surgical Assistants

Assist in operations, under the supervision of surgeons. May, in accordance with state laws, help surgeons to make incisions and close surgical sites, manipulate or remove tissues, implant surgical devices or drains, suction the surgical site, place catheters, clamp or cauterize vessels or tissue, and apply dressings to surgical site.

National median annual wage$66,800Source occupation group · May 2025
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Healthcare Practitioners and Technical

Surgical Technologists

Assist in operations, under the supervision of surgeons, registered nurses, or other surgical personnel. May help set up operating room, prepare and transport patients for surgery, adjust lights and equipment, pass instruments and other supplies to surgeons and surgeons' assistants, hold retractors, cut sutures, and help count sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments.

National median annual wage$64,650Source occupation group · May 2025
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Life, Physical, and Social Science

Survey Researchers

Plan, develop, or conduct surveys. May analyze and interpret the meaning of survey data, determine survey objectives, or suggest or test question wording. Includes social scientists who primarily design questionnaires or supervise survey teams.

National median annual wage$69,460Source occupation group · May 2025
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Architecture and Engineering

Surveying and Mapping Technicians

Perform surveying and mapping duties, usually under the direction of an engineer, surveyor, cartographer, or photogrammetrist, to obtain data used for construction, mapmaking, boundary location, mining, or other purposes. May calculate mapmaking information and create maps from source data, such as surveying notes, aerial photography, satellite data, or other maps to show topographical features, political boundaries, and other features. May verify accuracy and completeness of maps.

National median annual wage$54,240Source occupation group · May 2025
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Architecture and Engineering

Surveyors

Make exact measurements and determine property boundaries. Provide data relevant to the shape, contour, gravitation, location, elevation, or dimension of land or land features on or near the earth's surface for engineering, mapmaking, mining, land evaluation, construction, and other purposes.

National median annual wage$75,440Source occupation group · May 2025
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Business and Financial Operations

Sustainability Specialists

Address organizational sustainability issues, such as waste stream management, green building practices, and green procurement plans.

National median annual wage$83,050Source occupation group · May 2025
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Office and Administrative Support

Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service

Operate telephone business systems equipment or switchboards to relay incoming, outgoing, and interoffice calls. May supply information to callers and record messages.

National median annual wage$38,630Source occupation group · May 2025
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Production

Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers

Design, make, alter, repair, or fit garments.

National median annual wage$41,640Source occupation group · May 2025
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Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media

Talent Directors

Audition and interview performers to select most appropriate talent for parts in stage, television, radio, or motion picture productions.

National median annual wage$90,360Source occupation group · May 2025
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Transportation and Material Moving

Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders

Load and unload chemicals and bulk solids, such as coal, sand, and grain, into or from tank cars, trucks, or ships, using material moving equipment. May perform a variety of other tasks relating to shipment of products. May gauge or sample shipping tanks and test them for leaks.

National median annual wage$58,870Source occupation group · May 2025
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Construction and Extraction

Tapers

Seal joints between plasterboard or other wallboard to prepare wall surface for painting or papering.

National median annual wage$68,270Source occupation group · May 2025
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Business and Financial Operations

Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents

Determine tax liability or collect taxes from individuals or business firms according to prescribed laws and regulations.

National median annual wage$62,370Source occupation group · May 2025
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