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What does your job pay? Salary by occupation, straight from the BLS

National median, mean and percentile pay for all 831 BLS occupations (May 2024), plus what it takes to enter each one. Figures rendered verbatim, period labelled. Informational, not salary advice.

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Pick any occupation to see its national median, mean and 10th–90th percentile pay from the May 2024 BLS data. Open the salary lookup →

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One honest page per occupation

Every occupation on this site shows the same May 2024 BLS figures, rendered verbatim: the national median and mean wage, the 10th–90th percentile band, total employment, and the typical education and training it takes to enter the field. The numbers are national — your state, employer and experience will differ. Informational only, not salary or career advice.

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Management Occupations$122,090 median Computer and Mathematical Occupations$105,850 median Legal Occupations$99,990 median Architecture and Engineering Occupations$97,310 median Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations$83,090 median Business and Financial Operations Occupations$80,920 median Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations$78,980 median Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations$60,140 median Educational Instruction and Library Occupations$59,220 median Construction and Extraction Occupations$58,360 median Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations$58,230 median Community and Social Service Occupations$57,530 median Protective Service Occupations$50,580 median Office and Administrative Support Occupations$46,320 median Production Occupations$45,960 median Transportation and Material Moving Occupations$42,740 median Sales and Related Occupations$37,460 median Healthcare Support Occupations$37,180 median Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance Occupations$36,790 median Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations$36,750 median Personal Care and Service Occupations$35,110 median Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations$34,130 median

Pay & the data

Every occupation also has a group comparison and a full data view — medians, percentile bands and the education it takes to enter, all from federal public-domain BLS data, rendered verbatim.

U.S. salary data, by the numbers — all 831 occupations →

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Salary-by-occupation cheat-sheet

National median, mean and percentile pay for your occupation on one page. Free. Informational, not salary advice.