How much does your job pay?
Look up the median, average and percentile pay for 825 US occupations. Every figure comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025 national estimates.
Or browse all occupations by field.
Largest occupations
The occupations with the most jobs, with their median annual pay.
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides$35,800 median
- Retail Salespersons$35,410 median
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$31,200 median
- General and Operations Managers$105,770 median
- Registered Nurses$97,550 median
- Cashiers$32,880 median
- Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$40,240 median
- Stockers and Order Fillers$37,330 median
- Customer Service Representatives$44,770 median
- Office Clerks, General$45,010 median
- Waiters and Waitresses$35,230 median
- Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$36,840 median
Highest-paying occupations
Ranked by median annual pay across all 825 occupations with a published median.
- Pediatric Surgeons$559,030 median
- Cardiologists$496,010 median
- Radiologists$420,860 median
- Surgeons, All Other$414,010 median
- Anesthesiologists$391,490 median
- Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric$358,550 median
- Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons$352,220 median
- Emergency Medicine Physicians$335,550 median
- Dermatologists$328,730 median
- Physicians, Pathologists$312,400 median
- Prosthodontists$311,180 median
- Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric$300,080 median
Browse by field
- Management37 occupations · $126,520 median
- Business and Financial Operations32 occupations · $82,660 median
- Computer and Mathematical21 occupations · $109,280 median
- Architecture and Engineering36 occupations · $99,520 median
- Life, Physical, and Social Science48 occupations · $82,530 median
- Community and Social Service17 occupations · $58,300 median
- Legal8 occupations · $102,500 median
- Educational Instruction and Library64 occupations · $60,570 median
- Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media36 occupations · $62,750 median
- Healthcare Practitioners and Technical71 occupations · $86,530 median
- Healthcare Support17 occupations · $38,340 median
- Protective Service24 occupations · $50,080 median
- Food Preparation and Serving Related17 occupations · $35,050 median
- Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance10 occupations · $37,680 median
- Personal Care and Service32 occupations · $36,410 median
- Sales and Related22 occupations · $38,530 median
- Office and Administrative Support54 occupations · $47,450 median
- Farming, Fishing, and Forestry13 occupations · $36,630 median
- Construction and Extraction60 occupations · $59,540 median
- Installation, Maintenance, and Repair51 occupations · $59,620 median
- Production105 occupations · $46,990 median
- Transportation and Material Moving50 occupations · $44,350 median
About the numbers
The median is the midpoint: half of workers in an occupation earn more, half earn less. It is a better guide than the average for occupations where a small number of very high earners pull the mean upward. Each occupation page shows the 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles so you can see the full spread, not just one number.