Footnotes:
(1) Key: H = high, L = low, VH = very high, VL = very low.
(2) Figures for the top 10 and top 20 occupations are sums for levels (first three columns and sixth column) and averages for percentages (fourth and fifth columns), with the averages weighted by the number of workers in each occupation.
(3) Not available.
(4) Median earnings for the three occupations in this occupational group are $20,460 for home health aides; $23,850 for nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants; and $26,560 for psychiatric aides.
(5) Median earnings for the four occupations in this occupational group are $40,030 for executive secretaries and administrative assistants, $39,860 for legal secretaries, $29,680 for medical secretaries, and $29,050 for all other secretaries.
(6) Median earnings for the three occupations in this occupational group are $22,260 for driver/sales workers, $37,270 for heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers, and $27,610 for light and delivery services truck drivers.
(7) Median earnings for the four occupations in this occupational group are $23,150 for landscaping and groundskeeping workers; $29,770 for pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators of vegetation; $29,970 for tree trimmers and pruners; and $22,390 for all other grounds maintenance workers.
(8) Median earnings for the two occupations in this occupational group are $28,850 for gaming surveillance officers and gaming investigators, and $23,460 for security guards.
(9) The 37-201X ACS aggregated code comprises Standard Occupational Codes 37-2011 (janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners) and 37-2019 (all other building cleaning workers).
(10) Median earnings for the two occupations in this occupational group are $21,450 for janitors and cleaners, and $27,230 for all other building workers.
(11) The 31-909X ACS aggregated code comprises Standard Occupational Codes 31-9092 ( medical assistants), 31-9093 (medical equipment preparers), 31-9094 (medical transcriptionists), 31-9095 (pharmacy aides), 31-9096 (veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers), and 31-9099 (all other health care support workers).
(12) Median earnings for the six occupations in this aggregated occupation are $28,300 for medical assistants, $28,410 for medical equipment preparers, $32,060 for medical transcriptionists, $20,100 for pharmacy aides, $21,210 for veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers, and $29,350 for all other health care support workers.
(13) Median earnings for the three occupations in this occupational group are $46,310 for adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors; $35,720 for self-enrichment education teachers; and $31,100 for all other teachers and instructors.
(14) Median earnings for the three occupations in this occupational group are $49,330 for elementary school teachers, except special education teachers; $49,700 for middle school teachers, except special and vocational education teachers; and $47,870 for middle school vocational education teachers.