Salaries in the United States
$4,481a month
Median monthly salary, 2025.
- Yearly
- $53,770
Top 10 highest paying
- Specialist doctor$313,700
- Doctor$267,500
- Traditional chiefs and heads of village$214,000
- Airline pilot$197,800
- Dentist$185,300
- IT project manager$175,100
- Product manager$169,900
- Astrophysicist$168,200
- Finance manager$166,600
- Lawyer$159,700
Top 10 lowest paying
- Preschool teaching assistant$31,340
- Fast food worker$31,380
- Food service worker$31,380
- Cashier$32,900
- Gym worker$33,370
- Bartender$34,340
- Sex worker$34,870
- Laundry worker$34,890
- Kitchen assistant$34,990
- Garment presser$35,060
By major occupation group
| Managers | $7,583 a month |
| Professionals | $6,673 a month |
| Technicians and associate professionals | $4,585 a month |
| Craft and related trades workers | $4,333 a month |
| Plant and machine operators | $3,987 a month |
| Clerical support workers | $3,805 a month |
| Elementary occupations | $3,120 a month |
| Agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | $3,033 a month |
| Service and sales workers | $2,773 a month |
All 830 official jobs
Pay for every job by state and city, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Salaries for every job in the United StatesFederal employees
Official General Schedule pay for every grade, step and locality.
GS pay scale 2026All jobs
- Accountant$82,520
- Accounts assistant$49,870
- Accounts clerk$50,670
- Actor$60,420
- Actuary$97,510
- Agricultural technician$50,860
- Aid worker$42,230
- Air traffic controller$148,100
- Air traffic safety technician$78,190
- Aircraft technician$79,870
- Airline pilot$197,800
- Animal carer$36,850
- Announcer$58,180
- Anthropologist$80,530
- Apiarists and sericulturists$58,560
- Aquaculture support worker$58,560
- Architect$99,280
- Art director$94,500
- Artist$54,170
- Astrologer$41,020
- Astrophysicist$168,200
- Athlete$66,710
- Audio-visual technician$63,290
- Audiology technician$56,440
- Audit clerk$50,810
- Auto mechanic$53,590
- Avionics mechanic$73,020
- Ballet dancer$52,550
- Bartender$34,340
- Basketmaker$44,750
- Beautician$38,440
- Benefits officer$71,250
- Bicycle mechanic$73,250
- Bike assembler$41,350
- Bindery worker$42,290
- Blacksmith$47,060
- Blaster$61,390
- Boiler operator$78,620
- Bricklayer$62,110
- Broadcast engineer$130,200
- Builder$115,000
- Bus driver$48,860
- Butcher$39,530
- Buyer$53,020
- Cabinetmaker$46,380
- Call centre agent$35,450
- Candle factory worker$46,080
- Car assembler$59,550
- Car cleaner$35,830
- Car electrician$69,650
- Car painter$48,250
- Career coach$75,280
- Caretaker$36,840
- Carpenter$60,580
- Carpet worker$37,800
- Cashier$32,900
- CEO$118,700
- Cheese maker$44,680
- Chef$48,610
- Chemical engineer$125,000
- Chemical engineering technician$75,650
- Chemical operator$78,120
- Chemical products plant and machine operators$56,560
- Chemist$92,530
- Chief engineer$109,500
- Childcare centre manager$59,300
- Civil engineer$100,800
- Civils worker$51,830
- Cleaner$36,280
- Cleaners$48,600
- Clerical support workers not elsewhere classified$46,560
- Client information workers not elsewhere classified$52,030
- Clinical research assistant$45,750
- Cnc operator$52,600
- Coffee taster$40,900
- Commodity trader$75,260
- Community health worker$51,850
- Companion$45,670
- Concrete finisher$57,130
- Construction foreman$79,920
- Construction manager$115,000
- Construction worker$46,580
- Cook$38,970
- Corporate trainer$69,280
- Correctional officer$61,280
- Corrugator operator$49,990
- Courier$37,880
- Craft and related workers not elsewhere classified$38,020
- Crane operators$38,950
- Crop producer$47,210
- Crop team leader$47,210
- Croupier$40,070
- Cure operator$50,980
- Customer service clerk$44,060
- Customs agent$46,010
- Customs officer$80,330
- Dance teacher$45,680
- Data administrator$113,100
- Data centre operator$116,600
- Data entry clerk$41,340
- Database and network professionals not elsewhere classified$117,300
- Day care worker$35,530
- Debt collector$57,530
- Deep-sea fisherman$59,320
- Dental hygienist$74,820
- Dentist$185,300
- Dietitian$76,400
- Doctor$267,500
- Door to door seller$41,380
- Draughtsperson$67,860
- Driving instructor$46,800
- Earthmoving and related plant operators$59,120
- Economist$124,700
- Education officer$77,440
- Electric powerline worker$90,680
- Electrical assembler$47,310
- Electrical engineer$120,600
- Electrical technician$77,140
- Electrician$62,990
- Electronic engineer$149,500
- Electronics engineering technician$78,190
- Elementary school teacher$64,090
- Embalmer$45,250
- Embroiderer$48,620
- Employment agent$75,930
- Energy manager$119,700
- Environment engineer$107,100
- Environmental protection professionals$80,150
- Esol teacher$47,310
- Event coordinator$61,160
- Executive assistant$76,480
- Fabric cutter$43,340
- Fabric dyer$38,180
- Façade cleaner$44,040
- Facility manager$119,700
- Factory labourer$40,870
- Farm equipment operator$47,250
- Farm hand$35,850
- Farm hands$35,750
- Fast food worker$31,380
- Fiacre driver$41,980
- File clerk$42,930
- Fill operator$43,220
- Finance adviser$79,450
- Finance manager$166,600
- Financial analyst$98,230
- Financier$104,700
- Fire alarm technician$67,250
- Firefighter$62,270
- Fisheries boatman$59,320
- Fishery production manager$89,900
- Fitness club manager$119,000
- Flight attendant$61,170
- Food and related products machine operators$42,150
- Food service worker$31,380
- Food stall holder$35,390
- Forest ranger$49,750
- Forest worker$45,250
- Forester$89,900
- Forestry advisor$72,110
- Forestry technician$54,560
- Forklift operator$46,420
- Fruit, vegetable and related preservers$40,300
- Fur animal rearer$58,560
- Garage manager$119,700
- Gardener$39,000
- Garment presser$35,060
- Gas station salesperson$35,670
- General manager$123,900
- Geologist$100,900
- Glassblower$43,050
- Glassmaker$47,850
- Glazier$57,080
- Gluing operator$35,650
- Grader$48,570
- Grinder$46,480
- Guide$48,580
- Gym worker$33,370
- Hairdresser$37,450
- Hand and pedal vehicle drivers$40,930
- Head of marketing$155,400
- Health professionals not elsewhere classified$95,580
- Health records clerk$51,930
- Health screener$60,290
- Heat treat operator$46,310
- Hide machine operator$37,280
- High school teacher$72,040
- Historian$106,300
- Horticulturist$54,510
- Hotel manager$69,250
- Hotel receptionist$35,690
- House manager$47,990
- Household manager$49,100
- Housekeeper$35,510
- HR manager$146,600
- Hunter$59,320
- Hvac mechanic$63,280
- Industrial engineer$102,400
- Industrial painter$49,420
- Information clerk$38,070
- Insulator$52,500
- Insurance agent$133,500
- Insurance seller$66,580
- IT presales technician$108,600
- IT project manager$175,100
- IT technician$61,860
- IT trainer$69,280
- Jeweller$52,540
- Journalist$73,210
- Judge$139,400
- Kitchen assistant$34,990
- Laboratory technologist$56,710
- Landscape architect$79,870
- Laser technician$71,750
- Laundry worker$34,890
- Lawyer$159,700
- Legal aide$62,240
- Legal professionals not elsewhere classified$75,530
- Legal secretary$55,570
- Legislators$42,830
- Librarian$68,270
- Library assistant$39,110
- Livestock and dairy producers$58,560
- Livestock farm labourers$37,160
- Loan officer$74,440
- Logistics manager$107,200
- Loss adjuster$78,010
- Machine oiler$65,260
- Mail carrier$57,420
- Management consultant$97,590
- Manufacturing director$126,100
- Market trader$41,380
- Marketing specialist$78,710
- Mechanical engineer$109,800
- Mechanical engineering technician$76,030
- Medical assistant$45,680
- Medical herbalist$66,790
- Medical laboratory technician$50,760
- Medical transcriber$45,700
- Medical writer$82,630
- Metal caster$49,830
- Metal filer$47,330
- Metal furnace operator$54,430
- Metal molder$44,900
- Metal worker$62,200
- Metallurgist$71,360
- Metalworker$62,970
- Meteorologist$99,070
- Meter reader$47,750
- Midwife$134,000
- Midwife assistant$66,790
- Mine engineer$126,900
- Mine supervisor$79,920
- Miners$59,170
- Mining assistant$50,440
- Mixed farmer$47,330
- Motorcyle courier$37,720
- Museum curator$63,870
- Museum technician$46,380
- Music teacher$46,800
- Musician$92,810
- Network engineer$76,220
- Networks engineer$134,100
- Nursing assistant$42,320
- Nursing associate professionals$64,400
- Nursing home manager$112,500
- Odd job persons$49,010
- Office clerk$45,130
- Office manager$69,500
- Operations manager$119,700
- Optician$47,260
- Optometrist$136,600
- Other artistic and cultural associate professionals$58,040
- Paper maker$49,640
- Paramedic$50,240
- Paramedical practitioners$135,900
- Passport officer$62,670
- Pastry cook$37,160
- Patent agent$81,240
- Pawnbroker$50,330
- Payroll clerk$58,260
- Performer$41,020
- Personal care attendant$48,580
- Personal care workers in health services not elsewhere classified$44,820
- Personnel clerks$50,610
- Pest control technician$49,820
- Pharmacist$140,900
- Photo retoucher$40,610
- Photographer$44,660
- Physical therapist$101,400
- Piano tuner$76,940
- Picker and packer$36,280
- Plasterer$59,760
- Plumber$62,820
- Police detective$97,590
- Police officer$80,300
- Policy analyst$85,970
- Potter$46,160
- Poultry sexer$58,560
- Power plant operator$79,440
- Prepress technician$49,500
- Preschool teacher$42,690
- Preschool teaching assistant$31,340
- Primary school manager$104,400
- Print operator$45,780
- Prison teacher$52,480
- Process operator$90,010
- Product designer$80,140
- Product manager$169,900
- Production line coordinator$59,650
- Production supervisor$74,450
- Professor$84,060
- Project manager$118,100
- Promotions demonstrator$39,320
- Proofreader$51,120
- Psychologist$100,400
- Public health inspector$81,850
- Public relations professionals$74,750
- Pulp control worker$68,120
- Quality inspector$73,120
- Radiologic technologist$87,510
- Rail conductor$37,720
- Real estate agent$65,200
- Receptionist$38,010
- Registered nurse$102,500
- Regulatory government associate professionals not elsewhere classified$49,940
- Religious professionals$58,380
- Religious worker$45,280
- Rental sales worker$41,800
- Restaurant manager$69,390
- Retail sales associate$35,620
- Retail store supervisor$48,520
- Riding instructor$48,270
- Rig driller$57,170
- Rigger$62,640
- Roofer$55,440
- Runway model$48,470
- Sales engineer$101,400
- Sales representative$72,410
- Sawmill operator$42,770
- Scribes and related workers$48,580
- Secretary$47,540
- Security guard$39,890
- Senior government officials$118,100
- Set designer$48,970
- Sewing machine operator$36,670
- Sex worker$34,870
- Shelf stacker$37,330
- Ship pilot$92,460
- Ships’ deck crews and related workers$51,230
- Shoemaker$37,800
- Shop keeper$105,800
- Sign installer$42,160
- Signalman$76,490
- Slitter operator$47,210
- Social care worker$45,930
- Social media manager$137,400
- Social services manager$80,390
- Social worker$61,080
- Software developer$134,900
- Software programmer$100,400
- Software tester$111,000
- Soldier$78,350
- Sorter$49,690
- Special needs teacher$68,620
- Specialist doctor$313,700
- Speech therapist$97,730
- Sport coach$46,900
- Statistician$112,700
- Steel erector$57,930
- Stock coordinator$39,310
- Stone fabricator$48,830
- Stone planer$46,380
- Stonemason$57,390
- Store manager$105,800
- Street and related service workers$41,700
- Street sweeper$46,860
- Street vendor$41,380
- Subsistence crop farmers$35,660
- Subsistence fishers, hunters, trappers and gatherers$36,300
- Subsistence livestock farmers$36,670
- Subsistence mixed crop and livestock farmers$35,770
- Survey enumerator$45,920
- Surveyor$76,740
- Switchboard operator$38,910
- Systems administrator$99,130
- Systems analyst$108,200
- Tailor$41,640
- Tanner$36,270
- Tax officer$62,370
- Taxi driver$42,530
- Technical aide$70,790
- Telecom administrator$78,190
- Teller$44,950
- Tent builder$49,570
- Test engineer$121,000
- Textile braider$37,280
- Textile machine operator$39,530
- Therapy assistant$66,080
- Tile installer$54,720
- Tobacco dryer$42,900
- Trades union official$111,200
- Traditional chiefs and heads of village$214,000
- Traditional therapist$106,800
- Train driver$78,420
- Translator$70,930
- Transport clerks$50,340
- Travel agent$51,370
- Tree doctor$47,210
- Truck driver$58,640
- Typist$49,280
- Underwater welder$72,990
- Upholsterer$46,340
- Urban planner$89,320
- UX designer$66,540
- Vet technician$44,340
- Veterinarian$130,100
- Vocational teacher$65,030
- Waiter$35,240
- Warehouse worker$40,610
- Waste collector$49,690
- Watch maker$69,710
- Water and firewood collectors$40,240
- Water plant operator$68,970
- Water-based fisheries worker$36,670
- Web developer$97,720
- Web technician$98,730
- Welder$53,340
- Wind technician$60,890
- Winder operator$38,670
- Window washer$36,840
- Wood treater$47,340
- Woodworker$43,380
- Zoologist$100,600
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS survey. How we calculate