Major  Group

Employment

Mean Hourly Wage

Mean Annual Salary

Degree

No. of people who work in this field

Percent of Total

Total

127M

100

Management

7.2M

5.6

34.04

$62,000

BA, MBA

Business & Fin. Op

4.6M

3.7

24.32

$44,262

BA

Computer & Mathematical Sciences

2,82M

2.2

29.02

$52,800

AA, BA

Architecture & Engineering

2.4M

1.9

27.08

$49,300

BA

Life, Physical and social science

1M

.8

23.90

$43,500

BA, MS

Community and social Services

1.5M

1.2

16.44

$34,200

BA

Legal

909,360

.7

33.19

$69,000

BA, JD

Education, Training and library

7.6M

6.0

18.81

$39,100

BA, MA

Arts, design, entertainment,sports and media

1.5M

1.2

19.12

$39,800

Health Care Practitioner

6.1M

4.8

24.01

$50,000

BA

Healthcare support

3.1M

2.4

10.53

$22,000

None

Protective Services

2.M

2.3

15.64

$32,500

None

Food preparation and service

9.9M

7.7

8.04

$16,700

None

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

4.2M

3.3

9.80

$20,000

None

Personal Care and service

2.8M

2.2

10.10

$21,000

None

Sales

13M

10.5

13.91

$29,000

None

Office Admin Support

22M

17.8

13.09

$28,900

None

Farming, Fishing and forestry

453,010

.4

9.44

$19,600

None

Construction

6.2M

4.9

17.05

$35,400

None

Installation, maintenance and repair

5.3M

4.2

16.81

None

Production

11.2M

8.8

13.27

$27,600

None

Transportation & material moving

9.4M

7.4

12.77

$26,500

None