May 2009 Occupational Employment and Wages — 2010-05-14

Retail salespersons, cashiers, general office clerks, combined food prepara- tion and serving workers, and registered nurses were among the occupations with the highest employment in 2009, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics re- ported today. Occupations with the lowest employment included watch repairers, astronomers, and radio operators. Employment and wage information for all oc- cupations is shown in table 1. These data are from the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) program, which provides employment and wage estimates for wage and salary workers in 22 major occupational groups and 801 detailed occupations. OES produces data by occupation for the nation, states, metropolitan areas, metropolitan divi- sions, and nonmetropolitan areas, and by occupation and industry for the nation. Data are available from the OES homepage at www.bls.gov/oes. In addition to the occupations mentioned above, the largest occupations in- cluded customer service representatives; elementary school teachers, except special education; and general maintenance and repair workers.