Source: Gambling change persons and booth cashiers: 25th percentile wage, all workers (BLS OEWS May 2025). Used as a cautious proxy for early career pay.
Or fill earnings from an occupation's official wages Choose an occupation Accountants and auditors Actuaries Acupuncturists Adhesive bonding machine operators and tenders Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers Administrative services managers Adult basic education, adult secondary education, and english as a second language instructors Advertising and promotions managers Advertising sales agents Aerospace engineering and operations technologists and technicians Aerospace engineers Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes Agricultural engineers Agricultural equipment operators Agricultural inspectors Agricultural sciences teachers, postsecondary Agricultural technicians Agricultural workers, all other Air traffic controllers Aircraft cargo handling supervisors Aircraft mechanics and service technicians Aircraft service attendants Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers Airfield operations specialists Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians Amusement and recreation attendants Anesthesiologists Animal breeders Animal caretakers Animal control workers Animal scientists Animal trainers Anthropologists and archeologists Anthropology and archeology teachers, postsecondary Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators Architects, except landscape and naval Architectural and civil drafters Architectural and engineering managers Architecture teachers, postsecondary Archivists Area, ethnic, and cultural studies teachers, postsecondary Art directors Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary Artists and related workers, all other Astronomers Athletes and sports competitors Athletic trainers Atmospheric and space scientists Atmospheric, earth, marine, and space sciences teachers, postsecondary Audio and video technicians Audiologists Audiovisual equipment installers and repairers Automotive and watercraft service attendants Automotive body and related repairers Automotive glass installers and repairers Automotive service technicians and mechanics Avionics technicians Baggage porters and bellhops Bailiffs Bakers Barbers Bartenders Bicycle repairers Bill and account collectors Billing and posting clerks Biochemists and biophysicists Bioengineers and biomedical engineers Biological science teachers, postsecondary Biological scientists, all other Biological technicians Boilermakers Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks Brickmasons and blockmasons Bridge and lock tenders Broadcast announcers and radio disc jockeys Broadcast technicians Brokerage clerks Budget analysts Building cleaning workers, all other Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists Bus drivers, school Bus drivers, transit and intercity Business operations specialists, all other Business teachers, postsecondary Butchers and meat cutters Buyers and purchasing agents Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters Calibration technologists and technicians Camera and photographic equipment repairers Camera operators, television, video, and film Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels Cardiologists Cardiovascular technologists and technicians Career/technical education teachers, middle school Career/technical education teachers, postsecondary Career/technical education teachers, secondary school Cargo and freight agents Carpenters Carpet installers Cartographers and photogrammetrists Cashiers Cement masons and concrete finishers Chefs and head cooks Chemical engineers Chemical equipment operators and tenders Chemical plant and system operators Chemical technicians Chemistry teachers, postsecondary Chemists Chief executives Child, family, and school social workers Childcare workers Chiropractors Choreographers Civil engineering technologists and technicians Civil engineers Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators Cleaners of vehicles and equipment Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders Clergy Clinical and counseling psychologists Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians Coaches and scouts Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders Coil winders, tapers, and finishers Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers Commercial and industrial designers Commercial divers Commercial pilots Communications equipment operators, all other Communications teachers, postsecondary Community and social service specialists, all other Community health workers Compensation and benefits managers Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists Compliance officers Computer and information research scientists Computer and information systems managers Computer hardware engineers Computer network architects Computer network support specialists Computer numerically controlled tool operators Computer numerically controlled tool programmers Computer occupations, all other Computer programmers Computer science teachers, postsecondary Computer systems analysts Computer user support specialists Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers Concierges Conservation scientists Construction and building inspectors Construction laborers Construction managers Continuous mining machine operators Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door Conveyor operators and tenders Cooks, all other Cooks, fast food Cooks, institution and cafeteria Cooks, private household Cooks, restaurant Cooks, short order Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders Correctional officers and jailers Correspondence clerks Cost estimators Costume attendants Counselors, all other Counter and rental clerks Couriers and messengers Court reporters and simultaneous captioners Court, municipal, and license clerks Craft artists Crane and tower operators Credit analysts Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks Credit counselors Crematory operators Criminal justice and law enforcement teachers, postsecondary Crossing guards and flaggers Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders Curators Customer service representatives Cutters and trimmers, hand Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Data entry keyers Data scientists Database administrators Database architects Demonstrators and product promoters Dental assistants Dental hygienists Dental laboratory technicians Dentists, all other specialists Dentists, general Dermatologists Derrick operators, oil and gas Designers, all other Desktop publishers Detectives and criminal investigators Diagnostic medical sonographers Dietetic technicians Dietitians and nutritionists Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers Directors, religious activities and education Dishwashers Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers Drafters, all other Dredge operators Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Driver/sales workers Drywall and ceiling tile installers Earth drillers, except oil and gas Economics teachers, postsecondary Economists Editors Education administrators, all other Education administrators, kindergarten through secondary Education administrators, postsecondary Education and childcare administrators, preschool and daycare Education teachers, postsecondary Educational instruction and library workers, all other Educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers Electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians Electrical and electronics drafters Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay Electrical engineers Electrical power-line installers and repairers Electrical, electronic, and electromechanical assemblers, except coil winders, tapers, and finishers Electricians Electro-mechanical and mechatronics technologists and technicians Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles Electronics engineers, except computer Elementary school teachers, except special education Elevator and escalator installers and repairers Eligibility interviewers, government programs Embalmers Emergency management directors Emergency medical technicians Emergency medicine physicians Engine and other machine assemblers Engineering teachers, postsecondary Engineering technologists and technicians, except drafters, all other Engineers, all other English language and literature teachers, postsecondary Entertainment and recreation managers, except gambling Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other Environmental engineering technologists and technicians Environmental engineers Environmental science and protection technicians, including health Environmental science teachers, postsecondary Environmental scientists and specialists, including health Epidemiologists Etchers and engravers Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants Exercise physiologists Exercise trainers and group fitness instructors Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters Extraction workers, all other Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders Fabric and apparel patternmakers Facilities managers Fallers Family and consumer sciences teachers, postsecondary Family medicine physicians Farm and home management educators Farm equipment mechanics and service technicians Farm labor contractors Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse Farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals Fashion designers Fast food and counter workers Fence erectors Fiberglass laminators and fabricators File clerks Film and video editors Financial and investment analysts Financial clerks, all other Financial examiners Financial managers Financial risk specialists Financial specialists, all other Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators Fire inspectors and investigators Firefighters First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers First-line supervisors of correctional officers First-line supervisors of entertainment and recreation workers, except gambling services First-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers First-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers First-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers First-line supervisors of gambling services workers First-line supervisors of housekeeping and janitorial workers First-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers First-line supervisors of personal service workers First-line supervisors of police and detectives First-line supervisors of production and operating workers First-line supervisors of protective service workers, all other First-line supervisors of retail sales workers First-line supervisors of security workers First-line supervisors of transportation and material moving workers, except aircraft cargo handling supervisors Fish and game wardens Flight attendants Floor layers, except carpet, wood, and hard tiles Floor sanders and finishers Floral designers Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders Food batchmakers Food cooking machine operators and tenders Food preparation and serving related workers, all other Food preparation workers Food processing workers, all other Food science technicians Food scientists and technologists Food servers, nonrestaurant Food service managers Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary Forensic science technicians Forest and conservation technicians Forest and conservation workers Forest fire inspectors and prevention specialists Foresters Forestry and conservation science teachers, postsecondary Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Foundry mold and coremakers Fundraisers Fundraising managers Funeral attendants Funeral home managers Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders Furniture finishers Gambling and sports book writers and runners Gambling cage workers Gambling change persons and booth cashiers Gambling dealers Gambling managers Gambling service workers, all other Gambling surveillance officers and gambling investigators Gas compressor and gas pumping station operators Gas plant operators General and operations managers General internal medicine physicians Genetic counselors Geographers Geography teachers, postsecondary Geological technicians, except hydrologic technicians Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers Glaziers Graders and sorters, agricultural products Graphic designers Grinding and polishing workers, hand Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Grounds maintenance workers, all other Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists Hazardous materials removal workers Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors Health education specialists Health information technologists and medical registrars Health specialties teachers, postsecondary Health technologists and technicians, all other Healthcare diagnosing or treating practitioners, all other Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other Healthcare social workers Healthcare support workers, all other Hearing aid specialists Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters Helpers--carpenters Helpers--electricians Helpers--extraction workers Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters Helpers--production workers Helpers--roofers Helpers, construction trades, all other Highway maintenance workers Historians History teachers, postsecondary Hoist and winch operators Home appliance repairers Home health and personal care aides Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping Human resources managers Human resources specialists Hydrologic technicians Hydrologists Industrial engineering technologists and technicians Industrial engineers Industrial machinery mechanics Industrial production managers Industrial truck and tractor operators Industrial-organizational psychologists Information and record clerks, all other Information security analysts Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other Instructional coordinators Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall Insulation workers, mechanical Insurance appraisers, auto damage Insurance claims and policy processing clerks Insurance sales agents Insurance underwriters Interior designers Interpreters and translators Interviewers, except eligibility and loan Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates Judicial law clerks Kindergarten teachers, except special education Labor relations specialists Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand Landscape architects Landscaping and groundskeeping workers Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Laundry and dry-cleaning workers Law teachers, postsecondary Lawyers Layout workers, metal and plastic Legal secretaries and administrative assistants Legal support workers, all other Librarians and media collections specialists Library assistants, clerical Library science teachers, postsecondary Library technicians Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses Life scientists, all other Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers Light truck drivers Lighting technicians Loading and moving machine operators, underground mining Loan interviewers and clerks Loan officers Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants Locksmiths and safe repairers Locomotive engineers Lodging managers Log graders and scalers Logging equipment operators Logging workers, all other Logisticians Machine feeders and offbearers Machinists Magnetic resonance imaging technologists Maids and housekeeping cleaners Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service Maintenance and repair workers, general Maintenance workers, machinery Makeup artists, theatrical and performance Management analysts Managers, all other Manicurists and pedicurists Manufactured building and mobile home installers Marine engineers and naval architects Market research analysts and marketing specialists Marketing managers Marriage and family therapists Massage therapists Material moving workers, all other Materials engineers Materials scientists Mathematical science occupations, all other Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary Mathematicians Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers Mechanical door repairers Mechanical drafters Mechanical engineering technologists and technicians Mechanical engineers Media and communication equipment workers, all other Media and communication workers, all other Medical and health services managers Medical appliance technicians Medical assistants Medical dosimetrists Medical equipment preparers Medical equipment repairers Medical records specialists Medical scientists, except epidemiologists Medical secretaries and administrative assistants Medical transcriptionists Meeting, convention, and event planners Mental health and substance abuse social workers Merchandise displayers and window trimmers Metal workers and plastic workers, all other Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders Meter readers, utilities Microbiologists Middle school teachers, except special and career/technical education Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Millwrights Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators Miscellaneous construction and related workers Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines Model makers, metal and plastic Model makers, wood Models Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Morticians, undertakers, and funeral arrangers Motion picture projectionists Motor vehicle operators, all other Motorboat mechanics and service technicians Motorboat operators Motorcycle mechanics Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Museum technicians and conservators Music directors and composers Musical instrument repairers and tuners Natural sciences managers Network and computer systems administrators Neurologists New accounts clerks News analysts, reporters, and journalists Nuclear engineers Nuclear medicine technologists Nuclear power reactor operators Nuclear technicians Nurse anesthetists Nurse midwives Nurse practitioners Nursing assistants Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary Obstetricians and gynecologists Occupational health and safety specialists Occupational health and safety technicians Occupational therapists Occupational therapy aides Occupational therapy assistants Office and administrative support workers, all other Office clerks, general Office machine operators, except computer Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators Operations research analysts Ophthalmic laboratory technicians Ophthalmic medical technicians Ophthalmologists, except pediatric Opticians, dispensing Optometrists Oral and maxillofacial surgeons Order clerks Orderlies Orthodontists Orthopedic surgeons, except pediatric Orthotists and prosthetists Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders Packers and packagers, hand Painters, construction and maintenance Painting, coating, and decorating workers Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders Paperhangers Paralegals and legal assistants Paramedics Parking attendants Parking enforcement workers Parts salespersons Passenger attendants Patternmakers, metal and plastic Patternmakers, wood Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators Payroll and timekeeping clerks Pediatric surgeons Pediatricians, general Personal care and service workers, all other Personal financial advisors Personal service managers, all other Pest control workers Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation Petroleum engineers Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers Pharmacists Pharmacy aides Pharmacy technicians Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary Phlebotomists Photographers Photographic process workers and processing machine operators Physical scientists, all other Physical therapist aides Physical therapist assistants Physical therapists Physician assistants Physicians, all other Physicians, pathologists Physicists Physics teachers, postsecondary Pile driver operators Pipelayers Plant and system operators, all other Plasterers and stucco masons Plating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters Podiatrists Police and sheriff's patrol officers Political science teachers, postsecondary Political scientists Postal service clerks Postal service mail carriers Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators Postmasters and mail superintendents Postsecondary teachers, all other Pourers and casters, metal Power distributors and dispatchers Power plant operators Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other Prepress technicians and workers Preschool teachers, except special education Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials Print binding and finishing workers Printing press operators Private detectives and investigators Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists Procurement clerks Producers and directors Production workers, all other Production, planning, and expediting clerks Project management specialists Proofreaders and copy markers Property appraisers and assessors Property, real estate, and community association managers Prosthodontists Protective service workers, all other Psychiatric aides Psychiatric technicians Psychiatrists Psychologists, all other Psychology teachers, postsecondary Public relations managers Public relations specialists Public safety telecommunicators Pump operators, except wellhead pumpers Purchasing managers Radiation therapists Radio, cellular, and tower equipment installers and repairers Radiologic technologists and technicians Radiologists Rail car repairers Rail transportation workers, all other Rail yard engineers, dinkey operators, and hostlers Rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators and locomotive firers Railroad conductors and yardmasters Real estate brokers Real estate sales agents Receptionists and information clerks Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary Recreation workers Recreational therapists Recreational vehicle service technicians Refractory materials repairers, except brickmasons Refuse and recyclable material collectors Registered nurses Rehabilitation counselors Reinforcing iron and rebar workers Religious workers, all other Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks Residential advisors Respiratory therapists Retail salespersons Riggers Rock splitters, quarry Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Roof bolters, mining Roofers Rotary drill operators, oil and gas Roustabouts, oil and gas Sailors and marine oilers Sales and related workers, all other Sales engineers Sales managers Sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood School bus monitors School psychologists Secondary school teachers, except special and career/technical education Secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents Security and fire alarm systems installers Security guards Self-enrichment teachers Semiconductor processing technicians Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners Service unit operators, oil and gas Set and exhibit designers Sewers, hand Sewing machine operators Shampooers Sheet metal workers Ship engineers Shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks Shoe and leather workers and repairers Shoe machine operators and tenders Shuttle drivers and chauffeurs Signal and track switch repairers Skincare specialists Slaughterers and meat packers Social and community service managers Social and human service assistants Social science research assistants Social sciences teachers, postsecondary, all other Social scientists and related workers, all other Social work teachers, postsecondary Social workers, all other Sociologists Sociology teachers, postsecondary Software developers Software quality assurance analysts and testers Soil and plant scientists Solar photovoltaic installers Sound engineering technicians Special education teachers, all other Special education teachers, kindergarten and elementary school Special education teachers, middle school Special education teachers, preschool Special education teachers, secondary school Special effects artists and animators Speech-language pathologists Stationary engineers and boiler operators Statistical assistants Statisticians Stockers and order fillers Stonemasons Structural iron and steel workers Structural metal fabricators and fitters Substance abuse, behavioral disorder, and mental health counselors Substitute teachers, short-term Subway and streetcar operators Surgeons, all other Surgical assistants Surgical technologists Survey researchers Surveying and mapping technicians Surveyors Switchboard operators, including answering service Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers Tank car, truck, and ship loaders Tapers Tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents Tax preparers Taxi drivers Teachers and instructors, all other Teaching assistants, except postsecondary Teaching assistants, postsecondary Technical writers Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers Telecommunications line installers and repairers Telemarketers Telephone operators Tellers Terrazzo workers and finishers Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other Therapists, all other Tile and stone setters Timing device assemblers and adjusters Tire builders Tire repairers and changers Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers Tool and die makers Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners Tour and travel guides Traffic technicians Training and development managers Training and development specialists Transit and railroad police Transportation inspectors Transportation security screeners Transportation workers, all other Transportation, storage, and distribution managers Travel agents Tree trimmers and pruners Tutors Umpires, referees, and other sports officials Underground mining machine operators, all other Upholsterers Urban and regional planners Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers Veterinarians Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers Veterinary technologists and technicians Waiters and waitresses Watch and clock repairers Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators Web and digital interface designers Web developers Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders Wellhead pumpers Wind turbine service technicians Woodworkers, all other Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing Word processors and typists Writers and authors Zoologists and wildlife biologists 10th pct 25th pct Median 75th pct 90th pct Use
Occupation wages cover all workers, so new entrants often earn closer to the lower percentiles.
