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The BLS states that these workers earned a mean annual pay of $39,330 and $18.91 per hour in 2010. Those in the 90th percentile earned at or above $61,710 and $29.67 per hour. Those in the 50th percentile earned at or below $36,420 and $17.51 per hour, while those in the 10th percentile earned at or below $20,580 and $9.90 per hour in 2010.

Pipeline transportation of crude oil paid the highest mean annual salary of $81,960 and $39.40 per hour in 2010. Metal ore mining offered the second highest mean annual rate at $68,850 and $33.10 per hour in the same year. Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing offered the third highest mean annual pay at $63,510 and $30.54 per hour. Natural gas distribution paid the fourth highest mean yearly compensation at $61,800 and $29.71 per hour.

Alaska paid the highest mean annual pay of $48,270 and $23.21 per hour in 2010. The District of Columbia offered the second highest mean annual compensation of $56,490 and $27.16 per hour. Hawaii offered the third highest mean annual rate of $53,680 and $25.81 per hour, while North Dakota had the fourth highest at $53,300 and $25.63 per hour in 2010.

Monroe, Michigan, offered the highest mean annual salary of $61,920 and $29.77 per hour. The area encompassing San Jose, Sunnyvale and Santa Clara, California, paid the second highest mean annual rate of $59,330 and $28.53. Alexandria, Louisiana, paid the third highest mean annual compensation of $57,870 and $27.82 per hour. Bremerton and Silverdale in Washington paid the fourth highest mean annual rate of $57,630 and $27.71 per hour in 2010.