HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA ANNUAL AVERAGES ANNUAL AVERAGES 39. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by detailed occupation and sex (Numbers in thousands) 1999 Both sexes Men Women Occupation Number Median Number Median Number Median of weekly of weekly of weekly workers earnings workers earnings workers earnings Total, 16 years and over.................................... 97,626 $549 55,181 $618 42,444 $473 Managerial and professional specialty ............................... 30,704 797 15,537 952 15,167 681 Executive, administrative, and managerial ......................... 14,973 792 7,981 967 6,992 652 Administrators and officials, public administration.............. 610 877 300 1,007 310 725 Administrators, protective services.............................. 55 889 44 (1) 11 (1) Financial managers............................................... 697 878 344 1,154 353 703 Personnel and labor relations managers........................... 181 831 74 1,014 108 742 Purchasing managers.............................................. 139 803 74 989 65 699 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations........... 695 1,036 441 1,241 254 800 Administrators, education and related fields..................... 703 913 282 1,076 420 819 Managers, medicine and health.................................... 602 759 139 1,006 462 714 Managers, food serving and lodging establishments................ 946 524 498 617 449 461 Managers, properties and real estate............................. 338 600 149 679 189 578 Management-related occupations................................... 4,026 704 1,677 847 2,349 630 Accountants and auditors....................................... 1,362 723 549 891 813 651 Underwriters................................................... 119 744 39 (1) 80 653 Other financial officers....................................... 684 758 324 923 360 615 Management analysts............................................ 244 908 126 1,080 118 790 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........... 475 674 149 727 326 653 Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm products....... 140 643 75 675 65 588 Construction inspectors........................................ 67 730 63 748 4 (1) Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction........ 234 755 161 772 73 707 Professional specialty ............................................ 15,731 800 7,556 939 8,175 707 Engineers, architects, and surveyors............................. 2,084 1,033 1,865 1,052 219 907 Architects..................................................... 129 918 108 983 21 (1) Engineers...................................................... 1,945 1,041 1,749 1,058 197 933 Aerospace engineers.......................................... 84 1,201 74 1,202 10 (1) Chemical engineers........................................... 75 1,260 62 1,312 13 (1) Civil engineers.............................................. 255 965 229 984 25 (1) Electrical and electronic engineers.......................... 618 1,073 564 1,087 55 956 Industrial engineers......................................... 259 970 216 991 43 (1) Mechanical engineers......................................... 324 1,035 304 1,041 19 (1) Mathematical and computer scientists............................. 1,638 983 1,117 1,056 522 876 Computer systems analysts and scientists....................... 1,348 1,008 959 1,079 390 907 Operations and systems researchers and analysts................ 242 864 128 952 115 781 Natural scientists............................................... 514 873 370 939 143 731 Chemists, except biochemists................................... 131 970 100 1,002 31 (1) Physical scientists, n.e.c..................................... 50 987 38 (1) 12 (1) Biological and life scientists................................. 95 762 52 801 42 (1) Medical scientists............................................. 93 724 54 800 38 (1) Health diagnosing occupations.................................... 539 1,192 389 1,342 150 888 Physicians..................................................... 460 1,266 335 1,364 125 852 Health assessment and treating occupations....................... 2,219 760 368 887 1,851 746 Registered nurses.............................................. 1,585 750 141 791 1,443 747 Pharmacists.................................................... 165 1,159 88 1,222 77 1,105 Dietitians..................................................... 55 577 8 (1) 47 (1) Therapists..................................................... 356 728 101 793 256 707 Respiratory therapists....................................... 69 689 31 (1) 38 (1) Physical therapists.......................................... 86 877 28 (1) 58 808 Speech therapists............................................ 65 780 5 (1) 61 770 Physicians' assistants......................................... 58 908 29 (1) 29 (1) Teachers, college and university................................. 638 953 397 1,038 241 859 Teachers, except college and university.......................... 4,259 688 1,130 768 3,129 659 Teachers, prekindergarten and kindergarten..................... 432 440 9 (1) 423 442 Teachers, elementary school.................................... 1,837 710 308 785 1,529 697 Teachers, secondary school..................................... 1,179 756 521 803 658 722 Teachers, special education.................................... 326 677 53 744 273 664 Counselors, educational and vocational........................... 207 786 62 902 144 742 Librarians, archivists, and curators............................. 210 701 39 (1) 171 684 Librarians..................................................... 183 700 32 (1) 151 684 Social scientists and urban planners............................. 306 740 142 847 164 682 Economists..................................................... 120 863 57 977 63 774 Psychologists.................................................. 141 673 55 760 86 623 Social, recreation, and religious workers........................ 1,177 596 542 654 634 557 Social workers................................................. 705 601 220 661 485 579 Recreation workers............................................. 85 416 27 (1) 58 417 Clergy......................................................... 295 657 256 676 38 (1) Lawyers and judges............................................... 613 1,198 412 1,369 201 971 Lawyers........................................................ 577 1,168 386 1,340 191 974 Writers, artists, entertainers, and athletes..................... 1,327 681 722 748 604 605 Technical writers.............................................. 63 861 25 (1) 38 (1) Designers...................................................... 453 642 233 757 220 512 Actors and directors........................................... 65 784 45 (1) 20 (1) Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist printmakers..... 93 595 52 647 41 (1) Photographers.................................................. 56 617 47 (1) 9 (1) Editors and reporters.......................................... 212 750 113 803 98 709 Public relations specialists................................... 155 735 58 881 97 684 Athletes....................................................... 54 613 46 (1) 8 (1) Technical, sales, and administrative support ........................ 27,388 488 10,525 626 16,863 431 Technicians and related support.................................... 3,550 618 1,802 728 1,749 528 Health technologists and technicians............................. 1,304 511 292 594 1,011 489 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.............. 292 623 77 709 215 593 Radiologic technicians......................................... 139 619 40 (1) 99 596 Licensed practical nurses...................................... 259 498 16 (1) 243 492 Engineering and related technologists and technicians............ 874 662 716 673 158 625 Electrical and electronic technicians.......................... 412 690 348 701 64 649 Drafting occupations........................................... 212 665 177 663 35 (1) Surveying and mapping technicians.............................. 51 557 44 (1) 7 (1) Science technicians.............................................. 250 582 150 656 100 480 Biological technicians......................................... 86 500 36 (1) 50 388 Chemical technicians........................................... 71 677 46 (1) 25 (1) Technicians, except health, engineering, and science............. 1,122 761 643 902 479 624 Airplane pilots and navigators................................. 99 1,048 97 1,050 3 (1) Computer programmers........................................... 564 898 405 935 159 788 Legal assistants............................................... 313 589 43 (1) 270 581 Sales occupations.................................................. 9,728 523 5,402 666 4,326 399 Supervisors and proprietors...................................... 3,275 587 1,924 691 1,351 454 Sales representatives, finance and business services............. 1,817 708 1,019 821 798 589 Insurance sales................................................ 391 622 201 750 190 539 Real estate sales.............................................. 364 657 173 767 191 585 Securities and financial services sales........................ 399 791 276 979 123 616 Advertising and related sales.................................. 155 747 66 892 88 626 Sales occupations, other business services..................... 508 721 302 809 206 611 Sales representatives, commodities, except retail................ 1,279 749 968 792 311 610 Sales workers, retail and personal services...................... 3,324 329 1,475 423 1,849 296 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats........................ 268 665 240 679 29 (1) Sales workers, apparel......................................... 148 298 43 (1) 104 286 Sales workers, shoes........................................... 57 302 33 (1) 24 (1) Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings.................. 118 511 62 536 57 497 Sales workers, radio, television, hi-fi, and appliances........ 213 495 157 512 56 413 Sales workers, hardware and building supplies.................. 204 426 163 473 41 (1) Sales workers, parts........................................... 146 400 132 403 15 (1) Sales workers, other commodities............................... 645 333 249 392 396 315 Sales counter clerks........................................... 94 335 34 (1) 60 303 Cashiers....................................................... 1,289 280 301 296 989 275 Street and door-to-door sales workers.......................... 117 431 47 (1) 70 387 Administrative support, including clerical......................... 14,109 447 3,322 539 10,788 427 Supervisors...................................................... 650 603 282 701 368 560 General office................................................. 348 595 115 706 233 539 Financial records processing................................... 77 678 15 (1) 62 622 Distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks................. 207 590 140 668 67 511 Computer equipment operators..................................... 298 525 128 610 170 485 Computer operators............................................. 292 528 124 612 168 485 Secretaries, stenographers, and typists.......................... 2,629 446 47 (1) 2,582 446 Secretaries.................................................... 2,162 443 26 (1) 2,136 443 Stenographers.................................................. 67 490 4 (1) 63 488 Typists........................................................ 400 454 17 (1) 382 455 Information clerks............................................... 1,467 393 182 497 1,285 386 Interviewers................................................... 120 408 17 (1) 103 396 Hotel clerks................................................... 89 315 22 (1) 67 308 Transportation ticket and reservation agents................... 218 486 70 527 147 464 Receptionists.................................................. 727 374 30 (1) 697 373 Records processing, except financial............................. 753 440 171 513 582 421 Order clerks................................................... 249 493 70 629 179 460 Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............... 58 523 10 (1) 49 (1) Library clerks................................................. 58 434 15 (1) 43 (1) File clerks.................................................... 206 361 43 (1) 162 349 Records clerks................................................. 174 437 32 (1) 142 423 Financial records processing..................................... 1,480 440 157 489 1,322 435 Bookkeepers, accounting, and auditing clerks................... 1,084 443 107 478 977 440 Payroll and timekeeping clerks................................. 127 474 16 (1) 111 459 Billing clerks................................................. 145 428 14 (1) 131 428 Billing, posting, and calculating machine operators............ 74 404 10 (1) 63 400 Communications equipment operators............................... 117 384 29 (1) 88 367 Telephone operators............................................ 107 377 24 (1) 83 365 Mail and message distributing.................................... 829 629 504 665 325 575 Postal clerks, except mail carriers............................ 298 687 156 701 142 670 Mail carriers, postal service.................................. 301 697 218 714 82 646 Mail clerks, except postal service............................. 135 389 50 414 85 382 Messengers..................................................... 96 453 80 457 16 (1) Material recording, scheduling, and distributing clerks.......... 1,652 448 953 485 700 417 Dispatchers.................................................... 232 487 107 583 125 441 Production coordinators........................................ 181 592 71 734 109 474 Traffic, shipping, and receiving clerks........................ 572 411 409 419 163 388 Stock and inventory clerks..................................... 398 470 242 505 156 438 Expediters..................................................... 191 393 65 487 126 364 Adjusters and investigators...................................... 1,596 473 400 536 1,196 453 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators.............. 416 528 112 660 304 501 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance.................. 925 452 219 511 706 435 Eligibility clerks, social welfare............................. 98 481 13 (1) 85 468 Bill and account collectors.................................... 157 451 56 489 101 429 Miscellaneous administrative support occupations................. 2,593 409 448 483 2,145 399 General office clerks.......................................... 511 419 98 461 412 413 Bank tellers................................................... 288 346 21 (1) 267 343 Data-entry keyers.............................................. 594 422 110 433 484 420 Statistical clerks............................................. 80 432 17 (1) 63 401 Teachers' aides................................................ 368 315 28 (1) 341 314 Service occupations.................................................. 10,841 336 5,209 402 5,632 304 Private household.................................................. 384 243 17 (1) 367 240 Child care workers............................................... 157 211 1 (1) 156 212 Cleaners and servants............................................ 220 259 15 (1) 205 255 Protective services................................................ 2,138 592 1,791 613 347 492 Supervisors...................................................... 180 759 156 815 23 (1) Police and detectives.......................................... 100 817 84 889 16 (1) Firefighting and fire prevention................................. 221 740 216 742 5 (1) Firefighting................................................... 204 744 202 745 3 (1) Police and detectives............................................ 1,079 657 898 681 181 574 Police and detectives, public service.......................... 602 751 519 766 83 650 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers......... 179 628 153 645 27 (1) Correctional institution officers.............................. 298 521 226 540 72 492 Guards........................................................... 659 393 521 402 138 335 Guards and police, except public service....................... 618 398 501 403 118 368 Service occupations, except private household and protective....... 8,318 313 3,400 336 4,918 302 Food preparation and service occupations......................... 3,189 298 1,583 311 1,607 286 Supervisors.................................................... 276 342 120 415 156 310 Bartenders..................................................... 167 334 97 334 70 334 Waiters and waitresses......................................... 652 302 172 325 480 294 Cooks, except short order...................................... 1,311 302 800 317 511 279 Food counter, fountain, and related occupations................ 108 252 46 (1) 62 247 Kitchen workers, food preparation.............................. 135 297 41 (1) 94 295 Waiters' and waitresses' assistants............................ 229 286 119 290 110 282 Miscellaneous food preparation occupations..................... 312 268 188 266 124 270 Health service occupations....................................... 1,791 324 217 368 1,574 320 Dental assistants.............................................. 127 377 5 (1) 123 373 Health aides, except nursing................................... 246 318 49 (1) 196 317 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants....................... 1,418 322 163 367 1,255 318 Cleaning and building service occupations........................ 2,188 321 1,303 363 885 292 Supervisors.................................................... 153 407 97 472 55 317 Maids and housemen............................................. 472 296 87 330 385 289 Janitors and cleaners.......................................... 1,496 324 1,054 351 442 293 Pest control................................................... 59 450 56 450 2 (1) Personal service occupations..................................... 1,150 321 298 379 852 310 Supervisors.................................................... 56 470 24 (1) 32 (1) Hairdressers and cosmetologists................................ 310 322 47 (1) 263 323 Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities................ 140 384 83 384 57 384 Public transportation attendants............................... 58 604 11 (1) 47 (1) Welfare service aides.......................................... 54 310 6 (1) 49 (1) Early childhood teachers' assistants........................... 266 275 10 (1) 256 274 Precision production, craft, and repair.............................. 11,927 594 10,861 606 1,066 428 Mechanics and repairers............................................ 4,263 621 4,057 622 206 592 Supervisors...................................................... 262 816 232 820 30 (1) Mechanics and repairers, except supervisors...................... 4,001 613 3,824 615 176 555 Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics and repairers........... 1,455 594 1,436 594 18 (1) Automobile mechanics......................................... 635 555 628 555 7 (1) Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics.................. 301 588 300 588 1 (1) Aircraft engine mechanics.................................... 146 737 142 740 4 (1) Small engine repairers....................................... 54 420 53 419 2 (1) Automobile body and related repairers........................ 123 584 121 586 1 (1) Heavy equipment mechanics.................................... 145 667 144 669 1 (1) Industrial machinery repairers................................. 546 608 530 612 16 (1) Electrical and electronic equipment repairers.................. 889 698 785 703 104 616 Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment 201 621 184 630 17 (1) Data processing equipment repairers.......................... 281 689 233 707 48 (1) Telephone line installers and repairers...................... 55 755 51 760 3 (1) Telephone installers and repairers........................... 240 770 210 761 30 (1) Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment repairers.. 74 693 70 694 4 (1) Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics......... 310 580 308 579 2 (1) Miscellaneous mechanics and repairers.......................... 790 607 754 612 36 (1) Millwrights.................................................. 72 697 70 700 2 (1) Construction trades................................................ 4,143 566 4,059 571 85 423 Supervisors...................................................... 504 720 495 722 9 (1) Construction trades, except supervisors.......................... 3,639 540 3,563 545 76 417 Brickmasons and stonemasons.................................... 128 546 125 564 3 (1) Tile setters, hard and soft.................................... 58 440 56 443 2 (1) Carpet installers.............................................. 62 507 62 507 - - Carpenters..................................................... 962 518 950 518 12 (1) Drywall installers............................................. 126 483 121 486 5 (1) Electricians................................................... 739 645 723 651 17 (1) Electrical power installers and repairers...................... 134 731 133 730 1 (1) Painters, construction and maintenance......................... 331 427 317 432 14 (1) Plumbers, pipefitters, steamfitters, and apprentices........... 417 595 408 596 9 (1) Concrete and terrazzo finishers................................ 87 501 85 501 2 (1) Insulation workers............................................. 51 546 49 (1) 2 (1) Roofers........................................................ 147 467 146 469 1 (1) Structural metalworkers........................................ 55 634 55 634 - - Extractive occupations............................................. 128 716 126 717 2 (1) Precision production occupations................................... 3,393 583 2,619 630 774 403 Supervisors...................................................... 1,121 668 904 704 217 515 Precision metalworking occupations............................... 869 634 809 646 60 442 Tool and die makers............................................ 139 785 134 792 5 (1) Machinists..................................................... 489 604 461 610 28 (1) Sheet-metal workers............................................ 128 628 120 635 8 (1) Precision woodworking occupations................................ 75 457 65 481 11 (1) Cabinet makers and bench carpenters............................ 58 454 54 465 4 (1) Precision textile, apparel, and furnishings machine workers...... 115 402 65 421 50 350 Precision workers, assorted materials............................ 460 423 203 513 257 369 Optical goods workers.......................................... 64 465 26 (1) 38 (1) Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers................. 290 391 97 476 193 359 Precision food production occupations............................ 380 400 242 440 138 342 Butchers and meat cutters...................................... 237 400 174 428 64 322 Bakers......................................................... 110 394 61 475 49 (1) Precision inspectors, testers, and related workers............... 131 618 100 657 32 (1) Inspectors, testers, and graders............................... 123 619 94 654 30 (1) Plant and system operators....................................... 241 688 233 689 9 (1) Water and sewage treatment plant operators..................... 56 625 53 635 4 (1) Stationary engineers........................................... 109 621 109 620 - - Operators, fabricators, and laborers................................. 15,182 429 11,685 472 3,498 337 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors...................... 6,814 423 4,371 487 2,444 340 Machine operators and tenders, except precision.................. 4,368 416 2,829 481 1,538 326 Metalworking and plastic working machine operators............. 369 509 307 534 62 410 Punching and stamping press machine operators................ 101 458 74 505 27 (1) Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators. 113 490 97 507 16 (1) Metal and plastic processing machine operators................. 142 454 110 471 32 (1) Molding and casting machine operators........................ 97 452 74 473 23 (1) Woodworking machine operators.................................. 138 385 119 398 19 (1) Sawing machine operators..................................... 81 386 71 393 10 (1) Printing machine operators..................................... 325 491 251 526 74 366 Printing press operators..................................... 256 477 208 513 48 (1) Textile, apparel, and furnishings machine operators............ 745 298 211 348 534 282 Textile sewing machine operators............................. 416 282 94 326 322 273 Pressing machine operators................................... 67 268 17 (1) 50 260 Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators................ 139 294 48 (1) 90 266 Machine operators, assorted materials.......................... 2,622 437 1,813 487 809 350 Packaging and filling machine operators...................... 341 361 129 416 212 327 Mixing and blending machine operators........................ 129 491 112 497 16 (1) Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine operators...... 58 648 50 657 8 (1) Painting and paint spraying machine operators................ 186 462 161 480 25 (1) Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, exc. food................. 69 591 67 597 2 (1) Slicing and cutting machine operators........................ 153 430 115 473 38 (1) Photographic process machine operators....................... 69 342 34 (1) 35 (1) Fabricators, assemblers, and hand working occupations............ 1,781 444 1,192 495 589 365 Welders and cutters.......................................... 527 520 496 525 32 (1) Assemblers................................................... 1,158 412 637 463 521 368 Production inspectors, testers, samplers, and weighers........... 665 424 349 506 316 369 Production inspectors, checkers, and examiners............... 487 456 256 530 231 395 Production testers........................................... 53 520 39 (1) 14 (1) Graders and sorters, except agricultural..................... 120 305 52 347 69 288 Transportation and material moving occupations..................... 4,401 513 4,083 522 317 394 Motor vehicle operators.......................................... 3,184 514 2,927 524 257 389 Supervisors.................................................... 78 585 61 621 17 (1) Truck drivers.................................................. 2,493 527 2,409 532 85 412 Drivers--sales workers......................................... 130 534 122 555 8 (1) Bus drivers.................................................... 284 428 166 498 119 384 Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs................................. 149 427 127 441 22 (1) Transportation occupations, except motor vehicles................ 154 761 152 772 2 (1) Rail transportation............................................ 108 816 107 820 1 (1) Material moving equipment operators.............................. 1,063 498 1,005 503 58 415 Operating engineers............................................ 229 575 223 579 6 (1) Crane and tower operators...................................... 69 580 67 586 2 (1) Excavating and loading machine operators....................... 81 571 79 577 2 (1) Grader, dozer, and scraper operators........................... 63 480 61 477 2 (1) Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............... 513 448 474 451 39 (1) Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................ 3,967 363 3,230 377 737 314 Helpers, construction and extractive occupations................. 106 329 103 330 3 (1) Helpers, construction trades................................... 93 336 92 335 2 (1) Construction laborers............................................ 804 414 776 413 28 (1) Production helpers............................................... 53 357 42 (1) 11 (1) Freight, stock, and material handlers............................ 1,287 361 996 375 291 318 Stock handlers and baggers..................................... 578 314 389 320 189 300 Machine feeders and offbearers................................. 75 395 45 (1) 30 (1) Garage and service station related occupations................... 134 314 131 313 3 (1) Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners........................... 199 312 173 315 26 (1) Hand packers and packagers....................................... 253 317 107 338 147 305 Laborers, except construction.................................... 1,107 373 879 393 229 315 Farming, forestry, and fishing....................................... 1,583 331 1,364 341 218 283 Farm operators and managers........................................ 72 499 61 525 11 (1) Farm managers.................................................... 67 499 56 543 11 (1) Other agricultural and related occupations......................... 1,441 321 1,237 329 204 277 Farm occupations, except managerial.............................. 603 311 512 317 91 268 Farm workers................................................... 531 304 463 311 68 259 Related agricultural occupations................................. 838 330 725 342 113 288 Supervisors, related agricultural.............................. 87 514 81 539 6 (1) Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm...................... 657 322 614 322 44 (1) Forestry and logging occupations................................... 58 503 55 508 2 (1) 1 Data not shown where base is less than 50,000.