HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA ANNUAL AVERAGES ANNUAL AVERAGES 39. Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by detailed occupation and sex (Numbers in thousands) 2005 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.............................................................. 103,560 $651 58,406 $722 45,154 $585 Management, professional, and related occupations..................................... 36,908 937 18,311 1,113 18,597 813 Management, business, and financial operations occupations........................ 14,977 997 8,195 1,167 6,782 847 Management occupations........................................................ 10,340 1,083 6,219 1,230 4,122 902 Chief executives.......................................................... 1,043 1,834 790 1,903 253 1,413 General and operations managers........................................... 754 1,099 528 1,152 226 932 Advertising and promotions managers....................................... 66 870 28 (1) 38 (1) Marketing and sales managers.............................................. 728 1,235 445 1,440 283 990 Administrative services managers.......................................... 73 978 51 1,104 22 (1) Computer and information systems managers................................. 326 1,428 227 1,540 100 1,094 Financial managers........................................................ 949 1,061 446 1,347 503 853 Human resources managers.................................................. 263 1,083 75 1,357 188 998 Industrial production managers............................................ 295 1,123 247 1,147 48 (1) Purchasing managers....................................................... 184 1,099 112 1,199 72 939 Transportation, storage, and distribution managers........................ 227 757 200 771 28 (1) Farm, ranch, and other agricultural managers.............................. 77 680 65 689 13 (1) Construction managers..................................................... 430 1,051 400 1,060 30 (1) Education administrators.................................................. 712 1,114 272 1,289 440 972 Engineering managers...................................................... 89 1,788 80 1,852 9 (1) Food service managers..................................................... 594 651 345 740 249 549 Lodging managers.......................................................... 100 647 48 (1) 52 525 Medical and health services managers...................................... 432 1,089 123 1,327 308 1,026 Property, real estate, and community association managers................. 341 724 149 803 193 662 Social and community service managers..................................... 258 838 82 990 176 784 Business and financial operations occupations................................. 4,637 871 1,976 1,037 2,660 778 Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products......................... 153 802 77 930 75 708 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products............ 271 785 126 912 145 710 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators................ 276 789 102 971 174 706 Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health, safety, and transportation............................................... 128 893 71 877 57 923 Cost estimators........................................................... 80 941 67 961 14 (1) Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists................ 585 791 168 904 417 762 Management analysts....................................................... 288 1,229 160 1,362 128 981 Accountants and auditors.................................................. 1,383 887 529 1,072 855 784 Appraisers and assessors of real estate................................... 74 832 42 (1) 32 (1) Budget analysts........................................................... 50 1,050 14 (1) 35 (1) Financial analysts........................................................ 74 1,136 41 (1) 33 (1) Personal financial advisors............................................... 270 1,134 188 1,239 83 888 Insurance underwriters.................................................... 110 894 31 (1) 79 851 Loan counselors and officers.............................................. 387 861 178 977 210 786 Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents............................. 72 764 30 (1) 43 (1) Tax preparers............................................................. 52 668 16 (1) 36 (1) Professional and related occupations.............................................. 21,931 902 10,116 1,058 11,815 792 Computer and mathematical occupations......................................... 2,924 1,132 2,164 1,174 760 1,007 Computer scientists and systems analysts.................................. 647 1,091 449 1,140 198 983 Computer programmers...................................................... 524 1,086 391 1,129 133 1,014 Computer software engineers............................................... 778 1,401 612 1,456 165 1,174 Computer support specialists.............................................. 310 823 215 809 95 858 Database administrators................................................... 82 1,116 58 1,314 23 (1) Network and computer systems administrators............................... 201 1,058 166 1,072 34 (1) Network systems and data communications analysts.......................... 254 1,062 195 1,082 59 952 Operations research analysts.............................................. 80 1,252 43 (1) 38 (1) Architecture and engineering occupations...................................... 2,509 1,105 2,187 1,133 322 945 Architects, except naval.................................................. 176 1,146 134 1,147 42 (1) Aerospace engineers....................................................... 88 1,362 78 1,449 10 (1) Civil engineers........................................................... 277 1,138 239 1,166 37 (1) Computer hardware engineers............................................... 72 1,405 66 1,524 5 (1) Electrical and electronics engineers...................................... 330 1,350 309 1,354 22 (1) Industrial engineers, including health and safety......................... 185 1,161 157 1,198 28 (1) Mechanical engineers...................................................... 306 1,262 288 1,265 18 (1) Drafters.................................................................. 186 769 144 783 42 (1) Engineering technicians, except drafters.................................. 354 805 287 819 67 695 Surveying and mapping technicians......................................... 98 735 96 742 2 (1) Life, physical, and social science occupations................................ 1,164 965 712 1,073 452 837 Biological scientists..................................................... 106 890 56 1,000 49 (1) Medical scientists........................................................ 125 935 70 934 55 938 Chemists and materials scientists......................................... 109 1,128 72 1,241 36 (1) Environmental scientists and geoscientists................................ 87 1,217 66 1,223 21 (1) Market and survey researchers............................................. 106 997 52 1,138 54 898 Psychologists............................................................. 83 966 32 (1) 50 909 Chemical technicians...................................................... 85 699 60 701 25 (1) Community and social services occupations..................................... 1,797 725 742 797 1,054 683 Counselors................................................................ 499 740 154 788 345 728 Social workers............................................................ 602 700 129 780 473 682 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists.................... 237 662 90 751 146 608 Clergy.................................................................... 385 785 335 813 49 (1) Legal occupations............................................................. 1,162 1,052 524 1,531 638 846 Lawyers................................................................... 598 1,609 395 1,748 203 1,354 Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers........................... 73 1,101 43 (1) 30 (1) Paralegals and legal assistants........................................... 311 740 50 769 261 737 Miscellaneous legal support workers....................................... 181 715 37 (1) 144 702 Education, training, and library occupations.................................. 6,066 798 1,660 960 4,405 753 Postsecondary teachers.................................................... 808 1,072 485 1,173 323 924 Preschool and kindergarten teachers....................................... 515 521 19 (1) 495 520 Elementary and middle school teachers..................................... 2,204 826 403 909 1,801 813 Secondary school teachers................................................. 1,037 878 460 942 577 841 Special education teachers................................................ 382 868 55 949 327 853 Other teachers and instructors............................................ 306 728 120 803 187 657 Librarians................................................................ 163 829 25 (1) 137 826 Teacher assistants........................................................ 546 398 50 398 496 398 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.................... 1,488 819 865 885 623 735 Artists and related workers............................................... 83 868 54 989 28 (1) Designers................................................................. 500 816 282 920 218 653 Producers and directors................................................... 75 971 48 (1) 28 (1) Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers........................... 123 713 102 749 21 (1) Musicians, singers, and related workers................................... 51 893 38 (1) 13 (1) News analysts, reporters and correspondents............................... 62 866 31 (1) 31 (1) Public relations specialists.............................................. 135 860 49 (1) 86 817 Editors................................................................... 108 865 49 (1) 59 794 Writers and authors....................................................... 70 887 27 (1) 43 (1) Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio operators........... 64 813 59 823 6 (1) Photographers............................................................. 53 721 34 (1) 19 (1) Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations............................. 4,821 878 1,262 1,043 3,560 834 Dietitians and nutritionists.............................................. 51 666 3 (1) 47 (1) Pharmacists............................................................... 185 1,557 96 1,597 89 1,483 Physicians and surgeons................................................... 562 1,547 375 1,862 187 1,134 Physician assistants...................................................... 52 1,155 26 (1) 26 (1) Registered nurses......................................................... 1,805 935 151 1,011 1,654 930 Occupational therapists................................................... 59 996 5 (1) 55 983 Physical therapists....................................................... 117 1,036 43 (1) 74 1,014 Respiratory therapists.................................................... 80 854 34 (1) 46 (1) Speech-language pathologists.............................................. 68 933 7 (1) 60 914 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians......................... 279 750 82 836 197 725 Dental hygienists......................................................... 53 895 3 (1) 49 (1) Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.......................... 212 873 67 973 145 789 Emergency medical technicians and paramedics.............................. 144 658 110 730 34 (1) Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians........... 290 504 53 521 237 503 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses......................... 401 625 31 (1) 369 621 Medical records and health information technicians........................ 104 543 15 (1) 88 522 Service occupations................................................................... 14,123 413 7,024 478 7,099 379 Healthcare support occupations.................................................... 2,085 410 243 422 1,842 408 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides............................... 1,334 388 153 406 1,181 385 Dental assistants......................................................... 150 474 8 (1) 142 479 Protective service occupations.................................................... 2,549 678 2,025 729 525 514 First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives.................. 121 1,009 105 1,010 15 (1) Fire fighters............................................................. 228 944 219 952 9 (1) Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers.............................. 401 605 286 632 115 531 Detectives and criminal investigators..................................... 119 1,054 88 1,188 31 (1) Police and sheriff's patrol officers...................................... 669 826 573 849 97 738 Private detectives and investigators...................................... 68 662 39 (1) 29 (1) Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.......................... 667 481 507 508 159 405 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................................. 4,007 356 2,041 371 1,966 337 Chefs and head cooks...................................................... 275 486 229 494 46 (1) First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers... 451 422 179 522 272 398 Cooks..................................................................... 1,198 336 766 350 433 314 Food preparation workers.................................................. 339 321 149 324 189 318 Bartenders................................................................ 210 420 102 422 107 417 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........ 132 310 34 (1) 98 308 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop........... 90 292 34 (1) 56 289 Waiters and waitresses.................................................... 848 352 292 384 556 332 Food servers, nonrestaurant............................................... 82 409 40 (1) 42 (1) Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers................ 163 347 92 367 72 325 Dishwashers............................................................... 141 296 112 293 29 (1) Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop.................. 77 332 12 (1) 65 322 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations......................... 3,425 394 2,176 428 1,249 344 First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial work....... 177 537 120 613 57 433 First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers.............................................. 101 593 98 598 3 (1) Janitors and building cleaners............................................ 1,477 408 1,056 441 421 363 Maids and housekeeping cleaners........................................... 829 335 105 390 724 328 Pest control workers...................................................... 55 508 54 511 1 (1) Grounds maintenance workers............................................... 787 389 744 393 43 (1) Personal care and service occupations............................................. 2,057 409 540 491 1,517 390 First-line supervisors/managers of gaming workers......................... 81 628 40 (1) 41 (1) First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers............... 58 577 27 (1) 31 (1) Nonfarm animal caretakers................................................. 57 379 14 (1) 43 (1) Gaming services workers................................................... 77 579 39 (1) 38 (1) Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists............................ 285 416 27 (1) 258 409 Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges................................. 60 457 49 (1) 11 (1) Transportation attendants................................................. 77 680 22 (1) 55 619 Child care workers........................................................ 444 332 30 (1) 414 330 Personal and home care aides.............................................. 402 390 75 442 328 381 Recreation and fitness workers............................................ 181 487 73 494 107 479 Sales and office occupations.......................................................... 25,193 575 9,539 690 15,654 520 Sales and related occupations..................................................... 10,031 622 5,582 762 4,449 483 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers................... 2,365 631 1,386 723 979 525 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers............... 922 881 673 944 250 753 Cashiers.................................................................. 1,428 336 363 389 1,064 322 Counter and rental clerks................................................. 102 429 55 589 48 (1) Parts salespersons........................................................ 123 562 109 586 14 (1) Retail salespersons....................................................... 1,869 494 1,060 606 810 401 Advertising sales agents.................................................. 194 870 95 1,017 99 730 Insurance sales agents.................................................... 341 742 162 908 178 624 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents.............. 288 1,007 195 1,239 93 733 Travel agents............................................................. 56 593 11 (1) 46 (1) Sales representatives, services, all other................................ 369 814 257 919 112 648 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing........................ 1,140 920 851 960 289 737 Real estate brokers and sales agents...................................... 489 773 213 989 275 716 Telemarketers............................................................. 98 367 28 (1) 70 360 Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers................................................................. 66 422 46 (1) 21 (1) Office and administrative support occupations..................................... 15,161 550 3,957 605 11,205 533 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support...... 1,399 686 447 796 953 656 Bill and account collectors............................................... 175 518 60 516 115 519 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators.......................... 355 572 42 (1) 313 566 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.............................. 964 555 102 580 861 551 Payroll and timekeeping clerks............................................ 136 613 12 (1) 123 611 Tellers................................................................... 296 426 26 (1) 270 425 Court, municipal, and license clerks...................................... 95 575 14 (1) 81 571 Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks.................................. 64 607 15 (1) 49 (1) Customer service representatives.......................................... 1,490 524 480 624 1,010 505 File clerks............................................................... 255 507 54 513 201 505 Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks...................................... 107 376 41 (1) 66 367 Interviewers, except eligibility and loan................................. 128 502 29 (1) 99 501 Library assistants, clerical.............................................. 58 517 5 (1) 54 496 Loan interviewers and clerks.............................................. 179 623 45 (1) 134 614 Order clerks.............................................................. 120 519 42 (1) 77 509 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping................ 60 601 5 (1) 55 580 Receptionists and information clerks...................................... 923 466 76 504 846 463 Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks............ 134 626 44 (1) 90 586 Couriers and messengers................................................... 212 664 182 678 31 (1) Dispatchers............................................................... 274 584 105 613 168 556 Postal service clerks..................................................... 147 791 89 830 58 750 Postal service mail carriers.............................................. 295 832 185 874 110 733 Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators............................................................... 109 751 59 763 50 742 Production, planning, and expediting clerks............................... 275 694 123 767 152 650 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks................................... 472 488 334 504 138 450 Stock clerks and order fillers............................................ 1,012 427 651 448 361 409 Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping................ 60 467 26 (1) 35 (1) Secretaries and administrative assistants................................. 2,684 562 73 654 2,611 559 Computer operators........................................................ 164 599 76 674 89 541 Data entry keyers......................................................... 403 509 79 529 324 507 Word processors and typists............................................... 216 500 10 (1) 206 499 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks............................. 238 560 35 (1) 204 565 Mail clerks and mail machine operators except postal service.............. 99 508 47 (1) 52 480 Office clerks, general.................................................... 672 518 98 591 574 509 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations.......................... 12,086 623 11,569 628 517 486 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations........................................ 755 372 601 388 154 327 Graders and sorters, agricultural products................................ 63 402 15 (1) 48 (1) Logging workers........................................................... 64 483 62 485 2 (1) Construction and extraction occupations........................................... 6,826 604 6,663 606 163 480 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers................................................................. 645 830 626 839 20 (1) Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons................................. 166 598 166 598 - - Carpenters................................................................ 1,213 556 1,196 559 17 (1) Carpet, floor, and tile installers and finishers.......................... 178 482 176 484 2 (1) Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers................... 90 519 88 518 2 (1) Construction laborers..................................................... 1,170 502 1,132 504 38 (1) Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators............ 367 733 356 735 11 (1) Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers................... 185 511 184 510 1 (1) Electricians.............................................................. 747 713 734 712 13 (1) Painters, construction and maintenance.................................... 384 466 367 469 17 (1) Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters....................... 550 703 547 704 2 (1) Roofers................................................................... 209 500 203 503 6 (1) Sheet metal workers....................................................... 127 653 123 655 4 (1) Structural iron and steel workers......................................... 58 772 57 768 1 (1) Helpers, construction trades.............................................. 110 437 108 430 2 (1) Construction and building inspectors...................................... 84 791 75 824 9 (1) Highway maintenance workers............................................... 86 581 83 575 3 (1) Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................................. 4,504 705 4,305 706 199 691 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers... 307 814 289 817 18 (1) Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers.................. 336 753 291 749 45 (1) Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers........... 206 861 177 858 29 (1) Security and fire alarm systems installers................................ 56 705 53 730 3 (1) Aircraft mechanics and service technicians................................ 137 919 129 920 8 (1) Automotive body and related repairers..................................... 137 587 135 579 2 (1) Automotive service technicians and mechanics.............................. 724 629 711 631 13 (1) Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists..................... 326 694 325 693 1 (1) Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics...... 218 726 216 727 1 (1) Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers..... 314 693 311 694 3 (1) Industrial and refractory machinery mechanics............................. 444 724 430 724 14 (1) Maintenance and repair workers, general................................... 305 631 294 635 11 (1) Millwrights............................................................... 58 824 55 891 3 (1) Electrical power-line installers and repairers............................ 105 868 102 875 4 (1) Telecommunications line installers and repairers.......................... 145 788 136 780 9 (1) Precision instrument and equipment repairers.............................. 54 819 50 877 4 (1) Production, transportation, and material moving occupations........................... 15,251 540 11,963 591 3,288 420 Production occupations............................................................ 8,403 538 5,991 608 2,412 423 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers....... 825 761 662 817 162 545 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers................. 195 473 79 528 117 441 Bakers.................................................................... 117 411 58 480 59 357 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers............. 262 444 206 471 56 400 Food batchmakers.......................................................... 71 465 44 (1) 26 (1) Computer control programmers and operators................................ 54 697 49 (1) 5 (1) Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders...... 120 502 90 533 30 (1) Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators............................................................... 55 557 48 (1) 7 (1) Machinists................................................................ 401 697 376 712 25 (1) Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal........ 60 529 46 (1) 13 (1) Tool and die makers....................................................... 91 821 91 824 1 (1) Welding, soldering, and brazing workers................................... 550 599 518 608 32 (1) Printing machine operators................................................ 201 585 170 617 30 (1) Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.......................................... 125 372 43 (1) 82 347 Sewing machine operators.................................................. 236 360 64 372 171 355 Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters........................................ 53 516 50 518 4 (1) Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood...................... 54 428 48 (1) 6 (1) Stationary engineers and boiler operators................................. 108 819 105 797 2 (1) Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators............... 69 674 67 710 2 (1) Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 56 769 50 717 7 (1) Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers............... 95 498 84 503 11 (1) Cutting workers........................................................... 94 496 72 525 22 (1) Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers...................... 618 596 380 679 237 486 Medical, dental, and ophthalmic laboratory technicians.................... 76 545 39 (1) 37 (1) Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders....................... 291 410 132 452 159 384 Painting workers.......................................................... 177 562 155 592 23 (1) Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders....................... 58 603 42 (1) 16 (1) Transportation and material moving occupations.................................... 6,848 543 5,972 574 876 412 Supervisors, transportation and material moving workers................... 194 734 164 751 29 (1) Aircraft pilots and flight engineers...................................... 98 1,366 92 1,368 6 (1) Bus drivers............................................................... 353 517 213 576 141 456 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers.................................... 2,758 624 2,657 631 101 473 Taxi drivers and chauffeurs............................................... 179 483 155 500 24 (1) Locomotive engineers and operators........................................ 53 998 52 1,013 1 (1) Railroad conductors and yardmasters....................................... 50 1,017 50 1,017 - - Service station attendants................................................ 68 323 59 333 9 (1) Crane and tower operators................................................. 69 727 66 727 2 (1) Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators......................... 67 616 67 616 - - Industrial truck and tractor operators.................................... 514 499 483 494 31 (1) Cleaners of vehicles and equipment........................................ 224 385 197 390 27 (1) Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.................... 1,384 456 1,173 469 210 406 Packers and packagers, hand............................................... 377 372 137 406 240 358 Refuse and recyclable material collectors................................. 66 491 62 501 4 (1) 1 Data not shown where base is less than 50,000. NOTE: Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.