Median weekly earnings of full‐time wage and salary workers by certification and licensing status and occupation : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
55. Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by certification and licensing status and occupation, 2018 annual averages
Occupation	Full-time wage and salary workers (in thousands)	Median weekly earnings
		Total	With a certification or license(1)			Without a certification or license
		Total	Total	With a certification, but no license	With a license(2)	Without a certification or license
Total, 16 years and over	115,567	$886	$1,106	$1,196	$1,093	$818
Management, professional, and related occupations	48,808	1,246	1,268	1,504	1,251	1,232
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	19,863	1,355	1,541	1,661	1,520	1,305
Management occupations	13,477	1,429	1,576	1,698	1,559	1,382
Business and financial operations occupations	6,385	1,216	1,445	1,573	1,427	1,159
Professional and related occupations	28,945	1,176	1,204	1,389	1,190	1,158
Computer and mathematical occupations	4,755	1,539	1,592	1,693	1,472	1,531
Architecture and engineering occupations	2,994	1,484	1,648	1,566	1,650	1,445
Life, physical, and social science occupations	1,308	1,270	1,443	-	1,423	1,195
Community and social services occupations	2,223	913	1,015	1,065	1,011	849
Legal occupations	1,466	1,467	1,876	1,672	1,884	1,115
Education, training, and library occupations	7,166	1,002	1,054	1,096	1,053	902
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	1,880	1,086	1,182	-	1,220	1,073
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	7,154	1,140	1,218	1,197	1,218	876
Service occupations	16,288	569	645	604	649	543
Healthcare support occupations	2,595	561	573	583	573	548
Protective service occupations	2,836	848	997	-	1,015	773
Food preparation and serving related occupations	4,394	501	561	-	564	497
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	3,695	551	701	-	719	540
Personal care and service occupations	2,768	544	586	641	580	530
Sales and office occupations	23,714	742	889	948	880	727
Sales and related occupations	10,077	798	1,027	1,133	1,013	765
Office and administrative support occupations	13,637	717	798	827	792	710
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	11,546	824	1,039	1,068	1,034	788
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	850	581	726	-	700	573
Construction and extraction occupations	6,414	808	1,084	1,093	1,083	772
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,282	934	1,028	1,065	1,023	902
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	15,210	707	898	827	908	682
Production occupations	7,668	723	898	855	905	707
Transportation and material moving occupations	7,542	689	897	764	909	649
Footnotes (1) A person may have more than one certification or license. (2) Persons with a license may also have a certification.
NOTE: Certifications are issued by a non-governmental certification body and convey that an individual has the knowledge or skill to perform a specific job. A license is awarded by a government agency and conveys a legal authority to work in an occupation. Full time is 35 hours or more per week. Data are for wage and salary workers; all self-employed workers are excluded, both those with incorporated businesses and those with unincorporated businesses. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 50,000). Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: January 18, 2019