Table 4. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by occupation and sex, quarterly averages, not seasonally adjusted
| Occupation and sex | Number of workers (in thousands) |
Median weekly earnings | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st 2012 |
1st 2013 |
1st 2012 |
1st 2013 |
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TOTAL |
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Management, professional, and related occupations |
40,290 | 41,565 | $1,107 | $1,136 |
Management, business, and financial operations occupations |
16,676 | 17,241 | 1,173 | 1,238 |
Professional and related occupations |
23,614 | 24,324 | 1,050 | 1,063 |
Service occupations |
14,339 | 14,618 | 491 | 501 |
Sales and office occupations |
22,842 | 22,716 | 654 | 655 |
Sales and related occupations |
9,388 | 9,115 | 698 | 703 |
Office and administrative support occupations |
13,454 | 13,601 | 638 | 640 |
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations |
9,883 | 10,010 | 742 | 738 |
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
716 | 668 | 420 | 430 |
Construction and extraction occupations |
5,042 | 5,169 | 727 | 707 |
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
4,125 | 4,173 | 815 | 850 |
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations |
13,475 | 13,698 | 619 | 622 |
Production occupations |
7,335 | 7,290 | 627 | 640 |
Transportation and material moving occupations |
6,140 | 6,408 | 611 | 609 |
Men |
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Management, professional, and related occupations |
19,378 | 20,037 | 1,309 | 1,344 |
Management, business, and financial operations occupations |
8,913 | 9,292 | 1,407 | 1,408 |
Professional and related occupations |
10,465 | 10,745 | 1,242 | 1,269 |
Service occupations |
7,336 | 7,388 | 563 | 576 |
Sales and office occupations |
9,066 | 8,881 | 766 | 765 |
Sales and related occupations |
5,284 | 5,215 | 847 | 824 |
Office and administrative support occupations |
3,782 | 3,666 | 687 | 723 |
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations |
9,499 | 9,593 | 749 | 746 |
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
565 | 523 | 438 | 444 |
Construction and extraction occupations |
4,938 | 5,063 | 724 | 706 |
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
3,996 | 4,008 | 818 | 853 |
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations |
10,744 | 10,931 | 667 | 674 |
Production occupations |
5,446 | 5,471 | 694 | 708 |
Transportation and material moving occupations |
5,297 | 5,459 | 640 | 627 |
Women |
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Management, professional, and related occupations |
20,912 | 21,528 | 959 | 984 |
Management, business, and financial operations occupations |
7,763 | 7,949 | 1,026 | 1,083 |
Professional and related occupations |
13,149 | 13,579 | 924 | 945 |
Service occupations |
7,004 | 7,231 | 450 | 447 |
Sales and office occupations |
13,776 | 13,835 | 608 | 609 |
Sales and related occupations |
4,104 | 3,900 | 550 | 565 |
Office and administrative support occupations |
9,672 | 9,935 | 622 | 622 |
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations |
384 | 417 | 561 | 608 |
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
152 | 145 | 380 | 353 |
Construction and extraction occupations |
103 | 106 | 929 | 743 |
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
129 | 165 | 673 | 827 |
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations |
2,732 | 2,767 | 483 | 502 |
Production occupations |
1,889 | 1,818 | 476 | 503 |
Transportation and material moving occupations |
843 | 949 | 492 | 500 |
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NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. |
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