Table 8. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by occupation and sex, annual averages

Table 8. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by occupation and sex, annual averages
Occupation and sex	Number of workers (in thousands)		Median weekly earnings
Occupation and sex	2024	2025	2024	2025
TOTAL
Management, professional, and related occupations	56,051	56,533	$1,582	$1,645
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	24,084	24,047	1,731	1,760
Professional and related occupations	31,967	32,485	1,504	1,567
Service occupations	15,707	16,040	758	790
Sales and office occupations	21,066	21,832	964	1,010
Sales and related occupations	8,895	9,021	1,046	1,112
Office and administrative support occupations	12,171	12,812	925	981
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	11,387	11,364	1,042	1,101
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	717	727	716	729
Construction and extraction occupations	6,518	6,364	1,017	1,096
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,152	4,273	1,150	1,180
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	15,842	15,701	891	924
Production occupations	7,093	6,913	922	969
Transportation and material moving occupations	8,750	8,788	862	895

Men
Management, professional, and related occupations	26,746	27,199	1,879	1,903
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	12,412	12,654	1,906	1,917
Professional and related occupations	14,334	14,545	1,828	1,890
Service occupations	7,549	7,696	834	891
Sales and office occupations	8,599	9,070	1,156	1,183
Sales and related occupations	5,021	5,212	1,264	1,258
Office and administrative support occupations	3,578	3,858	1,054	1,113
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	10,821	10,774	1,067	1,116
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	559	552	733	781
Construction and extraction occupations	6,284	6,136	1,022	1,105
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	3,978	4,086	1,163	1,185
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	12,226	12,240	946	984
Production occupations	5,187	5,150	989	1,034
Transportation and material moving occupations	7,039	7,090	910	940

Women
Management, professional, and related occupations	29,305	29,334	1,388	1,443
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	11,671	11,393	1,523	1,561
Professional and related occupations	17,634	17,940	1,319	1,380
Service occupations	8,158	8,344	713	732
Sales and office occupations	12,467	12,762	894	935
Sales and related occupations	3,873	3,808	880	906
Office and administrative support occupations	8,593	8,954	898	945
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	566	590	800	854
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	158	175	684	656
Construction and extraction occupations	235	228	853	977
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	174	187	922	1,091
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	3,616	3,462	746	777
Production occupations	1,906	1,763	767	795
Transportation and material moving occupations	1,710	1,698	723	754
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Annual estimates for 2025 are 11-month averages that exclude October. (Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown.) As a result, 2025 annual estimates are not strictly comparable with annual averages for other years.

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