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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
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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, 2024 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 With a
certification,
but no license		 With a
license(2)

Total, 16 years and over

 120,053 $1,159 $1,422 $1,531 $1,410 $1,081

Management, professional, and related occupations

 56,051 1,582 1,611 1,876 1,576 1,571

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

 24,084 1,731 1,902 2,112 1,881 1,656

Management occupations

 15,539 1,773 1,916 2,278 1,895 1,742

Business and financial operations occupations

 8,545 1,610 1,877 2,008 1,839 1,554

Professional and related occupations

 31,967 1,504 1,515 1,631 1,507 1,491

Computer and mathematical occupations

 5,970 1,921 1,906 1,999 1,875 1,923

Architecture and engineering occupations

 3,303 1,873 2,015 1,953 2,020 1,834

Life, physical, and social science occupations

 1,539 1,611 1,741 - 1,752 1,591

Community and social services occupations

 2,390 1,163 1,336 1,131 1,350 1,084

Legal occupations

 1,434 1,904 2,364 1,968 2,407 1,358

Education, training, and library occupations

 7,540 1,217 1,278 1,241 1,282 1,091

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations

 1,827 1,413 1,336 - 1,325 1,422

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations

 7,965 1,472 1,580 1,506 1,586 1,143

Service occupations

 15,707 758 901 837 906 727

Healthcare support occupations

 3,622 753 813 817 813 724

Protective service occupations

 2,621 1,109 1,371 - 1,375 994

Food preparation and serving related occupations

 4,200 689 748 - 762 686

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations

 3,634 729 980 - 918 719

Personal care and service occupations

 1,631 757 865 - 866 725

Sales and office occupations

 21,066 964 1,157 1,212 1,149 945

Sales and related occupations

 8,895 1,046 1,353 1,361 1,351 1,007

Office and administrative support occupations

 12,171 925 1,026 1,174 1,005 918

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

 11,387 1,042 1,323 1,310 1,326 997

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 717 716 886 - 886 709

Construction and extraction occupations

 6,518 1,017 1,375 1,356 1,377 982

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 4,152 1,150 1,290 1,305 1,284 1,112

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

 15,842 891 1,130 1,046 1,142 865

Production occupations

 7,093 922 1,082 1,111 1,073 910

Transportation and material moving occupations

 8,750 862 1,155 994 1,169 820

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. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 50,000).

 

Last Modified Date: 01/29/2025