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Modeled Wage Estimates
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The Modeled Wage Estimates (MWE) provide annual estimates of average hourly wages for occupations by selected job characteristics and within geographical location. The job characteristics include bargaining status (union and nonunion), part- and full-time work status, incentive- and time-based pay, and work levels by occupation. The modeled wage estimates are produced using a statistical procedure that combines survey data collected by the National Compensation Survey (NCS) and the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) programs.

Borrowing from the strengths of the NCS, information on job characteristics and work levels, and from the OEWS, the occupational and geographic detail, the modeled wage estimates provide more detail on occupational average hourly wages than either program is able to provide separately.

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Average hourly wages for registered nurses by full-time/part-time statusAverage hourly wages for registered nurses by full-time/part-time status

Click the graphic to enlarge chart: Average hourly wages for registered nurses by worker characteristic, 2023.

Average hourly wages for full-time computer and mathematical occupations by work level

Click the graphic to enlarge chart: Average hourly wages for full-time computer and mathematical occupations by work level, 2023.

Average hourly wages for food preparation and serving related occupations by work group level

Click the graphic to enlarge chart: Average hourly wages for food preparation workers by work group level, 2023.

Average hourly wages for select construction and extraction occupations by bargaining status

Click the graphic to enlarge chart: Average hourly wages for all construction and extraction occupations by worker characteristic, 2023.

Average hourly wages for heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers by grouped work level

Click the graphic to enlarge chart: Average hourly wages for heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers by grouped work levels, 2023.

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Latest Numbers

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Full-time or part-time, average hourly wages

Full-time, Retail salespersons, in Erie, PA $21.49 in 2023 Historical Data

Part-time, Retail salespersons, in Erie, PA $13.27 in 2023 Historical Data

Union or nonunion, average hourly wages

Union, Production occupations, in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $26.50 in 2023 Historical Data

Nonunion, Production occupations, in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $22.46 in 2023 Historical Data

Time or incentive-based pay, average hourly wages

Time-based pay, Sales and related occupations, in Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO $27.13 in 2023 Historical Data

Incentive-based pay, Sales and related occupations, in Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX $34.58 in 2023 Historical Data

Work levels, average hourly wages

Level 7, Registered nurses, in Ames, IA $35.47 in 2023 Historical Data

Level 9, Registered nurses, in Ames, IA $35.38 in 2023 Historical Data

Level 8, Computer and mathematical occupations, in Austin-Round Rock, TX $42.95 in 2023 Historical Data

Level 11, Computer and mathematical occupations, in Austin-Round Rock, TX $70.08 in 2023 Historical Data

Grouped work levels, average hourly wages

Entry, Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers in the U.S. $25.55 in 2023 Historical Data

Experienced, Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers in the U.S. $30.06 in 2023 Historical Data

Entry, Computer systems analysts in the U.S. $37.03 in 2023 Historical Data

Intermediate, Computer systems analysts in the U.S. $50.31 in 2023 Historical Data

Experienced, Computer systems analysts in the U.S. $70.83 in 2023 Historical Data

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Tables

  • Job characteristics (HTML) (PDF) (XLSX)
  • Time- and incentive-based pay (HTML) (PDF) (XLSX)
  • Full-time workers by selected work levels (HTML) (PDF) (XLSX)
  • Part-time workers by selected work levels (HTML) (PDF) (XLSX)
  • Full-time workers by selected grouped work levels (HTML) (PDF) (XLSX)
  • Part-time workers by selected grouped work levels (HTML) (PDF) (XLSX)
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Publications

The Economics Daily

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Average hourly wages for highest levels of aerospace engineers at $66.36 in 2021

The images revealed this summer from the James Webb Space Telescope animated imaginations around the world about space, time, and galaxies. Aerospace engineers are some of the people who develop the spacecraft that carry telescopes, satellites, and people into space. The average hourly wage in 2021 was $41.88 for level 9 aerospace engineers and $66.36 for level 12 aerospace engineers. read more »

Monthly Labor Review

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Introducing Modeled Wage Estimates by grouped work levels

This article presents experimental Modeled Wage Estimates calculated by grouping work-level data. read more »

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