Table 4. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by occupation and sex, quarterly averages, not seasonally adjusted

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
Occupation and sex	1st 2024	1st 2025	1st 2024	1st 2025
TOTAL
Management, professional, and related occupations	56,311	56,709	$1,569	$1,645
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	23,879	23,793	1,700	1,759
Professional and related occupations	32,432	32,917	1,485	1,566
Service occupations	14,800	15,822	739	776
Sales and office occupations	21,006	21,598	946	1,006
Sales and related occupations	8,851	8,958	996	1,066
Office and administrative support occupations	12,155	12,640	920	988
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	11,268	11,018	1,003	1,090
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	769	668	725	722
Construction and extraction occupations	6,336	6,041	992	1,096
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,163	4,309	1,107	1,143
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	15,782	15,762	861	913
Production occupations	7,317	7,122	894	954
Transportation and material moving occupations	8,465	8,639	836	888

Men
Management, professional, and related occupations	26,642	27,340	1,875	1,902
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	12,242	12,647	1,903	1,917
Professional and related occupations	14,399	14,693	1,806	1,889
Service occupations	7,172	7,397	833	886
Sales and office occupations	8,629	8,820	1,137	1,163
Sales and related occupations	5,029	4,970	1,217	1,241
Office and administrative support occupations	3,600	3,849	1,076	1,096
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	10,619	10,513	1,013	1,098
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	602	527	741	758
Construction and extraction occupations	6,088	5,891	996	1,099
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	3,928	4,095	1,127	1,145
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	12,009	12,215	904	977
Production occupations	5,307	5,377	947	1,019
Transportation and material moving occupations	6,702	6,838	874	930

Women
Management, professional, and related occupations	29,669	29,369	1,375	1,441
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	11,637	11,146	1,512	1,574
Professional and related occupations	18,032	18,223	1,307	1,384
Service occupations	7,628	8,425	694	720
Sales and office occupations	12,377	12,779	882	922
Sales and related occupations	3,822	3,988	833	872
Office and administrative support occupations	8,555	8,790	894	950
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	650	505	848	821
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	167	141	697	659
Construction and extraction occupations	248	150	898	963
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	234	214	915	1,107
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	3,774	3,546	752	779
Production occupations	2,010	1,745	766	798
Transportation and material moving occupations	1,764	1,801	724	761
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

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