RSE Table 15 Private industry establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Relative standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings for full-time workers Hourly earnings(2) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(1) Mean Relative Mean Relative Mean Relative error(3) error(3) error(3) All workers........................................................... $17.93 1.7% $713 1.8% $36,632 1.8% Management occupations.............................................. 34.47 6.8 1,425 7.3 74,021 7.3 General and operations managers................................... 37.92 10.4 1,584 7.7 82,370 7.7 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 58.33 24.3 2,333 24.3 121,316 24.3 Sales managers.................................................. 58.33 24.3 2,333 24.3 121,316 24.3 Financial managers................................................ 32.35 13.1 1,338 12.6 69,564 12.6 Construction managers............................................. 24.49 23.3 1,029 22.3 53,526 22.3 Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 37.36 16.7 1,496 16.9 77,780 16.9 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.57 5.8 1,090 5.4 56,697 5.4 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 26.71 7.7 1,102 4.0 57,282 4.0 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 31.25 7.2 1,282 6.0 66,682 6.0 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 31.91 8.0 1,262 7.4 65,640 7.4 Loan officers................................................... 31.91 8.0 1,262 7.4 65,640 7.4 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 21.30 27.0 864 26.0 44,927 26.0 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 31.27 4.2 1,264 4.2 65,745 4.2 Engineers......................................................... 34.92 6.6 1,419 6.7 73,793 6.7 Civil engineers................................................. 35.09 1.6 1,464 4.5 76,108 4.5 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 35.19 9.6 1,420 9.4 73,852 9.4 Electrical engineers.......................................... 33.10 4.4 1,324 4.4 68,854 4.4 Drafters.......................................................... 21.37 15.7 855 15.7 44,447 15.7 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 23.99 12.5 960 12.5 49,900 12.5 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 23.66 15.8 928 17.5 48,250 17.5 Community and social services occupations........................... 14.89 9.9 677 7.1 34,977 7.1 Counselors........................................................ 13.99 12.5 540 14.1 28,100 14.1 Social workers.................................................... 14.70 15.3 588 15.3 30,568 15.3 Legal occupations................................................... 25.61 6.4 1,019 6.7 52,974 6.7 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 19.68 15.2 754 12.6 34,296 12.6 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 22.70 10.2 832 8.4 34,319 8.4 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 17.93 6.2 730 10.0 37,944 10.0 Designers......................................................... 16.72 9.8 693 9.3 36,060 9.3 Graphic designers............................................... 16.39 11.0 689 9.2 35,811 9.2 Actors, producers, and directors.................................. 18.70 4.8 748 4.8 38,893 4.8 Producers and directors......................................... 18.70 4.8 748 4.8 38,893 4.8 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 28.37 11.0 1,110 11.8 57,741 11.8 Registered nurses................................................. 36.11 18.4 1,413 19.2 73,469 19.2 Therapists........................................................ 27.39 4.0 1,043 8.1 54,252 8.1 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 20.61 4.6 824 4.6 42,871 4.6 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.29 5.1 509 5.4 26,478 5.4 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.99 14.3 509 14.0 26,487 14.0 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 13.31 13.4 521 13.3 27,074 13.3 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 14.22 7.5 536 8.8 27,846 8.8 Dental assistants............................................... 15.27 12.2 539 17.9 28,042 17.9 Medical assistants.............................................. 14.65 10.6 579 11.3 30,123 11.3 Protective service occupations...................................... 10.29 7.6 408 8.1 21,233 8.1 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 10.13 2.1 402 2.6 20,889 2.6 Security guards................................................. 10.13 2.1 402 2.6 20,889 2.6 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.50 5.1 317 4.3 16,321 4.3 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 14.03 5.1 584 6.4 30,358 6.4 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 13.83 9.3 576 10.4 29,976 10.4 Cooks............................................................. 9.89 5.1 379 7.1 19,688 7.1 Cooks, fast food................................................ 8.06 6.9 320 7.1 16,663 7.1 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 9.75 8.6 374 10.4 19,229 10.4 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 10.32 9.4 388 13.9 20,187 13.9 Cooks, short order.............................................. 9.60 7.8 375 6.4 19,503 6.4 Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.51 2.7 321 2.7 16,631 2.7 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.79 10.7 206 9.6 10,614 9.6 Bartenders...................................................... 7.20 17.8 264 17.8 13,717 17.8 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 5.20 10.6 181 8.9 9,307 8.9 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.62 3.0 316 4.0 16,442 4.0 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 8.61 3.4 313 4.1 16,293 4.1 Dishwashers....................................................... 7.48 2.8 289 3.3 13,793 3.3 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.41 12.6 415 12.8 20,771 12.8 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.37 4.6 373 4.8 18,879 4.8 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.76 6.8 387 7.3 19,166 7.3 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.90 4.3 356 4.3 18,505 4.3 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 11.82 11.0 464 10.6 19,523 10.6 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 10.74 13.7 419 13.9 16,684 13.9 Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.76 5.8 378 4.8 17,355 4.8 Child care workers................................................ 8.64 7.6 345 7.6 17,966 7.6 Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.73 5.8 785 5.5 40,764 5.5 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 17.30 17.3 683 18.0 35,516 18.0 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 14.86 7.6 585 9.6 30,436 9.6 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 25.74 32.2 1,025 32.3 53,318 32.3 Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.83 5.5 550 7.5 28,536 7.5 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.64 6.6 367 6.5 19,067 6.5 Cashiers...................................................... 9.64 6.6 367 6.5 19,067 6.5 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 13.09 11.9 538 14.4 27,960 14.4 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 11.82 9.6 476 10.1 24,744 10.1 Parts salespersons............................................ 14.45 15.5 606 20.2 31,527 20.2 Retail salespersons............................................. 16.19 5.4 650 7.3 33,673 7.3 Advertising sales agents.......................................... 24.76 29.0 961 24.2 49,975 24.2 Insurance sales agents............................................ 29.45 8.0 1,155 9.0 60,038 9.0 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 48.77 36.1 1,951 36.1 101,437 36.1 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 39.20 14.8 1,573 14.7 81,811 14.7 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products...................................... 42.44 9.8 1,698 9.8 88,278 9.8 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products............................ 36.42 29.1 1,466 29.2 76,240 29.2 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 13.25 16.1 529 16.7 27,494 16.7 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.65 3.2 576 3.0 29,896 3.0 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 17.72 3.1 710 3.0 36,938 3.0 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.47 3.9 554 3.0 28,821 3.0 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.68 6.1 585 5.2 30,411 5.2 Tellers......................................................... 11.40 3.9 453 3.9 23,544 3.9 Customer service representatives.................................. 14.68 6.4 582 6.7 30,251 6.7 Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks.............................. 10.96 14.3 433 12.8 21,318 12.8 Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 13.89 7.0 544 6.7 28,297 6.7 Order clerks...................................................... 12.89 10.7 515 10.7 26,803 10.7 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.86 6.4 514 6.5 26,719 6.5 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.75 8.0 510 8.0 26,513 8.0 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.75 5.5 468 5.7 24,338 5.7 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.06 4.2 640 4.3 33,298 4.3 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 18.12 14.2 722 14.5 37,527 14.5 Medical secretaries............................................. 15.35 6.5 612 6.3 31,800 6.3 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.24 2.3 608 2.5 31,607 2.5 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 14.02 .0 548 .0 28,494 .0 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.68 4.6 523 4.5 27,172 4.5 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 18.94 3.6 755 3.6 37,989 3.6 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 27.39 11.3 1,186 13.5 61,672 13.5 Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons......................... 24.66 3.3 987 3.3 51,300 3.3 Carpenters........................................................ 20.20 6.2 807 6.2 41,294 6.2 Construction laborers............................................. 16.55 14.1 658 14.1 31,295 14.1 Construction equipment operators.................................. 18.15 8.1 726 8.1 36,712 8.1 Electricians...................................................... 22.80 10.1 912 10.1 47,414 10.1 Painters and paperhangers......................................... 14.19 4.6 559 8.9 28,747 8.9 Painters, construction and maintenance.......................... 14.19 4.6 559 8.9 28,747 8.9 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 21.26 7.1 850 7.1 44,215 7.1 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 21.56 6.8 862 6.8 44,848 6.8 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 19.55 14.7 768 15.7 34,804 15.7 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.27 3.3 784 4.3 40,775 4.3 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 25.60 27.6 1,071 30.4 55,704 30.4 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................... 14.79 10.3 592 10.3 30,763 10.3 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 20.12 3.1 814 4.1 42,334 4.1 Automotive body and related repairers........................... 21.62 35.9 930 40.1 48,356 40.1 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 19.86 5.5 796 4.8 41,395 4.8 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics...................................................... 19.75 5.3 897 5.4 46,646 5.4 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.48 11.2 779 11.2 40,528 11.2 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 22.02 5.6 881 5.6 45,808 5.6 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.98 13.7 719 13.7 37,392 13.7 Line installers and repairers..................................... 22.77 20.1 911 20.1 47,360 20.1 Electrical power-line installers and repairers.................. 25.04 22.3 1,002 22.3 52,081 22.3 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 15.43 5.5 611 6.5 31,771 6.5 Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers.......... 13.48 11.8 527 8.1 27,382 8.1 Production occupations.............................................. 13.99 3.7 559 3.7 29,082 3.7 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 22.15 9.9 904 10.1 47,009 10.1 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.76 7.6 510 7.6 26,535 7.6 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 12.66 25.2 507 25.2 26,343 25.2 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 12.37 3.1 495 3.1 25,726 3.1 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 11.53 5.2 461 5.2 23,973 5.2 Machinists........................................................ 17.65 .3 701 1.0 36,474 1.0 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 14.76 8.7 591 8.7 30,707 8.7 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 14.76 8.7 591 8.7 30,707 8.7 Printers.......................................................... 15.31 5.7 609 6.0 31,686 6.0 Printing machine operators...................................... 15.73 2.4 624 2.8 32,458 2.8 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.01 4.1 440 4.1 22,902 4.1 Helpers--production workers..................................... 10.50 4.6 420 4.6 21,848 4.6 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.28 3.7 570 3.9 29,344 3.9 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.23 3.3 655 3.9 33,653 3.9 Driver/sales workers............................................ 11.55 17.2 456 17.4 23,730 17.4 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.44 5.1 672 5.6 34,305 5.6 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 17.62 5.3 696 5.3 36,200 5.3 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 14.32 8.4 573 8.4 29,778 8.4 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.90 2.9 388 2.4 20,196 2.4 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 8.50 6.9 330 7.4 17,176 7.4 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.83 3.4 424 4.1 22,029 4.1 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 8.62 6.4 341 6.3 17,750 6.3 1 A classification system including about 800 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighed by hours. 3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.