Table 10 Part-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1) Wages fall at or below the following percentiles Occupation(2) 10 25 50 75 90 All workers........................................................... $6.75 $8.00 $10.00 $13.86 $22.50 Management occupations.............................................. 20.35 20.35 28.99 30.44 47.60 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 16.88 22.00 23.03 31.44 49.76 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 27.50 28.41 42.30 52.83 52.83 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 17.42 17.42 25.05 32.00 32.34 Community and social services occupations........................... 13.21 17.02 23.19 29.20 29.23 Counselors........................................................ 11.30 14.00 19.88 30.24 30.24 Social workers.................................................... 15.97 23.19 25.72 29.23 29.23 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 9.00 10.71 14.22 16.32 26.03 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 15.97 21.67 25.67 30.96 40.70 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 19.24 22.40 24.11 30.85 33.33 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 10.00 10.80 14.36 14.53 15.00 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 8.27 9.29 10.88 21.88 38.15 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 8.27 9.29 10.88 21.88 38.15 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 9.29 11.67 18.60 25.00 40.13 Librarians........................................................ 15.13 15.55 19.71 26.80 27.43 Teacher assistants................................................ 8.50 9.00 10.00 12.65 17.86 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 10.00 13.33 15.69 20.00 25.00 Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers................... 9.00 9.00 9.38 18.40 26.50 Coaches and scouts.............................................. 6.94 14.06 18.40 19.33 26.50 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 17.21 24.10 30.30 36.49 44.41 Pharmacists....................................................... 40.45 40.45 40.45 43.71 52.83 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 62.52 75.00 77.56 103.05 111.21 Registered nurses................................................. 25.36 28.87 31.94 39.10 45.75 Therapists........................................................ 16.80 30.00 33.70 36.49 37.60 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 16.15 17.74 25.70 31.82 33.92 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 16.15 16.29 17.74 22.40 27.00 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 15.57 22.00 27.00 27.01 35.51 Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...................... 13.00 13.00 14.36 20.32 22.61 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 9.28 12.59 14.18 20.93 31.00 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.85 20.44 22.62 25.00 25.67 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.68 12.12 14.19 15.75 19.83 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.87 11.79 13.00 14.38 15.50 Home health aides............................................... 9.99 11.00 12.50 12.75 14.89 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.92 12.00 13.00 14.38 15.82 Psychiatric aides............................................... 14.35 14.35 14.35 15.29 15.29 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 9.38 14.19 15.50 17.43 21.00 Protective service occupations...................................... 7.50 8.15 10.24 12.00 14.30 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 7.50 8.00 10.08 11.18 13.38 Security guards................................................. 7.50 8.00 10.08 11.18 13.38 Miscellaneous protective service workers.......................... 8.00 8.83 9.48 10.24 23.56 Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers.............................................. 7.91 8.43 9.48 10.24 10.24 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.63 5.00 7.50 8.50 10.00 Cooks............................................................. 7.50 7.50 8.00 11.00 12.41 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 9.50 10.00 11.00 12.41 13.25 Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.80 8.10 9.25 10.65 13.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.63 2.63 3.65 5.41 8.00 Bartenders...................................................... 5.00 5.00 5.50 8.00 8.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.38 2.63 2.75 3.65 5.41 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 3.50 4.50 6.75 8.00 9.50 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.00 7.50 7.75 8.50 9.51 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 7.00 7.50 7.75 8.50 9.30 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 6.25 7.50 8.00 8.50 9.51 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 7.54 7.54 7.88 10.00 15.35 Dishwashers....................................................... 7.00 7.53 8.25 8.50 9.50 Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop.......... 8.00 9.00 9.00 10.55 11.05 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.75 9.00 9.84 12.00 13.10 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.75 9.50 10.00 12.50 13.10 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.75 9.50 10.00 12.50 12.95 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.00 9.25 10.75 11.43 14.60 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.93 8.16 10.47 12.83 13.49 Child care workers................................................ 6.81 7.00 7.96 9.25 13.50 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 5.36 6.37 9.00 12.54 15.82 Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors....................... 7.99 9.68 11.00 15.15 16.50 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.50 7.92 8.97 10.24 11.94 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.50 7.91 8.79 10.00 11.44 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.50 7.77 8.35 9.56 10.68 Cashiers...................................................... 7.50 7.77 8.35 9.56 10.65 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 7.00 7.75 8.00 9.00 10.18 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 7.00 7.75 8.00 9.00 10.18 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.81 9.00 9.30 11.44 13.52 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 10.05 11.70 12.50 19.00 19.00 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.16 10.33 12.74 15.54 18.89 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.00 11.12 12.62 14.58 18.36 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 11.43 11.55 13.48 14.56 17.16 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 8.10 11.50 14.17 15.84 18.36 Tellers......................................................... 10.00 10.53 11.50 12.42 13.09 Customer service representatives.................................. 8.65 12.57 14.75 14.76 15.24 File clerks....................................................... 8.74 8.74 11.05 11.90 15.00 Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 9.54 9.54 9.54 13.52 16.69 Library assistants, clerical...................................... 7.85 8.35 10.33 10.56 11.51 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 8.00 9.00 12.00 14.00 15.19 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 7.50 7.80 8.25 9.30 10.30 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.11 15.54 17.00 19.24 22.90 Medical secretaries............................................. 15.11 15.11 17.00 17.00 20.00 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.48 15.54 16.53 19.00 22.90 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 12.14 12.14 12.14 17.07 17.43 Data entry keyers............................................... 12.14 12.14 12.14 12.14 12.61 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.16 12.43 14.43 18.00 24.92 Production occupations.............................................. 9.00 9.50 10.50 12.30 15.47 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.16 10.00 10.00 15.46 15.46 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.40 8.00 10.25 13.28 18.00 Bus drivers....................................................... 12.25 12.82 13.44 17.50 18.75 Bus drivers, school............................................. 12.00 12.66 13.62 18.00 18.75 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 5.75 5.75 8.00 15.00 20.00 Driver/sales workers............................................ 5.00 6.00 7.50 8.00 20.00 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 5.75 5.75 8.50 12.86 15.90 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.50 7.70 8.75 10.06 12.13 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.80 8.81 10.06 11.65 13.89 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 7.50 7.50 8.00 9.00 10.00 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. See appendix A for more information. 2 A classification system including about 800 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.