Table 12 Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours Hourly(3) Weekly(4) Annual(5) Occupation(2) Mean Median Mean Median Mean Mean Median Mean earnings earnings earnings earnings hours earnings earnings hours All workers........................................................... $24.40 $19.55 $965 $769 39.5 $49,614 $39,549 2,033 Management occupations.............................................. 44.94 40.87 1,822 1,683 40.5 94,683 87,533 2,107 General and operations managers................................... 52.77 47.60 2,217 2,053 42.0 115,272 106,748 2,185 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 51.85 45.77 2,095 1,831 40.4 108,950 95,191 2,101 Marketing managers.............................................. 56.57 54.38 2,298 2,151 40.6 119,471 111,842 2,112 Sales managers.................................................. 46.54 42.20 1,870 1,688 40.2 97,233 87,770 2,089 Administrative services managers.................................. 43.05 40.36 1,635 1,731 38.0 85,028 90,001 1,975 Computer and information systems managers......................... 54.68 49.78 2,169 2,021 39.7 112,808 105,094 2,063 Financial managers................................................ 46.95 41.89 1,900 1,707 40.5 98,777 88,766 2,104 Human resources managers.......................................... 40.08 35.71 1,642 1,444 41.0 85,403 75,067 2,131 Industrial production managers.................................... 44.42 45.98 1,796 1,822 40.4 93,391 94,734 2,103 Purchasing managers............................................... 28.79 25.21 1,125 1,009 39.1 58,521 52,445 2,033 Transportation, storage, and distribution managers................ 28.20 23.42 1,120 937 39.7 58,216 48,703 2,064 Construction managers............................................. 46.14 38.15 2,033 1,896 44.1 105,694 98,610 2,291 Education administrators.......................................... 36.01 31.28 1,342 1,144 37.3 69,137 56,935 1,920 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 42.87 37.90 1,700 1,502 39.7 87,742 78,100 2,047 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 40.44 36.03 1,460 1,262 36.1 74,961 63,554 1,854 Engineering managers.............................................. 56.09 50.48 2,279 2,042 40.6 118,531 106,179 2,113 Food service managers............................................. 24.53 27.78 1,086 981 44.3 56,496 50,993 2,303 Medical and health services managers.............................. 49.03 47.04 2,004 1,827 40.9 104,230 94,994 2,126 Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 26.82 26.37 1,053 925 39.3 54,761 48,100 2,042 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 32.49 28.54 1,307 1,112 40.2 66,672 57,606 2,052 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 32.19 29.84 1,308 1,174 40.6 68,028 61,038 2,113 Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 29.10 29.84 1,171 1,045 40.3 60,908 54,349 2,093 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 33.74 33.43 1,378 1,337 40.8 71,635 69,536 2,123 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 26.60 25.00 1,021 971 38.4 53,081 50,499 1,996 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 27.15 25.53 1,042 1,000 38.4 54,209 52,000 1,996 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 24.95 21.73 1,012 852 40.6 45,993 42,037 1,843 Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists............ 29.88 30.71 1,232 1,228 41.2 64,050 63,875 2,144 Management analysts............................................... 40.54 37.95 1,676 1,518 41.3 87,160 78,930 2,150 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 27.83 25.48 1,077 968 38.7 56,024 50,328 2,013 Budget analysts................................................... 38.83 34.65 1,557 1,386 40.1 80,959 72,072 2,085 Credit analysts................................................... 28.06 26.32 1,122 1,053 40.0 58,369 54,735 2,080 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 42.82 32.69 1,771 1,306 41.4 92,097 67,933 2,151 Financial analysts.............................................. 43.30 32.66 1,859 1,308 42.9 96,676 67,999 2,232 Insurance underwriters.......................................... 42.12 33.63 1,579 1,177 37.5 82,085 61,207 1,949 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 38.92 38.52 1,555 1,514 40.0 80,858 78,751 2,077 Computer programmers.............................................. 30.62 34.22 1,216 1,369 39.7 63,217 71,169 2,065 Computer software engineers....................................... 45.06 45.67 1,822 1,827 40.4 94,763 95,000 2,103 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 45.48 48.10 1,864 1,939 41.0 96,943 100,814 2,132 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 44.65 44.08 1,782 1,763 39.9 92,689 91,684 2,076 Computer support specialists...................................... 34.07 32.98 1,347 1,235 39.6 70,068 64,206 2,057 Computer systems analysts......................................... 38.40 38.48 1,539 1,489 40.1 80,011 77,407 2,084 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 35.82 30.17 1,441 1,207 40.2 74,923 62,749 2,092 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 35.14 33.79 1,361 1,351 38.7 70,797 70,273 2,015 Actuaries......................................................... 37.50 37.84 1,416 1,535 37.8 73,614 79,825 1,963 Operations research analysts...................................... 34.72 31.19 1,294 1,248 37.3 67,263 64,875 1,937 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 35.83 36.06 1,455 1,447 40.6 75,658 75,219 2,111 Engineers......................................................... 41.28 41.80 1,682 1,727 40.8 87,484 89,825 2,119 Aerospace engineers............................................. 45.25 44.15 1,831 1,766 40.5 95,216 91,840 2,104 Civil engineers................................................. 30.01 27.89 1,240 1,115 41.3 64,472 58,001 2,148 Computer hardware engineers..................................... 41.50 45.29 1,784 1,864 43.0 92,791 96,934 2,236 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 43.61 44.38 1,783 1,804 40.9 92,706 93,810 2,126 Electrical engineers.......................................... 40.17 38.25 1,651 1,669 41.1 85,833 86,778 2,137 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 44.87 45.10 1,831 1,813 40.8 95,200 94,278 2,122 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 37.37 37.33 1,508 1,536 40.4 78,438 79,851 2,099 Industrial engineers.......................................... 37.99 38.47 1,534 1,539 40.4 79,782 80,007 2,100 Mechanical engineers............................................ 42.21 41.19 1,716 1,734 40.7 89,241 90,189 2,114 Drafters.......................................................... 22.68 20.25 899 810 39.6 46,731 42,120 2,060 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 23.85 22.99 951 917 39.9 49,447 47,694 2,074 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 22.67 22.72 907 909 40.0 47,162 47,260 2,080 Industrial engineering technicians.............................. 25.49 25.66 1,012 971 39.7 52,644 50,496 2,065 Mechanical engineering technicians.............................. 27.32 29.79 1,079 1,192 39.5 56,099 61,965 2,054 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 32.34 25.64 1,279 1,025 39.5 66,278 53,290 2,049 Life scientists................................................... 33.82 25.64 1,344 1,026 39.7 69,754 53,331 2,062 Biological scientists........................................... 40.77 33.86 1,603 1,294 39.3 82,479 67,309 2,023 Biochemists and biophysicists................................. 40.87 33.86 1,619 1,354 39.6 84,185 70,429 2,060 Physical scientists............................................... 37.01 36.75 1,470 1,470 39.7 76,441 76,440 2,065 Chemists and materials scientists............................... 42.13 36.75 1,668 1,470 39.6 86,713 76,440 2,058 Materials scientists.......................................... 45.10 45.77 1,804 1,831 40.0 93,818 95,200 2,080 Market and survey researchers..................................... 41.92 40.87 1,690 1,635 40.3 87,882 84,999 2,096 Market research analysts........................................ 41.92 40.87 1,690 1,635 40.3 87,882 84,999 2,096 Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians...... 20.36 21.38 810 855 39.8 41,591 44,470 2,043 Community and social services occupations........................... 18.33 16.69 706 668 38.5 35,679 34,403 1,946 Counselors........................................................ 21.32 18.97 803 721 37.7 38,805 37,999 1,820 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 25.83 21.14 951 793 36.8 43,407 41,243 1,681 Social workers.................................................... 18.06 16.65 706 666 39.1 36,316 34,299 2,010 Mental health and substance abuse social workers................ 16.63 16.49 665 660 40.0 34,594 34,299 2,080 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 13.03 12.36 490 489 37.6 25,469 25,438 1,955 Social and human service assistants............................. 13.03 12.36 490 489 37.6 25,469 25,438 1,955 Legal occupations................................................... 48.01 34.33 1,875 1,373 39.1 97,504 71,400 2,031 Lawyers........................................................... 58.29 58.66 2,315 2,381 39.7 120,376 123,800 2,065 Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 24.17 26.97 909 944 37.6 47,269 49,085 1,955 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 30.48 23.85 1,156 894 37.9 51,311 42,808 1,683 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 52.80 48.46 2,030 1,900 38.4 85,428 81,413 1,618 Math and computer teachers, postsecondary....................... 48.98 43.50 1,817 1,740 37.1 65,836 60,896 1,344 Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary.................. 48.98 43.50 1,817 1,740 37.1 65,836 60,896 1,344 Life sciences teachers, postsecondary........................... 47.55 48.93 2,101 1,939 44.2 102,752 98,823 2,161 Biological science teachers, postsecondary.................... 47.55 48.93 2,101 1,939 44.2 102,752 98,823 2,161 Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary....................... 62.69 53.56 2,428 2,142 38.7 107,255 107,900 1,711 Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 50.25 41.95 1,823 1,678 36.3 79,980 84,350 1,592 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 55.77 47.43 2,011 1,723 36.1 77,718 71,407 1,394 English language and literature teachers, postsecondary....... 66.13 71.61 2,247 2,506 34.0 92,874 97,750 1,404 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 44.83 42.10 1,648 1,473 36.8 65,484 65,766 1,461 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 20.26 14.36 775 560 38.3 34,178 28,080 1,687 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 13.28 14.00 515 495 38.8 24,904 22,962 1,875 Preschool teachers, except special education.................. 13.16 13.70 511 495 38.9 24,685 22,962 1,876 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 29.19 31.51 1,119 1,260 38.3 42,374 47,134 1,452 Special education teachers...................................... 32.04 25.54 1,191 1,101 37.2 48,748 54,400 1,522 Librarians........................................................ 27.08 24.01 1,043 960 38.5 52,927 49,935 1,954 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.20 9.00 391 360 38.4 19,836 18,720 1,944 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 28.07 26.24 1,105 1,050 39.4 57,362 54,579 2,043 Designers......................................................... 24.20 26.24 954 1,050 39.4 49,619 54,579 2,050 Graphic designers............................................... 23.98 26.24 943 1,050 39.3 49,033 54,579 2,045 Public relations specialists...................................... 28.28 28.00 1,126 1,120 39.8 58,553 58,242 2,070 Writers and editors............................................... 38.27 36.06 1,464 1,442 38.3 76,151 75,001 1,990 Editors......................................................... 36.15 36.06 1,352 1,416 37.4 70,322 73,626 1,945 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 29.13 26.19 1,120 1,027 38.5 58,247 53,414 2,000 Pharmacists....................................................... 46.92 46.88 1,833 1,840 39.1 95,297 95,680 2,031 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 54.74 27.41 2,192 1,096 40.0 113,974 57,013 2,082 Registered nurses................................................. 33.31 31.54 1,244 1,184 37.4 64,689 61,551 1,942 Therapists........................................................ 30.98 31.15 1,204 1,207 38.9 62,606 62,754 2,021 Physical therapists............................................. 31.19 31.43 1,200 1,156 38.5 62,394 60,091 2,001 Respiratory therapists.......................................... 30.54 30.17 1,213 1,207 39.7 63,101 62,754 2,066 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 20.54 19.23 813 769 39.6 42,276 39,998 2,058 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 22.13 20.60 885 824 40.0 46,035 42,848 2,080 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 18.32 17.68 714 684 39.0 37,154 35,589 2,028 Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...................... 15.84 14.42 632 577 39.9 32,872 29,994 2,076 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 17.85 16.34 677 653 37.9 34,967 33,981 1,959 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 23.30 23.76 894 894 38.4 46,514 46,467 1,997 Medical records and health information technicians................ 16.60 15.32 637 573 38.4 33,142 29,806 1,996 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.16 13.90 547 547 38.6 28,414 28,434 2,007 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.19 12.73 510 500 38.7 26,531 26,021 2,012 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 13.30 13.10 515 500 38.7 26,760 26,021 2,012 Psychiatric aides............................................... 14.00 14.08 540 547 38.6 28,079 28,434 2,006 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 15.56 15.07 598 598 38.4 31,090 31,086 1,997 Dental assistants............................................... 19.44 21.00 696 753 35.8 36,205 39,130 1,862 Medical assistants.............................................. 14.29 13.97 551 559 38.6 28,541 29,058 1,997 Medical transcriptionists....................................... 15.91 15.00 631 600 39.7 32,814 31,200 2,062 Protective service occupations...................................... 14.36 13.83 573 553 39.9 29,486 28,760 2,054 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 15.12 14.00 602 560 39.8 31,298 29,120 2,070 Security guards................................................. 15.12 14.00 602 560 39.8 31,298 29,120 2,070 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.30 10.82 436 420 38.6 22,222 20,800 1,967 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 18.58 18.18 780 800 42.0 40,007 41,600 2,154 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 18.24 17.50 773 775 42.4 39,570 39,312 2,169 Cooks............................................................. 13.21 14.00 520 542 39.3 26,950 28,197 2,040 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 13.78 14.46 543 542 39.4 28,021 28,197 2,033 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 13.13 13.00 509 508 38.7 26,449 26,390 2,015 Food preparation workers.......................................... 12.24 11.85 487 474 39.8 25,331 24,644 2,069 Food service, tipped.............................................. 6.83 5.55 253 164 37.0 12,550 7,904 1,837 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 6.01 2.93 221 105 36.8 10,847 5,470 1,806 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 8.63 9.00 323 343 37.4 16,119 16,848 1,869 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 9.51 9.00 356 333 37.4 17,915 16,640 1,883 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 11.61 11.11 444 445 38.3 23,109 23,117 1,990 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 8.90 8.75 331 320 37.1 16,512 16,638 1,855 Dishwashers....................................................... 8.77 8.05 338 322 38.5 17,579 16,738 2,004 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 15.38 13.50 608 540 39.6 30,611 28,080 1,991 Building cleaning workers......................................... 13.27 13.43 523 526 39.4 27,180 27,352 2,048 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 13.32 13.10 521 505 39.1 27,072 26,250 2,032 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 11.34 12.00 446 459 39.3 23,176 23,849 2,043 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 14.98 14.97 597 599 39.8 24,933 25,151 1,665 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 14.98 14.97 597 599 39.8 24,933 25,151 1,665 Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.00 11.75 483 468 37.1 23,657 23,816 1,819 Child care workers................................................ 11.57 11.20 459 448 39.7 23,152 22,300 2,001 Sales and related occupations....................................... 22.82 17.85 909 706 39.9 47,123 36,005 2,065 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 21.44 18.00 877 734 40.9 45,214 37,941 2,109 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 17.94 16.25 744 676 41.5 38,680 35,148 2,156 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 27.31 27.40 1,092 1,096 40.0 55,549 57,000 2,034 Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.02 11.41 512 440 39.3 26,467 22,880 2,032 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.52 10.25 403 400 38.3 20,851 20,592 1,982 Cashiers...................................................... 10.52 10.25 403 400 38.3 20,851 20,592 1,982 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 12.87 10.00 515 400 40.0 26,652 20,800 2,071 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 9.86 8.50 394 340 40.0 20,360 17,680 2,066 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.25 12.40 564 485 39.6 29,131 25,287 2,045 Insurance sales agents............................................ 27.45 30.43 1,054 1,141 38.4 54,793 59,329 1,996 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 80.88 60.02 3,114 2,401 38.5 161,913 124,842 2,002 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 30.04 25.00 1,213 1,000 40.4 63,061 52,000 2,099 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products...................................... 35.80 33.46 1,439 1,338 40.2 74,844 69,595 2,091 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products............................ 27.15 23.75 1,098 950 40.4 57,109 49,400 2,103 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 26.77 28.00 1,072 1,120 40.0 55,756 58,234 2,082 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.68 16.50 692 647 39.1 35,863 33,634 2,028 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 29.28 28.72 1,154 1,127 39.4 60,017 58,604 2,049 Switchboard operators, including answering service................ 12.72 13.19 493 527 38.7 25,626 27,427 2,014 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.31 15.26 636 600 39.0 33,046 31,200 2,026 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 15.25 15.25 596 576 39.1 30,975 29,973 2,032 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.83 15.88 692 624 38.8 35,988 32,427 2,018 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 20.35 18.51 797 717 39.2 41,461 37,286 2,037 Tellers......................................................... 13.57 13.06 529 510 39.0 27,488 26,520 2,026 Brokerage clerks.................................................. 18.88 18.28 726 706 38.4 37,738 36,716 1,998 Customer service representatives.................................. 18.86 17.86 737 689 39.1 38,304 35,818 2,031 Order clerks...................................................... 18.70 18.51 736 740 39.3 38,260 38,501 2,046 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.63 13.56 531 542 39.0 27,111 28,201 1,989 Dispatchers....................................................... 17.34 15.35 710 614 40.9 36,916 31,928 2,129 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 17.34 15.35 712 614 41.0 36,999 31,928 2,134 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 21.86 20.19 874 808 40.0 45,430 41,999 2,078 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 15.54 14.06 619 562 39.8 32,179 29,245 2,070 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 13.82 12.70 550 501 39.8 28,585 26,042 2,069 Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping........ 13.70 12.90 548 516 40.0 28,491 26,824 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.42 18.00 761 720 39.2 39,368 37,170 2,027 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 22.58 22.31 884 860 39.2 45,983 44,700 2,037 Medical secretaries............................................. 16.84 17.00 660 670 39.2 34,301 34,840 2,037 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.81 16.98 695 672 39.0 35,593 34,811 1,999 Computer operators................................................ 17.75 16.06 708 642 39.9 36,820 33,399 2,074 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 13.40 13.32 525 533 39.2 26,493 27,714 1,977 Data entry keyers............................................... 13.18 13.32 518 533 39.3 26,095 27,019 1,980 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 16.97 17.46 644 655 37.9 33,471 34,055 1,973 Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service..... 14.66 15.83 574 633 39.2 29,859 32,935 2,037 Office clerks, general............................................ 17.71 17.50 691 700 39.0 35,923 36,400 2,028 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 24.73 23.34 989 934 40.0 50,554 48,547 2,044 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 35.86 37.88 1,436 1,515 40.1 74,691 78,790 2,083 Carpenters........................................................ 24.11 23.50 964 940 40.0 50,152 48,880 2,080 Construction laborers............................................. 22.18 22.50 887 900 40.0 43,541 46,800 1,963 Construction equipment operators.................................. 35.19 32.73 1,408 1,309 40.0 71,827 68,072 2,041 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 35.19 32.73 1,408 1,309 40.0 71,827 68,072 2,041 Electricians...................................................... 23.26 22.50 934 882 40.2 48,567 45,885 2,088 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 28.42 30.19 1,136 1,208 40.0 59,090 62,804 2,079 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 28.42 30.19 1,136 1,208 40.0 59,090 62,804 2,079 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.52 22.00 902 880 40.1 46,747 45,760 2,075 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 31.12 30.91 1,281 1,236 41.2 66,590 64,293 2,140 Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 29.10 28.93 1,162 1,157 39.9 60,432 60,174 2,076 Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers.............................................. 29.10 28.93 1,162 1,157 39.9 60,432 60,174 2,076 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................... 23.77 24.00 951 960 40.0 49,445 49,920 2,080 Aircraft mechanics and service technicians........................ 28.60 29.36 1,144 1,174 40.0 59,491 61,067 2,080 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 22.07 22.00 889 880 40.3 46,252 45,760 2,095 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 22.28 22.00 895 880 40.2 46,558 45,760 2,090 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 19.03 17.68 763 707 40.1 39,659 36,774 2,084 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers..................................................... 23.25 22.50 930 900 40.0 48,356 46,800 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.64 17.98 739 719 39.7 38,343 37,398 2,057 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 21.67 20.07 850 803 39.2 44,215 41,746 2,041 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.81 17.98 708 719 39.8 36,630 37,398 2,056 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 16.88 17.50 675 700 40.0 35,113 36,400 2,080 Line installers and repairers..................................... 26.26 28.66 1,050 1,146 40.0 54,619 59,611 2,080 Telecommunications line installers and repairers................ 24.77 24.95 991 998 40.0 51,519 51,896 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 13.14 12.92 526 517 40.0 25,100 26,867 1,910 Production occupations.............................................. 15.40 14.00 613 559 39.8 31,892 29,058 2,071 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 25.73 25.31 1,027 1,031 39.9 53,428 53,637 2,077 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 14.74 13.53 590 541 40.0 30,655 28,149 2,080 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 17.15 17.78 686 711 40.0 35,677 36,972 2,080 Electromechanical equipment assemblers.......................... 13.55 13.37 542 535 40.0 28,187 27,810 2,080 Structural metal fabricators and fitters.......................... 17.94 16.30 718 652 40.0 37,317 33,898 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.66 12.00 503 480 39.7 26,159 24,960 2,066 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 16.82 15.60 673 624 40.0 34,984 32,448 2,080 Butchers and meat cutters....................................... 17.41 15.75 697 630 40.0 36,219 32,760 2,080 Computer control programmers and operators........................ 15.00 11.54 600 461 40.0 31,204 23,995 2,080 Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic... 12.82 11.54 513 461 40.0 26,661 23,995 2,080 Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 14.50 14.00 580 560 40.0 30,153 29,120 2,080 Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............................................ 15.81 16.50 632 660 40.0 32,878 34,320 2,080 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 16.09 15.59 644 624 40.0 33,466 32,425 2,080 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 14.69 13.58 588 543 40.0 30,560 28,246 2,080 Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................... 11.77 8.16 471 326 40.0 24,485 16,975 2,080 Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............................................ 20.20 17.58 808 703 40.0 42,022 36,566 2,080 Machinists........................................................ 23.51 22.60 940 904 40.0 48,893 47,008 2,080 Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................................................... 14.32 13.77 573 551 40.0 29,783 28,642 2,080 Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 13.74 13.41 550 536 40.0 28,579 27,889 2,080 Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 12.00 10.98 456 430 38.0 23,720 22,339 1,977 Tool and die makers............................................... 23.38 23.61 935 944 40.0 48,632 49,109 2,080 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 22.94 27.15 920 1,086 40.1 47,841 56,476 2,086 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 23.12 27.15 927 1,086 40.1 48,225 56,476 2,086 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 16.09 15.21 643 608 40.0 33,457 31,637 2,080 Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............................................ 17.42 15.33 697 613 40.0 36,235 31,891 2,080 Printers.......................................................... 12.60 10.33 500 413 39.7 26,007 21,486 2,064 Printing machine operators...................................... 11.93 7.70 476 308 39.9 24,768 16,016 2,076 Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 11.94 12.06 477 482 40.0 24,800 25,085 2,077 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 13.46 13.25 538 530 40.0 27,990 27,560 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 15.44 14.81 619 592 40.1 32,211 30,805 2,086 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 12.18 12.00 487 480 40.0 25,332 24,960 2,080 Painting workers.................................................. 16.23 16.00 649 640 40.0 33,760 33,280 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.18 10.30 484 419 39.7 25,154 21,805 2,065 Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders............. 11.63 8.06 452 322 38.9 23,500 16,765 2,021 Helpers--production workers..................................... 11.24 8.71 450 348 40.0 23,385 18,121 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.43 13.38 570 520 39.5 29,558 27,011 2,048 First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand................................................... 22.70 21.85 913 874 40.2 44,450 45,452 1,958 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.29 16.00 653 630 40.0 33,924 32,781 2,082 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.65 18.95 755 716 40.5 39,223 37,232 2,103 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 14.68 14.00 588 560 40.0 30,556 29,120 2,082 Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators................. 21.64 24.46 866 978 40.0 44,834 50,877 2,071 Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators........... 21.64 24.46 866 978 40.0 44,834 50,877 2,071 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 16.40 16.72 647 669 39.5 33,650 34,771 2,052 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.63 10.09 464 403 39.9 24,110 20,981 2,073 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.42 12.00 495 480 39.9 25,761 24,960 2,075 Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 11.22 9.55 447 382 39.8 23,242 19,864 2,072 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 10.05 9.18 400 367 39.8 20,811 19,092 2,070 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 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. 3 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. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designate position – one-half of the earnings are paid the same as or more than the rate shown and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designate position – one-half of the earnings are paid the same as or more than the rate shown and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.