RSE Table 13 Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Relative standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(5) Annual earnings(6) Occupation(2) Mean Relative Mean Relative Mean Relative error(4) error(4) error(4) All workers........................................................... $28.10 3.6% $1,052 3.5% $47,826 3.5% Management occupations.............................................. 38.15 11.2 1,480 11.0 75,064 11.0 Education administrators.......................................... 45.26 5.6 1,775 5.2 85,803 5.2 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 47.35 7.4 1,877 6.5 88,070 6.5 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 38.41 21.4 1,446 22.8 75,180 22.8 Medical and health services managers.............................. 43.21 14.7 1,641 16.4 85,344 16.4 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.41 5.1 1,099 5.9 57,127 5.9 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 26.64 6.1 995 7.2 51,760 7.2 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 30.60 12.4 1,182 13.8 61,478 13.8 Computer support specialists...................................... 23.59 10.0 902 11.3 46,914 11.3 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 29.24 .2 1,146 2.1 59,611 2.1 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 32.91 19.3 1,230 19.0 58,410 19.0 Psychologists..................................................... 51.23 19.4 1,882 18.8 78,058 18.8 Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists.................. 51.23 19.4 1,882 18.8 78,058 18.8 Community and social services occupations........................... 26.66 9.9 1,019 8.0 49,532 8.0 Counselors........................................................ 35.49 4.2 1,298 2.7 56,006 2.7 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 43.47 5.4 1,495 3.5 58,061 3.5 Social workers.................................................... 24.85 10.0 956 8.6 48,757 8.6 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 24.90 9.9 953 8.5 48,464 8.5 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 20.89 12.2 826 10.3 41,989 10.3 Social and human service assistants............................. 17.63 7.8 705 4.4 35,366 4.4 Legal occupations................................................... 24.68 7.7 927 10.0 48,213 10.0 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 37.71 3.1 1,301 3.0 48,934 3.0 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 51.80 11.3 1,878 14.0 71,496 14.0 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 47.66 9.9 1,593 11.0 59,091 11.0 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 42.61 1.3 1,477 1.3 54,528 1.3 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 45.51 8.8 1,576 8.7 58,122 8.7 Kindergarten teachers, except special education............... 45.10 10.5 1,562 10.4 57,647 10.4 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 42.58 1.4 1,476 1.3 54,583 1.3 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 42.68 1.6 1,481 1.6 54,684 1.6 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 42.24 2.5 1,463 2.1 54,251 2.1 Secondary school teachers....................................... 42.64 1.1 1,475 1.4 54,371 1.4 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 42.87 1.1 1,484 1.2 54,716 1.2 Special education teachers...................................... 41.82 6.0 1,453 5.3 53,413 5.3 Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school.......................................... 44.40 3.9 1,541 5.5 56,461 5.5 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 28.11 12.7 974 13.1 40,172 13.1 Librarians........................................................ 27.66 9.0 1,013 9.1 49,898 9.1 Teacher assistants................................................ 14.42 4.8 469 4.0 17,380 4.0 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.94 10.7 1,064 9.7 50,870 9.7 Registered nurses................................................. 29.00 10.6 1,114 10.3 53,118 10.3 Therapists........................................................ 43.72 11.0 1,502 10.6 58,001 10.6 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.10 7.1 553 6.9 28,336 6.9 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.56 8.3 533 8.2 27,702 8.2 Protective service occupations...................................... 24.51 3.9 981 4.0 50,964 4.0 First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 33.89 11.1 1,346 11.1 69,980 11.1 First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers........................................................ 29.37 4.5 1,294 6.5 67,306 6.5 Fire fighters..................................................... 22.25 5.2 952 5.1 49,498 5.1 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 22.79 4.4 891 3.8 46,340 3.8 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 21.90 3.1 862 2.7 44,824 2.7 Police officers................................................... 25.49 7.3 997 7.4 51,854 7.4 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 25.49 7.3 997 7.4 51,854 7.4 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 14.29 9.1 515 9.8 21,308 9.8 Cooks............................................................. 15.31 14.2 560 17.9 22,973 17.9 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 15.31 14.2 560 17.9 22,973 17.9 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 16.30 3.8 650 3.7 31,831 3.7 Building cleaning workers......................................... 15.36 3.6 612 3.7 31,163 3.7 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 15.36 3.8 612 3.9 31,130 3.9 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 19.39 3.6 723 3.5 36,889 3.5 Financial clerks.................................................. 18.26 5.8 637 9.9 32,635 9.9 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.87 8.2 598 13.8 30,391 13.8 Dispatchers....................................................... 23.18 7.5 887 6.4 46,106 6.4 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.03 6.1 719 5.9 36,337 5.9 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.04 8.3 806 7.0 41,890 7.0 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.15 6.7 640 7.7 31,530 7.7 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 16.15 6.8 605 3.9 31,466 3.9 Office clerks, general............................................ 17.56 4.1 665 2.6 34,226 2.6 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 23.12 5.1 910 4.7 47,322 4.7 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.11 4.4 841 4.2 43,754 4.2 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.37 .7 775 .7 40,299 .7 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 19.37 .7 775 .7 40,299 .7 Production occupations.............................................. 20.64 15.0 826 15.0 42,933 15.0 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 19.27 8.6 733 10.6 34,589 10.6 Bus drivers....................................................... 19.49 7.0 652 13.4 27,285 13.4 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 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. 5 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. 6 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.