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........................................................... $6.00 $6.91 $8.25 $11.00 $16.25 Management occupations.............................................. 13.75 21.77 27.29 32.49 54.60 Legislators....................................................... 11.07 17.33 17.33 17.33 36.67 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 9.90 15.00 29.61 35.00 35.00 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 22.31 22.97 29.61 29.61 39.00 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 14.86 17.58 20.22 50.00 53.00 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 10.00 16.72 19.53 34.80 38.76 Community and social services occupations........................... 9.25 10.20 16.00 19.22 24.84 Counselors........................................................ 9.60 16.00 19.22 19.22 22.00 Social workers.................................................... 18.50 18.50 19.87 24.00 61.58 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 8.50 9.50 13.00 15.00 15.00 Legal occupations................................................... 12.47 12.47 16.06 28.50 52.89 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 7.96 8.75 11.91 20.55 32.50 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 11.91 12.96 26.55 56.62 62.63 Business teachers, postsecondary................................ 11.91 11.91 11.91 23.00 33.33 Math and computer teachers, postsecondary....................... 24.23 26.55 33.75 44.17 56.62 Computer science teachers, postsecondary...................... 23.74 26.25 42.00 56.62 57.13 Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 26.55 60.61 60.61 60.61 72.92 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 16.04 16.04 24.73 39.27 40.00 English language and literature teachers, postsecondary....... 22.15 22.15 22.15 22.15 43.23 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 10.00 12.75 23.40 31.30 37.19 Vocational education teachers, postsecondary.................. 11.15 12.75 23.00 24.00 37.19 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 8.75 10.00 12.50 20.55 23.54 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 15.97 17.94 22.06 24.95 30.78 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 10.29 17.70 22.06 22.06 26.48 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 7.76 7.96 9.57 17.01 23.21 Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors.................................................. 14.00 15.00 20.00 21.80 21.80 Self-enrichment education teachers.............................. 9.00 11.00 16.00 18.52 22.00 Teacher assistants................................................ 7.50 8.50 10.40 12.07 15.90 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 8.40 10.00 11.00 14.42 21.36 Designers......................................................... 10.00 10.00 10.00 11.00 14.42 Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers................... 7.03 7.42 10.35 13.00 15.73 Coaches and scouts.............................................. 7.03 7.42 10.35 13.00 15.73 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 13.06 19.00 26.00 32.00 38.20 Pharmacists....................................................... 10.10 11.34 35.25 49.25 54.00 Registered nurses................................................. 21.63 24.61 28.01 31.32 36.42 Therapists........................................................ 19.00 24.99 36.70 42.00 49.41 Physical therapists............................................. 32.36 41.59 42.00 42.00 42.50 Respiratory therapists.......................................... 21.80 24.99 25.93 26.00 26.52 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 13.77 14.95 20.92 26.88 33.35 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 20.18 20.67 24.90 33.35 33.35 Dental hygienists................................................. 22.50 23.26 24.29 30.40 33.00 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 14.04 14.04 25.49 36.79 37.99 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 22.41 25.49 28.04 36.79 37.99 Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...................... 10.50 10.75 11.33 15.98 17.00 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 7.63 8.00 8.84 10.49 12.88 Pharmacy technicians............................................ 8.00 8.00 8.84 10.49 13.25 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.77 16.00 18.00 23.21 25.00 Miscellaneous health technologists and technicians................ 9.42 13.22 14.50 20.05 20.05 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 7.15 8.00 9.25 11.00 13.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 7.15 8.00 9.00 10.25 12.40 Home health aides............................................... 7.00 7.15 8.50 9.25 10.00 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 7.70 8.28 9.50 11.23 13.02 Psychiatric aides............................................... 8.00 8.00 9.35 10.00 12.12 Physical therapist assistants and aides........................... 8.16 10.00 10.05 12.50 18.86 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 6.75 8.40 10.25 11.66 15.02 Medical assistants.............................................. 10.60 11.66 13.66 15.02 16.01 Pharmacy aides.................................................. 8.40 8.50 9.50 10.00 11.00 Protective service occupations...................................... 6.75 7.60 8.75 10.75 14.81 Fire fighters..................................................... 8.82 11.33 11.50 13.31 13.31 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 6.67 7.75 9.00 10.38 14.81 Security guards................................................. 6.67 7.75 9.00 10.38 14.81 Miscellaneous protective service workers.......................... 7.10 7.60 8.22 10.75 13.63 Crossing guards................................................. 7.24 10.39 13.63 14.10 17.39 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 3.00 5.54 6.70 8.00 9.93 Cooks............................................................. 6.25 7.00 8.35 9.98 12.00 Cooks, fast food................................................ 5.85 6.39 6.89 8.00 8.50 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 6.29 9.00 9.98 12.00 12.00 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 7.84 8.35 9.57 11.00 12.00 Cooks, short order.............................................. 7.00 7.25 7.25 8.50 12.00 Food preparation workers.......................................... 6.50 7.05 7.45 8.06 10.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.75 3.65 6.85 9.75 Bartenders...................................................... 3.00 5.70 8.00 12.18 12.18 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.34 3.13 3.65 6.86 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 2.17 5.40 7.00 8.21 10.00 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.00 6.25 6.74 7.28 8.20 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 6.00 6.25 6.67 7.28 8.15 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 5.48 6.40 7.00 7.50 8.30 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 6.06 6.70 7.65 8.46 10.00 Dishwashers....................................................... 6.50 7.00 8.00 8.50 10.50 Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop.......... 3.65 6.00 7.00 8.10 9.50 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.50 7.00 8.00 9.60 10.97 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.50 7.00 8.00 9.75 10.97 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 6.65 7.00 8.00 9.75 11.00 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 5.85 6.75 7.19 8.50 10.90 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 6.67 6.95 7.50 9.22 9.50 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 6.44 6.95 7.50 9.22 9.50 Personal care and service occupations............................... 6.30 7.17 8.42 12.50 14.07 Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers........ 5.35 6.00 6.67 7.79 8.96 Amusement and recreation attendants............................. 5.15 5.85 6.50 7.50 8.96 Child care workers................................................ 6.50 6.70 7.66 8.55 9.33 Personal and home care aides...................................... 7.25 8.00 8.50 9.30 10.74 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 6.67 7.50 9.24 16.42 20.00 Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors....................... 7.94 10.43 17.01 20.00 25.00 Recreation workers.............................................. 6.65 6.94 7.99 9.24 11.63 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.25 7.00 7.75 9.05 10.74 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.18 6.99 7.60 8.79 10.30 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.17 6.99 7.50 8.50 9.75 Cashiers...................................................... 6.15 6.99 7.50 8.50 9.75 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 6.25 6.50 7.50 8.50 9.50 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 5.65 6.25 7.00 7.60 8.36 Parts salespersons............................................ 8.00 8.50 9.14 10.00 10.29 Retail salespersons............................................. 6.25 7.00 8.00 9.56 11.43 Telemarketers..................................................... 6.52 8.69 11.22 15.49 15.49 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 7.21 7.69 8.25 9.45 12.53 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 7.50 8.90 11.07 13.98 16.21 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.50 10.60 13.00 14.50 16.25 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 10.45 13.00 14.50 15.00 17.04 Tellers......................................................... 9.50 10.00 10.92 11.50 13.15 Customer service representatives.................................. 8.00 9.00 11.00 13.13 15.62 File clerks....................................................... 7.50 7.50 8.30 10.00 12.05 Library assistants, clerical...................................... 6.43 7.67 9.02 11.02 12.88 Order clerks...................................................... 7.65 8.60 10.70 13.72 15.10 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 7.00 8.13 10.00 14.00 15.00 Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks.... 9.77 9.77 13.83 18.07 21.22 Couriers and messengers........................................... 5.15 7.16 8.00 10.00 10.00 Dispatchers....................................................... 12.00 12.44 12.44 13.53 14.21 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 7.70 7.70 8.70 9.95 10.91 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 6.90 7.36 8.03 9.00 10.50 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 10.04 10.50 12.61 16.00 18.70 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 12.00 13.73 16.00 18.70 19.42 Medical secretaries............................................. 10.50 10.50 10.67 15.94 16.71 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 8.90 10.00 12.42 12.61 13.78 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 10.00 10.01 11.57 21.67 21.67 Data entry keyers............................................... 10.00 10.36 11.57 21.67 21.67 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 7.23 7.60 12.33 14.00 14.00 Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service..... 8.55 8.55 8.55 12.11 12.57 Office clerks, general............................................ 8.27 9.71 11.50 12.09 15.00 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 6.50 9.44 13.17 13.50 19.13 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 9.35 10.00 11.65 17.07 29.00 Production occupations.............................................. 6.82 8.03 10.00 13.36 17.30 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 7.25 8.58 9.64 15.92 15.92 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 6.82 6.82 6.82 12.00 17.23 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 7.85 10.00 10.00 20.00 21.50 Helpers--production workers..................................... 7.00 7.68 7.85 7.85 9.63 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 6.15 6.70 8.00 10.35 13.44 Bus drivers....................................................... 8.90 11.18 12.90 13.80 16.44 Bus drivers, school............................................. 9.52 11.26 12.90 13.80 16.45 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 5.15 5.85 6.98 9.80 14.46 Driver/sales workers............................................ 5.15 5.85 6.10 6.40 8.04 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 13.00 13.50 15.90 16.55 16.55 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 5.15 6.67 8.48 11.32 14.94 Taxi drivers and chauffeurs....................................... 7.00 8.06 12.00 12.00 12.00 Parking lot attendants............................................ 6.88 6.88 7.47 8.37 8.68 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 7.75 9.83 11.67 12.24 12.64 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.25 7.00 8.00 10.00 12.75 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 5.85 6.40 6.91 7.75 10.00 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 6.32 7.16 8.82 10.83 14.46 Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 8.15 8.98 11.63 13.44 13.44 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 6.15 6.70 7.50 8.50 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.