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........................................................... $18.80 $15.62 $751 $621 39.9 $38,793 $32,240 2,063 Management occupations.............................................. 35.76 31.68 1,474 1,300 41.2 76,515 67,600 2,140 Chief executives.................................................. 82.82 72.50 4,083 3,604 49.3 212,293 187,425 2,563 General and operations managers................................... 34.51 31.01 1,444 1,269 41.9 75,100 66,000 2,176 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 45.44 44.64 1,913 1,733 42.1 99,478 90,128 2,189 Marketing managers.............................................. 39.94 36.82 1,597 1,473 40.0 83,069 76,579 2,080 Sales managers.................................................. 50.84 48.00 2,257 2,400 44.4 117,375 124,800 2,309 Administrative services managers.................................. 19.74 10.17 790 407 40.0 41,055 21,160 2,080 Computer and information systems managers......................... 44.93 45.19 1,833 1,894 40.8 95,309 98,482 2,121 Financial managers................................................ 34.40 29.95 1,375 1,175 40.0 71,489 61,098 2,078 Human resources managers.......................................... 32.77 30.95 1,338 1,315 40.8 69,598 68,404 2,124 Industrial production managers.................................... 33.75 31.57 1,451 1,544 43.0 75,466 80,283 2,236 Purchasing managers............................................... 27.78 21.12 1,161 866 41.8 60,349 45,033 2,172 Construction managers............................................. 34.06 35.34 1,430 1,462 42.0 74,360 76,003 2,183 Education administrators.......................................... 23.21 20.99 990 840 42.6 49,797 35,989 2,145 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 31.40 26.44 1,322 1,058 42.1 68,726 54,995 2,189 Engineering managers.............................................. 50.69 53.25 2,038 2,126 40.2 105,987 110,573 2,091 Food service managers............................................. 18.19 15.92 872 796 47.9 43,786 41,389 2,407 Medical and health services managers.............................. 40.05 32.77 1,599 1,311 39.9 83,147 68,162 2,076 Social and community service managers............................. 21.97 19.23 870 769 39.6 45,237 40,000 2,059 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 30.48 25.00 1,230 1,015 40.4 63,965 52,784 2,099 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 24.72 24.04 1,002 962 40.5 52,080 49,999 2,107 Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 23.57 24.04 943 962 40.0 49,018 49,999 2,080 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 25.05 24.85 1,019 993 40.7 52,977 51,630 2,115 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 20.90 18.34 819 734 39.2 42,597 38,143 2,038 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 20.64 18.34 809 734 39.2 42,091 38,143 2,040 Cost estimators................................................... 27.92 27.50 1,126 1,100 40.3 58,562 57,200 2,097 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 23.03 23.17 914 885 39.7 47,458 45,677 2,061 Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists.............. 20.29 20.35 798 823 39.3 41,328 42,224 2,037 Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists............ 19.14 17.91 775 731 40.5 40,283 38,000 2,105 Training and development specialists............................ 24.81 27.88 975 1,046 39.3 50,725 54,372 2,045 Management analysts............................................... 33.97 32.36 1,393 1,294 41.0 72,437 67,300 2,133 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 25.52 24.49 1,028 990 40.3 53,462 51,501 2,095 Credit analysts................................................... 28.57 24.74 1,168 990 40.9 60,711 51,455 2,125 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 29.42 24.38 1,168 962 39.7 60,749 50,003 2,065 Financial analysts.............................................. 34.23 30.12 1,369 1,205 40.0 71,207 62,650 2,080 Personal financial advisors..................................... 24.80 19.23 992 769 40.0 51,589 40,000 2,080 Insurance underwriters.......................................... 26.20 22.41 1,026 844 39.2 53,370 43,875 2,037 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 33.28 32.69 1,329 1,303 39.9 69,087 67,771 2,076 Computer programmers.............................................. 29.88 28.85 1,189 1,154 39.8 61,806 60,000 2,069 Computer software engineers....................................... 42.25 39.45 1,697 1,598 40.2 88,246 83,091 2,089 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 43.72 46.82 1,764 1,873 40.4 91,733 97,377 2,098 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 40.84 39.45 1,634 1,578 40.0 84,948 82,050 2,080 Computer support specialists...................................... 19.22 18.25 771 730 40.1 40,105 37,966 2,087 Computer systems analysts......................................... 35.78 35.34 1,420 1,381 39.7 73,862 71,800 2,064 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 31.27 30.71 1,243 1,187 39.7 64,639 61,722 2,067 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 32.30 31.83 1,292 1,273 40.0 67,193 66,206 2,080 Operations research analysts...................................... 31.38 34.50 1,255 1,380 40.0 65,240 71,758 2,079 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 29.04 27.89 1,166 1,117 40.1 60,601 58,088 2,087 Engineers......................................................... 34.00 34.35 1,367 1,374 40.2 71,086 71,446 2,091 Civil engineers................................................. 35.04 34.80 1,438 1,386 41.0 74,750 72,051 2,133 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 36.07 35.19 1,443 1,408 40.0 75,020 73,195 2,080 Electrical engineers.......................................... 32.65 33.65 1,306 1,346 40.0 67,909 69,992 2,080 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 31.97 30.91 1,309 1,355 41.0 68,079 70,452 2,130 Industrial engineers.......................................... 31.97 30.91 1,309 1,355 41.0 68,079 70,452 2,130 Mechanical engineers............................................ 34.03 30.90 1,361 1,236 40.0 70,775 64,272 2,080 Drafters.......................................................... 21.94 21.50 878 860 40.0 45,635 44,720 2,080 Mechanical drafters............................................. 21.95 21.29 878 852 40.0 45,661 44,283 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 22.88 21.88 915 875 40.0 47,530 45,323 2,077 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 23.37 22.26 935 890 40.0 48,617 46,301 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 28.33 27.20 1,133 1,088 40.0 58,811 56,576 2,076 Life scientists................................................... 24.66 19.41 966 784 39.2 50,246 40,747 2,037 Physical scientists............................................... 31.27 28.02 1,258 1,158 40.2 65,397 60,214 2,092 Chemists and materials scientists............................... 28.49 28.02 1,153 1,158 40.5 59,939 60,214 2,104 Chemists...................................................... 26.55 28.02 1,078 1,158 40.6 56,045 60,214 2,111 Market and survey researchers..................................... 34.58 32.31 1,383 1,292 40.0 71,890 67,209 2,079 Market research analysts........................................ 34.58 32.31 1,383 1,292 40.0 71,890 67,209 2,079 Community and social services occupations........................... 16.48 15.87 647 635 39.2 33,407 32,999 2,027 Counselors........................................................ 15.80 15.87 605 615 38.3 31,479 32,001 1,992 Social workers.................................................... 19.81 20.70 794 828 40.1 40,134 35,890 2,026 Medical and public health social workers........................ 23.24 24.27 930 971 40.0 48,342 50,475 2,080 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 15.18 16.16 600 646 39.5 31,200 33,604 2,056 Social and human service assistants............................. 15.48 16.35 619 654 40.0 32,191 34,000 2,080 Legal occupations................................................... 36.44 29.85 1,507 1,300 41.3 78,352 67,601 2,150 Lawyers........................................................... 48.13 48.94 2,071 1,958 43.0 107,684 101,799 2,237 Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 23.37 24.43 927 988 39.7 48,198 51,355 2,063 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 25.15 23.74 988 935 39.3 41,797 41,866 1,662 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 34.28 32.62 1,333 1,305 38.9 53,343 56,856 1,556 Health teachers, postsecondary.................................. 27.37 27.36 1,078 1,094 39.4 56,043 56,909 2,048 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 22.09 21.64 858 854 38.8 43,691 44,419 1,978 Vocational education teachers, postsecondary.................. 22.97 22.16 878 854 38.2 45,679 44,419 1,988 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 21.83 20.14 873 806 40.0 34,837 33,350 1,596 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 23.50 23.95 940 958 40.0 34,912 35,586 1,486 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 23.24 23.37 930 935 40.0 34,471 33,119 1,483 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 21.50 19.24 850 750 39.5 44,181 39,000 2,055 Designers......................................................... 20.08 18.34 806 734 40.2 41,931 38,145 2,088 Graphic designers............................................... 18.32 19.24 740 740 40.4 38,505 38,501 2,101 News analysts, reporters and correspondents....................... 22.42 12.22 897 489 40.0 46,634 25,416 2,080 Writers and editors............................................... 16.25 14.50 650 580 40.0 33,809 30,160 2,080 Editors......................................................... 16.91 14.58 676 583 40.0 35,167 30,326 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.93 21.64 946 848 39.5 49,175 44,070 2,055 Pharmacists....................................................... 45.83 48.11 1,830 1,920 39.9 95,158 99,861 2,076 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 60.56 54.52 2,569 2,308 42.4 133,586 119,995 2,206 Registered nurses................................................. 25.22 24.51 989 956 39.2 51,441 49,713 2,040 Therapists........................................................ 26.93 27.04 1,072 1,062 39.8 55,769 55,245 2,071 Occupational therapists......................................... 24.01 23.57 955 943 39.8 49,670 49,026 2,069 Physical therapists............................................. 29.09 30.91 1,159 1,233 39.8 60,279 64,106 2,072 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 20.73 22.29 827 892 39.9 43,024 46,363 2,075 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 24.04 24.48 960 979 39.9 49,913 50,918 2,076 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 16.71 17.40 666 696 39.9 34,655 36,192 2,074 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 24.06 24.40 941 912 39.1 48,910 47,436 2,033 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 25.00 25.59 968 1,005 38.7 50,335 52,250 2,014 Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...................... 17.42 17.18 697 687 40.0 36,242 35,734 2,080 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 12.06 10.88 474 435 39.3 24,667 22,630 2,045 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.15 16.86 671 655 39.1 34,904 34,050 2,035 Medical records and health information technicians................ 14.04 14.35 558 574 39.8 29,023 29,848 2,068 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.77 11.79 493 468 38.6 25,640 24,336 2,007 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.42 10.10 409 394 39.2 21,257 20,475 2,040 Home health aides............................................... 9.36 9.33 375 373 40.1 19,514 19,406 2,084 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.67 10.14 416 396 39.0 21,652 20,573 2,029 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 14.60 14.44 555 536 38.0 28,841 27,872 1,976 Dental assistants............................................... 15.73 15.50 578 545 36.8 30,081 28,314 1,913 Medical assistants.............................................. 12.60 11.75 504 470 40.0 26,187 24,440 2,079 Medical transcriptionists....................................... 16.53 17.24 661 690 40.0 34,375 35,861 2,079 Protective service occupations...................................... 10.80 10.00 432 400 40.0 22,454 20,800 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.92 8.76 341 340 38.3 17,741 17,680 1,989 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 12.09 11.67 502 475 41.5 26,079 24,717 2,156 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 11.93 11.67 491 475 41.2 25,553 24,717 2,142 Cooks............................................................. 9.83 9.50 382 358 38.9 19,883 18,637 2,024 Cooks, fast food................................................ 8.96 9.00 355 360 39.6 18,434 18,720 2,057 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 10.65 9.52 420 381 39.5 21,845 19,793 2,052 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 9.80 9.80 375 343 38.3 19,525 17,832 1,991 Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.66 8.03 335 314 38.7 17,353 16,266 2,005 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.57 3.75 200 136 35.8 10,374 7,072 1,862 Bartenders...................................................... 8.38 9.00 298 360 35.6 15,504 18,720 1,850 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.20 3.35 149 126 35.4 7,731 6,533 1,843 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 9.02 8.50 361 340 40.0 18,753 17,680 2,080 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.40 8.25 311 329 37.0 16,169 17,098 1,925 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 8.40 8.25 311 329 37.0 16,169 17,098 1,925 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 7.91 7.60 303 296 38.2 15,739 15,392 1,989 Dishwashers....................................................... 8.05 8.00 298 315 37.0 15,481 16,380 1,923 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.82 10.00 428 400 39.5 21,912 20,800 2,025 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 13.61 11.51 550 460 40.4 28,334 23,930 2,082 First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers...................................................... 13.66 11.51 552 460 40.4 28,719 23,930 2,102 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.10 9.54 397 378 39.3 20,623 19,677 2,042 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.25 10.97 447 436 39.8 23,251 22,653 2,067 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.58 7.87 331 310 38.6 17,221 16,120 2,008 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 13.75 10.34 561 380 40.8 25,395 20,550 1,846 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 13.75 10.34 561 380 40.8 25,395 20,550 1,846 Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.47 9.50 401 381 38.3 20,856 19,802 1,992 Gaming services workers........................................... 6.79 6.60 270 264 39.8 14,060 13,728 2,070 Gaming dealers.................................................. 6.42 6.60 256 264 39.9 13,309 13,728 2,074 Barbers and cosmetologists........................................ 9.56 9.00 373 360 39.1 19,412 18,720 2,031 Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists.................. 9.56 9.00 373 360 39.1 19,412 18,720 2,031 Child care workers................................................ 7.80 6.95 302 278 38.7 15,683 14,456 2,011 Personal and home care aides...................................... 9.54 9.72 371 389 38.9 19,286 20,220 2,021 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 11.99 11.55 477 470 39.8 24,825 24,419 2,070 Recreation workers.............................................. 11.91 12.75 474 510 39.8 24,644 26,520 2,069 Sales and related occupations....................................... 18.48 13.90 740 553 40.0 38,452 28,766 2,081 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 17.34 17.09 715 644 41.2 37,192 33,467 2,144 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 15.94 15.44 650 618 40.8 33,792 32,111 2,120 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 28.67 22.03 1,304 1,061 45.5 67,794 55,165 2,365 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.63 9.90 458 388 39.4 23,811 20,172 2,047 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.98 8.50 348 340 38.8 18,101 17,680 2,016 Cashiers...................................................... 9.01 8.50 349 340 38.8 18,148 17,680 2,014 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 14.28 13.39 587 536 41.1 30,511 27,851 2,136 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 13.16 9.80 531 392 40.4 27,621 20,384 2,099 Parts salespersons............................................ 14.45 14.50 595 544 41.2 30,960 28,288 2,142 Retail salespersons............................................. 12.69 10.55 498 410 39.2 25,900 21,320 2,041 Advertising sales agents.......................................... 17.06 12.50 683 500 40.0 35,494 26,000 2,080 Insurance sales agents............................................ 27.42 23.25 1,091 930 39.8 56,714 48,350 2,068 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 67.71 31.73 2,708 1,269 40.0 140,827 65,998 2,080 Travel agents..................................................... 15.68 16.38 591 621 37.7 30,744 32,305 1,961 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 25.13 22.50 1,038 900 41.3 53,959 46,800 2,148 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products...................................... 37.06 31.01 1,523 1,240 41.1 79,198 64,492 2,137 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products............................ 23.16 21.92 957 900 41.3 49,774 46,800 2,149 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 17.32 10.10 696 404 40.2 36,172 21,008 2,088 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.49 13.62 575 540 39.7 29,867 28,080 2,061 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 21.69 20.19 860 814 39.6 44,717 42,313 2,062 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.04 11.78 517 470 39.6 26,841 24,440 2,058 Bill and account collectors..................................... 14.72 14.54 589 581 40.0 30,627 30,235 2,080 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 12.99 12.07 518 480 39.9 26,951 24,960 2,074 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.55 12.46 536 486 39.6 27,808 25,272 2,053 Procurement clerks.............................................. 20.40 20.41 816 816 40.0 42,436 42,453 2,080 Tellers......................................................... 10.27 10.02 407 400 39.6 21,154 20,800 2,059 Brokerage clerks.................................................. 15.68 16.48 627 659 40.0 32,613 34,278 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 15.72 15.00 629 600 40.0 32,682 31,200 2,079 File clerks....................................................... 12.42 10.75 490 430 39.4 25,476 22,360 2,051 Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks.............................. 8.25 8.25 324 330 39.2 16,823 17,160 2,038 Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 12.60 11.76 503 440 39.9 26,168 22,880 2,077 Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 15.46 15.87 618 635 40.0 32,149 33,010 2,080 New accounts clerks............................................... 12.91 13.04 516 522 40.0 26,850 27,129 2,080 Order clerks...................................................... 15.55 14.69 622 588 40.0 32,336 30,561 2,080 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 17.12 14.42 685 577 40.0 35,608 30,000 2,080 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.60 12.08 500 482 39.6 25,987 25,085 2,062 Dispatchers....................................................... 15.21 15.39 618 615 40.6 31,891 32,003 2,097 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 15.21 15.39 618 615 40.6 31,891 32,003 2,097 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 17.44 18.36 698 734 40.0 36,273 38,180 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.96 12.72 515 500 39.8 26,786 26,000 2,067 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 14.20 13.86 568 554 40.0 29,528 28,825 2,080 Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping........ 14.61 15.25 584 610 40.0 30,394 31,716 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.39 17.27 684 691 39.3 35,534 35,928 2,044 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.24 19.49 769 780 39.9 39,971 40,545 2,077 Legal secretaries............................................... 17.93 18.46 695 712 38.8 36,162 36,999 2,017 Medical secretaries............................................. 15.01 13.99 586 560 39.0 30,456 29,099 2,029 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.90 16.29 619 640 38.9 32,155 33,280 2,022 Computer operators................................................ 16.77 16.01 671 640 40.0 34,880 33,290 2,080 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 12.05 12.10 481 484 39.9 25,028 25,168 2,077 Data entry keyers............................................... 12.17 12.76 486 510 40.0 25,295 26,530 2,078 Word processors and typists..................................... 11.57 11.61 461 464 39.8 23,968 24,151 2,071 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 14.31 12.73 565 485 39.5 29,378 25,210 2,053 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.01 12.21 517 480 39.7 26,799 24,960 2,059 Office machine operators, except computer......................... 11.98 13.22 479 529 40.0 24,913 27,506 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 21.99 21.25 887 846 40.4 44,531 42,099 2,025 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 28.99 30.60 1,166 1,224 40.2 60,209 63,648 2,077 Carpenters........................................................ 19.57 17.25 783 690 40.0 40,227 34,840 2,055 Construction laborers............................................. 18.45 18.95 738 758 40.0 35,813 37,036 1,941 Construction equipment operators.................................. 24.46 27.56 1,066 1,102 43.6 43,201 52,392 1,766 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 25.01 28.32 1,100 1,102 44.0 47,653 52,392 1,905 Electricians...................................................... 21.97 19.60 879 784 40.0 45,692 40,768 2,080 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 26.86 31.24 1,075 1,249 40.0 55,879 64,971 2,080 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 26.86 31.24 1,075 1,249 40.0 55,876 64,971 2,080 Sheet metal workers............................................... 19.62 19.40 785 776 40.0 40,802 40,352 2,080 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 12.37 11.00 495 440 40.0 24,326 20,800 1,966 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.66 19.53 790 776 40.2 41,066 40,352 2,089 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 25.59 27.14 1,086 1,086 42.4 56,476 56,451 2,207 Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 25.86 28.55 1,035 1,142 40.0 53,796 59,376 2,080 Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers.............................................. 25.86 28.55 1,035 1,142 40.0 53,796 59,376 2,080 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................... 18.46 15.00 738 600 40.0 38,400 31,200 2,080 Aircraft mechanics and service technicians........................ 24.94 26.87 998 1,075 40.0 51,875 55,890 2,080 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 18.76 18.60 758 744 40.4 39,424 38,688 2,101 Automotive body and related repairers........................... 22.75 18.40 931 736 40.9 48,410 38,272 2,128 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 18.02 19.53 726 781 40.3 37,756 40,631 2,095 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 17.92 18.00 726 730 40.5 37,730 37,960 2,106 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics...................................................... 16.84 16.80 669 662 39.7 34,768 34,445 2,065 Farm equipment mechanics........................................ 14.43 15.39 566 538 39.2 29,448 28,001 2,040 Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines................ 18.00 18.50 720 740 40.0 37,443 38,480 2,080 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers..................................................... 19.45 22.00 778 880 40.0 40,450 45,760 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.79 19.64 789 761 39.9 41,018 39,560 2,073 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 22.40 21.16 890 844 39.8 46,299 43,888 2,067 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.78 16.48 671 659 40.0 34,906 34,278 2,080 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 14.69 14.15 587 566 40.0 30,536 29,432 2,079 Millwrights..................................................... 23.45 22.79 938 912 40.0 48,556 46,492 2,071 Line installers and repairers..................................... 25.37 25.71 1,015 1,028 40.0 52,770 53,477 2,080 Electrical power-line installers and repairers.................. 26.83 26.27 1,073 1,051 40.0 55,801 54,642 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 16.26 14.42 650 577 40.0 33,821 30,000 2,080 Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers.......... 14.24 11.87 570 475 40.0 29,627 24,690 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 15.66 14.42 624 574 39.8 32,279 29,640 2,062 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 21.61 20.57 880 823 40.7 45,782 42,788 2,119 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 16.39 15.04 656 602 40.0 34,098 31,283 2,080 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 16.46 15.04 659 602 40.0 34,242 31,283 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 17.20 14.35 687 574 39.9 35,628 29,844 2,071 Bakers............................................................ 12.29 11.15 491 446 40.0 25,556 23,192 2,080 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 13.09 12.15 520 486 39.7 27,054 25,272 2,066 Butchers and meat cutters....................................... 18.26 18.00 730 720 40.0 37,973 37,440 2,080 Slaughterers and meat packers................................... 11.58 12.15 458 486 39.5 23,803 25,272 2,056 Miscellaneous food processing workers............................. 14.08 13.85 563 554 40.0 29,292 28,808 2,080 Food batchmakers................................................ 14.74 14.47 590 579 40.0 30,661 30,098 2,080 Computer control programmers and operators........................ 18.44 18.35 645 667 35.0 33,522 34,659 1,818 Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic... 16.60 15.75 561 510 33.8 29,186 26,520 1,758 Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 14.66 14.47 586 579 40.0 30,491 30,098 2,080 Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............................................ 15.70 14.47 628 579 40.0 32,664 30,098 2,080 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 15.72 15.00 627 600 39.9 32,627 31,200 2,075 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 14.89 15.76 593 630 39.8 30,840 32,781 2,071 Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................... 18.01 13.82 720 553 40.0 37,452 28,746 2,080 Machinists........................................................ 20.84 21.19 833 848 40.0 43,340 44,075 2,080 Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................................................... 11.86 11.50 474 460 40.0 24,604 23,920 2,075 Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 11.86 11.50 474 460 40.0 24,604 23,920 2,075 Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 18.97 21.43 759 857 40.0 39,423 44,574 2,078 Tool and die makers............................................... 22.72 21.33 909 853 40.0 47,257 44,362 2,080 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 15.59 14.30 624 572 40.0 32,427 29,744 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 16.57 14.88 663 595 40.0 34,459 30,950 2,080 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 14.63 15.61 585 624 40.0 30,404 32,469 2,078 Printers.......................................................... 16.89 17.54 671 702 39.7 34,869 36,483 2,064 Prepress technicians and workers................................ 16.69 16.20 662 648 39.7 34,415 33,696 2,062 Printing machine operators...................................... 16.69 17.47 662 698 39.7 34,438 36,291 2,063 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 10.58 10.88 418 435 39.5 21,712 22,628 2,052 Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders....... 18.93 18.55 757 742 40.0 39,369 38,584 2,080 Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders...................... 18.55 17.30 742 692 40.0 38,580 35,984 2,080 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 13.43 13.75 537 550 40.0 27,713 28,080 2,063 Cutting workers................................................... 14.70 15.10 588 604 40.0 30,254 30,992 2,058 Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 15.28 15.92 611 637 40.0 31,791 33,114 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.39 15.66 696 626 40.0 36,172 32,573 2,080 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 15.23 15.62 609 625 40.0 31,676 32,490 2,080 Painting workers.................................................. 19.72 17.94 793 718 40.2 41,222 37,319 2,090 Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders...................................................... 18.78 17.25 751 690 40.0 39,071 35,874 2,080 Painters, transportation equipment.............................. 21.17 17.94 – – – – – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.02 11.00 479 440 39.9 24,353 22,880 2,027 Helpers--production workers..................................... 11.16 11.00 445 440 39.9 23,139 22,880 2,074 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.09 14.54 660 600 41.0 34,103 31,138 2,120 First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand................................................... 19.31 19.24 783 770 40.5 40,703 40,015 2,108 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................. 26.83 23.00 1,101 920 41.0 57,256 47,840 2,134 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.84 15.25 670 620 42.3 34,552 32,240 2,181 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.38 16.00 728 675 44.4 37,349 34,963 2,281 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 14.19 12.00 546 388 38.5 28,411 20,193 2,002 Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators................. 18.70 17.50 748 700 40.0 37,876 37,440 2,026 Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators........... 18.69 18.00 748 720 40.0 37,845 37,440 2,025 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 14.76 15.04 590 602 40.0 30,207 31,200 2,047 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.69 11.70 502 464 39.6 26,127 24,128 2,059 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 11.07 11.25 443 450 40.0 23,028 23,400 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 14.00 13.10 552 522 39.4 28,685 27,154 2,049 Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 14.94 13.96 580 558 38.8 30,145 29,037 2,017 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 10.73 10.03 429 401 40.0 22,299 20,862 2,079 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.