RSE Table 15 Private industry establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Relative standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings for full-time workers Hourly earnings(2) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(1) Mean Relative Mean Relative Mean Relative error(3) error(3) error(3) All workers........................................................... $17.51 2.7% $698 2.7% $36,042 2.7% Management occupations.............................................. 29.23 6.2 1,210 6.4 62,814 6.4 General and operations managers................................... 32.46 5.6 1,370 6.8 71,230 6.8 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 47.05 8.9 2,082 8.6 108,252 8.6 Financial managers................................................ 30.33 8.2 1,211 8.5 62,988 8.5 Medical and health services managers.............................. 30.70 3.0 1,228 3.0 63,851 3.0 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 34.28 25.2 1,397 24.5 72,638 24.5 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 21.61 10.6 864 10.6 44,948 10.6 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 23.73 15.7 961 14.7 49,981 14.7 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 33.59 10.8 1,333 10.6 69,331 10.6 Insurance underwriters.......................................... 32.04 7.5 1,251 7.7 65,027 7.7 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 36.11 7.4 1,443 7.4 75,052 7.4 Computer software engineers....................................... 46.13 10.8 1,845 10.8 95,950 10.8 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 47.54 8.1 1,901 8.1 98,873 8.1 Computer support specialists...................................... 23.76 24.2 950 24.2 49,413 24.2 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 30.83 7.1 1,233 7.1 64,126 7.1 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 21.69 11.2 873 11.8 45,376 11.8 Engineers......................................................... 20.91 27.1 843 28.5 43,854 28.5 Drafters.......................................................... 22.74 9.6 910 9.6 47,308 9.6 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 21.45 5.8 858 5.8 44,617 5.8 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 25.21 7.2 1,008 7.2 51,803 7.2 Community and social services occupations........................... 15.76 5.3 614 7.4 31,923 7.4 Counselors........................................................ 17.21 14.8 642 21.3 33,379 21.3 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 15.21 6.3 600 6.7 31,188 6.7 Legal occupations................................................... 35.44 8.5 1,474 10.8 76,645 10.8 Lawyers........................................................... 47.15 1.5 2,058 1.9 107,007 1.9 Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 22.45 15.6 888 20.7 46,197 20.7 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 17.27 25.6 671 27.6 31,509 27.6 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 21.73 2.3 862 1.6 44,828 1.6 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.81 .8 1,033 .8 38,508 .8 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 17.42 5.8 681 5.2 35,418 5.2 Designers......................................................... 13.71 9.2 552 9.9 28,715 9.9 Writers and editors............................................... 14.42 11.4 577 11.4 29,999 11.4 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 21.95 6.6 879 6.7 45,704 6.7 Registered nurses................................................. 21.79 9.1 884 10.0 45,984 10.0 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 19.41 13.9 776 13.9 40,371 13.9 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.39 3.0 648 2.9 33,702 2.9 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.28 7.7 504 7.7 26,195 7.7 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.54 7.7 368 7.5 19,152 7.5 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.15 4.6 389 5.7 20,205 5.7 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 14.75 8.1 554 8.1 28,806 8.1 Dental assistants............................................... 15.73 9.1 578 9.7 30,081 9.7 Protective service occupations...................................... 9.92 4.8 397 4.8 20,633 4.8 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.26 7.8 314 9.9 16,325 9.9 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 10.83 8.3 440 8.7 22,878 8.7 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 10.74 9.1 431 7.9 22,401 7.9 Cooks............................................................. 8.99 5.3 351 4.7 18,227 4.7 Cooks, fast food................................................ 8.96 3.2 355 2.6 18,434 2.6 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 9.52 3.1 378 4.0 19,646 4.0 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 8.94 9.7 342 8.8 17,775 8.8 Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.95 7.0 305 5.3 15,796 5.3 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.40 12.2 192 18.3 9,965 18.3 Bartenders...................................................... 8.38 12.7 298 23.1 15,504 23.1 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.00 7.1 141 10.5 7,326 10.5 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.46 7.7 322 8.3 16,751 8.3 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 8.46 7.7 322 8.3 16,751 8.3 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.25 11.6 402 10.8 20,424 10.8 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.26 7.6 360 8.1 18,724 8.1 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.62 9.4 423 9.6 21,992 9.6 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.10 2.1 309 8.7 16,061 8.7 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 14.12 27.9 577 31.8 25,696 31.8 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 14.12 27.9 577 31.8 25,696 31.8 Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.73 5.4 381 5.5 19,811 5.5 Barbers and cosmetologists........................................ 9.51 10.1 370 9.1 19,262 9.1 Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists.................. 9.51 10.1 370 9.1 19,262 9.1 Sales and related occupations....................................... 18.84 11.7 754 11.9 39,189 11.9 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 16.33 6.6 678 7.9 35,240 7.9 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 15.05 4.5 615 5.8 31,975 5.8 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.24 6.3 481 5.4 24,994 5.4 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.44 3.0 322 3.5 16,736 3.5 Cashiers...................................................... 8.44 3.0 322 3.5 16,736 3.5 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 14.49 10.2 596 11.1 31,014 11.1 Parts salespersons............................................ 14.52 11.0 599 11.9 31,154 11.9 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.31 9.2 561 6.5 29,167 6.5 Advertising sales agents.......................................... 17.83 24.3 713 24.3 37,090 24.3 Insurance sales agents............................................ 28.92 20.6 1,153 20.6 59,950 20.6 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 73.82 23.9 2,953 23.9 153,547 23.9 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 23.00 14.3 945 15.1 49,151 15.1 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products............................ 22.69 15.1 933 16.0 48,525 16.0 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 17.06 26.7 685 26.9 35,646 26.9 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.10 2.1 559 2.0 29,030 2.0 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 21.66 6.4 851 7.0 44,242 7.0 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.55 7.1 496 7.0 25,719 7.0 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 11.30 4.9 449 5.1 23,362 5.1 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.36 10.0 527 9.1 27,292 9.1 Tellers......................................................... 10.17 4.0 402 4.4 20,909 4.4 Customer service representatives.................................. 15.36 10.4 616 10.5 32,010 10.5 Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks.............................. 8.20 3.3 326 3.5 16,933 3.5 Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 14.55 10.6 582 10.6 30,265 10.6 New accounts clerks............................................... 12.63 9.0 505 9.0 26,261 9.0 Order clerks...................................................... 13.12 9.0 525 9.0 27,283 9.0 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.66 4.1 500 4.2 26,026 4.2 Dispatchers....................................................... 14.34 8.4 574 8.4 29,824 8.4 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 14.34 8.4 574 8.4 29,824 8.4 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 14.84 9.9 594 9.9 30,863 9.9 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.00 9.3 556 9.3 28,909 9.3 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 13.17 7.7 527 7.7 27,396 7.7 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.56 4.1 641 5.4 33,310 5.4 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 18.57 6.2 743 6.2 38,623 6.2 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.04 8.4 568 12.4 29,550 12.4 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 11.79 1.2 472 1.2 24,523 1.2 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 16.61 20.1 664 20.1 34,549 20.1 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.08 5.7 520 5.8 26,898 5.8 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 21.34 6.9 863 6.9 43,211 6.9 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 28.72 6.7 1,156 7.2 59,649 7.2 Carpenters........................................................ 18.52 9.2 741 9.2 38,530 9.2 Construction laborers............................................. 18.07 8.4 722 8.4 35,257 8.4 Construction equipment operators.................................. 24.62 11.4 1,074 16.9 43,389 16.9 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 25.20 10.5 1,110 15.8 47,945 15.8 Electricians...................................................... 17.59 17.5 704 17.5 36,587 17.5 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 26.75 11.3 1,070 11.3 55,645 11.3 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 26.75 11.4 1,070 11.4 55,642 11.4 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 12.09 10.2 484 10.2 23,719 10.2 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.38 6.3 740 6.9 38,501 6.9 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 23.03 10.2 1,002 20.2 52,079 20.2 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 18.62 8.2 754 7.8 39,189 7.8 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 17.71 8.7 714 9.0 37,133 9.0 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 17.95 6.1 730 6.4 37,938 6.4 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics...................................................... 16.57 5.7 658 6.2 34,200 6.2 Farm equipment mechanics........................................ 14.43 9.0 566 10.6 29,448 10.6 Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines................ 18.01 6.8 720 6.8 37,466 6.8 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers..................................................... 18.85 11.6 754 11.6 39,210 11.6 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 15.79 7.1 632 7.1 32,854 7.1 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 20.67 6.5 827 6.5 42,990 6.5 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 14.01 5.1 560 5.1 29,141 5.1 Line installers and repairers..................................... 26.09 3.8 1,044 3.8 54,273 3.8 Electrical power-line installers and repairers.................. 26.74 2.8 1,070 2.8 55,616 2.8 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 13.79 13.0 552 13.0 28,681 13.0 Production occupations.............................................. 14.66 8.9 581 8.2 30,108 8.2 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 16.83 8.7 677 9.0 35,187 9.0 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 11.13 3.5 445 3.5 23,156 3.5 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 15.91 13.4 637 13.4 33,101 13.4 Computer control programmers and operators........................ 18.66 20.5 644 33.1 33,485 33.1 Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic... 16.59 17.7 548 31.6 28,508 31.6 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 15.23 8.5 609 8.5 31,674 8.5 Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................................................... 10.90 9.3 436 9.3 22,680 9.3 Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 10.90 9.3 436 9.3 22,680 9.3 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 14.13 7.5 565 7.5 29,396 7.5 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 14.13 7.5 565 7.5 29,396 7.5 Bookbinders and bindery workers................................... 10.74 13.4 430 13.4 22,346 13.4 Bindery workers................................................. 10.74 13.4 430 13.4 22,346 13.4 Printers.......................................................... 16.30 6.2 652 6.2 33,913 6.2 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 11.88 5.7 475 5.7 24,336 5.7 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 19.00 15.5 760 15.5 39,522 15.5 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.58 18.4 462 18.3 23,609 18.3 Helpers--production workers..................................... 10.92 10.8 437 10.8 22,707 10.8 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.25 2.5 576 4.3 29,752 4.3 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.44 3.3 578 5.7 29,712 5.7 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 15.25 5.8 637 7.8 32,513 7.8 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 11.56 14.6 422 17.5 21,951 17.5 Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators................. 18.70 7.8 748 7.8 37,876 7.8 Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators........... 18.69 7.9 748 7.9 37,845 7.9 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 14.44 2.5 578 2.5 30,039 2.5 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.48 4.4 450 4.7 23,422 4.7 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 10.88 6.1 435 6.1 22,625 6.1 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.17 5.4 434 5.7 22,560 5.7 1 A classification system including about 800 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 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. 3 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. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. 5 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.