RSE Table 16 Private industry establishments with 100 workers or more: 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........................................................... $20.26 2.9% $810 3.0% $41,880 3.0% Management occupations.............................................. 41.56 11.9 1,706 12.2 88,576 12.2 Chief executives.................................................. 84.61 20.0 4,204 18.7 218,584 18.7 General and operations managers................................... 39.30 13.9 1,614 14.0 83,933 14.0 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 43.96 12.7 1,772 13.3 92,154 13.3 Marketing managers.............................................. 36.75 5.3 1,470 5.3 76,442 5.3 Computer and information systems managers......................... 48.01 2.9 1,966 2.8 102,220 2.8 Financial managers................................................ 39.11 5.0 1,564 6.0 81,334 6.0 Human resources managers.......................................... 37.96 12.3 1,587 10.2 82,545 10.2 Industrial production managers.................................... 36.26 15.9 1,668 10.3 86,735 10.3 Purchasing managers............................................... 29.10 22.8 1,227 19.2 63,785 19.2 Education administrators.......................................... 30.49 18.5 1,273 22.0 61,559 22.0 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 34.41 9.8 1,463 13.5 76,097 13.5 Engineering managers.............................................. 51.72 7.3 2,083 7.7 108,317 7.7 Medical and health services managers.............................. 43.98 10.2 1,755 10.1 91,248 10.1 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 27.72 3.5 1,111 3.2 57,774 3.2 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 27.01 4.5 1,100 7.2 57,184 7.2 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 27.83 6.2 1,137 9.1 59,135 9.1 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 17.62 5.7 689 4.3 35,827 4.3 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 17.62 5.7 689 4.3 35,827 4.3 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 23.62 10.2 934 8.7 48,485 8.7 Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists.............. 21.67 7.8 834 5.8 42,965 5.8 Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists............ 18.64 10.8 755 11.1 39,254 11.1 Training and development specialists............................ 24.81 8.8 975 7.1 50,725 7.1 Management analysts............................................... 32.36 4.9 1,331 2.3 69,207 2.3 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 26.09 5.7 1,049 5.4 54,558 5.4 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 25.90 6.8 1,029 6.4 53,498 6.4 Financial analysts.............................................. 27.44 3.9 1,098 3.9 57,086 3.9 Insurance underwriters.......................................... 22.28 12.9 875 11.7 45,511 11.7 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 32.21 5.4 1,286 5.4 66,848 5.4 Computer programmers.............................................. 30.36 5.7 1,204 5.8 62,610 5.8 Computer software engineers....................................... 39.86 7.6 1,605 7.4 83,478 7.4 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 40.72 12.7 1,655 12.1 86,038 12.1 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 39.17 6.0 1,567 6.0 81,484 6.0 Computer support specialists...................................... 17.39 21.8 699 22.2 36,335 22.2 Computer systems analysts......................................... 34.98 3.2 1,388 3.3 72,200 3.3 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 31.59 4.2 1,250 4.1 65,003 4.1 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 32.30 6.9 1,292 6.9 67,193 6.9 Operations research analysts...................................... 29.80 11.7 1,191 11.6 61,952 11.6 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 32.11 3.1 1,288 3.2 66,928 3.2 Engineers......................................................... 36.89 3.1 1,482 3.2 77,063 3.2 Civil engineers................................................. 33.15 3.0 1,326 3.0 68,958 3.0 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 36.07 4.9 1,443 4.9 75,020 4.9 Electrical engineers.......................................... 32.65 13.1 1,306 13.1 67,909 13.1 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 31.97 5.3 1,309 6.8 68,079 6.8 Industrial engineers.......................................... 31.97 5.3 1,309 6.8 68,079 6.8 Mechanical engineers............................................ 34.04 5.2 1,362 5.2 70,813 5.2 Drafters.......................................................... 21.46 8.0 858 8.0 44,633 8.0 Mechanical drafters............................................. 21.95 7.5 878 7.5 45,661 7.5 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 23.91 7.1 956 7.1 49,610 7.1 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 23.62 9.8 945 9.8 49,139 9.8 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 28.91 8.6 1,156 8.7 60,112 8.7 Life scientists................................................... 24.66 14.4 966 13.7 50,246 13.7 Physical scientists............................................... 32.05 7.4 1,291 7.4 67,111 7.4 Chemists and materials scientists............................... 30.43 6.2 1,234 6.0 64,142 6.0 Community and social services occupations........................... 17.54 6.9 695 6.9 35,582 6.9 Social workers.................................................... 22.68 4.9 907 4.9 45,066 4.9 Legal occupations................................................... 40.36 3.7 1,632 3.1 84,842 3.1 Lawyers........................................................... 51.93 9.4 2,118 11.0 110,143 11.0 Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 26.41 3.1 1,056 3.1 54,923 3.1 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 28.08 11.7 1,107 11.8 45,162 11.8 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 20.82 6.0 833 6.0 33,829 6.0 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 26.27 11.0 1,052 10.9 54,690 10.9 Designers......................................................... 27.45 15.4 1,098 15.4 57,091 15.4 Graphic designers............................................... 19.51 8.5 781 8.5 40,590 8.5 Writers and editors............................................... 20.09 15.6 804 15.6 41,791 15.6 Editors......................................................... 20.49 18.5 820 18.5 42,619 18.5 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.80 4.6 974 4.5 50,664 4.5 Pharmacists....................................................... 48.34 1.8 1,927 2.2 100,223 2.2 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 60.18 9.1 2,554 8.0 132,791 8.0 Registered nurses................................................. 25.84 4.8 1,008 4.7 52,396 4.7 Therapists........................................................ 26.14 2.4 1,037 2.9 53,914 2.9 Occupational therapists......................................... 24.30 5.0 964 5.9 50,105 5.9 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 21.40 7.0 853 7.2 44,351 7.2 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 23.97 9.9 956 9.8 49,710 9.8 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 18.75 6.3 747 6.3 38,843 6.3 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 24.04 7.0 939 8.2 48,841 8.2 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 25.00 6.4 967 8.1 50,292 8.1 Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...................... 17.42 10.5 697 10.5 36,242 10.5 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 13.65 9.4 529 11.5 27,514 11.5 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.67 2.3 687 2.7 35,704 2.7 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.98 7.0 476 6.9 24,737 6.9 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.94 5.5 433 5.1 22,541 5.1 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.98 6.4 433 5.9 22,539 5.9 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.96 8.8 558 8.8 28,998 8.8 Medical assistants.............................................. 12.38 4.8 495 4.8 25,727 4.8 Medical transcriptionists....................................... 16.71 6.2 668 6.2 34,742 6.2 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.84 7.7 423 8.1 21,980 8.1 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 14.79 8.2 643 7.5 33,414 7.5 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 14.46 8.5 632 8.2 32,858 8.2 Cooks............................................................. 12.10 2.3 469 3.2 24,364 3.2 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 12.34 6.8 483 7.5 25,123 7.5 Food preparation workers.......................................... 10.61 1.8 419 2.6 21,803 2.6 Food service, tipped.............................................. 6.61 24.7 249 29.3 12,968 29.3 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 5.27 34.1 194 39.8 10,107 39.8 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.63 4.3 464 4.0 24,149 4.0 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.11 2.9 441 2.9 22,939 2.9 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.74 3.2 466 3.1 24,238 3.1 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.63 4.9 382 4.7 19,876 4.7 Personal care and service occupations............................... 11.44 6.7 427 6.2 22,179 6.2 Gaming services workers........................................... 6.79 6.2 270 5.9 14,060 5.9 Gaming dealers.................................................. 6.42 1.7 256 1.9 13,309 1.9 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 13.41 11.5 532 10.7 27,657 10.7 Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.59 7.3 705 7.5 36,642 7.5 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 20.54 7.7 830 7.2 43,179 7.2 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 18.72 4.4 758 4.7 39,397 4.7 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.51 1.6 416 1.5 21,633 1.5 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.97 2.3 399 2.3 20,746 2.3 Retail salespersons............................................. 10.78 2.3 423 2.0 22,021 2.0 Advertising sales agents.......................................... 15.04 29.4 601 29.4 31,273 29.4 Insurance sales agents............................................ 24.24 12.4 959 13.3 49,859 13.3 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 45.10 21.1 1,804 21.1 93,806 21.1 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 29.74 13.2 1,242 15.0 64,577 15.0 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products............................ 24.32 6.2 1,018 9.5 52,948 9.5 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.89 2.8 591 3.0 30,745 3.0 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 21.74 3.9 873 4.0 45,411 4.0 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.89 2.7 554 2.7 28,782 2.7 Bill and account collectors..................................... 15.40 11.3 616 11.3 32,029 11.3 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 14.30 5.7 572 5.7 29,737 5.7 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.84 4.4 551 4.3 28,642 4.3 Tellers......................................................... 10.83 3.4 433 3.4 22,524 3.4 Customer service representatives.................................. 15.99 3.1 638 2.7 33,187 2.7 File clerks....................................................... 12.60 7.8 499 7.2 25,955 7.2 Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 12.88 11.1 514 10.9 26,744 10.9 Order clerks...................................................... 17.44 7.5 698 7.5 36,274 7.5 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.44 10.0 497 10.0 25,868 10.0 Dispatchers....................................................... 19.50 10.2 857 17.0 42,547 17.0 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 19.50 10.2 857 17.0 42,547 17.0 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 21.51 7.7 861 7.7 44,750 7.7 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.30 8.2 489 6.9 25,434 6.9 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 15.42 12.2 617 12.2 32,076 12.2 Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping........ 17.81 6.7 712 6.7 37,039 6.7 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.03 3.0 718 2.9 37,326 2.9 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.62 7.1 783 7.1 40,712 7.1 Medical secretaries............................................. 15.80 5.4 630 5.4 32,753 5.4 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.54 2.3 658 2.2 34,182 2.2 Computer operators................................................ 17.27 6.5 691 6.5 35,916 6.5 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 12.23 7.5 488 7.8 25,360 7.8 Data entry keyers............................................... 12.30 8.1 491 8.3 25,547 8.3 Word processors and typists..................................... 11.72 12.7 463 12.1 24,095 12.1 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 13.65 10.2 537 9.4 27,914 9.4 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.90 6.9 512 6.1 26,646 6.1 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 26.04 8.1 1,042 8.1 52,834 8.1 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 32.30 12.6 1,292 12.6 67,184 12.6 Carpenters........................................................ 26.69 8.3 1,068 8.3 50,773 8.3 Electricians...................................................... 27.27 12.0 1,091 12.0 56,729 12.0 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 28.78 12.7 1,151 12.7 59,866 12.7 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 28.78 12.7 1,151 12.7 59,866 12.7 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.45 4.1 896 4.1 46,606 4.1 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 32.09 4.6 1,283 4.6 66,741 4.6 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................... 21.93 23.1 877 23.1 45,612 23.1 Aircraft mechanics and service technicians........................ 24.94 6.3 998 6.3 51,875 6.3 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 17.78 5.8 711 5.8 36,979 5.8 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics...................................................... 22.07 13.5 883 13.5 45,910 13.5 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 21.49 3.2 856 3.4 44,481 3.4 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 22.72 2.9 902 3.1 46,915 3.1 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 20.85 13.7 834 13.7 43,363 13.7 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 14.83 1.6 593 1.6 30,824 1.6 Millwrights..................................................... 23.45 11.3 938 11.3 48,556 11.3 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 18.57 16.1 743 16.1 38,635 16.1 Production occupations.............................................. 16.13 3.6 644 3.6 33,309 3.6 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 24.46 4.7 1,005 6.0 52,248 6.0 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 17.06 11.5 682 11.5 35,483 11.5 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 17.15 11.5 686 11.5 35,671 11.5 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 18.50 7.8 739 7.8 38,283 7.8 Bakers............................................................ 16.02 10.2 641 10.2 33,322 10.2 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 12.57 7.4 499 7.5 25,938 7.5 Slaughterers and meat packers................................... 11.58 2.8 458 4.1 23,801 4.1 Miscellaneous food processing workers............................. 14.15 8.4 566 8.4 29,424 8.4 Food batchmakers................................................ 14.86 9.4 594 9.4 30,903 9.4 Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 14.70 6.1 588 6.1 30,569 6.1 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 16.09 6.5 641 6.6 33,347 6.6 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 15.14 6.5 602 6.6 31,284 6.6 Machinists........................................................ 22.78 9.5 911 9.5 47,373 9.5 Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................................................... 12.00 7.1 480 7.1 24,897 7.1 Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 12.00 7.1 480 7.1 24,897 7.1 Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 18.97 12.5 759 12.5 39,423 12.5 Tool and die makers............................................... 23.23 7.2 929 7.2 48,313 7.2 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 17.13 18.9 685 18.9 35,622 18.9 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 20.36 20.6 814 20.6 42,346 20.6 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 14.63 10.1 585 10.1 30,404 10.1 Printers.......................................................... 17.64 9.7 693 9.0 36,055 9.0 Printing machine operators...................................... 17.09 11.8 671 10.5 34,874 10.5 Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders....... 19.84 4.5 793 4.5 41,257 4.5 Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders...................... 19.22 6.2 769 6.2 39,967 6.2 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 16.66 5.9 666 5.9 34,645 5.9 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 15.43 4.1 617 4.1 32,087 4.1 Painting workers.................................................. 19.01 10.9 761 10.9 39,549 10.9 Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders...................................................... 19.89 11.8 796 11.8 41,367 11.8 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.21 5.1 487 5.0 24,692 5.0 Helpers--production workers..................................... 11.19 3.4 446 3.3 23,194 3.3 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 18.41 4.4 769 5.4 39,762 5.4 First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand................................................... 20.46 7.8 821 7.8 42,697 7.8 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................. 31.03 23.1 1,308 20.9 67,993 20.9 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.93 17.1 913 16.0 47,496 16.0 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.47 13.3 931 11.3 48,393 11.3 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 20.08 31.1 881 36.6 45,830 36.6 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 14.99 10.7 599 10.8 30,328 10.8 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 13.29 10.2 529 10.3 27,507 10.3 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 16.19 8.8 645 8.9 33,558 8.9 Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 14.10 6.8 545 8.4 28,317 8.4 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 10.53 7.6 421 7.6 21,881 7.6 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.