Table 13 Full-time(1) State and local government 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........................................................... $21.17 $17.81 $837 $716 39.5 $38,331 $35,947 1,811 Management occupations.............................................. 34.74 32.48 1,376 1,304 39.6 67,283 60,570 1,937 General and operations managers................................... 28.14 27.53 1,134 1,080 40.3 58,680 57,061 2,085 Administrative services managers.................................. 29.77 27.21 1,191 1,088 40.0 60,850 56,595 2,044 Financial managers................................................ 36.53 36.69 1,500 1,651 41.1 76,961 83,000 2,107 Education administrators.......................................... 40.67 36.50 1,601 1,388 39.4 72,494 63,989 1,783 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 39.25 38.17 1,538 1,421 39.2 67,616 65,184 1,723 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 60.65 37.88 2,409 1,597 39.7 115,338 160,501 1,902 Medical and health services managers.............................. 28.71 26.78 1,149 1,071 40.0 59,723 55,702 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 20.98 20.02 835 801 39.8 43,310 41,750 2,064 Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation..................................... 18.79 18.47 752 739 40.0 39,092 38,418 2,080 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 20.64 19.44 826 778 40.0 42,939 40,439 2,080 Management analysts............................................... 20.98 20.63 839 825 40.0 43,635 42,917 2,080 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 22.81 22.71 909 909 39.8 46,840 45,458 2,053 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 26.46 25.16 1,055 1,006 39.9 52,888 51,314 1,999 Computer support specialists...................................... 17.31 16.99 688 680 39.7 34,299 35,160 1,982 Computer systems analysts......................................... 30.41 30.15 1,216 1,206 40.0 63,257 62,704 2,080 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 28.46 28.55 1,127 1,142 39.6 55,091 59,380 1,936 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 21.11 17.68 833 704 39.5 43,342 36,585 2,053 Engineers......................................................... 33.49 36.73 1,340 1,469 40.0 69,665 76,398 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 16.47 15.33 644 612 39.1 33,504 31,805 2,035 Civil engineering technicians................................... 16.23 14.66 649 586 40.0 33,755 30,491 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 24.24 22.19 967 888 39.9 47,694 46,201 1,967 Life scientists................................................... 23.74 22.00 957 880 40.3 49,780 45,760 2,097 Biological scientists........................................... 24.40 22.00 981 880 40.2 51,036 45,760 2,092 Medical scientists.............................................. 22.61 21.64 905 865 40.0 47,038 45,001 2,080 Physical scientists............................................... 27.66 28.02 1,106 1,121 40.0 53,285 57,489 1,926 Environmental scientists and geoscientists...................... 27.16 27.11 1,086 1,084 40.0 56,498 56,393 2,080 Environmental scientists and specialists, including health.... 26.44 27.11 1,058 1,084 40.0 54,991 56,393 2,080 Psychologists..................................................... 35.94 35.91 1,424 1,436 39.6 59,450 60,329 1,654 Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists.................. 35.94 35.91 1,424 1,436 39.6 59,450 60,329 1,654 Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians...... 14.80 12.54 577 502 39.0 30,007 26,083 2,027 Community and social services occupations........................... 21.42 17.78 852 711 39.8 41,174 37,960 1,923 Counselors........................................................ 28.20 30.77 1,113 1,222 39.5 48,769 50,236 1,730 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 29.73 32.49 1,173 1,267 39.5 50,255 51,655 1,691 Social workers.................................................... 16.94 16.09 677 644 40.0 35,017 33,538 2,067 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 16.91 15.34 675 613 39.9 34,726 31,974 2,053 Medical and public health social workers........................ 16.81 16.57 672 663 40.0 34,959 34,461 2,080 Mental health and substance abuse social workers................ 16.16 15.96 646 638 40.0 33,609 33,199 2,080 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 17.50 18.21 698 729 39.9 36,296 37,925 2,074 Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists....... 19.28 19.90 771 796 40.0 40,110 41,386 2,080 Social and human service assistants............................. 14.98 13.00 595 520 39.7 30,917 27,036 2,064 Legal occupations................................................... 31.64 29.71 1,274 1,201 40.3 66,262 62,471 2,094 Lawyers........................................................... 31.29 30.60 1,276 1,240 40.8 66,375 64,480 2,121 Miscellaneous legal support workers............................... 27.06 25.96 1,064 1,034 39.3 55,313 53,752 2,044 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 28.31 29.23 1,099 1,133 38.8 41,686 42,563 1,472 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 42.44 38.19 1,673 1,528 39.4 68,500 60,119 1,614 Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary....................... 50.63 45.81 1,980 1,805 39.1 70,597 66,464 1,394 Health teachers, postsecondary.................................. 42.07 37.93 1,656 1,517 39.4 78,710 60,000 1,871 Health specialties teachers, postsecondary.................... 49.03 42.21 1,970 1,700 40.2 96,076 85,931 1,960 Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary............... 26.52 24.61 1,000 923 37.7 45,072 40,479 1,700 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 36.53 37.51 1,421 1,315 38.9 53,987 50,393 1,478 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 45.00 39.36 1,793 1,572 39.8 71,016 65,992 1,578 Vocational education teachers, postsecondary.................. 27.79 27.12 1,098 1,085 39.5 53,598 53,851 1,929 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.38 30.12 1,174 1,169 38.7 43,420 43,599 1,429 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 27.22 29.17 1,049 1,123 38.5 41,206 42,170 1,514 Preschool teachers, except special education.................. 22.87 23.57 887 943 38.8 37,055 36,022 1,620 Kindergarten teachers, except special education............... 31.27 30.83 1,197 1,175 38.3 44,608 43,898 1,427 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 30.15 29.86 1,167 1,163 38.7 42,883 43,234 1,422 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 30.32 30.06 1,176 1,171 38.8 43,061 43,522 1,420 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 29.59 29.31 1,137 1,132 38.4 42,277 42,157 1,429 Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.16 30.56 1,204 1,184 38.6 44,262 44,247 1,420 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 31.06 30.46 1,201 1,183 38.6 44,025 44,084 1,417 Vocational education teachers, secondary school............... 32.69 33.05 1,260 1,255 38.5 48,069 47,410 1,470 Special education teachers...................................... 31.50 31.01 1,213 1,188 38.5 45,295 44,116 1,438 Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school.......................................... 30.80 30.85 1,192 1,194 38.7 44,521 44,057 1,446 Special education teachers, middle school..................... 32.54 31.46 1,246 1,193 38.3 46,472 44,616 1,428 Special education teachers, secondary school.................. 31.90 30.56 1,221 1,176 38.3 45,638 44,001 1,431 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 30.19 31.83 979 1,153 32.4 35,570 42,216 1,178 Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors.................................................. 30.75 33.64 1,113 1,178 36.2 42,524 43,097 1,383 Librarians........................................................ 29.17 27.70 1,131 1,123 38.8 48,278 48,298 1,655 Library technicians............................................... 12.34 11.85 489 472 39.6 22,938 22,422 1,858 Instructional coordinators........................................ 32.13 30.43 1,276 1,217 39.7 54,200 53,305 1,687 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.69 11.11 451 442 38.6 16,883 16,612 1,444 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 21.54 19.71 864 788 40.1 43,991 40,000 2,043 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 23.85 22.28 942 891 39.5 47,286 44,595 1,983 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 46.04 26.06 1,842 1,042 40.0 95,769 54,196 2,080 Registered nurses................................................. 29.49 27.38 1,154 1,081 39.1 58,023 53,595 1,968 Therapists........................................................ 29.54 30.07 1,155 1,200 39.1 48,602 48,231 1,646 Speech-language pathologists.................................... 31.46 30.95 1,205 1,222 38.3 45,170 45,921 1,436 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 18.02 17.38 718 693 39.8 37,315 36,026 2,071 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 23.76 24.15 950 966 40.0 49,419 50,232 2,080 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 23.20 24.03 928 961 40.0 48,260 49,982 2,080 Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...................... 12.51 11.18 503 447 40.2 26,173 23,254 2,092 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 13.04 12.60 522 504 40.0 27,126 26,208 2,080 Pharmacy technicians............................................ 12.94 12.59 518 504 40.0 26,922 26,187 2,080 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.06 14.78 589 587 39.1 29,415 30,368 1,953 Occupational health and safety specialists and technicians........ 19.63 21.26 785 850 40.0 40,828 44,221 2,080 Occupational health and safety specialists...................... 20.21 21.72 808 869 40.0 42,038 45,178 2,080 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.63 9.99 422 400 39.7 21,452 20,758 2,019 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.02 9.78 398 391 39.7 20,229 19,933 2,018 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.13 9.99 401 399 39.6 20,536 20,613 2,028 Psychiatric aides............................................... 9.25 9.13 370 365 40.0 19,245 18,990 2,080 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.16 12.06 483 480 39.7 25,139 24,939 2,067 Protective service occupations...................................... 19.16 17.42 813 720 42.4 41,866 37,226 2,185 First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 25.34 24.46 1,025 978 40.4 53,277 50,877 2,103 First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers........ 18.67 18.71 758 748 40.6 39,403 38,917 2,111 First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 27.99 28.10 1,130 1,124 40.4 58,759 58,448 2,099 First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers........................................................ 23.92 20.77 1,121 1,073 46.9 58,301 55,815 2,437 Fire fighters..................................................... 18.66 18.30 962 920 51.6 50,043 47,841 2,681 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 14.66 14.58 593 584 40.4 30,818 30,347 2,102 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 14.61 14.58 591 584 40.4 30,710 30,347 2,102 Detectives and criminal investigators............................. 20.42 17.65 820 708 40.2 42,653 36,812 2,089 Police officers................................................... 21.05 20.28 842 816 40.0 43,557 42,147 2,070 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 21.05 20.28 842 816 40.0 43,557 42,147 2,070 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 13.57 12.50 540 500 39.8 25,666 25,956 1,892 Security guards................................................. 12.59 12.50 501 500 39.8 23,454 23,672 1,863 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.22 9.52 365 340 35.7 14,602 12,569 1,429 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 14.51 12.91 568 516 39.1 23,002 21,632 1,585 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 14.51 12.91 568 516 39.1 23,002 21,632 1,585 Cooks............................................................. 9.35 8.95 346 340 37.0 14,662 12,950 1,568 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 9.35 8.92 346 340 37.0 14,603 12,781 1,562 Food preparation workers.......................................... 9.28 8.90 334 332 36.0 12,632 12,321 1,361 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 9.37 9.32 309 315 32.9 11,533 11,648 1,230 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 9.35 9.26 308 312 32.9 11,522 11,605 1,232 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.64 9.73 425 389 40.0 21,520 19,943 2,022 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 17.38 16.92 695 677 40.0 36,150 35,200 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers...................................................... 17.40 17.15 696 686 40.0 36,191 35,672 2,080 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.57 9.35 382 374 40.0 19,162 18,963 2,002 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.60 9.34 384 373 40.0 19,192 18,928 1,998 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 11.35 11.18 454 447 40.0 23,559 22,818 2,076 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 11.38 11.18 455 447 40.0 23,614 23,254 2,075 Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.98 13.34 508 519 39.1 24,694 24,565 1,903 Child care workers................................................ 11.32 11.70 448 467 39.5 20,033 20,398 1,770 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 15.47 14.17 619 567 40.0 32,176 29,474 2,080 Recreation workers.............................................. 15.47 14.17 619 567 40.0 32,176 29,474 2,080 Sales and related occupations....................................... 13.26 11.93 530 477 39.9 27,427 24,814 2,069 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.78 11.13 470 445 39.9 24,295 23,155 2,063 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.80 11.13 471 445 39.9 24,327 23,155 2,062 Cashiers...................................................... 11.80 11.13 471 445 39.9 24,327 23,155 2,062 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.11 13.46 560 532 39.7 27,981 26,707 1,982 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 17.88 16.62 716 665 40.0 37,216 34,570 2,081 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.44 13.47 576 539 39.9 29,767 28,117 2,061 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.43 13.47 576 539 39.9 29,737 28,018 2,061 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 15.47 15.74 619 630 40.0 31,659 32,748 2,047 Court, municipal, and license clerks.............................. 13.41 12.33 526 487 39.2 27,349 25,328 2,039 Customer service representatives.................................. 14.63 13.42 585 537 40.0 30,439 27,914 2,080 Eligibility interviewers, government programs..................... 13.67 12.92 522 513 38.2 25,409 25,604 1,859 Library assistants, clerical...................................... 12.22 11.37 473 452 38.7 23,871 23,504 1,953 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.25 10.52 467 414 38.1 23,408 19,760 1,911 Dispatchers....................................................... 15.00 14.16 616 584 41.1 32,024 30,347 2,135 Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers......................... 14.90 14.80 614 592 41.2 31,911 30,776 2,142 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.84 11.38 514 455 40.0 26,711 23,670 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.47 15.05 611 582 39.5 29,878 29,058 1,932 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 18.28 17.91 725 712 39.6 36,865 36,637 2,016 Legal secretaries............................................... 14.44 14.42 578 577 40.0 30,037 30,000 2,080 Medical secretaries............................................. 12.77 12.59 511 504 40.0 26,561 26,187 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.39 13.13 526 513 39.3 24,491 24,169 1,829 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.75 12.46 506 497 39.7 24,881 24,086 1,951 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.36 13.68 575 547 40.0 29,728 28,454 2,070 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 17.09 15.48 684 619 40.0 35,551 32,198 2,080 Carpenters........................................................ 14.18 12.89 567 516 40.0 29,404 26,807 2,073 Construction laborers............................................. 11.33 10.20 453 408 40.0 22,398 21,012 1,976 Construction equipment operators.................................. 12.87 12.89 515 516 40.0 26,763 26,817 2,080 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 13.09 12.92 523 517 40.0 27,219 26,874 2,080 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 13.95 15.26 558 610 40.0 29,007 31,735 2,080 Pipelayers...................................................... 11.42 12.17 457 487 40.0 23,763 25,314 2,080 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 15.00 15.26 600 610 40.0 31,210 31,735 2,080 Construction and building inspectors.............................. 17.47 16.38 699 655 40.0 36,331 34,070 2,080 Highway maintenance workers....................................... 15.06 13.12 602 525 40.0 31,329 27,290 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 15.65 14.97 626 599 40.0 32,385 31,133 2,070 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 21.11 20.82 845 833 40.0 43,918 43,310 2,080 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 15.90 12.70 636 508 40.0 33,074 26,416 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 14.64 13.54 586 542 40.0 30,218 27,477 2,064 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 21.47 20.29 859 812 40.0 44,667 42,203 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 13.39 12.70 536 508 40.0 27,593 26,150 2,061 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 14.32 13.79 573 551 40.0 29,606 28,673 2,067 Production occupations.............................................. 17.37 15.14 691 606 39.8 35,507 31,491 2,044 Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators....... 13.90 12.90 556 516 40.0 28,918 26,832 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.24 12.19 480 462 36.2 21,408 20,798 1,617 Bus drivers....................................................... 14.93 13.35 487 437 32.6 19,040 15,631 1,275 Bus drivers, school............................................. 14.50 12.77 447 404 30.8 16,475 14,792 1,136 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.85 10.08 388 392 39.4 19,694 20,384 1,999 Refuse and recyclable material collectors......................... 11.86 11.85 474 474 40.0 24,660 24,648 2,080 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.