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........................................................... $16.24 2.5% $650 3.0% $33,699 3.0% Management occupations.............................................. 36.58 4.3 1,540 5.1 79,798 5.1 General and operations managers................................... 38.85 16.4 1,732 19.4 90,069 19.4 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 57.54 31.8 2,587 27.8 134,545 27.8 Sales managers.................................................. 42.46 24.6 1,997 21.1 103,859 21.1 Financial managers................................................ 44.10 11.8 1,815 11.3 94,373 11.3 Human resources managers.......................................... 32.96 8.0 1,335 8.6 69,437 8.6 Industrial production managers.................................... 33.53 4.8 1,359 4.3 70,679 4.3 Transportation, storage, and distribution managers................ 31.44 13.8 1,244 14.5 64,702 14.5 Construction managers............................................. 33.32 7.3 1,426 9.9 71,311 9.9 Education administrators.......................................... 16.11 9.8 643 9.9 33,305 9.9 Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program............................................... 15.93 10.3 637 10.3 33,136 10.3 Food service managers............................................. 24.25 10.3 1,045 9.5 54,316 9.5 Medical and health services managers.............................. 29.26 12.3 1,237 15.4 64,324 15.4 Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 23.00 17.8 921 17.7 47,890 17.7 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 31.09 5.5 1,258 6.1 65,413 6.1 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 27.59 15.1 1,164 12.9 60,549 12.9 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 30.14 12.5 1,194 14.0 62,069 14.0 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 27.52 5.4 1,087 6.9 56,537 6.9 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 21.03 4.2 818 5.4 42,512 5.4 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 35.42 13.1 1,429 12.6 74,321 12.6 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 44.35 37.8 1,774 37.8 92,246 37.8 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 34.65 10.2 1,388 10.8 72,192 10.8 Loan officers................................................... 34.65 10.2 1,388 10.8 72,192 10.8 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 33.50 12.7 1,346 12.6 69,418 12.6 Computer software engineers....................................... 44.08 12.2 1,766 12.1 91,854 12.1 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 47.12 6.3 1,885 6.3 98,014 6.3 Computer support specialists...................................... 24.15 19.4 966 19.4 50,242 19.4 Computer systems analysts......................................... 53.21 14.8 2,129 14.8 110,682 14.8 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 27.07 9.7 1,099 10.5 53,591 10.5 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 22.81 14.4 925 14.5 48,094 14.5 Engineers......................................................... 33.09 6.0 1,383 6.1 71,893 6.1 Civil engineers................................................. 28.98 11.6 1,260 13.7 65,523 13.7 Drafters.......................................................... 20.34 9.6 814 9.6 42,167 9.6 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 24.54 20.4 982 20.4 51,045 20.4 Surveying and mapping technicians................................. 13.27 5.2 531 5.2 27,592 5.2 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 41.48 15.1 1,680 17.0 87,365 17.0 Community and social services occupations........................... 15.07 4.7 603 4.7 31,349 4.7 Social workers.................................................... 17.14 8.3 686 8.3 35,649 8.3 Legal occupations................................................... 20.41 11.5 842 13.8 43,801 13.8 Lawyers........................................................... 33.33 7.0 1,558 13.3 81,015 13.3 Miscellaneous legal support workers............................... 20.40 14.1 861 16.0 44,777 16.0 Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers..................... 20.40 14.1 861 16.0 44,777 16.0 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 15.68 15.2 626 14.8 28,212 14.8 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 19.42 15.8 762 13.5 37,912 13.5 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 19.64 11.1 782 10.6 40,676 10.6 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 19.82 20.4 790 20.5 32,433 20.5 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.19 13.2 407 13.2 19,545 13.2 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 17.59 13.2 699 13.6 36,366 13.6 Designers......................................................... 20.11 18.9 810 19.7 42,107 19.7 Graphic designers............................................... 18.65 11.0 746 11.0 38,796 11.0 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.12 18.6 1,085 19.5 56,408 19.5 Pharmacists....................................................... 50.50 1.2 2,020 1.2 105,043 1.2 Registered nurses................................................. 25.38 9.8 1,014 8.8 52,718 8.8 Therapists........................................................ 38.96 18.0 1,559 18.0 81,044 18.0 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.81 5.9 735 6.4 38,225 6.4 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.35 10.5 511 10.1 26,584 10.1 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.20 3.7 352 3.9 18,303 3.9 Home health aides............................................... 8.18 14.6 313 13.9 16,279 13.9 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.36 3.6 363 4.5 18,893 4.5 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.14 6.4 498 5.0 25,896 5.0 Dental assistants............................................... 16.79 6.1 576 7.3 29,959 7.3 Medical assistants.............................................. 11.37 3.7 454 3.9 23,610 3.9 Protective service occupations...................................... 9.65 17.7 384 17.5 19,964 17.5 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 9.21 19.6 366 19.5 19,044 19.5 Security guards................................................. 9.21 19.6 366 19.5 19,044 19.5 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.19 6.2 275 6.5 14,239 6.5 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 12.99 6.0 551 5.6 28,635 5.6 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 12.99 6.0 551 5.6 28,635 5.6 Cooks............................................................. 8.58 2.2 330 3.4 17,022 3.4 Cooks, fast food................................................ 7.55 3.7 278 8.0 14,467 8.0 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 10.46 10.2 397 10.9 19,268 10.9 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 9.02 3.5 352 3.8 18,314 3.8 Cooks, short order.............................................. 8.14 3.1 325 3.1 16,924 3.1 Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.72 11.4 295 13.1 15,330 13.1 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.87 6.5 142 7.6 7,377 7.6 Bartenders...................................................... 5.89 9.9 218 13.7 11,320 13.7 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.14 6.8 115 6.9 5,968 6.9 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 5.99 4.9 222 6.1 11,534 6.1 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.31 5.6 279 4.6 14,481 4.6 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 7.23 5.6 276 4.4 14,372 4.4 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 7.82 7.2 297 6.6 15,111 6.6 Dishwashers....................................................... 7.42 4.1 287 3.3 14,901 3.3 Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop.......... 6.83 14.9 255 12.9 13,267 12.9 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.48 3.1 328 3.0 17,022 3.0 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 10.11 9.8 389 10.9 20,212 10.9 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.35 3.9 322 3.8 16,724 3.8 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.65 13.7 341 13.1 17,710 13.1 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.46 4.3 278 6.4 14,470 6.4 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 8.45 9.4 334 8.9 17,237 8.9 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.96 4.8 346 4.3 17,993 4.3 First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers....... 11.41 4.7 432 3.8 22,485 3.8 Child care workers................................................ 8.46 6.3 332 5.8 17,230 5.8 Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.49 6.1 715 6.1 37,154 6.1 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 22.76 22.9 957 23.0 49,774 23.0 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.04 3.1 670 3.7 34,840 3.7 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 40.25 49.1 1,725 48.9 89,723 48.9 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.68 7.8 474 8.8 24,646 8.8 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.24 4.6 283 4.5 14,697 4.5 Cashiers...................................................... 7.24 4.6 283 4.5 14,697 4.5 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 15.22 19.1 608 19.5 31,637 19.5 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 15.97 24.7 637 25.2 33,103 25.2 Parts salespersons............................................ 13.79 10.0 555 10.7 28,841 10.7 Retail salespersons............................................. 12.94 7.0 542 9.5 28,164 9.5 Insurance sales agents............................................ 19.00 4.8 777 5.7 40,385 5.7 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 24.91 29.2 996 29.2 51,803 29.2 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 23.22 16.1 965 15.7 50,206 15.7 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products...................................... 29.33 19.7 1,220 19.6 63,443 19.6 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products............................ 21.22 24.9 882 25.0 45,869 25.0 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 20.36 46.0 812 45.7 42,205 45.7 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.85 3.2 547 3.2 28,442 3.2 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 20.80 4.6 829 4.7 43,114 4.7 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.20 4.2 525 4.2 27,277 4.2 Bill and account collectors..................................... 13.98 16.8 559 16.8 29,082 16.8 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 13.19 3.7 520 3.6 27,035 3.6 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.99 3.8 555 4.2 28,837 4.2 Tellers......................................................... 11.77 4.7 471 4.7 24,478 4.7 Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks.......................... 12.03 8.8 454 10.0 23,599 10.0 Customer service representatives.................................. 17.04 6.6 666 6.9 34,489 6.9 Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks.............................. 8.31 8.7 321 9.1 16,707 9.1 Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 16.43 9.4 647 9.5 33,645 9.5 New accounts clerks............................................... 11.74 8.4 468 8.5 24,335 8.5 Order clerks...................................................... 10.89 4.7 435 4.7 22,645 4.7 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.29 2.8 447 2.8 23,230 2.8 Dispatchers....................................................... 11.33 16.3 464 21.6 24,125 21.6 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 11.38 16.8 467 22.0 24,268 22.0 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 14.24 18.2 570 18.2 29,624 18.2 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.43 11.5 495 11.5 25,720 11.5 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.24 6.3 459 7.8 23,431 7.8 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.94 4.0 663 3.8 34,491 3.8 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.08 7.8 800 7.6 41,592 7.6 Legal secretaries............................................... 15.45 5.1 612 5.5 31,837 5.5 Medical secretaries............................................. 15.81 16.0 620 15.7 32,239 15.7 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.47 4.1 593 4.2 30,795 4.2 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 12.61 13.7 501 13.1 26,030 13.1 Data entry keyers............................................... 11.20 7.8 448 7.8 23,289 7.8 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 14.51 7.9 567 7.4 29,475 7.4 Office clerks, general............................................ 11.99 2.2 470 1.5 24,463 1.5 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.79 7.7 633 7.7 32,785 7.7 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 24.85 19.5 1,023 20.5 53,198 20.5 Construction laborers............................................. 10.44 7.0 417 7.0 21,644 7.0 Construction equipment operators.................................. 13.59 5.0 544 5.0 28,274 5.0 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 14.45 2.1 578 2.1 30,049 2.1 Electricians...................................................... 16.11 9.9 645 9.9 33,516 9.9 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 18.45 9.4 738 9.4 38,377 9.4 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 19.35 7.5 774 7.5 40,242 7.5 Sheet metal workers............................................... 15.28 5.7 611 5.7 31,791 5.7 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 11.35 7.0 454 7.0 23,468 7.0 Miscellaneous construction and related workers.................... 14.00 15.8 560 15.8 29,124 15.8 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.60 3.2 712 3.2 36,774 3.2 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 24.13 7.0 1,029 6.3 53,518 6.3 Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers.......... 15.92 16.9 637 16.9 33,119 16.9 Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 21.94 10.2 878 10.2 45,630 10.2 Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers.............................................. 21.94 10.2 878 10.2 45,630 10.2 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................... 17.78 7.8 718 8.6 37,350 8.6 Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment.................................................... 16.74 7.3 670 7.3 34,816 7.3 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 16.90 6.5 688 6.5 35,791 6.5 Automotive body and related repairers........................... 14.47 11.9 579 11.9 30,095 11.9 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 17.55 7.7 718 7.8 37,343 7.8 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 16.66 9.1 675 10.3 35,106 10.3 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics...................................................... 16.24 5.8 650 5.8 33,788 5.8 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers..................................................... 19.66 14.8 793 15.0 41,254 15.0 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.48 7.3 659 7.3 33,951 7.3 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 20.83 19.2 833 19.2 41,162 19.2 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 14.61 7.8 585 7.8 30,397 7.8 Line installers and repairers..................................... 24.44 8.4 978 8.4 50,833 8.4 Electrical power-line installers and repairers.................. 27.18 4.7 1,087 4.7 56,543 4.7 Telecommunications line installers and repairers................ 23.02 11.8 921 11.8 47,886 11.8 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 13.06 14.6 521 14.4 26,595 14.4 Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers.......... 10.15 11.6 406 11.6 20,071 11.6 Production occupations.............................................. 12.70 5.2 507 5.2 26,365 5.2 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 18.71 7.8 758 7.3 39,416 7.3 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 9.79 5.8 392 5.8 20,366 5.8 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 9.49 11.8 380 11.8 19,748 11.8 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 9.35 8.8 374 8.8 19,448 8.8 Bakers............................................................ 9.05 19.7 362 19.7 18,815 19.7 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 12.91 14.7 516 14.7 26,849 14.7 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 13.24 2.4 530 2.4 27,545 2.4 Machinists........................................................ 14.39 8.2 577 9.2 29,995 9.2 Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................................................... 10.53 12.2 421 12.2 21,899 12.2 Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 10.53 12.2 421 12.2 21,899 12.2 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 12.88 5.3 515 5.3 26,791 5.3 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 12.88 5.3 515 5.3 26,782 5.3 Bookbinders and bindery workers................................... 15.29 8.0 612 8.0 31,813 8.0 Bindery workers................................................. 14.95 9.0 598 9.0 31,088 9.0 Printers.......................................................... 15.97 8.0 633 8.4 32,911 8.4 Printing machine operators...................................... 16.81 11.5 667 11.6 34,675 11.6 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 9.10 6.4 360 6.3 18,735 6.3 Sewing machine operators.......................................... 9.24 9.6 370 9.6 19,223 9.6 Miscellaneous plant and system operators.......................... 24.37 15.7 975 15.7 50,700 15.7 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 16.87 7.0 675 7.0 35,085 7.0 Painting workers.................................................. 10.69 8.9 428 8.9 22,233 8.9 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 10.52 12.2 419 12.0 21,812 12.0 Helpers--production workers..................................... 10.83 4.8 428 5.2 22,261 5.2 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.78 6.6 528 10.0 27,275 10.0 First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand................................................... 13.70 9.4 548 9.4 28,504 9.4 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 13.85 6.7 592 12.0 30,717 12.0 Driver/sales workers............................................ 13.65 12.0 571 11.3 29,702 11.3 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 14.83 13.0 651 20.6 33,869 20.6 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 12.17 8.2 499 6.7 25,789 6.7 Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators................. 12.56 8.3 503 8.3 26,132 8.3 Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators........... 12.56 8.3 503 8.3 26,132 8.3 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 11.15 21.7 447 21.5 23,254 21.5 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.20 5.6 366 5.9 18,750 5.9 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 9.29 6.2 372 6.2 19,328 6.2 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.31 8.0 368 8.7 18,603 8.7 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 8.37 9.7 335 9.7 17,401 9.7 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.