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........................................................... $17.24 $13.46 $691 $538 40.1 $35,843 $27,955 2,079 Management occupations.............................................. 37.01 34.00 1,531 1,380 41.4 79,615 71,768 2,151 General and operations managers................................... 47.84 43.27 2,123 1,603 44.4 110,297 83,366 2,305 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 42.59 36.80 1,835 1,442 43.1 95,407 75,005 2,240 Marketing managers.............................................. 39.78 31.80 1,648 1,272 41.4 85,680 66,152 2,154 Sales managers.................................................. 44.90 50.42 2,001 2,269 44.6 104,042 117,998 2,317 Computer and information systems managers......................... 44.97 42.59 1,799 1,704 40.0 93,528 88,587 2,080 Financial managers................................................ 34.70 30.38 1,422 1,146 41.0 73,942 59,611 2,131 Transportation, storage, and distribution managers................ 51.41 60.51 2,380 2,606 46.3 123,769 135,491 2,407 Construction managers............................................. 32.89 30.00 1,369 1,327 41.6 71,191 68,999 2,164 Education administrators.......................................... 17.54 12.00 695 480 39.6 36,041 24,960 2,055 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 30.68 25.19 1,187 1,008 38.7 60,964 52,399 1,987 Engineering managers.............................................. 58.64 54.58 2,375 2,183 40.5 123,479 113,535 2,106 Lodging managers.................................................. 17.39 13.85 696 554 40.0 36,180 28,808 2,080 Medical and health services managers.............................. 28.73 30.52 1,143 1,221 39.8 59,445 63,475 2,069 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.65 24.04 1,035 967 40.3 53,819 50,261 2,098 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 26.61 24.16 1,065 967 40.0 55,356 50,261 2,080 Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 26.13 26.23 1,045 1,049 40.0 54,341 54,558 2,080 Cost estimators................................................... 23.40 24.04 958 962 41.0 49,841 50,003 2,130 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 22.91 21.13 926 924 40.4 48,151 48,071 2,102 Training and development specialists............................ 19.99 21.22 800 849 40.0 41,585 44,129 2,080 Management analysts............................................... 37.49 45.15 1,473 1,806 39.3 76,622 93,912 2,044 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 20.86 17.77 833 711 39.9 43,293 36,962 2,075 Credit analysts................................................... 23.92 28.28 957 1,131 40.0 49,753 58,814 2,080 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 26.32 25.09 1,044 970 39.7 54,304 50,450 2,064 Financial analysts.............................................. 26.57 25.09 1,054 970 39.7 54,784 50,450 2,062 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 26.39 22.84 1,056 914 40.0 54,895 47,503 2,080 Loan officers................................................... 28.10 23.65 1,124 946 40.0 58,456 49,194 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 32.86 32.60 1,333 1,293 40.6 69,300 67,240 2,109 Computer programmers.............................................. 27.77 26.94 1,118 1,200 40.3 58,138 62,424 2,094 Computer software engineers....................................... 43.29 42.36 1,789 1,688 41.3 93,053 87,797 2,150 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 44.84 40.67 1,794 1,627 40.0 93,269 84,602 2,080 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 42.52 43.43 1,787 1,737 42.0 92,941 90,343 2,186 Computer support specialists...................................... 25.29 17.29 1,005 692 39.8 52,279 35,963 2,067 Computer systems analysts......................................... 34.03 34.70 1,363 1,388 40.1 70,873 72,176 2,083 Database administrators........................................... 32.56 28.37 1,302 1,135 40.0 67,723 58,999 2,080 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 28.88 27.52 1,168 1,094 40.4 60,712 56,869 2,103 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 32.10 36.76 1,396 1,478 43.5 72,585 76,841 2,261 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 30.08 28.61 1,217 1,162 40.5 63,309 60,399 2,104 Engineers......................................................... 37.77 32.73 1,549 1,391 41.0 80,549 72,327 2,133 Aerospace engineers............................................. 43.08 42.79 1,723 1,712 40.0 89,600 88,999 2,080 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 28.45 22.86 1,215 1,029 42.7 63,181 53,499 2,220 Electrical engineers.......................................... 28.45 22.86 1,215 1,029 42.7 63,181 53,499 2,220 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 47.62 39.46 1,944 1,578 40.8 101,064 82,073 2,122 Industrial engineers.......................................... 32.85 32.73 1,357 1,309 41.3 70,553 68,068 2,148 Mechanical engineers............................................ 31.22 30.06 1,290 1,202 41.3 67,068 62,523 2,148 Drafters.......................................................... 19.02 17.08 761 683 40.0 39,568 35,524 2,080 Architectural and civil drafters................................ 19.54 18.27 782 731 40.0 40,649 38,000 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 25.96 26.51 1,038 1,060 40.0 53,987 55,141 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 23.72 20.18 953 885 40.2 49,565 45,999 2,090 Physical scientists............................................... 34.01 28.12 1,369 1,125 40.3 71,187 58,490 2,093 Community and social services occupations........................... 17.07 16.26 681 650 39.9 35,259 33,467 2,066 Counselors........................................................ 13.63 12.02 541 481 39.7 27,996 25,000 2,054 Social workers.................................................... 18.68 17.72 747 709 40.0 38,865 36,864 2,080 Legal occupations................................................... 29.24 19.53 1,220 781 41.7 63,456 40,629 2,170 Lawyers........................................................... 50.79 37.24 2,275 1,862 44.8 118,293 96,832 2,329 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 17.23 13.93 669 557 38.8 29,325 28,200 1,702 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 29.35 30.77 1,142 1,231 38.9 46,508 48,000 1,585 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 29.11 28.75 1,152 1,150 39.6 47,169 49,182 1,620 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 25.86 25.03 964 959 37.3 40,575 40,045 1,569 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 14.49 11.06 561 443 38.7 24,726 21,381 1,707 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 21.62 20.41 817 791 37.8 31,012 31,361 1,434 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 22.48 22.70 847 854 37.7 32,207 32,200 1,433 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 18.81 16.83 767 700 40.8 39,816 36,400 2,117 Designers......................................................... 18.00 16.67 720 673 40.0 37,442 35,000 2,080 Graphic designers............................................... 19.19 16.83 768 673 40.0 39,915 35,000 2,080 News analysts, reporters and correspondents....................... 23.74 19.96 950 799 40.0 49,386 41,523 2,080 Reporters and correspondents.................................... 17.86 16.83 714 673 40.0 37,149 35,000 2,080 Writers and editors............................................... 19.17 18.40 842 823 43.9 43,763 42,815 2,283 Editors......................................................... 18.92 18.40 832 823 44.0 43,271 42,815 2,287 Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio operators... 15.76 16.46 630 658 40.0 32,774 34,237 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.04 22.16 990 877 39.6 51,498 45,614 2,057 Pharmacists....................................................... 50.24 49.50 2,009 1,980 40.0 104,493 102,962 2,080 Registered nurses................................................. 27.42 24.64 1,076 953 39.2 55,945 49,562 2,040 Therapists........................................................ 21.27 21.50 850 860 40.0 44,195 44,720 2,078 Respiratory therapists.......................................... 20.37 20.14 814 806 40.0 42,330 41,891 2,078 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 21.84 22.81 863 888 39.5 44,868 46,157 2,054 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 21.54 22.24 862 890 40.0 44,804 46,259 2,080 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 22.05 20.14 875 784 39.7 45,493 40,768 2,063 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 21.29 22.31 841 834 39.5 43,713 43,347 2,054 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 13.95 13.33 554 530 39.7 28,802 27,558 2,065 Pharmacy technicians............................................ 13.27 12.50 525 500 39.5 27,283 26,000 2,056 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.27 16.40 644 644 39.6 33,475 33,488 2,057 Miscellaneous health technologists and technicians................ 15.64 14.50 625 580 40.0 32,524 30,160 2,080 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.38 10.00 410 391 39.5 21,292 20,324 2,051 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.26 9.05 364 360 39.3 18,919 18,741 2,043 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.39 9.05 367 362 39.1 19,074 18,824 2,031 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 11.78 11.50 467 460 39.7 24,278 23,920 2,061 Medical assistants.............................................. 10.39 10.42 415 417 39.9 21,587 21,667 2,077 Medical transcriptionists....................................... 13.64 13.85 544 554 39.9 28,308 28,808 2,075 Protective service occupations...................................... 10.18 9.45 407 378 40.0 21,154 19,656 2,079 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 10.06 9.12 402 365 39.9 20,895 18,959 2,077 Security guards................................................. 9.95 9.12 397 365 39.9 20,668 18,959 2,077 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.46 6.91 295 262 39.5 15,291 13,639 2,051 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 13.14 12.88 570 594 43.4 29,625 30,888 2,255 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 13.14 12.88 571 594 43.4 29,674 30,888 2,258 Cooks............................................................. 9.28 9.86 366 375 39.4 19,007 19,496 2,049 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 8.62 8.36 342 334 39.7 17,802 17,389 2,065 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 10.68 11.34 419 454 39.2 21,802 23,596 2,041 Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.81 8.50 347 324 39.3 17,319 14,625 1,966 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.39 5.75 212 226 39.3 11,001 11,770 2,043 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 5.21 5.50 205 220 39.3 10,640 11,440 2,044 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.89 7.70 309 292 39.1 15,979 15,184 2,025 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 7.85 7.50 308 280 39.3 15,936 14,560 2,030 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 6.42 7.50 247 266 38.5 12,775 13,832 1,989 Dishwashers....................................................... 8.29 8.25 331 330 40.0 17,236 17,160 2,080 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.59 8.94 421 356 39.7 21,857 18,512 2,063 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 17.46 19.69 701 788 40.1 36,434 40,955 2,087 First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers...................................................... 17.48 19.69 700 788 40.0 36,390 40,955 2,081 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.04 8.35 358 334 39.6 18,604 17,364 2,058 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.72 8.94 384 358 39.5 19,986 18,601 2,056 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.16 8.00 324 320 39.7 16,797 16,640 2,059 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 10.37 9.10 415 364 40.0 21,429 18,936 2,066 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 10.37 9.10 415 364 40.0 21,429 18,936 2,066 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.46 6.67 337 267 39.8 17,472 13,880 2,065 First-line supervisors/managers of gaming workers................. 14.22 12.95 578 518 40.6 30,063 26,936 2,114 Gaming services workers........................................... 6.25 6.31 250 252 40.0 12,999 13,119 2,080 Gaming dealers.................................................. 6.25 6.31 250 252 40.0 12,999 13,119 2,080 Child care workers................................................ 7.50 6.50 300 260 40.0 15,606 13,520 2,080 Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.04 13.24 775 530 40.7 40,290 27,535 2,116 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 16.81 15.70 725 618 43.1 37,713 32,136 2,243 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.11 15.70 693 628 43.0 36,029 32,656 2,237 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 19.44 15.25 847 610 43.6 44,049 31,726 2,266 Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.80 10.00 432 399 40.0 22,446 20,729 2,079 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.80 9.16 391 366 40.0 20,350 19,055 2,078 Cashiers...................................................... 8.98 8.50 359 340 39.9 18,655 17,680 2,077 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 13.51 12.52 538 501 39.8 27,991 26,042 2,072 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 9.89 9.30 368 372 37.2 19,133 19,344 1,934 Parts salespersons............................................ 14.27 13.34 577 534 40.4 30,005 27,756 2,103 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.64 10.59 466 415 40.0 24,232 21,570 2,082 Insurance sales agents............................................ 29.62 19.06 1,209 762 40.8 62,857 39,649 2,122 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 26.70 22.86 1,094 915 41.0 56,893 47,601 2,131 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products...................................... 31.32 23.27 1,265 931 40.4 65,771 48,402 2,100 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products............................ 25.57 22.51 1,052 900 41.1 54,688 46,825 2,139 Sales engineers................................................... 29.42 25.06 1,299 1,253 44.2 67,556 65,159 2,296 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 13.46 10.00 538 400 40.0 27,990 20,800 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.22 12.14 526 485 39.8 27,353 25,210 2,069 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 19.42 19.23 767 760 39.5 39,892 39,520 2,054 Switchboard operators, including answering service................ 11.05 11.85 442 474 40.0 22,984 24,648 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.84 12.12 510 485 39.7 26,508 25,216 2,064 Bill and account collectors..................................... 11.50 10.00 460 400 40.0 23,922 20,800 2,080 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 13.21 12.50 533 500 40.4 27,738 25,990 2,100 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.14 13.55 558 540 39.5 29,007 28,080 2,052 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 15.29 16.29 611 652 40.0 31,793 33,879 2,080 Tellers......................................................... 10.30 10.00 406 382 39.4 21,121 19,885 2,050 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.88 11.72 512 469 39.8 26,631 24,384 2,068 File clerks....................................................... 11.73 10.58 463 423 39.5 24,064 22,000 2,052 Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks.............................. 9.70 9.58 385 383 39.7 20,009 19,922 2,063 Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 13.96 12.89 553 502 39.6 28,737 26,083 2,059 Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 14.40 14.91 572 596 39.7 29,719 31,002 2,063 Order clerks...................................................... 12.48 11.83 498 473 39.9 25,920 24,606 2,077 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 14.78 14.43 587 577 39.7 30,384 29,697 2,056 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.24 11.00 450 440 40.0 23,389 22,880 2,081 Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks.... 12.37 13.43 484 537 39.1 25,165 27,941 2,034 Dispatchers....................................................... 17.22 17.50 772 875 44.8 40,121 45,500 2,329 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 17.22 17.50 772 875 44.8 40,121 45,500 2,329 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 18.09 14.36 723 574 40.0 37,619 29,869 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 11.84 11.77 473 471 40.0 24,587 24,482 2,077 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.26 11.75 488 470 39.8 25,366 24,440 2,069 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.05 15.49 638 620 39.7 33,161 32,215 2,066 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.10 19.29 766 772 40.1 39,810 40,123 2,085 Medical secretaries............................................. 12.41 11.55 494 460 39.9 25,646 23,899 2,067 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.00 15.25 596 610 39.7 30,983 31,712 2,066 Computer operators................................................ 14.74 13.50 590 540 40.0 30,663 28,080 2,080 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 12.54 12.52 502 501 40.0 26,093 26,042 2,080 Data entry keyers............................................... 12.18 12.26 487 490 40.0 25,330 25,501 2,080 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 14.84 13.46 583 522 39.3 30,305 27,167 2,042 Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service..... 9.21 9.00 368 360 40.0 19,151 18,720 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.66 11.47 504 458 39.8 26,205 23,837 2,069 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.67 14.70 625 580 39.9 32,367 30,160 2,066 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 23.52 23.80 941 952 40.0 48,956 49,498 2,082 Carpenters........................................................ 17.32 17.00 693 680 40.0 36,033 35,360 2,080 Construction laborers............................................. 11.45 10.50 458 420 40.0 23,812 21,840 2,080 Construction equipment operators.................................. 17.36 14.75 694 590 40.0 36,100 30,680 2,080 Electricians...................................................... 17.65 17.00 706 680 40.0 36,703 35,360 2,080 Painters and paperhangers......................................... 14.36 14.00 574 560 40.0 29,872 29,120 2,080 Painters, construction and maintenance.......................... 14.36 14.00 574 560 40.0 29,872 29,120 2,080 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 17.90 17.00 716 680 40.0 37,232 35,360 2,080 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 17.90 17.00 716 680 40.0 37,232 35,360 2,080 Sheet metal workers............................................... 15.03 15.50 601 620 40.0 31,266 32,240 2,080 Structural iron and steel workers................................. 17.19 16.00 688 640 40.0 35,764 33,280 2,080 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 12.07 12.05 479 480 39.7 24,639 24,960 2,042 Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters.... 12.56 13.00 502 520 40.0 26,122 27,040 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.97 17.79 802 712 40.2 41,704 37,003 2,089 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 23.59 19.58 970 860 41.1 50,463 44,720 2,139 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................... 23.34 26.26 934 1,050 40.0 48,545 54,621 2,080 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 19.27 17.20 775 690 40.2 40,281 35,880 2,090 Automotive body and related repairers........................... 18.92 17.25 757 690 40.0 39,362 35,880 2,080 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 19.44 17.00 783 720 40.3 40,716 37,440 2,094 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 17.35 16.83 695 673 40.1 36,160 35,006 2,084 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics...................................................... 16.99 15.85 689 634 40.6 35,837 32,964 2,109 Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines................ 17.97 18.54 719 742 40.0 37,387 38,569 2,080 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers..................................................... 16.04 16.18 642 647 40.0 33,369 33,648 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.27 17.60 771 704 40.0 40,079 36,608 2,079 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 23.64 23.13 945 925 40.0 49,149 48,100 2,079 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.48 13.00 659 520 40.0 34,263 27,040 2,079 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 15.19 15.27 608 611 40.0 31,604 31,762 2,080 Millwrights..................................................... 25.26 28.06 1,010 1,122 40.0 52,542 58,365 2,080 Line installers and repairers..................................... 26.22 27.69 1,049 1,108 40.0 54,530 57,591 2,080 Electrical power-line installers and repairers.................. 26.74 27.23 1,070 1,089 40.0 55,628 56,638 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 15.08 13.33 602 533 39.9 30,994 27,735 2,056 Production occupations.............................................. 14.99 13.00 597 518 39.8 30,999 26,936 2,067 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 19.90 19.20 799 768 40.1 41,507 39,926 2,086 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 11.01 10.79 438 423 39.8 22,769 21,986 2,068 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 10.96 10.10 438 404 40.0 22,798 21,008 2,080 Structural metal fabricators and fitters.......................... 14.71 15.10 588 604 40.0 30,590 31,408 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 17.39 13.40 696 536 40.0 36,178 27,872 2,080 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 8.39 7.70 327 292 39.0 17,009 15,184 2,027 Butchers and meat cutters....................................... 11.09 12.00 439 480 39.6 22,813 24,960 2,057 Miscellaneous food processing workers............................. 14.13 14.40 554 576 39.2 28,796 29,952 2,038 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 15.71 15.70 628 628 40.0 32,643 32,656 2,078 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 15.38 15.70 614 628 40.0 31,945 32,656 2,077 Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............................................ 19.59 19.09 783 745 40.0 40,712 38,723 2,079 Machinists........................................................ 18.38 19.00 734 760 39.9 38,155 39,520 2,076 Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................................................... 11.37 10.70 453 428 39.8 23,545 22,256 2,071 Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 11.37 10.70 453 428 39.8 23,545 22,256 2,071 Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 17.93 17.55 716 702 39.9 37,215 36,504 2,075 Tool and die makers............................................... 20.79 20.36 832 814 40.0 43,241 42,349 2,080 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 16.35 16.89 654 676 40.0 34,002 35,131 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 16.19 16.50 648 660 40.0 33,674 34,320 2,080 Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders...................................................... 16.75 16.89 670 676 40.0 34,842 35,131 2,080 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 14.78 15.00 591 600 40.0 30,738 31,200 2,079 Printers.......................................................... 22.86 24.88 874 896 38.2 45,441 46,575 1,988 Printing machine operators...................................... 22.38 23.95 863 862 38.5 44,855 44,834 2,004 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 8.89 8.39 351 336 39.5 18,238 17,451 2,051 Sewing machine operators.......................................... 9.78 9.10 381 360 39.0 19,516 18,695 1,995 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 10.63 9.28 425 371 40.0 21,854 19,302 2,055 Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood............ 9.58 9.00 383 360 40.0 19,567 18,720 2,043 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing....................................................... 12.66 13.25 506 530 40.0 26,336 27,560 2,080 Miscellaneous plant and system operators.......................... 22.97 26.08 913 996 39.7 47,478 51,815 2,067 Chemical plant and system operators............................. 25.36 26.08 1,005 996 39.6 52,239 51,815 2,060 Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders....... 13.59 12.93 542 517 39.9 28,190 26,896 2,075 Chemical equipment operators and tenders........................ 13.99 10.50 558 420 39.8 28,995 21,840 2,072 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 17.57 18.57 703 743 40.0 36,541 38,621 2,080 Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 18.39 19.53 736 781 40.0 38,261 40,622 2,080 Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders......................................... 13.42 13.85 530 554 39.5 27,549 28,808 2,052 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.17 14.85 689 594 40.1 35,825 30,880 2,087 Painting workers.................................................. 12.15 10.50 486 420 40.0 25,271 21,840 2,080 Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders...................................................... 11.96 10.50 478 420 40.0 24,881 21,840 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.14 11.00 524 440 39.9 27,250 22,880 2,073 Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders............. 17.81 14.87 712 595 40.0 37,050 30,930 2,080 Helpers--production workers..................................... 10.95 11.23 432 449 39.4 22,461 23,358 2,051 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.26 12.75 576 506 40.4 29,860 26,266 2,094 First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand................................................... 19.32 17.81 823 831 42.6 42,782 43,217 2,215 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................. 22.90 18.74 930 750 40.6 48,370 38,975 2,113 Aircraft pilots and flight engineers.............................. 75.07 77.98 1,537 1,620 20.5 79,938 84,262 1,065 Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers.................. 75.07 77.98 1,537 1,620 20.5 79,938 84,262 1,065 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.14 14.50 633 580 41.8 32,921 30,160 2,175 Driver/sales workers............................................ 15.03 15.25 637 610 42.4 33,113 31,720 2,203 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 15.36 14.50 662 600 43.1 34,446 31,200 2,243 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 14.87 14.05 595 562 40.0 30,924 29,224 2,080 Crane and tower operators......................................... 18.82 17.00 753 680 40.0 39,137 35,360 2,080 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.75 12.46 509 496 39.9 26,487 25,813 2,077 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.62 10.45 422 410 39.7 21,878 21,320 2,059 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 10.13 9.98 405 399 40.0 21,069 20,752 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.01 10.95 435 438 39.5 22,560 22,780 2,049 Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 10.28 11.24 411 450 40.0 21,388 23,379 2,080 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 9.69 9.47 388 379 40.0 20,155 19,704 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.