Table 16 Private industry establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time workers Hourly(2) Weekly(3) Annual(4) Occupation(1) Mean Median Mean Median Mean Mean Median Mean earnings earnings earnings earnings hours earnings earnings hours All workers........................................................... $18.00 $14.14 $722 $565 40.1 $37,415 $29,376 2,079 Management occupations.............................................. 39.62 37.95 1,620 1,476 40.9 84,207 76,731 2,125 General and operations managers................................... 53.33 47.59 2,296 2,337 43.0 119,375 121,520 2,238 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 46.40 42.32 2,042 1,577 44.0 106,164 82,000 2,288 Marketing managers.............................................. 51.77 36.06 2,197 1,442 42.4 114,229 75,005 2,206 Sales managers.................................................. 42.93 50.42 1,935 2,521 45.1 100,617 131,100 2,344 Computer and information systems managers......................... 45.74 47.68 1,830 1,907 40.0 95,140 99,183 2,080 Financial managers................................................ 39.05 31.64 1,592 1,424 40.8 82,788 74,047 2,120 Transportation, storage, and distribution managers................ 52.41 60.51 2,440 2,606 46.5 126,863 135,491 2,420 Education administrators.......................................... 29.50 25.19 1,145 1,008 38.8 59,022 52,399 2,001 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 31.01 25.19 1,199 1,008 38.7 61,540 52,399 1,985 Medical and health services managers.............................. 29.26 30.52 1,163 1,221 39.8 60,493 63,475 2,068 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.94 24.16 1,042 967 40.2 54,208 50,261 2,089 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 25.63 24.16 1,025 967 40.0 53,321 50,261 2,080 Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 26.15 22.36 1,046 894 40.0 54,394 46,509 2,080 Cost estimators................................................... 27.77 28.02 1,111 1,121 40.0 57,764 58,286 2,080 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 23.80 24.04 937 962 39.4 48,738 49,999 2,048 Training and development specialists............................ 19.99 21.22 800 849 40.0 41,585 44,129 2,080 Management analysts............................................... 37.51 45.15 1,474 1,806 39.3 76,670 93,912 2,044 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 21.17 15.87 843 635 39.8 43,852 32,999 2,072 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 26.28 24.76 1,043 970 39.7 54,215 50,450 2,063 Financial analysts.............................................. 26.57 25.09 1,054 970 39.7 54,784 50,450 2,062 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 16.94 14.42 678 577 40.0 35,238 30,000 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 31.07 30.83 1,255 1,222 40.4 65,239 63,565 2,100 Computer programmers.............................................. 28.17 28.87 1,123 1,155 39.9 58,403 60,050 2,073 Computer software engineers....................................... 44.06 40.87 1,815 1,627 41.2 94,402 84,602 2,142 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 44.28 36.68 1,771 1,467 40.0 92,101 76,301 2,080 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 43.93 46.02 1,846 1,790 42.0 95,972 93,080 2,185 Computer systems analysts......................................... 32.07 34.52 1,285 1,381 40.1 66,824 71,810 2,083 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 25.52 23.91 1,021 957 40.0 53,092 49,741 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 28.09 28.96 1,131 1,158 40.3 58,811 60,239 2,094 Engineers......................................................... 35.50 32.73 1,439 1,356 40.5 74,851 70,491 2,108 Aerospace engineers............................................. 43.08 42.79 1,723 1,712 40.0 89,600 88,999 2,080 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 38.00 35.13 1,544 1,408 40.6 80,297 73,216 2,113 Electrical engineers.......................................... 38.00 35.13 1,544 1,408 40.6 80,297 73,216 2,113 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 36.26 32.73 1,498 1,309 41.3 77,883 68,068 2,148 Industrial engineers.......................................... 33.51 32.73 1,389 1,309 41.4 72,217 68,068 2,155 Mechanical engineers............................................ 31.41 30.06 1,256 1,202 40.0 65,323 62,523 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 21.30 17.58 852 703 40.0 44,298 36,566 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 25.42 21.00 1,034 908 40.7 53,786 47,226 2,116 Physical scientists............................................... 41.77 28.12 1,688 1,125 40.4 87,761 58,490 2,101 Community and social services occupations........................... 16.76 13.27 669 531 39.9 34,511 27,600 2,060 Counselors........................................................ 13.31 12.74 529 510 39.7 27,324 26,499 2,053 Social workers.................................................... 19.55 24.20 782 968 40.0 40,669 50,336 2,080 Legal occupations................................................... 53.53 37.24 2,349 2,546 43.9 122,170 132,402 2,282 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 24.50 25.58 941 1,001 38.4 38,990 39,909 1,591 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 30.02 30.77 1,170 1,231 39.0 47,128 48,000 1,570 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 30.42 30.74 1,215 1,230 39.9 49,146 49,182 1,616 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 26.03 25.03 967 1,001 37.1 40,339 40,045 1,550 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 22.23 22.94 833 882 37.5 33,788 33,888 1,520 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 26.16 24.89 990 996 37.8 38,269 37,235 1,463 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 21.23 18.51 848 740 40.0 43,975 38,501 2,071 Designers......................................................... 20.24 17.54 809 702 40.0 42,090 36,489 2,080 Graphic designers............................................... 20.19 17.54 807 702 40.0 41,985 36,489 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.49 23.00 965 896 39.4 50,155 46,587 2,048 Pharmacists....................................................... 50.12 50.00 2,005 2,000 40.0 104,248 104,000 2,080 Registered nurses................................................. 28.18 25.59 1,100 980 39.0 57,185 50,981 2,029 Therapists........................................................ 21.13 20.50 844 820 40.0 43,897 42,640 2,078 Respiratory therapists.......................................... 19.87 19.78 794 791 40.0 41,284 41,142 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... 14.83 14.29 593 572 40.0 30,836 29,723 2,079 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.58 16.80 653 662 39.4 33,957 34,445 2,048 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.34 10.00 406 390 39.2 21,093 20,280 2,039 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.66 9.70 377 375 39.1 19,628 19,500 2,033 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.61 9.35 375 374 39.0 19,475 19,433 2,026 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.65 12.21 502 483 39.7 26,113 25,126 2,064 Medical assistants.............................................. 13.75 13.65 546 546 39.7 28,412 28,392 2,066 Medical transcriptionists....................................... 13.09 12.78 517 511 39.5 26,875 26,582 2,053 Protective service occupations...................................... 10.24 9.45 409 378 40.0 21,292 19,635 2,079 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 10.12 9.12 404 365 39.9 21,010 18,959 2,077 Security guards................................................. 10.00 9.12 399 365 39.9 20,766 18,959 2,077 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.39 6.82 294 271 39.8 15,246 13,874 2,063 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 12.41 11.00 511 440 41.2 26,594 22,880 2,142 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 12.23 11.00 505 440 41.3 26,240 22,880 2,146 Cooks............................................................. 11.20 11.34 446 454 39.8 23,189 23,596 2,070 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 10.47 9.82 413 368 39.4 21,458 19,149 2,050 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.76 5.76 230 230 40.0 11,969 11,985 2,079 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 5.56 5.76 222 230 40.0 11,557 11,985 2,079 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 8.64 8.12 342 322 39.6 17,542 16,765 2,031 Dishwashers....................................................... 8.24 8.25 330 330 40.0 17,137 17,160 2,080 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.22 8.44 406 338 39.7 21,105 17,561 2,064 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 16.85 19.69 674 788 40.0 35,052 40,955 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers...................................................... 16.85 19.69 674 788 40.0 35,052 40,955 2,080 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.69 8.15 345 326 39.6 17,915 16,931 2,061 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.25 8.94 365 358 39.4 18,964 18,601 2,050 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.13 8.00 324 320 39.9 16,850 16,640 2,073 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 8.72 7.75 348 310 40.0 17,904 16,120 2,054 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 8.72 7.75 348 310 40.0 17,904 16,120 2,054 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.46 6.67 339 267 40.1 17,592 13,880 2,079 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 Sales and related occupations....................................... 22.24 13.24 905 530 40.7 47,056 27,535 2,116 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.24 15.25 768 607 42.1 39,923 31,572 2,189 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 18.55 15.45 769 618 41.5 39,986 32,136 2,156 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.83 11.02 474 440 40.1 24,641 22,880 2,083 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.62 12.00 464 480 39.9 24,103 24,960 2,075 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.98 10.00 482 390 40.2 25,073 20,259 2,093 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 28.83 22.89 1,200 915 41.6 62,409 47,601 2,165 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products............................ 27.09 22.51 1,136 915 42.0 59,097 47,601 2,182 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 18.22 14.70 729 588 40.0 37,891 30,576 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.45 12.16 538 486 40.0 27,958 25,293 2,079 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 21.49 20.40 871 816 40.5 45,288 42,432 2,107 Switchboard operators, including answering service................ 11.06 11.85 442 474 40.0 23,010 24,648 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.17 11.50 487 460 40.0 25,337 23,920 2,081 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 14.16 12.12 580 485 40.9 30,136 25,216 2,128 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.21 13.55 567 542 39.9 29,487 28,184 2,076 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 16.03 16.29 641 652 40.0 33,350 33,879 2,080 Tellers......................................................... 11.05 10.88 442 435 40.0 22,992 22,639 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.81 11.38 510 455 39.8 26,497 23,660 2,069 File clerks....................................................... 10.63 9.09 421 364 39.6 21,874 18,905 2,059 Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 13.98 12.92 554 502 39.6 28,786 26,083 2,059 Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 11.65 11.31 466 452 40.0 24,231 23,525 2,080 Order clerks...................................................... 12.79 14.16 510 566 39.9 26,530 29,451 2,074 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 14.75 14.43 586 577 39.7 30,315 29,697 2,055 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.47 11.77 458 471 39.9 23,799 24,490 2,074 Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks.... 15.56 17.54 622 702 40.0 32,361 36,481 2,080 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 18.44 14.36 737 574 40.0 38,349 29,869 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 11.22 10.00 449 400 40.0 23,308 20,800 2,077 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.43 11.75 496 470 39.9 25,797 24,440 2,075 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.87 15.67 671 627 39.8 34,892 32,596 2,068 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.90 21.01 795 797 39.9 41,332 41,438 2,077 Medical secretaries............................................. 11.99 11.49 478 457 39.9 24,873 23,774 2,074 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.54 14.75 577 590 39.7 29,996 30,680 2,063 Computer operators................................................ 14.54 13.50 582 540 40.0 30,253 28,080 2,080 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 12.45 12.52 498 501 40.0 25,888 26,042 2,080 Data entry keyers............................................... 12.16 12.26 486 490 40.0 25,294 25,501 2,080 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 13.01 13.06 520 522 40.0 27,061 27,167 2,080 Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service..... 10.44 10.94 418 437 40.0 21,725 22,749 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.66 11.79 506 472 39.9 26,298 24,523 2,077 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.42 17.00 697 680 40.0 36,243 35,360 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 24.01 22.00 962 880 40.1 50,041 45,760 2,084 Carpenters........................................................ 20.12 18.00 805 720 40.0 41,849 37,440 2,080 Construction laborers............................................. 11.53 9.00 461 360 40.0 23,976 18,720 2,080 Electricians...................................................... 24.08 22.31 963 892 40.0 50,091 46,396 2,080 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 20.14 17.75 806 710 40.0 41,899 36,920 2,080 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 20.14 17.75 806 710 40.0 41,899 36,920 2,080 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 12.79 11.91 512 476 40.0 26,608 24,775 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.90 19.74 876 790 40.0 45,518 41,059 2,079 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................... 24.80 28.61 992 1,144 40.0 51,581 59,509 2,080 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 15.22 16.00 616 640 40.5 32,039 33,280 2,104 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 16.94 16.83 679 673 40.1 35,307 35,006 2,085 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 21.18 20.42 847 817 40.0 44,056 42,474 2,080 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 24.25 27.05 970 1,082 40.0 50,424 56,264 2,079 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 21.72 19.07 869 763 40.0 45,175 39,672 2,080 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 15.29 15.27 611 611 40.0 31,797 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..................................... 27.49 27.69 1,100 1,108 40.0 57,185 57,591 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 16.20 13.75 646 550 39.9 33,124 28,492 2,045 Production occupations.............................................. 15.97 14.00 637 555 39.9 33,061 28,845 2,071 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 20.03 19.20 805 768 40.2 41,810 39,926 2,088 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 11.26 11.15 447 436 39.7 23,238 22,655 2,064 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 11.41 12.17 456 487 40.0 23,725 25,314 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 18.21 14.50 728 580 40.0 37,875 30,160 2,080 Miscellaneous food processing workers............................. 15.07 14.40 603 576 40.0 31,344 29,952 2,080 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 16.74 15.79 669 631 40.0 34,812 32,833 2,080 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 15.43 14.00 617 560 40.0 32,102 29,120 2,080 Machinists........................................................ 18.67 17.85 747 714 40.0 38,828 37,128 2,080 Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................................................... 11.32 10.70 451 428 39.8 23,443 22,256 2,071 Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 11.32 10.70 451 428 39.8 23,443 22,256 2,071 Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 18.51 18.19 741 728 40.0 38,507 37,835 2,080 Tool and die makers............................................... 21.03 20.63 841 825 40.0 43,748 42,910 2,080 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 16.81 16.89 672 676 40.0 34,965 35,131 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 16.86 17.50 674 700 40.0 35,061 36,400 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.................... 16.69 16.89 667 676 40.0 34,707 35,131 2,080 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.................................. 9.01 8.39 356 336 39.6 18,527 17,451 2,057 Sewing machine operators.......................................... 10.05 9.45 389 368 38.7 19,856 18,928 1,977 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 11.63 12.25 465 490 40.0 23,747 24,500 2,042 Miscellaneous plant and system operators.......................... 25.48 26.08 1,011 996 39.7 52,594 51,815 2,064 Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders....... 13.99 12.93 558 517 39.9 29,014 26,896 2,074 Chemical equipment operators and tenders........................ 14.80 14.91 589 596 39.8 30,642 31,013 2,070 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 19.33 21.40 773 856 40.0 40,203 44,512 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 18.50 16.11 743 677 40.2 38,633 35,184 2,088 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 14.74 12.68 587 505 39.8 30,526 26,264 2,070 Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders............. 20.47 22.82 819 913 40.0 42,586 47,472 2,080 Helpers--production workers..................................... 11.00 12.00 433 480 39.3 22,493 24,960 2,044 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.62 14.05 636 562 40.7 32,851 29,224 2,103 First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand................................................... 21.41 23.40 950 1,030 44.4 49,410 53,583 2,307 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................. 26.03 28.43 1,041 1,137 40.0 54,153 59,134 2,081 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............................ 17.08 16.57 733 750 42.9 38,106 39,000 2,231 Driver/sales workers............................................ 16.04 17.03 706 752 44.0 36,720 39,108 2,289 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 17.03 15.00 766 750 45.0 39,817 39,000 2,338 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 17.57 17.64 703 706 40.0 36,554 36,689 2,080 Crane and tower operators......................................... 20.05 15.79 802 631 40.0 41,696 32,833 2,080 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.19 12.95 526 518 39.9 27,359 26,930 2,074 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.73 10.89 429 435 40.0 22,258 22,402 2,075 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.10 11.43 445 456 40.1 22,998 23,587 2,073 Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 10.23 11.00 409 440 40.0 21,278 22,880 2,080 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 9.67 9.00 387 360 40.0 20,122 18,720 2,080 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 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. 4 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.