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........................................................... $29.26 $25.23 $1,089 $966 37.2 $51,309 $47,446 1,753 Management occupations.............................................. 43.06 44.73 1,630 1,674 37.9 84,248 86,870 1,957 General and operations managers................................... 38.44 28.57 1,446 1,000 37.6 75,188 51,999 1,956 Financial managers................................................ 48.32 51.97 1,884 2,076 39.0 97,956 107,957 2,027 Education administrators.......................................... 48.38 48.50 1,841 1,871 38.0 94,010 95,472 1,943 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 51.20 48.50 1,986 1,905 38.8 100,227 99,083 1,958 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 45.39 50.41 1,673 1,764 36.9 87,004 91,741 1,917 Medical and health services managers.............................. 39.31 34.55 1,442 1,296 36.7 75,039 67,580 1,909 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 29.27 27.86 1,088 1,047 37.2 56,571 54,442 1,933 Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation..................................... 26.28 26.79 959 950 36.5 49,893 49,397 1,898 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 30.86 31.59 1,108 1,106 35.9 57,596 57,487 1,866 Tax examiners, collectors, preparers, and revenue agents.......... 25.86 25.11 973 943 37.6 50,580 49,015 1,956 Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents................... 25.86 25.11 973 943 37.6 50,580 49,015 1,956 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 29.82 26.52 1,096 997 36.7 56,193 51,873 1,884 Computer support specialists...................................... 24.79 22.80 936 856 37.7 46,719 43,380 1,884 Computer systems analysts......................................... 36.77 34.68 1,329 1,256 36.1 68,420 63,660 1,861 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 24.06 22.84 927 913 38.5 47,867 47,501 1,989 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 34.47 30.40 1,291 1,172 37.5 67,149 60,956 1,948 Engineers......................................................... 34.99 29.86 1,312 1,172 37.5 68,242 60,957 1,950 Civil engineers................................................. 31.33 29.54 1,237 1,182 39.5 64,344 61,443 2,054 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 32.83 30.22 1,215 1,116 37.0 61,123 56,941 1,862 Physical scientists............................................... 31.37 26.07 1,126 912 35.9 58,550 47,446 1,866 Environmental scientists and geoscientists...................... 36.04 38.78 1,322 1,413 36.7 68,791 73,468 1,909 Environmental scientists and specialists, including health.... 37.01 38.78 1,354 1,413 36.6 70,427 73,468 1,903 Psychologists..................................................... 41.33 36.38 1,521 1,379 36.8 67,929 67,924 1,644 Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists.................. 41.79 34.49 1,535 1,379 36.7 67,468 64,913 1,614 Community and social services occupations........................... 31.95 27.10 1,151 1,014 36.0 54,443 52,057 1,704 Counselors........................................................ 43.10 42.26 1,526 1,498 35.4 64,030 60,500 1,486 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 49.03 47.60 1,696 1,657 34.6 67,184 68,644 1,370 Social workers.................................................... 29.45 23.18 1,060 856 36.0 51,378 45,438 1,745 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 34.70 21.56 1,218 856 35.1 55,481 46,427 1,599 Mental health and substance abuse social workers................ 24.59 26.96 949 1,016 38.6 49,383 53,008 2,008 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 26.49 24.96 976 962 36.8 49,772 48,212 1,879 Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists....... 29.46 28.80 1,081 1,040 36.7 56,210 54,054 1,908 Social and human service assistants............................. 19.50 18.63 719 661 36.9 35,044 34,363 1,797 Legal occupations................................................... 39.49 34.30 1,425 1,286 36.1 74,084 66,875 1,876 Lawyers........................................................... 47.72 46.98 1,739 1,759 36.4 90,425 91,443 1,895 Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers................... 57.59 41.66 2,023 1,510 35.1 105,186 78,542 1,827 Miscellaneous legal support workers............................... 23.00 18.71 849 748 36.9 44,141 38,911 1,919 Law clerks...................................................... 25.63 21.53 925 753 36.1 48,083 39,179 1,876 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 41.08 39.01 1,445 1,395 35.2 56,340 53,379 1,371 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 50.46 46.83 1,727 1,639 34.2 72,778 64,830 1,442 Math and computer teachers, postsecondary....................... 53.71 50.88 1,952 1,721 36.3 75,827 70,362 1,412 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 51.49 50.77 1,918 1,904 37.3 69,618 64,264 1,352 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 45.39 44.90 1,606 1,639 35.4 66,765 65,760 1,471 Vocational education teachers, postsecondary.................. 40.46 40.98 1,510 1,486 37.3 58,337 56,478 1,442 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 42.92 39.96 1,530 1,440 35.6 59,127 54,928 1,378 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 44.60 41.80 1,566 1,386 35.1 60,742 55,455 1,362 Preschool teachers, except special education.................. 42.26 37.64 1,477 1,317 34.9 57,478 49,268 1,360 Kindergarten teachers, except special education............... 46.80 41.80 1,651 1,468 35.3 63,822 57,029 1,364 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 42.80 39.53 1,526 1,421 35.6 58,836 54,295 1,375 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 42.85 39.64 1,528 1,422 35.7 58,820 54,364 1,373 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 42.69 39.16 1,521 1,419 35.6 58,874 54,031 1,379 Secondary school teachers....................................... 41.55 39.05 1,490 1,408 35.9 57,781 54,281 1,391 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 41.18 38.60 1,485 1,396 36.1 57,539 53,811 1,397 Vocational education teachers, secondary school............... 44.37 42.72 1,530 1,460 34.5 59,550 56,446 1,342 Special education teachers...................................... 45.79 43.73 1,619 1,525 35.4 62,719 60,234 1,370 Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school.......................................... 44.66 43.57 1,579 1,524 35.3 61,731 59,375 1,382 Special education teachers, middle school..................... 44.52 41.16 1,590 1,500 35.7 60,504 57,278 1,359 Special education teachers, secondary school.................. 48.62 43.88 1,712 1,628 35.2 65,697 60,234 1,351 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 51.78 51.78 1,769 1,769 34.2 66,055 65,620 1,276 Librarians........................................................ 27.81 23.39 1,066 936 38.3 51,798 48,647 1,862 Teacher assistants................................................ 16.23 16.01 551 525 34.0 21,243 20,784 1,309 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 25.06 29.13 958 1,020 38.2 49,813 53,017 1,988 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 32.28 28.36 1,245 1,103 38.6 61,892 56,424 1,917 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 45.58 34.11 1,979 1,303 43.4 102,916 67,777 2,258 Registered nurses................................................. 32.13 31.55 1,221 1,183 38.0 60,432 59,108 1,881 Therapists........................................................ 37.37 37.88 1,350 1,465 36.1 60,046 58,660 1,607 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.82 19.30 735 732 39.1 38,236 38,066 2,031 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 15.46 15.60 604 610 39.1 31,326 31,711 2,026 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 15.36 15.62 602 610 39.2 31,333 31,711 2,039 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 14.90 15.25 572 603 38.4 29,751 31,354 1,997 Psychiatric aides............................................... 15.78 15.75 631 630 40.0 32,845 32,861 2,081 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 17.67 15.76 653 617 37.0 32,187 32,193 1,821 Protective service occupations...................................... 27.56 26.79 1,089 1,068 39.5 56,168 55,203 2,038 First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 39.69 42.46 1,570 1,642 39.6 81,637 85,385 2,057 First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 42.48 43.19 1,677 1,697 39.5 87,184 88,263 2,052 Fire fighters..................................................... 27.75 28.04 1,146 1,155 41.3 59,598 60,038 2,148 Fire inspectors................................................... 21.99 21.04 776 736 35.3 40,337 38,286 1,834 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 24.69 24.74 977 988 39.6 50,854 51,534 2,060 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 24.51 24.52 974 981 39.7 50,678 51,159 2,068 Detectives and criminal investigators............................. 37.80 37.75 1,476 1,450 39.0 76,748 75,425 2,031 Police officers................................................... 30.30 28.65 1,201 1,146 39.6 62,480 59,588 2,062 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 30.30 28.65 1,201 1,146 39.6 62,480 59,588 2,062 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 16.83 16.24 668 628 39.7 32,114 31,210 1,908 Security guards................................................. 16.83 16.24 668 628 39.7 32,114 31,210 1,908 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 15.16 15.52 537 564 35.4 23,640 24,007 1,559 Cooks............................................................. 16.64 16.60 590 581 35.5 25,877 25,175 1,555 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 16.64 16.60 590 581 35.5 25,877 25,175 1,555 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 13.94 14.70 469 492 33.7 20,692 20,118 1,485 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 17.04 15.48 673 618 39.5 34,756 31,984 2,039 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 30.81 37.31 1,138 1,310 36.9 59,182 68,119 1,921 Building cleaning workers......................................... 16.14 15.13 639 604 39.6 33,188 31,408 2,056 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 16.20 15.13 642 605 39.6 33,302 31,408 2,056 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 17.66 15.12 696 605 39.4 35,303 31,450 1,999 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 17.41 15.07 685 604 39.4 34,607 31,190 1,988 Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.55 13.00 517 513 38.2 23,342 21,099 1,722 Child care workers................................................ 12.65 13.07 469 511 37.1 20,087 19,377 1,588 Sales and related occupations....................................... 20.04 17.93 734 627 36.7 37,940 32,624 1,893 Retail sales workers.............................................. 18.32 17.93 676 627 36.9 34,873 32,624 1,903 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 18.32 17.93 676 627 36.9 34,873 32,624 1,903 Cashiers...................................................... 18.32 17.93 676 627 36.9 34,873 32,624 1,903 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 19.58 18.18 719 663 36.7 36,757 34,445 1,878 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 23.91 24.54 870 859 36.4 45,285 44,665 1,894 Financial clerks.................................................. 19.78 19.81 720 714 36.4 37,428 37,128 1,892 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 20.28 20.40 730 748 36.0 37,982 38,877 1,872 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 19.65 18.18 724 682 36.8 37,633 35,445 1,915 Court, municipal, and license clerks.............................. 22.32 20.62 796 745 35.7 41,410 38,754 1,855 Eligibility interviewers, government programs..................... 21.14 20.89 750 731 35.5 39,005 38,013 1,845 Library assistants, clerical...................................... 15.82 15.72 596 578 37.7 29,155 28,773 1,843 Dispatchers....................................................... 24.54 26.11 964 1,044 39.3 50,113 54,309 2,042 Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers......................... 19.23 19.68 733 750 38.1 38,098 39,000 1,981 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 21.79 20.17 806 770 37.0 40,213 39,418 1,845 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 22.42 20.93 822 785 36.6 42,727 40,823 1,906 Legal secretaries............................................... 23.68 22.98 855 834 36.1 44,450 43,343 1,877 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 21.51 18.94 802 731 37.3 38,738 37,579 1,801 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 16.28 15.73 605 594 37.1 31,191 30,987 1,916 Data entry keyers............................................... 15.98 15.63 591 596 37.0 30,719 30,987 1,922 Word processors and typists..................................... 16.41 15.75 610 594 37.2 31,384 31,118 1,913 Office clerks, general............................................ 17.06 16.21 621 585 36.4 31,774 29,859 1,863 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 21.51 19.00 837 760 38.9 43,039 39,520 2,001 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 25.21 24.62 1,008 985 40.0 52,441 51,201 2,080 Construction laborers............................................. 15.60 18.11 624 725 40.0 26,283 28,558 1,685 Construction equipment operators.................................. 17.32 16.87 669 668 38.6 34,830 34,715 2,010 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 17.47 16.87 679 668 38.9 35,346 34,736 2,024 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 23.44 24.13 915 905 39.0 47,598 47,200 2,031 Construction and building inspectors.............................. 23.87 21.75 940 870 39.4 48,899 45,238 2,049 Highway maintenance workers....................................... 16.90 17.25 672 674 39.8 34,955 35,149 2,069 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.79 21.52 900 861 39.5 46,814 44,770 2,054 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 29.71 35.61 1,189 1,424 40.0 61,805 74,069 2,080 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 22.69 21.55 899 862 39.6 46,750 44,832 2,061 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 21.35 19.65 843 786 39.5 43,870 40,868 2,055 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 23.17 23.37 927 935 40.0 48,187 48,610 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 21.74 20.10 844 765 38.8 43,911 39,770 2,020 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 21.75 20.10 845 755 38.8 43,928 39,355 2,019 Production occupations.............................................. 21.54 20.85 855 834 39.7 44,473 43,372 2,065 Stationary engineers and boiler operators......................... 19.37 21.34 775 854 40.0 40,289 44,385 2,080 Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators....... 18.03 16.48 721 659 40.0 37,502 34,278 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 21.43 21.91 827 849 38.6 40,718 42,569 1,900 Bus drivers....................................................... 21.74 22.73 808 850 37.2 37,297 35,888 1,715 Bus drivers, transit and intercity.............................. 23.50 26.01 940 1,040 40.0 48,887 54,101 2,080 Bus drivers, school............................................. 19.81 19.06 683 614 34.5 28,478 28,174 1,438 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.45 15.34 646 614 39.2 33,578 31,907 2,041 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 15.35 14.44 614 578 40.0 31,923 30,035 2,080 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 18.32 20.93 697 679 38.0 36,239 35,298 1,978 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 16.34 16.56 651 662 39.8 33,841 34,445 2,071 Refuse and recyclable material collectors......................... 23.32 28.70 919 1,056 39.4 45,695 43,291 1,960 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.