RSE Table 11 Full-time(1) civilian workers: Relative standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(5) Annual earnings(6) Occupation(2) Mean Relative Mean Relative Mean Relative error(4) error(4) error(4) All workers........................................................... $20.38 2.2% $813 2.2% $41,279 2.2% Management occupations.............................................. 38.22 5.5 1,562 5.0 80,727 5.0 Chief executives.................................................. 56.83 13.3 2,454 16.3 127,601 16.3 General and operations managers................................... 36.06 6.3 1,523 6.1 79,075 6.1 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 46.81 4.2 1,963 5.2 102,097 5.2 Marketing managers.............................................. 43.04 11.0 1,721 11.0 89,475 11.0 Sales managers.................................................. 48.84 7.3 2,104 9.1 109,412 9.1 Administrative services managers.................................. 34.52 16.4 1,381 16.4 71,799 16.4 Computer and information systems managers......................... 46.38 3.8 1,865 4.0 96,958 4.0 Financial managers................................................ 38.69 4.9 1,550 5.3 80,575 5.3 Human resources managers.......................................... 31.20 11.6 1,260 12.1 65,529 12.1 Industrial production managers.................................... 37.25 11.1 1,528 10.9 79,442 10.9 Purchasing managers............................................... 28.79 19.3 1,198 16.9 62,290 16.9 Transportation, storage, and distribution managers................ 35.81 20.4 1,432 20.4 74,487 20.4 Construction managers............................................. 36.96 6.4 1,486 4.5 77,253 4.5 Education administrators.......................................... 34.03 9.7 1,375 9.4 67,559 9.4 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 44.89 7.5 1,780 7.4 85,630 7.4 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 29.19 6.0 1,179 6.5 59,981 6.5 Engineering managers.............................................. 50.60 7.0 2,061 6.0 107,164 6.0 Food service managers............................................. 20.11 21.9 919 17.8 46,498 17.8 Medical and health services managers.............................. 45.78 22.4 1,839 22.3 95,609 22.3 Social and community service managers............................. 22.16 6.9 876 6.5 45,535 6.5 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 29.64 7.7 1,194 7.6 61,844 7.6 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 25.11 8.1 1,016 10.0 52,829 10.0 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 24.74 10.4 1,005 13.4 52,262 13.4 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 22.48 3.9 883 4.0 43,145 4.0 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 22.39 4.0 880 4.0 42,920 4.0 Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation..................................... 27.76 19.1 1,109 19.1 57,691 19.1 Cost estimators................................................... 30.01 10.7 1,246 14.0 64,773 14.0 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 25.95 9.8 1,048 9.6 54,357 9.6 Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists.............. 20.65 16.5 832 18.0 43,176 18.0 Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists............ 20.19 6.3 814 6.3 42,333 6.3 Training and development specialists............................ 32.78 8.3 1,280 9.4 66,123 9.4 Management analysts............................................... 36.67 7.4 1,467 7.4 76,267 7.4 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 25.62 4.1 1,034 3.5 53,776 3.5 Appraisers and assessors of real estate........................... 22.31 6.2 892 6.2 46,400 6.2 Credit analysts................................................... 26.05 8.5 1,035 8.5 53,836 8.5 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 29.59 8.6 1,178 8.6 61,278 8.6 Financial analysts.............................................. 34.28 10.8 1,371 10.8 71,310 10.8 Insurance underwriters.......................................... 25.69 11.4 1,014 11.3 52,712 11.3 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 48.35 25.3 1,930 25.4 100,355 25.4 Loan officers................................................... 49.38 24.9 1,971 25.0 102,498 25.0 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 32.72 3.6 1,307 3.5 67,840 3.5 Computer programmers.............................................. 30.43 3.8 1,212 3.9 63,040 3.9 Computer software engineers....................................... 39.68 3.2 1,598 3.0 83,074 3.0 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 39.12 7.9 1,584 6.3 82,384 6.3 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 40.30 6.5 1,612 6.5 83,818 6.5 Computer support specialists...................................... 21.65 9.6 868 9.7 45,126 9.7 Computer systems analysts......................................... 36.97 3.9 1,468 3.7 76,259 3.7 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 31.27 5.1 1,238 4.1 63,676 4.1 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 30.88 3.4 1,235 3.4 64,236 3.4 Actuaries......................................................... 42.02 15.3 1,677 15.3 87,208 15.3 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 29.99 3.2 1,209 3.3 62,854 3.3 Engineers......................................................... 35.95 2.4 1,457 2.4 75,787 2.4 Civil engineers................................................. 30.95 17.3 1,290 17.9 67,077 17.9 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 34.73 4.2 1,400 3.8 72,825 3.8 Electrical engineers.......................................... 33.87 6.7 1,375 7.6 71,484 7.6 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 30.49 8.2 1,271 7.7 66,088 7.7 Industrial engineers.......................................... 30.38 8.3 1,268 7.8 65,942 7.8 Mechanical engineers............................................ 34.85 5.1 1,394 5.1 72,494 5.1 Drafters.......................................................... 21.26 7.4 851 7.4 44,227 7.4 Architectural and civil drafters................................ 21.84 12.0 873 12.0 45,420 12.0 Mechanical drafters............................................. 21.93 5.2 877 5.2 45,611 5.2 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 23.75 4.2 950 4.2 49,405 4.2 Civil engineering technicians................................... 18.65 3.0 746 3.0 38,797 3.0 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 23.29 13.4 932 13.4 48,444 13.4 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 26.08 8.2 1,043 8.2 51,488 8.2 Life scientists................................................... 24.57 6.3 983 6.3 45,752 6.3 Biological scientists........................................... 19.62 2.8 785 2.8 40,805 2.8 Physical scientists............................................... 30.16 7.3 1,207 7.3 62,740 7.3 Chemists and materials scientists............................... 25.25 3.4 1,010 3.4 52,525 3.4 Environmental scientists and geoscientists...................... 33.08 11.5 1,323 11.5 68,803 11.5 Environmental scientists and specialists, including health.... 32.53 13.8 1,301 13.8 67,661 13.8 Market and survey researchers..................................... 34.25 6.5 1,370 6.5 71,233 6.5 Market research analysts........................................ 34.25 6.5 1,370 6.5 71,233 6.5 Psychologists..................................................... 32.14 9.4 1,287 9.4 52,110 9.4 Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists.................. 32.14 9.4 1,287 9.4 52,110 9.4 Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians...... 16.40 4.7 656 4.7 34,107 4.7 Community and social services occupations........................... 19.05 4.7 756 4.9 38,323 4.9 Counselors........................................................ 19.39 7.8 760 9.1 38,265 9.1 Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors.............. 20.90 5.7 837 5.0 43,015 5.0 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 19.37 16.7 744 18.9 36,119 18.9 Rehabilitation counselors....................................... 18.77 11.0 738 12.0 38,396 12.0 Social workers.................................................... 21.99 9.2 879 9.2 43,570 9.2 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 21.31 11.3 847 10.9 38,233 10.9 Mental health and substance abuse social workers................ 17.59 6.1 707 5.5 36,782 5.5 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 16.26 4.5 649 4.5 33,628 4.5 Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists....... 20.11 9.3 804 9.3 41,827 9.3 Social and human service assistants............................. 15.15 6.0 606 6.0 31,506 6.0 Legal occupations................................................... 36.05 6.5 1,475 7.7 76,718 7.7 Lawyers........................................................... 44.21 5.9 1,834 8.5 95,385 8.5 Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers................... 55.51 10.8 2,220 10.8 115,459 10.8 Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 25.54 5.9 1,037 8.1 53,908 8.1 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 31.14 10.1 1,190 10.3 46,206 10.3 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 52.08 25.0 2,060 25.3 81,944 25.3 Math and computer teachers, postsecondary....................... 36.83 6.5 1,467 6.7 54,250 6.7 Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary.................. 36.83 6.5 1,467 6.7 54,250 6.7 Life sciences teachers, postsecondary........................... 86.74 12.4 3,379 15.2 134,692 15.2 Biological science teachers, postsecondary.................... 86.74 12.4 3,379 15.2 134,692 15.2 Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary....................... 42.91 13.1 1,703 13.5 66,358 13.5 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 42.72 3.1 1,689 3.3 62,736 3.3 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 29.76 10.3 1,179 9.9 52,314 9.9 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.04 1.8 1,193 2.1 44,928 2.1 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 31.05 8.9 1,204 8.3 45,546 8.3 Kindergarten teachers, except special education............... 34.94 3.9 1,342 3.7 48,085 3.7 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 30.66 2.3 1,178 2.6 44,081 2.6 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 30.16 2.9 1,163 3.2 43,548 3.2 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 32.54 2.1 1,233 2.5 46,023 2.5 Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.30 2.5 1,208 3.0 45,376 3.0 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 31.29 2.6 1,206 3.1 45,330 3.1 Vocational education teachers, secondary school............... 31.67 11.0 1,245 9.2 46,357 9.2 Special education teachers...................................... 32.91 4.5 1,246 3.8 49,662 3.8 Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school.......................................... 30.19 7.9 1,143 6.1 43,599 6.1 Special education teachers, middle school..................... 38.03 1.9 1,432 1.4 60,717 1.4 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 21.65 8.3 817 10.8 32,937 10.8 Librarians........................................................ 25.15 10.6 987 10.5 46,066 10.5 Instructional coordinators........................................ 34.32 17.9 1,331 16.9 55,641 16.9 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.27 3.2 400 3.5 15,733 3.5 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 23.75 6.3 928 5.7 48,272 5.7 Designers......................................................... 23.25 15.9 933 15.4 48,532 15.4 Graphic designers............................................... 18.28 11.5 737 11.8 38,307 11.8 News analysts, reporters and correspondents....................... 27.01 24.2 1,044 25.1 54,294 25.1 Reporters and correspondents.................................... 23.30 26.3 898 27.2 46,694 27.2 Writers and editors............................................... 17.59 9.3 704 9.3 36,590 9.3 Editors......................................................... 17.92 11.7 717 11.7 37,264 11.7 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.62 6.2 1,047 6.2 53,794 6.2 Pharmacists....................................................... 51.43 2.3 2,018 3.5 104,942 3.5 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 78.53 35.0 3,248 35.2 168,876 35.2 Registered nurses................................................. 27.95 5.2 1,087 5.1 55,758 5.1 Therapists........................................................ 31.01 3.2 1,220 2.7 56,011 2.7 Occupational therapists......................................... 31.53 9.7 1,247 8.8 59,683 8.8 Physical therapists............................................. 28.90 2.4 1,151 2.1 59,611 2.1 Speech-language pathologists.................................... 35.12 4.4 1,347 3.5 51,063 3.5 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 21.14 3.0 844 3.1 43,886 3.1 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 23.86 5.5 953 5.5 49,558 5.5 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 16.59 10.3 662 10.2 34,413 10.2 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 24.90 4.7 973 5.4 50,606 5.4 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 25.02 5.0 978 5.7 50,880 5.7 Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...................... 16.84 7.8 691 8.6 35,930 8.6 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 13.14 10.2 516 9.8 26,819 9.8 Pharmacy technicians............................................ 10.97 8.8 438 8.6 22,750 8.6 Surgical technologists.......................................... 16.89 6.3 654 7.3 34,021 7.3 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.78 1.9 700 2.2 36,298 2.2 Medical records and health information technicians................ 15.33 8.4 607 8.0 31,566 8.0 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.17 3.7 511 3.7 26,413 3.7 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.20 1.8 440 1.8 22,628 1.8 Home health aides............................................... 10.91 7.0 438 7.0 22,756 7.0 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.27 1.9 440 2.0 22,539 2.0 Psychiatric aides............................................... 11.45 6.8 458 6.8 23,807 6.8 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 14.81 4.9 567 5.1 29,471 5.1 Dental assistants............................................... 16.10 7.3 595 8.8 30,952 8.8 Medical assistants.............................................. 12.87 5.5 510 6.1 26,530 6.1 Medical transcriptionists....................................... 17.71 4.4 709 4.4 36,846 4.4 Protective service occupations...................................... 16.09 9.1 657 9.6 34,115 9.6 First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 37.00 3.9 1,480 3.9 76,951 3.9 First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 37.72 2.9 1,509 2.9 78,451 2.9 Fire fighters..................................................... 18.14 6.8 925 7.5 48,119 7.5 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 16.26 2.7 651 2.7 33,828 2.7 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 16.25 2.7 650 2.7 33,818 2.7 Police officers................................................... 23.89 3.4 956 3.3 49,705 3.3 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 23.89 3.4 956 3.3 49,705 3.3 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.84 6.9 474 6.9 24,531 6.9 Security guards................................................. 11.84 6.9 474 6.9 24,529 6.9 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.51 4.3 362 5.7 18,499 5.7 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 13.26 5.9 540 7.4 27,624 7.4 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 13.30 6.8 541 8.1 27,977 8.1 Cooks............................................................. 10.49 3.8 407 4.0 20,303 4.0 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 10.80 4.9 414 4.7 19,068 4.7 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 10.77 3.9 412 5.2 21,434 5.2 Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.91 4.6 345 3.5 17,723 3.5 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.31 10.2 187 15.0 9,722 15.0 Bartenders...................................................... 8.00 14.0 277 25.7 14,420 25.7 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.30 7.8 151 11.0 7,866 11.0 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 8.24 4.8 305 10.9 15,876 10.9 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.84 5.2 331 6.5 16,980 6.5 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 8.80 5.5 330 6.8 16,884 6.8 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 8.61 2.9 328 5.2 17,073 5.2 Dishwashers....................................................... 8.59 4.7 321 6.1 16,668 6.1 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.29 4.5 490 4.9 24,824 4.9 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 14.57 8.8 586 8.1 30,154 8.1 First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers...................................................... 14.33 10.5 576 9.8 29,962 9.8 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.62 3.8 462 3.9 23,931 3.9 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.50 2.4 498 2.5 25,774 2.5 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.22 5.3 364 5.5 18,928 5.5 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 16.27 11.6 661 13.0 27,981 13.0 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 16.89 12.1 687 13.6 28,992 13.6 Personal care and service occupations............................... 11.54 4.2 436 4.3 21,994 4.3 Gaming services workers........................................... 6.26 8.9 250 8.7 12,987 8.7 Gaming dealers.................................................. 5.92 3.7 236 3.6 12,273 3.6 Barbers and cosmetologists........................................ 10.80 10.3 410 7.9 21,298 7.9 Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists.................. 10.80 10.3 410 7.9 21,298 7.9 Child care workers................................................ 10.30 4.3 378 10.4 18,512 10.4 Personal and home care aides...................................... 9.83 4.2 380 6.2 19,750 6.2 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 14.53 10.0 571 10.0 26,831 10.0 Recreation workers.............................................. 14.49 10.5 569 10.5 26,622 10.5 Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.00 5.4 761 5.6 39,506 5.6 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 17.77 4.8 726 4.9 37,616 4.9 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.72 4.9 681 5.0 35,272 5.0 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 26.35 11.7 1,103 11.8 57,379 11.8 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.33 3.0 487 2.9 25,263 2.9 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.74 3.7 384 3.7 19,874 3.7 Cashiers...................................................... 9.79 3.7 385 3.7 19,956 3.7 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 15.62 9.8 625 9.8 32,522 9.8 Parts salespersons............................................ 15.90 10.2 636 10.2 33,075 10.2 Retail salespersons............................................. 13.40 2.6 529 3.3 27,459 3.3 Advertising sales agents.......................................... 19.84 17.2 794 17.2 41,277 17.2 Insurance sales agents............................................ 30.39 15.7 1,206 16.2 62,735 16.2 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 64.89 20.2 2,596 20.2 134,977 20.2 Travel agents..................................................... 15.83 7.8 597 8.6 31,047 8.6 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 27.34 11.1 1,139 11.8 59,243 11.8 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products...................................... 34.58 20.4 1,417 20.9 73,680 20.9 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products............................ 26.41 12.6 1,103 13.3 57,366 13.3 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 18.31 17.8 732 17.8 38,086 17.8 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.26 1.8 606 1.6 31,388 1.6 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 22.09 2.5 883 2.4 45,916 2.4 Switchboard operators, including answering service................ 10.68 6.5 427 6.5 22,208 6.5 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.74 4.6 546 4.6 28,324 4.6 Bill and account collectors..................................... 13.47 7.0 539 7.0 28,027 7.0 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 13.45 4.0 537 4.1 27,916 4.1 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.45 7.3 574 7.0 29,753 7.0 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 16.92 6.5 677 6.5 35,192 6.5 Procurement clerks.............................................. 17.14 12.0 686 12.0 35,647 12.0 Tellers......................................................... 10.58 3.0 416 3.2 21,656 3.2 Brokerage clerks.................................................. 15.89 4.6 635 4.6 33,044 4.6 Court, municipal, and license clerks.............................. 13.96 7.1 558 7.1 29,010 7.1 Customer service representatives.................................. 15.75 4.8 628 4.7 32,631 4.7 Eligibility interviewers, government programs..................... 18.34 11.6 734 11.6 38,150 11.6 File clerks....................................................... 12.86 11.9 509 10.9 26,485 10.9 Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks.............................. 8.64 5.5 334 4.8 17,352 4.8 Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 12.14 4.7 485 4.6 25,229 4.6 Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 15.27 4.5 606 4.8 31,508 4.8 New accounts clerks............................................... 13.63 5.6 545 5.6 28,346 5.6 Order clerks...................................................... 16.93 8.8 676 8.8 35,168 8.8 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 18.77 8.2 751 8.2 39,036 8.2 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.18 3.5 523 3.5 27,212 3.5 Dispatchers....................................................... 15.55 4.0 630 3.8 32,591 3.8 Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers......................... 15.26 8.6 610 8.6 31,731 8.6 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 15.64 4.6 635 4.1 32,842 4.1 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 19.16 6.8 767 6.8 39,860 6.8 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.07 5.1 518 4.6 26,947 4.6 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 14.77 4.8 589 5.0 30,638 5.0 Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping........ 13.80 11.1 544 11.8 28,298 11.8 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.63 2.0 697 2.2 35,637 2.2 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 18.94 3.9 756 3.9 39,278 3.9 Legal secretaries............................................... 19.44 5.3 774 6.7 40,271 6.7 Medical secretaries............................................. 15.69 5.4 615 6.1 31,984 6.1 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.09 4.5 629 5.2 31,310 5.2 Computer operators................................................ 17.55 6.9 702 6.9 36,495 6.9 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 12.69 3.8 506 3.9 26,296 3.9 Data entry keyers............................................... 12.50 6.5 500 6.6 25,976 6.6 Word processors and typists..................................... 13.19 9.1 522 8.5 27,158 8.5 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 15.41 7.8 607 7.4 31,579 7.4 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.96 3.3 553 3.2 28,629 3.2 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.......................... 12.88 31.8 515 31.8 26,794 31.8 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 22.06 4.6 884 4.6 44,675 4.6 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 29.45 6.0 1,173 5.8 60,638 5.8 Carpenters........................................................ 21.43 8.4 857 8.4 44,573 8.4 Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers........... 20.90 14.1 836 14.1 42,398 14.1 Cement masons and concrete finishers............................ 20.90 14.1 836 14.1 42,398 14.1 Construction laborers............................................. 17.55 9.8 702 9.8 35,112 9.8 Construction equipment operators.................................. 21.62 10.8 865 10.8 38,603 10.8 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 22.17 10.7 887 10.7 40,979 10.7 Electricians...................................................... 21.98 17.7 879 17.7 45,708 17.7 Painters and paperhangers......................................... 25.11 11.0 1,004 11.0 52,220 11.0 Painters, construction and maintenance.......................... 25.37 11.3 1,015 11.3 52,776 11.3 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 28.41 7.4 1,134 7.4 58,982 7.4 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 28.62 7.4 1,143 7.5 59,411 7.5 Sheet metal workers............................................... 23.45 17.3 915 16.4 47,579 16.4 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 13.48 10.5 539 10.5 25,849 10.5 Highway maintenance workers....................................... 15.81 2.8 632 2.8 32,688 2.8 Miscellaneous construction and related workers.................... 14.84 4.5 594 4.5 30,871 4.5 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.94 4.3 801 4.7 41,642 4.7 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 26.06 9.6 1,107 14.6 57,541 14.6 Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 26.54 4.9 1,061 4.9 55,194 4.9 Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers.............................................. 26.50 5.0 1,060 5.0 55,110 5.0 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................... 20.58 22.4 823 22.4 42,798 22.4 Aircraft mechanics and service technicians........................ 25.27 4.6 1,011 4.6 52,562 4.6 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 18.50 5.6 743 5.6 38,657 5.6 Automotive body and related repairers........................... 21.41 19.4 863 20.7 44,876 20.7 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 17.60 6.9 707 7.0 36,760 7.0 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 18.48 4.3 746 4.3 38,813 4.3 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics...................................................... 17.67 6.0 703 6.4 36,546 6.4 Farm equipment mechanics........................................ 14.10 14.6 554 16.2 28,799 16.2 Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines................ 19.21 5.6 768 5.6 39,957 5.6 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers..................................................... 20.14 10.7 806 10.7 41,898 10.7 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.02 4.7 761 4.7 39,551 4.7 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 22.73 4.3 908 4.3 47,215 4.3 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.44 4.3 658 4.3 34,200 4.3 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 15.37 6.2 615 6.2 31,960 6.2 Line installers and repairers..................................... 25.57 6.3 1,023 6.3 53,177 6.3 Electrical power-line installers and repairers.................. 25.84 9.8 1,033 9.8 53,740 9.8 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 17.61 11.0 704 11.0 36,632 11.0 Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers.......... 15.67 10.4 627 10.4 32,598 10.4 Production occupations.............................................. 16.19 3.1 647 3.1 33,551 3.1 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 21.88 7.0 879 7.1 45,726 7.1 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 16.57 12.1 663 12.1 34,466 12.1 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 16.77 12.4 671 12.4 34,876 12.4 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 16.06 6.5 641 6.6 33,231 6.6 Team assemblers................................................. 19.39 13.8 775 13.8 40,325 13.8 Bakers............................................................ 12.20 11.3 483 11.1 25,101 11.1 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 13.50 5.2 540 5.2 28,081 5.2 Butchers and meat cutters....................................... 18.81 8.4 752 8.4 39,123 8.4 Slaughterers and meat packers................................... 12.48 1.2 499 1.2 25,954 1.2 Miscellaneous food processing workers............................. 14.82 8.4 593 8.4 30,832 8.4 Food batchmakers................................................ 15.17 9.3 607 9.3 31,550 9.3 Computer control programmers and operators........................ 19.01 18.4 758 18.4 39,418 18.4 Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic... 17.33 16.3 691 16.2 35,924 16.2 Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 15.75 3.9 630 3.9 32,757 3.9 Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............................................ 15.86 5.9 634 5.9 32,991 5.9 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 16.20 4.5 647 4.5 33,660 4.5 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 15.15 6.4 605 6.4 31,454 6.4 Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................... 17.92 5.8 717 5.8 37,264 5.8 Machinists........................................................ 21.78 11.4 871 11.4 45,304 11.4 Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................................................... 12.59 4.5 503 4.6 26,097 4.6 Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 12.59 4.5 503 4.6 26,097 4.6 Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 19.17 5.8 767 5.8 39,807 5.8 Tool and die makers............................................... 23.21 4.0 928 4.0 48,278 4.0 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 16.54 7.2 661 7.2 34,397 7.2 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 16.77 8.0 671 8.0 34,884 8.0 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 15.17 6.8 607 6.8 31,558 6.8 Printers.......................................................... 16.69 6.8 667 6.8 34,675 6.8 Prepress technicians and workers................................ 16.86 16.0 675 16.0 35,076 16.0 Printing machine operators...................................... 16.41 8.7 655 8.7 34,070 8.7 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 10.98 4.4 435 5.0 22,621 5.0 Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters................................ 12.64 6.7 506 6.7 26,289 6.7 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 14.47 1.7 579 1.7 30,097 1.7 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing....................................................... 14.41 1.8 576 1.8 29,975 1.8 Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers.............. 24.19 11.6 967 11.6 50,309 11.6 Power plant operators........................................... 24.33 12.3 973 12.3 50,597 12.3 Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators....... 19.11 9.3 765 9.3 39,756 9.3 Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders....... 17.74 6.9 710 6.9 36,896 6.9 Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders...................... 18.84 5.3 753 5.3 39,178 5.3 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 14.67 3.6 587 3.6 30,296 3.6 Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 15.63 5.2 625 5.2 32,507 5.2 Cutting workers................................................... 14.27 13.3 564 14.2 28,988 14.2 Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 14.69 12.3 579 13.5 30,104 13.5 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 18.10 8.5 724 8.5 37,646 8.5 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 16.12 3.9 645 3.9 33,527 3.9 Painting workers.................................................. 19.12 13.4 767 14.0 39,905 14.0 Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders...................................................... 18.03 7.1 721 7.1 37,509 7.1 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.14 6.2 525 6.2 26,833 6.2 Helpers--production workers..................................... 11.93 8.0 477 8.0 24,807 8.0 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.49 2.5 683 2.8 35,247 2.8 First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand................................................... 19.18 5.9 777 5.7 40,416 5.7 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................. 26.33 14.8 1,077 13.8 55,985 13.8 Bus drivers....................................................... 17.38 11.5 629 17.6 28,253 17.6 Bus drivers, school............................................. 14.66 8.9 502 16.2 21,068 16.2 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.40 4.2 712 5.3 36,797 5.3 Driver/sales workers............................................ 14.53 11.6 621 15.4 32,297 15.4 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 17.66 4.3 789 4.3 40,617 4.3 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 14.07 9.5 579 10.2 30,093 10.2 Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators................. 18.51 5.4 741 5.4 38,509 5.4 Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators........... 18.47 5.4 739 5.4 38,425 5.4 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 14.90 5.3 595 5.3 30,504 5.3 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.87 7.1 512 7.0 26,610 7.0 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 12.52 12.2 501 12.2 26,046 12.2 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 14.04 9.8 555 9.7 28,841 9.7 Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 15.18 3.9 607 3.9 31,570 3.9 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 11.20 5.2 448 5.3 23,289 5.3 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 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. 5 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. 6 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.