RSE Table 13 Full-time(1) State and local government 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........................................................... $23.60 5.9% $933 6.1% $43,412 6.1% Management occupations.............................................. 38.35 10.6 1,541 10.6 77,654 10.6 General and operations managers................................... 31.81 7.8 1,272 7.8 65,244 7.8 Education administrators.......................................... 36.83 11.3 1,466 11.1 71,214 11.1 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 45.74 7.0 1,813 7.0 86,833 7.0 Medical and health services managers.............................. 61.96 36.3 2,537 34.4 131,944 34.4 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.42 7.9 1,055 7.8 54,759 7.8 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 24.75 8.2 990 8.2 51,471 8.2 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 24.75 8.2 990 8.2 51,471 8.2 Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation..................................... 30.82 23.7 1,233 23.7 64,115 23.7 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 21.57 4.0 863 4.0 44,875 4.0 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 25.92 7.4 1,044 6.7 53,637 6.7 Computer support specialists...................................... 23.30 3.1 929 3.2 48,332 3.2 Computer systems analysts......................................... 32.57 6.4 1,303 6.4 67,205 6.4 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 22.72 15.3 896 15.6 42,450 15.6 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 26.49 9.2 1,035 6.5 53,839 6.5 Engineers......................................................... 34.00 8.2 1,386 6.4 72,057 6.4 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 21.35 11.9 854 11.9 44,417 11.9 Civil engineering technicians................................... 20.09 8.4 803 8.4 41,781 8.4 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 24.85 11.9 992 11.9 45,317 11.9 Psychologists..................................................... 32.33 9.5 1,293 9.5 52,296 9.5 Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists.................. 32.33 9.5 1,293 9.5 52,296 9.5 Community and social services occupations........................... 21.19 4.8 845 4.8 41,203 4.8 Counselors........................................................ 24.08 4.6 960 4.5 45,468 4.5 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 30.32 9.9 1,202 9.5 51,383 9.5 Rehabilitation counselors....................................... 21.44 7.3 858 7.3 44,605 7.3 Social workers.................................................... 20.92 9.4 833 9.0 39,325 9.0 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 22.95 10.8 910 10.3 40,086 10.3 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 19.14 8.1 766 8.1 39,478 8.1 Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists....... 20.11 9.3 804 9.3 41,827 9.3 Legal occupations................................................... 35.91 20.7 1,400 22.4 72,802 22.4 Lawyers........................................................... 29.55 13.0 1,125 16.8 58,475 16.8 Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers................... 55.51 10.8 2,220 10.8 115,459 10.8 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 31.81 11.8 1,211 11.9 46,496 11.9 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 60.97 24.7 2,424 25.1 97,279 25.1 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.64 1.3 1,213 1.7 45,559 1.7 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 33.99 5.1 1,308 4.9 47,506 4.9 Kindergarten teachers, except special education............... 34.94 3.9 1,342 3.7 48,085 3.7 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.14 1.9 1,194 2.2 44,672 2.2 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 30.65 2.4 1,179 2.8 44,166 2.8 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 32.89 2.0 1,244 2.5 46,433 2.5 Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.69 1.6 1,219 2.5 45,813 2.5 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 31.69 1.6 1,218 2.6 45,786 2.6 Vocational education teachers, secondary school............... 31.67 11.0 1,245 9.2 46,357 9.2 Special education teachers...................................... 34.15 2.7 1,287 2.3 50,722 2.3 Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school.......................................... 32.08 5.1 1,204 3.5 44,718 3.5 Special education teachers, middle school..................... 38.03 1.9 1,432 1.4 60,717 1.4 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 22.39 8.6 834 11.8 32,802 11.8 Librarians........................................................ 23.78 15.7 921 15.1 41,202 15.1 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.34 2.3 397 3.1 14,970 3.1 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 21.73 3.1 869 3.1 45,190 3.1 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.38 4.9 1,045 5.0 51,046 5.0 Registered nurses................................................. 27.05 3.3 1,057 3.2 51,556 3.2 Therapists........................................................ 35.98 4.7 1,383 3.9 52,721 3.9 Speech-language pathologists.................................... 35.67 4.9 1,362 3.7 50,320 3.7 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 24.55 8.2 980 8.2 50,977 8.2 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 24.55 8.2 980 8.2 50,977 8.2 Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...................... 16.21 10.7 674 11.9 35,034 11.9 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 16.14 5.4 631 6.6 32,797 6.6 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.05 2.9 678 3.1 34,392 3.1 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.95 4.2 513 4.2 26,577 4.2 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.45 5.0 450 4.7 23,413 4.7 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.48 6.6 449 6.2 23,372 6.2 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.73 5.6 548 5.6 28,222 5.6 Protective service occupations...................................... 20.33 3.8 848 3.7 43,905 3.7 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.................. 16.32 9.2 653 9.2 32,453 9.2 Security guards................................................. 16.32 9.2 653 9.2 32,453 9.2 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.79 8.5 438 8.5 18,665 8.5 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 16.62 12.6 634 15.7 27,750 15.7 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 19.05 14.1 762 14.1 36,136 14.1 Cooks............................................................. 10.86 2.7 393 4.1 15,265 4.1 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 10.86 2.7 393 4.1 15,265 4.1 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.88 3.9 553 4.1 27,691 4.1 Building cleaning workers......................................... 13.24 3.9 528 4.1 27,229 4.1 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 13.44 3.4 536 3.6 27,625 3.6 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 17.17 9.1 687 9.1 28,699 9.1 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 17.64 9.2 706 9.2 29,887 9.2 Personal care and service occupations............................... 16.57 15.9 661 18.1 29,801 18.1 Sales and related occupations....................................... 18.40 21.9 730 22.5 32,580 22.5 Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.83 12.2 587 13.0 26,399 13.0 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.01 5.0 637 5.1 32,262 5.1 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 18.05 7.3 729 6.9 37,916 6.9 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.61 8.3 664 8.3 34,333 8.3 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.09 7.3 683 7.4 35,299 7.4 Court, municipal, and license clerks.............................. 13.96 7.1 558 7.1 29,010 7.1 Eligibility interviewers, government programs..................... 18.34 11.6 734 11.6 38,150 11.6 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.08 8.8 523 8.8 27,203 8.8 Dispatchers....................................................... 15.26 8.3 610 8.3 31,744 8.3 Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers......................... 15.26 8.6 610 8.6 31,731 8.6 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.28 3.6 646 3.9 31,850 3.9 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.94 3.8 678 3.8 35,064 3.8 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.66 6.3 618 6.8 29,427 6.8 Office clerks, general............................................ 15.34 6.6 612 6.7 31,462 6.7 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.22 5.9 649 5.9 33,651 5.9 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 19.34 14.6 774 14.6 40,231 14.6 Construction laborers............................................. 12.87 14.8 515 14.8 26,761 14.8 Construction equipment operators.................................. 14.58 5.3 583 5.3 30,334 5.3 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 14.83 4.0 593 4.0 30,856 4.0 Highway maintenance workers....................................... 15.81 2.8 632 2.8 32,688 2.8 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.71 6.9 788 6.9 40,994 6.9 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 17.62 7.4 705 7.4 36,658 7.4 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.60 5.0 664 5.0 34,538 5.0 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.08 4.2 643 4.2 33,438 4.2 Line installers and repairers..................................... 23.24 17.7 929 17.7 48,330 17.7 Electrical power-line installers and repairers.................. 23.24 17.7 929 17.7 48,330 17.7 Production occupations.............................................. 20.90 12.6 836 12.6 43,477 12.6 Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers.............. 24.00 12.8 960 12.8 49,910 12.8 Power plant operators........................................... 24.13 13.5 965 13.5 50,187 13.5 Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators....... 18.83 10.6 753 10.6 39,163 10.6 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 18.26 10.2 683 14.5 32,608 14.5 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.