Table 10 Part-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1) Wages fall at or below the following percentiles Occupation(2) 10 25 50 75 90 All workers........................................................... $5.85 $6.55 $7.65 $10.00 $14.00 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 18.17 29.00 29.00 33.00 33.00 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 10.98 14.00 18.00 35.00 59.90 Community and social services occupations........................... 8.75 10.00 12.98 18.32 23.62 Counselors........................................................ 7.50 9.77 12.98 23.62 27.00 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 7.33 8.65 12.50 18.50 31.00 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 14.92 15.10 20.51 28.00 37.80 Business teachers, postsecondary................................ 15.00 15.00 15.39 20.51 31.00 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 21.98 21.98 21.98 41.25 49.62 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 13.85 14.92 20.00 26.12 32.00 Graduate teaching assistants.................................. 11.50 14.92 14.92 15.87 25.47 Vocational education teachers, postsecondary.................. 15.10 20.00 22.04 32.00 35.00 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 8.75 10.72 17.50 29.11 34.30 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 8.75 12.31 27.51 34.30 38.27 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 8.75 12.31 28.44 34.30 34.65 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 8.50 8.50 17.50 25.55 51.19 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 6.87 8.00 10.60 14.00 16.88 Teacher assistants................................................ 6.67 8.07 8.23 9.41 12.05 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 7.00 8.50 9.50 14.50 25.00 Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers................... 7.00 8.50 8.50 14.00 22.33 Coaches and scouts.............................................. 7.00 8.50 8.50 12.75 22.96 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 13.79 15.55 22.08 28.60 35.00 Registered nurses................................................. 23.59 25.00 27.18 31.50 34.20 Therapists........................................................ 22.66 23.00 35.67 45.00 45.00 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 8.60 15.12 22.08 23.59 25.12 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 8.60 15.12 22.08 23.59 25.12 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 9.30 18.99 23.86 25.00 25.16 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 18.86 19.85 23.07 24.60 24.60 Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...................... 10.72 13.77 14.01 15.22 18.27 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 13.05 13.79 14.25 16.00 16.00 Pharmacy technicians............................................ 13.05 13.79 14.25 14.25 14.96 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.00 16.83 18.00 20.41 20.52 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 6.20 6.40 7.00 9.50 11.67 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 6.15 6.20 6.60 7.73 9.50 Home health aides............................................... 6.10 6.20 6.55 7.00 7.13 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 6.49 8.00 9.48 10.23 10.88 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 6.29 10.00 10.00 12.08 14.00 Protective service occupations...................................... 7.00 7.75 9.65 17.00 22.00 Police officers................................................... 9.00 12.32 15.75 20.47 20.47 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 9.00 12.32 15.75 20.47 20.47 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 7.75 8.50 15.69 20.00 30.00 Security guards................................................. 7.75 8.50 15.69 20.00 30.00 Miscellaneous protective service workers.......................... 6.49 7.25 8.35 9.18 10.00 Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers.............................................. 7.10 7.35 8.50 9.18 10.31 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.17 5.85 6.55 7.50 9.00 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 9.00 9.26 9.32 9.50 11.50 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 9.00 9.26 9.32 9.50 11.50 Cooks............................................................. 6.35 6.55 7.91 9.00 10.50 Cooks, fast food................................................ 6.00 6.55 6.55 7.50 8.25 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 7.50 8.00 9.00 10.00 11.80 Food preparation workers.......................................... 6.32 6.75 8.00 9.00 9.37 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.13 2.62 5.85 7.15 Bartenders...................................................... 3.00 3.00 5.00 6.43 8.25 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.13 2.34 2.75 6.75 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 2.63 5.50 6.00 7.15 7.55 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 6.16 6.55 6.75 7.28 8.00 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 6.16 6.55 6.75 7.28 8.00 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 6.16 6.55 7.00 8.50 9.00 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 3.00 5.50 5.89 8.00 9.00 Dishwashers....................................................... 5.85 5.85 7.00 9.40 10.00 Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop.......... 3.00 3.35 3.35 7.50 9.34 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 6.00 6.55 7.50 8.68 10.00 Building cleaning workers......................................... 6.00 6.55 7.50 8.68 10.00 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 6.00 7.00 8.00 8.68 10.00 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 6.00 6.55 6.57 7.50 8.68 Personal care and service occupations............................... 5.85 6.55 7.00 7.50 9.75 Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers....................... 6.14 6.14 6.37 6.65 7.25 Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers........ 5.85 6.50 7.00 7.65 10.10 Amusement and recreation attendants............................. 5.85 6.50 7.00 7.65 10.10 Child care workers................................................ 6.25 6.57 7.50 9.57 10.50 Personal and home care aides...................................... 5.85 6.25 6.85 7.22 7.50 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 6.67 7.00 9.25 10.20 13.55 Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors....................... 9.25 9.99 10.20 11.07 28.05 Recreation workers.............................................. 6.67 6.67 7.75 10.00 10.40 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.55 6.93 7.75 9.00 10.24 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.55 6.87 7.65 8.90 10.00 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.55 6.84 7.51 8.65 9.95 Cashiers...................................................... 6.55 6.84 7.51 8.65 9.95 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 6.25 6.81 7.00 7.28 10.00 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 6.50 6.75 7.00 7.00 8.21 Retail salespersons............................................. 6.55 6.93 8.00 9.05 10.50 Models, demonstrators, and product promoters...................... 9.00 9.91 11.35 12.28 13.00 Demonstrators and product promoters............................. 9.00 9.91 11.35 12.28 13.00 Telemarketers..................................................... 6.65 7.50 8.23 14.17 14.17 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 7.00 7.28 8.00 9.20 11.25 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 6.75 8.00 9.88 11.91 15.00 Financial clerks.................................................. 7.63 9.25 10.13 12.96 16.71 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 7.52 9.25 13.00 15.00 21.59 Tellers......................................................... 8.00 9.00 10.00 10.50 11.91 Customer service representatives.................................. 8.08 9.58 10.19 12.00 12.50 File clerks....................................................... 6.00 6.50 8.00 10.00 11.50 Library assistants, clerical...................................... 6.15 6.15 7.90 11.61 12.02 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 6.75 7.56 8.83 9.75 11.43 Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks.... 8.25 10.78 14.70 21.54 21.54 Couriers and messengers........................................... 6.38 8.25 9.66 10.32 10.59 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 6.15 6.55 7.23 8.13 9.79 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 8.50 11.68 11.90 15.00 16.67 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 11.68 11.68 11.68 15.00 15.00 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 8.50 10.00 10.72 13.37 13.37 Data entry keyers............................................... 8.50 10.00 10.72 13.37 13.37 Office clerks, general............................................ 7.21 8.33 9.93 12.00 12.72 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 9.45 9.45 12.00 17.00 26.32 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 7.50 7.50 8.00 12.00 13.88 Production occupations.............................................. 7.50 8.00 9.50 10.76 12.36 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 8.00 9.53 10.18 11.36 14.25 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 8.00 9.53 10.18 11.36 14.25 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 8.00 8.00 8.00 9.50 11.21 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 6.50 7.00 9.50 11.00 11.50 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 5.85 6.55 8.50 11.00 14.33 Bus drivers....................................................... 10.19 10.55 11.76 13.37 17.88 Bus drivers, school............................................. 10.19 11.21 12.75 16.65 22.86 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 5.00 5.85 6.55 9.01 10.00 Driver/sales workers............................................ 5.00 5.85 6.25 6.55 9.01 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 7.00 8.00 9.00 11.71 12.00 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.00 6.55 7.50 10.15 12.19 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 6.55 7.25 10.00 11.00 13.97 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 5.85 5.99 6.55 7.11 9.19 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. See appendix A for more information. 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.