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........................................................... $21.89 $18.49 $865 $744 39.5 $39,627 $37,232 1,810 Management occupations.............................................. 37.21 34.57 1,476 1,375 39.7 72,810 64,999 1,957 General and operations managers................................... 29.51 28.66 1,190 1,146 40.3 61,554 59,609 2,086 Public relations managers......................................... 33.38 32.97 1,332 1,319 39.9 68,956 68,578 2,066 Administrative services managers.................................. 32.18 27.99 1,287 1,120 40.0 65,033 57,689 2,021 Financial managers................................................ 39.14 41.09 1,607 1,829 41.1 82,468 84,736 2,107 Education administrators.......................................... 43.18 39.11 1,705 1,480 39.5 79,644 67,993 1,844 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 40.99 40.24 1,613 1,533 39.4 72,816 67,993 1,777 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 67.60 90.72 2,686 3,402 39.7 139,655 176,908 2,066 Medical and health services managers.............................. 29.23 27.58 1,169 1,103 40.0 60,788 57,366 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 21.62 20.49 862 820 39.9 44,775 42,621 2,071 Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation..................................... 19.85 19.18 794 767 40.0 41,290 39,892 2,080 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 20.69 20.12 827 805 40.0 43,026 41,856 2,080 Training and development specialists............................ 22.81 22.41 912 896 40.0 47,445 46,613 2,080 Management analysts............................................... 22.18 21.12 887 845 40.0 46,139 43,930 2,080 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 23.94 22.99 958 919 40.0 49,730 47,813 2,077 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 27.63 26.54 1,102 1,061 39.9 55,211 52,842 1,998 Computer support specialists...................................... 18.21 16.93 724 672 39.7 36,059 34,647 1,980 Computer systems analysts......................................... 31.10 30.22 1,244 1,209 40.0 64,679 62,862 2,080 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 30.02 28.55 1,189 1,142 39.6 58,069 59,380 1,935 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 21.72 18.35 858 720 39.5 44,613 37,461 2,054 Engineers......................................................... 34.59 38.20 1,384 1,528 40.0 71,956 79,456 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 16.90 15.95 661 636 39.1 34,378 33,064 2,035 Civil engineering technicians................................... 16.66 15.89 667 636 40.0 34,661 33,060 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 25.00 23.56 997 940 39.9 49,137 49,005 1,965 Life scientists................................................... 24.83 22.60 1,001 904 40.3 52,060 47,012 2,097 Biological scientists........................................... 26.34 24.06 1,059 962 40.2 55,094 50,045 2,092 Medical scientists.............................................. 23.22 21.77 929 871 40.0 48,289 45,284 2,080 Physical scientists............................................... 28.50 28.16 1,140 1,127 40.0 54,972 57,454 1,929 Environmental scientists and geoscientists...................... 27.97 27.36 1,119 1,094 40.0 58,186 56,900 2,080 Environmental scientists and specialists, including health.... 27.11 27.36 1,084 1,094 40.0 56,386 56,900 2,080 Psychologists..................................................... 37.17 36.67 1,473 1,467 39.6 61,489 59,524 1,654 Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists.................. 37.17 36.67 1,473 1,467 39.6 61,489 59,524 1,654 Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians...... 14.89 12.45 580 477 39.0 30,174 24,785 2,027 Community and social services occupations........................... 22.11 18.64 878 747 39.7 42,444 39,491 1,920 Counselors........................................................ 29.08 31.47 1,144 1,226 39.3 50,098 53,019 1,723 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 30.68 33.12 1,206 1,315 39.3 51,636 54,895 1,683 Social workers.................................................... 17.61 16.87 704 675 40.0 36,406 35,121 2,067 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 17.43 15.85 696 636 39.9 35,802 33,157 2,054 Medical and public health social workers........................ 17.46 17.51 699 700 40.0 36,326 36,421 2,080 Mental health and substance abuse social workers................ 17.44 17.39 698 695 40.0 36,276 36,161 2,080 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 17.89 18.27 714 731 39.9 37,116 38,000 2,074 Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists....... 19.38 19.10 775 764 40.0 40,309 39,730 2,080 Social and human service assistants............................. 15.09 12.53 599 501 39.7 31,147 26,058 2,064 Legal occupations................................................... 33.36 31.37 1,343 1,268 40.3 69,860 65,913 2,094 Lawyers........................................................... 33.20 32.02 1,355 1,301 40.8 70,440 67,635 2,122 Miscellaneous legal support workers............................... 27.68 29.53 1,087 1,034 39.3 56,531 53,752 2,042 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 29.20 30.31 1,136 1,175 38.9 43,071 44,270 1,475 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 44.70 40.10 1,759 1,573 39.4 72,212 62,868 1,615 Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary....................... 54.52 49.17 2,131 1,967 39.1 76,081 76,707 1,395 Health teachers, postsecondary.................................. 43.51 40.10 1,713 1,604 39.4 81,408 68,251 1,871 Health specialties teachers, postsecondary.................... 50.67 42.64 2,035 1,717 40.2 99,284 85,987 1,960 Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary............... 27.59 25.78 1,040 967 37.7 46,897 42,502 1,700 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 36.11 39.38 1,404 1,371 38.9 53,428 49,776 1,480 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 48.59 41.40 1,928 1,636 39.7 76,830 68,175 1,581 Vocational education teachers, postsecondary.................. 29.41 29.08 1,131 1,121 38.5 55,703 58,219 1,894 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.16 31.21 1,205 1,213 38.7 44,553 45,243 1,430 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 27.81 29.65 1,073 1,157 38.6 41,758 43,846 1,502 Preschool teachers, except special education.................. 23.52 23.24 914 934 38.9 37,284 36,801 1,585 Kindergarten teachers, except special education............... 32.08 31.91 1,228 1,239 38.3 45,762 46,347 1,427 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 30.98 31.05 1,200 1,203 38.7 44,106 44,913 1,424 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 31.13 31.13 1,209 1,210 38.8 44,254 45,049 1,421 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 30.49 30.42 1,173 1,184 38.5 43,586 44,192 1,429 Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.91 31.70 1,234 1,229 38.7 45,383 45,700 1,422 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 31.80 31.56 1,230 1,222 38.7 45,117 45,450 1,419 Vocational education teachers, secondary school............... 33.66 33.95 1,301 1,289 38.7 49,649 48,200 1,475 Special education teachers...................................... 32.32 31.48 1,246 1,223 38.5 46,504 45,743 1,439 Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school.......................................... 31.55 30.98 1,223 1,204 38.8 45,677 44,925 1,448 Special education teachers, middle school..................... 33.43 31.19 1,281 1,223 38.3 47,748 45,743 1,428 Special education teachers, secondary school.................. 32.81 33.67 1,255 1,284 38.3 46,893 48,023 1,429 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 31.01 32.36 1,178 1,171 38.0 42,710 43,798 1,377 Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors.................................................. 29.95 28.92 1,084 1,060 36.2 41,420 41,887 1,383 Librarians........................................................ 30.41 30.76 1,182 1,230 38.9 49,891 48,889 1,640 Library technicians............................................... 12.93 11.68 512 467 39.6 24,001 23,410 1,856 Instructional coordinators........................................ 32.51 31.42 1,290 1,257 39.7 54,824 50,598 1,686 Teacher assistants................................................ 12.12 11.47 468 448 38.6 17,461 17,080 1,441 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 22.68 17.77 910 711 40.1 45,722 36,966 2,016 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.68 22.57 972 896 39.4 48,801 45,698 1,977 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 45.52 24.23 1,821 969 40.0 94,686 50,398 2,080 Registered nurses................................................. 30.59 28.83 1,194 1,140 39.0 60,006 57,025 1,962 Therapists........................................................ 31.48 32.37 1,217 1,275 38.6 51,427 51,487 1,633 Speech-language pathologists.................................... 32.87 33.98 1,258 1,287 38.3 47,618 48,127 1,449 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 18.98 20.62 756 825 39.8 39,311 42,890 2,071 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 24.59 24.94 983 997 40.0 51,140 51,865 2,080 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 24.03 24.94 961 997 40.0 49,986 51,865 2,080 Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...................... 13.21 12.06 532 466 40.2 27,646 24,253 2,092 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 13.58 13.75 543 550 40.0 28,255 28,600 2,080 Pharmacy technicians............................................ 13.49 13.56 539 542 40.0 28,052 28,205 2,080 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.79 15.83 614 624 38.9 30,673 32,282 1,943 Occupational health and safety specialists and technicians........ 19.04 17.72 762 709 40.0 39,613 36,858 2,080 Occupational health and safety specialists...................... 19.47 18.31 779 732 40.0 40,502 38,085 2,080 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.01 10.44 437 416 39.7 22,228 21,528 2,020 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.48 10.29 417 411 39.7 21,162 20,837 2,019 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.45 10.35 414 414 39.6 21,128 21,395 2,021 Psychiatric aides............................................... 10.29 10.00 412 400 40.0 21,411 20,800 2,080 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.25 12.07 487 482 39.7 25,307 25,087 2,066 Protective service occupations...................................... 19.79 17.86 838 755 42.4 43,180 39,051 2,182 First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 26.40 25.64 1,065 1,026 40.3 55,360 53,337 2,097 First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers........ 19.67 18.78 790 751 40.2 41,106 39,062 2,089 First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 29.04 29.64 1,173 1,186 40.4 60,972 61,651 2,099 First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers........................................................ 24.89 22.88 1,167 1,202 46.9 60,659 62,484 2,437 Fire fighters..................................................... 19.09 18.64 984 954 51.6 51,174 49,612 2,681 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 15.24 14.98 614 600 40.3 31,943 31,185 2,096 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 15.18 14.98 612 600 40.3 31,821 31,185 2,096 Detectives and criminal investigators............................. 21.36 18.16 858 727 40.2 44,622 37,779 2,089 Police officers................................................... 21.84 21.18 874 852 40.0 45,207 44,289 2,070 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 21.84 21.18 874 852 40.0 45,207 44,289 2,070 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 12.91 12.50 499 500 38.7 24,014 23,435 1,860 Security guards................................................. 12.13 12.50 467 500 38.5 22,213 22,651 1,832 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.61 9.81 378 353 35.6 15,262 12,903 1,438 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 15.36 13.34 601 526 39.1 24,486 22,672 1,594 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 15.36 13.34 601 526 39.1 24,486 22,672 1,594 Cooks............................................................. 9.94 9.60 369 355 37.1 15,618 13,667 1,571 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 9.94 9.47 368 353 37.1 15,554 13,344 1,565 Food preparation workers.......................................... 9.74 9.67 350 346 35.9 13,255 12,670 1,360 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 9.86 9.55 325 334 33.0 12,154 12,480 1,233 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 9.85 9.54 325 336 33.0 12,157 12,485 1,234 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.00 10.28 439 409 39.9 22,383 21,050 2,034 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 17.61 17.15 704 686 40.0 36,632 35,674 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers...................................................... 17.69 17.66 708 706 40.0 36,795 36,733 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers................................... 17.41 14.39 697 576 40.0 36,219 29,931 2,080 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.87 9.83 394 392 39.9 19,948 20,080 2,021 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.89 9.86 394 392 39.9 19,966 20,010 2,018 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 11.95 11.74 478 470 40.0 24,658 23,040 2,064 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 11.98 11.63 479 465 40.0 24,873 23,920 2,075 Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.05 11.86 456 416 37.8 22,410 21,216 1,860 Child care workers................................................ 11.03 9.80 436 392 39.5 19,494 20,164 1,768 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 14.56 14.23 582 569 40.0 30,275 29,598 2,080 Recreation workers.............................................. 14.56 14.23 582 569 40.0 30,275 29,598 2,080 Sales and related occupations....................................... 13.82 13.59 536 544 38.8 27,775 27,310 2,010 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.63 11.23 445 449 38.3 23,027 23,155 1,979 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.59 11.23 443 445 38.2 22,901 23,155 1,976 Cashiers...................................................... 12.03 11.23 472 449 39.3 24,417 23,367 2,030 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.55 13.91 576 551 39.6 28,758 27,464 1,977 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 18.64 17.30 746 692 40.0 38,792 35,984 2,082 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.31 15.16 611 607 39.9 31,569 31,539 2,062 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.48 15.42 617 617 39.9 31,827 32,074 2,056 Court, municipal, and license clerks.............................. 14.57 13.67 571 531 39.2 29,690 27,600 2,038 Customer service representatives.................................. 14.88 15.20 595 608 40.0 30,947 31,620 2,080 Eligibility interviewers, government programs..................... 13.99 13.20 534 528 38.2 25,985 26,057 1,858 Library assistants, clerical...................................... 12.53 11.58 486 455 38.8 24,491 23,504 1,955 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.23 10.50 449 420 36.7 22,680 21,840 1,855 Dispatchers....................................................... 15.81 15.40 642 617 40.6 33,364 32,078 2,110 Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers......................... 15.74 15.47 640 622 40.6 33,265 32,338 2,114 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.03 10.89 521 436 40.0 27,112 22,653 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.61 15.04 617 586 39.5 30,165 29,097 1,932 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.89 16.97 709 674 39.6 36,086 34,990 2,017 Legal secretaries............................................... 15.37 15.30 615 612 40.0 31,975 31,822 2,080 Medical secretaries............................................. 13.10 12.99 524 520 40.0 27,250 27,019 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.89 13.91 545 550 39.2 25,376 25,602 1,827 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.34 12.86 529 511 39.6 25,865 24,596 1,939 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.94 14.26 598 570 40.0 30,927 29,598 2,070 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 17.85 15.95 714 638 40.0 37,129 33,176 2,080 Carpenters........................................................ 14.88 13.70 595 548 40.0 30,842 28,504 2,073 Construction laborers............................................. 11.66 10.72 466 429 40.0 23,027 21,861 1,975 Construction equipment operators.................................. 13.48 13.31 539 532 40.0 28,042 27,685 2,080 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 13.74 13.31 549 532 40.0 28,573 27,685 2,080 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 14.60 15.44 584 618 40.0 30,361 32,121 2,080 Pipelayers...................................................... 12.16 12.54 486 502 40.0 25,286 26,083 2,080 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 15.64 15.44 626 618 40.0 32,536 32,121 2,080 Construction and building inspectors.............................. 17.79 16.72 712 669 40.0 36,998 34,778 2,080 Highway maintenance workers....................................... 16.00 13.65 640 546 40.0 33,272 28,392 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.29 15.45 652 618 40.0 33,722 32,136 2,070 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 22.06 22.26 882 891 40.0 45,884 46,307 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 15.21 14.10 609 564 40.0 31,397 28,956 2,064 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 21.87 21.15 875 846 40.0 45,480 43,992 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 13.99 13.63 560 545 40.0 28,823 27,960 2,061 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 14.41 13.52 576 541 40.0 29,773 28,111 2,067 Production occupations.............................................. 17.67 14.50 703 580 39.8 36,059 30,077 2,041 Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators....... 13.82 13.40 553 536 40.0 28,756 27,872 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 13.79 12.82 501 486 36.3 22,239 22,284 1,613 Bus drivers....................................................... 15.23 13.70 502 460 33.0 19,561 16,762 1,284 Bus drivers, school............................................. 14.81 12.83 464 435 31.3 17,075 15,859 1,153 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.61 10.67 418 419 39.4 21,205 21,798 1,999 Refuse and recyclable material collectors......................... 12.41 12.63 497 505 40.0 25,819 26,270 2,080 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.