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........................................................... $5.90 $6.71 $8.53 $11.70 $18.00 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 6.58 7.32 10.30 12.74 25.38 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 12.74 12.74 12.74 20.23 23.89 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 7.50 11.44 15.00 28.12 33.97 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 6.58 7.32 8.53 11.29 14.77 Teacher assistants................................................ 6.50 7.50 10.30 11.30 11.61 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 6.90 7.60 10.00 22.22 25.00 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 16.00 18.00 24.00 31.02 38.00 Registered nurses................................................. 24.00 24.00 28.50 31.02 76.95 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 7.25 9.00 10.00 10.50 11.56 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 7.40 10.00 10.50 10.50 11.00 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 7.00 8.00 9.25 10.39 14.00 Protective service occupations...................................... 7.50 7.81 9.38 11.80 18.00 Police officers................................................... 8.18 9.32 11.80 16.91 18.00 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 8.18 9.32 11.80 16.91 18.00 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 7.59 7.59 8.10 11.25 18.00 Security guards................................................. 7.59 7.59 8.10 11.25 18.00 Miscellaneous protective service workers.......................... 6.55 7.00 7.50 9.50 13.78 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.40 5.84 6.05 7.00 8.25 Cooks............................................................. 6.55 6.96 8.00 9.02 11.00 Cooks, fast food................................................ 6.25 6.75 6.96 7.90 8.15 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 7.00 7.50 8.00 9.02 9.11 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 8.50 8.98 10.50 11.12 11.90 Food preparation workers.......................................... 6.00 7.00 7.25 8.25 9.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.13 2.40 5.61 5.84 5.85 Bartenders...................................................... 3.90 3.90 4.00 4.50 5.50 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.13 2.25 5.61 5.84 5.85 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 7.50 8.67 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 5.85 6.00 6.55 7.00 8.00 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 5.85 6.05 6.55 7.00 7.75 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 5.85 6.64 7.36 9.91 11.11 Building cleaning workers......................................... 5.85 6.55 7.36 9.91 11.11 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 5.85 6.50 7.00 9.00 11.11 Personal care and service occupations............................... 5.23 5.92 6.55 8.00 9.31 Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers........ 6.55 6.68 7.50 8.12 8.23 Amusement and recreation attendants............................. 6.55 6.55 6.76 8.00 8.82 Child care workers................................................ 6.55 7.00 7.36 9.00 9.31 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 6.55 6.55 6.55 9.18 14.00 Recreation workers.............................................. 6.55 6.55 6.55 6.55 8.00 Sales and related occupations....................................... 6.40 6.55 7.47 9.00 10.70 Retail sales workers.............................................. 6.33 6.55 7.40 8.75 10.31 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 6.40 6.56 7.40 8.25 9.56 Cashiers...................................................... 6.40 6.56 7.40 8.25 9.56 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 6.50 6.55 6.75 7.75 8.50 Retail salespersons............................................. 6.33 6.55 7.60 9.61 11.00 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 6.72 6.72 7.50 11.41 12.00 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 7.99 8.50 10.00 12.54 15.50 Financial clerks.................................................. 5.85 9.00 10.06 13.18 21.02 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.13 11.13 14.65 21.02 21.02 Tellers......................................................... 6.55 9.00 9.80 12.41 13.18 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 7.86 8.22 10.00 10.00 11.17 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 6.65 8.00 9.50 10.95 12.51 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 8.93 10.00 15.79 18.00 21.50 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.00 10.00 11.40 13.48 20.00 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 7.90 9.11 11.00 17.00 19.06 Production occupations.............................................. 7.02 8.00 9.75 10.11 16.74 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 6.15 7.25 10.44 13.50 16.74 Bus drivers....................................................... 10.44 10.44 10.44 15.76 17.25 Bus drivers, school............................................. 10.44 10.44 10.44 15.76 17.42 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 6.55 8.44 10.00 18.38 20.96 Driver/sales workers............................................ 6.00 6.00 7.40 10.00 10.00 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 6.15 7.00 9.67 13.50 15.32 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 6.55 7.50 11.64 13.50 16.09 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 5.85 6.15 6.71 7.75 9.65 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.