Table 12 Full-time(1) private industry 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........................................................... $17.74 $14.00 $711 $558 40.1 $36,856 $28,912 2,078 Management occupations.............................................. 39.92 37.50 1,653 1,541 41.4 85,937 80,157 2,153 General and operations managers................................... 46.67 37.50 2,123 1,574 45.5 110,330 81,873 2,364 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 38.30 30.38 1,553 1,215 40.5 80,705 63,180 2,107 Marketing managers.............................................. 42.43 32.79 1,740 1,312 41.0 90,308 68,207 2,128 Sales managers.................................................. 36.45 30.38 1,471 1,215 40.3 76,467 63,180 2,098 Computer and information systems managers......................... 46.14 44.80 1,846 1,792 40.0 95,981 93,182 2,080 Financial managers................................................ 34.49 32.35 1,413 1,244 41.0 73,497 64,688 2,131 Human resources managers.......................................... 51.46 43.46 2,062 1,760 40.1 107,203 91,541 2,083 Industrial production managers.................................... 44.92 42.64 1,797 1,706 40.0 93,416 88,691 2,080 Transportation, storage, and distribution managers................ 39.80 29.70 1,753 1,188 44.0 91,150 61,766 2,290 Construction managers............................................. 32.65 33.75 1,346 1,350 41.2 69,973 70,200 2,143 Education administrators.......................................... 26.21 26.90 1,030 962 39.3 53,224 49,999 2,030 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 33.07 28.61 1,275 1,144 38.6 65,411 59,500 1,978 Engineering managers.............................................. 62.43 61.56 2,497 2,462 40.0 129,833 125,738 2,080 Lodging managers.................................................. 18.61 16.00 744 640 40.0 38,702 33,280 2,080 Medical and health services managers.............................. 31.67 32.54 1,258 1,302 39.7 65,393 67,683 2,065 Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 25.74 19.23 1,030 769 40.0 53,548 40,000 2,080 Social and community service managers............................. 21.98 16.59 916 663 41.7 47,639 34,501 2,167 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.60 24.89 1,072 996 40.3 55,763 51,769 2,096 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 25.91 24.89 1,042 996 40.2 54,190 51,769 2,092 Cost estimators................................................... 24.02 24.04 985 983 41.0 51,200 51,127 2,131 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 24.13 22.09 981 923 40.7 51,021 48,000 2,114 Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists.............. 30.36 27.74 1,251 1,248 41.2 65,071 64,900 2,143 Training and development specialists............................ 20.02 22.09 801 884 40.0 41,636 45,943 2,080 Management analysts............................................... 35.72 32.19 1,414 1,288 39.6 73,508 66,955 2,058 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 22.28 20.19 892 808 40.0 46,354 42,001 2,080 Credit analysts................................................... 24.50 28.56 980 1,143 40.0 50,957 59,413 2,080 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 28.27 26.44 1,126 1,058 39.8 58,550 54,999 2,071 Financial analysts.............................................. 27.29 25.60 1,084 1,001 39.7 56,385 52,062 2,066 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 29.13 24.36 1,160 974 39.8 60,345 50,671 2,072 Loan officers................................................... 30.82 25.21 1,227 1,008 39.8 63,829 52,441 2,071 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 34.12 34.00 1,375 1,362 40.3 71,506 70,818 2,096 Computer programmers.............................................. 33.31 35.64 1,326 1,404 39.8 68,964 73,000 2,071 Computer software engineers....................................... 44.27 44.87 1,811 1,776 40.9 94,193 92,342 2,128 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 44.32 40.88 1,780 1,665 40.2 92,578 86,561 2,089 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 44.21 48.23 1,850 1,909 41.8 96,204 99,253 2,176 Computer support specialists...................................... 24.30 19.38 955 765 39.3 49,657 39,757 2,043 Computer systems analysts......................................... 29.65 28.97 1,186 1,159 40.0 61,670 60,249 2,080 Database administrators........................................... 34.01 30.76 1,360 1,230 40.0 70,736 63,985 2,080 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 28.42 27.90 1,147 1,111 40.4 59,645 57,782 2,099 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 37.84 36.76 1,576 1,760 41.7 81,966 91,499 2,166 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 31.24 30.38 1,263 1,202 40.4 65,611 62,487 2,100 Engineers......................................................... 40.29 37.98 1,648 1,575 40.9 85,476 81,890 2,121 Aerospace engineers............................................. 45.75 44.00 1,830 1,760 40.0 95,159 91,520 2,080 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 29.95 22.00 1,288 990 43.0 66,952 51,485 2,236 Electrical engineers.......................................... 28.75 22.00 1,233 990 42.9 64,123 51,485 2,230 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 48.49 37.24 1,951 1,624 40.2 101,470 84,437 2,093 Industrial engineers.......................................... 31.62 28.69 1,279 1,148 40.4 66,496 59,681 2,103 Mechanical engineers............................................ 33.14 33.54 1,370 1,342 41.4 70,419 69,763 2,125 Drafters.......................................................... 18.87 17.57 755 703 40.0 39,253 36,544 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 25.97 27.40 1,039 1,096 40.0 54,019 57,000 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 32.48 22.37 1,315 885 40.5 68,404 46,010 2,106 Physical scientists............................................... 35.87 25.74 1,484 1,125 41.4 77,174 58,510 2,151 Chemists and materials scientists............................... 26.81 24.24 1,154 1,020 43.1 60,021 53,040 2,239 Chemists...................................................... 26.81 24.24 1,154 1,020 43.1 60,021 53,040 2,239 Community and social services occupations........................... 16.59 16.21 661 643 39.8 34,339 33,443 2,070 Counselors........................................................ 14.07 11.54 582 464 41.4 30,203 24,102 2,147 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 15.70 12.00 627 480 40.0 32,450 24,960 2,067 Social workers.................................................... 17.28 17.15 686 643 39.7 35,668 33,443 2,064 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 16.09 17.15 632 643 39.3 32,882 33,443 2,044 Legal occupations................................................... 34.08 21.41 1,379 857 40.5 71,708 44,541 2,104 Lawyers........................................................... 62.05 69.85 2,559 2,794 41.2 133,084 145,286 2,145 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 22.55 21.69 865 824 38.4 35,940 33,200 1,594 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 31.56 31.73 1,235 1,269 39.1 50,291 49,500 1,594 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 31.64 32.28 1,264 1,291 39.9 51,119 51,326 1,616 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 26.85 25.82 1,001 1,010 37.3 42,120 41,317 1,569 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 21.10 20.35 793 762 37.6 31,057 30,569 1,472 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 22.25 22.64 837 881 37.6 31,271 31,932 1,406 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 23.01 23.78 864 892 37.5 32,493 33,000 1,412 Secondary school teachers....................................... 18.46 16.92 694 644 37.6 30,334 27,888 1,643 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 18.46 16.92 694 644 37.6 30,334 27,888 1,643 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 18.43 15.39 728 615 39.5 37,765 31,990 2,049 Designers......................................................... 16.68 16.83 668 673 40.1 34,759 35,000 2,084 Graphic designers............................................... 17.76 16.83 710 673 40.0 36,938 35,000 2,080 News analysts, reporters and correspondents....................... 23.03 20.46 887 818 38.5 46,148 42,546 2,004 Reporters and correspondents.................................... 17.47 14.22 667 508 38.2 34,705 26,406 1,987 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.37 22.70 1,043 882 39.6 54,262 45,885 2,057 Pharmacists....................................................... 52.21 53.25 2,088 2,130 40.0 108,594 110,750 2,080 Registered nurses................................................. 30.30 25.75 1,189 1,006 39.2 61,826 52,291 2,041 Therapists........................................................ 21.58 22.66 862 906 40.0 44,848 47,133 2,078 Respiratory therapists.......................................... 21.11 20.75 844 830 40.0 43,911 43,160 2,080 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 22.19 22.84 875 900 39.4 45,521 46,784 2,051 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 21.96 22.02 878 881 40.0 45,677 45,802 2,080 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 22.60 23.77 870 911 38.5 45,261 47,355 2,003 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 23.84 24.31 954 972 40.0 49,585 50,565 2,080 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 22.81 24.42 912 977 40.0 47,437 50,794 2,080 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 12.72 12.00 507 480 39.8 26,344 24,960 2,071 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.07 17.00 678 680 39.7 35,270 35,360 2,067 Miscellaneous health technologists and technicians................ 16.74 15.25 670 610 40.0 34,821 31,720 2,080 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.93 10.67 431 419 39.4 22,386 21,819 2,047 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.37 9.24 366 360 39.0 19,016 18,720 2,029 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.50 9.24 369 365 38.8 19,182 18,963 2,020 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.38 12.56 492 500 39.8 25,560 26,000 2,065 Medical assistants.............................................. 11.51 11.00 460 440 40.0 23,913 22,880 2,077 Medical equipment preparers..................................... 12.92 13.00 515 520 39.8 26,756 27,040 2,071 Protective service occupations...................................... 10.50 9.58 420 383 40.0 21,850 19,931 2,081 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 10.42 9.50 417 380 40.0 21,672 19,760 2,080 Security guards................................................. 10.18 9.25 407 370 40.0 21,177 19,240 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.59 7.15 300 277 39.5 15,566 14,069 2,050 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 13.80 13.24 614 625 44.5 31,924 32,500 2,314 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 13.62 13.24 607 615 44.6 31,585 32,001 2,319 Cooks............................................................. 9.61 10.03 380 390 39.5 19,744 20,280 2,055 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 8.92 8.36 354 334 39.7 18,432 17,389 2,066 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 10.82 10.75 424 430 39.2 22,037 22,358 2,037 Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.49 7.25 338 285 39.9 15,854 11,989 1,867 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.25 5.30 206 211 39.2 10,708 10,982 2,038 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.81 5.25 189 210 39.2 9,808 10,920 2,038 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 7.34 8.19 283 300 38.5 14,699 15,600 2,003 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.15 7.50 317 298 38.9 16,353 15,517 2,008 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 8.11 7.50 315 282 38.8 16,259 14,381 2,004 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 6.35 7.50 245 274 38.6 12,751 14,251 2,008 Dishwashers....................................................... 8.46 8.43 338 337 39.9 17,563 17,534 2,076 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.14 8.81 404 353 39.8 20,980 18,333 2,068 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 15.28 13.32 615 533 40.2 31,977 27,706 2,092 First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers...................................................... 14.70 13.19 589 527 40.1 30,623 27,425 2,083 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.29 8.50 367 339 39.6 19,090 17,638 2,056 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.09 9.05 398 360 39.5 20,714 18,720 2,053 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.39 8.35 333 330 39.7 17,270 17,056 2,059 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 11.02 10.00 441 400 40.0 22,745 18,720 2,063 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 11.02 10.00 441 400 40.0 22,745 18,720 2,063 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.72 7.25 347 282 39.8 17,993 14,581 2,063 First-line supervisors/managers of gaming workers................. 14.70 13.14 598 525 40.7 31,074 27,310 2,114 Gaming services workers........................................... 6.48 6.28 259 251 40.0 13,477 13,062 2,080 Gaming dealers.................................................. 6.48 6.28 259 251 40.0 13,477 13,062 2,080 Child care workers................................................ 8.11 6.95 324 278 40.0 16,860 14,456 2,080 Sales and related occupations....................................... 18.99 13.39 770 546 40.5 40,015 28,417 2,107 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.10 16.35 768 676 42.5 39,949 35,150 2,208 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.80 15.39 712 647 42.4 37,006 33,634 2,203 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 22.78 17.17 975 687 42.8 50,691 35,714 2,225 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.17 10.10 445 404 39.9 23,155 21,008 2,072 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.11 9.54 403 380 39.9 20,952 19,781 2,073 Cashiers...................................................... 9.21 8.50 367 340 39.8 19,071 17,680 2,072 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 13.61 13.59 550 544 40.4 28,603 28,269 2,101 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 10.27 10.00 407 408 39.6 21,144 21,216 2,058 Parts salespersons............................................ 14.50 15.00 589 600 40.6 30,649 31,200 2,113 Retail salespersons............................................. 12.06 10.47 479 410 39.7 24,880 21,320 2,063 Insurance sales agents............................................ 26.91 17.44 1,096 697 40.7 56,979 36,265 2,118 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 27.24 23.26 1,121 943 41.2 58,305 49,032 2,140 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products...................................... 28.92 26.92 1,157 1,077 40.0 60,160 56,000 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products............................ 26.86 21.84 1,113 919 41.4 57,869 47,796 2,154 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 13.39 10.00 536 400 40.0 27,855 20,800 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.63 12.61 542 501 39.7 28,153 26,031 2,065 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 18.99 19.00 750 747 39.5 38,999 38,834 2,054 Switchboard operators, including answering service................ 11.28 11.85 451 474 40.0 23,472 24,648 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.97 12.11 513 480 39.6 26,688 24,981 2,058 Bill and account collectors..................................... 10.80 10.00 432 400 40.0 22,461 20,800 2,079 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 13.43 13.46 531 538 39.6 27,634 28,001 2,058 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.66 14.10 576 557 39.3 29,975 28,974 2,045 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 16.31 16.84 643 674 39.4 33,437 35,036 2,050 Tellers......................................................... 10.60 10.39 419 408 39.6 21,800 21,216 2,057 Customer service representatives.................................. 14.27 13.00 569 519 39.9 29,614 26,996 2,075 File clerks....................................................... 11.20 10.82 448 433 40.0 23,299 22,499 2,080 Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks.............................. 9.70 9.97 385 399 39.7 20,025 20,744 2,064 Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 14.08 13.00 558 505 39.6 29,004 26,249 2,060 Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 14.41 15.59 575 615 39.9 29,886 31,976 2,074 Order clerks...................................................... 11.89 11.00 474 440 39.9 24,667 22,880 2,074 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 14.74 14.86 586 594 39.8 30,327 30,875 2,057 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.87 11.41 474 456 40.0 24,671 23,727 2,079 Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks.... 12.48 14.01 488 560 39.1 25,391 29,141 2,035 Dispatchers....................................................... 16.07 16.15 697 713 43.4 35,201 37,066 2,190 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 16.07 16.15 697 713 43.4 35,201 37,066 2,190 Meter readers, utilities.......................................... 13.61 13.24 506 504 37.2 26,307 26,229 1,933 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 17.36 14.56 694 582 40.0 36,099 30,285 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.36 12.23 494 489 40.0 25,686 25,397 2,078 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.74 11.75 468 470 39.8 24,315 24,440 2,071 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.02 15.00 638 596 39.8 33,159 31,000 2,070 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.53 20.33 823 813 40.1 42,769 42,284 2,083 Legal secretaries............................................... 16.86 17.05 660 668 39.1 34,316 34,751 2,035 Medical secretaries............................................. 12.70 12.50 507 500 39.9 26,295 26,000 2,070 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.54 15.00 578 600 39.8 30,075 31,200 2,068 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 12.94 13.12 516 525 39.9 26,821 27,285 2,073 Data entry keyers............................................... 12.49 12.16 500 487 40.0 25,978 25,301 2,080 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 16.91 14.40 650 555 38.4 33,805 28,835 1,999 Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service..... 10.24 10.04 409 402 40.0 21,293 20,883 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.01 12.00 513 480 39.4 26,685 24,960 2,051 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.93 15.00 635 600 39.9 32,828 30,784 2,061 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 24.35 23.00 981 920 40.3 51,029 47,840 2,096 Carpenters........................................................ 17.11 17.00 684 680 40.0 35,564 35,360 2,079 Construction laborers............................................. 12.26 10.62 490 425 40.0 25,275 22,090 2,062 Construction equipment operators.................................. 14.96 14.85 598 594 40.0 30,664 30,680 2,050 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 16.09 16.00 643 640 40.0 32,566 33,280 2,024 Electricians...................................................... 18.12 18.00 725 720 40.0 37,692 37,440 2,080 Painters and paperhangers......................................... 14.64 13.50 586 540 40.0 30,396 28,080 2,076 Painters, construction and maintenance.......................... 14.64 13.50 586 540 40.0 30,396 28,080 2,076 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 18.37 18.35 735 734 40.0 38,207 38,176 2,080 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 18.37 18.35 735 734 40.0 38,207 38,176 2,080 Sheet metal workers............................................... 14.80 15.87 592 635 40.0 30,790 32,999 2,080 Structural iron and steel workers................................. 17.99 16.00 720 640 40.0 37,417 33,280 2,080 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 12.60 12.54 500 501 39.7 25,699 26,075 2,040 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.02 18.16 805 730 40.2 41,828 37,960 2,089 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 23.75 20.21 983 850 41.4 51,115 44,200 2,152 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 19.67 18.25 799 720 40.6 41,525 37,440 2,112 Automotive body and related repairers........................... 18.43 16.78 737 671 40.0 38,336 34,902 2,080 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 20.18 19.14 825 800 40.9 42,872 41,600 2,125 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 17.26 16.83 691 673 40.0 35,909 35,006 2,080 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics...................................................... 17.94 18.00 717 720 40.0 37,308 37,440 2,080 Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines................ 18.80 18.90 752 756 40.0 39,100 39,318 2,080 Control and valve installers and repairers........................ 19.13 20.42 744 817 38.9 38,699 42,474 2,023 Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door......................................................... 19.13 20.42 744 817 38.9 38,699 42,474 2,023 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers..................................................... 16.33 16.00 653 640 40.0 33,970 33,280 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.08 18.16 761 727 39.9 39,563 37,779 2,074 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 23.75 23.13 950 925 40.0 49,401 48,100 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 14.70 13.75 582 520 39.6 30,288 27,040 2,061 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 16.86 16.07 675 643 40.0 35,087 33,419 2,081 Line installers and repairers..................................... 26.93 28.38 1,077 1,135 40.0 56,015 59,020 2,080 Electrical power-line installers and repairers.................. 27.14 29.17 1,086 1,167 40.0 56,453 60,674 2,080 Telecommunications line installers and repairers................ 26.81 28.38 1,072 1,135 40.0 55,770 59,020 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 15.97 13.65 638 546 39.9 32,814 28,332 2,054 Production occupations.............................................. 15.27 13.39 607 529 39.7 31,506 27,454 2,063 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 21.25 21.39 853 856 40.2 44,340 44,500 2,087 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 11.81 11.96 469 467 39.7 24,381 24,274 2,064 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 11.61 12.45 464 498 40.0 24,144 25,896 2,080 Engine and other machine assemblers............................... 14.00 11.99 560 480 40.0 29,113 24,939 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 16.55 13.35 662 534 40.0 34,406 27,768 2,079 Team assemblers................................................. 20.10 16.92 804 677 40.0 41,815 35,194 2,080 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 8.82 8.25 344 320 39.0 17,901 16,640 2,029 Butchers and meat cutters....................................... 11.87 12.50 470 500 39.6 24,417 26,000 2,057 Miscellaneous food processing workers............................. 15.46 15.36 592 588 38.3 30,808 30,576 1,992 Food batchmakers................................................ 15.80 16.68 601 626 38.1 31,269 32,526 1,979 Computer control programmers and operators........................ 14.20 14.75 571 590 40.2 29,704 30,680 2,092 Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic... 14.14 14.75 569 590 40.2 29,582 30,680 2,092 Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 16.91 18.37 678 735 40.1 35,252 38,210 2,085 Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............................................ 15.90 15.32 639 643 40.2 33,233 33,459 2,091 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 15.46 15.00 616 600 39.8 32,032 31,200 2,072 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 15.56 15.27 622 611 40.0 32,329 31,764 2,078 Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............................................ 18.31 18.22 732 729 40.0 38,065 37,898 2,079 Machinists........................................................ 20.80 19.84 831 794 39.9 43,205 41,267 2,077 Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................................................... 12.34 11.07 489 443 39.6 25,403 23,026 2,058 Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 12.34 11.07 489 443 39.6 25,403 23,026 2,058 Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 16.62 16.01 664 668 40.0 34,546 34,715 2,079 Tool and die makers............................................... 20.84 21.00 820 843 39.3 42,640 43,846 2,046 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 16.36 17.40 655 696 40.0 34,034 36,192 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 16.28 16.36 651 654 40.0 33,866 34,029 2,080 Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders...................................................... 16.56 17.40 662 696 40.0 34,430 36,192 2,079 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 14.22 15.48 569 619 40.0 29,560 32,205 2,079 Printers.......................................................... 20.95 23.95 809 862 38.6 42,066 44,834 2,008 Printing machine operators...................................... 20.28 19.97 790 862 38.9 41,068 44,834 2,025 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 8.62 8.39 339 336 39.3 17,628 17,451 2,044 Sewing machine operators.......................................... 10.71 9.85 415 380 38.7 21,157 19,336 1,976 Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 12.47 11.17 502 447 40.3 26,100 23,223 2,094 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 11.52 11.00 458 440 39.7 23,528 22,000 2,042 Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood............ 10.64 9.25 426 370 40.0 21,739 19,240 2,042 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing....................................................... 13.19 13.25 518 518 39.2 26,919 26,936 2,040 Miscellaneous plant and system operators.......................... 23.64 26.99 939 1,069 39.7 48,843 55,578 2,066 Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders....... 14.03 11.00 560 440 39.9 29,114 22,880 2,075 Chemical equipment operators and tenders........................ 15.20 11.00 606 440 39.8 31,489 22,880 2,072 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 18.24 18.84 730 754 40.0 37,934 39,187 2,080 Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 18.68 19.98 747 799 40.0 38,860 41,558 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.15 14.36 688 574 40.1 35,778 29,869 2,086 Painting workers.................................................. 12.55 11.00 502 440 40.0 26,103 22,880 2,080 Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders...................................................... 12.40 10.50 496 420 40.0 25,799 21,840 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.39 12.00 533 480 39.8 27,739 24,960 2,072 Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders............. 16.81 17.13 672 685 40.0 34,959 35,630 2,080 Helpers--production workers..................................... 11.21 11.58 444 463 39.6 23,094 24,082 2,059 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.83 13.17 607 526 40.9 31,409 27,352 2,117 First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand................................................... 19.60 18.99 841 760 42.9 43,753 39,499 2,232 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................. 22.19 17.53 908 701 40.9 47,192 36,462 2,126 Aircraft pilots and flight engineers.............................. 86.68 83.91 1,933 1,713 22.3 100,514 89,099 1,160 Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers.................. 86.68 83.91 1,933 1,713 22.3 100,514 89,099 1,160 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.55 14.88 672 611 43.2 34,797 31,221 2,238 Driver/sales workers............................................ 15.38 15.84 648 634 42.1 33,703 32,943 2,191 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 15.91 15.00 728 645 45.8 37,588 33,363 2,363 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 15.03 13.25 602 530 40.0 31,304 27,560 2,082 Crane and tower operators......................................... 19.81 17.00 793 680 40.0 41,215 35,360 2,080 Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators................. 17.25 17.34 690 694 40.0 35,876 36,067 2,080 Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators........... 17.25 17.34 690 694 40.0 35,876 36,067 2,080 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.04 12.71 521 500 39.9 27,073 26,000 2,077 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.08 11.00 439 440 39.6 22,805 22,880 2,058 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 12.70 12.82 506 513 39.9 26,329 26,666 2,073 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.10 11.00 438 440 39.5 22,709 22,880 2,047 Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 10.30 11.24 413 450 40.1 21,479 23,379 2,086 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 10.52 10.23 421 409 40.0 21,878 21,276 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.