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........................................................... $29.01 $25.48 $1,086 $985 37.4 $49,390 $47,469 1,702 Management occupations.............................................. 39.35 36.14 1,532 1,431 38.9 77,794 75,953 1,977 Education administrators.......................................... 48.06 47.07 1,871 1,831 38.9 89,895 91,576 1,870 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 51.74 48.24 2,033 1,909 39.3 94,852 92,852 1,833 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 39.81 29.20 1,498 1,022 37.6 77,916 53,146 1,957 Medical and health services managers.............................. 46.07 36.14 1,749 1,404 38.0 90,952 73,008 1,974 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 29.34 29.38 1,134 1,135 38.7 58,991 58,995 2,011 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 27.35 23.69 1,022 871 37.4 53,137 45,299 1,943 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 29.89 31.52 1,155 1,187 38.6 60,060 61,721 2,009 Computer support specialists...................................... 24.88 19.97 951 739 38.2 49,474 38,422 1,989 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 31.31 29.08 1,227 1,132 39.2 63,817 58,881 2,038 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 23.98 20.31 894 812 37.3 43,975 42,245 1,834 Psychologists..................................................... 44.75 47.06 1,532 1,538 34.2 64,460 61,737 1,440 Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists.................. 44.75 47.06 1,532 1,538 34.2 64,460 61,737 1,440 Community and social services occupations........................... 27.91 26.55 1,061 1,037 38.0 51,304 52,363 1,838 Counselors........................................................ 37.78 37.09 1,382 1,356 36.6 59,631 58,184 1,578 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 45.95 44.16 1,580 1,546 34.4 61,368 60,540 1,336 Social workers.................................................... 25.45 23.80 977 902 38.4 49,258 47,841 1,936 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 25.46 23.80 972 902 38.2 48,807 46,925 1,917 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 22.28 20.96 864 817 38.8 43,856 41,018 1,969 Social and human service assistants............................. 18.60 17.46 721 698 38.7 36,029 35,818 1,937 Legal occupations................................................... 24.87 21.60 934 790 37.6 48,592 41,087 1,954 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 38.95 39.89 1,344 1,390 34.5 50,512 51,443 1,297 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 53.29 46.87 1,959 1,756 36.8 74,864 67,076 1,405 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 49.00 50.16 1,712 1,756 34.9 64,160 63,904 1,309 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 43.83 43.18 1,518 1,500 34.6 56,033 55,309 1,278 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 45.92 47.10 1,579 1,625 34.4 58,238 60,119 1,268 Kindergarten teachers, except special education............... 44.63 44.30 1,546 1,549 34.6 57,041 57,304 1,278 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 43.79 43.42 1,518 1,507 34.7 56,124 55,971 1,282 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 43.82 43.59 1,519 1,516 34.7 56,120 56,003 1,281 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 43.71 43.06 1,514 1,501 34.6 56,140 55,062 1,284 Secondary school teachers....................................... 44.15 43.18 1,525 1,466 34.5 56,220 54,096 1,273 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 44.32 43.18 1,532 1,469 34.6 56,484 54,259 1,274 Special education teachers...................................... 42.33 41.81 1,467 1,463 34.7 53,934 54,147 1,274 Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school.......................................... 44.44 44.22 1,549 1,548 34.8 56,883 57,569 1,280 Special education teachers, secondary school.................. 41.63 41.81 1,403 1,421 33.7 51,387 51,446 1,234 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 30.27 27.60 1,048 1,011 34.6 41,723 42,685 1,378 Librarians........................................................ 29.31 25.17 1,073 944 36.6 52,897 47,245 1,805 Teacher assistants................................................ 15.16 14.25 492 459 32.5 18,213 16,671 1,201 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 28.78 25.78 1,096 985 38.1 52,394 50,648 1,820 Registered nurses................................................. 29.74 30.09 1,142 1,162 38.4 54,454 54,870 1,831 Therapists........................................................ 44.39 44.07 1,524 1,542 34.3 58,848 57,378 1,326 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 15.76 15.64 612 598 38.8 31,193 29,895 1,979 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 15.14 15.64 590 575 39.0 30,703 29,895 2,028 Protective service occupations...................................... 25.74 25.53 1,030 1,020 40.0 53,491 53,017 2,078 First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 35.59 35.88 1,412 1,416 39.7 73,439 73,622 2,064 First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers........................................................ 30.87 29.84 1,358 1,424 44.0 70,593 74,056 2,287 Fire fighters..................................................... 22.94 23.25 980 1,019 42.7 50,959 53,004 2,221 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 24.32 25.43 950 954 39.1 49,418 49,585 2,032 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 23.65 23.43 930 911 39.3 48,340 47,375 2,044 Police officers................................................... 26.83 26.96 1,050 1,065 39.1 54,600 55,363 2,035 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 26.83 26.96 1,050 1,065 39.1 54,600 55,363 2,035 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 14.88 14.45 536 471 36.0 22,154 17,820 1,489 Cooks............................................................. 15.85 15.30 579 521 36.5 23,751 17,820 1,498 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 15.85 15.30 579 521 36.5 23,751 17,820 1,498 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 16.92 16.77 675 657 39.9 33,092 33,684 1,956 Building cleaning workers......................................... 16.03 16.19 639 648 39.9 32,550 33,684 2,031 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 16.05 16.28 640 651 39.8 32,561 33,675 2,029 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 20.19 19.60 751 726 37.2 38,289 37,450 1,897 Financial clerks.................................................. 18.62 18.22 649 638 34.9 33,258 31,213 1,787 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 18.15 15.62 607 519 33.4 30,848 27,000 1,699 Dispatchers....................................................... 23.67 20.81 905 796 38.2 47,067 41,380 1,989 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.94 19.74 754 741 37.8 38,081 38,272 1,910 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 22.20 19.77 849 752 38.3 44,167 39,112 1,990 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.84 18.43 666 716 37.3 32,804 32,002 1,839 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 16.04 16.34 601 590 37.5 31,267 30,680 1,949 Office clerks, general............................................ 19.35 19.15 719 711 37.2 36,908 36,946 1,908 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 23.83 22.13 938 878 39.4 48,766 45,656 2,047 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.62 20.41 862 816 39.9 44,812 42,453 2,073 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.94 18.06 798 722 40.0 41,485 37,565 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 19.94 18.06 798 722 40.0 41,485 37,565 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 21.52 19.56 861 782 40.0 44,759 40,685 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 19.60 18.54 745 729 38.0 35,190 36,254 1,795 Bus drivers....................................................... 19.87 18.03 665 474 33.5 27,818 16,830 1,400 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.