RSE Table 13 Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Relative standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(5) Annual earnings(6) Occupation(2) Mean Relative Mean Relative Mean Relative error(4) error(4) error(4) All workers........................................................... $29.01 3.5% $1,086 3.5% $49,390 3.5% Management occupations.............................................. 39.35 10.1 1,532 10.5 77,794 10.5 Education administrators.......................................... 48.06 6.9 1,871 6.5 89,895 6.5 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 51.74 9.5 2,033 8.7 94,852 8.7 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 39.81 21.0 1,498 22.5 77,916 22.5 Medical and health services managers.............................. 46.07 16.8 1,749 18.6 90,952 18.6 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 29.34 6.0 1,134 6.8 58,991 6.8 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 27.35 5.9 1,022 6.6 53,137 6.6 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 29.89 8.2 1,155 9.4 60,060 9.4 Computer support specialists...................................... 24.88 10.1 951 11.4 49,474 11.4 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 31.31 2.7 1,227 4.6 63,817 4.6 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 23.98 24.0 894 19.6 43,975 19.6 Psychologists..................................................... 44.75 12.0 1,532 9.3 64,460 9.3 Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists.................. 44.75 12.0 1,532 9.3 64,460 9.3 Community and social services occupations........................... 27.91 9.8 1,061 8.3 51,304 8.3 Counselors........................................................ 37.78 4.8 1,382 3.4 59,631 3.4 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 45.95 6.3 1,580 4.4 61,368 4.4 Social workers.................................................... 25.45 9.4 977 8.0 49,258 8.0 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 25.46 9.3 972 8.1 48,807 8.1 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 22.28 11.9 864 11.1 43,856 11.1 Social and human service assistants............................. 18.60 7.8 721 4.2 36,029 4.2 Legal occupations................................................... 24.87 7.6 934 9.9 48,592 9.9 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 38.95 3.1 1,344 2.9 50,512 2.9 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 53.29 10.9 1,959 12.6 74,864 12.6 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 49.00 10.0 1,712 10.4 64,160 10.4 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 43.83 1.4 1,518 1.3 56,033 1.3 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 45.92 9.2 1,579 8.8 58,238 8.8 Kindergarten teachers, except special education............... 44.63 10.5 1,546 10.3 57,041 10.3 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 43.79 1.5 1,518 1.4 56,124 1.4 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 43.82 1.6 1,519 1.7 56,120 1.7 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 43.71 2.4 1,514 2.0 56,140 2.0 Secondary school teachers....................................... 44.15 1.2 1,525 1.3 56,220 1.3 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 44.32 1.3 1,532 1.1 56,484 1.1 Special education teachers...................................... 42.33 6.4 1,467 5.4 53,934 5.4 Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school.......................................... 44.44 4.1 1,549 4.6 56,883 4.6 Special education teachers, secondary school.................. 41.63 6.0 1,403 6.7 51,387 6.7 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 30.27 15.8 1,048 16.3 41,723 16.3 Librarians........................................................ 29.31 8.1 1,073 8.2 52,897 8.2 Teacher assistants................................................ 15.16 4.8 492 3.8 18,213 3.8 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 28.78 10.5 1,096 9.5 52,394 9.5 Registered nurses................................................. 29.74 11.2 1,142 10.5 54,454 10.5 Therapists........................................................ 44.39 10.7 1,524 10.5 58,848 10.5 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 15.76 3.8 612 3.6 31,193 3.6 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 15.14 1.5 590 2.4 30,703 2.4 Protective service occupations...................................... 25.74 3.8 1,030 4.0 53,491 4.0 First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 35.59 11.3 1,412 11.2 73,439 11.2 First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers........................................................ 30.87 3.6 1,358 5.5 70,593 5.5 Fire fighters..................................................... 22.94 4.5 980 4.4 50,959 4.4 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 24.32 4.1 950 3.6 49,418 3.6 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 23.65 4.0 930 3.7 48,340 3.7 Police officers................................................... 26.83 6.9 1,050 7.0 54,600 7.0 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 26.83 6.9 1,050 7.0 54,600 7.0 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 14.88 9.2 536 9.9 22,154 9.9 Cooks............................................................. 15.85 15.1 579 18.8 23,751 18.8 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 15.85 15.1 579 18.8 23,751 18.8 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 16.92 3.4 675 3.2 33,092 3.2 Building cleaning workers......................................... 16.03 3.2 639 3.3 32,550 3.3 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 16.05 3.3 640 3.4 32,561 3.4 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 20.19 3.6 751 3.7 38,289 3.7 Financial clerks.................................................. 18.62 5.5 649 9.5 33,258 9.5 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 18.15 8.3 607 13.6 30,848 13.6 Dispatchers....................................................... 23.67 7.8 905 6.7 47,067 6.7 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.94 6.2 754 6.0 38,081 6.0 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 22.20 8.4 849 7.2 44,167 7.2 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.84 6.8 666 7.8 32,804 7.8 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 16.04 8.9 601 5.4 31,267 5.4 Office clerks, general............................................ 19.35 2.2 719 1.9 36,908 1.9 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 23.83 5.2 938 4.8 48,766 4.8 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.62 4.3 862 4.1 44,812 4.1 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.94 .4 798 .4 41,485 .4 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 19.94 .4 798 .4 41,485 .4 Production occupations.............................................. 21.52 14.8 861 14.8 44,759 14.8 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 19.60 7.7 745 9.7 35,190 9.7 Bus drivers....................................................... 19.87 5.7 665 12.3 27,818 12.3 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 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. 6 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.