RSE Table 15 Private industry establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Relative standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings for full-time workers Hourly earnings(2) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(1) Mean Relative Mean Relative Mean Relative error(3) error(3) error(3) All workers........................................................... $21.22 2.4% $837 2.2% $42,980 2.2% Management occupations.............................................. 44.40 2.9 1,782 2.6 92,348 2.6 General and operations managers................................... 52.26 8.6 2,142 7.9 111,367 7.9 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 51.11 10.3 1,966 11.9 102,206 11.9 Sales managers.................................................. 56.30 13.7 2,288 11.1 118,988 11.1 Computer and information systems managers......................... 66.55 15.7 2,662 15.7 138,424 15.7 Financial managers................................................ 47.50 7.4 1,912 7.1 97,966 7.1 Human resources managers.......................................... 30.52 11.6 1,214 12.5 63,132 12.5 Engineering managers.............................................. 39.69 9.3 1,600 10.0 83,194 10.0 Social and community service managers............................. 31.42 15.4 1,214 14.8 63,117 14.8 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 33.81 5.6 1,329 4.4 69,124 4.4 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 28.13 7.3 1,049 11.5 54,557 11.5 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 34.18 2.7 1,338 2.8 69,584 2.8 Credit analysts................................................... 30.99 7.7 1,195 7.4 62,166 7.4 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 43.59 28.7 1,679 27.0 87,328 27.0 Financial analysts.............................................. 29.48 22.1 1,162 22.1 60,429 22.1 Insurance underwriters.......................................... 33.31 13.4 1,236 10.5 64,275 10.5 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 29.19 22.5 1,153 20.8 59,942 20.8 Loan officers................................................... 30.96 27.1 1,219 24.9 63,411 24.9 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 36.22 4.3 1,434 4.0 74,592 4.0 Computer programmers.............................................. 37.54 8.4 1,502 8.4 78,088 8.4 Computer software engineers....................................... 44.67 4.9 1,787 4.9 92,914 4.9 Computer support specialists...................................... 22.42 9.3 837 7.8 43,548 7.8 Computer systems analysts......................................... 30.40 9.2 1,262 7.5 65,609 7.5 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 37.05 3.7 1,445 3.2 75,164 3.2 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.20 5.6 1,333 4.6 69,335 4.6 Engineers......................................................... 38.22 8.0 1,562 5.8 81,232 5.8 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 36.33 6.3 1,453 6.3 75,570 6.3 Mechanical engineers............................................ 34.34 9.6 1,474 7.6 76,622 7.6 Drafters.......................................................... 23.13 9.0 907 7.8 47,176 7.8 Architectural and civil drafters................................ 17.87 13.6 728 14.5 37,872 14.5 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 29.29 6.6 1,172 6.6 60,918 6.6 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 31.77 2.0 1,271 2.0 66,082 2.0 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 25.58 5.4 1,019 5.3 52,963 5.3 Physical scientists............................................... 24.98 10.2 1,001 10.2 52,038 10.2 Community and social services occupations........................... 19.19 15.1 721 13.0 36,473 13.0 Counselors........................................................ 21.84 20.3 829 16.4 41,210 16.4 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 33.80 20.1 1,199 15.9 54,989 15.9 Social workers.................................................... 21.34 15.5 782 13.5 39,278 13.5 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 14.17 11.2 538 9.2 27,975 9.2 Social and human service assistants............................. 12.82 11.3 496 8.1 25,800 8.1 Legal occupations................................................... 32.17 11.5 1,273 12.1 66,221 12.1 Lawyers........................................................... 44.75 17.8 1,802 17.9 93,687 17.9 Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 19.82 4.0 768 4.5 39,961 4.5 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 20.98 16.3 758 10.1 33,201 10.1 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 29.21 26.5 1,022 25.9 48,914 25.9 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 23.97 13.8 851 7.3 36,060 7.3 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 17.92 27.0 621 14.7 29,180 14.7 Preschool teachers, except special education.................. 18.44 28.0 634 14.9 30,093 14.9 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 25.84 7.3 967 6.6 37,753 6.6 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 27.46 5.4 1,023 4.8 39,891 4.8 Secondary school teachers....................................... 41.79 19.6 1,400 15.6 52,344 15.6 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 41.79 19.6 1,400 15.6 52,344 15.6 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.75 9.8 371 7.9 18,518 7.9 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 34.19 18.6 1,358 17.5 70,614 17.5 Designers......................................................... 27.08 16.3 1,088 17.4 56,573 17.4 Graphic designers............................................... 24.85 18.4 989 18.6 51,430 18.6 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 38.81 8.1 1,514 8.0 78,279 8.0 Pharmacists....................................................... 48.83 4.4 1,925 6.0 100,077 6.0 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 86.67 12.3 3,572 15.1 185,746 15.1 Registered nurses................................................. 30.50 12.2 1,223 13.8 63,599 13.8 Dental hygienists................................................. 32.90 5.5 1,021 5.1 53,102 5.1 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.38 5.3 663 4.8 33,223 4.8 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.03 6.8 477 6.2 24,779 6.2 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.49 2.5 416 2.5 21,647 2.5 Home health aides............................................... 10.13 3.1 402 3.8 20,890 3.8 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.04 4.4 438 4.4 22,761 4.4 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 14.52 4.5 507 4.3 26,379 4.3 Dental assistants............................................... 16.74 5.4 541 6.9 28,149 6.9 Medical assistants.............................................. 13.05 8.2 461 2.5 23,967 2.5 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.62 6.0 371 4.9 19,045 4.9 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 17.46 5.9 774 6.1 40,238 6.1 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 17.29 6.1 772 6.4 40,152 6.4 Cooks............................................................. 11.20 5.2 434 5.4 22,050 5.4 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 13.83 19.2 545 19.6 25,702 19.6 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.49 3.1 443 3.8 22,611 3.8 Food preparation workers.......................................... 9.70 3.8 373 4.2 19,405 4.2 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.25 22.4 194 20.2 9,792 20.2 Bartenders...................................................... 5.89 10.1 203 4.9 10,451 4.9 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.40 22.3 162 21.2 8,134 21.2 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 8.50 27.0 335 26.4 17,414 26.4 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.79 6.0 330 9.4 17,155 9.4 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 8.59 2.0 315 2.1 16,392 2.1 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 8.96 11.7 343 16.2 17,836 16.2 Dishwashers....................................................... 8.44 3.6 323 3.9 16,794 3.9 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 14.02 3.0 557 2.9 27,624 2.9 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 18.28 7.4 737 7.2 38,334 7.2 First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers...................................................... 18.83 8.1 755 7.9 39,270 7.9 Building cleaning workers......................................... 13.31 3.5 526 3.2 26,781 3.2 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 13.30 4.9 525 4.7 26,802 4.7 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.91 10.4 391 10.0 19,326 10.0 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 12.76 6.5 509 6.6 22,174 6.6 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 12.27 6.7 490 6.7 21,121 6.7 Personal care and service occupations............................... 15.13 8.0 594 9.4 30,540 9.4 Sales and related occupations....................................... 22.43 2.8 893 2.7 46,294 2.7 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 20.81 12.2 876 11.4 45,540 11.4 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 18.93 8.5 803 8.2 41,755 8.2 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 31.42 28.4 1,267 28.0 65,897 28.0 Retail sales workers.............................................. 15.26 5.4 606 5.4 31,287 5.4 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.84 1.9 341 3.2 17,733 3.2 Cashiers...................................................... 8.84 1.9 341 3.2 17,733 3.2 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 15.39 12.8 627 12.5 32,233 12.5 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 11.70 3.7 479 3.5 24,279 3.5 Parts salespersons............................................ 18.28 14.6 742 14.8 38,581 14.8 Retail salespersons............................................. 18.43 7.4 736 7.6 37,911 7.6 Insurance sales agents............................................ 37.19 20.8 1,456 20.1 75,708 20.1 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 46.53 26.0 1,845 25.6 95,946 25.6 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 33.79 13.6 1,346 13.3 69,796 13.3 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products...................................... 37.08 24.8 1,483 24.8 77,136 24.8 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products............................ 32.71 9.9 1,301 9.4 67,423 9.4 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 16.58 10.1 670 8.0 34,843 8.0 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.09 2.2 663 2.0 34,413 2.0 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 23.52 9.2 925 10.4 48,088 10.4 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.91 3.3 623 3.1 32,407 3.1 Bill and account collectors..................................... 17.70 11.8 674 9.4 35,071 9.4 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 16.10 5.3 626 5.3 32,497 5.3 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 18.06 3.5 707 3.1 36,755 3.1 Tellers......................................................... 12.03 1.9 473 1.5 24,574 1.5 Brokerage clerks.................................................. 23.79 11.6 848 12.4 44,073 12.4 Customer service representatives.................................. 17.01 7.3 672 7.0 34,965 7.0 Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks.............................. 10.20 7.3 408 7.3 21,214 7.3 Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 19.30 9.7 755 10.3 39,237 10.3 Order clerks...................................................... 14.24 2.7 569 3.4 29,579 3.4 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.72 6.3 529 5.7 27,512 5.7 Dispatchers....................................................... 18.04 6.1 763 7.1 39,666 7.1 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 18.04 6.1 763 7.1 39,666 7.1 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 17.24 8.6 686 8.7 35,664 8.7 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.04 8.4 518 8.8 26,884 8.8 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 13.46 5.6 532 6.0 27,641 6.0 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 21.00 5.8 799 4.5 41,538 4.5 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 25.42 11.1 955 9.2 49,560 9.2 Legal secretaries............................................... 24.45 5.8 927 3.5 48,183 3.5 Medical secretaries............................................. 16.38 7.7 620 7.5 32,222 7.5 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.20 4.5 665 3.7 34,596 3.7 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 19.46 5.9 745 7.5 38,757 7.5 Office clerks, general............................................ 15.66 4.8 602 5.5 31,102 5.5 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 23.33 5.9 925 5.9 47,229 5.9 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 37.76 14.9 1,493 15.2 75,873 15.2 Carpenters........................................................ 22.43 4.8 887 5.5 45,830 5.5 Construction laborers............................................. 19.13 13.8 752 14.2 33,494 14.2 Electricians...................................................... 23.32 13.1 933 13.1 48,497 13.1 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 22.02 10.9 875 10.1 45,494 10.1 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 21.17 12.4 840 11.4 43,678 11.4 Roofers........................................................... 20.70 9.4 807 9.4 38,588 9.4 Sheet metal workers............................................... 25.19 28.7 994 29.1 51,587 29.1 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 13.18 5.5 527 5.5 27,365 5.5 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.34 5.1 812 5.2 42,208 5.2 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 28.62 9.8 1,155 9.8 60,040 9.8 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................... 16.29 19.5 650 19.8 33,797 19.8 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 16.01 7.2 641 7.2 33,345 7.2 Automotive body and related repairers........................... 14.47 9.8 579 9.8 30,094 9.8 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 16.97 6.5 680 6.5 35,378 6.5 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 21.18 8.1 847 8.1 44,045 8.1 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics...................................................... 19.60 15.8 815 12.3 42,390 12.3 Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines................ 22.53 5.5 901 5.5 46,865 5.5 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers..................................................... 22.48 10.4 899 10.4 46,755 10.4 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 20.03 10.8 800 11.1 41,326 11.1 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 22.10 10.3 900 11.7 46,799 11.7 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 19.77 13.9 783 13.7 40,316 13.7 Line installers and repairers..................................... 32.39 6.3 1,296 6.3 67,367 6.3 Electrical power-line installers and repairers.................. 35.68 2.8 1,427 2.8 74,223 2.8 Telecommunications line installers and repairers................ 30.56 8.7 1,223 8.7 63,571 8.7 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 17.75 8.4 695 8.6 36,149 8.6 Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers.......... 14.79 16.1 592 16.1 30,761 16.1 Production occupations.............................................. 15.13 4.5 600 4.7 31,027 4.7 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 22.20 11.7 888 11.7 46,151 11.7 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 13.05 4.9 517 5.5 26,876 5.5 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 12.76 5.0 510 5.0 26,542 5.0 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 11.13 4.0 444 4.0 23,026 4.0 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 15.18 8.9 597 8.8 31,035 8.8 Butchers and meat cutters....................................... 15.18 8.9 597 8.8 31,035 8.8 Miscellaneous food processing workers............................. 10.81 4.6 418 2.1 21,733 2.1 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 16.40 11.1 656 11.1 34,110 11.1 Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................... 16.91 17.4 676 17.4 35,170 17.4 Machinists........................................................ 20.65 11.8 823 11.8 42,782 11.8 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 17.23 5.2 688 5.2 35,787 5.2 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 17.23 5.2 688 5.2 35,787 5.2 Printers.......................................................... 15.15 7.0 606 7.0 31,504 7.0 Printing machine operators...................................... 16.23 6.0 649 6.0 33,759 6.0 Sewing machine operators.......................................... 11.29 6.2 447 6.5 23,255 6.5 Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers........... 15.04 10.2 580 12.3 30,169 12.3 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 16.09 7.6 641 7.8 32,094 7.8 Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 14.33 5.8 567 6.0 29,509 6.0 Cutting workers................................................... 15.72 1.1 629 1.1 32,699 1.1 Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 15.38 4.3 615 4.3 31,990 4.3 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.55 7.8 688 6.9 35,362 6.9 Painting workers.................................................. 13.21 9.2 529 9.2 27,485 9.2 Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders...................................................... 13.09 9.9 524 9.9 27,231 9.9 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.41 4.6 456 4.6 23,225 4.6 Helpers--production workers..................................... 11.34 10.2 454 10.2 23,589 10.2 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.31 3.6 585 3.9 29,855 3.9 First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand................................................... 29.00 20.2 1,281 26.3 66,613 26.3 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................. 22.15 8.4 1,059 6.7 55,063 6.7 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.07 6.1 667 6.5 33,576 6.5 Driver/sales workers............................................ 14.36 20.0 598 20.4 31,114 20.4 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 17.86 5.7 761 5.0 37,400 5.0 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 13.15 5.9 517 5.9 26,820 5.9 Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators................. 18.14 3.5 726 3.5 37,738 3.5 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 16.86 8.7 673 8.9 34,992 8.9 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.65 1.9 423 1.9 21,738 1.9 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 9.17 4.7 368 7.5 19,114 7.5 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.79 3.1 429 2.8 21,944 2.8 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 10.39 8.3 408 7.6 21,240 7.6 1 A classification system including about 800 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 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. 3 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. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. 5 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.