Table 4 State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3) Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Mean Relative Mean Relative Mean Relative error(5) error(5) error(5) All workers........................................................... $24.19 3.3% $25.08 3.8% $13.98 5.6% Management occupations.............................................. 40.96 6.6 41.14 6.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 16.76 13.4 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.33 11.5 30.33 11.5 – – Level 10.................................................. 49.51 11.9 49.51 11.9 – – Level 11.................................................. 42.70 4.1 42.70 4.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 39.42 10.2 39.67 10.3 – – Chief executives.................................................. 67.61 7.7 67.61 7.7 – – General and operations managers................................... 52.04 7.9 52.04 7.9 – – Financial managers................................................ 40.98 10.2 40.98 10.2 – – Education administrators.......................................... 40.29 5.3 40.51 5.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 42.93 7.9 42.93 7.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 37.21 15.3 37.83 15.7 – – Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 46.57 5.7 46.57 5.7 – – Level 11.................................................. 46.81 6.9 46.81 6.9 – – Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 33.85 12.1 – – – – Social and community service managers............................. 31.75 9.7 32.93 6.4 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.50 4.0 23.57 4.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.39 3.2 19.39 3.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 19.25 2.4 18.99 1.5 – – Level 8 .................................................. 23.58 6.6 23.58 6.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.71 9.0 29.71 9.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 22.28 9.5 22.28 9.5 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 24.93 18.0 24.93 18.0 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 27.24 15.2 27.24 15.2 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 30.26 3.1 30.77 3.7 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 33.99 4.5 33.99 4.5 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 26.47 6.4 26.47 6.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.81 4.9 20.81 4.9 – – Engineers......................................................... 32.95 6.7 32.95 6.7 – – Civil engineers................................................. 32.38 9.6 32.38 9.6 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 21.21 3.7 21.21 3.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.81 5.5 20.81 5.5 – – Civil engineering technicians................................... 21.03 3.8 21.03 3.8 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 24.90 6.7 24.90 6.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.05 4.0 26.29 3.6 – – Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians...... 23.88 6.3 24.34 5.6 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 22.33 8.4 22.36 8.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 16.11 6.1 16.11 6.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.56 6.6 21.64 6.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.51 9.5 27.34 9.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.83 4.5 19.94 4.6 – – Counselors........................................................ 29.36 10.1 30.79 10.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.03 13.1 – – – – Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 36.39 8.9 38.24 6.3 – – Social workers.................................................... 19.97 8.2 19.97 8.2 – – Child, family, and school social workers........................ 18.50 6.9 18.50 6.9 – – Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 20.74 8.6 20.74 8.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.76 8.2 23.76 8.2 – – Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists....... 21.89 5.8 21.89 5.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.81 7.0 22.81 7.0 – – Social and human service assistants............................. 18.84 21.3 18.84 21.3 – – Legal occupations................................................... 34.02 7.3 34.02 7.3 – – Lawyers........................................................... 38.38 9.7 38.38 9.7 – – Miscellaneous legal support workers............................... 23.67 7.1 23.67 7.1 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 32.47 5.4 34.04 5.7 16.17 5.4 Level 2 .................................................. 10.44 4.6 10.40 7.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.48 4.8 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.54 3.4 13.08 3.9 10.92 4.0 Level 6 .................................................. 17.57 9.4 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 28.67 6.3 31.57 4.7 13.74 13.6 Level 8 .................................................. 26.24 8.1 26.34 8.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.81 4.9 32.86 5.0 30.51 6.7 Level 10.................................................. 30.22 6.6 30.22 6.6 – – Level 11.................................................. 42.50 6.8 42.82 7.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 34.48 11.9 41.85 12.0 14.59 9.4 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 57.88 25.8 59.61 26.5 29.53 15.8 Level 9 .................................................. 27.83 5.1 – – – – Level 11.................................................. 44.95 8.4 45.52 9.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 51.76 3.8 54.34 2.8 28.49 20.3 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 38.40 6.3 39.27 9.9 33.30 20.4 Not able to be leveled.................................... 40.69 7.8 – – – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 30.97 29.0 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.77 4.4 32.51 4.5 18.08 14.6 Level 7 .................................................. 32.27 3.6 33.12 3.6 19.27 24.8 Level 8 .................................................. 27.97 6.3 27.91 6.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.08 5.4 33.10 5.5 32.14 3.8 Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.57 17.9 – – – – Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 26.27 6.3 26.30 7.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.47 4.6 27.22 4.6 – – Kindergarten teachers, except special education............... 25.92 2.4 25.91 2.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.26 4.1 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 30.75 3.8 32.04 4.3 15.78 13.0 Level 7 .................................................. 31.96 3.6 32.81 4.4 – – Level 8 .................................................. 29.14 7.6 29.14 7.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.69 5.9 32.64 5.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.63 17.4 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 30.68 3.9 32.25 4.3 15.23 12.1 Level 7 .................................................. 31.60 5.9 32.61 5.2 – – Level 8 .................................................. 29.97 9.0 29.97 9.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.83 5.9 32.77 6.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.11 17.3 – – – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 31.12 5.1 31.11 5.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 33.50 12.8 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.97 7.9 31.97 7.9 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 33.74 4.5 33.76 4.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 35.83 3.5 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.83 4.6 33.85 4.6 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 33.77 4.6 33.79 4.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.86 4.6 33.88 4.7 – – Special education teachers...................................... 32.51 2.8 32.63 2.9 – – Level 9 .................................................. 33.19 4.0 33.32 4.2 – – Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school.......................................... 31.70 4.7 31.82 4.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.67 5.8 32.87 6.3 – – Special education teachers, secondary school.................. 33.52 2.4 – – – – Other teachers and instructors.................................... 25.17 17.8 34.46 5.8 14.77 9.5 Level 9 .................................................. 31.52 6.1 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.56 25.7 – – 15.16 21.9 Library technicians............................................... 18.72 10.7 19.31 9.5 – – Instructional coordinators........................................ 28.14 2.6 28.06 2.5 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 12.16 2.2 12.59 3.4 10.98 3.5 Level 2 .................................................. 10.44 4.6 10.40 7.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.48 4.8 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.30 2.9 12.79 3.5 10.92 4.0 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 19.78 2.2 21.32 2.0 12.80 5.9 Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.82 12.8 – – 12.47 7.1 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 31.76 3.1 31.57 3.4 33.42 7.5 Level 9 .................................................. 34.65 7.2 34.59 7.3 – – Level 11.................................................. 45.40 9.3 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 32.09 18.5 32.09 18.5 – – Registered nurses................................................. 31.94 4.2 31.98 4.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.90 3.3 31.71 3.3 – – Therapists........................................................ 35.44 9.1 32.13 8.7 – – Speech-language pathologists.................................... 43.14 6.1 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.66 5.4 14.03 4.8 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.04 7.1 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.84 5.6 11.86 5.9 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 16.14 12.2 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 22.31 5.4 22.82 5.4 11.47 5.3 Level 1 .................................................. 8.96 3.7 – – 8.96 3.7 Level 2 .................................................. 8.00 2.1 – – 8.03 2.0 Level 3 .................................................. 11.84 6.4 – – 11.44 1.2 Level 4 .................................................. 15.88 4.2 15.99 4.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.90 8.2 17.02 8.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.92 11.2 18.92 11.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.49 2.7 23.49 2.7 – – Level 8 .................................................. 28.41 2.2 28.41 2.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 31.03 7.6 31.03 7.6 – – Level 8 .................................................. 28.40 4.8 28.40 4.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 33.58 8.5 33.58 8.5 – – Level 8 .................................................. 29.90 6.5 29.90 6.5 – – Fire fighters..................................................... 17.47 11.6 17.52 11.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 16.58 18.3 16.58 18.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 18.83 7.8 18.83 7.8 – – Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 18.83 4.8 18.93 5.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.90 5.8 17.90 5.8 – – Correctional officers and jailers............................... 18.83 4.8 18.93 5.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.90 5.8 17.90 5.8 – – Police officers................................................... 25.27 2.3 25.31 2.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.15 9.6 23.15 9.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.22 3.7 25.22 3.7 – – Level 8 .................................................. 28.20 3.3 28.20 3.3 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 25.27 2.3 25.31 2.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.15 9.6 23.15 9.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.22 3.7 25.22 3.7 – – Level 8 .................................................. 28.20 3.3 28.20 3.3 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 12.17 6.8 – – – – Security guards................................................. 12.17 6.8 – – – – Miscellaneous protective service workers.......................... 15.48 16.2 – – 10.20 5.1 Level 1 .................................................. 8.96 3.7 – – 8.96 3.7 Level 2 .................................................. 8.00 2.1 – – 8.03 2.0 Level 3 .................................................. 10.76 .8 – – 10.76 .8 Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers.............................................. 9.46 8.3 – – 9.39 8.7 Level 2 .................................................. 8.00 2.1 – – 8.03 2.0 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.69 3.9 10.41 5.1 11.31 8.5 Level 2 .................................................. 8.17 11.6 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.46 7.5 10.79 7.5 – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 12.76 5.4 – – – – Cooks............................................................. 10.92 8.3 11.42 9.0 – – Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 10.48 8.3 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 11.64 10.0 – – 12.18 7.1 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 11.84 5.9 – – 12.18 7.1 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.70 4.1 13.03 4.7 9.37 14.7 Level 1 .................................................. 10.16 3.5 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.54 2.6 11.62 2.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.45 5.5 12.05 5.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.16 4.0 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.02 3.5 12.39 3.3 8.58 13.1 Level 2 .................................................. 11.75 5.0 11.81 5.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.71 6.5 12.48 2.3 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.32 4.1 12.79 3.4 8.58 13.1 Level 2 .................................................. 12.46 3.4 12.60 3.1 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.75 8.0 12.72 3.0 – – Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 13.20 13.3 13.31 14.4 – – Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 13.40 14.8 13.49 16.1 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 11.28 9.1 12.55 12.6 10.08 8.3 Level 2 .................................................. 7.96 16.9 – – 10.09 10.2 Level 3 .................................................. 10.42 7.8 – – 10.63 7.0 Level 4 .................................................. 11.56 6.4 – – – – Child care workers................................................ 9.85 8.4 – – – – Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 12.98 6.5 – – 11.28 6.0 Level 2 .................................................. 10.58 14.0 – – 10.58 14.0 Recreation workers.............................................. 12.98 6.6 – – 11.27 6.0 Level 2 .................................................. 10.58 14.0 – – 10.58 14.0 Sales and related occupations....................................... 12.30 17.9 14.14 21.3 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.81 10.7 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.78 11.1 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 9.78 11.1 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.73 2.0 16.12 2.5 11.47 5.3 Level 2 .................................................. 9.05 3.5 – – 8.59 4.4 Level 3 .................................................. 12.69 1.9 12.79 1.9 12.06 8.6 Level 4 .................................................. 14.27 1.7 14.60 1.4 11.47 13.1 Level 5 .................................................. 16.75 3.0 16.84 3.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.92 4.2 17.92 4.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.40 6.7 18.00 6.5 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 21.55 10.1 21.46 10.3 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 15.25 4.0 15.69 4.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.68 3.3 15.68 3.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 17.52 7.5 17.52 7.5 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.49 4.9 16.09 5.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 15.98 3.5 15.98 3.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.74 8.4 18.74 8.4 – – Court, municipal, and license clerks.............................. 16.79 5.8 16.83 6.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.37 2.7 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.70 7.5 20.70 7.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.37 6.2 – – – – Eligibility interviewers, government programs..................... 16.24 4.3 16.24 4.3 – – Library assistants, clerical...................................... 12.01 4.2 – – 10.69 11.2 Dispatchers....................................................... 17.31 7.4 17.33 7.6 – – Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers......................... 17.46 9.2 17.50 9.7 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.30 3.2 16.30 3.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.87 5.9 13.87 5.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.74 6.2 16.74 6.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 16.14 4.8 16.14 4.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.71 6.6 20.71 6.6 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.37 6.7 17.37 6.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 15.47 3.1 15.47 3.1 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.33 4.9 14.33 4.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.28 6.8 13.28 6.8 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 14.42 4.3 14.91 3.8 11.92 9.2 Level 3 .................................................. 12.63 5.6 13.03 5.2 11.36 10.6 Level 4 .................................................. 13.98 4.9 14.80 4.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.06 3.1 16.45 2.3 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 18.44 4.5 18.50 4.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.73 6.2 14.73 6.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.05 4.2 17.05 4.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.92 3.9 21.92 3.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.61 2.2 22.61 2.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.92 16.3 16.92 16.3 – – Construction equipment operators.................................. 18.00 5.2 18.00 5.2 – – Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 17.68 6.0 17.68 6.0 – – Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 19.44 20.2 19.44 20.2 – – Highway maintenance workers....................................... 15.65 8.3 15.79 8.8 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.26 5.6 22.50 5.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.45 4.5 – – – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.77 5.0 17.77 5.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.63 10.7 23.96 8.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.21 4.0 27.21 4.0 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 21.04 8.2 21.60 8.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.90 10.3 17.90 10.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.41 12.6 24.00 10.1 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 20.81 7.6 21.36 7.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.90 10.3 17.90 10.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.41 12.6 24.00 10.1 – – Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 17.77 2.8 17.77 2.8 – – Production occupations.............................................. 21.02 7.0 21.23 6.7 – – Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators....... 20.22 7.0 20.55 6.7 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.25 8.5 15.81 9.9 13.50 11.3 Level 3 .................................................. 15.45 6.2 15.57 8.8 15.26 1.9 Level 4 .................................................. 15.65 8.8 16.65 10.1 – – Bus drivers....................................................... 13.89 8.7 13.65 9.0 14.38 11.3 Level 3 .................................................. 15.85 4.5 16.09 7.0 15.60 2.5 Level 4 .................................................. 14.06 8.1 – – – – Bus drivers, transit and intercity.............................. 15.87 7.2 – – – – Bus drivers, school............................................. 12.94 9.3 11.92 6.2 14.26 12.8 Level 3 .................................................. 15.27 3.7 – – 15.61 3.1 1 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. 2 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. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. See appendix A for more information. 4 A classification system including about 800 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 5 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.