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........................................................... $25.08 $21.93 $996 $880 39.7 $47,476 $42,806 1,893 Management occupations.............................................. 41.14 44.05 1,655 1,718 40.2 82,339 83,533 2,001 Chief executives.................................................. 67.61 77.75 2,881 3,110 42.6 149,829 161,720 2,216 General and operations managers................................... 52.04 52.69 2,081 2,108 40.0 108,236 109,595 2,080 Financial managers................................................ 40.98 45.74 1,639 1,829 40.0 85,087 95,133 2,076 Education administrators.......................................... 40.51 44.05 1,653 1,681 40.8 75,503 81,243 1,864 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 46.57 47.60 1,939 1,982 41.6 82,864 84,570 1,779 Social and community service managers............................. 32.93 35.20 1,317 1,408 40.0 68,494 73,216 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.57 21.49 944 860 40.0 49,074 44,699 2,082 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 24.93 20.50 997 820 40.0 51,860 42,640 2,080 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 27.24 24.32 1,096 973 40.2 56,882 50,586 2,088 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 30.77 31.03 1,231 1,241 40.0 63,538 65,458 2,065 Computer systems analysts......................................... 33.99 33.86 1,360 1,354 40.0 70,696 70,427 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 26.47 24.53 1,059 981 40.0 55,050 51,022 2,080 Engineers......................................................... 32.95 32.16 1,318 1,286 40.0 68,546 66,893 2,080 Civil engineers................................................. 32.38 32.52 1,295 1,301 40.0 67,347 67,642 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 21.21 20.61 848 824 40.0 44,120 42,869 2,080 Civil engineering technicians................................... 21.03 21.03 841 841 40.0 43,741 43,742 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 24.90 23.38 996 935 40.0 50,810 48,127 2,040 Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians...... 24.34 24.47 974 979 40.0 50,635 50,893 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 22.36 19.82 895 802 40.0 45,226 41,725 2,022 Counselors........................................................ 30.79 31.68 1,218 1,230 39.6 55,262 56,825 1,795 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 38.24 39.04 1,492 1,512 39.0 58,420 58,685 1,528 Social workers.................................................... 19.97 17.79 798 712 40.0 41,354 37,003 2,070 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 18.50 17.63 739 705 39.9 38,233 36,670 2,066 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 20.74 20.15 839 806 40.5 43,592 41,933 2,102 Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists....... 21.89 21.45 892 868 40.8 46,395 45,136 2,119 Social and human service assistants............................. 18.84 14.88 754 595 40.0 39,083 30,118 2,074 Legal occupations................................................... 34.02 30.33 1,361 1,213 40.0 70,756 63,086 2,080 Lawyers........................................................... 38.38 37.36 1,535 1,494 40.0 79,841 77,709 2,080 Miscellaneous legal support workers............................... 23.67 21.70 947 868 40.0 49,232 45,136 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 34.04 30.47 1,295 1,176 38.0 50,718 46,743 1,490 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 59.61 48.33 2,373 1,862 39.8 98,943 72,620 1,660 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 39.27 38.24 1,718 1,711 43.7 66,551 60,660 1,695 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 32.51 30.92 1,232 1,183 37.9 46,294 45,782 1,424 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 26.30 24.81 948 930 36.1 35,838 34,655 1,363 Kindergarten teachers, except special education............... 25.91 24.56 993 930 38.3 37,300 35,574 1,439 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.04 30.72 1,220 1,173 38.1 45,723 45,638 1,427 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.25 30.74 1,229 1,179 38.1 45,987 45,646 1,426 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 31.11 30.58 1,179 1,164 37.9 44,518 43,292 1,431 Secondary school teachers....................................... 33.76 32.09 1,282 1,224 38.0 48,405 48,590 1,434 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 33.79 32.09 1,282 1,224 38.0 48,415 48,590 1,433 Special education teachers...................................... 32.63 30.07 1,221 1,165 37.4 45,695 43,680 1,401 Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school.......................................... 31.82 28.83 1,179 1,119 37.0 44,249 42,092 1,391 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 34.46 35.37 1,311 1,326 38.1 50,091 49,604 1,454 Library technicians............................................... 19.31 20.58 773 823 40.0 40,172 42,806 2,080 Instructional coordinators........................................ 28.06 28.01 1,102 1,114 39.3 54,368 49,987 1,938 Teacher assistants................................................ 12.59 11.69 433 426 34.4 16,197 15,662 1,286 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 21.32 21.38 853 855 40.0 41,728 42,817 1,957 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 31.57 29.29 1,237 1,171 39.2 61,380 56,867 1,944 Registered nurses................................................. 31.98 30.74 1,232 1,226 38.5 59,586 58,219 1,863 Therapists........................................................ 32.13 31.46 1,273 1,256 39.6 60,220 60,465 1,874 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.03 12.95 541 501 38.6 27,711 24,995 1,975 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.86 11.58 448 448 37.8 23,319 23,296 1,967 Protective service occupations...................................... 22.82 22.31 952 916 41.7 48,997 47,507 2,147 First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 31.03 28.44 1,241 1,138 40.0 64,546 59,155 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 33.58 31.35 1,343 1,254 40.0 69,837 65,208 2,080 Fire fighters..................................................... 17.52 16.67 893 860 51.0 46,430 44,702 2,650 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 18.93 18.71 769 750 40.6 39,962 39,000 2,111 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 18.93 18.71 769 750 40.6 39,962 39,000 2,111 Police officers................................................... 25.31 24.21 1,014 968 40.1 52,742 50,357 2,084 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 25.31 24.21 1,014 968 40.1 52,742 50,357 2,084 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.41 10.14 398 394 38.2 18,378 17,758 1,766 Cooks............................................................. 11.42 12.35 457 494 40.0 21,522 21,091 1,884 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.03 12.00 518 479 39.8 26,621 24,794 2,043 Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.39 12.10 491 482 39.6 25,078 24,960 2,024 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.79 12.66 506 502 39.6 25,758 25,854 2,014 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 13.31 11.80 532 472 40.0 27,703 24,544 2,082 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 13.49 11.92 540 477 40.0 28,083 24,794 2,082 Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.55 13.94 498 558 39.7 25,534 28,995 2,035 Sales and related occupations....................................... 14.14 11.65 566 466 40.0 29,420 24,226 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.12 15.43 644 615 39.9 32,610 31,554 2,023 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 21.46 20.27 859 811 40.0 44,647 42,162 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.69 15.00 628 600 40.0 32,641 31,200 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.09 15.00 644 600 40.0 33,466 31,200 2,080 Court, municipal, and license clerks.............................. 16.83 15.96 672 638 39.9 34,964 33,195 2,077 Eligibility interviewers, government programs..................... 16.24 15.73 650 629 40.0 33,776 32,718 2,080 Dispatchers....................................................... 17.33 16.55 693 662 40.0 36,045 34,424 2,080 Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers......................... 17.50 16.21 700 648 40.0 36,406 33,717 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.30 15.27 650 610 39.9 32,514 31,090 1,994 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.37 16.64 694 666 40.0 36,068 34,611 2,076 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.33 14.34 572 572 39.9 26,958 27,734 1,881 Office clerks, general............................................ 14.91 14.67 596 587 40.0 29,385 27,456 1,971 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 18.50 18.11 740 724 40.0 37,874 36,899 2,048 Construction equipment operators.................................. 18.00 17.12 720 685 40.0 37,435 35,610 2,080 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 17.68 16.82 707 673 40.0 36,765 34,986 2,080 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 19.44 22.58 778 903 40.0 40,440 46,960 2,080 Highway maintenance workers....................................... 15.79 14.14 632 566 40.0 30,937 29,409 1,959 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.50 21.80 900 872 40.0 46,805 45,344 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 21.60 20.80 864 832 40.0 44,928 43,264 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 21.36 20.69 854 828 40.0 44,432 43,035 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 17.77 17.30 711 692 40.0 36,971 35,984 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 21.23 18.50 849 740 40.0 44,165 38,480 2,080 Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators....... 20.55 19.07 822 763 40.0 42,749 39,666 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.81 14.72 610 575 38.6 28,376 27,988 1,795 Bus drivers....................................................... 13.65 13.46 513 462 37.6 22,871 21,195 1,676 Bus drivers, school............................................. 11.92 11.56 434 408 36.4 17,801 16,924 1,493 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.