RSE Table 16 Private industry establishments with 100 workers or more: 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........................................................... $22.23 1.6% $884 1.6% $45,671 1.6% Management occupations.............................................. 47.92 3.5 1,968 3.7 102,285 3.7 General and operations managers................................... 57.30 9.0 2,418 10.4 125,741 10.4 Advertising and promotions managers............................... 26.67 26.4 1,134 33.4 58,977 33.4 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 48.06 6.0 1,935 6.1 100,640 6.1 Marketing managers.............................................. 52.50 7.6 2,067 7.8 107,479 7.8 Sales managers.................................................. 44.22 10.4 1,817 10.4 94,479 10.4 Public relations managers......................................... 63.31 37.4 2,506 36.5 130,287 36.5 Administrative services managers.................................. 33.79 12.6 1,352 12.6 70,292 12.6 Computer and information systems managers......................... 56.08 5.5 2,319 5.6 120,572 5.6 Financial managers................................................ 49.57 3.7 2,013 3.7 104,657 3.7 Human resources managers.......................................... 44.68 8.8 1,806 8.4 93,886 8.4 Industrial production managers.................................... 40.04 12.8 1,618 13.8 84,147 13.8 Transportation, storage, and distribution managers................ 45.10 10.8 1,786 11.0 92,866 11.0 Construction managers............................................. 43.70 5.9 1,798 5.6 93,508 5.6 Education administrators.......................................... 40.98 18.2 1,632 17.9 83,535 17.9 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 52.37 21.7 2,083 20.8 105,913 20.8 Engineering managers.............................................. 50.95 4.7 2,099 3.5 109,138 3.5 Food service managers............................................. 25.18 15.8 1,207 21.1 62,769 21.1 Medical and health services managers.............................. 41.81 3.4 1,731 3.8 90,003 3.8 Social and community service managers............................. 31.36 7.4 1,234 8.6 64,172 8.6 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 34.59 3.6 1,385 3.6 71,997 3.6 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 27.39 7.1 1,096 7.2 57,009 7.2 Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 24.29 6.2 971 6.2 50,516 6.2 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 29.51 7.8 1,182 7.9 61,466 7.9 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 24.73 8.5 983 8.4 51,106 8.4 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 24.73 8.5 983 8.4 51,106 8.4 Cost estimators................................................... 34.46 18.9 1,378 18.9 71,675 18.9 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 29.89 6.1 1,192 5.9 61,990 5.9 Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists.............. 31.95 10.7 1,278 10.7 66,463 10.7 Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists............ 31.30 5.0 1,245 5.5 64,760 5.5 Training and development specialists............................ 29.81 8.3 1,171 8.1 60,911 8.1 Logisticians...................................................... 33.40 12.0 1,330 12.0 69,104 12.0 Management analysts............................................... 42.92 8.7 1,720 8.6 89,436 8.6 Meeting and convention planners................................... 24.37 9.6 997 7.5 51,822 7.5 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 29.48 6.3 1,180 6.4 61,350 6.4 Budget analysts................................................... 30.51 14.3 1,180 15.6 61,361 15.6 Credit analysts................................................... 40.73 20.8 1,629 20.8 84,724 20.8 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 38.06 12.6 1,520 12.5 79,032 12.5 Financial analysts.............................................. 42.51 19.9 1,704 19.9 88,590 19.9 Personal financial advisors..................................... 35.27 12.5 1,411 12.5 73,355 12.5 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 34.39 16.6 1,447 18.8 75,254 18.8 Loan officers................................................... 36.82 15.4 1,560 17.6 81,125 17.6 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 38.57 2.2 1,541 2.2 80,044 2.2 Computer and information scientists, research..................... 54.75 7.7 2,190 7.7 113,877 7.7 Computer programmers.............................................. 39.46 7.5 1,580 7.4 82,144 7.4 Computer software engineers....................................... 42.25 2.9 1,689 2.9 87,839 2.9 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 42.28 6.1 1,690 6.1 87,885 6.1 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 42.20 3.8 1,688 3.8 87,777 3.8 Computer support specialists...................................... 29.86 7.3 1,187 7.2 61,546 7.2 Computer systems analysts......................................... 39.17 2.7 1,565 2.5 81,356 2.5 Database administrators........................................... 43.44 10.7 1,720 11.1 89,429 11.1 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 39.68 9.5 1,604 9.7 82,748 9.7 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 37.82 6.1 1,512 6.1 78,612 6.1 Operations research analysts...................................... 38.66 9.8 1,530 10.1 79,568 10.1 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 35.06 2.1 1,412 2.0 73,427 2.0 Architects, except naval.......................................... 43.17 8.2 1,728 8.2 89,840 8.2 Architects, except landscape and naval.......................... 43.17 8.2 1,728 8.2 89,840 8.2 Engineers......................................................... 39.99 1.5 1,618 1.7 84,091 1.7 Chemical engineers.............................................. 51.39 12.1 2,056 12.1 106,901 12.1 Civil engineers................................................. 35.15 5.7 1,429 5.5 74,300 5.5 Computer hardware engineers..................................... 44.20 7.1 1,771 7.1 92,077 7.1 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 40.66 2.3 1,638 2.1 85,183 2.1 Electrical engineers.......................................... 42.58 3.5 1,733 2.6 90,103 2.6 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 39.22 2.1 1,569 2.1 81,586 2.1 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 39.64 9.4 1,618 8.8 84,160 8.8 Industrial engineers.......................................... 35.44 7.1 1,439 7.0 74,844 7.0 Mechanical engineers............................................ 35.35 6.5 1,452 7.9 75,330 7.9 Drafters.......................................................... 24.11 6.9 965 6.9 50,155 6.9 Architectural and civil drafters................................ 24.23 11.5 969 11.5 50,390 11.5 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 26.10 3.9 1,045 3.9 54,332 3.9 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 25.82 3.8 1,032 3.8 53,675 3.8 Mechanical engineering technicians.............................. 20.57 8.6 838 9.3 43,584 9.3 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 31.43 4.9 1,265 4.7 65,772 4.7 Life scientists................................................... 32.28 12.4 1,249 12.2 64,956 12.2 Biological scientists........................................... 28.07 15.7 1,090 14.1 56,658 14.1 Medical scientists.............................................. 32.23 14.2 1,268 14.0 65,933 14.0 Physical scientists............................................... 41.29 19.0 1,769 16.7 92,010 16.7 Chemists and materials scientists............................... 49.30 24.0 2,015 25.6 104,794 25.6 Chemists...................................................... 48.27 31.6 1,990 33.7 103,465 33.7 Environmental scientists and geoscientists...................... 31.89 9.9 1,477 15.4 76,804 15.4 Environmental scientists and specialists, including health.... 31.89 9.9 1,477 15.4 76,804 15.4 Market and survey researchers..................................... 31.14 8.0 1,236 8.9 64,270 8.9 Market research analysts........................................ 31.01 8.8 1,230 9.7 63,955 9.7 Biological technicians............................................ 20.80 7.8 827 7.5 43,029 7.5 Chemical technicians.............................................. 21.08 6.6 843 6.6 43,704 6.6 Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians...... 24.08 8.8 958 8.3 49,835 8.3 Community and social services occupations........................... 16.17 8.3 641 8.6 33,303 8.6 Counselors........................................................ 17.85 15.6 708 15.0 36,602 15.0 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 19.99 15.6 792 15.1 40,097 15.1 Social workers.................................................... 19.47 4.5 777 4.4 40,368 4.4 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 17.51 9.8 694 9.6 35,970 9.6 Medical and public health social workers........................ 21.58 7.9 863 7.9 44,895 7.9 Mental health and substance abuse social workers................ 19.41 5.9 777 5.9 40,381 5.9 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 10.46 7.9 411 9.6 21,364 9.6 Social and human service assistants............................. 10.24 7.6 402 9.6 20,927 9.6 Legal occupations................................................... 50.92 10.2 2,038 10.6 105,988 10.6 Lawyers........................................................... 63.50 8.2 2,578 8.6 134,061 8.6 Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 28.70 11.7 1,119 10.9 58,188 10.9 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 31.91 8.0 1,243 8.2 54,445 8.2 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 38.36 15.4 1,527 15.4 68,985 15.4 Business teachers, postsecondary................................ 44.20 9.7 1,826 5.7 70,512 5.7 Math and computer teachers, postsecondary....................... 49.61 11.3 1,904 10.1 83,370 10.1 Life sciences teachers, postsecondary........................... 45.93 9.6 1,887 7.8 85,512 7.8 Biological science teachers, postsecondary.................... 45.93 9.6 1,887 7.8 85,512 7.8 Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 45.47 8.1 1,767 8.7 79,369 8.7 Health teachers, postsecondary.................................. 50.00 23.6 1,909 21.6 90,382 21.6 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 42.17 11.0 1,677 10.5 66,456 10.5 English language and literature teachers, postsecondary....... 38.36 9.8 1,607 15.9 62,120 15.9 Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary............... 43.67 16.5 1,773 11.8 69,164 11.8 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 28.85 7.2 1,104 8.1 43,018 8.1 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.95 4.2 1,214 3.8 45,032 3.8 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 30.85 6.2 1,171 5.2 43,626 5.2 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 33.43 4.1 1,274 4.5 46,907 4.5 Secondary school teachers....................................... 30.52 5.7 1,200 4.8 45,084 4.8 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 30.52 5.7 1,200 4.8 45,084 4.8 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 30.55 5.4 1,207 5.8 61,255 5.8 Librarians........................................................ 28.51 9.0 1,080 8.8 47,520 8.8 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.97 3.1 406 6.2 20,348 6.2 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 25.69 5.9 1,023 5.9 52,863 5.9 Artists and related workers....................................... 23.49 19.4 934 18.9 48,095 18.9 Designers......................................................... 24.71 13.2 988 12.1 51,359 12.1 Graphic designers............................................... 26.27 15.7 1,037 14.3 53,901 14.3 Actors, producers, and directors.................................. 17.52 7.6 695 7.3 36,154 7.3 Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers................... 19.48 9.6 779 11.9 39,340 11.9 Coaches and scouts.............................................. 19.60 13.9 783 17.0 39,040 17.0 News analysts, reporters and correspondents....................... 24.30 9.3 963 9.2 50,088 9.2 Reporters and correspondents.................................... 24.30 9.3 963 9.2 50,088 9.2 Public relations specialists...................................... 39.13 15.4 1,558 15.5 81,018 15.5 Writers and editors............................................... 26.20 5.2 1,044 5.7 54,295 5.7 Editors......................................................... 25.50 5.6 1,004 6.9 52,221 6.9 Technical writers............................................... 26.88 9.4 1,087 9.1 56,542 9.1 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.07 3.3 1,064 3.1 55,294 3.1 Pharmacists....................................................... 51.05 1.4 2,013 1.7 104,701 1.7 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 77.44 21.1 3,063 20.8 159,263 20.8 Registered nurses................................................. 28.64 1.6 1,110 1.7 57,719 1.7 Therapists........................................................ 27.08 4.6 1,073 4.7 55,817 4.7 Occupational therapists......................................... 32.34 3.4 1,283 3.4 66,695 3.4 Physical therapists............................................. 30.35 6.2 1,214 6.2 63,134 6.2 Respiratory therapists.......................................... 25.79 3.3 1,013 3.2 52,656 3.2 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 19.62 3.9 777 3.9 40,423 3.9 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 24.30 3.9 966 3.7 50,247 3.7 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 15.50 3.4 613 3.0 31,852 3.0 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 25.91 2.9 1,022 3.1 53,127 3.1 Cardiovascular technologists and technicians.................... 24.77 5.9 991 5.9 51,521 5.9 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 24.29 4.3 951 4.4 49,469 4.4 Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...................... 15.50 12.0 686 5.1 35,681 5.1 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 17.62 5.6 690 5.9 35,902 5.9 Pharmacy technicians............................................ 13.99 4.6 557 4.7 28,973 4.7 Surgical technologists.......................................... 20.85 9.8 831 10.1 43,193 10.1 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.83 2.7 728 2.7 37,852 2.7 Medical records and health information technicians................ 19.63 5.3 780 5.3 40,580 5.3 Miscellaneous health technologists and technicians................ 18.08 8.1 723 8.1 37,611 8.1 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.86 1.4 460 1.8 23,933 1.8 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.09 1.4 426 1.9 22,129 1.9 Home health aides............................................... 10.48 1.2 367 4.5 19,073 4.5 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.16 1.5 433 1.5 22,506 1.5 Physical therapist assistants and aides........................... 20.04 13.9 801 13.9 41,658 13.9 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.28 3.1 528 3.2 27,461 3.2 Medical assistants.............................................. 13.77 4.9 545 5.0 28,351 5.0 Medical equipment preparers..................................... 12.44 8.6 498 8.6 25,870 8.6 Medical transcriptionists....................................... 14.44 2.5 575 2.2 29,881 2.2 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.69 3.6 462 3.7 20,466 3.7 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.26 3.3 444 3.4 23,021 3.4 Security guards................................................. 11.23 3.3 443 3.4 22,952 3.4 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.95 3.2 387 3.2 19,942 3.2 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 15.61 8.4 628 8.8 31,964 8.8 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 15.83 9.6 637 10.1 32,333 10.1 Cooks............................................................. 11.79 3.5 463 3.9 23,866 3.9 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 11.65 4.3 456 5.2 23,256 5.2 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 12.16 4.9 479 4.6 24,897 4.6 Cooks, short order.............................................. 10.65 4.2 415 5.0 21,559 5.0 Food preparation workers.......................................... 10.62 3.5 425 3.5 21,483 3.5 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.53 8.5 207 9.5 10,778 9.5 Bartenders...................................................... 5.66 12.2 206 13.0 10,690 13.0 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.13 12.8 152 13.8 7,879 13.8 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 8.09 9.1 320 8.9 16,626 8.9 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 10.23 5.1 403 5.5 20,824 5.5 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 10.31 5.7 406 6.2 20,907 6.2 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 7.78 8.6 302 7.9 15,679 7.9 Dishwashers....................................................... 9.83 7.5 385 5.9 19,544 5.9 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.41 2.5 412 2.1 21,383 2.1 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 18.30 6.5 718 6.0 37,315 6.0 First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers...................................................... 19.37 8.9 749 7.8 38,960 7.8 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.11 2.5 399 2.1 20,748 2.1 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.27 4.1 406 3.5 21,095 3.5 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.78 2.3 385 2.3 20,040 2.3 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 10.18 2.8 406 2.7 21,020 2.7 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 10.13 2.9 404 2.9 20,912 2.9 Personal care and service occupations............................... 16.08 4.4 551 3.5 28,580 3.5 Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers........ 11.46 6.0 456 6.3 23,280 6.3 Amusement and recreation attendants............................. 11.96 5.5 478 5.5 24,267 5.5 Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges......................... 10.53 11.3 403 13.3 20,968 13.3 Transportation attendants......................................... 42.97 1.4 844 1.2 43,906 1.2 Flight attendants............................................... 42.97 1.4 844 1.2 43,906 1.2 Child care workers................................................ 10.74 4.2 428 4.0 22,254 4.0 Personal and home care aides...................................... 10.50 1.7 420 1.7 21,840 1.7 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 12.14 20.3 483 20.3 25,131 20.3 Recreation workers.............................................. 9.63 7.1 383 6.5 19,909 6.5 Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.91 4.0 719 4.2 37,227 4.2 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 21.59 8.0 881 8.4 45,822 8.4 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 19.51 11.2 797 11.1 41,433 11.1 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 27.93 10.7 1,137 12.1 59,118 12.1 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.34 3.2 494 3.3 25,684 3.3 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.76 1.9 427 2.0 22,194 2.0 Cashiers...................................................... 10.72 1.9 426 2.0 22,128 2.0 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 18.95 9.8 792 11.3 41,195 11.3 Parts salespersons............................................ 21.35 6.7 917 7.2 47,677 7.2 Retail salespersons............................................. 12.88 3.9 517 4.2 26,887 4.2 Advertising sales agents.......................................... 31.77 19.2 1,271 19.2 66,077 19.2 Insurance sales agents............................................ 18.81 9.8 747 9.6 38,863 9.6 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 62.88 32.2 2,515 32.2 130,797 32.2 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 32.10 9.2 1,323 9.1 68,793 9.1 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products...................................... 46.46 16.0 1,866 16.1 97,051 16.1 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products............................ 26.04 7.2 1,085 7.1 56,415 7.1 Telemarketers..................................................... 14.47 9.9 573 10.1 29,786 10.1 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 17.64 9.2 696 9.1 33,928 9.1 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.83 1.4 631 1.4 32,780 1.4 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 24.62 3.9 983 3.9 51,121 3.9 Switchboard operators, including answering service................ 11.17 6.3 447 6.3 23,236 6.3 Telephone operators............................................... 11.58 2.3 463 2.3 24,070 2.3 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.66 1.8 624 1.8 32,401 1.8 Bill and account collectors..................................... 15.28 2.5 611 2.5 31,774 2.5 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 15.21 4.9 604 4.8 31,425 4.8 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.71 3.3 625 3.3 32,378 3.3 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 19.16 6.0 767 6.0 39,861 6.0 Procurement clerks.............................................. 17.04 11.2 682 11.2 35,440 11.2 Tellers......................................................... 12.96 1.6 519 1.6 26,962 1.6 Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks.......................... 13.73 5.4 549 5.4 28,557 5.4 Customer service representatives.................................. 15.03 2.5 601 2.5 31,208 2.5 File clerks....................................................... 12.23 5.7 486 5.9 25,290 5.9 Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks.............................. 10.27 3.2 411 3.2 21,358 3.2 Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 13.60 3.1 543 3.1 28,225 3.1 Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 16.46 5.7 658 5.7 34,238 5.7 Order clerks...................................................... 16.74 8.2 669 8.2 34,778 8.2 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 17.04 5.2 682 5.2 35,452 5.2 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.65 3.9 502 4.0 26,088 4.0 Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks.... 13.53 3.8 541 3.8 28,143 3.8 Dispatchers....................................................... 15.78 12.8 646 14.1 33,584 14.1 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 16.10 13.8 660 15.2 34,339 15.2 Meter readers, utilities.......................................... 17.06 9.1 682 9.1 35,485 9.1 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 19.61 4.6 784 4.6 40,789 4.6 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.73 3.2 508 3.1 26,432 3.1 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 13.00 4.0 520 4.0 27,007 4.0 Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping........ 15.66 10.4 626 10.4 32,569 10.4 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.82 3.5 783 3.6 40,685 3.6 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 23.28 6.1 926 6.2 48,155 6.2 Legal secretaries............................................... 26.62 12.2 1,002 11.7 52,101 11.7 Medical secretaries............................................. 14.08 2.3 558 2.4 29,006 2.4 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.63 4.1 655 3.8 34,015 3.8 Computer operators................................................ 17.44 13.2 698 13.2 36,275 13.2 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 14.37 4.9 573 5.0 29,816 5.0 Data entry keyers............................................... 13.98 5.6 557 5.6 28,985 5.6 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 16.50 4.2 651 4.7 33,877 4.7 Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service..... 11.64 6.4 459 6.3 23,872 6.3 Office clerks, general............................................ 14.83 3.6 589 3.5 30,587 3.5 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.......................... 14.04 15.8 545 14.2 28,340 14.2 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 18.46 4.9 740 4.9 38,464 4.9 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 28.49 6.3 1,195 6.0 62,158 6.0 Carpenters........................................................ 17.80 5.3 712 5.3 37,010 5.3 Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers........... 16.35 7.0 654 7.0 33,865 7.0 Cement masons and concrete finishers............................ 16.35 7.0 654 7.0 33,865 7.0 Construction laborers............................................. 11.91 4.6 476 4.6 24,740 4.6 Construction equipment operators.................................. 16.36 9.4 654 9.4 34,027 9.4 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 17.05 10.0 682 10.0 35,459 10.0 Electricians...................................................... 24.11 6.4 962 6.4 50,005 6.4 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 16.69 6.2 668 6.2 34,679 6.2 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 17.18 8.9 687 8.9 35,739 8.9 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 12.28 2.3 490 2.3 25,505 2.3 Helpers--electricians........................................... 12.71 2.2 508 2.2 26,432 2.2 Miscellaneous construction and related workers.................... 19.38 13.2 770 13.4 40,060 13.4 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.34 2.6 855 2.7 44,458 2.7 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 31.87 10.5 1,311 11.3 68,128 11.3 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................... 19.93 8.2 797 8.2 41,419 8.2 Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment.................................................... 20.37 10.0 815 10.0 42,365 10.0 Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay.................................................... 28.78 3.1 1,138 3.8 59,164 3.8 Aircraft mechanics and service technicians........................ 27.47 6.2 1,099 6.2 57,135 6.2 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 19.11 9.4 781 9.6 40,592 9.6 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 19.69 10.7 809 10.7 42,078 10.7 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 19.72 5.4 789 5.4 41,021 5.4 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics...................................................... 20.87 4.8 834 4.8 43,356 4.8 Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines................ 20.87 4.8 834 4.8 43,356 4.8 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers..................................................... 21.23 10.7 849 10.7 44,166 10.7 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.90 3.3 795 3.3 41,302 3.3 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 21.74 5.2 862 5.2 44,753 5.2 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 18.10 7.4 721 7.4 37,490 7.4 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 17.92 6.1 739 5.3 38,352 5.3 Millwrights..................................................... 23.40 8.4 956 10.0 49,737 10.0 Line installers and repairers..................................... 24.55 5.5 982 5.5 51,072 5.5 Electrical power-line installers and repairers.................. 22.69 8.6 908 8.6 47,192 8.6 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 15.58 7.8 623 7.8 32,416 7.8 Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers.......... 13.24 3.7 530 3.7 27,546 3.7 Production occupations.............................................. 15.94 2.6 633 2.7 32,864 2.7 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 25.92 5.4 1,038 5.3 53,965 5.3 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 13.03 5.5 517 6.0 26,885 6.0 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 12.80 7.1 512 7.1 26,619 7.1 Electromechanical equipment assemblers.......................... 13.77 6.4 551 6.4 28,638 6.4 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 14.70 5.6 584 5.7 30,360 5.7 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 10.60 4.0 424 4.0 22,048 4.0 Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers.................... 9.86 2.1 394 2.1 20,513 2.1 Miscellaneous food processing workers............................. 10.24 14.9 410 14.9 21,303 14.9 Computer control programmers and operators........................ 16.79 6.5 672 6.5 34,930 6.5 Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic... 16.55 5.8 662 5.8 34,428 5.8 Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 17.89 10.6 693 10.5 36,020 10.5 Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............................................ 16.38 8.3 633 8.2 32,920 8.2 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 12.52 13.5 499 13.4 25,965 13.4 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 11.62 13.6 465 13.6 24,169 13.6 Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................... 14.51 6.2 572 6.5 29,743 6.5 Machinists........................................................ 21.26 7.3 851 7.3 44,229 7.3 Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................................................... 13.79 3.0 552 3.0 28,684 3.0 Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 13.79 3.0 552 3.0 28,684 3.0 Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 17.12 4.5 685 4.5 35,599 4.5 Tool and die makers............................................... 20.70 4.2 828 4.2 43,055 4.2 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 19.44 6.7 768 6.9 39,851 6.9 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 19.90 7.6 794 7.6 41,298 7.6 Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders...................................................... 16.84 7.5 630 7.6 32,336 7.6 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 18.21 18.4 729 18.4 37,858 18.4 Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............................................ 21.58 19.9 863 19.9 44,885 19.9 Printers.......................................................... 16.82 11.8 662 10.8 34,374 10.8 Printing machine operators...................................... 17.22 11.5 676 10.5 35,096 10.5 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 10.17 9.9 393 10.4 20,421 10.4 Sewing machine operators.......................................... 13.44 9.7 533 10.2 27,719 10.2 Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 13.20 6.9 524 7.3 27,237 7.3 Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders...... 11.82 2.7 462 3.1 24,037 3.1 Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders...................................................... 13.66 2.2 546 2.2 28,409 2.2 Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders....................................... 13.09 11.9 518 12.7 26,881 12.7 Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers........... 15.66 8.0 623 8.0 32,289 8.0 Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers................................... 17.01 10.8 670 11.4 34,855 11.4 Upholsterers.................................................... 17.66 14.6 704 14.4 36,608 14.4 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 14.25 2.9 570 2.9 29,631 2.9 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing....................................................... 15.07 .5 603 .5 31,350 .5 Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers.............. 27.91 20.4 1,112 20.3 57,829 20.3 Power plant operators........................................... 22.33 15.5 888 15.1 46,166 15.1 Miscellaneous plant and system operators.......................... 22.37 5.9 895 5.9 46,538 5.9 Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders....... 19.52 13.5 774 13.6 40,259 13.6 Chemical equipment operators and tenders........................ 19.63 16.8 785 16.8 40,835 16.8 Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders...................... 19.16 11.2 740 10.6 38,455 10.6 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 17.30 8.7 683 8.9 35,493 8.9 Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders.................................................. 19.43 21.2 777 21.2 40,407 21.2 Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 18.45 6.4 722 6.6 37,542 6.6 Cutting workers................................................... 15.71 8.5 629 8.5 32,687 8.5 Cutters and trimmers, hand...................................... 17.00 12.8 680 12.8 35,363 12.8 Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 15.08 10.3 603 10.3 31,362 10.3 Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders......................................... 13.69 34.3 543 33.3 28,229 33.3 Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders...... 20.01 18.9 800 18.9 41,623 18.9 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 14.42 4.2 574 4.3 29,831 4.3 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 15.05 7.2 601 7.2 31,247 7.2 Painting workers.................................................. 16.37 14.9 649 15.4 33,765 15.4 Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders...................................................... 14.87 14.8 585 15.5 30,440 15.5 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 15.36 5.8 608 6.0 31,541 6.0 Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders............. 22.58 10.5 903 10.5 46,962 10.5 Tire builders................................................... 19.74 9.8 790 9.8 41,066 9.8 Helpers--production workers..................................... 12.84 7.2 505 7.0 26,159 7.0 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.50 3.8 660 3.4 34,268 3.4 First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand................................................... 22.00 7.6 917 7.9 47,707 7.9 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................. 24.11 5.4 1,021 7.7 53,099 7.7 Aircraft pilots and flight engineers.............................. 130.42 8.2 2,540 3.6 132,073 3.6 Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers.................. 130.42 8.2 2,540 3.6 132,073 3.6 Bus drivers....................................................... 11.77 12.3 457 13.6 23,752 13.6 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 19.15 3.8 801 4.0 41,650 4.0 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.30 3.6 790 4.7 41,095 4.7 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 20.58 7.7 823 7.7 42,805 7.7 Parking lot attendants............................................ 8.03 8.3 321 8.3 16,694 8.3 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 14.79 5.0 597 5.4 30,855 5.4 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.73 2.8 468 2.8 24,300 2.8 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 11.35 6.5 459 6.5 23,844 6.5 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.25 3.3 488 3.4 25,369 3.4 Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 11.72 6.6 468 6.6 24,316 6.6 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 10.08 5.2 400 5.4 20,815 5.4 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.