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........................................................... $28.21 $23.87 $1,083 $954 38.4 $49,921 $47,274 1,770 Management occupations.............................................. 44.68 44.77 1,793 1,791 40.1 89,119 82,447 1,994 General and operations managers................................... 43.67 35.44 1,792 1,487 41.0 93,209 77,334 2,134 Financial managers................................................ 46.93 36.00 1,860 1,440 39.6 96,056 74,880 2,047 Education administrators.......................................... 49.27 49.86 2,026 1,969 41.1 96,666 92,493 1,962 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 48.72 47.06 1,951 1,882 40.0 90,111 81,719 1,850 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 54.03 57.00 2,383 2,137 44.1 122,545 111,144 2,268 Medical and health services managers.............................. 37.76 34.98 1,471 1,312 39.0 76,505 68,211 2,026 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.06 24.39 978 928 39.0 50,793 48,256 2,027 Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation..................................... 22.05 20.29 807 808 36.6 41,941 42,016 1,902 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 25.46 24.39 1,002 936 39.3 52,095 48,651 2,046 Management analysts............................................... 29.01 27.19 1,161 1,088 40.0 60,349 56,555 2,080 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 24.74 24.38 965 962 39.0 50,172 50,024 2,028 Budget analysts................................................... 29.63 26.61 1,185 1,064 40.0 61,630 55,351 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 29.76 28.94 1,181 1,157 39.7 60,129 59,509 2,020 Computer support specialists...................................... 20.98 17.04 832 682 39.7 39,924 35,447 1,903 Computer systems analysts......................................... 36.90 36.83 1,468 1,473 39.8 74,279 76,384 2,013 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 31.33 31.40 1,255 1,256 40.1 63,881 65,312 2,039 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 25.30 22.71 1,003 908 39.7 52,177 47,241 2,063 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 28.37 26.26 1,126 1,051 39.7 58,535 54,629 2,063 Engineers......................................................... 32.03 31.45 1,261 1,258 39.4 65,557 65,414 2,046 Civil engineers................................................. 33.03 31.45 1,299 1,258 39.3 67,555 65,414 2,045 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 23.82 23.15 953 926 40.0 49,545 48,152 2,080 Civil engineering technicians................................... 24.18 22.82 967 913 40.0 50,291 47,466 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 28.89 24.29 1,124 974 38.9 56,678 51,738 1,962 Life scientists................................................... 22.29 20.70 886 827 39.8 46,071 43,000 2,067 Physical scientists............................................... 35.63 40.28 1,395 1,462 39.2 72,545 76,043 2,036 Psychologists..................................................... 44.42 49.06 1,615 1,653 36.4 67,499 64,463 1,520 Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists.................. 44.42 49.06 1,615 1,653 36.4 67,499 64,463 1,520 Urban and regional planners....................................... 34.52 34.33 1,303 1,373 37.7 67,753 71,400 1,963 Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians...... 16.09 15.49 631 619 39.2 32,789 32,213 2,038 Community and social services occupations........................... 26.08 23.47 1,005 934 38.5 49,653 48,776 1,904 Counselors........................................................ 31.63 25.07 1,189 969 37.6 53,947 50,353 1,706 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 33.94 28.98 1,277 1,080 37.6 56,432 54,515 1,663 Social workers.................................................... 27.06 24.51 1,038 976 38.4 51,145 51,043 1,890 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 28.74 24.54 1,104 982 38.4 53,587 53,851 1,865 Mental health and substance abuse social workers................ 21.51 20.04 822 752 38.2 42,766 39,078 1,988 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 22.14 23.11 869 924 39.2 45,168 48,069 2,040 Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists....... 25.19 24.99 994 1,000 39.5 51,678 51,979 2,052 Social and human service assistants............................. 16.82 14.60 655 574 39.0 34,073 29,838 2,026 Legal occupations................................................... 29.84 26.44 1,168 1,043 39.2 60,746 54,220 2,036 Lawyers........................................................... 38.97 41.09 1,551 1,644 39.8 80,676 85,467 2,070 Miscellaneous legal support workers............................... 22.81 22.22 887 889 38.9 46,105 46,222 2,021 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 38.67 39.22 1,399 1,437 36.2 53,664 55,024 1,388 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 46.59 43.77 1,831 1,751 39.3 75,628 71,253 1,623 Business teachers, postsecondary................................ 56.43 51.87 2,257 2,075 40.0 81,980 63,350 1,453 Math and computer teachers, postsecondary....................... 50.19 47.63 1,952 1,886 38.9 75,760 74,700 1,509 Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary.................. 45.95 43.04 1,799 1,786 39.1 69,699 66,720 1,517 Engineering and architecture teachers, postsecondary............ 71.66 68.45 2,773 2,697 38.7 102,372 93,085 1,429 Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 43.91 34.02 1,745 1,530 39.7 75,432 69,397 1,718 Health teachers, postsecondary.................................. 35.42 35.92 1,426 1,437 40.3 64,856 66,452 1,831 Health specialties teachers, postsecondary.................... 31.93 24.04 1,298 925 40.7 60,116 48,678 1,883 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 48.61 46.67 1,925 1,846 39.6 73,499 69,912 1,512 English language and literature teachers, postsecondary....... 45.70 44.17 1,793 1,832 39.2 67,470 66,796 1,476 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 44.90 43.77 1,715 1,751 38.2 74,664 77,251 1,663 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 42.78 42.24 1,526 1,509 35.7 56,851 56,086 1,329 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 37.65 35.60 1,375 1,403 36.5 51,382 52,009 1,365 Preschool teachers, except special education.................. 18.89 19.22 662 716 35.1 25,620 26,065 1,356 Kindergarten teachers, except special education............... 42.16 38.19 1,556 1,461 36.9 57,631 53,252 1,367 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 42.92 42.45 1,515 1,510 35.3 56,479 56,048 1,316 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 43.33 42.88 1,514 1,510 35.0 56,504 56,351 1,304 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 41.56 40.91 1,515 1,506 36.4 56,332 55,511 1,355 Secondary school teachers....................................... 43.74 43.12 1,577 1,545 36.1 58,353 57,420 1,334 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 43.59 42.62 1,574 1,534 36.1 58,237 56,839 1,336 Vocational education teachers, secondary school............... 46.11 45.61 1,626 1,643 35.3 60,135 60,035 1,304 Special education teachers...................................... 40.75 40.25 1,486 1,478 36.5 56,092 55,843 1,376 Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school.......................................... 40.22 40.44 1,454 1,478 36.1 55,516 56,157 1,380 Special education teachers, middle school..................... 38.84 36.35 1,429 1,382 36.8 53,167 53,252 1,369 Special education teachers, secondary school.................. 42.65 40.25 1,570 1,509 36.8 58,618 55,843 1,374 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 35.40 29.66 1,258 1,186 35.5 50,244 48,783 1,419 Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors.................................................. 36.43 35.33 1,350 1,171 37.1 53,837 49,062 1,478 Librarians........................................................ 30.77 25.25 1,170 985 38.0 54,608 53,060 1,775 Library technicians............................................... 15.09 14.82 579 569 38.3 27,370 29,601 1,813 Instructional coordinators........................................ 33.62 33.58 1,340 1,343 39.8 64,663 64,663 1,923 Teacher assistants................................................ 13.18 12.57 450 425 34.2 16,675 15,535 1,265 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 21.10 20.37 832 815 39.4 41,506 39,645 1,967 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 32.01 28.19 1,233 1,085 38.5 60,743 54,756 1,898 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 51.82 32.98 2,048 1,253 39.5 106,520 65,168 2,056 Registered nurses................................................. 30.77 29.25 1,160 1,079 37.7 57,937 54,972 1,883 Therapists........................................................ 42.73 38.61 1,548 1,480 36.2 63,383 62,369 1,483 Speech-language pathologists.................................... 46.23 46.62 1,619 1,599 35.0 62,915 61,599 1,361 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 27.78 26.39 1,111 1,056 40.0 57,782 54,891 2,080 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 28.20 27.42 1,128 1,097 40.0 58,659 57,023 2,080 Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...................... 20.92 19.15 887 791 42.4 46,134 41,147 2,205 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.54 18.51 740 696 37.9 37,568 36,875 1,923 Occupational health and safety specialists and technicians........ 28.81 28.03 1,140 1,148 39.6 59,306 59,698 2,059 Occupational health and safety specialists...................... 28.82 27.67 1,140 1,121 39.6 59,277 58,302 2,057 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.54 14.00 560 553 38.5 28,848 28,509 1,984 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 14.71 14.50 561 560 38.1 28,891 29,116 1,964 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 13.63 12.51 518 478 38.0 26,312 24,471 1,931 Psychiatric aides............................................... 15.68 15.79 599 608 38.2 31,154 31,610 1,987 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.83 13.16 553 526 40.0 28,497 27,364 2,060 Protective service occupations...................................... 24.73 24.75 1,027 1,018 41.5 53,100 52,815 2,147 First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 32.55 32.69 1,301 1,308 40.0 67,675 67,995 2,079 First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers........ 27.33 29.05 1,078 1,158 39.4 56,071 60,216 2,051 First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 33.96 32.88 1,363 1,315 40.1 70,864 68,390 2,087 First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers........................................................ 25.88 26.58 1,209 1,289 46.7 62,892 67,003 2,430 Fire fighters..................................................... 22.88 22.40 1,146 1,144 50.1 59,593 59,466 2,604 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 20.21 20.53 796 820 39.4 41,390 42,661 2,048 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 20.03 20.48 789 818 39.4 41,007 42,536 2,047 Detectives and criminal investigators............................. 29.37 29.42 1,203 1,250 41.0 62,577 65,018 2,131 Police officers................................................... 28.14 28.43 1,126 1,146 40.0 58,481 59,613 2,078 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 28.14 28.43 1,126 1,146 40.0 58,481 59,613 2,078 Miscellaneous protective service workers.......................... 18.92 18.64 705 697 37.3 33,419 34,251 1,767 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 14.07 13.63 505 467 35.9 22,653 19,885 1,611 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 17.30 17.72 668 689 38.6 30,034 31,061 1,736 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 16.73 16.54 639 620 38.2 27,455 22,704 1,641 Cooks............................................................. 14.85 14.24 521 476 35.1 22,707 18,983 1,529 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 14.85 14.24 521 476 35.1 22,707 18,983 1,529 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 11.15 10.84 402 386 36.0 18,663 19,325 1,673 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 11.15 10.84 402 386 36.0 18,663 19,325 1,673 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 15.74 15.44 621 614 39.5 31,777 31,574 2,019 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 19.99 19.23 795 769 39.8 41,339 39,998 2,068 Building cleaning workers......................................... 15.48 15.13 609 599 39.4 31,562 31,027 2,039 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 15.62 15.18 616 607 39.4 31,909 31,262 2,043 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 11.81 11.07 447 410 37.8 23,224 21,299 1,966 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 16.14 17.31 643 692 39.9 30,790 36,005 1,908 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 15.16 14.64 606 586 40.0 27,413 27,955 1,809 Personal care and service occupations............................... 17.54 17.66 682 704 38.9 32,460 32,844 1,851 Child care workers................................................ 16.51 17.66 596 618 36.1 23,058 23,237 1,397 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 17.08 17.60 674 704 39.4 33,599 36,608 1,967 Recreation workers.............................................. 17.08 17.60 674 704 39.4 33,599 36,608 1,967 Sales and related occupations....................................... 25.63 21.44 1,011 846 39.4 51,239 38,015 1,999 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.88 17.55 695 685 38.9 35,185 34,509 1,968 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 21.88 21.90 853 830 39.0 44,362 43,159 2,028 Financial clerks.................................................. 18.06 17.99 697 710 38.6 36,077 36,254 1,998 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.92 18.02 687 698 38.3 35,494 36,130 1,981 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 18.97 17.97 755 719 39.8 39,263 37,376 2,070 Court, municipal, and license clerks.............................. 18.25 18.47 694 669 38.0 36,103 34,780 1,978 Customer service representatives.................................. 16.43 16.93 649 677 39.5 33,723 35,214 2,052 Eligibility interviewers, government programs..................... 16.73 17.05 658 639 39.4 34,239 33,238 2,047 Library assistants, clerical...................................... 15.00 14.15 566 566 37.7 26,628 26,387 1,775 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.41 13.88 526 542 39.2 27,363 28,174 2,040 Dispatchers....................................................... 19.07 18.66 763 746 40.0 39,673 38,813 2,080 Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers......................... 19.40 19.21 776 768 40.0 40,342 39,957 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.80 18.48 734 719 39.0 36,819 36,442 1,958 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.68 21.98 860 879 39.7 44,635 45,723 2,059 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.19 17.32 666 654 38.8 32,614 32,012 1,898 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 18.41 19.19 732 768 39.8 38,087 39,915 2,069 Data entry keyers............................................... 17.67 18.54 700 742 39.6 36,402 38,563 2,060 Office clerks, general............................................ 16.43 15.65 634 609 38.6 31,245 30,321 1,902 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 23.85 21.26 943 850 39.5 49,014 44,221 2,055 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 28.80 30.77 1,152 1,231 40.0 59,903 63,993 2,080 Construction equipment operators.................................. 18.45 19.30 738 772 40.0 38,385 40,144 2,080 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 18.45 19.30 738 772 40.0 38,385 40,144 2,080 Electricians...................................................... 30.72 32.83 1,219 1,313 39.7 63,396 68,286 2,064 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 31.92 36.10 1,277 1,444 40.0 66,403 75,088 2,080 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 31.92 36.10 1,277 1,444 40.0 66,403 75,088 2,080 Construction and building inspectors.............................. 22.44 19.44 873 778 38.9 45,388 40,435 2,023 Highway maintenance workers....................................... 21.90 20.67 861 827 39.3 44,788 42,994 2,045 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.24 22.05 885 867 39.8 45,994 45,094 2,068 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 30.50 30.63 1,213 1,225 39.8 63,076 63,710 2,068 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 23.78 22.09 941 884 39.6 48,934 45,947 2,057 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 23.78 22.09 941 884 39.6 48,934 45,947 2,057 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 21.32 18.94 851 758 39.9 44,252 39,395 2,076 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 20.02 19.35 796 774 39.8 41,410 40,248 2,068 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 20.13 20.30 800 804 39.7 41,604 41,829 2,066 Production occupations.............................................. 20.25 19.59 806 784 39.8 41,902 40,747 2,069 Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators....... 20.98 19.75 838 790 40.0 43,587 41,080 2,078 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 20.73 19.26 743 661 35.8 34,151 29,723 1,647 Bus drivers....................................................... 18.63 17.69 620 564 33.3 25,914 21,692 1,391 Bus drivers, transit and intercity.............................. 23.47 27.68 935 1,107 39.8 48,623 57,564 2,072 Bus drivers, school............................................. 16.75 16.94 524 505 31.3 20,681 18,641 1,235 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 24.02 25.90 907 935 37.8 44,812 44,699 1,866 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 24.94 30.70 934 1,075 37.5 45,890 55,874 1,840 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 The NCS uses the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification coding structure, which defines more than 800 unique occupations, to match jobs sampled by the survey. Military occupations are excluded from the survey. 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 in the earnings distribution at which 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 in the earnings distribution at which 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.