Table 15 Private industry establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time workers Hourly(2) Weekly(3) Annual(4) Occupation(1) Mean Median Mean Median Mean Mean Median Mean earnings earnings earnings earnings hours earnings earnings hours All workers........................................................... $19.04 $15.90 $755 $623 39.7 $38,625 $32,001 2,028 Management occupations.............................................. 35.59 31.58 1,479 1,306 41.6 76,716 67,299 2,155 General and operations managers................................... 36.09 34.28 1,553 1,442 43.0 80,745 75,001 2,237 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 43.69 35.50 1,874 1,457 42.9 97,433 75,757 2,230 Marketing managers.............................................. 44.57 34.49 1,754 1,363 39.4 91,229 70,898 2,047 Sales managers.................................................. 43.16 35.50 1,957 1,457 45.3 101,743 75,757 2,357 Public relations managers......................................... 32.85 28.80 1,298 1,150 39.5 67,517 59,800 2,055 Administrative services managers.................................. 30.01 27.40 1,196 1,096 39.9 62,207 57,000 2,073 Computer and information systems managers......................... 48.60 40.28 1,940 1,611 39.9 100,890 83,791 2,076 Financial managers................................................ 34.08 29.05 1,421 1,206 41.7 73,877 62,737 2,168 Human resources managers.......................................... 26.29 23.10 1,067 924 40.6 55,498 48,048 2,111 Industrial production managers.................................... 32.07 31.48 1,308 1,259 40.8 68,020 65,476 2,121 Transportation, storage, and distribution managers................ 23.51 20.19 983 854 41.8 51,097 44,408 2,173 Construction managers............................................. 39.81 36.95 1,601 1,478 40.2 82,001 76,862 2,060 Education administrators.......................................... 29.54 28.37 1,199 1,206 40.6 57,869 51,850 1,959 Engineering managers.............................................. 44.46 43.46 1,881 1,738 42.3 97,814 90,401 2,200 Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 25.66 24.52 1,026 981 40.0 53,373 51,000 2,080 Social and community service managers............................. 23.71 22.46 932 842 39.3 48,458 43,801 2,043 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 27.96 24.47 1,143 967 40.9 59,398 50,285 2,124 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 28.15 27.39 1,139 1,080 40.5 59,240 56,160 2,105 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 26.29 25.15 1,052 1,006 40.0 54,687 52,302 2,080 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 27.74 27.50 1,102 1,100 39.7 57,328 57,200 2,067 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 27.74 27.50 1,102 1,100 39.7 57,328 57,200 2,067 Cost estimators................................................... 24.94 20.22 1,002 809 40.2 52,124 42,066 2,090 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 25.24 24.41 1,034 1,010 41.0 53,785 52,499 2,131 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 27.61 25.08 1,148 1,000 41.6 59,716 52,000 2,163 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 32.64 25.79 1,378 1,404 42.2 71,670 72,989 2,196 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 28.24 21.05 1,136 872 40.2 59,069 45,359 2,092 Loan officers................................................... 28.26 21.05 1,137 872 40.2 59,128 45,359 2,092 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 28.41 25.19 1,139 1,008 40.1 59,230 52,431 2,085 Computer software engineers....................................... 37.64 37.02 1,535 1,481 40.8 79,803 77,000 2,120 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 38.61 38.95 1,544 1,558 40.0 80,299 81,010 2,080 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 36.88 33.95 1,527 1,404 41.4 79,393 73,008 2,153 Computer support specialists...................................... 21.47 20.11 856 804 39.9 44,532 41,825 2,074 Computer systems analysts......................................... 33.24 33.99 1,330 1,359 40.0 69,139 70,691 2,080 Database administrators........................................... 34.61 34.65 1,418 1,386 41.0 73,754 72,072 2,131 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 25.80 25.19 1,032 1,008 40.0 53,679 52,401 2,080 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 25.87 26.22 1,064 1,051 41.1 55,351 54,627 2,139 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 29.38 29.24 1,205 1,176 41.0 62,660 61,161 2,133 Architects, except naval.......................................... 30.04 30.77 1,289 1,235 42.9 67,005 64,210 2,230 Architects, except landscape and naval.......................... 29.14 29.24 1,247 1,235 42.8 64,835 64,210 2,225 Engineers......................................................... 33.28 32.17 1,373 1,335 41.2 71,385 69,443 2,145 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 31.07 31.73 1,260 1,287 40.5 65,515 66,920 2,109 Electrical engineers.......................................... 26.69 26.83 1,068 1,073 40.0 55,511 55,800 2,080 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 34.19 33.45 1,400 1,379 41.0 72,814 71,729 2,129 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 31.52 35.94 1,369 1,443 43.4 71,212 75,036 2,259 Industrial engineers.......................................... 31.52 35.94 1,369 1,443 43.4 71,212 75,036 2,259 Mechanical engineers............................................ 34.02 31.88 1,394 1,275 41.0 72,469 66,300 2,130 Drafters.......................................................... 23.39 21.25 936 850 40.0 48,651 44,200 2,080 Architectural and civil drafters................................ 25.69 26.92 1,028 1,077 40.0 53,437 56,000 2,080 Mechanical drafters............................................. 21.87 23.08 875 923 40.0 45,490 48,000 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 23.77 23.16 954 926 40.1 49,587 48,175 2,086 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 25.11 23.49 1,004 940 40.0 52,221 48,865 2,080 Mechanical engineering technicians.............................. 25.54 26.65 1,022 1,066 40.0 53,124 55,432 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 28.18 26.18 1,125 1,047 39.9 58,104 54,454 2,062 Physical scientists............................................... 33.04 32.77 1,322 1,311 40.0 68,724 68,162 2,080 Chemists and materials scientists............................... 35.18 35.63 1,407 1,425 40.0 73,180 74,100 2,080 Chemists...................................................... 35.36 35.63 1,414 1,425 40.0 73,550 74,100 2,080 Chemical technicians.............................................. 22.59 22.10 904 884 40.0 46,984 45,958 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 17.49 16.83 700 674 40.0 36,093 35,047 2,064 Counselors........................................................ 16.92 16.83 690 674 40.8 35,866 35,047 2,120 Social workers.................................................... 18.69 18.27 746 731 39.9 37,749 38,000 2,019 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 15.27 13.98 611 559 40.0 28,247 29,085 1,849 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 16.80 15.67 667 626 39.7 34,674 32,546 2,064 Social and human service assistants............................. 13.76 13.25 563 528 40.9 29,254 27,460 2,126 Legal occupations................................................... 39.42 31.29 1,682 1,565 42.7 87,486 81,362 2,220 Lawyers........................................................... 43.57 36.14 1,868 1,635 42.9 97,114 84,999 2,229 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 16.97 12.98 651 519 38.4 29,185 26,416 1,720 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 21.60 20.60 808 793 37.4 34,092 32,172 1,578 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 11.91 12.70 476 508 40.0 22,943 20,671 1,927 Preschool teachers, except special education.................. 11.72 12.50 469 500 40.0 22,737 20,671 1,940 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 26.90 25.72 946 921 35.1 36,593 35,599 1,360 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 27.38 26.32 955 955 34.9 37,378 37,171 1,365 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.21 10.50 437 412 39.0 20,743 21,091 1,850 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 17.76 16.88 704 675 39.6 36,327 34,998 2,045 Designers......................................................... 18.48 17.72 734 709 39.7 38,180 36,849 2,067 Graphic designers............................................... 20.10 19.24 804 770 40.0 41,808 40,019 2,080 Writers and editors............................................... 26.74 25.35 1,017 691 38.0 52,903 35,955 1,978 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 42.10 27.00 1,640 1,025 39.0 85,296 53,294 2,026 Pharmacists....................................................... 53.81 52.94 2,094 2,070 38.9 108,876 107,636 2,023 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 154.24 148.75 6,183 5,808 40.1 321,514 302,016 2,084 Registered nurses................................................. 30.18 28.85 1,203 1,149 39.9 62,550 59,726 2,072 Therapists........................................................ 29.00 27.33 1,132 1,025 39.0 58,841 53,294 2,029 Dental hygienists................................................. 31.44 32.00 1,022 1,003 32.5 53,156 52,153 1,691 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 14.17 13.94 547 558 38.6 28,429 28,999 2,007 Pharmacy technicians............................................ 12.68 13.94 485 558 38.3 25,227 28,999 1,989 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.40 18.00 741 717 38.2 38,557 37,274 1,988 Miscellaneous health technologists and technicians................ 15.37 14.53 615 581 40.0 31,977 30,222 2,080 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.44 11.78 482 458 38.8 25,089 23,816 2,016 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.23 10.37 448 415 39.9 23,275 21,572 2,072 Home health aides............................................... 10.25 9.61 410 384 40.0 21,326 19,985 2,080 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.55 10.37 460 415 39.8 23,899 21,572 2,070 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.50 12.86 511 493 37.9 26,587 25,643 1,970 Medical assistants.............................................. 14.98 13.79 578 566 38.6 30,064 29,411 2,007 Protective service occupations...................................... 8.55 8.00 341 320 39.8 12,520 15,080 1,464 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 8.67 8.00 342 320 39.5 17,792 16,640 2,052 Security guards................................................. 8.67 8.00 342 320 39.5 17,792 16,640 2,052 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.85 8.59 326 314 36.9 16,618 15,808 1,878 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 14.09 13.64 574 520 40.8 28,752 27,040 2,041 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 14.38 14.31 599 600 41.7 30,796 31,200 2,141 Cooks............................................................. 10.35 10.00 387 380 37.4 19,649 19,500 1,899 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 10.41 9.41 375 366 36.0 18,260 18,182 1,754 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 10.73 10.30 404 400 37.7 20,662 20,800 1,926 Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.34 8.25 300 285 36.0 15,623 14,820 1,872 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.91 4.00 170 142 34.7 8,777 7,409 1,787 Bartenders...................................................... 7.02 8.00 242 256 34.5 12,602 13,312 1,796 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.49 3.50 120 104 34.2 6,123 5,314 1,754 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 7.85 8.00 299 312 38.1 15,554 16,224 1,981 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 9.01 8.67 334 327 37.0 16,851 16,640 1,870 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 9.08 8.75 334 328 36.8 16,807 16,931 1,851 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 8.41 8.00 332 320 39.5 17,278 16,640 2,055 Dishwashers....................................................... 8.34 7.95 322 318 38.6 16,648 15,264 1,995 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.24 11.00 469 440 38.3 22,153 20,475 1,810 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 18.94 20.02 772 801 40.8 39,490 41,642 2,085 First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers...................................................... 18.27 20.43 734 844 40.2 37,401 43,873 2,047 First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers................................... 19.44 20.02 801 801 41.2 41,056 41,642 2,112 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.41 9.50 386 365 37.0 19,528 18,176 1,876 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.48 10.00 405 400 38.7 20,420 20,280 1,948 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 10.23 8.50 343 320 33.5 17,579 16,453 1,719 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 13.70 13.26 551 536 40.2 22,179 20,800 1,619 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 13.15 12.00 530 480 40.3 20,722 18,200 1,576 Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.20 10.82 465 400 38.1 21,967 19,760 1,800 First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers....... 14.14 14.36 548 646 38.8 28,497 33,605 2,016 Child care workers................................................ 9.31 9.50 360 374 38.7 18,706 19,465 2,009 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 18.60 18.50 718 721 38.6 18,655 1,700 1,003 Recreation workers.............................................. 18.43 18.50 739 740 40.1 18,117 1,700 983 Sales and related occupations....................................... 20.37 16.63 825 674 40.5 42,333 34,339 2,078 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 21.73 18.06 897 790 41.3 46,578 41,080 2,143 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 20.12 17.30 834 710 41.5 43,272 36,296 2,151 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 29.51 26.06 1,195 1,042 40.5 62,155 54,205 2,106 Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.93 11.19 558 442 40.1 28,203 22,880 2,024 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.64 9.25 375 370 38.9 17,743 19,020 1,841 Cashiers...................................................... 9.54 9.25 373 370 39.1 17,631 18,720 1,848 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 14.42 12.98 586 501 40.6 30,247 25,584 2,097 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 12.35 10.30 503 412 40.8 25,649 20,324 2,078 Parts salespersons............................................ 15.43 13.45 625 538 40.5 32,521 27,976 2,107 Retail salespersons............................................. 15.90 12.29 644 500 40.5 33,489 26,021 2,107 Insurance sales agents............................................ 22.37 18.95 890 758 39.8 46,270 39,424 2,068 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 41.50 45.88 1,812 1,964 43.7 94,243 102,151 2,271 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 28.53 24.27 1,156 1,019 40.5 59,722 52,863 2,093 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products...................................... 38.28 28.37 1,531 1,135 40.0 79,629 58,999 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products............................ 24.73 23.07 1,007 933 40.7 51,898 48,536 2,098 Real estate brokers and sales agents.............................. 15.59 12.50 635 500 40.8 33,043 26,000 2,119 Real estate sales agents........................................ 15.56 12.50 622 500 40.0 32,368 26,000 2,080 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 17.89 17.31 717 682 40.1 36,797 35,485 2,057 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.25 14.60 598 572 39.2 31,070 29,682 2,038 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 21.28 21.25 851 850 40.0 44,253 44,200 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.93 14.40 584 543 39.2 30,377 28,242 2,035 Bill and account collectors..................................... 14.60 14.40 572 576 39.1 29,137 29,952 1,995 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 17.28 18.00 656 690 38.0 34,115 35,880 1,974 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.35 15.53 637 615 39.0 33,127 31,959 2,026 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 18.61 17.06 744 682 40.0 38,712 35,487 2,080 Procurement clerks.............................................. 14.54 14.75 563 590 38.7 29,260 30,670 2,013 Tellers......................................................... 11.62 10.89 462 433 39.8 24,048 22,539 2,069 Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks.......................... 17.00 13.37 673 535 39.6 34,986 27,810 2,058 Customer service representatives.................................. 15.78 14.88 625 595 39.6 32,489 30,942 2,059 Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks.............................. 9.66 9.00 363 344 37.6 18,871 17,896 1,954 Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 17.97 18.47 716 737 39.8 37,229 38,314 2,071 New accounts clerks............................................... 15.68 17.15 625 686 39.8 32,474 35,670 2,071 Order clerks...................................................... 16.31 15.20 637 608 39.1 33,084 31,616 2,028 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.69 12.00 493 462 38.9 25,574 24,036 2,016 Dispatchers....................................................... 18.31 20.38 749 815 40.9 38,928 42,390 2,126 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 18.31 20.38 749 815 40.9 38,928 42,390 2,126 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 18.26 17.00 726 680 39.8 37,580 35,360 2,059 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.71 13.72 589 549 40.1 30,647 28,538 2,083 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.72 11.07 447 420 38.1 23,236 21,840 1,982 Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping........ 12.86 12.65 514 506 40.0 26,751 26,312 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.67 15.37 656 611 39.3 34,023 31,746 2,040 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.39 18.83 802 753 39.3 41,543 39,162 2,038 Legal secretaries............................................... 15.58 13.00 617 520 39.6 32,094 27,040 2,059 Medical secretaries............................................. 15.61 13.70 594 548 38.0 30,865 28,496 1,977 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.88 15.00 591 600 39.7 30,626 31,200 2,058 Computer operators................................................ 17.47 19.57 699 783 40.0 36,330 40,706 2,080 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 12.46 11.54 491 441 39.4 25,508 22,913 2,047 Data entry keyers............................................... 12.49 11.67 490 441 39.3 25,496 22,913 2,041 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 16.68 15.00 661 600 39.6 34,360 31,200 2,059 Office clerks, general............................................ 14.36 14.00 558 546 38.8 28,936 28,388 2,015 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.......................... 11.90 11.90 486 450 40.9 17,155 16,120 1,441 Miscellaneous agricultural workers................................ 10.69 9.75 431 390 40.3 14,406 15,600 1,347 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 21.73 19.50 852 769 39.2 42,624 38,116 1,962 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 31.79 32.30 1,273 1,292 40.0 65,757 65,645 2,069 Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons......................... 28.29 26.70 1,106 1,045 39.1 54,713 53,015 1,934 Brickmasons and blockmasons..................................... 28.29 26.70 1,106 1,045 39.1 54,713 53,015 1,934 Carpenters........................................................ 20.76 17.00 827 680 39.9 40,790 33,894 1,965 Carpet, floor, and tile installers and finishers.................. 21.31 20.00 843 800 39.5 43,812 41,600 2,056 Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers........... 21.84 20.05 864 802 39.5 41,567 39,520 1,903 Cement masons and concrete finishers............................ 21.84 20.05 864 802 39.5 41,567 39,520 1,903 Construction laborers............................................. 19.95 20.00 789 775 39.6 38,162 35,189 1,913 Construction equipment operators.................................. 21.06 20.50 801 820 38.1 36,997 36,235 1,757 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 20.67 20.50 794 820 38.4 37,266 36,235 1,803 Electricians...................................................... 23.56 20.92 942 837 40.0 49,003 43,509 2,080 Painters and paperhangers......................................... 15.63 15.00 625 600 40.0 32,518 31,200 2,080 Painters, construction and maintenance.......................... 15.63 15.00 625 600 40.0 32,518 31,200 2,080 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 21.48 19.00 854 760 39.8 44,428 39,520 2,069 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 21.50 19.00 855 760 39.8 44,470 39,520 2,069 Roofers........................................................... 20.37 17.23 698 689 34.3 35,884 35,843 1,761 Sheet metal workers............................................... 23.03 26.50 854 1,053 37.1 44,397 54,776 1,928 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 15.45 15.00 600 580 38.9 30,301 29,120 1,962 Helpers--carpenters............................................. 14.14 13.75 566 550 40.0 29,418 28,600 2,080 Miscellaneous construction and related workers.................... 16.76 16.50 671 660 40.0 33,447 34,320 1,995 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.66 18.09 784 724 39.9 40,514 37,556 2,061 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 25.85 25.40 1,085 1,036 42.0 55,824 52,000 2,159 Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers.......... 15.19 14.77 608 591 40.0 31,593 30,722 2,080 Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 32.01 32.35 1,281 1,294 40.0 66,590 67,288 2,080 Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers.............................................. 32.01 32.35 1,281 1,294 40.0 66,590 67,288 2,080 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................... 18.90 18.00 756 720 40.0 39,313 37,440 2,080 Aircraft mechanics and service technicians........................ 22.96 21.00 918 840 40.0 47,755 43,680 2,080 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 17.92 16.50 719 640 40.1 37,392 33,280 2,087 Automotive body and related repairers........................... 21.14 20.35 831 850 39.3 43,226 44,200 2,045 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 17.14 15.10 691 620 40.3 35,941 32,240 2,097 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 19.84 19.60 775 736 39.0 39,990 38,253 2,015 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics...................................................... 19.51 18.50 782 740 40.1 40,647 38,480 2,084 Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines................ 19.77 18.50 791 740 40.0 41,123 38,480 2,080 Small engine mechanics............................................ 15.25 16.00 610 640 40.0 31,712 33,280 2,080 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers..................................................... 18.65 16.42 710 636 38.1 36,929 33,068 1,980 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 20.03 18.27 794 731 39.7 41,284 38,000 2,062 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 21.63 20.58 865 823 40.0 44,985 42,806 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.48 16.50 649 660 39.4 33,729 34,320 2,047 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 19.48 18.65 779 746 40.0 40,443 38,792 2,076 Line installers and repairers..................................... 23.94 26.22 958 1,049 40.0 48,524 54,538 2,027 Electrical power-line installers and repairers.................. 31.29 31.65 1,252 1,266 40.0 65,090 65,840 2,080 Telecommunications line installers and repairers................ 22.24 18.50 890 740 40.0 44,807 35,520 2,015 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 14.99 13.25 600 530 40.0 29,935 26,749 1,997 Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers.......... 10.93 11.15 437 446 40.0 21,648 23,192 1,981 Production occupations.............................................. 15.27 14.00 608 560 39.8 31,598 29,120 2,069 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 23.98 23.68 1,000 965 41.7 52,017 50,159 2,169 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 14.03 12.50 561 500 40.0 29,173 26,000 2,080 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 16.61 16.58 664 663 40.0 34,538 34,486 2,080 Electromechanical equipment assemblers.......................... 13.58 11.45 543 458 40.0 28,254 23,816 2,080 Structural metal fabricators and fitters.......................... 16.98 15.55 679 622 40.0 35,310 32,344 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.99 11.75 517 470 39.9 26,857 24,304 2,068 Team assemblers................................................. 15.26 12.88 610 515 40.0 31,734 26,790 2,080 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 14.97 16.17 599 647 40.0 31,129 33,634 2,080 Butchers and meat cutters....................................... 14.97 16.17 599 647 40.0 31,129 33,634 2,080 Miscellaneous food processing workers............................. 12.11 10.75 484 430 40.0 25,169 22,360 2,078 Food batchmakers................................................ 12.11 10.75 484 430 40.0 25,169 22,360 2,078 Computer control programmers and operators........................ 19.64 18.60 786 744 40.0 40,853 38,688 2,080 Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic... 18.24 18.00 729 720 40.0 37,929 37,440 2,080 Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 14.72 14.25 582 566 39.5 30,253 29,432 2,055 Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............................................ 15.21 15.38 598 570 39.3 31,107 29,640 2,045 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 14.30 13.30 572 532 40.0 29,733 27,664 2,079 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 14.26 12.75 570 510 40.0 29,664 26,520 2,080 Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................... 14.38 14.15 575 566 40.0 29,892 29,432 2,078 Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............................................ 15.10 15.00 604 600 40.0 31,407 31,200 2,080 Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............................................ 14.24 13.25 570 530 40.0 29,616 27,560 2,080 Machinists........................................................ 20.23 19.67 809 787 40.0 42,069 40,909 2,080 Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................................................... 13.25 12.29 530 492 40.0 27,569 25,563 2,080 Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 13.25 12.29 530 492 40.0 27,569 25,563 2,080 Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 14.44 12.25 569 480 39.4 29,578 24,960 2,048 Tool and die makers............................................... 21.63 21.25 865 850 40.0 44,734 44,200 2,068 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 16.10 15.30 644 612 40.0 33,480 31,824 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 15.57 15.28 623 611 40.0 32,377 31,782 2,080 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 15.25 14.75 601 590 39.4 31,239 30,674 2,049 Bookbinders and bindery workers................................... 15.27 13.00 611 520 40.0 31,763 27,040 2,080 Bindery workers................................................. 15.27 13.00 611 520 40.0 31,763 27,040 2,080 Printers.......................................................... 15.28 14.78 611 591 40.0 31,581 30,742 2,067 Printing machine operators...................................... 14.91 14.07 596 563 40.0 30,764 28,080 2,064 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 9.76 9.25 354 347 36.2 18,392 18,036 1,884 Sewing machine operators.......................................... 11.28 11.26 451 450 40.0 23,470 23,421 2,080 Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters................................ 15.97 16.96 638 678 39.9 33,119 35,279 2,073 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 11.68 11.50 467 460 40.0 24,257 23,920 2,078 Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood............ 11.11 11.28 444 451 40.0 23,070 23,452 2,076 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing....................................................... 12.62 12.25 505 490 40.0 26,254 25,476 2,080 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 15.87 14.89 635 596 40.0 33,016 30,971 2,080 Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 15.27 14.92 611 597 40.0 31,759 31,034 2,080 Cutting workers................................................... 13.93 14.50 507 574 36.4 26,369 29,848 1,894 Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 14.32 14.50 515 580 36.0 26,790 30,160 1,871 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 16.54 14.95 661 598 40.0 34,332 31,096 2,076 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 13.50 13.95 540 558 40.0 28,062 29,016 2,079 Painting workers.................................................. 14.53 12.72 580 509 39.9 30,138 26,000 2,074 Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders...................................................... 12.38 12.50 495 500 40.0 25,726 25,688 2,077 Painters, transportation equipment.............................. 19.12 18.28 765 731 40.0 39,772 38,022 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.24 11.38 484 450 39.5 25,154 23,421 2,055 Helpers--production workers..................................... 11.64 10.95 460 438 39.5 23,913 22,776 2,055 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.09 14.00 614 560 40.7 31,471 28,688 2,086 First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand................................................... 20.28 20.82 838 833 41.3 43,595 43,299 2,150 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................. 26.96 26.39 1,126 1,055 41.7 58,532 54,881 2,171 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.89 16.18 705 664 41.7 36,013 34,029 2,132 Driver/sales workers............................................ 14.22 12.83 538 481 37.8 27,975 25,024 1,968 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 17.93 17.20 763 725 42.6 38,875 36,920 2,169 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 13.88 13.35 561 534 40.5 28,689 26,416 2,067 Service station attendants........................................ 9.19 8.00 368 320 40.0 19,120 16,640 2,080 Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators................. 16.69 14.00 667 560 40.0 33,199 29,120 1,990 Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators........... 16.69 14.00 667 560 40.0 33,199 29,120 1,990 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.59 13.04 543 522 39.9 27,468 26,832 2,021 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.65 11.00 466 440 40.0 24,203 22,880 2,077 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 13.13 12.95 527 518 40.1 27,421 26,936 2,088 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.30 10.30 451 410 39.9 23,425 21,320 2,073 Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 10.84 10.04 434 402 40.0 22,553 20,883 2,080 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 11.12 10.97 445 439 40.0 23,064 22,818 2,074 1 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. 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 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. 4 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.