Table 16 Private industry establishments with 100 workers or more: 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........................................................... $22.59 $18.71 $894 $738 39.6 $46,201 $38,210 2,045 Management occupations.............................................. 48.76 44.98 1,967 1,816 40.3 102,278 94,311 2,098 Chief executives.................................................. 147.60 127.51 6,173 5,109 41.8 320,972 265,681 2,175 General and operations managers................................... 56.21 39.10 2,292 1,923 40.8 119,161 100,001 2,120 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 50.20 46.64 2,015 1,865 40.1 104,760 96,957 2,087 Marketing managers.............................................. 48.17 48.25 1,921 1,875 39.9 99,904 97,500 2,074 Sales managers.................................................. 53.49 41.55 2,168 1,662 40.5 112,741 86,432 2,108 Public relations managers......................................... 41.83 40.69 1,625 1,628 38.8 84,480 84,633 2,020 Administrative services managers.................................. 36.80 38.12 1,510 1,525 41.0 78,518 79,290 2,134 Computer and information systems managers......................... 54.75 51.41 2,208 2,072 40.3 114,806 107,750 2,097 Financial managers................................................ 44.76 39.75 1,813 1,674 40.5 94,278 87,023 2,107 Human resources managers.......................................... 43.11 33.12 1,775 1,325 41.2 92,298 68,894 2,141 Industrial production managers.................................... 47.21 46.58 1,941 1,863 41.1 100,926 96,891 2,138 Purchasing managers............................................... 66.91 50.82 2,676 2,033 40.0 139,168 105,699 2,080 Construction managers............................................. 34.46 30.19 1,415 1,207 41.1 73,585 62,789 2,135 Education administrators.......................................... 29.56 26.73 1,210 1,069 40.9 62,643 55,598 2,119 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 27.83 24.41 1,107 977 39.8 57,554 50,779 2,068 Engineering managers.............................................. 57.89 55.65 2,316 2,226 40.0 120,420 115,748 2,080 Medical and health services managers.............................. 40.60 36.26 1,660 1,369 40.9 86,339 71,163 2,127 Social and community service managers............................. 28.95 29.28 1,140 1,171 39.4 59,277 60,902 2,048 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 31.82 29.36 1,275 1,163 40.1 66,318 60,486 2,084 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 31.54 28.44 1,275 1,157 40.4 66,302 60,187 2,102 Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 37.63 36.07 1,488 1,418 39.5 77,360 73,736 2,056 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 29.42 27.00 1,199 1,137 40.8 62,334 59,101 2,119 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 28.03 28.31 1,094 1,097 39.0 56,877 57,047 2,029 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 28.03 28.31 1,094 1,097 39.0 56,877 57,047 2,029 Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation..................................... 24.28 23.33 946 915 39.0 49,195 47,603 2,026 Cost estimators................................................... 42.60 43.18 1,795 1,579 42.1 93,358 82,096 2,191 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 32.27 31.40 1,284 1,243 39.8 66,747 64,613 2,068 Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists.............. 26.57 20.21 1,063 809 40.0 55,261 42,043 2,080 Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists............ 29.64 30.51 1,169 1,220 39.4 60,793 63,457 2,051 Training and development specialists............................ 30.72 30.56 1,219 1,223 39.7 63,372 63,573 2,063 Logisticians...................................................... 27.60 26.47 1,113 1,107 40.3 57,855 57,539 2,096 Management analysts............................................... 40.73 39.43 1,628 1,600 40.0 84,663 83,210 2,079 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 29.50 27.31 1,199 1,083 40.6 62,336 56,299 2,113 Credit analysts................................................... 25.12 20.67 1,005 827 40.0 52,258 42,994 2,080 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 32.55 29.47 1,300 1,144 40.0 67,621 59,509 2,078 Financial analysts.............................................. 34.93 29.47 1,400 1,179 40.1 72,819 61,287 2,085 Insurance underwriters.......................................... 28.96 25.25 1,151 990 39.8 59,864 51,461 2,067 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 30.95 27.11 1,314 1,130 42.4 68,309 58,750 2,207 Loan officers................................................... 31.29 27.43 1,331 1,173 42.5 69,211 61,006 2,212 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 34.02 33.49 1,372 1,354 40.3 71,252 70,325 2,094 Computer programmers.............................................. 32.41 33.12 1,302 1,314 40.2 67,680 68,320 2,088 Computer software engineers....................................... 38.52 38.94 1,577 1,617 40.9 81,983 84,084 2,128 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 36.40 36.55 1,506 1,536 41.4 78,336 79,890 2,152 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 40.81 40.43 1,651 1,625 40.4 85,833 84,525 2,103 Computer support specialists...................................... 22.00 20.29 879 812 40.0 45,729 42,209 2,079 Computer systems analysts......................................... 37.10 36.26 1,487 1,455 40.1 77,324 75,650 2,084 Database administrators........................................... 31.10 28.82 1,244 1,153 40.0 64,695 59,946 2,080 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 32.56 31.70 1,316 1,246 40.4 68,457 64,800 2,103 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 34.49 30.72 1,394 1,308 40.4 72,497 68,004 2,102 Operations research analysts...................................... 32.43 31.47 1,253 1,180 38.6 65,177 61,365 2,010 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 35.54 34.72 1,438 1,391 40.5 74,777 72,322 2,104 Engineers......................................................... 38.59 37.83 1,567 1,529 40.6 81,480 79,510 2,111 Civil engineers................................................. 37.82 39.24 1,602 1,569 42.4 83,297 81,603 2,202 Computer hardware engineers..................................... 31.74 29.69 1,270 1,188 40.0 66,026 61,753 2,080 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 38.12 37.92 1,599 1,552 41.9 83,157 80,704 2,181 Electrical engineers.......................................... 37.09 36.44 1,569 1,512 42.3 81,612 78,605 2,201 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 35.25 34.77 1,446 1,401 41.0 75,159 72,833 2,132 Industrial engineers.......................................... 35.55 35.35 1,460 1,443 41.1 75,940 75,042 2,136 Materials engineers............................................. 33.08 33.68 1,323 1,347 40.0 68,805 70,061 2,080 Mechanical engineers............................................ 37.14 36.17 1,502 1,447 40.4 78,123 75,223 2,103 Drafters.......................................................... 24.89 23.32 995 933 40.0 51,766 48,506 2,080 Mechanical drafters............................................. 24.35 23.15 974 926 40.0 50,657 48,144 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 26.73 26.24 1,073 1,050 40.1 55,745 54,577 2,086 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 24.47 21.91 983 876 40.2 51,055 45,564 2,086 Industrial engineering technicians.............................. 25.65 26.24 1,047 1,050 40.8 54,373 54,577 2,120 Mechanical engineering technicians.............................. 26.19 25.65 1,048 1,026 40.0 54,479 53,352 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 33.93 30.42 1,342 1,217 39.5 68,977 61,416 2,033 Life scientists................................................... 33.83 30.78 1,323 1,198 39.1 68,809 62,317 2,034 Medical scientists.............................................. 36.06 28.92 1,386 1,135 38.4 72,072 59,010 1,999 Physical scientists............................................... 43.24 43.42 1,747 1,795 40.4 86,512 82,742 2,001 Chemists and materials scientists............................... 43.71 46.34 1,774 1,861 40.6 92,258 96,793 2,111 Chemists...................................................... 42.75 45.53 1,739 1,827 40.7 90,407 95,016 2,115 Market and survey researchers..................................... 30.71 29.53 1,234 1,181 40.2 64,158 61,416 2,089 Market research analysts........................................ 30.08 25.70 1,210 1,130 40.2 62,933 58,769 2,092 Chemical technicians.............................................. 24.68 24.03 987 961 40.0 51,328 49,974 2,080 Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians...... 20.34 18.76 814 750 40.0 42,313 39,019 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 17.78 16.48 707 657 39.8 36,731 34,158 2,066 Counselors........................................................ 17.36 16.23 692 634 39.9 35,993 32,947 2,073 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 18.82 16.83 748 673 39.7 38,874 35,000 2,065 Social workers.................................................... 19.46 18.54 775 742 39.8 40,224 38,106 2,067 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 16.69 15.86 664 634 39.8 34,522 32,989 2,069 Medical and public health social workers........................ 24.99 25.37 996 982 39.8 51,770 51,041 2,072 Mental health and substance abuse social workers................ 17.45 16.32 695 629 39.8 35,933 33,946 2,059 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 14.22 14.11 563 563 39.6 29,253 29,286 2,057 Social and human service assistants............................. 13.07 13.53 520 541 39.8 27,044 28,142 2,069 Legal occupations................................................... 60.36 63.70 2,438 2,442 40.4 126,762 127,000 2,100 Lawyers........................................................... 69.59 75.48 2,896 2,962 41.6 150,570 154,003 2,164 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 41.36 33.59 1,625 1,283 39.3 71,042 55,000 1,718 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 57.36 44.82 2,341 1,673 40.8 98,246 67,703 1,713 Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 36.73 36.70 1,482 1,468 40.4 58,400 57,249 1,590 Health teachers, postsecondary.................................. 79.73 89.19 3,676 3,267 46.1 183,428 169,907 2,301 Health specialties teachers, postsecondary.................... 86.24 89.19 4,088 3,942 47.4 211,004 205,001 2,447 Education and library science teachers, postsecondary........... 41.33 39.84 1,612 1,590 39.0 64,129 63,736 1,552 Education teachers, postsecondary............................. 41.33 39.84 1,612 1,590 39.0 64,129 63,736 1,552 Law, criminal justice, and social work teachers, postsecondary.. 68.51 71.38 2,724 3,089 39.8 114,263 114,849 1,668 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 38.01 37.11 1,526 1,508 40.1 58,521 58,998 1,540 Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary................. 36.21 37.82 1,410 1,450 39.0 53,310 54,494 1,472 English language and literature teachers, postsecondary....... 35.85 32.55 1,507 1,489 42.0 54,640 52,074 1,524 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 35.02 33.05 1,244 1,211 35.5 52,439 51,864 1,497 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 28.91 28.50 1,088 1,044 37.6 41,282 38,820 1,428 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 28.54 28.09 1,092 1,012 38.3 41,080 38,994 1,439 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 28.19 28.30 1,087 1,061 38.6 40,987 40,320 1,454 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 29.44 27.66 1,104 1,005 37.5 41,311 37,000 1,403 Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.24 30.68 1,165 1,146 37.3 43,561 41,878 1,394 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 31.24 30.68 1,165 1,146 37.3 43,561 41,878 1,394 Teacher assistants................................................ 12.35 12.15 479 478 38.8 24,324 24,376 1,970 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 26.98 23.40 1,061 887 39.3 54,597 45,531 2,024 Designers......................................................... 26.70 24.97 1,056 999 39.6 54,931 51,938 2,057 Graphic designers............................................... 22.37 22.12 872 805 39.0 45,341 41,879 2,026 News analysts, reporters and correspondents....................... 25.78 21.76 1,067 962 41.4 55,500 50,024 2,153 Reporters and correspondents.................................... 25.78 21.76 1,067 962 41.4 55,500 50,024 2,153 Public relations specialists...................................... 23.31 21.51 932 860 40.0 48,482 44,745 2,080 Writers and editors............................................... 24.79 22.77 969 856 39.1 50,393 44,512 2,033 Editors......................................................... 24.20 22.77 914 797 37.8 47,544 41,441 1,965 Technical writers............................................... 25.17 22.25 1,022 890 40.6 53,138 46,280 2,111 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.99 26.27 1,093 1,020 39.1 56,823 53,040 2,030 Pharmacists....................................................... 51.56 51.92 2,062 2,077 40.0 107,249 107,994 2,080 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 65.28 72.12 2,713 2,885 41.6 141,089 150,010 2,161 Registered nurses................................................. 30.83 29.43 1,195 1,156 38.8 62,133 60,104 2,015 Therapists........................................................ 27.36 26.39 1,074 996 39.3 55,866 51,798 2,042 Occupational therapists......................................... 29.10 29.56 1,130 1,160 38.8 58,761 60,320 2,019 Physical therapists............................................. 33.94 33.25 1,341 1,330 39.5 69,729 69,160 2,054 Respiratory therapists.......................................... 23.77 23.33 925 932 38.9 48,101 48,485 2,023 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 22.07 22.25 878 890 39.8 45,665 46,280 2,069 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 25.89 26.15 1,024 1,008 39.6 53,259 52,437 2,057 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 18.75 17.51 750 700 40.0 38,988 36,421 2,080 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 30.19 26.96 1,199 1,062 39.7 62,327 55,224 2,065 Cardiovascular technologists and technicians.................... 39.31 37.85 1,573 1,514 40.0 81,775 78,728 2,080 Diagnostic medical sonographers................................. 35.49 34.34 1,420 1,374 40.0 73,826 71,427 2,080 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 26.23 26.07 1,037 1,024 39.5 53,926 53,248 2,056 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 16.42 15.84 652 626 39.7 33,880 32,552 2,063 Pharmacy technicians............................................ 14.77 14.75 591 590 40.0 30,730 30,680 2,080 Psychiatric technicians......................................... 12.89 12.57 516 503 40.0 26,816 26,146 2,080 Surgical technologists.......................................... 18.49 18.39 727 726 39.3 37,811 37,731 2,045 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.90 19.56 757 744 38.1 39,378 38,670 1,979 Medical records and health information technicians................ 15.67 15.19 624 600 39.8 32,455 31,200 2,071 Miscellaneous health technologists and technicians................ 19.75 19.05 783 762 39.7 40,738 39,624 2,062 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.48 11.99 487 467 39.0 25,307 24,282 2,028 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.59 11.40 451 434 38.9 23,444 22,589 2,023 Home health aides............................................... 10.14 9.80 405 392 39.9 21,035 20,384 2,075 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.07 11.89 465 454 38.6 24,201 23,608 2,005 Psychiatric aides............................................... 11.47 10.82 452 422 39.4 23,493 21,965 2,048 Physical therapist assistants and aides........................... 17.16 16.23 672 649 39.2 34,933 33,758 2,036 Physical therapist assistants................................... 21.53 20.35 861 814 40.0 44,792 42,328 2,080 Physical therapist aides........................................ 12.70 12.18 487 487 38.3 25,319 25,334 1,994 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 14.17 13.73 557 540 39.3 28,967 28,080 2,044 Medical assistants.............................................. 14.33 13.72 564 538 39.4 29,335 27,953 2,047 Medical equipment preparers..................................... 13.55 13.18 542 527 40.0 28,179 27,414 2,080 Medical transcriptionists....................................... 16.48 16.94 626 661 38.0 32,528 34,362 1,974 Protective service occupations...................................... 12.31 11.19 491 448 39.9 25,458 23,275 2,068 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.68 11.19 466 448 39.9 24,225 23,275 2,074 Security guards................................................. 11.65 11.19 465 448 39.9 24,157 23,275 2,074 Miscellaneous protective service workers.......................... 10.47 10.00 424 400 40.5 20,220 20,349 1,930 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.06 10.79 423 410 38.2 21,905 21,312 1,980 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 17.65 16.94 721 678 40.8 37,263 35,402 2,111 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 17.67 16.75 711 675 40.2 36,964 35,100 2,092 Cooks............................................................. 11.80 11.70 447 433 37.9 23,236 22,499 1,970 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 12.36 12.19 470 470 38.0 24,380 24,440 1,972 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.59 11.38 444 409 38.3 23,073 21,290 1,991 Food preparation workers.......................................... 11.13 10.60 437 414 39.2 22,709 21,528 2,040 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.81 4.52 205 140 35.3 10,659 7,254 1,834 Bartenders...................................................... 7.10 7.80 257 276 36.2 13,367 14,331 1,883 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.74 3.65 125 110 33.5 6,510 5,694 1,741 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 9.53 8.83 373 353 39.2 19,416 18,366 2,037 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 10.87 10.55 422 403 38.8 21,698 20,930 1,996 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 10.77 10.35 420 395 39.0 21,613 20,114 2,007 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 11.02 11.22 423 413 38.4 21,816 21,466 1,981 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 10.53 10.20 399 375 37.9 20,753 19,500 1,971 Dishwashers....................................................... 10.67 10.00 422 400 39.5 21,922 20,800 2,055 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.82 10.98 469 436 39.7 23,930 22,526 2,025 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.76 11.00 466 438 39.7 23,852 22,630 2,028 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.69 10.95 465 438 39.8 23,641 22,610 2,023 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 11.10 10.88 436 419 39.3 22,570 21,840 2,034 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 11.46 10.25 458 410 40.0 22,815 21,320 1,991 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 11.07 10.25 443 410 40.0 21,952 21,320 1,984 Personal care and service occupations............................... 14.37 10.74 483 430 33.6 23,959 21,819 1,668 First-line supervisors/managers of gaming workers................. 17.23 14.56 689 582 40.0 35,834 30,285 2,080 Gaming services workers........................................... 8.79 7.83 346 303 39.4 18,015 15,746 2,049 Gaming dealers.................................................. 7.04 6.81 276 272 39.1 14,341 14,165 2,036 Transportation attendants......................................... 29.52 32.30 576 596 19.5 29,934 31,005 1,014 Flight attendants............................................... 30.89 32.30 565 596 18.3 29,360 31,005 951 Child care workers................................................ 11.78 11.36 467 454 39.7 24,304 23,629 2,064 Personal and home care aides...................................... 9.84 9.75 389 390 39.5 20,217 20,280 2,054 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 12.95 9.70 513 388 39.6 24,661 20,176 1,904 Recreation workers.............................................. 14.73 12.00 581 480 39.4 26,813 21,923 1,820 Sales and related occupations....................................... 20.06 14.40 801 574 39.9 41,462 29,536 2,067 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 24.65 19.90 998 783 40.5 50,963 39,562 2,068 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 18.23 18.03 728 721 39.9 36,982 37,336 2,029 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 44.62 45.94 1,885 1,837 42.2 98,015 95,547 2,197 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.49 11.70 496 461 39.7 25,709 23,940 2,058 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.71 11.49 465 458 39.7 24,141 23,795 2,061 Cashiers...................................................... 11.68 11.35 464 452 39.7 24,079 23,504 2,061 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 19.97 19.19 851 864 42.6 44,231 44,905 2,215 Retail salespersons............................................. 12.60 11.73 498 460 39.5 25,830 23,940 2,050 Insurance sales agents............................................ 25.68 27.33 1,027 1,093 40.0 53,421 56,851 2,080 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 54.29 40.00 2,171 1,600 40.0 112,915 83,200 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 37.38 31.73 1,516 1,418 40.6 78,851 73,719 2,109 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products...................................... 43.52 42.56 1,741 1,703 40.0 90,515 88,531 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products............................ 27.95 26.44 1,159 1,045 41.5 60,258 54,315 2,156 Telemarketers..................................................... 16.31 11.25 637 450 39.0 33,106 23,400 2,030 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 17.91 14.20 714 568 39.9 37,147 29,536 2,074 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.53 15.25 654 605 39.6 34,003 31,450 2,057 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 23.75 23.99 948 963 39.9 49,288 50,099 2,075 Switchboard operators, including answering service................ 13.14 12.76 526 510 40.0 27,337 26,541 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.07 15.27 636 606 39.6 33,066 31,533 2,058 Bill and account collectors..................................... 16.03 14.65 634 570 39.6 32,989 29,625 2,059 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 15.81 14.94 622 590 39.3 32,345 30,680 2,046 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.74 16.00 661 628 39.5 34,357 32,656 2,053 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 18.68 18.85 744 754 39.8 38,704 39,208 2,072 Procurement clerks.............................................. 18.42 16.27 737 651 40.0 38,312 33,848 2,080 Tellers......................................................... 12.20 12.05 488 482 40.0 25,374 25,060 2,080 Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks.......................... 14.61 15.00 578 569 39.6 30,048 29,601 2,057 Customer service representatives.................................. 16.26 14.87 643 587 39.5 33,414 30,534 2,056 File clerks....................................................... 12.96 12.44 516 498 39.8 26,845 25,875 2,072 Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks.............................. 11.49 11.50 455 460 39.6 23,681 23,920 2,060 Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 14.40 13.84 576 554 40.0 29,948 28,787 2,080 Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 17.46 13.25 698 530 40.0 36,319 27,560 2,080 Order clerks...................................................... 13.67 12.00 545 480 39.9 28,332 24,968 2,073 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 19.62 19.71 794 788 40.5 41,302 40,997 2,105 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.84 13.36 543 533 39.2 28,242 27,691 2,040 Dispatchers....................................................... 21.78 21.44 884 914 40.6 45,680 47,502 2,097 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 22.40 21.44 911 914 40.6 47,347 47,502 2,113 Meter readers, utilities.......................................... 15.14 15.80 605 632 40.0 31,486 32,864 2,080 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 19.30 19.75 759 792 39.3 39,483 41,201 2,046 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.84 12.80 553 512 40.0 28,747 26,645 2,078 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 13.36 12.30 530 487 39.7 27,568 25,312 2,064 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.67 18.65 772 733 39.3 40,118 38,091 2,040 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.30 20.50 839 794 39.4 43,647 41,288 2,049 Legal secretaries............................................... 27.94 25.38 1,048 1,040 37.5 54,512 54,101 1,951 Medical secretaries............................................. 16.31 15.65 640 605 39.3 33,300 31,450 2,042 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.07 16.23 674 640 39.5 34,969 33,280 2,048 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 15.12 14.05 601 562 39.7 31,240 29,230 2,066 Data entry keyers............................................... 14.32 13.84 569 544 39.8 29,610 28,305 2,068 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 16.37 15.85 644 618 39.4 33,509 32,155 2,047 Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service..... 13.49 11.53 524 447 38.8 27,238 23,241 2,020 Office clerks, general............................................ 15.94 15.26 631 597 39.6 32,766 31,054 2,055 Office machine operators, except computer......................... 13.76 14.88 550 595 40.0 28,618 30,957 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 28.50 29.01 1,139 1,160 40.0 55,220 52,532 1,938 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 32.17 33.71 1,295 1,348 40.2 67,320 70,111 2,093 Carpenters........................................................ 29.86 30.06 1,184 1,202 39.7 60,473 62,525 2,025 Construction laborers............................................. 25.15 25.27 1,006 1,011 40.0 51,130 46,176 2,033 Construction equipment operators.................................. 29.61 29.00 1,184 1,160 40.0 51,282 49,504 1,732 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 29.48 29.00 1,179 1,160 40.0 52,229 49,504 1,772 Electricians...................................................... 28.47 29.39 1,139 1,176 40.0 59,213 61,131 2,080 Painters and paperhangers......................................... 26.44 24.95 1,056 998 39.9 50,556 49,414 1,912 Painters, construction and maintenance.......................... 26.44 24.95 1,056 998 39.9 50,556 49,414 1,912 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 28.54 30.67 1,142 1,227 40.0 59,369 63,794 2,080 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 28.81 30.67 1,152 1,227 40.0 59,918 63,794 2,080 Sheet metal workers............................................... 24.41 24.51 976 980 40.0 46,361 50,244 1,899 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 23.86 23.09 948 910 39.7 49,277 47,338 2,066 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 33.34 35.69 1,330 1,428 39.9 69,183 74,235 2,075 Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 24.63 28.51 985 1,140 40.0 51,226 59,297 2,080 Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers.............................................. 24.63 28.51 985 1,140 40.0 51,226 59,297 2,080 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................... 20.78 19.84 828 793 39.9 43,061 41,259 2,073 Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment.................................................... 22.34 24.32 885 932 39.6 46,029 48,447 2,060 Aircraft mechanics and service technicians........................ 23.82 24.50 953 980 40.0 49,543 50,960 2,080 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 22.75 23.88 941 964 41.4 48,932 50,141 2,150 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 19.35 20.28 790 852 40.8 41,088 44,327 2,123 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 27.85 27.85 1,114 1,114 40.0 57,923 57,928 2,080 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics...................................................... 29.27 32.42 1,171 1,297 40.0 60,882 67,434 2,080 Miscellaneous vehicle and mobile equipment mechanic, installers, and repairers.................................................. 12.59 11.00 504 440 40.0 26,188 22,880 2,080 Control and valve installers and repairers........................ 25.55 25.91 1,022 1,036 40.0 53,148 53,893 2,080 Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door......................................................... 25.55 25.91 1,022 1,036 40.0 53,148 53,893 2,080 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers..................................................... 26.98 23.94 1,032 895 38.2 53,651 46,537 1,989 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 22.49 22.03 898 881 39.9 46,693 45,822 2,076 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 24.98 24.00 998 960 40.0 51,914 49,920 2,078 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 19.98 18.70 797 748 39.9 41,426 38,896 2,073 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 18.82 19.06 753 762 40.0 39,155 39,645 2,080 Millwrights..................................................... 25.71 24.75 1,029 990 40.0 53,483 51,480 2,080 Line installers and repairers..................................... 27.19 29.13 1,088 1,165 40.0 56,553 60,590 2,080 Electrical power-line installers and repairers.................. 32.72 31.38 1,309 1,255 40.0 68,054 65,270 2,080 Telecommunications line installers and repairers................ 20.52 19.50 821 780 40.0 42,692 40,560 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 20.39 20.64 816 826 40.0 42,414 42,931 2,080 Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers.......... 13.36 12.00 534 480 40.0 27,783 24,960 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 18.12 16.98 724 675 39.9 37,584 35,023 2,074 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 26.98 25.68 1,120 1,095 41.5 58,258 56,950 2,159 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 13.80 11.48 552 459 40.0 28,701 23,876 2,080 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 14.56 12.39 582 496 40.0 30,289 25,771 2,080 Electromechanical equipment assemblers.......................... 12.90 10.98 516 439 40.0 26,834 22,838 2,080 Engine and other machine assemblers............................... 21.28 21.71 847 868 39.8 44,062 45,157 2,070 Structural metal fabricators and fitters.......................... 14.81 13.28 578 531 39.0 29,449 27,622 1,988 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 18.92 17.20 754 688 39.9 39,177 35,672 2,070 Team assemblers................................................. 19.34 16.15 774 646 40.0 40,233 33,588 2,080 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 13.41 12.45 534 498 39.8 27,745 25,896 2,069 Butchers and meat cutters....................................... 16.80 17.25 657 690 39.1 34,187 35,880 2,035 Miscellaneous food processing workers............................. 15.13 14.51 605 580 40.0 31,427 30,181 2,077 Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders.................................................. 13.36 9.50 535 380 40.0 27,799 19,760 2,080 Food batchmakers................................................ 15.77 15.93 630 637 40.0 32,734 32,700 2,076 Computer control programmers and operators........................ 18.71 18.28 748 731 40.0 38,902 38,012 2,080 Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic... 18.37 17.35 735 694 40.0 38,198 36,088 2,080 Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 15.36 14.82 614 593 40.0 31,793 30,680 2,070 Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............................................ 13.94 15.46 557 618 40.0 28,990 32,157 2,080 Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic...................................................... 16.01 17.87 640 715 40.0 33,293 37,170 2,080 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 17.42 17.05 697 682 40.0 36,164 35,456 2,076 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 17.20 16.12 688 645 40.0 35,704 33,530 2,075 Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 17.06 19.81 682 792 40.0 35,488 41,205 2,080 Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................... 15.60 15.31 623 612 40.0 32,411 31,845 2,078 Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............................................ 18.87 19.31 755 772 40.0 39,254 40,165 2,080 Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............................................ 20.96 21.79 838 872 40.0 43,300 45,323 2,066 Machinists........................................................ 22.61 21.93 896 877 39.6 46,612 45,614 2,062 Metal furnace and kiln operators and tenders...................... 19.23 21.75 769 870 40.0 39,989 45,234 2,080 Model makers and patternmakers, metal and plastic................. 23.56 22.25 942 890 40.0 49,005 46,280 2,080 Model makers, metal and plastic................................. 25.02 24.62 1,001 985 40.0 52,043 51,210 2,080 Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................................................... 14.41 13.20 575 528 39.9 29,913 27,456 2,075 Foundry mold and coremakers..................................... 17.16 17.47 686 699 40.0 35,690 36,338 2,080 Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 14.13 12.90 564 516 39.9 29,327 26,826 2,075 Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 19.16 17.52 767 701 40.0 39,821 36,442 2,078 Tool and die makers............................................... 26.17 26.78 1,047 1,071 40.0 54,372 55,694 2,078 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 17.93 17.15 714 686 39.8 37,018 35,672 2,065 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 18.82 18.46 749 738 39.8 38,861 37,856 2,064 Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders...................................................... 16.36 15.55 652 614 39.8 33,779 31,928 2,065 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 17.68 16.52 707 661 40.0 36,771 34,362 2,080 Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................................................. 18.11 16.87 724 675 40.0 37,666 35,079 2,080 Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............................................ 17.29 17.57 692 703 40.0 35,959 36,546 2,080 Printers.......................................................... 20.21 20.39 790 769 39.1 41,065 39,998 2,032 Printing machine operators...................................... 20.41 20.64 803 826 39.3 41,750 42,931 2,046 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 11.49 11.22 458 449 39.9 23,823 23,329 2,073 Sewing machine operators.......................................... 13.53 13.62 539 545 39.9 27,729 28,340 2,050 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 14.55 15.00 582 600 40.0 30,274 31,200 2,080 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing....................................................... 14.75 15.00 590 600 40.0 30,676 31,200 2,080 Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers.............. 35.73 35.33 1,429 1,413 40.0 74,328 73,476 2,080 Power plant operators........................................... 30.52 29.81 1,221 1,192 40.0 63,477 61,994 2,080 Stationary engineers and boiler operators......................... 24.84 24.74 994 990 40.0 51,668 51,459 2,080 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 18.09 16.49 724 660 40.0 37,607 34,297 2,079 Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 21.49 22.48 860 899 40.0 44,707 46,750 2,080 Cutting workers................................................... 13.45 11.15 538 446 40.0 27,983 23,192 2,080 Cutters and trimmers, hand...................................... 10.08 9.95 403 398 40.0 20,960 20,700 2,080 Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 14.85 13.88 594 555 40.0 30,881 28,870 2,080 Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders......................................... 15.71 15.31 628 612 40.0 32,667 31,845 2,080 Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders...... 17.00 13.17 680 527 40.0 35,340 27,396 2,079 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 16.89 15.44 674 616 39.9 34,998 32,032 2,072 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 14.30 15.54 572 622 40.0 29,719 32,323 2,079 Painting workers.................................................. 15.56 14.66 622 586 40.0 32,369 30,493 2,080 Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders...................................................... 14.27 14.66 571 586 40.0 29,677 30,493 2,080 Painters, transportation equipment.............................. 22.25 17.60 890 704 40.0 46,274 36,604 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 16.32 15.60 647 622 39.6 33,624 32,329 2,060 Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders............. 20.18 17.71 803 708 39.8 41,735 36,833 2,068 Helpers--production workers..................................... 14.81 14.15 586 566 39.6 30,482 29,422 2,059 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 18.14 15.26 713 604 39.3 36,934 31,200 2,036 First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand................................................... 24.33 24.32 980 992 40.3 50,948 51,605 2,094 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................. 28.52 28.85 1,257 1,185 44.1 65,339 61,640 2,291 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 21.27 19.92 887 848 41.7 46,124 44,096 2,169 Driver/sales workers............................................ 13.82 11.38 544 455 39.3 28,272 23,677 2,045 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 20.60 19.41 881 795 42.8 45,827 41,330 2,224 Crane and tower operators......................................... 17.30 16.50 692 660 40.0 35,987 34,320 2,080 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 15.89 14.86 633 582 39.9 32,930 30,264 2,072 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 13.13 11.95 522 470 39.7 26,890 24,357 2,048 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 10.46 8.25 417 330 39.9 21,651 17,160 2,071 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 14.97 13.72 595 549 39.7 30,429 28,392 2,032 Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 12.90 10.55 515 422 39.9 26,782 21,944 2,075 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 10.83 10.00 429 400 39.7 22,322 20,800 2,062 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.