Table 20 Civilian full-time workers in hospitals: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours by work levels(1) Hourly(3) Weekly(4) Annual(5) Occupation(2) and work level Mean Median Mean Median Mean Mean Median Mean earnings earnings earnings earnings hours earnings earnings hours All workers........................................................... $23.28 $20.90 $912 $811 39.2 $47,410 $42,176 2,037 Level 1 .................................................. 11.22 11.31 447 450 39.9 23,267 23,421 2,073 Level 2 .................................................. 12.06 11.86 465 471 38.6 24,206 24,502 2,008 Level 3 .................................................. 13.07 12.98 515 506 39.4 26,794 26,286 2,050 Level 4 .................................................. 14.53 14.18 568 556 39.1 29,533 28,891 2,033 Level 5 .................................................. 17.72 17.66 695 687 39.3 36,165 35,714 2,041 Level 6 .................................................. 20.74 20.06 814 784 39.3 42,353 40,770 2,042 Level 7 .................................................. 25.60 25.25 1,012 992 39.5 52,641 51,605 2,056 Level 8 .................................................. 28.66 27.92 1,099 1,076 38.3 57,133 55,954 1,994 Level 9 .................................................. 29.56 29.08 1,146 1,128 38.8 59,577 58,656 2,015 Level 10.................................................. 37.58 37.96 1,475 1,464 39.2 76,687 76,103 2,041 Level 11.................................................. 41.94 42.11 1,683 1,654 40.1 87,491 86,008 2,086 Level 12.................................................. 54.54 53.33 2,265 2,133 41.5 117,803 110,926 2,160 Level 13.................................................. 81.38 72.12 3,014 2,885 37.0 156,730 149,999 1,926 Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.32 23.33 1,089 932 39.9 56,641 48,485 2,073 Management occupations.............................................. 42.15 37.29 1,697 1,492 40.3 88,225 77,563 2,093 Level 11.................................................. 37.04 38.12 1,467 1,525 39.6 76,282 79,290 2,059 Level 12.................................................. 49.50 51.84 2,086 2,133 42.1 108,466 110,926 2,191 Not able to be leveled.................................... 41.64 37.29 1,666 1,492 40.0 86,611 77,563 2,080 Medical and health services managers.............................. 39.93 36.49 1,613 1,415 40.4 83,857 73,590 2,100 Level 12.................................................. 48.23 46.50 2,039 2,133 42.3 106,012 110,926 2,198 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.42 28.81 1,128 1,076 39.7 58,649 55,954 2,064 Level 9 .................................................. 26.96 26.44 1,080 1,058 40.0 56,137 54,995 2,083 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 25.87 26.44 1,035 1,058 40.0 53,817 54,995 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 25.16 26.53 1,007 1,061 40.0 52,364 55,182 2,082 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 38.48 28.92 1,419 1,157 36.9 73,792 60,156 1,918 Community and social services occupations........................... 23.75 23.90 927 906 39.0 48,218 47,112 2,030 Level 9 .................................................. 26.02 26.17 1,038 1,047 39.9 53,981 54,434 2,074 Social workers.................................................... 24.20 23.96 942 915 38.9 49,004 47,590 2,025 Medical and public health social workers........................ 25.57 24.54 1,018 982 39.8 52,913 51,041 2,070 Mental health and substance abuse social workers................ 20.73 18.86 789 707 38.1 41,033 36,777 1,979 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 28.53 26.88 1,114 1,044 39.0 57,914 54,269 2,030 Level 4 .................................................. 15.92 15.58 636 623 39.9 33,058 32,406 2,076 Level 5 .................................................. 18.80 18.50 733 721 39.0 38,098 37,515 2,027 Level 6 .................................................. 21.32 20.91 835 809 39.2 43,443 42,078 2,037 Level 7 .................................................. 26.16 25.69 1,030 1,009 39.4 53,569 52,478 2,048 Level 8 .................................................. 29.29 28.10 1,117 1,083 38.1 58,067 56,308 1,983 Level 9 .................................................. 29.83 29.22 1,154 1,136 38.7 60,025 59,051 2,012 Level 10.................................................. 38.34 37.96 1,495 1,464 39.0 77,759 76,103 2,028 Level 11.................................................. 44.01 43.74 1,771 1,750 40.2 92,102 90,979 2,093 Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.53 25.54 1,175 1,016 39.8 61,105 52,811 2,070 Pharmacists....................................................... 51.05 50.72 2,042 2,029 40.0 106,176 105,498 2,080 Level 11.................................................. 51.00 50.39 2,040 2,016 40.0 106,089 104,811 2,080 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 54.05 25.81 2,210 1,032 40.9 114,901 53,683 2,126 Registered nurses................................................. 30.84 30.02 1,190 1,163 38.6 61,872 60,478 2,006 Level 7 .................................................. 28.62 29.45 1,102 1,140 38.5 57,286 59,301 2,002 Level 8 .................................................. 30.59 29.40 1,140 1,109 37.3 59,290 57,694 1,938 Level 9 .................................................. 29.63 29.19 1,145 1,137 38.6 59,535 59,130 2,009 Level 10.................................................. 37.64 37.96 1,445 1,464 38.4 75,125 76,103 1,996 Level 11.................................................. 41.39 41.18 1,647 1,642 39.8 85,627 85,399 2,069 Therapists........................................................ 26.89 26.39 1,050 994 39.1 54,613 51,688 2,031 Level 7 .................................................. 23.86 23.31 939 932 39.4 48,822 48,485 2,046 Level 8 .................................................. 25.02 24.28 981 981 39.2 50,993 51,002 2,038 Level 9 .................................................. 29.45 29.79 1,135 1,117 38.5 59,012 58,085 2,004 Occupational therapists......................................... 29.35 29.79 1,137 1,117 38.7 59,135 58,085 2,015 Level 9 .................................................. 28.42 29.50 1,092 1,104 38.4 56,765 57,396 1,998 Physical therapists............................................. 32.15 32.67 1,261 1,307 39.2 65,583 67,954 2,040 Respiratory therapists.......................................... 23.65 23.31 918 931 38.8 47,745 48,431 2,019 Level 7 .................................................. 23.86 23.31 935 932 39.2 48,628 48,485 2,038 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 22.26 22.25 888 877 39.9 46,150 45,614 2,073 Level 4 .................................................. 15.06 14.51 602 580 40.0 31,314 30,181 2,080 Level 6 .................................................. 25.58 24.50 1,023 980 40.0 53,200 50,960 2,080 Level 7 .................................................. 27.90 26.72 1,116 1,069 40.0 58,025 55,578 2,080 Level 8 .................................................. 27.26 28.45 1,063 1,055 39.0 55,260 54,870 2,027 Level 9 .................................................. 27.00 28.09 1,080 1,124 40.0 56,157 58,427 2,080 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 25.62 24.64 1,018 971 39.7 52,940 50,502 2,066 Level 7 .................................................. 27.84 26.40 1,114 1,056 40.0 57,906 54,912 2,080 Level 8 .................................................. 27.26 28.45 1,063 1,055 39.0 55,260 54,870 2,027 Level 9 .................................................. 27.00 28.09 1,080 1,124 40.0 56,157 58,427 2,080 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 19.29 18.03 772 721 40.0 40,128 37,502 2,080 Level 4 .................................................. 15.06 14.51 602 580 40.0 31,314 30,181 2,080 Level 6 .................................................. 25.71 24.40 1,028 976 40.0 53,469 50,752 2,080 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 30.53 27.58 1,211 1,095 39.7 62,970 56,930 2,063 Level 5 .................................................. 22.04 18.72 857 736 38.9 44,576 38,272 2,023 Level 6 .................................................. 24.76 23.43 975 937 39.4 50,723 48,732 2,048 Level 7 .................................................. 29.84 26.69 1,192 1,068 39.9 61,970 55,515 2,077 Level 8 .................................................. 30.24 29.02 1,209 1,161 40.0 62,889 60,362 2,080 Cardiovascular technologists and technicians.................... 39.23 41.38 1,569 1,655 40.0 81,599 86,070 2,080 Diagnostic medical sonographers................................. 35.61 34.66 1,424 1,386 40.0 74,069 72,093 2,080 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 26.39 26.05 1,041 1,022 39.5 54,144 53,169 2,052 Level 6 .................................................. 24.85 24.08 974 937 39.2 50,659 48,732 2,039 Level 7 .................................................. 25.34 25.81 1,011 1,032 39.9 52,580 53,685 2,075 Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...................... 15.08 15.40 573 616 38.0 29,809 32,032 1,976 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 17.25 17.10 683 677 39.6 35,499 35,194 2,058 Level 4 .................................................. 15.61 15.74 624 630 40.0 32,474 32,739 2,080 Level 5 .................................................. 18.23 18.14 715 723 39.2 37,191 37,606 2,040 Pharmacy technicians............................................ 15.51 15.58 621 623 40.0 32,269 32,406 2,080 Level 4 .................................................. 15.31 15.58 613 623 40.0 31,852 32,406 2,080 Surgical technologists.......................................... 18.86 18.56 739 740 39.2 38,451 38,480 2,039 Level 5 .................................................. 18.59 18.56 727 730 39.1 37,809 37,981 2,033 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.77 18.87 725 700 38.6 37,688 36,379 2,008 Level 5 .................................................. 18.42 18.09 714 696 38.8 37,130 36,171 2,016 Level 6 .................................................. 19.03 19.05 725 722 38.1 37,712 37,557 1,982 Medical records and health information technicians................ 17.59 16.46 701 658 39.8 36,443 34,237 2,071 Miscellaneous health technologists and technicians................ 19.33 19.05 766 762 39.6 39,827 39,624 2,060 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.69 13.20 534 518 39.0 27,760 26,936 2,028 Level 2 .................................................. 12.54 12.27 484 487 38.6 25,154 25,334 2,007 Level 3 .................................................. 13.29 12.98 524 508 39.5 27,265 26,423 2,052 Level 4 .................................................. 13.52 13.21 519 501 38.4 26,977 26,071 1,995 Level 5 .................................................. 15.50 14.87 612 594 39.5 31,850 30,909 2,055 Level 6 .................................................. 17.72 17.25 709 690 40.0 36,859 35,880 2,080 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.18 12.76 513 496 38.9 26,660 25,813 2,023 Level 2 .................................................. 12.63 12.38 484 491 38.3 25,161 25,515 1,993 Level 3 .................................................. 13.16 12.90 517 503 39.3 26,904 26,166 2,045 Level 4 .................................................. 13.25 12.76 510 495 38.5 26,517 25,721 2,002 Home health aides............................................... 12.48 12.53 499 501 40.0 25,957 26,071 2,080 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.74 12.48 497 490 39.0 25,862 25,480 2,030 Level 2 .................................................. 12.57 12.27 480 491 38.2 24,951 25,515 1,985 Level 3 .................................................. 12.67 12.58 496 489 39.2 25,812 25,418 2,038 Level 4 .................................................. 13.09 12.50 515 494 39.4 26,783 25,667 2,046 Psychiatric aides............................................... 14.46 13.65 554 520 38.3 28,824 27,040 1,994 Level 3 .................................................. 15.84 16.65 634 666 40.0 32,946 34,632 2,080 Level 4 .................................................. 13.46 12.98 505 485 37.5 26,277 25,233 1,952 Physical therapist assistants and aides........................... 15.79 14.66 612 490 38.8 31,811 25,490 2,015 Physical therapist assistants................................... 20.36 20.31 814 812 40.0 42,349 42,236 2,080 Physical therapist aides........................................ 12.86 12.26 488 487 38.0 25,398 25,334 1,976 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 14.25 13.98 560 553 39.3 29,116 28,771 2,043 Level 3 .................................................. 13.90 14.25 556 570 40.0 28,915 29,640 2,080 Level 4 .................................................. 14.24 13.98 551 549 38.7 28,641 28,558 2,012 Level 5 .................................................. 14.75 14.85 582 579 39.5 30,279 30,118 2,053 Medical assistants.............................................. 13.98 13.83 547 549 39.1 28,446 28,558 2,035 Level 4 .................................................. 14.35 14.07 555 549 38.7 28,872 28,558 2,012 Medical equipment preparers..................................... 13.74 13.29 550 532 40.0 28,576 27,643 2,080 Medical transcriptionists....................................... 15.96 16.84 606 603 38.0 31,489 31,366 1,973 Level 4 .................................................. 16.02 16.84 595 603 37.1 30,935 31,366 1,931 Protective service occupations...................................... 16.93 15.58 677 623 39.9 35,179 32,406 2,077 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 14.25 14.18 569 567 39.9 29,583 29,494 2,076 Security guards................................................. 14.25 14.18 569 567 39.9 29,583 29,494 2,076 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 12.31 12.09 479 478 38.9 24,933 24,856 2,025 Level 2 .................................................. 11.79 11.62 449 449 38.1 23,334 23,338 1,979 Level 3 .................................................. 10.88 10.49 421 393 38.7 21,904 20,456 2,013 Cooks............................................................. 12.71 12.71 508 508 40.0 26,438 26,437 2,080 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 12.71 12.71 508 508 40.0 26,438 26,437 2,080 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 11.37 11.09 435 416 38.3 22,623 21,626 1,989 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 12.18 12.86 470 492 38.6 24,435 25,565 2,006 Level 2 .................................................. 12.09 12.86 459 485 37.9 23,842 25,230 1,972 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.46 11.20 453 444 39.5 23,552 23,067 2,055 Level 1 .................................................. 10.82 10.74 432 430 39.9 22,465 22,339 2,077 Level 2 .................................................. 11.74 11.74 458 460 39.0 23,791 23,920 2,027 Level 3 .................................................. 11.87 10.78 475 431 40.0 24,694 22,422 2,080 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.42 11.07 451 438 39.5 23,456 22,755 2,054 Level 1 .................................................. 10.82 10.74 432 430 39.9 22,465 22,339 2,077 Level 2 .................................................. 11.73 11.50 456 451 38.9 23,719 23,439 2,023 Level 3 .................................................. 11.87 10.78 475 431 40.0 24,694 22,422 2,080 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.70 11.18 467 447 39.9 24,302 23,234 2,077 Level 1 .................................................. 10.45 10.51 416 420 39.8 21,628 21,861 2,070 Level 2 .................................................. 12.15 11.97 486 475 40.0 25,252 24,690 2,078 Level 3 .................................................. 11.91 10.78 476 431 40.0 24,768 22,422 2,080 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 11.07 10.92 431 422 38.9 22,414 21,944 2,025 Level 1 .................................................. 11.01 11.13 440 445 40.0 22,891 23,150 2,080 Level 2 .................................................. 11.08 10.42 415 414 37.4 21,561 21,553 1,945 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.32 14.51 602 576 39.3 31,323 29,937 2,045 Level 2 .................................................. 12.59 12.22 492 481 39.1 25,572 25,022 2,031 Level 3 .................................................. 13.32 13.36 524 516 39.3 27,231 26,832 2,045 Level 4 .................................................. 14.77 14.48 578 576 39.1 30,061 29,964 2,036 Level 5 .................................................. 17.23 17.09 679 676 39.4 35,329 35,131 2,050 Level 6 .................................................. 19.79 19.44 780 784 39.4 40,571 40,770 2,050 Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.74 14.86 625 595 39.7 32,489 30,950 2,064 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 23.09 22.32 894 870 38.7 46,509 45,219 2,014 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.65 14.29 584 569 39.8 30,358 29,567 2,072 Level 3 .................................................. 13.93 14.22 557 569 40.0 28,982 29,567 2,080 Level 4 .................................................. 14.77 14.30 591 572 40.0 30,729 29,738 2,080 Level 5 .................................................. 15.37 14.65 604 574 39.3 31,405 29,848 2,043 Bill and account collectors..................................... 15.87 16.12 635 645 40.0 33,011 33,530 2,080 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 14.73 14.51 585 572 39.7 30,424 29,744 2,066 Level 4 .................................................. 14.84 14.51 594 580 40.0 30,877 30,183 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.06 13.61 562 544 40.0 29,236 28,311 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 16.22 16.53 643 661 39.7 33,454 34,382 2,062 Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 14.40 14.02 576 561 40.0 29,953 29,162 2,080 Level 4 .................................................. 16.01 15.92 641 637 40.0 33,311 33,114 2,080 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.69 13.65 529 535 38.7 27,533 27,797 2,011 Level 3 .................................................. 13.60 13.65 519 535 38.2 26,989 27,797 1,984 Level 4 .................................................. 14.17 14.12 551 550 38.9 28,640 28,604 2,022 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.73 16.49 654 631 39.1 34,004 32,835 2,033 Level 4 .................................................. 14.85 14.17 572 548 38.5 29,766 28,517 2,005 Level 5 .................................................. 18.12 18.30 710 728 39.2 36,939 37,877 2,039 Level 6 .................................................. 20.17 19.44 807 778 40.0 41,955 40,435 2,080 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.15 19.57 797 780 39.6 41,434 40,539 2,057 Level 6 .................................................. 22.19 22.87 888 915 40.0 46,152 47,570 2,080 Medical secretaries............................................. 15.78 15.44 608 603 38.5 31,599 31,366 2,003 Level 4 .................................................. 15.19 15.12 576 600 37.9 29,960 31,221 1,972 Level 5 .................................................. 17.73 17.65 686 699 38.7 35,646 36,358 2,010 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.83 14.92 630 590 39.8 32,757 30,680 2,070 Level 4 .................................................. 14.29 13.61 566 544 39.6 29,434 28,309 2,060 Office clerks, general............................................ 14.28 14.53 567 580 39.7 29,500 30,181 2,066 Level 3 .................................................. 13.33 13.35 528 534 39.6 27,456 27,749 2,059 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 23.97 24.78 959 991 40.0 49,847 51,542 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.06 18.88 880 755 39.9 45,748 39,270 2,074 Level 7 .................................................. 25.47 26.15 1,019 1,046 40.0 52,977 54,392 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.93 16.66 794 666 39.8 41,289 34,651 2,072 Level 7 .................................................. 26.88 26.93 1,075 1,077 40.0 55,916 56,014 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 19.93 16.66 794 666 39.8 41,289 34,651 2,072 Level 7 .................................................. 26.88 26.93 1,075 1,077 40.0 55,916 56,014 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 19.71 21.33 786 828 39.9 40,898 43,077 2,075 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.52 11.78 582 471 37.5 30,243 24,502 1,948 1 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. For more information, see chapter 8 of the BLS Handbook of Methods, at https://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/homch8_a.htm. 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.