Table 11 Full-time(1) civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours Hourly(3) Weekly(4) Annual(5) Occupation(2) Mean Median Mean Median Mean Mean Median Mean earnings earnings earnings earnings hours earnings earnings hours All workers........................................................... $18.39 $14.84 $732 $589 39.8 $37,242 $30,472 2,025 Management occupations.............................................. 39.31 35.75 1,605 1,433 40.8 83,076 73,811 2,113 General and operations managers................................... 42.75 29.07 1,918 1,351 44.9 99,682 70,272 2,332 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 35.23 29.53 1,399 1,181 39.7 72,689 61,391 2,063 Marketing managers.............................................. 42.77 29.53 1,792 1,285 41.9 93,054 66,797 2,176 Sales managers.................................................. 29.43 16.83 1,123 606 38.2 58,405 31,500 1,985 Computer and information systems managers......................... 45.74 40.87 1,827 1,635 39.9 94,978 85,010 2,076 Financial managers................................................ 39.40 34.23 1,638 1,378 41.6 84,836 71,677 2,153 Human resources managers.......................................... 44.19 44.79 1,769 1,791 40.0 91,970 93,157 2,081 Industrial production managers.................................... 43.86 40.68 1,759 1,627 40.1 91,409 84,612 2,084 Transportation, storage, and distribution managers................ 38.10 30.18 1,634 1,207 42.9 84,625 62,772 2,221 Construction managers............................................. 32.22 33.75 1,338 1,350 41.5 69,590 70,200 2,160 Education administrators.......................................... 33.54 35.75 1,311 1,341 39.1 65,346 69,714 1,948 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 40.74 37.71 1,594 1,509 39.1 76,230 78,443 1,871 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 31.67 30.65 1,226 1,226 38.7 63,517 63,750 2,006 Engineering managers.............................................. 58.33 61.96 2,354 2,605 40.4 122,352 132,873 2,098 Lodging managers.................................................. 20.43 18.92 821 757 40.2 42,698 39,360 2,090 Medical and health services managers.............................. 31.58 30.63 1,258 1,214 39.8 65,391 63,128 2,070 Social and community service managers............................. 25.12 20.19 990 808 39.4 51,500 41,999 2,050 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.82 23.75 1,080 982 40.3 56,172 51,081 2,095 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 25.31 22.40 1,016 896 40.2 52,852 46,592 2,088 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 23.64 22.40 946 896 40.0 49,170 46,592 2,080 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 29.81 27.50 1,166 1,100 39.1 60,644 57,200 2,034 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 30.12 28.24 1,175 1,130 39.0 61,088 58,743 2,028 Cost estimators................................................... 22.84 20.19 943 889 41.3 49,034 46,210 2,147 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 23.69 24.28 959 1,000 40.5 49,810 52,001 2,102 Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists.............. 23.62 24.28 954 971 40.4 49,599 50,492 2,100 Training and development specialists............................ 22.33 23.29 890 931 39.9 46,120 48,433 2,065 Management analysts............................................... 34.37 27.05 1,365 1,082 39.7 70,995 56,254 2,065 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 22.63 21.15 901 846 39.8 46,846 43,992 2,070 Budget analysts................................................... 31.10 28.52 1,209 1,121 38.9 62,860 58,295 2,021 Credit analysts................................................... 30.18 27.06 1,207 1,082 40.0 62,784 56,279 2,080 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 28.95 26.74 1,168 1,022 40.3 60,745 53,165 2,098 Financial analysts.............................................. 27.27 25.56 1,083 1,022 39.7 56,330 53,165 2,066 Insurance underwriters.......................................... 25.98 26.74 1,017 1,003 39.1 52,865 52,139 2,035 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 30.02 25.00 1,201 1,000 40.0 62,451 52,000 2,080 Loan officers................................................... 32.54 27.07 1,302 1,083 40.0 67,692 56,299 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 33.16 31.78 1,332 1,267 40.2 69,082 65,907 2,083 Computer programmers.............................................. 30.08 25.24 1,208 1,113 40.2 62,823 57,866 2,089 Computer software engineers....................................... 40.48 38.30 1,642 1,548 40.6 85,369 80,521 2,109 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 37.31 35.07 1,504 1,442 40.3 78,198 75,005 2,096 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 46.82 49.54 1,922 2,019 41.1 99,950 105,000 2,135 Computer support specialists...................................... 21.94 20.08 861 803 39.2 43,804 39,724 1,997 Computer systems analysts......................................... 31.93 29.81 1,275 1,192 39.9 66,312 62,001 2,077 Database administrators........................................... 34.10 31.91 1,361 1,276 39.9 69,716 65,042 2,044 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 30.77 31.04 1,247 1,241 40.5 64,843 64,526 2,108 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 38.84 37.26 1,585 1,490 40.8 82,422 77,501 2,122 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 32.60 30.28 1,308 1,211 40.1 67,237 62,974 2,063 Engineers......................................................... 40.78 36.11 1,643 1,444 40.3 83,749 75,109 2,054 Aerospace engineers............................................. 54.82 53.05 2,193 2,122 40.0 114,017 110,344 2,080 Civil engineers................................................. 28.06 27.26 1,087 1,090 38.8 43,335 50,136 1,545 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 34.46 36.11 1,437 1,444 41.7 74,745 75,109 2,169 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 45.98 36.08 1,849 1,384 40.2 96,143 71,968 2,091 Industrial engineers.......................................... 31.66 28.55 1,278 1,142 40.4 66,463 59,382 2,100 Mechanical engineers............................................ 34.27 33.54 1,393 1,342 40.6 71,516 69,763 2,087 Drafters.......................................................... 19.20 17.82 768 713 40.0 39,939 37,066 2,080 Architectural and civil drafters................................ 18.10 14.99 724 599 40.0 37,647 31,173 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 26.31 28.97 1,046 1,131 39.7 54,375 58,793 2,067 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 29.28 31.02 1,171 1,241 40.0 60,908 64,528 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 30.34 20.50 1,227 818 40.4 63,793 42,557 2,103 Physical scientists............................................... 35.12 26.44 1,444 1,154 41.1 75,063 59,987 2,137 Chemists and materials scientists............................... 26.70 25.39 1,150 1,152 43.1 59,775 59,893 2,239 Chemists...................................................... 26.70 25.39 1,150 1,152 43.1 59,775 59,893 2,239 Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians...... 24.62 20.85 980 820 39.8 50,978 42,640 2,071 Community and social services occupations........................... 18.73 17.59 739 692 39.5 37,723 35,992 2,014 Counselors........................................................ 21.54 17.55 871 741 40.4 42,930 38,521 1,993 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 27.98 24.04 1,076 962 38.4 49,416 48,783 1,766 Social workers.................................................... 17.68 17.50 696 700 39.4 35,785 36,408 2,024 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 18.27 18.88 713 711 39.0 36,304 36,992 1,987 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 16.98 17.30 653 670 38.5 33,977 34,856 2,001 Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists....... 16.83 17.30 658 692 39.1 34,215 35,992 2,033 Social and human service assistants............................. 16.33 15.00 641 600 39.3 33,334 31,200 2,041 Legal occupations................................................... 32.09 22.60 1,272 904 39.6 66,151 47,000 2,061 Lawyers........................................................... 47.51 48.08 1,878 1,923 39.5 97,665 100,000 2,056 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 28.62 29.20 1,095 1,124 38.2 43,030 43,502 1,504 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 43.62 37.30 1,707 1,416 39.1 70,454 57,972 1,615 Math and computer teachers, postsecondary....................... 37.39 37.39 1,392 1,402 37.2 54,534 54,960 1,458 Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary.................. 37.84 38.06 1,405 1,402 37.1 54,600 54,960 1,443 Health teachers, postsecondary.................................. 36.40 30.28 1,415 1,136 38.9 59,551 45,405 1,636 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 34.01 33.56 1,354 1,342 39.8 57,396 52,350 1,688 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 26.60 26.33 1,015 964 38.1 46,209 43,352 1,737 Vocational education teachers, postsecondary.................. 19.37 16.47 786 741 40.6 39,150 38,549 2,021 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.67 30.15 1,166 1,175 38.0 44,411 44,201 1,448 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 26.14 29.37 1,005 1,152 38.4 37,387 43,462 1,430 Kindergarten teachers, except special education............... 29.58 29.37 1,148 1,175 38.8 42,572 43,462 1,439 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 30.50 29.83 1,159 1,160 38.0 43,868 43,676 1,438 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 30.41 29.51 1,153 1,142 37.9 43,744 43,676 1,438 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 30.73 31.15 1,173 1,188 38.2 44,189 44,344 1,438 Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.64 31.39 1,201 1,188 38.0 45,982 44,430 1,453 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 31.25 30.97 1,186 1,188 38.0 45,452 44,430 1,454 Special education teachers...................................... 30.41 29.64 1,160 1,142 38.2 45,491 45,720 1,496 Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school.......................................... 31.11 30.71 1,190 1,179 38.3 47,176 46,002 1,516 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 26.23 26.68 1,018 1,067 38.8 43,652 39,485 1,664 Library technicians............................................... 15.43 15.23 582 562 37.7 25,898 21,729 1,679 Instructional coordinators........................................ 36.80 34.67 1,438 1,387 39.1 66,345 56,909 1,803 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.61 10.00 401 380 37.8 15,220 14,211 1,435 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 21.39 20.11 852 811 39.8 44,163 42,182 2,064 Designers......................................................... 17.97 16.83 709 673 39.5 36,865 35,000 2,052 Graphic designers............................................... 18.75 17.09 750 684 40.0 39,008 35,553 2,080 Writers and editors............................................... 24.47 24.26 920 925 37.6 47,865 48,090 1,956 Technical writers............................................... 26.33 26.41 1,053 1,056 40.0 54,777 54,933 2,080 Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio operators... 23.41 21.14 936 846 40.0 48,696 43,980 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.22 23.07 1,033 916 39.4 53,106 47,258 2,025 Dietitians and nutritionists...................................... 22.89 21.22 899 849 39.3 46,725 44,138 2,042 Pharmacists....................................................... 53.48 53.68 2,135 2,143 39.9 111,035 111,424 2,076 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 122.68 117.80 5,014 4,712 40.9 260,750 245,024 2,125 Registered nurses................................................. 29.41 26.30 1,153 1,025 39.2 59,747 53,115 2,032 Therapists........................................................ 25.85 23.81 1,012 953 39.1 50,408 49,533 1,950 Physical therapists............................................. 31.96 29.49 1,263 1,180 39.5 65,675 61,339 2,055 Respiratory therapists.......................................... 23.44 23.81 935 953 39.9 48,627 49,533 2,075 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 22.38 22.28 881 880 39.4 45,828 45,760 2,048 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 24.39 24.00 976 960 40.0 50,735 49,920 2,080 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 19.94 19.57 771 758 38.7 40,110 39,437 2,011 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 23.08 22.72 922 909 39.9 47,926 47,258 2,077 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 22.49 22.72 898 909 39.9 46,700 47,258 2,076 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 14.04 13.43 556 528 39.6 28,911 27,448 2,060 Pharmacy technicians............................................ 14.62 14.00 577 560 39.4 29,983 29,120 2,051 Surgical technologists.......................................... 16.26 15.78 649 631 39.9 33,741 32,822 2,075 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.25 16.90 683 670 39.6 34,097 34,008 1,977 Medical records and health information technicians................ 14.76 15.75 590 630 40.0 30,691 32,760 2,080 Occupational health and safety specialists and technicians........ 30.79 30.64 1,228 1,226 39.9 63,866 63,731 2,074 Occupational health and safety specialists...................... 31.96 30.71 1,272 1,228 39.8 66,142 63,877 2,069 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.21 10.50 442 413 39.4 22,844 21,450 2,038 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.81 9.50 385 372 39.2 19,865 19,053 2,026 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.73 9.40 381 366 39.2 19,679 18,909 2,022 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.56 12.50 498 500 39.6 25,863 26,000 2,060 Medical assistants.............................................. 12.76 11.25 510 450 40.0 26,505 23,400 2,078 Medical equipment preparers..................................... 13.21 13.71 526 521 39.8 27,332 27,081 2,069 Medical transcriptionists....................................... 12.59 12.72 504 509 40.0 26,192 26,458 2,080 Protective service occupations...................................... 14.37 12.55 591 521 41.1 30,256 26,707 2,105 First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 21.00 20.47 840 852 40.0 43,692 44,314 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers........ 15.90 14.16 636 567 40.0 33,083 29,459 2,081 First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 25.55 26.06 1,022 1,035 40.0 53,153 53,814 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers........................................................ 19.83 19.06 1,031 1,128 52.0 53,627 58,653 2,704 Fire fighters..................................................... 12.78 11.51 628 599 49.1 32,646 31,157 2,554 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 12.69 11.12 510 445 40.2 26,543 23,134 2,091 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 12.59 11.00 506 442 40.2 26,317 22,965 2,091 Detectives and criminal investigators............................. 22.33 22.22 935 889 41.8 48,597 46,216 2,176 Police officers................................................... 17.95 18.07 728 735 40.5 37,839 38,230 2,108 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 17.95 18.07 728 735 40.5 37,839 38,230 2,108 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 10.70 9.52 427 381 39.9 22,132 19,843 2,069 Security guards................................................. 10.43 9.36 416 374 39.9 21,560 19,460 2,068 Miscellaneous protective service workers.......................... 10.25 10.69 410 427 40.0 11,280 2,597 1,101 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.36 8.00 324 300 38.8 16,080 14,331 1,924 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 12.87 11.85 544 474 42.2 25,914 23,660 2,013 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 12.71 11.75 538 476 42.3 25,558 23,660 2,011 Cooks............................................................. 9.74 9.39 374 352 38.4 18,379 16,806 1,888 Cooks, fast food................................................ 7.55 7.25 272 257 36.0 14,121 13,358 1,870 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 10.11 9.39 384 352 38.0 17,579 15,392 1,738 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.13 12.36 430 494 38.6 22,339 25,709 2,006 Food preparation workers.......................................... 9.96 9.89 348 354 34.9 14,960 13,096 1,503 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.24 5.50 204 219 39.0 10,611 11,357 2,027 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.85 5.31 189 212 39.0 9,838 11,024 2,030 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 7.46 7.25 283 290 37.9 14,375 15,059 1,926 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.38 7.77 310 282 37.0 14,921 13,624 1,780 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 8.13 7.25 309 276 38.0 15,392 13,624 1,892 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 9.93 9.37 314 334 31.7 12,910 12,488 1,300 Dishwashers....................................................... 8.72 8.73 348 349 39.9 18,095 18,158 2,076 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.42 9.18 414 365 39.8 21,438 18,903 2,057 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 15.87 13.84 638 553 40.2 33,107 28,781 2,086 First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers...................................................... 15.54 13.84 622 553 40.0 32,295 28,781 2,078 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.74 8.98 386 359 39.6 19,951 18,672 2,049 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.58 9.98 419 397 39.6 21,661 20,652 2,047 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.50 8.24 336 330 39.6 17,441 17,139 2,053 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 10.34 8.55 412 341 39.8 21,119 17,680 2,043 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 10.09 8.25 403 330 39.9 20,640 17,160 2,046 Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.02 7.65 359 300 39.8 18,595 15,480 2,061 First-line supervisors/managers of gaming workers................. 15.23 15.04 619 551 40.6 32,176 28,642 2,113 Gaming services workers........................................... 6.71 6.55 268 262 40.0 13,947 13,624 2,080 Gaming dealers.................................................. 6.71 6.55 268 262 40.0 13,947 13,624 2,080 Child care workers................................................ 8.49 7.25 340 290 40.0 17,657 15,080 2,080 Personal and home care aides...................................... 8.66 8.50 377 348 43.5 19,585 18,077 2,261 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 14.53 15.08 576 601 39.7 29,968 31,262 2,062 Recreation workers.............................................. 14.53 15.08 576 601 39.7 29,968 31,262 2,062 Sales and related occupations....................................... 18.29 13.84 737 554 40.3 38,323 28,800 2,095 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 19.37 16.64 804 676 41.5 41,800 35,152 2,158 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 18.55 15.74 775 657 41.8 40,316 34,188 2,174 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 23.64 21.50 946 860 40.0 49,172 44,720 2,080 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.77 10.60 467 420 39.7 24,296 21,861 2,064 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.39 9.65 412 380 39.7 21,436 19,760 2,064 Cashiers...................................................... 9.59 8.90 380 350 39.6 19,755 18,200 2,060 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 15.58 14.47 623 553 40.0 32,388 28,781 2,079 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 10.58 10.00 402 400 38.0 20,908 20,800 1,977 Parts salespersons............................................ 16.84 15.71 683 628 40.5 35,492 32,679 2,107 Retail salespersons............................................. 12.49 11.00 494 433 39.6 25,704 22,506 2,059 Insurance sales agents............................................ 26.74 23.03 1,065 921 39.8 55,386 47,900 2,072 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 25.64 23.32 1,062 949 41.4 55,233 49,336 2,154 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products...................................... 27.81 22.73 1,181 1,080 42.4 61,388 56,153 2,207 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products............................ 24.55 23.32 1,005 933 40.9 52,257 48,508 2,129 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 15.25 10.42 610 417 40.0 31,724 21,676 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.15 13.16 562 520 39.7 28,882 27,040 2,042 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 18.86 18.86 753 757 40.0 39,180 39,339 2,077 Switchboard operators, including answering service................ 11.23 9.83 449 393 40.0 23,356 20,453 2,079 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.64 13.00 539 519 39.5 27,875 27,007 2,043 Bill and account collectors..................................... 11.42 11.57 452 463 39.6 23,515 24,070 2,059 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 13.64 13.87 539 555 39.5 28,048 28,850 2,056 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.12 14.69 594 577 39.3 30,626 30,014 2,026 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 16.97 17.24 666 690 39.3 34,231 35,027 2,017 Procurement clerks.............................................. 13.35 11.78 534 471 40.0 27,775 24,502 2,080 Tellers......................................................... 11.34 11.29 449 450 39.6 23,338 23,400 2,058 Court, municipal, and license clerks.............................. 14.53 14.10 579 564 39.9 30,133 29,328 2,073 Customer service representatives.................................. 14.63 13.22 585 529 40.0 30,400 27,483 2,078 Eligibility interviewers, government programs..................... 17.82 16.69 708 668 39.7 36,801 34,715 2,066 File clerks....................................................... 11.61 11.31 464 452 40.0 24,144 23,525 2,080 Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks.............................. 9.42 9.50 377 380 40.0 19,598 19,760 2,080 Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 14.39 13.21 571 517 39.7 29,680 26,873 2,062 Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 14.87 16.22 593 634 39.9 30,840 32,989 2,074 Order clerks...................................................... 12.82 12.54 511 502 39.8 26,554 26,083 2,071 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 15.00 14.32 597 573 39.8 30,668 29,790 2,045 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.21 11.50 488 460 39.9 25,316 23,920 2,074 Dispatchers....................................................... 15.15 14.70 629 574 41.5 32,299 29,120 2,132 Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers......................... 13.60 13.03 547 533 40.2 28,453 27,708 2,092 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 15.81 15.58 665 623 42.1 33,979 32,282 2,149 Meter readers, utilities.......................................... 15.56 14.67 597 587 38.4 31,054 30,509 1,995 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 15.76 14.55 627 582 39.8 32,611 30,272 2,069 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.88 12.25 515 490 39.9 26,753 25,480 2,077 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.48 11.75 455 466 39.6 23,658 24,232 2,061 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.13 14.90 642 596 39.8 33,125 30,347 2,054 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.35 20.74 813 829 40.0 42,240 43,105 2,076 Legal secretaries............................................... 18.11 17.05 716 682 39.6 37,240 35,464 2,057 Medical secretaries............................................. 13.75 14.03 548 551 39.9 28,457 28,766 2,069 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.07 13.00 559 520 39.7 28,480 26,936 2,024 Computer operators................................................ 12.83 12.05 512 482 39.9 26,625 25,058 2,075 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 13.17 13.46 526 538 39.9 27,339 27,997 2,075 Data entry keyers............................................... 12.45 13.46 498 538 40.0 25,895 27,997 2,080 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 16.95 15.76 653 642 38.5 33,964 33,405 2,003 Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service..... 11.11 10.78 444 431 40.0 23,108 22,416 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.84 12.50 509 480 39.6 24,687 24,627 1,922 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.01 14.50 638 573 39.8 32,957 29,738 2,059 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 23.23 20.19 934 828 40.2 48,154 43,042 2,073 Carpenters........................................................ 16.93 17.00 667 680 39.4 34,709 35,360 2,050 Construction laborers............................................. 12.75 11.00 510 440 40.0 26,338 22,880 2,065 Construction equipment operators.................................. 14.29 13.10 572 524 40.0 29,478 27,144 2,062 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 14.72 14.00 589 560 40.0 30,250 28,080 2,055 Electricians...................................................... 17.69 17.00 708 680 40.0 36,803 35,360 2,080 Painters and paperhangers......................................... 14.67 13.70 587 548 40.0 30,519 28,496 2,080 Painters, construction and maintenance.......................... 14.67 13.70 587 548 40.0 30,519 28,496 2,080 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 20.71 19.00 828 760 40.0 43,074 39,520 2,080 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 20.71 19.00 828 760 40.0 43,074 39,520 2,080 Sheet metal workers............................................... 15.35 16.25 614 650 40.0 31,937 33,800 2,080 Structural iron and steel workers................................. 17.99 16.00 720 640 40.0 37,416 33,280 2,080 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 12.15 12.00 480 480 39.5 24,514 24,950 2,017 Highway maintenance workers....................................... 12.89 12.57 508 503 39.4 26,400 26,150 2,048 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.98 18.50 803 742 40.2 41,686 38,480 2,086 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 24.00 20.81 999 832 41.6 51,944 43,285 2,165 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................... 19.19 14.27 767 571 40.0 39,863 29,682 2,077 Aircraft mechanics and service technicians........................ 34.69 42.86 1,382 1,714 39.9 71,884 89,149 2,072 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 19.57 18.00 793 720 40.5 41,193 37,440 2,105 Automotive body and related repairers........................... 19.28 16.46 771 659 40.0 40,095 34,243 2,080 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 19.67 18.69 800 748 40.7 41,584 38,884 2,114 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 18.11 17.68 724 707 40.0 37,593 36,774 2,076 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics...................................................... 18.68 19.04 746 762 39.9 38,788 39,607 2,077 Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines................ 19.23 21.56 766 862 39.8 39,830 44,845 2,071 Control and valve installers and repairers........................ 24.82 25.15 977 1,006 39.4 50,818 52,312 2,048 Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door......................................................... 24.82 25.15 977 1,006 39.4 50,818 52,312 2,048 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers..................................................... 17.17 16.75 687 670 40.0 35,391 34,840 2,061 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.02 18.76 759 750 39.9 39,399 39,021 2,072 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 23.53 22.55 941 902 40.0 48,930 46,904 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 15.81 14.62 629 585 39.8 32,554 30,401 2,059 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 17.13 16.84 685 674 40.0 35,629 35,029 2,080 Line installers and repairers..................................... 26.27 27.88 1,048 1,115 39.9 54,517 57,980 2,076 Electrical power-line installers and repairers.................. 27.10 30.19 1,084 1,208 40.0 56,371 62,795 2,080 Telecommunications line installers and repairers................ 25.76 27.88 1,027 1,115 39.9 53,405 57,980 2,073 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 15.25 14.42 609 577 40.0 31,445 30,000 2,062 Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers.......... 12.98 13.50 519 540 40.0 26,340 27,000 2,030 Production occupations.............................................. 15.34 14.05 607 560 39.6 31,531 29,120 2,056 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 22.58 23.67 904 908 40.0 46,981 47,237 2,081 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 12.77 12.93 511 517 40.0 26,553 26,888 2,080 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 11.85 12.75 474 510 40.0 24,638 26,520 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 16.28 15.00 650 600 39.9 33,790 31,200 2,075 Team assemblers................................................. 17.47 12.15 699 486 40.0 36,343 25,272 2,080 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 9.41 8.60 369 336 39.2 19,168 17,472 2,037 Butchers and meat cutters....................................... 12.82 13.50 505 499 39.4 26,266 25,935 2,048 Miscellaneous food processing workers............................. 15.31 15.23 589 609 38.5 30,652 31,668 2,002 Food batchmakers................................................ 15.53 15.36 595 647 38.3 30,919 33,634 1,991 Computer control programmers and operators........................ 16.60 17.55 671 702 40.4 34,876 36,498 2,101 Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 16.09 16.01 643 640 40.0 33,458 33,301 2,080 Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............................................ 13.90 15.23 556 609 40.0 28,914 31,678 2,080 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 15.05 14.60 600 584 39.9 31,198 30,368 2,072 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 15.22 17.25 608 690 40.0 31,626 35,880 2,078 Machinists........................................................ 21.81 20.00 871 800 39.9 45,285 41,600 2,076 Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................................................... 13.61 12.11 535 509 39.3 27,844 26,458 2,045 Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 13.61 12.11 535 509 39.3 27,844 26,458 2,045 Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 16.65 16.01 664 640 39.9 34,510 33,301 2,073 Tool and die makers............................................... 20.32 17.48 798 699 39.3 41,494 36,358 2,042 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 16.18 16.21 642 645 39.7 33,372 33,546 2,063 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 16.17 16.21 647 648 40.0 33,631 33,715 2,079 Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders...................................................... 16.18 16.75 625 645 38.6 32,488 33,546 2,008 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 14.07 15.00 554 600 39.4 28,795 31,200 2,046 Printers.......................................................... 20.73 23.50 803 862 38.7 41,766 44,834 2,015 Printing machine operators...................................... 20.14 20.34 786 814 39.0 40,866 42,307 2,029 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 8.79 8.39 344 336 39.1 17,901 17,451 2,036 Sewing machine operators.......................................... 10.98 10.38 428 396 38.9 21,790 19,956 1,984 Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 12.90 14.68 519 587 40.2 27,002 30,534 2,093 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 11.65 11.25 447 396 38.4 23,018 20,600 1,976 Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood............ 11.22 11.00 441 380 39.3 22,559 19,760 2,011 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing....................................................... 12.51 12.95 459 396 36.7 23,886 20,600 1,909 Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators....... 17.25 17.83 688 713 39.9 35,775 37,086 2,074 Miscellaneous plant and system operators.......................... 27.34 28.20 1,087 1,128 39.8 56,547 58,656 2,068 Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders....... 15.23 13.78 608 551 39.9 31,612 28,662 2,076 Chemical equipment operators and tenders........................ 16.73 15.82 667 633 39.9 34,695 32,906 2,073 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 15.55 15.90 622 636 40.0 32,342 33,072 2,080 Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 18.47 19.54 739 782 40.0 38,417 40,652 2,080 Cutting workers................................................... 14.31 17.17 561 591 39.2 29,174 30,732 2,039 Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 15.24 17.96 606 718 39.8 31,537 37,357 2,069 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 14.64 14.73 591 589 40.4 30,736 30,638 2,099 Painting workers.................................................. 14.52 13.50 581 540 40.0 30,206 28,080 2,080 Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders...................................................... 14.28 12.50 571 500 40.0 29,711 26,000 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.82 12.56 544 502 39.4 28,289 26,125 2,047 Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders............. 15.48 15.41 603 616 38.9 31,351 32,053 2,025 Helpers--production workers..................................... 11.33 10.54 448 422 39.6 23,263 21,923 2,054 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.19 13.48 610 520 40.1 31,126 26,869 2,048 First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand................................................... 21.82 21.39 951 862 43.6 49,441 44,809 2,266 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................. 14.51 15.73 593 629 40.8 30,814 32,718 2,123 Aircraft pilots and flight engineers.............................. 101.56 92.82 2,466 1,691 24.3 128,218 87,949 1,263 Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers.................. 101.56 92.82 2,466 1,691 24.3 128,218 87,949 1,263 Bus drivers....................................................... 13.53 13.13 414 340 30.6 17,707 13,650 1,309 Bus drivers, school............................................. 12.21 12.46 317 263 25.9 12,460 9,716 1,020 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.55 15.00 669 600 43.0 34,660 31,200 2,228 Driver/sales workers............................................ 14.65 16.05 607 642 41.4 31,570 33,384 2,155 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.11 15.00 730 618 45.3 37,724 32,136 2,342 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 14.84 12.92 594 517 40.0 30,910 26,869 2,082 Crane and tower operators......................................... 21.71 17.96 868 718 40.0 45,160 37,357 2,080 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.15 12.80 524 506 39.9 27,253 26,291 2,073 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.56 11.20 456 444 39.4 23,660 23,069 2,046 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 13.15 13.59 524 544 39.8 27,232 28,267 2,071 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.51 11.20 453 440 39.4 23,494 22,880 2,042 Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 10.75 10.58 414 360 38.5 21,541 18,720 2,003 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 11.41 11.09 456 444 40.0 23,723 23,069 2,080 Refuse and recyclable material collectors......................... 11.19 10.66 448 427 40.0 23,280 22,179 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 The NCS uses the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification coding structure, which defines more than 800 unique occupations, to match jobs sampled by the survey. Military occupations are excluded from the survey. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighed by hours. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designate position in the earnings distribution at which one-half of the earnings are paid the same as or more than the rate shown and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designate position in the earnings distribution at which one-half of the earnings are paid the same as or more than the rate shown and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.