Table 12 Full-time(1) private industry 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........................................................... $17.99 $14.43 $720 $576 40.0 $37,308 $29,848 2,073 Management occupations.............................................. 40.68 36.49 1,675 1,498 41.2 87,053 77,896 2,140 General and operations managers................................... 43.30 31.84 1,962 1,351 45.3 101,982 70,272 2,355 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......................... 45.98 40.87 1,839 1,635 40.0 95,628 85,010 2,080 Financial managers................................................ 39.63 32.84 1,668 1,294 42.1 86,756 67,288 2,189 Human resources managers.......................................... 47.80 45.35 1,914 1,814 40.0 99,504 94,328 2,082 Industrial production managers.................................... 44.49 40.77 1,784 1,631 40.1 92,737 84,808 2,085 Transportation, storage, and distribution managers................ 38.96 30.18 1,672 1,207 42.9 86,923 62,772 2,231 Construction managers............................................. 31.78 33.75 1,325 1,350 41.7 68,889 70,200 2,168 Education administrators.......................................... 24.65 25.63 979 1,025 39.7 50,713 53,300 2,057 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 29.51 25.63 1,165 1,025 39.5 60,111 53,300 2,037 Engineering managers.............................................. 58.95 65.13 2,379 2,733 40.4 123,694 142,120 2,098 Lodging managers.................................................. 20.43 18.92 821 757 40.2 42,698 39,360 2,090 Medical and health services managers.............................. 31.86 32.11 1,267 1,284 39.8 65,863 66,787 2,067 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 27.12 23.75 1,096 994 40.4 57,015 51,684 2,102 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 25.62 22.40 1,029 896 40.2 53,519 46,592 2,089 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 23.88 22.40 955 896 40.0 49,668 46,592 2,080 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 30.43 27.50 1,193 1,100 39.2 62,037 57,200 2,039 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 30.84 29.34 1,206 1,137 39.1 62,697 59,120 2,033 Cost estimators................................................... 22.84 20.19 943 889 41.3 49,034 46,210 2,147 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 23.68 24.28 962 1,000 40.6 50,022 52,001 2,112 Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists.............. 24.53 24.28 993 971 40.5 51,612 50,492 2,104 Training and development specialists............................ 20.64 19.04 822 714 39.8 42,726 37,128 2,071 Management analysts............................................... 34.77 27.05 1,381 1,082 39.7 71,791 56,254 2,065 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 22.35 21.15 895 846 40.0 46,522 43,992 2,081 Credit analysts................................................... 30.18 27.06 1,207 1,082 40.0 62,784 56,279 2,080 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 29.35 27.39 1,191 1,096 40.6 61,945 56,971 2,111 Financial analysts.............................................. 27.59 25.56 1,096 1,022 39.7 56,988 53,165 2,066 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....................... 34.18 34.28 1,376 1,364 40.3 71,552 70,945 2,094 Computer programmers.............................................. 30.34 25.24 1,219 1,124 40.2 63,382 58,449 2,089 Computer software engineers....................................... 40.54 38.30 1,644 1,553 40.6 85,496 80,748 2,109 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 37.38 35.10 1,507 1,442 40.3 78,346 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...................................... 21.64 19.75 848 790 39.2 44,107 41,080 2,038 Computer systems analysts......................................... 33.62 33.20 1,345 1,328 40.0 69,933 69,054 2,080 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 31.62 32.45 1,282 1,298 40.6 66,682 67,500 2,109 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............................ 33.43 30.59 1,345 1,241 40.2 69,835 64,486 2,089 Engineers......................................................... 41.61 36.89 1,681 1,480 40.4 87,198 76,939 2,096 Aerospace engineers............................................. 55.41 53.94 2,217 2,158 40.0 115,262 112,195 2,080 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.......................................................... 18.82 17.77 753 711 40.0 39,136 36,951 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 27.88 30.28 1,115 1,211 40.0 57,992 62,974 2,080 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...................... 34.94 22.50 1,424 900 40.8 74,059 46,800 2,120 Physical scientists............................................... 37.48 27.03 1,548 1,250 41.3 80,498 65,000 2,147 Community and social services occupations........................... 16.80 16.50 670 673 39.9 34,812 35,000 2,072 Counselors........................................................ 14.59 11.90 605 476 41.5 31,295 24,750 2,145 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 16.70 14.80 666 592 39.9 34,308 30,784 2,055 Social workers.................................................... 16.82 17.00 668 680 39.8 34,762 35,360 2,067 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 16.10 16.83 634 673 39.4 32,978 35,000 2,048 Legal occupations................................................... 33.00 22.42 1,314 897 39.8 68,304 46,640 2,070 Lawyers........................................................... 57.38 57.69 2,295 2,308 40.0 119,346 119,999 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 24.20 21.51 926 814 38.3 37,724 33,600 1,559 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 28.92 28.75 1,163 1,143 40.2 50,658 49,500 1,751 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 33.02 33.56 1,316 1,342 39.9 53,437 52,350 1,618 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 22.79 18.20 914 741 40.1 41,564 38,549 1,824 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 22.95 20.86 851 730 37.1 32,361 31,631 1,410 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 24.97 23.78 928 892 37.2 34,666 33,000 1,388 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 25.52 23.78 949 908 37.2 35,702 33,000 1,399 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 23.44 16.90 872 634 37.2 31,847 22,936 1,359 Secondary school teachers....................................... 21.52 20.86 780 730 36.3 31,758 31,631 1,476 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 21.52 20.86 780 730 36.3 31,758 31,631 1,476 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 21.18 19.84 846 800 40.0 43,914 41,582 2,073 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............................................... 24.35 23.07 900 923 36.9 46,777 47,986 1,921 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................... 27.20 24.08 1,072 945 39.4 55,747 49,140 2,049 Pharmacists....................................................... 53.93 53.85 2,157 2,154 40.0 112,167 112,000 2,080 Registered nurses................................................. 30.24 26.79 1,183 1,038 39.1 61,511 53,976 2,034 Therapists........................................................ 21.65 22.66 865 906 39.9 44,960 47,133 2,076 Respiratory therapists.......................................... 22.02 23.00 881 920 40.0 45,807 47,840 2,080 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 22.90 22.29 899 891 39.3 46,746 46,342 2,041 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 24.56 24.56 982 982 40.0 51,082 51,085 2,080 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 21.18 20.57 816 823 38.5 42,409 42,786 2,003 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 23.56 23.00 942 920 40.0 49,008 47,840 2,080 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 22.69 23.00 908 920 40.0 47,204 47,840 2,080 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 14.47 14.25 575 570 39.7 29,900 29,640 2,066 Surgical technologists.......................................... 16.29 15.78 650 631 39.9 33,796 32,822 2,074 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.57 17.50 699 691 39.8 36,348 35,930 2,068 Medical records and health information technicians................ 11.92 10.54 477 422 40.0 24,788 21,923 2,080 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.37 10.92 447 422 39.3 23,236 21,940 2,044 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.75 9.54 380 373 39.0 19,781 19,386 2,028 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.67 9.40 377 368 38.9 19,582 19,157 2,024 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.73 12.50 504 500 39.6 26,196 26,000 2,058 Medical assistants.............................................. 12.76 11.00 510 440 40.0 26,514 22,880 2,077 Medical transcriptionists....................................... 13.22 12.94 529 518 40.0 27,490 26,915 2,080 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.17 10.02 447 400 40.0 23,178 20,881 2,075 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 10.66 9.37 426 375 39.9 22,070 19,490 2,070 Security guards................................................. 10.37 9.36 414 374 39.9 21,468 19,460 2,070 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.90 7.50 312 288 39.5 16,189 14,976 2,049 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 12.63 12.00 557 500 44.1 28,968 25,979 2,293 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 12.39 12.00 549 500 44.3 28,561 25,979 2,305 Cooks............................................................. 9.47 9.25 369 350 39.0 19,207 18,204 2,028 Cooks, fast food................................................ 7.55 7.25 272 257 36.0 14,121 13,358 1,870 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 9.50 8.75 377 350 39.7 19,613 18,204 2,065 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.13 12.36 430 494 38.6 22,339 25,709 2,006 Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.82 8.17 335 285 37.9 16,145 13,681 1,831 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.22 5.47 204 219 39.1 10,613 11,378 2,032 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...... 7.38 7.25 283 290 38.4 14,724 15,080 1,995 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.10 7.25 315 280 38.9 16,308 14,560 2,012 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 8.04 7.25 312 280 38.9 16,135 14,326 2,008 Dishwashers....................................................... 8.72 8.73 348 349 39.9 18,095 18,158 2,076 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.34 9.02 411 360 39.8 21,356 18,720 2,064 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 15.88 13.84 639 553 40.2 33,214 28,781 2,092 First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers...................................................... 15.48 13.84 620 553 40.1 32,253 28,781 2,083 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.68 8.72 383 349 39.6 19,891 18,127 2,054 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.93 10.87 432 435 39.5 22,455 22,608 2,054 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.48 8.24 336 330 39.6 17,409 17,139 2,053 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 9.59 8.25 383 330 40.0 19,814 17,160 2,067 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 9.59 8.25 383 330 40.0 19,814 17,160 2,067 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.96 7.61 357 298 39.8 18,493 15,480 2,063 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...................................... 8.62 8.50 375 348 43.6 19,519 18,077 2,266 Sales and related occupations....................................... 18.34 13.84 739 554 40.3 38,422 28,800 2,095 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 19.42 16.83 806 676 41.5 41,917 35,152 2,159 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 18.59 15.74 778 657 41.8 40,436 34,188 2,175 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 10.51 467 420 39.7 24,279 21,840 2,063 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.34 9.50 410 374 39.7 21,345 19,448 2,064 Cashiers...................................................... 9.52 8.85 377 350 39.6 19,598 18,182 2,059 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....................... 14.12 13.19 561 520 39.8 29,181 27,040 2,067 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 19.63 19.80 786 784 40.0 40,883 40,768 2,082 Switchboard operators, including answering service................ 11.79 11.85 472 474 40.0 24,528 24,648 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.59 13.12 537 520 39.5 27,917 27,040 2,054 Bill and account collectors..................................... 11.41 11.57 451 463 39.5 23,463 24,070 2,056 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 13.63 13.87 539 555 39.5 28,012 28,850 2,055 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.17 14.73 597 578 39.4 31,046 30,044 2,046 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 16.79 17.24 667 690 39.7 34,675 35,857 2,065 Procurement clerks.............................................. 12.97 10.00 519 400 40.0 26,969 20,800 2,080 Tellers......................................................... 11.34 11.29 449 450 39.6 23,338 23,400 2,058 Customer service representatives.................................. 14.53 13.22 581 529 40.0 30,196 27,483 2,078 File clerks....................................................... 11.50 11.33 460 453 40.0 23,930 23,566 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 26,555 26,083 2,072 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 15.05 14.32 600 573 39.9 31,096 29,790 2,066 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.08 11.50 482 460 39.9 25,085 23,920 2,077 Dispatchers....................................................... 16.03 16.25 677 650 42.2 34,533 32,402 2,155 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 16.03 16.25 677 650 42.2 34,533 32,402 2,155 Meter readers, utilities.......................................... 14.22 14.03 531 537 37.3 27,589 27,914 1,940 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 15.76 14.55 627 582 39.8 32,611 30,272 2,069 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.89 12.25 515 490 40.0 26,782 25,480 2,077 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.57 12.00 459 470 39.6 23,856 24,440 2,061 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.74 15.12 668 605 39.9 34,714 31,524 2,074 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.36 21.64 860 877 40.3 44,711 45,614 2,093 Legal secretaries............................................... 19.08 17.05 754 682 39.5 39,208 35,464 2,055 Medical secretaries............................................. 13.74 13.72 548 540 39.9 28,437 28,184 2,069 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.66 14.33 582 572 39.7 30,259 29,744 2,064 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 13.71 13.53 547 541 39.9 28,430 28,132 2,074 Data entry keyers............................................... 12.74 13.46 510 538 40.0 26,507 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..... 11.14 11.39 446 456 40.0 23,177 23,691 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.89 12.00 512 480 39.7 26,601 24,960 2,064 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.03 14.50 638 580 39.8 32,992 29,738 2,058 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 25.35 22.00 1,022 880 40.3 53,123 45,760 2,096 Carpenters........................................................ 16.89 17.00 665 680 39.4 34,597 35,360 2,048 Construction laborers............................................. 12.82 10.94 513 438 40.0 26,455 22,755 2,064 Construction equipment operators.................................. 14.07 13.05 563 522 40.0 28,994 27,040 2,060 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 14.46 13.10 578 524 40.0 29,650 27,163 2,050 Electricians...................................................... 17.49 16.50 699 660 40.0 36,371 34,320 2,080 Painters and paperhangers......................................... 14.38 13.70 575 548 40.0 29,917 28,496 2,080 Painters, construction and maintenance.......................... 14.38 13.70 575 548 40.0 29,917 28,496 2,080 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 21.70 20.42 868 817 40.0 45,145 42,467 2,080 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 21.70 20.42 868 817 40.0 45,145 42,467 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...................................... 12.05 12.00 475 480 39.5 24,280 24,950 2,016 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.05 18.36 807 740 40.2 41,932 38,480 2,092 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 24.35 20.81 1,017 850 41.8 52,878 44,200 2,172 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................... 19.12 14.27 764 571 40.0 39,727 29,682 2,077 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 19.61 18.00 795 720 40.5 41,335 37,440 2,107 Automotive body and related repairers........................... 19.28 16.46 771 659 40.0 40,095 34,243 2,080 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 19.74 18.69 804 748 40.7 41,790 38,884 2,117 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 18.18 17.68 727 707 40.0 37,811 36,774 2,080 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........................ 24.86 28.47 977 1,139 39.3 50,814 59,218 2,044 Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door......................................................... 24.86 28.47 977 1,139 39.3 50,814 59,218 2,044 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers..................................................... 16.90 16.73 676 669 40.0 35,151 34,788 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.05 18.00 760 720 39.9 39,530 37,440 2,075 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 23.53 22.55 941 902 40.0 48,930 46,904 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 15.14 14.21 601 568 39.7 31,273 29,557 2,065 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 17.18 16.84 687 674 40.0 35,728 35,029 2,080 Line installers and repairers..................................... 26.70 27.88 1,068 1,115 40.0 55,537 57,980 2,080 Electrical power-line installers and repairers.................. 27.02 30.19 1,081 1,208 40.0 56,211 62,795 2,080 Telecommunications line installers and repairers................ 26.55 27.88 1,062 1,115 40.0 55,232 57,980 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 15.72 14.50 628 580 39.9 32,423 30,160 2,063 Production occupations.............................................. 15.32 14.04 606 560 39.6 31,490 29,120 2,056 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 22.54 22.73 903 904 40.0 46,904 47,008 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 16.28 642 645 39.7 33,397 33,546 2,064 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 16.19 16.21 647 648 40.0 33,665 33,715 2,080 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.......................................................... 20.71 23.50 803 862 38.8 41,731 44,834 2,015 Printing machine operators...................................... 20.11 20.34 785 814 39.0 40,818 42,307 2,030 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 8.80 8.39 344 336 39.1 17,906 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 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.................................. 13.95 13.03 549 515 39.4 28,535 26,788 2,045 Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders............. 15.48 15.41 603 616 38.9 31,351 32,053 2,025 Helpers--production workers..................................... 11.41 11.58 451 463 39.5 23,418 24,091 2,052 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.31 13.50 625 530 40.8 32,364 27,560 2,114 First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand................................................... 21.83 21.39 955 933 43.8 49,672 48,499 2,275 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................. 17.41 16.77 722 671 41.5 37,554 34,882 2,157 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 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.56 15.00 670 600 43.1 34,730 31,200 2,232 Driver/sales workers............................................ 14.65 16.05 607 642 41.4 31,570 33,384 2,155 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.14 15.00 734 620 45.5 37,918 32,136 2,350 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 14.82 12.92 594 517 40.0 30,862 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............................ 13.09 12.80 522 500 39.9 27,134 26,000 2,072 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.62 11.20 458 444 39.4 23,765 23,088 2,045 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.......... 11.58 11.20 456 444 39.3 23,632 23,088 2,041 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 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.