Table 15 Private industry establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time workers Hourly(2) Weekly(3) Annual(4) Occupation(1) Mean Median Mean Median Mean Mean Median Mean earnings earnings earnings earnings hours earnings earnings hours All workers........................................................... $16.66 $13.90 $665 $553 39.9 $34,519 $28,600 2,072 Management occupations.............................................. 35.46 29.71 1,483 1,346 41.8 77,101 70,000 2,175 General and operations managers................................... 32.96 28.45 1,586 1,351 48.1 82,360 70,272 2,499 Financial managers................................................ 36.95 32.84 1,653 1,212 44.7 85,964 63,045 2,327 Education administrators.......................................... 17.63 10.87 705 435 40.0 36,673 22,616 2,080 Lodging managers.................................................. 20.43 18.92 821 757 40.2 42,698 39,360 2,090 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.82 23.09 1,090 941 40.7 56,696 48,936 2,114 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 29.28 26.44 1,183 1,058 40.4 61,532 54,997 2,101 Cost estimators................................................... 22.44 20.19 930 889 41.4 48,349 46,210 2,154 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 21.98 20.27 951 971 43.3 49,450 50,492 2,250 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 20.95 21.15 837 846 40.0 43,535 43,992 2,078 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 32.46 29.37 1,298 1,175 40.0 67,519 61,083 2,080 Loan officers................................................... 34.09 29.37 1,363 1,175 40.0 70,899 61,083 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 33.32 32.69 1,340 1,298 40.2 69,679 67,500 2,091 Computer software engineers....................................... 37.75 34.62 1,516 1,385 40.2 78,820 72,010 2,088 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 44.88 50.00 1,795 2,000 40.0 93,343 104,000 2,080 Computer support specialists...................................... 22.15 21.64 868 865 39.2 45,129 45,000 2,038 Computer systems analysts......................................... 36.27 39.62 1,451 1,585 40.0 75,445 82,399 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 31.69 23.33 1,277 933 40.3 66,387 48,528 2,095 Engineers......................................................... 46.69 37.75 1,895 1,635 40.6 98,555 84,999 2,111 Drafters.......................................................... 17.71 15.00 708 600 40.0 36,840 31,200 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 26.32 21.00 1,069 840 40.6 55,592 43,680 2,112 Community and social services occupations........................... 16.91 16.50 665 660 39.3 34,576 34,320 2,044 Social workers.................................................... 15.93 16.00 630 640 39.6 32,780 33,280 2,058 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 17.38 15.45 675 632 38.8 28,302 24,711 1,628 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 17.02 16.51 633 619 37.2 24,086 22,936 1,415 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 19.69 18.92 786 728 39.9 40,755 37,877 2,070 Designers......................................................... 16.96 13.88 662 555 39.0 34,400 28,870 2,028 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 28.13 22.34 1,112 893 39.5 57,810 46,459 2,055 Registered nurses................................................. 30.57 25.63 1,220 1,013 39.9 63,436 52,650 2,075 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.06 18.00 719 720 39.8 37,405 37,440 2,071 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.63 11.00 461 440 39.6 23,931 22,880 2,058 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.33 8.79 371 352 39.7 19,274 18,304 2,066 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 8.92 8.50 354 340 39.6 18,384 17,680 2,061 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.68 12.50 502 500 39.6 26,047 26,000 2,055 Medical assistants.............................................. 12.80 11.50 512 460 40.0 26,632 23,920 2,080 Protective service occupations...................................... 9.37 9.25 375 370 40.0 19,493 19,240 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.93 7.70 312 286 39.4 16,207 14,560 2,045 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 12.48 12.49 555 500 44.5 28,854 25,979 2,311 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 12.51 12.49 559 500 44.7 29,060 25,979 2,322 Cooks............................................................. 8.57 8.36 332 320 38.8 17,279 16,640 2,015 Cooks, fast food................................................ 7.55 7.25 272 257 36.0 14,121 13,358 1,870 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 8.47 8.36 339 334 40.0 17,611 17,389 2,080 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 9.60 9.50 355 360 36.9 18,449 18,720 1,921 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.38 2.28 124 88 36.8 6,462 4,555 1,914 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.69 2.19 98 85 36.3 5,074 4,430 1,888 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 6.50 7.25 252 290 38.8 13,100 15,059 2,016 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.70 7.25 301 274 39.1 15,601 13,832 2,026 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 7.58 7.20 296 266 39.1 15,332 13,624 2,022 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.30 9.00 410 360 39.9 21,273 18,720 2,066 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.74 9.00 383 360 39.3 19,806 18,720 2,034 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.59 10.79 419 418 39.6 21,786 21,736 2,058 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.34 8.00 324 320 38.9 16,657 16,536 1,996 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 8.61 8.25 344 330 40.0 17,909 17,160 2,080 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 8.61 8.25 344 330 40.0 17,909 17,160 2,080 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.89 8.00 347 300 39.1 17,990 15,600 2,023 Child care workers................................................ 8.49 7.25 340 290 40.0 17,657 15,080 2,080 Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.10 14.06 691 576 40.4 35,935 29,976 2,101 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.78 15.74 794 657 42.3 41,299 34,188 2,199 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 17.52 15.74 747 657 42.6 38,862 34,188 2,218 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 27.51 21.88 1,100 875 40.0 57,219 45,500 2,080 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.66 9.69 462 380 39.6 23,998 19,760 2,058 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.66 8.00 341 320 39.4 17,729 16,640 2,047 Cashiers...................................................... 8.66 8.00 341 320 39.4 17,729 16,640 2,047 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 15.30 15.50 612 620 40.0 31,814 32,240 2,079 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 10.58 10.00 402 400 38.0 20,908 20,800 1,977 Parts salespersons............................................ 16.85 16.25 685 650 40.7 35,634 33,800 2,115 Retail salespersons............................................. 13.59 12.00 539 440 39.7 28,028 22,880 2,062 Insurance sales agents............................................ 26.95 23.03 1,078 921 40.0 56,060 47,900 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 25.38 22.73 1,056 1,008 41.6 54,907 52,395 2,164 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products...................................... 27.44 22.73 1,168 1,080 42.6 60,727 56,153 2,213 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products............................ 23.80 23.69 974 962 40.9 50,637 49,999 2,127 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.96 13.22 552 528 39.6 28,705 27,444 2,057 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 18.66 18.06 730 709 39.1 37,983 36,858 2,036 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.15 14.00 554 557 39.1 28,786 28,985 2,034 Bill and account collectors..................................... 14.87 14.15 563 566 37.8 29,259 29,422 1,968 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 14.41 14.00 565 560 39.2 29,401 29,120 2,040 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.17 14.73 591 577 39.0 30,742 30,014 2,027 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 15.31 14.43 613 577 40.0 31,854 30,021 2,080 Tellers......................................................... 11.34 11.37 447 455 39.4 23,262 23,650 2,051 Customer service representatives.................................. 16.64 15.05 663 602 39.9 34,483 31,312 2,072 Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks.............................. 9.42 9.50 377 380 40.0 19,598 19,760 2,080 Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 15.59 16.99 621 679 39.8 32,306 35,331 2,072 Order clerks...................................................... 12.53 11.31 501 452 40.0 26,061 23,525 2,080 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.34 11.50 493 460 39.9 25,615 23,920 2,076 Dispatchers....................................................... 14.67 14.00 591 560 40.3 30,735 29,120 2,096 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 14.67 14.00 591 560 40.3 30,735 29,120 2,096 Meter readers, utilities.......................................... 14.22 14.03 531 537 37.3 27,589 27,914 1,940 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 15.13 14.55 603 582 39.9 31,374 30,264 2,074 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 10.58 10.00 416 400 39.3 21,618 20,800 2,043 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.58 14.42 623 577 40.0 32,368 30,000 2,078 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.85 21.12 858 845 41.1 44,579 43,930 2,138 Medical secretaries............................................. 14.24 14.16 568 566 39.9 29,462 29,453 2,069 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.57 14.42 578 577 39.6 30,045 30,000 2,062 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 13.52 13.79 541 552 40.0 28,114 28,683 2,080 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 18.43 19.08 699 704 38.0 36,361 36,608 1,973 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.55 12.00 499 480 39.7 25,916 24,960 2,065 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.95 13.83 594 553 39.8 30,743 28,496 2,056 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 23.41 21.02 945 841 40.4 49,135 43,724 2,099 Construction laborers............................................. 13.01 11.00 520 440 40.0 27,052 22,880 2,080 Construction equipment operators.................................. 13.81 12.50 552 500 40.0 28,719 26,000 2,080 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 13.97 12.50 559 500 40.0 29,051 26,000 2,080 Electricians...................................................... 15.80 16.01 632 640 40.0 32,864 33,301 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............... 19.22 18.33 769 733 40.0 39,987 38,133 2,080 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 19.22 18.33 769 733 40.0 39,987 38,133 2,080 Sheet metal workers............................................... 14.77 16.25 591 650 40.0 30,722 33,800 2,080 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 11.45 12.00 450 480 39.3 22,817 24,950 1,993 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.33 17.00 742 670 40.5 38,568 34,840 2,104 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 24.66 21.25 1,061 1,000 43.0 55,192 52,001 2,238 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 19.91 18.00 809 694 40.6 42,029 36,103 2,111 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 20.13 19.25 822 760 40.8 42,736 39,520 2,123 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 18.16 18.00 726 720 40.0 37,763 37,440 2,080 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics...................................................... 17.65 18.57 704 743 39.9 36,588 38,626 2,072 Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines................ 15.90 12.50 631 500 39.7 32,812 26,000 2,064 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers..................................................... 16.57 16.35 663 654 40.0 34,473 34,000 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 14.93 14.50 594 580 39.8 30,882 30,160 2,068 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 19.14 19.50 766 780 40.0 39,807 40,560 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 13.12 12.87 520 500 39.6 27,044 26,000 2,062 Line installers and repairers..................................... 25.29 26.02 1,012 1,041 40.0 52,610 54,122 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 13.15 14.42 526 577 40.0 27,354 30,000 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 13.03 12.50 514 500 39.4 26,704 26,000 2,049 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 20.18 22.50 810 900 40.2 42,141 46,778 2,088 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 10.36 9.82 409 400 39.5 21,255 20,800 2,052 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 10.95 11.77 404 360 36.9 20,987 18,720 1,917 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 15.45 16.00 617 640 39.9 32,080 33,280 2,077 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 15.18 15.70 607 628 40.0 31,583 32,656 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 15.18 15.70 607 628 40.0 31,583 32,656 2,080 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 12.92 14.50 517 580 40.0 26,866 30,160 2,080 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 8.77 8.50 342 334 39.0 17,776 17,368 2,028 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 12.38 12.50 490 500 39.6 25,466 26,000 2,057 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing....................................................... 12.44 12.95 484 518 38.9 25,172 26,936 2,024 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 12.86 13.44 515 538 40.0 26,757 27,961 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 11.97 10.57 491 423 41.0 25,539 21,986 2,134 Painting workers.................................................. 12.25 12.00 490 480 40.0 25,482 24,960 2,080 Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders...................................................... 11.97 11.35 479 454 40.0 24,892 23,608 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 10.39 10.80 408 400 39.2 21,169 20,800 2,037 Helpers--production workers..................................... 9.91 8.95 395 354 39.9 20,464 18,408 2,066 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.85 12.00 517 480 40.2 26,877 24,960 2,091 First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand................................................... 17.30 17.50 710 700 41.1 36,941 36,400 2,136 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 13.48 12.50 553 500 41.0 28,749 26,000 2,133 Driver/sales workers............................................ 12.90 16.05 – – – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 14.70 13.50 619 540 42.1 32,174 28,080 2,188 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 11.77 11.13 472 452 40.1 24,524 23,504 2,084 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 11.97 11.43 479 457 40.0 24,888 23,764 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.24 10.95 440 420 39.2 22,900 21,859 2,037 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.29 11.00 439 438 38.9 22,851 22,776 2,025 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 11.25 10.45 450 418 40.0 23,390 21,728 2,080 1 The NCS uses the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification coding structure, which defines more than 800 unique occupations, to match jobs sampled by the survey. Military occupations are excluded from the survey. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighed by hours. 3 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designate position in the earnings distribution at which one-half of the earnings are paid the same as or more than the rate shown and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designate position in the earnings distribution at which one-half of the earnings are paid the same as or more than the rate shown and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.