Table 16 Private industry establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time workers Hourly(2) Weekly(3) Annual(4) Occupation(1) Mean Median Mean Median Mean Mean Median Mean earnings earnings earnings earnings hours earnings earnings hours All workers........................................................... $19.13 $15.14 $766 $609 40.0 $39,668 $31,648 2,074 Management occupations.............................................. 44.43 40.68 1,808 1,627 40.7 94,001 84,612 2,115 General and operations managers................................... 55.40 53.84 2,351 1,529 42.4 122,271 79,500 2,207 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 43.49 31.75 1,784 1,285 41.0 92,743 66,797 2,133 Marketing managers.............................................. 45.63 29.53 1,928 1,285 42.3 100,269 66,797 2,198 Computer and information systems managers......................... 47.85 49.26 1,914 1,970 40.0 99,527 102,459 2,080 Financial managers................................................ 41.79 34.46 1,679 1,378 40.2 87,330 71,677 2,090 Human resources managers.......................................... 53.47 45.91 2,141 1,837 40.0 111,346 95,501 2,082 Industrial production managers.................................... 44.73 40.77 1,794 1,631 40.1 93,255 84,808 2,085 Transportation, storage, and distribution managers................ 46.33 40.87 2,001 1,635 43.2 104,063 84,999 2,246 Education administrators.......................................... 31.56 30.65 1,246 1,226 39.5 64,235 63,750 2,035 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 31.32 30.65 1,230 1,213 39.3 63,252 63,750 2,019 Medical and health services managers.............................. 32.87 33.21 1,302 1,284 39.6 67,716 66,787 2,060 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 27.34 24.53 1,101 1,016 40.3 57,244 52,821 2,094 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 24.24 26.67 965 1,000 39.8 50,196 52,001 2,070 Management analysts............................................... 37.02 27.05 1,468 1,082 39.6 76,324 56,254 2,061 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 23.55 20.19 944 808 40.1 49,091 41,999 2,084 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 27.16 25.56 1,081 1,022 39.8 56,191 53,165 2,069 Financial analysts.............................................. 27.59 25.56 1,096 1,022 39.7 56,988 53,165 2,066 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 17.54 15.09 702 604 40.0 36,481 31,385 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 34.80 35.55 1,402 1,424 40.3 72,921 74,054 2,095 Computer programmers.............................................. 33.57 36.39 1,327 1,456 39.5 68,980 75,687 2,055 Computer software engineers....................................... 42.97 43.37 1,758 1,734 40.9 91,414 90,192 2,127 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 39.86 37.08 1,610 1,543 40.4 83,734 80,257 2,101 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 48.09 49.48 2,009 2,033 41.8 104,494 105,710 2,173 Computer support specialists...................................... 19.88 19.10 780 764 39.2 40,541 39,724 2,040 Computer systems analysts......................................... 32.27 30.21 1,291 1,208 40.0 67,114 62,841 2,080 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 28.26 28.02 1,131 1,121 40.0 58,787 58,273 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 34.91 31.79 1,403 1,269 40.2 72,766 66,000 2,085 Engineers......................................................... 38.57 34.73 1,554 1,442 40.3 80,472 75,001 2,087 Aerospace engineers............................................. 55.41 53.94 2,217 2,158 40.0 115,262 112,195 2,080 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 35.30 31.58 1,437 1,263 40.7 74,729 65,686 2,117 Industrial engineers.......................................... 31.79 28.55 1,301 1,169 40.9 67,675 60,794 2,129 Mechanical engineers............................................ 35.45 33.54 1,418 1,342 40.0 72,578 69,763 2,047 Drafters.......................................................... 22.30 17.82 892 713 40.0 46,390 37,066 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 28.55 30.59 1,142 1,224 40.0 59,394 63,627 2,080 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 29.57 31.02 1,183 1,241 40.0 61,496 64,528 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations Physical scientists............................................... 41.09 27.03 1,764 1,284 42.9 91,714 66,759 2,232 Community and social services occupations........................... 16.67 16.76 677 700 40.6 35,109 36,408 2,107 Counselors........................................................ 12.44 11.90 521 476 41.9 26,927 24,750 2,165 Social workers.................................................... 18.05 17.50 722 700 40.0 37,545 36,408 2,080 Legal occupations................................................... 47.69 45.90 1,877 1,836 39.4 97,597 95,476 2,047 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 30.52 28.83 1,153 1,100 37.8 45,761 43,599 1,499 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 33.10 31.73 1,288 1,269 38.9 53,717 49,500 1,623 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............................ 28.71 28.58 1,057 1,053 36.8 44,106 42,134 1,536 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.37 27.75 1,084 1,027 36.9 41,242 39,499 1,404 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 30.57 27.75 1,130 1,041 37.0 42,700 39,499 1,397 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 29.89 27.62 1,106 1,041 37.0 41,862 38,500 1,400 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 23.82 20.68 953 827 40.0 49,516 43,008 2,079 Designers......................................................... 19.16 19.84 767 794 40.0 39,863 41,267 2,080 Graphic designers............................................... 18.92 19.84 757 794 40.0 39,359 41,267 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.87 24.70 1,058 965 39.4 55,011 50,155 2,047 Pharmacists....................................................... 53.05 53.39 2,122 2,135 40.0 110,341 111,041 2,080 Registered nurses................................................. 30.13 26.79 1,172 1,041 38.9 60,933 54,138 2,022 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.................. 23.49 23.00 940 920 40.0 48,860 47,840 2,080 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 22.54 23.00 902 920 40.0 46,892 47,840 2,080 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 15.29 14.34 610 573 39.9 31,737 29,819 2,075 Surgical technologists.......................................... 15.65 15.16 624 602 39.9 32,457 31,285 2,073 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.30 17.27 688 682 39.7 35,755 35,443 2,067 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.01 10.37 428 410 38.9 22,273 21,299 2,023 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.02 9.60 386 376 38.6 20,085 19,560 2,005 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.04 9.60 387 376 38.6 20,139 19,560 2,007 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.93 12.94 515 518 39.8 26,770 26,915 2,071 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.29 10.20 451 408 40.0 23,411 21,216 2,074 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 10.77 9.44 430 377 39.9 22,281 19,656 2,069 Security guards................................................. 10.46 9.36 418 374 39.9 21,640 19,460 2,069 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.87 7.40 313 296 39.7 16,167 15,350 2,054 Cooks............................................................. 11.98 12.36 476 494 39.7 24,727 25,709 2,065 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 11.32 10.42 444 417 39.2 23,067 21,674 2,038 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.87 5.79 234 231 39.9 12,190 12,022 2,076 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 9.96 9.51 378 357 38.0 19,427 18,550 1,950 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 9.96 9.51 378 357 38.0 19,427 18,550 1,950 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.37 9.04 412 360 39.7 21,405 18,720 2,063 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.66 8.72 383 349 39.7 19,930 18,127 2,063 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.15 11.19 440 448 39.5 22,876 23,275 2,052 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.52 8.24 340 330 39.8 17,657 17,139 2,071 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.99 7.28 361 291 40.1 18,694 15,018 2,079 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 Sales and related occupations....................................... 20.17 13.71 809 541 40.1 42,086 28,122 2,087 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 20.73 17.60 829 704 40.0 43,116 36,608 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 21.12 18.27 845 731 40.0 43,921 38,002 2,080 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.90 11.42 474 454 39.8 24,633 23,608 2,070 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 12.01 11.82 481 473 40.0 24,990 24,586 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 26.39 23.32 1,080 934 40.9 56,141 48,570 2,128 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products............................ 25.82 23.32 1,058 933 41.0 55,015 48,508 2,130 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 16.52 10.42 661 417 40.0 34,363 21,676 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.29 13.00 571 517 40.0 29,670 26,859 2,077 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 20.60 20.91 844 836 41.0 43,883 43,497 2,130 Switchboard operators, including answering service................ 11.79 11.85 472 474 40.0 24,528 24,648 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.95 11.94 517 478 39.9 26,902 24,833 2,077 Bill and account collectors..................................... 10.53 8.25 421 330 40.0 21,897 17,154 2,080 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 12.35 12.39 494 496 40.0 25,692 25,771 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.18 15.00 606 600 39.9 31,504 31,200 2,076 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 17.96 17.33 709 693 39.5 36,881 36,046 2,054 Customer service representatives.................................. 13.63 11.72 545 469 40.0 28,361 24,378 2,081 Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 14.86 15.00 588 575 39.6 30,596 29,915 2,059 Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 12.50 12.35 500 494 40.0 26,009 25,688 2,080 Order clerks...................................................... 13.10 12.54 520 502 39.7 27,024 26,083 2,064 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 15.31 14.32 610 582 39.8 31,597 30,243 2,064 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.05 11.63 442 465 40.0 22,988 24,188 2,080 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 17.65 14.95 701 598 39.7 36,447 31,096 2,066 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.18 12.59 486 503 39.9 25,248 26,179 2,073 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.87 16.16 711 646 39.8 36,983 33,607 2,069 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.51 22.27 861 891 40.0 44,751 46,322 2,080 Medical secretaries............................................. 12.78 12.48 509 499 39.8 26,469 25,958 2,070 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.75 14.33 586 572 39.7 30,480 29,744 2,066 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 13.98 13.53 555 541 39.7 28,867 28,132 2,065 Data entry keyers............................................... 13.22 13.46 529 538 40.0 27,506 27,997 2,080 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 15.87 14.42 618 567 39.0 32,152 29,478 2,026 Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service..... 12.31 11.64 492 465 40.0 25,600 24,203 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.90 14.45 551 547 39.7 28,652 28,454 2,062 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 19.10 18.00 764 720 40.0 39,390 36,920 2,062 Electricians...................................................... 24.12 23.42 965 937 40.0 50,166 48,714 2,080 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 24.70 24.53 988 981 40.0 51,375 51,016 2,080 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 24.70 24.53 988 981 40.0 51,375 51,016 2,080 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 13.67 12.72 547 509 40.0 28,438 26,451 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.74 19.06 870 762 40.0 45,214 39,645 2,080 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................... 19.52 14.27 781 571 40.0 40,594 29,682 2,080 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 17.93 18.25 720 730 40.1 37,424 37,960 2,087 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 17.51 17.00 703 680 40.2 36,579 35,360 2,090 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 18.19 17.68 727 707 40.0 37,828 36,774 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 21.50 20.94 859 841 40.0 44,694 43,730 2,079 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 24.33 24.00 973 960 40.0 50,593 49,920 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 19.54 17.48 779 699 39.9 40,500 36,338 2,073 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 16.99 16.68 680 667 40.0 35,350 34,694 2,080 Line installers and repairers..................................... 29.39 29.09 1,176 1,164 40.0 61,135 60,503 2,080 Electrical power-line installers and repairers.................. 30.69 31.25 1,228 1,250 40.0 63,843 65,000 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 17.72 16.02 707 641 39.9 36,335 32,136 2,050 Production occupations.............................................. 16.38 15.00 650 600 39.7 33,721 31,200 2,059 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 23.28 24.33 932 973 40.0 48,393 50,596 2,079 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 12.93 13.35 517 534 40.0 26,886 27,768 2,080 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 12.00 12.75 480 510 40.0 24,958 26,520 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 17.15 15.00 686 600 40.0 35,642 31,200 2,079 Team assemblers................................................. 17.73 12.15 709 486 40.0 36,879 25,272 2,080 Miscellaneous food processing workers............................. 15.76 15.36 611 643 38.8 31,787 33,426 2,017 Food batchmakers................................................ 16.06 17.28 620 666 38.6 32,247 34,644 2,007 Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 16.17 16.01 647 640 40.0 33,630 33,301 2,080 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 14.58 14.21 580 568 39.8 30,147 29,557 2,067 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 13.78 12.35 551 494 40.0 28,666 25,686 2,080 Machinists........................................................ 22.51 22.66 900 906 40.0 46,821 47,133 2,080 Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................................................... 14.48 17.21 567 654 39.1 29,468 34,007 2,035 Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 14.48 17.21 567 654 39.1 29,468 34,007 2,035 Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 16.82 16.01 673 640 40.0 34,989 33,301 2,080 Tool and die makers............................................... 19.23 17.21 769 688 40.0 39,991 35,797 2,080 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 17.14 17.92 675 645 39.4 35,103 33,546 2,048 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 17.87 18.40 715 736 40.0 37,171 38,272 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.................... 15.31 15.97 593 639 38.7 30,778 33,222 2,011 Printers.......................................................... 24.11 24.88 919 896 38.1 47,787 46,575 1,982 Printing machine operators...................................... 23.82 26.33 915 957 38.4 47,597 49,739 1,999 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 8.84 8.39 348 336 39.4 18,097 17,451 2,048 Sewing machine operators.......................................... 10.85 9.90 418 386 38.5 21,152 19,074 1,949 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............... 10.73 11.00 397 360 37.0 20,190 18,720 1,882 Miscellaneous plant and system operators.......................... 27.21 28.20 1,081 1,128 39.7 56,216 58,656 2,066 Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders....... 15.67 10.38 625 415 39.9 32,518 21,592 2,075 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 19.54 22.27 782 891 40.0 40,640 46,322 2,080 Cutting workers................................................... 14.76 17.17 578 687 39.2 30,064 35,722 2,036 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.............. 15.25 15.13 613 605 40.2 31,901 31,470 2,091 Painting workers.................................................. 20.70 17.40 828 696 40.0 43,065 36,192 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 16.32 15.75 643 630 39.4 33,462 32,766 2,051 Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders............. 19.66 17.78 786 711 40.0 40,892 36,982 2,080 Helpers--production workers..................................... 13.34 13.65 522 515 39.1 27,126 26,788 2,034 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.36 15.00 718 622 41.4 37,026 31,990 2,132 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............................ 17.80 17.43 810 750 45.5 41,823 39,000 2,350 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 17.61 15.16 873 750 49.6 44,771 39,000 2,542 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 18.48 19.20 739 768 40.0 38,448 39,936 2,080 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.77 13.50 548 540 39.8 28,477 28,080 2,068 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.97 11.94 474 470 39.6 24,566 24,440 2,052 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.88 11.92 472 467 39.7 24,446 24,280 2,057 Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 10.73 10.58 412 339 38.4 21,422 17,605 1,997 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 11.59 11.09 463 444 40.0 24,099 23,069 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.