RSE Table 20 Civilian full-time workers in hospitals: Relative standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings by work levels Hourly earnings(2) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation and work level(1) Mean Relative Mean Relative Mean Relative error(3) error(3) error(3) All workers........................................................... $20.57 2.5% $815 2.5% $42,365 2.5% Level 1 .................................................. 8.95 3.7 358 3.7 18,620 3.7 Level 2 .................................................. 10.07 4.0 399 3.9 20,763 3.9 Level 3 .................................................. 11.00 5.3 438 5.3 22,799 5.3 Level 4 .................................................. 13.66 4.0 544 3.9 28,266 3.9 Level 5 .................................................. 16.60 4.8 663 4.8 34,479 4.8 Level 6 .................................................. 20.66 4.0 818 4.4 42,523 4.4 Level 7 .................................................. 24.87 2.5 984 2.7 51,157 2.7 Level 8 .................................................. 25.30 5.4 1,004 4.9 52,216 4.9 Level 9 .................................................. 26.84 2.9 1,035 3.9 53,830 3.9 Level 11.................................................. 49.06 5.5 1,954 5.6 101,627 5.6 Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.54 12.5 1,181 13.5 61,389 13.5 Management occupations.............................................. 38.78 17.6 1,565 18.3 81,395 18.3 Not able to be leveled.................................... 44.32 6.7 1,817 7.9 94,481 7.9 Medical and health services managers.............................. 36.49 20.2 1,460 20.2 75,902 20.2 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 24.69 9.4 989 9.4 51,403 9.4 Community and social services occupations........................... 22.46 3.8 887 3.9 46,135 3.9 Social workers.................................................... 22.67 3.7 888 4.4 46,153 4.4 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.14 4.4 986 4.7 51,292 4.7 Level 4 .................................................. 14.10 3.5 558 3.5 29,030 3.5 Level 5 .................................................. 17.45 3.4 696 3.4 36,196 3.4 Level 6 .................................................. 20.20 5.2 797 5.6 41,458 5.6 Level 7 .................................................. 25.09 2.5 993 2.8 51,612 2.8 Level 8 .................................................. 26.61 3.7 1,039 3.8 54,036 3.8 Level 9 .................................................. 26.05 2.0 999 3.0 51,957 3.0 Level 11.................................................. 51.74 3.9 2,059 3.9 107,056 3.9 Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.59 3.9 1,036 3.8 53,879 3.8 Pharmacists....................................................... 52.47 1.4 2,090 1.5 108,682 1.5 Level 11.................................................. 52.89 1.5 2,104 1.7 109,388 1.7 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 112.13 6.4 4,480 6.4 232,938 6.4 Registered nurses................................................. 26.34 3.4 1,020 3.7 53,033 3.7 Level 7 .................................................. 26.70 7.3 1,049 8.0 54,539 8.0 Level 8 .................................................. 26.75 3.3 1,037 3.5 53,923 3.5 Level 9 .................................................. 25.52 1.9 975 3.0 50,722 3.0 Therapists........................................................ 23.63 11.0 941 10.9 48,928 10.9 Level 7 .................................................. 22.19 9.8 885 9.7 46,034 9.7 Respiratory therapists.......................................... 23.44 5.5 935 5.5 48,627 5.5 Level 7 .................................................. 24.57 5.7 979 5.8 50,896 5.8 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 21.44 6.4 840 6.3 43,690 6.3 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 23.09 2.7 924 2.7 48,033 2.7 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 19.70 11.2 756 10.6 39,329 10.6 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 21.71 4.8 867 4.8 45,077 4.8 Level 6 .................................................. 22.62 4.7 905 4.7 47,050 4.7 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 22.53 2.6 900 2.6 46,774 2.6 Level 6 .................................................. 22.62 4.7 905 4.7 47,050 4.7 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 14.26 5.7 563 5.5 29,263 5.5 Level 4 .................................................. 13.78 2.9 543 3.6 28,245 3.6 Surgical technologists.......................................... 15.65 5.4 624 4.9 32,457 4.9 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.25 6.0 646 6.2 33,584 6.2 Level 4 .................................................. 15.94 5.5 627 5.5 32,607 5.5 Level 5 .................................................. 16.62 7.8 662 7.9 34,422 7.9 Medical records and health information technicians................ 14.77 12.0 591 12.0 30,730 12.0 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.85 2.2 432 2.2 22,452 2.2 Level 2 .................................................. 9.93 2.4 393 2.5 20,449 2.5 Level 3 .................................................. 9.88 4.1 394 4.3 20,509 4.3 Level 4 .................................................. 12.48 1.9 497 2.1 25,870 2.1 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.22 1.6 407 1.7 21,167 1.7 Level 2 .................................................. 9.94 2.5 394 2.7 20,506 2.7 Level 3 .................................................. 9.65 3.0 385 3.2 20,032 3.2 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.16 1.8 405 1.9 21,045 1.9 Level 2 .................................................. 9.76 2.9 387 3.1 20,146 3.1 Level 3 .................................................. 9.65 3.0 385 3.2 20,032 3.2 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 11.62 4.6 461 4.6 23,985 4.6 Level 4 .................................................. 12.15 6.2 482 6.0 25,076 6.0 Protective service occupations...................................... 13.37 4.4 530 4.9 27,550 4.9 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.53 12.1 461 12.1 23,983 12.1 Cooks............................................................. 10.63 12.3 425 12.3 22,112 12.3 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 10.63 12.3 425 12.3 22,112 12.3 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.12 4.5 363 4.6 18,878 4.6 Level 1 .................................................. 8.68 5.2 347 5.2 18,046 5.2 Level 2 .................................................. 9.20 5.0 363 5.1 18,855 5.1 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.12 4.5 363 4.6 18,878 4.6 Level 1 .................................................. 8.68 5.2 347 5.2 18,046 5.2 Level 2 .................................................. 9.20 5.0 363 5.1 18,855 5.1 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.30 4.4 369 4.5 19,196 4.5 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.48 3.9 542 4.1 28,165 4.1 Level 2 .................................................. 10.96 6.9 433 6.3 22,528 6.3 Level 3 .................................................. 11.63 3.9 465 3.9 24,167 3.9 Level 4 .................................................. 13.72 6.8 547 6.8 28,462 6.8 Level 5 .................................................. 15.20 25.7 608 25.7 31,616 25.7 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.06 4.9 483 4.9 25,093 4.9 Level 4 .................................................. 11.89 5.6 475 5.6 24,726 5.6 Bill and account collectors..................................... 12.48 2.4 499 2.4 25,951 2.4 Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 14.86 10.1 588 10.4 30,596 10.4 Level 3 .................................................. 10.75 6.6 430 6.6 22,352 6.6 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.22 7.9 607 8.0 31,567 8.0 Level 3 .................................................. 12.19 1.3 488 1.3 25,358 1.3 Level 4 .................................................. 14.21 6.8 564 6.8 29,351 6.8 Medical secretaries............................................. 12.72 3.9 507 3.9 26,356 3.9 Level 4 .................................................. 13.73 6.8 545 6.9 28,320 6.9 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.86 7.7 435 7.7 22,597 7.7 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 16.56 10.9 662 10.9 34,447 10.9 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 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see chapter 8 of the BLS Handbook of Methods, at https://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/homch8_a.htm. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.