Table 10 Part-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1) Wages fall at or below the following percentiles Occupation(2) 10 25 50 75 90 All workers........................................................... $7.15 $7.65 $9.50 $13.69 $21.10 Management occupations.............................................. 16.05 20.00 32.77 47.70 48.25 Legislators....................................................... 10.26 10.26 16.00 31.00 31.00 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 17.78 26.44 33.00 36.00 38.60 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 17.80 22.09 36.85 42.00 44.92 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 18.00 26.70 40.63 56.81 56.81 Community and social services occupations........................... 8.80 12.88 16.00 25.49 29.58 Social workers.................................................... 12.71 14.80 22.29 28.00 29.00 Medical and public health social workers........................ 22.29 27.29 28.00 35.02 35.02 Legal occupations................................................... 17.14 32.77 51.69 51.69 57.50 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 9.33 11.31 15.39 22.91 39.25 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 13.80 24.59 38.34 42.21 62.95 Math and computer teachers, postsecondary....................... 14.40 14.40 34.50 54.06 54.06 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 10.31 10.31 14.40 32.47 40.46 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 13.51 23.19 38.49 47.98 65.46 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 10.10 12.00 14.76 17.30 37.58 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 10.36 12.00 15.39 16.00 26.16 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 10.35 12.00 15.00 16.00 26.16 Teacher assistants................................................ 8.00 8.00 10.50 13.97 17.09 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 7.50 10.00 10.16 20.00 50.00 Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers................... 8.00 10.00 10.00 15.00 25.00 Coaches and scouts.............................................. 8.00 10.00 10.00 15.00 25.00 Musicians, singers, and related workers........................... 15.63 32.64 53.48 56.00 166.40 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 13.00 21.80 29.27 37.50 44.99 Registered nurses................................................. 23.35 27.95 35.00 39.00 42.00 Therapists........................................................ 14.00 24.60 31.84 70.00 85.00 Occupational therapists......................................... 28.93 28.93 31.84 32.96 45.00 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 13.26 15.95 22.98 26.25 31.94 Dental hygienists................................................. 23.44 25.00 25.25 31.00 33.48 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 15.50 19.10 26.24 26.25 31.00 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 15.50 18.30 22.00 26.25 30.78 Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...................... 11.54 11.72 12.50 13.79 20.54 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 14.94 16.73 25.00 26.62 27.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 8.70 9.94 10.40 12.45 15.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.50 10.00 10.00 12.25 15.33 Home health aides............................................... 9.80 10.00 10.00 10.00 12.00 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.00 10.25 11.05 13.30 16.12 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 8.10 9.00 11.50 12.45 15.00 Dental assistants............................................... 9.00 10.00 12.00 13.00 15.00 Pharmacy aides.................................................. 7.40 7.99 8.67 9.65 9.65 Protective service occupations...................................... 7.70 8.73 11.00 12.70 15.30 Police officers................................................... 8.73 10.50 11.99 13.66 21.00 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 8.73 10.50 11.99 13.66 21.00 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 8.50 9.50 11.00 12.38 16.26 Security guards................................................. 8.50 9.50 11.00 12.38 16.26 Miscellaneous protective service workers.......................... 7.25 7.50 8.00 10.70 13.03 Crossing guards................................................. 7.15 10.52 11.86 15.30 18.80 Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers.............................................. 7.25 7.26 8.00 8.50 11.56 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 2.88 4.70 7.25 8.32 10.75 Cooks............................................................. 7.15 7.17 7.50 9.50 11.00 Cooks, fast food................................................ 7.15 7.15 7.17 7.40 8.50 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 8.50 8.50 9.30 11.52 13.00 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 7.50 8.00 9.82 11.00 13.00 Cooks, short order.............................................. 7.25 7.65 8.75 10.00 14.00 Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.15 7.47 7.75 8.93 9.80 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.83 2.85 4.50 6.00 10.30 Bartenders...................................................... 4.65 5.00 7.15 7.50 10.25 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.83 2.83 3.15 4.60 5.50 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 4.00 4.50 8.00 12.45 14.14 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.15 7.25 7.50 8.20 9.50 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 7.15 7.25 7.50 8.06 9.37 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 7.15 7.15 7.33 8.75 13.00 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 7.25 7.75 8.59 9.68 11.65 Dishwashers....................................................... 7.15 7.25 7.50 8.00 9.00 Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop.......... 7.15 7.25 8.00 10.00 12.00 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.50 8.00 9.04 12.56 16.15 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.47 8.00 9.00 11.89 16.15 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.50 8.00 9.00 12.56 16.15 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.25 8.00 8.53 10.40 14.00 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 7.75 11.16 16.00 16.00 16.00 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 8.00 12.02 16.00 16.00 16.00 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.18 7.65 9.21 12.69 15.00 Gaming services workers........................................... 4.55 4.75 5.14 8.32 13.48 Gaming dealers.................................................. 4.45 4.58 4.84 5.00 6.30 Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers........ 7.15 7.15 7.37 7.50 8.04 Amusement and recreation attendants............................. 7.15 7.15 7.37 7.50 8.04 Barbers and cosmetologists........................................ 10.88 11.25 13.07 21.60 30.05 Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists.................. 10.88 11.25 13.07 22.87 30.05 Child care workers................................................ 7.30 8.00 10.78 14.14 14.14 Personal and home care aides...................................... 7.50 7.55 8.25 9.90 10.30 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 7.15 8.40 10.00 15.00 16.00 Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors....................... 8.40 8.75 13.39 15.29 16.00 Recreation workers.............................................. 7.15 7.85 9.21 13.50 15.00 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.25 7.55 8.35 10.00 12.75 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.25 7.55 8.25 9.78 11.75 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.25 7.50 8.00 9.25 10.55 Cashiers...................................................... 7.25 7.50 8.00 9.25 10.55 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 7.25 7.50 8.00 9.20 11.00 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 7.25 7.60 8.50 9.20 10.50 Parts salespersons............................................ 7.25 7.50 8.00 8.45 14.40 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.35 7.87 8.80 10.45 13.25 Telemarketers..................................................... 7.25 7.25 8.00 14.34 14.34 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 7.29 7.50 8.82 9.45 13.79 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 7.81 9.00 11.10 14.06 19.23 Switchboard operators, including answering service................ 7.50 7.50 9.36 9.36 11.11 Financial clerks.................................................. 9.50 10.80 12.52 16.67 22.30 Bill and account collectors..................................... 11.70 12.02 13.23 16.96 20.60 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 11.25 11.25 11.25 16.67 17.11 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.00 12.50 19.00 25.00 28.00 Tellers......................................................... 8.50 9.74 11.00 13.06 14.06 Customer service representatives.................................. 8.52 9.05 11.00 13.79 17.53 File clerks....................................................... 8.00 9.52 10.00 11.65 11.65 Library assistants, clerical...................................... 7.75 8.25 9.60 15.00 15.00 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 9.00 9.10 10.80 12.00 13.24 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 7.15 7.25 8.00 8.85 10.00 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 10.72 12.73 14.00 16.03 25.00 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 11.00 13.00 25.00 26.41 26.41 Medical secretaries............................................. 12.90 13.97 14.28 15.00 21.10 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 10.72 12.07 14.00 14.00 19.23 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 11.58 12.40 12.85 14.40 17.52 Data entry keyers............................................... 11.08 12.70 12.85 13.66 15.05 Word processors and typists..................................... 12.10 12.10 13.19 18.01 20.64 Office clerks, general............................................ 9.00 10.50 13.43 18.00 20.00 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 8.14 12.00 15.15 33.66 44.85 Highway maintenance workers....................................... 10.50 12.00 12.00 13.43 13.43 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 7.20 7.87 10.60 15.00 15.00 Production occupations.............................................. 7.50 8.00 9.00 10.56 14.98 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 7.61 8.00 8.50 9.50 12.00 Bakers............................................................ 5.88 5.88 9.00 13.69 13.69 Photographic process workers and processing machine operators..... 7.89 8.14 8.28 9.50 11.50 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.00 9.52 10.39 11.51 16.14 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.37 8.25 10.75 14.40 18.05 Bus drivers....................................................... 11.00 13.80 15.35 17.90 19.86 Bus drivers, school............................................. 11.00 13.55 15.07 17.13 19.86 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 7.15 8.00 11.98 16.97 18.93 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 7.25 8.40 11.00 12.36 17.50 Taxi drivers and chauffeurs....................................... 7.25 7.25 9.20 11.00 16.18 Parking lot attendants............................................ 7.57 7.61 8.00 8.00 9.25 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 8.41 9.03 10.00 15.00 16.00 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.30 7.71 8.75 10.75 14.15 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 7.15 7.65 8.50 8.50 9.50 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 7.40 7.70 9.50 12.00 14.15 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 7.30 7.71 7.71 9.25 11.85 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. For more information, see chapter 8 of the Handbook of Methods, at https://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/homch8_a.htm. 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.