RSE Table 15 Private industry establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Relative standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings for full-time workers Hourly earnings(2) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(1) Mean Relative Mean Relative Mean Relative error(3) error(3) error(3) All workers........................................................... $21.74 1.5% $855 1.4% $43,906 1.4% Management occupations.............................................. 46.16 4.1 1,833 3.5 95,032 3.5 General and operations managers................................... 57.84 7.0 2,339 6.4 121,619 6.4 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 57.35 12.6 2,184 12.1 113,577 12.1 Marketing managers.............................................. 45.15 5.9 1,671 7.0 86,896 7.0 Sales managers.................................................. 76.67 20.6 3,060 18.5 159,121 18.5 Administrative services managers.................................. 33.27 7.2 1,320 7.6 68,614 7.6 Computer and information systems managers......................... 59.82 5.7 2,386 5.7 124,093 5.7 Financial managers................................................ 46.81 6.0 1,844 5.2 94,629 5.2 Human resources managers.......................................... 36.62 14.4 1,438 15.7 74,769 15.7 Social and community service managers............................. 32.65 14.7 1,243 14.0 64,645 14.0 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 32.15 4.1 1,269 3.9 65,963 3.9 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 30.96 5.2 1,185 5.8 61,600 5.8 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 30.96 5.2 1,185 5.8 61,600 5.8 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 32.39 6.5 1,283 5.5 66,706 5.5 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 39.99 15.9 1,553 16.0 80,782 16.0 Financial analysts.............................................. 31.74 18.5 1,256 18.4 65,310 18.4 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 33.82 19.5 1,333 18.6 69,342 18.6 Loan officers................................................... 34.43 19.9 1,357 19.0 70,555 19.0 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 37.27 8.4 1,452 10.6 75,512 10.6 Computer programmers.............................................. 37.42 6.9 1,497 6.9 77,833 6.9 Computer software engineers....................................... 41.39 5.9 1,655 5.9 86,082 5.9 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 37.88 12.5 1,515 12.5 78,781 12.5 Computer support specialists...................................... 23.37 8.0 883 7.5 45,907 7.5 Computer systems analysts......................................... 43.03 21.4 1,721 21.4 89,501 21.4 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 33.93 19.6 1,286 25.5 66,868 25.5 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 29.48 3.6 1,184 3.5 61,567 3.5 Engineers......................................................... 37.15 8.0 1,525 6.4 79,313 6.4 Mechanical engineers............................................ 33.64 9.2 1,461 7.5 75,949 7.5 Drafters.......................................................... 21.72 6.3 846 5.5 44,009 5.5 Architectural and civil drafters................................ 16.71 11.0 681 11.8 35,409 11.8 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 25.84 11.4 1,034 11.4 53,743 11.4 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 29.35 9.7 1,174 9.7 61,049 9.7 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 23.88 6.6 947 6.9 49,265 6.9 Physical scientists............................................... 24.56 8.9 984 8.8 51,168 8.8 Community and social services occupations........................... 19.22 10.7 725 8.8 36,827 8.8 Counselors........................................................ 20.99 18.4 805 15.0 40,281 15.0 Social workers.................................................... 23.07 15.4 838 13.2 41,988 13.2 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 14.75 7.6 558 5.9 29,006 5.9 Social and human service assistants............................. 14.02 8.6 537 5.7 27,898 5.7 Legal occupations................................................... 37.17 15.9 1,501 15.7 78,028 15.7 Lawyers........................................................... 47.74 22.7 1,973 21.3 102,575 21.3 Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 21.77 6.8 847 7.6 44,037 7.6 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 23.59 10.6 851 5.6 36,577 5.6 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.16 12.8 904 7.5 38,141 7.5 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. – – 636 17.3 29,681 17.3 Preschool teachers, except special education.................. – – 639 18.2 30,100 18.2 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 27.44 3.2 1,034 2.4 40,451 2.4 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 27.95 4.2 1,045 3.7 40,639 3.7 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.79 10.1 398 9.9 18,987 9.9 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 32.55 15.4 1,291 14.5 67,142 14.5 Designers......................................................... 27.04 12.4 1,078 13.6 56,066 13.6 Graphic designers............................................... 24.99 14.7 990 14.9 51,482 14.9 Public relations specialists...................................... 34.55 20.0 1,382 20.0 71,854 20.0 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 38.20 10.1 1,474 9.8 76,248 9.8 Pharmacists....................................................... 40.69 12.5 1,517 11.3 78,882 11.3 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 92.88 9.9 3,839 12.7 199,603 12.7 Registered nurses................................................. 30.38 9.1 1,228 10.7 63,847 10.7 Dental hygienists................................................. 32.75 6.0 984 7.2 51,157 7.2 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.05 6.6 690 6.0 34,317 6.0 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.56 6.4 495 5.6 25,722 5.6 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.96 2.8 430 2.3 22,367 2.3 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.20 6.9 396 6.7 20,601 6.7 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 14.68 5.7 518 4.9 26,959 4.9 Dental assistants............................................... 17.96 4.5 617 4.4 32,109 4.4 Medical assistants.............................................. 12.98 8.8 458 4.7 23,822 4.7 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.62 5.7 372 5.7 19,095 5.7 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 17.29 5.9 757 6.0 39,363 6.0 Chefs and head cooks............................................ 20.59 22.5 863 25.8 44,853 25.8 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 16.81 5.1 741 5.1 38,526 5.1 Cooks............................................................. 11.25 3.8 432 4.4 21,833 4.4 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 14.25 16.7 552 17.8 26,202 17.8 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 10.86 3.8 416 3.6 21,138 3.6 Food preparation workers.......................................... 9.59 4.7 369 5.8 19,197 5.8 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.37 23.0 202 21.5 10,295 21.5 Bartenders...................................................... 5.49 4.8 204 4.2 10,501 4.2 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.61 19.1 172 17.4 8,738 17.4 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.70 6.4 322 10.0 16,767 10.0 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 8.36 2.0 301 4.1 15,664 4.1 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 9.05 12.1 347 16.8 18,019 16.8 Dishwashers....................................................... 8.38 4.1 327 4.5 17,026 4.5 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 14.37 4.1 569 3.9 27,995 3.9 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 19.88 5.8 790 6.2 41,072 6.2 First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers...................................................... 20.31 6.2 795 7.5 41,338 7.5 Building cleaning workers......................................... 13.04 6.3 513 5.9 26,195 5.9 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 13.07 5.7 513 5.4 26,030 5.4 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.25 9.6 366 9.6 19,030 9.6 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 13.10 4.6 523 4.6 23,014 4.6 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 12.77 4.4 510 4.4 22,219 4.4 Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.51 9.3 527 9.5 26,995 9.5 Child care workers................................................ 9.83 2.5 373 8.7 18,341 8.7 Sales and related occupations....................................... 22.94 5.6 910 5.8 47,200 5.8 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 20.77 5.8 858 5.5 44,641 5.5 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 20.28 5.6 841 5.4 43,726 5.4 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 24.26 22.8 979 22.3 50,908 22.3 Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.45 4.8 571 4.9 29,510 4.9 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.01 3.3 351 3.5 18,245 3.5 Cashiers...................................................... 9.01 3.3 351 3.5 18,245 3.5 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 15.12 11.6 614 10.9 31,516 10.9 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 12.96 11.9 534 10.4 26,988 10.4 Parts salespersons............................................ 16.81 11.9 674 11.9 35,042 11.9 Retail salespersons............................................. 18.10 8.9 714 8.8 36,887 8.8 Insurance sales agents............................................ 30.70 19.6 1,193 18.6 62,040 18.6 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 33.57 13.6 1,342 13.5 69,621 13.5 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products...................................... 43.91 15.6 1,764 15.4 91,718 15.4 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products............................ 29.61 9.3 1,182 9.1 61,244 9.1 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 18.32 14.0 736 11.2 38,284 11.2 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.35 2.8 674 2.8 34,995 2.8 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 24.67 9.3 968 10.7 50,331 10.7 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.87 4.7 668 5.1 34,734 5.1 Bill and account collectors..................................... 19.90 11.2 766 11.9 39,836 11.9 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 18.02 7.3 701 6.0 36,440 6.0 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 18.24 6.0 725 6.5 37,703 6.5 Tellers......................................................... 12.41 1.9 491 2.0 25,522 2.0 Brokerage clerks.................................................. 26.33 17.5 992 20.4 51,590 20.4 Customer service representatives.................................. 17.67 6.1 689 6.1 35,847 6.1 Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks.............................. 9.75 3.9 390 3.9 20,282 3.9 Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 20.05 13.5 796 13.9 41,374 13.9 Order clerks...................................................... 13.66 4.1 549 4.6 28,542 4.6 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.94 7.0 540 6.5 28,047 6.5 Dispatchers....................................................... 18.54 5.7 767 6.1 39,885 6.1 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 18.54 5.7 767 6.1 39,885 6.1 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 18.72 7.5 750 7.6 38,978 7.6 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.89 7.8 552 8.1 28,659 8.1 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.97 8.9 510 8.5 26,526 8.5 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.90 5.8 793 5.1 41,226 5.1 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 24.57 8.4 956 6.9 49,616 6.9 Legal secretaries............................................... 25.91 4.3 973 4.2 50,593 4.2 Medical secretaries............................................. 16.98 6.4 629 6.8 32,706 6.8 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.91 5.9 643 5.9 33,412 5.9 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 17.97 12.2 700 13.3 36,397 13.3 Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service..... 12.48 4.1 484 2.7 25,179 2.7 Office clerks, general............................................ 15.10 4.1 575 5.1 29,726 5.1 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 24.39 5.1 967 5.3 49,344 5.3 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 38.58 15.6 1,529 15.7 77,749 15.7 Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons......................... 27.88 3.6 1,115 3.6 56,410 3.6 Brickmasons and blockmasons..................................... 27.88 3.6 1,115 3.6 56,410 3.6 Carpenters........................................................ 22.34 7.1 884 7.3 45,683 7.3 Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers........... 23.88 24.6 955 24.6 49,668 24.6 Cement masons and concrete finishers............................ 23.88 24.6 955 24.6 49,668 24.6 Construction laborers............................................. 19.50 11.8 780 11.8 34,848 11.8 Construction equipment operators.................................. 27.19 10.5 1,088 10.5 56,564 10.5 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 28.71 9.6 1,148 9.6 59,721 9.6 Electricians...................................................... 23.29 11.4 924 11.5 48,036 11.5 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 24.65 13.5 971 13.5 50,469 13.5 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 24.25 14.7 954 14.7 49,605 14.7 Roofers........................................................... 19.65 16.1 760 17.4 35,607 17.4 Sheet metal workers............................................... 29.11 19.6 1,151 20.0 59,780 20.0 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 13.68 4.0 547 4.0 28,408 4.0 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.74 5.3 828 5.4 42,993 5.4 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 29.72 11.0 1,204 11.2 62,588 11.2 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................... 19.54 7.3 777 7.3 40,402 7.3 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 17.47 6.5 700 6.5 36,396 6.5 Automotive body and related repairers........................... 17.13 12.1 685 12.1 35,622 12.1 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 17.64 6.8 707 6.8 36,782 6.8 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 20.20 13.9 808 13.9 42,019 13.9 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics...................................................... 19.86 9.8 820 7.3 42,654 7.3 Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines................ 22.67 4.9 907 4.9 47,149 4.9 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers..................................................... 24.16 9.5 966 9.5 50,255 9.5 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.32 5.3 732 5.3 37,927 5.3 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 23.14 10.7 944 12.2 49,070 12.2 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.92 5.1 673 4.7 34,793 4.7 Line installers and repairers..................................... 32.55 6.4 1,302 6.4 67,703 6.4 Electrical power-line installers and repairers.................. 35.34 4.7 1,414 4.7 73,510 4.7 Telecommunications line installers and repairers................ 31.37 8.6 1,255 8.6 65,250 8.6 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 15.11 9.0 585 9.4 30,090 9.4 Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers.......... 11.00 13.2 440 13.2 22,886 13.2 Production occupations.............................................. 15.38 3.0 608 3.4 31,564 3.4 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 23.47 7.3 942 7.6 48,949 7.6 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 12.49 8.1 493 8.6 25,650 8.6 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 11.87 7.3 475 7.3 24,684 7.3 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.25 5.0 488 4.7 25,327 4.7 Team assemblers................................................. 13.08 9.5 523 9.5 27,069 9.5 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 11.29 17.1 448 16.6 23,278 16.6 Butchers and meat cutters....................................... 14.77 16.3 578 16.7 30,068 16.7 Miscellaneous food processing workers............................. 10.93 5.4 423 2.9 21,983 2.9 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 14.22 8.9 569 8.9 29,579 8.9 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 13.57 11.1 543 11.1 28,219 11.1 Machinists........................................................ 20.40 9.9 813 9.9 42,302 9.9 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 17.58 3.0 702 3.1 36,482 3.1 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 17.47 3.0 697 3.2 36,246 3.2 Printers.......................................................... 17.25 7.5 671 8.7 34,886 8.7 Printing machine operators...................................... 18.77 5.3 751 5.3 39,038 5.3 Sewing machine operators.......................................... 10.81 4.0 429 4.1 22,298 4.1 Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers........... 14.30 8.0 554 10.4 28,807 10.4 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 16.95 6.8 674 6.9 33,200 6.9 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 18.00 6.8 700 6.1 36,405 6.1 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.35 3.5 451 3.9 23,406 3.9 Helpers--production workers..................................... 11.71 3.9 468 3.9 24,355 3.9 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.36 3.4 582 3.8 29,647 3.8 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................. 24.19 9.0 1,161 8.4 60,359 8.4 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.07 5.6 669 6.9 33,696 6.9 Driver/sales workers............................................ 13.99 22.3 555 23.0 28,856 23.0 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.02 5.2 785 5.1 38,741 5.1 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 12.66 2.8 488 2.0 25,334 2.0 Service station attendants........................................ 11.50 18.4 460 18.4 23,925 18.4 Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators................. 18.23 3.2 716 4.4 37,236 4.4 Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators........... 18.23 3.2 716 4.4 37,236 4.4 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 17.22 9.0 687 9.1 35,741 9.1 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.10 1.8 442 1.8 22,671 1.8 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 10.45 7.9 419 8.3 21,781 8.3 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.33 1.6 451 1.8 23,021 1.8 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 10.67 6.6 420 6.1 21,863 6.1 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.