Table 13 Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours Hourly(3) Weekly(4) Annual(5) Occupation(2) Mean Median Mean Median Mean Mean Median Mean earnings earnings earnings earnings hours earnings earnings hours All workers........................................................... $25.86 $22.63 $1,025 $911 39.7 $48,853 $43,761 1,889 Management occupations.............................................. 42.59 45.41 1,713 1,785 40.2 85,216 84,098 2,001 Chief executives.................................................. 70.97 77.75 3,024 3,110 42.6 157,262 161,720 2,216 General and operations managers................................... 53.50 52.43 2,140 2,097 40.0 111,278 109,054 2,080 Financial managers................................................ 42.67 48.74 1,707 1,950 40.0 88,592 101,377 2,076 Education administrators.......................................... 41.51 46.26 1,694 1,773 40.8 77,374 82,175 1,864 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 47.59 50.02 1,981 2,001 41.6 84,726 85,234 1,780 Social and community service managers............................. 33.71 36.22 1,349 1,449 40.0 70,123 75,338 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.33 22.24 973 890 40.0 50,608 46,259 2,080 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 25.06 19.79 1,002 792 40.0 52,115 41,163 2,080 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 28.99 24.93 1,160 997 40.0 60,299 51,854 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 31.04 31.03 1,242 1,241 40.0 64,063 65,208 2,064 Computer systems analysts......................................... 34.23 34.06 1,369 1,362 40.0 71,207 70,843 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 27.42 24.79 1,097 992 40.0 57,040 51,563 2,080 Engineers......................................................... 34.06 34.25 1,362 1,370 40.0 70,837 71,234 2,080 Civil engineers................................................. 33.45 34.81 1,338 1,392 40.0 69,577 72,405 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 22.06 21.06 882 842 40.0 45,882 43,805 2,080 Civil engineering technicians................................... 21.87 20.05 875 802 40.0 45,488 41,704 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 25.29 23.07 1,012 923 40.0 51,607 47,222 2,041 Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians...... 24.23 23.08 969 923 40.0 50,405 48,000 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 22.98 19.68 920 797 40.0 46,460 41,870 2,022 Counselors........................................................ 31.10 31.82 1,230 1,273 39.6 55,794 53,205 1,794 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 39.17 39.58 1,528 1,539 39.0 59,834 60,568 1,528 Social workers.................................................... 20.70 18.19 827 727 40.0 42,852 37,829 2,070 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 18.81 17.65 751 706 39.9 38,867 36,712 2,066 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 21.30 21.06 862 858 40.5 44,767 44,608 2,102 Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists....... 22.59 22.34 921 899 40.8 47,875 46,758 2,119 Social and human service assistants............................. 19.17 16.62 767 665 40.0 39,765 34,568 2,074 Legal occupations................................................... 36.04 31.24 1,442 1,250 40.0 74,971 64,979 2,080 Lawyers........................................................... 39.41 37.99 1,577 1,520 40.0 81,980 79,019 2,080 Miscellaneous legal support workers............................... 23.97 24.22 959 969 40.0 49,848 50,378 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 34.86 31.65 1,327 1,214 38.1 51,942 48,211 1,490 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 61.08 48.68 2,448 1,926 40.1 102,072 75,111 1,671 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 38.16 34.88 1,669 1,588 43.7 64,668 57,000 1,695 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.42 32.65 1,266 1,235 37.9 47,558 46,677 1,423 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 26.46 24.96 954 922 36.0 35,889 34,506 1,356 Kindergarten teachers, except special education............... 25.86 24.34 990 936 38.3 36,984 34,652 1,430 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.78 31.64 1,247 1,220 38.0 46,743 45,754 1,426 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 33.11 32.05 1,260 1,234 38.1 47,178 46,514 1,425 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 31.28 29.34 1,185 1,140 37.9 44,760 42,625 1,431 Secondary school teachers....................................... 34.90 34.01 1,325 1,314 38.0 50,026 49,866 1,433 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 34.95 34.18 1,326 1,318 38.0 50,056 49,951 1,432 Special education teachers...................................... 33.81 32.23 1,265 1,203 37.4 47,335 45,800 1,400 Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school.......................................... 32.91 29.74 1,219 1,176 37.0 45,739 44,556 1,390 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 36.75 39.14 1,399 1,468 38.1 53,431 56,188 1,454 Library technicians............................................... 19.26 19.31 771 772 40.0 40,068 40,165 2,080 Instructional coordinators........................................ 28.11 27.95 1,104 1,114 39.3 54,462 52,716 1,938 Teacher assistants................................................ 12.97 12.18 445 432 34.3 16,663 15,807 1,285 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 21.36 21.38 854 855 40.0 41,798 42,817 1,957 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 32.43 30.04 1,271 1,165 39.2 63,025 57,491 1,943 Registered nurses................................................. 32.42 30.77 1,249 1,228 38.5 60,379 59,976 1,862 Therapists........................................................ 32.58 31.86 1,291 1,274 39.6 60,998 61,257 1,872 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.20 13.41 547 499 38.6 28,035 25,480 1,975 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.89 11.69 450 454 37.8 23,384 23,624 1,967 Protective service occupations...................................... 23.99 23.15 1,001 961 41.7 51,500 49,777 2,147 First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 31.91 29.01 1,276 1,161 40.0 66,378 60,347 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 34.40 32.17 1,376 1,287 40.0 71,544 66,912 2,080 Fire fighters..................................................... 19.48 21.50 996 934 51.1 51,780 48,573 2,659 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 19.37 18.74 786 755 40.6 40,885 39,277 2,111 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 19.37 18.74 786 755 40.6 40,885 39,277 2,111 Police officers................................................... 26.50 25.20 1,062 1,008 40.1 55,230 52,416 2,084 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 26.50 25.20 1,062 1,008 40.1 55,230 52,416 2,084 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.07 10.55 417 394 37.7 19,284 17,809 1,743 Cooks............................................................. 11.81 12.81 460 512 38.9 21,648 20,298 1,833 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.35 12.28 530 491 39.7 27,251 25,542 2,041 Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.79 12.55 507 500 39.6 25,869 25,709 2,022 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 13.13 12.89 519 515 39.5 26,409 26,166 2,011 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 13.40 11.44 536 458 40.0 27,884 23,797 2,082 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 13.76 11.87 550 475 40.0 28,638 24,690 2,082 Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.99 14.42 506 577 38.9 25,608 29,994 1,972 Sales and related occupations....................................... 14.31 11.89 572 476 40.0 29,755 24,740 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.32 15.67 651 626 39.9 32,989 31,866 2,021 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 21.23 19.15 839 766 39.5 43,647 39,830 2,056 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.98 15.23 639 609 40.0 33,231 31,678 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.40 15.73 656 629 40.0 34,113 32,718 2,080 Court, municipal, and license clerks.............................. 16.99 16.44 678 658 39.9 35,236 34,237 2,074 Eligibility interviewers, government programs..................... 16.44 15.82 658 633 40.0 34,191 32,906 2,080 Dispatchers....................................................... 17.50 17.28 700 691 40.0 36,402 35,942 2,080 Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers......................... 17.88 16.06 715 642 40.0 37,198 33,405 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.88 15.90 673 628 39.9 33,420 31,699 1,980 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.90 16.64 715 666 40.0 37,156 34,611 2,076 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.89 14.55 595 582 39.9 27,327 26,208 1,835 Office clerks, general............................................ 15.22 14.52 608 581 40.0 30,225 28,496 1,986 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 19.04 18.51 762 740 40.0 38,987 38,409 2,048 Construction equipment operators.................................. 18.49 17.41 740 696 40.0 38,468 36,213 2,080 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 18.11 17.04 724 682 40.0 37,667 35,443 2,080 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 19.46 22.15 779 886 40.0 40,483 46,062 2,080 Highway maintenance workers....................................... 16.38 14.40 655 576 40.0 32,106 29,956 1,959 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.85 22.45 913 898 39.9 47,454 46,696 2,077 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 21.87 20.80 875 832 40.0 45,498 43,264 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 21.64 20.80 865 832 40.0 45,002 43,254 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 18.15 18.28 722 731 39.8 37,538 38,014 2,069 Production occupations.............................................. 22.02 19.76 881 790 40.0 45,796 41,095 2,080 Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators....... 20.76 18.92 830 757 40.0 43,177 39,354 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.10 15.49 621 591 38.6 28,871 27,238 1,793 Bus drivers....................................................... 14.09 14.37 530 476 37.6 23,593 22,194 1,674 Bus drivers, school............................................. 12.78 11.91 465 427 36.4 19,057 21,638 1,491 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 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. 3 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. 4 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. 5 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.