Table 12 Full-time(1) private industry 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........................................................... $25.43 $20.32 $1,002 $800 39.4 $51,697 $41,600 2,033 Management occupations.............................................. 44.94 40.00 1,798 1,615 40.0 93,444 83,909 2,080 Chief executives.................................................. – – 3,180 1,671 48.9 165,334 86,893 2,542 General and operations managers................................... 56.16 48.77 2,307 1,893 41.1 119,953 98,438 2,136 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 47.40 39.81 1,911 1,552 40.3 99,398 80,710 2,097 Marketing managers.............................................. 50.47 39.81 2,061 1,539 40.8 107,155 80,016 2,123 Sales managers.................................................. 43.15 41.59 1,712 1,664 39.7 88,998 86,507 2,062 Administrative services managers.................................. 37.32 37.78 1,533 1,597 41.1 79,705 83,054 2,136 Computer and information systems managers......................... 55.58 52.21 2,185 2,088 39.3 113,645 108,555 2,045 Financial managers................................................ 46.52 43.41 1,870 1,675 40.2 97,226 87,125 2,090 Human resources managers.......................................... 45.67 43.06 1,828 1,615 40.0 95,063 83,965 2,082 Compensation and benefits managers.............................. 44.40 32.70 1,828 1,472 41.2 95,055 76,518 2,141 Training and development managers............................... 50.36 47.22 1,986 1,889 39.4 103,253 98,209 2,050 Industrial production managers.................................... 44.68 43.54 1,824 1,828 40.8 94,873 95,064 2,123 Purchasing managers............................................... 45.41 45.43 1,751 1,602 38.6 91,055 83,325 2,005 Transportation, storage, and distribution managers................ 31.54 29.33 1,250 1,173 39.6 64,992 60,998 2,061 Construction managers............................................. 36.26 36.35 1,468 1,454 40.5 76,315 75,600 2,105 Education administrators.......................................... 37.98 31.67 1,392 1,249 36.7 71,826 63,041 1,891 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 42.78 40.00 1,541 1,471 36.0 79,349 76,475 1,855 Engineering managers.............................................. 51.00 50.93 2,065 2,163 40.5 107,356 112,501 2,105 Medical and health services managers.............................. 45.17 40.86 1,788 1,557 39.6 93,001 80,983 2,059 Social and community service managers............................. 28.38 31.86 1,130 1,230 39.8 58,737 63,944 2,070 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 32.66 29.02 1,308 1,130 40.1 68,029 58,756 2,083 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 28.04 26.94 1,133 1,107 40.4 58,928 57,583 2,101 Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 23.40 22.10 952 900 40.7 49,511 46,800 2,116 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 30.70 29.02 1,236 1,212 40.3 64,263 62,999 2,093 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 29.14 27.67 1,127 1,045 38.7 58,611 54,325 2,011 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 29.09 27.44 1,127 1,038 38.8 58,621 53,976 2,015 Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation..................................... 24.26 24.77 965 991 39.8 50,169 51,520 2,068 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 28.91 26.28 1,112 995 38.4 57,804 51,763 1,999 Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists............ 30.01 28.25 1,185 1,130 39.5 61,600 58,756 2,052 Training and development specialists............................ 31.79 31.54 1,291 1,183 40.6 67,128 61,499 2,111 Logisticians...................................................... 32.76 29.93 1,310 1,197 40.0 68,136 62,250 2,080 Management analysts............................................... 42.01 37.70 1,753 1,385 41.7 91,172 71,999 2,170 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 28.59 27.89 1,113 1,035 38.9 57,894 53,830 2,025 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 41.37 31.77 1,714 1,312 41.4 89,127 68,232 2,155 Financial analysts.............................................. 43.57 35.00 1,878 1,455 43.1 97,666 75,634 2,242 Insurance underwriters.......................................... 46.09 35.00 1,736 1,313 37.7 90,272 68,250 1,959 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 43.54 45.00 1,742 1,800 40.0 90,564 93,600 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 40.98 40.85 1,629 1,583 39.8 84,510 81,992 2,062 Computer programmers.............................................. 34.03 35.11 1,346 1,346 39.6 70,016 69,992 2,057 Computer software engineers....................................... 49.65 47.14 1,987 1,849 40.0 103,320 96,158 2,081 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 50.95 48.13 2,051 1,869 40.2 106,638 97,200 2,093 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 48.42 46.23 1,928 1,837 39.8 100,232 95,499 2,070 Computer support specialists...................................... 33.08 29.33 1,309 1,173 39.6 68,075 61,000 2,058 Computer systems analysts......................................... 41.85 41.25 1,674 1,625 40.0 87,025 84,510 2,080 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 37.11 44.38 1,487 1,730 40.1 77,321 89,981 2,084 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 34.81 34.56 1,371 1,383 39.4 71,315 71,893 2,049 Actuaries......................................................... 48.20 52.91 1,873 1,984 38.9 97,411 103,175 2,021 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 37.99 36.88 1,546 1,519 40.7 80,396 79,013 2,116 Architects, except naval.......................................... 27.77 27.53 1,171 1,101 42.2 60,887 57,258 2,192 Architects, except landscape and naval.......................... 27.31 24.04 1,140 962 41.8 59,292 49,999 2,171 Engineers......................................................... 44.99 43.19 1,830 1,789 40.7 95,171 93,030 2,115 Aerospace engineers............................................. 49.35 46.66 2,049 1,908 41.5 106,541 99,225 2,159 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 45.47 46.05 1,865 1,842 41.0 96,958 95,805 2,133 Electrical engineers.......................................... 41.38 40.77 1,712 1,751 41.4 88,999 91,052 2,151 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 47.05 47.02 1,923 1,943 40.9 100,009 101,055 2,126 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 38.25 35.83 1,572 1,556 41.1 81,749 80,912 2,137 Industrial engineers.......................................... 39.84 36.30 1,645 1,612 41.3 85,532 83,835 2,147 Mechanical engineers............................................ 43.17 43.69 1,743 1,788 40.4 90,615 93,001 2,099 Drafters.......................................................... 25.19 26.89 1,008 1,076 40.0 52,401 55,935 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 26.42 27.60 1,058 1,104 40.0 55,017 57,408 2,083 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 26.58 26.74 1,066 1,070 40.1 55,450 55,617 2,086 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 34.54 27.42 1,368 1,082 39.6 71,019 56,243 2,056 Life scientists................................................... 37.77 28.87 1,505 1,155 39.8 78,241 60,052 2,072 Biological scientists........................................... 42.76 40.11 1,695 1,600 39.6 88,134 83,200 2,061 Biochemists and biophysicists................................. 45.20 44.40 1,782 1,769 39.4 92,649 92,000 2,050 Physical scientists............................................... 35.34 30.17 1,419 1,207 40.2 73,779 62,754 2,088 Chemists and materials scientists............................... 46.75 49.71 1,885 2,060 40.3 98,031 107,099 2,097 Chemists...................................................... 44.26 31.11 1,760 1,244 39.8 91,520 64,709 2,068 Market and survey researchers..................................... 42.78 36.54 1,693 1,462 39.6 88,034 75,999 2,058 Market research analysts........................................ 42.78 36.54 1,693 1,462 39.6 88,034 75,999 2,058 Chemical technicians.............................................. 18.58 18.13 743 725 40.0 38,641 37,710 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 18.38 16.97 712 660 38.7 36,554 34,299 1,989 Counselors........................................................ 18.08 14.52 704 592 38.9 35,409 30,930 1,958 Social workers.................................................... 18.88 18.02 730 700 38.6 37,647 36,400 1,994 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 19.58 20.23 741 769 37.8 37,458 39,974 1,913 Medical and public health social workers........................ 26.26 26.37 1,050 1,055 40.0 54,616 54,850 2,080 Mental health and substance abuse social workers................ 18.97 18.47 759 739 40.0 39,448 38,418 2,080 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 16.75 15.87 652 635 38.9 33,873 32,999 2,023 Social and human service assistants............................. 14.42 14.88 556 595 38.5 28,883 30,950 2,002 Legal occupations................................................... 58.27 43.41 2,278 1,519 39.1 118,440 79,001 2,033 Lawyers........................................................... 79.21 79.33 3,168 3,173 40.0 164,749 165,000 2,080 Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 25.15 26.86 963 974 38.3 50,088 50,631 1,991 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 33.07 29.61 1,246 1,105 37.7 55,876 46,700 1,689 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 53.68 49.82 2,035 1,933 37.9 85,539 80,340 1,593 Math and computer teachers, postsecondary....................... 51.16 45.53 1,868 1,756 36.5 69,751 63,746 1,363 Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary.................. 51.33 43.88 1,888 1,645 36.8 69,966 52,650 1,363 Life sciences teachers, postsecondary........................... 50.38 52.42 2,196 2,097 43.6 107,294 106,885 2,130 Biological science teachers, postsecondary.................... 50.38 52.42 2,196 2,097 43.6 107,294 106,885 2,130 Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary....................... 67.23 56.92 2,598 2,277 38.6 115,370 118,400 1,716 Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 58.60 49.77 2,156 1,991 36.8 95,560 100,000 1,631 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 51.63 36.12 1,820 1,433 35.3 67,906 46,888 1,315 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 45.71 40.87 1,677 1,561 36.7 67,987 59,691 1,487 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 24.40 18.23 927 684 38.0 41,108 38,739 1,685 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 14.58 13.37 564 520 38.7 28,881 27,040 1,981 Preschool teachers, except special education.................. 14.45 13.37 561 520 38.8 28,682 27,040 1,984 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 35.27 38.35 1,353 1,534 38.4 50,754 57,376 1,439 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 34.72 38.35 1,364 1,534 39.3 51,436 57,376 1,482 Secondary school teachers....................................... 37.32 37.08 1,372 1,314 36.8 52,563 53,208 1,409 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 37.32 37.08 1,372 1,314 36.8 52,563 53,208 1,409 Librarians........................................................ 24.98 24.04 976 962 39.1 50,200 50,001 2,010 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.88 12.50 456 457 38.4 22,794 22,411 1,918 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 28.46 27.47 1,117 1,086 39.2 58,035 56,406 2,039 Designers......................................................... 27.71 28.92 1,090 1,157 39.3 56,699 60,158 2,046 Graphic designers............................................... 25.50 26.44 1,020 1,058 40.0 53,045 54,995 2,080 Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers................... 43.89 52.70 1,727 2,108 39.3 88,603 109,616 2,019 Public relations specialists...................................... 28.91 31.43 1,129 1,216 39.1 58,712 63,215 2,031 Writers and editors............................................... 39.20 38.06 1,512 1,351 38.6 78,620 70,250 2,006 Editors......................................................... 38.25 33.65 1,462 1,346 38.2 76,049 70,000 1,988 Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio operators... 20.22 18.50 809 740 40.0 42,048 38,480 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 34.06 28.96 1,309 1,103 38.4 68,017 57,289 1,997 Pharmacists....................................................... 51.46 50.44 2,029 2,000 39.4 105,527 104,000 2,051 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 70.82 62.50 2,772 2,500 39.1 144,153 130,000 2,035 Registered nurses................................................. 35.91 33.06 1,337 1,246 37.2 69,493 64,771 1,935 Therapists........................................................ 32.14 32.07 1,259 1,224 39.2 65,452 63,648 2,036 Physical therapists............................................. 32.15 31.23 1,266 1,287 39.4 65,826 66,934 2,047 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 22.60 21.15 894 846 39.5 46,465 43,992 2,056 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 24.11 23.00 964 920 40.0 50,144 47,840 2,080 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 20.30 19.04 789 767 38.9 41,024 39,894 2,021 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 31.23 30.12 1,247 1,205 39.9 64,825 62,650 2,076 Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...................... 16.64 15.08 664 603 39.9 34,533 31,366 2,075 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 18.54 17.32 724 665 39.1 37,565 34,445 2,026 Pharmacy technicians............................................ 13.75 14.95 534 540 38.8 27,765 28,101 2,020 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 25.32 25.00 993 993 39.2 51,643 51,626 2,039 Medical records and health information technicians................ 17.62 16.95 677 608 38.4 35,184 31,616 1,997 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.27 13.71 550 531 38.6 28,626 27,612 2,006 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.18 12.73 508 494 38.5 26,422 25,709 2,004 Home health aides............................................... 11.67 11.00 440 424 37.7 22,880 22,027 1,960 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 14.01 13.85 545 540 38.9 28,315 28,080 2,021 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 16.62 16.00 641 612 38.6 33,342 31,834 2,007 Medical assistants.............................................. 16.30 15.50 638 608 39.2 33,194 31,637 2,037 Medical transcriptionists....................................... 15.49 14.18 598 567 38.6 31,071 29,474 2,005 Protective service occupations...................................... 15.09 14.62 603 585 39.9 29,728 30,405 1,969 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 16.46 15.44 655 617 39.8 34,055 32,109 2,068 Security guards................................................. 16.46 15.44 655 617 39.8 34,055 32,109 2,068 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.83 10.73 454 410 38.4 23,077 20,800 1,951 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 20.02 19.23 822 769 41.0 42,208 39,520 2,109 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 18.12 17.07 746 734 41.2 38,249 38,177 2,111 Cooks............................................................. 12.93 13.25 504 520 39.0 26,164 26,390 2,024 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 14.80 14.88 563 566 38.0 29,117 28,941 1,967 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 12.98 13.75 510 520 39.3 26,510 27,040 2,043 Food preparation workers.......................................... 12.12 11.31 485 452 40.0 25,205 23,525 2,080 Food service, tipped.............................................. 8.73 8.14 305 240 35.0 14,770 11,852 1,692 Bartenders...................................................... 7.91 8.14 255 228 32.2 13,248 11,852 1,676 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 8.77 6.01 317 240 36.1 14,499 11,482 1,653 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 9.75 9.10 369 360 37.9 18,643 18,720 1,912 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 10.16 9.01 385 360 37.9 19,104 18,720 1,880 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 9.45 9.35 358 360 37.9 18,305 18,720 1,936 Dishwashers....................................................... 9.31 8.89 368 356 39.5 19,129 18,491 2,054 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.59 13.17 537 520 39.5 27,253 26,326 2,005 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 18.60 19.25 733 770 39.4 38,096 40,042 2,048 Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.43 12.49 490 491 39.4 25,472 25,542 2,048 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 13.48 13.19 532 527 39.5 27,673 27,425 2,053 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 10.68 10.00 419 400 39.3 21,792 20,800 2,041 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 17.06 15.67 680 627 39.8 31,285 27,007 1,834 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 17.06 15.67 680 627 39.8 31,285 27,007 1,834 Personal care and service occupations............................... 14.11 12.00 504 442 35.7 25,671 23,005 1,819 Child care workers................................................ 11.45 10.95 455 438 39.8 23,601 22,776 2,061 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 13.15 13.26 521 568 39.7 21,764 22,737 1,655 Recreation workers.............................................. 13.15 13.26 521 568 39.7 21,764 22,737 1,655 Sales and related occupations....................................... 22.09 17.31 882 695 39.9 45,788 36,088 2,072 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 19.70 17.64 813 725 41.3 42,293 37,700 2,147 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 19.18 17.64 795 725 41.5 41,354 37,700 2,156 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 23.76 21.85 950 874 40.0 49,422 45,448 2,080 Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.55 12.15 576 472 39.6 29,829 24,357 2,050 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.10 10.70 422 400 38.0 21,809 20,800 1,965 Cashiers...................................................... 11.10 10.70 422 400 38.0 21,809 20,800 1,965 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 15.23 12.00 609 480 40.0 31,384 24,960 2,060 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 14.05 11.69 562 468 40.0 28,789 24,315 2,049 Parts salespersons............................................ 17.26 15.00 691 600 40.0 35,908 31,200 2,080 Retail salespersons............................................. 15.83 13.74 635 512 40.1 33,036 26,645 2,086 Insurance sales agents............................................ 21.37 19.23 852 769 39.9 44,316 40,000 2,073 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 73.62 62.71 2,834 2,522 38.5 147,386 131,150 2,002 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 31.01 28.82 1,250 1,150 40.3 65,021 59,800 2,097 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products...................................... 36.75 34.11 1,470 1,364 40.0 76,449 70,940 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products............................ 27.79 25.19 1,126 1,011 40.5 58,534 52,587 2,107 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 25.64 20.61 1,016 824 39.6 52,844 42,858 2,061 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 18.46 17.36 724 684 39.2 37,644 35,485 2,039 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 28.39 26.52 1,127 1,061 39.7 58,584 55,153 2,063 Financial clerks.................................................. 17.41 16.59 685 654 39.3 35,594 34,008 2,045 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 16.37 16.17 647 647 39.5 33,622 33,627 2,054 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 19.46 17.50 759 700 39.0 39,489 36,401 2,030 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 21.07 21.00 826 817 39.2 42,937 42,500 2,038 Tellers......................................................... 13.63 13.17 538 516 39.5 27,994 26,851 2,053 Brokerage clerks.................................................. 19.33 18.52 764 740 39.5 39,742 38,501 2,056 Customer service representatives.................................. 19.31 19.00 759 751 39.3 39,494 39,062 2,045 Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 19.77 20.56 777 822 39.3 40,405 42,754 2,044 Order clerks...................................................... 18.81 19.81 751 793 39.9 39,045 41,211 2,076 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.60 14.13 562 534 38.5 29,222 27,788 2,001 Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks.... 16.34 17.79 640 712 39.1 33,263 37,003 2,035 Dispatchers....................................................... 19.91 19.94 796 798 40.0 41,405 41,479 2,080 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 19.91 19.94 796 798 40.0 41,405 41,479 2,080 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 22.31 20.00 891 816 40.0 46,348 42,420 2,077 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 15.57 14.30 620 572 39.8 32,234 29,744 2,071 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 14.34 14.00 571 560 39.8 29,695 29,120 2,070 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.25 19.23 791 760 39.1 40,994 39,520 2,024 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 22.91 21.80 901 863 39.4 46,874 44,879 2,046 Legal secretaries............................................... 22.62 22.57 891 846 39.4 46,348 44,012 2,049 Medical secretaries............................................. 16.93 16.13 664 626 39.2 34,539 32,548 2,041 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.95 17.87 720 696 38.0 36,716 36,067 1,937 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 13.53 12.85 533 514 39.4 27,723 26,728 2,049 Data entry keyers............................................... 13.16 12.85 520 514 39.5 27,056 26,728 2,055 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 18.31 17.13 708 669 38.7 36,828 34,778 2,011 Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service..... 15.52 15.53 604 621 38.9 31,385 32,292 2,022 Office clerks, general............................................ 18.51 18.17 719 694 38.8 37,379 36,075 2,019 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 25.96 25.30 1,037 1,012 39.9 52,970 52,000 2,040 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 31.59 29.63 1,265 1,185 40.1 65,799 61,630 2,083 Carpenters........................................................ 25.88 25.00 1,035 1,000 40.0 53,825 52,000 2,080 Construction laborers............................................. 22.83 21.00 913 840 40.0 43,310 37,346 1,897 Construction equipment operators.................................. 29.71 28.70 1,189 1,148 40.0 59,426 44,772 2,000 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 33.30 28.85 1,332 1,154 40.0 65,621 60,000 1,970 Electricians...................................................... 27.36 26.42 1,094 1,057 40.0 56,911 54,954 2,080 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 26.22 25.50 1,048 1,020 40.0 54,515 53,040 2,079 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 27.49 26.00 1,099 1,040 40.0 57,148 54,080 2,079 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 19.54 17.00 782 680 40.0 40,650 35,360 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.86 20.75 888 834 40.6 46,127 43,306 2,110 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 30.08 29.00 1,248 1,160 41.5 64,874 60,320 2,157 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................... 23.31 24.15 932 966 40.0 48,481 50,232 2,080 Aircraft mechanics and service technicians........................ 31.91 31.97 1,276 1,279 40.0 66,370 66,498 2,080 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 16.75 13.28 708 560 42.2 36,792 29,120 2,196 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 16.37 12.50 693 531 42.3 36,018 27,631 2,201 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 18.40 19.00 736 760 40.0 38,273 39,520 2,080 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers..................................................... 24.02 22.50 961 900 40.0 49,971 46,800 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 20.00 19.50 795 776 39.7 41,054 40,310 2,053 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 23.16 21.83 917 918 39.6 47,679 47,736 2,059 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 19.73 19.15 784 766 39.7 40,382 39,624 2,046 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 17.90 17.00 716 680 40.0 37,224 35,360 2,080 Line installers and repairers..................................... 27.39 29.68 1,095 1,187 40.0 56,963 61,724 2,080 Telecommunications line installers and repairers................ 26.46 29.68 1,058 1,187 40.0 55,029 61,724 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 16.09 13.40 644 536 40.0 33,468 27,862 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 16.12 14.80 641 590 39.7 33,322 30,680 2,067 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 25.18 23.32 997 933 39.6 51,836 48,495 2,058 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 14.61 13.74 584 550 40.0 30,390 28,579 2,080 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 15.55 14.10 622 564 40.0 32,336 29,328 2,080 Electromechanical equipment assemblers.......................... 14.14 14.24 566 570 40.0 29,415 29,619 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.62 11.95 503 478 39.9 26,175 24,856 2,075 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 18.62 16.00 745 640 40.0 38,730 33,280 2,080 Butchers and meat cutters....................................... 19.07 21.00 763 840 40.0 39,664 43,680 2,080 Computer control programmers and operators........................ 18.71 18.05 740 722 39.6 38,494 37,546 2,057 Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic... 18.49 18.00 731 720 39.5 38,019 37,440 2,056 Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 16.66 17.50 666 700 40.0 34,648 36,400 2,080 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 19.85 18.74 790 750 39.8 41,094 38,985 2,070 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 16.15 15.96 635 621 39.3 33,026 32,292 2,045 Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................... 20.55 20.45 822 818 40.0 42,744 42,536 2,080 Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............................................ 21.38 18.74 855 750 40.0 44,466 38,985 2,080 Machinists........................................................ 21.36 20.58 855 823 40.0 44,435 42,806 2,080 Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................................................... 14.76 14.30 541 458 36.7 28,156 23,795 1,908 Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 14.76 14.30 541 458 36.7 28,156 23,795 1,908 Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 14.50 13.55 554 538 38.2 28,787 27,997 1,985 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 18.03 17.00 723 680 40.1 37,592 35,360 2,085 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 20.50 21.13 826 845 40.3 42,937 43,942 2,094 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 16.32 14.37 653 575 40.0 33,954 29,890 2,080 Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............................................ 16.98 14.02 679 561 40.0 35,316 29,162 2,080 Printers.......................................................... 13.20 11.75 528 470 40.0 27,450 24,430 2,080 Printing machine operators...................................... 12.94 11.75 517 470 40.0 26,907 24,430 2,080 Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 12.63 12.50 505 500 40.0 26,266 26,000 2,080 Cutting workers................................................... 17.08 17.00 683 680 40.0 35,527 35,360 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 16.49 15.64 661 626 40.1 34,383 32,531 2,086 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 11.67 11.20 467 448 40.0 24,266 23,296 2,080 Painting workers.................................................. 17.71 17.75 709 710 40.0 36,846 36,920 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.95 11.90 517 476 39.9 26,874 24,752 2,075 Helpers--production workers..................................... 12.80 11.34 512 454 40.0 26,618 23,587 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.09 16.25 667 640 39.0 34,588 33,280 2,024 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.98 18.84 761 752 40.1 39,573 39,121 2,085 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.59 19.81 795 790 40.6 41,321 41,067 2,109 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 16.26 15.34 649 614 39.9 33,762 31,907 2,076 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 17.70 17.69 705 705 39.8 36,646 36,641 2,070 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.17 11.75 486 470 39.9 25,267 24,440 2,077 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 12.25 11.50 476 420 38.9 24,761 21,840 2,021 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 13.15 13.00 528 525 40.1 27,439 27,310 2,086 Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 10.70 8.00 428 320 40.0 22,261 16,640 2,080 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 11.03 10.97 439 439 39.8 22,826 22,818 2,070 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.