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........................................................... $30.13 $26.39 $1,127 $1,021 37.4 $51,162 $49,748 1,698 Management occupations.............................................. 40.20 37.35 1,569 1,476 39.0 79,997 77,651 1,990 Education administrators.......................................... 48.64 48.86 1,894 1,847 38.9 92,280 92,999 1,897 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 52.03 50.44 2,045 2,018 39.3 97,229 95,300 1,869 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 41.10 29.35 1,547 1,046 37.6 80,428 54,415 1,957 Medical and health services managers.............................. 46.22 35.16 1,755 1,404 38.0 91,256 73,000 1,974 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 30.46 30.73 1,178 1,187 38.7 61,246 61,699 2,011 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 29.40 24.40 1,099 854 37.4 57,147 44,408 1,944 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 30.85 32.50 1,192 1,245 38.6 61,971 64,728 2,009 Computer support specialists...................................... 25.88 21.07 989 780 38.2 51,445 40,539 1,988 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 32.68 28.31 1,281 1,132 39.2 66,609 58,881 2,039 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 24.18 20.49 903 820 37.4 44,439 42,621 1,838 Psychologists..................................................... 45.78 48.05 1,566 1,489 34.2 65,692 66,252 1,435 Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists.................. 45.78 48.05 1,566 1,489 34.2 65,692 66,252 1,435 Community and social services occupations........................... 29.19 27.01 1,110 1,080 38.0 53,609 55,125 1,836 Counselors........................................................ 40.20 37.65 1,473 1,506 36.6 64,134 60,567 1,595 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 50.36 50.56 1,728 1,655 34.3 67,684 66,331 1,344 Social workers.................................................... 26.63 24.63 1,017 952 38.2 50,771 49,504 1,906 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 26.86 25.29 1,022 952 38.1 50,690 49,504 1,887 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 23.22 20.07 907 803 39.1 46,014 40,810 1,982 Legal occupations................................................... 24.63 21.07 925 769 37.6 48,113 40,000 1,953 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 40.34 42.22 1,390 1,441 34.5 52,251 54,043 1,295 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 56.00 45.28 2,076 1,795 37.1 79,764 69,988 1,424 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 53.61 46.72 1,903 1,663 35.5 72,464 59,384 1,352 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 45.44 44.93 1,569 1,571 34.5 57,921 57,485 1,275 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 48.36 50.42 1,663 1,665 34.4 61,336 61,614 1,268 Kindergarten teachers, except special education............... 47.25 48.00 1,637 1,665 34.6 60,402 61,614 1,278 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 45.32 44.93 1,569 1,573 34.6 57,980 58,469 1,279 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 45.37 44.91 1,570 1,572 34.6 57,975 58,469 1,278 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 45.15 45.63 1,564 1,579 34.6 57,997 58,134 1,284 Secondary school teachers....................................... 45.92 45.01 1,580 1,515 34.4 58,228 56,072 1,268 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 45.94 44.29 1,581 1,512 34.4 58,295 56,072 1,269 Special education teachers...................................... 43.71 44.63 1,501 1,494 34.3 55,161 55,268 1,262 Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school.......................................... 46.05 47.47 1,577 1,614 34.2 57,844 59,383 1,256 Special education teachers, secondary school.................. 42.66 42.68 1,438 1,451 33.7 52,661 52,218 1,234 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 31.10 29.96 1,101 1,083 35.4 44,403 45,302 1,428 Librarians........................................................ 30.76 25.17 1,126 944 36.6 55,468 47,245 1,803 Teacher assistants................................................ 15.35 14.28 499 460 32.5 18,459 16,795 1,202 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 31.87 28.46 1,205 1,091 37.8 57,021 53,062 1,789 Registered nurses................................................. 34.57 33.98 1,316 1,328 38.1 61,663 59,309 1,784 Therapists........................................................ 49.89 48.30 1,690 1,691 33.9 65,161 62,887 1,306 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 16.05 15.64 624 617 38.9 31,760 31,273 1,979 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 15.31 15.64 597 601 39.0 31,035 31,273 2,028 Protective service occupations...................................... 26.38 26.56 1,055 1,038 40.0 54,824 53,959 2,078 First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 35.84 37.29 1,422 1,471 39.7 73,967 76,498 2,064 First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers........................................................ 31.82 29.14 1,399 1,367 44.0 72,766 71,061 2,287 Fire fighters..................................................... 23.65 24.19 1,010 1,036 42.7 52,525 53,857 2,221 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 24.97 25.38 976 996 39.1 50,731 51,800 2,032 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 24.35 24.59 957 970 39.3 49,779 50,461 2,044 Police officers................................................... 27.45 27.47 1,075 1,069 39.1 55,876 55,614 2,035 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 27.45 27.47 1,075 1,069 39.1 55,876 55,614 2,035 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 15.35 15.01 551 488 35.9 23,121 19,945 1,506 Cooks............................................................. 16.32 15.86 596 545 36.5 24,377 19,228 1,494 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 16.32 15.86 596 545 36.5 24,377 19,228 1,494 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 17.37 17.12 694 685 40.0 33,994 34,410 1,957 Building cleaning workers......................................... 16.41 16.54 656 661 40.0 33,374 34,374 2,034 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 16.43 16.81 656 671 40.0 33,383 34,410 2,032 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 20.85 20.32 777 759 37.2 39,678 39,294 1,903 Financial clerks.................................................. 19.36 17.57 675 637 34.9 34,605 33,140 1,788 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 18.89 16.25 632 519 33.5 32,105 27,000 1,700 Dispatchers....................................................... 24.93 21.94 953 834 38.2 49,578 43,353 1,988 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.77 20.87 785 783 37.8 39,654 40,277 1,910 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 22.59 20.87 868 784 38.4 45,112 40,758 1,997 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.58 18.70 694 669 37.3 34,149 33,457 1,838 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 16.25 16.66 608 613 37.4 31,619 31,886 1,946 Office clerks, general............................................ 19.72 20.21 734 726 37.2 37,639 37,707 1,909 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 24.56 23.06 969 922 39.5 50,386 47,965 2,052 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.57 20.60 900 824 39.9 46,778 42,848 2,073 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 20.94 18.60 837 744 40.0 43,550 38,688 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 20.94 18.60 837 744 40.0 43,550 38,688 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 22.27 19.54 891 782 40.0 46,320 40,647 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 20.41 18.54 776 742 38.0 36,622 37,128 1,794 Bus drivers....................................................... 21.14 18.73 707 484 33.4 29,580 17,155 1,399 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.