Table 15 Private industry establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time workers Hourly(2) Weekly(3) Annual(4) Occupation(1) Mean Median Mean Median Mean Mean Median Mean earnings earnings earnings earnings hours earnings earnings hours All workers........................................................... $21.99 $18.17 $868 $720 39.5 $44,709 $37,280 2,033 Management occupations.............................................. 38.05 33.75 1,545 1,421 40.6 80,343 73,896 2,112 General and operations managers................................... 49.82 40.62 2,042 1,625 41.0 106,191 84,490 2,131 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 41.06 37.27 1,670 1,493 40.7 86,835 77,620 2,115 Marketing managers.............................................. 36.82 36.06 1,514 1,442 41.1 78,722 75,005 2,138 Sales managers.................................................. 45.35 41.59 1,824 1,664 40.2 94,848 86,507 2,092 Financial managers................................................ 35.27 28.41 1,401 1,136 39.7 72,828 59,093 2,065 Human resources managers.......................................... 35.14 32.70 1,443 1,472 41.1 75,040 76,518 2,136 Industrial production managers.................................... 41.55 40.00 1,706 1,655 41.1 88,703 86,081 2,135 Construction managers............................................. 35.08 34.52 1,409 1,381 40.2 73,288 71,804 2,089 Social and community service managers............................. 28.19 31.86 1,116 1,230 39.6 58,024 63,944 2,058 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 29.23 26.25 1,193 1,012 40.8 62,012 52,630 2,121 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 23.88 22.66 976 906 40.8 50,726 47,133 2,124 Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 22.62 20.00 925 900 40.9 48,085 46,800 2,126 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 25.40 26.94 1,036 1,161 40.8 53,895 60,355 2,122 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 31.14 29.88 1,209 1,098 38.8 62,879 57,099 2,019 Training and development specialists............................ 36.70 39.30 1,526 1,572 41.6 79,371 81,748 2,163 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 30.45 29.47 1,196 1,179 39.3 62,180 61,306 2,042 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 39.73 35.00 1,540 1,313 38.8 80,081 68,250 2,016 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 41.77 44.23 1,686 1,731 40.4 87,673 90,000 2,099 Computer software engineers....................................... 58.29 54.12 2,371 2,165 40.7 123,280 112,576 2,115 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 63.12 56.10 2,580 2,212 40.9 134,164 114,999 2,126 Computer support specialists...................................... 35.76 35.10 1,430 1,404 40.0 74,383 73,000 2,080 Computer systems analysts......................................... 44.96 48.75 1,848 1,950 41.1 96,109 101,394 2,138 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 30.14 23.91 1,205 956 40.0 62,681 49,733 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 30.70 28.85 1,229 1,154 40.0 63,920 60,000 2,082 Engineers......................................................... 40.98 40.17 1,643 1,607 40.1 85,415 83,545 2,084 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 44.66 40.67 1,787 1,627 40.0 92,902 84,600 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 23.45 26.74 938 1,070 40.0 48,766 55,617 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 31.00 25.96 1,240 1,038 40.0 64,482 54,001 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 18.75 16.55 704 649 37.5 35,631 32,999 1,900 Social workers.................................................... 18.10 16.64 677 649 37.4 34,677 30,170 1,916 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 15.32 14.88 594 595 38.8 30,875 30,950 2,016 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 20.91 16.30 777 600 37.2 36,115 33,177 1,727 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 21.93 14.85 821 640 37.4 37,648 33,799 1,717 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 14.89 13.37 574 535 38.5 29,293 27,810 1,968 Preschool teachers, except special education.................. 14.75 13.37 570 535 38.6 29,077 27,810 1,971 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.94 12.50 458 480 38.3 23,175 24,959 1,941 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 25.12 21.00 1,004 840 40.0 52,202 43,680 2,078 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 36.90 26.50 1,409 1,080 38.2 73,257 56,160 1,985 Registered nurses................................................. 29.80 30.11 1,156 1,200 38.8 60,089 62,400 2,016 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.46 12.41 516 480 38.3 26,817 24,960 1,993 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.71 11.70 449 440 38.3 23,332 22,880 1,993 Home health aides............................................... 11.64 11.00 440 424 37.8 22,886 22,027 1,966 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.49 10.48 445 418 38.7 23,126 21,757 2,012 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 16.30 16.00 624 612 38.3 32,466 31,834 1,992 Medical assistants.............................................. 14.99 15.30 581 581 38.7 30,197 30,225 2,014 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.12 10.00 424 376 38.2 21,565 19,499 1,940 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 23.34 21.55 975 862 41.8 50,710 44,814 2,172 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 20.29 20.55 853 822 42.0 44,332 42,744 2,185 Cooks............................................................. 12.10 12.50 476 488 39.3 24,729 25,397 2,044 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 12.93 13.75 507 508 39.2 26,378 26,390 2,040 Food preparation workers.......................................... 11.57 11.00 463 440 40.0 24,075 22,880 2,080 Food service, tipped.............................................. 8.49 8.00 288 228 34.0 13,908 11,852 1,638 Bartenders...................................................... 7.91 8.14 255 228 32.2 13,248 11,852 1,676 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 9.28 6.75 332 270 35.8 15,021 11,960 1,619 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 9.21 9.00 348 350 37.8 17,586 18,158 1,910 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 9.14 9.00 343 349 37.6 16,911 17,680 1,851 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 9.25 9.00 351 360 38.0 18,051 18,200 1,951 Dishwashers....................................................... 9.23 8.89 365 356 39.5 18,956 18,491 2,053 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.24 12.00 521 480 39.3 25,615 21,840 1,934 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.96 10.00 428 387 39.0 22,259 20,134 2,030 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.82 13.00 500 506 39.0 25,977 26,312 2,026 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.00 8.76 352 350 39.1 18,323 18,221 2,035 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 17.33 15.67 693 627 40.0 30,594 30,153 1,766 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 17.33 15.67 693 627 40.0 30,594 30,153 1,766 Personal care and service occupations............................... 11.52 11.25 440 425 38.2 22,767 22,090 1,976 Child care workers................................................ 11.32 10.95 452 438 39.9 23,498 22,776 2,075 Sales and related occupations....................................... 21.04 18.10 844 725 40.1 43,837 37,700 2,084 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 19.00 17.64 795 725 41.8 41,346 37,700 2,176 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 18.56 17.64 781 725 42.1 40,620 37,700 2,189 Retail sales workers.............................................. 15.31 12.00 609 468 39.7 31,571 24,315 2,061 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.66 10.56 397 384 37.2 20,636 19,947 1,937 Cashiers...................................................... 10.66 10.56 397 384 37.2 20,636 19,947 1,937 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............................................. 17.46 14.50 713 551 40.8 37,092 28,642 2,124 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 30.17 28.75 1,219 1,150 40.4 63,399 59,800 2,101 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products...................................... 35.17 34.11 1,407 1,364 40.0 73,152 70,940 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products............................ 28.26 25.28 1,146 1,011 40.6 59,618 52,587 2,109 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 22.24 20.61 876 824 39.4 45,541 42,858 2,047 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 18.22 17.11 715 673 39.2 37,173 35,000 2,040 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 31.48 36.25 1,244 1,176 39.5 64,681 61,160 2,055 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.26 16.17 640 638 39.4 33,288 33,150 2,048 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 16.67 16.25 655 647 39.3 34,076 33,627 2,044 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 19.02 17.84 749 700 39.4 38,936 36,421 2,047 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 16.97 17.79 661 646 38.9 34,350 33,592 2,024 Tellers......................................................... 13.70 13.24 540 520 39.4 28,095 27,040 2,050 Customer service representatives.................................. 18.87 19.00 746 760 39.6 38,805 39,520 2,057 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 15.42 14.46 585 558 38.0 30,440 29,016 1,974 Dispatchers....................................................... 20.20 19.94 808 798 40.0 42,007 41,479 2,080 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 20.20 19.94 808 798 40.0 42,007 41,479 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 17.66 15.80 697 632 39.5 36,229 32,864 2,052 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.00 19.00 783 726 39.2 40,731 37,752 2,036 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.61 20.29 852 812 39.4 44,301 42,199 2,050 Medical secretaries............................................. 16.61 15.38 649 615 39.0 33,727 31,982 2,031 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.29 16.00 655 640 37.9 34,082 33,280 1,971 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 18.03 16.72 695 669 38.5 36,146 34,778 2,005 Office clerks, general............................................ 18.81 18.91 729 707 38.8 37,930 36,758 2,017 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 24.19 22.00 966 880 39.9 49,047 44,720 2,027 Carpenters........................................................ 25.01 21.50 1,000 860 40.0 52,012 44,720 2,080 Construction laborers............................................. 23.19 23.94 928 958 40.0 43,581 38,480 1,879 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...................................................... 24.80 25.50 992 1,020 40.0 51,589 53,040 2,080 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 20.61 20.00 824 800 40.0 42,861 41,600 2,080 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 22.03 22.00 881 880 40.0 45,830 45,760 2,080 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 19.54 17.00 782 680 40.0 40,650 35,360 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.35 18.83 751 753 40.9 38,959 39,166 2,123 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 26.41 28.00 1,083 1,120 41.0 56,305 58,240 2,132 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 15.09 12.75 640 550 42.4 33,273 28,600 2,205 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 14.51 10.00 617 429 42.5 32,084 22,308 2,211 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 17.56 18.72 703 749 40.0 36,532 38,938 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.70 19.15 745 752 39.9 38,323 39,078 2,050 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 18.88 19.15 752 746 39.8 38,573 38,730 2,043 Production occupations.............................................. 15.89 14.75 628 574 39.5 32,663 29,848 2,055 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 23.95 19.25 941 770 39.3 48,919 40,040 2,043 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 13.99 12.57 559 503 40.0 29,091 26,146 2,080 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 13.90 12.57 556 503 40.0 28,917 26,146 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 11.94 11.37 477 455 40.0 24,828 23,650 2,080 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 18.52 18.74 729 750 39.3 37,891 38,985 2,045 Machinists........................................................ 18.30 18.00 732 720 40.0 38,055 37,440 2,080 Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 12.57 11.57 459 417 36.5 23,883 21,659 1,900 Printers.......................................................... 16.17 16.40 647 656 40.0 33,634 34,112 2,080 Printing machine operators...................................... 16.34 17.00 654 680 40.0 33,986 35,360 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.31 16.43 692 657 40.0 36,008 34,174 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 15.03 14.88 601 595 40.0 31,257 30,948 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.39 16.25 673 642 38.7 34,853 33,363 2,004 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.82 18.25 757 741 40.2 39,366 38,542 2,092 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.12 18.45 781 748 40.8 40,589 38,888 2,123 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 15.04 13.00 600 520 39.9 31,185 27,040 2,073 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 16.60 15.44 654 608 39.4 34,013 31,613 2,049 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.65 12.00 504 486 39.9 26,218 25,293 2,072 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 13.39 13.34 538 534 40.2 28,001 27,747 2,092 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 11.33 11.20 447 448 39.4 23,238 23,296 2,051 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 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. 4 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.