Table 16 Private industry establishments with 100 workers or more: 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........................................................... $28.82 $24.04 $1,134 $940 39.4 $58,580 $48,508 2,033 Management occupations.............................................. 50.88 47.00 2,010 1,841 39.5 104,435 95,711 2,053 General and operations managers................................... 70.30 71.11 2,901 2,656 41.3 150,848 138,091 2,146 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 56.41 47.90 2,248 1,916 39.9 116,917 99,628 2,073 Marketing managers.............................................. 64.61 57.56 2,619 2,365 40.5 136,194 122,990 2,108 Sales managers.................................................. 38.15 37.95 1,466 1,423 38.4 76,233 74,001 1,998 Administrative services managers.................................. 41.77 39.93 1,692 1,700 40.5 88,003 88,401 2,107 Computer and information systems managers......................... 57.97 54.21 2,275 2,168 39.2 118,276 112,751 2,040 Financial managers................................................ 58.37 55.29 2,375 2,336 40.7 123,525 121,463 2,116 Human resources managers.......................................... 54.19 53.99 2,126 2,025 39.2 110,547 105,281 2,040 Purchasing managers............................................... 45.41 45.43 1,751 1,602 38.6 91,055 83,325 2,005 Construction managers............................................. 39.06 40.23 1,610 1,810 41.2 83,715 94,134 2,143 Education administrators.......................................... 42.60 40.00 1,542 1,500 36.2 79,406 78,000 1,864 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 42.78 40.00 1,541 1,471 36.0 79,349 76,475 1,855 Engineering managers.............................................. 55.20 54.23 2,245 2,218 40.7 116,755 115,325 2,115 Medical and health services managers.............................. 48.05 40.86 1,895 1,557 39.4 98,556 80,983 2,051 Social and community service managers............................. 28.55 32.15 1,142 1,286 40.0 59,381 66,880 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 34.48 29.64 1,368 1,168 39.7 71,132 60,753 2,063 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 33.03 30.29 1,318 1,212 39.9 68,545 62,999 2,075 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 34.08 35.18 1,360 1,407 39.9 70,736 73,174 2,076 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 28.48 26.87 1,101 1,023 38.7 57,244 53,200 2,010 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 28.36 26.20 1,099 1,019 38.7 57,144 52,998 2,015 Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation..................................... 25.14 26.91 999 1,076 39.7 51,931 55,964 2,066 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 27.67 24.89 1,058 968 38.2 55,014 50,336 1,988 Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists............ 28.60 24.48 1,126 968 39.4 58,538 50,336 2,047 Training and development specialists............................ 28.95 29.06 1,160 1,162 40.1 60,304 60,445 2,083 Logisticians...................................................... 32.76 29.93 1,310 1,197 40.0 68,136 62,250 2,080 Management analysts............................................... 41.39 36.22 1,638 1,385 39.6 85,167 71,999 2,057 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 26.94 24.86 1,041 973 38.7 54,149 50,596 2,010 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 41.62 31.77 1,744 1,255 41.9 90,672 65,270 2,178 Financial analysts.............................................. 42.79 32.80 1,862 1,415 43.5 96,813 73,578 2,262 Insurance underwriters.......................................... 54.36 39.27 2,052 1,417 37.7 106,698 73,691 1,963 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 40.57 39.68 1,601 1,533 39.5 82,944 79,737 2,044 Computer programmers.............................................. 33.34 36.81 1,308 1,346 39.2 68,010 69,992 2,040 Computer software engineers....................................... 47.15 45.41 1,878 1,816 39.8 97,655 94,449 2,071 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 44.19 43.27 1,763 1,700 39.9 91,701 88,400 2,075 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 49.13 46.92 1,955 1,874 39.8 101,644 97,450 2,069 Computer support specialists...................................... 30.07 28.26 1,176 1,115 39.1 61,141 58,001 2,033 Computer systems analysts......................................... 39.91 39.82 1,570 1,523 39.3 81,622 79,202 2,045 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 43.61 45.96 1,750 1,838 40.1 91,015 95,601 2,087 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 34.84 33.67 1,370 1,347 39.3 71,243 70,034 2,045 Actuaries......................................................... 48.20 52.91 1,873 1,984 38.9 97,411 103,175 2,021 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 40.89 39.68 1,675 1,630 41.0 87,094 84,772 2,130 Engineers......................................................... 46.13 44.06 1,885 1,834 40.9 98,003 95,370 2,124 Aerospace engineers............................................. 49.35 46.66 2,049 1,908 41.5 106,541 99,225 2,159 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 45.85 46.05 1,903 1,877 41.5 98,969 97,614 2,159 Electrical engineers.......................................... 41.93 42.48 1,749 1,829 41.7 90,947 95,092 2,169 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 47.78 47.57 1,979 1,943 41.4 102,896 101,055 2,153 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 38.63 35.83 1,589 1,601 41.1 82,653 83,227 2,140 Industrial engineers.......................................... 39.84 36.30 1,645 1,612 41.3 85,532 83,835 2,147 Mechanical engineers............................................ 43.57 43.13 1,755 1,721 40.3 91,237 89,482 2,094 Drafters.......................................................... 29.45 30.23 1,178 1,209 40.0 61,261 62,870 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 27.47 28.54 1,101 1,141 40.1 57,240 59,357 2,083 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 31.16 31.82 1,253 1,269 40.2 65,135 66,000 2,090 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 35.75 27.70 1,411 1,082 39.5 73,202 56,243 2,048 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............................................... 48.37 51.49 1,951 2,067 40.3 101,469 107,501 2,098 Chemists and materials scientists............................... 52.98 57.31 2,143 2,292 40.4 111,417 119,201 2,103 Market and survey researchers..................................... 53.31 44.35 2,072 1,774 38.9 107,722 92,252 2,021 Market research analysts........................................ 53.31 44.35 2,072 1,774 38.9 107,722 92,252 2,021 Community and social services occupations........................... 18.07 18.02 719 711 39.8 37,379 36,993 2,069 Counselors........................................................ 15.17 13.47 601 540 39.6 31,239 28,080 2,059 Social workers.................................................... 19.68 19.38 787 775 40.0 40,890 40,310 2,078 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................ 18.99 19.21 759 768 40.0 39,494 39,957 2,080 Legal occupations................................................... 59.70 62.40 2,340 2,496 39.2 121,679 129,782 2,038 Lawyers........................................................... 80.64 72.87 3,226 2,915 40.0 167,737 151,559 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 43.85 37.34 1,671 1,518 38.1 72,674 65,971 1,657 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 54.93 50.18 2,094 1,991 38.1 88,990 87,599 1,620 Math and computer teachers, postsecondary....................... 58.79 50.18 2,194 1,821 37.3 83,550 68,492 1,421 Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary.................. 61.21 55.74 2,327 2,230 38.0 88,002 86,959 1,438 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............................ 47.35 41.77 1,749 1,592 36.9 72,243 65,434 1,526 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.00 29.62 1,228 1,211 39.6 49,766 48,800 1,605 Secondary school teachers....................................... 35.80 37.08 1,440 1,391 40.2 54,342 55,625 1,518 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 35.80 37.08 1,440 1,391 40.2 54,342 55,625 1,518 Librarians........................................................ 24.98 24.04 976 962 39.1 50,200 50,001 2,010 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 30.79 30.22 1,193 1,190 38.8 61,976 61,828 2,013 Designers......................................................... 29.08 31.56 1,134 1,202 39.0 58,976 62,507 2,028 Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers................... 30.59 26.67 1,180 1,200 38.6 59,619 61,900 1,949 Writers and editors............................................... 38.13 38.06 1,451 1,351 38.1 75,457 70,250 1,979 Editors......................................................... 36.30 33.57 1,357 1,343 37.4 70,588 69,832 1,945 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 33.27 29.28 1,281 1,114 38.5 66,529 57,907 2,000 Pharmacists....................................................... 50.71 49.96 1,996 1,997 39.4 103,773 103,834 2,046 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 57.98 31.82 2,339 1,273 40.3 121,617 66,186 2,098 Registered nurses................................................. 36.86 34.14 1,364 1,302 37.0 70,890 67,683 1,923 Therapists........................................................ 32.93 31.50 1,299 1,155 39.5 67,559 60,035 2,052 Physical therapists............................................. 31.13 27.38 1,245 1,095 40.0 64,748 56,950 2,080 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 22.33 20.19 882 813 39.5 45,858 42,286 2,054 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 24.12 22.18 965 887 40.0 50,166 46,134 2,080 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 19.60 18.87 760 730 38.8 39,506 37,939 2,015 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 20.34 17.50 808 700 39.7 41,874 36,400 2,059 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 25.69 25.52 1,009 998 39.3 52,454 51,900 2,042 Medical records and health information technicians................ 16.47 16.95 628 606 38.1 32,669 31,512 1,983 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 15.01 14.52 583 566 38.8 30,292 29,432 2,018 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 14.25 14.15 552 542 38.7 28,682 28,174 2,012 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 14.46 14.35 562 554 38.9 29,239 28,808 2,022 Psychiatric aides............................................... 14.30 14.46 542 552 37.9 28,164 28,683 1,970 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 17.14 16.00 670 618 39.1 34,840 32,136 2,032 Medical assistants.............................................. 18.74 16.94 749 678 40.0 38,971 35,235 2,080 Medical transcriptionists....................................... 15.49 14.18 598 567 38.6 31,071 29,474 2,005 Protective service occupations...................................... 16.23 15.44 649 617 40.0 33,729 32,109 2,079 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 15.26 15.44 610 617 40.0 31,713 32,109 2,078 Security guards................................................. 15.26 15.44 610 617 40.0 31,713 32,109 2,078 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 14.36 14.44 562 558 39.1 28,627 27,437 1,993 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 16.02 16.45 644 643 40.2 32,618 31,013 2,037 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 15.65 15.05 630 596 40.2 31,802 30,428 2,032 Cooks............................................................. 15.55 15.43 591 604 38.0 30,536 30,971 1,964 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 15.84 16.06 595 617 37.5 30,688 31,387 1,937 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 14.96 14.70 578 558 38.6 28,938 27,768 1,935 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.84 13.19 548 527 39.6 28,496 27,425 2,059 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 18.50 19.25 740 770 40.0 38,486 40,042 2,080 Building cleaning workers......................................... 13.23 13.19 524 527 39.6 27,243 27,425 2,059 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 13.75 13.37 546 530 39.7 28,372 27,560 2,064 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 12.10 12.13 476 476 39.4 24,762 24,773 2,047 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 16.32 12.98 644 519 39.4 33,465 27,007 2,051 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 16.32 12.98 644 519 39.4 33,465 27,007 2,051 Personal care and service occupations............................... 20.92 15.38 636 596 30.4 31,477 31,005 1,505 Sales and related occupations....................................... 24.03 16.50 950 638 39.5 49,311 33,150 2,052 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 20.87 18.54 843 729 40.4 43,828 37,900 2,100 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 20.22 17.82 818 705 40.4 42,531 36,670 2,103 Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.18 12.45 517 487 39.2 26,765 24,960 2,031 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.74 11.62 461 463 39.3 23,575 22,942 2,007 Cashiers...................................................... 11.74 11.62 461 463 39.3 23,575 22,942 2,007 Retail salespersons............................................. 13.75 12.71 540 508 39.2 28,055 26,441 2,040 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 73.60 62.71 2,833 2,522 38.5 147,337 131,150 2,002 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 34.44 30.20 1,378 1,208 40.0 71,640 62,816 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products...................................... 39.34 33.11 1,573 1,324 40.0 81,821 68,871 2,080 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 27.70 25.56 1,102 1,022 39.8 57,329 53,167 2,069 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 18.70 17.70 734 696 39.2 38,100 36,192 2,038 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 25.46 25.11 1,014 1,004 39.8 52,733 52,229 2,071 Financial clerks.................................................. 19.30 17.85 757 714 39.2 39,369 37,128 2,040 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 15.85 15.64 631 626 39.8 32,831 32,531 2,071 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 20.17 16.77 777 700 38.5 40,383 36,401 2,002 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 22.04 25.00 865 1,000 39.3 44,985 52,000 2,041 Tellers......................................................... 13.04 11.58 521 463 40.0 27,118 24,080 2,080 Brokerage clerks.................................................. 19.76 18.52 780 741 39.5 40,556 38,513 2,052 Customer service representatives.................................. 19.71 18.96 771 741 39.1 40,101 38,524 2,034 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.85 13.25 540 520 39.0 28,080 27,040 2,027 Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks.... 16.34 17.79 640 712 39.1 33,263 37,003 2,035 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 23.41 25.74 931 1,024 39.8 48,400 53,248 2,068 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.53 13.69 581 548 40.0 30,224 28,475 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 14.18 13.13 563 525 39.7 29,299 27,310 2,067 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.45 19.45 798 769 39.0 41,202 39,858 2,015 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 24.05 23.75 945 947 39.3 49,139 49,244 2,043 Medical secretaries............................................. 17.13 17.00 675 675 39.4 35,077 35,090 2,047 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 19.45 18.41 739 721 38.0 37,486 37,336 1,928 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 13.74 12.83 538 503 39.1 27,951 26,131 2,034 Data entry keyers............................................... 13.01 12.83 511 465 39.3 26,592 24,181 2,045 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 18.50 17.51 717 673 38.8 37,272 35,006 2,015 Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service..... 15.27 15.53 597 621 39.1 31,030 32,292 2,032 Office clerks, general............................................ 17.64 16.97 687 657 39.0 35,738 34,154 2,025 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 31.24 31.67 1,249 1,267 40.0 64,961 65,874 2,079 Electricians...................................................... 30.66 27.33 1,227 1,093 40.0 63,781 56,846 2,080 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 32.78 32.08 1,310 1,283 40.0 68,109 66,726 2,078 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 32.78 32.08 1,310 1,283 40.0 68,109 66,726 2,078 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 27.77 27.96 1,115 1,103 40.2 57,971 57,348 2,088 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 36.84 34.87 1,561 1,370 42.4 81,193 71,261 2,204 Aircraft mechanics and service technicians........................ 31.91 31.97 1,276 1,279 40.0 66,370 66,498 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 21.77 21.00 861 840 39.6 44,785 43,680 2,057 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 23.75 23.04 938 922 39.5 48,788 47,923 2,055 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 21.38 21.00 844 840 39.5 43,892 43,680 2,053 Line installers and repairers..................................... 27.31 26.53 1,092 1,061 40.0 56,795 55,182 2,080 Telecommunications line installers and repairers................ 26.05 22.80 1,042 912 40.0 54,190 47,426 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 16.36 14.96 654 598 40.0 34,005 31,121 2,078 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 27.22 27.00 1,091 1,080 40.1 56,751 56,152 2,085 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 15.05 14.24 602 570 40.0 31,305 29,619 2,080 Electromechanical equipment assemblers.......................... 14.14 14.24 566 570 40.0 29,415 29,619 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 13.76 12.10 547 484 39.7 28,425 25,168 2,066 Computer control programmers and operators........................ 20.98 20.75 839 830 40.0 43,646 43,160 2,080 Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic... 20.80 20.00 832 800 40.0 43,262 41,600 2,080 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 20.36 18.58 815 743 40.0 42,354 38,640 2,080 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 16.34 16.28 654 651 40.0 33,995 33,862 2,080 Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................... 19.61 19.75 784 790 40.0 40,793 41,082 2,080 Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............................................ 23.09 19.65 924 786 40.0 48,026 40,872 2,080 Machinists........................................................ 24.24 21.74 970 870 40.0 50,417 45,219 2,080 Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................................................... 14.24 14.40 570 576 40.0 29,628 29,952 2,080 Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 14.24 14.40 570 576 40.0 29,628 29,952 2,080 Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 16.48 16.50 659 660 40.0 34,287 34,320 2,080 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 17.20 15.01 688 600 40.0 35,774 31,221 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 16.08 15.64 646 626 40.2 33,573 32,531 2,088 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 11.67 11.20 467 448 40.0 24,266 23,296 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.66 9.99 465 360 39.9 24,172 18,720 2,072 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.64 15.70 658 630 39.5 34,195 32,760 2,055 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 19.51 21.36 774 848 39.7 40,268 44,117 2,063 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 21.99 21.50 863 854 39.2 44,868 44,429 2,040 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 17.78 16.50 711 660 40.0 36,973 34,320 2,080 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 18.23 18.41 729 736 40.0 37,910 38,293 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.78 10.71 471 428 40.0 24,497 22,277 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.88 13.00 515 520 40.0 26,789 27,040 2,080 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 10.86 10.75 435 430 40.0 22,599 22,360 2,080 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.