RSE Table 11 Full-time(1) civilian workers: Relative standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(5) Annual earnings(6) Occupation(2) Mean Relative Mean Relative Mean Relative error(4) error(4) error(4) All workers........................................................... $26.05 2.0% $1,020 2.0% $51,615 2.0% Management occupations.............................................. 44.44 3.9 1,773 3.9 91,982 3.9 Chief executives.................................................. 65.00 28.8 3,106 22.8 161,509 22.8 General and operations managers................................... 54.66 9.1 2,245 9.1 116,763 9.1 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 47.40 6.2 1,911 5.5 99,398 5.5 Marketing managers.............................................. 50.47 10.1 2,061 9.0 107,155 9.0 Sales managers.................................................. 43.15 7.4 1,712 8.2 88,998 8.2 Public relations managers......................................... 34.56 5.6 1,374 5.8 71,472 5.8 Administrative services managers.................................. 37.98 8.1 1,547 7.9 80,448 7.9 Computer and information systems managers......................... 53.16 6.3 2,089 5.8 108,647 5.8 Financial managers................................................ 45.88 6.8 1,841 7.4 95,747 7.4 Human resources managers.......................................... 44.41 10.4 1,752 9.8 91,113 9.8 Compensation and benefits managers.............................. 44.40 27.1 1,828 24.3 95,055 24.3 Training and development managers............................... 46.96 12.8 1,806 14.6 93,892 14.6 Industrial production managers.................................... 43.56 10.0 1,777 10.5 92,406 10.5 Purchasing managers............................................... 45.19 10.0 1,735 10.5 90,203 10.5 Transportation, storage, and distribution managers................ 31.54 19.6 1,250 18.2 64,992 18.2 Construction managers............................................. 36.05 3.3 1,459 3.4 75,845 3.4 Education administrators.......................................... 42.08 6.1 1,578 5.4 79,666 5.4 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 51.24 7.3 2,011 6.7 95,942 6.7 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 42.50 4.2 1,542 4.0 79,516 4.0 Engineering managers.............................................. 51.18 4.1 2,063 4.0 107,270 4.0 Medical and health services managers.............................. 45.38 4.9 1,782 5.5 92,639 5.5 Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 29.27 3.4 1,127 2.0 58,611 2.0 Social and community service managers............................. 29.39 5.7 1,169 6.6 60,769 6.6 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 32.48 1.2 1,297 2.3 67,455 2.3 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 28.04 7.5 1,133 6.9 58,928 6.9 Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 23.40 13.6 952 12.5 49,511 12.5 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 30.70 7.5 1,236 7.4 64,263 7.4 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 29.14 4.3 1,127 5.2 58,611 5.2 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 29.09 4.6 1,127 5.4 58,621 5.4 Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation..................................... 25.72 9.8 1,024 10.0 53,270 10.0 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 29.71 5.3 1,145 7.0 59,540 7.0 Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists.............. 26.70 24.2 – – – – Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists............ 32.55 7.9 1,287 8.3 66,946 8.3 Training and development specialists............................ 31.79 4.5 1,291 3.5 67,128 3.5 Logisticians...................................................... 32.76 9.1 1,310 9.1 68,136 9.1 Management analysts............................................... 41.28 4.0 1,717 5.9 89,271 5.9 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 28.70 5.6 1,111 5.8 57,783 5.8 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 41.37 11.4 1,714 8.0 89,127 8.0 Financial analysts.............................................. 43.57 12.2 1,878 5.8 97,666 5.8 Insurance underwriters.......................................... 46.09 24.7 1,736 26.4 90,272 26.4 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 43.54 26.4 1,742 26.4 90,564 26.4 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 40.29 3.4 1,599 4.0 82,952 4.0 Computer programmers.............................................. 34.04 10.0 1,342 10.4 69,810 10.4 Computer software engineers....................................... 49.48 5.9 1,980 6.6 102,959 6.6 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 50.57 10.0 2,035 11.7 105,816 11.7 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 48.42 4.0 1,928 4.1 100,232 4.1 Computer support specialists...................................... 32.13 13.8 1,266 14.0 65,808 14.0 Computer systems analysts......................................... 41.73 4.5 1,666 5.4 86,637 5.4 Database administrators........................................... 38.45 10.7 1,548 13.1 80,503 13.1 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 36.32 8.5 1,450 8.4 75,416 8.4 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 35.18 4.3 1,386 3.8 72,086 3.8 Actuaries......................................................... 48.20 11.7 1,873 11.6 97,411 11.6 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 37.82 2.8 1,537 3.1 79,930 3.1 Architects, except naval.......................................... 27.77 7.3 1,171 9.0 60,887 9.0 Architects, except landscape and naval.......................... 27.31 8.9 1,140 10.6 59,292 10.6 Engineers......................................................... 44.81 3.1 1,822 3.1 94,744 3.1 Aerospace engineers............................................. 49.35 4.4 2,049 3.8 106,541 3.8 Civil engineers................................................. 35.74 5.5 1,429 5.5 74,330 5.5 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 45.54 7.1 1,867 5.9 97,065 5.9 Electrical engineers.......................................... 41.89 6.3 1,729 5.0 89,889 5.0 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 47.05 10.0 1,923 8.6 100,009 8.6 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 38.25 7.4 1,572 7.5 81,749 7.5 Industrial engineers.......................................... 39.84 7.2 1,645 7.0 85,532 7.0 Mechanical engineers............................................ 43.17 5.9 1,743 6.0 90,615 6.0 Drafters.......................................................... 25.19 14.2 1,008 14.2 52,401 14.2 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 26.14 4.9 1,042 5.0 54,177 5.0 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 26.58 13.7 1,066 14.0 55,450 14.0 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 33.51 12.2 1,319 12.2 68,095 12.2 Life scientists................................................... 37.34 27.1 1,477 26.7 76,782 26.7 Biological scientists........................................... 42.76 8.8 1,695 9.9 88,134 9.9 Biochemists and biophysicists................................. 45.20 14.8 1,782 15.9 92,649 15.9 Physical scientists............................................... 32.84 10.8 1,318 11.1 68,514 11.1 Chemists and materials scientists............................... 46.75 14.5 1,885 15.3 98,031 15.3 Chemists...................................................... 44.26 23.5 1,760 23.8 91,520 23.8 Market and survey researchers..................................... 42.59 26.8 1,686 25.8 87,661 25.8 Market research analysts........................................ 42.59 26.8 1,686 25.8 87,661 25.8 Psychologists..................................................... 31.11 20.2 1,152 13.2 52,919 13.2 Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists.................. 42.85 12.8 1,508 11.1 64,720 11.1 Chemical technicians.............................................. 18.58 5.8 743 5.8 38,641 5.8 Community and social services occupations........................... 22.93 6.6 881 6.1 44,070 6.1 Counselors........................................................ 27.49 19.5 1,042 17.4 49,078 17.4 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 44.66 12.0 1,560 9.7 63,493 9.7 Social workers.................................................... 21.89 6.1 842 6.4 42,877 6.4 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 24.41 7.0 927 6.5 46,268 6.5 Medical and public health social workers........................ 26.26 7.5 1,050 7.5 54,616 7.5 Mental health and substance abuse social workers................ 18.97 6.1 759 6.1 39,448 6.1 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 19.97 9.9 779 10.7 39,991 10.7 Social and human service assistants............................. 16.22 7.3 629 8.2 32,087 8.2 Legal occupations................................................... 46.49 21.7 1,792 23.2 93,179 23.2 Lawyers........................................................... 67.63 16.6 2,684 17.6 139,562 17.6 Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 25.13 4.0 967 6.1 50,287 6.1 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 37.74 3.6 1,341 3.4 53,335 3.4 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 54.29 6.2 2,046 6.6 83,899 6.6 Math and computer teachers, postsecondary....................... 64.36 14.8 2,377 15.0 87,687 15.0 Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary.................. 52.98 13.5 1,951 15.0 72,642 15.0 Life sciences teachers, postsecondary........................... 50.38 7.1 2,196 3.8 107,294 3.8 Biological science teachers, postsecondary.................... 50.38 7.1 2,196 3.8 107,294 3.8 Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary....................... 68.03 8.0 2,644 7.6 114,826 7.6 Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 47.51 9.5 1,731 10.7 73,648 10.7 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 54.91 17.4 1,970 17.0 74,166 17.0 English language and literature teachers, postsecondary....... 69.20 14.7 2,364 10.1 98,461 10.1 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 47.40 7.2 1,727 6.9 69,020 6.9 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 40.20 2.8 1,421 2.4 54,549 2.4 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 18.84 10.3 718 8.8 34,857 8.8 Preschool teachers, except special education.................. 15.47 12.7 597 10.5 30,207 10.5 Kindergarten teachers, except special education............... 43.79 12.5 1,519 12.3 58,284 12.3 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 44.62 1.8 1,555 1.7 57,533 1.7 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 44.71 2.0 1,559 1.9 57,623 1.9 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 44.35 2.7 1,543 2.4 57,243 2.4 Secondary school teachers....................................... 43.80 1.9 1,531 1.5 56,943 1.5 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 43.75 1.9 1,531 1.6 56,947 1.6 Special education teachers...................................... 43.88 4.8 1,508 4.0 55,541 4.0 Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school.......................................... 46.05 2.9 1,577 4.2 57,844 4.2 Special education teachers, middle school..................... 38.22 15.5 1,366 14.2 51,282 14.2 Special education teachers, secondary school.................. 45.38 5.8 1,519 6.0 55,481 6.0 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 24.06 6.7 857 6.9 38,595 6.9 Librarians........................................................ 28.67 6.2 1,074 6.3 53,692 6.3 Instructional coordinators........................................ 29.06 28.4 1,003 26.8 46,768 26.8 Teacher assistants................................................ 14.53 5.3 490 4.8 19,172 4.8 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 28.38 7.3 1,114 6.8 57,885 6.8 Designers......................................................... 27.71 6.4 1,090 5.7 56,699 5.7 Graphic designers............................................... 25.50 7.0 1,020 7.0 53,045 7.0 Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers................... 43.89 15.1 1,727 16.4 88,603 16.4 Public relations specialists...................................... 28.91 7.9 1,129 7.5 58,712 7.5 Writers and editors............................................... 39.20 3.6 1,512 3.1 78,620 3.1 Editors......................................................... 38.25 9.7 1,462 9.6 76,049 9.6 Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio operators... 20.15 2.0 806 2.0 41,902 2.0 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 33.87 4.4 1,300 4.3 66,938 4.3 Pharmacists....................................................... 51.46 2.7 2,029 3.4 105,527 3.4 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 70.82 16.9 2,772 16.1 144,153 16.1 Registered nurses................................................. 35.75 3.0 1,334 3.0 68,528 3.0 Therapists........................................................ 35.05 7.1 1,338 6.6 65,384 6.6 Occupational therapists......................................... 48.61 10.6 1,745 6.3 72,719 6.3 Physical therapists............................................. 32.15 6.6 1,266 5.6 65,826 5.6 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 22.60 7.3 894 7.4 46,465 7.4 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 24.11 14.0 964 14.0 50,144 14.0 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 20.30 7.0 789 5.7 41,024 5.7 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 31.23 7.7 1,247 7.7 64,825 7.7 Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...................... 17.63 12.1 693 11.8 36,047 11.8 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 19.58 4.1 771 4.9 40,013 4.9 Pharmacy technicians............................................ 14.02 8.3 546 8.1 28,392 8.1 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 25.31 3.7 993 4.2 51,648 4.2 Medical records and health information technicians................ 17.62 6.2 677 7.7 35,184 7.7 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.35 3.2 554 3.4 28,763 3.4 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.30 2.6 513 2.9 26,667 2.9 Home health aides............................................... 11.67 3.8 440 4.2 22,880 4.2 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 14.09 1.7 547 2.3 28,444 2.3 Psychiatric aides............................................... 13.25 2.2 525 1.5 27,294 1.5 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 16.69 3.4 644 4.5 33,503 4.5 Medical assistants.............................................. 16.30 7.1 638 8.1 33,194 8.1 Medical transcriptionists....................................... 15.49 6.3 598 6.1 31,071 6.1 Protective service occupations...................................... 23.35 7.5 934 7.6 47,830 7.6 First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 35.92 10.1 1,426 10.0 74,146 10.0 First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers........................................................ 31.82 4.1 1,399 6.5 72,766 6.5 Fire fighters..................................................... 23.65 4.5 1,010 4.6 52,525 4.6 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 25.00 4.0 978 3.5 50,861 3.5 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 24.35 3.9 957 3.5 49,779 3.5 Police officers................................................... 27.39 6.9 1,072 6.9 55,768 6.9 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 27.39 6.9 1,072 6.9 55,768 6.9 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 16.38 7.4 648 7.0 33,489 7.0 Security guards................................................. 16.38 7.4 648 7.0 33,489 7.0 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.93 2.8 457 3.3 23,079 3.3 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 19.83 9.2 808 10.9 40,883 10.9 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 18.02 5.3 736 5.7 37,089 5.7 Cooks............................................................. 13.09 4.1 509 4.3 26,051 4.3 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 15.06 6.3 569 7.8 28,124 7.8 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 12.98 5.8 510 7.4 26,510 7.4 Food preparation workers.......................................... 12.12 7.7 485 7.7 25,205 7.7 Food service, tipped.............................................. 8.73 13.7 305 15.4 14,770 15.4 Bartenders...................................................... 7.91 9.2 255 14.3 13,248 14.3 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 8.77 29.1 317 30.0 14,499 30.0 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 9.82 3.8 371 4.8 18,677 4.8 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 10.22 7.5 386 9.0 19,069 9.0 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 9.54 5.0 361 6.7 18,393 6.7 Dishwashers....................................................... 9.31 3.2 368 2.9 19,129 2.9 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 14.63 2.1 580 2.1 29,144 2.1 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 22.34 7.7 885 7.6 46,000 7.6 First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers...................................................... 21.43 11.4 847 11.6 44,034 11.6 Building cleaning workers......................................... 13.64 2.7 540 2.7 27,887 2.7 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 14.66 3.0 582 3.1 29,978 3.1 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 10.90 5.9 428 5.7 22,276 5.7 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 17.17 5.3 684 5.2 29,754 5.2 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 16.70 8.1 666 8.1 28,630 8.1 Personal care and service occupations............................... 14.14 8.4 507 6.2 24,881 6.2 Child care workers................................................ 11.45 4.6 455 4.3 23,601 4.3 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 12.13 9.0 482 10.9 17,208 10.9 Recreation workers.............................................. 12.13 9.0 482 10.9 17,208 10.9 Sales and related occupations....................................... 22.04 3.4 879 4.0 45,661 4.0 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 19.62 5.2 809 6.2 42,092 6.2 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 19.12 5.3 792 6.5 41,160 6.5 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 23.76 16.4 950 16.4 49,422 16.4 Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.63 6.5 579 7.1 29,992 7.1 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.45 5.9 436 7.0 22,540 7.0 Cashiers...................................................... 11.45 5.9 436 7.0 22,540 7.0 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 15.23 13.6 609 13.6 31,384 13.6 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 14.05 16.8 562 16.8 28,789 16.8 Parts salespersons............................................ 17.26 13.0 691 13.0 35,908 13.0 Retail salespersons............................................. 15.86 10.6 636 11.2 33,055 11.2 Insurance sales agents............................................ 21.37 10.2 852 10.4 44,316 10.4 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 73.62 12.5 2,834 11.7 147,386 11.7 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 31.01 3.1 1,250 3.4 65,021 3.4 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products...................................... 36.75 10.9 1,470 10.9 76,449 10.9 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products............................ 27.79 4.0 1,126 5.2 58,534 5.2 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 25.64 13.9 1,016 13.5 52,844 13.5 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 18.69 1.1 730 1.1 37,847 1.1 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 28.33 7.3 1,114 7.9 57,915 7.9 Switchboard operators, including answering service................ 15.03 10.5 565 10.4 29,395 10.4 Financial clerks.................................................. 17.51 3.0 684 3.0 35,537 3.0 Bill and account collectors..................................... 16.33 4.6 650 4.7 33,797 4.7 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 16.39 4.4 646 4.8 33,586 4.8 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 19.41 2.8 746 2.6 38,704 2.6 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 21.06 7.6 826 8.4 42,927 8.4 Tellers......................................................... 13.78 3.4 543 3.5 28,261 3.5 Brokerage clerks.................................................. 19.33 4.7 764 4.2 39,742 4.2 Customer service representatives.................................. 19.43 5.1 764 5.1 39,738 5.1 File clerks....................................................... 13.02 12.8 494 13.4 25,684 13.4 Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 19.77 12.0 777 10.8 40,405 10.8 Order clerks...................................................... 18.81 4.9 751 5.0 39,045 5.0 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.92 4.2 572 4.4 29,739 4.4 Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks.... 16.34 9.8 640 11.3 33,263 11.3 Dispatchers....................................................... 21.66 9.5 853 8.8 44,342 8.8 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 21.07 12.5 843 12.5 43,822 12.5 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 22.31 4.1 891 4.2 46,348 4.2 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 15.57 6.3 620 6.0 32,234 6.0 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 14.57 5.0 577 5.3 30,024 5.3 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.35 2.8 790 2.8 40,721 2.8 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 22.84 3.2 894 2.9 46,489 2.9 Legal secretaries............................................... 23.22 9.5 910 8.7 47,330 8.7 Medical secretaries............................................. 16.95 1.8 665 1.8 34,596 1.8 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.80 4.2 709 4.6 35,641 4.6 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 14.29 6.0 555 5.3 28,863 5.3 Data entry keyers............................................... 13.35 4.9 527 5.7 27,380 5.7 Word processors and typists..................................... 16.56 7.1 620 4.4 32,234 4.4 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 18.31 3.7 708 3.1 36,828 3.1 Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service..... 15.52 3.7 604 5.0 31,385 5.0 Office clerks, general............................................ 18.63 4.3 720 4.3 37,406 4.3 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 25.85 4.1 1,031 4.1 52,759 4.1 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 30.70 12.9 1,229 12.9 63,916 12.9 Carpenters........................................................ 25.80 8.6 1,032 8.6 53,657 8.6 Construction laborers............................................. 22.83 11.4 913 11.4 43,310 11.4 Construction equipment operators.................................. 28.73 9.7 1,149 9.7 57,702 9.7 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 33.30 13.5 1,332 13.5 65,621 13.5 Electricians...................................................... 27.51 6.0 1,100 6.0 57,217 6.0 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 26.13 11.5 1,042 11.6 54,184 11.6 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 27.33 10.1 1,089 10.1 56,650 10.1 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 19.86 12.6 790 12.5 41,081 12.5 Construction and building inspectors.............................. 30.04 1.8 1,185 2.1 61,635 2.1 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.92 5.0 889 4.1 46,179 4.1 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 28.63 9.2 1,181 10.8 61,413 10.8 Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 27.79 8.1 1,100 8.8 57,214 8.8 Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers.............................................. 27.79 8.1 1,100 8.8 57,214 8.8 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................... 24.21 9.4 968 9.4 50,360 9.4 Aircraft mechanics and service technicians........................ 31.91 4.1 1,276 4.1 66,370 4.1 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 16.89 21.4 712 19.3 37,007 19.3 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 16.52 22.2 698 19.9 36,282 19.9 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 18.64 4.7 746 4.7 38,778 4.7 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers..................................................... 24.02 12.2 961 12.2 49,971 12.2 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 20.10 1.8 799 2.0 41,317 2.0 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 23.16 3.5 917 3.0 47,679 3.0 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 19.91 2.3 791 2.5 40,831 2.5 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 17.90 4.9 716 4.9 37,224 4.9 Line installers and repairers..................................... 27.51 7.8 1,100 7.8 57,219 7.8 Electrical power-line installers and repairers.................. 31.73 6.8 1,269 6.8 66,003 6.8 Telecommunications line installers and repairers................ 26.39 13.7 1,056 13.7 54,889 13.7 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 19.80 11.4 792 11.4 41,188 11.4 Production occupations.............................................. 16.21 4.0 644 4.1 33,511 4.1 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 25.82 12.0 1,023 11.9 53,183 11.9 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 14.61 6.0 584 6.0 30,390 6.0 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 15.55 9.4 622 9.4 32,336 9.4 Electromechanical equipment assemblers.......................... 14.14 3.8 566 3.8 29,415 3.8 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.62 4.9 503 5.1 26,175 5.1 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 18.62 8.1 745 8.1 38,730 8.1 Butchers and meat cutters....................................... 19.07 9.0 763 9.0 39,664 9.0 Computer control programmers and operators........................ 18.71 3.8 740 4.0 38,494 4.0 Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic... 18.49 4.4 731 5.2 38,019 5.2 Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 16.66 10.2 666 10.2 34,648 10.2 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 19.85 7.7 790 7.5 41,094 7.5 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 16.15 8.0 635 6.0 33,026 6.0 Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................... 20.55 6.8 822 6.8 42,744 6.8 Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............................................ 21.38 18.7 855 18.7 44,466 18.7 Machinists........................................................ 21.36 4.9 855 4.9 44,435 4.9 Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................................................... 14.76 6.9 541 9.4 28,156 9.4 Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 14.76 6.9 541 9.4 28,156 9.4 Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 14.50 9.8 554 11.7 28,787 11.7 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 18.03 5.4 723 5.4 37,592 5.4 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 20.50 4.3 826 3.9 42,937 3.9 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 16.32 8.9 653 8.9 33,954 8.9 Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............................................ 16.98 11.0 679 11.0 35,316 11.0 Printers.......................................................... 13.20 19.2 528 19.2 27,450 19.2 Printing machine operators...................................... 12.94 21.4 517 21.4 26,907 21.4 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 10.97 7.5 439 7.5 22,818 7.5 Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 12.63 3.0 505 3.0 26,266 3.0 Cutting workers................................................... 17.08 11.4 683 11.4 35,527 11.4 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 16.49 9.0 661 9.1 34,383 9.1 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 11.67 9.4 467 9.4 24,266 9.4 Painting workers.................................................. 17.71 6.2 709 6.2 36,846 6.2 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.95 10.2 517 10.1 26,874 10.1 Helpers--production workers..................................... 12.80 12.4 512 12.4 26,618 12.4 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.27 2.8 673 2.4 34,715 2.4 Bus drivers....................................................... 19.17 2.5 714 8.0 33,713 8.0 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.95 6.7 760 6.6 39,331 6.6 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.53 4.4 792 3.8 40,830 3.8 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 16.26 10.7 649 10.7 33,762 10.7 Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators................. 27.98 18.6 1,119 18.6 58,192 18.6 Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators........... 27.98 18.6 1,119 18.6 58,192 18.6 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 17.70 4.5 705 4.5 36,646 4.5 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.44 3.6 497 3.5 25,837 3.5 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 12.25 6.5 476 6.7 24,761 6.7 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 13.61 6.6 546 6.6 28,393 6.6 Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 10.70 21.9 428 21.9 22,261 21.9 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 11.03 7.1 439 6.8 22,826 6.8 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 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see chapter 8 of the BLS Handbook of Methods, at https://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/homch8_a.htm. 5 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees, exclusive of overtime. 6 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.