RSE Table 16 Private industry establishments with 100 workers or more: Relative standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings for full-time workers Hourly earnings(2) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(1) Mean Relative Mean Relative Mean Relative error(3) error(3) error(3) All workers........................................................... $28.82 1.5% $1,134 1.6% $58,580 1.6% Management occupations.............................................. 50.88 3.3 2,010 3.7 104,435 3.7 General and operations managers................................... 70.30 8.2 2,901 11.5 150,848 11.5 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 56.41 11.3 2,248 11.4 116,917 11.4 Marketing managers.............................................. 64.61 8.4 2,619 8.3 136,194 8.3 Sales managers.................................................. 38.15 8.9 1,466 10.8 76,233 10.8 Administrative services managers.................................. 41.77 7.6 1,692 7.3 88,003 7.3 Computer and information systems managers......................... 57.97 3.4 2,275 3.2 118,276 3.2 Financial managers................................................ 58.37 5.3 2,375 8.1 123,525 8.1 Human resources managers.......................................... 54.19 12.4 2,126 13.5 110,547 13.5 Purchasing managers............................................... 45.41 12.7 1,751 14.1 91,055 14.1 Construction managers............................................. 39.06 10.6 1,610 12.2 83,715 12.2 Education administrators.......................................... 42.60 3.8 1,542 2.9 79,406 2.9 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 42.78 4.2 1,541 3.3 79,349 3.3 Engineering managers.............................................. 55.20 3.1 2,245 2.6 116,755 2.6 Medical and health services managers.............................. 48.05 3.7 1,895 4.6 98,556 4.6 Social and community service managers............................. 28.55 9.3 1,142 9.3 59,381 9.3 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 34.48 2.3 1,368 3.7 71,132 3.7 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 33.03 8.6 1,318 8.5 68,545 8.5 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 34.08 9.7 1,360 9.8 70,736 9.8 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 28.48 6.1 1,101 7.3 57,244 7.3 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 28.36 6.8 1,099 7.8 57,144 7.8 Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation..................................... 25.14 10.1 999 10.2 51,931 10.2 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 27.67 8.1 1,058 11.4 55,014 11.4 Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists............ 28.60 4.2 1,126 4.7 58,538 4.7 Training and development specialists............................ 28.95 9.7 1,160 9.0 60,304 9.0 Logisticians...................................................... 32.76 9.1 1,310 9.1 68,136 9.1 Management analysts............................................... 41.39 5.1 1,638 5.4 85,167 5.4 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 26.94 3.5 1,041 3.6 54,149 3.6 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 41.62 13.3 1,744 9.9 90,672 9.9 Financial analysts.............................................. 42.79 13.4 1,862 3.4 96,813 3.4 Insurance underwriters.......................................... 54.36 25.2 2,052 27.7 106,698 27.7 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 40.57 2.0 1,601 2.3 82,944 2.3 Computer programmers.............................................. 33.34 5.7 1,308 6.0 68,010 6.0 Computer software engineers....................................... 47.15 3.0 1,878 3.0 97,655 3.0 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 44.19 5.0 1,763 5.0 91,701 5.0 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 49.13 3.3 1,955 3.4 101,644 3.4 Computer support specialists...................................... 30.07 5.7 1,176 5.9 61,141 5.9 Computer systems analysts......................................... 39.91 5.7 1,570 6.0 81,622 6.0 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 43.61 3.5 1,750 4.3 91,015 4.3 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 34.84 6.1 1,370 4.9 71,243 4.9 Actuaries......................................................... 48.20 11.7 1,873 11.6 97,411 11.6 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 40.89 2.4 1,675 2.8 87,094 2.8 Engineers......................................................... 46.13 2.9 1,885 2.9 98,003 2.9 Aerospace engineers............................................. 49.35 4.4 2,049 3.8 106,541 3.8 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 45.85 2.1 1,903 1.3 98,969 1.3 Electrical engineers.......................................... 41.93 6.5 1,749 3.9 90,947 3.9 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 47.78 2.5 1,979 .9 102,896 .9 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 38.63 7.1 1,589 7.2 82,653 7.2 Industrial engineers.......................................... 39.84 7.2 1,645 7.0 85,532 7.0 Mechanical engineers............................................ 43.57 6.7 1,755 6.8 91,237 6.8 Drafters.......................................................... 29.45 6.4 1,178 6.4 61,261 6.4 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 27.47 4.6 1,101 4.6 57,240 4.6 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 31.16 8.6 1,253 9.2 65,135 9.2 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 35.75 21.9 1,411 22.1 73,202 22.1 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............................................... 48.37 17.4 1,951 18.4 101,469 18.4 Chemists and materials scientists............................... 52.98 9.7 2,143 10.8 111,417 10.8 Market and survey researchers..................................... 53.31 27.2 2,072 26.9 107,722 26.9 Market research analysts........................................ 53.31 27.2 2,072 26.9 107,722 26.9 Community and social services occupations........................... 18.07 10.1 719 9.9 37,379 9.9 Counselors........................................................ 15.17 13.9 601 12.5 31,239 12.5 Social workers.................................................... 19.68 6.9 787 6.9 40,890 6.9 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................ 18.99 7.2 759 7.2 39,494 7.2 Legal occupations................................................... 59.70 11.8 2,340 13.5 121,679 13.5 Lawyers........................................................... 80.64 6.9 3,226 6.9 167,737 6.9 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 43.85 5.1 1,671 6.0 72,674 6.0 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 54.93 5.6 2,094 5.9 88,990 5.9 Math and computer teachers, postsecondary....................... 58.79 9.1 2,194 8.5 83,550 8.5 Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary.................. 61.21 11.3 2,327 9.5 88,002 9.5 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....................... 67.23 9.7 2,598 9.0 115,370 9.0 Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 58.60 6.8 2,156 4.0 95,560 4.0 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 51.63 18.9 1,820 17.7 67,906 17.7 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 47.35 9.7 1,749 8.8 72,243 8.8 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.00 19.0 1,228 17.7 49,766 17.7 Secondary school teachers....................................... 35.80 6.6 1,440 6.9 54,342 6.9 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 35.80 6.6 1,440 6.9 54,342 6.9 Librarians........................................................ 24.98 4.7 976 3.9 50,200 3.9 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 30.79 7.4 1,193 6.6 61,976 6.6 Designers......................................................... 29.08 7.4 1,134 6.7 58,976 6.7 Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers................... 30.59 6.0 1,180 4.1 59,619 4.1 Writers and editors............................................... 38.13 2.2 1,451 2.6 75,457 2.6 Editors......................................................... 36.30 9.0 1,357 7.7 70,588 7.7 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 33.27 3.0 1,281 3.3 66,529 3.3 Pharmacists....................................................... 50.71 2.5 1,996 3.3 103,773 3.3 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 57.98 20.5 2,339 20.6 121,617 20.6 Registered nurses................................................. 36.86 3.4 1,364 3.5 70,890 3.5 Therapists........................................................ 32.93 7.3 1,299 7.5 67,559 7.5 Physical therapists............................................. 31.13 7.4 1,245 7.4 64,748 7.4 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 22.33 8.7 882 8.9 45,858 8.9 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 24.12 15.6 965 15.6 50,166 15.6 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 19.60 6.9 760 5.6 39,506 5.6 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 20.34 9.8 808 9.9 41,874 9.9 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 25.69 3.6 1,009 4.1 52,454 4.1 Medical records and health information technicians................ 16.47 4.6 628 6.1 32,669 6.1 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 15.01 2.8 583 3.3 30,292 3.3 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 14.25 1.6 552 2.2 28,682 2.2 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 14.46 1.7 562 1.9 29,239 1.9 Psychiatric aides............................................... 14.30 9.9 542 7.3 28,164 7.3 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 17.14 6.3 670 6.2 34,840 6.2 Medical assistants.............................................. 18.74 14.0 749 14.0 38,971 14.0 Medical transcriptionists....................................... 15.49 6.3 598 6.1 31,071 6.1 Protective service occupations...................................... 16.23 2.8 649 2.9 33,729 2.9 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 15.26 3.1 610 3.1 31,713 3.1 Security guards................................................. 15.26 3.1 610 3.1 31,713 3.1 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 14.36 3.3 562 3.6 28,627 3.6 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 16.02 10.2 644 10.0 32,618 10.0 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 15.65 11.7 630 11.4 31,802 11.4 Cooks............................................................. 15.55 4.5 591 5.8 30,536 5.8 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 15.84 5.3 595 8.0 30,688 8.0 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 14.96 3.4 578 4.9 28,938 4.9 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.84 3.5 548 3.3 28,496 3.3 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 18.50 8.2 740 8.2 38,486 8.2 Building cleaning workers......................................... 13.23 2.5 524 2.5 27,243 2.5 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 13.75 2.9 546 2.9 28,372 2.9 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 12.10 4.3 476 4.8 24,762 4.8 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 16.32 11.0 644 11.1 33,465 11.1 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 16.32 11.0 644 11.1 33,465 11.1 Personal care and service occupations............................... 20.92 12.9 636 10.5 31,477 10.5 Sales and related occupations....................................... 24.03 7.2 950 7.0 49,311 7.0 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 20.87 13.8 843 16.0 43,828 16.0 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 20.22 15.8 818 18.3 42,531 18.3 Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.18 4.2 517 3.6 26,765 3.6 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.74 3.3 461 2.7 23,575 2.7 Cashiers...................................................... 11.74 3.3 461 2.7 23,575 2.7 Retail salespersons............................................. 13.75 6.0 540 5.1 28,055 5.1 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 73.60 12.6 2,833 11.7 147,337 11.7 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 34.44 7.4 1,378 7.4 71,640 7.4 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products...................................... 39.34 9.0 1,573 9.0 81,821 9.0 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 27.70 26.5 1,102 26.3 57,329 26.3 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 18.70 1.8 734 1.9 38,100 1.9 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 25.46 11.9 1,014 13.2 52,733 13.2 Financial clerks.................................................. 19.30 5.3 757 5.4 39,369 5.4 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 15.85 6.0 631 5.6 32,831 5.6 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 20.17 7.2 777 5.4 40,383 5.4 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 22.04 6.6 865 7.7 44,985 7.7 Tellers......................................................... 13.04 7.7 521 7.7 27,118 7.7 Brokerage clerks.................................................. 19.76 4.9 780 4.3 40,556 4.3 Customer service representatives.................................. 19.71 6.7 771 6.4 40,101 6.4 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.85 8.8 540 10.5 28,080 10.5 Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks.... 16.34 9.8 640 11.3 33,263 11.3 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 23.41 5.0 931 4.9 48,400 4.9 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.53 4.6 581 4.6 30,224 4.6 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 14.18 6.2 563 6.2 29,299 6.2 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.45 2.4 798 2.5 41,202 2.5 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 24.05 3.7 945 3.9 49,139 3.9 Medical secretaries............................................. 17.13 1.8 675 1.7 35,077 1.7 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 19.45 5.1 739 4.7 37,486 4.7 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 13.74 9.5 538 10.4 27,951 10.4 Data entry keyers............................................... 13.01 8.1 511 9.5 26,592 9.5 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 18.50 4.6 717 4.4 37,272 4.4 Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service..... 15.27 3.3 597 5.2 31,030 5.2 Office clerks, general............................................ 17.64 3.6 687 3.1 35,738 3.1 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 31.24 6.9 1,249 6.9 64,961 6.9 Electricians...................................................... 30.66 13.0 1,227 13.0 63,781 13.0 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 32.78 8.4 1,310 8.4 68,109 8.4 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 32.78 8.4 1,310 8.4 68,109 8.4 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 27.77 2.5 1,115 2.7 57,971 2.7 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 36.84 10.7 1,561 15.6 81,193 15.6 Aircraft mechanics and service technicians........................ 31.91 4.1 1,276 4.1 66,370 4.1 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 21.77 4.8 861 5.3 44,785 5.3 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 23.75 7.2 938 6.6 48,788 6.6 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 21.38 5.1 844 6.0 43,892 6.0 Line installers and repairers..................................... 27.31 10.5 1,092 10.5 56,795 10.5 Telecommunications line installers and repairers................ 26.05 17.8 1,042 17.8 54,190 17.8 Production occupations.............................................. 16.36 7.1 654 7.1 34,005 7.1 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 27.22 6.4 1,091 6.3 56,751 6.3 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 15.05 7.9 602 7.9 31,305 7.9 Electromechanical equipment assemblers.......................... 14.14 3.8 566 3.8 29,415 3.8 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 13.76 7.0 547 7.2 28,425 7.2 Computer control programmers and operators........................ 20.98 5.7 839 5.7 43,646 5.7 Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic... 20.80 6.4 832 6.4 43,262 6.4 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 20.36 9.3 815 9.3 42,354 9.3 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 16.34 5.9 654 5.9 33,995 5.9 Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................... 19.61 9.1 784 9.1 40,793 9.1 Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............................................ 23.09 20.0 924 20.0 48,026 20.0 Machinists........................................................ 24.24 3.0 970 3.0 50,417 3.0 Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................................................... 14.24 7.6 570 7.6 29,628 7.6 Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 14.24 7.6 570 7.6 29,628 7.6 Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 16.48 7.9 659 7.9 34,287 7.9 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 17.20 8.2 688 8.2 35,774 8.2 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 16.08 13.3 646 13.4 33,573 13.4 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 11.67 9.4 467 9.4 24,266 9.4 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.66 15.1 465 15.0 24,172 15.0 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.64 9.0 658 8.3 34,195 8.3 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 19.51 9.3 774 8.8 40,268 8.8 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 21.99 3.5 863 3.9 44,868 3.9 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 17.78 15.9 711 15.9 36,973 15.9 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 18.23 5.6 729 5.6 37,910 5.6 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.78 6.6 471 6.6 24,497 6.6 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.88 10.7 515 10.7 26,789 10.7 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 10.86 9.1 435 9.1 22,599 9.1 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 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. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees, exclusive of overtime. 5 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.