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........................................................... $22.96 $17.99 $912 $716 39.7 $47,103 $37,091 2,052 Management occupations.............................................. 48.01 45.15 1,969 1,816 41.0 102,336 94,411 2,132 General and operations managers................................... 59.42 51.51 2,481 2,012 41.8 129,015 104,645 2,171 Advertising and promotions managers............................... 28.15 19.88 1,152 846 40.9 59,903 44,000 2,128 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 46.65 45.35 1,884 1,886 40.4 97,978 98,072 2,100 Marketing managers.............................................. 49.76 47.15 1,962 1,886 39.4 102,014 98,072 2,050 Sales managers.................................................. 44.07 43.31 1,817 1,732 41.2 94,484 90,087 2,144 Public relations managers......................................... 30.05 26.70 1,185 1,001 39.4 61,631 52,069 2,051 Administrative services managers.................................. 26.76 29.67 1,089 1,187 40.7 56,610 61,718 2,115 Computer and information systems managers......................... 56.45 57.74 2,337 2,429 41.4 121,508 126,318 2,152 Financial managers................................................ 49.16 43.19 2,002 1,806 40.7 104,123 93,912 2,118 Human resources managers.......................................... 46.11 46.86 1,857 1,874 40.3 96,541 97,467 2,094 Compensation and benefits managers.............................. 42.18 29.17 1,713 1,269 40.6 89,053 66,000 2,111 Industrial production managers.................................... 42.11 37.99 1,692 1,528 40.2 87,970 79,456 2,089 Transportation, storage, and distribution managers................ 49.09 41.77 1,943 1,566 39.6 101,023 81,457 2,058 Construction managers............................................. 45.40 48.08 1,841 1,923 40.5 95,732 100,000 2,108 Education administrators.......................................... 45.04 43.87 1,787 1,754 39.7 91,608 85,984 2,034 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 46.30 31.84 1,835 1,276 39.6 94,293 66,329 2,037 Engineering managers.............................................. 52.25 51.32 2,159 2,094 41.3 112,245 108,867 2,148 Food service managers............................................. 22.87 22.85 1,085 1,017 47.4 56,405 52,883 2,466 Medical and health services managers.............................. 42.79 42.11 1,775 1,685 41.5 92,280 87,597 2,156 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 34.56 30.29 1,385 1,217 40.1 72,019 63,265 2,084 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 28.95 28.75 1,156 1,150 39.9 60,135 59,796 2,077 Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 26.34 24.62 1,054 985 40.0 54,785 51,210 2,080 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 30.33 31.08 1,210 1,243 39.9 62,925 64,642 2,075 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 26.68 24.75 1,058 972 39.6 54,997 50,567 2,061 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 26.68 24.75 1,058 972 39.6 54,997 50,567 2,061 Cost estimators................................................... 33.39 26.50 1,335 1,060 40.0 69,443 55,120 2,080 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 31.36 30.92 1,252 1,241 39.9 65,080 64,542 2,075 Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists.............. 30.84 34.62 1,234 1,385 40.0 64,153 71,999 2,080 Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists............ 30.49 30.92 1,212 1,237 39.8 63,041 64,314 2,068 Training and development specialists............................ 32.41 31.87 1,277 1,275 39.4 66,406 66,290 2,049 Logisticians...................................................... 36.77 36.27 1,463 1,442 39.8 76,075 75,001 2,069 Management analysts............................................... 43.23 42.19 1,741 1,736 40.3 90,526 90,272 2,094 Meeting and convention planners................................... 25.82 27.81 1,009 1,112 39.1 52,458 57,845 2,032 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 30.35 27.89 1,222 1,127 40.3 63,562 58,579 2,094 Budget analysts................................................... 33.23 36.33 1,293 1,297 38.9 67,242 67,420 2,023 Credit analysts................................................... 43.24 27.79 1,730 1,111 40.0 89,948 57,795 2,080 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 35.39 29.25 1,416 1,170 40.0 73,618 60,844 2,080 Financial analysts.............................................. 37.56 31.64 1,505 1,260 40.1 78,259 65,510 2,084 Personal financial advisors..................................... 35.28 25.96 1,411 1,038 40.0 73,386 53,997 2,080 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 35.72 31.82 1,453 1,273 40.7 75,568 66,194 2,116 Loan officers................................................... 36.33 33.00 1,479 1,273 40.7 76,885 66,194 2,116 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 39.29 39.00 1,568 1,552 39.9 81,440 80,496 2,073 Computer programmers.............................................. 36.28 36.11 1,448 1,435 39.9 75,300 74,603 2,076 Computer software engineers....................................... 42.33 41.78 1,695 1,670 40.0 88,129 86,849 2,082 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 41.71 41.78 1,668 1,655 40.0 86,719 86,050 2,079 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 43.02 41.88 1,725 1,688 40.1 89,712 87,793 2,085 Computer support specialists...................................... 29.92 25.53 1,186 1,013 39.7 61,467 52,283 2,054 Computer systems analysts......................................... 41.01 39.94 1,636 1,589 39.9 85,079 82,638 2,075 Database administrators........................................... 39.21 39.35 1,553 1,574 39.6 80,743 81,852 2,059 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 42.36 41.94 1,701 1,659 40.2 87,820 84,026 2,073 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 36.24 36.06 1,448 1,442 40.0 75,307 75,005 2,078 Operations research analysts...................................... 40.70 43.49 1,610 1,740 39.6 83,718 90,459 2,057 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 35.81 34.25 1,439 1,396 40.2 74,830 72,613 2,089 Architects, except naval.......................................... 43.95 42.07 1,759 1,683 40.0 91,463 87,506 2,081 Architects, except landscape and naval.......................... 43.95 42.07 1,759 1,683 40.0 91,463 87,506 2,081 Engineers......................................................... 40.60 39.35 1,636 1,598 40.3 85,041 83,077 2,095 Aerospace engineers............................................. 44.02 41.68 1,761 1,667 40.0 91,552 86,701 2,080 Civil engineers................................................. 35.46 36.06 1,419 1,442 40.0 73,765 75,001 2,080 Computer hardware engineers..................................... 45.37 45.26 1,820 1,819 40.1 94,648 94,598 2,086 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 38.75 38.58 1,564 1,583 40.4 81,318 82,320 2,098 Electrical engineers.......................................... 40.78 41.56 1,631 1,662 40.0 84,831 86,449 2,080 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 37.79 37.69 1,531 1,542 40.5 79,618 80,184 2,107 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 39.88 38.46 1,632 1,680 40.9 84,840 87,383 2,127 Industrial engineers.......................................... 35.63 36.06 1,450 1,503 40.7 75,408 78,150 2,116 Mechanical engineers............................................ 35.41 32.95 1,434 1,338 40.5 74,465 68,973 2,103 Drafters.......................................................... 24.97 23.80 999 952 40.0 51,944 49,500 2,080 Architectural and civil drafters................................ 25.45 23.80 1,018 952 40.0 52,938 49,500 2,080 Mechanical drafters............................................. 24.29 23.16 972 926 40.0 50,524 48,169 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 26.15 26.42 1,046 1,057 40.0 54,389 54,952 2,080 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 26.19 26.42 1,046 1,057 39.9 54,382 54,952 2,077 Mechanical engineering technicians.............................. 22.21 20.51 899 875 40.5 46,761 45,501 2,106 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 34.29 27.89 1,358 1,113 39.6 70,637 57,901 2,060 Life scientists................................................... 35.76 27.37 1,382 1,085 38.7 71,887 56,443 2,010 Biological scientists........................................... 31.80 21.75 1,231 870 38.7 64,024 45,240 2,013 Medical scientists.............................................. 37.77 26.38 1,479 1,068 39.2 76,918 55,557 2,036 Physical scientists............................................... 45.32 36.87 1,830 1,455 40.4 95,167 75,660 2,100 Chemists and materials scientists............................... 53.10 40.73 2,178 1,629 41.0 113,240 84,708 2,132 Chemists...................................................... 53.46 40.73 2,218 1,629 41.5 115,351 84,708 2,158 Market and survey researchers..................................... 32.19 30.22 1,292 1,223 40.1 67,205 63,599 2,088 Market research analysts........................................ 32.03 28.61 1,287 1,154 40.2 66,899 60,031 2,088 Miscellaneous social scientists and related workers............... 43.91 44.23 1,751 1,725 39.9 91,048 89,700 2,073 Biological technicians............................................ 22.09 22.93 877 883 39.7 45,620 45,899 2,065 Chemical technicians.............................................. 22.68 24.97 907 999 40.0 47,166 51,938 2,080 Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians...... 23.90 23.54 953 942 39.9 49,532 48,961 2,072 Community and social services occupations........................... 16.55 15.95 648 638 39.2 33,685 33,176 2,036 Counselors........................................................ 17.66 16.67 694 670 39.3 36,104 34,834 2,045 Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors.............. 17.76 17.98 711 719 40.0 36,951 37,398 2,080 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 22.96 23.35 884 817 38.5 45,974 42,501 2,002 Rehabilitation counselors....................................... 16.14 15.14 619 605 38.3 32,167 31,481 1,993 Social workers.................................................... 19.56 19.70 781 788 39.9 40,579 40,976 2,074 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 17.90 16.20 711 648 39.7 36,867 33,702 2,059 Medical and public health social workers........................ 21.26 21.90 850 876 40.0 44,221 45,552 2,080 Mental health and substance abuse social workers................ 19.06 21.00 762 840 40.0 39,635 43,680 2,080 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 11.78 9.91 449 414 38.1 23,337 21,530 1,980 Social and human service assistants............................. 11.60 9.85 441 410 38.1 22,946 21,301 1,979 Legal occupations................................................... 58.76 53.94 2,308 2,023 39.3 120,031 105,179 2,043 Lawyers........................................................... 77.26 73.13 3,052 2,885 39.5 158,680 149,999 2,054 Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 29.04 25.00 1,129 1,000 38.9 58,695 52,000 2,021 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 36.01 31.29 1,411 1,214 39.2 60,682 51,300 1,685 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 43.02 35.63 1,701 1,452 39.5 76,978 60,941 1,789 Business teachers, postsecondary................................ 45.74 40.96 1,906 1,667 41.7 73,954 65,000 1,617 Math and computer teachers, postsecondary....................... 48.67 51.35 1,808 1,874 37.2 78,541 67,474 1,614 Life sciences teachers, postsecondary........................... 44.88 35.63 1,838 1,782 41.0 81,574 75,395 1,817 Biological science teachers, postsecondary.................... 44.88 35.63 1,838 1,782 41.0 81,574 75,395 1,817 Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 45.39 44.96 1,754 1,709 38.7 77,347 71,001 1,704 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 41.51 36.04 1,664 1,564 40.1 67,837 61,000 1,634 English language and literature teachers, postsecondary....... 38.84 37.04 1,626 1,547 41.9 64,449 67,349 1,659 Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary............... 45.00 37.18 1,830 1,614 40.7 71,357 62,957 1,586 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.80 30.81 1,201 1,197 39.0 45,474 45,022 1,476 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.89 31.67 1,201 1,140 37.7 45,228 44,005 1,418 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 31.51 30.29 1,189 1,133 37.7 44,121 43,032 1,400 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 32.27 31.67 1,213 1,140 37.6 46,329 44,305 1,436 Secondary school teachers....................................... 30.64 29.73 1,233 1,262 40.2 45,955 47,712 1,500 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 30.64 29.73 1,233 1,262 40.2 45,955 47,712 1,500 Librarians........................................................ 30.11 29.67 1,145 1,050 38.0 50,070 53,999 1,663 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.13 11.22 428 440 38.5 20,627 22,271 1,853 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 26.50 22.66 1,054 902 39.8 54,566 46,758 2,059 Artists and related workers....................................... 24.14 19.52 960 779 39.8 49,476 36,608 2,050 Designers......................................................... 23.06 25.00 926 1,000 40.2 48,168 52,000 2,089 Graphic designers............................................... 24.16 25.00 961 1,000 39.8 49,961 52,000 2,068 Actors, producers, and directors.................................. 23.96 18.65 973 746 40.6 50,594 38,800 2,112 Producers and directors......................................... 24.82 18.65 1,010 746 40.7 52,521 38,800 2,116 Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers................... 20.15 19.24 779 770 38.6 40,082 40,019 1,989 News analysts, reporters and correspondents....................... 23.82 21.04 943 840 39.6 49,061 43,680 2,059 Reporters and correspondents.................................... 23.82 21.04 943 840 39.6 49,061 43,680 2,059 Public relations specialists...................................... 38.38 28.24 1,525 1,152 39.7 79,282 59,910 2,066 Writers and editors............................................... 26.00 25.13 1,037 947 39.9 53,902 49,249 2,073 Editors......................................................... 23.37 23.46 929 938 39.8 48,331 48,801 2,068 Technical writers............................................... 28.92 31.49 1,154 1,260 39.9 59,998 65,508 2,075 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.89 25.47 1,057 992 39.3 54,930 51,606 2,043 Pharmacists....................................................... 49.63 51.90 1,962 2,026 39.5 102,046 105,373 2,056 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 74.66 60.10 3,003 1,630 40.2 156,140 84,765 2,091 Registered nurses................................................. 29.11 28.44 1,126 1,088 38.7 58,556 56,550 2,011 Therapists........................................................ 29.01 29.25 1,150 1,152 39.7 59,820 59,883 2,062 Occupational therapists......................................... 34.15 35.00 1,346 1,389 39.4 69,992 72,218 2,049 Physical therapists............................................. 32.61 34.00 1,304 1,360 40.0 67,830 70,720 2,080 Respiratory therapists.......................................... 26.60 26.25 1,043 1,006 39.2 54,234 52,312 2,039 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 20.71 20.72 822 817 39.7 42,765 42,494 2,065 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 24.17 24.26 962 967 39.8 50,029 50,294 2,070 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 16.82 16.56 666 661 39.6 34,641 34,366 2,060 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 26.63 26.52 1,051 1,048 39.5 54,636 54,496 2,052 Cardiovascular technologists and technicians.................... 25.56 26.20 1,022 1,048 40.0 53,167 54,496 2,080 Nuclear medicine technologists.................................. 33.62 33.28 1,345 1,331 40.0 69,929 69,222 2,080 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 24.87 25.32 972 966 39.1 50,548 50,253 2,033 Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...................... 14.19 12.00 607 552 42.8 31,554 28,704 2,224 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 16.78 16.15 655 646 39.0 34,074 33,584 2,030 Pharmacy technicians............................................ 14.36 14.83 572 585 39.9 29,761 30,406 2,072 Respiratory therapy technicians................................. 24.67 25.02 904 930 36.6 46,990 48,335 1,905 Surgical technologists.......................................... 19.77 19.06 790 762 40.0 41,086 39,645 2,078 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.55 18.93 757 740 38.7 39,384 38,505 2,015 Medical records and health information technicians................ 20.17 21.42 803 857 39.8 41,754 44,554 2,070 Miscellaneous health technologists and technicians................ 18.55 17.20 742 688 40.0 38,591 35,782 2,080 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.14 11.71 471 453 38.8 24,502 23,566 2,018 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.38 10.96 438 424 38.5 22,768 22,069 2,001 Home health aides............................................... 10.67 10.58 391 371 36.7 20,327 19,317 1,906 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.46 11.07 443 431 38.7 23,035 22,422 2,011 Physical therapist assistants and aides........................... 16.38 13.08 655 523 40.0 34,059 27,208 2,079 Physical therapist aides........................................ 16.29 13.08 652 523 40.0 33,892 27,208 2,080 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.86 13.87 550 555 39.7 28,620 28,845 2,064 Medical assistants.............................................. 14.02 13.87 553 555 39.4 28,746 28,845 2,051 Medical equipment preparers..................................... 13.37 13.80 535 552 40.0 27,803 28,704 2,080 Medical transcriptionists....................................... 15.45 15.38 615 615 39.8 31,965 31,990 2,069 Protective service occupations...................................... 12.45 10.95 494 430 39.7 22,644 21,520 1,819 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.64 10.60 461 420 39.6 23,932 21,840 2,056 Security guards................................................. 11.64 10.60 461 420 39.6 23,932 21,840 2,056 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.64 9.61 373 380 38.7 19,234 19,365 1,995 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 14.53 14.42 578 577 39.8 29,293 29,994 2,016 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 14.54 14.06 578 562 39.7 29,139 29,245 2,004 Cooks............................................................. 11.92 11.50 471 458 39.5 24,245 23,770 2,033 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 12.25 12.00 487 460 39.7 24,688 23,795 2,015 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.86 11.50 469 459 39.5 24,367 23,858 2,055 Food preparation workers.......................................... 11.09 11.06 444 442 40.0 22,403 22,838 2,019 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.28 4.23 195 151 36.9 10,132 7,842 1,919 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.24 3.88 154 140 36.3 7,986 7,305 1,886 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 8.68 8.00 341 320 39.3 17,722 16,640 2,042 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 10.57 9.86 418 394 39.6 21,664 20,509 2,050 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 10.52 9.86 416 394 39.5 21,536 20,509 2,047 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 7.51 8.00 289 309 38.5 15,027 16,088 2,001 Dishwashers....................................................... 9.76 9.21 378 366 38.8 19,350 18,720 1,983 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.06 10.25 434 405 39.2 22,556 21,058 2,039 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 17.34 17.92 680 680 39.2 35,358 35,360 2,039 First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers...................................................... 17.77 17.92 698 717 39.3 36,312 37,274 2,044 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.62 10.07 415 397 39.1 21,589 20,657 2,033 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.95 10.67 430 406 39.2 22,332 21,112 2,040 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 10.10 9.30 392 356 38.8 20,394 18,525 2,020 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 10.93 10.12 436 405 39.9 22,583 21,058 2,066 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 10.70 10.12 427 405 39.9 22,081 21,058 2,065 Personal care and service occupations............................... 16.66 11.93 566 524 34.0 29,353 27,248 1,762 First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers....... 16.85 14.46 767 650 45.5 39,899 33,825 2,368 Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers........ 11.88 13.19 473 528 39.8 24,321 27,435 2,047 Amusement and recreation attendants............................. 12.49 13.19 500 528 40.0 25,539 27,435 2,045 Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges......................... 11.35 13.10 435 524 38.3 22,617 27,248 1,992 Transportation attendants......................................... 44.28 44.31 858 967 19.4 44,624 50,282 1,008 Flight attendants............................................... 44.28 44.31 858 967 19.4 44,624 50,282 1,008 Personal and home care aides...................................... 10.60 10.50 424 420 40.0 22,054 21,840 2,080 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 10.16 9.18 402 367 39.6 20,905 19,094 2,057 Recreation workers.............................................. 10.16 9.18 402 367 39.6 20,905 19,094 2,057 Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.77 13.24 713 525 40.1 36,896 27,248 2,076 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 21.44 17.97 865 728 40.3 44,968 37,859 2,098 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 19.39 16.60 780 677 40.2 40,579 35,194 2,093 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 28.97 25.67 1,178 1,027 40.7 61,280 53,394 2,115 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.31 11.25 493 448 40.0 25,618 23,296 2,081 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.01 10.76 437 430 39.7 22,692 22,360 2,061 Cashiers...................................................... 11.02 10.80 437 430 39.7 22,720 22,360 2,061 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 16.74 15.46 685 618 40.9 35,627 32,148 2,128 Parts salespersons............................................ 17.11 12.04 705 482 41.2 36,651 25,043 2,142 Retail salespersons............................................. 12.97 11.60 522 462 40.2 27,142 24,036 2,093 Advertising sales agents.......................................... 30.35 27.07 1,214 1,083 40.0 63,124 56,299 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 30.79 24.66 1,255 1,050 40.8 65,243 54,600 2,119 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products...................................... 40.75 36.59 1,625 1,464 39.9 84,483 76,111 2,073 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products............................ 24.88 22.02 1,028 953 41.3 53,432 49,559 2,148 Telemarketers..................................................... 14.40 15.61 568 624 39.4 29,510 32,463 2,049 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 18.45 16.73 749 666 40.6 36,076 33,800 1,955 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.24 15.00 646 599 39.8 33,563 31,148 2,067 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 27.27 23.97 1,095 965 40.2 56,960 50,155 2,088 Switchboard operators, including answering service................ 11.33 11.00 453 440 40.0 23,562 22,880 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.03 15.73 638 626 39.8 33,130 32,448 2,067 Bill and account collectors..................................... 15.41 15.00 615 600 39.9 31,997 31,200 2,076 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 16.14 15.87 641 635 39.7 33,313 32,999 2,064 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.25 15.96 645 639 39.7 33,414 32,552 2,057 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 18.07 17.63 723 705 40.0 37,593 36,670 2,080 Procurement clerks.............................................. 16.96 15.87 673 595 39.7 34,972 30,925 2,062 Tellers......................................................... 13.39 12.73 536 509 40.0 27,847 26,478 2,080 Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks.......................... 18.69 17.86 748 714 40.0 38,882 37,143 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 15.26 14.24 609 566 39.9 31,562 29,453 2,068 File clerks....................................................... 12.98 12.27 517 491 39.8 26,877 25,515 2,071 Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks.............................. 10.50 10.32 420 413 40.0 21,840 21,466 2,080 Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 14.68 14.04 585 562 39.9 29,713 29,209 2,024 Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 15.14 14.17 593 566 39.2 30,828 29,434 2,036 Order clerks...................................................... 17.74 18.11 704 721 39.7 36,607 37,492 2,063 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 17.45 17.59 698 704 40.0 36,291 36,587 2,080 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.50 12.25 496 490 39.7 25,768 25,486 2,062 Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks.... 15.48 14.87 619 595 40.0 32,205 30,923 2,080 Dispatchers....................................................... 16.80 16.27 688 651 41.0 35,782 33,837 2,129 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 18.07 16.27 746 651 41.3 38,793 33,837 2,147 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 19.22 18.71 768 748 39.9 39,911 38,917 2,077 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.18 12.50 527 500 39.9 27,380 25,979 2,077 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 13.04 12.50 519 496 39.8 26,969 25,771 2,067 Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping........ 14.79 14.79 592 592 40.0 30,773 30,763 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.92 18.17 786 728 39.5 40,820 37,800 2,049 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 23.01 21.29 915 851 39.8 47,566 44,250 2,067 Legal secretaries............................................... 24.54 22.50 937 908 38.2 48,734 47,190 1,986 Medical secretaries............................................. 14.33 14.01 569 558 39.7 29,572 29,037 2,063 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.96 16.45 664 658 39.2 34,297 34,050 2,022 Computer operators................................................ 18.28 15.01 723 600 39.6 37,598 31,221 2,057 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 14.40 14.75 573 590 39.8 29,817 30,680 2,070 Data entry keyers............................................... 13.91 14.00 555 559 39.9 28,861 29,058 2,075 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 16.14 15.81 639 629 39.6 33,205 32,689 2,057 Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service..... 12.19 12.61 481 473 39.4 24,999 24,603 2,050 Office clerks, general............................................ 15.08 14.50 599 580 39.8 31,126 30,160 2,064 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.......................... 12.57 10.35 495 414 39.4 25,755 21,528 2,048 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 19.03 17.50 763 700 40.1 39,623 36,400 2,082 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 27.36 26.30 1,123 1,070 41.1 58,417 55,661 2,135 Carpenters........................................................ 18.57 19.85 743 794 40.0 38,635 41,288 2,080 Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers........... 15.20 14.00 608 560 40.0 31,549 29,120 2,076 Cement masons and concrete finishers............................ 15.20 14.00 608 560 40.0 31,549 29,120 2,076 Construction laborers............................................. 12.45 12.97 498 519 40.0 25,857 26,624 2,076 Construction equipment operators.................................. 17.75 16.00 710 640 40.0 36,919 33,280 2,080 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 18.16 16.66 726 666 40.0 37,775 34,653 2,080 Electricians...................................................... 25.23 21.00 1,006 851 39.9 52,291 44,226 2,073 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 17.87 18.00 715 720 40.0 37,148 37,440 2,078 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 18.45 18.33 738 733 40.0 38,371 38,116 2,080 Sheet metal workers............................................... 17.74 17.30 710 692 40.0 36,896 35,984 2,080 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 12.62 12.87 504 515 39.9 26,215 26,770 2,076 Helpers--electricians........................................... 13.15 12.98 526 519 40.0 27,359 26,994 2,080 Construction and building inspectors.............................. 22.06 22.65 892 918 40.4 46,358 47,736 2,102 Miscellaneous construction and related workers.................... 18.97 22.18 753 887 39.7 39,170 46,141 2,064 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.59 22.24 906 890 40.1 47,104 46,259 2,085 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 31.00 30.05 1,269 1,247 40.9 65,940 63,852 2,127 Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 29.24 29.09 1,170 1,164 40.0 60,816 60,503 2,080 Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers.............................................. 29.24 29.09 1,170 1,164 40.0 60,816 60,503 2,080 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................... 23.23 23.59 928 944 40.0 48,269 49,069 2,078 Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment.................................................... 21.16 22.39 846 896 40.0 44,015 46,571 2,080 Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay.................................................... 29.26 28.89 1,154 1,156 39.4 60,000 60,091 2,050 Aircraft mechanics and service technicians........................ 28.71 27.50 1,148 1,100 40.0 59,716 57,200 2,080 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 18.10 16.48 744 659 41.1 38,708 34,274 2,138 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 18.48 16.48 762 684 41.2 39,610 35,568 2,143 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 19.91 20.00 796 800 40.0 41,406 41,600 2,080 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers..................................................... 22.30 21.00 892 840 40.0 46,379 43,680 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 20.17 18.64 806 748 40.0 41,904 38,771 2,077 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 23.26 22.02 917 881 39.4 47,632 45,802 2,048 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 18.08 17.05 721 682 39.9 37,500 35,454 2,074 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 17.67 16.00 737 676 41.7 38,269 35,173 2,166 Line installers and repairers..................................... 27.01 27.88 1,080 1,115 40.0 56,172 57,980 2,080 Electrical power-line installers and repairers.................. 26.40 29.90 1,056 1,196 40.0 54,911 62,192 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 16.47 13.94 659 558 40.0 34,263 28,995 2,080 Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers.......... 13.62 13.27 545 531 40.0 28,333 27,602 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 16.37 15.07 649 590 39.6 33,709 30,680 2,059 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 27.78 27.57 1,116 1,071 40.2 57,998 55,702 2,088 Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers..... 23.51 23.34 940 934 40.0 48,899 48,547 2,080 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 13.89 13.14 552 517 39.7 28,685 26,874 2,066 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 13.63 13.00 545 520 40.0 28,349 27,040 2,080 Electromechanical equipment assemblers.......................... 14.60 14.08 584 563 40.0 30,360 29,288 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.69 14.21 623 559 39.7 32,415 29,058 2,065 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 10.85 10.20 434 408 40.0 22,568 21,216 2,079 Butchers and meat cutters....................................... 14.47 13.68 577 547 39.9 30,023 28,448 2,075 Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers.................... 10.12 10.10 405 404 40.0 21,039 21,008 2,080 Miscellaneous food processing workers............................. 12.03 11.75 481 470 40.0 25,025 24,440 2,080 Food batchmakers................................................ 15.20 15.20 608 608 40.0 31,622 31,616 2,080 Computer control programmers and operators........................ 17.05 17.50 682 700 40.0 35,462 36,400 2,080 Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic... 17.05 17.50 682 700 40.0 35,462 36,400 2,080 Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 18.84 18.02 723 684 38.4 37,614 35,568 1,997 Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............................................ 17.16 18.00 658 654 38.3 34,196 34,008 1,993 Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic...................................................... 25.98 21.62 1,001 774 38.5 52,057 40,239 2,004 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 12.71 11.97 506 479 39.8 26,337 24,898 2,071 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 12.00 11.50 480 460 40.0 24,952 23,920 2,080 Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................... 13.74 13.88 538 532 39.1 27,959 27,666 2,035 Machinists........................................................ 22.09 21.05 884 842 40.0 45,947 43,784 2,080 Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 17.98 16.55 719 662 40.0 37,408 34,424 2,080 Tool and die makers............................................... 21.47 21.54 859 861 40.0 44,661 44,797 2,080 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 20.32 18.53 803 740 39.5 41,657 38,480 2,050 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 20.61 18.53 822 741 39.9 42,757 38,540 2,074 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 19.06 14.58 744 575 39.1 38,706 29,910 2,031 Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............................................ 22.32 16.25 893 650 40.0 46,422 33,800 2,080 Printers.......................................................... 18.16 18.28 710 731 39.1 36,881 37,291 2,031 Printing machine operators...................................... 18.92 19.05 736 731 38.9 38,210 37,291 2,019 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 9.70 9.30 380 362 39.2 19,766 18,803 2,037 Sewing machine operators.......................................... 13.57 14.80 537 563 39.6 27,913 29,266 2,057 Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 14.04 13.38 558 535 39.7 29,000 27,830 2,066 Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders...................................................... 14.70 14.50 588 580 40.0 30,575 30,160 2,080 Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders....................................... 13.87 12.21 549 488 39.6 28,531 25,397 2,056 Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers........... 17.06 15.76 673 630 39.4 34,982 32,781 2,051 Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers................................... 17.32 19.55 681 782 39.3 35,436 40,664 2,046 Upholsterers.................................................... 17.90 15.76 710 630 39.7 36,926 32,781 2,063 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 14.43 14.29 577 572 40.0 30,012 29,723 2,080 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing....................................................... 14.86 14.29 594 572 40.0 30,903 29,723 2,080 Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers.............. 32.18 30.02 1,275 1,201 39.6 66,318 62,448 2,061 Power plant operators........................................... 28.78 29.07 1,128 1,139 39.2 58,647 59,240 2,038 Miscellaneous plant and system operators.......................... 23.21 22.22 936 889 40.3 48,647 46,220 2,096 Chemical plant and system operators............................. 23.12 23.11 936 890 40.5 48,691 46,301 2,106 Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders....... 20.06 18.72 792 749 39.5 41,186 38,938 2,053 Chemical equipment operators and tenders........................ 20.32 18.72 813 749 40.0 42,258 38,938 2,080 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 18.03 16.60 712 664 39.5 37,047 34,528 2,055 Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders.................................................. 19.55 16.60 782 664 40.0 40,663 34,528 2,080 Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 19.05 19.95 745 798 39.1 38,723 41,496 2,033 Cutting workers................................................... 16.03 15.00 634 600 39.5 32,962 31,200 2,056 Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 15.46 14.78 616 591 39.8 32,037 30,742 2,072 Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders......................................... 20.19 17.02 795 681 39.4 41,320 35,402 2,046 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 14.49 13.74 574 543 39.6 29,851 28,234 2,060 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 14.80 14.29 591 572 39.9 30,692 29,723 2,073 Painting workers.................................................. 16.87 18.64 669 746 39.6 34,768 38,771 2,061 Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders...................................................... 15.83 15.30 623 547 39.3 32,379 28,434 2,045 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 15.43 14.65 610 577 39.5 31,671 29,702 2,053 Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders............. 22.64 21.73 905 869 40.0 47,084 45,198 2,080 Tire builders................................................... 19.88 22.66 795 906 40.0 41,354 47,122 2,080 Helpers--production workers..................................... 13.22 11.63 518 461 39.2 26,867 23,258 2,032 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.90 14.68 713 587 39.8 37,003 30,514 2,067 First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand................................................... 20.19 18.70 830 775 41.1 43,178 40,299 2,139 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................. 28.94 25.89 1,238 1,115 42.8 64,372 58,001 2,224 Aircraft pilots and flight engineers.............................. 136.93 155.90 2,636 2,697 19.2 137,065 140,249 1,001 Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers.................. 136.93 155.90 2,636 2,697 19.2 137,065 140,249 1,001 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 20.95 20.68 868 846 41.4 45,144 43,971 2,155 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.69 19.20 833 803 42.3 43,333 41,748 2,201 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 23.27 27.83 931 1,113 40.0 48,399 57,880 2,080 Parking lot attendants............................................ 8.08 8.15 323 326 40.0 16,812 16,952 2,080 Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators................. 17.01 16.00 681 640 40.0 35,066 34,680 2,061 Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators........... 17.01 16.00 681 640 40.0 35,066 34,680 2,061 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 15.59 14.70 629 588 40.4 32,480 30,514 2,084 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.14 11.00 484 440 39.9 25,159 22,879 2,072 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 11.91 10.25 482 410 40.5 25,060 21,320 2,104 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.85 11.58 512 463 39.9 26,619 24,088 2,071 Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 12.23 11.42 488 457 39.9 25,340 23,760 2,072 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 10.19 10.20 405 408 39.7 21,043 21,216 2,065 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.