Table 12 Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours Hourly(3) Weekly(4) Annual(5) Occupation(2) Mean Median Mean Median Mean Mean Median Mean earnings earnings earnings earnings hours earnings earnings hours All workers........................................................... $20.12 $16.67 $802 $665 39.9 $41,448 $34,320 2,060 Management occupations.............................................. 39.04 35.82 1,593 1,497 40.8 82,764 77,823 2,120 General and operations managers................................... 36.63 32.92 1,537 1,404 42.0 79,920 72,987 2,182 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 50.02 46.94 2,072 2,012 41.4 107,757 104,603 2,154 Marketing managers.............................................. 49.20 43.55 1,966 1,742 40.0 102,248 90,580 2,078 Sales managers.................................................. 50.56 48.66 2,146 2,300 42.4 111,583 119,613 2,207 Administrative services managers.................................. 34.88 31.25 1,395 1,250 40.0 72,552 65,000 2,080 Computer and information systems managers......................... 47.80 47.09 1,923 1,900 40.2 99,973 98,799 2,092 Financial managers................................................ 39.05 33.81 1,553 1,346 39.8 80,757 70,000 2,068 Human resources managers.......................................... 33.16 36.76 1,397 1,675 42.1 72,662 87,092 2,192 Industrial production managers.................................... 36.85 39.97 1,477 1,599 40.1 76,793 83,133 2,084 Transportation, storage, and distribution managers................ 36.26 25.62 1,450 1,025 40.0 75,423 53,281 2,080 Construction managers............................................. 32.08 34.79 1,308 1,399 40.8 68,012 72,740 2,120 Education administrators.......................................... 34.03 34.00 1,383 1,422 40.6 71,910 73,927 2,113 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 36.78 35.54 1,499 1,422 40.7 77,937 73,927 2,119 Engineering managers.............................................. 53.15 54.29 2,165 2,172 40.7 112,599 112,923 2,119 Food service managers............................................. 21.04 16.89 971 844 46.1 49,026 43,906 2,330 Medical and health services managers.............................. 39.96 33.69 1,595 1,348 39.9 82,938 70,081 2,075 Social and community service managers............................. 25.90 25.74 1,015 965 39.2 52,781 50,197 2,038 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.17 25.08 1,132 998 40.2 58,578 51,866 2,079 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 26.00 25.00 1,050 1,000 40.4 54,585 52,000 2,099 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 24.45 22.72 990 909 40.5 51,498 47,258 2,106 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 22.89 22.13 899 862 39.3 43,385 44,106 1,895 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 22.77 21.71 894 861 39.3 43,093 44,106 1,892 Cost estimators................................................... 29.98 28.73 1,242 1,135 41.4 64,603 59,030 2,155 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 26.74 25.39 1,089 1,015 40.7 56,590 52,499 2,117 Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists.............. 22.54 20.43 907 817 40.2 47,108 42,501 2,090 Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists............ 26.33 25.39 1,050 1,015 39.9 54,619 52,805 2,074 Training and development specialists............................ 29.78 30.37 1,167 1,139 39.2 60,667 59,225 2,037 Management analysts............................................... 37.16 32.21 1,486 1,288 40.0 77,262 67,001 2,079 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 27.54 25.96 1,109 1,054 40.3 57,645 54,785 2,093 Credit analysts................................................... 30.01 27.36 1,193 1,038 39.8 62,027 53,985 2,067 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 29.99 27.21 1,193 1,086 39.8 62,023 56,493 2,068 Financial analysts.............................................. 32.76 31.26 1,306 1,250 39.9 67,904 65,025 2,073 Insurance underwriters.......................................... 26.14 22.41 1,032 867 39.5 53,672 45,063 2,054 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 30.77 21.64 1,226 865 39.9 63,761 45,001 2,072 Loan officers................................................... 31.63 21.64 1,260 865 39.8 65,524 45,001 2,072 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 33.60 32.34 1,345 1,308 40.0 69,930 67,999 2,081 Computer programmers.............................................. 29.69 29.09 1,182 1,164 39.8 61,459 60,505 2,070 Computer software engineers....................................... 40.20 40.40 1,608 1,616 40.0 83,621 84,032 2,080 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 42.32 42.31 1,693 1,692 40.0 88,035 88,005 2,080 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 37.34 37.57 1,493 1,503 40.0 77,659 78,146 2,080 Computer support specialists...................................... 22.67 22.48 910 899 40.1 47,308 46,763 2,087 Computer systems analysts......................................... 37.24 36.92 1,477 1,442 39.7 76,816 75,005 2,063 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 30.96 32.28 1,257 1,291 40.6 65,380 67,140 2,112 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 32.93 28.37 1,317 1,135 40.0 68,485 59,010 2,080 Actuaries......................................................... 45.11 43.41 1,801 1,736 39.9 93,660 90,289 2,076 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 31.03 29.20 1,252 1,168 40.3 64,936 60,738 2,093 Architects, except naval.......................................... 27.87 33.80 1,205 1,367 43.2 59,655 71,074 2,140 Engineers......................................................... 37.49 37.12 1,516 1,499 40.4 78,816 77,958 2,103 Civil engineers................................................. 31.86 27.45 1,305 1,135 41.0 67,879 59,010 2,130 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 36.72 36.57 1,480 1,508 40.3 76,967 78,416 2,096 Electrical engineers.......................................... 35.47 36.43 1,440 1,499 40.6 74,905 77,971 2,112 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 37.99 37.98 1,519 1,519 40.0 79,013 78,998 2,080 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 30.52 28.61 1,272 1,257 41.7 66,165 65,348 2,168 Industrial engineers.......................................... 30.60 28.50 1,278 1,257 41.8 66,458 65,348 2,172 Mechanical engineers............................................ 38.41 37.93 1,536 1,517 40.0 79,893 78,901 2,080 Drafters.......................................................... 22.00 22.12 868 834 39.5 45,131 43,362 2,052 Architectural and civil drafters................................ 22.30 24.00 862 854 38.7 44,847 44,401 2,011 Mechanical drafters............................................. 22.20 20.34 888 814 40.0 46,167 42,307 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 24.52 22.64 981 906 40.0 50,995 47,091 2,080 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 23.63 21.95 945 878 40.0 49,148 45,656 2,080 Industrial engineering technicians.............................. 21.04 20.43 842 817 40.0 43,759 42,501 2,080 Mechanical engineering technicians.............................. 19.25 19.52 770 781 40.0 40,034 40,602 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 30.58 26.46 1,232 1,059 40.3 64,071 55,043 2,095 Life scientists................................................... 31.73 28.70 1,314 983 41.4 68,335 51,120 2,153 Physical scientists............................................... 34.68 29.33 1,387 1,173 40.0 72,133 61,006 2,080 Chemists and materials scientists............................... 32.31 27.12 1,292 1,085 40.0 67,195 56,408 2,080 Market and survey researchers..................................... 41.45 46.19 1,658 1,848 40.0 86,226 96,071 2,080 Market research analysts........................................ 41.45 46.19 1,658 1,848 40.0 86,226 96,071 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 18.16 16.62 717 665 39.5 37,276 34,570 2,052 Counselors........................................................ 17.04 15.39 658 616 38.6 34,191 32,009 2,007 Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors.............. 21.25 22.34 850 894 40.0 44,204 46,471 2,080 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 14.06 13.99 529 560 37.6 27,522 29,099 1,957 Rehabilitation counselors....................................... 13.58 13.58 510 515 37.5 26,502 26,774 1,951 Social workers.................................................... 24.15 24.75 967 990 40.0 50,282 51,480 2,082 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 14.99 14.97 597 599 39.9 31,066 31,140 2,073 Social and human service assistants............................. 13.91 13.95 557 558 40.0 28,942 29,014 2,080 Legal occupations................................................... 37.63 32.91 1,541 1,455 41.0 80,133 75,685 2,129 Lawyers........................................................... 49.68 43.58 2,091 2,000 42.1 108,756 104,000 2,189 Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 25.17 23.85 1,003 884 39.8 52,154 45,971 2,072 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 28.44 27.35 1,119 1,094 39.3 46,745 47,129 1,643 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 39.00 38.13 1,517 1,506 38.9 59,613 54,906 1,529 Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 44.27 42.42 1,510 1,385 34.1 58,965 54,000 1,332 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 35.13 29.56 1,373 1,086 39.1 64,329 52,022 1,831 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 22.69 21.32 907 853 40.0 36,097 34,053 1,591 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 21.83 20.69 873 827 40.0 33,358 32,224 1,528 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 23.31 21.13 910 794 39.0 47,307 41,309 2,030 Designers......................................................... 22.31 19.23 890 769 39.9 46,265 39,998 2,074 Graphic designers............................................... 17.20 17.07 692 679 40.2 35,996 35,300 2,092 News analysts, reporters and correspondents....................... 31.60 32.69 1,215 1,298 38.5 63,189 67,500 1,999 Reporters and correspondents.................................... 27.13 28.85 1,039 1,106 38.3 54,018 57,493 1,991 Writers and editors............................................... 18.50 16.83 740 673 40.0 38,470 35,006 2,080 Editors......................................................... 19.10 18.07 764 723 40.0 39,736 37,594 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 28.97 23.94 1,135 925 39.2 59,007 48,090 2,037 Pharmacists....................................................... 53.00 54.12 2,149 2,183 40.5 111,764 113,526 2,109 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 93.70 91.21 3,782 3,648 40.4 196,670 189,717 2,099 Registered nurses................................................. 28.86 27.14 1,112 1,036 38.5 57,814 53,872 2,003 Therapists........................................................ 29.16 29.73 1,163 1,189 39.9 60,499 61,843 2,075 Physical therapists............................................. 29.19 29.73 1,162 1,189 39.8 60,420 61,843 2,070 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 22.42 22.09 895 884 39.9 46,553 45,947 2,076 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 25.05 25.63 1,001 1,025 39.9 52,036 53,308 2,077 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 17.38 16.20 693 648 39.9 36,043 33,696 2,074 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 26.11 25.44 1,010 1,018 38.7 52,525 52,915 2,012 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 24.95 23.24 960 901 38.5 49,940 46,875 2,001 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 12.54 12.72 495 509 39.5 25,727 26,458 2,052 Pharmacy technicians............................................ 11.46 11.21 456 448 39.8 23,729 23,317 2,070 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.10 18.04 711 720 39.3 36,980 37,440 2,044 Medical records and health information technicians................ 15.31 16.74 602 570 39.3 31,281 29,661 2,043 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.55 12.88 524 512 38.7 27,255 26,624 2,012 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.42 10.85 445 423 39.0 23,141 22,011 2,026 Home health aides............................................... 11.24 10.58 443 419 39.4 23,010 21,767 2,048 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.50 11.09 446 425 38.8 23,181 22,094 2,017 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 15.49 16.00 596 600 38.5 30,983 31,200 2,000 Dental assistants............................................... 16.92 18.00 635 644 37.5 33,028 33,509 1,952 Medical assistants.............................................. 13.27 12.68 525 506 39.6 27,306 26,312 2,058 Medical transcriptionists....................................... 18.41 19.59 736 784 40.0 38,291 40,756 2,080 Pharmacy aides.................................................. 12.59 11.00 496 440 39.4 25,769 22,880 2,047 Protective service occupations...................................... 12.10 11.85 484 474 40.0 25,154 24,648 2,080 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.82 11.78 473 471 40.0 24,582 24,502 2,080 Security guards................................................. 11.81 11.68 472 467 40.0 24,555 24,294 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.62 9.00 367 358 38.2 18,999 18,637 1,976 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 13.63 12.59 564 519 41.4 29,323 27,000 2,152 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 13.60 12.89 559 504 41.1 29,060 26,187 2,137 Cooks............................................................. 10.64 10.36 411 380 38.6 21,278 19,500 2,000 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 11.19 9.96 444 398 39.7 22,600 20,708 2,020 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 10.97 11.00 412 386 37.6 21,421 20,065 1,953 Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.88 9.00 337 324 38.0 17,272 16,848 1,944 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.39 3.75 190 141 35.2 9,855 7,342 1,828 Bartenders...................................................... 7.08 6.55 – – – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.38 3.62 153 127 35.0 7,963 6,588 1,818 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 8.39 8.50 300 290 35.8 15,605 15,080 1,859 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 9.11 9.00 347 355 38.1 17,775 18,304 1,951 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 9.07 9.00 345 354 38.1 17,670 18,304 1,948 Dishwashers....................................................... 8.87 9.00 333 320 37.6 17,329 16,640 1,953 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.00 10.79 477 424 39.8 24,249 22,048 2,021 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 13.55 13.50 552 540 40.7 27,853 26,628 2,056 First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers...................................................... 13.53 12.80 552 540 40.8 28,696 28,074 2,122 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.53 10.48 455 416 39.4 23,651 21,640 2,050 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.56 11.01 498 440 39.6 25,871 22,901 2,060 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.90 9.50 388 366 39.1 20,156 19,032 2,035 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 13.53 13.00 556 500 41.1 24,900 25,857 1,840 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 14.40 13.00 596 520 41.4 25,664 25,857 1,782 Personal care and service occupations............................... 11.33 10.48 434 418 38.3 22,544 21,736 1,989 Gaming services workers........................................... 6.90 5.72 275 229 39.8 14,305 11,898 2,072 Gaming dealers.................................................. 6.16 5.72 245 229 39.8 12,753 11,898 2,071 Barbers and cosmetologists........................................ 13.35 12.83 491 474 36.8 25,547 24,626 1,914 Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists.................. 13.35 12.83 491 474 36.8 25,547 24,626 1,914 Personal and home care aides...................................... 10.04 9.81 392 392 39.1 20,397 20,405 2,032 Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.71 14.50 787 574 39.9 40,887 29,744 2,075 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 19.14 16.53 773 660 40.4 40,206 34,341 2,100 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 17.13 15.92 688 642 40.2 35,791 33,384 2,089 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 27.72 20.07 1,145 803 41.3 59,548 41,750 2,148 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.83 10.89 507 426 39.5 26,316 22,152 2,051 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.08 10.00 395 389 39.2 20,461 20,218 2,031 Cashiers...................................................... 10.14 10.00 397 390 39.2 20,574 20,261 2,030 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 15.45 14.75 619 590 40.0 32,168 30,680 2,082 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 12.11 10.50 487 420 40.2 25,341 21,840 2,093 Parts salespersons............................................ 16.05 15.00 642 600 40.0 33,393 31,202 2,080 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.09 11.39 557 448 39.6 28,983 23,296 2,057 Advertising sales agents.......................................... 19.54 16.35 782 654 40.0 40,647 34,016 2,080 Insurance sales agents............................................ 32.72 28.99 1,296 1,143 39.6 67,401 59,411 2,060 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 62.99 34.19 2,520 1,368 40.0 131,021 71,113 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 28.26 23.63 1,169 945 41.3 60,762 49,148 2,150 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products...................................... 35.81 39.48 1,458 1,579 40.7 75,801 82,125 2,117 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products............................ 26.78 23.00 1,111 920 41.5 57,747 47,840 2,157 Telemarketers..................................................... 11.49 9.73 454 389 39.5 23,600 20,238 2,054 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 15.75 11.34 630 454 40.0 32,770 23,587 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.50 14.42 615 572 39.7 31,945 29,744 2,061 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 23.41 21.38 936 878 40.0 48,674 45,635 2,079 Switchboard operators, including answering service................ 10.65 10.37 426 415 40.0 22,149 21,563 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.72 12.55 544 500 39.7 28,243 26,000 2,059 Bill and account collectors..................................... 13.26 12.55 530 502 40.0 27,584 26,104 2,080 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 13.55 13.60 539 544 39.8 28,040 28,288 2,070 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.42 13.95 571 554 39.6 29,629 28,808 2,054 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 17.11 17.00 685 680 40.0 35,594 35,354 2,080 Procurement clerks.............................................. 17.39 18.96 696 758 40.0 36,173 39,441 2,080 Tellers......................................................... 10.89 10.76 429 430 39.4 22,296 22,360 2,048 Brokerage clerks.................................................. 16.54 15.94 662 638 40.0 34,403 33,155 2,080 Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks.......................... 13.21 13.22 528 529 40.0 27,481 27,496 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 15.42 14.00 614 558 39.9 31,783 28,933 2,062 File clerks....................................................... 13.04 11.18 503 430 38.6 26,152 22,360 2,006 Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks.............................. 9.14 8.75 344 338 37.7 17,899 17,576 1,958 Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 12.55 12.83 502 513 40.0 26,086 26,686 2,078 Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 14.89 15.43 590 586 39.6 30,693 30,451 2,062 New accounts clerks............................................... 13.77 13.20 551 528 40.0 28,637 27,462 2,080 Order clerks...................................................... 16.97 16.28 678 651 39.9 35,249 33,854 2,077 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 16.91 16.85 677 674 40.0 35,182 35,048 2,080 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.70 14.18 541 535 39.5 28,147 27,807 2,055 Dispatchers....................................................... 16.42 17.19 666 700 40.6 34,653 36,400 2,111 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 16.42 17.19 666 700 40.6 34,653 36,400 2,111 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 19.46 18.34 778 734 40.0 40,480 38,147 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.95 13.00 515 520 39.8 26,779 27,040 2,068 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 13.87 13.03 550 521 39.7 28,619 27,104 2,063 Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping........ 14.01 12.25 552 490 39.4 28,711 25,480 2,049 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.09 17.55 713 696 39.4 37,011 36,171 2,046 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.73 20.38 787 815 39.9 40,944 42,397 2,076 Legal secretaries............................................... 18.14 18.25 719 745 39.6 37,377 38,761 2,061 Medical secretaries............................................. 15.70 15.00 610 586 38.9 31,713 30,451 2,020 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.74 17.02 647 659 38.7 33,509 34,029 2,002 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 13.24 13.00 527 520 39.8 27,405 27,040 2,069 Data entry keyers............................................... 13.08 13.00 522 520 39.9 27,121 27,040 2,074 Word processors and typists..................................... 14.05 12.95 553 518 39.4 28,770 26,936 2,048 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 16.24 14.60 639 575 39.3 33,232 29,910 2,046 Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service..... 11.86 11.14 472 445 39.8 24,545 23,165 2,070 Office clerks, general............................................ 14.85 13.65 588 546 39.6 30,479 28,392 2,053 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 21.55 20.50 864 820 40.1 42,944 40,595 1,992 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 29.52 30.01 1,170 1,200 39.6 59,619 62,026 2,019 Carpenters........................................................ 21.30 19.00 852 760 40.0 44,304 39,520 2,080 Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers........... 20.60 22.13 824 885 40.0 40,442 43,968 1,963 Cement masons and concrete finishers............................ 20.60 22.13 824 885 40.0 40,442 43,968 1,963 Construction laborers............................................. 18.80 16.50 752 660 40.0 36,758 34,320 1,955 Construction equipment operators.................................. 27.61 28.23 1,104 1,129 40.0 45,554 48,500 1,650 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 28.63 31.09 1,145 1,244 40.0 52,000 49,650 1,816 Electricians...................................................... 19.46 18.25 778 730 40.0 40,475 37,960 2,080 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 26.98 27.84 1,076 1,029 39.9 55,953 53,518 2,074 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 27.18 27.84 1,084 1,114 39.9 56,351 57,911 2,073 Sheet metal workers............................................... 25.90 22.75 1,002 910 38.7 52,107 47,320 2,012 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 13.13 12.00 525 480 40.0 25,109 24,918 1,912 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.60 20.10 827 804 40.1 43,006 41,812 2,087 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 27.42 25.75 1,148 1,030 41.9 59,691 53,564 2,177 Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 24.48 25.12 979 1,005 40.0 50,914 52,258 2,080 Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers.............................................. 24.48 25.12 979 1,005 40.0 50,914 52,258 2,080 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................... 22.60 20.84 904 834 40.0 47,005 43,349 2,080 Aircraft mechanics and service technicians........................ 25.82 27.50 1,033 1,100 40.0 53,716 57,200 2,080 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 18.28 18.00 733 720 40.1 38,128 37,440 2,086 Automotive body and related repairers........................... 20.97 20.50 839 820 40.0 43,615 42,640 2,080 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 17.72 18.00 712 720 40.2 37,002 37,440 2,088 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 19.39 19.15 776 766 40.0 40,365 39,832 2,081 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics...................................................... 20.42 20.55 817 822 40.0 42,474 42,750 2,080 Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines................ 20.54 20.55 821 822 40.0 42,713 42,750 2,080 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers..................................................... 20.98 22.06 839 882 40.0 43,638 45,879 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 20.12 20.69 804 824 40.0 41,825 42,848 2,079 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 22.30 22.25 891 890 40.0 46,342 46,280 2,078 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 18.00 18.13 720 725 40.0 37,432 37,710 2,079 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 15.51 15.12 620 605 40.0 32,257 31,450 2,080 Line installers and repairers..................................... 25.31 26.36 1,013 1,054 40.0 52,651 54,829 2,080 Electrical power-line installers and repairers.................. 29.58 29.98 1,183 1,199 40.0 61,523 62,356 2,080 Telecommunications line installers and repairers................ 23.00 26.36 920 1,054 40.0 47,844 54,829 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 16.82 15.14 673 606 40.0 34,985 31,500 2,080 Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers.......... 18.29 17.35 732 694 40.0 38,042 36,088 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 16.28 15.01 650 600 40.0 33,813 31,221 2,077 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 22.47 21.13 905 855 40.3 47,074 44,470 2,095 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 16.03 15.79 641 632 40.0 33,334 32,843 2,080 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 16.28 15.79 651 632 40.0 33,865 32,843 2,080 Engine and other machine assemblers............................... 16.99 17.15 680 686 40.0 35,336 35,672 2,080 Structural metal fabricators and fitters.......................... 25.10 26.75 1,004 1,070 40.0 52,203 55,640 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.02 13.29 599 532 39.9 31,118 27,581 2,072 Bakers............................................................ 13.64 11.95 538 478 39.4 27,956 24,856 2,049 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 13.46 12.75 539 510 40.0 28,002 26,520 2,080 Butchers and meat cutters....................................... 18.59 16.25 744 650 40.0 38,671 33,800 2,080 Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers.................... 12.87 13.25 515 530 40.0 26,768 27,560 2,080 Miscellaneous food processing workers............................. 14.71 14.42 588 577 40.0 30,590 29,994 2,080 Food batchmakers................................................ 15.14 14.86 606 594 40.0 31,501 30,909 2,080 Computer control programmers and operators........................ 19.30 19.36 771 774 39.9 40,080 40,269 2,077 Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic... 17.96 17.28 717 684 39.9 37,290 35,548 2,076 Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 16.07 15.42 643 617 40.0 33,434 32,082 2,080 Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............................................ 15.36 15.42 614 617 40.0 31,939 32,082 2,080 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 15.85 15.53 634 620 40.0 32,952 32,240 2,079 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 14.30 14.18 571 567 39.9 29,712 29,494 2,077 Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................... 16.30 15.19 652 608 40.0 33,914 31,595 2,080 Machinists........................................................ 21.12 20.60 845 824 40.0 43,923 42,848 2,080 Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................................................... 12.90 12.00 515 480 40.0 26,771 24,966 2,075 Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 12.90 12.00 515 480 40.0 26,771 24,966 2,075 Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 20.52 20.21 821 808 40.0 42,691 42,037 2,080 Tool and die makers............................................... 24.40 24.00 976 960 40.0 50,755 49,920 2,080 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 17.16 16.34 686 654 40.0 35,691 33,987 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 17.15 16.23 686 649 40.0 35,678 33,758 2,080 Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders...................................................... 17.18 16.43 687 657 40.0 35,741 34,174 2,080 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 15.70 16.75 628 670 40.0 32,654 34,840 2,080 Bookbinders and bindery workers................................... 13.00 12.78 520 511 40.0 27,036 26,574 2,080 Bindery workers................................................. 13.00 12.78 520 511 40.0 27,036 26,574 2,080 Printers.......................................................... 17.56 17.15 699 686 39.8 36,323 35,672 2,068 Prepress technicians and workers................................ 16.52 16.80 661 672 40.0 34,368 34,944 2,080 Printing machine operators...................................... 17.60 17.15 699 686 39.7 36,347 35,672 2,065 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 10.87 11.33 429 453 39.5 22,308 23,566 2,053 Sewing machine operators.......................................... 9.83 9.10 393 364 40.0 20,322 18,928 2,068 Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters................................ 14.62 14.15 585 566 40.0 30,415 29,432 2,080 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 14.73 14.56 589 582 40.0 30,644 30,285 2,080 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing....................................................... 14.28 14.55 571 582 40.0 29,700 30,264 2,080 Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders....... 18.14 17.50 726 700 40.0 37,728 36,400 2,080 Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders...................... 19.22 17.76 769 710 40.0 39,974 36,941 2,080 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 14.54 14.85 582 594 40.0 30,240 30,888 2,080 Cutting workers................................................... 14.42 13.23 573 529 39.7 29,691 27,483 2,059 Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 14.38 13.21 570 529 39.7 29,657 27,483 2,063 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.71 16.51 709 660 40.0 36,846 34,341 2,080 Medical, dental, and ophthalmic laboratory technicians............ 16.42 15.30 649 612 39.6 33,773 31,824 2,057 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 17.33 17.22 693 689 40.0 36,056 35,818 2,080 Painting workers.................................................. 18.05 17.63 722 705 40.0 37,549 36,670 2,080 Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders...................................................... 17.44 16.50 698 660 40.0 36,280 34,320 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.66 12.36 546 494 40.0 28,383 25,709 2,078 Helpers--production workers..................................... 12.59 12.00 503 480 40.0 26,179 24,960 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.20 15.16 708 626 41.2 36,566 32,198 2,127 First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand................................................... 18.60 18.88 751 755 40.4 39,057 39,275 2,100 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................. 28.66 24.83 1,188 1,069 41.4 61,775 55,596 2,155 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.74 16.40 718 667 42.9 37,050 34,590 2,213 Driver/sales workers............................................ 13.84 14.44 581 578 42.0 30,212 30,039 2,182 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.00 18.09 789 752 43.8 40,537 39,104 2,251 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 14.83 13.35 612 530 41.2 31,814 27,560 2,145 Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators................. 23.38 26.05 935 1,042 40.0 45,662 54,184 1,953 Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators........... 20.25 18.20 810 728 40.0 36,940 32,552 1,824 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 14.82 14.00 592 560 40.0 30,794 29,120 2,078 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 13.06 11.95 519 478 39.8 26,983 24,856 2,066 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 13.09 12.00 524 480 40.0 27,237 24,960 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 13.73 12.65 543 506 39.6 28,209 26,312 2,054 Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 12.71 12.90 505 516 39.7 26,258 26,838 2,065 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 12.16 11.20 486 448 40.0 25,290 23,296 2,079 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 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. 5 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.