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........................................................... $21.69 $17.64 $866 $704 39.9 $44,865 $36,579 2,069 Management occupations.............................................. 44.04 41.87 1,771 1,676 40.2 92,076 87,173 2,091 General and operations managers................................... 42.88 36.89 1,708 1,476 39.8 88,829 76,740 2,071 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 54.01 46.01 2,218 1,877 41.1 115,339 97,627 2,135 Marketing managers.............................................. 46.00 40.50 1,838 1,620 40.0 95,573 84,240 2,077 Sales managers.................................................. 67.56 57.69 2,912 2,308 43.1 151,400 119,999 2,241 Administrative services managers.................................. 40.04 39.24 1,602 1,570 40.0 83,288 81,628 2,080 Computer and information systems managers......................... 49.05 50.57 1,975 2,044 40.3 102,694 106,299 2,094 Financial managers................................................ 42.83 40.68 1,707 1,627 39.8 88,751 84,612 2,072 Industrial production managers.................................... 42.76 42.41 1,718 1,697 40.2 89,361 88,219 2,090 Transportation, storage, and distribution managers................ 40.05 40.26 1,602 1,611 40.0 83,298 83,749 2,080 Education administrators.......................................... 36.78 35.54 1,499 1,422 40.7 77,937 73,927 2,119 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 36.78 35.54 1,499 1,422 40.7 77,937 73,927 2,119 Engineering managers.............................................. 56.29 55.54 2,251 2,222 40.0 117,078 115,523 2,080 Medical and health services managers.............................. 43.06 35.60 1,717 1,424 39.9 89,282 74,048 2,074 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.68 25.81 1,146 1,033 40.0 59,169 53,545 2,063 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 27.76 25.81 1,127 1,033 40.6 58,588 53,693 2,110 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 27.14 25.81 1,105 1,000 40.7 57,459 52,000 2,118 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 21.92 21.54 858 848 39.2 40,595 41,793 1,852 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 21.92 21.54 858 848 39.2 40,595 41,793 1,852 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 27.07 27.14 1,077 1,114 39.8 55,932 57,928 2,066 Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists.............. 27.34 25.35 1,109 974 40.6 57,479 50,671 2,102 Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists............ 27.47 27.85 1,095 1,114 39.9 56,936 57,928 2,072 Training and development specialists............................ 27.20 30.37 1,063 1,139 39.1 55,283 59,225 2,033 Management analysts............................................... 36.09 31.63 1,443 1,265 40.0 75,045 65,790 2,079 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 27.77 25.96 1,119 1,048 40.3 58,201 54,496 2,096 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 28.42 26.44 1,137 1,058 40.0 59,105 54,995 2,080 Financial analysts.............................................. 29.84 31.26 1,194 1,250 40.0 62,073 65,025 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 34.16 33.82 1,361 1,349 39.9 70,779 70,134 2,072 Computer programmers.............................................. 32.50 32.20 1,290 1,288 39.7 67,082 66,951 2,064 Computer software engineers....................................... 39.71 38.46 1,588 1,538 40.0 82,596 79,997 2,080 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 41.66 38.61 1,667 1,544 40.0 86,663 80,309 2,080 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 37.82 37.78 1,513 1,511 40.0 78,675 78,582 2,080 Computer support specialists...................................... 20.51 21.36 827 854 40.3 42,978 44,427 2,095 Computer systems analysts......................................... 37.47 37.01 1,486 1,445 39.7 77,286 75,130 2,063 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 32.58 32.28 1,283 1,254 39.4 66,703 65,208 2,048 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 34.10 28.37 1,364 1,135 40.0 70,934 59,010 2,080 Actuaries......................................................... 36.68 34.76 1,463 1,390 39.9 76,093 72,301 2,074 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.36 33.28 1,342 1,331 40.2 69,770 69,227 2,092 Engineers......................................................... 38.46 37.56 1,552 1,508 40.3 80,695 78,437 2,098 Civil engineers................................................. 31.76 30.03 1,271 1,201 40.0 66,067 62,462 2,080 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 39.30 37.84 1,586 1,582 40.4 82,487 82,243 2,099 Electrical engineers.......................................... 38.28 37.45 1,560 1,557 40.8 81,119 80,974 2,119 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 30.53 28.50 1,276 1,257 41.8 66,326 65,348 2,172 Industrial engineers.......................................... 30.62 27.49 1,282 1,257 41.9 66,642 65,380 2,177 Mechanical engineers............................................ 38.41 37.93 1,536 1,517 40.0 79,893 78,901 2,080 Drafters.......................................................... 21.62 20.34 865 814 40.0 44,978 42,307 2,080 Mechanical drafters............................................. 21.68 20.34 867 814 40.0 45,099 42,307 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 24.75 22.17 990 887 40.0 51,479 46,120 2,080 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 24.51 21.50 981 860 40.0 50,988 44,720 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...................... 31.02 28.70 1,241 1,148 40.0 64,543 59,690 2,080 Life scientists................................................... 24.09 20.92 963 837 40.0 50,100 43,512 2,080 Physical scientists............................................... 36.41 29.33 1,456 1,173 40.0 75,736 61,006 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........................... 20.17 17.24 796 657 39.5 41,406 34,174 2,053 Counselors........................................................ 14.36 13.99 553 560 38.5 28,780 29,099 2,004 Rehabilitation counselors....................................... 13.58 13.58 510 515 37.5 26,502 26,774 1,951 Social workers.................................................... 26.84 29.28 1,073 1,171 40.0 55,819 60,902 2,080 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 16.09 15.00 643 600 40.0 33,458 31,200 2,080 Social and human service assistants............................. 16.09 15.00 643 600 40.0 33,458 31,200 2,080 Legal occupations................................................... 43.62 34.87 1,830 1,569 42.0 95,163 81,600 2,182 Lawyers........................................................... 60.46 60.10 2,452 2,404 40.5 127,480 125,008 2,108 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 33.34 32.75 1,311 1,310 39.3 53,071 53,112 1,592 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 40.87 38.13 1,586 1,525 38.8 60,577 54,906 1,482 Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 46.09 44.98 1,545 1,385 33.5 57,861 54,000 1,255 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 43.96 33.03 1,694 1,319 38.5 74,911 56,264 1,704 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 28.16 24.27 1,126 971 40.0 58,530 50,477 2,078 Designers......................................................... 26.42 22.15 1,055 886 39.9 54,850 46,072 2,076 Graphic designers............................................... 18.21 19.23 725 769 39.8 37,719 39,998 2,071 News analysts, reporters and correspondents....................... 37.89 36.10 1,516 1,444 40.0 78,819 75,088 2,080 Reporters and correspondents.................................... 32.56 34.69 1,302 1,388 40.0 67,726 72,155 2,080 Writers and editors............................................... 20.03 19.86 801 794 40.0 41,662 41,309 2,080 Editors......................................................... 19.66 18.82 786 753 40.0 40,894 39,141 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 29.39 23.97 1,148 935 39.0 59,679 48,630 2,031 Pharmacists....................................................... 52.13 52.55 2,134 2,119 40.9 110,966 110,198 2,129 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 92.12 89.63 3,721 3,618 40.4 193,508 188,157 2,101 Registered nurses................................................. 29.50 27.61 1,136 1,082 38.5 59,065 56,243 2,002 Therapists........................................................ 28.84 30.13 1,148 1,205 39.8 59,715 62,664 2,071 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 21.56 20.82 860 840 39.9 44,739 43,680 2,075 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 23.42 23.50 935 940 39.9 48,622 48,880 2,076 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 18.47 17.00 736 690 39.9 38,292 35,880 2,073 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... 13.95 13.50 547 540 39.2 28,458 28,059 2,041 Pharmacy technicians............................................ 12.89 13.00 512 520 39.7 26,606 27,040 2,064 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.96 19.00 747 756 39.4 38,857 39,312 2,049 Medical records and health information technicians................ 15.85 18.00 625 720 39.4 32,512 37,440 2,051 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.58 11.56 494 451 39.2 25,677 23,462 2,041 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.88 11.22 464 438 39.1 24,138 22,776 2,033 Home health aides............................................... 12.24 10.91 490 436 40.0 25,462 22,693 2,080 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.76 11.23 456 437 38.8 23,731 22,745 2,018 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 14.03 12.68 557 506 39.7 28,972 26,312 2,065 Medical assistants.............................................. 13.06 12.34 513 493 39.3 26,671 25,657 2,042 Protective service occupations...................................... 12.94 12.41 517 496 40.0 26,909 25,811 2,079 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 12.73 12.27 509 491 40.0 26,480 25,522 2,079 Security guards................................................. 12.73 12.20 509 488 40.0 26,474 25,376 2,079 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.55 10.25 410 402 38.9 20,956 20,280 1,987 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 15.07 13.13 609 525 40.4 31,663 27,300 2,102 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 14.57 13.13 589 525 40.5 30,651 27,300 2,104 Cooks............................................................. 12.78 13.35 501 534 39.2 25,654 27,768 2,007 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 14.19 15.10 568 604 40.0 27,894 29,765 1,966 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 12.05 12.00 465 450 38.6 24,196 23,381 2,008 Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.90 8.45 351 330 39.5 17,335 16,848 1,948 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.83 3.75 213 144 36.5 11,066 7,498 1,898 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.62 3.53 172 141 37.2 8,933 7,342 1,934 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.70 11.38 504 452 39.7 26,225 23,504 2,066 Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.40 11.22 492 443 39.7 25,606 23,051 2,064 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 13.07 12.00 517 472 39.6 26,910 24,544 2,059 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 10.53 10.40 421 416 40.0 21,892 21,640 2,080 Personal care and service occupations............................... 11.59 11.26 448 455 38.7 23,294 23,650 2,010 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 Sales and related occupations....................................... 18.31 13.62 731 539 39.9 37,918 28,018 2,071 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 19.92 19.06 798 762 40.1 41,494 39,647 2,083 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 18.42 18.50 739 740 40.1 38,409 38,480 2,086 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.78 10.60 465 417 39.5 24,114 21,653 2,047 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.60 10.32 422 412 39.8 21,785 21,362 2,055 Cashiers...................................................... 10.79 10.55 430 421 39.8 22,155 21,840 2,053 Retail salespersons............................................. 12.29 10.65 482 412 39.2 25,072 21,424 2,040 Insurance sales agents............................................ 23.18 20.95 919 838 39.7 47,796 43,568 2,062 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 50.18 27.40 2,007 1,096 40.0 104,383 57,000 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 33.19 33.60 1,391 1,238 41.9 72,341 64,351 2,180 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products............................ 31.24 30.46 1,329 1,058 42.6 69,120 54,995 2,213 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 18.24 18.01 730 720 40.0 37,938 37,461 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.63 14.61 622 581 39.8 32,356 30,204 2,070 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 24.71 21.02 1,003 841 40.6 52,178 43,722 2,112 Switchboard operators, including answering service................ 10.65 10.37 426 415 40.0 22,149 21,563 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.38 14.07 573 563 39.9 29,795 29,257 2,073 Bill and account collectors..................................... 14.94 14.15 598 566 40.0 31,075 29,432 2,080 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 14.60 14.61 584 584 40.0 30,374 30,389 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.50 14.10 576 564 39.7 29,959 29,328 2,066 Tellers......................................................... 11.07 10.75 443 430 40.0 23,017 22,360 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 14.83 14.06 591 557 39.9 30,735 28,974 2,073 Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 12.66 13.30 506 532 40.0 26,314 27,664 2,078 Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 16.07 16.12 643 645 40.0 33,432 33,530 2,080 Order clerks...................................................... 17.99 17.60 718 704 39.9 37,345 36,608 2,076 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 15.33 14.00 613 560 40.0 31,882 29,120 2,080 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.20 13.33 528 533 40.0 27,461 27,726 2,080 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 20.08 20.05 803 802 40.0 41,773 41,700 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.35 11.85 491 476 39.7 25,528 24,752 2,067 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 14.66 14.65 579 586 39.5 30,113 30,472 2,054 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.19 19.04 769 758 40.1 39,994 39,395 2,084 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.08 20.40 803 816 40.0 41,746 42,430 2,079 Legal secretaries............................................... 23.54 23.97 976 990 41.4 50,735 51,473 2,155 Medical secretaries............................................. 16.48 15.21 658 608 39.9 34,202 31,637 2,076 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.81 17.55 712 702 40.0 37,010 36,508 2,078 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 13.37 13.80 531 552 39.7 27,634 28,700 2,066 Data entry keyers............................................... 13.07 12.85 521 514 39.9 27,077 26,728 2,072 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 15.76 13.44 619 533 39.3 32,196 27,733 2,043 Office clerks, general............................................ 14.77 13.82 587 544 39.7 30,520 28,309 2,066 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 27.30 27.32 1,092 1,093 40.0 56,791 56,826 2,080 Carpenters........................................................ 30.30 32.27 1,212 1,291 40.0 63,017 67,122 2,080 Construction laborers............................................. 18.37 25.62 735 1,025 40.0 38,206 53,290 2,080 Electricians...................................................... 27.07 23.49 1,083 940 40.0 56,311 48,859 2,080 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 36.32 37.54 1,453 1,502 40.0 75,539 78,092 2,080 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 36.32 37.54 1,453 1,502 40.0 75,539 78,092 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.46 22.36 898 894 40.0 46,708 46,507 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 36.02 38.61 1,441 1,544 40.0 74,919 80,305 2,080 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................... 26.08 31.11 1,043 1,244 40.0 54,251 64,709 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.............................. 18.53 17.20 741 688 40.0 38,535 35,776 2,080 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 18.17 16.46 729 658 40.1 37,904 34,231 2,086 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 22.10 22.36 883 894 40.0 45,920 46,507 2,078 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 23.04 22.36 920 894 40.0 47,864 46,507 2,078 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 20.58 21.52 823 861 40.0 42,774 44,762 2,078 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 17.15 12.84 686 513 40.0 35,676 26,701 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 16.46 15.31 658 612 40.0 34,187 31,845 2,078 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 24.38 23.10 981 934 40.2 50,989 48,578 2,091 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 17.06 15.79 683 632 40.0 35,492 32,843 2,080 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 17.55 16.49 702 660 40.0 36,504 34,305 2,080 Structural metal fabricators and fitters.......................... 28.68 27.63 1,147 1,105 40.0 59,650 57,470 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.70 13.29 626 532 39.9 32,480 27,643 2,069 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 13.42 12.65 537 506 40.0 27,903 26,312 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............................. 14.76 14.68 591 587 40.0 30,707 30,534 2,080 Food batchmakers................................................ 15.26 14.86 610 594 40.0 31,741 30,909 2,080 Computer control programmers and operators........................ 21.29 21.43 847 857 39.8 44,029 44,574 2,068 Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic... 21.29 21.43 847 857 39.8 44,029 44,574 2,068 Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 15.98 15.42 639 617 40.0 33,242 32,082 2,080 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 14.91 14.92 596 597 40.0 30,975 31,034 2,078 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 14.23 14.20 568 568 39.9 29,549 29,536 2,077 Machinists........................................................ 23.48 24.22 939 969 40.0 48,834 50,376 2,080 Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................................................... 12.99 12.00 519 480 40.0 26,948 24,966 2,075 Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 12.99 12.00 519 480 40.0 26,948 24,966 2,075 Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 21.03 22.61 841 904 40.0 43,734 47,029 2,080 Tool and die makers............................................... 24.90 23.62 996 945 40.0 51,792 49,130 2,080 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 18.54 18.33 742 733 40.0 38,560 38,126 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 18.52 17.85 741 714 40.0 38,523 37,128 2,080 Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders...................................................... 18.61 20.56 744 822 40.0 38,713 42,756 2,080 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 14.98 16.75 599 670 40.0 31,165 34,840 2,080 Printers.......................................................... 19.91 18.36 789 734 39.6 41,003 38,189 2,060 Printing machine operators...................................... 20.26 18.39 800 734 39.5 41,624 38,189 2,054 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 11.43 12.49 457 500 40.0 23,778 25,979 2,080 Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders....... 20.15 20.35 806 814 40.0 41,922 42,328 2,080 Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders...................... 19.56 17.76 782 710 40.0 40,689 36,941 2,080 Cutting workers................................................... 14.69 14.36 588 574 40.0 30,378 29,869 2,068 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.77 16.50 711 660 40.0 36,962 34,320 2,080 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 17.71 17.75 709 710 40.0 36,846 36,920 2,080 Painting workers.................................................. 17.61 17.10 704 684 40.0 36,629 35,568 2,080 Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders...................................................... 17.65 16.60 706 664 40.0 36,705 34,518 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.94 12.00 517 480 40.0 26,867 24,960 2,076 Helpers--production workers..................................... 11.76 11.00 470 440 40.0 24,451 22,880 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 18.38 15.50 767 634 41.7 39,878 32,972 2,170 First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand................................................... 20.08 19.51 803 780 40.0 41,769 40,581 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................. 31.79 30.83 1,336 1,233 42.0 69,469 64,116 2,185 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.63 18.19 872 847 46.8 45,330 44,067 2,433 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.05 18.80 924 875 48.5 48,023 45,510 2,521 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 17.70 15.00 768 530 43.4 39,962 27,560 2,258 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 15.66 14.88 625 590 39.9 32,514 30,680 2,077 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 13.16 12.02 525 481 39.8 27,241 25,064 2,069 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 14.03 13.25 558 518 39.8 28,925 26,728 2,062 Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 15.68 15.78 620 631 39.5 32,237 32,822 2,056 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 11.42 10.25 457 410 40.0 23,751 21,320 2,079 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.