RSE Table 12 Full-time(1) private industry workers: Relative standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(5) Annual earnings(6) Occupation(2) Mean Relative Mean Relative Mean Relative error(4) error(4) error(4) All workers........................................................... $20.12 1.3% $802 1.3% $41,448 1.3% Management occupations.............................................. 39.04 3.6 1,593 3.4 82,764 3.4 General and operations managers................................... 36.63 6.6 1,537 7.0 79,920 7.0 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 50.02 6.4 2,072 6.9 107,757 6.9 Marketing managers.............................................. 49.20 12.5 1,966 12.4 102,248 12.4 Sales managers.................................................. 50.56 9.0 2,146 10.7 111,583 10.7 Administrative services managers.................................. 34.88 18.6 1,395 18.6 72,552 18.6 Computer and information systems managers......................... 47.80 4.4 1,923 4.6 99,973 4.6 Financial managers................................................ 39.05 4.7 1,553 4.6 80,757 4.6 Human resources managers.......................................... 33.16 12.5 1,397 11.1 72,662 11.1 Industrial production managers.................................... 36.85 11.1 1,477 11.0 76,793 11.0 Transportation, storage, and distribution managers................ 36.26 20.3 1,450 20.3 75,423 20.3 Construction managers............................................. 32.08 8.5 1,308 9.6 68,012 9.6 Education administrators.......................................... 34.03 11.2 1,383 12.1 71,910 12.1 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 36.78 6.3 1,499 6.4 77,937 6.4 Engineering managers.............................................. 53.15 7.8 2,165 6.5 112,599 6.5 Food service managers............................................. 21.04 24.5 971 19.7 49,026 19.7 Medical and health services managers.............................. 39.96 9.9 1,595 9.8 82,938 9.8 Social and community service managers............................. 25.90 14.8 1,015 14.9 52,781 14.9 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.17 2.8 1,132 2.7 58,578 2.7 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 26.00 9.9 1,050 11.5 54,585 11.5 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 24.45 11.5 990 14.3 51,498 14.3 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 22.89 4.1 899 4.2 43,385 4.2 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 22.77 4.2 894 4.3 43,093 4.3 Cost estimators................................................... 29.98 10.3 1,242 13.3 64,603 13.3 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 26.74 6.2 1,089 6.9 56,590 6.9 Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists.............. 22.54 10.7 907 11.9 47,108 11.9 Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists............ 26.33 10.1 1,050 9.9 54,619 9.9 Training and development specialists............................ 29.78 7.1 1,167 6.8 60,667 6.8 Management analysts............................................... 37.16 9.8 1,486 9.8 77,262 9.8 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 27.54 3.9 1,109 3.5 57,645 3.5 Credit analysts................................................... 30.01 16.8 1,193 16.9 62,027 16.9 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 29.99 7.9 1,193 8.1 62,023 8.1 Financial analysts.............................................. 32.76 10.6 1,306 10.8 67,904 10.8 Insurance underwriters.......................................... 26.14 11.8 1,032 11.9 53,672 11.9 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 30.77 13.0 1,226 13.1 63,761 13.1 Loan officers................................................... 31.63 15.0 1,260 15.1 65,524 15.1 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 33.60 3.6 1,345 3.6 69,930 3.6 Computer programmers.............................................. 29.69 6.7 1,182 6.7 61,459 6.7 Computer software engineers....................................... 40.20 7.8 1,608 7.8 83,621 7.8 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 42.32 6.3 1,693 6.3 88,035 6.3 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 37.34 11.8 1,493 11.8 77,659 11.8 Computer support specialists...................................... 22.67 9.4 910 9.5 47,308 9.5 Computer systems analysts......................................... 37.24 2.7 1,477 2.5 76,816 2.5 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 30.96 6.7 1,257 5.2 65,380 5.2 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 32.93 13.7 1,317 13.7 68,485 13.7 Actuaries......................................................... 45.11 17.7 1,801 17.7 93,660 17.7 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 31.03 3.3 1,252 3.3 64,936 3.3 Architects, except naval.......................................... 27.87 12.9 1,205 15.3 59,655 15.3 Engineers......................................................... 37.49 2.0 1,516 2.1 78,816 2.1 Civil engineers................................................. 31.86 17.8 1,305 18.3 67,879 18.3 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 36.72 3.4 1,480 3.3 76,967 3.3 Electrical engineers.......................................... 35.47 5.9 1,440 7.3 74,905 7.3 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 37.99 7.0 1,519 7.0 79,013 7.0 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 30.52 8.1 1,272 7.9 66,165 7.9 Industrial engineers.......................................... 30.60 8.4 1,278 8.3 66,458 8.3 Mechanical engineers............................................ 38.41 4.5 1,536 4.5 79,893 4.5 Drafters.......................................................... 22.00 6.0 868 5.4 45,131 5.4 Architectural and civil drafters................................ 22.30 11.2 862 9.7 44,847 9.7 Mechanical drafters............................................. 22.20 5.7 888 5.7 46,167 5.7 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 24.52 3.6 981 3.6 50,995 3.6 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 23.63 10.6 945 10.6 49,148 10.6 Industrial engineering technicians.............................. 21.04 7.7 842 7.7 43,759 7.7 Mechanical engineering technicians.............................. 19.25 2.9 770 2.9 40,034 2.9 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 30.58 11.0 1,232 11.4 64,071 11.4 Life scientists................................................... 31.73 19.5 1,314 21.6 68,335 21.6 Physical scientists............................................... 34.68 9.1 1,387 9.1 72,133 9.1 Chemists and materials scientists............................... 32.31 12.6 1,292 12.6 67,195 12.6 Market and survey researchers..................................... 41.45 6.7 1,658 6.7 86,226 6.7 Market research analysts........................................ 41.45 6.7 1,658 6.7 86,226 6.7 Community and social services occupations........................... 18.16 6.9 717 7.2 37,276 7.2 Counselors........................................................ 17.04 8.3 658 10.0 34,191 10.0 Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors.............. 21.25 4.9 850 4.3 44,204 4.3 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 14.06 5.4 529 11.0 27,522 11.0 Rehabilitation counselors....................................... 13.58 4.9 510 4.2 26,502 4.2 Social workers.................................................... 24.15 10.3 967 10.2 50,282 10.2 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 14.99 8.0 597 8.2 31,066 8.2 Social and human service assistants............................. 13.91 9.6 557 9.6 28,942 9.6 Legal occupations................................................... 37.63 6.7 1,541 6.5 80,133 6.5 Lawyers........................................................... 49.68 8.7 2,091 7.5 108,756 7.5 Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 25.17 9.5 1,003 10.6 52,154 10.6 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 28.44 8.3 1,119 8.1 46,745 8.1 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 39.00 8.1 1,517 4.8 59,613 4.8 Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 44.27 8.9 1,510 7.4 58,965 7.4 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 35.13 16.1 1,373 13.3 64,329 13.3 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 22.69 5.6 907 5.6 36,097 5.6 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 21.83 9.3 873 9.3 33,358 9.3 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 23.31 9.3 910 7.9 47,307 7.9 Designers......................................................... 22.31 16.3 890 15.9 46,265 15.9 Graphic designers............................................... 17.20 7.6 692 7.9 35,996 7.9 News analysts, reporters and correspondents....................... 31.60 15.7 1,215 17.3 63,189 17.3 Reporters and correspondents.................................... 27.13 12.4 1,039 14.2 54,018 14.2 Writers and editors............................................... 18.50 10.2 740 10.2 38,470 10.2 Editors......................................................... 19.10 10.8 764 10.8 39,736 10.8 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 28.97 6.3 1,135 6.3 59,007 6.3 Pharmacists....................................................... 53.00 2.9 2,149 3.1 111,764 3.1 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 93.70 16.9 3,782 16.8 196,670 16.8 Registered nurses................................................. 28.86 5.3 1,112 5.1 57,814 5.1 Therapists........................................................ 29.16 1.7 1,163 1.7 60,499 1.7 Physical therapists............................................. 29.19 2.3 1,162 1.9 60,420 1.9 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 22.42 8.6 895 8.5 46,553 8.5 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 25.05 8.7 1,001 8.6 52,036 8.6 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 17.38 9.3 693 9.0 36,043 9.0 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 26.11 7.2 1,010 7.6 52,525 7.6 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 24.95 8.4 960 8.8 49,940 8.8 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 12.54 10.7 495 10.5 25,727 10.5 Pharmacy technicians............................................ 11.46 8.3 456 8.0 23,729 8.0 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.10 1.8 711 1.8 36,980 1.8 Medical records and health information technicians................ 15.31 5.9 602 5.4 31,281 5.4 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.55 4.1 524 4.4 27,255 4.4 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.42 2.2 445 2.0 23,141 2.0 Home health aides............................................... 11.24 6.2 443 6.2 23,010 6.2 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.50 2.6 446 2.6 23,181 2.6 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 15.49 5.2 596 6.1 30,983 6.1 Dental assistants............................................... 16.92 7.3 635 9.6 33,028 9.6 Medical assistants.............................................. 13.27 6.1 525 6.7 27,306 6.7 Medical transcriptionists....................................... 18.41 4.4 736 4.4 38,291 4.4 Pharmacy aides.................................................. 12.59 16.6 496 15.0 25,769 15.0 Protective service occupations...................................... 12.10 5.4 484 5.4 25,154 5.4 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.82 6.1 473 6.1 24,582 6.1 Security guards................................................. 11.81 6.1 472 6.1 24,555 6.1 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.62 4.6 367 5.8 18,999 5.8 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 13.63 7.3 564 9.3 29,323 9.3 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 13.60 8.3 559 10.1 29,060 10.1 Cooks............................................................. 10.64 4.1 411 4.3 21,278 4.3 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 11.19 7.6 444 8.1 22,600 8.1 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 10.97 3.1 412 4.3 21,421 4.3 Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.88 3.1 337 2.9 17,272 2.9 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.39 13.9 190 18.7 9,855 18.7 Bartenders...................................................... 7.08 22.0 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.38 9.0 153 12.0 7,963 12.0 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 8.39 4.7 300 8.6 15,605 8.6 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 9.11 5.2 347 5.2 17,775 5.2 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 9.07 5.5 345 5.5 17,670 5.5 Dishwashers....................................................... 8.87 3.1 333 2.8 17,329 2.8 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.00 4.8 477 4.7 24,249 4.7 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 13.55 7.9 552 7.5 27,853 7.5 First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers...................................................... 13.53 9.0 552 8.6 28,696 8.6 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.53 5.1 455 5.0 23,651 5.0 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.56 6.4 498 6.5 25,871 6.5 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.90 4.7 388 4.7 20,156 4.7 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 13.53 19.2 556 19.6 24,900 19.6 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 14.40 19.8 596 19.6 25,664 19.6 Personal care and service occupations............................... 11.33 3.8 434 3.9 22,544 3.9 Gaming services workers........................................... 6.90 10.5 275 10.2 14,305 10.2 Gaming dealers.................................................. 6.16 4.8 245 4.8 12,753 4.8 Barbers and cosmetologists........................................ 13.35 7.2 491 3.3 25,547 3.3 Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists.................. 13.35 7.2 491 3.3 25,547 3.3 Personal and home care aides...................................... 10.04 5.1 392 7.0 20,397 7.0 Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.71 6.8 787 6.8 40,887 6.8 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 19.14 6.2 773 6.2 40,206 6.2 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 17.13 4.7 688 4.7 35,791 4.7 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 27.72 18.9 1,145 19.1 59,548 19.1 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.83 3.3 507 3.8 26,316 3.8 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.08 2.7 395 3.3 20,461 3.3 Cashiers...................................................... 10.14 2.7 397 3.4 20,574 3.4 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 15.45 7.6 619 7.6 32,168 7.6 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 12.11 18.9 487 18.9 25,341 18.9 Parts salespersons............................................ 16.05 7.8 642 7.8 33,393 7.8 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.09 5.7 557 7.0 28,983 7.0 Advertising sales agents.......................................... 19.54 15.4 782 15.4 40,647 15.4 Insurance sales agents............................................ 32.72 13.2 1,296 13.7 67,401 13.7 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 62.99 19.0 2,520 19.0 131,021 19.0 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 28.26 7.9 1,169 8.3 60,762 8.3 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products...................................... 35.81 17.0 1,458 17.1 75,801 17.1 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products............................ 26.78 11.1 1,111 11.8 57,747 11.8 Telemarketers..................................................... 11.49 12.9 454 12.1 23,600 12.1 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 15.75 18.5 630 18.5 32,770 18.5 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.50 1.3 615 1.2 31,945 1.2 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 23.41 3.1 936 2.9 48,674 2.9 Switchboard operators, including answering service................ 10.65 8.6 426 8.6 22,149 8.6 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.72 3.8 544 3.9 28,243 3.9 Bill and account collectors..................................... 13.26 6.8 530 6.8 27,584 6.8 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 13.55 3.5 539 3.7 28,040 3.7 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.42 6.2 571 6.1 29,629 6.1 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 17.11 4.1 685 4.1 35,594 4.1 Procurement clerks.............................................. 17.39 11.1 696 11.1 36,173 11.1 Tellers......................................................... 10.89 3.1 429 3.3 22,296 3.3 Brokerage clerks.................................................. 16.54 5.6 662 5.6 34,403 5.6 Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks.......................... 13.21 6.9 528 6.9 27,481 6.9 Customer service representatives.................................. 15.42 4.8 614 4.5 31,783 4.5 File clerks....................................................... 13.04 11.6 503 10.3 26,152 10.3 Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks.............................. 9.14 4.7 344 6.3 17,899 6.3 Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 12.55 4.0 502 3.9 26,086 3.9 Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 14.89 5.6 590 5.7 30,693 5.7 New accounts clerks............................................... 13.77 8.5 551 8.5 28,637 8.5 Order clerks...................................................... 16.97 9.2 678 9.3 35,249 9.3 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 16.91 8.9 677 8.9 35,182 8.9 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.70 2.7 541 3.0 28,147 3.0 Dispatchers....................................................... 16.42 4.7 666 4.4 34,653 4.4 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 16.42 4.7 666 4.4 34,653 4.4 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 19.46 4.9 778 4.9 40,480 4.9 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.95 4.2 515 3.8 26,779 3.8 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 13.87 5.0 550 5.0 28,619 5.0 Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping........ 14.01 9.9 552 10.6 28,711 10.6 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.09 2.2 713 2.6 37,011 2.6 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.73 4.3 787 4.2 40,944 4.2 Legal secretaries............................................... 18.14 6.0 719 6.1 37,377 6.1 Medical secretaries............................................. 15.70 7.1 610 7.9 31,713 7.9 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.74 4.8 647 6.5 33,509 6.5 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 13.24 4.4 527 4.2 27,405 4.2 Data entry keyers............................................... 13.08 4.9 522 4.9 27,121 4.9 Word processors and typists..................................... 14.05 13.9 553 12.9 28,770 12.9 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 16.24 7.9 639 7.6 33,232 7.6 Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service..... 11.86 6.3 472 6.2 24,545 6.2 Office clerks, general............................................ 14.85 3.3 588 3.3 30,479 3.3 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 21.55 4.3 864 4.3 42,944 4.3 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 29.52 6.4 1,170 5.9 59,619 5.9 Carpenters........................................................ 21.30 9.1 852 9.1 44,304 9.1 Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers........... 20.60 12.1 824 12.1 40,442 12.1 Cement masons and concrete finishers............................ 20.60 12.1 824 12.1 40,442 12.1 Construction laborers............................................. 18.80 9.9 752 9.9 36,758 9.9 Construction equipment operators.................................. 27.61 7.2 1,104 7.2 45,554 7.2 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 28.63 6.2 1,145 6.2 52,000 6.2 Electricians...................................................... 19.46 15.7 778 15.7 40,475 15.7 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 26.98 7.3 1,076 7.3 55,953 7.3 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 27.18 7.8 1,084 7.8 56,351 7.8 Sheet metal workers............................................... 25.90 16.9 1,002 16.6 52,107 16.6 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 13.13 5.8 525 5.8 25,109 5.8 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.60 3.2 827 3.3 43,006 3.3 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 27.42 8.8 1,148 10.4 59,691 10.4 Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 24.48 7.0 979 7.0 50,914 7.0 Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers.............................................. 24.48 7.0 979 7.0 50,914 7.0 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................... 22.60 23.0 904 23.0 47,005 23.0 Aircraft mechanics and service technicians........................ 25.82 9.5 1,033 9.5 53,716 9.5 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 18.28 4.3 733 4.2 38,128 4.2 Automotive body and related repairers........................... 20.97 8.1 839 8.1 43,615 8.1 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 17.72 5.1 712 5.1 37,002 5.1 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 19.39 5.4 776 5.4 40,365 5.4 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics...................................................... 20.42 5.7 817 5.7 42,474 5.7 Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines................ 20.54 5.8 821 5.8 42,713 5.8 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers..................................................... 20.98 10.6 839 10.6 43,638 10.6 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 20.12 4.8 804 4.8 41,825 4.8 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 22.30 3.1 891 3.1 46,342 3.1 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 18.00 10.1 720 10.1 37,432 10.1 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 15.51 6.8 620 6.8 32,257 6.8 Line installers and repairers..................................... 25.31 15.2 1,013 15.2 52,651 15.2 Electrical power-line installers and repairers.................. 29.58 4.2 1,183 4.2 61,523 4.2 Telecommunications line installers and repairers................ 23.00 21.6 920 21.6 47,844 21.6 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 16.82 9.7 673 9.7 34,985 9.7 Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers.......... 18.29 12.2 732 12.2 38,042 12.2 Production occupations.............................................. 16.28 2.9 650 2.9 33,813 2.9 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 22.47 8.3 905 8.4 47,074 8.4 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 16.03 9.9 641 9.9 33,334 9.9 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 16.28 10.7 651 10.7 33,865 10.7 Engine and other machine assemblers............................... 16.99 13.3 680 13.3 35,336 13.3 Structural metal fabricators and fitters.......................... 25.10 16.3 1,004 16.3 52,203 16.3 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.02 7.1 599 7.2 31,118 7.2 Bakers............................................................ 13.64 9.8 538 10.3 27,956 10.3 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 13.46 2.6 539 2.6 28,002 2.6 Butchers and meat cutters....................................... 18.59 6.6 744 6.6 38,671 6.6 Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers.................... 12.87 3.7 515 3.7 26,768 3.7 Miscellaneous food processing workers............................. 14.71 7.8 588 7.8 30,590 7.8 Food batchmakers................................................ 15.14 8.0 606 8.0 31,501 8.0 Computer control programmers and operators........................ 19.30 14.4 771 14.4 40,080 14.4 Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic... 17.96 12.7 717 12.6 37,290 12.6 Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 16.07 7.8 643 7.8 33,434 7.8 Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............................................ 15.36 7.4 614 7.4 31,939 7.4 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 15.85 4.2 634 4.2 32,952 4.2 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 14.30 5.8 571 5.7 29,712 5.7 Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................... 16.30 7.9 652 7.9 33,914 7.9 Machinists........................................................ 21.12 9.7 845 9.7 43,923 9.7 Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................................................... 12.90 7.3 515 7.3 26,771 7.3 Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 12.90 7.3 515 7.3 26,771 7.3 Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 20.52 10.5 821 10.5 42,691 10.5 Tool and die makers............................................... 24.40 5.9 976 5.9 50,755 5.9 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 17.16 4.8 686 4.8 35,691 4.8 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 17.15 5.9 686 5.9 35,678 5.9 Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders...................................................... 17.18 10.0 687 10.0 35,741 10.0 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 15.70 6.0 628 6.0 32,654 6.0 Bookbinders and bindery workers................................... 13.00 8.6 520 8.6 27,036 8.6 Bindery workers................................................. 13.00 8.6 520 8.6 27,036 8.6 Printers.......................................................... 17.56 5.7 699 5.6 36,323 5.6 Prepress technicians and workers................................ 16.52 8.4 661 8.4 34,368 8.4 Printing machine operators...................................... 17.60 7.9 699 7.8 36,347 7.8 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 10.87 7.2 429 7.9 22,308 7.9 Sewing machine operators.......................................... 9.83 6.6 393 6.6 20,322 6.6 Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters................................ 14.62 2.6 585 2.6 30,415 2.6 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 14.73 4.8 589 4.8 30,644 4.8 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing....................................................... 14.28 3.9 571 3.9 29,700 3.9 Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders....... 18.14 6.9 726 6.9 37,728 6.9 Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders...................... 19.22 5.3 769 5.3 39,974 5.3 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 14.54 5.8 582 5.8 30,240 5.8 Cutting workers................................................... 14.42 7.6 573 8.1 29,691 8.1 Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 14.38 8.3 570 8.8 29,657 8.8 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.71 6.3 709 6.3 36,846 6.3 Medical, dental, and ophthalmic laboratory technicians............ 16.42 11.4 649 11.2 33,773 11.2 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 17.33 4.8 693 4.8 36,056 4.8 Painting workers.................................................. 18.05 7.0 722 7.0 37,549 7.0 Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders...................................................... 17.44 7.1 698 7.1 36,280 7.1 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.66 6.9 546 6.9 28,383 6.9 Helpers--production workers..................................... 12.59 12.2 503 12.2 26,179 12.2 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.20 3.9 708 3.8 36,566 3.8 First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand................................................... 18.60 8.4 751 8.9 39,057 8.9 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................. 28.66 23.1 1,188 21.0 61,775 21.0 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.74 2.9 718 4.5 37,050 4.5 Driver/sales workers............................................ 13.84 11.1 581 13.2 30,212 13.2 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.00 2.7 789 3.9 40,537 3.9 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 14.83 7.0 612 8.2 31,814 8.2 Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators................. 23.38 12.7 935 12.7 45,662 12.7 Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators........... 20.25 13.0 810 13.0 36,940 13.0 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 14.82 4.3 592 4.3 30,794 4.3 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 13.06 5.9 519 5.9 26,983 5.9 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 13.09 10.6 524 10.6 27,237 10.6 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 13.73 8.6 543 8.6 28,209 8.6 Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 12.71 21.9 505 21.5 26,258 21.5 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 12.16 7.5 486 7.5 25,290 7.5 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 The NCS uses the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification coding structure, which defines more than 800 unique occupations, to match jobs sampled by the survey. Military occupations are excluded from the survey. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighed by hours. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see chapter 8 of the BLS Handbook of Methods, at https://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/homch8_a.htm. 5 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees, exclusive of overtime. 6 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.