RSE Table 15 Private industry establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Relative standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings for full-time workers Hourly earnings(2) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(1) Mean Relative Mean Relative Mean Relative error(3) error(3) error(3) All workers........................................................... $18.59 1.8% $740 1.8% $38,142 1.8% Management occupations.............................................. 32.22 4.5 1,341 5.1 69,625 5.1 General and operations managers................................... 33.30 5.5 1,438 7.5 74,777 7.5 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 46.92 7.7 1,957 9.8 101,779 9.8 Sales managers.................................................. 44.32 6.0 1,870 9.6 97,265 9.6 Financial managers................................................ 32.01 5.7 1,268 6.4 65,946 6.4 Construction managers............................................. 27.67 9.2 1,136 13.4 59,083 13.4 Medical and health services managers.............................. 32.33 1.7 1,293 1.7 67,247 1.7 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 27.33 4.9 1,107 4.9 57,576 4.9 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 22.86 16.3 914 16.3 47,539 16.3 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 26.23 7.8 1,039 7.6 54,019 7.6 Cost estimators................................................... 27.91 15.4 1,180 20.9 61,347 20.9 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 26.31 12.3 1,105 14.6 57,460 14.6 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 27.04 9.1 1,086 9.0 56,475 9.0 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 32.43 14.8 1,278 15.6 66,473 15.6 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 32.13 14.0 1,280 14.1 66,566 14.1 Loan officers................................................... 32.38 15.0 1,289 15.1 67,049 15.1 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 32.08 7.2 1,300 8.2 67,587 8.2 Computer software engineers....................................... 41.85 10.5 1,674 10.5 87,040 10.5 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 43.59 10.0 1,744 10.0 90,666 10.0 Computer support specialists...................................... 25.85 8.4 1,032 8.4 53,659 8.4 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 29.11 10.8 1,226 10.2 63,766 10.2 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 26.13 6.5 1,060 6.9 54,734 6.9 Architects, except naval.......................................... 27.87 12.9 1,205 15.3 59,655 15.3 Engineers......................................................... 31.76 18.6 1,300 19.3 67,623 19.3 Drafters.......................................................... 22.42 11.5 871 10.1 45,295 10.1 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 24.17 7.3 967 7.3 50,283 7.3 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 28.95 24.8 1,198 26.8 62,289 26.8 Community and social services occupations........................... 16.69 4.0 658 4.9 34,241 4.9 Counselors........................................................ 19.07 13.1 737 16.4 38,303 16.4 Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors.............. 21.23 5.0 854 4.2 44,391 4.2 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 14.56 10.6 580 10.9 30,148 10.9 Legal occupations................................................... 34.96 11.0 1,417 11.7 73,662 11.7 Lawyers........................................................... 45.99 11.3 1,962 10.5 102,008 10.5 Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 21.86 11.5 836 10.7 43,465 10.7 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 17.94 10.6 706 10.5 31,677 10.5 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 20.12 13.6 805 13.6 32,302 13.6 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 19.19 10.5 734 9.5 38,191 9.5 Designers......................................................... 17.65 13.8 703 13.7 36,573 13.7 Writers and editors............................................... 17.96 14.4 718 14.4 37,349 14.4 Editors......................................................... 18.93 14.6 757 14.6 39,381 14.6 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.92 12.9 1,102 13.2 57,314 13.2 Registered nurses................................................. 25.65 8.4 991 8.0 51,536 8.0 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.55 3.5 647 3.7 33,654 3.7 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.17 6.2 543 6.8 28,251 6.8 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.69 4.8 414 4.8 21,523 4.8 Home health aides............................................... 10.22 6.7 396 6.2 20,606 6.2 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.97 6.4 425 7.0 22,079 7.0 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 15.81 6.1 604 7.0 31,400 7.0 Dental assistants............................................... 16.92 7.3 635 9.6 33,028 9.6 Protective service occupations...................................... 10.11 12.5 405 12.5 21,036 12.5 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.31 6.6 354 8.0 18,369 8.0 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 13.23 9.9 551 12.3 28,650 12.3 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 13.33 11.1 550 13.1 28,622 13.1 Cooks............................................................. 9.90 4.0 380 3.8 19,777 3.8 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 9.42 7.6 372 9.3 19,339 9.3 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 10.54 2.4 392 2.8 20,374 2.8 Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.88 2.7 332 3.4 17,244 3.4 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.27 14.9 183 20.9 9,531 20.9 Bartenders...................................................... 7.19 24.4 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.32 9.3 148 12.0 7,717 12.0 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 9.11 5.4 347 5.5 17,934 5.5 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 9.11 5.4 347 5.5 17,934 5.5 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.24 8.9 447 8.9 22,185 8.9 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 11.75 8.3 484 8.1 24,002 8.1 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.07 9.5 393 9.4 20,416 9.4 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.99 11.9 436 12.1 22,682 12.1 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.44 7.1 364 6.2 18,913 6.2 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 13.58 19.6 558 20.0 24,941 20.0 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 14.49 20.2 600 19.9 25,731 19.9 Personal care and service occupations............................... 11.06 5.0 419 4.8 21,768 4.8 Sales and related occupations....................................... 20.43 8.4 816 8.3 42,443 8.3 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.65 10.2 757 10.1 39,379 10.1 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.12 7.5 649 7.7 33,734 7.7 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 25.90 24.6 1,080 24.9 56,172 24.9 Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.43 4.7 530 5.1 27,571 5.1 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.70 2.6 376 3.5 19,539 3.5 Cashiers...................................................... 9.70 2.6 376 3.5 19,539 3.5 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 15.16 8.6 607 8.6 31,571 8.6 Parts salespersons............................................ 15.80 8.7 632 8.7 32,872 8.7 Retail salespersons............................................. 15.27 7.5 607 9.2 31,571 9.2 Insurance sales agents............................................ 40.25 14.0 1,593 14.9 82,835 14.9 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 67.33 29.2 2,693 29.2 140,050 29.2 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 26.57 10.8 1,093 11.1 56,861 11.1 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products............................ 25.42 13.3 1,046 13.5 54,398 13.5 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 14.74 26.3 590 26.3 30,656 26.3 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.37 1.8 608 1.8 31,544 1.8 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 22.60 5.0 895 4.8 46,535 4.8 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.32 6.5 527 6.6 27,332 6.6 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 11.84 5.2 468 5.5 24,315 5.5 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.38 8.7 569 8.6 29,455 8.6 Tellers......................................................... 10.84 3.9 426 4.0 22,131 4.0 Brokerage clerks.................................................. 16.74 6.1 670 6.1 34,818 6.1 Customer service representatives.................................. 16.21 4.5 646 4.3 33,167 4.3 Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 14.32 6.7 565 6.9 29,404 6.9 Order clerks...................................................... 15.04 11.2 602 11.2 31,287 11.2 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.87 3.5 546 4.0 28,379 4.0 Dispatchers....................................................... 16.35 5.5 657 5.7 34,148 5.7 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 16.35 5.5 657 5.7 34,148 5.7 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 19.07 7.2 763 7.2 39,663 7.2 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.95 5.0 556 4.8 28,900 4.8 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.48 7.5 499 7.5 25,952 7.5 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.86 2.9 652 3.8 33,802 3.8 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.05 5.7 758 5.6 39,430 5.6 Legal secretaries............................................... 16.79 6.8 658 5.7 34,224 5.7 Medical secretaries............................................. 14.13 6.3 521 5.1 27,110 5.1 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.40 9.7 573 12.8 29,503 12.8 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 17.78 16.1 702 16.3 36,515 16.3 Office clerks, general............................................ 14.92 4.5 588 4.5 30,444 4.5 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 20.53 3.8 824 3.8 40,603 3.8 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 28.81 6.8 1,141 6.2 58,009 6.2 Carpenters........................................................ 19.89 10.3 796 10.3 41,375 10.3 Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers........... 20.14 12.2 806 12.2 39,387 12.2 Cement masons and concrete finishers............................ 20.14 12.2 806 12.2 39,387 12.2 Construction laborers............................................. 18.88 11.6 755 11.6 36,501 11.6 Construction equipment operators.................................. 27.84 7.6 1,113 7.6 45,046 7.6 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 29.01 6.5 1,160 6.5 51,959 6.5 Electricians...................................................... 16.77 7.5 671 7.5 34,885 7.5 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 24.98 9.0 996 9.1 51,778 9.1 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 25.04 10.0 998 10.1 51,877 10.1 Sheet metal workers............................................... 22.58 8.1 858 2.8 44,612 2.8 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 12.70 5.3 508 5.3 24,144 5.3 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.87 3.7 799 3.8 41,534 3.8 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 25.49 12.0 1,078 13.6 56,076 13.6 Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 23.82 7.0 953 7.0 49,545 7.0 Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers.............................................. 23.82 7.0 953 7.0 49,545 7.0 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 18.26 4.4 733 4.4 38,096 4.4 Automotive body and related repairers........................... 21.72 7.8 869 7.8 45,173 7.8 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 17.58 5.3 706 5.4 36,714 5.4 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 19.72 6.5 789 6.5 41,018 6.5 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics...................................................... 20.19 6.2 807 6.2 41,988 6.2 Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines................ 20.47 6.3 819 6.3 42,575 6.3 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers..................................................... 20.30 11.6 812 11.6 42,224 11.6 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.57 7.4 663 7.4 34,475 7.4 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 19.74 7.8 790 7.8 41,056 7.8 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 15.50 12.7 620 12.7 32,242 12.7 Line installers and repairers..................................... 25.25 17.2 1,010 17.2 52,527 17.2 Electrical power-line installers and repairers.................. 29.49 4.5 1,180 4.5 61,338 4.5 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 16.43 12.3 657 12.3 34,173 12.3 Production occupations.............................................. 15.87 6.1 634 6.2 32,971 6.2 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 16.93 18.6 686 19.1 35,658 19.1 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 13.27 5.8 531 5.8 27,593 5.8 Computer control programmers and operators........................ 18.55 19.1 742 19.1 38,582 19.1 Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic... 16.34 15.4 654 15.4 33,991 15.4 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 17.56 8.6 703 8.6 36,532 8.6 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 15.03 6.4 601 6.4 31,266 6.4 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 15.02 7.8 601 7.8 31,251 7.8 Bookbinders and bindery workers................................... 13.04 9.6 522 9.6 27,121 9.6 Bindery workers................................................. 13.04 9.6 522 9.6 27,121 9.6 Printers.......................................................... 14.35 10.1 574 10.1 29,843 10.1 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 12.10 3.2 484 3.2 25,167 3.2 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.61 12.2 704 12.2 36,622 12.2 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 15.35 11.3 614 11.3 31,925 11.3 Helpers--production workers..................................... 15.51 11.4 621 11.4 32,267 11.4 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.23 5.9 660 5.9 33,952 5.9 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.41 5.3 623 5.8 32,049 5.8 Driver/sales workers............................................ 13.77 12.0 579 14.0 30,098 14.0 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 17.11 5.0 692 5.8 35,291 5.8 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 12.91 10.9 515 11.1 26,784 11.1 Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators................. 22.95 13.3 918 13.3 44,671 13.3 Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators........... 18.86 11.0 754 11.0 33,886 11.0 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.77 2.4 551 2.4 28,636 2.4 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.90 11.9 511 12.0 26,573 12.0 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 11.45 6.4 458 6.4 23,820 6.4 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 13.39 16.0 527 16.3 27,396 16.3 1 The NCS uses the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification coding structure, which defines more than 800 unique occupations, to match jobs sampled by the survey. Military occupations are excluded from the survey. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighed by hours. 3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see chapter 8 of the BLS Handbook of Methods, at https://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/homch8_a.htm. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.