RSE Table 16 Private industry establishments with 100 workers or more: 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........................................................... $21.69 2.6% $866 2.5% $44,865 2.5% Management occupations.............................................. 44.04 5.1 1,771 5.4 92,076 5.4 General and operations managers................................... 42.88 14.0 1,708 14.0 88,829 14.0 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 54.01 10.9 2,218 11.9 115,339 11.9 Marketing managers.............................................. 46.00 18.3 1,838 18.3 95,573 18.3 Sales managers.................................................. 67.56 15.6 2,912 14.4 151,400 14.4 Administrative services managers.................................. 40.04 18.7 1,602 18.7 83,288 18.7 Computer and information systems managers......................... 49.05 4.8 1,975 5.0 102,694 5.0 Financial managers................................................ 42.83 5.0 1,707 4.9 88,751 4.9 Industrial production managers.................................... 42.76 6.0 1,718 5.6 89,361 5.6 Transportation, storage, and distribution managers................ 40.05 21.2 1,602 21.2 83,298 21.2 Education administrators.......................................... 36.78 6.3 1,499 6.4 77,937 6.4 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 36.78 6.3 1,499 6.4 77,937 6.4 Engineering managers.............................................. 56.29 5.4 2,251 5.4 117,078 5.4 Medical and health services managers.............................. 43.06 11.9 1,717 11.9 89,282 11.9 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.68 2.8 1,146 2.7 59,169 2.7 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 27.76 9.0 1,127 11.2 58,588 11.2 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 27.14 9.9 1,105 13.0 57,459 13.0 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 21.92 5.4 858 5.6 40,595 5.6 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 21.92 5.4 858 5.6 40,595 5.6 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 27.07 6.8 1,077 6.6 55,932 6.6 Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists.............. 27.34 10.7 1,109 13.5 57,479 13.5 Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists............ 27.47 10.8 1,095 10.7 56,936 10.7 Training and development specialists............................ 27.20 9.7 1,063 8.4 55,283 8.4 Management analysts............................................... 36.09 10.3 1,443 10.3 75,045 10.3 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 27.77 4.9 1,119 3.9 58,201 3.9 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 28.42 8.5 1,137 8.5 59,105 8.5 Financial analysts.............................................. 29.84 10.2 1,194 10.2 62,073 10.2 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 34.16 4.2 1,361 4.0 70,779 4.0 Computer programmers.............................................. 32.50 6.9 1,290 7.1 67,082 7.1 Computer software engineers....................................... 39.71 9.8 1,588 9.8 82,596 9.8 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 41.66 10.4 1,667 10.4 86,663 10.4 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 37.82 12.1 1,513 12.1 78,675 12.1 Computer support specialists...................................... 20.51 14.8 827 15.0 42,978 15.0 Computer systems analysts......................................... 37.47 2.6 1,486 2.6 77,286 2.6 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 32.58 4.6 1,283 3.1 66,703 3.1 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 34.10 14.5 1,364 14.5 70,934 14.5 Actuaries......................................................... 36.68 10.0 1,463 9.7 76,093 9.7 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.36 2.9 1,342 2.8 69,770 2.8 Engineers......................................................... 38.46 2.8 1,552 2.7 80,695 2.7 Civil engineers................................................. 31.76 9.4 1,271 9.4 66,067 9.4 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 39.30 3.5 1,586 3.7 82,487 3.7 Electrical engineers.......................................... 38.28 4.4 1,560 4.9 81,119 4.9 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 30.53 8.6 1,276 8.3 66,326 8.3 Industrial engineers.......................................... 30.62 9.0 1,282 8.8 66,642 8.8 Mechanical engineers............................................ 38.41 4.5 1,536 4.5 79,893 4.5 Drafters.......................................................... 21.62 6.1 865 6.1 44,978 6.1 Mechanical drafters............................................. 21.68 5.6 867 5.6 45,099 5.6 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 24.75 4.7 990 4.7 51,479 4.7 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 24.51 10.0 981 10.0 50,988 10.0 Mechanical engineering technicians.............................. 19.25 2.9 770 2.9 40,034 2.9 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 31.02 10.7 1,241 10.7 64,543 10.7 Life scientists................................................... 24.09 8.4 963 8.4 50,100 8.4 Physical scientists............................................... 36.41 9.9 1,456 9.9 75,736 9.9 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........................... 20.17 13.2 796 13.6 41,406 13.6 Counselors........................................................ 14.36 2.2 553 2.6 28,780 2.6 Rehabilitation counselors....................................... 13.58 4.9 510 4.2 26,502 4.2 Social workers.................................................... 26.84 6.3 1,073 6.3 55,819 6.3 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 16.09 4.9 643 4.9 33,458 4.9 Social and human service assistants............................. 16.09 4.9 643 4.9 33,458 4.9 Legal occupations................................................... 43.62 5.3 1,830 3.8 95,163 3.8 Lawyers........................................................... 60.46 6.6 2,452 7.5 127,480 7.5 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 33.34 8.7 1,311 8.5 53,071 8.5 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 40.87 6.6 1,586 4.3 60,577 4.3 Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 46.09 8.8 1,545 8.2 57,861 8.2 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 43.96 14.7 1,694 14.6 74,911 14.6 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 28.16 7.9 1,126 7.9 58,530 7.9 Designers......................................................... 26.42 18.6 1,055 18.7 54,850 18.7 Graphic designers............................................... 18.21 8.6 725 8.7 37,719 8.7 News analysts, reporters and correspondents....................... 37.89 10.7 1,516 10.7 78,819 10.7 Reporters and correspondents.................................... 32.56 7.0 1,302 7.0 67,726 7.0 Writers and editors............................................... 20.03 4.4 801 4.4 41,662 4.4 Editors......................................................... 19.66 5.6 786 5.6 40,894 5.6 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 29.39 8.1 1,148 8.0 59,679 8.0 Pharmacists....................................................... 52.13 2.7 2,134 3.1 110,966 3.1 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 92.12 18.9 3,721 18.8 193,508 18.8 Registered nurses................................................. 29.50 6.1 1,136 6.0 59,065 6.0 Therapists........................................................ 28.84 3.0 1,148 2.6 59,715 2.6 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 21.56 5.6 860 5.6 44,739 5.6 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 23.42 7.2 935 7.1 48,622 7.1 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 18.47 8.6 736 8.4 38,292 8.4 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... 13.95 9.6 547 9.3 28,458 9.3 Pharmacy technicians............................................ 12.89 6.8 512 6.3 26,606 6.3 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.96 1.6 747 1.5 38,857 1.5 Medical records and health information technicians................ 15.85 7.6 625 7.0 32,512 7.0 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.58 4.2 494 4.3 25,677 4.3 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.88 2.3 464 2.2 24,138 2.2 Home health aides............................................... 12.24 7.9 490 7.9 25,462 7.9 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.76 2.5 456 2.6 23,731 2.6 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 14.03 7.8 557 7.8 28,972 7.8 Medical assistants.............................................. 13.06 8.7 513 9.9 26,671 9.9 Protective service occupations...................................... 12.94 4.5 517 4.5 26,909 4.5 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 12.73 3.9 509 3.9 26,480 3.9 Security guards................................................. 12.73 4.0 509 4.0 26,474 4.0 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.55 5.9 410 5.8 20,956 5.8 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 15.07 5.1 609 5.2 31,663 5.2 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 14.57 4.2 589 4.5 30,651 4.5 Cooks............................................................. 12.78 3.6 501 4.3 25,654 4.3 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 14.19 6.4 568 6.4 27,894 6.4 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 12.05 4.1 465 6.4 24,196 6.4 Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.90 7.3 351 7.3 17,335 7.3 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.83 19.5 213 19.1 11,066 19.1 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.62 27.4 172 28.6 8,933 28.6 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.70 5.9 504 5.9 26,225 5.9 Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.40 6.2 492 6.2 25,606 6.2 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 13.07 7.4 517 7.5 26,910 7.5 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 10.53 4.8 421 4.8 21,892 4.8 Personal care and service occupations............................... 11.59 5.7 448 5.9 23,294 5.9 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 Sales and related occupations....................................... 18.31 7.2 731 7.2 37,918 7.2 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 19.92 6.8 798 6.3 41,494 6.3 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 18.42 3.6 739 3.4 38,409 3.4 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.78 4.5 465 4.5 24,114 4.5 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.60 3.7 422 3.8 21,785 3.8 Cashiers...................................................... 10.79 3.2 430 3.4 22,155 3.4 Retail salespersons............................................. 12.29 6.3 482 6.3 25,072 6.3 Insurance sales agents............................................ 23.18 8.5 919 9.3 47,796 9.3 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 50.18 6.5 2,007 6.5 104,383 6.5 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 33.19 10.1 1,391 12.9 72,341 12.9 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products............................ 31.24 19.6 1,329 25.4 69,120 25.4 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 18.24 3.5 730 3.5 37,938 3.5 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.63 1.5 622 1.4 32,356 1.4 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 24.71 4.3 1,003 4.2 52,178 4.2 Switchboard operators, including answering service................ 10.65 8.6 426 8.6 22,149 8.6 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.38 2.5 573 2.4 29,795 2.4 Bill and account collectors..................................... 14.94 6.1 598 6.1 31,075 6.1 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 14.60 2.8 584 2.8 30,374 2.8 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.50 3.7 576 3.5 29,959 3.5 Tellers......................................................... 11.07 2.5 443 2.5 23,017 2.5 Customer service representatives.................................. 14.83 6.4 591 6.3 30,735 6.3 Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 12.66 5.0 506 4.9 26,314 4.9 Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 16.07 9.7 643 9.7 33,432 9.7 Order clerks...................................................... 17.99 10.0 718 10.1 37,345 10.1 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 15.33 7.8 613 7.8 31,882 7.8 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.20 5.9 528 5.9 27,461 5.9 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 20.08 4.8 803 4.8 41,773 4.8 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.35 5.4 491 4.6 25,528 4.6 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 14.66 7.5 579 7.5 30,113 7.5 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.19 3.1 769 3.3 39,994 3.3 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.08 5.7 803 5.7 41,746 5.7 Legal secretaries............................................... 23.54 2.2 976 4.0 50,735 4.0 Medical secretaries............................................. 16.48 5.2 658 5.3 34,202 5.3 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.81 3.5 712 3.5 37,010 3.5 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 13.37 5.1 531 5.0 27,634 5.0 Data entry keyers............................................... 13.07 5.6 521 5.7 27,077 5.7 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 15.76 8.6 619 8.0 32,196 8.0 Office clerks, general............................................ 14.77 5.8 587 5.6 30,520 5.6 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 27.30 9.4 1,092 9.4 56,791 9.4 Carpenters........................................................ 30.30 7.1 1,212 7.1 63,017 7.1 Construction laborers............................................. 18.37 13.1 735 13.1 38,206 13.1 Electricians...................................................... 27.07 12.3 1,083 12.3 56,311 12.3 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 36.32 8.3 1,453 8.3 75,539 8.3 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 36.32 8.3 1,453 8.3 75,539 8.3 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.46 5.0 898 5.0 46,708 5.0 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 36.02 6.0 1,441 6.0 74,919 6.0 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................... 26.08 15.2 1,043 15.2 54,251 15.2 Aircraft mechanics and service technicians........................ 25.82 9.5 1,033 9.5 53,716 9.5 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 18.53 17.2 741 17.2 38,535 17.2 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 18.17 6.3 729 6.5 37,904 6.5 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 22.10 3.9 883 3.9 45,920 3.9 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 23.04 2.5 920 2.6 47,864 2.6 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 20.58 10.6 823 10.6 42,774 10.6 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 17.15 21.6 686 21.6 35,676 21.6 Production occupations.............................................. 16.46 3.1 658 3.1 34,187 3.1 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 24.38 6.0 981 5.9 50,989 5.9 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 17.06 9.3 683 9.3 35,492 9.3 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 17.55 9.8 702 9.8 36,504 9.8 Structural metal fabricators and fitters.......................... 28.68 8.5 1,147 8.5 59,650 8.5 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.70 10.3 626 10.4 32,480 10.4 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 13.42 2.6 537 2.6 27,903 2.6 Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers.................... 12.87 3.7 515 3.7 26,768 3.7 Miscellaneous food processing workers............................. 14.76 8.2 591 8.2 30,707 8.2 Food batchmakers................................................ 15.26 8.0 610 8.0 31,741 8.0 Computer control programmers and operators........................ 21.29 5.5 847 6.0 44,029 6.0 Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic... 21.29 5.5 847 6.0 44,029 6.0 Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 15.98 9.3 639 9.3 33,242 9.3 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 14.91 5.1 596 5.1 30,975 5.1 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 14.23 7.2 568 7.2 29,549 7.2 Machinists........................................................ 23.48 8.6 939 8.6 48,834 8.6 Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................................................... 12.99 7.5 519 7.5 26,948 7.5 Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 12.99 7.5 519 7.5 26,948 7.5 Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 21.03 13.1 841 13.1 43,734 13.1 Tool and die makers............................................... 24.90 7.2 996 7.2 51,792 7.2 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 18.54 6.8 742 6.8 38,560 6.8 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 18.52 7.8 741 7.8 38,523 7.8 Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders...................................................... 18.61 10.1 744 10.1 38,713 10.1 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 14.98 8.4 599 8.4 31,165 8.4 Printers.......................................................... 19.91 5.8 789 5.8 41,003 5.8 Printing machine operators...................................... 20.26 8.0 800 7.8 41,624 7.8 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 11.43 7.4 457 7.4 23,778 7.4 Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders....... 20.15 5.1 806 5.1 41,922 5.1 Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders...................... 19.56 6.5 782 6.5 40,689 6.5 Cutting workers................................................... 14.69 7.7 588 7.7 30,378 7.7 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.77 5.3 711 5.3 36,962 5.3 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 17.71 4.4 709 4.4 36,846 4.4 Painting workers.................................................. 17.61 5.5 704 5.5 36,629 5.5 Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders...................................................... 17.65 7.2 706 7.2 36,705 7.2 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.94 8.0 517 8.0 26,867 8.0 Helpers--production workers..................................... 11.76 11.6 470 11.6 24,451 11.6 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 18.38 5.2 767 5.4 39,878 5.4 First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand................................................... 20.08 7.1 803 7.1 41,769 7.1 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................. 31.79 24.4 1,336 22.1 69,469 22.1 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.63 6.4 872 10.4 45,330 10.4 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.05 5.5 924 7.4 48,023 7.4 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 17.70 21.2 768 25.6 39,962 25.6 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 15.66 7.4 625 7.5 32,514 7.5 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 13.16 7.1 525 7.0 27,241 7.0 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 14.03 11.0 558 11.0 28,925 11.0 Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 15.68 8.5 620 7.6 32,237 7.6 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 11.42 5.5 457 5.6 23,751 5.6 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.