Table 13 Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours Hourly(3) Weekly(4) Annual(5) Occupation(2) Mean Median Mean Median Mean Mean Median Mean earnings earnings earnings earnings hours earnings earnings hours All workers........................................................... $22.44 $18.81 $886 $756 39.5 $40,634 $37,975 1,811 Management occupations.............................................. 37.77 35.22 1,498 1,410 39.7 73,844 65,707 1,955 General and operations managers................................... 30.49 29.51 1,229 1,180 40.3 63,593 61,383 2,086 Public relations managers......................................... 36.74 34.04 1,467 1,362 39.9 75,924 70,803 2,067 Administrative services managers.................................. 32.28 28.06 1,291 1,123 40.0 65,293 58,169 2,023 Financial managers................................................ 38.99 39.09 1,606 1,538 41.2 82,295 80,001 2,111 Education administrators.......................................... 43.54 38.85 1,721 1,527 39.5 80,329 68,443 1,845 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 41.90 40.74 1,650 1,534 39.4 74,057 68,443 1,768 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 60.33 38.61 2,400 1,545 39.8 124,795 80,317 2,069 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 22.40 21.21 893 847 39.9 46,391 44,111 2,071 Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation..................................... 20.41 19.41 816 776 40.0 42,451 40,373 2,080 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 21.38 20.69 855 828 40.0 44,472 43,044 2,080 Training and development specialists............................ 23.89 22.85 955 914 40.0 49,683 47,528 2,080 Management analysts............................................... 22.84 21.62 914 865 40.0 47,503 44,965 2,080 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 24.96 23.85 999 954 40.0 51,860 49,402 2,077 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 27.32 26.18 1,089 1,047 39.9 55,009 53,940 2,013 Computer support specialists...................................... 17.84 16.59 709 659 39.7 35,313 33,914 1,980 Computer systems analysts......................................... 31.73 30.82 1,269 1,233 40.0 65,996 64,114 2,080 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 27.70 24.37 1,096 975 39.6 55,483 49,851 2,003 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 22.66 18.43 895 737 39.5 46,538 38,336 2,054 Engineers......................................................... 36.41 41.06 1,457 1,642 40.0 75,741 85,394 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 17.63 16.93 690 674 39.1 35,866 35,069 2,035 Civil engineering technicians................................... 17.33 16.41 693 656 40.0 36,036 34,131 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 26.12 24.95 1,042 998 39.9 51,354 51,894 1,966 Life scientists................................................... 25.62 23.74 1,033 950 40.3 53,698 49,379 2,096 Biological scientists........................................... 26.60 24.06 1,069 962 40.2 55,611 50,045 2,091 Medical scientists.............................................. 24.23 22.39 969 896 40.0 50,400 46,575 2,080 Physical scientists............................................... 30.41 29.63 1,217 1,185 40.0 58,721 60,262 1,931 Environmental scientists and geoscientists...................... 29.98 28.82 1,199 1,153 40.0 62,354 59,946 2,080 Environmental scientists and specialists, including health.... 28.71 28.82 1,148 1,153 40.0 59,720 59,946 2,080 Psychologists..................................................... 38.89 40.88 1,541 1,560 39.6 64,395 66,531 1,656 Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists.................. 38.89 40.88 1,541 1,560 39.6 64,395 66,531 1,656 Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians...... 15.53 12.88 605 481 39.0 31,465 25,027 2,027 Community and social services occupations........................... 22.10 18.59 878 745 39.7 42,568 39,932 1,926 Counselors........................................................ 29.14 32.07 1,147 1,232 39.3 50,211 52,626 1,723 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 30.85 33.71 1,213 1,330 39.3 51,873 54,440 1,681 Social workers.................................................... 17.67 16.77 706 672 40.0 36,552 34,996 2,069 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 17.70 16.07 707 643 39.9 36,363 33,482 2,055 Medical and public health social workers........................ 17.61 17.22 704 689 40.0 36,630 35,816 2,080 Mental health and substance abuse social workers................ 16.69 17.00 667 680 40.0 34,707 35,360 2,080 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 18.76 19.29 748 772 39.9 38,914 40,144 2,074 Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists....... 20.11 20.30 804 812 40.0 41,829 42,224 2,080 Social and human service assistants............................. 16.03 13.40 636 536 39.7 33,067 27,876 2,062 Legal occupations................................................... 33.69 31.74 1,357 1,284 40.3 70,568 66,787 2,094 Lawyers........................................................... 34.26 32.72 1,398 1,317 40.8 72,699 68,486 2,122 Miscellaneous legal support workers............................... 28.13 29.53 1,105 1,034 39.3 57,448 53,752 2,042 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 29.87 30.86 1,162 1,199 38.9 44,084 45,063 1,476 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 44.44 41.14 1,752 1,604 39.4 72,378 65,000 1,629 Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary....................... 58.60 58.65 2,289 2,346 39.1 81,787 91,500 1,396 Health teachers, postsecondary.................................. 41.81 41.48 1,646 1,659 39.4 78,228 73,368 1,871 Health specialties teachers, postsecondary.................... 47.84 43.37 1,922 1,736 40.2 93,752 88,504 1,960 Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary............... 28.40 26.05 1,070 967 37.7 48,287 42,502 1,700 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 32.46 31.41 1,268 1,128 39.1 50,528 41,218 1,557 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 50.90 43.72 2,026 1,749 39.8 79,874 68,175 1,569 Vocational education teachers, postsecondary.................. 29.94 30.90 1,174 1,209 39.2 57,820 60,341 1,931 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 32.00 31.91 1,237 1,237 38.6 45,682 46,093 1,427 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 29.12 31.27 1,116 1,184 38.3 43,171 44,270 1,482 Preschool teachers, except special education.................. 24.80 24.03 951 954 38.4 38,408 38,520 1,549 Kindergarten teachers, except special education............... 33.04 32.22 1,265 1,243 38.3 47,143 46,463 1,427 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.73 31.66 1,228 1,230 38.7 45,129 45,790 1,422 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 31.88 31.74 1,235 1,233 38.7 45,184 45,956 1,418 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 31.23 31.12 1,206 1,209 38.6 44,879 45,136 1,437 Secondary school teachers....................................... 32.77 32.47 1,266 1,254 38.6 46,557 46,826 1,421 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 32.64 32.24 1,261 1,249 38.6 46,263 46,574 1,417 Vocational education teachers, secondary school............... 34.77 35.00 1,344 1,332 38.7 51,274 50,390 1,475 Special education teachers...................................... 33.16 32.68 1,278 1,256 38.5 47,800 46,870 1,442 Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school.......................................... 32.31 32.09 1,253 1,233 38.8 46,936 46,019 1,453 Special education teachers, middle school..................... 34.26 33.57 1,312 1,280 38.3 48,934 47,741 1,428 Special education teachers, secondary school.................. 33.95 33.42 1,299 1,276 38.3 48,516 47,740 1,429 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 32.02 31.03 1,217 1,210 38.0 44,106 45,192 1,377 Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors.................................................. 31.94 30.69 1,156 1,074 36.2 44,171 41,973 1,383 Librarians........................................................ 31.02 30.58 1,206 1,215 38.9 50,708 50,911 1,635 Library technicians............................................... 13.55 13.70 537 548 39.6 25,222 24,744 1,861 Instructional coordinators........................................ 33.31 32.12 1,322 1,285 39.7 56,172 49,903 1,686 Teacher assistants................................................ 12.54 11.94 484 473 38.6 18,073 17,948 1,442 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 22.63 17.91 908 716 40.1 45,668 37,008 2,018 Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers................... 34.82 23.50 1,431 940 41.1 65,557 42,713 1,883 Coaches and scouts.............................................. 34.82 23.50 1,431 940 41.1 65,557 42,713 1,883 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.23 23.69 1,033 941 39.4 51,897 48,118 1,979 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 54.14 67.31 2,166 2,692 40.0 112,610 140,003 2,080 Registered nurses................................................. 31.92 30.01 1,246 1,175 39.0 62,643 58,810 1,963 Therapists........................................................ 32.10 33.38 1,241 1,308 38.7 52,569 53,182 1,638 Speech-language pathologists.................................... 33.32 34.90 1,276 1,319 38.3 48,263 49,685 1,448 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 19.93 21.24 794 850 39.8 41,284 44,179 2,071 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 25.40 25.62 1,016 1,025 40.0 52,840 53,290 2,080 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 24.86 25.49 994 1,020 40.0 51,704 53,019 2,080 Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...................... 13.70 12.42 551 483 40.2 28,654 25,095 2,092 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 14.51 14.40 580 576 40.0 30,178 29,952 2,080 Pharmacy technicians............................................ 14.40 14.37 576 575 40.0 29,949 29,890 2,080 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.29 16.50 632 642 38.8 31,611 32,906 1,941 Occupational health and safety specialists and technicians........ 19.08 16.99 763 680 40.0 39,693 35,339 2,080 Occupational health and safety specialists...................... 19.60 17.09 784 684 40.0 40,768 35,547 2,080 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.95 10.46 431 416 39.4 22,131 21,613 2,020 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.45 10.35 411 414 39.3 21,130 21,466 2,021 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.44 10.35 407 414 39.0 20,821 21,528 1,994 Psychiatric aides............................................... 10.56 10.33 423 413 40.0 21,971 21,493 2,080 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.42 12.40 493 496 39.7 25,660 25,771 2,065 Protective service occupations...................................... 20.34 18.60 861 788 42.3 44,364 40,448 2,181 First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 27.22 26.28 1,097 1,051 40.3 57,064 54,671 2,097 First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers........ 20.22 19.94 812 797 40.2 42,246 41,469 2,089 First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 29.96 29.36 1,210 1,174 40.4 62,899 61,069 2,099 First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers........................................................ 25.69 24.81 1,204 1,235 46.9 62,604 64,210 2,437 Fire fighters..................................................... 19.57 19.20 1,010 997 51.6 52,500 51,840 2,683 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 15.61 15.37 629 616 40.3 32,717 32,033 2,096 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 15.53 15.37 626 616 40.3 32,554 32,033 2,096 Detectives and criminal investigators............................. 22.34 18.63 897 745 40.2 46,650 38,740 2,089 Police officers................................................... 22.53 21.74 902 874 40.0 46,653 45,365 2,071 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 22.53 21.74 902 874 40.0 46,653 45,365 2,071 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 13.27 12.92 505 516 38.0 24,376 23,672 1,836 Security guards................................................. 12.37 12.15 467 479 37.7 22,328 20,892 1,805 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.79 10.03 382 351 35.4 15,596 13,312 1,445 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 15.70 13.50 614 540 39.1 25,063 22,801 1,596 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 15.70 13.50 614 540 39.1 25,063 22,801 1,596 Cooks............................................................. 10.28 9.66 381 364 37.1 16,147 14,036 1,571 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 10.28 9.66 381 361 37.1 16,085 13,898 1,565 Food preparation workers.......................................... 9.23 8.96 328 310 35.5 13,404 13,195 1,452 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 10.33 9.96 338 339 32.7 12,645 12,857 1,224 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 10.33 9.96 338 339 32.7 12,635 12,857 1,223 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.32 10.28 451 410 39.9 22,991 21,091 2,031 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 18.29 17.45 731 698 40.0 38,035 36,296 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers...................................................... 17.93 17.55 717 702 40.0 37,302 36,498 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers................................... 19.15 14.85 766 594 40.0 39,823 30,888 2,080 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.12 9.84 403 393 39.8 20,402 19,919 2,016 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.14 9.82 404 393 39.8 20,413 19,919 2,013 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 12.34 11.97 493 479 40.0 25,504 24,436 2,067 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 12.40 11.91 496 476 40.0 25,733 24,669 2,075 Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.25 12.17 454 424 37.1 22,254 22,046 1,817 Child care workers................................................ 12.34 13.22 488 529 39.5 22,233 23,171 1,802 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 14.37 15.00 549 600 38.2 28,553 31,200 1,988 Recreation workers.............................................. 14.37 15.00 549 600 38.2 28,553 31,200 1,988 Sales and related occupations....................................... 13.81 12.97 529 499 38.3 27,404 25,280 1,985 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.83 11.22 445 449 37.6 23,027 23,338 1,946 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.74 11.22 440 449 37.5 22,788 23,338 1,941 Cashiers...................................................... 12.30 11.22 479 449 39.0 24,767 23,338 2,014 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.00 14.37 594 570 39.6 29,653 28,209 1,976 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 18.95 17.63 758 705 40.0 39,440 36,670 2,082 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.90 15.42 636 617 40.0 32,874 32,074 2,067 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.99 15.98 640 639 40.0 32,999 33,141 2,063 Court, municipal, and license clerks.............................. 14.20 13.10 555 519 39.1 28,884 26,986 2,034 Customer service representatives.................................. 14.81 14.57 592 583 40.0 30,806 30,306 2,080 Eligibility interviewers, government programs..................... 14.38 13.56 549 536 38.2 26,705 26,744 1,857 Library assistants, clerical...................................... 12.66 11.64 491 463 38.8 24,812 24,086 1,959 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.64 10.50 456 420 36.1 23,088 18,986 1,827 Dispatchers....................................................... 15.96 15.40 648 616 40.6 33,684 32,032 2,110 Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers......................... 15.85 15.40 644 616 40.6 33,495 32,032 2,114 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.72 13.36 549 534 40.0 28,530 27,789 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.30 15.53 644 613 39.5 31,524 30,202 1,934 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 18.79 18.08 744 719 39.6 37,867 37,274 2,016 Legal secretaries............................................... 16.24 15.87 650 635 40.0 33,783 33,001 2,080 Medical secretaries............................................. 13.28 13.21 531 528 40.0 27,629 27,477 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.50 14.56 569 581 39.2 26,591 26,804 1,833 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.78 13.28 546 526 39.6 26,614 25,126 1,931 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.30 14.93 612 597 40.0 31,674 31,059 2,070 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 18.51 16.34 740 654 40.0 38,503 33,996 2,080 Carpenters........................................................ 14.70 12.03 588 481 40.0 30,402 25,022 2,068 Construction laborers............................................. 11.81 10.93 472 437 40.0 23,327 22,277 1,975 Construction equipment operators.................................. 13.79 13.84 552 554 40.0 28,680 28,787 2,080 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 13.95 13.84 558 554 40.0 29,010 28,787 2,080 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 15.14 16.02 605 641 40.0 31,481 33,322 2,080 Pipelayers...................................................... 12.66 12.38 506 495 40.0 26,335 25,750 2,080 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 16.21 16.02 648 641 40.0 33,717 33,322 2,080 Construction and building inspectors.............................. 18.11 17.17 724 687 40.0 37,662 35,709 2,080 Highway maintenance workers....................................... 16.27 13.66 651 546 40.0 33,847 28,413 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.05 16.27 682 651 40.0 35,139 33,790 2,061 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 22.29 23.36 892 934 40.0 44,284 43,900 1,987 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 15.88 14.67 635 587 40.0 32,764 30,391 2,063 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 22.82 22.67 913 907 40.0 47,468 47,154 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 14.55 14.21 582 568 40.0 29,970 28,226 2,060 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 15.38 14.44 615 577 40.0 31,802 30,025 2,067 Production occupations.............................................. 17.66 14.53 703 580 39.8 36,059 29,973 2,042 Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators....... 13.82 13.12 553 525 40.0 28,754 27,290 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.22 13.24 518 503 36.4 23,068 23,941 1,622 Bus drivers....................................................... 15.52 14.23 513 486 33.0 19,993 17,276 1,288 Bus drivers, school............................................. 15.05 12.84 472 444 31.4 17,381 16,543 1,155 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.43 12.26 490 490 39.4 24,859 24,535 1,999 Refuse and recyclable material collectors......................... 12.61 12.57 504 503 40.0 26,224 26,146 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 The NCS uses the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification coding structure, which defines more than 800 unique occupations, to match jobs sampled by the survey. Military occupations are excluded from the survey. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighed by hours. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designate position in the earnings distribution at which one-half of the earnings are paid the same as or more than the rate shown and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designate position in the earnings distribution at which one-half of the earnings are paid the same as or more than the rate shown and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.