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........................................................... $17.65 1.9% $704 2.0% $36,503 2.0% Management occupations.............................................. 37.15 4.4 1,535 5.0 79,765 5.0 General and operations managers................................... 36.54 11.6 1,585 13.3 82,438 13.3 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 53.67 16.3 2,223 16.9 115,583 16.9 Marketing managers.............................................. 43.34 18.9 1,734 18.9 90,142 18.9 Sales managers.................................................. 60.01 21.3 2,540 21.6 132,076 21.6 Financial managers................................................ 46.33 10.5 1,875 10.6 97,505 10.6 Human resources managers.......................................... 33.65 11.7 1,346 11.7 69,990 11.7 Industrial production managers.................................... 34.06 10.0 1,382 9.8 71,852 9.8 Transportation, storage, and distribution managers................ 27.90 14.2 1,136 14.2 59,056 14.2 Construction managers............................................. 33.87 11.7 1,367 11.2 71,109 11.2 Education administrators.......................................... 18.82 7.7 750 7.6 38,442 7.6 Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program............................................... 18.69 7.9 745 7.8 38,322 7.8 Food service managers............................................. 25.56 7.0 1,169 10.3 60,781 10.3 Medical and health services managers.............................. 36.13 8.7 1,522 10.4 79,137 10.4 Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 23.97 14.1 960 14.0 49,896 14.0 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 29.61 2.1 1,199 1.9 60,915 1.9 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 29.90 12.9 1,196 12.9 62,191 12.9 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 32.62 6.1 1,300 6.5 67,589 6.5 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 30.41 2.6 1,211 3.1 62,952 3.1 Cost estimators................................................... 31.95 4.9 1,278 4.9 66,452 4.9 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 25.00 5.7 1,004 7.9 52,228 7.9 Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists.............. 26.01 8.9 977 13.1 50,804 13.1 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 27.50 10.2 1,120 10.7 58,235 10.7 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 27.18 12.3 1,087 12.3 56,527 12.3 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 31.12 13.3 1,245 13.3 64,726 13.3 Loan officers................................................... 31.12 13.3 1,245 13.3 64,726 13.3 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 37.73 11.1 1,519 11.1 78,996 11.1 Computer programmers.............................................. 34.01 27.3 1,360 27.3 70,745 27.3 Computer software engineers....................................... 43.85 8.3 1,760 8.4 91,507 8.4 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 44.91 9.0 1,796 9.0 93,410 9.0 Computer support specialists...................................... 28.97 12.2 1,157 12.3 60,150 12.3 Computer systems analysts......................................... 70.58 19.0 2,898 17.1 150,704 17.1 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 26.69 10.6 1,067 10.6 55,509 10.6 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 28.71 14.8 1,169 14.7 60,795 14.7 Engineers......................................................... 40.07 14.1 1,645 13.8 85,553 13.8 Civil engineers................................................. 32.87 5.3 1,390 6.1 72,303 6.1 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 31.88 12.0 1,318 10.6 68,549 10.6 Mechanical engineers............................................ 42.69 25.3 1,708 25.3 88,804 25.3 Drafters.......................................................... 20.28 7.9 811 7.9 42,177 7.9 Architectural and civil drafters................................ 20.21 8.1 808 8.1 42,029 8.1 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 25.53 21.0 1,021 21.0 53,101 21.0 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 25.74 6.7 1,025 6.6 53,287 6.6 Community and social services occupations........................... 16.79 7.5 669 7.6 34,476 7.6 Counselors........................................................ 22.81 11.7 912 11.7 44,128 11.7 Social workers.................................................... 20.18 6.3 807 6.3 41,976 6.3 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 18.28 8.5 731 8.5 38,026 8.5 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 11.35 6.8 450 7.0 23,425 7.0 Social and human service assistants............................. 11.22 8.0 445 8.2 23,139 8.2 Legal occupations................................................... 21.75 15.6 900 17.6 46,794 17.6 Lawyers........................................................... 36.11 13.8 1,661 15.8 86,364 15.8 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 16.59 13.4 643 13.4 28,922 13.4 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 25.41 9.9 1,010 9.5 49,297 9.5 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 20.09 17.9 792 18.3 33,581 18.3 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.84 9.3 383 8.9 18,046 8.9 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 19.61 11.4 781 11.5 40,593 11.5 Designers......................................................... 21.13 6.9 851 6.7 44,234 6.7 Graphic designers............................................... 22.24 13.8 889 13.8 46,251 13.8 Writers and editors............................................... 19.76 9.7 790 9.7 41,100 9.7 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 32.29 13.7 1,290 14.8 67,064 14.8 Pharmacists....................................................... 53.78 1.9 2,145 2.1 111,565 2.1 Registered nurses................................................. 29.93 10.9 1,189 10.0 61,828 10.0 Therapists........................................................ 42.79 6.8 1,712 6.8 89,010 6.8 Physical therapists............................................. 44.16 7.1 1,767 7.1 91,863 7.1 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 25.97 11.4 1,039 11.4 54,016 11.4 Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...................... 12.69 15.5 498 12.5 25,899 12.5 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 16.55 9.4 647 10.2 33,656 10.2 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 20.25 5.6 788 6.1 40,992 6.1 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.55 3.7 471 3.7 24,511 3.7 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.97 3.9 376 3.8 19,574 3.8 Home health aides............................................... 10.12 13.2 382 12.6 19,850 12.6 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.01 3.6 381 4.5 19,816 4.5 Psychiatric aides............................................... 9.55 .5 346 5.2 18,012 5.2 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.65 5.2 509 4.4 26,448 4.4 Dental assistants............................................... 17.39 7.0 581 7.4 30,228 7.4 Medical assistants.............................................. 12.12 2.7 484 2.8 25,176 2.8 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.55 9.5 457 9.3 23,782 9.3 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 12.84 8.4 505 8.6 26,257 8.6 Security guards................................................. 12.84 8.4 505 8.6 26,257 8.6 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.79 4.1 296 4.6 15,383 4.6 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 14.27 4.2 620 5.7 32,225 5.7 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 14.15 4.3 616 5.9 32,042 5.9 Cooks............................................................. 9.61 1.9 367 2.9 18,953 2.9 Cooks, fast food................................................ 8.65 4.0 315 7.6 16,369 7.6 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 10.32 8.3 388 8.1 18,708 8.1 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 10.18 3.4 394 3.3 20,487 3.3 Cooks, short order.............................................. 8.88 4.5 353 4.5 18,382 4.5 Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.01 6.3 309 7.1 16,058 7.1 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.95 6.8 144 6.9 7,477 6.9 Bartenders...................................................... 6.45 10.7 221 15.1 11,467 15.1 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.08 7.0 112 7.5 5,841 7.5 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 7.23 7.3 271 8.1 14,114 8.1 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.22 1.7 313 1.8 16,264 1.8 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 8.25 2.1 315 2.1 16,391 2.1 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 8.07 4.4 302 3.1 15,720 3.1 Dishwashers....................................................... 8.22 2.5 319 2.0 16,562 2.0 Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop.......... 8.04 8.3 302 7.7 15,703 7.7 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.03 4.8 392 4.9 20,373 4.9 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 12.34 8.5 483 7.4 25,129 7.4 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.07 3.5 353 3.5 18,364 3.5 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.07 6.1 355 5.0 18,474 5.0 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.66 2.9 334 4.8 17,359 4.8 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 9.77 8.2 383 7.4 19,849 7.4 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 9.60 8.3 376 7.4 19,483 7.4 Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.81 10.1 417 9.5 21,672 9.5 First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers....... 14.47 4.9 554 6.5 28,811 6.5 Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers........ 9.92 9.1 392 9.6 20,371 9.6 Child care workers................................................ 8.55 5.5 338 5.2 17,570 5.2 Personal and home care aides...................................... 9.11 10.8 353 11.2 18,377 11.2 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 16.04 10.9 538 9.0 27,966 9.0 Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.16 4.4 773 4.6 40,206 4.6 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 19.20 8.4 799 8.5 41,574 8.5 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 18.01 4.8 740 5.1 38,474 5.1 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.21 5.2 446 5.3 23,218 5.3 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.56 2.0 331 2.9 17,202 2.9 Cashiers...................................................... 8.56 2.0 331 2.9 17,202 2.9 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 11.62 7.9 465 9.5 24,199 9.5 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 9.67 13.0 377 15.1 19,590 15.1 Parts salespersons............................................ 12.90 6.5 526 7.6 27,364 7.6 Retail salespersons............................................. 12.58 7.3 510 7.5 26,503 7.5 Insurance sales agents............................................ 26.96 13.0 1,120 15.4 58,215 15.4 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 44.67 22.0 1,787 22.0 92,920 22.0 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 27.38 8.6 1,104 8.4 57,404 8.4 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products...................................... 34.06 12.1 1,386 12.1 72,081 12.1 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products............................ 25.28 13.8 1,016 13.5 52,852 13.5 Real estate brokers and sales agents.............................. 16.61 21.1 676 21.7 35,158 21.7 Real estate sales agents........................................ 16.61 21.1 676 21.7 35,158 21.7 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 16.79 14.1 672 14.1 34,931 14.1 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.65 2.6 581 2.6 30,199 2.6 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 22.76 7.5 904 7.8 46,994 7.8 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.20 3.3 563 3.2 29,248 3.2 Bill and account collectors..................................... 13.53 11.4 541 11.4 28,145 11.4 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 13.75 5.5 538 5.7 27,981 5.7 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.83 2.7 626 2.7 32,533 2.7 Procurement clerks.............................................. 19.14 11.9 766 11.9 39,810 11.9 Tellers......................................................... 11.68 3.6 466 3.5 24,228 3.5 Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks.......................... 14.02 13.2 561 13.2 29,153 13.2 Customer service representatives.................................. 15.22 4.1 605 4.1 31,395 4.1 Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks.............................. 9.05 7.4 353 7.5 18,382 7.5 Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 15.82 9.4 633 9.4 32,900 9.4 New accounts clerks............................................... 11.96 8.8 478 8.8 24,836 8.8 Order clerks...................................................... 12.31 9.7 493 9.7 25,610 9.7 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.68 2.5 464 2.4 24,092 2.4 Dispatchers....................................................... 16.81 12.9 686 14.5 35,690 14.5 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 17.56 13.6 720 15.4 37,425 15.4 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 15.84 11.0 634 11.0 32,956 11.0 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.49 7.2 532 7.0 27,674 7.0 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 10.90 4.6 433 4.8 22,525 4.8 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.08 5.1 636 4.9 33,058 4.9 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 18.64 5.0 738 4.2 38,378 4.2 Legal secretaries............................................... 16.53 9.1 661 9.1 34,391 9.1 Medical secretaries............................................. 14.24 15.0 557 14.6 28,949 14.6 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.47 5.5 574 5.5 29,804 5.5 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 12.25 8.3 490 8.3 25,487 8.3 Data entry keyers............................................... 11.77 7.9 471 7.9 24,486 7.9 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 17.19 17.4 669 17.1 34,775 17.1 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.08 3.2 516 3.5 26,841 3.5 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.07 4.7 644 4.7 33,386 4.7 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 26.20 11.7 1,074 12.5 55,856 12.5 Carpenters........................................................ 16.32 6.4 653 6.4 33,475 6.4 Carpet, floor, and tile installers and finishers.................. 17.00 5.0 659 6.5 34,281 6.5 Construction laborers............................................. 11.30 5.7 452 5.7 23,453 5.7 Construction equipment operators.................................. 15.05 6.9 602 6.9 31,312 6.9 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 16.10 6.7 644 6.7 33,494 6.7 Electricians...................................................... 16.60 9.1 664 9.1 34,526 9.1 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 17.98 6.8 718 6.7 37,350 6.7 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 18.45 7.4 737 7.3 38,312 7.3 Roofers........................................................... 16.78 5.7 671 5.7 34,905 5.7 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 11.42 4.9 456 5.0 23,608 5.0 Miscellaneous construction and related workers.................... 14.21 6.6 569 6.6 29,564 6.6 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.90 2.5 761 2.4 39,458 2.4 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 26.08 4.8 1,099 4.7 57,137 4.7 Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers.......... 16.78 8.4 671 8.4 34,902 8.4 Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 22.54 10.1 902 10.1 46,894 10.1 Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers.............................................. 22.54 10.1 902 10.1 46,894 10.1 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................... 19.49 7.1 788 7.8 40,992 7.8 Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment.................................................... 19.17 8.7 767 8.7 39,875 8.7 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 17.61 5.6 720 5.6 37,460 5.6 Automotive body and related repairers........................... 16.04 22.6 672 28.7 34,934 28.7 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 17.89 6.6 729 6.8 37,901 6.8 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 16.70 5.6 668 5.6 34,744 5.6 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics...................................................... 18.48 9.2 739 9.2 38,429 9.2 Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines................ 18.56 12.9 742 12.9 38,609 12.9 Small engine mechanics............................................ 17.84 16.4 709 15.7 36,875 15.7 Miscellaneous vehicle and mobile equipment mechanic, installers, and repairers.................................................. 10.84 7.8 433 7.8 22,538 7.8 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers..................................................... 17.35 13.5 694 13.5 36,085 13.5 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.34 6.5 652 6.5 33,860 6.5 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 21.96 11.6 878 11.6 45,672 11.6 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 13.15 5.0 526 5.0 27,362 5.0 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 15.53 10.1 610 10.7 31,527 10.7 Line installers and repairers..................................... 26.61 5.1 1,065 5.1 55,356 5.1 Electrical power-line installers and repairers.................. 30.83 4.8 1,233 4.8 64,129 4.8 Telecommunications line installers and repairers................ 25.30 6.7 1,012 6.7 52,620 6.7 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 16.92 8.0 676 7.9 34,430 7.9 Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers.......... 11.45 7.1 458 7.1 22,628 7.1 Production occupations.............................................. 13.71 3.7 546 3.7 28,395 3.7 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 22.05 8.9 885 8.8 46,011 8.8 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 10.79 7.5 431 7.5 22,433 7.5 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 10.80 8.8 432 8.8 22,464 8.8 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 11.14 8.9 437 9.1 22,699 9.1 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 13.48 6.7 533 6.6 27,723 6.6 Butchers and meat cutters....................................... 14.90 9.1 583 9.9 30,312 9.9 Computer control programmers and operators........................ 16.27 16.3 651 16.3 33,852 16.3 Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic... 15.76 17.1 630 17.1 32,786 17.1 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 13.14 5.7 522 6.0 27,170 6.0 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 12.16 4.9 487 4.9 25,299 4.9 Machinists........................................................ 17.08 5.9 687 5.7 35,742 5.7 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 15.16 5.0 606 5.0 31,530 5.0 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 15.14 5.2 606 5.2 31,494 5.2 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 10.37 9.5 415 9.5 21,580 9.5 Printers.......................................................... 16.71 10.3 665 10.4 34,561 10.4 Printing machine operators...................................... 15.67 11.4 627 11.4 32,591 11.4 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 9.54 5.9 371 6.9 19,294 6.9 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 12.23 13.4 489 13.4 25,435 13.4 Miscellaneous plant and system operators.......................... 27.56 13.4 1,102 13.4 57,318 13.4 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 12.96 8.2 519 8.2 26,967 8.2 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 16.94 10.2 676 10.2 35,143 10.2 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 11.50 14.0 460 14.0 23,923 14.0 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.23 11.3 489 11.3 25,407 11.3 Helpers--production workers..................................... 10.10 7.0 403 7.0 20,982 7.0 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.03 6.3 579 6.9 30,048 6.9 First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand................................................... 16.46 9.9 658 9.9 34,238 9.9 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.55 6.4 666 7.0 34,633 7.0 Driver/sales workers............................................ 13.84 14.1 562 14.5 29,223 14.5 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.61 12.4 733 12.5 38,131 12.5 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 13.59 11.0 554 9.5 28,831 9.5 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 11.67 18.1 467 18.1 24,282 18.1 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.18 3.9 402 4.1 20,754 4.1 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 9.91 8.1 396 8.1 20,614 8.1 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.77 4.7 425 4.8 21,818 4.8 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 8.46 6.2 327 7.3 17,012 7.3 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.