Table 35 Private industry workers in hospitals: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) Private Industry Full-time Part-time workers workers workers Occupation(3) Mean Relative Mean Relative Mean Relative error(4) error(4) error(4) All workers........................................................... $25.09 1.4% $24.93 1.6% $26.09 2.2% Management occupations.............................................. 46.33 3.8 46.03 3.8 60.40 17.5 Administrative services managers.................................. 34.91 6.3 34.91 6.3 – – Computer and information systems managers......................... 45.11 13.7 45.11 13.7 – – Financial managers................................................ 42.86 9.1 42.86 9.1 – – Medical and health services managers.............................. 47.68 4.8 47.30 4.9 60.40 17.5 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 27.84 3.7 27.90 3.9 – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 24.52 5.7 24.52 5.7 – – Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 24.74 6.0 24.74 6.0 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 30.27 3.2 31.08 3.2 – – Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists.............. 28.40 2.4 28.40 2.4 – – Training and development specialists............................ 33.47 5.6 36.66 4.4 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 25.92 6.7 25.92 6.7 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 31.79 4.0 31.79 4.0 – – Computer support specialists...................................... 22.49 4.7 22.49 4.7 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 35.35 5.7 35.35 5.7 – – Network and computer systems administrators....................... 35.59 10.4 35.59 10.4 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 35.25 11.1 35.01 11.8 39.15 24.1 Life scientists................................................... 34.53 7.9 33.53 8.1 – – Medical scientists.............................................. 34.87 8.0 33.53 8.1 – – Psychologists..................................................... 31.17 9.1 31.17 9.1 – – Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists.................. 34.99 9.8 35.00 9.8 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 25.30 3.3 24.89 3.5 28.06 4.8 Counselors........................................................ 19.08 5.0 19.06 5.5 19.25 5.3 Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors.............. 20.71 4.0 20.81 4.6 – – Mental health counselors........................................ 19.99 2.7 20.30 1.5 – – Social workers.................................................... 27.53 2.5 27.06 2.7 30.16 5.9 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 18.32 15.0 18.32 15.0 – – Medical and public health social workers........................ 29.24 2.5 29.12 2.6 29.90 7.2 Mental health and substance abuse social workers................ 21.40 4.9 20.94 5.3 25.14 8.7 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 27.19 8.6 26.81 8.8 – – Health educators................................................ 29.73 10.7 – – – – Clergy............................................................ 24.70 3.8 24.57 4.1 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 34.47 12.9 34.96 14.6 29.99 13.4 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 43.81 5.8 44.94 7.4 – – Health teachers, postsecondary.................................. 45.46 7.3 45.79 7.8 – – Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary............... 41.28 3.4 41.32 3.7 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 20.92 7.2 21.01 7.6 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 30.90 1.6 30.64 1.9 32.25 1.7 Dietitians and nutritionists...................................... 25.60 2.3 25.48 2.4 26.47 9.0 Pharmacists....................................................... 52.93 1.1 53.34 .8 49.12 5.0 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 57.62 15.9 55.81 17.0 93.20 2.7 Pediatricians, general.......................................... 66.67 11.1 66.67 11.1 – – Physician assistants.............................................. 46.01 3.4 45.95 3.4 – – Registered nurses................................................. 33.50 .9 33.13 1.1 34.97 1.3 Therapists........................................................ 29.55 1.7 29.39 1.7 30.73 4.3 Occupational therapists......................................... 35.07 3.2 35.14 3.4 34.18 5.1 Physical therapists............................................. 33.59 3.4 32.91 3.7 39.03 5.0 Radiation therapists............................................ 29.74 6.5 31.87 3.2 – – Recreational therapists......................................... 17.50 7.3 17.50 7.3 – – Respiratory therapists.......................................... 26.19 2.2 25.85 2.3 28.63 3.7 Speech-language pathologists.................................... 36.06 4.0 34.89 4.3 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 22.65 2.0 22.55 1.9 23.27 5.0 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 26.37 1.8 25.94 1.8 29.68 3.0 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 18.44 3.3 18.59 3.9 17.50 5.9 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 27.51 2.8 27.95 3.3 24.61 5.5 Cardiovascular technologists and technicians.................... 24.66 6.7 25.96 7.1 19.68 12.4 Diagnostic medical sonographers................................. 36.19 3.1 36.53 3.3 34.70 8.5 Nuclear medicine technologists.................................. 38.14 10.2 38.15 10.2 – – Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 26.26 3.1 26.51 3.7 24.27 5.2 Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...................... 18.23 14.3 18.49 15.8 15.70 8.4 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 18.07 2.3 17.94 2.4 19.15 7.4 Pharmacy technicians............................................ 15.30 3.1 15.27 3.2 15.62 6.3 Psychiatric technicians......................................... 13.57 6.4 13.59 7.0 13.46 9.6 Respiratory therapy technicians................................. 24.57 4.5 24.18 3.8 26.05 15.6 Surgical technologists.......................................... 19.47 2.2 19.44 2.4 19.85 5.5 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.32 1.8 19.30 1.9 19.41 3.9 Medical records and health information technicians................ 17.85 5.3 18.12 5.7 14.82 8.5 Miscellaneous health technologists and technicians................ 19.72 7.3 20.43 6.8 15.25 23.1 Miscellaneous healthcare practitioner and technical workers....... 26.16 10.6 27.29 9.3 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.84 1.0 13.90 1.1 13.53 2.4 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.13 1.1 13.29 1.3 12.38 2.2 Home health aides............................................... 13.65 6.1 14.01 6.3 – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 13.23 1.2 13.37 1.3 12.50 2.4 Psychiatric aides............................................... 11.69 3.5 11.85 4.1 11.18 6.5 Occupational therapist assistants and aides....................... 18.57 8.6 19.52 8.7 – – Occupational therapist assistants............................... 20.46 7.4 – – – – Physical therapist assistants and aides........................... 15.39 6.2 15.61 7.5 14.53 5.7 Physical therapist assistants................................... 19.41 3.6 19.29 3.6 – – Physical therapist aides........................................ 12.95 3.4 12.58 3.9 13.80 4.2 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 15.19 2.5 14.98 2.4 16.48 6.4 Medical assistants.............................................. 15.20 5.5 15.24 6.3 14.96 8.5 Medical equipment preparers..................................... 15.93 4.5 16.19 4.9 13.95 7.4 Medical transcriptionists....................................... 15.94 2.9 15.62 2.9 17.47 3.3 Protective service occupations...................................... 14.94 2.8 14.83 2.9 16.65 8.0 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 14.51 3.1 14.46 3.2 15.40 6.4 Security guards................................................. 14.51 3.1 14.46 3.2 15.40 6.4 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 13.08 2.5 13.40 2.8 10.98 5.2 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 19.55 5.7 19.55 5.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 19.83 5.7 19.83 5.7 – – Cooks............................................................. 14.21 3.6 14.23 3.7 – – Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 14.21 3.6 14.23 3.7 – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 10.61 8.5 10.77 9.4 – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 10.92 3.7 – – – – Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 10.92 3.7 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 13.37 5.8 14.16 6.0 11.43 10.4 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 12.98 6.2 13.87 7.1 10.17 3.2 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 14.51 12.2 – – – – Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 12.66 6.9 13.07 6.5 9.74 15.1 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.07 1.5 12.14 1.6 11.00 4.2 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.91 1.3 11.98 1.3 10.93 4.2 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.76 1.6 11.81 1.7 10.71 6.4 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 11.67 2.9 11.78 3.1 10.53 3.1 Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.42 5.2 12.27 5.2 13.16 18.8 Child care workers................................................ 11.96 5.8 12.51 7.3 – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 11.45 7.5 10.71 2.5 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 10.51 4.1 10.71 2.5 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.77 2.5 10.71 2.5 – – Cashiers...................................................... 10.77 2.5 10.71 2.5 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.71 1.0 15.88 1.0 14.13 2.5 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 23.46 4.2 23.46 4.2 – – Switchboard operators, including answering service................ 12.37 5.7 12.77 6.8 11.07 4.8 Telephone operators............................................... 17.57 6.2 – – – – Financial clerks.................................................. 15.87 2.6 15.80 2.7 17.30 4.7 Bill and account collectors..................................... 16.84 5.5 16.85 5.5 – – Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 14.90 3.7 14.75 4.0 17.80 7.4 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.27 2.8 16.21 3.0 16.98 5.2 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 19.50 4.3 19.50 4.3 – – Procurement clerks.............................................. 17.34 5.3 17.50 5.1 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 15.05 4.5 15.09 4.5 – – File clerks....................................................... 11.95 3.1 11.84 3.4 12.93 5.1 Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 14.56 2.4 14.81 2.8 13.06 2.6 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 17.74 5.4 18.09 5.4 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.43 2.5 14.48 2.8 14.01 7.8 Couriers and messengers........................................... 13.51 10.5 – – – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 14.73 7.8 14.65 8.3 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.57 1.3 16.84 1.4 13.66 4.7 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.32 3.3 20.43 3.3 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 15.54 1.8 15.78 2.1 13.80 5.0 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.06 2.2 16.13 2.3 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 13.12 7.2 13.21 8.3 – – Data entry keyers............................................... 12.43 5.5 12.58 6.3 – – Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 15.95 10.3 15.36 12.5 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 14.61 3.1 14.81 3.1 13.12 6.9 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 23.53 3.8 23.53 3.8 – – Carpenters........................................................ 23.31 4.1 23.31 4.1 – – Electricians...................................................... 25.45 2.8 25.45 2.8 – – Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 22.18 13.2 22.18 13.2 – – Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 22.18 13.2 22.18 13.2 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.32 3.9 22.42 3.9 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 20.31 2.9 20.40 2.9 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 20.37 2.9 20.46 3.0 – – Precision instrument and equipment repairers...................... 26.17 11.4 26.17 11.4 – – Medical equipment repairers..................................... 26.17 11.4 26.17 11.4 – – Production occupations.............................................. 17.54 10.6 18.18 9.6 13.59 20.3 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 11.69 6.3 12.16 3.7 – – Stationary engineers and boiler operators......................... 27.08 8.0 27.16 8.6 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.04 7.5 15.30 8.0 14.23 10.9 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 14.76 6.7 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 14.76 6.7 – – – – 1 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, weighted by hours. 2 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. 3 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. 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. NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.