Table 16 Private industry establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time workers Hourly(2) Weekly(3) Annual(4) Occupation(1) Mean Median Mean Median Mean Mean Median Mean earnings earnings earnings earnings hours earnings earnings hours All workers........................................................... $27.46 $22.06 $1,093 $876 39.8 $56,474 $45,282 2,057 Management occupations.............................................. 53.96 50.08 2,186 2,003 40.5 113,629 104,164 2,106 Chief executives.................................................. 141.54 144.23 5,786 5,769 40.9 300,865 300,000 2,126 General and operations managers................................... 63.58 54.59 2,547 2,184 40.1 132,456 113,545 2,083 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 54.08 50.08 2,197 2,003 40.6 114,245 104,164 2,112 Marketing managers.............................................. 58.28 50.55 2,371 2,115 40.7 123,292 110,001 2,115 Sales managers.................................................. 47.10 45.67 1,909 1,674 40.5 99,248 87,069 2,107 Administrative services managers.................................. 42.07 41.35 1,670 1,644 39.7 86,844 85,492 2,064 Computer and information systems managers......................... 57.19 56.73 2,447 2,648 42.8 127,260 137,704 2,225 Financial managers................................................ 60.03 57.69 2,422 2,308 40.4 125,961 119,999 2,098 Human resources managers.......................................... 45.91 37.87 1,861 1,708 40.5 96,783 88,834 2,108 Industrial production managers.................................... 52.02 47.12 2,088 1,885 40.1 108,580 98,010 2,087 Purchasing managers............................................... 54.28 55.29 2,171 2,212 40.0 112,893 115,003 2,080 Transportation, storage, and distribution managers................ 45.45 51.15 1,818 2,046 40.0 94,542 106,400 2,080 Construction managers............................................. 49.92 47.88 1,997 1,915 40.0 103,826 99,597 2,080 Education administrators.......................................... 31.64 28.83 1,253 1,153 39.6 64,723 59,966 2,046 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 34.78 29.42 1,385 1,177 39.8 71,281 59,966 2,049 Engineering managers.............................................. 66.39 67.18 2,681 2,687 40.4 139,395 139,726 2,100 Lodging managers.................................................. 27.35 25.96 1,144 1,154 41.8 59,495 59,993 2,175 Medical and health services managers.............................. 48.99 48.15 1,959 1,926 40.0 101,847 100,152 2,079 Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 27.38 27.64 1,108 1,106 40.5 57,615 57,500 2,105 Social and community service managers............................. 31.72 32.21 1,261 1,288 39.8 65,584 67,001 2,068 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 36.23 33.65 1,465 1,354 40.4 76,176 70,420 2,103 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 39.41 35.23 1,674 1,409 42.5 87,047 73,280 2,209 Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 32.09 26.69 1,287 1,067 40.1 66,925 55,509 2,085 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 41.93 37.45 1,816 1,491 43.3 94,441 77,522 2,252 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 27.74 28.97 1,097 1,159 39.5 57,023 60,266 2,056 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 28.18 29.44 1,113 1,178 39.5 57,887 61,235 2,054 Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation..................................... 39.28 35.96 1,606 1,438 40.9 83,501 74,797 2,126 Cost estimators................................................... 38.68 43.53 1,547 1,741 40.0 80,453 90,542 2,080 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 31.66 29.33 1,271 1,173 40.1 66,067 61,000 2,087 Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists.............. 24.90 23.21 996 928 40.0 51,802 48,268 2,080 Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists............ 38.14 33.63 1,535 1,345 40.2 79,815 69,944 2,093 Training and development specialists............................ 32.80 31.50 1,312 1,260 40.0 68,215 65,520 2,080 Logisticians...................................................... 38.90 40.25 1,556 1,610 40.0 80,922 83,720 2,080 Management analysts............................................... 39.69 39.18 1,589 1,569 40.0 82,638 81,582 2,082 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 33.16 30.25 1,333 1,210 40.2 69,311 62,895 2,090 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 38.83 35.68 1,555 1,428 40.1 80,885 74,256 2,083 Financial analysts.............................................. 39.95 35.70 1,601 1,442 40.1 83,232 75,001 2,083 Insurance underwriters.......................................... 26.22 22.63 1,049 905 40.0 54,537 47,077 2,080 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 33.31 28.24 1,332 1,130 40.0 69,276 58,737 2,080 Loan officers................................................... 33.97 28.24 1,359 1,130 40.0 70,664 58,737 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 41.42 40.87 1,702 1,724 41.1 88,484 89,638 2,136 Computer programmers.............................................. 38.62 37.14 1,545 1,486 40.0 80,319 77,249 2,080 Computer software engineers....................................... 48.56 47.44 2,037 2,018 41.9 105,911 104,926 2,181 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 45.21 42.35 1,953 1,952 43.2 101,557 101,499 2,246 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 52.13 51.09 2,121 2,094 40.7 110,277 108,878 2,115 Computer support specialists...................................... 26.31 24.94 1,077 988 40.9 55,966 51,355 2,127 Computer systems analysts......................................... 41.48 41.43 1,698 1,683 40.9 88,318 87,500 2,129 Database administrators........................................... 46.61 43.72 1,864 1,796 40.0 96,906 93,392 2,079 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 37.35 37.26 1,487 1,491 39.8 77,348 77,507 2,071 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 32.02 31.98 1,270 1,279 39.7 66,049 66,512 2,063 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 46.29 44.70 1,869 1,810 40.4 96,903 94,087 2,093 Architects, except naval.......................................... 32.20 26.19 1,259 988 39.1 65,452 51,371 2,033 Architects, except landscape and naval.......................... 32.20 26.19 1,259 988 39.1 65,452 51,371 2,033 Engineers......................................................... 49.75 48.34 2,015 1,976 40.5 104,775 102,773 2,106 Aerospace engineers............................................. 54.89 53.80 2,196 2,152 40.0 114,180 111,910 2,080 Civil engineers................................................. 46.30 48.94 1,823 1,957 39.4 94,814 101,787 2,048 Computer hardware engineers..................................... 48.20 45.94 2,093 2,014 43.4 108,841 104,741 2,258 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 51.86 48.94 2,074 1,958 40.0 107,859 101,799 2,080 Electrical engineers.......................................... 53.58 51.92 2,143 2,077 40.0 111,441 108,000 2,080 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 51.25 48.03 2,050 1,921 40.0 106,603 99,907 2,080 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 40.45 36.29 1,631 1,511 40.3 84,837 78,581 2,097 Industrial engineers.......................................... 42.05 38.83 1,702 1,553 40.5 88,489 80,758 2,105 Mechanical engineers............................................ 46.39 50.85 1,917 2,001 41.3 99,663 104,040 2,148 Drafters.......................................................... 37.64 29.29 1,506 1,172 40.0 78,289 60,925 2,080 Architectural and civil drafters................................ 26.32 27.16 1,053 1,086 40.0 54,744 56,493 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 32.65 31.72 1,306 1,269 40.0 66,626 65,564 2,041 Aerospace engineering and operations technicians................ 32.18 31.79 1,287 1,272 40.0 66,944 66,123 2,080 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 29.07 26.42 1,163 1,057 40.0 60,459 54,943 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 35.39 34.90 1,421 1,386 40.2 73,913 72,072 2,089 Life scientists................................................... 37.25 34.99 1,494 1,400 40.1 77,692 72,779 2,086 Biological scientists........................................... 36.84 37.19 1,480 1,488 40.2 76,936 77,355 2,089 Biochemists and biophysicists................................. 40.91 38.60 1,639 1,544 40.1 85,220 80,278 2,083 Physical scientists............................................... 38.12 35.09 1,532 1,403 40.2 79,677 72,977 2,090 Market and survey researchers..................................... 49.68 49.28 2,040 2,282 41.1 106,074 118,664 2,135 Market research analysts........................................ 49.68 49.28 2,040 2,282 41.1 106,074 118,664 2,135 Biological technicians............................................ 25.96 24.45 1,034 976 39.8 53,794 50,752 2,072 Community and social services occupations........................... 21.12 17.93 834 720 39.5 43,377 37,440 2,054 Counselors........................................................ 21.06 18.49 818 740 38.8 42,525 38,465 2,019 Social workers.................................................... 22.81 21.32 909 853 39.8 47,266 44,346 2,072 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 17.26 15.71 690 628 40.0 35,906 32,677 2,080 Medical and public health social workers........................ 30.15 28.40 1,206 1,136 40.0 62,719 59,072 2,080 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 14.52 12.63 582 505 40.1 30,251 26,270 2,083 Social and human service assistants............................. 13.97 12.63 560 505 40.1 29,100 26,270 2,083 Legal occupations................................................... 66.04 60.10 2,607 2,404 39.5 135,542 125,008 2,052 Lawyers........................................................... 83.41 81.73 3,304 3,173 39.6 171,800 165,000 2,060 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 40.40 35.70 1,582 1,391 39.2 71,385 61,458 1,767 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 48.22 39.00 1,884 1,550 39.1 87,603 74,402 1,817 Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 54.62 51.51 2,130 2,051 39.0 82,385 74,169 1,508 Health teachers, postsecondary.................................. 49.78 35.77 1,991 1,431 40.0 102,937 74,402 2,068 Health specialties teachers, postsecondary.................... 54.34 45.55 2,174 1,822 40.0 112,093 94,750 2,063 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 37.43 31.08 1,362 1,088 36.4 53,589 42,420 1,432 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 38.17 29.17 1,499 1,167 39.3 76,244 60,674 1,997 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 35.56 36.27 1,398 1,413 39.3 55,951 55,692 1,574 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 20.12 17.35 784 694 39.0 37,218 34,445 1,850 Preschool teachers, except special education.................. 17.50 17.35 681 679 38.9 32,919 32,082 1,881 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.64 34.46 1,245 1,378 38.2 46,275 50,089 1,418 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 31.87 37.10 1,200 1,391 37.6 44,284 50,089 1,390 Secondary school teachers....................................... 42.56 40.90 1,704 1,636 40.0 66,998 63,806 1,574 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 42.56 40.90 1,704 1,636 40.0 66,998 63,806 1,574 Librarians........................................................ 39.79 40.91 1,562 1,636 39.2 73,936 85,093 1,858 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 32.42 27.89 1,288 1,076 39.7 66,973 55,960 2,066 Designers......................................................... 29.10 27.89 1,159 1,115 39.8 60,245 58,001 2,070 Graphic designers............................................... 27.15 24.68 1,077 987 39.7 55,983 51,332 2,062 News analysts, reporters and correspondents....................... 24.79 19.90 981 796 39.6 51,030 41,392 2,058 Reporters and correspondents.................................... 24.79 19.90 981 796 39.6 51,030 41,392 2,058 Public relations specialists...................................... 32.44 32.79 1,288 1,335 39.7 66,953 69,410 2,064 Writers and editors............................................... 32.61 31.59 1,252 1,016 38.4 65,119 52,811 1,997 Technical writers............................................... 38.28 38.28 1,531 1,531 40.0 79,617 79,629 2,080 Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio operators... 36.24 41.59 1,450 1,664 40.0 75,375 86,503 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 35.75 34.20 1,393 1,307 39.0 72,448 67,949 2,026 Pharmacists....................................................... 57.06 55.12 2,250 2,205 39.4 116,977 114,650 2,050 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 63.69 67.31 2,615 2,692 41.1 136,006 140,005 2,135 Registered nurses................................................. 42.47 42.34 1,621 1,596 38.2 84,282 82,973 1,984 Therapists........................................................ 36.92 36.99 1,456 1,480 39.4 75,724 76,939 2,051 Occupational therapists......................................... 39.50 37.71 1,580 1,508 40.0 82,165 78,428 2,080 Physical therapists............................................. 39.74 40.00 1,590 1,600 40.0 82,668 83,200 2,080 Respiratory therapists.......................................... 32.71 32.20 1,234 1,159 37.7 64,175 60,280 1,962 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 26.22 27.03 1,045 1,052 39.9 54,341 54,704 2,073 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 32.34 32.00 1,285 1,280 39.7 66,838 66,560 2,066 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 18.71 18.03 748 721 40.0 38,912 37,502 2,080 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 34.26 31.58 1,359 1,260 39.7 70,680 65,520 2,063 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 32.35 31.33 1,284 1,250 39.7 66,751 64,977 2,063 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 23.47 24.22 933 969 39.7 48,504 50,378 2,067 Pharmacy technicians............................................ 18.55 17.56 732 702 39.5 38,062 36,527 2,052 Surgical technologists.......................................... 23.00 24.22 920 969 40.0 47,831 50,378 2,080 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 24.23 24.07 934 963 38.5 48,543 50,072 2,003 Medical records and health information technicians................ 15.84 15.50 634 620 40.0 32,942 32,240 2,080 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 15.34 13.89 600 548 39.1 31,181 28,496 2,033 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.68 12.25 490 468 38.6 25,440 24,170 2,006 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.71 12.35 493 468 38.8 25,591 24,346 2,014 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 17.63 16.57 703 661 39.9 36,562 34,362 2,073 Medical assistants.............................................. 18.59 18.87 740 755 39.8 38,475 39,245 2,069 Protective service occupations...................................... 13.77 12.00 545 462 39.5 28,316 24,007 2,056 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 12.47 11.36 492 440 39.5 25,602 22,880 2,052 Security guards................................................. 12.47 11.36 492 440 39.5 25,602 22,880 2,052 Miscellaneous protective service workers.......................... 15.24 15.30 610 612 40.0 31,708 31,824 2,080 Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers.............................................. 15.48 17.50 619 700 40.0 32,197 36,400 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 13.70 12.85 536 505 39.1 27,624 26,234 2,017 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 21.64 20.29 876 853 40.5 42,959 40,003 1,985 Chefs and head cooks............................................ 25.32 25.00 1,013 1,000 40.0 50,296 52,000 1,986 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 20.42 20.29 829 811 40.6 40,520 38,683 1,985 Cooks............................................................. 14.95 14.00 591 540 39.6 30,758 28,080 2,058 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 18.11 17.01 724 680 40.0 37,667 35,381 2,080 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 14.40 13.92 571 520 39.6 29,676 27,040 2,060 Food preparation workers.......................................... 13.61 13.63 544 545 40.0 28,313 28,350 2,080 Food service, tipped.............................................. 9.03 8.05 347 321 38.4 17,928 16,709 1,984 Bartenders...................................................... 12.54 13.65 502 546 40.0 26,088 28,396 2,080 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 8.45 8.00 324 320 38.3 16,701 16,640 1,977 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 9.54 9.50 362 369 38.0 18,834 19,207 1,974 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 14.49 15.01 568 600 39.2 29,555 31,221 2,039 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 14.84 16.09 579 630 39.0 30,103 32,781 2,029 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 11.09 10.51 436 420 39.3 22,667 21,861 2,044 Dishwashers....................................................... 13.36 15.02 525 601 39.3 27,291 31,242 2,043 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.47 12.16 534 480 39.7 27,658 24,960 2,054 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 21.78 25.78 871 1,031 40.0 45,294 53,622 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers...................................................... 21.78 25.78 871 1,031 40.0 45,294 53,622 2,080 Building cleaning workers......................................... 13.21 12.02 525 479 39.8 27,180 24,773 2,058 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 13.56 12.16 540 486 39.8 28,098 25,272 2,072 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 12.61 11.72 499 448 39.6 25,971 23,296 2,059 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 13.36 12.49 517 481 38.7 26,891 25,022 2,012 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 12.85 12.25 496 455 38.6 25,811 23,670 2,009 Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.89 11.00 499 437 36.0 25,499 22,464 1,836 Gaming services workers........................................... 8.78 8.00 329 320 37.5 17,106 16,640 1,949 Gaming dealers.................................................. 8.55 8.00 313 320 36.6 16,273 16,640 1,903 Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers........ 11.04 11.29 442 452 40.0 20,029 22,749 1,814 Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges......................... 12.12 11.13 479 408 39.5 24,901 21,237 2,054 Concierges...................................................... 13.36 12.42 526 497 39.3 27,327 25,834 2,045 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 15.37 14.63 615 585 40.0 31,975 30,420 2,080 Sales and related occupations....................................... 21.05 16.30 835 632 39.7 43,307 32,824 2,057 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 21.77 19.23 874 769 40.1 45,434 39,998 2,087 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 19.40 19.03 779 761 40.2 40,505 39,582 2,088 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 31.00 22.35 1,240 894 40.0 64,474 46,488 2,080 Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.80 12.81 583 508 39.4 30,229 26,399 2,043 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 12.60 11.82 499 472 39.6 25,770 24,586 2,045 Cashiers...................................................... 12.61 11.82 500 472 39.6 25,773 24,586 2,045 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 18.20 16.91 728 676 40.0 37,864 35,169 2,080 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 19.43 15.81 777 632 40.0 40,406 32,881 2,080 Retail salespersons............................................. 15.76 13.60 618 525 39.2 32,117 27,290 2,038 Advertising sales agents.......................................... 16.68 14.38 665 575 39.9 34,589 29,910 2,073 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 59.14 43.27 2,365 1,731 40.0 123,004 90,000 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 41.07 36.95 1,668 1,478 40.6 86,719 76,852 2,112 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products...................................... 49.88 56.58 1,998 2,263 40.1 103,914 117,686 2,083 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products............................ 35.61 34.61 1,458 1,468 40.9 75,832 76,330 2,129 Models, demonstrators, and product promoters...................... 29.14 27.09 1,166 1,084 40.0 60,614 56,351 2,080 Demonstrators and product promoters............................. 29.14 27.09 1,166 1,084 40.0 60,614 56,351 2,080 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 19.24 18.23 752 707 39.1 38,269 35,493 1,989 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 18.62 17.41 741 690 39.8 38,526 35,880 2,069 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 27.26 28.78 1,098 1,145 40.3 57,120 59,550 2,095 Financial clerks.................................................. 18.78 18.81 749 751 39.9 38,967 39,062 2,075 Bill and account collectors..................................... 20.17 19.54 807 782 40.0 41,946 40,643 2,080 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 18.12 16.87 720 675 39.7 37,419 35,090 2,065 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 19.14 19.00 764 760 39.9 39,716 39,520 2,075 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 18.53 19.03 740 761 39.9 38,454 39,574 2,075 Procurement clerks.............................................. 17.43 17.23 697 689 40.0 36,255 35,840 2,080 Tellers......................................................... 15.71 15.87 628 635 40.0 32,667 33,001 2,080 Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks.......................... 18.18 17.68 727 707 40.0 37,820 36,783 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 17.69 15.84 708 632 40.0 36,801 32,843 2,080 Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks.............................. 14.88 13.33 590 533 39.7 30,688 27,726 2,062 Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 16.52 16.18 635 639 38.4 32,995 33,218 1,997 Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 18.07 16.32 723 653 40.0 37,593 33,946 2,080 Order clerks...................................................... 16.15 15.25 642 598 39.7 33,365 31,096 2,066 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 18.65 18.17 742 727 39.8 38,588 37,800 2,069 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 16.73 15.05 662 602 39.6 34,439 31,298 2,059 Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks.... 18.53 19.35 738 774 39.8 38,367 40,252 2,070 Dispatchers....................................................... 17.35 14.35 697 577 40.2 36,233 29,994 2,088 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 17.84 14.95 714 598 40.0 37,106 31,096 2,080 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 22.34 20.59 894 823 40.0 46,477 42,819 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.89 12.08 515 483 40.0 26,802 25,126 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 15.42 15.98 608 620 39.4 31,623 32,240 2,051 Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping........ 16.01 17.89 640 716 40.0 30,439 37,209 1,901 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 24.31 23.82 964 952 39.7 50,148 49,508 2,063 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 24.91 24.70 994 981 39.9 51,697 51,002 2,075 Medical secretaries............................................. 19.15 17.89 746 665 39.0 38,803 34,557 2,027 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.72 17.96 748 718 39.9 38,878 37,357 2,076 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 13.89 12.60 553 560 39.8 28,741 29,120 2,069 Data entry keyers............................................... 13.05 12.60 519 504 39.8 26,967 26,216 2,067 Word processors and typists..................................... 18.75 18.00 750 720 40.0 38,996 37,440 2,080 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 17.48 18.50 696 738 39.8 36,167 38,366 2,069 Office clerks, general............................................ 17.62 16.22 698 646 39.6 36,319 33,575 2,061 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.......................... 17.34 14.28 693 571 39.9 35,133 29,698 2,026 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 27.24 26.33 1,084 1,053 39.8 55,252 52,704 2,028 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 41.55 41.25 1,650 1,650 39.7 83,350 77,480 2,006 Carpenters........................................................ 26.92 25.31 1,074 968 39.9 53,698 50,331 1,995 Construction laborers............................................. 25.23 26.89 1,009 1,076 40.0 46,783 45,209 1,854 Construction equipment operators.................................. 32.54 34.33 1,302 1,373 40.0 66,587 71,406 2,046 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 32.54 34.33 1,302 1,373 40.0 66,587 71,406 2,046 Electricians...................................................... 33.54 36.63 1,318 1,465 39.3 68,462 76,199 2,041 Painters and paperhangers......................................... 18.32 19.20 721 756 39.4 37,482 39,291 2,046 Painters, construction and maintenance.......................... 17.25 19.20 675 720 39.1 35,092 37,440 2,035 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 31.52 34.12 1,261 1,365 40.0 65,570 70,970 2,080 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 31.52 34.12 1,261 1,365 40.0 65,570 70,970 2,080 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 19.76 17.00 790 680 40.0 41,091 35,360 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 26.30 24.74 1,051 988 40.0 54,565 51,293 2,075 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 36.20 33.39 1,448 1,336 40.0 75,301 69,451 2,080 Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers.......... 20.90 18.00 833 720 39.9 43,333 37,440 2,074 Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 28.52 26.99 1,136 1,083 39.8 59,055 56,326 2,070 Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers.............................................. 28.52 26.99 1,136 1,083 39.8 59,055 56,326 2,070 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................... 24.83 23.88 993 955 40.0 51,550 49,130 2,076 Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment.................................................... 29.85 33.74 1,194 1,350 40.0 61,779 70,188 2,070 Aircraft mechanics and service technicians........................ 31.23 31.01 1,249 1,240 40.0 64,965 64,501 2,080 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 20.45 20.44 818 818 40.0 42,542 42,515 2,080 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 20.45 20.44 818 818 40.0 42,542 42,515 2,080 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 29.41 29.40 1,177 1,176 40.0 61,180 61,160 2,080 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics...................................................... 25.94 25.60 1,038 1,024 40.0 53,961 53,248 2,080 Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines................ 26.38 25.60 1,055 1,024 40.0 54,872 53,248 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 24.81 24.66 990 980 39.9 51,471 50,960 2,075 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 27.22 26.65 1,086 1,066 39.9 56,457 55,432 2,074 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 21.76 20.11 867 804 39.8 45,073 41,829 2,071 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 25.87 25.71 1,035 1,028 40.0 53,811 53,477 2,080 Line installers and repairers..................................... 36.54 34.16 1,462 1,366 40.0 76,003 71,055 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 20.18 20.01 807 800 40.0 41,977 41,621 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 17.70 15.43 708 617 40.0 36,466 31,803 2,060 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 29.38 29.02 1,211 1,161 41.2 62,958 60,351 2,143 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 14.77 12.59 591 504 40.0 30,729 26,189 2,080 Electromechanical equipment assemblers.......................... 15.63 17.00 625 680 40.0 32,513 35,360 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 14.90 13.10 596 524 40.0 30,985 27,248 2,080 Team assemblers................................................. 11.83 11.65 473 466 40.0 24,615 24,232 2,080 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 17.23 19.35 675 774 39.2 35,100 40,246 2,037 Butchers and meat cutters....................................... 19.06 21.22 740 849 38.8 38,457 44,138 2,018 Miscellaneous food processing workers............................. 12.37 10.10 492 404 39.8 25,590 21,010 2,069 Food batchmakers................................................ 14.23 14.56 563 582 39.6 29,268 30,289 2,057 Food cooking machine operators and tenders...................... 10.07 10.00 403 400 40.0 20,939 20,800 2,080 Computer control programmers and operators........................ 20.77 18.71 831 748 40.0 43,200 38,917 2,080 Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic... 18.70 18.71 748 748 40.0 38,897 38,917 2,080 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 13.39 11.18 535 447 40.0 27,845 23,254 2,080 Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................... 11.85 10.87 474 435 40.0 24,647 22,618 2,080 Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............................................ 12.95 10.50 518 420 40.0 26,927 21,840 2,080 Machinists........................................................ 26.21 26.66 1,048 1,066 40.0 54,509 55,449 2,080 Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 12.64 12.05 505 482 40.0 26,286 25,064 2,080 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 21.02 19.40 841 776 40.0 43,715 40,352 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 20.94 19.40 838 776 40.0 43,563 40,352 2,080 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 19.95 22.07 798 883 40.0 41,497 45,906 2,080 Printers.......................................................... 19.14 18.00 765 720 40.0 39,776 37,440 2,079 Prepress technicians and workers................................ 23.66 22.95 946 918 40.0 49,203 47,736 2,080 Printing machine operators...................................... 17.46 17.00 698 678 40.0 36,284 35,244 2,078 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 10.75 10.82 419 420 38.9 21,770 21,861 2,024 Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers........... 12.39 10.62 495 425 40.0 25,762 22,090 2,080 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 15.65 13.97 626 559 40.0 32,544 29,058 2,080 Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood............ 17.68 20.12 707 805 40.0 36,773 41,850 2,080 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing....................................................... 14.13 13.97 565 559 40.0 29,390 29,058 2,080 Stationary engineers and boiler operators......................... 29.43 28.85 1,177 1,154 40.0 61,214 60,008 2,080 Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders....... 21.02 18.40 818 736 38.9 42,534 38,272 2,023 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 14.24 14.12 569 565 40.0 29,609 29,370 2,080 Cutting workers................................................... 16.51 19.50 660 780 40.0 32,887 32,240 1,992 Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 16.55 19.50 662 780 40.0 33,694 40,560 2,036 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 18.50 15.98 740 639 40.0 38,372 33,247 2,074 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 15.17 13.50 603 537 39.8 30,704 27,206 2,023 Semiconductor processors.......................................... 18.22 18.60 729 744 40.0 37,891 38,682 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 14.68 13.15 587 526 40.0 28,736 24,960 1,957 Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders............. 19.72 20.95 789 838 40.0 41,028 43,578 2,080 Helpers--production workers..................................... 11.25 11.00 450 440 40.0 18,695 20,488 1,663 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 18.61 16.75 735 670 39.5 37,950 34,840 2,039 First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand................................................... 23.52 23.64 941 946 40.0 48,912 49,173 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................. 29.21 30.31 1,168 1,212 40.0 60,761 63,039 2,080 Aircraft pilots and flight engineers.............................. 111.41 113.21 2,172 2,116 19.5 112,966 110,027 1,014 Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers.................. 111.41 113.21 2,172 2,116 19.5 112,966 110,027 1,014 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 23.67 23.51 962 945 40.6 49,770 49,161 2,103 Driver/sales workers............................................ 16.46 16.50 658 660 40.0 34,227 34,320 2,080 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 23.62 23.50 973 940 41.2 50,515 48,892 2,138 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 24.97 29.64 999 1,186 40.0 51,448 61,651 2,060 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 16.41 15.35 655 614 39.9 33,846 31,928 2,062 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.71 11.50 505 460 39.7 25,973 23,296 2,043 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 13.30 13.19 529 528 39.7 26,947 27,441 2,025 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 13.72 13.15 548 522 39.9 28,034 27,040 2,043 Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 9.19 9.00 366 360 39.9 19,038 18,720 2,073 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 11.40 9.10 449 360 39.4 23,300 18,720 2,043 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, weighted by hours. 3 Mean weekly earnings are based on 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. 4 Mean annual earnings are based on 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.