RSE Table 13 Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Relative standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(5) Annual earnings(6) Occupation(2) Mean Relative Mean Relative Mean Relative error(4) error(4) error(4) All workers........................................................... $31.79 1.7% $1,254 1.6% $60,074 1.6% Management occupations.............................................. 47.71 3.5 1,906 3.5 97,048 3.5 General and operations managers................................... 45.23 10.9 1,817 11.2 94,474 11.2 Administrative services managers.................................. 41.17 6.1 1,620 6.1 84,214 6.1 Computer and information systems managers......................... 54.27 3.5 2,171 3.5 112,874 3.5 Financial managers................................................ 44.85 9.9 1,781 9.8 91,118 9.8 Human resources managers.......................................... 47.53 6.8 1,901 6.8 98,854 6.8 Construction managers............................................. 41.67 4.4 1,667 4.4 86,665 4.4 Education administrators.......................................... 54.61 3.4 2,192 3.0 103,212 3.0 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 56.77 4.0 2,280 3.6 105,773 3.6 Engineering managers.............................................. 58.51 6.7 2,340 6.7 121,691 6.7 Medical and health services managers.............................. 48.89 8.1 1,956 8.1 101,699 8.1 Social and community service managers............................. 39.60 7.4 1,584 7.4 82,363 7.4 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 30.82 3.1 1,230 3.0 63,933 3.0 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 26.70 6.4 1,068 6.4 55,531 6.4 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 26.65 7.3 1,066 7.3 55,437 7.3 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 31.23 4.2 1,237 3.9 64,309 3.9 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 31.23 4.2 1,237 3.9 64,309 3.9 Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation..................................... 27.19 6.2 1,073 5.4 55,781 5.4 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 33.75 8.9 1,354 8.8 70,386 8.8 Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists............ 28.04 9.3 1,121 9.3 58,317 9.3 Management analysts............................................... 33.76 3.2 1,361 2.9 70,779 2.9 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 30.19 5.7 1,208 5.7 62,805 5.7 Appraisers and assessors of real estate........................... 30.23 10.1 1,209 10.1 62,883 10.1 Budget analysts................................................... 29.19 7.3 1,168 7.3 60,722 7.3 Tax examiners, collectors, preparers, and revenue agents.......... 25.38 9.5 1,006 9.2 52,327 9.2 Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents................... 25.38 9.5 1,006 9.2 52,327 9.2 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 32.78 2.2 1,309 2.3 67,584 2.3 Computer programmers.............................................. 34.85 5.7 1,394 5.7 72,484 5.7 Computer software engineers....................................... 36.71 4.9 1,452 4.1 75,522 4.1 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 36.35 4.4 1,444 4.0 75,105 4.0 Computer support specialists...................................... 26.14 3.2 1,045 3.2 53,149 3.2 Computer systems analysts......................................... 36.57 3.7 1,463 3.7 76,056 3.7 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 30.91 8.3 1,228 8.6 62,897 8.6 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 39.45 3.7 1,578 3.7 82,055 3.7 Engineers......................................................... 44.80 3.3 1,792 3.3 93,184 3.3 Civil engineers................................................. 45.42 3.0 1,817 3.0 94,469 3.0 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 30.41 3.3 1,216 3.3 63,250 3.3 Civil engineering technicians................................... 28.62 2.3 1,145 2.3 59,523 2.3 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 31.70 2.9 1,268 2.9 64,087 2.9 Life scientists................................................... 27.81 9.4 1,112 9.4 56,394 9.4 Biological scientists........................................... 27.94 14.6 1,117 14.6 56,020 14.6 Conservation scientists and foresters........................... 27.74 8.6 1,110 8.6 57,339 8.6 Conservation scientists....................................... 25.43 4.2 1,017 4.2 52,900 4.2 Physical scientists............................................... 34.22 9.4 1,369 9.4 71,167 9.4 Environmental scientists and geoscientists...................... 31.31 6.0 1,252 6.0 65,118 6.0 Environmental scientists and specialists, including health.... 31.31 6.0 1,252 6.0 65,118 6.0 Psychologists..................................................... 41.86 5.3 1,675 5.3 74,860 5.3 Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists.................. 41.34 5.3 1,654 5.3 73,171 5.3 Urban and regional planners....................................... 41.49 5.5 1,660 5.5 86,304 5.5 Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians...... 25.91 10.4 1,036 10.4 53,895 10.4 Community and social services occupations........................... 29.16 3.1 1,162 3.1 58,007 3.1 Counselors........................................................ 33.60 6.2 1,330 6.1 62,636 6.1 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 32.88 5.3 1,298 5.1 58,161 5.1 Social workers.................................................... 28.33 4.9 1,131 4.9 58,268 4.9 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 27.27 6.2 1,089 6.2 56,290 6.2 Medical and public health social workers........................ 24.89 6.6 996 6.6 51,777 6.6 Mental health and substance abuse social workers................ 35.45 7.0 1,408 6.4 69,866 6.4 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 25.82 6.5 1,032 6.5 52,907 6.5 Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists....... 31.36 7.2 1,256 7.1 64,605 7.1 Social and human service assistants............................. 19.26 7.0 767 7.1 38,828 7.1 Legal occupations................................................... 37.66 7.2 1,506 7.2 78,336 7.2 Lawyers........................................................... 47.73 6.8 1,909 6.8 99,280 6.8 Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 24.83 8.9 993 8.9 51,650 8.9 Miscellaneous legal support workers............................... 27.32 19.0 1,093 19.0 56,834 19.0 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 43.18 3.0 1,595 3.0 62,612 3.0 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 54.27 6.6 2,122 6.6 88,985 6.6 Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 62.37 14.5 2,453 15.4 98,653 15.4 Health teachers, postsecondary.................................. 79.64 3.9 3,175 4.0 150,089 4.0 Health specialties teachers, postsecondary.................... 79.98 4.0 3,188 4.1 151,256 4.1 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 59.93 4.9 2,367 4.7 93,082 4.7 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 39.53 7.5 1,530 6.7 64,453 6.7 Vocational education teachers, postsecondary.................. 26.28 14.1 1,027 12.6 50,201 12.6 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 45.98 1.4 1,697 .8 63,635 .8 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 36.37 10.7 1,312 8.9 52,141 8.9 Preschool teachers, except special education.................. 23.04 14.5 834 10.0 36,991 10.0 Kindergarten teachers, except special education............... 46.27 4.0 1,666 3.9 61,461 3.9 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 46.58 1.8 1,720 1.2 64,071 1.2 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 46.75 1.9 1,726 1.4 64,491 1.4 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 45.66 1.9 1,691 .8 61,804 .8 Secondary school teachers....................................... 45.41 3.2 1,684 2.6 63,675 2.6 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 45.79 3.4 1,700 2.6 64,180 2.6 Vocational education teachers, secondary school............... 38.88 9.8 1,415 7.0 55,071 7.0 Special education teachers...................................... 47.58 3.2 1,729 2.6 64,523 2.6 Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school.......................................... 46.75 2.8 1,709 2.9 63,995 2.9 Special education teachers, secondary school.................. 50.78 6.9 1,800 3.2 66,281 3.2 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 43.87 6.3 1,593 5.3 62,612 5.3 Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors.................................................. 45.16 8.3 1,602 10.2 63,012 10.2 Librarians........................................................ 32.27 8.8 1,250 5.8 60,767 5.8 Library technicians............................................... 20.21 5.4 791 5.9 37,963 5.9 Instructional coordinators........................................ 41.33 6.2 1,620 5.0 72,252 5.0 Teacher assistants................................................ 16.78 3.4 538 5.9 22,647 5.9 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 28.75 7.3 1,101 7.1 55,908 7.1 Public relations specialists...................................... 28.54 3.2 1,110 3.9 57,720 3.9 Miscellaneous media and communication workers..................... 25.56 12.8 995 13.0 48,900 13.0 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 33.59 4.0 1,420 4.2 72,410 4.2 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 26.50 18.4 1,640 13.3 84,480 13.3 Registered nurses................................................. 44.06 5.3 1,703 5.8 87,715 5.8 Therapists........................................................ 37.17 6.0 1,430 5.4 61,562 5.4 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 22.83 8.0 913 8.0 47,481 8.0 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 20.76 5.5 830 5.5 43,182 5.5 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 35.31 17.6 1,377 19.8 71,587 19.8 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 35.31 17.6 1,377 19.8 71,587 19.8 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 23.11 6.4 923 6.6 47,976 6.6 Psychiatric technicians......................................... 26.93 1.7 1,073 2.0 55,811 2.0 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 21.01 2.9 796 3.9 40,510 3.9 Occupational health and safety specialists and technicians........ 30.76 5.0 1,230 5.0 63,801 5.0 Occupational health and safety specialists...................... 30.77 6.3 1,231 6.3 63,794 6.3 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 17.15 4.1 681 4.4 35,127 4.4 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 15.07 4.6 595 5.0 30,686 5.0 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 14.19 4.1 559 4.5 28,770 4.5 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 19.20 5.6 766 5.7 39,539 5.7 Medical assistants.............................................. 16.95 3.9 673 4.2 35,000 4.2 Protective service occupations...................................... 33.37 3.7 1,379 4.1 71,235 4.1 First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 45.51 3.3 1,821 3.4 94,674 3.4 First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers........ 39.62 5.0 1,593 4.9 82,836 4.9 First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 47.77 4.0 1,907 4.2 99,189 4.2 First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers........................................................ 37.13 8.1 1,775 11.3 92,278 11.3 Fire fighters..................................................... 29.78 9.2 1,462 12.0 76,044 12.0 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 28.56 5.8 1,143 5.8 59,450 5.8 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 28.56 5.8 1,143 5.8 59,450 5.8 Detectives and criminal investigators............................. 37.60 7.4 1,504 7.4 73,741 7.4 Police officers................................................... 37.23 1.8 1,487 1.7 77,053 1.7 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 37.23 1.8 1,487 1.7 77,053 1.7 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 19.82 7.7 773 8.2 38,461 8.2 Security guards................................................. 19.64 8.3 765 9.0 37,987 9.0 Miscellaneous protective service workers.......................... 23.69 5.2 948 5.2 49,274 5.2 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 15.53 9.1 586 6.9 26,781 6.9 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 20.65 7.6 721 13.9 32,364 13.9 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 20.65 7.6 721 13.9 32,364 13.9 Cooks............................................................. 15.17 14.6 602 14.6 27,780 14.6 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 15.88 12.5 630 12.6 28,619 12.6 Food preparation workers.......................................... 14.19 6.2 530 6.8 22,753 6.8 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 15.46 3.7 598 4.9 26,754 4.9 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 15.52 4.3 605 4.9 28,017 4.9 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 18.33 2.3 732 2.3 36,597 2.3 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 24.53 12.6 981 12.6 50,496 12.6 First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers...................................................... 22.83 5.0 913 5.0 46,902 5.0 Building cleaning workers......................................... 17.15 3.2 685 3.2 35,072 3.2 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 17.29 3.3 690 3.3 35,334 3.3 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 19.32 8.8 770 8.8 34,774 8.8 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 19.95 4.2 793 4.5 40,695 4.5 Personal care and service occupations............................... 16.92 7.7 659 7.2 33,368 7.2 Gaming services workers........................................... 9.72 9.9 389 9.9 20,210 9.9 Child care workers................................................ 19.77 9.8 676 4.4 28,761 4.4 Sales and related occupations....................................... 15.90 14.7 636 14.7 33,069 14.7 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.15 8.1 486 8.1 25,267 8.1 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 12.15 8.1 486 8.1 25,267 8.1 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 19.80 2.5 788 2.6 40,314 2.6 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 24.96 6.1 993 5.9 51,370 5.9 Financial clerks.................................................. 20.34 3.8 811 3.8 41,925 3.8 Bill and account collectors..................................... 19.44 8.7 778 8.7 40,435 8.7 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 20.52 4.2 820 4.2 42,646 4.2 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 21.86 4.2 864 4.8 42,742 4.8 Court, municipal, and license clerks.............................. 19.36 4.4 774 4.4 40,262 4.4 Eligibility interviewers, government programs..................... 19.68 4.4 787 4.4 40,936 4.4 Library assistants, clerical...................................... 19.05 21.3 – – – – Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 21.52 5.6 861 5.6 44,762 5.6 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 17.85 10.4 709 10.3 35,670 10.3 Dispatchers....................................................... 23.93 12.0 965 12.3 49,064 12.3 Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers......................... 24.10 12.8 973 13.2 50,607 13.2 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 21.49 2.4 855 2.5 43,476 2.5 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 22.70 5.4 902 5.4 46,784 5.4 Legal secretaries............................................... 22.82 11.0 913 11.0 47,476 11.0 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 20.12 2.1 800 2.3 39,760 2.3 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 16.80 3.1 671 3.0 34,889 3.0 Word processors and typists..................................... 17.12 2.9 683 2.7 35,536 2.7 Office clerks, general............................................ 17.50 2.6 696 2.7 35,591 2.7 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.......................... 20.24 10.4 810 10.4 42,106 10.4 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 26.68 3.9 1,067 3.9 55,493 3.9 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 28.66 2.6 1,146 2.6 59,608 2.6 Construction laborers............................................. 22.67 6.7 907 6.7 47,151 6.7 Construction equipment operators.................................. 25.54 7.0 1,022 7.0 53,118 7.0 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 25.44 7.4 1,018 7.4 52,911 7.4 Electricians...................................................... 30.65 5.3 1,226 5.3 63,771 5.3 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 27.87 7.7 1,115 7.7 57,960 7.7 Construction and building inspectors.............................. 31.27 5.6 1,251 5.6 65,032 5.6 Highway maintenance workers....................................... 20.04 7.2 801 7.2 41,673 7.2 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 29.29 2.6 1,171 2.5 60,883 2.5 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 42.97 11.8 1,719 11.8 89,382 11.8 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 27.28 4.0 1,091 4.0 56,748 4.0 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 28.55 3.5 1,142 3.5 59,394 3.5 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers..................................................... 34.09 4.9 1,364 4.9 70,908 4.9 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 25.51 4.6 1,020 4.6 53,016 4.6 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 33.53 7.1 1,341 7.1 69,743 7.1 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 23.33 6.2 932 6.2 48,465 6.2 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 24.05 12.1 962 12.1 50,018 12.1 Production occupations.............................................. 26.72 11.4 1,067 11.3 55,090 11.3 Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators....... 26.15 13.7 1,046 13.7 54,402 13.7 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 24.51 3.7 971 4.4 48,016 4.4 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................. 32.65 6.2 1,306 6.2 67,922 6.2 Bus drivers....................................................... 22.56 2.7 875 3.5 40,805 3.5 Bus drivers, transit and intercity.............................. 25.05 2.0 1,002 2.0 52,107 2.0 Bus drivers, school............................................. 18.20 3.8 670 3.6 26,834 3.6 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 22.96 8.3 918 8.3 47,757 8.3 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 23.53 8.5 941 8.5 48,941 8.5 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, weighted by hours. 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. 5 Mean weekly earnings are based on the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees, exclusive of overtime. 6 Mean annual earnings are based on 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.