RSE Table 16 Private industry establishments with 100 workers or more: 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........................................................... $27.46 2.2% $1,093 2.1% $56,474 2.1% Management occupations.............................................. 53.96 2.3 2,186 2.3 113,629 2.3 Chief executives.................................................. 141.54 22.9 5,786 24.8 300,865 24.8 General and operations managers................................... 63.58 7.9 2,547 7.9 132,456 7.9 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 54.08 6.4 2,197 6.5 114,245 6.5 Marketing managers.............................................. 58.28 5.9 2,371 5.6 123,292 5.6 Sales managers.................................................. 47.10 14.0 1,909 14.6 99,248 14.6 Administrative services managers.................................. 42.07 5.6 1,670 5.5 86,844 5.5 Computer and information systems managers......................... 57.19 4.4 2,447 6.0 127,260 6.0 Financial managers................................................ 60.03 5.2 2,422 5.3 125,961 5.3 Human resources managers.......................................... 45.91 18.1 1,861 17.8 96,783 17.8 Industrial production managers.................................... 52.02 6.8 2,088 6.7 108,580 6.7 Purchasing managers............................................... 54.28 6.9 2,171 6.9 112,893 6.9 Transportation, storage, and distribution managers................ 45.45 6.3 1,818 6.3 94,542 6.3 Construction managers............................................. 49.92 6.1 1,997 6.1 103,826 6.1 Education administrators.......................................... 31.64 7.4 1,253 7.6 64,723 7.6 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 34.78 7.4 1,385 7.6 71,281 7.6 Engineering managers.............................................. 66.39 3.7 2,681 3.7 139,395 3.7 Lodging managers.................................................. 27.35 10.1 1,144 6.1 59,495 6.1 Medical and health services managers.............................. 48.99 4.6 1,959 4.6 101,847 4.6 Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 27.38 11.0 1,108 11.2 57,615 11.2 Social and community service managers............................. 31.72 8.1 1,261 8.4 65,584 8.4 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 36.23 1.8 1,465 1.8 76,176 1.8 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 39.41 6.7 1,674 8.7 87,047 8.7 Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 32.09 8.5 1,287 8.4 66,925 8.4 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 41.93 7.4 1,816 9.7 94,441 9.7 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 27.74 5.4 1,097 5.1 57,023 5.1 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 28.18 5.1 1,113 4.8 57,887 4.8 Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation..................................... 39.28 14.7 1,606 16.3 83,501 16.3 Cost estimators................................................... 38.68 12.7 1,547 12.7 80,453 12.7 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 31.66 6.5 1,271 6.5 66,067 6.5 Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists.............. 24.90 13.1 996 13.1 51,802 13.1 Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists............ 38.14 12.4 1,535 12.3 79,815 12.3 Training and development specialists............................ 32.80 6.8 1,312 6.8 68,215 6.8 Logisticians...................................................... 38.90 9.5 1,556 9.5 80,922 9.5 Management analysts............................................... 39.69 1.7 1,589 1.7 82,638 1.7 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 33.16 7.4 1,333 7.5 69,311 7.5 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 38.83 7.1 1,555 7.1 80,885 7.1 Financial analysts.............................................. 39.95 7.1 1,601 7.1 83,232 7.1 Insurance underwriters.......................................... 26.22 14.1 1,049 14.1 54,537 14.1 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 33.31 13.7 1,332 13.7 69,276 13.7 Loan officers................................................... 33.97 14.6 1,359 14.6 70,664 14.6 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 41.42 3.2 1,702 2.9 88,484 2.9 Computer programmers.............................................. 38.62 3.0 1,545 3.0 80,319 3.0 Computer software engineers....................................... 48.56 2.2 2,037 1.7 105,911 1.7 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 45.21 2.5 1,953 2.8 101,557 2.8 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 52.13 3.6 2,121 3.5 110,277 3.5 Computer support specialists...................................... 26.31 8.4 1,077 9.1 55,966 9.1 Computer systems analysts......................................... 41.48 2.2 1,698 2.2 88,318 2.2 Database administrators........................................... 46.61 11.1 1,864 11.5 96,906 11.5 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 37.35 10.7 1,487 10.7 77,348 10.7 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 32.02 11.9 1,270 11.7 66,049 11.7 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 46.29 3.7 1,869 3.6 96,903 3.6 Architects, except naval.......................................... 32.20 11.7 1,259 13.8 65,452 13.8 Architects, except landscape and naval.......................... 32.20 11.7 1,259 13.8 65,452 13.8 Engineers......................................................... 49.75 4.2 2,015 4.2 104,775 4.2 Aerospace engineers............................................. 54.89 2.7 2,196 2.7 114,180 2.7 Civil engineers................................................. 46.30 15.5 1,823 16.2 94,814 16.2 Computer hardware engineers..................................... 48.20 6.5 2,093 4.7 108,841 4.7 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 51.86 13.7 2,074 13.7 107,859 13.7 Electrical engineers.......................................... 53.58 6.5 2,143 6.5 111,441 6.5 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 51.25 17.7 2,050 17.7 106,603 17.7 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 40.45 4.3 1,631 4.5 84,837 4.5 Industrial engineers.......................................... 42.05 4.6 1,702 4.7 88,489 4.7 Mechanical engineers............................................ 46.39 9.3 1,917 11.2 99,663 11.2 Drafters.......................................................... 37.64 14.5 1,506 14.5 78,289 14.5 Architectural and civil drafters................................ 26.32 14.3 1,053 14.3 54,744 14.3 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 32.65 4.4 1,306 4.4 66,626 4.4 Aerospace engineering and operations technicians................ 32.18 2.6 1,287 2.6 66,944 2.6 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 29.07 7.7 1,163 7.7 60,459 7.7 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 35.39 6.0 1,421 6.2 73,913 6.2 Life scientists................................................... 37.25 12.8 1,494 12.9 77,692 12.9 Biological scientists........................................... 36.84 12.9 1,480 13.2 76,936 13.2 Biochemists and biophysicists................................. 40.91 16.9 1,639 17.0 85,220 17.0 Physical scientists............................................... 38.12 7.6 1,532 7.6 79,677 7.6 Market and survey researchers..................................... 49.68 9.5 2,040 9.5 106,074 9.5 Market research analysts........................................ 49.68 9.5 2,040 9.5 106,074 9.5 Biological technicians............................................ 25.96 9.2 1,034 9.2 53,794 9.2 Community and social services occupations........................... 21.12 11.1 834 11.3 43,377 11.3 Counselors........................................................ 21.06 10.6 818 10.1 42,525 10.1 Social workers.................................................... 22.81 14.8 909 15.1 47,266 15.1 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 17.26 12.4 690 12.4 35,906 12.4 Medical and public health social workers........................ 30.15 8.6 1,206 8.6 62,719 8.6 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 14.52 9.4 582 9.5 30,251 9.5 Social and human service assistants............................. 13.97 7.7 560 7.7 29,100 7.7 Legal occupations................................................... 66.04 7.8 2,607 8.0 135,542 8.0 Lawyers........................................................... 83.41 5.5 3,304 4.9 171,800 4.9 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 40.40 4.7 1,582 4.8 71,385 4.8 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 48.22 8.0 1,884 7.7 87,603 7.7 Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 54.62 6.3 2,130 6.2 82,385 6.2 Health teachers, postsecondary.................................. 49.78 16.8 1,991 16.8 102,937 16.8 Health specialties teachers, postsecondary.................... 54.34 24.4 2,174 24.4 112,093 24.4 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 37.43 9.1 1,362 11.6 53,589 11.6 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 38.17 19.1 1,499 18.7 76,244 18.7 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 35.56 7.5 1,398 7.7 55,951 7.7 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 20.12 12.9 784 12.6 37,218 12.6 Preschool teachers, except special education.................. 17.50 3.2 681 2.6 32,919 2.6 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.64 8.4 1,245 9.5 46,275 9.5 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 31.87 18.1 1,200 19.3 44,284 19.3 Secondary school teachers....................................... 42.56 8.2 1,704 8.2 66,998 8.2 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 42.56 8.2 1,704 8.2 66,998 8.2 Librarians........................................................ 39.79 10.2 1,562 9.9 73,936 9.9 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 32.42 8.5 1,288 8.3 66,973 8.3 Designers......................................................... 29.10 8.2 1,159 8.3 60,245 8.3 Graphic designers............................................... 27.15 8.9 1,077 9.3 55,983 9.3 News analysts, reporters and correspondents....................... 24.79 17.6 981 17.4 51,030 17.4 Reporters and correspondents.................................... 24.79 17.6 981 17.4 51,030 17.4 Public relations specialists...................................... 32.44 7.4 1,288 7.4 66,953 7.4 Writers and editors............................................... 32.61 11.1 1,252 13.4 65,119 13.4 Technical writers............................................... 38.28 11.5 1,531 11.5 79,617 11.5 Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio operators... 36.24 10.5 1,450 10.5 75,375 10.5 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 35.75 2.4 1,393 2.4 72,448 2.4 Pharmacists....................................................... 57.06 2.6 2,250 3.4 116,977 3.4 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 63.69 16.1 2,615 16.9 136,006 16.9 Registered nurses................................................. 42.47 2.3 1,621 2.6 84,282 2.6 Therapists........................................................ 36.92 3.7 1,456 3.7 75,724 3.7 Occupational therapists......................................... 39.50 5.5 1,580 5.5 82,165 5.5 Physical therapists............................................. 39.74 3.9 1,590 3.9 82,668 3.9 Respiratory therapists.......................................... 32.71 5.2 1,234 7.2 64,175 7.2 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 26.22 4.0 1,045 4.0 54,341 4.0 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 32.34 4.8 1,285 5.1 66,838 5.1 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 18.71 11.7 748 11.7 38,912 11.7 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 34.26 7.6 1,359 7.7 70,680 7.7 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 32.35 5.6 1,284 5.6 66,751 5.6 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 23.47 9.2 933 9.3 48,504 9.3 Pharmacy technicians............................................ 18.55 12.4 732 12.5 38,062 12.5 Surgical technologists.......................................... 23.00 8.3 920 8.3 47,831 8.3 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 24.23 3.6 934 5.2 48,543 5.2 Medical records and health information technicians................ 15.84 6.8 634 6.8 32,942 6.8 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 15.34 2.8 600 3.0 31,181 3.0 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.68 2.7 490 3.0 25,440 3.0 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.71 2.8 493 3.1 25,591 3.1 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 17.63 4.2 703 4.2 36,562 4.2 Medical assistants.............................................. 18.59 4.6 740 4.7 38,475 4.7 Protective service occupations...................................... 13.77 8.9 545 8.7 28,316 8.7 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 12.47 8.3 492 8.0 25,602 8.0 Security guards................................................. 12.47 8.3 492 8.0 25,602 8.0 Miscellaneous protective service workers.......................... 15.24 6.2 610 6.2 31,708 6.2 Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers.............................................. 15.48 7.6 619 7.6 32,197 7.6 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 13.70 3.8 536 4.2 27,624 4.2 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 21.64 4.0 876 4.2 42,959 4.2 Chefs and head cooks............................................ 25.32 4.4 1,013 4.4 50,296 4.4 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 20.42 6.5 829 6.8 40,520 6.8 Cooks............................................................. 14.95 3.9 591 3.8 30,758 3.8 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 18.11 10.1 724 10.1 37,667 10.1 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 14.40 3.7 571 3.7 29,676 3.7 Food preparation workers.......................................... 13.61 4.9 544 4.9 28,313 4.9 Food service, tipped.............................................. 9.03 3.3 347 4.9 17,928 4.9 Bartenders...................................................... 12.54 14.8 502 14.8 26,088 14.8 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 8.45 2.6 324 4.5 16,701 4.5 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 9.54 5.5 362 7.9 18,834 7.9 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 14.49 5.9 568 6.2 29,555 6.2 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 14.84 7.3 579 7.7 30,103 7.7 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 11.09 8.1 436 7.3 22,667 7.3 Dishwashers....................................................... 13.36 8.0 525 9.3 27,291 9.3 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.47 3.6 534 3.8 27,658 3.8 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 21.78 10.5 871 10.5 45,294 10.5 First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers...................................................... 21.78 10.5 871 10.5 45,294 10.5 Building cleaning workers......................................... 13.21 4.5 525 4.6 27,180 4.6 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 13.56 6.2 540 6.2 28,098 6.2 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 12.61 4.7 499 4.7 25,971 4.7 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 13.36 5.3 517 6.5 26,891 6.5 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 12.85 6.2 496 7.8 25,811 7.8 Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.89 4.3 499 4.5 25,499 4.5 Gaming services workers........................................... 8.78 3.0 329 2.3 17,106 2.3 Gaming dealers.................................................. 8.55 4.9 313 1.3 16,273 1.3 Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers........ 11.04 8.4 442 8.4 20,029 8.4 Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges......................... 12.12 8.5 479 8.5 24,901 8.5 Concierges...................................................... 13.36 9.8 526 9.9 27,327 9.9 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 15.37 14.8 615 14.8 31,975 14.8 Sales and related occupations....................................... 21.05 4.4 835 4.4 43,307 4.4 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 21.77 7.0 874 7.0 45,434 7.0 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 19.40 3.2 779 3.2 40,505 3.2 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 31.00 27.2 1,240 27.2 64,474 27.2 Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.80 5.4 583 5.3 30,229 5.3 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 12.60 4.2 499 4.3 25,770 4.3 Cashiers...................................................... 12.61 4.2 500 4.3 25,773 4.3 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 18.20 9.8 728 9.8 37,864 9.8 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 19.43 15.8 777 15.8 40,406 15.8 Retail salespersons............................................. 15.76 5.7 618 5.5 32,117 5.5 Advertising sales agents.......................................... 16.68 15.9 665 15.8 34,589 15.8 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 59.14 11.2 2,365 11.2 123,004 11.2 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 41.07 7.4 1,668 7.4 86,719 7.4 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products...................................... 49.88 10.6 1,998 10.6 103,914 10.6 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products............................ 35.61 10.7 1,458 11.2 75,832 11.2 Models, demonstrators, and product promoters...................... 29.14 15.3 1,166 15.3 60,614 15.3 Demonstrators and product promoters............................. 29.14 15.3 1,166 15.3 60,614 15.3 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 19.24 5.9 752 6.0 38,269 6.0 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 18.62 2.1 741 2.1 38,526 2.1 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 27.26 4.8 1,098 5.6 57,120 5.6 Financial clerks.................................................. 18.78 1.2 749 1.2 38,967 1.2 Bill and account collectors..................................... 20.17 4.2 807 4.2 41,946 4.2 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 18.12 4.4 720 4.2 37,419 4.2 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 19.14 1.5 764 1.5 39,716 1.5 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 18.53 5.6 740 5.6 38,454 5.6 Procurement clerks.............................................. 17.43 8.8 697 8.8 36,255 8.8 Tellers......................................................... 15.71 6.5 628 6.5 32,667 6.5 Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks.......................... 18.18 5.8 727 5.8 37,820 5.8 Customer service representatives.................................. 17.69 5.6 708 5.6 36,801 5.6 Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks.............................. 14.88 4.6 590 4.7 30,688 4.7 Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 16.52 4.8 635 4.3 32,995 4.3 Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 18.07 17.3 723 17.3 37,593 17.3 Order clerks...................................................... 16.15 4.9 642 4.9 33,365 4.9 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 18.65 5.5 742 6.0 38,588 6.0 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 16.73 6.9 662 7.1 34,439 7.1 Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks.... 18.53 5.0 738 5.1 38,367 5.1 Dispatchers....................................................... 17.35 8.2 697 8.1 36,233 8.1 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 17.84 8.0 714 8.0 37,106 8.0 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 22.34 9.7 894 9.7 46,477 9.7 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.89 7.2 515 7.2 26,802 7.2 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 15.42 4.8 608 4.9 31,623 4.9 Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping........ 16.01 9.9 640 9.9 30,439 9.9 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 24.31 2.8 964 2.6 50,148 2.6 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 24.91 2.4 994 2.4 51,697 2.4 Medical secretaries............................................. 19.15 5.8 746 6.2 38,803 6.2 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.72 7.5 748 7.4 38,878 7.4 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 13.89 3.7 553 3.7 28,741 3.7 Data entry keyers............................................... 13.05 4.8 519 4.8 26,967 4.8 Word processors and typists..................................... 18.75 7.9 750 7.9 38,996 7.9 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 17.48 7.3 696 7.3 36,167 7.3 Office clerks, general............................................ 17.62 5.6 698 5.9 36,319 5.9 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.......................... 17.34 16.6 693 16.6 35,133 16.6 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 27.24 7.8 1,084 7.6 55,252 7.6 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 41.55 9.4 1,650 8.9 83,350 8.9 Carpenters........................................................ 26.92 6.7 1,074 6.6 53,698 6.6 Construction laborers............................................. 25.23 7.9 1,009 7.9 46,783 7.9 Construction equipment operators.................................. 32.54 7.6 1,302 7.6 66,587 7.6 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 32.54 7.6 1,302 7.6 66,587 7.6 Electricians...................................................... 33.54 9.6 1,318 9.1 68,462 9.1 Painters and paperhangers......................................... 18.32 9.5 721 10.7 37,482 10.7 Painters, construction and maintenance.......................... 17.25 8.6 675 9.0 35,092 9.0 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 31.52 2.9 1,261 2.9 65,570 2.9 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 31.52 2.9 1,261 2.9 65,570 2.9 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 19.76 20.8 790 20.8 41,091 20.8 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 26.30 5.1 1,051 5.1 54,565 5.1 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 36.20 14.6 1,448 14.6 75,301 14.6 Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers.......... 20.90 15.6 833 15.5 43,333 15.5 Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 28.52 6.3 1,136 6.5 59,055 6.5 Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers.............................................. 28.52 6.3 1,136 6.5 59,055 6.5 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................... 24.83 11.7 993 11.7 51,550 11.7 Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment.................................................... 29.85 11.9 1,194 11.9 61,779 11.9 Aircraft mechanics and service technicians........................ 31.23 5.1 1,249 5.1 64,965 5.1 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 20.45 18.1 818 18.1 42,542 18.1 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 20.45 18.1 818 18.1 42,542 18.1 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 29.41 4.8 1,177 4.8 61,180 4.8 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics...................................................... 25.94 3.7 1,038 3.7 53,961 3.7 Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines................ 26.38 2.5 1,055 2.5 54,872 2.5 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 24.81 4.3 990 4.5 51,471 4.5 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 27.22 6.3 1,086 6.3 56,457 6.3 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 21.76 8.0 867 8.2 45,073 8.2 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 25.87 11.8 1,035 11.8 53,811 11.8 Line installers and repairers..................................... 36.54 5.1 1,462 5.1 76,003 5.1 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 20.18 11.0 807 11.0 41,977 11.0 Production occupations.............................................. 17.70 3.5 708 3.5 36,466 3.5 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 29.38 5.3 1,211 5.8 62,958 5.8 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 14.77 7.5 591 7.5 30,729 7.5 Electromechanical equipment assemblers.......................... 15.63 13.4 625 13.4 32,513 13.4 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 14.90 3.2 596 3.2 30,985 3.2 Team assemblers................................................. 11.83 12.7 473 12.7 24,615 12.7 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 17.23 11.8 675 12.0 35,100 12.0 Butchers and meat cutters....................................... 19.06 6.9 740 8.3 38,457 8.3 Miscellaneous food processing workers............................. 12.37 7.6 492 7.4 25,590 7.4 Food batchmakers................................................ 14.23 9.4 563 8.9 29,268 8.9 Food cooking machine operators and tenders...................... 10.07 2.8 403 2.8 20,939 2.8 Computer control programmers and operators........................ 20.77 9.3 831 9.3 43,200 9.3 Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic... 18.70 9.5 748 9.5 38,897 9.5 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 13.39 4.5 535 4.5 27,845 4.5 Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................... 11.85 4.4 474 4.4 24,647 4.4 Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............................................ 12.95 1.4 518 1.4 26,927 1.4 Machinists........................................................ 26.21 4.9 1,048 4.9 54,509 4.9 Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 12.64 3.7 505 3.7 26,286 3.7 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 21.02 10.1 841 10.1 43,715 10.1 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 20.94 12.4 838 12.4 43,563 12.4 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 19.95 9.5 798 9.5 41,497 9.5 Printers.......................................................... 19.14 8.9 765 8.9 39,776 8.9 Prepress technicians and workers................................ 23.66 8.1 946 8.1 49,203 8.1 Printing machine operators...................................... 17.46 9.9 698 9.9 36,284 9.9 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 10.75 3.8 419 3.6 21,770 3.6 Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers........... 12.39 10.3 495 10.3 25,762 10.3 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 15.65 14.2 626 14.2 32,544 14.2 Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood............ 17.68 17.0 707 17.0 36,773 17.0 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing....................................................... 14.13 12.6 565 12.6 29,390 12.6 Stationary engineers and boiler operators......................... 29.43 6.8 1,177 6.8 61,214 6.8 Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders....... 21.02 13.4 818 12.8 42,534 12.8 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 14.24 8.2 569 8.2 29,609 8.2 Cutting workers................................................... 16.51 18.1 660 18.1 32,887 18.1 Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 16.55 18.3 662 18.3 33,694 18.3 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 18.50 7.8 740 7.8 38,372 7.8 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 15.17 7.9 603 7.7 30,704 7.7 Semiconductor processors.......................................... 18.22 5.8 729 5.8 37,891 5.8 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 14.68 12.5 587 12.5 28,736 12.5 Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders............. 19.72 17.9 789 17.9 41,028 17.9 Helpers--production workers..................................... 11.25 9.2 450 9.2 18,695 9.2 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 18.61 2.6 735 2.6 37,950 2.6 First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand................................................... 23.52 13.8 941 13.8 48,912 13.8 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................. 29.21 4.6 1,168 4.6 60,761 4.6 Aircraft pilots and flight engineers.............................. 111.41 12.7 2,172 13.3 112,966 13.3 Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers.................. 111.41 12.7 2,172 13.3 112,966 13.3 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 23.67 2.0 962 2.3 49,770 2.3 Driver/sales workers............................................ 16.46 14.5 658 14.5 34,227 14.5 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 23.62 2.1 973 2.6 50,515 2.6 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 24.97 3.5 999 3.5 51,448 3.5 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 16.41 4.5 655 4.5 33,846 4.5 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.71 4.6 505 4.6 25,973 4.6 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 13.30 8.8 529 8.8 26,947 8.8 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 13.72 4.6 548 4.6 28,034 4.6 Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 9.19 1.9 366 1.8 19,038 1.8 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 11.40 10.2 449 10.2 23,300 10.2 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 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 based on the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees, exclusive of overtime. 5 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.