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........................................................... $23.35 $18.38 $927 $730 39.7 $47,909 $37,856 2,052 Management occupations.............................................. 48.78 45.73 1,994 1,840 40.9 103,530 95,659 2,122 General and operations managers................................... 57.76 51.51 2,427 2,060 42.0 126,221 107,141 2,185 Advertising and promotions managers............................... 30.18 25.24 1,204 962 39.9 62,621 49,999 2,075 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 52.47 46.11 2,121 1,864 40.4 110,296 96,938 2,102 Marketing managers.............................................. 48.91 46.61 1,953 1,864 39.9 101,572 96,938 2,077 Sales managers.................................................. 55.91 43.96 2,287 1,758 40.9 118,901 91,437 2,127 Public relations managers......................................... 31.45 23.08 1,258 923 40.0 65,411 48,000 2,080 Administrative services managers.................................. 31.47 30.13 1,288 1,205 40.9 66,995 62,660 2,129 Computer and information systems managers......................... 55.62 53.34 2,260 2,291 40.6 117,504 119,122 2,112 Financial managers................................................ 50.05 44.86 2,025 1,850 40.5 105,297 96,204 2,104 Human resources managers.......................................... 45.95 42.10 1,839 1,684 40.0 95,635 87,568 2,081 Compensation and benefits managers.............................. 38.64 29.75 1,578 1,269 40.9 82,081 66,000 2,124 Industrial production managers.................................... 48.33 41.20 1,935 1,648 40.0 100,610 85,688 2,082 Purchasing managers............................................... 48.76 49.09 1,950 1,964 40.0 101,416 102,107 2,080 Transportation, storage, and distribution managers................ 51.64 42.69 2,050 1,601 39.7 106,586 83,253 2,064 Construction managers............................................. 48.26 48.08 1,940 1,923 40.2 100,905 100,000 2,091 Education administrators.......................................... 39.37 26.66 1,558 1,079 39.6 79,291 53,477 2,014 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 41.64 24.48 1,649 1,066 39.6 85,409 51,085 2,051 Engineering managers.............................................. 54.88 52.95 2,255 2,200 41.1 117,255 114,400 2,137 Food service managers............................................. 21.95 21.24 1,005 956 45.8 51,041 49,704 2,326 Medical and health services managers.............................. 41.44 41.82 1,712 1,701 41.3 89,027 88,473 2,148 Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 22.49 22.76 900 910 40.0 46,781 47,337 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 34.09 30.29 1,364 1,212 40.0 70,948 63,001 2,081 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 28.13 25.82 1,123 1,033 39.9 58,415 53,706 2,076 Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 26.68 24.38 1,067 975 40.0 55,487 50,710 2,080 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 28.39 27.85 1,132 1,113 39.9 58,880 57,853 2,074 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 26.97 24.66 1,066 976 39.5 55,448 50,737 2,056 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 26.97 24.39 1,066 965 39.5 55,436 50,204 2,056 Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation..................................... 38.42 36.60 1,586 1,462 41.3 82,493 76,012 2,147 Cost estimators................................................... 36.75 30.93 1,481 1,237 40.3 77,022 64,341 2,096 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 33.98 31.79 1,364 1,272 40.1 70,907 66,121 2,087 Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists.............. 32.99 34.62 1,341 1,313 40.6 69,726 68,257 2,113 Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists............ 30.39 29.95 1,209 1,198 39.8 62,888 62,294 2,069 Training and development specialists............................ 36.94 34.46 1,455 1,378 39.4 75,685 71,681 2,049 Logisticians...................................................... 36.12 37.50 1,449 1,469 40.1 75,345 76,398 2,086 Management analysts............................................... 45.25 47.08 1,822 1,898 40.3 94,752 98,679 2,094 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 30.79 28.89 1,230 1,154 39.9 63,962 60,000 2,077 Budget analysts................................................... 33.41 35.99 1,298 1,370 38.8 67,495 71,244 2,020 Credit analysts................................................... 37.91 22.80 1,516 912 40.0 78,849 47,420 2,080 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 37.39 34.54 1,491 1,373 39.9 77,540 71,371 2,074 Financial analysts.............................................. 38.23 35.05 1,529 1,402 40.0 79,513 72,904 2,080 Personal financial advisors..................................... 39.56 34.66 1,582 1,387 40.0 82,288 72,099 2,080 Insurance underwriters.......................................... 33.50 27.13 1,321 1,085 39.4 68,708 56,430 2,051 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 35.86 31.97 1,442 1,269 40.2 74,991 65,998 2,091 Loan officers................................................... 36.39 32.00 1,464 1,279 40.2 76,124 66,502 2,092 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 40.80 39.89 1,629 1,590 39.9 84,627 82,493 2,074 Computer and information scientists, research..................... 54.72 56.88 2,189 2,275 40.0 113,810 118,300 2,080 Computer programmers.............................................. 36.77 37.15 1,467 1,460 39.9 76,293 75,903 2,075 Computer software engineers....................................... 45.46 44.23 1,821 1,769 40.1 94,718 91,965 2,084 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 44.02 44.84 1,759 1,782 40.0 91,456 92,664 2,078 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 47.09 43.88 1,893 1,755 40.2 98,436 91,277 2,090 Computer support specialists...................................... 30.41 25.46 1,204 1,013 39.6 62,399 52,000 2,052 Computer systems analysts......................................... 41.79 40.01 1,667 1,605 39.9 86,694 83,470 2,075 Database administrators........................................... 36.70 40.07 1,462 1,603 39.8 76,027 83,348 2,072 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 43.95 38.00 1,763 1,514 40.1 91,249 77,771 2,076 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 35.79 34.71 1,430 1,388 40.0 74,347 72,197 2,078 Operations research analysts...................................... 44.92 45.71 1,777 1,820 39.6 92,428 94,621 2,057 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 36.98 35.73 1,485 1,437 40.2 77,243 74,732 2,089 Engineers......................................................... 41.52 39.71 1,671 1,620 40.2 86,896 84,240 2,093 Aerospace engineers............................................. 45.44 42.93 1,817 1,717 40.0 94,508 89,301 2,080 Civil engineers................................................. 36.43 35.58 1,457 1,423 40.0 75,784 74,000 2,080 Computer hardware engineers..................................... 49.08 49.71 1,970 1,988 40.1 102,465 103,397 2,088 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 38.55 37.45 1,552 1,519 40.3 80,710 78,977 2,094 Electrical engineers.......................................... 39.76 36.63 1,590 1,465 40.0 82,702 76,190 2,080 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 37.85 37.81 1,530 1,543 40.4 79,543 80,253 2,102 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 39.54 38.46 1,618 1,648 40.9 84,143 85,721 2,128 Industrial engineers.......................................... 34.89 35.00 1,419 1,409 40.7 73,767 73,261 2,114 Materials engineers............................................. 34.35 36.40 1,374 1,456 40.0 71,439 75,712 2,080 Mechanical engineers............................................ 38.09 37.51 1,532 1,500 40.2 79,645 78,021 2,091 Drafters.......................................................... 27.45 28.26 1,098 1,130 40.0 57,088 58,779 2,080 Architectural and civil drafters................................ 27.48 28.28 1,099 1,131 40.0 57,149 58,829 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 26.18 25.59 1,047 1,024 40.0 54,432 53,223 2,080 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 26.08 24.17 1,041 966 39.9 54,147 50,232 2,076 Mechanical engineering technicians.............................. 23.92 25.70 965 1,028 40.3 50,191 53,454 2,098 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 33.25 28.99 1,314 1,160 39.5 68,319 60,297 2,055 Life scientists................................................... 37.46 29.30 1,448 1,172 38.6 75,281 60,944 2,010 Biological scientists........................................... 32.30 22.33 1,251 893 38.7 65,071 46,446 2,015 Medical scientists.............................................. 41.54 29.30 1,618 1,181 39.0 84,157 61,420 2,026 Physical scientists............................................... 39.44 36.63 1,570 1,465 39.8 81,651 76,190 2,070 Environmental scientists and geoscientists...................... 31.28 35.31 1,251 1,412 40.0 65,065 73,449 2,080 Environmental scientists and specialists, including health.... 30.12 28.24 1,205 1,130 40.0 62,643 58,739 2,080 Market and survey researchers..................................... 36.61 32.60 1,462 1,304 39.9 76,036 67,808 2,077 Market research analysts........................................ 36.86 32.60 1,472 1,304 39.9 76,539 67,808 2,077 Miscellaneous social scientists and related workers............... 50.61 50.37 2,011 1,964 39.7 104,579 102,152 2,066 Biological technicians............................................ 22.23 23.11 883 924 39.7 45,930 48,071 2,066 Chemical technicians.............................................. 20.68 18.80 827 752 40.0 43,007 39,104 2,080 Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians...... 17.34 13.69 692 548 39.9 35,969 28,475 2,074 Community and social services occupations........................... 18.74 18.16 742 709 39.6 38,581 36,858 2,059 Counselors........................................................ 19.35 19.23 753 731 38.9 39,155 38,002 2,023 Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors.............. 18.53 19.31 715 698 38.6 37,160 36,296 2,005 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 23.37 20.43 919 817 39.3 47,798 42,501 2,045 Rehabilitation counselors....................................... 15.73 15.48 602 619 38.3 31,322 32,207 1,992 Social workers.................................................... 19.10 19.23 764 769 40.0 39,704 40,000 2,078 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 16.84 15.81 673 632 40.0 34,950 32,876 2,076 Medical and public health social workers........................ 22.15 23.97 886 959 40.0 46,072 49,858 2,080 Mental health and substance abuse social workers................ 18.67 21.28 747 851 40.0 38,840 44,256 2,080 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 15.02 14.21 598 568 39.8 31,114 29,557 2,071 Legal occupations................................................... 62.90 55.29 2,469 2,115 39.3 128,402 110,001 2,041 Lawyers........................................................... 85.00 74.83 3,351 2,971 39.4 174,255 154,500 2,050 Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 30.43 27.10 1,185 1,072 38.9 61,597 55,723 2,024 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 38.13 32.69 1,491 1,295 39.1 62,924 54,307 1,650 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 51.34 45.19 2,019 1,738 39.3 86,583 71,106 1,687 Business teachers, postsecondary................................ 47.32 48.08 1,897 1,774 40.1 74,530 75,000 1,575 Math and computer teachers, postsecondary....................... 50.93 52.93 1,904 1,985 37.4 84,412 69,006 1,657 Life sciences teachers, postsecondary........................... 45.60 38.94 1,879 1,758 41.2 81,312 77,002 1,783 Biological science teachers, postsecondary.................... 45.60 38.94 1,879 1,758 41.2 81,312 77,002 1,783 Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 47.96 46.28 1,860 1,790 38.8 81,713 73,591 1,704 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 43.88 38.39 1,746 1,547 39.8 71,115 61,679 1,621 English language and literature teachers, postsecondary....... 39.71 37.67 1,640 1,602 41.3 64,972 61,877 1,636 History teachers, postsecondary............................... 47.19 50.39 1,908 2,016 40.4 75,641 78,605 1,603 Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary............... 44.76 38.39 1,791 1,564 40.0 69,854 61,000 1,561 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 33.62 24.20 1,331 968 39.6 60,392 59,057 1,796 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.49 29.51 1,189 1,186 39.0 45,262 44,375 1,485 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.23 28.44 1,163 1,067 37.2 43,937 41,523 1,407 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.45 29.54 1,210 1,154 37.3 44,750 45,226 1,379 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 30.09 27.41 1,120 1,028 37.2 43,152 39,299 1,434 Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.26 30.05 1,260 1,268 40.3 47,439 49,097 1,518 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 31.26 30.05 1,260 1,268 40.3 47,439 49,097 1,518 Librarians........................................................ 29.66 29.41 1,128 1,038 38.0 49,634 53,100 1,673 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.14 11.48 431 449 38.7 20,303 23,275 1,823 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 29.81 23.90 1,189 927 39.9 61,598 48,224 2,066 Artists and related workers....................................... 24.15 17.42 966 697 40.0 50,236 36,234 2,080 Designers......................................................... 23.07 22.89 917 916 39.8 47,702 47,617 2,068 Graphic designers............................................... 24.01 25.31 953 1,013 39.7 49,578 52,653 2,065 Actors, producers, and directors.................................. 36.72 25.00 – – – – – – Producers and directors......................................... 40.55 38.18 1,716 1,527 42.3 89,209 79,421 2,200 Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers................... 24.27 23.08 936 904 38.6 48,208 47,001 1,986 Coaches and scouts.............................................. 24.27 23.08 936 904 38.6 48,208 47,001 1,986 News analysts, reporters and correspondents....................... 27.56 21.95 1,092 878 39.6 56,806 45,656 2,061 Reporters and correspondents.................................... 22.48 21.44 888 804 39.5 46,169 41,810 2,053 Public relations specialists...................................... 40.38 28.97 1,595 1,159 39.5 82,920 60,264 2,054 Writers and editors............................................... 26.69 24.73 1,058 957 39.7 55,036 49,772 2,062 Editors......................................................... 23.78 23.93 940 957 39.5 48,899 49,772 2,056 Technical writers............................................... 29.80 29.42 1,182 1,177 39.7 61,462 61,194 2,063 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.77 25.45 1,051 985 39.3 54,652 51,216 2,041 Pharmacists....................................................... 53.10 52.53 2,090 2,079 39.4 108,693 108,118 2,047 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 57.20 26.30 2,342 1,019 40.9 121,793 53,007 2,129 Registered nurses................................................. 29.00 28.00 1,117 1,077 38.5 58,072 56,012 2,002 Therapists........................................................ 28.46 28.85 1,129 1,146 39.7 58,716 59,578 2,063 Occupational therapists......................................... 33.33 33.42 1,311 1,204 39.3 68,156 62,587 2,045 Physical therapists............................................. 32.22 34.33 1,289 1,373 40.0 67,017 71,406 2,080 Respiratory therapists.......................................... 25.52 25.37 1,003 1,015 39.3 52,161 52,761 2,044 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 21.67 22.12 859 881 39.6 44,686 45,822 2,062 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 24.74 24.62 983 985 39.7 51,111 51,216 2,066 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 17.17 16.66 679 654 39.5 35,296 34,008 2,055 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 26.26 25.99 1,034 1,032 39.4 53,789 53,643 2,048 Cardiovascular technologists and technicians.................... 26.19 26.82 1,048 1,073 40.0 54,478 55,786 2,080 Nuclear medicine technologists.................................. 34.13 33.95 1,365 1,358 40.0 70,984 70,616 2,080 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 24.32 24.49 948 944 39.0 49,301 49,067 2,027 Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...................... 12.29 11.78 548 538 44.6 28,518 27,997 2,320 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 17.07 16.61 663 658 38.9 34,484 34,233 2,021 Pharmacy technicians............................................ 14.73 14.94 579 574 39.3 30,083 29,827 2,042 Surgical technologists.......................................... 20.24 19.44 809 778 40.0 42,061 40,435 2,079 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.93 19.10 781 756 39.2 40,604 39,312 2,037 Medical records and health information technicians................ 20.69 21.53 824 861 39.8 42,826 44,782 2,070 Miscellaneous health technologists and technicians................ 18.49 16.39 740 656 40.0 38,468 34,091 2,080 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.24 11.84 480 461 39.2 24,975 23,993 2,040 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.57 11.25 452 440 39.1 23,501 22,880 2,031 Home health aides............................................... 10.36 10.00 414 400 40.0 21,550 20,800 2,080 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.74 11.50 457 448 38.9 23,758 23,275 2,023 Physical therapist assistants and aides........................... 12.87 12.85 515 514 40.0 26,773 26,728 2,080 Physical therapist aides........................................ 12.84 12.85 513 514 40.0 26,701 26,728 2,080 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 14.15 13.97 564 558 39.8 29,307 29,016 2,071 Medical assistants.............................................. 14.29 13.97 567 559 39.7 29,497 29,058 2,064 Medical equipment preparers..................................... 14.70 13.24 588 530 40.0 30,586 27,539 2,080 Medical transcriptionists....................................... 15.37 15.38 610 615 39.7 31,707 31,990 2,063 Protective service occupations...................................... 13.65 11.00 542 440 39.7 24,862 22,206 1,821 Private detectives and investigators.............................. 24.02 23.80 961 952 40.0 49,965 49,504 2,080 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 12.28 10.68 487 427 39.7 25,295 22,206 2,060 Security guards................................................. 12.28 10.68 487 427 39.7 25,295 22,206 2,060 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.54 9.65 368 371 38.6 18,922 19,074 1,982 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 15.23 14.92 641 600 42.1 32,250 31,200 2,117 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 15.32 14.73 652 627 42.6 32,565 31,527 2,126 Cooks............................................................. 12.10 11.50 478 453 39.5 24,490 23,379 2,023 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 11.83 11.35 469 448 39.7 23,604 23,061 1,995 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 12.55 11.67 496 467 39.5 25,778 24,269 2,054 Cooks, short order.............................................. 11.99 12.00 462 440 38.5 24,031 22,880 2,004 Food preparation workers.......................................... 11.48 11.51 459 460 40.0 23,143 23,629 2,015 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.97 4.23 180 140 36.3 9,374 7,305 1,885 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.97 3.79 142 114 35.8 7,386 5,912 1,861 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 8.84 8.25 347 326 39.3 18,069 16,973 2,043 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 10.45 9.95 415 398 39.8 21,245 20,592 2,033 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 10.40 9.90 413 398 39.7 21,097 20,592 2,028 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 7.74 7.50 302 281 39.0 15,683 14,625 2,026 Dishwashers....................................................... 9.92 9.44 377 370 38.0 19,320 19,240 1,947 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.17 10.43 441 413 39.5 22,925 21,466 2,052 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 17.27 17.92 686 695 39.7 35,693 36,161 2,066 First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers...................................................... 16.91 16.44 672 658 39.8 34,959 34,195 2,068 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.63 10.14 418 400 39.4 21,754 20,800 2,046 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.83 10.65 430 424 39.7 22,332 22,048 2,062 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 10.29 9.74 400 372 38.9 20,796 19,344 2,021 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 10.80 10.22 432 409 40.0 22,465 21,256 2,080 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 10.60 10.22 424 409 40.0 22,055 21,256 2,080 Personal care and service occupations............................... 17.08 12.57 584 528 34.2 30,297 27,435 1,774 Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers........ 11.77 13.19 466 528 39.6 24,042 27,435 2,042 Amusement and recreation attendants............................. 12.52 13.19 501 528 40.0 25,743 27,435 2,056 Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants............. 9.64 9.50 371 363 38.5 19,276 18,870 2,000 Transportation attendants......................................... 44.66 45.24 877 977 19.6 45,611 50,791 1,021 Flight attendants............................................... 44.66 45.24 877 977 19.6 45,611 50,791 1,021 Personal and home care aides...................................... 10.59 10.36 423 414 40.0 22,019 21,549 2,080 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 14.18 11.15 560 450 39.4 29,096 23,400 2,051 Recreation workers.............................................. 11.46 10.15 450 406 39.3 23,409 21,112 2,043 Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.07 13.25 681 526 39.9 35,398 27,288 2,073 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 20.97 18.70 840 753 40.0 43,678 39,146 2,082 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 20.40 18.18 819 726 40.1 42,568 37,752 2,087 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 24.69 22.31 975 892 39.5 50,694 46,401 2,053 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.62 11.50 503 457 39.8 26,144 23,754 2,072 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.27 11.05 446 442 39.6 23,200 22,984 2,059 Cashiers...................................................... 11.28 11.05 447 442 39.6 23,233 22,984 2,059 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 18.38 14.75 744 554 40.5 38,703 28,808 2,105 Parts salespersons............................................ 13.84 12.81 563 512 40.7 29,302 26,649 2,118 Retail salespersons............................................. 13.27 11.81 531 470 40.0 27,589 24,440 2,078 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 30.60 29.90 1,224 1,196 40.0 63,645 62,200 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 30.05 22.60 1,214 904 40.4 63,116 47,002 2,100 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products...................................... 38.57 36.79 1,535 1,472 39.8 79,822 76,527 2,070 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products............................ 24.69 22.60 1,007 904 40.8 52,353 47,002 2,120 Real estate brokers and sales agents.............................. 14.91 13.00 596 520 40.0 31,013 27,040 2,080 Telemarketers..................................................... 14.21 13.38 554 520 39.0 28,794 27,040 2,027 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 18.69 17.61 761 704 40.7 39,593 36,633 2,118 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.27 15.03 648 600 39.8 33,629 31,200 2,067 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 24.53 22.80 985 916 40.2 51,213 47,624 2,088 Switchboard operators, including answering service................ 11.46 11.19 458 448 40.0 23,827 23,275 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.02 15.65 637 621 39.8 33,090 31,943 2,066 Bill and account collectors..................................... 14.59 14.27 582 568 39.9 30,279 29,536 2,075 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 16.18 16.16 645 646 39.9 33,557 33,609 2,073 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.64 17.07 658 676 39.5 34,057 33,946 2,047 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 19.07 17.99 763 720 40.0 39,670 37,415 2,080 Procurement clerks.............................................. 16.66 15.03 666 601 40.0 34,653 31,264 2,080 Tellers......................................................... 12.56 12.19 502 488 40.0 26,123 25,355 2,080 Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks.......................... 18.83 19.36 753 774 40.0 39,173 40,263 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 15.04 14.04 600 559 39.9 31,107 29,058 2,069 File clerks....................................................... 13.85 12.36 552 494 39.8 28,688 25,705 2,071 Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks.............................. 10.97 11.00 429 420 39.1 22,290 21,840 2,033 Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 15.15 14.46 603 573 39.8 30,490 29,268 2,012 Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 15.82 15.00 633 600 40.0 32,905 31,200 2,080 New accounts clerks............................................... 13.71 14.09 548 564 40.0 28,515 29,307 2,080 Order clerks...................................................... 15.61 13.72 620 549 39.7 32,254 28,538 2,066 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 18.47 18.28 739 731 40.0 38,423 38,022 2,080 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.38 11.84 491 474 39.7 25,535 24,636 2,062 Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks.... 15.49 15.02 620 601 40.0 32,228 31,235 2,080 Dispatchers....................................................... 18.10 19.00 746 828 41.2 38,784 43,056 2,142 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 20.45 21.00 854 884 41.7 44,398 45,968 2,171 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 19.47 18.69 777 748 39.9 40,424 38,875 2,076 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.40 12.71 536 508 40.0 27,847 26,437 2,078 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 13.05 12.31 520 492 39.9 27,055 25,594 2,072 Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping........ 15.02 14.79 601 592 40.0 31,244 30,763 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.79 18.40 782 736 39.5 40,579 37,981 2,050 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 22.16 21.20 881 846 39.8 45,767 43,992 2,065 Legal secretaries............................................... 27.54 33.67 1,066 1,179 38.7 55,454 61,285 2,013 Medical secretaries............................................. 14.67 14.19 583 560 39.7 30,320 29,120 2,067 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.51 15.74 647 629 39.2 33,390 32,731 2,022 Computer operators................................................ 20.28 18.00 811 720 40.0 42,179 37,440 2,080 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 14.83 15.28 590 611 39.8 30,705 31,782 2,070 Data entry keyers............................................... 14.58 14.33 582 573 39.9 30,273 29,806 2,076 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 16.77 16.47 666 650 39.7 34,611 33,788 2,064 Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service..... 13.00 12.87 514 483 39.6 26,730 25,097 2,057 Office clerks, general............................................ 15.39 14.78 612 599 39.7 31,808 31,150 2,066 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.......................... 12.99 13.00 513 520 39.5 26,688 27,040 2,055 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 19.40 18.00 777 720 40.1 40,381 37,440 2,081 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 27.97 28.00 1,145 1,120 40.9 59,528 58,240 2,128 Carpenters........................................................ 16.38 16.00 655 640 40.0 34,074 33,280 2,080 Construction laborers............................................. 12.72 13.00 508 520 40.0 26,402 27,040 2,076 Construction equipment operators.................................. 18.41 17.00 736 680 40.0 38,287 35,360 2,080 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 18.70 17.70 748 708 40.0 38,889 36,816 2,080 Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers........... 17.60 16.83 704 673 40.0 36,611 35,011 2,080 Drywall and ceiling tile installers............................. 17.77 16.83 711 673 40.0 36,958 35,011 2,080 Electricians...................................................... 24.98 20.12 995 816 39.8 51,745 42,432 2,072 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 18.71 18.64 748 746 40.0 38,884 38,771 2,078 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 19.67 19.50 787 780 40.0 40,915 40,560 2,080 Sheet metal workers............................................... 19.31 19.00 773 760 40.0 40,173 39,520 2,080 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 13.21 13.27 527 531 39.9 27,407 27,595 2,075 Mining machine operators.......................................... 23.15 24.05 – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.24 22.05 890 882 40.0 46,297 45,864 2,082 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 32.07 27.50 1,283 1,083 40.0 66,696 56,291 2,080 Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 27.61 29.01 1,104 1,161 40.0 57,421 60,347 2,080 Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers.............................................. 27.61 29.01 1,104 1,161 40.0 57,421 60,347 2,080 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................... 25.20 25.38 1,007 1,015 39.9 52,341 52,786 2,077 Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment.................................................... 22.91 23.62 916 945 40.0 47,649 49,132 2,080 Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay.................................................... 29.48 29.50 1,168 1,141 39.6 60,714 59,322 2,059 Aircraft mechanics and service technicians........................ 26.78 26.22 1,071 1,049 40.0 55,695 54,538 2,080 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 16.89 14.95 695 612 41.2 36,158 31,824 2,140 Automotive body and related repairers........................... 18.40 16.00 747 640 40.6 38,856 33,280 2,112 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 16.60 14.92 685 610 41.3 35,619 31,698 2,146 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 20.72 21.48 829 859 40.0 43,100 44,678 2,080 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers..................................................... 20.71 18.64 828 746 40.0 43,070 38,767 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.71 18.49 784 732 39.8 40,754 38,043 2,068 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 23.35 23.00 922 914 39.5 47,886 47,528 2,051 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.73 16.76 707 657 39.9 36,765 34,154 2,074 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 17.35 15.95 693 638 39.9 35,965 33,172 2,073 Line installers and repairers..................................... 28.12 28.71 1,125 1,149 40.0 58,498 59,723 2,080 Electrical power-line installers and repairers.................. 26.99 30.50 1,080 1,220 40.0 56,148 63,440 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 16.04 14.50 642 580 40.0 33,361 30,160 2,080 Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers.......... 13.95 13.67 558 547 40.0 29,022 28,434 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 16.54 15.00 657 590 39.7 34,115 30,680 2,063 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 29.50 31.06 1,181 1,226 40.0 61,384 63,771 2,081 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 14.13 13.30 562 531 39.8 29,244 27,622 2,070 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 13.88 13.14 555 526 40.0 28,865 27,331 2,080 Electromechanical equipment assemblers.......................... 14.78 13.89 591 556 40.0 30,734 28,897 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.02 13.97 597 551 39.8 31,067 28,642 2,068 Team assemblers................................................. 13.30 13.15 532 526 40.0 27,658 27,352 2,080 Bakers............................................................ 12.69 12.25 508 490 40.0 24,785 25,480 1,953 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 11.21 10.55 448 422 40.0 23,316 21,944 2,079 Butchers and meat cutters....................................... 14.73 14.65 588 586 39.9 30,570 30,472 2,076 Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers.................... 10.27 10.25 411 410 40.0 21,352 21,320 2,080 Miscellaneous food processing workers............................. 15.23 15.60 609 624 40.0 31,683 32,448 2,080 Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 18.35 18.67 713 674 38.9 37,095 35,027 2,022 Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............................................ 17.13 17.40 662 650 38.6 34,414 33,800 2,009 Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic...................................................... 21.33 19.34 842 723 39.5 43,803 37,590 2,054 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 13.07 12.30 523 489 40.0 27,172 25,440 2,078 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 12.80 12.07 512 483 40.0 26,620 25,106 2,080 Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................... 13.53 14.10 538 536 39.8 27,985 27,872 2,069 Machinists........................................................ 22.86 21.02 914 841 40.0 47,552 43,717 2,080 Tool and die makers............................................... 22.95 22.74 918 910 40.0 47,737 47,299 2,080 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 20.52 19.50 812 770 39.6 42,208 40,019 2,057 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 20.92 19.59 835 784 39.9 43,441 40,747 2,076 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 20.46 17.75 796 606 38.9 41,378 31,512 2,022 Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............................................ 26.80 19.98 1,072 799 40.0 55,743 41,560 2,080 Printers.......................................................... 17.82 18.72 703 749 39.4 36,484 38,185 2,047 Printing machine operators...................................... 18.80 22.76 737 854 39.2 38,255 44,382 2,035 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 9.94 9.62 394 381 39.6 20,486 19,822 2,061 Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 13.46 13.11 532 514 39.5 27,656 26,707 2,054 Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders...................................................... 14.10 14.40 561 576 39.7 29,149 29,950 2,067 Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders....................................... 13.63 11.38 534 435 39.2 27,731 22,630 2,034 Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers........... 17.48 16.08 693 643 39.7 36,060 33,446 2,062 Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers................................... 19.48 20.04 777 802 39.9 40,420 41,683 2,075 Upholsterers.................................................... 17.99 16.08 716 643 39.8 37,219 33,446 2,069 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 14.19 14.29 568 572 40.0 29,513 29,723 2,080 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing....................................................... 14.48 14.29 579 572 40.0 30,113 29,723 2,080 Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers.............. 33.68 31.28 1,331 1,251 39.5 69,223 65,062 2,055 Power plant operators........................................... 29.25 29.61 1,140 1,174 39.0 59,283 61,031 2,027 Miscellaneous plant and system operators.......................... 23.93 22.51 960 900 40.1 49,936 46,815 2,086 Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders....... 21.92 21.23 853 763 38.9 44,332 39,690 2,022 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 17.34 15.68 692 627 39.9 35,994 32,614 2,075 Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 18.45 15.74 734 630 39.8 38,192 32,739 2,070 Cutting workers................................................... 15.99 16.22 630 644 39.4 32,777 33,509 2,050 Cutters and trimmers, hand...................................... 16.07 15.34 620 570 38.6 32,253 29,647 2,007 Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 15.95 16.22 635 649 39.8 33,006 33,738 2,069 Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders......................................... 18.99 17.02 749 681 39.5 38,962 35,402 2,051 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 15.64 14.20 621 562 39.7 32,272 29,203 2,064 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 14.85 14.45 592 578 39.9 30,768 30,056 2,072 Painting workers.................................................. 17.38 18.64 695 746 40.0 36,154 38,771 2,080 Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders...................................................... 16.62 19.85 665 794 40.0 34,568 41,278 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 15.00 13.25 594 528 39.6 30,852 27,435 2,056 Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders............. 23.92 21.88 957 875 40.0 49,757 45,510 2,080 Tire builders................................................... 20.37 22.66 815 906 40.0 42,368 47,133 2,080 Helpers--production workers..................................... 13.70 11.80 536 472 39.1 27,849 24,536 2,032 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 18.22 14.90 725 596 39.8 37,616 30,992 2,065 First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand................................................... 20.33 18.89 838 825 41.2 43,565 42,899 2,143 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................. 29.74 25.35 1,242 1,045 41.8 64,603 54,363 2,172 Aircraft pilots and flight engineers.............................. 140.24 159.64 2,727 2,897 19.4 141,783 150,651 1,011 Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers.................. 140.24 159.64 2,727 2,897 19.4 141,783 150,651 1,011 Bus drivers....................................................... 14.22 15.70 567 628 39.9 29,381 32,656 2,066 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 22.31 21.54 917 880 41.1 47,709 45,760 2,138 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 21.05 19.52 883 838 42.0 45,931 43,597 2,182 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 24.45 29.62 977 1,185 39.9 50,786 61,610 2,077 Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators................. 16.72 16.00 669 640 40.0 34,507 33,280 2,063 Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators........... 16.72 16.00 669 640 40.0 34,507 33,280 2,063 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 15.61 14.95 630 596 40.4 32,527 30,638 2,084 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.13 11.00 484 436 39.9 25,155 22,672 2,073 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 11.46 10.40 459 412 40.1 23,886 21,424 2,085 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.71 11.50 508 456 40.0 26,381 23,712 2,076 Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 12.81 11.56 511 462 39.9 26,528 24,045 2,071 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 10.62 10.25 421 410 39.7 21,910 21,320 2,064 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.