Table 11 Full-time(1) civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours Hourly(3) Weekly(4) Annual(5) Occupation(2) Mean Median Mean Median Mean Mean Median Mean earnings earnings earnings earnings hours earnings earnings hours All workers........................................................... $21.26 $17.51 $845 $696 39.7 $42,877 $35,838 2,017 Management occupations.............................................. 41.13 36.99 1,669 1,510 40.6 86,339 77,823 2,099 Chief executives.................................................. 57.77 47.09 2,355 1,883 40.8 122,446 97,939 2,120 General and operations managers................................... 38.39 33.65 1,620 1,414 42.2 84,092 73,549 2,191 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 48.26 46.01 1,988 1,843 41.2 103,394 95,826 2,142 Marketing managers.............................................. 47.49 41.51 1,897 1,661 39.9 98,646 86,347 2,077 Sales managers.................................................. 48.80 49.23 2,056 2,300 42.1 106,923 119,613 2,191 Administrative services managers.................................. 32.92 32.21 1,317 1,288 40.0 68,477 66,997 2,080 Computer and information systems managers......................... 47.19 42.39 1,897 1,731 40.2 98,662 90,002 2,091 Financial managers................................................ 41.02 35.57 1,654 1,423 40.3 86,033 73,988 2,097 Human resources managers.......................................... 35.92 33.09 1,428 1,324 39.8 74,270 68,823 2,068 Industrial production managers.................................... 61.05 43.34 2,447 1,734 40.1 127,243 90,147 2,084 Transportation, storage, and distribution managers................ 41.83 41.78 1,673 1,671 40.0 87,000 86,894 2,080 Construction managers............................................. 30.15 25.43 1,226 1,271 40.7 63,771 66,077 2,115 Education administrators.......................................... 37.97 36.73 1,506 1,489 39.7 74,177 72,964 1,953 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 46.56 45.14 1,830 1,737 39.3 88,351 83,113 1,898 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 32.20 25.80 1,287 1,032 40.0 65,517 59,070 2,035 Engineering managers.............................................. 51.58 56.65 2,101 2,266 40.7 109,253 117,832 2,118 Food service managers............................................. – – 931 738 44.3 48,421 38,353 2,303 Medical and health services managers.............................. 46.22 34.18 1,860 1,367 40.2 96,717 71,101 2,093 Social and community service managers............................. 26.28 30.07 1,036 1,203 39.4 53,885 62,548 2,050 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.42 25.91 1,140 1,021 40.1 58,828 53,040 2,070 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 26.31 25.00 1,056 1,000 40.1 54,895 52,000 2,086 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 24.41 24.90 980 962 40.2 50,979 49,999 2,088 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 24.04 24.81 948 991 39.4 43,794 45,981 1,822 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 23.95 24.81 945 991 39.5 43,556 45,824 1,818 Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation..................................... 27.86 25.58 1,113 1,023 39.9 57,853 53,206 2,077 Cost estimators................................................... 31.20 31.42 1,289 1,257 41.3 67,006 65,354 2,148 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 28.51 29.60 1,161 1,178 40.7 60,243 61,235 2,113 Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists.............. 22.13 20.61 892 825 40.3 46,353 42,877 2,095 Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists............ 24.76 25.89 987 1,036 39.9 51,339 53,860 2,073 Training and development specialists............................ 33.33 31.44 1,315 1,179 39.5 68,054 61,300 2,042 Management analysts............................................... 36.90 32.55 1,475 1,302 40.0 76,706 67,704 2,079 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 27.07 25.50 1,094 1,025 40.4 56,873 53,290 2,101 Appraisers and assessors of real estate........................... 24.67 23.31 987 932 40.0 51,310 48,485 2,080 Credit analysts................................................... 30.74 28.74 1,221 1,131 39.7 63,493 58,802 2,066 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 29.51 26.20 1,178 1,036 39.9 61,272 53,893 2,076 Financial analysts.............................................. 28.40 26.49 1,132 1,058 39.9 58,877 54,995 2,073 Insurance underwriters.......................................... 26.72 21.67 1,069 867 40.0 55,569 45,063 2,080 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 30.41 22.50 1,214 900 39.9 63,105 46,800 2,075 Loan counselors................................................. 22.77 21.54 911 862 40.0 47,368 44,805 2,080 Loan officers................................................... 31.54 22.50 1,258 900 39.9 65,409 46,800 2,074 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 32.53 30.81 1,303 1,244 40.1 67,636 64,676 2,079 Computer programmers.............................................. 30.12 28.46 1,201 1,138 39.9 62,450 59,191 2,074 Computer software engineers....................................... 38.41 36.15 1,548 1,452 40.3 80,490 75,504 2,095 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 39.11 35.12 1,584 1,415 40.5 82,391 73,590 2,107 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 37.45 37.98 1,498 1,519 40.0 77,904 79,003 2,080 Computer support specialists...................................... 23.84 23.15 956 923 40.1 49,700 48,000 2,084 Computer systems analysts......................................... 36.64 36.42 1,457 1,423 39.8 75,659 73,991 2,065 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 31.41 31.73 1,267 1,310 40.3 65,111 67,546 2,073 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 30.68 27.88 1,227 1,115 40.0 63,807 57,990 2,080 Actuaries......................................................... 42.96 41.83 1,717 1,673 40.0 89,278 87,000 2,078 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 30.88 29.66 1,240 1,186 40.2 64,328 61,691 2,083 Engineers......................................................... 37.21 36.46 1,499 1,467 40.3 77,957 76,294 2,095 Civil engineers................................................. 27.39 27.40 1,114 1,085 40.7 57,924 56,415 2,115 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 39.28 38.24 1,581 1,570 40.3 82,211 81,619 2,093 Electrical engineers.......................................... 37.52 36.98 1,519 1,530 40.5 78,999 79,535 2,105 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 31.73 32.45 1,305 1,298 41.1 67,863 67,488 2,139 Industrial engineers.......................................... 31.71 32.45 1,307 1,298 41.2 67,947 67,488 2,143 Mechanical engineers............................................ 34.72 33.50 1,389 1,340 40.0 72,224 69,680 2,080 Drafters.......................................................... 21.52 20.95 850 838 39.5 44,224 43,576 2,055 Architectural and civil drafters................................ 21.17 18.10 821 724 38.8 42,691 37,648 2,017 Mechanical drafters............................................. 22.49 20.95 900 838 40.0 46,789 43,576 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 24.31 22.82 973 913 40.0 50,571 47,464 2,080 Civil engineering technicians................................... 18.85 18.05 754 722 40.0 39,204 37,544 2,080 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 24.25 22.68 970 907 40.0 50,436 47,174 2,080 Mechanical engineering technicians.............................. 20.93 20.02 837 801 40.0 43,539 41,642 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 27.72 25.51 1,113 1,003 40.1 54,967 46,780 1,983 Life scientists................................................... 29.29 24.61 1,194 983 40.8 56,667 48,664 1,935 Biological scientists........................................... 21.40 21.23 856 849 40.0 44,507 44,148 2,080 Medical scientists.............................................. 28.66 24.57 1,147 983 40.0 51,461 33,868 1,795 Physical scientists............................................... 29.46 27.40 1,178 1,096 40.0 61,269 56,992 2,080 Chemists and materials scientists............................... 30.33 27.40 1,213 1,096 40.0 63,081 56,992 2,080 Chemists...................................................... 30.63 27.40 1,225 1,096 40.0 63,708 56,992 2,080 Market and survey researchers..................................... 38.86 32.15 1,554 1,286 40.0 80,828 66,880 2,080 Market research analysts........................................ 38.86 32.15 1,554 1,286 40.0 80,828 66,880 2,080 Psychologists..................................................... 31.47 29.48 1,259 1,179 40.0 50,888 46,780 1,617 Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists.................. 31.47 29.48 1,259 1,179 40.0 50,888 46,780 1,617 Community and social services occupations........................... 19.84 18.25 788 726 39.7 40,098 37,500 2,021 Counselors........................................................ 20.28 18.75 794 736 39.2 40,181 38,110 1,981 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 21.35 15.55 814 622 38.1 38,856 35,200 1,820 Rehabilitation counselors....................................... 17.71 15.05 681 602 38.4 35,387 31,304 1,998 Social workers.................................................... 20.86 18.03 833 721 39.9 41,757 37,500 2,002 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 23.51 20.00 933 800 39.7 41,592 38,198 1,769 Mental health and substance abuse social workers................ 14.66 14.76 587 590 40.0 30,513 30,701 2,082 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 17.54 16.55 702 662 40.0 36,351 34,278 2,072 Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists....... 20.80 20.24 832 810 40.0 43,257 42,099 2,080 Social and human service assistants............................. 15.41 13.87 616 555 40.0 32,057 28,850 2,080 Legal occupations................................................... 35.63 31.72 1,422 1,195 39.9 73,919 62,150 2,075 Lawyers........................................................... 46.99 40.63 1,862 1,625 39.6 96,850 84,510 2,061 Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers................... 56.45 62.08 2,258 2,483 40.0 117,417 129,124 2,080 Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 23.96 21.15 961 808 40.1 49,997 42,006 2,087 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 33.01 30.61 1,267 1,201 38.4 49,123 45,901 1,488 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 55.66 42.65 2,196 1,664 39.5 87,847 65,701 1,578 Math and computer teachers, postsecondary....................... 36.51 33.08 1,449 1,323 39.7 54,179 47,713 1,484 Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary.................. 36.51 33.08 1,449 1,323 39.7 54,179 47,713 1,484 Life sciences teachers, postsecondary........................... 85.57 98.97 3,312 3,959 38.7 131,938 154,393 1,542 Biological science teachers, postsecondary.................... 85.57 98.97 3,312 3,959 38.7 131,938 154,393 1,542 Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary....................... 46.44 42.96 1,842 1,611 39.7 72,243 62,825 1,556 Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 44.68 40.30 1,578 1,426 35.3 60,753 55,620 1,360 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 43.49 41.60 1,714 1,664 39.4 64,890 59,905 1,492 English language and literature teachers, postsecondary....... 47.76 47.98 1,895 1,900 39.7 72,466 72,696 1,517 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 38.46 33.88 1,521 1,351 39.6 64,333 57,179 1,673 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.06 31.53 1,274 1,232 38.5 47,849 46,524 1,447 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 31.55 30.24 1,223 1,134 38.8 47,048 43,326 1,491 Kindergarten teachers, except special education............... 35.41 36.07 1,360 1,352 38.4 48,732 49,759 1,376 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.71 31.33 1,258 1,226 38.5 47,086 46,524 1,439 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.17 31.10 1,243 1,224 38.6 46,551 46,524 1,447 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 34.72 33.62 1,314 1,267 37.8 49,017 47,248 1,412 Secondary school teachers....................................... 33.36 31.62 1,294 1,235 38.8 48,673 46,778 1,459 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 33.65 32.09 1,304 1,251 38.8 49,016 46,994 1,457 Vocational education teachers, secondary school............... 27.58 28.45 1,084 1,067 39.3 41,503 38,833 1,505 Special education teachers...................................... 35.94 34.91 1,355 1,329 37.7 51,444 50,077 1,432 Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school.......................................... 33.59 31.74 1,261 1,172 37.5 46,817 43,794 1,394 Special education teachers, middle school..................... 40.13 39.12 1,512 1,474 37.7 57,455 56,328 1,432 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 25.23 25.34 978 979 38.8 38,253 39,397 1,516 Librarians........................................................ 27.07 27.35 1,059 1,094 39.1 48,756 50,357 1,801 Instructional coordinators........................................ 30.77 31.53 1,231 1,261 40.0 58,796 58,763 1,911 Teacher assistants................................................ 12.11 11.67 433 403 35.8 16,702 15,620 1,379 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 22.95 20.19 890 753 38.8 46,276 39,141 2,017 Designers......................................................... 21.14 16.50 840 654 39.7 43,673 33,991 2,066 Graphic designers............................................... 16.80 16.25 671 650 39.9 34,881 33,800 2,076 News analysts, reporters and correspondents....................... 31.11 32.60 1,193 1,304 38.3 62,032 67,787 1,994 Reporters and correspondents.................................... 28.57 32.59 1,090 1,202 38.2 56,689 62,500 1,985 Public relations specialists...................................... 36.09 42.98 1,444 1,719 40.0 75,063 89,398 2,080 Writers and editors............................................... 19.96 18.68 799 747 40.0 41,526 38,850 2,080 Editors......................................................... 20.86 18.82 834 753 40.0 43,385 39,141 2,080 Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio operators... 25.86 22.16 1,034 886 40.0 53,793 46,093 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 30.11 24.07 1,182 927 39.3 60,783 46,983 2,019 Pharmacists....................................................... 55.03 55.50 2,226 2,224 40.4 115,730 115,669 2,103 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 97.23 87.35 4,035 3,501 41.5 209,822 182,042 2,158 Registered nurses................................................. 28.72 27.20 1,109 1,044 38.6 57,049 53,890 1,986 Therapists........................................................ 33.75 30.85 1,324 1,222 39.2 58,601 57,898 1,736 Physical therapists............................................. 29.94 29.06 1,186 1,162 39.6 61,182 60,387 2,044 Speech-language pathologists.................................... 34.79 30.54 1,346 1,222 38.7 52,488 52,014 1,509 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 21.76 21.69 870 868 40.0 45,230 45,115 2,079 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 23.03 22.17 921 887 40.0 47,867 46,114 2,078 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 18.80 17.86 752 714 40.0 39,111 37,149 2,080 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 26.10 25.51 1,021 1,020 39.1 53,083 53,050 2,034 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 25.25 25.50 989 1,020 39.2 51,422 53,019 2,036 Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...................... 17.51 16.65 719 666 41.0 37,371 34,632 2,134 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 14.10 13.96 557 558 39.5 28,977 29,037 2,055 Pharmacy technicians............................................ 12.75 12.91 508 516 39.8 26,393 26,853 2,071 Surgical technologists.......................................... 17.24 17.50 676 665 39.2 35,169 34,557 2,039 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.35 18.50 722 735 39.4 37,546 38,220 2,046 Medical records and health information technicians................ 16.13 15.63 631 584 39.1 32,829 30,389 2,036 Miscellaneous health technologists and technicians................ 22.07 22.18 883 887 40.0 45,898 46,134 2,080 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.08 12.24 502 458 38.4 26,105 23,816 1,996 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.37 10.83 441 415 38.8 22,947 21,567 2,019 Home health aides............................................... 11.41 10.83 448 433 39.3 23,298 22,518 2,041 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.34 10.86 438 410 38.6 22,776 21,320 2,008 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 15.03 15.40 570 564 37.9 29,599 29,328 1,969 Dental assistants............................................... 15.96 16.09 584 570 36.6 30,348 29,642 1,902 Medical assistants.............................................. 13.68 13.75 541 550 39.6 28,133 28,598 2,057 Pharmacy aides.................................................. 13.05 11.33 514 453 39.4 26,710 23,566 2,047 Protective service occupations...................................... 17.14 14.90 702 596 41.0 36,434 30,930 2,125 First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 39.68 41.92 1,587 1,677 40.0 82,527 87,194 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 40.49 41.94 1,619 1,678 40.0 84,209 87,244 2,080 Fire fighters..................................................... 19.02 19.96 970 979 51.0 50,463 50,903 2,653 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 16.99 15.38 680 615 40.0 35,347 31,990 2,081 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 16.98 15.38 680 615 40.0 35,340 31,990 2,081 Police officers................................................... 25.22 25.88 1,009 1,035 40.0 52,484 53,835 2,081 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 25.22 25.88 1,009 1,035 40.0 52,484 53,835 2,081 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.81 11.00 472 440 40.0 24,421 22,880 2,068 Security guards................................................. 11.78 11.00 471 440 40.0 24,369 22,880 2,068 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.56 9.25 366 360 38.3 18,635 18,188 1,950 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 14.12 12.80 581 512 41.1 29,605 26,618 2,097 Chefs and head cooks............................................ 16.90 13.10 712 531 42.2 33,320 27,615 1,972 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 13.72 12.80 562 512 41.0 29,023 26,618 2,116 Cooks............................................................. 10.62 10.16 408 400 38.4 20,290 19,112 1,911 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 10.82 10.16 405 400 37.4 17,839 16,203 1,649 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 10.76 10.50 411 404 38.2 21,375 21,000 1,986 Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.96 8.50 342 325 38.2 17,474 16,888 1,950 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.27 4.00 190 145 36.0 9,876 7,550 1,873 Bartenders...................................................... 6.77 7.25 246 254 36.3 12,766 13,195 1,887 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.41 3.63 158 141 35.8 8,222 7,342 1,863 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.98 8.70 343 340 38.2 17,440 17,472 1,942 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 9.00 8.74 344 340 38.2 17,453 17,534 1,939 Dishwashers....................................................... 9.08 9.25 359 356 39.5 18,658 18,525 2,055 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.90 12.25 512 488 39.7 26,000 24,681 2,015 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 14.67 15.00 583 600 39.8 29,456 30,638 2,008 First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers...................................................... 14.72 15.00 585 600 39.7 30,417 31,200 2,067 Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.54 11.87 496 470 39.5 25,698 24,311 2,049 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 13.29 12.70 528 505 39.7 27,345 25,809 2,057 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 10.04 9.67 391 378 38.9 20,306 19,656 2,022 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 14.09 12.90 576 560 40.8 25,843 24,067 1,834 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 14.38 12.67 591 560 41.1 26,059 24,067 1,812 Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.58 11.35 484 454 38.5 24,870 23,504 1,977 Gaming services workers........................................... 7.38 6.43 293 255 39.7 15,256 13,250 2,066 Gaming dealers.................................................. 6.36 6.37 252 250 39.7 13,124 13,000 2,063 Barbers and cosmetologists........................................ 12.11 10.00 447 395 36.9 23,258 20,561 1,921 Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists.................. 12.11 10.00 447 395 36.9 23,258 20,561 1,921 Child care workers................................................ 10.79 10.95 430 438 39.8 21,923 21,840 2,033 Personal and home care aides...................................... 10.11 9.50 388 360 38.4 20,183 18,720 1,997 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 14.62 13.75 577 550 39.4 27,457 28,538 1,878 Recreation workers.............................................. 14.62 13.75 577 550 39.4 27,457 28,538 1,878 Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.42 13.56 778 540 40.0 40,333 28,080 2,077 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 19.65 16.21 799 652 40.7 41,342 34,424 2,104 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 17.78 15.94 724 644 40.7 37,411 33,663 2,105 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 28.36 20.07 1,147 803 40.4 59,620 41,750 2,102 Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.16 10.75 521 422 39.6 26,990 21,944 2,051 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.09 10.00 396 400 39.3 20,457 20,800 2,027 Cashiers...................................................... 10.16 10.00 399 400 39.2 20,586 20,800 2,025 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 16.11 15.00 643 600 39.9 33,420 31,200 2,075 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 12.79 13.00 506 504 39.6 26,336 26,202 2,060 Parts salespersons............................................ 17.21 17.90 688 716 40.0 35,800 37,232 2,080 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.52 11.74 577 464 39.7 29,931 24,128 2,062 Insurance sales agents............................................ 29.77 24.81 1,180 930 39.6 61,370 48,372 2,061 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... – – 3,094 2,030 40.7 160,914 105,585 2,119 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 28.17 22.23 1,171 913 41.6 60,909 47,499 2,162 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products...................................... 32.79 30.41 1,328 1,292 40.5 69,045 67,204 2,106 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products............................ 26.64 22.23 1,118 913 42.0 58,124 47,499 2,182 Telemarketers..................................................... 10.13 8.20 401 326 39.6 20,850 16,952 2,057 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 15.14 12.32 603 493 39.8 31,336 25,626 2,070 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.72 14.72 624 586 39.7 32,304 30,266 2,055 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 21.86 18.94 878 754 40.2 45,680 39,229 2,089 Switchboard operators, including answering service................ 11.84 11.79 474 472 40.0 24,635 24,523 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.44 13.68 572 540 39.6 29,717 28,080 2,059 Bill and account collectors..................................... 13.87 13.40 555 536 40.0 28,848 27,880 2,080 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 14.22 13.68 566 547 39.8 29,453 28,454 2,071 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.99 14.42 592 570 39.5 30,766 29,640 2,052 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 17.55 17.32 702 693 40.0 36,496 36,024 2,080 Procurement clerks.............................................. 17.33 15.52 693 621 40.0 36,053 32,277 2,080 Tellers......................................................... 11.38 11.10 447 440 39.3 23,233 22,880 2,042 Brokerage clerks.................................................. 16.22 15.94 649 638 40.0 33,727 33,155 2,080 Court, municipal, and license clerks.............................. 14.51 13.02 580 521 40.0 30,156 27,077 2,078 Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks.......................... 13.74 13.43 549 537 40.0 28,571 27,924 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 15.05 14.11 600 563 39.9 31,010 29,264 2,061 Eligibility interviewers, government programs..................... 18.80 18.40 752 736 40.0 39,096 38,280 2,080 Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 12.45 12.06 498 482 40.0 25,873 25,085 2,079 Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 15.26 15.66 606 590 39.7 31,522 30,680 2,065 New accounts clerks............................................... 12.96 12.75 515 510 39.7 26,763 26,520 2,065 Order clerks...................................................... 15.29 15.09 610 603 39.9 31,732 31,379 2,075 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 17.04 15.30 682 612 40.0 35,439 31,824 2,080 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.96 12.68 511 499 39.4 26,571 25,938 2,050 Dispatchers....................................................... 16.42 15.88 660 635 40.2 34,299 33,020 2,089 Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers......................... 16.07 16.31 643 652 40.0 33,418 33,925 2,080 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 16.58 15.88 667 635 40.3 34,709 33,020 2,094 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 21.26 20.47 850 819 40.0 44,214 42,578 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.95 12.43 513 492 39.6 26,690 25,563 2,062 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 14.54 14.20 577 560 39.7 29,992 29,120 2,063 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.60 16.65 698 662 39.7 35,708 34,320 2,029 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 18.85 17.95 752 718 39.9 39,065 37,336 2,073 Legal secretaries............................................... 17.83 14.80 716 592 40.1 37,214 30,784 2,087 Medical secretaries............................................. 15.84 15.00 618 591 39.0 32,153 30,722 2,030 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.62 16.55 655 656 39.4 32,523 32,141 1,957 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 13.33 13.25 530 530 39.8 27,561 27,556 2,067 Data entry keyers............................................... 13.55 14.00 540 560 39.9 28,090 29,120 2,073 Word processors and typists..................................... 12.93 12.95 511 525 39.6 26,594 27,312 2,057 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 16.69 16.00 657 640 39.4 34,185 33,280 2,048 Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service..... 13.67 15.17 543 607 39.7 28,248 31,556 2,067 Office clerks, general............................................ 14.95 14.26 594 560 39.7 30,750 29,120 2,057 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 21.09 19.26 838 760 39.7 42,229 38,126 2,002 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 25.18 23.66 999 980 39.7 51,496 50,960 2,046 Carpenters........................................................ 22.47 20.00 899 800 40.0 46,739 41,600 2,080 Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers........... 20.79 22.34 831 893 40.0 40,806 43,968 1,963 Cement masons and concrete finishers............................ 20.79 22.34 831 893 40.0 40,806 43,968 1,963 Construction laborers............................................. 20.56 21.50 822 860 40.0 40,180 39,520 1,954 Construction equipment operators.................................. 20.28 17.99 811 720 40.0 41,545 37,419 2,048 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 20.85 17.99 834 720 40.0 42,651 37,981 2,046 Electricians...................................................... 19.50 17.00 780 680 40.0 40,567 35,360 2,080 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 26.40 24.71 994 988 37.7 51,699 51,397 1,959 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 28.70 29.16 1,140 1,166 39.7 59,281 60,642 2,066 Sheet metal workers............................................... 27.76 29.89 1,088 1,065 39.2 56,572 55,404 2,038 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 15.95 14.00 638 560 40.0 30,368 29,053 1,904 Highway maintenance workers....................................... 15.57 15.00 623 600 40.0 32,216 31,077 2,069 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.66 20.39 830 816 40.2 43,145 42,457 2,088 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 27.00 27.62 1,126 1,105 41.7 58,526 57,448 2,168 Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 26.68 25.82 1,067 1,033 40.0 55,497 53,695 2,080 Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers.............................................. 26.38 25.82 1,055 1,033 40.0 54,874 53,695 2,080 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................... 21.45 19.11 858 765 40.0 44,614 39,757 2,080 Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay.................................................... 29.49 34.85 1,180 1,394 40.0 61,342 72,488 2,080 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 19.39 19.95 779 802 40.2 40,493 41,683 2,088 Automotive body and related repairers........................... 20.83 21.45 833 858 40.0 43,322 44,608 2,080 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 19.39 19.12 779 774 40.2 40,533 40,233 2,091 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 19.35 20.37 777 820 40.2 40,403 42,640 2,088 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics...................................................... 20.63 20.71 825 828 40.0 42,905 43,077 2,080 Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines................ 21.02 21.35 841 854 40.0 43,729 44,408 2,080 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers..................................................... 22.12 23.85 885 954 40.0 46,002 49,608 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.67 19.12 787 764 40.0 40,908 39,728 2,079 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 22.49 22.88 899 915 40.0 46,761 47,590 2,079 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 18.22 17.55 729 702 40.0 37,894 36,504 2,079 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 17.17 15.65 687 626 40.0 35,724 32,552 2,080 Line installers and repairers..................................... 22.83 24.96 913 998 40.0 47,485 51,908 2,080 Electrical power-line installers and repairers.................. 26.75 27.42 1,070 1,097 40.0 55,639 57,034 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 19.01 16.20 760 648 40.0 39,535 33,700 2,080 Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers.......... 17.39 13.22 696 529 40.0 36,179 27,487 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 16.53 15.46 659 618 39.9 34,263 32,157 2,073 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 24.20 23.65 974 946 40.3 50,655 49,200 2,093 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 16.06 15.46 642 618 40.0 33,395 32,157 2,080 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 16.57 16.43 663 657 40.0 34,475 34,181 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 14.68 13.65 586 546 39.9 30,465 28,392 2,075 Bakers............................................................ 14.48 14.00 573 560 39.6 29,793 29,120 2,057 Butchers and meat cutters....................................... 18.54 19.49 715 780 38.6 37,187 40,539 2,006 Miscellaneous food processing workers............................. 15.24 15.27 610 611 40.0 31,704 31,762 2,080 Food batchmakers................................................ 15.90 15.52 636 621 40.0 33,078 32,282 2,080 Computer control programmers and operators........................ 19.20 20.25 767 810 39.9 39,880 42,120 2,077 Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic... 18.70 18.45 747 704 39.9 38,833 36,596 2,077 Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 15.48 15.73 619 629 40.0 32,194 32,723 2,080 Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............................................ 14.29 14.89 572 596 40.0 29,722 30,971 2,080 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 16.24 15.90 646 636 39.8 33,595 33,072 2,068 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 14.98 15.24 593 609 39.6 30,846 31,658 2,059 Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................... 16.75 16.74 670 670 40.0 34,832 34,819 2,080 Machinists........................................................ 25.17 24.29 1,007 972 40.0 52,362 50,525 2,080 Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................................................... 13.95 13.33 557 533 39.9 28,965 27,726 2,077 Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 13.95 13.33 557 533 39.9 28,965 27,726 2,077 Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 19.86 20.61 795 824 40.0 41,318 42,869 2,080 Tool and die makers............................................... 25.27 24.50 1,011 980 40.0 52,567 50,960 2,080 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 17.95 17.50 718 700 40.0 37,332 36,400 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 17.67 16.86 707 674 40.0 36,744 35,069 2,080 Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders...................................................... 18.63 19.72 745 789 40.0 38,756 41,018 2,080 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 15.79 16.86 632 674 40.0 32,851 35,069 2,080 Printers.......................................................... 18.05 18.36 709 734 39.3 36,859 38,189 2,042 Printing machine operators...................................... 18.16 18.36 712 734 39.2 37,000 38,189 2,037 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 10.87 11.56 420 462 38.6 21,835 24,045 2,009 Sewing machine operators.......................................... 10.89 10.75 436 430 40.0 22,649 22,360 2,080 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 15.09 15.16 604 606 40.0 31,395 31,533 2,080 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing....................................................... 14.83 14.86 593 594 40.0 30,845 30,909 2,080 Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers.............. 26.83 30.00 1,073 1,200 40.0 55,799 62,400 2,080 Power plant operators........................................... 27.00 30.00 1,080 1,200 40.0 56,160 62,400 2,080 Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators....... 20.03 20.81 801 832 40.0 41,660 43,285 2,080 Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders....... 18.59 18.16 741 726 39.9 38,536 37,773 2,073 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 15.99 16.01 633 640 39.6 32,911 33,295 2,059 Cutting workers................................................... 14.67 14.34 582 570 39.7 30,276 29,640 2,064 Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 14.47 13.96 574 552 39.6 29,840 28,704 2,062 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.43 16.41 693 656 39.7 36,030 34,133 2,067 Medical, dental, and ophthalmic laboratory technicians............ 15.50 14.98 614 599 39.6 31,916 31,158 2,059 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 15.19 15.31 607 612 40.0 31,589 31,845 2,080 Painting workers.................................................. 18.58 18.79 743 752 40.0 38,655 39,081 2,080 Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders...................................................... 17.99 16.76 720 670 40.0 37,422 34,863 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 14.16 12.77 566 511 40.0 29,446 26,562 2,079 Helpers--production workers..................................... 12.53 11.25 501 450 40.0 26,066 23,400 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.38 15.00 702 594 40.4 36,180 30,000 2,081 First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand................................................... 19.72 19.51 795 780 40.3 41,344 40,581 2,097 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................. 22.14 23.00 928 920 41.9 48,245 47,840 2,179 Bus drivers....................................................... 18.36 18.14 659 551 35.9 30,002 27,885 1,634 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.48 17.18 748 714 42.8 38,843 37,138 2,222 Driver/sales workers............................................ 14.07 14.44 590 578 41.9 30,674 30,039 2,181 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.06 18.27 793 770 43.9 41,125 40,046 2,277 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 16.83 14.00 671 560 39.9 34,914 29,120 2,075 Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators................. 22.88 22.00 847 780 37.0 40,458 29,562 1,768 Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators........... 19.55 19.50 688 543 35.2 31,283 28,254 1,600 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 15.01 14.16 600 566 40.0 31,198 29,453 2,078 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.20 11.19 480 440 39.3 24,918 22,880 2,043 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 13.63 13.00 545 520 40.0 28,352 27,040 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.81 10.10 461 383 39.0 23,932 19,906 2,027 Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 15.48 16.07 589 630 38.0 30,616 32,760 1,977 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 12.02 11.08 480 448 39.9 24,942 23,296 2,075 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 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. 5 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.