Table 12 Full-time(1) private industry 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........................................................... $20.56 $16.80 $818 $665 39.8 $42,289 $34,424 2,056 Management occupations.............................................. 41.30 36.99 1,680 1,510 40.7 87,335 78,541 2,115 General and operations managers................................... 39.12 33.65 1,662 1,480 42.5 86,432 76,956 2,209 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.................................. 32.86 32.21 1,314 1,288 40.0 68,343 66,997 2,080 Computer and information systems managers......................... 47.79 43.46 1,922 1,788 40.2 99,935 92,997 2,091 Financial managers................................................ 40.24 34.61 1,609 1,381 40.0 83,690 71,808 2,080 Human resources managers.......................................... 37.67 33.09 1,496 1,324 39.7 77,797 68,823 2,065 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............................................. 30.44 25.43 1,239 1,271 40.7 64,439 66,113 2,117 Education administrators.......................................... 35.24 35.92 1,408 1,437 39.9 73,203 74,703 2,077 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 37.96 35.92 1,516 1,437 39.9 78,835 74,703 2,077 Engineering managers.............................................. 51.58 56.65 2,101 2,266 40.7 109,253 117,832 2,118 Medical and health services managers.............................. 40.26 33.17 1,611 1,327 40.0 83,750 68,994 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.49 26.06 1,144 1,023 40.1 58,971 53,082 2,070 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 26.62 25.52 1,068 1,021 40.1 55,538 53,082 2,086 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 24.75 24.90 994 970 40.2 51,700 50,440 2,088 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 23.75 23.66 934 965 39.3 42,143 45,552 1,774 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 23.64 23.40 930 963 39.3 41,830 44,967 1,770 Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation..................................... 26.00 25.58 1,037 1,023 39.9 53,936 53,206 2,075 Cost estimators................................................... 31.19 34.15 1,290 1,260 41.4 67,070 65,541 2,151 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 26.77 26.27 1,094 1,046 40.9 56,894 54,400 2,125 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............................ 29.05 29.60 1,148 1,179 39.5 59,697 61,300 2,055 Management analysts............................................... 37.47 32.55 1,498 1,302 40.0 77,898 67,704 2,079 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 27.52 26.99 1,114 1,079 40.5 57,902 56,131 2,104 Credit analysts................................................... 30.74 28.74 1,221 1,131 39.7 63,493 58,802 2,066 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 29.31 25.91 1,170 1,036 39.9 60,841 53,893 2,076 Financial analysts.............................................. 27.99 26.38 1,116 1,050 39.9 58,017 54,590 2,073 Insurance underwriters.......................................... 26.72 21.67 1,069 867 40.0 55,569 45,063 2,080 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 30.68 22.50 1,224 900 39.9 63,651 46,800 2,075 Loan officers................................................... 31.54 22.50 1,258 900 39.9 65,409 46,800 2,074 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 33.70 31.75 1,349 1,292 40.0 70,133 67,169 2,081 Computer programmers.............................................. 29.51 28.46 1,176 1,138 39.9 61,173 59,191 2,073 Computer software engineers....................................... 40.01 37.98 1,600 1,519 40.0 83,219 79,003 2,080 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 42.27 37.71 1,691 1,508 40.0 87,923 78,441 2,080 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 37.45 37.98 1,498 1,519 40.0 77,904 79,003 2,080 Computer support specialists...................................... 24.09 23.32 967 933 40.1 50,261 48,506 2,087 Computer systems analysts......................................... 37.05 36.27 1,471 1,416 39.7 76,506 73,622 2,065 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 32.52 32.84 1,316 1,313 40.5 68,434 68,297 2,104 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 30.03 26.42 1,201 1,057 40.0 62,468 54,947 2,080 Actuaries......................................................... 42.96 41.83 1,717 1,673 40.0 89,278 87,000 2,078 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 31.06 29.83 1,249 1,193 40.2 64,814 62,040 2,087 Engineers......................................................... 37.27 36.58 1,501 1,485 40.3 78,035 77,199 2,094 Civil engineers................................................. 27.10 27.40 1,098 1,070 40.5 57,101 55,634 2,107 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 39.28 38.31 1,582 1,596 40.3 82,260 83,013 2,094 Electrical engineers.......................................... 37.14 36.98 1,508 1,530 40.6 78,403 79,535 2,111 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 31.63 32.45 1,302 1,298 41.2 67,707 67,488 2,141 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.......................................................... 21.16 20.57 835 838 39.5 43,444 43,576 2,053 Architectural and civil drafters................................ 20.07 18.10 774 724 38.6 40,239 37,648 2,005 Mechanical drafters............................................. 22.49 20.95 900 838 40.0 46,789 43,576 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 24.46 22.82 978 913 40.0 50,879 47,464 2,080 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 23.85 22.68 954 907 40.0 49,600 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...................... 29.93 27.40 1,205 1,096 40.3 62,665 56,992 2,094 Life scientists................................................... 33.30 36.67 1,382 1,378 41.5 71,865 71,635 2,158 Physical scientists............................................... 30.28 27.40 1,211 1,096 40.0 62,976 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 Community and social services occupations........................... 18.86 17.63 747 697 39.6 38,863 36,246 2,061 Counselors........................................................ 18.56 17.34 722 677 38.9 37,551 35,200 2,024 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 14.23 13.99 527 560 37.1 27,418 29,099 1,927 Social workers.................................................... 20.11 17.43 805 721 40.0 41,841 37,500 2,081 Mental health and substance abuse social workers................ 14.30 13.88 573 555 40.0 29,771 28,870 2,082 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 15.67 15.34 627 614 40.0 32,589 31,907 2,080 Social and human service assistants............................. 14.38 13.16 575 526 40.0 29,915 27,373 2,080 Legal occupations................................................... 35.09 30.12 1,405 1,129 40.0 73,041 58,730 2,082 Lawyers........................................................... 52.13 53.85 2,080 2,019 39.9 108,176 105,000 2,075 Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 24.00 21.15 963 808 40.1 50,082 42,006 2,087 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 29.58 27.24 1,163 1,090 39.3 48,968 45,698 1,656 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 42.79 39.47 1,660 1,579 38.8 65,988 57,331 1,542 Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary....................... 48.90 55.31 1,937 2,212 39.6 78,688 95,862 1,609 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.... 43.04 41.60 1,703 1,664 39.6 64,030 59,905 1,488 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 42.42 30.89 1,656 1,236 39.0 74,928 53,129 1,766 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 24.91 23.22 996 929 40.0 39,572 38,775 1,589 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 24.89 24.56 995 982 40.0 38,033 37,327 1,528 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 22.96 19.52 890 747 38.8 46,265 38,850 2,015 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 Writers and editors............................................... 19.67 18.68 787 747 40.0 40,920 38,850 2,080 Editors......................................................... 20.71 18.68 828 747 40.0 43,080 38,850 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 30.70 23.25 1,202 896 39.2 62,528 46,613 2,037 Pharmacists....................................................... 55.03 55.50 2,226 2,224 40.4 115,730 115,669 2,103 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 115.20 100.11 4,769 4,004 41.4 247,986 208,229 2,153 Registered nurses................................................. 28.81 27.56 1,109 1,036 38.5 57,690 53,890 2,002 Therapists........................................................ 30.94 30.54 1,233 1,222 39.9 64,121 63,529 2,072 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 21.35 19.51 853 780 40.0 44,367 40,581 2,078 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 22.54 21.69 900 868 39.9 46,822 45,115 2,077 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 18.24 15.16 730 606 40.0 37,939 31,533 2,080 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 26.25 25.49 1,021 1,018 38.9 53,071 52,915 2,022 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 25.11 24.33 975 933 38.8 50,706 48,526 2,019 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 13.44 12.99 532 519 39.6 27,685 26,978 2,060 Pharmacy technicians............................................ 12.68 12.91 505 516 39.8 26,259 26,853 2,070 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.37 18.50 722 740 39.3 37,545 38,480 2,043 Medical records and health information technicians................ 15.98 15.63 624 568 39.1 32,457 29,557 2,032 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.05 12.23 499 456 38.3 25,971 23,712 1,990 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.32 10.83 439 415 38.8 22,809 21,603 2,015 Home health aides............................................... 11.41 10.83 448 433 39.3 23,298 22,518 2,041 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.27 10.87 434 408 38.5 22,589 21,216 2,004 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 15.11 15.48 570 570 37.7 29,661 29,642 1,963 Dental assistants............................................... 15.96 16.50 584 570 36.6 30,349 29,642 1,901 Medical assistants.............................................. 13.52 13.60 532 544 39.4 27,688 28,288 2,049 Pharmacy aides.................................................. 13.05 11.33 514 453 39.4 26,710 23,566 2,047 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.41 11.00 457 440 40.0 23,740 22,880 2,080 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.09 10.60 444 424 40.0 23,070 22,048 2,080 Security guards................................................. 11.05 10.50 442 420 40.0 22,985 21,840 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.35 9.00 359 352 38.4 18,572 18,200 1,987 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 13.73 12.80 570 512 41.5 29,629 26,618 2,159 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 13.15 12.50 540 500 41.1 28,103 26,006 2,137 Cooks............................................................. 10.59 10.16 410 400 38.8 21,263 20,654 2,008 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 10.81 10.16 417 406 38.6 21,159 21,133 1,957 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 10.76 10.50 411 404 38.2 21,375 21,000 1,986 Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.92 8.50 340 325 38.2 17,452 16,888 1,956 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.19 3.65 187 145 36.0 9,712 7,550 1,872 Bartenders...................................................... 6.67 7.18 242 249 36.3 12,591 12,943 1,888 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.34 3.63 155 141 35.8 8,074 7,342 1,861 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.92 8.50 342 337 38.3 17,359 17,264 1,946 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 8.94 8.70 342 340 38.3 17,371 17,264 1,942 Dishwashers....................................................... 8.83 9.00 348 340 39.4 18,108 17,680 2,050 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.13 11.12 481 440 39.7 24,624 22,880 2,030 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 14.35 14.73 574 589 40.0 28,923 30,638 2,015 First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers...................................................... 14.37 14.73 575 589 40.0 29,885 30,638 2,080 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.83 11.00 465 434 39.3 24,188 22,568 2,045 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.73 11.40 504 452 39.6 26,218 23,504 2,060 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 10.11 9.89 392 375 38.8 20,392 19,490 2,017 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 12.08 12.67 499 520 41.3 23,620 24,067 1,955 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 11.85 12.00 494 480 41.7 22,733 24,067 1,919 Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.19 11.25 468 446 38.4 24,309 23,186 1,994 Gaming services workers........................................... 7.43 6.37 295 255 39.7 15,342 13,250 2,066 Gaming dealers.................................................. 6.34 6.25 251 247 39.7 13,071 12,854 2,062 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................................................ 10.77 10.85 431 434 40.0 22,402 22,568 2,080 Personal and home care aides...................................... 10.03 9.00 384 360 38.3 19,987 18,720 1,992 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 14.39 13.75 574 550 39.9 29,841 28,600 2,074 Recreation workers.............................................. 14.39 13.75 574 550 39.9 29,841 28,600 2,074 Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.42 13.55 778 540 40.1 40,409 28,080 2,081 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 19.38 16.21 788 649 40.7 40,987 33,725 2,115 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 17.39 15.62 708 638 40.7 36,837 33,176 2,118 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.............................................. 13.12 10.75 519 422 39.6 26,967 21,938 2,056 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.02 10.00 393 400 39.3 20,381 20,800 2,035 Cashiers...................................................... 10.08 10.00 396 400 39.2 20,503 20,800 2,034 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............................................. 14.46 11.60 574 462 39.7 29,873 24,024 2,066 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....................... 15.56 14.52 618 576 39.7 32,081 29,910 2,062 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 22.19 19.23 892 762 40.2 46,374 39,624 2,090 Switchboard operators, including answering service................ 11.44 11.79 458 472 40.0 23,799 24,523 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.10 13.33 558 530 39.6 29,014 27,560 2,057 Bill and account collectors..................................... 13.93 13.40 557 536 40.0 28,976 27,880 2,080 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 14.22 13.68 566 547 39.8 29,455 28,454 2,071 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.41 13.88 568 540 39.4 29,537 28,080 2,049 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 17.51 17.32 700 693 40.0 36,419 36,024 2,080 Procurement clerks.............................................. 17.30 15.52 692 621 40.0 35,989 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 Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks.......................... 13.74 13.43 549 537 40.0 28,571 27,924 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 15.02 14.07 598 563 39.8 30,935 29,120 2,060 Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 12.80 13.34 512 534 40.0 26,603 27,747 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........ 15.67 14.00 627 560 40.0 32,585 29,120 2,080 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.83 12.68 505 499 39.4 26,277 25,938 2,048 Dispatchers....................................................... 16.58 15.88 668 635 40.3 34,711 33,020 2,094 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 16.58 15.88 668 635 40.3 34,711 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.................................... 14.18 13.50 562 540 39.6 29,215 28,080 2,060 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.86 16.95 708 673 39.7 36,773 34,882 2,059 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.07 18.27 761 720 39.9 39,547 37,440 2,074 Legal secretaries............................................... 17.56 14.80 705 592 40.1 36,659 30,784 2,088 Medical secretaries............................................. 15.67 15.00 611 591 39.0 31,748 30,722 2,026 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.19 17.32 676 693 39.3 34,957 35,464 2,033 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 13.27 13.25 528 530 39.7 27,432 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..................................... 12.67 10.59 500 424 39.5 26,008 22,027 2,053 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 16.77 16.32 660 650 39.3 34,308 33,826 2,045 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............................................ 14.59 14.03 579 551 39.7 30,045 28,652 2,059 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 21.80 20.50 865 820 39.7 43,384 40,955 1,990 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 26.40 27.10 1,046 1,084 39.6 53,807 51,471 2,038 Carpenters........................................................ 22.47 20.00 899 800 40.0 46,738 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............................................. 21.30 21.58 852 863 40.0 41,294 44,878 1,939 Construction equipment operators.................................. 29.06 28.82 1,163 1,153 40.0 58,036 59,176 1,997 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 29.06 28.82 1,163 1,153 40.0 58,036 59,176 1,997 Electricians...................................................... 19.08 17.00 763 680 40.0 39,677 35,360 2,080 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 26.28 24.71 988 988 37.6 51,355 51,397 1,955 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 28.64 29.16 1,137 1,166 39.7 59,144 60,642 2,065 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 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 20.65 20.51 830 824 40.2 43,145 42,848 2,089 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 27.35 27.62 1,148 1,105 42.0 59,707 57,448 2,183 Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 26.38 25.82 1,055 1,033 40.0 54,874 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...................................... 21.48 19.23 859 769 40.0 44,674 40,000 2,080 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 19.39 20.02 779 802 40.2 40,492 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 19.12 779 765 40.2 40,533 39,770 2,091 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 19.49 20.51 783 821 40.2 40,720 42,667 2,089 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 20.77 21.21 831 848 40.0 43,189 44,117 2,079 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 22.40 22.75 895 910 40.0 46,562 47,320 2,079 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 19.70 18.50 788 740 40.0 40,959 38,480 2,079 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 16.51 15.65 660 626 40.0 34,337 32,552 2,080 Line installers and repairers..................................... 21.70 18.32 868 733 40.0 45,126 38,106 2,080 Electrical power-line installers and repairers.................. 30.82 32.28 1,233 1,291 40.0 64,108 67,142 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 16.91 13.75 676 550 40.0 35,166 28,600 2,080 Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers.......... 16.94 13.00 678 520 40.0 35,233 27,040 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 16.37 15.31 653 612 39.9 33,943 31,845 2,073 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 24.20 23.65 974 946 40.3 50,660 49,200 2,094 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........................................................ 24.07 23.50 963 940 40.0 50,072 48,880 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.................................. 11.19 12.56 430 502 38.5 22,380 26,125 2,000 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 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.............. 17.38 16.41 691 656 39.7 35,907 34,133 2,066 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.................................. 14.05 12.61 562 508 40.0 29,209 26,416 2,079 Helpers--production workers..................................... 12.53 11.25 501 450 40.0 26,066 23,400 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.33 15.00 701 586 40.4 36,232 30,000 2,091 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 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.48 17.18 749 714 42.8 38,862 37,138 2,224 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....................... 16.81 14.00 670 560 39.9 34,866 29,120 2,075 Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators................. 23.16 27.65 856 780 37.0 40,772 30,420 1,760 Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators........... 19.87 19.50 695 560 35.0 31,426 28,254 1,582 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 15.01 14.16 600 566 40.0 31,198 29,453 2,078 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.14 11.11 477 437 39.3 24,786 22,755 2,042 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 13.00 12.00 520 480 40.0 27,041 24,960 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.