Table 13 Full-time(1) State and local government 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........................................................... $22.71 $19.10 $896 $768 39.4 $41,060 $38,750 1,808 Management occupations.............................................. 38.29 36.16 1,518 1,426 39.6 74,746 66,545 1,952 General and operations managers................................... 30.77 29.51 1,241 1,180 40.3 64,179 61,383 2,086 Public relations managers......................................... 38.23 37.15 1,518 1,486 39.7 78,532 77,274 2,054 Administrative services managers.................................. 32.56 28.62 1,303 1,145 40.0 65,808 58,600 2,021 Financial managers................................................ 39.96 41.54 1,632 1,662 40.8 83,600 82,134 2,092 Education administrators.......................................... 44.02 39.72 1,741 1,532 39.5 81,178 68,443 1,844 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 42.32 40.74 1,668 1,570 39.4 74,786 68,443 1,767 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 59.80 38.61 2,379 1,545 39.8 123,697 80,317 2,069 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 22.79 21.38 908 854 39.9 47,180 44,481 2,070 Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation..................................... 20.48 19.62 819 785 40.0 42,590 40,816 2,080 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 21.02 19.21 841 768 40.0 43,712 39,961 2,080 Training and development specialists............................ 24.28 22.85 971 914 40.0 50,497 47,528 2,080 Management analysts............................................... 24.17 23.26 967 930 40.0 50,264 48,372 2,080 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 25.00 23.66 1,000 946 40.0 51,941 48,953 2,077 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 27.21 26.04 1,085 1,038 39.9 54,855 53,306 2,016 Computer support specialists...................................... 17.76 17.05 706 682 39.7 35,135 35,092 1,978 Computer systems analysts......................................... 32.35 32.55 1,294 1,302 40.0 67,296 67,704 2,080 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 27.83 26.04 1,102 1,042 39.6 55,719 54,163 2,002 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 22.93 19.03 905 756 39.5 47,070 39,310 2,053 Engineers......................................................... 36.40 41.08 1,456 1,643 40.0 75,705 85,448 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 17.64 16.99 690 679 39.1 35,859 35,331 2,032 Civil engineering technicians................................... 17.32 16.48 693 659 40.0 36,035 34,278 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 26.54 25.12 1,059 1,005 39.9 52,139 52,254 1,965 Life scientists................................................... 26.28 25.12 1,059 1,005 40.3 55,093 52,254 2,096 Biological scientists........................................... 27.79 25.51 1,117 1,020 40.2 58,108 53,061 2,091 Medical scientists.............................................. 24.50 22.91 980 916 40.0 50,955 47,653 2,080 Physical scientists............................................... 31.27 30.77 1,251 1,231 40.0 60,296 63,627 1,928 Environmental scientists and geoscientists...................... 31.08 30.17 1,243 1,207 40.0 64,637 62,754 2,080 Environmental scientists and specialists, including health.... 29.53 30.17 1,181 1,207 40.0 61,417 62,754 2,080 Psychologists..................................................... 38.87 40.01 1,540 1,576 39.6 64,315 64,394 1,655 Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists.................. 38.87 40.01 1,540 1,576 39.6 64,315 64,394 1,655 Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians...... 15.40 12.98 602 519 39.1 31,298 26,998 2,033 Community and social services occupations........................... 22.36 18.59 888 745 39.7 43,044 40,094 1,925 Counselors........................................................ 29.76 32.75 1,171 1,271 39.3 51,229 52,591 1,721 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 31.42 34.25 1,235 1,350 39.3 52,864 55,062 1,682 Social workers.................................................... 17.71 16.89 708 675 40.0 36,621 35,121 2,068 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 17.70 15.85 707 634 39.9 36,351 32,970 2,054 Medical and public health social workers........................ 17.63 17.24 705 689 40.0 36,668 35,849 2,080 Mental health and substance abuse social workers................ 16.91 17.00 676 680 40.0 35,177 35,360 2,080 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 18.77 19.19 749 768 39.9 38,924 39,915 2,074 Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists....... 20.43 20.73 817 829 40.0 42,485 43,114 2,080 Social and human service assistants............................. 15.50 13.46 615 549 39.7 31,973 28,536 2,062 Legal occupations................................................... 33.83 32.00 1,362 1,289 40.3 70,850 67,018 2,095 Lawyers........................................................... 34.45 32.25 1,406 1,317 40.8 73,125 68,461 2,123 Miscellaneous legal support workers............................... 28.21 29.53 1,108 1,034 39.3 57,610 53,752 2,042 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 30.07 31.16 1,169 1,209 38.9 44,397 45,550 1,476 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 44.26 40.15 1,744 1,606 39.4 71,905 64,856 1,625 Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary....................... 60.02 52.06 2,344 2,082 39.1 83,784 79,084 1,396 Health teachers, postsecondary.................................. 42.90 40.15 1,687 1,606 39.3 79,756 71,001 1,859 Health specialties teachers, postsecondary.................... 48.77 46.06 1,960 1,846 40.2 95,055 92,706 1,949 Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary............... 30.97 26.65 1,167 967 37.7 52,659 42,502 1,700 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 32.60 29.04 1,274 1,118 39.1 50,858 41,338 1,560 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 49.13 44.49 1,955 1,779 39.8 77,086 68,684 1,569 Vocational education teachers, postsecondary.................. 30.74 31.18 1,206 1,197 39.2 59,356 61,358 1,931 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 32.27 32.26 1,248 1,255 38.7 46,196 46,813 1,432 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 29.60 31.27 1,134 1,203 38.3 43,897 45,311 1,483 Preschool teachers, except special education.................. 25.35 23.84 973 954 38.4 39,276 39,370 1,550 Kindergarten teachers, except special education............... 33.50 32.61 1,282 1,256 38.3 47,790 46,799 1,427 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 32.18 31.98 1,247 1,251 38.7 45,828 46,526 1,424 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 32.34 32.14 1,254 1,252 38.8 45,884 46,522 1,419 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 31.67 31.50 1,224 1,243 38.7 45,573 46,437 1,439 Secondary school teachers....................................... 32.95 32.59 1,274 1,265 38.7 46,852 47,136 1,422 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 32.83 32.49 1,269 1,257 38.7 46,567 46,911 1,419 Vocational education teachers, secondary school............... 34.84 35.27 1,347 1,348 38.7 51,382 51,013 1,475 Special education teachers...................................... 32.40 32.91 1,256 1,288 38.8 47,789 48,246 1,475 Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school.......................................... 30.93 31.78 1,207 1,232 39.0 46,688 46,058 1,509 Special education teachers, middle school..................... 34.54 32.91 1,323 1,316 38.3 49,327 49,232 1,428 Special education teachers, secondary school.................. 33.93 35.05 1,308 1,317 38.5 48,850 49,247 1,440 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 32.07 31.38 1,220 1,234 38.0 44,238 46,170 1,380 Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors.................................................. 32.63 31.15 1,181 1,090 36.2 45,116 42,060 1,383 Librarians........................................................ 30.34 30.90 1,185 1,159 39.1 49,787 51,687 1,641 Library technicians............................................... 13.66 14.90 541 590 39.6 25,388 24,868 1,859 Instructional coordinators........................................ 33.67 32.41 1,244 1,214 37.0 52,797 49,898 1,568 Teacher assistants................................................ 12.83 12.39 495 487 38.6 18,527 18,557 1,444 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 23.12 19.23 927 808 40.1 46,645 37,492 2,017 Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers................... 36.18 25.29 1,487 1,051 41.1 68,117 48,497 1,883 Coaches and scouts.............................................. 36.18 25.29 1,487 1,051 41.1 68,117 48,497 1,883 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.81 24.08 1,052 943 39.3 52,822 47,258 1,970 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 56.59 69.71 2,264 2,789 40.0 117,714 145,003 2,080 Registered nurses................................................. 32.26 30.01 1,248 1,166 38.7 62,783 58,240 1,946 Therapists........................................................ 32.52 33.18 1,256 1,305 38.6 53,090 52,376 1,632 Speech-language pathologists.................................... 33.66 34.49 1,288 1,319 38.3 48,702 49,949 1,447 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 21.02 21.88 831 875 39.5 43,220 45,510 2,056 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 25.69 25.98 1,027 1,039 40.0 53,425 54,038 2,080 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 24.45 25.75 978 1,030 40.0 50,860 53,560 2,080 Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...................... 13.92 12.42 560 497 40.2 29,113 25,834 2,092 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 16.52 14.94 661 598 40.0 34,364 31,075 2,080 Pharmacy technicians............................................ 14.46 14.25 578 570 40.0 30,072 29,644 2,080 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.98 17.05 659 677 38.8 32,933 35,048 1,940 Occupational health and safety specialists and technicians........ 18.60 17.29 744 692 40.0 38,681 35,963 2,080 Occupational health and safety specialists...................... 19.08 17.29 763 692 40.0 39,677 35,963 2,080 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.19 10.56 439 417 39.2 22,545 21,590 2,016 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.77 10.38 423 414 39.3 21,755 21,528 2,021 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.86 10.44 423 417 39.0 21,653 21,528 1,994 Psychiatric aides............................................... 10.64 10.36 426 414 40.0 22,138 21,553 2,080 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.00 11.59 470 452 39.2 24,452 23,504 2,037 Protective service occupations...................................... 20.75 18.86 880 797 42.4 45,316 41,038 2,183 First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 28.08 26.28 1,126 1,051 40.1 58,541 54,671 2,085 First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 30.69 29.95 1,231 1,198 40.1 64,024 62,286 2,086 First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers........................................................ 26.74 25.31 1,253 1,235 46.9 65,164 64,210 2,437 Fire fighters..................................................... 19.79 19.40 1,021 1,018 51.6 53,077 52,943 2,683 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 15.93 15.45 642 618 40.3 33,405 32,161 2,097 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 15.86 15.45 640 618 40.3 33,266 32,161 2,097 Detectives and criminal investigators............................. 23.21 21.00 932 840 40.2 48,478 43,682 2,089 Police officers................................................... 22.92 22.07 924 884 40.3 47,769 45,958 2,084 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 22.92 22.07 924 884 40.3 47,769 45,958 2,084 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 12.91 13.25 486 527 37.6 23,553 23,618 1,824 Security guards................................................. 12.45 12.39 465 487 37.3 22,310 21,049 1,793 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.83 10.10 381 352 35.2 15,616 13,195 1,441 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 15.88 14.09 621 563 39.1 25,308 23,400 1,594 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 15.88 14.09 621 563 39.1 25,308 23,400 1,594 Cooks............................................................. 10.32 10.02 383 368 37.1 16,156 13,524 1,565 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 10.32 10.00 382 365 37.0 16,090 13,524 1,559 Food preparation workers.......................................... 9.48 9.17 336 321 35.5 13,636 13,195 1,438 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 10.40 9.96 338 338 32.5 12,716 12,491 1,223 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 10.44 9.96 337 336 32.3 12,605 12,480 1,207 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.44 10.49 456 418 39.8 23,221 21,424 2,029 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 18.45 18.04 738 721 40.0 38,371 37,513 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers...................................................... 18.07 18.17 723 727 40.0 37,577 37,802 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers................................... 19.38 14.85 775 594 40.0 40,320 30,888 2,080 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.24 9.97 407 398 39.8 20,628 20,342 2,014 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.27 9.95 408 398 39.8 20,646 20,259 2,011 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 12.39 11.93 496 477 40.0 25,601 23,962 2,066 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 12.45 11.62 498 465 40.0 25,836 23,962 2,075 Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.24 12.54 450 428 36.8 22,084 22,281 1,805 Child care workers................................................ 12.74 13.32 503 533 39.5 22,956 24,127 1,802 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 14.57 15.00 557 600 38.2 28,955 31,200 1,987 Recreation workers.............................................. 14.57 15.00 557 600 38.2 28,955 31,200 1,987 Sales and related occupations....................................... 13.84 13.38 524 486 37.9 27,169 25,280 1,963 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.69 11.22 433 449 37.1 22,425 23,338 1,919 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.66 11.22 431 449 37.0 22,327 23,338 1,914 Cashiers...................................................... 12.35 11.22 478 449 38.7 24,716 23,338 2,001 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.23 14.43 602 573 39.5 30,045 28,620 1,973 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 19.00 17.63 761 705 40.0 39,559 36,670 2,082 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.18 16.05 647 642 40.0 33,439 33,380 2,067 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.34 16.21 654 648 40.0 33,711 33,721 2,063 Court, municipal, and license clerks.............................. 14.09 12.76 551 510 39.1 28,639 26,499 2,032 Customer service representatives.................................. 14.91 13.55 596 542 40.0 31,006 28,184 2,080 Eligibility interviewers, government programs..................... 14.64 13.83 558 546 38.2 27,153 25,077 1,855 Library assistants, clerical...................................... 12.39 11.59 479 452 38.7 24,151 23,504 1,949 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 13.87 13.71 548 548 39.5 28,310 28,517 2,041 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.77 10.58 456 364 35.7 23,125 18,943 1,811 Dispatchers....................................................... 16.32 15.40 663 616 40.6 34,461 32,032 2,111 Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers......................... 16.21 15.40 659 616 40.7 34,292 32,032 2,115 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.87 13.36 555 534 40.0 28,846 27,789 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.52 15.69 652 626 39.5 31,970 30,597 1,935 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 18.96 18.36 751 727 39.6 38,135 37,698 2,011 Legal secretaries............................................... 16.36 15.87 655 635 40.0 34,036 33,001 2,080 Medical secretaries............................................. 14.20 14.31 568 572 40.0 29,543 29,754 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.78 14.66 580 582 39.2 27,137 26,773 1,836 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 15.26 16.25 608 650 39.8 30,661 33,794 2,009 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.92 13.45 551 533 39.6 26,777 25,199 1,924 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.33 14.90 613 596 40.0 31,714 30,867 2,069 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 18.69 16.49 748 660 40.0 38,884 34,299 2,080 Carpenters........................................................ 14.74 12.03 590 481 40.0 30,480 25,022 2,068 Construction laborers............................................. 11.98 11.01 479 440 40.0 23,656 22,901 1,975 Construction equipment operators.................................. 13.80 13.87 552 555 40.0 28,701 28,856 2,080 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 14.06 14.13 562 565 40.0 29,239 29,390 2,080 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 15.18 16.02 607 641 40.0 31,579 33,322 2,080 Pipelayers...................................................... 12.91 12.62 516 505 40.0 26,844 26,250 2,080 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 16.16 16.02 646 641 40.0 33,616 33,322 2,080 Construction and building inspectors.............................. 18.96 17.88 758 715 40.0 39,439 37,190 2,080 Highway maintenance workers....................................... 16.00 13.70 640 548 40.0 33,275 28,496 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 17.32 16.37 693 655 40.0 35,708 34,174 2,061 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 22.34 23.30 894 932 40.0 44,416 44,399 1,988 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 16.39 14.90 656 596 40.0 33,807 30,905 2,063 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 22.88 21.00 915 840 40.0 47,584 43,680 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 14.92 14.13 597 565 40.0 30,710 29,224 2,059 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 15.70 14.93 628 597 40.0 32,494 31,052 2,070 Production occupations.............................................. 18.93 14.99 757 600 40.0 39,371 31,179 2,080 Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators....... 14.39 13.10 575 524 40.0 29,925 27,248 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.46 13.60 525 520 36.3 23,310 24,024 1,612 Bus drivers....................................................... 15.63 14.23 512 492 32.7 19,929 17,276 1,275 Bus drivers, school............................................. 15.09 12.98 469 449 31.1 17,244 16,860 1,143 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.99 14.05 512 518 39.4 25,957 27,785 1,999 Refuse and recyclable material collectors......................... 12.98 12.95 519 518 40.0 26,992 26,936 2,080 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.