Table 16 Private industry establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time workers Hourly(2) Weekly(3) Annual(4) Occupation(1) Mean Median Mean Median Mean Mean Median Mean earnings earnings earnings earnings hours earnings earnings hours All workers........................................................... $22.87 $16.79 $912 $669 39.9 $47,187 $34,632 2,063 Management occupations.............................................. 53.18 48.89 2,166 1,989 40.7 112,448 103,447 2,115 General and operations managers................................... 70.97 61.81 2,860 2,669 40.3 148,742 138,786 2,096 Advertising and promotions managers............................... 51.34 60.62 2,172 2,502 42.3 112,946 130,085 2,200 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 54.06 52.50 2,238 2,100 41.4 116,355 109,204 2,152 Marketing managers.............................................. 59.97 56.95 2,392 2,278 39.9 124,407 118,454 2,075 Sales managers.................................................. 49.27 46.97 2,103 1,879 42.7 109,376 97,691 2,220 Administrative services managers.................................. 39.42 37.14 1,625 1,566 41.2 84,490 81,455 2,144 Computer and information systems managers......................... 60.78 57.34 2,465 2,293 40.6 128,187 119,259 2,109 Financial managers................................................ 58.47 51.01 2,365 1,959 40.5 122,985 101,860 2,104 Human resources managers.......................................... 50.35 50.80 2,046 2,168 40.6 106,375 112,717 2,113 Compensation and benefits managers.............................. 46.06 49.51 1,904 2,032 41.3 98,999 105,654 2,149 Industrial production managers.................................... 50.00 47.59 2,000 1,904 40.0 104,009 98,991 2,080 Purchasing managers............................................... 51.97 52.31 2,079 2,092 40.0 108,089 108,801 2,080 Transportation, storage, and distribution managers................ 41.56 43.34 1,662 1,734 40.0 86,448 90,147 2,080 Construction managers............................................. 38.35 39.80 1,606 1,743 41.9 83,517 90,646 2,178 Education administrators.......................................... 45.08 41.34 1,754 1,550 38.9 90,727 80,613 2,013 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 38.13 41.34 1,460 1,550 38.3 75,317 80,613 1,975 Engineering managers.............................................. 64.13 60.99 2,568 2,450 40.0 133,544 127,379 2,082 Medical and health services managers.............................. 42.14 45.22 1,777 1,972 42.2 92,379 102,565 2,192 Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 25.74 28.85 1,030 1,154 40.0 53,536 60,000 2,080 Social and community service managers............................. 25.37 23.52 1,015 941 40.0 52,764 48,926 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 32.69 30.06 1,307 1,218 40.0 67,980 63,336 2,079 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 29.31 30.45 1,179 1,218 40.2 61,300 63,336 2,091 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 30.36 30.72 1,223 1,229 40.3 63,594 63,896 2,095 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 28.03 29.10 1,088 1,134 38.8 56,578 58,949 2,018 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 27.92 28.62 1,082 1,121 38.8 56,277 58,300 2,016 Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation..................................... 39.95 39.14 1,602 1,565 40.1 83,291 81,401 2,085 Cost estimators................................................... 35.44 27.89 1,482 1,221 41.8 77,039 63,487 2,174 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 30.67 28.82 1,223 1,134 39.9 63,608 58,968 2,074 Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists.............. 20.14 19.97 806 799 40.0 41,900 41,544 2,080 Training and development specialists............................ 35.83 30.77 1,422 1,231 39.7 73,935 64,002 2,064 Logisticians...................................................... 39.25 39.75 1,570 1,590 40.0 81,631 82,680 2,080 Management analysts............................................... 33.95 28.46 1,358 1,138 40.0 70,624 59,197 2,080 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 33.85 31.15 1,352 1,246 40.0 70,319 64,800 2,077 Credit analysts................................................... 27.80 24.27 1,112 971 40.0 57,822 50,482 2,080 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 34.69 33.02 1,382 1,321 39.8 71,882 68,682 2,072 Financial analysts.............................................. 35.62 33.02 1,415 1,321 39.7 73,597 68,682 2,066 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 37.52 37.01 1,499 1,474 40.0 77,951 76,669 2,078 Computer programmers.............................................. 40.55 43.51 1,627 1,740 40.1 84,598 90,490 2,086 Computer software engineers....................................... 45.42 44.26 1,806 1,774 39.8 93,909 92,250 2,067 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 43.50 44.57 1,727 1,795 39.7 89,826 93,357 2,065 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 47.57 44.09 1,894 1,761 39.8 98,473 91,568 2,070 Computer support specialists...................................... 25.04 23.34 1,001 934 40.0 52,030 48,543 2,078 Computer systems analysts......................................... 40.59 40.83 1,622 1,633 40.0 84,338 84,916 2,078 Database administrators........................................... 37.87 44.81 1,515 1,793 40.0 78,776 93,213 2,080 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 29.88 26.53 1,210 1,061 40.5 62,936 55,182 2,107 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 33.46 31.26 1,345 1,250 40.2 69,922 65,010 2,090 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 42.07 39.82 1,683 1,596 40.0 87,533 83,000 2,081 Engineers......................................................... 47.66 44.32 1,909 1,776 40.0 99,244 92,364 2,083 Aerospace engineers............................................. 41.30 39.95 1,652 1,598 40.0 85,895 83,100 2,080 Chemical engineers.............................................. 50.81 46.31 2,032 1,852 40.0 105,683 96,316 2,080 Civil engineers................................................. 50.75 42.58 2,030 1,703 40.0 105,566 88,566 2,080 Computer hardware engineers..................................... 45.66 44.04 1,866 1,795 40.9 97,033 93,350 2,125 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 49.03 46.39 1,961 1,856 40.0 101,982 96,500 2,080 Electrical engineers.......................................... 53.56 47.60 2,142 1,904 40.0 111,395 99,016 2,080 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 44.79 45.15 1,792 1,806 40.0 93,159 93,910 2,080 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 40.86 39.22 1,631 1,569 39.9 84,827 81,578 2,076 Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors............................................. 42.73 46.15 1,690 1,803 39.5 87,856 93,750 2,056 Industrial engineers.......................................... 40.50 38.07 1,620 1,523 40.0 84,232 79,184 2,080 Mechanical engineers............................................ 38.55 37.24 1,542 1,490 40.0 80,188 77,459 2,080 Petroleum engineers............................................. 53.49 52.40 2,140 2,096 40.0 111,266 109,000 2,080 Drafters.......................................................... 35.11 31.32 1,394 1,253 39.7 72,475 65,144 2,064 Architectural and civil drafters................................ 45.46 51.92 1,818 2,077 40.0 94,558 108,000 2,080 Mechanical drafters............................................. 19.11 17.11 749 685 39.2 38,953 35,595 2,039 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 30.27 27.40 1,211 1,096 40.0 62,953 57,000 2,080 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 25.24 21.64 1,009 865 40.0 52,491 45,003 2,080 Mechanical engineering technicians.............................. 28.17 28.40 1,127 1,136 40.0 58,593 59,080 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 40.47 31.80 1,619 1,272 40.0 84,171 66,144 2,080 Physical scientists............................................... 56.77 62.10 2,271 2,484 40.0 118,077 129,168 2,080 Environmental scientists and geoscientists...................... 69.67 75.34 2,787 3,013 40.0 144,919 156,701 2,080 Market and survey researchers..................................... 39.70 47.12 1,588 1,885 40.0 82,577 97,999 2,080 Market research analysts........................................ 39.70 47.12 1,588 1,885 40.0 82,577 97,999 2,080 Chemical technicians.............................................. 27.92 24.13 1,117 965 40.0 58,077 50,192 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 18.34 17.68 730 707 39.8 37,862 36,781 2,065 Social workers.................................................... 21.46 23.00 850 920 39.6 44,206 47,840 2,060 Medical and public health social workers........................ 23.79 23.57 952 943 40.0 49,483 49,026 2,080 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 13.15 13.80 525 552 40.0 27,326 28,704 2,078 Social and human service assistants............................. 11.73 9.95 469 398 40.0 24,390 20,696 2,080 Legal occupations................................................... 58.18 59.14 2,356 2,366 40.5 122,503 123,015 2,106 Lawyers........................................................... 87.27 90.14 3,570 3,606 40.9 185,645 187,500 2,127 Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 24.69 26.95 988 1,078 40.0 51,350 56,048 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 39.64 27.37 1,567 1,099 39.5 73,204 54,298 1,847 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 52.38 33.75 2,063 1,350 39.4 96,099 68,300 1,835 Health teachers, postsecondary.................................. 93.90 80.85 3,640 3,032 38.8 164,692 118,249 1,754 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 38.76 35.30 1,484 1,378 38.3 56,708 52,121 1,463 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 31.56 27.37 1,255 1,095 39.8 62,721 56,971 1,988 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 23.33 21.55 940 862 40.3 38,563 35,000 1,653 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 27.49 22.28 1,136 1,114 41.3 41,592 40,106 1,513 Secondary school teachers....................................... 32.88 34.12 1,294 1,434 39.4 48,476 51,909 1,474 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 32.88 34.12 1,294 1,434 39.4 48,476 51,909 1,474 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 29.83 28.82 1,195 1,153 40.0 62,126 59,952 2,082 Designers......................................................... 26.87 24.87 1,073 995 39.9 55,798 51,732 2,077 Graphic designers............................................... 26.70 24.36 1,066 975 39.9 55,441 50,675 2,076 Writers and editors............................................... 29.77 28.82 1,181 1,153 39.7 61,399 59,952 2,062 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.61 25.13 1,048 977 39.4 54,476 50,806 2,047 Pharmacists....................................................... 56.53 56.00 2,294 2,288 40.6 119,290 119,001 2,110 Registered nurses................................................. 31.59 30.22 1,232 1,177 39.0 64,076 61,212 2,029 Therapists........................................................ 32.78 33.70 1,291 1,298 39.4 67,127 67,475 2,048 Occupational therapists......................................... 35.57 36.54 1,383 1,462 38.9 71,899 76,001 2,021 Physical therapists............................................. 37.08 36.54 1,459 1,370 39.4 75,871 71,253 2,046 Respiratory therapists.......................................... 25.78 25.75 1,018 1,030 39.5 52,941 53,560 2,053 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 19.73 18.24 782 730 39.6 40,670 37,939 2,061 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 25.13 25.71 993 1,008 39.5 51,648 52,416 2,055 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 13.81 13.67 549 537 39.7 28,538 27,946 2,067 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 23.82 24.85 951 994 39.9 49,434 51,688 2,075 Cardiovascular technologists and technicians.................... 18.65 17.17 746 687 40.0 38,799 35,714 2,080 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 25.01 25.49 997 1,020 39.9 51,847 53,019 2,073 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 16.87 16.79 666 655 39.5 34,614 34,050 2,052 Pharmacy technicians............................................ 15.19 15.09 600 590 39.5 31,216 30,701 2,055 Surgical technologists.......................................... 18.81 18.98 735 759 39.0 38,198 39,466 2,030 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.51 18.81 729 726 39.4 37,904 37,752 2,048 Medical records and health information technicians................ 18.14 15.57 720 621 39.7 37,461 32,302 2,065 Miscellaneous health technologists and technicians................ 14.01 12.50 560 500 40.0 29,131 26,000 2,080 Occupational health and safety specialists and technicians........ 29.60 16.19 1,184 648 40.0 61,568 33,684 2,080 Occupational health and safety specialists...................... 29.60 16.19 1,184 648 40.0 61,568 33,684 2,080 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.10 10.20 423 399 38.2 22,022 20,738 1,985 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.13 9.50 382 375 37.7 19,865 19,500 1,961 Home health aides............................................... 8.37 8.10 276 290 33.0 14,372 15,080 1,718 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.59 10.06 418 397 39.4 21,723 20,654 2,051 Physical therapist assistants and aides........................... 14.24 11.21 565 448 39.7 29,358 23,317 2,062 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 14.02 13.74 561 550 40.0 29,171 28,579 2,080 Medical assistants.............................................. 12.86 12.19 515 488 40.0 26,756 25,355 2,080 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.42 10.92 454 437 39.7 23,211 22,712 2,033 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.22 10.92 445 437 39.6 23,124 22,712 2,061 Security guards................................................. 11.22 10.92 445 437 39.6 23,124 22,712 2,061 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.85 9.00 342 340 38.6 17,607 17,680 1,989 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 16.79 15.31 669 612 39.8 34,782 31,843 2,071 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 16.90 15.31 676 612 40.0 35,153 31,843 2,080 Cooks............................................................. 10.62 10.39 417 412 39.2 21,671 21,424 2,040 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 10.86 10.94 433 438 39.9 22,520 22,755 2,074 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 10.89 10.51 412 418 37.8 21,432 21,736 1,968 Food preparation workers.......................................... 10.71 11.11 427 444 39.8 22,195 23,109 2,072 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.85 5.15 220 202 37.7 11,176 10,522 1,912 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.51 3.75 165 150 36.5 8,569 7,800 1,899 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 8.10 9.36 320 374 39.5 16,235 19,469 2,006 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 10.72 10.50 420 420 39.2 21,855 21,840 2,038 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 11.18 11.45 434 442 38.8 22,566 23,005 2,018 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 6.86 7.25 269 288 39.2 13,985 14,976 2,038 Dishwashers....................................................... 8.07 7.73 323 309 40.0 16,790 16,078 2,080 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.01 9.28 394 361 39.3 20,202 18,746 2,018 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 17.38 16.50 705 743 40.6 36,662 38,619 2,109 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.39 9.03 368 354 39.2 18,879 18,346 2,010 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.68 9.31 382 364 39.4 19,847 18,907 2,050 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.94 8.65 349 340 39.0 17,513 17,430 1,958 Personal care and service occupations............................... 15.68 9.65 521 444 33.2 27,094 23,067 1,728 Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges......................... 7.95 7.25 318 290 40.0 16,533 15,080 2,080 Baggage porters and bellhops.................................... 6.81 7.25 272 290 40.0 14,165 15,080 2,080 Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.32 13.05 771 517 39.9 39,903 26,853 2,065 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 25.18 17.20 1,007 690 40.0 52,342 35,880 2,079 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.10 11.10 480 440 39.6 24,737 22,776 2,044 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.18 10.85 443 432 39.6 22,499 22,256 2,013 Cashiers...................................................... 11.16 10.85 442 430 39.6 22,454 22,256 2,012 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 18.48 18.94 731 757 39.5 37,991 39,385 2,056 Retail salespersons............................................. 12.23 11.15 484 439 39.6 25,178 22,818 2,059 Advertising sales agents.......................................... 23.83 22.24 964 890 40.5 50,134 46,268 2,104 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 34.38 21.10 1,387 910 40.3 72,117 47,320 2,098 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products...................................... 41.86 43.88 1,674 1,755 40.0 87,066 91,264 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products............................ 30.80 19.33 1,248 799 40.5 64,882 41,567 2,106 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 14.77 13.01 591 520 40.0 30,729 27,061 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.46 14.24 616 566 39.8 31,999 29,432 2,069 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 24.87 24.49 993 980 39.9 51,618 50,935 2,076 Switchboard operators, including answering service................ 10.19 10.29 400 412 39.2 20,775 21,403 2,038 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.45 15.27 616 611 39.8 32,009 31,753 2,072 Bill and account collectors..................................... 14.59 15.27 583 611 39.9 30,300 31,753 2,076 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 15.79 15.10 632 604 40.0 32,842 31,408 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.69 15.39 622 616 39.7 32,369 32,013 2,063 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 19.67 18.32 787 733 40.0 40,918 38,106 2,080 Procurement clerks.............................................. 18.34 19.81 734 792 40.0 38,155 41,201 2,080 Tellers......................................................... 12.89 13.01 516 520 40.0 26,809 27,061 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 14.51 13.11 578 523 39.8 30,040 27,186 2,070 File clerks....................................................... 12.46 12.31 498 492 40.0 25,907 25,605 2,080 Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 13.45 12.15 538 486 40.0 27,968 25,272 2,080 Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 19.00 19.19 760 768 40.0 39,526 39,915 2,080 Order clerks...................................................... 12.12 10.05 485 402 40.0 25,201 20,902 2,080 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 19.11 19.45 764 778 40.0 39,749 40,450 2,080 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.20 11.75 483 470 39.6 25,118 24,440 2,059 Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks.... 16.88 19.70 675 788 40.0 35,109 40,974 2,080 Couriers and messengers........................................... 12.71 12.15 509 486 40.0 26,444 25,266 2,080 Dispatchers....................................................... 16.39 13.61 651 544 39.7 33,872 28,313 2,067 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 16.54 13.44 657 538 39.7 34,164 27,951 2,066 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 21.78 17.72 871 709 40.0 45,307 36,853 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.47 12.26 494 490 39.6 25,676 25,480 2,059 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.08 19.47 798 769 39.8 41,502 40,000 2,067 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 23.44 22.26 936 889 39.9 48,643 46,238 2,075 Medical secretaries............................................. 14.63 13.74 585 550 40.0 30,426 28,579 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.76 18.64 697 746 39.3 36,258 38,775 2,041 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 12.91 12.59 516 504 40.0 26,843 26,187 2,080 Data entry keyers............................................... 12.78 12.50 511 500 40.0 26,591 26,000 2,080 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 15.05 15.18 597 602 39.7 31,049 31,325 2,063 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.66 12.68 542 499 39.7 28,143 25,792 2,060 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 18.86 16.50 780 640 41.4 39,790 33,301 2,109 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 27.31 26.78 1,153 1,159 42.2 59,959 60,270 2,196 Carpenters........................................................ 15.65 14.66 626 586 40.0 32,550 30,489 2,080 Construction laborers............................................. 12.18 11.36 487 454 40.0 25,328 23,623 2,080 Construction equipment operators.................................. 19.47 18.00 779 720 40.0 40,494 37,440 2,080 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 19.82 17.50 793 700 40.0 41,230 36,400 2,080 Electricians...................................................... 19.76 18.64 790 746 40.0 41,096 38,775 2,080 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 19.82 19.05 793 762 40.0 41,227 39,614 2,080 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 19.82 19.05 793 762 40.0 41,227 39,614 2,080 Sheet metal workers............................................... 15.98 16.69 639 668 40.0 33,244 34,711 2,080 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 11.75 11.00 470 440 40.0 24,447 22,880 2,080 Helpers--carpenters............................................. 12.27 12.13 491 485 40.0 25,513 25,230 2,080 Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters.... 12.21 11.74 489 470 40.0 25,404 24,428 2,080 Derrick, rotary drill, and service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining......................................................... 22.99 22.75 1,007 882 43.8 46,771 45,864 2,034 Service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining.................... 17.80 16.50 707 660 39.7 36,781 34,320 2,067 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.43 20.83 862 838 40.2 44,557 42,910 2,079 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 27.59 26.57 1,117 1,066 40.5 56,620 51,709 2,052 Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 24.68 24.47 987 979 40.0 51,328 50,887 2,080 Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers.............................................. 25.13 27.40 1,005 1,096 40.0 52,262 56,988 2,080 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................... 19.94 20.05 795 802 39.9 41,326 41,704 2,072 Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment.................................................... 23.93 24.11 957 964 40.0 49,768 50,149 2,080 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 15.60 15.02 633 608 40.6 32,925 31,637 2,111 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 15.68 12.40 637 496 40.6 33,127 25,792 2,112 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 19.79 19.96 792 798 40.0 41,168 41,517 2,080 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics...................................................... 21.48 20.86 855 829 39.8 44,440 43,098 2,069 Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines................ 20.30 19.99 807 800 39.8 41,974 41,579 2,067 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 20.33 19.18 824 767 40.5 42,256 39,896 2,078 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 23.97 23.67 957 947 39.9 49,765 49,234 2,076 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.27 15.86 691 634 40.0 35,912 32,989 2,080 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 17.16 17.55 754 669 44.0 35,686 36,504 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 17.82 17.50 713 700 40.0 37,063 36,400 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 16.40 14.00 654 560 39.9 33,814 28,621 2,062 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 31.62 26.78 1,266 1,080 40.1 64,242 55,698 2,032 Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers..... 25.40 26.22 1,016 1,049 40.0 52,836 54,538 2,080 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 12.63 11.33 505 453 40.0 26,271 23,566 2,080 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 12.89 11.82 515 473 40.0 26,803 24,586 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 13.71 11.75 548 470 40.0 28,457 24,440 2,076 Bakers............................................................ 15.96 14.75 614 574 38.5 31,926 29,856 2,000 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 12.33 12.75 493 510 40.0 25,656 26,520 2,080 Slaughterers and meat packers................................... 13.32 12.90 533 516 40.0 27,702 26,832 2,080 Miscellaneous food processing workers............................. 13.60 13.85 538 544 39.6 27,983 28,294 2,058 Computer control programmers and operators........................ 16.99 16.50 680 660 40.0 35,335 34,320 2,080 Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic... 16.99 16.50 680 660 40.0 35,335 34,320 2,080 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 13.91 12.00 556 480 40.0 28,931 24,960 2,080 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 11.59 10.43 464 417 40.0 24,114 21,694 2,080 Machinists........................................................ 22.10 19.75 884 790 40.0 45,968 41,088 2,080 Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................................................... 10.04 10.19 399 408 39.7 20,726 21,199 2,063 Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 10.00 9.50 396 380 39.6 20,577 19,760 2,058 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 17.99 17.22 720 689 40.0 37,426 35,818 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 18.40 17.22 736 689 40.0 38,274 35,818 2,080 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 14.36 15.07 574 603 40.0 29,867 31,346 2,080 Lay-out workers, metal and plastic.............................. 14.67 16.00 587 640 40.0 30,515 33,280 2,080 Printers.......................................................... 20.75 22.58 829 892 39.9 43,107 46,361 2,077 Prepress technicians and workers................................ 21.51 23.51 860 940 40.0 44,741 48,901 2,080 Printing machine operators...................................... 20.30 19.58 810 783 39.9 42,128 40,726 2,075 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 9.68 9.51 384 380 39.7 19,967 19,739 2,062 Miscellaneous plant and system operators.......................... 28.84 31.15 1,150 1,232 39.9 54,885 62,618 1,903 Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers 31.01 32.36 1,242 1,294 40.1 57,549 64,786 1,856 Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders....... 25.03 26.84 1,001 1,074 40.0 52,056 55,827 2,080 Chemical equipment operators and tenders........................ 25.03 26.84 1,001 1,074 40.0 52,056 55,827 2,080 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 16.33 11.02 653 441 40.0 33,975 22,922 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.71 16.30 707 652 39.9 36,776 33,898 2,077 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 14.24 13.50 562 530 39.5 29,230 27,581 2,052 Painting workers.................................................. 14.94 15.20 598 608 40.0 31,072 31,606 2,080 Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders...................................................... 13.99 15.20 560 608 40.0 29,097 31,606 2,080 Painters, transportation equipment.............................. 16.65 15.26 666 610 40.0 34,627 31,741 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.39 11.50 493 460 39.7 25,588 23,920 2,064 Helpers--production workers..................................... 11.57 11.50 459 453 39.7 23,861 23,568 2,063 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.25 13.85 655 548 40.3 33,816 28,251 2,081 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................. 24.11 22.37 985 927 40.8 51,213 48,214 2,124 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 19.39 17.53 842 764 43.4 43,775 39,728 2,258 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.85 16.92 838 745 44.4 43,553 38,750 2,310 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 21.60 22.98 864 919 40.0 44,922 47,798 2,080 Crane and tower operators......................................... 19.42 21.50 777 860 40.0 38,288 40,040 1,971 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.06 12.25 521 495 39.9 27,110 25,730 2,076 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.86 10.80 466 423 39.3 23,800 22,002 2,007 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 12.27 12.29 491 491 40.0 25,526 25,557 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.88 10.80 465 423 39.1 23,549 22,002 1,983 Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 12.45 11.42 495 457 39.7 25,726 23,754 2,067 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 11.14 10.00 437 400 39.2 22,718 20,800 2,040 1 The NCS uses the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification coding structure, which defines more than 800 unique occupations, to match jobs sampled by the survey. Military occupations are excluded from the survey. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 3 Mean weekly earnings are based on the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designate position in the earnings distribution at which one-half of the earnings are paid the same as or more than the rate shown and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Mean annual earnings are based on the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designate position in the earnings distribution at which one-half of the earnings are paid the same as or more than the rate shown and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.