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........................................................... $28.72 $24.32 $1,103 $972 38.4 $50,779 $48,426 1,768 Management occupations.............................................. 45.21 45.49 1,819 1,809 40.2 90,303 82,820 1,997 General and operations managers................................... 45.11 35.44 1,852 1,521 41.1 96,297 79,112 2,135 Financial managers................................................ 49.61 43.95 1,965 1,953 39.6 101,425 101,554 2,044 Education administrators.......................................... 49.90 50.04 2,042 1,993 40.9 97,309 93,673 1,950 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 49.18 48.66 1,954 1,913 39.7 90,080 82,636 1,832 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 54.92 57.00 2,421 2,137 44.1 124,405 111,144 2,265 Medical and health services managers.............................. 38.74 36.75 1,509 1,378 39.0 78,493 71,663 2,026 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.29 24.51 987 946 39.0 51,260 49,200 2,027 Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation..................................... 21.94 20.37 803 812 36.6 41,748 42,203 1,903 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 23.64 24.39 930 915 39.4 48,377 47,566 2,046 Management analysts............................................... 30.69 30.17 1,228 1,207 40.0 63,834 62,754 2,080 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 25.21 25.51 982 990 39.0 51,072 51,492 2,026 Budget analysts................................................... 29.73 27.11 1,189 1,084 40.0 61,839 56,383 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 30.29 29.83 1,203 1,167 39.7 61,226 60,060 2,021 Computer support specialists...................................... 20.74 17.16 822 686 39.6 39,148 35,687 1,887 Computer systems analysts......................................... 37.58 37.16 1,496 1,486 39.8 75,575 76,625 2,011 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 32.50 32.98 1,302 1,319 40.1 66,386 68,598 2,043 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 25.85 23.39 1,028 935 39.8 53,448 48,643 2,067 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 28.85 26.75 1,144 1,070 39.7 59,512 55,640 2,063 Engineers......................................................... 32.76 32.07 1,289 1,283 39.4 67,048 66,706 2,047 Civil engineers................................................. 33.68 32.07 1,325 1,283 39.3 68,890 66,706 2,045 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 24.00 23.39 960 936 40.0 49,918 48,651 2,080 Civil engineering technicians................................... 24.48 23.39 979 936 40.0 50,917 48,651 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 29.49 24.52 1,148 962 38.9 57,878 51,379 1,963 Life scientists................................................... 22.94 21.83 912 875 39.8 47,439 45,498 2,068 Physical scientists............................................... 36.03 33.60 1,411 1,344 39.2 73,355 69,888 2,036 Psychologists..................................................... 47.69 49.28 1,736 1,679 36.4 72,612 71,443 1,523 Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists.................. 47.69 49.28 1,736 1,679 36.4 72,612 71,443 1,523 Urban and regional planners....................................... 35.50 34.59 1,340 1,384 37.7 69,677 71,949 1,963 Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians...... 16.09 15.79 631 632 39.2 32,799 32,843 2,038 Community and social services occupations........................... 26.51 23.73 1,022 949 38.6 50,459 49,354 1,904 Counselors........................................................ 31.76 25.48 1,194 969 37.6 54,347 51,108 1,711 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 34.01 28.79 1,280 1,145 37.6 56,784 55,077 1,670 Social workers.................................................... 27.65 24.79 1,061 982 38.4 52,081 51,043 1,883 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 29.56 25.46 1,133 1,066 38.3 54,779 55,411 1,853 Mental health and substance abuse social workers................ 20.89 18.86 798 707 38.2 41,522 36,777 1,988 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 22.56 22.95 887 918 39.3 46,137 47,736 2,045 Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists....... 25.49 25.25 1,006 1,010 39.5 52,297 52,520 2,052 Social and human service assistants............................. 17.05 15.29 664 580 39.0 34,541 30,139 2,026 Legal occupations................................................... 30.30 26.57 1,186 1,047 39.1 61,671 54,454 2,035 Lawyers........................................................... 39.48 41.68 1,572 1,665 39.8 81,722 86,570 2,070 Miscellaneous legal support workers............................... 23.43 23.93 909 935 38.8 47,269 48,618 2,018 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 39.45 40.36 1,427 1,493 36.2 54,803 56,481 1,389 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 46.98 43.77 1,848 1,751 39.3 76,570 72,933 1,630 Business teachers, postsecondary................................ 57.27 53.19 2,291 2,127 40.0 83,201 63,984 1,453 Math and computer teachers, postsecondary....................... 49.67 45.79 1,931 1,831 38.9 74,993 68,156 1,510 Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary.................. 45.85 45.79 1,794 1,778 39.1 69,564 68,156 1,517 Engineering and architecture teachers, postsecondary............ 72.85 67.97 2,821 2,649 38.7 104,110 92,850 1,429 Life sciences teachers, postsecondary........................... – – 1,535 1,557 39.6 67,756 62,325 1,750 Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 44.87 38.46 1,784 1,538 39.8 77,121 69,397 1,719 Health teachers, postsecondary.................................. 36.80 38.33 1,482 1,533 40.3 68,987 73,633 1,875 Health specialties teachers, postsecondary.................... 32.76 23.13 1,332 925 40.7 61,701 49,999 1,883 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 48.38 44.96 1,917 1,879 39.6 73,261 68,418 1,514 English language and literature teachers, postsecondary....... 46.30 44.20 1,818 1,832 39.3 68,549 68,097 1,480 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 45.45 43.77 1,738 1,751 38.2 76,005 80,028 1,672 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 43.81 43.36 1,562 1,577 35.7 58,219 58,368 1,329 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 38.88 38.97 1,420 1,447 36.5 53,057 54,329 1,365 Preschool teachers, except special education.................. 19.40 19.73 680 725 35.0 26,300 26,373 1,355 Kindergarten teachers, except special education............... 43.56 41.52 1,607 1,559 36.9 59,537 57,950 1,367 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 44.10 43.71 1,555 1,582 35.3 57,998 58,665 1,315 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 44.56 44.47 1,556 1,599 34.9 58,084 59,450 1,303 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 42.60 41.66 1,553 1,525 36.4 57,736 56,398 1,355 Secondary school teachers....................................... 44.64 43.92 1,611 1,617 36.1 59,580 59,306 1,335 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 44.51 43.65 1,608 1,598 36.1 59,493 59,214 1,337 Vocational education teachers, secondary school............... 46.62 47.50 1,648 1,663 35.3 60,910 61,515 1,306 Special education teachers...................................... 41.31 40.25 1,508 1,478 36.5 56,973 55,678 1,379 Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school.......................................... 40.77 40.56 1,473 1,479 36.1 56,288 56,664 1,380 Special education teachers, middle school..................... 38.79 35.60 1,428 1,370 36.8 53,163 51,386 1,371 Special education teachers, secondary school.................. 43.50 41.31 1,609 1,509 37.0 60,107 55,843 1,382 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 35.90 29.55 1,271 1,177 35.4 49,870 49,171 1,389 Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors.................................................. 38.13 35.85 1,415 1,303 37.1 56,357 56,781 1,478 Librarians........................................................ 30.82 26.15 1,178 1,040 38.2 54,870 54,330 1,780 Library technicians............................................... 16.61 15.18 634 593 38.1 30,655 29,601 1,845 Instructional coordinators........................................ 33.45 33.07 1,332 1,323 39.8 63,948 62,494 1,912 Teacher assistants................................................ 13.47 12.95 460 437 34.2 17,043 15,931 1,265 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 20.98 20.63 827 818 39.4 41,305 40,219 1,969 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 32.41 28.21 1,248 1,115 38.5 61,393 54,756 1,894 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 52.79 33.97 2,087 1,291 39.5 108,523 67,125 2,056 Registered nurses................................................. 31.10 29.25 1,172 1,114 37.7 58,470 54,756 1,880 Therapists........................................................ 43.37 39.70 1,572 1,621 36.3 64,277 68,388 1,482 Speech-language pathologists.................................... 46.97 54.60 1,647 1,710 35.1 64,019 68,388 1,363 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 29.15 27.83 1,166 1,113 40.0 60,629 57,886 2,080 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 29.89 27.96 1,195 1,119 40.0 62,166 58,165 2,080 Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...................... 21.00 19.70 891 804 42.4 46,328 41,820 2,206 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.56 18.00 742 675 37.9 37,618 35,354 1,923 Occupational health and safety specialists and technicians........ 27.84 26.28 1,101 1,102 39.5 57,246 57,304 2,056 Occupational health and safety specialists...................... 27.74 24.25 1,096 1,002 39.5 56,998 52,083 2,054 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.67 13.93 565 555 38.5 29,102 28,134 1,984 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 14.88 14.85 568 567 38.1 29,212 28,958 1,963 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 13.87 13.01 527 504 38.0 26,763 25,355 1,930 Psychiatric aides............................................... 15.77 15.88 603 608 38.2 31,336 31,610 1,987 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.83 13.16 553 526 40.0 28,498 27,364 2,060 Protective service occupations...................................... 25.15 25.00 1,045 1,039 41.6 54,000 53,914 2,147 First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 33.04 32.69 1,321 1,308 40.0 68,688 67,995 2,079 First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 34.52 34.76 1,385 1,390 40.1 72,040 72,301 2,087 First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers........................................................ 26.15 26.58 1,222 1,289 46.7 63,548 67,003 2,430 Fire fighters..................................................... 23.39 22.50 1,171 1,171 50.0 60,880 60,877 2,603 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 20.27 20.62 798 821 39.4 41,510 42,702 2,047 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 20.08 20.53 790 819 39.3 41,079 42,598 2,046 Detectives and criminal investigators............................. 28.81 30.21 1,166 1,269 40.5 60,609 65,979 2,104 Police officers................................................... 28.68 29.06 1,148 1,163 40.0 59,601 60,445 2,078 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 28.68 29.06 1,148 1,163 40.0 59,601 60,445 2,078 Miscellaneous protective service workers.......................... 20.45 18.04 773 697 37.8 36,620 34,715 1,791 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 14.22 13.78 509 470 35.8 22,734 19,893 1,599 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 17.10 17.83 661 709 38.6 29,694 31,061 1,737 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 16.48 16.45 629 597 38.2 27,092 27,577 1,644 Cooks............................................................. 15.06 14.52 525 473 34.9 22,765 17,862 1,512 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 15.06 14.52 525 473 34.9 22,765 17,862 1,512 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 11.35 11.16 408 393 36.0 18,944 19,325 1,669 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 11.35 11.16 408 393 36.0 18,944 19,325 1,669 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 16.11 16.11 636 620 39.5 32,536 31,886 2,019 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 20.56 20.19 818 808 39.8 42,522 41,995 2,068 Building cleaning workers......................................... 15.78 15.79 621 600 39.4 32,184 31,200 2,039 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 15.91 15.81 628 604 39.4 32,493 31,242 2,042 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 12.53 11.21 474 422 37.8 24,642 21,944 1,966 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 16.70 19.22 666 769 39.9 31,941 36,109 1,912 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 15.66 15.72 626 629 40.0 28,330 29,307 1,809 Personal care and service occupations............................... 17.82 18.43 689 722 38.7 32,569 33,012 1,828 Child care workers................................................ 16.72 16.82 605 551 36.2 23,425 20,160 1,401 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 17.05 18.04 673 722 39.4 33,454 37,523 1,962 Recreation workers.............................................. 17.05 18.04 673 722 39.4 33,454 37,523 1,962 Sales and related occupations....................................... 26.42 21.44 1,042 858 39.4 52,834 44,595 2,000 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 18.20 17.62 708 694 38.9 35,919 35,332 1,974 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 22.08 20.50 866 820 39.2 45,037 42,632 2,040 Financial clerks.................................................. 18.20 18.33 712 710 39.1 36,866 36,920 2,026 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.98 18.12 701 698 39.0 36,237 36,317 2,016 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 19.37 18.33 771 733 39.8 40,105 38,122 2,070 Court, municipal, and license clerks.............................. 18.52 18.58 703 679 38.0 36,569 35,291 1,974 Customer service representatives.................................. 16.50 16.87 651 671 39.5 33,861 34,902 2,052 Eligibility interviewers, government programs..................... 16.81 17.12 662 642 39.4 34,401 33,386 2,047 Library assistants, clerical...................................... 15.68 14.72 589 589 37.6 27,943 30,618 1,782 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.97 11.87 510 484 39.4 26,545 25,174 2,046 Dispatchers....................................................... 19.75 19.95 790 798 40.0 41,086 41,496 2,080 Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers......................... 20.12 20.70 805 828 40.0 41,857 43,056 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.95 18.48 740 730 39.0 37,246 36,254 1,965 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.73 22.22 862 857 39.7 44,703 44,346 2,057 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.44 17.42 676 672 38.8 33,305 32,928 1,909 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 18.74 19.19 746 768 39.8 38,767 39,915 2,069 Data entry keyers............................................... 18.06 18.54 716 742 39.6 37,216 38,563 2,060 Office clerks, general............................................ 17.45 15.61 673 611 38.6 33,153 31,387 1,900 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 24.41 21.36 964 854 39.5 50,144 44,429 2,054 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 29.15 29.37 1,166 1,175 40.0 60,627 61,090 2,080 Construction equipment operators.................................. 18.55 19.30 742 772 40.0 38,588 40,144 2,080 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 18.55 19.30 742 772 40.0 38,588 40,144 2,080 Electricians...................................................... 31.35 32.83 1,244 1,313 39.7 64,684 68,286 2,063 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 31.96 37.05 1,278 1,482 40.0 66,466 77,064 2,080 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 31.96 37.05 1,278 1,482 40.0 66,466 77,064 2,080 Construction and building inspectors.............................. 23.61 20.96 918 784 38.9 47,748 40,791 2,023 Highway maintenance workers....................................... 22.51 20.57 884 825 39.3 45,977 42,910 2,042 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.16 21.54 881 851 39.8 45,821 44,243 2,068 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 31.36 30.93 1,245 1,237 39.7 64,715 64,334 2,064 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 22.34 21.13 880 845 39.4 45,754 43,950 2,048 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 22.34 21.13 880 845 39.4 45,754 43,950 2,048 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 21.72 20.10 867 804 39.9 45,075 41,808 2,076 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 20.24 19.78 806 791 39.8 41,937 41,142 2,072 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 20.40 20.57 812 823 39.8 42,241 42,786 2,071 Production occupations.............................................. 20.20 21.27 803 851 39.8 41,757 44,242 2,067 Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators....... 21.50 20.48 856 819 39.8 44,515 42,598 2,070 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 20.66 19.08 745 651 36.1 34,533 28,861 1,672 Bus drivers....................................................... 19.00 17.81 628 572 33.0 26,169 21,692 1,378 Bus drivers, transit and intercity.............................. 24.46 28.64 974 1,146 39.8 50,670 59,580 2,072 Bus drivers, school............................................. 16.99 17.35 528 519 31.1 20,839 18,609 1,227 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 22.94 17.51 911 700 39.7 47,357 36,423 2,064 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 23.57 23.61 935 944 39.7 48,599 49,109 2,062 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.