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........................................................... $22.79 $18.79 $902 $743 39.6 $46,549 $38,480 2,043 Management occupations.............................................. 49.38 44.67 1,994 1,788 40.4 103,683 93,001 2,100 General and operations managers................................... 41.25 38.13 1,693 1,525 41.0 88,039 79,310 2,134 Advertising and promotions managers............................... 45.98 44.23 1,839 1,769 40.0 95,639 92,000 2,080 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 51.23 48.55 2,064 1,942 40.3 107,322 101,005 2,095 Marketing managers.............................................. 49.81 50.03 2,004 2,029 40.2 104,233 105,524 2,093 Sales managers.................................................. 53.55 40.48 2,161 1,610 40.4 112,393 83,708 2,099 Public relations managers......................................... 42.31 37.56 1,629 1,462 38.5 84,717 75,999 2,002 Administrative services managers.................................. 37.92 39.07 1,561 1,563 41.2 81,185 81,266 2,141 Computer and information systems managers......................... 56.64 52.45 2,277 2,119 40.2 118,394 110,211 2,090 Financial managers................................................ 54.09 44.99 2,165 1,846 40.0 112,598 96,000 2,082 Human resources managers.......................................... 48.36 40.87 1,993 1,635 41.2 103,623 85,010 2,143 Industrial production managers.................................... 45.54 46.54 1,914 1,904 42.0 99,527 98,987 2,186 Purchasing managers............................................... 64.04 48.96 2,643 2,060 41.3 137,429 107,100 2,146 Transportation, storage, and distribution managers................ 50.77 50.54 2,031 2,021 40.0 105,593 105,115 2,080 Construction managers............................................. 36.38 31.14 1,503 1,260 41.3 78,179 65,541 2,149 Education administrators.......................................... 29.04 25.44 1,165 1,017 40.1 60,400 52,905 2,080 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 27.74 25.08 1,085 1,003 39.1 56,411 52,166 2,034 Engineering managers.............................................. 58.49 57.49 2,340 2,299 40.0 121,660 119,573 2,080 Medical and health services managers.............................. 38.05 34.94 1,537 1,398 40.4 79,913 72,679 2,100 Social and community service managers............................. 25.97 27.93 1,023 1,117 39.4 53,207 58,084 2,049 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 32.37 29.57 1,297 1,164 40.1 67,451 60,538 2,084 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 32.82 30.00 1,329 1,212 40.5 69,106 63,001 2,106 Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 39.51 37.10 1,575 1,484 39.9 81,890 77,160 2,073 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 29.78 28.74 1,215 1,190 40.8 63,164 61,874 2,121 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 27.29 28.58 1,058 1,107 38.8 55,040 57,587 2,017 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 27.29 28.58 1,058 1,107 38.8 55,040 57,587 2,017 Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation..................................... 27.59 28.79 1,104 1,152 40.0 57,387 59,892 2,080 Cost estimators................................................... 38.57 39.51 1,599 1,580 41.5 83,158 82,181 2,156 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 34.11 33.05 1,357 1,322 39.8 70,568 68,750 2,069 Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists.............. 29.43 27.78 1,177 1,111 40.0 61,207 57,791 2,080 Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists............ 30.18 27.81 1,186 1,043 39.3 61,672 54,228 2,044 Training and development specialists............................ 33.29 31.51 1,324 1,260 39.8 68,873 65,512 2,069 Logisticians...................................................... 27.52 27.70 1,110 1,114 40.3 57,695 57,949 2,096 Management analysts............................................... 43.16 38.46 1,753 1,538 40.6 91,131 80,001 2,112 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 28.01 26.44 1,134 1,058 40.5 58,968 54,995 2,105 Credit analysts................................................... 30.16 31.25 1,206 1,250 40.0 62,734 65,000 2,080 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 35.50 32.03 1,427 1,279 40.2 74,181 66,516 2,090 Financial analysts.............................................. 37.49 36.55 1,516 1,438 40.4 78,823 74,793 2,102 Insurance underwriters.......................................... 31.95 31.25 1,273 1,250 39.8 66,183 65,000 2,071 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 27.20 26.56 1,088 1,063 40.0 56,576 55,251 2,080 Loan officers................................................... 27.46 27.11 1,098 1,084 40.0 57,116 56,383 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 34.11 33.28 1,373 1,333 40.2 71,324 69,299 2,091 Computer programmers.............................................. 32.82 32.55 1,320 1,288 40.2 68,641 67,001 2,092 Computer software engineers....................................... 39.40 38.38 1,618 1,650 41.1 84,117 85,800 2,135 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 37.23 36.20 1,544 1,501 41.5 80,263 78,075 2,156 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 42.03 41.43 1,705 1,741 40.6 88,666 90,534 2,110 Computer support specialists...................................... 21.92 20.54 876 822 40.0 45,543 42,721 2,078 Computer systems analysts......................................... 37.62 36.81 1,505 1,475 40.0 78,240 76,685 2,080 Database administrators........................................... 32.11 31.20 1,284 1,248 40.0 66,780 64,890 2,080 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 30.70 30.61 1,218 1,200 39.7 63,361 62,425 2,064 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 32.15 32.67 1,297 1,319 40.3 67,455 68,566 2,098 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 36.26 35.65 1,469 1,442 40.5 76,401 75,001 2,107 Engineers......................................................... 39.02 38.39 1,586 1,554 40.6 82,478 80,783 2,114 Civil engineers................................................. 42.22 39.89 1,757 1,739 41.6 91,356 90,443 2,164 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 37.78 38.23 1,572 1,533 41.6 81,751 79,722 2,164 Electrical engineers.......................................... 37.15 38.02 1,559 1,525 42.0 81,053 79,310 2,182 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 36.34 36.06 1,497 1,537 41.2 77,814 79,901 2,141 Industrial engineers.......................................... 36.16 36.06 1,490 1,537 41.2 77,486 79,901 2,143 Materials engineers............................................. 33.42 32.23 1,337 1,289 40.0 69,521 67,030 2,080 Mechanical engineers............................................ 38.11 37.30 1,540 1,500 40.4 80,097 77,999 2,102 Drafters.......................................................... 26.20 25.00 1,048 1,000 40.0 54,489 52,000 2,080 Mechanical drafters............................................. 25.43 24.02 1,017 961 40.0 52,893 49,962 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 26.77 26.65 1,076 1,059 40.2 55,906 55,058 2,088 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 27.02 24.46 1,088 974 40.3 56,472 50,671 2,090 Industrial engineering technicians.............................. 24.97 26.91 1,021 1,076 40.9 53,010 55,561 2,123 Mechanical engineering technicians.............................. 26.87 26.65 1,075 1,066 40.0 55,895 55,432 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 34.53 30.71 1,373 1,234 39.8 70,631 64,501 2,046 Life scientists................................................... 33.69 29.16 1,318 1,167 39.1 68,528 60,661 2,034 Biological scientists........................................... 34.21 33.66 1,368 1,346 40.0 71,155 70,013 2,080 Physical scientists............................................... 41.95 42.61 1,724 1,706 41.1 85,902 78,258 2,047 Chemists and materials scientists............................... 41.76 39.45 1,734 1,672 41.5 90,163 86,936 2,159 Chemists...................................................... 41.41 41.35 1,732 1,724 41.8 90,086 89,636 2,176 Market and survey researchers..................................... 35.86 34.53 1,438 1,381 40.1 74,798 71,820 2,086 Market research analysts........................................ 36.68 33.31 1,473 1,333 40.2 76,579 69,291 2,088 Chemical technicians.............................................. 25.65 24.72 1,026 989 40.0 53,344 51,424 2,080 Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians...... 21.58 22.86 863 914 40.0 44,893 47,543 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 17.83 16.34 705 638 39.6 36,648 33,176 2,055 Counselors........................................................ 17.85 17.75 709 710 39.7 36,884 36,920 2,066 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 17.73 15.95 709 598 40.0 36,858 31,101 2,079 Rehabilitation counselors....................................... 14.49 14.48 579 579 40.0 30,129 30,118 2,080 Social workers.................................................... 18.61 16.20 739 641 39.7 38,357 33,686 2,061 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 15.86 15.76 620 625 39.1 32,242 32,490 2,032 Medical and public health social workers........................ 26.23 24.83 1,039 993 39.6 54,031 51,640 2,060 Mental health and substance abuse social workers................ 17.01 15.95 678 638 39.8 35,028 33,176 2,059 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 15.27 15.31 596 583 39.0 30,990 30,321 2,030 Social and human service assistants............................. 12.08 11.41 466 457 38.6 24,243 23,754 2,008 Legal occupations................................................... 66.67 67.18 2,683 2,620 40.2 139,492 136,239 2,092 Lawyers........................................................... 75.76 69.49 3,088 2,780 40.8 160,573 144,539 2,120 Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 34.84 33.26 1,322 1,330 38.0 68,767 69,170 1,974 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 40.87 33.52 1,604 1,291 39.2 70,089 53,701 1,715 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 55.72 44.17 2,265 1,651 40.6 94,992 65,705 1,705 Life sciences teachers, postsecondary........................... 81.48 45.38 3,529 2,042 43.3 146,904 79,642 1,803 Biological science teachers, postsecondary.................... 81.48 45.38 3,529 2,042 43.3 146,904 79,642 1,803 Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 38.34 36.70 1,546 1,468 40.3 60,551 57,249 1,579 Health teachers, postsecondary.................................. 76.06 89.45 3,461 3,803 45.5 169,741 197,731 2,232 Health specialties teachers, postsecondary.................... 86.28 90.21 4,113 3,803 47.7 210,861 197,731 2,444 Education and library science teachers, postsecondary........... 40.70 39.84 1,584 1,590 38.9 63,731 59,424 1,566 Education teachers, postsecondary............................. 40.70 39.84 1,584 1,590 38.9 63,731 59,424 1,566 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 38.47 37.76 1,534 1,515 39.9 59,043 59,092 1,535 Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary................. 35.80 35.78 1,389 1,431 38.8 52,402 50,715 1,464 English language and literature teachers, postsecondary....... 38.19 37.23 1,559 1,544 40.8 58,519 57,000 1,532 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 35.75 35.43 1,270 1,238 35.5 51,518 51,500 1,441 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 27.60 27.95 1,039 1,034 37.7 39,982 38,910 1,449 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 28.72 28.73 1,100 1,044 38.3 42,481 40,343 1,479 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 28.52 29.02 1,102 1,089 38.6 42,881 42,833 1,504 Secondary school teachers....................................... 30.51 29.93 1,136 1,115 37.2 42,502 40,575 1,393 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 30.51 29.93 1,136 1,115 37.2 42,502 40,575 1,393 Library technicians............................................... 16.54 15.33 653 609 39.5 33,940 31,678 2,052 Teacher assistants................................................ 12.98 12.29 489 456 37.7 25,071 22,854 1,932 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 25.99 23.08 1,031 900 39.7 53,018 46,571 2,040 Designers......................................................... 23.88 24.97 953 999 39.9 49,580 51,938 2,076 Graphic designers............................................... 22.94 24.90 906 996 39.5 47,100 51,786 2,054 News analysts, reporters and correspondents....................... 27.81 28.45 1,112 1,138 40.0 57,835 59,168 2,080 Reporters and correspondents.................................... 27.81 28.45 1,112 1,138 40.0 57,835 59,168 2,080 Public relations specialists...................................... 24.09 21.86 964 874 40.0 50,108 45,467 2,080 Writers and editors............................................... 24.29 22.77 953 863 39.2 49,544 44,870 2,040 Editors......................................................... 23.50 22.77 893 797 38.0 46,429 41,441 1,976 Technical writers............................................... 24.84 22.50 1,005 900 40.5 52,279 46,800 2,104 Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio operators... 18.73 19.18 756 719 40.4 39,334 37,393 2,100 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.78 26.24 1,088 1,028 39.2 56,525 53,435 2,035 Pharmacists....................................................... 52.71 54.09 2,109 2,164 40.0 109,642 112,507 2,080 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 58.06 63.94 2,423 2,616 41.7 125,995 136,030 2,170 Registered nurses................................................. 30.64 29.71 1,193 1,150 38.9 62,025 59,800 2,024 Therapists........................................................ 28.06 26.20 1,102 1,037 39.3 57,293 53,930 2,042 Occupational therapists......................................... 30.15 30.13 1,168 1,164 38.7 60,739 60,507 2,015 Physical therapists............................................. 34.56 33.76 1,365 1,330 39.5 70,996 69,160 2,054 Respiratory therapists.......................................... 24.13 24.85 940 957 39.0 48,890 49,743 2,026 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 22.83 23.31 911 932 39.9 47,361 48,485 2,074 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 26.02 25.74 1,035 985 39.8 53,827 51,237 2,069 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 19.70 18.06 788 722 40.0 40,965 37,565 2,080 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 29.27 26.56 1,161 1,052 39.7 60,379 54,704 2,063 Cardiovascular technologists and technicians.................... 39.10 40.73 1,564 1,629 40.0 81,326 84,718 2,080 Diagnostic medical sonographers................................. 35.99 35.98 1,439 1,439 40.0 74,850 74,838 2,080 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 25.69 25.65 1,015 986 39.5 52,796 51,295 2,055 Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...................... 12.38 11.62 487 477 39.3 23,780 24,170 1,921 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 17.01 16.19 671 647 39.4 34,885 33,634 2,051 Pharmacy technicians............................................ 15.17 15.41 607 616 40.0 31,547 32,053 2,080 Psychiatric technicians......................................... 13.31 13.73 532 549 40.0 27,681 28,558 2,080 Surgical technologists.......................................... 19.00 19.22 741 750 39.0 38,509 39,021 2,026 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 20.09 19.94 774 746 38.5 40,240 38,794 2,003 Medical records and health information technicians................ 17.53 16.75 698 670 39.8 36,308 34,840 2,071 Miscellaneous health technologists and technicians................ 20.49 21.21 812 797 39.6 42,236 41,434 2,061 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.34 11.77 482 462 39.1 25,085 24,045 2,032 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.64 11.45 454 442 39.0 23,627 22,961 2,030 Home health aides............................................... 10.54 10.00 417 399 39.6 21,697 20,758 2,058 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.06 11.77 468 453 38.8 24,345 23,546 2,018 Psychiatric aides............................................... 12.35 12.00 486 480 39.3 25,257 24,960 2,045 Physical therapist assistants and aides........................... 17.26 16.51 674 660 39.0 35,024 34,337 2,029 Physical therapist assistants................................... 21.72 20.70 869 828 40.0 45,186 43,050 2,080 Physical therapist aides........................................ 12.99 12.34 495 494 38.1 25,745 25,676 1,982 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.34 13.36 523 524 39.2 27,188 27,248 2,039 Medical assistants.............................................. 13.25 13.51 523 540 39.5 27,202 28,072 2,053 Medical equipment preparers..................................... 13.49 13.27 540 531 40.0 28,055 27,602 2,080 Medical transcriptionists....................................... 16.68 16.99 623 674 37.3 32,391 35,027 1,941 Protective service occupations...................................... 12.23 11.37 488 455 39.9 25,101 23,608 2,052 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.80 11.25 470 450 39.8 24,451 23,400 2,072 Security guards................................................. 11.76 11.10 469 444 39.8 24,365 23,088 2,071 Miscellaneous protective service workers.......................... 10.56 10.02 440 401 41.6 17,967 20,831 1,701 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.97 10.52 424 418 38.6 21,875 21,528 1,994 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 18.52 17.68 758 735 40.9 39,141 36,795 2,113 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 18.40 17.68 742 708 40.3 38,600 36,795 2,097 Cooks............................................................. 12.17 12.80 467 500 38.4 24,245 26,000 1,992 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 13.35 13.79 534 551 40.0 27,610 28,677 2,068 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.85 11.00 450 435 38.0 23,389 22,643 1,975 Food preparation workers.......................................... 11.31 10.68 452 427 40.0 23,520 22,214 2,080 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.42 4.00 193 128 35.6 10,020 6,643 1,850 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.84 3.65 131 101 34.1 6,797 5,242 1,771 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 8.53 8.25 338 330 39.7 17,600 17,160 2,063 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 10.56 10.50 419 414 39.7 21,281 21,079 2,016 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 10.50 10.35 416 403 39.6 21,058 20,800 2,005 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 10.70 10.51 426 420 39.9 21,901 21,840 2,047 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 10.62 10.02 406 367 38.2 21,094 19,094 1,986 Dishwashers....................................................... 10.20 9.50 398 356 39.0 20,703 18,512 2,030 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.81 11.15 468 446 39.6 23,641 22,880 2,002 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.56 11.14 457 440 39.6 23,397 22,880 2,025 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.78 11.15 469 446 39.8 23,869 23,192 2,026 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 10.93 10.47 426 416 38.9 22,106 21,632 2,022 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 13.07 12.26 523 490 40.0 22,019 21,000 1,685 Personal care and service occupations............................... 14.80 10.80 499 432 33.7 24,336 21,852 1,644 First-line supervisors/managers of gaming workers................. 17.75 18.41 710 736 40.0 36,910 38,293 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers....... 15.64 13.59 626 544 40.0 32,542 28,267 2,080 Gaming services workers........................................... 8.92 7.80 350 296 39.2 18,207 15,379 2,040 Gaming dealers.................................................. 7.46 6.85 291 274 39.0 15,129 14,254 2,027 Transportation attendants......................................... 30.45 32.30 604 596 19.8 31,419 31,005 1,032 Personal and home care aides...................................... 10.28 9.85 403 390 39.2 20,973 20,280 2,040 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 13.81 11.23 551 449 39.9 26,024 22,443 1,884 Recreation workers.............................................. 13.81 11.23 551 449 39.9 26,024 22,443 1,884 Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.08 14.51 761 570 39.9 39,357 29,432 2,063 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 21.63 18.93 881 802 40.7 45,020 41,184 2,081 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 18.91 18.98 755 757 39.9 38,481 38,730 2,035 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 32.97 17.46 1,459 873 44.3 75,892 45,404 2,302 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.66 11.85 502 470 39.6 25,963 24,398 2,050 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 12.01 11.99 478 479 39.8 24,774 24,773 2,063 Cashiers...................................................... 11.98 11.78 476 471 39.8 24,693 24,502 2,062 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 16.41 11.70 713 527 43.4 37,060 27,378 2,258 Retail salespersons............................................. 12.85 11.81 506 462 39.4 26,174 24,024 2,037 Advertising sales agents.......................................... 24.02 21.24 941 855 39.2 48,952 44,470 2,038 Insurance sales agents............................................ 22.93 21.53 917 861 40.0 47,697 44,778 2,080 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 41.15 32.29 1,646 1,291 40.0 85,591 67,157 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 36.62 30.13 1,481 1,262 40.4 76,988 65,614 2,103 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products...................................... 43.00 44.86 1,720 1,794 40.0 89,444 93,303 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products............................ 28.61 24.37 1,173 996 41.0 60,979 51,777 2,132 Telemarketers..................................................... 12.76 11.57 492 463 38.6 25,585 24,055 2,006 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 18.75 16.39 748 656 39.9 38,881 34,091 2,074 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.79 15.51 664 616 39.6 34,547 32,009 2,058 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 23.55 23.33 940 952 39.9 48,884 49,510 2,076 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.39 15.45 650 615 39.7 33,812 32,001 2,063 Bill and account collectors..................................... 16.64 15.46 660 618 39.7 34,303 32,157 2,062 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 17.35 16.69 685 667 39.5 35,627 34,694 2,053 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.71 15.90 662 634 39.6 34,423 32,957 2,060 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 19.34 19.21 772 768 39.9 40,121 39,946 2,074 Procurement clerks.............................................. 17.26 16.57 690 663 40.0 35,901 34,466 2,080 Tellers......................................................... 12.24 12.18 490 487 40.0 25,464 25,334 2,080 Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks.......................... 15.75 16.58 627 663 39.8 32,608 34,491 2,070 Customer service representatives.................................. 16.87 15.26 666 602 39.5 34,645 31,304 2,054 File clerks....................................................... 13.68 13.39 546 536 39.9 28,376 27,851 2,074 Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks.............................. 11.62 11.50 460 460 39.6 23,908 23,920 2,058 Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 15.13 14.78 605 591 40.0 31,474 30,734 2,080 Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 16.42 16.76 657 670 40.0 34,153 34,861 2,080 New accounts clerks............................................... 16.84 16.16 674 646 40.0 35,037 33,613 2,080 Order clerks...................................................... 14.78 14.00 587 560 39.7 30,507 29,120 2,064 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 18.43 19.23 737 769 40.0 38,336 40,000 2,080 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.88 13.64 541 539 39.0 28,146 28,043 2,028 Dispatchers....................................................... 17.92 14.05 724 562 40.4 37,624 29,224 2,100 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 17.98 13.38 726 535 40.4 37,771 27,839 2,100 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 19.43 18.56 768 742 39.5 39,956 38,599 2,056 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.67 13.10 545 524 39.9 28,363 27,248 2,075 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 13.04 12.30 520 492 39.8 27,015 25,584 2,072 Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping........ 13.84 12.80 554 512 40.0 28,793 26,624 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.06 18.75 788 738 39.3 40,909 38,362 2,039 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 22.34 21.07 877 819 39.3 45,563 42,488 2,040 Legal secretaries............................................... 26.85 24.94 1,024 955 38.1 53,248 49,681 1,983 Medical secretaries............................................. 15.82 15.35 620 608 39.2 32,225 31,595 2,037 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.29 16.60 684 654 39.6 35,491 33,983 2,053 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 14.92 14.10 594 560 39.8 30,883 29,099 2,070 Data entry keyers............................................... 13.32 13.50 530 534 39.7 27,536 27,768 2,067 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 16.92 16.88 668 665 39.5 34,754 34,586 2,054 Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service..... 14.78 14.29 575 554 38.9 29,880 28,798 2,022 Office clerks, general............................................ 16.08 15.35 637 610 39.6 33,125 31,720 2,060 Office machine operators, except computer......................... 13.97 14.17 559 567 40.0 29,052 29,474 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 30.19 31.35 1,202 1,248 39.8 57,792 60,859 1,914 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 40.19 39.75 1,622 1,590 40.4 74,347 78,499 1,850 Carpenters........................................................ 30.37 31.56 1,203 1,244 39.6 62,552 64,709 2,060 Construction laborers............................................. 27.77 26.68 1,111 1,067 40.0 55,065 56,472 1,983 Construction equipment operators.................................. 30.71 29.73 1,174 1,126 38.2 50,264 46,379 1,637 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 30.71 29.73 1,174 1,126 38.2 50,264 46,379 1,637 Electricians...................................................... 29.38 32.73 1,175 1,309 40.0 61,118 68,078 2,080 Painters and paperhangers......................................... 25.57 22.65 1,020 906 39.9 53,041 47,112 2,075 Painters, construction and maintenance.......................... 25.57 22.65 1,020 906 39.9 53,041 47,112 2,075 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 30.06 31.34 1,202 1,254 40.0 62,520 65,196 2,080 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 30.32 31.34 1,213 1,254 40.0 63,071 65,196 2,080 Sheet metal workers............................................... 24.93 25.76 997 1,030 40.0 47,014 51,748 1,886 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 23.81 23.46 945 923 39.7 49,144 48,006 2,064 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 33.21 35.45 1,335 1,419 40.2 69,397 73,796 2,089 Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 23.96 19.47 958 779 40.0 49,828 40,491 2,080 Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers.............................................. 23.96 19.47 958 779 40.0 49,828 40,491 2,080 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................... 22.97 23.68 915 936 39.9 47,604 48,660 2,072 Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment.................................................... 22.98 24.50 912 980 39.7 47,434 50,960 2,064 Aircraft mechanics and service technicians........................ 23.65 24.00 946 960 40.0 49,186 49,920 2,080 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 20.76 19.97 863 800 41.6 44,854 41,600 2,161 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 17.59 18.43 721 741 41.0 37,514 38,511 2,132 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 25.46 25.77 1,019 1,031 40.0 52,966 53,602 2,080 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics...................................................... 28.90 32.42 1,156 1,297 40.0 60,109 67,434 2,080 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers..................................................... 23.47 23.29 881 840 37.5 45,809 43,662 1,952 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 23.05 22.86 920 914 39.9 47,827 47,528 2,075 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 24.81 24.64 992 986 40.0 51,592 51,260 2,079 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 21.06 20.05 837 800 39.7 43,479 41,500 2,064 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 19.86 20.19 794 808 40.0 41,310 41,999 2,080 Millwrights..................................................... 24.64 25.28 986 1,011 40.0 51,260 52,582 2,080 Line installers and repairers..................................... 29.75 30.39 1,190 1,215 40.0 61,873 63,201 2,080 Electrical power-line installers and repairers.................. 34.51 32.98 1,380 1,319 40.0 71,784 68,598 2,080 Telecommunications line installers and repairers................ 24.27 24.97 971 999 40.0 50,478 51,944 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 21.61 22.45 864 898 40.0 44,951 46,696 2,080 Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers.......... 13.76 13.50 550 540 40.0 28,617 28,080 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 18.05 16.55 721 660 39.9 37,416 34,299 2,073 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 27.11 26.32 1,124 1,106 41.5 58,444 57,499 2,156 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 14.38 12.67 575 507 40.0 29,914 26,347 2,080 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 15.08 13.98 603 559 40.0 31,363 29,078 2,080 Electromechanical equipment assemblers.......................... 13.41 11.63 536 465 40.0 27,883 24,180 2,080 Engine and other machine assemblers............................... 20.56 20.66 818 826 39.8 42,510 42,977 2,068 Structural metal fabricators and fitters.......................... 18.07 17.06 703 682 38.9 35,930 35,476 1,989 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 18.68 16.90 744 670 39.9 38,642 34,590 2,069 Team assemblers................................................. 19.25 15.73 770 629 40.0 40,036 32,718 2,080 Butchers and meat cutters....................................... 15.82 15.94 627 615 39.6 32,598 31,990 2,060 Miscellaneous food processing workers............................. 15.54 13.65 621 546 40.0 31,718 28,392 2,042 Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders.................................................. 16.53 17.25 661 690 40.0 34,372 35,880 2,080 Food batchmakers................................................ 15.33 13.21 613 528 40.0 31,124 27,040 2,031 Computer control programmers and operators........................ 19.66 18.58 787 743 40.0 40,895 38,646 2,080 Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic... 18.16 17.35 726 694 40.0 37,762 36,088 2,080 Numerical tool and process control programmers.................. 25.54 21.94 1,022 878 40.0 53,131 45,639 2,080 Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 15.15 13.77 606 551 40.0 31,368 28,288 2,071 Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............................................ 14.97 14.95 599 598 40.0 31,143 31,096 2,080 Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic...................................................... 15.92 15.57 637 623 40.0 33,121 32,386 2,080 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 16.61 15.46 664 618 40.0 34,548 32,148 2,080 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 16.06 14.40 642 576 40.0 33,403 29,952 2,080 Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 16.28 18.44 651 738 40.0 33,867 38,355 2,080 Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................... 15.90 17.21 635 688 40.0 33,031 35,795 2,078 Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............................................ 18.67 18.09 747 724 40.0 38,838 37,627 2,080 Machinists........................................................ 23.59 23.02 932 920 39.5 48,465 47,819 2,054 Metal furnace and kiln operators and tenders...................... 20.63 22.32 825 893 40.0 42,909 46,426 2,080 Model makers and patternmakers, metal and plastic................. 22.96 22.25 918 890 40.0 47,749 46,280 2,080 Model makers, metal and plastic................................. 24.15 22.25 966 890 40.0 50,228 46,280 2,080 Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................................................... 14.50 13.20 578 516 39.9 30,062 26,832 2,073 Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 14.09 12.83 562 512 39.9 29,204 26,437 2,073 Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 19.58 17.48 783 699 40.0 40,723 36,358 2,080 Tool and die makers............................................... 26.38 26.78 1,055 1,071 40.0 54,879 55,702 2,080 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 17.14 16.07 682 643 39.8 35,391 32,906 2,065 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 18.73 17.60 744 704 39.7 38,637 36,608 2,063 Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders...................................................... 15.44 14.05 615 561 39.8 31,912 29,182 2,067 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 17.23 16.28 689 651 40.0 35,832 33,852 2,080 Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................................................. 18.22 18.09 729 724 40.0 37,895 37,627 2,080 Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............................................ 16.10 16.60 644 664 40.0 33,479 34,528 2,080 Printers.......................................................... 22.63 22.38 874 835 38.6 45,453 43,425 2,009 Printing machine operators...................................... 23.03 22.89 894 841 38.8 46,501 43,742 2,019 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 11.29 11.00 449 440 39.8 23,360 22,880 2,069 Sewing machine operators.......................................... 13.13 13.34 524 534 39.9 25,802 27,040 1,965 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 16.52 16.75 661 670 40.0 34,367 34,840 2,080 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing....................................................... 16.38 16.75 655 670 40.0 34,076 34,840 2,080 Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers.............. 33.63 33.47 1,345 1,339 40.0 69,941 69,618 2,080 Power plant operators........................................... 30.73 32.85 1,229 1,314 40.0 63,922 68,328 2,080 Stationary engineers and boiler operators......................... 24.64 24.74 986 990 40.0 51,256 51,459 2,080 Miscellaneous plant and system operators.......................... 26.26 29.02 1,021 1,125 38.9 53,066 58,519 2,020 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 20.75 19.76 830 790 40.0 43,148 41,101 2,079 Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 24.11 24.47 964 979 40.0 50,143 50,893 2,080 Cutting workers................................................... 13.23 11.45 528 458 39.9 27,475 23,816 2,077 Cutters and trimmers, hand...................................... 9.78 8.75 391 350 40.0 20,340 18,200 2,080 Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 14.46 14.01 577 560 39.9 30,006 29,141 2,076 Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders......................................... 15.53 14.52 621 581 40.0 32,302 30,202 2,080 Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders...... 16.60 13.31 664 532 40.0 34,501 27,685 2,079 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 16.94 15.46 676 615 39.9 35,112 31,845 2,073 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 14.32 14.00 572 560 40.0 29,770 29,120 2,079 Painting workers.................................................. 16.64 15.06 666 602 40.0 34,607 31,325 2,080 Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders...................................................... 14.72 15.06 589 602 40.0 30,621 31,325 2,080 Painters, transportation equipment.............................. 24.62 28.71 985 1,148 40.0 51,217 59,715 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 16.02 15.12 634 603 39.6 32,972 31,346 2,059 Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders............. 21.49 18.62 849 745 39.5 44,169 38,730 2,056 Helpers--production workers..................................... 14.21 12.40 563 496 39.6 29,296 25,792 2,062 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 18.72 15.45 731 615 39.1 37,749 31,720 2,016 First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand................................................... 24.74 25.20 998 1,037 40.3 51,884 53,914 2,097 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................. 26.22 25.91 1,124 1,016 42.9 58,460 52,840 2,230 Aircraft pilots and flight engineers.............................. 96.82 75.11 1,921 2,199 19.8 99,867 114,370 1,031 Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers.................. 100.05 110.45 – – – – – – Bus drivers....................................................... 18.50 19.60 719 750 38.9 33,720 32,690 1,822 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 21.70 20.02 892 830 41.1 46,050 43,185 2,122 Driver/sales workers............................................ 13.77 13.50 541 540 39.3 28,123 28,080 2,042 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 21.10 19.97 883 789 41.8 45,372 41,018 2,150 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 16.07 15.11 642 604 40.0 33,382 31,427 2,078 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 13.01 11.97 518 477 39.8 26,637 24,544 2,048 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 12.93 12.50 515 500 39.9 26,731 26,000 2,067 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 14.83 13.79 590 550 39.8 30,068 28,224 2,028 Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 13.07 10.96 522 439 40.0 27,156 22,805 2,078 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 10.51 9.78 417 384 39.7 21,700 19,989 2,064 Tank car, truck, and ship loaders................................. 22.68 21.30 907 852 40.0 47,166 44,304 2,080 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.