Table 11 Full-time(1) civilian 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........................................................... $18.93 $15.16 $753 $606 39.8 $38,232 $31,479 2,020 Management occupations.............................................. 41.30 38.75 1,689 1,564 40.9 87,401 80,939 2,116 General and operations managers................................... 40.60 32.82 1,801 1,425 44.4 93,607 74,100 2,306 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 35.12 31.25 1,429 1,250 40.7 74,284 65,000 2,115 Marketing managers.............................................. 38.92 31.25 1,606 1,250 41.3 83,508 65,000 2,146 Computer and information systems managers......................... 47.26 41.35 1,887 1,654 39.9 98,115 86,000 2,076 Financial managers................................................ 40.65 35.27 1,682 1,249 41.4 86,956 66,622 2,139 Human resources managers.......................................... 43.35 41.89 1,735 1,675 40.0 90,208 87,125 2,081 Industrial production managers.................................... 44.20 45.20 1,775 1,808 40.2 92,258 94,012 2,087 Transportation, storage, and distribution managers................ 38.71 30.07 1,622 1,203 41.9 84,037 62,546 2,171 Construction managers............................................. 34.42 33.75 1,427 1,350 41.5 74,221 70,200 2,156 Education administrators.......................................... 34.10 35.75 1,322 1,341 38.8 65,898 69,714 1,932 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 41.36 38.20 1,616 1,528 39.1 77,191 78,443 1,866 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 31.55 32.19 1,202 1,288 38.1 62,304 66,951 1,975 Engineering managers.............................................. 60.48 68.33 2,442 2,733 40.4 126,928 142,120 2,099 Medical and health services managers.............................. 38.14 41.28 1,526 1,651 40.0 79,328 85,862 2,080 Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 40.41 44.03 1,617 1,761 40.0 84,059 91,578 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 27.69 25.54 1,111 1,036 40.1 57,780 53,876 2,087 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 27.13 24.89 1,088 996 40.1 56,586 51,769 2,086 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 25.63 24.89 1,023 996 39.9 53,204 51,769 2,076 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 30.77 29.30 1,213 1,172 39.4 63,089 60,946 2,050 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 31.63 29.43 1,245 1,172 39.4 64,761 60,946 2,047 Cost estimators................................................... 24.20 20.19 998 889 41.2 51,891 46,210 2,144 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 23.82 22.52 949 901 39.9 49,281 46,844 2,069 Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists.............. 23.03 20.67 929 827 40.3 48,298 43,000 2,097 Training and development specialists............................ 21.97 20.22 876 809 39.9 45,389 42,047 2,066 Management analysts............................................... 35.90 31.70 1,428 1,268 39.8 74,274 65,932 2,069 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 24.05 21.88 957 865 39.8 49,770 44,982 2,070 Budget analysts................................................... 32.19 31.26 1,226 1,172 38.1 63,733 60,947 1,980 Credit analysts................................................... 32.72 31.55 1,309 1,262 40.0 68,061 65,622 2,080 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 27.80 26.56 1,121 1,034 40.3 58,280 53,778 2,097 Financial analysts.............................................. 28.75 26.22 1,140 1,049 39.7 59,297 54,540 2,062 Insurance underwriters.......................................... 27.82 26.74 1,098 1,003 39.5 57,110 52,139 2,052 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 29.59 27.43 1,183 1,097 40.0 61,540 57,054 2,080 Loan officers................................................... 32.35 32.91 1,294 1,317 40.0 67,288 68,459 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 32.47 30.57 1,302 1,223 40.1 67,488 63,575 2,078 Computer programmers.............................................. 31.49 31.25 1,248 1,247 39.7 64,920 64,834 2,062 Computer software engineers....................................... 40.46 38.30 1,635 1,577 40.4 85,006 82,000 2,101 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 37.85 35.82 1,527 1,455 40.3 79,414 75,643 2,098 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 47.57 50.00 1,929 1,978 40.6 100,311 102,866 2,109 Computer support specialists...................................... 20.51 19.91 815 788 39.7 41,641 38,821 2,030 Computer systems analysts......................................... 31.74 29.71 1,268 1,188 39.9 65,934 61,801 2,077 Database administrators........................................... 38.17 27.93 1,521 1,117 39.8 77,032 58,092 2,018 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 31.01 30.57 1,256 1,241 40.5 65,293 64,526 2,105 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 32.65 33.65 1,319 1,346 40.4 68,562 70,000 2,100 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 35.64 31.13 1,436 1,245 40.3 74,572 64,746 2,093 Engineers......................................................... 42.30 37.17 1,724 1,492 40.8 89,434 77,576 2,114 Aerospace engineers............................................. 55.40 54.53 2,216 2,181 40.0 115,231 113,420 2,080 Civil engineers................................................. 30.21 31.27 1,167 1,173 38.6 60,697 60,973 2,009 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 45.87 49.22 2,088 1,969 45.5 108,564 102,376 2,367 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 42.06 36.31 1,690 1,452 40.2 87,860 75,527 2,089 Industrial engineers.......................................... 31.52 27.95 1,269 1,118 40.3 66,001 58,144 2,094 Mechanical engineers............................................ 35.66 30.56 1,448 1,269 40.6 74,231 66,000 2,082 Drafters.......................................................... 22.96 21.00 892 873 38.8 46,380 45,390 2,020 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 26.72 25.79 1,063 1,032 39.8 55,301 53,643 2,070 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 29.18 31.13 1,167 1,245 40.0 60,696 64,746 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 32.15 23.22 1,309 860 40.7 68,061 44,699 2,117 Physical scientists............................................... 34.94 26.61 1,445 1,154 41.3 75,118 60,008 2,150 Chemists and materials scientists............................... 28.00 26.44 1,214 1,152 43.3 63,103 59,893 2,253 Chemists...................................................... 28.00 26.44 1,214 1,152 43.3 63,103 59,893 2,253 Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians...... 24.70 21.00 983 840 39.8 51,136 43,680 2,070 Community and social services occupations........................... 19.02 17.88 748 692 39.3 38,123 35,589 2,004 Counselors........................................................ 21.62 18.89 873 792 40.4 43,166 40,236 1,997 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 26.46 24.52 1,022 981 38.6 47,616 48,427 1,799 Rehabilitation counselors....................................... 21.93 22.28 941 833 42.9 48,938 43,290 2,232 Social workers.................................................... 17.89 17.75 697 697 39.0 35,793 35,472 2,001 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 18.37 18.70 716 711 39.0 36,288 36,992 1,975 Medical and public health social workers........................ 16.93 16.60 674 664 39.8 35,052 34,528 2,070 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 17.16 17.59 662 670 38.6 34,401 34,856 2,005 Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists....... 17.10 17.92 668 717 39.1 34,758 37,265 2,033 Social and human service assistants............................. 16.45 15.00 643 600 39.1 33,457 31,200 2,034 Legal occupations................................................... 36.62 30.35 1,441 1,154 39.3 74,919 60,002 2,046 Lawyers........................................................... 48.70 51.28 1,912 2,038 39.3 99,434 106,000 2,042 Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 21.75 22.36 856 894 39.4 44,537 46,500 2,048 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 29.12 29.48 1,106 1,124 38.0 43,282 43,963 1,487 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 43.94 37.30 1,721 1,430 39.2 71,315 58,258 1,623 Math and computer teachers, postsecondary....................... 38.30 38.06 1,424 1,416 37.2 55,729 55,525 1,455 Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary.................. 38.64 38.06 1,434 1,416 37.1 55,787 55,525 1,444 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 34.52 34.56 1,374 1,383 39.8 58,440 55,216 1,693 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 26.62 23.08 1,018 950 38.2 46,500 44,969 1,747 Vocational education teachers, postsecondary.................. 19.40 15.93 794 717 40.9 39,710 37,272 2,047 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.05 31.07 1,171 1,186 37.7 44,485 45,452 1,433 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 28.68 33.39 1,069 1,244 37.3 39,786 46,023 1,387 Kindergarten teachers, except special education............... 32.35 35.54 1,200 1,244 37.1 44,541 46,023 1,377 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 30.91 30.71 1,171 1,165 37.9 44,240 44,220 1,431 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 30.98 30.47 1,170 1,145 37.8 44,365 44,220 1,432 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 30.75 31.19 1,173 1,189 38.1 43,917 44,398 1,428 Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.56 31.71 1,181 1,215 37.4 45,012 45,514 1,426 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 31.25 31.71 1,168 1,198 37.4 44,532 45,452 1,425 Special education teachers...................................... 31.14 29.63 1,188 1,142 38.2 46,653 45,936 1,498 Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school.......................................... 31.64 30.71 1,211 1,198 38.3 48,083 47,621 1,519 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 28.20 30.03 1,090 1,201 38.6 44,957 44,450 1,594 Library technicians............................................... 15.61 15.98 588 562 37.7 26,144 22,533 1,675 Instructional coordinators........................................ 37.65 34.69 1,418 1,214 37.7 62,435 55,243 1,658 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.76 10.17 404 387 37.6 15,337 14,412 1,425 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 21.11 19.64 848 779 40.1 43,990 40,851 2,084 Designers......................................................... 20.15 17.31 819 673 40.7 42,608 35,000 2,114 Graphic designers............................................... 18.04 16.83 722 673 40.0 37,524 35,000 2,080 Writers and editors............................................... 27.82 27.84 1,062 1,024 38.2 55,231 53,248 1,985 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 26.98 23.33 1,062 917 39.4 54,602 46,800 2,024 Dietitians and nutritionists...................................... 23.44 25.53 919 1,021 39.2 47,807 53,111 2,040 Pharmacists....................................................... 54.60 53.81 2,180 2,152 39.9 113,335 111,925 2,076 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 120.35 117.80 4,725 4,712 39.3 245,719 245,024 2,042 Registered nurses................................................. 29.12 27.10 1,141 1,054 39.2 59,131 54,825 2,030 Therapists........................................................ 25.90 25.27 1,009 1,011 39.0 49,930 45,695 1,928 Physical therapists............................................. 32.33 34.88 1,269 1,381 39.2 65,968 71,802 2,040 Respiratory therapists.......................................... 23.85 23.78 951 951 39.9 49,459 49,467 2,074 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 22.36 23.00 879 909 39.3 45,716 47,258 2,044 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 24.48 23.84 979 953 40.0 50,916 49,579 2,080 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 19.94 19.77 769 712 38.6 39,979 37,009 2,005 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 23.51 23.65 938 946 39.9 48,789 49,192 2,075 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 23.86 24.09 953 974 39.9 49,553 50,669 2,077 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 15.30 13.72 606 543 39.6 31,533 28,215 2,061 Pharmacy technicians............................................ 14.63 13.57 577 543 39.5 30,023 28,215 2,052 Surgical technologists.......................................... 17.90 17.55 714 696 39.9 37,136 36,171 2,074 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.21 17.00 681 680 39.6 34,093 33,592 1,982 Medical records and health information technicians................ 13.86 12.66 554 506 40.0 28,829 26,333 2,080 Occupational health and safety specialists and technicians........ 32.01 31.80 1,277 1,272 39.9 66,410 66,144 2,075 Occupational health and safety specialists...................... 33.07 35.84 1,318 1,433 39.9 68,521 74,537 2,072 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.34 10.57 445 413 39.2 22,996 21,320 2,027 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.93 9.75 388 379 39.0 20,009 19,452 2,014 Home health aides............................................... 9.82 9.30 383 360 39.1 19,935 18,741 2,031 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.91 9.75 386 379 39.0 19,934 19,452 2,011 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.06 13.06 517 522 39.6 26,847 27,169 2,056 Medical assistants.............................................. 12.91 11.75 509 460 39.4 26,465 23,920 2,049 Medical equipment preparers..................................... 13.26 13.50 527 540 39.8 27,409 28,080 2,067 Medical transcriptionists....................................... 13.34 13.30 533 532 40.0 27,739 27,664 2,080 Protective service occupations...................................... 14.31 12.55 587 508 41.1 30,524 26,437 2,134 First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 20.78 20.07 831 817 40.0 43,222 42,501 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers........ 15.65 14.16 626 567 40.0 32,565 29,459 2,081 First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 25.73 26.12 1,029 1,047 40.0 53,528 54,434 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers........................................................ 21.28 19.48 1,098 1,167 51.6 57,103 60,660 2,684 Fire fighters..................................................... 11.87 11.92 586 607 49.3 30,465 31,584 2,566 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 12.26 10.58 493 430 40.2 25,613 22,360 2,090 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 12.15 10.58 488 423 40.2 25,396 22,006 2,090 Police officers................................................... 18.25 18.38 740 755 40.5 38,462 39,270 2,108 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 18.25 18.38 740 755 40.5 38,462 39,270 2,108 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 10.69 9.81 425 395 39.7 22,094 20,530 2,067 Security guards................................................. 10.54 9.65 419 387 39.7 21,775 20,134 2,066 Miscellaneous protective service workers.......................... 11.36 10.69 438 427 38.5 21,801 22,227 1,919 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.82 8.67 331 316 37.6 16,384 15,080 1,858 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 13.38 12.75 550 510 41.1 25,825 22,880 1,930 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 13.02 12.75 536 510 41.2 25,042 22,880 1,924 Cooks............................................................. 9.89 9.75 377 390 38.1 18,703 18,720 1,890 Cooks, fast food................................................ 7.94 7.75 281 272 35.3 14,598 14,138 1,838 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 10.13 9.75 390 390 38.5 18,690 20,280 1,845 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.24 11.25 425 450 37.8 22,091 23,400 1,966 Food preparation workers.......................................... 11.50 11.75 370 353 32.2 15,206 13,047 1,322 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.87 6.01 213 232 36.3 11,067 12,064 1,885 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.74 5.26 182 204 38.5 9,488 10,608 2,003 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 9.10 9.09 348 347 38.2 17,750 18,034 1,950 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.87 8.24 325 306 36.6 15,466 14,976 1,743 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 8.59 8.00 320 296 37.3 15,814 15,116 1,842 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 10.27 10.78 346 349 33.7 14,197 13,573 1,383 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.60 9.51 421 379 39.7 21,779 19,594 2,054 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 15.81 14.28 635 571 40.2 32,963 29,700 2,084 First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers...................................................... 15.61 14.28 624 571 40.0 32,371 29,700 2,074 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.98 9.35 396 368 39.6 20,482 19,094 2,052 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.64 9.93 422 397 39.7 21,769 20,652 2,046 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.06 8.69 359 347 39.6 18,650 18,034 2,059 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 10.80 9.00 430 360 39.8 22,111 18,229 2,048 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 10.57 8.75 422 350 39.9 21,678 18,200 2,051 Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.22 7.75 368 310 39.9 19,054 16,120 2,066 First-line supervisors/managers of gaming workers................. 15.62 13.68 635 547 40.7 33,031 28,454 2,114 Gaming supervisors.............................................. 19.43 17.65 805 750 41.4 41,864 38,984 2,155 Gaming services workers........................................... 6.75 6.68 270 267 40.0 14,047 13,894 2,080 Gaming dealers.................................................. 6.75 6.68 270 267 40.0 14,047 13,894 2,080 Personal and home care aides...................................... 9.52 9.55 419 392 44.0 21,780 20,384 2,287 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 13.17 14.04 519 527 39.4 26,983 27,378 2,049 Recreation workers.............................................. 13.10 14.60 518 566 39.6 26,950 29,408 2,057 Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.64 13.25 711 538 40.3 36,993 28,001 2,097 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 17.92 17.15 748 694 41.7 38,908 36,100 2,171 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.95 15.14 712 660 42.0 37,005 34,320 2,183 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 25.32 21.00 1,013 840 40.0 52,675 43,670 2,080 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.73 10.71 466 424 39.7 24,240 22,048 2,066 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.38 9.75 411 384 39.6 21,379 19,968 2,059 Cashiers...................................................... 9.64 8.59 381 340 39.5 19,817 17,682 2,055 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 13.34 13.00 534 485 40.0 27,766 25,210 2,082 Parts salespersons............................................ 13.95 14.08 563 592 40.4 29,289 30,772 2,100 Retail salespersons............................................. 12.57 10.76 500 420 39.8 25,998 21,840 2,069 Insurance sales agents............................................ 27.78 25.65 1,105 1,026 39.8 57,439 53,344 2,068 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 27.61 23.61 1,134 944 41.1 58,963 49,098 2,136 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products...................................... 30.94 29.30 1,318 1,172 42.6 68,536 60,950 2,215 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products............................ 25.93 23.37 1,046 935 40.3 54,386 48,614 2,098 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 15.97 11.00 639 440 40.0 33,209 22,880 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.55 13.55 579 539 39.8 29,744 27,912 2,044 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 19.16 19.07 771 771 40.2 40,104 40,086 2,093 Switchboard operators, including answering service................ 11.42 9.62 456 385 40.0 23,731 20,008 2,079 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.15 13.87 560 544 39.6 28,983 28,288 2,048 Bill and account collectors..................................... 11.75 11.71 466 468 39.6 24,220 24,346 2,062 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 13.73 13.87 545 536 39.7 28,344 27,872 2,064 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.91 15.50 628 613 39.5 32,351 31,545 2,033 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 17.00 17.18 669 686 39.3 34,389 34,965 2,023 Procurement clerks.............................................. 13.43 11.78 537 471 40.0 27,926 24,502 2,080 Tellers......................................................... 11.73 11.41 465 456 39.6 24,160 23,712 2,059 Court, municipal, and license clerks.............................. 14.26 13.53 566 536 39.7 29,445 27,893 2,065 Customer service representatives.................................. 14.79 13.85 591 553 40.0 30,755 28,764 2,079 Eligibility interviewers, government programs..................... 17.38 15.90 690 621 39.7 35,871 32,282 2,064 File clerks....................................................... 17.86 12.01 714 480 40.0 37,147 24,981 2,080 Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 14.13 13.34 561 528 39.7 29,181 27,435 2,065 Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 15.44 15.66 616 626 39.9 32,036 32,564 2,074 New accounts clerks............................................... 12.82 12.06 513 482 40.0 26,670 25,083 2,080 Order clerks...................................................... 13.10 12.50 520 488 39.7 27,057 25,350 2,066 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 14.56 14.95 556 525 38.2 28,561 27,284 1,961 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.58 11.65 503 466 39.9 26,081 24,170 2,072 Dispatchers....................................................... 15.11 14.79 630 587 41.7 32,395 29,120 2,144 Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers......................... 13.84 13.38 557 533 40.2 28,953 27,708 2,091 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 15.72 15.71 667 628 42.4 34,101 32,677 2,170 Meter readers, utilities.......................................... 16.84 16.51 642 659 38.1 33,361 34,278 1,981 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 17.77 16.50 707 660 39.8 36,757 34,320 2,068 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.62 12.50 544 500 39.9 28,244 26,000 2,074 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.33 11.75 450 456 39.7 23,363 23,712 2,063 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.75 15.13 667 605 39.8 34,365 31,479 2,051 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.65 20.50 823 813 39.8 42,724 42,251 2,069 Legal secretaries............................................... 21.62 21.95 857 878 39.6 44,542 45,646 2,060 Medical secretaries............................................. 14.09 14.33 561 573 39.8 29,135 29,806 2,068 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.30 13.00 569 518 39.8 28,944 26,576 2,024 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 13.45 13.55 537 542 39.9 27,938 28,184 2,077 Data entry keyers............................................... 13.06 13.47 522 539 40.0 27,155 28,016 2,080 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 17.51 16.95 677 688 38.6 35,180 35,797 2,009 Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service..... 12.78 11.20 511 448 40.0 26,576 23,296 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.74 12.50 506 480 39.7 24,598 24,960 1,931 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.51 15.00 656 600 39.7 33,877 30,722 2,052 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 25.59 23.75 1,028 950 40.2 52,960 48,303 2,070 Carpenters........................................................ 17.70 16.21 699 648 39.5 36,330 33,721 2,052 Construction laborers............................................. 13.05 11.51 522 460 40.0 26,941 23,442 2,064 Construction equipment operators.................................. 14.13 13.25 565 530 40.0 28,925 26,853 2,046 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 14.56 14.32 583 573 40.0 29,964 29,120 2,057 Electricians...................................................... 18.11 17.00 724 680 40.0 37,670 35,360 2,080 Painters and paperhangers......................................... 14.97 13.91 599 556 40.0 31,144 28,933 2,080 Painters, construction and maintenance.......................... 14.97 13.91 599 556 40.0 31,144 28,933 2,080 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 19.99 19.75 777 790 38.9 40,413 41,080 2,021 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 19.99 19.75 777 790 38.9 40,413 41,080 2,021 Sheet metal workers............................................... 15.10 16.25 604 650 40.0 31,404 33,800 2,080 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 12.32 12.21 486 488 39.4 24,754 25,388 2,009 Construction and building inspectors.............................. 21.58 21.28 857 851 39.7 44,573 44,269 2,065 Highway maintenance workers....................................... 12.97 12.88 511 503 39.4 26,565 26,150 2,048 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.42 18.50 778 744 40.1 40,387 38,438 2,079 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 21.97 19.44 907 800 41.3 47,148 41,601 2,146 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................... 19.94 14.92 797 597 39.9 41,420 31,034 2,077 Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment.................................................... 25.22 23.19 1,009 928 40.0 52,448 48,235 2,080 Aircraft mechanics and service technicians........................ 33.44 36.12 1,332 1,445 39.8 69,283 75,130 2,072 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 19.19 18.00 768 720 40.0 39,931 37,440 2,081 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 19.19 19.23 785 800 40.9 40,798 41,600 2,126 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 18.77 17.68 751 707 40.0 38,968 36,770 2,076 Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines................ 21.03 22.11 837 884 39.8 43,519 45,989 2,069 Control and valve installers and repairers........................ 26.78 28.47 1,050 1,139 39.2 54,611 59,218 2,039 Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door......................................................... 26.78 28.47 1,050 1,139 39.2 54,611 59,218 2,039 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers..................................................... 17.35 18.00 694 720 40.0 35,533 35,520 2,048 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.25 19.19 769 764 40.0 39,934 39,728 2,075 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 23.97 23.18 959 927 40.0 49,858 48,214 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.59 16.14 663 646 39.9 34,307 33,571 2,068 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 17.19 16.78 688 671 40.0 35,795 34,898 2,082 Line installers and repairers..................................... 26.37 26.74 1,055 1,070 40.0 54,849 55,619 2,080 Electrical power-line installers and repairers.................. 27.00 30.19 1,080 1,208 40.0 56,167 62,795 2,080 Telecommunications line installers and repairers................ 25.84 26.74 1,033 1,070 40.0 53,742 55,619 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 16.42 16.00 656 640 40.0 33,942 33,280 2,067 Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers.......... 12.60 13.00 504 520 40.0 25,637 26,000 2,034 Production occupations.............................................. 15.58 14.60 617 580 39.6 32,031 30,160 2,056 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 22.39 22.41 900 865 40.2 46,707 45,001 2,086 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 13.19 12.97 528 519 40.0 27,446 26,978 2,080 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 11.65 11.59 466 463 40.0 24,240 24,099 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 16.02 14.59 640 584 39.9 33,204 30,347 2,073 Team assemblers................................................. 15.55 12.45 622 498 40.0 32,349 25,896 2,080 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 10.03 9.75 392 385 39.0 20,360 20,020 2,029 Butchers and meat cutters....................................... 14.11 13.65 550 499 39.0 28,622 25,935 2,028 Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers.................... 9.17 8.40 358 336 39.0 18,603 17,472 2,029 Miscellaneous food processing workers............................. 15.74 15.59 613 661 38.9 31,868 34,382 2,025 Food batchmakers................................................ 16.04 16.62 622 665 38.8 32,355 34,570 2,017 Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 15.93 16.79 637 672 40.0 33,132 34,923 2,080 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 15.22 15.75 588 600 38.7 30,592 31,200 2,010 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 15.59 17.64 598 690 38.4 31,082 35,880 1,994 Machinists........................................................ 20.64 20.00 825 800 40.0 42,880 41,600 2,078 Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................................................... 13.52 12.72 535 509 39.6 27,812 26,458 2,057 Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 13.52 12.72 535 509 39.6 27,812 26,458 2,057 Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 16.34 16.00 654 640 40.0 33,996 33,280 2,080 Tool and die makers............................................... 22.99 21.88 903 875 39.3 46,931 45,510 2,042 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 16.00 15.62 625 625 39.0 32,486 32,481 2,031 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 15.33 14.38 598 575 39.0 31,112 29,902 2,030 Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders...................................................... 18.22 18.58 712 743 39.1 37,029 38,646 2,033 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 13.94 14.50 550 600 39.5 28,576 31,200 2,050 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 9.02 8.50 354 340 39.3 18,411 17,680 2,042 Sewing machine operators.......................................... 12.10 10.80 474 413 39.2 24,068 21,466 1,990 Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 13.64 14.68 548 587 40.2 28,511 30,534 2,091 Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers........... 14.46 12.90 578 516 40.0 30,080 26,832 2,080 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 13.10 13.50 511 540 39.0 26,352 27,000 2,012 Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood............ 12.19 11.20 481 448 39.4 24,671 23,288 2,024 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing....................................................... 14.48 14.43 555 577 38.3 28,862 30,004 1,993 Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators....... 17.95 18.19 715 728 39.8 37,183 37,835 2,071 Miscellaneous plant and system operators.......................... 24.46 24.96 977 1,039 39.9 50,787 54,038 2,076 Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders....... 15.05 12.84 602 514 40.0 31,309 26,705 2,080 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 15.80 15.50 632 620 40.0 32,866 32,240 2,080 Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 18.05 18.00 722 720 40.0 37,540 37,440 2,080 Cutting workers................................................... 15.26 18.32 603 733 39.5 31,378 38,106 2,056 Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders......................................... 15.55 16.97 616 679 39.6 32,028 35,298 2,060 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 14.93 15.45 600 618 40.2 31,182 32,136 2,089 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 20.47 25.44 815 1,018 39.8 42,355 52,915 2,069 Painting workers.................................................. 14.76 13.47 559 480 37.9 29,068 24,960 1,969 Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders...................................................... 14.47 12.75 545 448 37.7 28,333 23,296 1,958 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.77 13.26 544 530 39.5 28,282 27,581 2,053 Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders............. 16.07 16.00 611 560 38.0 31,776 29,120 1,977 Helpers--production workers..................................... 12.52 11.99 500 480 39.9 25,890 24,939 2,068 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.87 14.00 640 553 40.3 32,531 28,122 2,050 First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand................................................... 22.58 22.69 944 998 41.8 49,113 51,915 2,175 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................. 13.96 13.77 573 551 41.1 29,812 28,644 2,136 Aircraft pilots and flight engineers.............................. 122.63 115.78 3,329 1,889 27.1 173,112 98,228 1,412 Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers.................. 122.63 115.78 3,329 1,889 27.1 173,112 98,228 1,412 Bus drivers....................................................... 14.20 15.69 437 377 30.8 18,704 13,650 1,317 Bus drivers, school............................................. 12.59 12.84 320 257 25.4 12,420 9,502 987 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.17 15.00 702 656 43.4 36,211 33,800 2,240 Driver/sales workers............................................ 14.75 16.40 617 656 41.8 32,060 34,112 2,173 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.43 15.00 755 700 46.0 38,718 36,400 2,357 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 16.03 14.28 642 590 40.0 33,384 30,659 2,082 Crane and tower operators......................................... 22.78 17.96 911 718 40.0 47,375 37,357 2,080 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.48 13.50 538 528 39.9 27,972 27,456 2,075 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.89 11.33 473 452 39.8 24,546 23,504 2,065 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.67 11.00 465 440 39.8 24,109 22,880 2,065 Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 10.94 9.45 430 321 39.3 22,381 16,713 2,046 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 11.71 11.23 468 449 40.0 24,297 23,367 2,075 Refuse and recyclable material collectors......................... 11.48 10.66 459 427 40.0 23,868 22,179 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 The NCS uses the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification coding structure, which defines more than 800 unique occupations, to match jobs sampled by the survey. Military occupations are excluded from the survey. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 4 Mean weekly earnings are based on the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designate position in the earnings distribution at which one-half of the earnings are paid the same as or more than the rate shown and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are based on the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designate position in the earnings distribution at which one-half of the earnings are paid the same as or more than the rate shown and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.