Table 12 Full-time(1) private industry 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........................................................... $18.56 $15.00 $742 $596 40.0 $38,439 $30,950 2,071 Management occupations.............................................. 42.33 39.09 1,746 1,635 41.2 90,770 84,999 2,144 General and operations managers................................... 40.88 32.96 1,827 1,425 44.7 94,926 74,100 2,322 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......................... 47.78 41.35 1,911 1,654 40.0 99,380 86,000 2,080 Financial managers................................................ 41.28 30.31 1,734 1,183 42.0 90,190 61,506 2,185 Human resources managers.......................................... 45.97 42.35 1,840 1,694 40.0 95,670 88,084 2,081 Industrial production managers.................................... 44.77 45.20 1,799 1,808 40.2 93,492 94,012 2,088 Transportation, storage, and distribution managers................ 39.45 30.07 1,652 1,203 41.9 85,890 62,546 2,177 Construction managers............................................. 34.22 33.75 1,423 1,350 41.6 74,008 70,200 2,163 Education administrators.......................................... 23.69 25.26 928 1,010 39.2 48,058 52,532 2,029 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 28.76 26.55 1,111 1,062 38.6 57,363 55,214 1,995 Engineering managers.............................................. 61.23 70.22 2,473 2,809 40.4 128,528 146,056 2,099 Medical and health services managers.............................. 41.08 41.65 1,643 1,666 40.0 85,441 86,632 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.10 25.86 1,132 1,037 40.3 58,845 53,914 2,094 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 27.62 24.89 1,108 996 40.1 57,625 51,769 2,086 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 26.11 24.89 1,042 996 39.9 54,205 51,769 2,076 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 31.28 29.30 1,236 1,172 39.5 64,268 60,946 2,054 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 32.24 29.43 1,272 1,172 39.5 66,145 60,946 2,052 Cost estimators................................................... 24.20 20.19 998 889 41.2 51,891 46,210 2,144 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 23.92 22.52 953 901 39.8 49,532 46,844 2,071 Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists.............. 23.71 20.67 958 827 40.4 49,806 43,000 2,101 Training and development specialists............................ 20.96 18.18 836 727 39.9 43,449 37,804 2,073 Management analysts............................................... 36.91 32.62 1,468 1,305 39.8 76,317 67,852 2,068 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 23.95 21.38 960 830 40.1 49,876 43,152 2,082 Credit analysts................................................... 32.72 31.55 1,309 1,262 40.0 68,061 65,622 2,080 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 28.08 26.22 1,139 1,049 40.6 59,238 54,540 2,109 Financial analysts.............................................. 29.38 26.22 1,164 1,049 39.6 60,534 54,540 2,061 Insurance underwriters.......................................... 28.10 26.66 1,124 1,066 40.0 58,446 55,453 2,080 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....................... 33.37 31.44 1,340 1,276 40.2 69,681 66,331 2,088 Computer programmers.............................................. 31.82 31.25 1,262 1,250 39.6 65,599 65,000 2,061 Computer software engineers....................................... 40.52 38.46 1,637 1,577 40.4 85,130 82,000 2,101 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 37.92 35.82 1,530 1,464 40.3 79,553 76,153 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...................................... 19.68 19.08 785 763 39.9 40,821 39,676 2,074 Computer systems analysts......................................... 33.26 31.01 1,330 1,240 40.0 69,179 64,501 2,080 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 31.82 30.57 1,290 1,273 40.5 67,067 66,217 2,108 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............................ 36.58 32.01 1,478 1,260 40.4 76,756 65,520 2,099 Engineers......................................................... 42.90 37.93 1,753 1,517 40.9 90,948 78,894 2,120 Aerospace engineers............................................. 55.66 54.53 2,226 2,181 40.0 115,768 113,420 2,080 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.......................................................... 22.69 20.91 879 837 38.7 45,708 43,499 2,014 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 27.93 30.59 1,117 1,224 40.0 58,088 63,627 2,080 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...................... 38.28 26.75 1,578 1,092 41.2 82,041 56,805 2,143 Physical scientists............................................... 37.22 27.03 1,548 1,206 41.6 80,505 62,721 2,163 Community and social services occupations........................... 17.13 16.20 678 640 39.6 35,224 33,280 2,056 Counselors........................................................ 15.70 14.42 647 577 41.2 33,487 30,000 2,132 Social workers.................................................... 17.26 16.60 673 664 39.0 34,988 34,528 2,027 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 15.72 13.94 617 558 39.2 32,084 28,999 2,041 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 15.37 15.00 595 600 38.7 30,960 31,200 2,015 Legal occupations................................................... 38.15 33.31 1,504 1,249 39.4 78,203 64,955 2,050 Lawyers........................................................... 54.21 53.13 2,139 2,115 39.4 111,203 110,001 2,051 Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 21.75 22.36 856 894 39.4 44,537 46,500 2,048 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 24.34 21.41 932 749 38.3 37,622 33,650 1,546 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 29.09 27.96 1,175 1,118 40.4 51,999 50,500 1,788 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 33.62 34.56 1,339 1,383 39.8 54,291 53,920 1,615 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 22.68 16.00 910 720 40.1 41,584 37,272 1,834 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 22.17 21.41 823 749 37.1 31,434 31,099 1,418 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 24.05 22.05 897 841 37.3 33,441 31,099 1,390 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 24.90 24.25 933 911 37.5 35,035 33,700 1,407 Secondary school teachers....................................... 19.48 21.41 710 749 36.5 28,844 32,462 1,481 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 19.48 21.41 710 749 36.5 28,844 32,462 1,481 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 20.70 18.56 835 771 40.3 43,398 40,082 2,096 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............................................... 27.78 28.14 1,048 998 37.7 54,489 51,873 1,962 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 28.28 24.50 1,114 958 39.4 57,909 49,835 2,048 Pharmacists....................................................... 55.09 54.85 2,203 2,194 40.0 114,579 114,088 2,080 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 121.84 78.62 4,758 3,200 39.0 247,414 166,400 2,031 Registered nurses................................................. 29.91 27.77 1,169 1,083 39.1 60,805 56,291 2,033 Therapists........................................................ 21.73 21.17 865 847 39.8 45,000 44,034 2,071 Respiratory therapists.......................................... 22.31 23.53 892 941 40.0 46,408 48,944 2,080 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 22.86 22.05 895 882 39.2 46,564 45,864 2,037 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 24.67 24.58 987 983 40.0 51,313 51,126 2,080 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 21.06 19.77 809 714 38.4 42,056 37,107 1,997 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 24.16 24.65 966 986 40.0 50,247 51,272 2,080 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 24.63 24.95 985 998 40.0 51,234 51,896 2,080 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 16.20 15.77 644 605 39.8 33,492 31,457 2,067 Surgical technologists.......................................... 17.98 17.63 717 705 39.9 37,291 36,675 2,074 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.39 17.30 691 691 39.7 35,923 35,930 2,066 Medical records and health information technicians................ 11.24 10.00 449 400 40.0 23,374 20,800 2,080 Occupational health and safety specialists and technicians........ 32.97 32.78 1,319 1,311 40.0 68,576 68,182 2,080 Occupational health and safety specialists...................... 34.70 35.84 1,388 1,433 40.0 72,179 74,537 2,080 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.49 10.62 450 420 39.2 23,384 21,840 2,036 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.86 9.79 383 376 38.9 19,934 19,564 2,021 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.90 9.79 384 378 38.8 19,993 19,656 2,019 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.32 13.75 527 538 39.5 27,357 28,039 2,053 Medical assistants.............................................. 12.92 11.75 509 460 39.4 26,469 23,920 2,049 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.08 10.00 442 400 39.9 22,993 20,800 2,074 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 10.65 9.77 424 391 39.8 22,024 20,357 2,068 Security guards................................................. 10.49 9.58 417 383 39.8 21,686 19,931 2,068 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.34 8.40 318 300 38.1 16,486 15,496 1,976 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 13.30 12.87 570 515 42.9 29,649 26,770 2,229 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 12.72 12.87 548 515 43.1 28,486 26,770 2,240 Cooks............................................................. 9.62 9.75 373 390 38.8 19,391 20,280 2,015 Cooks, fast food................................................ 7.94 7.75 281 272 35.3 14,598 14,138 1,838 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.24 11.25 425 450 37.8 22,091 23,400 1,966 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.86 6.01 213 232 36.3 11,071 12,064 1,890 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...... 9.09 8.94 351 356 38.6 18,226 18,512 2,005 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.54 8.00 328 300 38.4 16,887 15,600 1,977 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 8.51 7.98 325 300 38.2 16,743 15,600 1,969 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.54 9.42 418 374 39.7 21,744 19,469 2,063 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 15.70 14.28 632 571 40.2 32,856 29,700 2,092 First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers...................................................... 15.44 14.28 617 571 40.0 32,106 29,700 2,080 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.98 9.15 395 364 39.6 20,534 18,949 2,058 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.08 11.05 438 437 39.6 22,794 22,734 2,057 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.04 8.69 358 347 39.6 18,621 18,034 2,059 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 10.14 8.75 406 350 40.0 21,021 18,200 2,072 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 10.10 8.75 404 350 40.0 20,927 18,200 2,072 Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.16 7.75 366 310 39.9 18,926 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...................................... 9.49 9.55 419 382 44.1 21,771 19,864 2,294 Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.69 13.29 713 540 40.3 37,095 28,080 2,097 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 17.95 17.15 750 694 41.8 38,981 36,100 2,172 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 16.97 15.14 713 660 42.0 37,065 34,320 2,185 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 10.63 466 420 39.7 24,241 21,840 2,066 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.35 9.56 410 374 39.6 21,309 19,448 2,059 Cashiers...................................................... 9.58 8.55 379 340 39.5 19,683 17,680 2,054 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....................... 14.56 13.62 580 540 39.8 30,153 28,080 2,071 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 20.08 20.17 813 824 40.5 42,277 42,848 2,105 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.11 13.79 559 549 39.6 29,073 28,538 2,061 Bill and account collectors..................................... 11.82 11.71 468 468 39.6 24,339 24,346 2,060 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 13.70 13.87 544 536 39.7 28,274 27,872 2,063 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.01 15.75 634 620 39.6 32,947 32,240 2,059 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 16.77 16.99 666 680 39.7 34,626 35,339 2,065 Procurement clerks.............................................. 13.09 10.00 523 400 40.0 27,218 20,800 2,080 Tellers......................................................... 11.73 11.41 465 456 39.6 24,160 23,712 2,059 Customer service representatives.................................. 14.63 13.78 585 551 40.0 30,405 28,662 2,079 File clerks....................................................... 18.02 12.01 721 480 40.0 37,483 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...................................................... 13.11 12.76 521 511 39.7 27,100 26,547 2,067 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 14.64 13.20 553 520 37.8 28,701 27,040 1,960 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.44 11.62 497 466 39.9 25,828 24,240 2,077 Dispatchers....................................................... 15.92 15.71 678 634 42.6 34,661 32,677 2,178 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 15.92 15.71 678 634 42.6 34,661 32,677 2,178 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 17.77 16.50 707 660 39.8 36,757 34,320 2,068 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.63 12.50 544 500 39.9 28,278 26,000 2,074 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.39 11.80 452 460 39.7 23,485 23,920 2,063 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.65 16.18 704 647 39.9 36,563 33,516 2,072 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.83 21.45 876 856 40.1 45,541 44,512 2,086 Legal secretaries............................................... 23.13 23.27 916 916 39.6 47,619 47,617 2,059 Medical secretaries............................................. 13.88 14.22 553 565 39.9 28,706 29,390 2,068 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.27 14.75 606 590 39.7 31,529 30,680 2,065 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 14.05 13.79 561 552 39.9 29,166 28,683 2,076 Data entry keyers............................................... 13.47 13.75 539 550 40.0 28,020 28,600 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............................................ 12.68 12.00 505 480 39.8 26,264 24,960 2,071 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.56 15.25 658 608 39.7 33,945 31,200 2,050 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 28.01 24.04 1,128 962 40.3 58,653 49,999 2,094 Carpenters........................................................ 17.69 16.21 697 648 39.4 36,266 33,721 2,050 Construction laborers............................................. 13.18 11.27 527 451 40.0 27,162 23,442 2,061 Construction equipment operators.................................. 13.85 12.90 554 516 40.0 28,259 26,830 2,041 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 14.22 14.00 569 560 40.0 29,182 28,076 2,052 Electricians...................................................... 17.85 17.00 714 680 40.0 37,127 35,360 2,080 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 21.63 20.78 835 831 38.6 43,399 43,216 2,006 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 21.63 20.78 835 831 38.6 43,399 43,216 2,006 Sheet metal workers............................................... 15.10 16.25 604 650 40.0 31,404 33,800 2,080 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 12.17 12.21 480 488 39.4 24,428 25,388 2,007 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.45 18.26 780 740 40.1 40,541 38,480 2,085 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 22.31 19.44 924 800 41.4 48,071 41,601 2,155 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................... 19.87 14.92 794 597 39.9 41,271 31,034 2,077 Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment.................................................... 25.21 23.19 1,008 928 40.0 52,433 48,235 2,080 Aircraft mechanics and service technicians........................ 33.93 41.01 1,357 1,640 40.0 70,582 85,301 2,080 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 19.25 18.00 772 720 40.1 40,101 37,440 2,083 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 19.27 19.23 790 800 41.0 41,067 41,600 2,131 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 18.88 17.68 755 707 40.0 39,261 36,770 2,080 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........................ 27.02 30.43 1,056 1,217 39.1 54,929 63,294 2,033 Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door......................................................... 27.02 30.43 1,056 1,217 39.1 54,929 63,294 2,033 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers..................................................... 16.96 16.68 679 667 40.0 35,282 34,694 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.27 18.50 771 740 40.0 40,069 38,480 2,079 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 23.97 23.18 959 927 40.0 49,858 48,214 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 16.02 15.75 640 630 39.9 33,259 32,760 2,076 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 17.25 16.78 691 671 40.0 35,917 34,898 2,082 Line installers and repairers..................................... 26.48 26.74 1,059 1,070 40.0 55,073 55,619 2,080 Electrical power-line installers and repairers.................. 26.81 25.84 1,072 1,034 40.0 55,757 53,753 2,080 Telecommunications line installers and repairers................ 26.28 26.74 1,051 1,070 40.0 54,664 55,619 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 16.93 16.00 676 640 40.0 35,019 33,280 2,069 Production occupations.............................................. 15.56 14.60 616 580 39.6 31,985 30,160 2,055 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 22.33 22.41 898 833 40.2 46,574 43,297 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........................... 16.01 15.62 625 625 39.1 32,509 32,481 2,031 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 15.33 14.38 599 575 39.0 31,133 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 18,416 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 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 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.................................. 13.89 13.31 549 532 39.5 28,503 27,681 2,052 Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders............. 16.07 16.00 611 560 38.0 31,776 29,120 1,977 Helpers--production workers..................................... 12.70 13.15 507 526 39.9 26,251 27,352 2,067 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.04 14.00 660 560 41.1 34,062 29,120 2,124 First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand................................................... 22.62 22.69 949 998 41.9 49,338 51,915 2,181 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 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.18 15.00 704 656 43.5 36,319 33,994 2,244 Driver/sales workers............................................ 14.75 16.40 617 656 41.8 32,060 34,112 2,173 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 16.46 15.00 760 721 46.1 38,950 36,400 2,366 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 16.03 14.28 642 571 40.0 33,376 29,702 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............................ 13.43 13.20 536 522 39.9 27,858 27,165 2,075 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.97 11.45 476 453 39.8 24,704 23,566 2,064 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.78 11.22 469 440 39.8 24,321 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 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.