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........................................................... $20.32 $15.99 $814 $642 40.0 $42,141 $33,280 2,074 Management occupations.............................................. 49.93 46.57 2,028 1,846 40.6 105,421 95,988 2,111 General and operations managers................................... 54.83 51.05 2,280 2,042 41.6 118,564 106,188 2,162 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 47.71 52.55 1,975 2,021 41.4 102,674 105,103 2,152 Marketing managers.............................................. 45.44 41.68 1,939 1,667 42.7 100,833 86,694 2,219 Computer and information systems managers......................... 54.24 59.83 2,170 2,393 40.0 112,826 124,438 2,080 Financial managers................................................ 44.13 35.27 1,775 1,411 40.2 92,301 73,362 2,092 Human resources managers.......................................... 50.97 46.57 2,040 1,863 40.0 106,099 96,864 2,081 Industrial production managers.................................... 46.70 45.20 1,878 1,808 40.2 97,564 94,012 2,089 Transportation, storage, and distribution managers................ 46.67 40.87 1,972 1,635 42.3 102,532 84,999 2,197 Education administrators.......................................... 30.76 31.93 1,161 1,213 37.7 59,670 63,098 1,940 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 30.76 31.93 1,161 1,213 37.7 59,670 63,098 1,940 Engineering managers.............................................. 62.75 70.22 2,538 2,809 40.4 131,884 146,056 2,102 Medical and health services managers.............................. 43.49 42.50 1,740 1,700 40.0 90,469 88,400 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.56 26.69 1,149 1,062 40.2 59,724 55,249 2,091 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 26.30 24.89 1,051 996 40.0 54,677 51,769 2,079 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 26.29 24.89 1,049 996 39.9 54,568 51,769 2,076 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 29.42 29.30 1,164 1,172 39.6 60,543 60,946 2,058 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 29.42 29.30 1,164 1,172 39.6 60,543 60,946 2,058 Cost estimators................................................... 34.76 31.59 1,390 1,264 40.0 72,299 65,711 2,080 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 24.18 22.52 962 901 39.8 50,037 46,844 2,069 Training and development specialists............................ 20.88 18.18 832 727 39.9 43,283 37,804 2,072 Management analysts............................................... 36.79 32.62 1,462 1,305 39.7 76,016 67,852 2,066 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 25.81 23.27 1,035 931 40.1 53,794 48,402 2,084 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 28.82 26.56 1,147 1,062 39.8 59,630 55,249 2,069 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...................................... 18.35 15.43 734 617 40.0 38,169 32,094 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 34.58 33.66 1,389 1,346 40.2 72,207 70,000 2,088 Computer programmers.............................................. 34.47 36.51 1,361 1,460 39.5 70,750 75,945 2,053 Computer software engineers....................................... 41.22 38.59 1,671 1,602 40.5 86,904 83,323 2,108 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 38.68 36.12 1,562 1,505 40.4 81,244 78,254 2,101 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 49.49 51.85 2,031 2,048 41.0 105,623 106,477 2,134 Computer systems analysts......................................... 31.87 30.28 1,275 1,211 40.0 66,288 62,991 2,080 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 30.61 30.15 1,224 1,206 40.0 63,671 62,702 2,080 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 36.34 44.87 1,484 1,795 40.8 77,152 93,330 2,123 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 38.66 33.33 1,553 1,360 40.2 80,568 70,720 2,084 Engineers......................................................... 42.81 38.12 1,723 1,525 40.2 89,267 79,290 2,085 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 44.19 36.37 1,787 1,455 40.4 92,950 75,650 2,103 Industrial engineers.......................................... 32.41 27.95 1,321 1,118 40.8 68,712 58,144 2,120 Mechanical engineers............................................ 36.22 37.93 1,449 1,517 40.0 73,978 77,002 2,042 Drafters.......................................................... 23.78 18.82 951 753 40.0 49,459 39,148 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 28.50 30.64 1,140 1,226 40.0 59,273 63,731 2,080 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 29.37 31.13 1,175 1,245 40.0 61,082 64,746 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations Physical scientists............................................... 40.82 27.03 1,772 1,284 43.4 92,158 66,759 2,258 Community and social services occupations........................... 17.63 16.82 700 716 39.7 36,322 34,986 2,060 Counselors........................................................ 14.03 12.79 581 545 41.4 30,078 29,929 2,143 Social workers.................................................... 19.06 20.77 730 774 38.3 37,977 40,227 1,993 Legal occupations................................................... 44.85 50.48 1,767 2,019 39.4 91,886 105,000 2,049 Lawyers........................................................... 60.06 57.21 2,402 2,289 40.0 124,926 119,003 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 32.11 29.41 1,220 1,118 38.0 47,943 43,515 1,493 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 35.39 32.37 1,375 1,295 38.9 57,121 50,500 1,614 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............................ 31.25 32.37 1,121 1,159 35.9 45,183 49,000 1,446 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 22.82 21.06 913 842 40.0 47,468 43,803 2,080 Designers......................................................... 15.67 16.35 627 654 40.0 32,603 34,008 2,080 Graphic designers............................................... 15.67 16.35 627 654 40.0 32,603 34,008 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.22 25.19 1,072 975 39.4 55,730 50,675 2,048 Pharmacists....................................................... 54.24 53.35 2,170 2,134 40.0 112,822 110,960 2,080 Registered nurses................................................. 29.93 28.33 1,166 1,088 38.9 60,616 56,576 2,025 Therapists........................................................ 21.43 21.17 852 847 39.8 44,324 44,034 2,068 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.................. 22.58 22.08 903 883 40.0 46,963 45,926 2,080 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 22.72 23.00 909 920 40.0 47,265 47,840 2,080 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 16.46 16.85 657 674 39.9 34,149 35,048 2,074 Surgical technologists.......................................... 16.30 16.85 649 674 39.9 33,769 35,048 2,072 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 17.79 18.21 705 712 39.6 36,675 37,047 2,061 Medical records and health information technicians................ 10.49 10.00 419 400 40.0 21,812 20,800 2,080 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.13 10.56 432 411 38.8 22,477 21,384 2,020 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.23 9.79 394 382 38.5 20,491 19,881 2,002 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.21 9.79 394 382 38.6 20,483 19,881 2,005 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.10 12.75 521 508 39.8 27,105 26,416 2,069 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.17 10.00 447 400 40.0 23,241 20,800 2,081 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 10.72 9.75 429 390 40.0 22,289 20,280 2,079 Security guards................................................. 10.54 9.58 422 383 40.0 21,922 19,931 2,079 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.22 7.50 324 298 39.4 16,777 14,643 2,040 Cooks............................................................. 11.71 12.61 461 504 39.4 23,968 26,229 2,047 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 11.03 9.70 441 388 40.0 22,945 20,176 2,080 Food service, tipped.............................................. 6.33 6.28 251 251 39.6 13,054 13,056 2,062 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 9.49 9.43 368 368 38.8 19,160 19,110 2,020 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 9.38 9.35 357 358 38.0 18,448 18,603 1,966 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 9.36 9.25 356 351 38.0 18,386 18,233 1,964 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.81 9.86 430 392 39.8 22,335 20,363 2,066 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.18 9.36 404 369 39.7 21,017 19,198 2,065 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.43 11.33 452 453 39.5 23,481 23,566 2,054 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.08 8.69 363 347 39.9 18,852 18,054 2,075 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 14.85 16.73 594 669 40.0 30,329 34,798 2,042 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 14.85 16.73 594 669 40.0 30,329 34,798 2,042 Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.23 7.31 370 292 40.0 19,165 15,080 2,076 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 Sales and related occupations....................................... 20.10 13.36 804 528 40.0 41,832 27,456 2,081 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 20.30 19.32 812 773 40.0 42,224 40,179 2,080 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.91 11.52 473 460 39.7 24,610 23,899 2,066 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 12.03 12.00 481 480 39.9 24,995 24,960 2,077 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 28.81 23.37 1,167 944 40.5 60,694 49,098 2,107 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products............................ 28.25 23.37 1,146 935 40.6 59,575 48,614 2,109 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.80 13.60 591 542 39.9 30,717 28,182 2,075 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 21.01 21.42 859 857 40.9 44,666 44,560 2,126 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.17 12.07 526 480 39.9 27,339 24,960 2,076 Bill and account collectors..................................... 10.67 8.14 427 326 40.0 22,195 16,927 2,080 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 13.40 12.77 536 511 40.0 27,875 26,562 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.34 15.21 612 608 39.9 31,843 31,637 2,075 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 17.93 17.57 708 703 39.5 36,802 36,537 2,053 Customer service representatives.................................. 14.22 13.48 568 539 40.0 29,541 28,018 2,078 Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 14.13 13.34 561 528 39.7 29,181 27,435 2,065 Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 14.33 12.69 573 508 40.0 29,816 26,395 2,080 Order clerks...................................................... 12.75 12.76 505 511 39.6 26,254 26,547 2,060 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 14.86 16.00 563 525 37.9 29,196 27,284 1,964 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.30 11.25 452 450 40.0 23,498 23,400 2,080 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 19.94 17.51 791 700 39.7 41,155 36,421 2,064 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.32 13.05 490 518 39.8 25,448 26,957 2,066 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.78 18.00 748 720 39.8 38,908 37,440 2,072 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.55 21.45 862 858 40.0 44,827 44,616 2,080 Medical secretaries............................................. 12.88 12.52 512 494 39.8 26,640 25,667 2,068 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.45 16.37 616 655 39.9 32,011 34,052 2,072 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 13.80 13.75 549 550 39.8 28,552 28,600 2,069 Data entry keyers............................................... 13.36 13.47 534 539 40.0 27,785 28,016 2,080 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 16.58 14.91 648 582 39.1 33,680 30,276 2,031 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.10 12.53 519 481 39.6 26,975 25,000 2,058 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 21.86 21.00 865 840 39.6 44,586 43,680 2,039 Electricians...................................................... 24.82 23.92 993 957 40.0 51,631 49,754 2,080 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 24.42 24.00 911 944 37.3 47,372 49,088 1,940 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 24.42 24.00 911 944 37.3 47,372 49,088 1,940 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.02 19.75 882 790 40.0 45,823 41,068 2,081 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................... 19.73 14.92 789 597 40.0 41,032 31,034 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.............................. 17.48 13.15 703 526 40.2 36,555 27,352 2,092 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 17.07 13.15 687 526 40.2 35,726 27,352 2,092 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 18.95 17.68 758 707 40.0 39,421 36,770 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 21.76 21.96 870 878 40.0 45,240 45,668 2,079 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 24.21 22.87 968 915 40.0 50,356 47,570 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 20.99 19.10 837 763 39.9 43,523 39,683 2,074 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 17.16 16.78 687 671 40.1 35,746 34,898 2,083 Line installers and repairers..................................... 30.97 31.25 1,239 1,250 40.0 64,408 65,000 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 19.59 19.75 782 790 39.9 40,320 41,080 2,058 Production occupations.............................................. 16.51 15.30 657 612 39.8 34,073 31,824 2,064 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 23.31 22.34 935 833 40.1 48,450 43,297 2,079 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 13.43 13.65 537 546 40.0 27,931 28,392 2,080 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 11.80 12.61 472 504 40.0 24,534 26,229 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 16.74 15.24 670 610 40.0 34,760 31,697 2,076 Team assemblers................................................. 15.71 12.45 628 498 40.0 32,675 25,896 2,080 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 9.94 9.75 395 385 39.8 20,565 20,020 2,069 Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers.................... 9.24 9.10 370 364 40.0 19,221 18,928 2,080 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 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 13.85 14.21 550 540 39.7 28,605 28,079 2,065 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 13.93 12.95 557 518 40.0 28,980 26,936 2,080 Machinists........................................................ 23.41 22.66 936 906 40.0 48,687 47,133 2,080 Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................................................... 14.09 13.39 556 536 39.5 28,909 27,851 2,052 Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 14.09 13.39 556 536 39.5 28,909 27,851 2,052 Tool and die makers............................................... 22.56 18.80 902 752 40.0 46,916 39,104 2,080 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 17.72 18.46 698 665 39.4 36,281 34,557 2,048 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 17.85 18.75 714 750 40.0 37,130 39,000 2,080 Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders...................................................... 17.58 18.46 681 665 38.7 35,402 34,557 2,014 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 15.66 16.06 608 642 38.8 31,519 33,407 2,013 Printing machine operators...................................... 19.57 20.00 783 800 40.0 40,697 41,600 2,080 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 9.23 8.53 369 341 40.0 19,188 17,742 2,079 Sewing machine operators.......................................... 12.28 10.80 478 419 39.0 24,191 21,466 1,970 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........... 15.90 16.08 636 643 40.0 33,082 33,446 2,080 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 11.37 12.38 422 396 37.1 21,446 20,600 1,886 Miscellaneous plant and system operators.......................... 28.90 29.35 1,150 1,174 39.8 59,824 61,048 2,070 Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders....... 15.33 10.49 613 420 40.0 31,891 21,821 2,080 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 19.00 18.24 760 730 40.0 39,516 37,935 2,080 Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 19.74 22.27 790 891 40.0 41,055 46,322 2,080 Cutting workers................................................... 15.26 18.32 603 733 39.5 31,378 38,106 2,056 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 15.23 15.45 609 618 40.0 31,670 32,136 2,079 Painting workers.................................................. 20.92 17.40 837 696 40.0 43,509 36,192 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 16.39 15.80 651 610 39.7 33,819 31,741 2,063 Helpers--production workers..................................... 13.53 13.31 541 532 40.0 28,056 27,681 2,073 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 18.07 15.30 752 627 41.6 38,748 32,627 2,145 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............................ 17.66 17.84 817 750 46.3 42,214 39,000 2,390 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 17.39 16.50 883 750 50.8 45,391 39,000 2,611 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 18.62 19.39 745 776 40.0 38,722 40,331 2,080 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.99 14.27 558 569 39.9 28,979 29,578 2,072 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.46 12.08 495 480 39.7 25,619 24,960 2,056 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.20 11.87 485 472 39.8 25,081 24,542 2,056 Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 11.91 12.30 465 480 39.0 24,173 24,960 2,030 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 11.44 10.75 458 430 40.0 23,684 22,672 2,070 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.