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........................................................... $24.95 $19.32 $976 $760 39.1 $50,255 $39,216 2,014 Management occupations.............................................. 53.97 45.86 2,131 1,819 39.5 110,690 94,665 2,051 General and operations managers................................... 67.36 48.08 2,719 2,123 40.4 141,362 110,401 2,099 Advertising and promotions managers............................... 46.22 45.86 1,862 1,835 40.3 96,821 95,395 2,095 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 66.64 61.54 2,587 2,212 38.8 134,502 114,999 2,018 Marketing managers.............................................. 59.28 55.29 2,243 2,154 37.8 116,630 111,999 1,968 Sales managers.................................................. 77.17 80.10 3,111 3,365 40.3 161,757 175,001 2,096 Public relations managers......................................... 47.18 44.57 1,825 1,783 38.7 94,883 92,699 2,011 Administrative services managers.................................. 35.86 36.26 1,403 1,451 39.1 72,963 75,427 2,035 Computer and information systems managers......................... 68.23 65.05 2,708 2,602 39.7 140,795 135,300 2,064 Financial managers................................................ 55.58 50.51 2,178 1,898 39.2 112,550 98,699 2,025 Human resources managers.......................................... 48.36 43.27 1,876 1,731 38.8 97,528 90,006 2,017 Compensation and benefits managers.............................. 42.55 49.41 1,631 1,729 38.3 84,787 89,932 1,993 Industrial production managers.................................... 36.61 34.62 1,507 1,636 41.2 78,374 85,072 2,141 Purchasing managers............................................... 59.98 45.67 2,378 1,827 39.7 123,676 95,000 2,062 Transportation, storage, and distribution managers................ 49.97 41.12 1,979 1,645 39.6 102,892 85,534 2,059 Construction managers............................................. 41.87 45.10 1,711 1,804 40.9 88,989 93,816 2,125 Education administrators.......................................... 33.48 31.35 1,335 1,254 39.9 69,020 65,206 2,062 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 42.21 34.34 1,599 1,288 37.9 83,134 66,963 1,969 Engineering managers.............................................. 54.82 52.89 2,204 2,150 40.2 114,596 111,817 2,090 Food service managers............................................. 35.05 29.67 1,414 1,187 40.3 73,532 61,714 2,098 Medical and health services managers.............................. 48.14 49.68 1,883 1,902 39.1 97,926 98,906 2,034 Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 59.92 65.22 2,249 2,609 37.5 116,968 135,658 1,952 Social and community service managers............................. 30.10 29.83 1,151 1,107 38.2 59,849 57,559 1,988 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 35.44 30.06 1,391 1,182 39.3 72,332 61,468 2,041 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 27.27 23.74 1,073 950 39.3 55,749 49,388 2,044 Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 29.16 30.86 1,152 1,199 39.5 59,835 62,348 2,052 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 25.56 22.77 1,001 864 39.2 52,052 44,944 2,036 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 30.20 28.90 1,169 1,115 38.7 60,774 57,990 2,012 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 30.21 28.85 1,170 1,115 38.7 60,828 57,990 2,013 Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation..................................... 33.47 36.39 1,323 1,316 39.5 68,781 68,406 2,055 Cost estimators................................................... 31.20 29.27 1,248 1,171 40.0 64,891 60,875 2,080 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 30.88 25.50 1,218 1,020 39.5 63,358 53,040 2,052 Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists.............. 28.25 25.50 1,169 1,020 41.4 60,764 53,040 2,151 Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists............ 26.74 24.05 1,034 962 38.6 53,747 50,024 2,010 Training and development specialists............................ 38.02 43.40 1,479 1,736 38.9 76,910 90,274 2,023 Logisticians...................................................... 30.58 27.89 1,190 1,119 38.9 61,893 58,200 2,024 Management analysts............................................... 42.23 35.70 1,657 1,346 39.2 86,181 69,999 2,041 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 31.67 28.24 1,246 1,159 39.3 64,779 60,288 2,045 Budget analysts................................................... 33.58 36.40 1,363 1,145 40.6 70,869 59,540 2,110 Credit analysts................................................... 38.60 33.28 1,476 1,267 38.2 76,770 65,862 1,989 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 45.58 38.46 1,799 1,490 39.5 93,565 77,459 2,053 Financial analysts.............................................. 48.51 41.35 1,927 1,644 39.7 100,197 85,509 2,066 Personal financial advisors..................................... 44.49 33.65 1,784 1,115 40.1 92,771 57,965 2,085 Insurance underwriters.......................................... 32.33 29.30 1,213 1,154 37.5 63,091 60,000 1,951 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 44.34 27.70 1,728 1,087 39.0 89,841 56,512 2,026 Loan officers................................................... 46.67 28.46 1,815 1,090 38.9 94,406 56,701 2,023 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 38.55 37.18 1,514 1,456 39.3 78,665 75,706 2,040 Computer programmers.............................................. 35.11 35.34 1,395 1,413 39.7 72,538 73,501 2,066 Computer software engineers....................................... 46.44 44.70 1,815 1,694 39.1 94,377 88,111 2,032 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 47.53 43.59 1,842 1,708 38.7 95,758 88,806 2,015 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 45.86 44.74 1,801 1,692 39.3 93,633 88,005 2,042 Computer support specialists...................................... 26.91 25.27 1,047 991 38.9 54,149 51,507 2,012 Computer systems analysts......................................... 43.11 42.99 1,699 1,693 39.4 88,329 88,026 2,049 Database administrators........................................... 34.10 38.87 1,327 1,531 38.9 69,025 79,619 2,024 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 37.08 37.70 1,460 1,421 39.4 75,899 73,902 2,047 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 34.07 36.30 1,376 1,457 40.4 71,526 75,756 2,099 Actuaries......................................................... 45.51 44.10 1,791 1,740 39.4 93,152 90,501 2,047 Statisticians..................................................... 48.29 47.64 1,841 1,787 38.1 95,726 92,900 1,982 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 34.94 33.75 1,395 1,392 39.9 72,522 72,374 2,076 Architects, except naval.......................................... 41.39 41.63 1,651 1,665 39.9 85,835 86,590 2,074 Architects, except landscape and naval.......................... 42.52 44.76 1,695 1,790 39.9 88,154 93,101 2,073 Engineers......................................................... 39.66 38.46 1,598 1,555 40.3 83,088 80,850 2,095 Civil engineers................................................. 31.29 25.90 1,301 1,038 41.6 67,651 54,001 2,162 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 41.45 40.77 1,658 1,631 40.0 86,216 84,800 2,080 Electrical engineers.......................................... 39.06 38.46 1,562 1,538 40.0 81,238 80,001 2,080 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 46.41 43.21 1,856 1,729 40.0 96,526 89,883 2,080 Environmental engineers......................................... 37.67 40.37 1,507 1,615 40.0 78,344 83,970 2,080 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 39.66 39.78 1,586 1,591 40.0 82,496 82,732 2,080 Industrial engineers.......................................... 36.40 31.80 1,456 1,272 40.0 75,719 66,134 2,080 Mechanical engineers............................................ 36.65 33.66 1,511 1,445 41.2 78,530 75,140 2,143 Drafters.......................................................... 26.26 26.19 1,012 1,053 38.5 52,606 54,751 2,003 Architectural and civil drafters................................ 28.40 31.25 1,144 1,250 40.3 59,509 65,000 2,095 Mechanical drafters............................................. 23.21 23.13 928 925 40.0 48,279 48,102 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 26.11 25.90 1,042 1,036 39.9 54,188 53,872 2,075 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 29.43 30.29 1,176 1,212 40.0 61,142 62,999 2,077 Industrial engineering technicians.............................. 25.65 27.15 1,019 1,086 39.7 52,981 56,472 2,066 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 30.35 26.43 1,157 1,000 38.1 59,925 52,000 1,974 Life scientists................................................... 36.23 35.81 1,368 1,432 37.7 71,112 74,481 1,963 Biological scientists........................................... 32.53 27.62 1,241 1,062 38.2 64,540 55,226 1,984 Medical scientists.............................................. 39.02 40.93 1,469 1,432 37.6 76,363 74,484 1,957 Physical scientists............................................... 40.19 37.73 1,553 1,397 38.6 80,766 72,667 2,010 Chemists and materials scientists............................... 35.03 31.53 1,401 1,261 40.0 72,855 65,591 2,080 Chemists...................................................... 35.03 31.53 1,401 1,261 40.0 72,855 65,591 2,080 Environmental scientists and geoscientists...................... 26.34 21.65 1,058 866 40.2 55,013 45,034 2,088 Market and survey researchers..................................... 27.60 27.86 1,077 1,082 39.0 56,027 56,260 2,030 Market research analysts........................................ 27.60 27.86 1,077 1,082 39.0 56,027 56,260 2,030 Psychologists..................................................... 31.42 26.90 996 721 31.7 49,852 37,475 1,587 Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists.................. 31.42 26.90 996 721 31.7 49,852 37,475 1,587 Chemical technicians.............................................. 19.22 19.81 768 792 40.0 39,862 41,205 2,074 Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians...... 22.33 23.00 886 895 39.7 46,082 46,565 2,063 Community and social services occupations........................... 21.30 18.84 806 739 37.8 41,409 37,856 1,944 Counselors........................................................ 21.75 19.12 837 731 38.5 42,374 36,754 1,948 Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors.............. 17.16 16.53 658 581 38.4 33,883 30,193 1,974 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 30.85 25.64 1,126 1,069 36.5 53,479 55,610 1,734 Rehabilitation counselors....................................... 19.45 19.71 766 751 39.4 39,855 39,057 2,049 Social workers.................................................... 23.98 22.59 887 817 37.0 45,549 41,769 1,900 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 21.77 20.43 829 817 38.1 38,434 37,117 1,765 Medical and public health social workers........................ 26.56 26.37 971 923 36.6 50,487 48,001 1,901 Mental health and substance abuse social workers................ 22.09 21.22 821 769 37.2 42,691 40,000 1,932 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 16.78 14.33 644 550 38.4 33,503 28,574 1,997 Social and human service assistants............................. 13.51 13.66 528 517 39.1 27,441 26,900 2,031 Legal occupations................................................... 34.66 28.05 1,337 1,055 38.6 68,948 53,721 1,989 Lawyers........................................................... 44.43 33.96 1,721 1,348 38.7 89,511 70,100 2,014 Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 22.42 19.23 853 769 38.1 44,363 39,988 1,979 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 34.41 28.37 1,246 937 36.2 54,342 45,617 1,579 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 56.97 51.03 2,147 1,947 37.7 85,826 75,000 1,506 Business teachers, postsecondary................................ 79.20 71.80 2,994 2,631 37.8 108,868 100,000 1,375 Math and computer teachers, postsecondary....................... 51.16 51.14 1,858 1,918 36.3 71,675 74,785 1,401 Computer science teachers, postsecondary...................... 43.95 41.81 1,570 1,635 35.7 61,998 63,754 1,411 Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary.................. 60.48 66.81 2,245 2,505 37.1 83,983 86,229 1,389 Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary....................... 58.12 49.95 2,243 2,293 38.6 84,886 86,070 1,461 Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 55.07 48.44 2,049 1,825 37.2 74,520 71,729 1,353 Psychology teachers, postsecondary............................ 45.50 43.76 1,782 1,592 39.2 67,972 66,770 1,494 Health teachers, postsecondary.................................. 59.35 56.59 2,224 2,019 37.5 92,153 73,032 1,553 Health specialties teachers, postsecondary.................... 64.34 62.77 2,407 2,282 37.4 96,901 73,032 1,506 Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary............... 41.72 39.70 1,573 1,576 37.7 72,747 72,209 1,744 Education and library science teachers, postsecondary........... 47.16 50.01 1,775 2,000 37.6 64,962 76,085 1,378 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 52.62 50.38 1,914 1,875 36.4 73,134 74,264 1,390 English language and literature teachers, postsecondary....... 52.09 50.38 1,824 1,875 35.0 74,129 77,775 1,423 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 47.20 44.41 1,822 1,741 38.6 78,751 69,319 1,669 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 28.47 25.29 979 883 34.4 41,163 38,269 1,446 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 20.33 15.72 673 681 33.1 31,018 32,698 1,525 Preschool teachers, except special education.................. 20.77 16.48 679 718 32.7 31,639 38,201 1,523 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 26.88 26.02 948 939 35.3 37,257 36,116 1,386 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 27.29 25.66 944 937 34.6 37,025 36,116 1,357 Secondary school teachers....................................... 47.94 39.69 1,684 1,538 35.1 65,128 62,000 1,358 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 47.94 39.69 1,684 1,538 35.1 65,128 62,000 1,358 Special education teachers...................................... 34.02 29.01 1,205 1,054 35.4 51,809 47,776 1,523 Librarians........................................................ 27.12 26.40 985 939 36.3 49,117 48,840 1,811 Library technicians............................................... 18.98 19.42 683 706 36.0 35,506 36,689 1,871 Teacher assistants................................................ 12.24 11.11 445 405 36.3 21,952 20,800 1,793 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 37.64 29.19 1,479 1,154 39.3 76,141 60,000 2,023 Artists and related workers....................................... 31.93 33.52 1,257 1,206 39.4 65,348 62,689 2,047 Designers......................................................... 28.08 27.84 1,115 1,058 39.7 57,966 54,999 2,064 Fashion designers............................................... 36.15 40.14 1,493 1,606 41.3 77,618 83,491 2,147 Graphic designers............................................... 26.67 24.13 1,046 965 39.2 54,417 50,190 2,040 Interior designers.............................................. 26.12 25.82 1,045 1,033 40.0 54,335 53,699 2,080 Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers................... 25.96 24.08 996 901 38.4 49,180 46,864 1,894 Coaches and scouts.............................................. 25.96 24.08 996 901 38.4 49,180 46,864 1,894 News analysts, reporters and correspondents....................... 78.30 68.18 2,892 2,393 36.9 150,407 124,414 1,921 Reporters and correspondents.................................... 59.49 63.01 2,170 2,227 36.5 112,833 115,803 1,897 Public relations specialists...................................... 34.84 33.77 1,368 1,266 39.3 71,119 65,852 2,041 Writers and editors............................................... 41.53 27.32 1,604 1,093 38.6 83,385 56,817 2,008 Editors......................................................... 47.30 27.64 1,804 1,108 38.1 93,788 57,599 1,983 Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio operators... 39.34 41.77 1,562 1,671 39.7 81,200 86,882 2,064 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 37.85 29.86 1,463 1,150 38.7 75,858 59,284 2,004 Pharmacists....................................................... 50.64 54.95 1,941 2,120 38.3 100,911 110,240 1,993 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 87.92 82.04 3,583 3,409 40.8 186,310 177,269 2,119 Physician assistants.............................................. 42.40 43.20 1,664 1,688 39.2 86,523 87,750 2,041 Registered nurses................................................. 35.03 34.88 1,342 1,325 38.3 69,709 68,869 1,990 Therapists........................................................ 29.24 25.79 1,136 1,008 38.8 58,060 52,433 1,985 Physical therapists............................................. 30.50 25.70 1,188 1,008 39.0 61,085 52,433 2,003 Respiratory therapists.......................................... 28.23 27.57 1,121 1,093 39.7 58,297 56,829 2,065 Speech-language pathologists.................................... 28.90 26.30 1,091 1,011 37.7 53,775 50,452 1,860 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 24.04 23.74 941 919 39.1 48,916 47,794 2,035 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 26.83 27.77 1,047 1,079 39.0 54,442 56,118 2,029 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 19.45 18.10 765 693 39.3 39,784 36,059 2,045 Dental hygienists................................................. 40.38 37.00 1,251 1,133 31.0 65,056 58,924 1,611 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 26.64 27.35 1,025 1,064 38.5 53,316 55,318 2,001 Cardiovascular technologists and technicians.................... 23.28 23.39 911 877 39.1 47,379 45,607 2,035 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 25.19 27.35 975 1,037 38.7 50,712 53,914 2,013 Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...................... 17.93 16.08 709 643 39.5 36,864 33,446 2,057 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 15.36 14.66 586 581 38.1 30,461 30,222 1,983 Pharmacy technicians............................................ 15.78 15.00 587 600 37.2 30,526 31,200 1,934 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 20.87 19.94 791 796 37.9 40,771 40,560 1,954 Medical records and health information technicians................ 15.24 14.79 593 592 38.9 30,853 30,763 2,024 Miscellaneous health technologists and technicians................ 18.60 17.00 742 680 39.9 38,565 35,360 2,073 Occupational health and safety specialists and technicians........ 29.86 27.18 1,237 1,087 41.4 64,319 56,528 2,154 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.85 12.97 528 502 38.1 27,389 26,108 1,978 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.10 12.39 504 479 38.5 26,195 24,923 2,000 Home health aides............................................... 12.19 11.75 473 450 38.8 24,571 23,400 2,016 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 13.78 12.95 527 506 38.3 27,423 26,325 1,990 Psychiatric aides............................................... 10.51 10.22 410 396 39.0 21,327 20,613 2,029 Physical therapist assistants and aides........................... 17.43 16.64 683 666 39.2 35,538 34,611 2,039 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 15.62 15.30 580 580 37.1 30,003 29,973 1,921 Dental assistants............................................... 17.81 17.50 625 602 35.1 32,512 31,312 1,825 Medical assistants.............................................. 14.57 13.17 545 519 37.4 28,344 26,978 1,946 Medical equipment preparers..................................... 18.94 21.13 736 760 38.8 38,248 39,494 2,020 Medical transcriptionists....................................... 16.48 16.18 627 647 38.1 32,629 33,652 1,979 Protective service occupations...................................... 16.14 14.76 630 582 39.0 32,572 30,266 2,018 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 13.11 12.10 513 480 39.1 26,667 24,960 2,035 Security guards................................................. 13.10 12.06 513 480 39.1 26,654 24,960 2,034 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.79 10.00 416 381 38.5 21,422 19,614 1,985 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 17.34 15.69 717 695 41.4 37,163 36,140 2,143 Chefs and head cooks............................................ 17.73 14.13 713 565 40.2 37,090 29,390 2,092 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 17.27 16.15 718 700 41.6 37,177 36,400 2,153 Cooks............................................................. 13.46 12.50 520 500 38.6 26,575 26,000 1,975 Cooks, fast food................................................ 11.32 9.77 429 352 37.9 22,299 18,304 1,970 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 15.25 14.85 581 598 38.1 29,589 31,340 1,941 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 12.27 12.00 480 473 39.1 24,545 23,920 2,001 Food preparation workers.......................................... 11.14 11.05 434 442 39.0 22,469 22,922 2,017 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.86 4.65 222 163 37.8 11,329 8,463 1,932 Bartenders...................................................... 6.70 5.00 243 200 36.3 12,564 10,400 1,874 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.94 4.20 187 147 37.9 9,543 6,964 1,933 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 11.25 9.80 435 392 38.7 22,390 19,412 1,991 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.66 8.00 322 300 37.1 16,727 15,600 1,930 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 8.72 8.20 316 300 36.3 16,445 15,600 1,886 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 8.61 8.00 327 310 38.0 17,019 16,120 1,977 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 12.74 12.77 489 485 38.4 25,449 25,233 1,998 Dishwashers....................................................... 10.14 9.00 397 360 39.2 20,642 18,720 2,037 Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop.......... 9.67 8.85 365 350 37.7 18,965 18,179 1,962 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 15.33 14.17 606 566 39.5 30,663 28,188 2,000 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 22.31 22.64 881 910 39.5 45,833 47,341 2,054 First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers...................................................... 23.09 22.88 905 910 39.2 47,083 47,341 2,039 Building cleaning workers......................................... 15.12 14.17 596 567 39.4 30,826 29,426 2,038 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 15.42 14.45 610 567 39.6 31,462 29,474 2,040 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 13.26 10.92 517 427 39.0 26,869 22,194 2,027 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 12.43 12.00 497 480 39.9 22,387 20,800 1,801 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 12.17 12.00 486 469 39.9 21,797 20,800 1,791 Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.66 10.00 470 400 37.1 23,837 20,800 1,883 First-line supervisors/managers of gaming workers................. 18.92 16.95 757 678 40.0 39,362 35,256 2,080 Slot key persons................................................ 14.37 14.80 575 592 40.0 29,887 30,784 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers....... 19.88 19.53 778 781 39.2 40,479 40,631 2,037 Gaming services workers........................................... 8.21 8.10 328 324 40.0 17,081 16,848 2,080 Gaming dealers.................................................. 7.61 7.77 304 311 40.0 15,829 16,162 2,080 Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers........ 14.65 13.74 565 668 38.6 29,374 34,730 2,006 Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges......................... 11.17 10.30 441 412 39.5 22,931 21,424 2,054 Transportation attendants......................................... 36.24 39.50 735 757 20.3 38,230 39,359 1,055 Flight attendants............................................... 36.24 39.50 735 757 20.3 38,230 39,359 1,055 Child care workers................................................ 9.90 9.75 377 383 38.1 19,044 19,890 1,923 Personal and home care aides...................................... 9.92 10.00 395 400 39.8 20,528 20,800 2,069 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 12.77 13.51 483 486 37.8 16,870 24,960 1,321 Recreation workers.............................................. 12.24 13.51 458 486 37.4 15,062 17,871 1,231 Sales and related occupations....................................... 24.18 16.38 960 648 39.7 49,847 33,446 2,062 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 23.12 19.09 943 772 40.8 49,011 40,167 2,120 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 21.00 18.89 859 756 40.9 44,691 39,293 2,128 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 51.47 51.51 2,002 2,060 38.9 104,101 107,145 2,023 Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.96 11.50 553 456 39.6 28,637 23,707 2,051 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.14 9.15 401 364 39.5 20,775 18,845 2,049 Cashiers...................................................... 10.10 9.15 399 362 39.5 20,690 18,824 2,049 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 16.23 16.08 664 643 40.9 34,523 33,446 2,127 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 13.94 12.56 573 563 41.1 29,819 29,250 2,139 Parts salespersons............................................ 17.98 18.26 732 741 40.7 38,081 38,528 2,118 Retail salespersons............................................. 16.24 12.67 639 489 39.3 33,048 25,376 2,035 Insurance sales agents............................................ 23.67 19.34 923 774 39.0 47,976 40,225 2,027 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 60.14 45.67 2,391 1,827 39.8 124,309 95,000 2,067 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 37.56 32.74 1,502 1,318 40.0 78,113 68,551 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products...................................... 47.20 44.38 1,894 1,775 40.1 98,485 92,312 2,087 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products............................ 32.99 28.44 1,317 1,138 39.9 68,506 59,153 2,077 Telemarketers..................................................... 14.85 12.93 594 517 40.0 30,891 26,894 2,080 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 19.13 18.11 747 700 39.1 38,855 36,400 2,031 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.95 16.81 698 654 38.9 36,253 33,998 2,019 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 25.41 23.55 996 942 39.2 51,796 49,005 2,039 Switchboard operators, including answering service................ 15.21 17.19 562 602 36.9 29,204 31,289 1,920 Financial clerks.................................................. 17.27 16.48 679 646 39.3 35,323 33,579 2,046 Bill and account collectors..................................... 20.05 19.00 791 742 39.5 41,143 38,563 2,052 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 17.44 16.54 677 660 38.8 35,214 34,320 2,019 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.68 16.94 696 660 39.4 36,184 34,320 2,047 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 19.11 19.94 759 780 39.7 39,468 40,560 2,065 Procurement clerks.............................................. 18.95 18.17 756 727 39.9 39,297 37,794 2,073 Tellers......................................................... 12.56 12.13 495 482 39.4 25,761 25,064 2,050 Brokerage clerks.................................................. 24.76 22.82 966 888 39.0 50,217 46,180 2,028 Correspondence clerks............................................. 17.75 17.59 710 704 40.0 36,925 36,596 2,080 Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks.......................... 20.50 19.24 807 769 39.4 41,954 40,013 2,047 Customer service representatives.................................. 17.34 16.75 678 620 39.1 35,181 32,240 2,029 File clerks....................................................... 13.42 13.10 517 523 38.5 26,874 27,206 2,003 Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks.............................. 9.47 9.00 371 360 39.2 19,304 18,720 2,038 Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 16.20 15.87 626 639 38.7 32,578 33,209 2,011 Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 20.61 18.86 817 740 39.7 42,508 38,457 2,062 New accounts clerks............................................... 17.70 17.09 683 684 38.6 35,498 35,553 2,005 Order clerks...................................................... 15.27 14.69 606 588 39.7 30,931 30,553 2,025 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 20.47 21.09 796 806 38.9 41,367 41,933 2,021 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 15.09 14.00 575 544 38.1 29,705 28,080 1,969 Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks.... 18.31 20.49 725 820 39.6 37,694 42,623 2,059 Dispatchers....................................................... 18.91 16.05 758 640 40.1 39,440 33,280 2,085 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 18.97 16.05 761 642 40.1 39,571 33,384 2,086 Meter readers, utilities.......................................... 23.77 25.06 951 1,002 40.0 49,435 52,125 2,080 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 20.91 21.54 831 862 39.7 43,200 44,803 2,066 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.46 12.38 537 495 39.9 27,932 25,757 2,075 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.39 11.91 488 466 39.4 25,385 24,253 2,049 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 21.73 20.67 833 781 38.3 43,304 40,597 1,992 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 24.17 22.58 926 846 38.3 48,115 44,000 1,991 Legal secretaries............................................... 24.40 24.55 917 940 37.6 47,662 48,862 1,953 Medical secretaries............................................. 17.71 18.00 674 661 38.1 35,069 34,382 1,980 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.56 16.83 720 665 38.8 37,423 34,555 2,016 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 14.14 13.22 535 510 37.8 27,795 26,520 1,965 Data entry keyers............................................... 13.96 13.00 526 496 37.7 27,356 25,779 1,960 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 17.80 16.53 690 632 38.8 35,876 32,885 2,016 Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service..... 13.46 13.08 528 520 39.2 27,438 27,040 2,038 Office clerks, general............................................ 16.96 16.00 651 635 38.4 33,784 32,848 1,993 Office machine operators, except computer......................... 14.21 14.82 547 556 38.5 28,435 28,903 2,001 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 27.14 24.00 1,072 960 39.5 54,583 49,225 2,011 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 32.01 27.79 1,267 1,111 39.6 65,457 57,793 2,045 Carpenters........................................................ 24.33 21.31 962 852 39.6 48,216 44,325 1,982 Construction laborers............................................. 24.86 25.29 994 1,012 40.0 47,189 51,390 1,898 Construction equipment operators.................................. 28.20 28.00 1,128 1,120 40.0 58,656 58,240 2,080 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 28.58 28.00 1,143 1,120 40.0 59,455 58,240 2,080 Electricians...................................................... 30.00 24.00 1,170 980 39.0 60,824 50,960 2,028 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 32.13 26.93 1,273 1,009 39.6 66,212 52,458 2,061 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 32.14 25.22 1,274 1,009 39.6 66,227 52,458 2,060 Roofers........................................................... 18.56 18.50 636 679 34.3 30,699 35,308 1,654 Sheet metal workers............................................... 30.91 36.24 1,224 1,449 39.6 63,583 75,371 2,057 Structural iron and steel workers................................. 40.47 39.54 1,619 1,582 40.0 84,178 82,243 2,080 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 14.40 13.08 576 523 40.0 29,197 27,196 2,027 Helpers--electricians........................................... 15.58 14.00 623 560 40.0 32,413 29,120 2,080 Miscellaneous construction and related workers.................... 22.74 20.17 894 756 39.3 44,564 39,328 1,960 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.93 21.17 911 838 39.7 47,289 43,451 2,062 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 31.44 30.37 1,255 1,218 39.9 65,228 63,338 2,075 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................... 24.42 22.85 977 914 40.0 50,794 47,532 2,080 Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay.................................................... 33.79 33.97 1,352 1,359 40.0 70,293 70,658 2,080 Aircraft mechanics and service technicians........................ 27.33 27.65 1,093 1,106 40.0 56,851 57,512 2,080 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 18.22 18.00 724 720 39.7 37,627 37,440 2,065 Automotive body and related repairers........................... 20.10 20.00 779 800 38.7 40,507 41,600 2,015 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 17.55 17.00 703 680 40.1 36,574 35,360 2,084 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 21.21 21.15 844 846 39.8 43,882 43,992 2,069 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics...................................................... 22.17 21.67 887 867 40.0 46,122 45,074 2,080 Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines................ 22.41 22.05 896 882 40.0 46,605 45,864 2,080 Control and valve installers and repairers........................ 25.48 21.53 1,019 861 40.0 52,999 44,782 2,080 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers..................................................... 22.75 23.00 910 920 40.0 47,330 47,840 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 20.94 20.21 830 808 39.6 43,051 41,642 2,056 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 23.52 22.17 939 864 39.9 48,813 44,949 2,076 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 19.63 19.50 777 751 39.6 40,339 37,987 2,055 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 20.61 19.86 807 770 39.1 41,314 39,250 2,005 Millwrights..................................................... 25.73 22.91 1,025 916 39.9 53,322 47,653 2,072 Line installers and repairers..................................... 32.64 33.89 1,306 1,356 40.0 67,899 70,495 2,080 Electrical power-line installers and repairers.................. 35.84 38.41 1,434 1,536 40.0 74,554 79,893 2,080 Precision instrument and equipment repairers...................... 28.81 30.64 1,129 1,226 39.2 58,732 63,731 2,038 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 16.15 14.04 628 561 38.9 32,417 29,197 2,008 Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers.......... 12.46 12.40 498 496 40.0 25,877 25,792 2,078 Production occupations.............................................. 16.91 16.00 671 634 39.7 34,858 32,739 2,062 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 25.09 24.04 998 962 39.8 51,813 49,999 2,065 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 17.04 16.55 682 662 40.0 35,451 34,424 2,080 Coil winders, tapers, and finishers............................. 16.13 21.08 645 843 40.0 33,549 43,846 2,080 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 15.95 15.38 638 615 40.0 33,183 31,986 2,080 Electromechanical equipment assemblers.......................... 18.24 18.50 730 740 40.0 37,935 38,480 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 13.12 12.26 518 478 39.5 26,939 24,863 2,054 Team assemblers................................................. 15.69 15.32 628 613 40.0 32,569 31,762 2,075 Bakers............................................................ 16.68 17.86 667 714 40.0 34,705 37,149 2,080 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 14.54 12.26 581 464 39.9 30,190 24,115 2,076 Butchers and meat cutters....................................... 18.67 20.16 743 806 39.8 38,658 41,933 2,070 Slaughterers and meat packers................................... 15.44 16.68 618 667 40.0 32,124 34,694 2,080 Miscellaneous food processing workers............................. 12.29 9.66 475 380 38.6 24,685 19,760 2,009 Food batchmakers................................................ 15.31 15.25 592 590 38.7 30,783 30,705 2,010 Computer control programmers and operators........................ 15.12 15.50 605 620 40.0 31,425 32,240 2,078 Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic... 14.89 15.00 596 600 40.0 30,943 31,200 2,078 Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 20.25 20.16 810 806 40.0 42,116 41,933 2,080 Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............................................ 20.45 20.16 818 806 40.0 42,536 41,933 2,080 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 16.96 16.18 675 647 39.8 35,082 33,625 2,069 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 15.52 14.13 614 565 39.6 31,928 29,390 2,057 Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................... 16.95 17.46 678 699 40.0 35,229 36,325 2,079 Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............................................ 20.79 20.00 832 800 40.0 43,252 41,600 2,080 Machinists........................................................ 22.31 21.10 887 844 39.8 46,115 43,888 2,067 Metal furnace and kiln operators and tenders...................... 19.49 18.62 775 726 39.8 40,217 37,752 2,064 Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders.................... 20.76 20.11 824 804 39.7 42,670 41,829 2,055 Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................................................... 14.15 11.47 566 459 40.0 29,427 23,847 2,080 Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 13.64 11.47 545 459 40.0 28,365 23,847 2,080 Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 15.70 11.81 625 472 39.8 32,412 24,569 2,065 Tool and die makers............................................... 26.49 27.63 1,045 1,098 39.5 54,360 57,096 2,052 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 19.37 18.63 774 745 39.9 40,229 38,750 2,077 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 19.39 18.52 775 740 39.9 40,276 38,480 2,077 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 17.38 15.56 695 622 40.0 36,157 32,365 2,080 Printers.......................................................... 19.75 18.00 774 716 39.2 40,256 37,211 2,038 Prepress technicians and workers................................ 19.76 15.00 744 481 37.6 38,669 25,002 1,957 Printing machine operators...................................... 20.67 17.75 816 710 39.5 42,458 36,920 2,054 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 13.01 11.75 504 470 38.7 26,201 24,440 2,014 Sewing machine operators.......................................... 11.16 11.00 443 440 39.7 23,014 22,880 2,062 Tailors, dressmakers, and sewers.................................. 16.28 12.14 586 425 36.0 30,453 22,100 1,870 Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 12.63 9.00 505 360 40.0 26,275 18,720 2,080 Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers........... 16.37 15.40 645 615 39.4 33,548 31,977 2,049 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 13.34 13.36 534 534 40.0 27,750 27,789 2,080 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing....................................................... 14.46 14.14 578 566 40.0 30,079 29,409 2,080 Stationary engineers and boiler operators......................... 30.27 31.02 1,211 1,241 40.0 62,967 64,522 2,080 Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders....... 22.09 21.65 890 888 40.3 46,298 46,158 2,096 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 15.29 15.74 609 630 39.9 31,693 32,739 2,073 Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 14.35 14.40 571 576 39.8 29,685 29,952 2,069 Cutting workers................................................... 16.10 14.94 644 598 40.0 33,485 31,075 2,080 Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 16.09 14.94 643 598 40.0 33,460 31,075 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 19.50 18.77 782 739 40.1 40,687 38,418 2,087 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 14.17 14.10 567 564 40.0 29,471 29,328 2,080 Painting workers.................................................. 19.66 20.30 741 812 37.7 38,543 42,224 1,961 Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders...................................................... 16.30 15.75 652 630 40.0 33,908 32,760 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 14.11 12.55 564 500 40.0 29,322 26,000 2,078 Helpers--production workers..................................... 12.80 12.50 512 500 40.0 26,604 26,000 2,078 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.11 14.26 645 566 40.0 33,105 29,120 2,055 First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand................................................... 21.43 21.13 865 845 40.3 44,955 43,940 2,098 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................. 24.49 21.70 1,065 1,000 43.5 55,399 51,999 2,262 Aircraft pilots and flight engineers.............................. – – 2,030 1,771 29.8 105,553 92,087 1,550 Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers.................. 131.45 123.52 2,709 2,495 20.6 140,860 129,715 1,072 Bus drivers....................................................... 19.69 20.02 723 641 36.7 34,435 31,720 1,749 Bus drivers, school............................................. 17.11 17.75 433 402 25.3 17,793 16,080 1,040 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 18.33 17.35 758 713 41.4 38,695 37,076 2,111 Driver/sales workers............................................ 14.13 13.07 564 523 39.9 29,316 27,186 2,075 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.53 18.67 836 795 42.8 42,206 40,692 2,161 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 16.96 15.30 657 600 38.7 34,139 31,200 2,013 Taxi drivers and chauffeurs....................................... – – 462 390 39.3 23,913 20,280 2,032 Parking lot attendants............................................ 9.31 8.50 360 340 38.6 18,106 15,267 1,946 Service station attendants........................................ 10.77 8.57 431 343 40.0 22,396 17,826 2,080 Crane and tower operators......................................... 19.33 19.88 773 795 40.0 40,216 41,350 2,080 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 15.75 15.31 627 612 39.8 32,585 31,836 2,068 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.14 11.06 482 440 39.7 24,912 22,880 2,052 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 11.54 10.00 460 400 39.9 23,911 20,800 2,073 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.47 11.50 498 460 39.9 25,649 23,920 2,057 Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 16.30 12.55 632 518 38.8 32,866 26,936 2,016 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 10.91 9.31 427 372 39.2 22,149 19,359 2,031 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.