Table 15 Private industry establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time workers Hourly(2) Weekly(3) Annual(4) Occupation(1) Mean Median Mean Median Mean Mean Median Mean earnings earnings earnings earnings hours earnings earnings hours All workers........................................................... $22.96 $17.50 $899 $680 39.2 $46,196 $35,000 2,012 Management occupations.............................................. 51.37 42.46 2,044 1,684 39.8 105,993 87,560 2,063 General and operations managers................................... 65.01 44.77 2,640 1,791 40.6 137,278 93,124 2,112 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 67.34 61.54 2,600 2,212 38.6 135,175 114,999 2,007 Marketing managers.............................................. 48.35 47.33 1,779 1,775 36.8 92,497 92,299 1,913 Sales managers.................................................. 84.48 93.05 3,412 3,722 40.4 177,445 193,552 2,101 Administrative services managers.................................. 35.53 36.26 1,399 1,451 39.4 72,762 75,427 2,048 Computer and information systems managers......................... 61.68 65.05 2,461 2,602 39.9 127,965 135,300 2,075 Financial managers................................................ 49.53 45.74 1,952 1,769 39.4 100,234 93,443 2,024 Industrial production managers.................................... 33.73 33.33 1,416 1,284 42.0 73,646 66,789 2,184 Social and community service managers............................. 29.52 31.63 1,118 1,107 37.9 58,151 57,559 1,970 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 36.70 28.72 1,448 1,145 39.4 75,272 59,540 2,051 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 29.89 32.79 1,151 1,312 38.5 59,844 68,199 2,002 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 29.89 32.79 1,151 1,312 38.5 59,844 68,199 2,002 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 29.58 28.24 1,190 1,200 40.2 61,856 62,400 2,091 Credit analysts................................................... 33.73 36.14 1,293 1,267 38.3 67,220 65,862 1,993 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 48.58 43.27 1,934 1,646 39.8 100,567 85,591 2,070 Financial analysts.............................................. 57.02 46.15 2,327 1,846 40.8 121,016 96,000 2,122 Insurance underwriters.......................................... 32.52 28.85 1,205 1,154 37.1 62,650 60,000 1,927 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 44.53 28.46 1,733 1,087 38.9 90,103 56,512 2,023 Loan officers................................................... 45.79 28.46 1,779 1,087 38.9 92,527 56,512 2,020 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.03 35.34 1,398 1,413 39.9 72,705 73,501 2,076 Computer programmers.............................................. 35.03 35.34 1,401 1,413 40.0 72,862 73,501 2,080 Computer software engineers....................................... 38.97 40.78 1,559 1,631 40.0 81,057 84,822 2,080 Computer support specialists...................................... 23.26 23.97 913 942 39.2 47,461 49,000 2,040 Computer systems analysts......................................... 49.16 45.38 1,967 1,815 40.0 102,260 94,380 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 31.67 32.23 1,259 1,312 39.7 65,452 68,199 2,067 Engineers......................................................... 37.49 36.13 1,529 1,487 40.8 79,484 77,347 2,120 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 41.25 40.77 1,650 1,631 40.0 85,791 84,800 2,080 Electrical engineers.......................................... 34.16 33.65 1,366 1,346 40.0 71,049 70,000 2,080 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 45.37 41.59 1,815 1,663 40.0 94,363 86,501 2,080 Mechanical engineers............................................ 31.98 32.23 1,391 1,445 43.5 72,316 75,140 2,261 Drafters.......................................................... 26.46 28.31 993 1,062 37.5 51,618 55,201 1,950 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 25.58 25.72 1,023 1,029 40.0 53,205 53,500 2,080 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 30.44 30.94 1,218 1,238 40.0 63,324 64,355 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 24.58 24.51 925 920 37.6 48,094 47,840 1,956 Physical scientists............................................... 21.67 18.67 870 747 40.2 45,241 38,840 2,088 Community and social services occupations........................... 20.31 17.84 765 669 37.7 38,810 34,794 1,910 Counselors........................................................ 22.34 17.84 850 669 38.0 41,983 34,794 1,879 Social workers.................................................... 24.21 22.59 884 791 36.5 44,563 40,019 1,841 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 15.27 13.80 583 546 38.2 30,303 28,371 1,985 Social and human service assistants............................. 14.11 13.80 547 517 38.8 28,459 26,900 2,017 Legal occupations................................................... 33.71 25.48 1,295 971 38.4 66,734 50,500 1,980 Lawyers........................................................... 44.38 36.06 1,714 1,442 38.6 89,124 75,001 2,008 Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 21.79 18.75 825 750 37.8 42,874 39,000 1,968 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 22.44 19.29 796 718 35.5 35,526 32,195 1,583 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 26.03 25.12 906 883 34.8 38,313 38,269 1,472 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 20.58 15.42 681 683 33.1 31,303 32,847 1,521 Preschool teachers, except special education.................. 21.10 16.48 688 718 32.6 32,018 38,269 1,518 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 26.98 26.44 997 965 37.0 39,078 37,080 1,448 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 27.46 25.88 1,004 964 36.6 39,256 37,799 1,430 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.45 11.00 409 400 35.7 19,988 20,386 1,746 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 34.34 28.37 1,363 1,135 39.7 70,860 58,999 2,064 Designers......................................................... 28.14 28.37 1,124 1,115 39.9 58,446 58,001 2,077 Graphic designers............................................... 26.43 27.84 1,053 1,022 39.8 54,765 53,120 2,072 Public relations specialists...................................... 36.12 37.26 1,433 1,490 39.7 74,541 77,501 2,064 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 49.13 31.25 1,889 1,140 38.4 97,759 59,072 1,990 Pharmacists....................................................... 47.25 55.25 1,804 1,868 38.2 93,825 97,141 1,986 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 130.81 105.77 5,353 4,231 40.9 278,347 220,000 2,128 Registered nurses................................................. 31.97 29.37 1,259 1,141 39.4 65,455 59,320 2,048 Therapists........................................................ 33.82 28.92 1,269 1,104 37.5 64,460 56,160 1,906 Dental hygienists................................................. 40.38 37.00 1,251 1,133 31.0 65,056 58,924 1,611 Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...................... 14.58 14.13 583 565 40.0 30,321 29,390 2,080 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 14.64 14.52 548 522 37.4 28,513 27,144 1,947 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.52 19.22 685 694 37.0 34,497 34,632 1,863 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.81 12.73 514 492 37.2 26,594 25,563 1,925 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.99 11.90 463 460 38.6 24,087 23,920 2,009 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.15 11.20 425 440 38.1 22,114 22,880 1,983 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 15.07 15.00 546 552 36.2 28,139 28,600 1,868 Dental assistants............................................... 17.81 17.50 625 602 35.1 32,512 31,312 1,825 Medical assistants.............................................. 12.93 12.00 470 420 36.3 24,427 21,840 1,889 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.76 8.50 374 324 38.3 19,197 16,640 1,966 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 16.59 14.50 702 675 42.3 36,504 35,100 2,201 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 16.57 14.50 701 700 42.3 36,475 36,400 2,202 Cooks............................................................. 12.43 12.00 480 442 38.6 24,319 23,009 1,956 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 16.40 16.86 616 674 37.5 29,942 33,004 1,826 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.70 11.50 457 442 39.1 23,297 22,880 1,991 Food preparation workers.......................................... 10.27 10.20 390 406 38.0 20,305 21,112 1,976 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.11 4.10 190 130 37.2 9,661 6,540 1,890 Bartenders...................................................... 5.24 4.65 186 175 35.4 9,555 9,100 1,824 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.34 3.10 162 124 37.3 8,197 6,427 1,891 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.17 8.00 300 296 36.7 15,603 15,392 1,910 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 8.18 8.00 292 294 35.7 15,175 15,288 1,856 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 8.16 7.75 309 300 37.9 16,071 15,600 1,969 Dishwashers....................................................... 8.57 7.62 338 305 39.4 17,551 15,852 2,049 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.53 12.56 535 492 39.5 26,034 21,195 1,924 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 20.47 20.66 814 788 39.8 42,348 40,955 2,069 First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers...................................................... 21.01 20.66 826 788 39.3 42,971 40,955 2,045 Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.54 11.00 492 400 39.2 25,042 20,800 1,997 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 13.07 12.18 510 470 39.1 25,779 20,800 1,973 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.09 8.50 358 331 39.4 18,636 17,199 2,051 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 12.41 12.56 496 502 39.9 22,100 20,800 1,782 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 12.12 12.00 484 480 39.9 21,447 20,800 1,770 Personal care and service occupations............................... 11.76 10.63 458 420 39.0 23,467 21,840 1,996 Child care workers................................................ 9.82 9.75 375 390 38.2 18,797 20,280 1,914 Sales and related occupations....................................... 23.42 16.20 932 643 39.8 48,401 33,446 2,066 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 23.03 20.39 948 904 41.2 49,298 47,000 2,141 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 21.40 20.29 884 884 41.3 45,991 45,981 2,149 Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.28 11.00 564 429 39.5 29,232 21,944 2,047 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.24 8.40 365 327 39.5 18,980 16,981 2,054 Cashiers...................................................... 9.24 8.40 365 327 39.5 18,980 16,981 2,054 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 16.19 16.08 663 643 40.9 34,452 33,446 2,129 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 13.59 12.56 559 563 41.2 29,088 29,250 2,140 Parts salespersons............................................ 18.18 18.26 741 766 40.8 38,533 39,828 2,120 Retail salespersons............................................. 17.56 13.40 685 500 39.0 35,371 25,997 2,014 Insurance sales agents............................................ 22.82 19.34 895 774 39.2 46,540 40,225 2,040 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 64.05 39.26 2,580 1,538 40.3 134,140 80,001 2,094 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 36.82 28.75 1,472 1,150 40.0 76,541 59,802 2,079 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products...................................... 48.81 52.89 1,961 2,115 40.2 101,962 110,001 2,089 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products............................ 30.69 27.00 1,224 1,080 39.9 63,645 56,160 2,074 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 16.01 13.40 650 670 40.6 33,805 34,824 2,112 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.24 16.00 669 625 38.8 34,755 32,400 2,016 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 21.19 20.63 836 825 39.5 43,491 42,910 2,052 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.58 15.82 660 625 39.8 34,315 32,500 2,069 Bill and account collectors..................................... 18.88 22.12 754 885 40.0 39,231 45,999 2,078 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 17.24 16.50 682 660 39.5 35,410 34,320 2,054 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.95 17.25 718 706 40.0 37,325 36,712 2,079 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 18.44 18.13 737 725 40.0 38,348 37,710 2,080 Tellers......................................................... 12.45 12.13 491 466 39.4 25,533 24,211 2,050 Brokerage clerks.................................................. 27.65 30.12 1,052 1,129 38.0 54,704 58,726 1,978 Customer service representatives.................................. 17.58 16.75 675 586 38.4 35,100 30,485 1,997 Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks.............................. 9.07 9.00 353 360 39.0 18,367 18,720 2,026 Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 22.50 20.31 898 813 39.9 46,711 42,251 2,076 Order clerks...................................................... 14.04 13.70 561 548 40.0 29,194 28,496 2,080 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.09 13.07 534 494 37.9 27,717 25,682 1,967 Dispatchers....................................................... 17.15 16.79 686 671 40.0 35,665 34,917 2,080 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 17.15 16.79 686 671 40.0 35,665 34,917 2,080 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 19.36 18.78 771 731 39.8 40,096 38,000 2,071 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.14 13.00 562 520 39.8 29,187 27,040 2,065 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.20 9.00 442 358 39.5 22,990 18,616 2,052 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.89 19.31 799 750 38.3 41,546 39,001 1,989 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 23.78 21.64 916 831 38.5 47,591 43,200 2,001 Legal secretaries............................................... 24.52 25.82 915 942 37.3 47,589 48,976 1,941 Medical secretaries............................................. 17.78 18.00 673 703 37.9 34,997 36,548 1,969 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.53 14.67 605 587 38.9 31,448 30,512 2,025 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 18.38 15.79 713 608 38.8 37,080 31,635 2,017 Office clerks, general............................................ 15.87 15.00 609 578 38.4 31,511 30,056 1,986 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 24.33 21.28 961 840 39.5 49,015 42,078 2,015 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 33.01 28.00 1,305 1,120 39.5 67,378 58,240 2,041 Carpenters........................................................ 18.30 19.96 721 798 39.4 37,126 39,520 2,029 Construction laborers............................................. 21.92 19.28 877 771 40.0 39,394 35,210 1,797 Construction equipment operators.................................. 25.62 27.04 1,025 1,082 40.0 53,297 56,243 2,080 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 26.01 28.00 1,041 1,120 40.0 54,110 58,240 2,080 Electricians...................................................... 28.62 24.00 1,141 960 39.9 59,356 49,920 2,074 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 23.13 20.23 917 809 39.7 47,694 42,078 2,062 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 22.68 19.48 899 779 39.6 46,751 40,520 2,061 Roofers........................................................... 18.56 18.50 636 679 34.3 30,699 35,308 1,654 Sheet metal workers............................................... 31.19 36.24 1,232 1,449 39.5 63,992 75,371 2,051 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 14.86 14.00 594 560 40.0 29,977 28,080 2,017 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.09 18.77 837 750 39.7 43,445 39,000 2,060 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 30.50 28.66 1,219 1,146 40.0 63,369 59,613 2,078 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................... 20.22 18.00 809 720 40.0 42,064 37,440 2,080 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 18.44 18.00 731 725 39.7 38,018 37,719 2,062 Automotive body and related repairers........................... 19.92 20.00 768 800 38.5 39,927 41,600 2,004 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 17.87 17.75 717 710 40.1 37,265 36,920 2,085 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 19.36 18.50 767 720 39.6 39,889 37,440 2,061 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics...................................................... 21.93 21.67 877 867 40.0 45,623 45,074 2,080 Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines................ 22.14 22.05 886 882 40.0 46,050 45,864 2,080 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers..................................................... 21.48 18.50 859 740 40.0 44,680 38,480 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.13 18.00 723 701 39.9 37,445 36,286 2,065 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 21.57 21.19 863 848 40.0 44,867 44,075 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.58 16.75 700 670 39.8 36,245 34,840 2,061 Line installers and repairers..................................... 32.05 33.89 1,282 1,356 40.0 66,654 70,495 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 14.23 12.50 544 500 38.2 27,979 22,464 1,966 Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers.......... 10.87 10.00 435 400 40.0 22,600 20,800 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 15.51 13.90 613 548 39.5 31,860 28,496 2,054 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 21.90 20.68 876 827 40.0 45,526 43,004 2,079 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 13.64 13.82 546 553 40.0 28,376 28,746 2,080 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 12.45 12.69 498 508 40.0 25,895 26,395 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.62 11.74 502 470 39.8 26,063 24,419 2,065 Team assemblers................................................. 12.34 11.70 493 468 40.0 25,521 24,190 2,069 Butchers and meat cutters....................................... 15.17 13.25 602 510 39.7 31,302 26,520 2,063 Miscellaneous food processing workers............................. 10.67 9.66 407 362 38.2 21,167 18,839 1,985 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 15.24 14.30 610 572 40.0 31,706 29,744 2,080 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 15.27 15.09 611 604 40.0 31,753 31,387 2,080 Machinists........................................................ 20.98 20.69 837 828 39.9 43,528 43,035 2,074 Tool and die makers............................................... 25.11 26.00 1,005 1,040 40.0 52,239 54,080 2,080 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 18.29 17.50 730 700 39.9 37,937 36,400 2,075 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 18.15 17.46 724 699 39.9 37,644 36,325 2,074 Printers.......................................................... 18.75 17.50 738 700 39.4 38,371 36,400 2,047 Printing machine operators...................................... 20.50 17.50 820 700 40.0 42,641 36,400 2,080 Sewing machine operators.......................................... 11.16 11.00 442 440 39.6 22,995 22,880 2,061 Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers........... 15.71 15.00 617 600 39.3 32,098 31,200 2,043 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 14.32 15.74 570 630 39.8 29,658 32,739 2,070 Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 13.59 11.23 540 449 39.7 28,064 23,358 2,066 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.39 16.28 692 651 39.8 35,986 33,862 2,070 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 10.65 9.00 426 360 40.0 22,146 18,720 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 10.86 9.78 433 391 39.8 22,449 20,351 2,067 Helpers--production workers..................................... 11.85 12.50 474 500 40.0 24,647 26,000 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.27 13.00 575 508 40.3 29,233 25,709 2,048 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................. 25.72 21.70 1,186 1,172 46.1 61,654 60,922 2,397 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.02 16.00 697 626 40.9 35,108 32,240 2,063 Driver/sales workers............................................ 11.65 10.50 462 420 39.6 24,019 21,840 2,062 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.84 18.36 798 734 42.3 39,592 38,480 2,101 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 13.83 13.94 522 550 37.8 27,097 29,004 1,959 Service station attendants........................................ 10.77 8.57 431 343 40.0 22,396 17,826 2,080 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 16.48 15.31 649 612 39.4 33,771 31,836 2,049 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.88 10.00 431 400 39.6 22,133 20,800 2,034 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 9.15 8.50 362 340 39.5 18,807 17,680 2,056 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.34 10.25 453 400 39.9 23,135 21,320 2,040 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 9.86 8.00 380 320 38.6 19,773 16,640 2,005 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.