RSE Table 13 Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Relative standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(5) Annual earnings(6) Occupation(2) Mean Relative Mean Relative Mean Relative error(4) error(4) error(4) All workers........................................................... $32.31 1.8% $1,203 1.7% $56,351 1.7% Management occupations.............................................. 46.92 4.8 1,777 4.7 91,932 4.7 General and operations managers................................... 36.81 20.2 1,397 18.3 72,653 18.3 Financial managers................................................ 52.29 6.0 2,037 6.9 105,901 6.9 Education administrators.......................................... 54.80 6.2 2,092 8.6 107,175 8.6 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 58.18 5.3 2,263 6.8 114,953 6.8 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 50.80 8.7 1,881 10.5 97,819 10.5 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 31.99 5.6 1,190 5.3 61,899 5.3 Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation..................................... 28.35 10.7 1,034 10.6 53,819 10.6 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 33.57 1.9 1,204 1.4 62,635 1.4 Tax examiners, collectors, preparers, and revenue agents.......... 28.79 12.3 1,083 12.3 56,304 12.3 Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents................... 28.79 12.3 1,083 12.3 56,304 12.3 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 33.89 4.6 1,255 4.3 64,439 4.3 Computer support specialists...................................... 27.92 11.0 1,061 11.2 53,143 11.2 Computer systems analysts......................................... 40.80 10.7 1,468 9.9 75,491 9.9 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 33.67 11.9 1,321 13.3 68,178 13.3 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 36.04 5.3 1,357 7.6 70,565 7.6 Engineers......................................................... 36.34 5.5 1,365 7.9 70,976 7.9 Civil engineers................................................. 36.11 3.9 1,425 4.0 74,156 4.0 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 36.24 3.8 1,345 3.4 67,551 3.4 Physical scientists............................................... 34.51 21.5 1,238 23.1 64,400 23.1 Environmental scientists and geoscientists...................... 39.89 14.4 1,463 13.5 76,141 13.5 Environmental scientists and specialists, including health.... 41.30 14.0 1,511 13.2 78,596 13.2 Psychologists..................................................... 49.06 6.9 1,791 6.0 79,539 6.0 Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists.................. 49.65 6.9 1,807 6.1 79,068 6.1 Community and social services occupations........................... 36.07 6.9 1,295 6.8 60,686 6.8 Counselors........................................................ 48.20 9.7 1,691 7.9 69,910 7.9 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 53.41 7.9 1,841 7.2 72,497 7.2 Social workers.................................................... 33.57 22.1 1,205 21.5 58,258 21.5 Mental health and substance abuse social workers................ 26.49 8.2 1,023 10.2 53,215 10.2 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 29.71 12.6 1,092 11.5 54,848 11.5 Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists....... 32.59 13.2 1,195 10.9 62,185 10.9 Social and human service assistants............................. 23.77 17.1 876 17.4 42,493 17.4 Legal occupations................................................... 42.01 17.5 1,515 17.3 78,757 17.3 Lawyers........................................................... 50.34 3.7 1,835 2.7 95,409 2.7 Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers................... 60.60 8.0 2,129 7.9 110,693 7.9 Miscellaneous legal support workers............................... 25.21 17.2 931 16.0 48,390 16.0 Law clerks...................................................... 27.86 18.3 1,005 18.0 52,267 18.0 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 44.74 1.6 1,577 1.7 61,167 1.7 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 54.32 8.6 1,944 5.3 76,827 5.3 Math and computer teachers, postsecondary....................... 64.29 21.3 2,349 22.5 91,546 22.5 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 56.01 11.1 2,069 11.0 75,555 11.0 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 47.78 17.8 1,687 14.8 70,398 14.8 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 48.60 1.2 1,720 1.3 66,044 1.3 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 48.44 7.3 1,699 7.3 65,901 7.3 Preschool teachers, except special education.................. 45.06 9.5 1,574 8.5 61,277 8.5 Kindergarten teachers, except special education............... 51.63 9.6 1,817 8.8 70,263 8.8 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 49.45 1.8 1,744 1.8 66,673 1.8 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 49.94 2.5 1,756 2.4 66,887 2.4 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 47.72 2.8 1,702 2.2 65,908 2.2 Secondary school teachers....................................... 45.87 1.9 1,641 1.8 63,620 1.8 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 45.82 2.5 1,647 2.0 63,813 2.0 Vocational education teachers, secondary school............... 46.20 9.4 1,606 8.8 62,381 8.8 Special education teachers...................................... 49.01 1.5 1,732 1.3 66,996 1.3 Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school.......................................... 46.95 2.6 1,658 3.0 64,586 3.0 Special education teachers, middle school..................... 47.73 8.0 1,705 6.9 65,097 6.9 Special education teachers, secondary school.................. 53.79 5.6 1,894 4.2 72,678 4.2 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 51.45 5.4 1,739 5.2 66,286 5.2 Librarians........................................................ 29.91 13.2 1,130 11.0 55,011 11.0 Teacher assistants................................................ 17.91 3.5 606 3.1 23,305 3.1 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 29.38 21.1 1,123 20.1 58,393 20.1 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 35.99 2.6 1,392 1.6 68,994 1.6 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 48.74 8.6 2,121 1.2 110,302 1.2 Registered nurses................................................. 35.75 6.1 1,365 6.1 67,340 6.1 Therapists........................................................ 43.58 5.6 1,573 4.1 69,881 4.1 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 20.91 4.4 813 4.9 42,286 4.9 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 17.40 2.5 680 2.6 35,227 2.6 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 17.34 2.5 679 2.6 35,335 2.6 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 16.63 3.9 636 4.0 33,080 4.0 Psychiatric aides............................................... 17.91 3.2 716 3.2 37,264 3.2 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 18.69 7.3 697 6.4 34,524 6.4 Protective service occupations...................................... 30.61 5.0 1,212 5.2 62,477 5.2 First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 44.62 7.1 1,765 6.1 91,766 6.1 First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 47.95 4.4 1,892 3.0 98,406 3.0 Fire fighters..................................................... 31.65 7.4 1,307 5.7 67,983 5.7 Fire inspectors................................................... 24.87 10.4 876 10.6 45,535 10.6 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 27.06 6.2 1,071 6.2 55,734 6.2 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 26.79 5.8 1,065 6.0 55,393 6.0 Detectives and criminal investigators............................. 40.94 3.6 1,619 3.7 84,192 3.7 Police officers................................................... 34.60 1.5 1,373 1.5 71,400 1.5 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 34.60 1.5 1,373 1.5 71,400 1.5 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 18.81 3.9 750 4.0 35,642 4.0 Security guards................................................. 18.81 3.9 750 4.0 35,642 4.0 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 16.73 5.7 598 5.7 26,117 5.7 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 15.33 8.7 542 11.6 23,673 11.6 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 18.92 1.7 747 1.8 38,716 1.8 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 34.18 7.8 1,264 6.6 65,733 6.6 Building cleaning workers......................................... 17.80 2.3 705 2.2 36,609 2.2 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 17.90 2.3 709 2.2 36,814 2.2 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 20.41 2.2 805 1.8 41,353 1.8 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 20.23 6.3 798 5.7 40,884 5.7 Personal care and service occupations............................... 14.68 7.8 540 7.6 23,997 7.6 Child care workers................................................ 13.72 11.5 492 16.6 19,658 16.6 Sales and related occupations....................................... 22.36 12.1 819 12.6 42,277 12.6 Retail sales workers.............................................. 20.34 3.5 750 6.1 38,677 6.1 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 20.34 3.5 750 6.1 38,677 6.1 Cashiers...................................................... 20.34 3.5 750 6.1 38,677 6.1 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 21.61 4.0 792 3.7 40,505 3.7 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 26.30 5.7 957 5.0 49,810 5.0 Financial clerks.................................................. 22.64 6.7 824 5.5 42,855 5.5 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 23.23 6.1 837 5.1 43,521 5.1 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 21.52 8.4 804 7.9 41,803 7.9 Court, municipal, and license clerks.............................. 24.81 9.7 882 8.5 45,857 8.5 Eligibility interviewers, government programs..................... 22.99 7.5 823 6.7 42,775 6.7 Library assistants, clerical...................................... 17.20 12.4 652 10.4 32,698 10.4 Dispatchers....................................................... 26.55 10.2 1,050 10.9 54,583 10.9 Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers......................... 20.75 10.6 805 9.4 41,870 9.4 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 24.06 5.8 882 5.1 43,895 5.1 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 23.46 7.1 861 6.3 44,592 6.3 Legal secretaries............................................... 27.12 8.4 962 7.4 50,010 7.4 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 24.23 11.9 890 11.1 43,013 11.1 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 18.44 3.5 681 3.0 35,127 3.0 Data entry keyers............................................... 19.38 10.5 712 8.8 37,005 8.8 Word processors and typists..................................... 18.00 4.8 667 4.7 34,258 4.7 Office clerks, general............................................ 19.00 3.4 692 4.9 35,360 4.9 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 23.34 8.3 911 6.8 46,829 6.8 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 29.49 9.4 1,179 9.4 61,329 9.4 Construction laborers............................................. 17.43 9.9 697 9.9 29,376 9.9 Construction equipment operators.................................. 19.67 7.2 767 6.2 39,932 6.2 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 19.70 7.6 767 6.5 39,938 6.5 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 24.39 12.1 965 12.2 50,207 12.2 Construction and building inspectors.............................. 26.33 4.3 1,037 4.8 53,936 4.8 Highway maintenance workers....................................... 18.68 3.3 745 3.3 38,751 3.3 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 25.50 6.5 1,007 5.5 52,379 5.5 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 33.27 15.4 1,331 15.4 69,198 15.4 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 25.58 6.8 1,013 7.5 52,717 7.5 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 24.44 8.9 965 9.5 50,222 9.5 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 26.18 2.8 1,047 2.8 54,464 2.8 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 23.68 11.3 921 9.6 47,872 9.6 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 23.69 11.3 921 9.6 47,878 9.6 Production occupations.............................................. 23.49 11.3 933 11.8 48,517 11.8 Stationary engineers and boiler operators......................... 21.78 6.1 871 6.1 45,303 6.1 Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators....... 19.75 15.0 790 15.0 41,074 15.0 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 23.91 5.1 923 6.4 45,330 6.4 Bus drivers....................................................... 23.56 2.0 881 2.9 40,514 2.9 Bus drivers, transit and intercity.............................. 25.17 3.1 1,007 3.1 52,356 3.1 Bus drivers, school............................................. 21.90 8.4 767 10.7 31,951 10.7 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 19.07 5.3 749 5.6 38,922 5.6 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 17.94 5.8 718 5.8 37,311 5.8 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 20.95 6.7 798 9.9 41,474 9.9 Refuse and recyclable material collectors......................... 27.94 12.0 1,102 14.1 54,760 14.1 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 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see chapter 8 of the BLS Handbook of Methods, at https://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/homch8_a.htm. 5 Mean weekly earnings are based on the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees, exclusive of overtime. 6 Mean annual earnings are based on the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.