RSE Table 15 Private industry establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Relative standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings for full-time workers Hourly earnings(2) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(1) Mean Relative Mean Relative Mean Relative error(3) error(3) error(3) All workers........................................................... $22.96 2.7% $899 2.6% $46,196 2.6% Management occupations.............................................. 51.37 5.7 2,044 5.6 105,993 5.6 General and operations managers................................... 65.01 23.3 2,640 24.0 137,278 24.0 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 67.34 17.3 2,600 18.2 135,175 18.2 Marketing managers.............................................. 48.35 7.2 1,779 7.3 92,497 7.3 Sales managers.................................................. 84.48 15.3 3,412 15.0 177,445 15.0 Administrative services managers.................................. 35.53 7.1 1,399 7.8 72,762 7.8 Computer and information systems managers......................... 61.68 6.2 2,461 6.2 127,965 6.2 Financial managers................................................ 49.53 8.2 1,952 10.1 100,234 10.1 Industrial production managers.................................... 33.73 8.4 1,416 9.5 73,646 9.5 Social and community service managers............................. 29.52 7.4 1,118 8.1 58,151 8.1 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 36.70 10.0 1,448 10.6 75,272 10.6 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 29.89 10.2 1,151 10.5 59,844 10.5 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 29.89 10.2 1,151 10.5 59,844 10.5 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 29.58 10.4 1,190 9.7 61,856 9.7 Credit analysts................................................... 33.73 6.4 1,293 7.1 67,220 7.1 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 48.58 19.2 1,934 23.3 100,567 23.3 Financial analysts.............................................. 57.02 7.6 2,327 8.1 121,016 8.1 Insurance underwriters.......................................... 32.52 16.4 1,205 18.3 62,650 18.3 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 44.53 25.2 1,733 25.6 90,103 25.6 Loan officers................................................... 45.79 25.2 1,779 25.7 92,527 25.7 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.03 8.5 1,398 8.7 72,705 8.7 Computer programmers.............................................. 35.03 5.2 1,401 5.2 72,862 5.2 Computer software engineers....................................... 38.97 14.5 1,559 14.5 81,057 14.5 Computer support specialists...................................... 23.26 1.7 913 1.7 47,461 1.7 Computer systems analysts......................................... 49.16 12.1 1,967 12.1 102,260 12.1 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 31.67 5.7 1,259 6.0 65,452 6.0 Engineers......................................................... 37.49 7.9 1,529 7.4 79,484 7.4 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 41.25 9.3 1,650 9.3 85,791 9.3 Electrical engineers.......................................... 34.16 10.0 1,366 10.0 71,049 10.0 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 45.37 9.7 1,815 9.7 94,363 9.7 Mechanical engineers............................................ 31.98 3.5 1,391 5.2 72,316 5.2 Drafters.......................................................... 26.46 9.4 993 11.4 51,618 11.4 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 25.58 12.6 1,023 12.6 53,205 12.6 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 30.44 7.9 1,218 7.9 63,324 7.9 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 24.58 6.8 925 8.1 48,094 8.1 Physical scientists............................................... 21.67 7.1 870 7.4 45,241 7.4 Community and social services occupations........................... 20.31 8.9 765 7.6 38,810 7.6 Counselors........................................................ 22.34 22.0 850 18.3 41,983 18.3 Social workers.................................................... 24.21 7.6 884 6.6 44,563 6.6 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 15.27 7.1 583 5.5 30,303 5.5 Social and human service assistants............................. 14.11 6.3 547 6.1 28,459 6.1 Legal occupations................................................... 33.71 8.9 1,295 8.8 66,734 8.8 Lawyers........................................................... 44.38 16.0 1,714 16.2 89,124 16.2 Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 21.79 8.6 825 9.3 42,874 9.3 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 22.44 6.2 796 3.1 35,526 3.1 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 26.03 8.1 906 4.7 38,313 4.7 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 20.58 23.1 681 13.2 31,303 13.2 Preschool teachers, except special education.................. 21.10 24.1 688 13.9 32,018 13.9 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 26.98 6.5 997 6.2 39,078 6.2 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 27.46 9.9 1,004 10.1 39,256 10.1 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.45 5.3 409 6.6 19,988 6.6 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 34.34 14.1 1,363 13.3 70,860 13.3 Designers......................................................... 28.14 10.3 1,124 11.6 58,446 11.6 Graphic designers............................................... 26.43 7.9 1,053 7.9 54,765 7.9 Public relations specialists...................................... 36.12 14.0 1,433 14.4 74,541 14.4 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 49.13 16.8 1,889 16.8 97,759 16.8 Pharmacists....................................................... 47.25 3.3 1,804 5.8 93,825 5.8 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 130.81 17.2 5,353 17.3 278,347 17.3 Registered nurses................................................. 31.97 7.0 1,259 9.3 65,455 9.3 Therapists........................................................ 33.82 10.3 1,269 12.3 64,460 12.3 Dental hygienists................................................. 40.38 11.2 1,251 14.6 65,056 14.6 Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...................... 14.58 7.5 583 7.5 30,321 7.5 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 14.64 6.1 548 4.1 28,513 4.1 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 18.52 5.1 685 8.4 34,497 8.4 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.81 4.3 514 4.1 26,594 4.1 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.99 3.1 463 3.5 24,087 3.5 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.15 3.9 425 3.3 22,114 3.3 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 15.07 3.1 546 4.1 28,139 4.1 Dental assistants............................................... 17.81 3.8 625 3.7 32,512 3.7 Medical assistants.............................................. 12.93 5.9 470 7.9 24,427 7.9 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.76 4.2 374 5.4 19,197 5.4 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 16.59 6.7 702 6.7 36,504 6.7 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 16.57 6.4 701 6.1 36,475 6.1 Cooks............................................................. 12.43 7.8 480 8.1 24,319 8.1 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 16.40 15.5 616 15.0 29,942 15.0 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.70 3.7 457 4.6 23,297 4.6 Food preparation workers.......................................... 10.27 5.2 390 5.8 20,305 5.8 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.11 17.8 190 17.3 9,661 17.3 Bartenders...................................................... 5.24 19.4 186 16.3 9,555 16.3 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.34 13.7 162 13.4 8,197 13.4 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.17 3.0 300 5.9 15,603 5.9 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 8.18 3.2 292 6.1 15,175 6.1 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 8.16 4.4 309 7.6 16,071 7.6 Dishwashers....................................................... 8.57 5.0 338 5.3 17,551 5.3 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.53 4.2 535 4.0 26,034 4.0 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 20.47 4.7 814 5.0 42,348 5.0 First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers...................................................... 21.01 5.2 826 6.2 42,971 6.2 Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.54 5.5 492 5.2 25,042 5.2 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 13.07 11.1 510 11.3 25,779 11.3 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.09 7.7 358 8.1 18,636 8.1 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 12.41 7.3 496 7.3 22,100 7.3 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 12.12 7.0 484 6.9 21,447 6.9 Personal care and service occupations............................... 11.76 7.9 458 7.8 23,467 7.8 Child care workers................................................ 9.82 5.0 375 6.4 18,797 6.4 Sales and related occupations....................................... 23.42 5.6 932 5.7 48,401 5.7 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 23.03 7.7 948 7.7 49,298 7.7 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 21.40 5.3 884 6.1 45,991 6.1 Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.28 3.7 564 3.7 29,232 3.7 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.24 5.2 365 5.1 18,980 5.1 Cashiers...................................................... 9.24 5.2 365 5.1 18,980 5.1 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 16.19 11.4 663 10.6 34,452 10.6 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 13.59 14.2 559 12.6 29,088 12.6 Parts salespersons............................................ 18.18 7.1 741 6.9 38,533 6.9 Retail salespersons............................................. 17.56 7.5 685 7.1 35,371 7.1 Insurance sales agents............................................ 22.82 9.6 895 8.7 46,540 8.7 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 64.05 23.7 2,580 23.2 134,140 23.2 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 36.82 17.1 1,472 16.9 76,541 16.9 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products...................................... 48.81 11.4 1,961 11.3 101,962 11.3 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products............................ 30.69 15.9 1,224 15.6 63,645 15.6 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 16.01 9.8 650 8.3 33,805 8.3 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.24 3.6 669 3.5 34,755 3.5 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 21.19 6.8 836 6.7 43,491 6.7 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.58 6.5 660 6.9 34,315 6.9 Bill and account collectors..................................... 18.88 15.9 754 15.8 39,231 15.8 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 17.24 9.0 682 9.2 35,410 9.2 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.95 7.0 718 7.7 37,325 7.7 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 18.44 6.5 737 6.5 38,348 6.5 Tellers......................................................... 12.45 2.6 491 2.4 25,533 2.4 Brokerage clerks.................................................. 27.65 14.1 1,052 16.5 54,704 16.5 Customer service representatives.................................. 17.58 6.7 675 7.0 35,100 7.0 Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks.............................. 9.07 4.4 353 6.0 18,367 6.0 Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 22.50 17.6 898 17.7 46,711 17.7 Order clerks...................................................... 14.04 5.7 561 5.7 29,194 5.7 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.09 3.8 534 4.4 27,717 4.4 Dispatchers....................................................... 17.15 6.7 686 6.7 35,665 6.7 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 17.15 6.7 686 6.7 35,665 6.7 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 19.36 5.2 771 5.2 40,096 5.2 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.14 11.1 562 11.5 29,187 11.5 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.20 16.2 442 16.0 22,990 16.0 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.89 5.2 799 4.7 41,546 4.7 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 23.78 6.9 916 6.0 47,591 6.0 Legal secretaries............................................... 24.52 6.6 915 6.5 47,589 6.5 Medical secretaries............................................. 17.78 6.8 673 6.5 34,997 6.5 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.53 5.3 605 6.6 31,448 6.6 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 18.38 14.8 713 16.1 37,080 16.1 Office clerks, general............................................ 15.87 2.8 609 2.8 31,511 2.8 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 24.33 3.3 961 3.3 49,015 3.3 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 33.01 3.9 1,305 3.6 67,378 3.6 Carpenters........................................................ 18.30 11.2 721 11.4 37,126 11.4 Construction laborers............................................. 21.92 9.5 877 9.5 39,394 9.5 Construction equipment operators.................................. 25.62 7.5 1,025 7.5 53,297 7.5 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 26.01 8.6 1,041 8.6 54,110 8.6 Electricians...................................................... 28.62 22.1 1,141 22.0 59,356 22.0 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 23.13 13.0 917 12.7 47,694 12.7 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 22.68 13.7 899 13.5 46,751 13.5 Roofers........................................................... 18.56 12.4 636 3.8 30,699 3.8 Sheet metal workers............................................... 31.19 17.4 1,232 17.9 63,992 17.9 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 14.86 5.7 594 5.7 29,977 5.7 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.09 6.1 837 6.1 43,445 6.1 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 30.50 9.9 1,219 10.6 63,369 10.6 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................... 20.22 6.9 809 6.9 42,064 6.9 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 18.44 5.8 731 5.5 38,018 5.5 Automotive body and related repairers........................... 19.92 8.6 768 5.8 39,927 5.8 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 17.87 6.9 717 7.0 37,265 7.0 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 19.36 9.7 767 9.9 39,889 9.9 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics...................................................... 21.93 4.1 877 4.1 45,623 4.1 Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines................ 22.14 4.5 886 4.5 46,050 4.5 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers..................................................... 21.48 12.5 859 12.5 44,680 12.5 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.13 4.7 723 4.5 37,445 4.5 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 21.57 5.9 863 5.9 44,867 5.9 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.58 6.0 700 5.6 36,245 5.6 Line installers and repairers..................................... 32.05 5.9 1,282 5.9 66,654 5.9 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 14.23 11.9 544 12.6 27,979 12.6 Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers.......... 10.87 7.6 435 7.6 22,600 7.6 Production occupations.............................................. 15.51 2.3 613 2.6 31,860 2.6 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 21.90 7.8 876 7.8 45,526 7.8 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 13.64 9.5 546 9.5 28,376 9.5 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 12.45 7.8 498 7.8 25,895 7.8 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.62 5.9 502 5.6 26,063 5.6 Team assemblers................................................. 12.34 9.4 493 9.4 25,521 9.4 Butchers and meat cutters....................................... 15.17 18.2 602 18.3 31,302 18.3 Miscellaneous food processing workers............................. 10.67 5.9 407 6.4 21,167 6.4 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 15.24 6.2 610 6.2 31,706 6.2 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 15.27 5.7 611 5.7 31,753 5.7 Machinists........................................................ 20.98 8.4 837 8.4 43,528 8.4 Tool and die makers............................................... 25.11 14.1 1,005 14.1 52,239 14.1 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 18.29 3.8 730 3.8 37,937 3.8 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 18.15 3.8 724 3.8 37,644 3.8 Printers.......................................................... 18.75 11.9 738 12.3 38,371 12.3 Printing machine operators...................................... 20.50 7.3 820 7.3 42,641 7.3 Sewing machine operators.......................................... 11.16 1.6 442 2.1 22,995 2.1 Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers........... 15.71 2.8 617 1.8 32,098 1.8 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 14.32 11.7 570 11.6 29,658 11.6 Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 13.59 14.6 540 14.1 28,064 14.1 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.39 8.2 692 8.4 35,986 8.4 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 10.65 7.8 426 7.8 22,146 7.8 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 10.86 5.6 433 5.8 22,449 5.8 Helpers--production workers..................................... 11.85 2.5 474 2.5 24,647 2.5 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.27 3.2 575 3.8 29,233 3.8 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................. 25.72 16.7 1,186 14.9 61,654 14.9 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.02 5.4 697 6.5 35,108 6.5 Driver/sales workers............................................ 11.65 15.5 462 17.3 24,019 17.3 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.84 5.0 798 5.5 39,592 5.5 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 13.83 5.4 522 6.1 27,097 6.1 Service station attendants........................................ 10.77 17.1 431 17.1 22,396 17.1 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 16.48 7.4 649 8.3 33,771 8.3 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.88 2.3 431 2.0 22,133 2.0 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 9.15 2.5 362 2.2 18,807 2.2 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.34 4.5 453 4.4 23,135 4.4 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 9.86 10.1 380 11.2 19,773 11.2 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 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. 4 Mean weekly earnings are based on the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees, exclusive of overtime. 5 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.