RSE Table 16 Private industry establishments with 100 workers or more: 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........................................................... $26.73 1.6% $1,045 1.5% $53,893 1.5% Management occupations.............................................. 56.11 2.8 2,202 2.3 114,504 2.3 General and operations managers................................... 73.14 4.8 2,907 4.7 151,174 4.7 Advertising and promotions managers............................... 47.14 4.4 1,923 1.2 99,972 1.2 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 65.89 4.8 2,573 5.8 133,783 5.8 Marketing managers.............................................. 66.99 2.5 2,587 3.0 134,513 3.0 Sales managers.................................................. 63.18 16.8 2,537 17.9 131,927 17.9 Public relations managers......................................... 45.96 10.4 1,803 8.1 93,758 8.1 Administrative services managers.................................. 36.20 9.7 1,407 9.8 73,177 9.8 Computer and information systems managers......................... 70.89 13.0 2,807 12.4 145,980 12.4 Financial managers................................................ 61.24 4.6 2,386 4.1 124,097 4.1 Human resources managers.......................................... 47.45 5.0 1,841 4.1 95,749 4.1 Compensation and benefits managers.............................. 40.46 20.0 1,552 18.2 80,701 18.2 Purchasing managers............................................... 67.30 15.7 2,662 15.0 138,434 15.0 Transportation, storage, and distribution managers................ 47.70 18.0 1,880 17.3 97,759 17.3 Education administrators.......................................... 39.16 8.3 1,501 8.2 78,033 8.2 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 42.23 7.6 1,599 7.1 83,163 7.1 Engineering managers.............................................. 58.23 7.4 2,344 7.4 121,863 7.4 Medical and health services managers.............................. 49.54 12.2 1,935 10.2 100,612 10.2 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 34.88 1.7 1,366 1.9 71,045 1.9 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 29.21 4.0 1,168 3.6 60,674 3.6 Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 29.65 5.6 1,185 5.6 61,520 5.6 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 28.71 5.6 1,148 4.7 59,715 4.7 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 30.30 3.2 1,174 3.3 61,047 3.3 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 30.31 3.2 1,175 3.3 61,124 3.3 Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation..................................... 32.64 7.3 1,287 8.2 66,930 8.2 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 29.91 7.6 1,161 8.1 60,364 8.1 Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists.............. 26.30 8.0 1,032 7.6 53,685 7.6 Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists............ 26.03 8.7 1,012 7.8 52,633 7.8 Training and development specialists............................ 36.23 7.6 1,398 8.2 72,716 8.2 Logisticians...................................................... 32.33 7.7 1,268 7.1 65,924 7.1 Management analysts............................................... 36.97 8.4 1,444 7.8 75,074 7.8 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 32.41 4.1 1,265 4.3 65,780 4.3 Budget analysts................................................... 35.42 5.5 1,445 9.4 75,157 9.4 Credit analysts................................................... 43.35 7.2 1,655 7.5 86,040 7.5 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 43.71 6.1 1,716 5.7 89,238 5.7 Financial analysts.............................................. 45.47 10.0 1,789 9.5 93,029 9.5 Insurance underwriters.......................................... 32.12 9.7 1,224 9.8 63,626 9.8 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 43.35 19.6 1,702 19.8 88,522 19.8 Loan officers................................................... 52.35 20.2 2,051 21.1 106,667 21.1 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 40.09 2.8 1,564 2.7 81,205 2.7 Computer programmers.............................................. 35.21 14.7 1,388 14.4 72,153 14.4 Computer software engineers....................................... 48.05 3.7 1,869 4.2 97,177 4.2 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 49.72 3.5 1,917 3.2 99,699 3.2 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 47.09 6.3 1,840 6.9 95,694 6.9 Computer support specialists...................................... 28.18 3.7 1,093 3.5 56,439 3.5 Computer systems analysts......................................... 41.37 1.4 1,623 1.6 84,405 1.6 Database administrators........................................... 35.83 11.3 1,413 12.0 73,453 12.0 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 41.33 8.8 1,608 8.5 83,599 8.5 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 36.21 10.5 1,420 11.6 73,833 11.6 Statisticians..................................................... 48.29 9.4 1,841 10.7 95,726 10.7 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 37.05 3.8 1,483 3.7 77,120 3.7 Engineers......................................................... 40.49 3.4 1,624 3.3 84,433 3.3 Civil engineers................................................. 35.61 10.0 1,444 9.4 75,068 9.4 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 41.58 5.0 1,663 5.0 86,494 5.0 Electrical engineers.......................................... 40.40 5.0 1,616 5.0 84,034 5.0 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 49.83 10.5 1,993 10.5 103,640 10.5 Environmental engineers......................................... 37.67 12.2 1,507 12.2 78,344 12.2 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 40.78 5.3 1,631 5.3 84,833 5.3 Industrial engineers.......................................... 37.72 9.8 1,509 9.8 78,461 9.8 Mechanical engineers............................................ 39.27 2.6 1,573 2.7 81,752 2.7 Drafters.......................................................... 25.98 7.7 1,039 7.7 54,040 7.7 Architectural and civil drafters................................ 29.11 11.4 1,164 11.4 60,550 11.4 Mechanical drafters............................................. 23.23 2.9 929 2.9 48,313 2.9 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 26.88 4.5 1,069 4.5 55,590 4.5 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 27.30 8.9 1,088 9.0 56,567 9.0 Industrial engineering technicians.............................. 25.65 8.5 1,019 8.8 52,981 8.8 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 33.35 7.1 1,280 7.2 66,171 7.2 Life scientists................................................... 36.79 7.2 1,385 8.1 72,045 8.1 Biological scientists........................................... 34.21 14.0 1,295 14.6 67,365 14.6 Medical scientists.............................................. 39.02 4.4 1,469 5.0 76,363 5.0 Physical scientists............................................... 47.93 4.4 1,824 3.1 94,827 3.1 Chemists and materials scientists............................... 37.30 7.0 1,492 7.0 77,586 7.0 Chemists...................................................... 37.30 7.0 1,492 7.0 77,586 7.0 Market and survey researchers..................................... 25.16 7.8 964 7.9 50,153 7.9 Market research analysts........................................ 25.16 7.8 964 7.9 50,153 7.9 Psychologists..................................................... 34.03 20.3 1,334 20.2 64,035 20.2 Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists.................. 34.03 20.3 1,334 20.2 64,035 20.2 Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians...... 22.46 18.8 885 19.0 46,037 19.0 Community and social services occupations........................... 22.12 3.0 841 3.2 43,666 3.2 Counselors........................................................ 21.24 4.9 825 4.6 42,733 4.6 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 23.32 13.6 895 13.0 46,555 13.0 Rehabilitation counselors....................................... 21.52 4.5 840 2.6 43,668 2.6 Social workers.................................................... 23.84 6.0 888 5.6 46,179 5.6 Medical and public health social workers........................ 27.32 6.4 996 6.8 51,777 6.8 Mental health and substance abuse social workers................ 17.93 8.2 685 7.5 35,642 7.5 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 18.59 7.3 719 6.5 37,390 6.5 Social and human service assistants............................. 12.51 3.2 494 3.1 25,702 3.1 Legal occupations................................................... 39.05 23.1 1,537 23.4 79,363 23.4 Lawyers........................................................... 44.61 29.8 – – – – Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 26.84 8.6 1,065 9.2 55,380 9.2 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 44.80 11.2 1,653 10.5 70,582 10.5 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 57.57 4.9 2,179 4.9 86,677 4.9 Business teachers, postsecondary................................ 79.20 10.5 2,994 9.9 108,868 9.9 Math and computer teachers, postsecondary....................... 55.50 5.1 2,083 4.4 76,552 4.4 Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary.................. 60.48 6.1 2,245 6.2 83,983 6.2 Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary....................... 58.12 7.2 2,243 6.6 84,886 6.6 Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 55.07 10.3 2,049 7.8 74,520 7.8 Psychology teachers, postsecondary............................ 45.50 15.0 1,782 7.2 67,972 7.2 Health teachers, postsecondary.................................. 59.99 10.3 2,257 10.6 93,137 10.6 Health specialties teachers, postsecondary.................... 65.27 10.5 2,454 11.0 98,224 11.0 Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary............... 41.72 1.5 1,573 2.3 72,747 2.3 Education and library science teachers, postsecondary........... 47.16 15.0 1,775 13.5 64,962 13.5 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 53.66 6.5 1,967 6.3 74,262 6.3 English language and literature teachers, postsecondary....... 55.26 14.3 1,974 14.1 77,832 14.1 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 47.28 7.4 1,828 7.8 78,925 7.8 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... – – 1,240 28.7 51,221 28.7 Librarians........................................................ 30.26 4.6 1,080 5.5 56,169 5.5 Library technicians............................................... 18.98 4.6 683 3.0 35,506 3.0 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 41.10 6.7 1,598 6.4 81,430 6.4 Artists and related workers....................................... 36.61 11.1 1,483 10.9 77,116 10.9 Designers......................................................... 27.87 9.7 1,082 9.5 56,265 9.5 Graphic designers............................................... 27.16 16.2 1,033 15.8 53,736 15.8 Actors, producers, and directors.................................. 52.16 12.2 2,106 11.7 109,492 11.7 Producers and directors......................................... 52.16 12.2 2,106 11.7 109,492 11.7 Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers................... 27.11 5.0 1,046 4.5 51,146 4.5 Coaches and scouts.............................................. 27.11 5.0 1,046 4.5 51,146 4.5 News analysts, reporters and correspondents....................... 78.30 18.1 2,892 19.1 150,407 19.1 Reporters and correspondents.................................... 59.49 13.1 2,170 12.3 112,833 12.3 Public relations specialists...................................... 29.98 12.7 1,130 11.0 58,737 11.0 Writers and editors............................................... 41.56 23.7 1,609 23.2 83,670 23.2 Editors......................................................... 47.55 29.9 1,819 29.4 94,591 29.4 Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio operators... 42.56 9.1 1,688 9.1 87,764 9.1 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 33.80 5.4 1,310 5.3 67,929 5.3 Pharmacists....................................................... 54.47 2.5 2,096 2.2 108,987 2.2 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 60.11 15.3 2,443 13.8 127,034 13.8 Registered nurses................................................. 35.46 2.2 1,353 2.1 70,292 2.1 Therapists........................................................ 28.67 7.8 1,118 6.2 57,223 6.2 Physical therapists............................................. 30.13 10.5 1,177 8.9 60,402 8.9 Respiratory therapists.......................................... 28.50 4.6 1,137 4.5 59,118 4.5 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 24.04 2.5 941 2.9 48,916 2.9 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 26.83 3.4 1,047 3.7 54,442 3.7 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 19.45 5.9 765 7.4 39,784 7.4 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 26.18 7.5 1,013 7.0 52,699 7.0 Cardiovascular technologists and technicians.................... 23.28 6.1 911 7.6 47,379 7.6 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 25.19 10.2 975 9.2 50,712 9.2 Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...................... 22.43 17.5 874 15.8 45,446 15.8 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 16.11 8.3 627 6.8 32,596 6.8 Pharmacy technicians............................................ 16.10 8.4 620 5.3 32,231 5.3 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 21.79 5.7 835 4.9 43,397 4.9 Medical records and health information technicians................ 16.05 9.4 622 7.6 32,343 7.6 Occupational health and safety specialists and technicians........ 29.86 9.4 1,237 8.0 64,319 8.0 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.86 3.3 534 3.4 27,774 3.4 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.34 3.4 513 3.4 26,667 3.4 Home health aides............................................... 11.91 6.2 461 6.1 23,963 6.1 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 14.22 2.1 544 2.1 28,310 2.1 Psychiatric aides............................................... 10.27 2.6 398 4.4 20,698 4.4 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 16.73 3.0 655 2.9 34,061 2.9 Medical assistants.............................................. 16.57 6.9 644 6.1 33,480 6.1 Medical equipment preparers..................................... 18.94 6.9 736 5.6 38,248 5.6 Medical transcriptionists....................................... 16.48 5.2 627 2.9 32,629 2.9 Protective service occupations...................................... 16.51 9.4 646 8.5 33,403 8.5 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 13.37 6.5 526 6.8 27,347 6.8 Security guards................................................. 13.37 6.6 526 6.9 27,340 6.9 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 12.54 2.8 488 2.6 25,294 2.6 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 19.22 6.7 752 6.2 38,666 6.2 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 19.22 7.0 760 7.0 38,969 7.0 Cooks............................................................. 14.94 5.0 577 4.0 29,907 4.0 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 14.85 5.9 569 4.5 29,457 4.5 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 14.94 5.8 588 5.5 30,554 5.5 Food preparation workers.......................................... 11.71 7.0 465 6.5 23,943 6.5 Food service, tipped.............................................. 7.52 11.5 295 11.9 15,291 11.9 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 6.38 11.1 251 11.2 13,056 11.2 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 10.31 8.6 404 9.1 20,547 9.1 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 10.90 10.3 425 9.6 22,111 9.6 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 11.52 6.3 455 6.1 23,639 6.1 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 10.40 17.9 402 16.4 20,904 16.4 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 12.74 11.0 489 10.2 25,449 10.2 Dishwashers....................................................... 12.61 5.5 491 4.8 25,450 4.8 Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop.......... 8.95 22.4 354 22.5 18,422 22.5 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 16.50 4.1 651 4.3 33,859 4.3 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 25.09 6.3 981 6.2 50,995 6.2 First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers...................................................... 25.09 6.3 981 6.2 50,995 6.2 Building cleaning workers......................................... 16.07 4.4 635 4.6 32,995 4.6 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 16.36 8.3 651 8.4 33,844 8.4 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 14.57 14.8 566 14.8 29,418 14.8 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 12.73 11.5 508 11.4 25,825 11.4 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 12.73 11.5 508 11.4 25,825 11.4 Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.22 7.3 476 3.8 24,046 3.8 First-line supervisors/managers of gaming workers................. 18.92 5.2 757 5.2 39,362 5.2 Slot key persons................................................ 14.37 3.6 575 3.6 29,887 3.6 Gaming services workers........................................... 8.21 1.7 328 1.7 17,081 1.7 Gaming dealers.................................................. 7.61 .2 304 .2 15,829 .2 Transportation attendants......................................... 36.24 5.5 735 9.5 38,230 9.5 Flight attendants............................................... 36.24 5.5 735 9.5 38,230 9.5 Child care workers................................................ 10.22 8.2 385 10.8 19,999 10.8 Personal and home care aides...................................... 9.35 2.6 371 2.5 19,314 2.5 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 12.08 9.9 460 9.4 14,503 9.4 Recreation workers.............................................. 12.08 9.9 460 9.4 14,503 9.4 Sales and related occupations....................................... 25.60 2.8 1,012 2.8 52,552 2.8 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 23.27 14.9 933 14.9 48,526 14.9 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 20.30 8.9 817 9.1 42,463 9.1 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 57.49 24.7 2,230 24.0 115,964 24.0 Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.30 3.2 528 3.3 27,378 3.3 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.93 2.9 472 2.9 24,337 2.9 Cashiers...................................................... 11.85 2.6 468 2.6 24,159 2.6 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.10 4.3 561 4.4 29,183 4.4 Insurance sales agents............................................ 26.18 15.1 1,003 13.1 52,133 13.1 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 57.04 6.1 2,244 6.5 116,689 6.5 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 39.15 8.5 1,567 8.1 81,494 8.1 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products............................ 37.57 11.4 1,504 10.9 78,219 10.9 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 23.32 20.4 867 21.0 45,061 21.0 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 18.64 2.5 726 2.4 37,698 2.4 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 29.47 9.6 1,148 9.5 59,697 9.5 Switchboard operators, including answering service................ 16.00 8.0 580 5.8 30,166 5.8 Financial clerks.................................................. 18.00 4.5 699 4.6 36,373 4.6 Bill and account collectors..................................... 20.54 15.2 806 15.0 41,920 15.0 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 17.59 5.3 674 4.7 35,072 4.7 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.41 3.9 675 3.9 35,087 3.9 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 19.74 6.4 779 6.6 40,501 6.6 Procurement clerks.............................................. 18.70 10.8 745 10.9 38,734 10.9 Tellers......................................................... 13.95 2.3 551 2.7 28,657 2.7 Brokerage clerks.................................................. 22.98 5.5 910 5.0 47,343 5.0 Correspondence clerks............................................. 17.75 2.2 710 2.2 36,925 2.2 Customer service representatives.................................. 17.20 9.1 680 8.9 35,232 8.9 File clerks....................................................... 13.05 5.9 508 4.1 26,400 4.1 Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 15.63 3.3 614 2.5 31,934 2.5 Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 17.23 5.8 675 5.9 35,098 5.9 Order clerks...................................................... 17.12 6.7 672 5.8 33,365 5.8 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 20.49 5.4 796 5.9 41,390 5.9 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 16.59 8.8 639 8.4 32,700 8.4 Dispatchers....................................................... 20.43 24.3 821 24.1 42,707 24.1 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 20.59 24.8 828 24.5 43,038 24.5 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 23.35 6.0 924 5.9 48,055 5.9 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.12 4.5 525 4.5 27,290 4.5 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 13.03 5.7 513 5.0 26,691 5.0 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 22.59 2.8 867 2.7 45,099 2.7 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 24.46 3.8 933 3.5 48,501 3.5 Legal secretaries............................................... 23.70 8.9 925 10.0 48,111 10.0 Medical secretaries............................................. 17.47 5.3 679 4.7 35,326 4.7 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 20.37 2.3 788 2.2 40,977 2.2 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 16.03 7.6 624 7.3 32,446 7.3 Data entry keyers............................................... 15.85 8.3 615 7.9 32,002 7.9 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 16.95 4.2 656 4.2 34,136 4.2 Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service..... 13.71 5.1 541 4.9 28,145 4.9 Office clerks, general............................................ 18.80 3.1 725 2.7 37,679 2.7 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 33.24 5.3 1,312 5.8 66,573 5.8 Carpenters........................................................ 34.34 18.1 1,369 18.3 65,563 18.3 Construction laborers............................................. 26.75 14.3 1,070 14.3 52,697 14.3 Construction equipment operators.................................. 33.25 15.7 1,330 15.7 69,157 15.7 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 33.25 15.7 1,330 15.7 69,157 15.7 Electricians...................................................... 31.97 17.4 1,208 13.9 62,817 13.9 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 12.01 7.6 480 7.6 24,980 7.6 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 25.22 2.9 1,003 2.9 52,107 2.9 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 32.31 5.1 1,288 5.2 66,952 5.2 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................... 29.37 5.8 1,175 5.8 61,093 5.8 Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay.................................................... 32.76 5.6 1,310 5.6 68,139 5.6 Aircraft mechanics and service technicians........................ 27.33 4.4 1,093 4.4 56,851 4.4 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 17.27 11.0 691 11.0 35,923 11.0 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 16.28 12.5 651 12.5 33,863 12.5 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 23.91 5.5 956 5.5 49,725 5.5 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 22.45 3.1 887 3.2 46,029 3.2 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 23.88 6.1 953 6.4 49,542 6.4 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 21.39 5.9 843 6.5 43,854 6.5 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 21.35 7.1 828 7.0 42,132 7.0 Millwrights..................................................... 25.73 5.5 1,025 5.4 53,322 5.4 Line installers and repairers..................................... 32.97 4.2 1,319 4.2 68,570 4.2 Electrical power-line installers and repairers.................. 36.07 5.6 1,443 5.6 75,030 5.6 Precision instrument and equipment repairers...................... 34.78 4.8 1,349 3.9 70,152 3.9 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 19.14 8.7 764 8.7 39,748 8.7 Production occupations.............................................. 18.08 3.3 720 3.5 37,387 3.5 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 29.46 5.6 1,161 5.1 60,299 5.1 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 17.93 4.2 717 4.2 37,290 4.2 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 17.85 8.3 714 8.3 37,137 8.3 Electromechanical equipment assemblers.......................... 18.46 4.0 738 4.0 38,399 4.0 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 13.33 9.8 525 10.0 27,322 10.0 Team assemblers................................................. 18.27 2.9 731 2.9 37,995 2.9 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 18.65 14.2 746 14.2 38,782 14.2 Slaughterers and meat packers................................... 15.44 20.5 618 20.5 32,124 20.5 Miscellaneous food processing workers............................. 16.73 8.1 669 8.1 34,801 8.1 Food batchmakers................................................ 15.97 10.4 639 10.4 33,209 10.4 Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 19.19 7.2 768 7.2 39,925 7.2 Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............................................ 20.45 5.9 818 5.9 42,536 5.9 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 18.01 7.4 714 7.4 37,138 7.4 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 15.64 11.7 616 11.6 32,009 11.6 Machinists........................................................ 25.16 7.2 993 7.0 51,649 7.0 Metal furnace and kiln operators and tenders...................... 19.49 4.0 775 4.2 40,217 4.2 Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders.................... 20.76 6.9 824 7.3 42,670 7.3 Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................................................... 17.18 11.7 687 11.7 35,732 11.7 Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 16.97 15.2 679 15.2 35,302 15.2 Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 18.11 18.8 724 18.8 37,667 18.8 Tool and die makers............................................... 27.63 3.8 1,079 5.2 56,084 5.2 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 20.52 7.4 821 7.4 42,681 7.4 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 20.93 6.5 837 6.5 43,544 6.5 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 17.33 4.7 693 4.7 36,037 4.7 Printers.......................................................... 22.88 18.3 885 17.5 46,043 17.5 Printing machine operators...................................... 21.01 15.2 810 13.5 42,096 13.5 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 11.93 6.1 466 6.6 24,237 6.6 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 14.49 4.6 580 4.6 30,137 4.6 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing....................................................... 14.54 5.4 582 5.4 30,249 5.4 Stationary engineers and boiler operators......................... 30.23 7.2 1,209 7.2 62,886 7.2 Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders....... 23.08 5.9 932 5.8 48,440 5.8 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 18.26 8.2 731 8.2 37,991 8.2 Cutting workers................................................... 17.90 9.4 716 9.4 37,241 9.4 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 20.45 4.6 824 5.2 42,826 5.2 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 14.75 8.2 590 8.2 30,678 8.2 Painting workers.................................................. 17.51 7.4 700 7.4 36,424 7.4 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 16.29 12.2 653 12.2 33,956 12.2 Helpers--production workers..................................... 13.50 10.8 539 10.8 28,026 10.8 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 18.25 3.1 726 2.7 37,646 2.7 First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand................................................... 23.80 6.8 971 8.0 50,508 8.0 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................. 22.93 6.2 930 7.8 48,380 7.8 Aircraft pilots and flight engineers.............................. 131.45 7.3 2,709 9.9 140,860 9.9 Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers.................. 131.45 7.3 2,709 9.9 140,860 9.9 Bus drivers....................................................... 20.32 16.1 831 9.6 42,623 9.6 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 20.22 7.8 849 7.7 44,156 7.7 Driver/sales workers............................................ 17.64 14.9 711 14.9 36,959 14.9 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 20.69 7.5 903 6.3 46,942 6.3 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 20.14 12.5 802 13.0 41,701 13.0 Taxi drivers and chauffeurs....................................... 14.67 20.1 567 17.3 29,153 17.3 Parking lot attendants............................................ 9.56 21.0 365 21.0 18,154 21.0 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 15.32 3.2 613 3.2 31,874 3.2 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 13.38 3.6 534 3.6 27,718 3.6 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 12.62 10.7 505 10.7 26,249 10.7 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 13.71 4.2 548 4.2 28,474 4.2 Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 18.78 17.6 718 14.0 37,346 14.0 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 12.03 5.6 479 5.7 24,761 5.7 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.