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........................................................... $19.48 $15.50 $775 $615 39.8 $40,067 $31,824 2,057 Management occupations.............................................. 38.89 33.90 1,611 1,361 41.4 83,734 70,760 2,153 General and operations managers................................... 44.85 38.46 1,978 1,538 44.1 102,873 80,001 2,294 Administrative services managers.................................. 25.13 22.44 1,010 898 40.2 52,510 46,675 2,090 Financial managers................................................ 37.67 37.61 1,562 1,600 41.5 81,205 83,198 2,156 Construction managers............................................. 37.70 37.50 1,557 1,500 41.3 80,961 78,000 2,147 Medical and health services managers.............................. 36.65 35.36 1,536 1,414 41.9 79,867 73,549 2,179 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 29.29 26.10 1,174 1,056 40.1 61,027 54,929 2,084 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 34.21 35.20 1,366 1,339 39.9 71,033 69,628 2,077 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 36.85 36.06 1,446 1,442 39.2 75,204 75,001 2,041 Loan officers................................................... 36.85 36.06 1,446 1,442 39.2 75,204 75,001 2,041 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 27.78 28.25 1,113 1,118 40.0 57,857 58,115 2,083 Computer software engineers....................................... 35.35 33.67 1,414 1,347 40.0 73,535 70,034 2,080 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 35.20 33.67 1,408 1,347 40.0 73,221 70,034 2,080 Computer support specialists...................................... 17.33 17.79 693 712 40.0 36,041 37,003 2,080 Computer systems analysts......................................... 37.51 37.56 1,501 1,502 40.0 78,029 78,125 2,080 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 29.43 27.94 1,185 1,118 40.3 61,602 58,115 2,093 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 30.85 28.18 1,216 1,081 39.4 63,154 56,198 2,047 Engineers......................................................... 35.53 33.48 1,417 1,339 39.9 73,682 69,638 2,074 Civil engineers................................................. 30.05 29.78 1,140 1,191 37.9 59,279 61,951 1,973 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 38.31 39.42 1,547 1,577 40.4 80,427 82,000 2,099 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 41.41 39.42 1,657 1,577 40.0 86,138 82,000 2,080 Drafters.......................................................... 22.42 21.50 881 860 39.3 45,802 44,720 2,043 Architectural and civil drafters................................ 23.26 21.20 904 848 38.8 46,984 44,096 2,020 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 20.60 21.35 824 854 40.0 42,851 44,414 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 36.42 38.65 1,457 1,546 40.0 75,749 80,400 2,080 Physical scientists............................................... 38.68 39.23 1,547 1,569 40.0 80,462 81,600 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 17.73 16.68 794 788 44.8 41,053 40,121 2,315 Counselors........................................................ 18.69 19.29 748 772 40.0 38,872 40,121 2,080 Social workers.................................................... 17.75 17.74 710 710 40.0 36,911 36,901 2,080 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 14.78 13.78 591 551 40.0 30,152 27,040 2,040 Social and human service assistants............................. 12.90 12.40 516 496 40.0 26,097 25,792 2,022 Legal occupations................................................... 33.98 26.97 1,421 1,079 41.8 73,911 56,100 2,175 Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 24.27 24.84 969 993 39.9 50,384 51,661 2,076 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 19.42 17.69 749 677 38.6 33,259 27,897 1,713 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 18.74 18.40 698 707 37.2 29,696 27,903 1,585 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 15.31 13.07 576 500 37.6 26,568 26,000 1,735 Preschool teachers, except special education.................. 13.74 13.00 525 480 38.2 25,545 23,920 1,859 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 24.15 25.16 884 881 36.6 33,669 34,001 1,394 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 24.15 25.16 884 881 36.6 33,669 34,001 1,394 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.81 11.00 462 440 39.1 19,750 20,000 1,673 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 20.87 18.75 853 837 40.9 44,381 43,514 2,127 Designers......................................................... 22.86 24.04 911 962 39.8 47,369 50,003 2,072 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 38.69 28.00 1,517 1,100 39.2 78,909 57,200 2,039 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 101.36 97.50 3,995 3,868 39.4 207,766 201,123 2,050 Registered nurses................................................. 34.22 27.54 1,355 1,102 39.6 70,471 57,283 2,059 Dental hygienists................................................. 24.97 27.50 976 1,100 39.1 50,738 57,200 2,032 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 30.71 34.00 1,218 1,360 39.7 63,347 70,720 2,063 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.13 18.87 765 755 40.0 39,792 39,250 2,080 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.48 12.93 524 517 38.8 27,222 26,890 2,019 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.59 10.59 411 417 38.8 21,346 21,694 2,016 Home health aides............................................... 10.12 9.50 385 374 38.0 20,025 19,422 1,978 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.14 11.00 442 425 39.7 23,002 22,094 2,064 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 15.08 15.00 586 600 38.8 30,448 31,200 2,019 Dental assistants............................................... 15.70 15.65 594 639 37.8 30,863 33,225 1,965 Medical assistants.............................................. 14.97 14.00 595 560 39.7 30,947 29,120 2,067 Protective service occupations...................................... 12.15 12.03 486 481 40.0 25,280 25,027 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.34 8.70 353 320 37.8 18,330 16,536 1,962 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 14.22 13.60 588 577 41.3 30,555 30,000 2,149 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 13.89 13.60 575 550 41.4 29,906 28,600 2,154 Cooks............................................................. 10.22 10.00 397 375 38.8 20,587 19,500 2,015 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 10.72 10.00 395 370 36.8 20,305 19,240 1,894 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 10.92 10.39 436 440 40.0 22,690 22,880 2,078 Cooks, short order.............................................. 9.02 8.72 337 280 37.4 17,528 14,560 1,944 Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.98 8.50 338 300 37.7 17,500 15,600 1,949 Food service, tipped.............................................. 7.06 7.43 254 261 36.0 13,198 13,572 1,870 Bartenders...................................................... 7.91 7.50 306 300 38.7 15,908 15,600 2,010 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 6.68 7.25 234 251 35.1 12,191 13,044 1,824 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 9.30 9.00 348 345 37.4 18,004 17,940 1,936 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 9.33 9.05 349 340 37.4 18,129 17,680 1,944 Dishwashers....................................................... 10.56 9.50 415 380 39.3 21,093 19,760 1,997 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.05 10.00 433 400 39.2 21,711 19,968 1,965 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 14.06 12.10 550 484 39.1 28,609 25,174 2,035 First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers................................... 13.98 13.00 543 480 38.8 28,235 24,960 2,020 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.20 9.50 402 380 39.4 20,898 19,760 2,048 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.74 10.00 423 400 39.4 22,019 20,800 2,051 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.81 8.62 345 340 39.2 17,946 17,680 2,036 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 11.02 9.14 429 360 38.9 19,742 17,680 1,791 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 9.86 9.00 379 360 38.4 18,861 17,680 1,913 Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.07 9.60 470 386 39.0 24,199 19,513 2,004 Child care workers................................................ 9.51 9.60 380 384 40.0 19,075 16,640 2,007 Sales and related occupations....................................... 18.10 15.00 727 600 40.2 37,787 31,200 2,087 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 20.40 17.57 827 708 40.5 42,996 36,801 2,108 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 20.23 17.58 822 708 40.6 42,732 36,801 2,112 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 21.46 16.83 858 673 40.0 44,639 35,006 2,080 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.70 10.78 509 423 40.1 26,466 21,986 2,084 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.40 8.92 372 351 39.6 19,309 18,252 2,055 Cashiers...................................................... 9.40 8.92 372 351 39.6 19,309 18,252 2,055 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 14.08 13.95 574 521 40.7 29,824 27,096 2,118 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 12.78 10.78 503 431 39.4 26,169 22,422 2,048 Parts salespersons............................................ 14.61 15.70 604 628 41.3 31,383 32,648 2,147 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.77 13.10 594 533 40.2 30,909 27,724 2,093 Insurance sales agents............................................ 32.64 33.39 1,287 1,297 39.4 66,947 67,429 2,051 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 21.99 16.35 881 654 40.0 45,787 34,008 2,082 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 31.33 27.02 1,270 1,081 40.5 66,048 56,202 2,108 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products...................................... 34.25 30.42 1,375 1,250 40.2 71,515 65,021 2,088 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products............................ 30.25 27.02 1,231 1,081 40.7 64,005 56,202 2,116 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.04 14.09 594 560 39.5 30,855 29,120 2,051 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 17.94 17.31 715 692 39.8 37,168 36,001 2,072 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.90 14.42 584 558 39.2 30,360 29,001 2,038 Bill and account collectors..................................... 15.98 13.94 639 558 40.0 33,243 29,001 2,080 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 17.84 18.00 714 720 40.0 37,112 37,440 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.54 16.00 641 640 38.7 33,321 33,280 2,015 Procurement clerks.............................................. 15.23 14.28 591 560 38.8 30,749 29,120 2,019 Tellers......................................................... 11.31 11.00 448 440 39.6 23,289 22,880 2,059 Customer service representatives.................................. 17.56 15.74 702 630 40.0 36,528 32,743 2,080 Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks.............................. 10.90 10.25 429 410 39.4 20,962 21,328 1,922 Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 16.01 16.48 640 659 40.0 33,294 34,278 2,080 Order clerks...................................................... 11.48 11.02 455 441 39.7 23,681 22,922 2,062 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.91 12.00 511 480 39.6 26,596 24,960 2,060 Dispatchers....................................................... 14.68 15.00 596 600 40.6 30,969 31,200 2,110 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 15.44 16.00 629 635 40.7 32,707 32,999 2,119 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.97 12.70 518 508 39.9 26,922 26,416 2,075 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.16 10.30 440 412 39.4 22,877 21,424 2,051 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 17.25 15.40 685 616 39.7 35,600 32,032 2,064 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.13 20.49 839 819 39.7 43,603 42,609 2,063 Medical secretaries............................................. 14.52 14.73 573 589 39.4 29,776 30,638 2,051 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.16 14.42 604 577 39.9 31,424 30,000 2,073 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 14.88 13.60 575 544 38.6 29,896 28,288 2,009 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.96 13.11 540 524 38.7 28,064 27,267 2,011 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 20.06 18.00 795 697 39.7 41,356 36,400 2,062 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 30.42 27.50 1,256 1,166 41.3 65,303 60,655 2,147 Carpenters........................................................ 25.20 24.50 1,008 980 40.0 52,350 50,960 2,078 Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers........... 19.18 20.65 767 826 40.0 39,895 42,948 2,080 Cement masons and concrete finishers............................ 19.18 20.65 767 826 40.0 39,895 42,948 2,080 Construction laborers............................................. 12.54 10.50 502 420 40.0 26,077 21,840 2,080 Construction equipment operators.................................. 20.83 19.00 815 720 39.1 42,374 37,440 2,034 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 21.51 19.00 827 692 38.4 42,986 36,001 1,998 Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers........... 20.79 18.68 809 720 38.9 42,043 37,440 2,022 Drywall and ceiling tile installers............................. 18.69 18.00 720 600 38.5 37,414 31,200 2,002 Electricians...................................................... 21.69 21.91 868 876 40.0 45,125 45,575 2,080 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 26.38 27.25 1,044 1,080 39.6 54,313 56,160 2,059 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 26.74 27.25 1,059 1,090 39.6 55,053 56,680 2,059 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 15.17 13.37 586 535 38.6 30,483 27,812 2,009 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.81 18.00 795 720 40.1 41,308 37,440 2,085 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 22.18 20.22 897 809 40.5 46,666 42,053 2,104 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 21.72 20.62 872 825 40.1 45,282 42,230 2,085 Automotive body and related repairers........................... 21.60 15.00 – – – – – – Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 21.74 20.62 879 837 40.4 45,671 43,533 2,101 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 22.01 22.75 880 910 40.0 45,773 47,320 2,080 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics...................................................... 21.51 22.00 891 880 41.4 46,353 45,760 2,155 Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines................ 23.56 22.00 910 880 38.6 47,298 45,760 2,008 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 18.48 18.00 739 720 40.0 38,443 37,440 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 15.42 14.00 617 560 40.0 32,071 29,120 2,080 Line installers and repairers..................................... 22.09 15.61 884 624 40.0 45,954 32,469 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 14.38 13.00 570 520 39.7 29,660 27,040 2,062 Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers.......... 13.10 12.40 516 496 39.4 26,840 25,784 2,048 Production occupations.............................................. 15.23 13.50 610 540 40.0 31,698 28,080 2,082 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 24.70 21.64 1,037 1,000 42.0 53,942 52,000 2,184 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.36 11.50 494 460 40.0 25,701 23,920 2,080 Machinists........................................................ 18.17 17.99 713 720 39.3 37,087 37,428 2,041 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 15.00 15.36 600 614 40.0 31,206 31,943 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 15.00 15.36 600 614 40.0 31,206 31,943 2,080 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 10.40 9.88 413 395 39.7 21,470 20,555 2,065 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 18.62 18.69 745 748 40.0 38,736 38,875 2,080 Painting workers.................................................. 20.77 17.45 831 698 40.0 43,194 36,294 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 10.78 10.55 431 422 40.0 22,419 21,944 2,080 Helpers--production workers..................................... 10.53 10.75 421 430 40.0 21,898 22,362 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.16 14.44 606 560 40.0 31,313 29,074 2,065 First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand................................................... 22.93 19.23 943 769 41.1 49,059 40,000 2,139 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.00 15.50 696 620 40.9 36,167 32,240 2,128 Driver/sales workers............................................ 13.47 11.80 533 472 39.5 27,691 24,544 2,056 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.38 19.32 771 800 41.9 40,078 41,600 2,180 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 15.52 13.15 615 526 39.6 31,984 27,352 2,061 Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators................. 18.89 16.00 705 600 37.3 36,654 31,200 1,941 Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators........... 18.89 16.00 705 600 37.3 36,654 31,200 1,941 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 14.44 14.50 578 580 40.0 28,870 29,536 1,999 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.67 10.50 412 400 38.6 21,420 20,800 2,007 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 10.40 9.50 405 386 38.9 21,043 20,072 2,023 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 10.89 10.50 417 420 38.3 21,687 21,840 1,991 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 10.07 9.20 399 368 39.6 20,732 19,136 2,058 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.