Table 16 Private industry establishments with 100 workers or more: 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........................................................... $23.35 $17.71 $928 $704 39.8 $48,125 $36,573 2,061 Management occupations.............................................. 48.84 43.27 2,016 1,758 41.3 104,803 91,437 2,146 General and operations managers................................... 56.81 53.94 2,506 2,427 44.1 130,312 126,220 2,294 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 52.64 51.16 2,145 2,389 40.7 111,537 124,243 2,119 Marketing managers.............................................. 50.69 59.73 2,028 2,389 40.0 105,431 124,243 2,080 Sales managers.................................................. 54.31 49.52 2,249 2,476 41.4 116,958 128,749 2,153 Computer and information systems managers......................... 50.49 50.46 2,061 2,018 40.8 106,975 104,951 2,119 Financial managers................................................ 41.43 40.10 1,670 1,604 40.3 86,855 83,400 2,097 Human resources managers.......................................... 33.14 33.55 1,473 1,510 44.4 76,592 78,499 2,311 Construction managers............................................. 34.91 36.75 1,477 1,470 42.3 76,826 76,440 2,200 Engineering managers.............................................. 59.47 58.09 2,477 2,479 41.6 128,797 128,883 2,166 Medical and health services managers.............................. 61.58 43.96 2,463 1,758 40.0 128,092 91,437 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 30.10 28.85 1,212 1,154 40.3 63,015 60,000 2,093 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 27.62 30.29 1,138 1,212 41.2 59,152 63,001 2,142 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 27.95 30.73 1,156 1,214 41.4 60,120 63,134 2,151 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 24.85 19.39 983 776 39.6 51,124 40,331 2,057 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 24.85 19.39 983 776 39.6 51,124 40,331 2,057 Cost estimators................................................... 36.65 41.08 1,483 1,643 40.5 77,100 85,446 2,104 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 27.52 26.56 1,093 1,063 39.7 56,828 55,253 2,065 Training and development specialists............................ 26.04 25.06 1,039 1,002 39.9 54,020 52,125 2,074 Management analysts............................................... 35.82 33.13 1,433 1,325 40.0 74,505 68,919 2,080 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 30.61 30.29 1,234 1,236 40.3 64,144 64,260 2,096 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 29.20 22.65 1,168 906 40.0 60,744 47,110 2,080 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 24.36 24.63 996 982 40.9 51,796 51,043 2,126 Loan officers................................................... 27.49 26.15 1,130 1,030 41.1 58,782 53,545 2,138 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 38.00 37.85 1,549 1,542 40.8 80,572 80,178 2,120 Computer software engineers....................................... 43.20 42.65 1,771 1,746 41.0 92,097 90,792 2,132 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 40.61 40.90 1,624 1,636 40.0 84,467 85,078 2,080 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 44.59 43.44 1,853 1,821 41.6 96,370 94,702 2,161 Computer support specialists...................................... 28.80 26.46 1,152 1,058 40.0 59,902 55,031 2,080 Computer systems analysts......................................... 34.92 31.31 1,484 1,483 42.5 77,165 77,098 2,210 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 31.23 31.25 1,249 1,250 40.0 64,961 65,000 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 37.97 37.14 1,535 1,505 40.4 79,841 78,270 2,103 Engineers......................................................... 42.17 42.06 1,712 1,748 40.6 89,031 90,902 2,111 Civil engineers................................................. 45.27 48.97 1,811 1,959 40.0 94,167 101,858 2,080 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 41.75 43.42 1,670 1,737 40.0 86,838 90,314 2,080 Electrical engineers.......................................... 45.98 48.32 1,839 1,933 40.0 95,639 100,506 2,080 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 39.16 37.14 1,566 1,486 40.0 81,446 77,251 2,080 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 29.97 31.08 1,311 1,312 43.7 68,161 68,243 2,275 Industrial engineers.......................................... 29.97 31.08 1,311 1,312 43.7 68,161 68,243 2,275 Mechanical engineers............................................ 44.56 42.06 1,782 1,682 40.0 92,677 87,485 2,080 Drafters.......................................................... 23.49 22.88 939 915 40.0 48,853 47,590 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 26.38 26.98 1,055 1,079 40.0 54,879 56,120 2,080 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 28.11 29.58 1,125 1,183 40.0 58,478 61,535 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 35.99 32.78 1,451 1,311 40.3 75,473 68,187 2,097 Community and social services occupations........................... 17.22 17.45 699 700 40.6 36,346 36,421 2,110 Counselors........................................................ 19.88 19.28 788 771 39.6 40,960 40,094 2,061 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 20.48 19.28 810 771 39.5 42,098 40,094 2,055 Social workers.................................................... 18.80 18.16 751 726 39.9 39,032 37,777 2,076 Medical and public health social workers........................ 20.22 17.45 804 698 39.8 41,801 36,296 2,067 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 14.19 15.05 588 602 41.5 30,597 31,304 2,157 Social and human service assistants............................. 14.61 16.40 585 656 40.0 30,396 34,112 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 42.72 36.85 1,679 1,448 39.3 71,449 60,383 1,672 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 41.79 40.72 1,654 1,629 39.6 65,265 63,525 1,562 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 26.98 27.57 1,079 1,103 40.0 55,687 57,346 2,064 Designers......................................................... 23.83 19.15 953 766 40.0 49,570 39,832 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 35.82 26.81 1,406 1,028 39.2 73,089 53,477 2,040 Pharmacists....................................................... 54.04 55.39 2,055 2,080 38.0 106,868 108,160 1,978 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 129.89 106.01 5,533 3,820 42.6 287,739 198,649 2,215 Registered nurses................................................. 31.79 30.30 1,222 1,173 38.5 63,562 61,004 2,000 Therapists........................................................ 26.68 24.82 1,022 917 38.3 53,152 47,661 1,992 Respiratory therapists.......................................... 24.34 24.65 912 903 37.5 47,416 46,950 1,948 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 21.65 17.52 839 706 38.7 43,620 36,729 2,014 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 30.41 30.99 1,169 1,172 38.4 60,768 60,929 1,998 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 16.28 16.38 634 620 38.9 32,970 32,219 2,025 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 31.77 32.63 1,271 1,305 40.0 66,090 67,870 2,080 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 28.23 27.63 1,129 1,105 40.0 58,725 57,470 2,080 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 19.08 18.85 751 722 39.3 39,028 37,544 2,046 Pharmacy technicians............................................ 14.68 13.70 587 548 40.0 30,545 28,486 2,080 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 21.04 21.58 838 837 39.8 43,564 43,514 2,070 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.96 12.65 509 493 39.3 26,467 25,623 2,042 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.42 12.18 486 487 39.2 25,286 25,309 2,036 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.66 12.50 496 487 39.2 25,798 25,343 2,037 Physical therapist assistants and aides........................... 14.45 11.30 578 452 40.0 30,049 23,504 2,080 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 14.11 13.69 557 548 39.5 28,954 28,477 2,052 Medical assistants.............................................. 15.33 16.00 605 616 39.4 31,442 32,045 2,051 Protective service occupations...................................... 13.03 11.65 520 456 39.9 27,046 23,693 2,075 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 12.13 11.05 474 440 39.1 24,656 22,880 2,033 Security guards................................................. 12.13 11.00 474 440 39.1 24,641 22,880 2,032 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.78 10.42 421 400 39.0 21,829 20,800 2,025 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 19.10 17.50 766 706 40.1 39,839 36,691 2,085 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 17.71 17.50 711 706 40.1 36,946 36,691 2,087 Cooks............................................................. 12.46 12.76 487 479 39.0 25,300 24,888 2,030 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 13.09 12.13 517 472 39.5 26,893 24,523 2,054 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 12.64 12.76 489 479 38.7 25,422 24,888 2,011 Food preparation workers.......................................... 11.70 12.26 464 485 39.7 24,123 25,210 2,063 Food service, tipped.............................................. 8.31 7.25 320 290 38.6 16,650 15,080 2,005 Bartenders...................................................... 10.47 8.21 415 308 39.7 21,593 16,008 2,063 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 7.34 7.25 282 263 38.4 14,652 13,650 1,996 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 8.93 7.85 343 308 38.4 17,834 15,997 1,997 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 9.99 9.00 387 338 38.8 19,746 17,550 1,977 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 10.28 9.00 406 346 39.5 20,558 17,550 2,000 Dishwashers....................................................... 12.44 12.68 497 507 40.0 25,866 26,374 2,080 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.97 11.20 469 440 39.2 23,820 22,610 1,990 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 16.19 16.83 648 673 40.0 33,680 35,006 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers...................................................... 16.19 16.83 648 673 40.0 33,680 35,006 2,080 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.54 11.12 454 439 39.3 22,941 22,402 1,987 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.77 11.61 465 465 39.5 24,198 24,155 2,056 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 11.26 10.53 439 420 39.0 21,259 21,008 1,888 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 12.92 10.94 493 390 38.2 25,480 19,907 1,972 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 11.88 10.61 451 383 37.9 23,269 19,907 1,959 Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.05 8.66 453 344 37.6 23,223 17,316 1,927 First-line supervisors/managers of gaming workers................. 17.76 17.22 714 689 40.2 37,132 35,818 2,091 Gaming supervisors.............................................. 20.25 21.08 817 827 40.3 42,466 43,000 2,097 Gaming services workers........................................... 7.94 7.25 316 290 39.7 16,407 15,080 2,066 Gaming dealers.................................................. 7.75 7.25 308 290 39.8 16,026 15,080 2,068 Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges......................... 10.21 8.25 404 330 39.6 21,009 17,160 2,057 Transportation attendants......................................... 34.90 32.30 717 635 20.5 37,263 33,029 1,068 Flight attendants............................................... 34.90 32.30 717 635 20.5 37,263 33,029 1,068 Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.86 13.53 710 531 39.8 36,882 27,482 2,066 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 24.39 21.00 976 840 40.0 50,739 43,680 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 19.88 20.91 795 836 40.0 41,358 43,493 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 35.06 28.08 1,402 1,123 40.0 72,924 58,400 2,080 Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.45 12.05 532 475 39.6 27,682 24,710 2,058 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 12.38 11.60 486 460 39.3 25,289 23,920 2,043 Cashiers...................................................... 12.42 11.60 488 460 39.3 25,359 23,941 2,042 Gaming change persons and booth cashiers...................... 12.07 11.50 476 460 39.4 24,748 23,920 2,051 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.06 12.20 558 488 39.7 29,027 25,366 2,065 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 51.88 50.91 2,075 2,037 40.0 107,910 105,901 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 36.06 27.50 1,443 1,100 40.0 75,012 57,200 2,080 Telemarketers..................................................... 12.61 10.89 488 420 38.7 25,372 21,840 2,012 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 16.85 20.58 674 823 40.0 35,040 42,806 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.61 14.78 621 585 39.8 32,291 30,430 2,068 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 21.79 21.65 872 866 40.0 45,330 45,026 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.33 14.98 609 597 39.8 31,686 31,034 2,067 Bill and account collectors..................................... 16.24 15.90 650 636 40.0 33,779 33,070 2,080 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 15.71 15.53 628 621 40.0 32,674 32,294 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.16 14.53 603 581 39.8 31,348 30,231 2,068 Gaming cage workers............................................. 11.50 11.11 460 444 40.0 23,913 23,109 2,080 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 19.47 19.58 779 783 40.0 40,491 40,716 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 13.91 13.37 554 531 39.8 28,796 27,602 2,070 Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks.............................. 12.35 11.14 494 446 40.0 25,684 23,171 2,080 Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 17.87 16.42 715 657 40.0 37,175 34,154 2,080 Order clerks...................................................... 18.31 17.00 732 680 40.0 38,080 35,360 2,080 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 17.55 18.89 700 688 39.9 36,394 35,797 2,074 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.87 11.00 464 426 39.1 24,135 22,152 2,033 Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks.... 17.40 18.50 696 740 40.0 36,198 38,484 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.57 12.50 543 500 40.0 28,215 26,000 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 13.60 14.63 544 585 40.0 28,283 30,430 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.14 17.92 761 717 39.7 39,547 37,274 2,066 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 22.53 21.42 899 854 39.9 46,723 44,429 2,074 Medical secretaries............................................. 15.00 14.54 592 567 39.4 30,766 29,462 2,051 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.62 15.18 624 607 40.0 32,459 31,574 2,079 Computer operators................................................ 19.22 17.00 769 680 40.0 39,985 35,360 2,080 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 11.83 11.81 454 430 38.4 23,628 22,360 1,998 Data entry keyers............................................... 11.83 11.81 454 430 38.4 23,628 22,360 1,998 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 13.10 12.18 523 487 39.9 27,201 25,339 2,077 Office clerks, general............................................ 16.30 14.63 648 585 39.8 33,699 30,430 2,068 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 20.55 20.00 820 800 39.9 42,628 41,600 2,074 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 28.26 29.45 1,138 1,178 40.3 59,177 61,264 2,094 Carpenters........................................................ 18.12 17.58 720 703 39.7 37,438 36,573 2,067 Construction laborers............................................. 14.59 14.00 583 560 40.0 30,340 29,120 2,080 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 23.83 21.92 953 877 40.0 49,557 45,587 2,080 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 25.23 23.00 1,009 920 40.0 52,475 47,840 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 24.71 23.93 988 957 40.0 51,362 49,774 2,078 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 37.09 35.65 1,484 1,426 40.0 77,147 74,152 2,080 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................... 27.76 29.06 1,104 1,162 39.8 57,422 60,445 2,068 Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment.................................................... 29.69 30.39 1,178 1,216 39.7 61,280 63,211 2,064 Aircraft mechanics and service technicians........................ 22.91 23.50 916 940 40.0 47,650 48,880 2,080 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 20.15 19.75 813 764 40.4 42,277 39,722 2,098 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 20.15 19.75 813 764 40.4 42,277 39,722 2,098 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 21.35 20.40 854 816 40.0 44,416 42,432 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 23.58 25.07 939 1,003 39.8 48,828 52,146 2,071 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 27.67 27.56 1,101 1,081 39.8 57,276 56,222 2,070 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 20.46 23.42 818 937 40.0 42,558 48,714 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 18.33 17.91 733 716 40.0 38,130 37,253 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 20.63 16.59 821 652 39.8 42,686 33,904 2,069 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 13.88 12.43 555 497 40.0 28,863 25,844 2,080 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 14.11 12.43 564 497 40.0 29,349 25,844 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.93 11.75 517 470 40.0 26,894 24,440 2,080 Bakers............................................................ 16.03 16.75 626 670 39.0 32,527 34,840 2,029 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 12.81 12.93 500 516 39.0 26,015 26,807 2,030 Computer control programmers and operators........................ 19.76 19.61 791 784 40.0 41,107 40,785 2,080 Machinists........................................................ 27.73 25.75 1,099 986 39.6 57,161 51,272 2,062 Printers.......................................................... 22.30 20.70 843 776 37.8 43,839 40,359 1,966 Printing machine operators...................................... 25.44 25.98 942 987 37.0 48,980 51,340 1,925 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 20.39 19.92 816 797 40.0 42,409 41,434 2,080 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 15.72 15.28 618 611 39.3 32,121 31,782 2,043 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 17.18 16.04 683 641 39.7 35,502 33,353 2,066 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.27 15.25 681 610 39.4 35,420 31,718 2,051 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................. 23.24 23.50 930 940 40.0 48,349 48,880 2,080 Aircraft pilots and flight engineers.............................. 108.97 94.75 2,107 1,771 19.3 109,568 92,087 1,005 Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers.................. 108.97 94.75 2,107 1,771 19.3 109,568 92,087 1,005 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 19.10 17.00 764 680 40.0 39,738 35,360 2,080 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 20.91 17.80 836 712 40.0 43,486 37,016 2,080 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 17.14 15.35 686 614 40.0 35,651 31,934 2,080 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 15.37 14.66 613 580 39.9 31,889 30,143 2,074 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 13.02 10.61 516 424 39.6 26,812 22,065 2,060 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 14.25 11.60 567 461 39.8 29,476 23,962 2,069 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 11.18 11.33 432 450 38.7 22,465 23,374 2,010 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.