Table 6 Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1) Wages fall at or below the following percentiles Occupation(2) 10 25 50 75 90 All workers........................................................... $9.69 $13.00 $19.36 $30.87 $46.21 Management occupations.............................................. 22.78 28.57 39.13 55.39 72.77 Chief executives.................................................. 26.22 26.22 46.04 104.61 145.00 General and operations managers................................... 21.53 37.33 50.53 84.17 96.15 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 24.04 33.28 42.17 57.18 71.20 Marketing managers.............................................. 29.29 36.06 45.13 58.83 82.81 Sales managers.................................................. 18.90 24.04 42.17 51.45 62.15 Public relations managers......................................... 27.60 28.02 39.04 39.04 39.04 Administrative services managers.................................. 26.25 30.26 38.68 40.64 40.64 Computer and information systems managers......................... 25.02 40.87 53.41 62.50 79.73 Financial managers................................................ 20.71 25.49 42.57 65.30 75.77 Human resources managers.......................................... 26.92 32.70 37.92 47.60 54.76 Compensation and benefits managers.............................. 26.92 32.70 32.70 38.87 41.88 Training and development managers............................... 33.28 37.92 47.60 53.99 76.61 Industrial production managers.................................... 21.86 32.06 34.56 39.00 80.53 Purchasing managers............................................... 31.25 31.25 37.98 44.25 58.01 Transportation, storage, and distribution managers................ 22.75 22.75 32.19 33.39 46.81 Construction managers............................................. 26.92 33.02 37.50 40.58 48.08 Education administrators.......................................... 24.17 29.76 43.53 58.62 66.76 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 31.97 43.27 52.67 60.99 67.19 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 24.17 29.30 40.77 59.34 66.76 Engineering managers.............................................. 37.51 37.51 46.30 58.37 68.56 Medical and health services managers.............................. 22.61 30.91 37.37 49.42 80.29 Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 25.57 27.58 27.62 27.90 31.37 Social and community service managers............................. 22.78 23.19 32.50 33.44 33.44 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 18.27 22.88 29.33 39.49 49.54 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 18.28 20.00 28.85 40.50 45.63 Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 15.00 19.59 20.00 28.85 34.00 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 19.13 22.60 33.39 45.63 45.63 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 18.84 22.94 29.31 37.01 43.24 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 18.70 22.86 29.31 37.36 44.23 Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation..................................... 18.88 19.23 26.58 30.73 37.08 Cost estimators................................................... 20.91 23.08 25.00 34.14 36.25 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 19.02 22.97 25.32 35.38 44.76 Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists............ 22.93 24.20 36.89 46.65 46.65 Training and development specialists............................ 16.88 24.04 29.37 35.38 44.76 Management analysts............................................... 22.89 29.05 40.59 57.69 67.31 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 18.17 21.05 26.25 35.11 47.57 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 24.04 26.93 32.97 44.78 92.00 Financial analysts.............................................. 26.23 29.70 36.98 43.59 98.90 Insurance underwriters.......................................... 26.93 32.45 40.03 57.00 92.00 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 21.98 29.39 40.87 50.11 57.39 Computer programmers.............................................. 26.44 27.90 35.40 39.86 45.00 Computer software engineers....................................... 32.89 42.28 50.48 56.79 69.05 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 32.69 40.01 47.36 58.07 85.47 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 32.89 42.84 51.50 56.79 64.45 Computer support specialists...................................... 16.96 22.77 27.50 42.31 50.11 Computer systems analysts......................................... 30.97 34.19 41.79 49.60 55.07 Database administrators........................................... 31.80 32.94 36.92 45.92 57.39 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 19.71 19.77 28.66 45.71 54.11 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 21.98 26.62 34.87 38.89 45.67 Actuaries......................................................... 24.78 34.68 52.05 55.69 65.44 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 20.70 27.78 36.98 47.36 58.53 Architects, except naval.......................................... 16.83 20.19 25.63 35.50 41.00 Architects, except landscape and naval.......................... 16.46 18.52 25.00 37.46 41.20 Engineers......................................................... 29.08 36.85 44.01 51.65 64.66 Aerospace engineers............................................. 36.17 42.78 47.97 64.47 68.94 Civil engineers................................................. 28.31 29.08 31.15 38.46 52.64 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 28.40 40.46 46.70 54.23 64.66 Electrical engineers.......................................... 32.77 38.90 46.70 46.70 54.26 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 28.40 40.96 48.23 54.23 64.66 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 28.60 32.96 37.65 49.23 58.95 Industrial engineers.......................................... 32.27 34.36 38.10 47.84 58.32 Mechanical engineers............................................ 27.30 31.25 43.60 48.11 62.11 Drafters.......................................................... 13.88 20.67 27.78 27.78 34.00 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 20.70 26.41 28.79 34.55 36.73 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 15.81 24.59 36.73 36.73 36.73 Mechanical engineering technicians.............................. 26.41 27.04 31.27 32.14 34.22 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 15.39 21.16 31.14 38.89 56.15 Life scientists................................................... 25.13 31.41 38.27 48.37 116.25 Biological scientists........................................... 36.01 36.01 42.07 50.19 65.72 Physical scientists............................................... 21.16 22.39 24.99 46.21 58.79 Chemists and materials scientists............................... 30.78 31.97 46.21 57.36 66.27 Chemists...................................................... 17.50 31.97 31.97 61.10 66.27 Psychologists..................................................... 12.75 15.00 31.17 45.57 52.15 Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists.................. 25.64 32.79 37.51 52.15 57.09 Biological technicians............................................ 13.00 13.51 18.51 27.72 32.29 Chemical technicians.............................................. 13.00 15.25 18.39 23.76 26.50 Community and social services occupations........................... 11.04 12.47 18.69 25.44 32.07 Counselors........................................................ 11.59 12.40 21.93 30.39 50.88 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 18.03 21.93 41.96 50.93 60.64 Social workers.................................................... 12.75 14.80 19.45 26.62 30.97 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 12.00 15.07 20.55 28.46 34.32 Medical and public health social workers........................ 16.51 18.96 24.48 26.25 28.87 Mental health and substance abuse social workers................ 13.36 14.76 19.19 24.87 29.70 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 10.33 10.82 12.88 17.95 24.99 Social and human service assistants............................. 10.33 10.50 11.69 16.09 17.95 Legal occupations................................................... 17.33 21.95 28.47 58.48 96.46 Lawyers........................................................... 26.15 31.25 58.48 85.53 96.46 Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 17.33 17.33 22.16 25.56 29.71 Miscellaneous legal support workers............................... 17.17 18.60 19.98 21.64 41.55 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 13.11 19.53 37.08 49.96 60.66 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 32.78 37.65 49.96 65.98 85.86 Business teachers, postsecondary................................ 65.35 66.38 66.38 86.89 124.73 Math and computer teachers, postsecondary....................... 36.51 48.70 60.12 69.77 112.91 Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary.................. 36.51 36.51 48.70 60.12 79.91 Engineering and architecture teachers, postsecondary............ 47.22 55.89 87.90 90.52 97.33 Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary....................... 49.87 56.77 61.49 89.20 89.20 Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 36.73 40.19 46.78 50.79 65.82 Health teachers, postsecondary.................................. 39.05 45.09 65.98 71.62 71.62 Education and library science teachers, postsecondary........... 33.27 43.87 51.13 76.07 80.30 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 34.48 34.48 43.97 69.77 86.67 Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary................. 34.48 34.48 34.48 47.03 85.73 English language and literature teachers, postsecondary....... 37.05 37.28 53.54 77.66 103.18 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 23.69 32.31 42.36 51.05 72.75 Vocational education teachers, postsecondary.................. 34.33 36.25 37.28 47.30 47.30 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 15.45 30.61 42.62 50.59 60.03 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 10.00 11.00 13.90 18.90 43.32 Preschool teachers, except special education.................. 9.85 10.68 13.37 16.54 19.95 Kindergarten teachers, except special education............... 21.79 28.99 38.57 56.47 66.04 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 28.48 36.22 44.91 52.30 61.28 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 28.38 36.22 44.59 52.01 60.80 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 28.56 36.81 46.88 52.92 61.58 Secondary school teachers....................................... 27.56 35.79 44.38 50.91 61.85 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 27.63 35.44 44.21 51.41 61.85 Special education teachers...................................... 25.32 35.12 44.46 52.34 58.55 Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school.......................................... 28.78 35.32 47.94 53.30 58.25 Special education teachers, middle school..................... 23.82 25.32 37.37 56.37 60.49 Special education teachers, secondary school.................. 34.14 39.81 43.55 45.48 57.72 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 10.73 17.00 20.00 28.01 35.94 Self-enrichment education teachers.............................. 18.44 20.67 20.67 35.94 49.34 Librarians........................................................ 19.16 19.44 22.75 31.59 45.02 Library technicians............................................... 12.32 13.19 16.79 19.92 25.39 Instructional coordinators........................................ 19.78 20.12 21.05 49.76 59.22 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.86 12.27 14.49 16.31 19.62 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 15.48 18.53 26.66 32.25 40.41 Designers......................................................... 12.65 19.23 26.66 32.25 35.76 Actors, producers, and directors.................................. 17.83 17.83 26.44 28.81 39.42 Producers and directors......................................... 17.83 17.83 26.44 28.81 39.42 Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers................... 10.00 17.74 26.09 35.22 49.43 Coaches and scouts.............................................. 13.70 24.55 29.44 35.22 49.43 Public relations specialists...................................... 12.98 26.44 31.16 32.42 32.42 Writers and editors............................................... 26.14 30.36 36.06 41.00 54.33 Editors......................................................... 25.95 30.36 36.06 40.41 54.33 Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio operators... 15.48 17.50 20.00 27.00 28.34 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 20.00 25.48 31.82 40.43 55.54 Pharmacists....................................................... 48.50 48.88 52.80 54.00 58.00 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 26.97 31.82 70.00 87.81 115.38 Registered nurses................................................. 25.48 30.00 35.39 42.00 50.56 Therapists........................................................ 26.92 29.45 33.65 40.97 45.46 Occupational therapists......................................... 36.06 37.50 45.46 45.46 58.55 Physical therapists............................................. 27.54 27.87 33.19 37.71 41.08 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 18.13 20.27 24.16 30.94 34.13 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 21.47 23.40 29.23 31.90 34.66 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 14.70 18.13 19.25 26.31 26.31 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 19.00 25.73 29.68 35.41 40.03 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 19.00 25.23 28.00 34.68 40.03 Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...................... 13.00 14.75 20.63 23.61 27.30 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 12.33 15.75 18.39 22.57 29.26 Pharmacy technicians............................................ 12.00 12.54 15.75 17.25 17.56 Psychiatric technicians......................................... 13.97 19.08 22.57 23.37 24.63 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 20.33 23.20 25.32 27.36 29.01 Medical records and health information technicians................ 14.21 15.66 17.45 17.77 24.73 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.30 11.85 13.55 15.84 18.32 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.22 11.00 12.77 14.84 16.80 Home health aides............................................... 9.75 10.30 10.88 12.15 14.20 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.40 12.11 13.63 15.17 17.70 Psychiatric aides............................................... 12.00 12.00 12.10 14.70 16.67 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 11.58 14.20 16.00 18.25 21.00 Dental assistants............................................... 17.00 17.50 18.25 23.28 30.72 Medical assistants.............................................. 11.00 12.75 15.18 17.10 20.00 Medical transcriptionists....................................... 14.17 14.43 16.46 20.03 22.00 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.03 14.77 22.88 28.84 33.02 First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 26.81 27.44 38.72 45.65 45.72 First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers........................................................ 26.92 27.86 32.63 35.60 41.33 Fire fighters..................................................... 19.93 20.65 24.74 26.23 29.32 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 16.82 21.15 25.53 29.86 32.12 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 16.17 19.82 24.82 29.86 32.21 Police officers................................................... 16.82 23.29 27.92 32.39 34.04 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 16.82 23.29 27.92 32.39 34.04 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 9.50 11.65 12.50 16.02 19.37 Security guards................................................. 9.50 11.65 12.50 16.02 19.37 Miscellaneous protective service workers.......................... 8.50 10.00 10.00 16.78 19.14 Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers.............................................. 7.75 8.25 8.50 11.07 11.07 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 4.60 8.00 9.00 11.75 15.61 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 10.73 14.91 19.42 23.87 37.69 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 10.73 14.42 19.26 23.87 35.34 Cooks............................................................. 8.00 9.00 11.15 14.00 16.00 Cooks, fast food................................................ 8.00 8.00 8.00 9.00 11.00 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 10.89 12.12 14.39 17.17 19.17 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 8.53 11.00 12.00 14.00 15.61 Cooks, short order.............................................. 9.77 10.71 13.25 13.25 13.25 Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.30 9.25 11.75 15.61 19.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.63 3.26 5.00 8.00 10.00 Bartenders...................................................... 4.49 5.00 5.50 8.00 9.53 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.63 2.63 3.50 5.69 7.79 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 3.50 7.40 8.00 10.09 11.58 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.00 8.06 8.80 10.00 12.00 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 8.06 8.25 9.00 10.00 12.75 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 7.50 8.00 8.75 10.00 12.00 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 8.00 9.19 11.73 13.75 16.00 Dishwashers....................................................... 8.00 8.25 8.85 9.34 10.70 Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop.......... 8.00 8.50 9.00 10.00 11.00 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.00 10.20 13.00 16.64 20.28 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 14.83 17.50 23.31 24.99 31.69 First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers...................................................... 13.26 14.83 20.64 24.99 31.69 First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers................................... 23.31 23.31 23.56 24.02 30.85 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.82 10.10 12.54 15.26 18.50 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.70 11.00 13.50 16.86 19.57 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.24 8.76 10.00 12.19 13.51 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 10.00 11.00 13.00 20.00 25.75 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 10.00 11.00 13.00 20.00 25.08 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.27 9.44 10.97 13.47 20.63 Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers........ 7.80 8.25 8.25 12.08 18.35 Amusement and recreation attendants............................. 7.80 8.25 8.25 11.30 18.35 Child care workers................................................ 8.31 9.50 10.66 11.80 14.00 Personal and home care aides...................................... 9.80 10.00 10.50 11.00 11.06 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 8.18 9.26 11.66 19.62 55.42 Recreation workers.............................................. 8.00 9.00 10.59 13.47 19.62 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.45 9.75 13.60 20.43 30.65 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 12.40 14.92 18.21 22.14 28.84 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 12.20 14.92 17.20 21.47 28.84 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 13.00 16.80 22.14 23.22 23.22 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.20 8.70 10.40 12.81 16.97 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.00 8.45 9.00 10.98 12.37 Cashiers...................................................... 8.00 8.45 9.00 10.98 12.30 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 8.15 9.50 12.00 17.31 24.89 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 8.00 8.50 10.50 12.00 20.77 Parts salespersons............................................ 10.40 14.00 16.00 23.89 30.65 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.50 9.64 11.85 15.00 19.58 Insurance sales agents............................................ 15.04 16.07 16.88 20.83 22.23 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 23.25 37.96 66.94 110.10 110.10 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 17.20 21.57 25.48 33.40 44.47 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products...................................... 19.23 25.48 27.50 44.47 51.21 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products............................ 17.13 19.64 25.11 31.25 36.91 Telemarketers..................................................... 9.52 9.52 12.00 12.00 15.89 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 13.07 16.11 17.95 31.42 40.70 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.22 13.62 16.85 21.07 25.98 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 18.40 22.55 26.38 36.01 38.81 Switchboard operators, including answering service................ 9.01 10.25 13.15 17.44 22.80 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.40 13.50 16.44 19.88 25.36 Bill and account collectors..................................... 13.92 15.00 15.87 17.00 21.75 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 12.00 15.00 16.50 18.00 20.63 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.63 15.14 17.83 22.57 28.00 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 11.00 14.75 21.18 25.36 25.36 Tellers......................................................... 11.00 11.59 13.16 15.65 17.46 Brokerage clerks.................................................. 16.64 18.11 18.97 22.02 22.51 Customer service representatives.................................. 11.99 13.50 16.26 20.50 23.32 File clerks....................................................... 10.00 12.00 14.00 14.83 15.30 Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks.............................. 9.00 9.25 10.50 12.60 15.00 Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 14.00 14.00 16.47 22.92 22.92 Library assistants, clerical...................................... 8.80 9.55 12.25 17.79 20.67 Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 11.33 14.00 17.43 20.81 27.15 Order clerks...................................................... 14.00 14.00 19.95 21.98 22.67 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.50 11.51 13.65 16.48 20.00 Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks.... 9.04 10.87 13.95 21.17 21.54 Dispatchers....................................................... 12.50 15.87 20.37 22.99 34.62 Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers......................... 17.55 19.59 20.92 21.24 31.57 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 12.50 12.50 17.29 26.77 34.62 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 14.46 17.55 18.95 21.17 25.37 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 10.20 11.90 14.37 16.21 25.38 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 8.25 9.15 11.70 14.00 16.98 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.58 16.38 19.24 24.44 28.49 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.72 19.60 23.64 27.22 30.69 Legal secretaries............................................... 16.83 20.78 27.40 29.33 30.77 Medical secretaries............................................. 13.25 15.21 18.00 19.24 22.19 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.00 15.10 17.71 21.40 24.77 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 11.50 13.30 14.48 18.00 19.04 Data entry keyers............................................... 10.71 12.00 14.00 15.85 19.04 Word processors and typists..................................... 13.42 13.51 17.56 18.67 19.46 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 14.21 15.45 17.16 22.35 24.55 Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service..... 13.85 14.01 16.03 16.03 19.58 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.70 15.35 18.13 21.15 23.72 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 14.00 19.00 24.90 32.03 39.37 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 18.12 23.16 29.47 35.00 43.27 Carpenters........................................................ 14.00 18.23 25.00 31.44 38.53 Construction laborers............................................. 13.50 14.00 19.00 27.08 29.49 Construction equipment operators.................................. 19.00 20.00 22.00 29.24 37.78 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 20.14 21.00 28.85 37.78 37.78 Electricians...................................................... 15.00 19.00 24.98 31.00 41.45 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 15.11 20.00 26.00 37.62 43.50 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 20.00 22.20 28.00 37.62 44.13 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 11.04 13.24 15.19 24.17 37.11 Construction and building inspectors.............................. 23.49 24.90 29.43 35.86 38.51 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 12.00 16.00 20.56 27.10 34.31 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 19.30 23.40 29.75 38.95 43.69 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................... 13.76 20.81 24.25 26.44 31.37 Aircraft mechanics and service technicians........................ 26.85 31.91 34.70 36.63 41.61 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 9.75 9.75 18.00 23.00 27.50 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 9.75 9.75 17.00 22.00 27.50 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 14.63 17.00 19.15 22.66 24.24 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers..................................................... 16.00 19.02 22.67 31.88 31.88 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 13.18 16.00 19.20 22.50 27.08 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 20.40 20.40 20.81 23.11 28.25 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 13.66 16.45 19.20 22.50 27.52 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 12.00 12.00 13.10 16.98 20.24 Line installers and repairers..................................... 20.69 23.33 30.28 34.31 36.84 Telecommunications line installers and repairers................ 18.49 23.33 23.61 34.31 34.31 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 12.01 14.91 19.81 21.07 35.05 Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers.......... 12.01 12.01 14.91 15.09 21.07 Production occupations.............................................. 10.00 12.06 15.01 18.62 24.36 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 14.23 17.63 24.04 28.52 35.13 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 10.11 11.53 13.63 16.52 18.47 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 11.53 12.63 13.05 17.80 23.20 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 9.85 11.06 12.75 15.64 16.55 Bakers............................................................ 9.00 10.25 12.25 14.00 14.50 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 10.00 13.09 15.10 15.75 21.00 Butchers and meat cutters....................................... 13.09 13.09 15.63 19.00 23.00 Computer control programmers and operators........................ 14.00 16.20 20.49 26.65 28.22 Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic... 14.00 16.20 20.49 26.65 28.22 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 13.11 14.99 16.62 19.92 23.69 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 11.86 13.00 15.62 19.96 20.76 Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................... 14.00 15.27 16.33 19.44 23.69 Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............................................ 11.50 15.50 16.75 18.50 20.15 Machinists........................................................ 13.00 17.00 19.57 22.00 32.08 Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................................................... 12.19 12.19 12.19 15.81 20.85 Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 12.19 12.19 12.19 15.81 20.85 Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 12.00 12.77 15.80 18.45 20.99 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 14.33 16.59 17.85 20.00 21.75 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 15.00 17.39 21.50 21.75 27.57 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 10.33 12.81 14.25 17.85 21.30 Printers.......................................................... 8.25 8.25 15.25 19.31 24.00 Printing machine operators...................................... 8.25 8.25 11.91 18.10 24.00 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 9.20 10.29 13.10 13.83 14.38 Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 10.12 10.59 12.17 16.11 16.47 Cutting workers................................................... 12.50 14.55 16.51 20.55 25.15 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 12.22 14.00 16.10 19.91 24.20 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 9.00 9.50 12.50 13.64 19.88 Painting workers.................................................. 10.50 11.50 13.82 17.96 23.28 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.25 9.50 10.22 15.98 19.06 Helpers--production workers..................................... 9.88 10.00 10.00 15.98 25.21 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.50 10.51 16.00 20.00 23.64 Bus drivers....................................................... 9.75 10.75 14.25 18.73 22.00 Bus drivers, transit and intercity.............................. 10.00 14.25 22.00 22.00 30.18 Bus drivers, school............................................. 9.50 10.75 13.50 14.95 18.73 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 10.50 16.00 19.00 23.25 26.90 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 15.00 17.54 19.07 23.00 25.66 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 10.00 11.10 17.55 22.94 24.76 Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators................. 14.61 21.28 21.92 37.79 37.79 Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators........... 14.61 21.28 21.92 37.79 37.79 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 11.91 15.85 18.37 22.11 23.53 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.25 8.50 10.74 14.00 17.50 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.25 9.25 12.99 16.00 18.00 Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 8.25 8.25 8.28 16.13 17.38 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 8.25 8.29 9.00 11.25 13.50 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. For more information, see chapter 8 of the Handbook of Methods, at https://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/homch8_a.htm. 2 The NCS uses the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification coding structure, which defines more than 800 unique occupations, to match jobs sampled by the survey. Military occupations are excluded from the survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.