Table 10 Part-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1) Wages fall at or below the following percentiles Occupation(2) 10 25 50 75 90 All workers........................................................... $8.00 $8.50 $10.70 $15.00 $27.69 Management occupations.............................................. 22.78 22.78 22.78 45.57 45.57 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 15.50 19.67 26.58 34.71 54.62 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 14.50 27.12 31.14 31.14 31.14 Community and social services occupations........................... 10.70 11.75 12.50 17.95 29.98 Counselors........................................................ 11.00 11.00 19.25 26.36 30.58 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 10.00 10.70 11.95 17.95 24.99 Social and human service assistants............................. 8.00 10.00 12.00 17.95 17.95 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 9.86 11.54 16.05 22.76 40.57 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 23.69 27.64 34.43 53.22 76.67 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 23.69 27.64 34.43 54.25 76.67 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 8.57 10.50 15.97 37.14 40.85 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 10.64 21.71 28.38 34.63 40.95 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 10.64 21.71 28.38 34.63 40.95 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 10.00 10.73 12.28 19.86 41.65 Librarians........................................................ 16.22 16.22 22.04 22.76 31.59 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.14 11.39 14.54 16.05 20.47 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 9.55 10.00 12.65 22.00 25.00 Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers................... 9.63 9.63 11.54 13.75 22.57 Coaches and scouts.............................................. 11.54 11.54 13.70 18.97 28.11 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 20.69 26.00 33.03 40.28 50.31 Registered nurses................................................. 23.57 29.71 35.00 42.50 51.37 Therapists........................................................ 31.37 33.03 36.06 45.46 48.44 Occupational therapists......................................... 36.06 37.50 45.46 45.46 48.44 Physical therapists............................................. 28.13 33.03 33.54 36.00 61.54 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 17.47 22.80 28.84 36.51 38.84 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 22.80 28.84 31.98 37.92 39.80 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 19.00 23.25 28.00 32.96 39.17 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 15.09 19.00 26.27 29.68 39.17 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 9.81 9.81 23.60 25.05 26.56 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.48 22.79 25.00 27.00 27.98 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.00 10.93 12.46 15.30 17.88 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.00 10.40 12.00 13.86 15.58 Home health aides............................................... 9.75 10.00 11.57 12.12 13.60 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.22 10.80 12.70 14.97 16.80 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 10.50 12.83 16.00 17.77 21.18 Medical assistants.............................................. 12.00 12.75 14.50 16.71 18.66 Protective service occupations...................................... 8.00 9.87 11.68 12.00 15.32 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 8.00 9.50 11.35 11.68 11.99 Security guards................................................. 8.00 9.50 11.35 11.68 11.99 Miscellaneous protective service workers.......................... 7.75 8.50 9.87 11.07 12.48 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 3.00 5.69 8.00 9.25 11.00 Cooks............................................................. 8.00 8.00 9.98 11.50 13.50 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 10.95 12.50 13.50 14.26 17.03 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 8.00 10.00 11.00 12.11 13.50 Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.12 8.50 9.08 10.85 12.27 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.63 2.89 4.60 5.69 8.00 Bartenders...................................................... 4.25 5.00 5.00 6.75 8.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.63 2.63 3.27 5.00 5.69 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 3.50 7.50 8.00 9.30 10.09 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.96 8.00 8.25 9.33 10.00 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 8.00 8.06 8.50 9.33 11.25 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 7.40 8.00 8.25 9.00 10.00 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 7.59 8.27 12.00 13.75 16.00 Dishwashers....................................................... 8.00 8.00 8.50 9.34 10.00 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........... 8.25 9.25 10.89 12.43 14.73 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.20 9.12 10.89 12.43 14.73 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.75 10.00 11.00 12.63 14.73 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 7.75 8.08 9.12 11.72 12.62 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 9.00 10.00 12.00 12.36 20.00 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 9.00 10.00 12.00 12.36 20.00 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.06 9.00 10.32 11.44 15.50 Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers........ 7.80 7.80 11.00 12.15 13.75 Amusement and recreation attendants............................. 7.80 7.80 11.00 11.90 12.52 Child care workers................................................ 8.00 8.50 10.00 12.58 15.50 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 7.92 8.50 10.00 12.00 20.00 Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors....................... 8.25 9.00 10.32 14.00 21.68 Recreation workers.............................................. 7.50 8.50 9.71 11.25 15.00 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.00 8.50 9.00 10.99 13.01 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.00 8.41 9.00 10.50 12.29 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.00 8.30 8.80 9.90 11.35 Cashiers...................................................... 8.00 8.30 8.80 9.76 11.35 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 7.25 8.00 8.50 9.00 10.00 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 7.25 8.00 8.31 9.00 9.00 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.20 9.00 10.00 12.25 15.00 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.55 10.00 12.79 15.73 20.00 Financial clerks.................................................. 10.71 12.00 13.75 16.23 20.94 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 10.71 12.29 13.96 14.00 15.00 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 9.02 11.30 15.00 17.00 20.89 Tellers......................................................... 11.00 11.51 12.13 14.05 14.55 Customer service representatives.................................. 9.69 10.00 12.00 13.29 22.76 File clerks....................................................... 10.00 10.00 12.00 14.85 15.30 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 8.25 9.85 12.25 13.68 16.48 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 7.85 8.25 9.00 10.05 12.45 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.00 13.25 15.00 15.92 25.00 Medical secretaries............................................. 13.25 13.25 14.00 16.71 25.00 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 12.50 13.00 15.50 15.81 17.99 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 12.00 13.01 13.71 14.46 16.84 Office clerks, general............................................ 10.50 15.28 18.10 20.00 26.85 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 7.25 7.25 11.50 19.00 21.72 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 9.00 12.01 12.01 13.66 15.00 Production occupations.............................................. 9.09 10.00 11.50 14.00 19.04 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 8.25 8.52 10.05 13.50 16.86 Bus drivers....................................................... 9.50 10.54 13.25 14.70 18.19 Bus drivers, school............................................. 9.50 10.30 13.00 14.70 18.20 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 8.00 8.44 9.00 16.86 25.00 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 9.00 9.00 10.32 16.86 25.00 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.00 8.29 8.75 10.25 12.83 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 8.00 9.07 11.05 13.02 15.03 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.