Table 11 Full-time(1) civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours Hourly(3) Weekly(4) Annual(5) Occupation(2) Mean Median Mean Median Mean Mean Median Mean earnings earnings earnings earnings hours earnings earnings hours All workers........................................................... $26.48 $21.17 $1,037 $836 39.1 $52,161 $43,056 1,970 Management occupations.............................................. 44.80 39.18 1,781 1,566 39.8 92,393 81,432 2,062 Chief executives.................................................. 72.67 46.04 3,110 1,727 42.8 161,741 89,782 2,226 General and operations managers................................... 57.61 50.53 2,357 2,029 40.9 122,586 105,498 2,128 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 46.67 42.17 1,874 1,687 40.1 97,433 87,722 2,088 Marketing managers.............................................. 49.79 45.13 2,024 1,827 40.7 105,249 95,000 2,114 Sales managers.................................................. 41.58 42.17 1,636 1,621 39.3 85,081 84,295 2,046 Public relations managers......................................... 35.14 39.04 1,394 1,562 39.7 72,479 81,203 2,062 Administrative services managers.................................. 36.09 38.68 1,450 1,547 40.2 75,408 80,448 2,090 Computer and information systems managers......................... 53.19 53.41 2,095 2,115 39.4 108,936 110,001 2,048 Financial managers................................................ 46.29 42.57 1,845 1,655 39.9 95,941 86,077 2,073 Human resources managers.......................................... 41.43 37.92 1,633 1,517 39.4 84,906 78,867 2,050 Compensation and benefits managers.............................. 35.94 32.70 1,493 1,472 41.5 77,632 76,518 2,160 Training and development managers............................... 47.96 47.60 1,832 1,904 38.2 95,274 99,012 1,986 Industrial production managers.................................... 39.26 34.56 1,599 1,382 40.7 83,128 71,885 2,118 Purchasing managers............................................... 39.70 37.98 1,550 1,364 39.0 80,589 70,938 2,030 Transportation, storage, and distribution managers................ 31.37 32.19 1,244 1,287 39.7 64,690 66,949 2,062 Construction managers............................................. 37.51 37.50 1,512 1,500 40.3 78,634 78,000 2,097 Education administrators.......................................... 45.42 43.60 1,694 1,741 37.3 85,844 88,937 1,890 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 52.57 52.67 2,061 1,994 39.2 98,183 97,155 1,868 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 45.37 42.02 1,642 1,584 36.2 85,373 82,342 1,882 Engineering managers.............................................. 49.44 46.30 1,969 1,838 39.8 102,399 95,591 2,071 Medical and health services managers.............................. 41.86 37.35 1,643 1,478 39.2 85,419 76,877 2,040 Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 28.13 27.62 1,115 1,105 39.6 57,960 57,450 2,061 Social and community service managers............................. 31.05 32.50 1,233 1,300 39.7 64,131 67,600 2,065 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 33.03 29.45 1,318 1,157 39.9 68,522 60,176 2,074 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 29.99 28.22 1,209 1,161 40.3 62,855 60,355 2,096 Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 23.72 20.00 963 900 40.6 50,095 46,800 2,112 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 33.17 29.85 1,332 1,226 40.2 69,265 63,772 2,088 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 29.77 29.31 1,156 1,149 38.8 60,103 59,768 2,019 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 29.74 29.31 1,158 1,149 38.9 60,204 59,768 2,024 Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation..................................... 26.74 27.22 1,066 1,089 39.9 55,432 56,624 2,073 Cost estimators................................................... 28.72 25.00 1,149 1,000 40.0 59,732 52,000 2,080 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 29.89 26.01 1,143 989 38.2 59,034 51,413 1,975 Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists............ 34.67 36.89 1,378 1,476 39.7 71,660 76,729 2,067 Training and development specialists............................ 32.46 32.21 1,300 1,208 40.0 67,587 62,810 2,082 Management analysts............................................... 43.63 40.59 1,833 1,497 42.0 95,307 77,832 2,184 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 29.05 26.37 1,120 1,038 38.6 58,250 54,001 2,005 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 42.87 33.67 1,784 1,447 41.6 92,755 75,234 2,163 Financial analysts.............................................. 44.30 36.98 1,894 1,518 42.8 98,509 78,934 2,224 Insurance underwriters.......................................... 49.90 40.03 1,906 1,444 38.2 99,109 75,095 1,986 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 40.68 39.86 1,610 1,541 39.6 83,475 80,142 2,052 Computer programmers.............................................. 35.71 35.40 1,408 1,400 39.4 73,191 72,800 2,050 Computer software engineers....................................... 50.75 47.60 2,023 1,885 39.9 105,216 97,999 2,073 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 51.64 47.36 2,074 1,880 40.2 107,841 97,748 2,088 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 49.96 47.94 1,979 1,889 39.6 102,886 98,241 2,060 Computer support specialists...................................... 31.55 27.50 1,240 1,100 39.3 64,482 57,200 2,044 Computer systems analysts......................................... 42.75 41.79 1,701 1,626 39.8 88,432 84,577 2,068 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 34.42 29.50 1,370 1,180 39.8 71,259 61,360 2,071 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 33.78 34.87 1,339 1,327 39.6 69,621 68,994 2,061 Actuaries......................................................... 49.03 52.05 1,895 1,952 38.6 98,542 101,498 2,010 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 38.52 36.73 1,562 1,469 40.5 81,210 76,398 2,108 Architects, except naval.......................................... 26.76 25.49 1,108 996 41.4 57,639 51,813 2,154 Architects, except landscape and naval.......................... 26.15 25.00 1,066 868 40.8 55,422 45,144 2,119 Engineers......................................................... 46.02 43.85 1,870 1,832 40.6 97,260 95,268 2,113 Aerospace engineers............................................. 51.97 47.97 2,151 2,001 41.4 111,827 104,037 2,152 Civil engineers................................................. 34.52 31.15 1,381 1,246 40.0 71,801 64,792 2,080 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 45.88 46.70 1,855 1,868 40.4 96,483 97,128 2,103 Electrical engineers.......................................... 43.65 46.70 1,798 1,868 41.2 93,476 97,128 2,141 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 47.25 48.23 1,890 1,929 40.0 98,273 100,316 2,080 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 40.63 37.65 1,649 1,539 40.6 85,759 80,018 2,111 Industrial engineers.......................................... 41.40 38.10 1,687 1,647 40.8 87,734 85,627 2,119 Mechanical engineers............................................ 42.86 43.60 1,763 1,850 41.1 91,661 96,197 2,139 Drafters.......................................................... 25.65 27.78 1,026 1,111 40.0 53,361 57,782 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 28.99 28.79 1,159 1,171 40.0 60,265 60,905 2,079 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 31.40 36.73 1,259 1,469 40.1 65,483 76,398 2,086 Mechanical engineering technicians.............................. 30.30 31.27 1,212 1,251 40.0 63,022 65,040 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 35.07 30.89 1,388 1,234 39.6 71,474 63,239 2,038 Life scientists................................................... 47.42 38.27 1,862 1,462 39.3 96,812 75,999 2,042 Biological scientists........................................... 44.40 42.07 1,756 1,683 39.5 91,299 87,499 2,056 Physical scientists............................................... 34.24 24.99 1,382 1,000 40.4 71,845 51,977 2,098 Chemists and materials scientists............................... 46.09 46.21 1,883 2,080 40.9 97,928 108,136 2,125 Chemists...................................................... 43.69 31.97 1,736 1,279 39.7 90,278 66,498 2,067 Psychologists..................................................... 30.22 27.55 1,121 1,146 37.1 51,576 56,729 1,707 Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists.................. 41.60 36.43 1,466 1,457 35.2 62,906 67,532 1,512 Community and social services occupations........................... 21.88 19.38 843 765 38.5 42,363 39,865 1,936 Counselors........................................................ 26.12 22.00 1,005 881 38.5 48,341 45,789 1,851 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 39.45 41.96 1,430 1,655 36.2 61,777 63,996 1,566 Social workers.................................................... 22.95 21.03 878 822 38.3 44,549 42,744 1,941 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 25.10 23.24 953 875 38.0 47,472 45,494 1,891 Medical and public health social workers........................ 23.94 24.48 958 979 40.0 49,803 50,918 2,080 Mental health and substance abuse social workers................ 18.99 18.47 759 739 40.0 39,489 38,418 2,080 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 15.85 12.88 617 515 38.9 31,827 26,790 2,008 Social and human service assistants............................. 13.28 11.69 515 451 38.8 26,532 23,442 1,998 Legal occupations................................................... 42.75 28.85 1,671 1,123 39.1 86,892 58,415 2,033 Lawyers........................................................... 58.79 58.48 2,341 2,274 39.8 121,751 118,248 2,071 Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 22.79 22.16 892 887 39.1 46,389 46,099 2,035 Miscellaneous legal support workers............................... 23.86 21.64 883 738 37.0 45,930 38,357 1,925 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 38.87 39.18 1,375 1,393 35.4 54,264 53,572 1,396 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 55.84 49.97 2,061 1,915 36.9 83,337 74,557 1,493 Math and computer teachers, postsecondary....................... 68.45 60.12 2,506 2,224 36.6 92,233 84,523 1,347 Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary.................. 54.98 59.42 1,991 2,224 36.2 74,099 66,083 1,348 Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary....................... 69.71 61.49 2,714 2,330 38.9 118,754 120,769 1,704 Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 50.82 46.78 1,857 1,637 36.5 78,373 70,603 1,542 Health teachers, postsecondary.................................. 58.29 65.98 2,223 2,639 38.1 95,423 84,460 1,637 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 54.79 43.97 1,966 1,660 35.9 74,056 63,202 1,352 English language and literature teachers, postsecondary....... 66.58 53.54 2,307 1,981 34.7 95,661 88,159 1,437 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 46.01 42.86 1,679 1,585 36.5 67,103 59,599 1,458 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 41.01 43.11 1,444 1,500 35.2 55,337 56,379 1,349 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 19.73 14.54 733 540 37.2 35,304 29,047 1,790 Preschool teachers, except special education.................. 15.71 13.37 590 526 37.5 29,815 27,352 1,897 Kindergarten teachers, except special education............... 43.30 38.57 1,520 1,350 35.1 58,113 51,416 1,342 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 45.33 45.36 1,579 1,597 34.8 58,414 58,650 1,289 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 45.36 44.89 1,582 1,595 34.9 58,455 58,558 1,289 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 45.22 46.88 1,572 1,599 34.8 58,277 58,853 1,289 Secondary school teachers....................................... 44.32 44.46 1,553 1,517 35.0 57,564 55,829 1,299 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 44.26 44.33 1,553 1,512 35.1 57,564 55,625 1,301 Special education teachers...................................... 44.58 45.48 1,538 1,524 34.5 56,662 56,395 1,271 Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school.......................................... 47.00 47.99 1,619 1,635 34.4 59,349 60,170 1,263 Special education teachers, middle school..................... 39.86 37.37 1,420 1,308 35.6 53,132 48,394 1,333 Special education teachers, secondary school.................. 44.87 43.55 1,509 1,478 33.6 55,245 53,210 1,231 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 24.56 20.67 862 827 35.1 37,722 37,718 1,536 Librarians........................................................ 29.02 24.83 1,082 869 37.3 54,088 47,314 1,864 Instructional coordinators........................................ 32.94 21.05 1,147 737 34.8 52,980 38,302 1,608 Teacher assistants................................................ 14.90 14.49 503 471 33.7 19,762 17,950 1,327 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 28.08 27.57 1,101 1,066 39.2 57,193 55,451 2,037 Designers......................................................... 28.61 31.25 1,125 1,209 39.3 58,523 62,880 2,045 Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers................... 34.53 34.97 1,230 1,233 35.6 60,261 57,833 1,745 Coaches and scouts.............................................. 34.53 34.97 1,230 1,233 35.6 60,261 57,833 1,745 Public relations specialists...................................... 27.87 31.71 1,086 1,216 39.0 56,484 63,215 2,026 Writers and editors............................................... 38.32 36.06 1,500 1,399 39.1 78,001 72,758 2,036 Editors......................................................... 37.36 36.06 1,458 1,374 39.0 75,823 71,454 2,029 Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio operators... 21.13 20.00 845 800 40.0 43,945 41,600 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 36.73 31.25 1,419 1,208 38.6 73,025 61,547 1,988 Pharmacists....................................................... 51.87 52.53 2,053 2,101 39.6 106,749 109,262 2,058 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 69.34 70.00 2,737 2,800 39.5 142,314 145,600 2,053 Registered nurses................................................. 37.28 35.77 1,406 1,332 37.7 72,072 68,771 1,933 Therapists........................................................ 34.74 33.19 1,346 1,327 38.7 66,899 67,001 1,926 Occupational therapists......................................... 48.24 47.40 1,714 1,750 35.5 70,154 71,112 1,454 Physical therapists............................................. 33.24 33.19 1,319 1,328 39.7 68,581 69,039 2,063 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 24.85 24.16 976 932 39.3 50,754 48,464 2,042 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 27.37 27.67 1,095 1,107 40.0 56,921 57,554 2,080 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 21.27 19.10 814 760 38.3 42,349 39,499 1,991 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 32.03 33.88 1,279 1,355 39.9 66,508 70,470 2,077 Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...................... 22.55 21.63 858 866 38.1 44,630 45,052 1,979 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 19.85 18.39 781 722 39.3 40,618 37,565 2,046 Pharmacy technicians............................................ 15.29 15.75 598 620 39.1 31,114 32,240 2,035 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 25.43 25.32 993 981 39.0 51,630 51,008 2,030 Medical records and health information technicians................ 17.62 17.45 676 628 38.4 35,162 32,656 1,996 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.46 14.06 557 540 38.6 28,959 28,080 2,003 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.51 13.27 520 514 38.5 27,045 26,707 2,002 Home health aides............................................... 11.56 10.75 435 412 37.7 22,643 21,424 1,959 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 14.20 13.94 548 540 38.6 28,485 28,080 2,006 Psychiatric aides............................................... 13.35 12.26 533 490 39.9 27,710 25,501 2,076 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 16.83 16.25 652 633 38.7 33,900 32,901 2,015 Medical assistants.............................................. 15.99 15.30 625 600 39.1 32,520 31,200 2,033 Medical transcriptionists....................................... 15.64 14.43 601 568 38.4 31,228 29,536 1,997 Protective service occupations...................................... 23.66 24.54 945 983 39.9 48,195 50,461 2,037 First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 36.69 38.72 1,456 1,508 39.7 75,711 78,412 2,063 First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers........................................................ 32.40 32.63 1,425 1,424 44.0 74,092 74,056 2,287 Fire fighters..................................................... 24.01 24.74 1,026 1,048 42.7 53,332 54,471 2,221 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 25.21 25.53 986 1,021 39.1 51,273 53,104 2,034 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 24.51 24.82 963 989 39.3 50,094 51,434 2,044 Police officers................................................... 27.53 28.02 1,079 1,101 39.2 56,105 57,275 2,038 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 27.53 28.02 1,079 1,101 39.2 56,105 57,275 2,038 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 16.14 15.04 639 605 39.6 33,019 31,283 2,046 Security guards................................................. 16.14 15.04 639 605 39.6 33,019 31,283 2,046 Miscellaneous protective service workers.......................... 12.48 10.00 491 400 39.4 19,090 15,700 1,530 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 12.24 10.98 468 405 38.3 23,586 20,800 1,927 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 21.88 19.42 886 777 40.5 44,365 40,241 2,028 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 20.26 19.42 822 777 40.6 40,917 39,000 2,020 Cooks............................................................. 12.56 12.50 486 480 38.7 24,796 23,660 1,974 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 15.32 14.88 579 576 37.8 27,942 27,061 1,824 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 12.67 13.00 488 480 38.5 25,379 24,960 2,004 Food preparation workers.......................................... 15.16 15.61 606 624 40.0 31,526 32,460 2,080 Food service, tipped.............................................. 8.95 9.00 317 280 35.5 16,243 14,560 1,814 Bartenders...................................................... 8.74 9.23 282 279 32.2 14,649 14,485 1,675 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 9.59 6.60 366 275 38.2 18,696 14,768 1,949 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 8.35 9.00 – – – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 10.13 9.65 380 360 37.5 18,584 18,200 1,835 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 10.48 9.01 396 360 37.8 19,553 18,200 1,866 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 9.86 10.00 368 360 37.4 17,887 18,200 1,814 Dishwashers....................................................... 9.07 9.00 363 360 40.0 18,874 18,720 2,080 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 14.68 13.50 576 533 39.2 27,161 26,416 1,850 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 22.52 23.31 893 932 39.7 46,454 48,481 2,062 First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers...................................................... 21.47 20.64 849 824 39.6 44,160 42,842 2,057 Building cleaning workers......................................... 13.74 13.32 544 526 39.6 28,284 27,354 2,059 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 14.97 14.60 594 578 39.7 30,882 30,056 2,063 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 10.70 10.00 422 400 39.4 21,922 20,800 2,049 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 15.84 13.02 597 520 37.7 20,733 16,867 1,309 Personal care and service occupations............................... 16.50 11.00 604 440 36.6 28,978 22,888 1,756 Child care workers................................................ 11.04 11.00 439 440 39.8 22,770 22,888 2,062 Recreation workers.............................................. 13.60 13.47 540 579 39.7 22,339 22,737 1,643 Sales and related occupations....................................... 21.39 17.33 856 700 40.0 44,385 36,374 2,075 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 20.63 18.57 846 764 41.0 44,004 39,749 2,134 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 20.41 18.21 840 743 41.2 43,694 38,626 2,140 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 22.30 22.14 892 885 40.0 46,390 46,041 2,080 Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.94 12.02 552 480 39.6 28,493 24,960 2,044 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.09 10.75 436 420 39.3 22,549 21,840 2,033 Cashiers...................................................... 11.09 10.75 436 420 39.3 22,549 21,840 2,033 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 16.88 16.00 675 640 40.0 35,104 33,280 2,080 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 14.37 12.00 575 480 40.0 29,888 24,960 2,080 Parts salespersons............................................ 18.80 16.00 752 640 40.0 39,095 33,280 2,080 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.48 13.00 574 511 39.7 29,488 26,520 2,037 Insurance sales agents............................................ 20.57 16.88 820 675 39.9 42,637 35,100 2,073 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 75.40 67.31 2,908 2,885 38.6 151,224 149,999 2,006 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 28.00 25.48 1,146 1,058 40.9 59,578 54,999 2,128 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products...................................... 31.67 27.22 1,267 1,089 40.0 65,873 56,613 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products............................ 26.69 25.11 1,101 1,004 41.3 57,251 52,233 2,145 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 24.45 17.95 977 713 40.0 50,802 37,050 2,077 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 18.60 17.50 726 684 39.1 37,638 35,464 2,023 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 28.18 26.38 1,104 1,035 39.2 57,427 53,830 2,038 Switchboard operators, including answering service................ 14.71 14.65 562 549 38.2 29,202 28,568 1,986 Financial clerks.................................................. 17.77 16.58 693 658 39.0 35,978 34,191 2,025 Bill and account collectors..................................... 16.15 15.87 644 635 39.9 33,473 32,999 2,073 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 16.86 16.50 664 658 39.4 34,532 34,191 2,048 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 20.21 18.14 777 725 38.5 40,300 37,701 1,994 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 20.43 21.38 800 847 39.2 41,597 44,044 2,036 Tellers......................................................... 13.95 13.18 545 508 39.1 28,331 26,404 2,031 Brokerage clerks.................................................. 19.84 18.97 778 759 39.2 40,465 39,466 2,040 Customer service representatives.................................. 17.49 16.58 690 654 39.4 35,883 34,008 2,051 File clerks....................................................... 13.86 14.00 532 560 38.4 27,658 29,120 1,995 Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 18.43 17.43 724 697 39.3 37,674 36,254 2,045 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 15.13 14.87 584 565 38.6 30,370 29,390 2,007 Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks.... 17.81 19.19 699 766 39.3 36,354 39,832 2,041 Dispatchers....................................................... 21.05 20.47 828 792 39.3 43,056 41,200 2,045 Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers......................... 22.53 20.92 865 812 38.4 44,975 42,245 1,996 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 20.05 17.29 802 692 40.0 41,699 35,972 2,080 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 19.31 18.95 769 766 39.8 39,993 39,811 2,072 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 16.03 14.49 638 580 39.8 33,181 30,139 2,070 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 14.26 13.38 565 535 39.6 29,368 27,830 2,060 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.94 19.60 811 770 38.8 41,867 39,645 1,999 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 24.11 23.64 938 904 38.9 48,761 47,022 2,023 Legal secretaries............................................... 26.09 28.03 1,025 1,121 39.3 53,319 58,300 2,044 Medical secretaries............................................. 17.73 18.00 697 720 39.3 36,220 37,440 2,043 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.61 18.05 705 700 37.9 35,640 35,199 1,915 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 15.42 15.00 592 594 38.4 30,796 30,908 1,998 Data entry keyers............................................... 14.34 14.46 564 578 39.3 29,321 30,081 2,045 Word processors and typists..................................... 16.95 17.56 631 653 37.2 32,789 33,976 1,934 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 18.66 17.08 725 683 38.8 37,696 35,516 2,020 Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service..... 16.32 16.03 640 641 39.2 33,256 33,332 2,038 Office clerks, general............................................ 18.30 18.13 713 720 39.0 36,459 37,268 1,993 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 26.01 25.19 1,037 1,000 39.9 53,205 51,129 2,045 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 30.06 29.47 1,204 1,179 40.1 62,605 61,298 2,083 Carpenters........................................................ 25.08 25.00 1,003 1,000 40.0 52,161 52,000 2,080 Construction laborers............................................. 21.58 19.00 863 760 40.0 41,258 39,520 1,912 Construction equipment operators.................................. 25.85 22.00 1,034 880 40.0 52,334 45,613 2,025 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 29.20 28.85 1,168 1,154 40.0 58,061 50,544 1,988 Electricians...................................................... 26.00 24.98 1,040 999 40.0 54,071 51,958 2,080 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 28.67 26.00 1,142 1,040 39.8 59,398 54,080 2,072 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 29.91 28.00 1,191 1,120 39.8 61,954 58,240 2,071 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 20.19 18.80 802 752 39.7 41,684 39,096 2,065 Construction and building inspectors.............................. 30.43 29.43 1,188 1,104 39.0 61,775 57,385 2,030 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.20 20.75 902 832 40.6 46,881 43,285 2,112 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 30.82 29.75 1,293 1,160 41.9 67,219 60,320 2,181 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................... 24.06 24.25 962 970 40.0 50,036 50,440 2,080 Aircraft mechanics and service technicians........................ 33.45 34.70 1,338 1,388 40.0 69,581 72,176 2,080 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 18.60 18.86 777 760 41.8 40,420 39,520 2,173 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 18.18 17.28 762 754 41.9 39,633 39,220 2,180 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 19.27 19.15 771 766 40.0 40,091 39,832 2,080 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers..................................................... 24.43 22.67 977 907 40.0 50,823 47,154 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.91 19.40 791 753 39.8 41,155 39,137 2,067 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 22.60 20.81 904 832 40.0 47,010 43,285 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 20.17 19.20 800 743 39.7 41,604 38,661 2,063 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 14.77 13.10 591 524 40.0 30,720 27,240 2,080 Line installers and repairers..................................... 28.36 30.28 1,134 1,211 40.0 58,983 62,989 2,080 Telecommunications line installers and repairers................ 27.32 23.61 1,093 944 40.0 56,833 49,100 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 21.33 20.42 853 817 40.0 44,362 42,474 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 16.45 15.10 656 604 39.9 33,546 31,221 2,039 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 24.29 24.04 966 962 39.8 49,605 49,999 2,042 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 14.47 13.75 579 550 40.0 30,106 28,600 2,080 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 15.40 13.05 616 522 40.0 32,023 27,152 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 13.26 12.74 529 510 39.9 27,511 26,508 2,074 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 15.79 15.10 632 604 40.0 32,849 31,408 2,080 Butchers and meat cutters....................................... 16.22 15.63 649 625 40.0 33,739 32,510 2,080 Computer control programmers and operators........................ 21.11 20.49 844 820 40.0 43,909 42,619 2,080 Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic... 21.11 20.49 844 820 40.0 43,909 42,619 2,080 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 17.67 16.62 701 658 39.7 36,431 34,195 2,062 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 16.20 15.62 637 622 39.3 33,137 32,365 2,046 Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................... 17.48 16.33 699 653 40.0 36,363 33,960 2,080 Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............................................ 17.05 16.75 669 670 39.3 34,809 34,840 2,041 Machinists........................................................ 21.05 19.57 842 783 40.0 43,788 40,701 2,080 Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................................................... 14.23 12.19 569 488 40.0 29,596 25,355 2,080 Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 14.23 12.19 569 488 40.0 29,596 25,355 2,080 Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 16.41 16.40 654 656 39.8 33,991 34,112 2,071 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 18.45 17.85 738 714 40.0 38,372 37,128 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 20.96 21.50 839 860 40.0 43,606 44,714 2,080 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 15.44 14.25 618 570 40.0 32,117 29,640 2,080 Printers.......................................................... 16.07 14.72 640 610 39.8 33,293 31,720 2,072 Printing machine operators...................................... 14.91 11.91 595 477 39.9 30,932 24,779 2,074 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 12.30 13.10 492 524 40.0 25,594 27,248 2,080 Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 12.67 12.17 507 487 40.0 26,344 25,318 2,080 Cutting workers................................................... 17.63 16.51 705 660 40.0 36,661 34,341 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.60 16.20 708 648 40.2 36,827 33,696 2,093 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 12.64 12.50 505 500 40.0 26,285 26,000 2,080 Painting workers.................................................. 15.58 13.82 623 553 40.0 32,402 28,750 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.70 10.22 507 409 39.9 22,698 17,160 1,787 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.60 17.26 689 672 39.1 35,362 34,588 2,009 Bus drivers....................................................... 19.91 22.00 742 880 37.3 35,088 38,958 1,762 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 19.65 19.07 792 773 40.3 40,946 40,186 2,084 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.96 19.07 807 773 40.4 41,583 40,186 2,083 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 17.96 18.43 733 711 40.8 38,117 36,962 2,122 Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators................. 27.89 21.92 1,116 877 40.0 58,016 45,594 2,080 Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators........... 27.89 21.92 1,116 877 40.0 58,016 45,594 2,080 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 18.15 18.37 726 735 40.0 37,761 38,210 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.74 12.25 509 494 39.9 25,969 24,960 2,039 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 13.50 13.34 541 540 40.1 27,310 27,608 2,023 Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 11.62 8.28 465 331 40.0 24,169 17,218 2,080 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 11.27 11.00 449 440 39.8 23,327 22,880 2,070 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 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. 3 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. 4 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. 5 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.