Table 12 Full-time(1) private industry 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........................................................... $25.76 $20.14 $1,016 $800 39.4 $52,072 $41,163 2,021 Management occupations.............................................. 45.37 39.89 1,808 1,600 39.8 94,005 83,200 2,072 Chief executives.................................................. 73.23 46.04 3,174 1,727 43.3 165,071 89,782 2,254 General and operations managers................................... 59.38 50.53 2,428 2,021 40.9 126,235 105,100 2,126 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 Administrative services managers.................................. 34.32 35.91 1,393 1,437 40.6 72,448 74,699 2,111 Computer and information systems managers......................... 56.89 53.41 2,242 2,136 39.4 116,585 111,091 2,049 Financial managers................................................ 46.84 42.57 1,869 1,702 39.9 97,182 88,518 2,075 Human resources managers.......................................... 42.34 38.70 1,697 1,555 40.1 88,224 80,850 2,084 Compensation and benefits managers.............................. 35.94 32.70 1,493 1,472 41.5 77,632 76,518 2,160 Training and development managers............................... 52.16 53.99 2,050 2,025 39.3 106,622 105,281 2,044 Industrial production managers.................................... 41.21 35.37 1,682 1,415 40.8 87,452 73,570 2,122 Purchasing managers............................................... 39.23 31.25 1,538 1,250 39.2 79,978 65,000 2,039 Transportation, storage, and distribution managers................ 31.37 32.19 1,244 1,287 39.7 64,690 66,949 2,062 Construction managers............................................. 37.82 39.54 1,526 1,582 40.3 79,331 82,243 2,097 Education administrators.......................................... 42.71 38.25 1,547 1,471 36.2 80,402 76,475 1,882 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 46.37 42.02 1,663 1,584 35.9 86,457 82,342 1,865 Engineering managers.............................................. 50.21 48.03 2,008 1,921 40.0 104,439 99,900 2,080 Medical and health services managers.............................. 41.11 38.23 1,625 1,478 39.5 84,480 76,877 2,055 Social and community service managers............................. 29.98 32.50 1,192 1,300 39.8 61,971 67,600 2,067 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 33.31 29.56 1,333 1,161 40.0 69,340 60,355 2,082 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..................................... 26.01 25.39 1,035 1,016 39.8 53,838 52,807 2,070 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........ 28.59 24.72 1,093 968 38.2 56,851 50,336 1,988 Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists............ 29.93 24.20 1,187 968 39.6 61,699 50,336 2,062 Training and development specialists............................ 32.46 32.21 1,300 1,208 40.0 67,587 62,810 2,082 Management analysts............................................... 44.36 40.71 1,870 1,508 42.2 97,241 78,412 2,192 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 29.28 26.49 1,135 1,042 38.7 58,994 54,208 2,015 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....................... 41.49 41.83 1,646 1,635 39.7 85,332 85,001 2,057 Computer programmers.............................................. 35.81 35.40 1,416 1,416 39.6 73,654 73,636 2,057 Computer software engineers....................................... 50.93 47.90 2,030 1,885 39.9 105,576 98,000 2,073 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 52.04 47.36 2,090 1,885 40.2 108,684 98,000 2,089 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 49.96 47.94 1,979 1,889 39.6 102,886 98,241 2,060 Computer support specialists...................................... 32.95 27.89 1,306 1,115 39.6 67,894 58,001 2,061 Computer systems analysts......................................... 42.79 41.79 1,705 1,626 39.9 88,677 84,577 2,072 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 34.54 34.83 1,379 1,393 39.9 71,723 72,451 2,077 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 33.40 29.72 1,325 1,327 39.7 68,908 68,994 2,063 Actuaries......................................................... 49.03 52.05 1,895 1,952 38.6 98,542 101,498 2,010 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 38.70 36.93 1,571 1,500 40.6 81,669 78,000 2,111 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......................................................... 46.21 43.92 1,879 1,835 40.7 97,715 95,399 2,114 Aerospace engineers............................................. 51.97 47.97 2,151 2,001 41.4 111,827 104,037 2,152 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 45.71 46.70 1,849 1,868 40.4 96,136 97,128 2,103 Electrical engineers.......................................... 43.05 44.07 1,776 1,868 41.2 92,336 97,128 2,145 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.......................... 29.53 29.47 1,187 1,179 40.2 61,703 61,289 2,090 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...................... 36.76 31.97 1,467 1,279 39.9 76,117 65,903 2,070 Life scientists................................................... 49.05 38.43 1,948 1,537 39.7 101,304 79,943 2,065 Biological scientists........................................... 44.40 42.07 1,756 1,683 39.5 91,299 87,499 2,056 Physical scientists............................................... 37.30 31.97 1,508 1,279 40.4 78,436 66,498 2,103 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 Community and social services occupations........................... 17.02 15.05 661 580 38.8 34,140 29,710 2,006 Counselors........................................................ 17.66 13.50 698 560 39.5 35,967 29,120 2,037 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 24.88 20.82 960 776 38.6 48,217 40,348 1,938 Social workers.................................................... 19.39 18.69 743 707 38.3 38,265 36,788 1,974 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 19.66 19.45 744 707 37.8 37,581 36,788 1,911 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............ 13.08 11.14 508 442 38.8 26,412 22,963 2,019 Social and human service assistants............................. 12.07 11.04 467 433 38.7 24,295 22,506 2,012 Legal occupations................................................... 47.14 31.25 1,861 1,188 39.5 96,767 61,801 2,053 Lawyers........................................................... 62.67 62.77 2,507 2,511 40.0 130,345 130,564 2,080 Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 22.65 22.16 885 887 39.1 46,030 46,099 2,032 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 33.18 26.61 1,231 998 37.1 54,144 43,000 1,632 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 54.74 49.97 2,016 1,962 36.8 83,469 77,952 1,525 Math and computer teachers, postsecondary....................... 52.74 48.70 1,886 1,783 35.8 70,391 58,441 1,335 Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary.................. 53.14 47.20 1,910 1,826 35.9 70,570 46,003 1,328 Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary....................... 67.51 58.06 2,611 2,322 38.7 117,691 120,000 1,743 Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 59.49 50.79 2,202 2,032 37.0 95,989 101,999 1,614 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 51.57 35.89 1,817 1,302 35.2 67,829 47,406 1,315 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 43.75 42.55 1,610 1,553 36.8 65,441 59,599 1,496 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 24.02 19.16 897 756 37.4 39,270 34,984 1,635 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 15.09 13.37 568 526 37.6 28,793 27,810 1,908 Preschool teachers, except special education.................. 14.62 13.37 551 500 37.7 28,187 26,000 1,928 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 33.00 27.68 1,225 998 37.1 45,727 38,556 1,385 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 31.90 27.68 1,189 998 37.3 44,455 35,848 1,393 Secondary school teachers....................................... 35.45 36.10 1,316 1,316 37.1 49,664 50,000 1,401 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 35.45 36.10 1,316 1,316 37.1 49,664 50,000 1,401 Teacher assistants................................................ 12.03 12.00 463 457 38.5 23,271 23,400 1,934 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 28.13 27.57 1,103 1,066 39.2 57,301 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 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 37.18 31.50 1,440 1,218 38.7 74,829 63,328 2,012 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................................................. 37.59 36.03 1,416 1,330 37.7 73,625 69,160 1,958 Therapists........................................................ 32.97 33.18 1,302 1,288 39.5 67,701 67,001 2,053 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 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 18.94 17.28 740 690 39.1 38,467 35,880 2,031 Pharmacy technicians............................................ 15.17 15.75 592 566 39.1 30,806 29,453 2,031 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 25.44 25.32 993 981 39.0 51,623 51,008 2,029 Medical records and health information technicians................ 17.62 17.45 676 628 38.4 35,162 32,656 1,996 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.37 13.83 554 536 38.5 28,800 27,851 2,004 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.39 13.00 515 500 38.5 26,786 26,000 2,000 Home health aides............................................... 11.56 10.75 435 412 37.7 22,643 21,424 1,959 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 14.13 13.64 545 535 38.6 28,353 27,810 2,007 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 16.74 15.97 648 629 38.7 33,700 32,718 2,014 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...................................... 15.14 14.77 602 591 39.8 29,226 30,711 1,931 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 16.13 14.50 642 580 39.8 33,392 30,139 2,071 Security guards................................................. 16.13 14.50 642 580 39.8 33,392 30,139 2,071 Miscellaneous protective service workers.......................... 12.48 10.00 491 400 39.4 19,090 15,700 1,530 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 12.14 10.71 466 400 38.3 23,608 20,800 1,944 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 22.28 19.42 912 777 40.9 46,487 40,383 2,086 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 20.59 19.42 845 777 41.0 42,942 40,241 2,086 Cooks............................................................. 12.38 12.45 481 478 38.8 24,832 24,856 2,005 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 15.09 14.64 576 576 38.1 29,012 29,931 1,922 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..................................... 10.04 9.65 378 350 37.6 18,528 18,200 1,845 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 10.42 9.00 394 358 37.8 19,598 18,200 1,881 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 9.75 9.75 365 350 37.4 17,744 18,200 1,819 Dishwashers....................................................... 9.07 9.00 363 360 40.0 18,874 18,720 2,080 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.68 13.00 533 500 39.0 24,490 22,622 1,790 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 19.54 20.64 773 824 39.5 40,177 42,842 2,056 First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers...................................................... 17.61 17.50 693 700 39.4 36,058 36,400 2,048 Building cleaning workers......................................... 12.52 12.14 494 480 39.5 25,688 24,960 2,052 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 13.86 13.50 548 533 39.5 28,489 27,714 2,055 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 10.43 10.00 411 400 39.4 21,359 20,800 2,048 Personal care and service occupations............................... 16.55 11.00 603 440 36.4 29,599 22,888 1,788 Child care workers................................................ 11.04 11.00 439 440 39.8 22,770 22,888 2,062 Sales and related occupations....................................... 21.43 17.13 858 695 40.0 44,477 36,115 2,075 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 20.69 18.57 850 763 41.1 44,177 39,666 2,135 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 20.48 18.21 844 743 41.2 43,878 38,626 2,143 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.............................................. 13.84 12.00 548 480 39.6 28,292 24,960 2,044 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.77 10.75 423 420 39.3 21,880 21,840 2,032 Cashiers...................................................... 10.77 10.75 423 420 39.3 21,880 21,840 2,032 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............................................. 14.42 13.00 573 510 39.7 29,400 26,208 2,038 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....................... 18.30 17.06 719 677 39.3 37,296 35,199 2,038 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 28.20 26.38 1,115 1,035 39.6 57,991 53,830 2,057 Financial clerks.................................................. 17.62 16.50 691 658 39.2 35,952 34,191 2,040 Bill and account collectors..................................... 16.10 15.60 644 624 40.0 33,493 32,448 2,080 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 16.91 16.50 668 658 39.5 34,711 34,191 2,052 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 20.19 17.99 789 725 39.1 41,010 37,701 2,032 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 20.43 21.38 800 855 39.1 41,585 44,462 2,036 Tellers......................................................... 13.74 13.18 537 501 39.1 27,943 26,033 2,034 Brokerage clerks.................................................. 19.84 18.97 778 759 39.2 40,465 39,466 2,040 Customer service representatives.................................. 17.33 16.53 683 651 39.4 35,533 33,827 2,051 File clerks....................................................... 13.29 14.00 507 560 38.2 26,356 29,120 1,984 Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 18.43 17.43 724 697 39.3 37,674 36,254 2,045 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.60 14.13 567 558 38.8 29,500 29,016 2,020 Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks.... 17.81 19.19 699 766 39.3 36,354 39,832 2,041 Dispatchers....................................................... 18.48 17.29 739 692 40.0 38,442 35,972 2,080 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 18.24 15.87 730 635 40.0 37,945 33,001 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.................................... 14.03 13.03 558 521 39.8 29,006 27,102 2,067 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.88 19.42 813 769 39.0 42,154 39,642 2,019 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 24.69 24.11 963 946 39.0 50,097 49,171 2,029 Legal secretaries............................................... 25.68 27.40 1,014 1,065 39.5 52,741 55,359 2,054 Medical secretaries............................................. 17.71 18.00 696 720 39.3 36,180 37,440 2,043 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.18 17.93 693 677 38.1 35,541 35,199 1,955 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 14.58 14.46 573 578 39.3 29,776 30,081 2,042 Data entry keyers............................................... 14.04 14.00 554 560 39.4 28,793 29,120 2,051 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............................................ 18.07 18.13 709 710 39.2 36,233 36,920 2,005 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 26.15 25.50 1,044 1,020 39.9 53,480 52,000 2,045 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 30.93 29.47 1,240 1,179 40.1 64,490 61,298 2,085 Carpenters........................................................ 25.13 23.00 1,005 920 40.0 52,261 47,840 2,080 Construction laborers............................................. 21.58 19.00 863 760 40.0 41,258 39,520 1,912 Construction equipment operators.................................. 26.56 23.40 1,062 936 40.0 53,518 45,613 2,015 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 29.20 28.85 1,168 1,154 40.0 58,061 50,544 1,988 Electricians...................................................... 25.73 24.98 1,029 999 40.0 53,529 51,958 2,080 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 28.89 28.00 1,155 1,120 40.0 60,053 58,240 2,079 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 30.22 28.00 1,208 1,120 40.0 62,823 58,240 2,079 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 19.59 15.19 783 608 40.0 40,740 31,597 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.15 20.75 902 832 40.7 46,886 43,285 2,117 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 32.46 31.73 1,372 1,231 42.3 71,334 64,000 2,198 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................... 23.51 24.25 941 970 40.0 48,911 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.............................. 18.53 18.00 775 754 41.8 40,319 39,220 2,176 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 18.08 16.00 759 720 42.0 39,489 37,440 2,184 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 19.05 19.15 762 766 40.0 39,626 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 19.74 19.74 786 753 39.8 40,866 39,137 2,071 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 22.60 20.81 904 832 40.0 47,010 43,285 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 19.99 19.24 794 743 39.7 41,314 38,661 2,067 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 14.77 13.10 591 524 40.0 30,720 27,240 2,080 Line installers and repairers..................................... 28.26 30.28 1,130 1,211 40.0 58,776 62,989 2,080 Telecommunications line installers and repairers................ 27.44 30.28 1,097 1,211 40.0 57,065 62,989 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 17.86 15.09 715 604 40.0 37,156 31,387 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 16.36 15.10 653 604 39.9 33,349 31,221 2,039 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 23.65 22.58 941 937 39.8 48,258 46,155 2,040 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.................................. 12.10 11.65 484 466 40.0 25,166 24,232 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...................... 17.39 17.00 682 660 39.2 35,166 34,010 2,023 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 19.67 19.24 793 773 40.3 41,168 40,186 2,093 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 20.00 19.50 809 773 40.4 41,951 40,186 2,097 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 17.96 18.43 733 711 40.8 38,117 36,962 2,122 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 18.15 18.37 726 735 40.0 37,761 38,210 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.48 12.00 498 486 39.9 25,430 24,960 2,038 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 13.11 13.27 525 531 40.1 26,501 27,608 2,021 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.