Table 13 Full-time(1) State and local government 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........................................................... $31.01 $27.28 $1,159 $1,055 37.4 $52,630 $51,500 1,697 Management occupations.............................................. 40.32 36.78 1,574 1,471 39.0 80,233 76,775 1,990 Education administrators.......................................... 49.07 47.69 1,908 1,898 38.9 93,273 92,999 1,901 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 53.13 52.67 2,089 1,994 39.3 99,281 97,155 1,869 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 41.15 29.30 1,549 1,054 37.6 80,533 54,828 1,957 Medical and health services managers.............................. 45.46 35.10 1,725 1,404 37.9 89,696 73,000 1,973 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 30.07 29.00 1,163 1,118 38.7 60,129 58,122 2,000 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 27.93 25.68 1,052 963 37.6 54,680 50,076 1,958 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 30.49 32.50 1,168 1,238 38.3 60,722 64,359 1,991 Computer support specialists...................................... 23.88 18.95 898 758 37.6 46,690 39,410 1,955 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.20 28.31 1,301 1,118 39.2 67,673 58,111 2,038 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 24.66 21.16 929 846 37.7 45,892 44,013 1,861 Psychologists..................................................... 45.92 47.48 1,566 1,457 34.1 65,419 67,532 1,425 Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists.................. 45.92 47.48 1,566 1,457 34.1 65,419 67,532 1,425 Community and social services occupations........................... 30.03 27.97 1,141 1,097 38.0 54,923 58,001 1,829 Counselors........................................................ 41.18 41.96 1,510 1,635 36.7 65,552 63,209 1,592 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 51.01 49.80 1,763 1,743 34.6 69,326 67,611 1,359 Social workers.................................................... 27.48 25.54 1,049 987 38.2 52,244 52,728 1,901 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 27.82 25.54 1,058 1,014 38.0 52,340 52,904 1,881 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 23.27 20.46 908 822 39.0 46,016 40,643 1,978 Legal occupations................................................... 24.97 20.51 938 769 37.6 48,801 39,995 1,954 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 41.82 43.43 1,444 1,500 34.5 54,313 56,047 1,299 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 58.32 46.78 2,162 1,812 37.1 83,057 70,603 1,424 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 53.16 46.72 1,887 1,638 35.5 71,851 58,933 1,352 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 46.62 46.22 1,611 1,595 34.6 59,474 58,496 1,276 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 50.67 51.48 1,743 1,720 34.4 64,143 62,859 1,266 Kindergarten teachers, except special education............... 49.90 48.54 1,729 1,720 34.6 63,711 63,079 1,277 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 46.39 46.80 1,608 1,604 34.7 59,418 59,300 1,281 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 46.55 46.31 1,614 1,612 34.7 59,591 59,339 1,280 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 45.83 47.87 1,587 1,604 34.6 58,843 58,853 1,284 Secondary school teachers....................................... 47.29 45.84 1,627 1,552 34.4 59,954 57,576 1,268 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 47.35 45.40 1,630 1,552 34.4 60,069 57,576 1,269 Special education teachers...................................... 44.72 45.48 1,541 1,524 34.5 56,587 56,395 1,265 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, secondary school.................. 43.47 43.55 1,465 1,478 33.7 53,661 53,210 1,234 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 30.46 29.44 1,071 1,031 35.2 42,625 37,718 1,400 Librarians........................................................ 32.18 25.67 1,179 963 36.6 57,913 50,055 1,800 Teacher assistants................................................ 15.84 14.55 513 474 32.4 19,046 17,422 1,202 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 32.18 28.46 1,214 1,101 37.7 57,175 52,786 1,777 Registered nurses................................................. 35.07 34.23 1,333 1,359 38.0 62,112 60,227 1,771 Therapists........................................................ 48.41 45.23 1,637 1,583 33.8 62,981 58,573 1,301 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 16.32 15.80 634 630 38.9 32,259 32,217 1,977 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 15.59 15.80 608 620 39.0 31,621 32,217 2,029 Protective service occupations...................................... 26.63 26.56 1,065 1,055 40.0 55,315 54,839 2,077 First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 36.66 38.97 1,455 1,508 39.7 75,637 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...................... 25.17 25.49 983 1,015 39.1 51,139 52,790 2,032 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 24.51 24.82 963 989 39.3 50,094 51,434 2,044 Police officers................................................... 27.57 28.02 1,080 1,101 39.2 56,158 57,275 2,037 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 27.57 28.02 1,080 1,101 39.2 56,158 57,275 2,037 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 15.42 14.81 551 488 35.8 23,038 18,370 1,494 Cooks............................................................. 16.33 15.72 595 539 36.4 24,220 18,370 1,483 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 16.33 15.72 595 539 36.4 24,220 18,370 1,483 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 17.71 17.20 707 688 39.9 36,470 35,776 2,059 Building cleaning workers......................................... 16.61 16.82 663 673 39.9 34,476 34,986 2,076 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 16.62 17.17 664 687 39.9 34,510 35,714 2,076 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 21.24 20.47 792 767 37.3 40,466 39,420 1,905 Financial clerks.................................................. 19.76 17.84 707 637 35.8 36,307 33,140 1,837 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 20.40 19.88 695 696 34.1 35,397 36,183 1,735 Dispatchers....................................................... 25.34 21.21 970 837 38.3 50,426 43,516 1,990 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 21.21 20.76 805 815 37.9 40,727 40,555 1,920 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 22.49 21.29 867 815 38.6 45,096 42,354 2,005 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 19.43 19.91 727 736 37.4 35,816 36,584 1,844 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 16.68 17.56 620 615 37.2 32,260 31,959 1,934 Office clerks, general............................................ 20.06 20.48 744 732 37.1 38,107 38,085 1,899 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 24.72 24.14 975 922 39.4 50,692 47,965 2,051 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.72 20.42 901 817 39.6 46,828 42,474 2,062 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 20.91 19.20 823 733 39.4 42,802 38,106 2,047 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 20.91 19.20 823 733 39.4 42,802 38,106 2,047 Production occupations.............................................. 23.80 16.91 952 676 40.0 49,505 35,162 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 21.32 18.73 811 749 38.0 38,395 38,948 1,801 Bus drivers....................................................... 21.87 18.73 734 495 33.5 30,810 17,815 1,409 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.