Table 16 Private industry establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time workers Hourly(2) Weekly(3) Annual(4) Occupation(1) Mean Median Mean Median Mean Mean Median Mean earnings earnings earnings earnings hours earnings earnings hours All workers........................................................... $29.56 $24.17 $1,164 $946 39.4 $59,856 $48,516 2,025 Management occupations.............................................. 51.81 46.82 2,043 1,824 39.4 106,207 94,859 2,050 General and operations managers................................... 72.38 71.13 2,949 2,641 40.7 153,323 137,315 2,118 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 55.94 49.29 2,214 1,971 39.6 115,152 102,515 2,058 Marketing managers.............................................. 60.04 58.80 2,400 2,352 40.0 124,799 122,298 2,079 Sales managers.................................................. 41.70 43.23 1,597 1,621 38.3 83,030 84,295 1,991 Computer and information systems managers......................... 60.74 58.66 2,383 2,316 39.2 123,934 120,420 2,040 Financial managers................................................ 61.62 62.99 2,463 2,343 40.0 128,077 121,844 2,079 Human resources managers.......................................... 49.21 44.16 1,921 1,675 39.0 99,866 87,112 2,030 Purchasing managers............................................... 47.13 46.57 1,812 1,630 38.5 94,246 84,748 2,000 Construction managers............................................. 39.95 40.54 1,625 1,687 40.7 84,491 87,709 2,115 Education administrators.......................................... 46.03 42.86 1,656 1,631 36.0 86,090 84,810 1,870 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 46.37 42.02 1,663 1,584 35.9 86,457 82,342 1,865 Engineering managers.............................................. 54.13 50.95 2,165 2,038 40.0 112,595 105,978 2,080 Medical and health services managers.............................. 43.31 37.00 1,704 1,478 39.3 88,611 76,877 2,046 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 35.05 30.64 1,394 1,208 39.8 72,490 62,810 2,068 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 34.21 39.06 1,365 1,562 39.9 71,002 81,241 2,076 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 35.82 39.06 1,430 1,562 39.9 74,384 81,241 2,076 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 29.54 29.31 1,145 1,142 38.8 59,538 59,358 2,015 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 29.50 29.31 1,146 1,169 38.9 59,610 60,782 2,021 Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation..................................... 26.85 25.39 1,068 1,016 39.8 55,548 52,807 2,069 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 25.67 24.20 977 964 38.1 50,807 50,126 1,979 Training and development specialists............................ 28.91 27.24 1,158 1,090 40.1 60,221 56,659 2,083 Management analysts............................................... 43.68 38.55 1,760 1,508 40.3 91,509 78,412 2,095 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 29.19 25.96 1,127 1,026 38.6 58,627 53,333 2,008 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 42.62 32.69 1,785 1,308 41.9 92,804 67,999 2,178 Financial analysts.............................................. 43.57 35.44 1,876 1,497 43.1 97,553 77,848 2,239 Insurance underwriters.......................................... 55.68 44.15 2,104 1,535 37.8 109,415 79,814 1,965 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 41.22 39.86 1,622 1,549 39.3 83,925 80,294 2,036 Computer programmers.............................................. 35.26 38.97 1,382 1,499 39.2 71,866 77,951 2,038 Computer software engineers....................................... 48.89 47.40 1,938 1,862 39.6 100,753 96,799 2,061 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 45.74 44.09 1,819 1,731 39.8 94,576 90,000 2,068 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 50.66 48.85 2,004 1,896 39.6 104,201 98,582 2,057 Computer support specialists...................................... 28.95 26.48 1,138 1,059 39.3 59,193 55,070 2,045 Computer systems analysts......................................... 41.28 40.66 1,609 1,537 39.0 83,677 79,912 2,027 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 37.29 41.35 1,487 1,654 39.9 77,325 86,000 2,074 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 35.65 34.87 1,407 1,371 39.5 73,175 71,292 2,053 Actuaries......................................................... 49.03 52.05 1,895 1,952 38.6 98,542 101,498 2,010 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 42.33 39.90 1,729 1,659 40.9 89,920 86,283 2,124 Engineers......................................................... 47.75 45.46 1,943 1,868 40.7 101,028 97,128 2,116 Aerospace engineers............................................. 51.97 47.97 2,151 2,001 41.4 111,827 104,037 2,152 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 45.78 46.70 1,863 1,868 40.7 96,856 97,128 2,116 Electrical engineers.......................................... 43.67 46.70 1,813 1,868 41.5 94,286 97,128 2,159 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 47.59 48.81 1,904 1,952 40.0 98,990 101,525 2,080 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 39.46 36.71 1,603 1,468 40.6 83,368 76,357 2,113 Industrial engineers.......................................... 41.40 38.10 1,687 1,647 40.8 87,734 85,627 2,119 Mechanical engineers............................................ 44.32 46.79 1,805 1,872 40.7 93,844 97,325 2,118 Drafters.......................................................... 28.88 27.75 1,155 1,110 40.0 60,065 57,710 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 30.84 31.27 1,236 1,251 40.1 64,259 65,040 2,083 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 35.03 36.73 1,406 1,469 40.1 73,120 76,398 2,088 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 40.00 36.01 1,591 1,387 39.8 82,445 72,120 2,061 Life scientists................................................... 49.34 38.43 1,958 1,537 39.7 101,791 79,943 2,063 Biological scientists........................................... 44.40 42.07 1,756 1,683 39.5 91,299 87,499 2,056 Physical scientists............................................... 47.31 46.21 1,931 2,080 40.8 100,423 108,136 2,123 Chemists and materials scientists............................... 50.54 47.89 2,077 2,080 41.1 107,995 108,136 2,137 Market and survey researchers..................................... 54.50 43.54 2,144 1,742 39.3 111,467 90,563 2,045 Market research analysts........................................ 54.50 43.54 2,144 1,742 39.3 111,467 90,563 2,045 Community and social services occupations........................... 17.05 14.08 679 563 39.9 35,309 29,286 2,071 Counselors........................................................ 16.51 12.40 656 496 39.7 34,124 25,782 2,067 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 19.59 19.23 773 769 39.5 40,220 40,000 2,053 Social workers.................................................... 21.09 19.86 844 794 40.0 43,788 41,309 2,076 Medical and public health social workers........................ 26.74 26.69 1,070 1,068 40.0 55,618 55,515 2,080 Legal occupations................................................... 64.87 68.75 2,539 2,511 39.1 132,008 130,564 2,035 Lawyers........................................................... 76.05 71.54 3,042 2,862 40.0 158,185 148,799 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 44.00 39.05 1,652 1,497 37.5 69,908 59,012 1,589 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 56.09 50.79 2,072 1,998 36.9 86,622 81,894 1,544 Math and computer teachers, postsecondary....................... 63.18 50.96 2,292 1,888 36.3 87,664 69,555 1,387 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............................ 44.73 43.27 1,658 1,585 37.1 68,649 66,300 1,535 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.24 30.73 1,173 1,208 38.8 46,811 45,902 1,548 Secondary school teachers....................................... 34.74 34.95 1,344 1,389 38.7 49,734 50,000 1,432 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 34.74 34.95 1,344 1,389 38.7 49,734 50,000 1,432 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 30.89 29.26 1,199 1,170 38.8 62,225 60,855 2,014 Designers......................................................... 31.26 32.11 1,221 1,209 39.1 63,485 62,880 2,031 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...................................... 30.52 32.42 1,183 1,216 38.8 61,536 63,215 2,016 Writers and editors............................................... 36.31 34.35 1,416 1,352 39.0 73,628 70,287 2,028 Editors......................................................... 34.17 34.35 1,325 1,352 38.8 68,880 70,287 2,016 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 37.81 32.30 1,464 1,266 38.7 76,020 65,832 2,011 Pharmacists....................................................... 51.65 50.45 2,066 2,018 40.0 107,429 104,936 2,080 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 64.92 70.00 2,619 2,800 40.3 136,189 145,600 2,098 Registered nurses................................................. 38.37 36.16 1,439 1,346 37.5 74,813 69,993 1,950 Therapists........................................................ 34.75 35.00 1,370 1,287 39.4 71,254 66,934 2,050 Physical therapists............................................. 33.76 32.18 1,351 1,287 40.0 70,227 66,934 2,080 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 24.91 23.84 977 921 39.2 50,799 47,884 2,039 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 21.27 19.10 814 760 38.3 42,349 39,499 1,991 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 20.47 18.03 806 721 39.4 41,926 37,502 2,049 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 25.84 25.32 1,005 1,008 38.9 52,265 52,401 2,023 Medical records and health information technicians................ 16.88 17.45 643 626 38.1 33,461 32,573 1,982 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 15.21 14.51 587 567 38.6 30,544 29,474 2,008 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 14.45 14.10 556 544 38.5 28,919 28,309 2,001 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 14.68 14.35 566 545 38.6 29,453 28,348 2,007 Psychiatric aides............................................... 13.99 13.86 553 554 39.6 28,781 28,829 2,057 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 17.38 16.40 678 624 39.0 35,258 32,427 2,029 Medical assistants.............................................. 18.29 15.95 732 638 40.0 38,053 33,176 2,080 Medical transcriptionists....................................... 15.64 14.43 601 568 38.4 31,228 29,536 1,997 Protective service occupations...................................... 15.56 15.17 618 606 39.7 30,402 30,534 1,954 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 14.96 14.30 598 572 40.0 31,103 29,744 2,079 Security guards................................................. 14.96 14.30 598 572 40.0 31,103 29,744 2,079 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 14.11 13.50 549 525 38.9 26,634 26,266 1,888 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 15.85 16.45 632 658 39.9 31,378 29,016 1,980 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 15.49 15.05 617 596 39.8 30,480 28,995 1,968 Cooks............................................................. 14.91 14.39 572 576 38.4 28,979 29,432 1,944 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 15.09 14.64 576 576 38.1 29,012 29,931 1,922 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 13.77 13.31 522 506 37.9 21,986 22,411 1,596 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 14.12 13.32 559 527 39.6 29,073 27,394 2,058 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 19.37 20.64 775 826 40.0 40,283 42,931 2,080 Building cleaning workers......................................... 13.30 13.32 526 526 39.6 27,353 27,354 2,057 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 14.27 14.45 566 570 39.6 29,422 29,619 2,062 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 11.50 11.40 453 434 39.4 23,561 22,585 2,048 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 16.27 13.02 642 521 39.5 33,381 27,077 2,052 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 16.27 13.02 642 521 39.5 33,381 27,077 2,052 Personal care and service occupations............................... 19.33 13.95 645 606 33.3 29,611 30,128 1,532 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 16.80 15.45 667 606 39.7 34,689 31,513 2,065 Sales and related occupations....................................... 23.53 15.34 930 609 39.5 47,885 31,512 2,035 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 21.67 18.87 879 752 40.6 45,704 39,125 2,110 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 20.72 16.70 842 658 40.7 43,800 34,216 2,114 Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.41 12.56 528 496 39.3 26,890 25,459 2,006 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.84 11.70 467 467 39.5 24,000 23,566 2,027 Cashiers...................................................... 11.84 11.70 467 467 39.5 24,000 23,566 2,027 Retail salespersons............................................. 13.84 13.13 543 512 39.3 27,577 26,395 1,992 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 91.96 86.54 3,501 3,462 38.1 182,028 179,999 1,979 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 31.06 27.22 1,242 1,089 40.0 64,610 56,613 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products...................................... 33.85 27.22 1,354 1,089 40.0 70,404 56,613 2,080 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 26.41 26.90 1,046 1,076 39.6 54,370 55,946 2,058 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 18.86 17.66 741 700 39.3 38,383 36,296 2,035 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 27.46 25.88 1,088 1,035 39.6 56,599 53,830 2,061 Financial clerks.................................................. 19.73 17.99 773 725 39.2 40,198 37,701 2,037 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 16.43 16.31 655 653 39.8 34,051 33,946 2,072 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 20.85 16.66 804 720 38.5 41,790 37,440 2,004 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 21.23 25.31 833 1,012 39.3 43,333 52,645 2,041 Brokerage clerks.................................................. 20.25 19.32 792 759 39.1 41,194 39,466 2,035 Customer service representatives.................................. 18.43 17.29 725 691 39.3 37,692 35,957 2,045 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.29 13.39 566 536 39.6 29,418 27,851 2,058 Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks.... 17.81 19.19 699 766 39.3 36,354 39,832 2,041 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 19.12 18.95 758 758 39.6 39,419 39,422 2,062 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 15.72 14.20 629 568 40.0 32,697 29,536 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 13.87 12.96 552 518 39.8 28,682 26,957 2,068 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 21.09 20.00 822 784 39.0 42,516 40,602 2,016 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 24.88 24.20 974 949 39.1 50,632 49,367 2,035 Medical secretaries............................................. 17.70 17.44 696 690 39.3 36,207 35,880 2,046 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 19.59 18.45 749 726 38.2 38,168 37,583 1,948 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 14.67 14.46 577 578 39.4 30,025 30,081 2,047 Data entry keyers............................................... 13.99 13.50 554 520 39.6 28,803 27,040 2,059 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 18.77 17.90 729 686 38.8 37,924 35,693 2,020 Office clerks, general............................................ 17.68 17.12 685 684 38.7 33,821 33,530 1,913 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 30.30 31.44 1,211 1,258 40.0 62,996 65,395 2,079 Electricians...................................................... 27.06 25.00 1,082 1,000 40.0 56,287 52,000 2,080 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 33.33 33.05 1,331 1,322 39.9 69,234 68,744 2,077 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 33.33 33.05 1,331 1,322 39.9 69,234 68,744 2,077 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 27.51 26.16 1,115 1,032 40.5 57,994 53,643 2,108 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 37.61 38.95 1,669 1,558 44.4 86,790 81,012 2,307 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.............................. 26.19 21.50 1,052 860 40.2 54,684 44,720 2,088 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 27.39 26.00 1,101 1,000 40.2 57,234 52,000 2,090 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 22.85 21.20 909 848 39.8 47,263 44,096 2,068 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 23.41 22.18 928 880 39.7 48,266 45,760 2,062 Line installers and repairers..................................... 23.81 23.29 952 932 40.0 49,520 48,443 2,080 Telecommunications line installers and repairers................ 21.27 22.87 851 915 40.0 44,233 47,576 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 16.84 15.64 673 626 40.0 34,961 32,531 2,077 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 26.51 26.38 1,062 1,055 40.1 55,230 54,879 2,084 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 15.04 14.67 602 587 40.0 31,281 30,514 2,080 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 18.55 17.79 742 711 40.0 38,590 36,995 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 14.20 13.57 564 543 39.7 29,337 28,234 2,067 Computer control programmers and operators........................ 23.17 23.40 927 936 40.0 48,200 48,672 2,080 Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic... 23.17 23.40 927 936 40.0 48,200 48,672 2,080 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 18.68 17.25 747 690 40.0 38,854 35,880 2,080 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 16.12 15.54 645 622 40.0 33,533 32,323 2,080 Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................... 18.29 16.79 732 672 40.0 38,052 34,923 2,080 Machinists........................................................ 23.38 21.62 935 865 40.0 48,621 44,959 2,080 Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................................................... 14.44 15.69 578 628 40.0 30,030 32,639 2,080 Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 14.44 15.69 578 628 40.0 30,030 32,639 2,080 Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 16.47 16.50 659 660 40.0 34,257 34,320 2,080 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 15.25 13.58 610 543 40.0 31,715 28,246 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.25 15.64 696 626 40.3 36,202 32,531 2,098 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 12.64 12.50 505 500 40.0 26,285 26,000 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.14 9.00 483 360 39.8 25,105 18,720 2,069 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.15 15.75 678 634 39.5 35,232 32,968 2,054 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 20.71 21.61 823 864 39.8 42,822 44,949 2,068 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 22.64 22.08 896 867 39.6 46,612 45,074 2,059 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 18.23 17.25 729 690 40.0 37,921 35,880 2,080 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 18.52 18.85 741 754 40.0 38,529 39,208 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.89 10.50 475 420 40.0 24,713 21,840 2,079 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.26 10.00 490 400 40.0 25,471 20,800 2,078 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 11.35 11.40 454 456 40.0 23,599 23,712 2,080 1 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. 2 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. 3 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. 4 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.