RSE Table 13 Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Relative standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(5) Annual earnings(6) Occupation(2) Mean Relative Mean Relative Mean Relative error(4) error(4) error(4) All workers........................................................... $31.01 3.3% $1,159 3.2% $52,630 3.2% Management occupations.............................................. 40.32 9.2 1,574 9.4 80,233 9.4 Education administrators.......................................... 49.07 5.5 1,908 5.4 93,273 5.4 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 53.13 7.1 2,089 6.4 99,281 6.4 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 41.15 19.8 1,549 21.3 80,533 21.3 Medical and health services managers.............................. 45.46 16.8 1,725 18.7 89,696 18.7 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 30.07 7.4 1,163 7.8 60,129 7.8 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 27.93 7.7 1,052 7.2 54,680 7.2 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 30.49 12.0 1,168 12.8 60,722 12.8 Computer support specialists...................................... 23.88 14.8 898 14.9 46,690 14.9 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.20 1.0 1,301 .9 67,673 .9 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 24.66 20.2 929 16.0 45,892 16.0 Psychologists..................................................... 45.92 9.9 1,566 10.5 65,419 10.5 Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists.................. 45.92 9.9 1,566 10.5 65,419 10.5 Community and social services occupations........................... 30.03 9.6 1,141 8.0 54,923 8.0 Counselors........................................................ 41.18 5.4 1,510 3.9 65,552 3.9 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 51.01 4.3 1,763 2.8 69,326 2.8 Social workers.................................................... 27.48 9.5 1,049 8.2 52,244 8.2 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 27.82 9.7 1,058 8.5 52,340 8.5 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 23.27 13.4 908 13.0 46,016 13.0 Legal occupations................................................... 24.97 7.5 938 9.6 48,801 9.6 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 41.82 2.4 1,444 2.2 54,313 2.2 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 58.32 9.4 2,162 10.3 83,057 10.3 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 53.16 13.4 1,887 12.9 71,851 12.9 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 46.62 1.2 1,611 1.1 59,474 1.1 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 50.67 6.0 1,743 5.6 64,143 5.6 Kindergarten teachers, except special education............... 49.90 6.9 1,729 6.7 63,711 6.7 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 46.39 1.7 1,608 1.6 59,418 1.6 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 46.55 1.8 1,614 1.7 59,591 1.7 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 45.83 2.1 1,587 1.6 58,843 1.6 Secondary school teachers....................................... 47.29 1.6 1,627 1.3 59,954 1.3 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 47.35 1.7 1,630 1.3 60,069 1.3 Special education teachers...................................... 44.72 4.8 1,541 4.1 56,587 4.1 Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school.......................................... 47.00 4.6 1,619 5.4 59,349 5.4 Special education teachers, secondary school.................. 43.47 5.7 1,465 6.5 53,661 6.5 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 30.46 15.8 1,071 18.2 42,625 18.2 Librarians........................................................ 32.18 9.2 1,179 9.6 57,913 9.6 Teacher assistants................................................ 15.84 4.6 513 4.0 19,046 4.0 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 32.18 9.3 1,214 8.3 57,175 8.3 Registered nurses................................................. 35.07 4.2 1,333 4.6 62,112 4.6 Therapists........................................................ 48.41 10.9 1,637 10.7 62,981 10.7 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 16.32 4.2 634 4.2 32,259 4.2 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 15.59 1.8 608 3.0 31,621 3.0 Protective service occupations...................................... 26.63 3.8 1,065 3.9 55,315 3.9 First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 36.66 9.9 1,455 9.7 75,637 9.7 First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers........................................................ 32.40 4.9 1,425 7.8 74,092 7.8 Fire fighters..................................................... 24.01 4.3 1,026 4.5 53,332 4.5 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 25.17 4.4 983 3.8 51,139 3.8 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 24.51 4.1 963 3.7 50,094 3.7 Police officers................................................... 27.57 7.5 1,080 7.5 56,158 7.5 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 27.57 7.5 1,080 7.5 56,158 7.5 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 15.42 8.5 551 9.1 23,038 9.1 Cooks............................................................. 16.33 14.7 595 18.3 24,220 18.3 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 16.33 14.7 595 18.3 24,220 18.3 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 17.71 3.6 707 3.5 36,470 3.5 Building cleaning workers......................................... 16.61 3.4 663 3.5 34,476 3.5 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 16.62 3.5 664 3.6 34,510 3.6 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 21.24 3.7 792 3.6 40,466 3.6 Financial clerks.................................................. 19.76 6.4 707 8.7 36,307 8.7 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 20.40 7.9 695 12.8 35,397 12.8 Dispatchers....................................................... 25.34 9.0 970 7.9 50,426 7.9 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 21.21 6.0 805 5.4 40,727 5.4 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 22.49 9.0 867 7.8 45,096 7.8 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 19.43 5.6 727 6.4 35,816 6.4 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 16.68 8.1 620 4.8 32,260 4.8 Office clerks, general............................................ 20.06 3.8 744 3.2 38,107 3.2 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 24.72 6.5 975 6.1 50,692 6.1 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.72 4.0 901 3.7 46,828 3.7 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 20.91 2.4 823 3.6 42,802 3.6 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 20.91 2.4 823 3.6 42,802 3.6 Production occupations.............................................. 23.80 14.8 952 14.8 49,505 14.8 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 21.32 9.0 811 10.8 38,395 10.8 Bus drivers....................................................... 21.87 6.9 734 12.9 30,810 12.9 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 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see chapter 8 of the BLS Handbook of Methods, at https://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/homch8_a.htm. 5 Mean weekly earnings are based on the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees, exclusive of overtime. 6 Mean annual earnings are based on the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.