RSE Table 15 Private industry establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Relative standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings for full-time workers Hourly earnings(2) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(1) Mean Relative Mean Relative Mean Relative error(3) error(3) error(3) All workers........................................................... $21.85 3.1% $864 3.2% $44,077 3.2% Management occupations.............................................. 37.18 5.8 1,502 6.3 78,085 6.3 General and operations managers................................... 51.11 14.0 2,094 14.5 108,912 14.5 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 40.27 9.3 1,633 9.1 84,899 9.1 Marketing managers.............................................. 39.05 13.1 1,616 12.7 84,050 12.7 Sales managers.................................................. 41.55 8.9 1,649 9.6 85,753 9.6 Financial managers................................................ 33.45 13.1 1,332 13.2 69,284 13.2 Human resources managers.......................................... 35.68 7.4 1,468 8.3 76,320 8.3 Construction managers............................................. 36.50 3.8 1,465 4.6 76,157 4.6 Medical and health services managers.............................. 35.33 27.0 1,413 27.0 73,492 27.0 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 29.38 3.3 1,194 4.8 62,091 4.8 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 24.64 11.3 1,006 10.2 52,309 10.2 Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 23.15 17.4 947 15.9 49,235 15.9 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 26.60 6.8 1,083 6.3 56,332 6.3 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 32.52 9.3 1,251 11.4 65,050 11.4 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 29.43 17.6 1,146 19.1 59,604 19.1 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 44.81 19.7 1,777 20.0 92,403 20.0 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 41.95 7.8 1,689 8.5 87,844 8.5 Computer software engineers....................................... 56.74 13.5 2,301 16.1 119,642 16.1 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 60.35 17.1 2,457 20.8 127,772 20.8 Computer support specialists...................................... 37.01 24.5 1,478 24.6 76,868 24.6 Computer systems analysts......................................... 44.50 4.2 1,819 4.5 94,597 4.5 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 31.24 25.5 1,250 25.5 64,977 25.5 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 31.03 4.4 1,242 4.3 64,605 4.3 Engineers......................................................... 41.09 8.7 1,668 9.2 86,731 9.2 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 45.57 20.7 1,823 20.7 94,791 20.7 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 28.88 14.8 1,162 14.7 60,439 14.7 Community and social services occupations........................... 17.00 8.6 646 8.8 33,206 8.8 Social workers.................................................... 18.63 7.4 701 8.6 35,989 8.6 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 13.05 11.8 497 13.7 25,845 13.7 Social and human service assistants............................. 12.48 11.9 474 14.2 24,651 14.2 Legal occupations................................................... 40.58 21.5 1,607 21.0 83,571 21.0 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 20.61 13.5 754 12.1 34,736 12.1 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 20.97 14.0 770 12.9 35,257 12.9 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 15.42 11.8 574 12.0 28,989 12.0 Preschool teachers, except special education.................. 14.88 12.3 554 12.6 28,290 12.6 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 30.65 14.4 1,139 17.9 42,474 17.9 Teacher assistants................................................ 12.11 11.7 465 10.3 23,503 10.3 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 23.25 10.3 929 10.3 48,301 10.3 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 34.95 13.8 1,357 12.5 70,555 12.5 Registered nurses................................................. 28.52 7.6 1,132 7.9 58,888 7.9 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.36 5.0 514 5.3 26,726 5.3 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.94 3.6 459 3.7 23,859 3.7 Home health aides............................................... 11.45 5.5 434 4.8 22,554 4.8 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.39 4.2 478 5.5 24,855 5.5 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 16.23 7.0 625 8.6 32,500 8.6 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.56 4.7 441 5.0 22,677 5.0 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 26.75 19.8 1,115 22.4 57,971 22.4 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 24.22 14.5 1,015 18.1 52,784 18.1 Cooks............................................................. 11.55 4.3 450 5.3 23,408 5.3 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 12.67 6.6 487 6.0 25,337 6.0 Food preparation workers.......................................... 15.08 6.2 603 6.2 31,366 6.2 Food service, tipped.............................................. 8.77 21.1 305 21.9 15,704 21.9 Bartenders...................................................... 8.74 8.6 282 13.1 14,649 13.1 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 9.41 3.6 354 4.9 17,839 4.9 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 9.10 2.9 341 6.9 16,783 6.9 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 9.63 5.0 362 7.1 18,599 7.1 Dishwashers....................................................... 8.95 4.2 358 4.2 18,617 4.2 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 13.17 3.9 504 3.5 20,480 3.5 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.20 9.7 440 9.5 22,899 9.5 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 13.04 6.5 512 7.4 26,618 7.4 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.05 1.7 356 2.7 18,527 2.7 Sales and related occupations....................................... 20.39 4.8 822 5.3 42,724 5.3 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 20.23 8.5 836 8.8 43,452 8.8 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 20.37 9.2 845 9.5 43,915 9.5 Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.12 5.0 562 6.9 29,249 6.9 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.99 7.9 391 2.0 20,329 2.0 Cashiers...................................................... 9.99 7.9 391 2.0 20,329 2.0 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 16.68 14.4 667 14.4 34,701 14.4 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 14.37 15.4 575 15.4 29,888 15.4 Parts salespersons............................................ 18.68 15.0 747 15.0 38,844 15.0 Retail salespersons............................................. 15.03 10.3 604 12.9 31,398 12.9 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 27.50 7.8 1,129 6.6 58,728 6.6 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products...................................... 30.33 17.3 1,213 17.3 63,090 17.3 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products............................ 26.83 8.3 1,109 7.3 57,668 7.3 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.65 2.5 693 2.3 36,029 2.3 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 28.91 8.0 1,141 8.1 59,335 8.1 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.43 3.4 645 3.8 33,554 3.8 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 17.09 6.0 672 6.9 34,945 6.9 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 19.70 6.1 777 5.7 40,428 5.7 Tellers......................................................... 13.72 4.3 535 5.1 27,843 5.1 Customer service representatives.................................. 15.96 4.8 632 4.4 32,852 4.4 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 15.16 3.8 570 1.4 29,641 1.4 Dispatchers....................................................... 18.76 9.0 750 9.0 39,016 9.0 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 18.55 10.4 742 10.4 38,589 10.4 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 17.05 7.7 669 7.3 34,766 7.3 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 14.34 9.0 570 9.2 29,632 9.2 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.57 3.8 801 3.8 41,630 3.8 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 24.14 4.9 935 5.7 48,636 5.7 Medical secretaries............................................. 17.72 4.9 695 5.3 36,143 5.3 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.40 12.9 583 13.2 30,291 13.2 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 18.46 6.9 717 6.1 37,277 6.1 Office clerks, general............................................ 18.25 4.0 720 4.2 37,461 4.2 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 24.63 6.0 983 6.0 50,058 6.0 Carpenters........................................................ 23.66 14.0 947 14.0 49,219 14.0 Construction laborers............................................. 21.78 8.5 871 8.5 41,216 8.5 Construction equipment operators.................................. 26.00 11.6 1,040 11.6 52,306 11.6 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 28.61 9.2 1,144 9.2 56,677 9.2 Electricians...................................................... 24.54 11.2 981 11.2 51,033 11.2 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 25.49 8.1 1,020 8.1 53,014 8.1 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 27.44 16.2 1,098 16.2 57,073 16.2 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 19.59 15.3 783 15.3 40,740 15.3 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 19.35 8.6 789 7.3 41,046 7.3 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 27.69 9.3 1,121 8.9 58,302 8.9 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 16.28 18.7 690 16.3 35,868 16.3 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 15.63 18.2 664 15.4 34,547 15.4 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 18.78 9.1 751 9.1 39,073 9.1 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.53 5.9 698 5.8 36,321 5.8 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 18.03 6.5 718 6.4 37,314 6.4 Production occupations.............................................. 15.91 2.8 634 2.7 31,887 2.7 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 22.56 15.2 895 14.5 45,666 14.5 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 13.44 9.8 537 9.8 27,945 9.8 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.60 8.3 504 8.3 26,214 8.3 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 16.08 3.9 629 4.0 32,705 4.0 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 15.71 11.2 628 11.2 32,666 11.2 Printers.......................................................... 16.32 12.9 653 12.9 33,946 12.9 Printing machine operators...................................... 16.59 12.2 664 12.2 34,502 12.2 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 18.37 4.0 735 4.0 38,208 4.0 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.31 12.2 532 12.2 20,760 12.2 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.54 4.3 685 4.5 35,122 4.5 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 19.32 7.6 783 8.3 40,602 8.3 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.25 3.8 783 3.7 40,591 3.7 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 17.73 17.2 736 19.5 38,291 19.5 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 17.72 8.5 709 8.5 36,858 8.5 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 13.22 4.9 527 4.9 26,287 4.9 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 13.84 6.8 556 6.8 27,327 6.8 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 11.10 10.9 437 9.5 22,709 9.5 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 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. 4 Mean weekly earnings are based on the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees, exclusive of overtime. 5 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.