January 27, 2010 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers, by major occupational group and sex, 2009

Usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers, by major occupational group and sex, 2009
Major occupational group	Median weekly earnings
Major occupational group	Men	Women
Management, professional, and related occupations	$1,248	$907
Service occupations	$524	$418
Sales and office occupations	$737	$590
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	$727	$542
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	$648	$472

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