Table 3. Comparison of 25 top ranked occupations by average annual and hourly earnings, full-time workers, National Compensation Survey, July 2004
Occupation Ranked by annual rates Ranked by hourly rates

Physicians

 1 6

Airplane pilots and navigators

 2 1

Medical science teachers

 3 9

Judges

 4 5

Optometrists

 5 4

Lawyers

 6 13

Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations

 7 12

Chief executives and general administrators, public administration

 8 11

Economics teachers

 9 2

Securities and financial services sales occupations

 10 15

Announcers

 11 14

Engineering teachers

 12 7

Petroleum engineers

 13 18

Law teachers

 14 3

Pharmacists

 15 19

Aerospace engineers

 16 25

Dentists

 17 31

Managers and administrators, n.e.c.

 18 35

Physicists and astronomers

 19 30

Electrical and electronic engineers

 20 37

Chemical engineers

 21 34

Financial managers

 22 39

Sales engineers

 23 43

Physics teachers

 24 8

Nuclear engineers

 25 40
Occupations whose ranking entered or left the top 25 positions when annual and hourly earnings were compared

Business, commerce, and marketing teachers

 50 21

Biological science teachers

 33 23

Social science teachers, n.e.c.

 49 24

English teachers

 42 16

Sociology teachers

 35 17

Computer science teachers

 51 20

Theology teachers

 67 22

NOTE: Earth, environmental, and marine science teachers ranked 26th on an annual earnings basis and 10th on the hourly scale.