Internet: www.bls.gov/ro3/ | PLS - 4379 FOR RELEASE: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2008 |
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Highlights of Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia
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Occupation(3) | Total | Full-time workers | Part-time workers | |||
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Mean | Relative error (4) (percent) | Mean | Relative error (4) (percent) | Mean | Relative error (4)(percent) | |
All workers |
$23.78 | 3.0 | $25.47 | 3.3 | $12.26 | 4.1 |
Management occupations |
43.49 | 3.9 | 43.44 | 4.0 | – | – |
General and operations managers |
40.82 | 15.1 | 40.82 | 15.1 | – | – |
Marketing and sales managers |
35.95 | 5.9 | 35.95 | 5.9 | – | – |
Marketing managers |
31.79 | 4.9 | 31.79 | 4.9 | – | – |
Computer and information systems managers |
54.79 | 6.2 | 54.97 | 6.5 | – | – |
Financial managers |
47.91 | 9.5 | 47.91 | 9.5 | – | – |
Construction managers |
43.73 | 4.3 | 43.73 | 4.3 | – | – |
Education administrators |
37.89 | 9.5 | 37.89 | 9.5 | – | – |
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
43.44 | 5.4 | 43.44 | 5.4 | – | – |
Education administrators, postsecondary |
38.82 | 15.8 | 38.82 | 15.8 | – | – |
Medical and health services managers |
37.00 | 3.6 | 37.00 | 3.6 | – | – |
Social and community service managers |
37.41 | 29.4 | 37.41 | 29.4 | – | – |
Business and financial operations occupations |
32.82 | 5.3 | 32.84 | 5.5 | – | – |
Buyers and purchasing agents |
29.13 | 15.1 | 29.13 | 15.1 | – | – |
Cost estimators |
35.39 | 7.4 | 35.39 | 7.4 | – | – |
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists |
35.97 | 15.7 | 36.13 | 16.0 | – | – |
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists |
37.33 | 22.7 | 37.33 | 22.7 | – | – |
Management analysts |
35.58 | 8.3 | 35.58 | 8.3 | – | – |
Accountants and auditors |
31.40 | 7.0 | 31.56 | 7.4 | – | – |
Budget analysts |
38.15 | 9.7 | 38.15 | 9.7 | – | – |
Financial analysts and advisors |
34.93 | 24.5 | 34.93 | 24.5 | – | – |
Insurance underwriters |
27.33 | 18.6 | 27.33 | 18.6 | – | – |
Loan counselors and officers |
32.05 | 8.8 | 30.30 | 12.0 | – | – |
Loan officers |
32.00 | 9.1 | 30.13 | 12.5 | – | – |
Computer and mathematical science occupations |
40.23 | 2.6 | 40.19 | 2.5 | – | – |
Computer and information scientists, research |
49.71 | 1.5 | – | – | – | – |
Computer programmers |
42.40 | 6.0 | 41.78 | 5.8 | – | – |
Computer software engineers |
41.80 | 3.2 | 41.80 | 3.2 | – | – |
Computer software engineers, applications |
40.91 | 2.1 | 40.91 | 2.1 | – | – |
Computer software engineers, systems software |
45.41 | 4.4 | 45.41 | 4.4 | – | – |
Computer support specialists |
30.56 | 5.1 | 30.56 | 5.1 | – | – |
Computer systems analysts |
44.12 | 8.3 | 43.98 | 8.3 | – | – |
Network and computer systems administrators |
33.57 | 6.1 | 33.57 | 6.1 | – | – |
Network systems and data communications analysts |
33.75 | 14.8 | 33.75 | 14.8 | – | – |
Operations research analysts |
32.73 | 0.0 | 32.73 | 0.0 | – | – |
Architecture and engineering occupations |
39.04 | 4.9 | 39.60 | 5.3 | – | – |
Engineers |
43.94 | 5.7 | 44.15 | 6.1 | – | – |
Electrical and electronics engineers |
39.79 | 3.7 | 39.79 | 3.7 | – | – |
Electronics engineers, except computer |
38.72 | 2.5 | 38.72 | 2.5 | – | – |
Engineering technicians, except drafters |
23.53 | 1.7 | 23.53 | 1.7 | – | – |
Life, physical, and social science occupations |
32.20 | 4.9 | 32.20 | 4.9 | – | – |
Life scientists |
30.00 | 5.6 | 30.00 | 5.6 | – | – |
Physical scientists |
39.33 | 19.4 | 39.33 | 19.4 | – | – |
Economists |
26.40 | 14.4 | 26.40 | 14.4 | – | – |
Market and survey researchers |
33.48 | 12.2 | 33.48 | 12.2 | – | – |
Market research analysts |
33.48 | 12.2 | 33.48 | 12.2 | – | – |
Community and social services occupations |
23.89 | 8.1 | 25.58 | 6.0 | – | – |
Counselors |
28.55 | 9.3 | 28.55 | 9.3 | – | – |
Educational, vocational, and school counselors |
33.77 | 8.0 | 33.77 | 8.0 | – | – |
Social workers |
26.53 | 5.0 | 27.25 | 6.0 | – | – |
Child, family, and school social workers |
24.94 | 10.2 | 27.01 | 7.9 | – | – |
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists |
– | – | 16.24 | 7.7 | – | – |
Lawyers |
68.50 | 8.8 | 66.66 | 9.0 | – | – |
Legal occupations | ||||||
Education, training, and library occupations |
30.57 | 6.8 | 31.32 | 7.3 | 21.76 | 7.6 |
Postsecondary teachers |
39.08 | 13.3 | 38.93 | 14.2 | 40.95 | 7.5 |
Business teachers, postsecondary |
48.85 | 8.3 | – | – | – | – |
Math and computer teachers, postsecondary |
34.82 | 23.0 | – | – | – | – |
Computer science teachers, postsecondary |
35.37 | 28.1 | – | – | – | – |
Social sciences teachers, postsecondary |
– | – | 50.80 | 0.4 | – | – |
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary |
38.14 | 7.6 | 38.79 | 8.0 | – | – |
English language and literature teachers, postsecondary |
32.24 | 9.2 | – | – | – | – |
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers |
33.21 | 22.6 | 32.98 | 24.0 | 36.61 | 10.2 |
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers |
35.86 | 3.6 | 36.20 | 3.7 | 24.44 | 11.1 |
Preschool and kindergarten teachers |
26.61 | 22.8 | 26.85 | 22.5 | – | – |
Preschool teachers, except special education |
18.37 | 28.2 | – | – | – | – |
Kindergarten teachers, except special education |
38.15 | 0.6 | 38.15 | 0.6 | – | – |
Elementary and middle school teachers |
36.40 | 2.0 | 36.79 | 2.6 | – | – |
Elementary school teachers, except special education |
36.12 | 1.1 | 36.62 | 1.3 | – | – |
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
37.29 | 8.0 | 37.29 | 8.0 | – | – |
Secondary school teachers |
37.35 | 4.0 | 37.37 | 4.1 | – | – |
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
37.37 | 4.1 | 37.39 | 4.1 | – | – |
Special education teachers |
39.91 | 6.7 | 41.37 | 7.2 | – | – |
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school |
37.58 | 3.3 | 38.95 | 1.7 | – | – |
Other teachers and instructors |
28.21 | 8.8 | – | – | 21.57 | 2.1 |
Librarians |
31.93 | 6.9 | 32.61 | 6.3 | – | – |
Library technicians |
19.05 | 11.4 | – | – | – | – |
Teacher assistants |
12.74 | 8.0 | 12.78 | 9.8 | 12.45 | 4.9 |
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
32.82 | 8.3 | 32.76 | 8.8 | – | – |
Designers |
22.62 | 14.2 | 21.67 | 14.7 | – | – |
Graphic designers |
26.80 | 15.3 | – | – | – | – |
Writers and editors |
48.11 | 16.8 | 48.11 | 16.8 | – | – |
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations |
28.63 | 6.1 | 28.80 | 6.6 | 27.77 | 6.4 |
Registered nurses |
32.02 | 2.1 | 31.56 | 2.4 | 34.01 | 2.4 |
Therapists |
29.29 | 11.2 | 28.16 | 11.7 | 32.27 | 25.8 |
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians |
19.65 | 5.7 | 19.63 | 5.8 | – | – |
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
24.84 | 7.4 | 25.02 | 8.5 | – | – |
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians |
15.70 | 2.3 | 15.70 | 2.3 | – | – |
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians |
28.90 | 5.8 | 27.41 | 3.8 | – | – |
Radiologic technologists and technicians |
28.28 | 7.0 | – | – | – | – |
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians |
16.20 | 6.7 | 16.60 | 7.5 | – | – |
Pharmacy technicians |
16.31 | 7.6 | – | – | – | – |
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
22.83 | 2.7 | 22.76 | 2.8 | – | – |
Healthcare support occupations |
12.78 | 2.6 | 13.11 | 3.4 | 11.09 | 4.5 |
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides |
12.09 | 3.0 | 12.18 | 3.1 | 11.68 | 6.7 |
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
12.25 | 2.7 | 12.17 | 3.1 | 12.92 | 5.7 |
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations |
13.48 | 6.3 | 13.94 | 6.8 | – | – |
Medical assistants |
13.93 | 6.9 | 13.91 | 7.2 | – | – |
Protective service occupations |
21.40 | 3.5 | 22.98 | 2.5 | 11.10 | 12.6 |
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers |
38.16 | 5.4 | 38.16 | 5.4 | – | – |
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives |
38.86 | 4.0 | 38.86 | 4.0 | – | – |
Fire fighters |
20.74 | 2.5 | 20.74 | 2.5 | – | – |
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers |
21.30 | 7.1 | 21.30 | 7.1 | – | – |
Correctional officers and jailers |
21.30 | 7.1 | 21.30 | 7.1 | – | – |
Police officers |
27.53 | 7.1 | 27.57 | 7.1 | – | – |
Police and sheriff's patrol officers |
27.53 | 7.1 | 27.57 | 7.1 | – | – |
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers |
11.40 | 6.0 | 11.26 | 4.7 | 11.73 | 21.6 |
Security guards |
11.40 | 6.0 | 11.26 | 4.7 | 11.73 | 21.6 |
Miscellaneous protective service workers |
14.45 | 19.3 | – | – | – | – |
Food preparation and serving related occupations |
8.98 | 11.6 | 10.99 | 4.6 | 6.67 | 6.4 |
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers |
15.43 | 19.7 | 17.03 | 8.9 | – | – |
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers |
15.52 | 19.5 | 17.19 | 7.7 | – | – |
Cooks |
11.30 | 2.2 | 11.57 | 2.5 | 10.26 | 10.5 |
Cooks, institution and cafeteria |
11.82 | 6.1 | 12.07 | 6.4 | – | – |
Cooks, restaurant |
11.74 | 1.7 | 11.92 | 0.4 | 11.14 | 7.1 |
Cooks, short order |
11.80 | 2.8 | – | – | – | – |
Food preparation workers |
10.66 | 10.3 | – | – | – | – |
Food service, tipped |
4.90 | 13.3 | 4.91 | 13.8 | 4.90 | 15.4 |
Waiters and waitresses |
3.54 | 4.9 | 3.45 | 17.1 | 3.58 | 2.1 |
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
7.93 | 13.3 | – | – | 6.44 | 6.4 |
Fast food and counter workers |
8.85 | 6.6 | 10.90 | 10.5 | 7.50 | 4.0 |
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
8.57 | 6.7 | 10.89 | 15.9 | 7.45 | 3.5 |
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop |
10.67 | 10.4 | – | – | – | – |
Dishwashers |
9.82 | 11.8 | – | – | 8.52 | 4.0 |
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
11.20 | 4.9 | 12.44 | 3.9 | 9.14 | 3.2 |
Building cleaning workers |
10.78 | 5.5 | 11.91 | 4.8 | 9.14 | 3.2 |
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
10.70 | 7.9 | 12.41 | 6.7 | 9.06 | 3.4 |
Maids and housekeeping cleaners |
11.24 | 1.7 | 11.16 | 2.0 | – | – |
Grounds maintenance workers |
15.25 | 8.9 | 15.31 | 9.1 | – | – |
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
15.25 | 8.9 | 15.31 | 9.1 | – | – |
Personal care and service occupations |
15.87 | 7.0 | 17.00 | 9.9 | 12.29 | 10.4 |
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers |
10.35 | 14.4 | – | – | 10.35 | 14.4 |
Amusement and recreation attendants |
10.35 | 14.4 | – | – | 10.35 | 14.4 |
Barbers and cosmetologists |
18.28 | 1.4 | 18.61 | 5.2 | – | – |
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists |
18.28 | 1.4 | 18.61 | 5.2 | – | – |
Child care workers |
9.64 | 5.9 | 9.67 | 10.3 | 9.55 | 13.5 |
Recreation and fitness workers |
15.83 | 15.7 | – | – | 15.35 | 29.3 |
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors |
14.15 | 7.6 | – | – | 14.96 | 14.2 |
Recreation workers |
16.86 | 21.7 | – | – | – | – |
Sales and related occupations |
17.63 | 9.4 | 21.31 | 8.9 | 8.64 | 1.9 |
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers |
18.45 | 18.6 | 18.45 | 18.6 | – | – |
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers |
17.76 | 20.0 | 17.76 | 20.0 | – | – |
Retail sales workers |
10.88 | 6.9 | 12.73 | 8.4 | 8.63 | 2.1 |
Cashiers, all workers |
9.72 | 3.6 | 11.28 | 3.7 | 8.44 | 4.0 |
Cashiers |
9.72 | 3.6 | 11.28 | 3.7 | 8.44 | 4.0 |
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons |
9.92 | 12.2 | 11.22 | 17.3 | – | – |
Retail salespersons |
12.88 | 14.0 | 14.49 | 13.0 | 9.32 | 3.8 |
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents |
60.07 | 19.6 | 60.07 | 19.6 | – | – |
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing |
31.86 | 10.6 | 31.86 | 10.6 | – | – |
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products |
45.45 | 32.8 | 45.45 | 32.8 | – | – |
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
28.82 | 7.4 | 28.82 | 7.4 | – | – |
Miscellaneous sales and related workers |
23.55 | 8.8 | 25.39 | 8.1 | – | – |
Office and administrative support occupations |
16.96 | 2.0 | 17.53 | 1.8 | 12.74 | 4.6 |
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
24.87 | 5.0 | 24.87 | 5.0 | – | – |
Financial clerks |
16.35 | 3.0 | 16.73 | 3.4 | 14.25 | 12.8 |
Bill and account collectors |
14.14 | 6.1 | 14.37 | 5.7 | – | – |
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators |
17.54 | 5.8 | 17.54 | 5.8 | – | – |
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
18.39 | 6.5 | 18.31 | 7.6 | 18.86 | 11.0 |
Tellers |
12.46 | 1.2 | 12.84 | 0.6 | 11.34 | 1.4 |
Court, municipal, and license clerks |
23.72 | 20.1 | 17.65 | 5.4 | – | – |
Customer service representatives |
15.86 | 5.5 | 16.40 | 5.6 | – | – |
Eligibility interviewers, government programs |
18.40 | 4.5 | 18.40 | 4.5 | – | – |
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks |
11.11 | 6.9 | – | – | – | – |
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan |
11.40 | 13.0 | 13.59 | 5.4 | – | – |
Order clerks |
15.91 | 1.2 | 16.02 | 1.4 | – | – |
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping |
18.90 | 2.9 | 18.90 | 2.9 | – | – |
Receptionists and information clerks |
13.42 | 5.6 | 13.90 | 5.5 | 10.00 | 13.2 |
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks |
16.69 | 7.4 | – | – | – | – |
Dispatchers |
16.79 | 9.3 | 16.84 | 9.5 | – | – |
Production, planning, and expediting clerks |
21.22 | 5.6 | 21.22 | 5.6 | – | – |
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks |
14.20 | 15.3 | 14.31 | 16.5 | – | – |
Stock clerks and order fillers |
10.22 | 11.5 | 10.95 | 11.0 | 8.23 | 4.8 |
Secretaries and administrative assistants |
20.74 | 3.0 | 21.02 | 2.9 | 15.71 | 7.9 |
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants |
24.18 | 7.0 | 24.54 | 7.5 | – | – |
Medical secretaries |
14.42 | 6.9 | 14.93 | 6.3 | – | – |
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive |
17.39 | 5.3 | 17.45 | 5.6 | – | – |
Computer operators |
17.78 | 12.5 | 18.29 | 10.8 | – | – |
Data entry and information processing workers |
14.26 | 8.7 | – | – | – | – |
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks |
17.76 | 15.5 | 19.48 | 15.3 | – | – |
Office clerks, general |
15.31 | 5.2 | 16.22 | 4.1 | – | – |
Construction and extraction occupations |
19.42 | 3.6 | 19.42 | 3.6 | – | – |
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers |
26.65 | 3.7 | 26.86 | 4.3 | – | – |
Carpenters |
20.88 | 3.2 | 20.88 | 3.2 | – | – |
Construction laborers |
12.32 | 8.4 | 12.32 | 8.4 | – | – |
Construction equipment operators |
20.25 | 13.1 | 20.25 | 13.1 | – | – |
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators |
21.08 | 20.2 | 21.08 | 20.2 | – | – |
Electricians |
26.56 | 7.3 | 26.56 | 7.3 | – | – |
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters |
20.38 | 9.4 | 20.38 | 9.4 | – | – |
Helpers, construction trades |
12.89 | 9.0 | 12.89 | 9.0 | – | – |
Construction and building inspectors |
25.75 | 8.3 | 25.75 | 8.3 | – | – |
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
24.32 | 1.9 | 24.25 | 1.8 | – | – |
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers |
30.13 | 2.7 | 30.13 | 2.7 | – | – |
Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers |
30.12 | 1.6 | 30.12 | 1.6 | – | – |
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers |
30.12 | 1.6 | 30.12 | 1.6 | – | – |
Automotive technicians and repairers |
22.03 | 9.9 | 22.03 | 9.9 | – | – |
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers |
21.30 | 6.1 | 21.30 | 6.1 | – | – |
Maintenance and repair workers, general |
21.17 | 9.6 | 21.17 | 9.6 | – | – |
Line installers and repairers |
26.71 | 5.1 | 26.71 | 5.1 | – | – |
Telecommunications line installers and repairers |
26.38 | 7.4 | 26.38 | 7.4 | – | – |
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers |
18.63 | 12.6 | 18.63 | 12.6 | – | – |
Production occupations |
14.88 | 3.9 | 15.22 | 3.3 | 10.66 | 10.0 |
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
21.32 | 8.0 | 21.32 | 8.0 | – | – |
Printers |
18.99 | 16.2 | 19.62 | 14.6 | – | – |
Printing machine operators |
17.07 | 16.6 | 17.69 | 15.3 | – | – |
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers |
11.04 | 6.8 | 11.04 | 6.8 | – | – |
Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers |
14.95 | 4.9 | – | – | – | – |
Miscellaneous production workers |
– | – | 13.83 | 7.7 | – | – |
Transportation and material moving occupations |
20.17 | 5.4 | 21.94 | 6.4 | 9.22 | 5.8 |
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators |
29.38 | 10.4 | 29.38 | 10.4 | – | – |
Bus drivers |
18.19 | 10.5 | 18.81 | 11.3 | – | – |
Bus drivers, school |
16.75 | 17.8 | 17.29 | 21.4 | – | – |
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers |
17.76 | 8.8 | 18.17 | 8.6 | – | – |
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer |
18.42 | 9.0 | 18.50 | 9.1 | – | – |
Truck drivers, light or delivery services |
14.69 | 8.5 | 14.71 | 8.5 | – | – |
Industrial truck and tractor operators |
17.90 | 11.8 | 17.90 | 11.8 | – | – |
Laborers and material movers, hand |
11.73 | 3.7 | 12.91 | 6.1 | 8.99 | 5.7 |
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
12.39 | 4.8 | 13.21 | 6.6 | 9.20 | 8.0 |
Packers and packagers, hand |
9.65 | 6.6 | – | – | 8.78 | 4.1 |
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NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
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Last Modified Date: July 7, 2008