Table 13 Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours Hourly(3) Weekly(4) Annual(5) Occupation(2) Mean Median Mean Median Mean Mean Median Mean earnings earnings earnings earnings hours earnings earnings hours All workers........................................................... $28.10 $24.25 $1,052 $936 37.4 $47,826 $45,843 1,702 Management occupations.............................................. 38.15 35.80 1,480 1,371 38.8 75,064 72,010 1,968 Education administrators.......................................... 45.26 45.09 1,775 1,730 39.2 85,803 88,881 1,896 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 47.35 46.75 1,877 1,804 39.6 88,070 88,910 1,860 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 38.41 28.78 1,446 1,019 37.6 75,180 53,013 1,957 Medical and health services managers.............................. 43.21 36.09 1,641 1,360 38.0 85,344 70,737 1,975 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.41 28.37 1,099 1,091 38.7 57,127 56,711 2,011 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 26.64 22.25 995 834 37.4 51,760 43,393 1,943 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 30.60 29.15 1,182 1,125 38.6 61,478 58,500 2,009 Computer support specialists...................................... 23.59 18.78 902 695 38.2 46,914 36,133 1,988 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 29.24 27.12 1,146 1,070 39.2 59,611 55,642 2,038 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 32.91 23.59 1,230 860 37.4 58,410 46,569 1,775 Psychologists..................................................... 51.23 41.93 1,882 1,467 36.7 78,058 69,647 1,524 Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists.................. 51.23 41.93 1,882 1,467 36.7 78,058 69,647 1,524 Community and social services occupations........................... 26.66 25.02 1,019 972 38.2 49,532 50,825 1,858 Counselors........................................................ 35.49 35.28 1,298 1,385 36.6 56,006 53,803 1,578 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 43.47 43.35 1,495 1,455 34.4 58,061 56,739 1,336 Social workers.................................................... 24.85 23.10 956 893 38.5 48,757 46,416 1,962 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 24.90 23.10 953 893 38.3 48,464 46,416 1,947 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 20.89 19.08 826 780 39.5 41,989 40,019 2,010 Social and human service assistants............................. 17.63 16.88 705 707 40.0 35,366 34,642 2,006 Legal occupations................................................... 24.68 21.31 927 787 37.6 48,213 40,899 1,954 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 37.71 38.00 1,301 1,329 34.5 48,934 50,091 1,298 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 51.80 43.58 1,878 1,693 36.2 71,496 65,566 1,380 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 47.66 46.52 1,593 1,605 33.4 59,091 56,365 1,240 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 42.61 42.24 1,477 1,469 34.7 54,528 54,340 1,280 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 45.51 49.97 1,576 1,706 34.6 58,122 63,133 1,277 Kindergarten teachers, except special education............... 45.10 49.56 1,562 1,717 34.6 57,647 63,858 1,278 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 42.58 42.31 1,476 1,481 34.7 54,583 54,497 1,282 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 42.68 42.31 1,481 1,481 34.7 54,684 54,497 1,281 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 42.24 41.65 1,463 1,456 34.6 54,251 54,340 1,284 Secondary school teachers....................................... 42.64 41.29 1,475 1,425 34.6 54,371 52,737 1,275 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 42.87 41.59 1,484 1,440 34.6 54,716 52,849 1,276 Special education teachers...................................... 41.82 42.51 1,453 1,462 34.7 53,413 53,328 1,277 Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school.......................................... 44.40 45.56 1,541 1,583 34.7 56,461 57,718 1,272 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 28.11 27.28 974 955 34.6 40,172 40,563 1,429 Librarians........................................................ 27.66 24.55 1,013 921 36.6 49,898 44,676 1,804 Teacher assistants................................................ 14.42 13.42 469 431 32.5 17,380 16,040 1,205 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.94 24.96 1,064 959 38.1 50,870 46,887 1,821 Registered nurses................................................. 29.00 28.87 1,114 1,093 38.4 53,118 52,713 1,831 Therapists........................................................ 43.72 42.35 1,502 1,488 34.3 58,001 56,966 1,327 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.10 14.43 553 565 39.2 28,336 28,442 2,009 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.56 13.73 533 538 39.3 27,702 27,980 2,043 Protective service occupations...................................... 24.51 24.36 981 968 40.0 50,964 50,151 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 33.89 34.58 1,346 1,371 39.7 69,980 71,267 2,065 First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers........................................................ 29.37 27.36 1,294 1,313 44.1 67,306 68,291 2,292 Fire fighters..................................................... 22.25 21.57 952 948 42.8 49,498 49,313 2,224 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 22.79 22.79 891 856 39.1 46,340 44,512 2,034 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 21.90 21.89 862 841 39.4 44,824 43,709 2,047 Police officers................................................... 25.49 25.83 997 1,023 39.1 51,854 53,204 2,035 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 25.49 25.83 997 1,023 39.1 51,854 53,204 2,035 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 14.29 14.06 515 457 36.0 21,308 17,921 1,491 Cooks............................................................. 15.31 14.60 560 500 36.5 22,973 17,921 1,500 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 15.31 14.60 560 500 36.5 22,973 17,921 1,500 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 16.30 15.73 650 629 39.9 31,831 32,594 1,953 Building cleaning workers......................................... 15.36 15.66 612 626 39.8 31,163 32,573 2,029 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 15.36 15.66 612 626 39.8 31,130 32,573 2,027 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 19.39 18.55 723 704 37.3 36,889 35,872 1,902 Financial clerks.................................................. 18.26 17.65 637 600 34.9 32,635 31,195 1,787 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.87 17.14 598 600 33.5 30,391 31,195 1,700 Dispatchers....................................................... 23.18 21.11 887 792 38.2 46,106 41,200 1,989 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.03 17.87 719 715 37.8 36,337 34,826 1,909 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.04 17.87 806 715 38.3 41,890 37,170 1,991 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.15 17.42 640 672 37.3 31,530 32,002 1,838 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 16.15 15.88 605 630 37.5 31,466 32,758 1,949 Office clerks, general............................................ 17.56 17.64 665 666 37.9 34,226 34,613 1,950 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 23.12 22.04 910 866 39.4 47,322 45,006 2,046 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.11 19.74 841 776 39.9 43,754 40,362 2,073 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.37 17.79 775 712 40.0 40,299 37,001 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 19.37 17.79 775 712 40.0 40,299 37,001 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 20.64 19.04 826 762 40.0 42,933 39,603 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 19.27 18.00 733 701 38.0 34,589 34,840 1,795 Bus drivers....................................................... 19.49 16.75 652 458 33.5 27,285 16,006 1,400 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 A classification system including about 800 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 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, weighed by hours. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designate position – one-half of the earnings are paid the same as or more than the rate shown and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designate position – one-half of the earnings are paid the same as or more than the rate shown and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.