Table 1. Average hourly earnings of selected full-time healthcare, personal care, and social service occupations, 2007
Occupation Nonprofit Private State Government Local Government State and Local Government
Hourly Mean Relative Standard Error Hourly Mean Relative Standard Error Hourly Mean Relative Standard Error Hourly Mean Relative Standard Error Hourly Mean Relative Standard Error

Healthcare Practitioner and Technical

$28.85 1.7 $30.11 4.2 $23.89 3.7 $27.30 2.3 $25.94 2.0

Physicians and Surgeons

54.62 9.5 86.63 17.0 29.76 14.7 55.01 13.0 40.41 12.3

Registered Nurses

30.80 1.1 30.58 1.0 28.86 2.7 30.03 3.3 29.60 2.3

Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses

18.95 1.6 18.79 1.1 16.81 3.4 16.59 2.4 16.68 2.2

Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians

19.87 2.6 19.60 2.4 18.46 5.3 19.06 4.7 18.85 3.4

Healthcare Support

12.12 1.8 12.51 1.4 13.42 3.2 12.30 3.2 12.88 2.2

Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants

11.99 2.5 11.32 1.4 12.08 6.2 11.11 3.2 11.44 3.0

Medical Assistants

14.03 4.0 13.42 2.6 14.16 7.1 13.99 4.5 14.05 3.8

Personal Care and Service

10.86 2.9 11.15 7.7 13.18 11.3 13.91 3.6 13.78 3.5

Child Care Workers

10.08 4.2 9.00 2.2 (-) (-) 12.86 3.9 13.13 3.5

Personal and Home Care Aides

10.52 5.6 10.20 4.1 (-) (-) 10.35 9.0 11.52 8.8

Community and Social Services

17.68 3.4 17.82 2.9 20.80 2.8 27.51 2.6 24.32 2.0

Social Workers

19.49 3.2 19.51 2.9 20.19 3.8 25.96 8.5 23.00 5.3

Counselors

17.91 4.6 18.23 3.7 23.36 4.2 33.39 3.9 29.92 3.2

NOTE: A dash (-) indicates that no published data are available.