Table 1. Average hourly earnings of selected occupations of full-time workers found in educational and research institutions, 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

Education, Training, and Library

$29.33 5.1 $26.51 4.1 $41.89 6.7 $32.36 1.0 $33.63 1.4

Elementary and Middle School Teachers

25.32 4.7 25.34 4.5 - - 35.54 1.0 35.56 1.0

Secondary School Teachers

33.99 4.3 32.47 4.2 - - 35.89 1.3 35.89 1.3

Postsecondary Teachers

48.82 3.6 46.14 4.1 48.07 7.2 45.08 4.7 47.51 5.8

Librarians

25.37 3.2 31.96 11.5 25.65 4.3 28.56 6.1 27.98 5.0

Education Administrators

31.39 4.7 29.20 4.5 39.03 6.1 43.15 2.2 42.15 2.4

Educational, Vocational, and School Counselors

21.02 9.5 20.80 8.3 22.07 4.1 38.46 3.4 34.58 3.6

Life, Physical, and Social Science

26.95 5.1 31.27 2.8 24.56 5.2 30.16 2.9 26.84 3.0

Architecture and Engineering

36.37 5.9 33.36 2.6 29.30 6.6 29.64 2.3 29.49 3.2

Engineers

44.72 3.8 39.09 1.2 34.18 7.1 33.77 3.6 33.97 3.9

Food Preparation and Serving Related

11.92 2.5 9.15 1.7 14.12 4.9 11.90 3.2 12.27 2.8

Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance

12.07 2.2 11.83 3.2 11.53 7.3 14.44 1.4 13.93 2.2

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