Table 16 Private industry establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time workers Hourly(2) Weekly(3) Annual(4) Occupation(1) Mean Median Mean Median Mean Mean Median Mean earnings earnings earnings earnings hours earnings earnings hours All workers........................................................... $24.93 $19.24 $972 $766 39.0 $50,162 $39,765 2,012 Management occupations.............................................. 53.15 45.28 2,095 1,783 39.4 108,933 92,738 2,050 General and operations managers................................... 55.55 55.29 2,310 2,212 41.6 120,138 115,009 2,163 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 46.70 40.79 1,856 1,632 39.7 96,522 84,845 2,067 Marketing managers.............................................. 52.19 45.28 2,023 1,751 38.8 105,188 91,055 2,015 Sales managers.................................................. 36.40 35.38 1,520 1,415 41.7 79,017 73,580 2,171 Public relations managers......................................... 71.61 82.65 2,724 3,306 38.0 141,646 171,902 1,978 Administrative services managers.................................. 31.75 34.05 1,242 1,262 39.1 64,574 65,600 2,034 Computer and information systems managers......................... 62.73 58.79 2,465 2,333 39.3 128,154 121,295 2,043 Financial managers................................................ 53.23 45.64 2,101 1,842 39.5 109,247 95,797 2,052 Human resources managers.......................................... 40.72 32.17 1,573 1,218 38.6 81,810 63,327 2,009 Compensation and benefits managers.............................. 44.66 44.14 1,708 1,765 38.2 88,810 91,801 1,989 Industrial production managers.................................... 40.19 40.42 1,608 1,617 40.0 83,599 84,067 2,080 Purchasing managers............................................... 49.58 45.96 1,961 1,838 39.6 101,966 95,597 2,057 Transportation, storage, and distribution managers................ 40.74 48.86 1,628 1,954 39.9 84,631 101,620 2,077 Education administrators.......................................... 38.57 35.03 1,470 1,307 38.1 76,350 67,975 1,979 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 38.62 34.07 1,468 1,267 38.0 76,337 65,906 1,977 Engineering managers.............................................. 53.46 54.62 2,150 2,185 40.2 111,811 113,610 2,091 Medical and health services managers.............................. 48.69 47.56 1,865 1,783 38.3 97,004 92,738 1,992 Social and community service managers............................. 28.48 25.17 1,071 942 37.6 55,711 49,002 1,956 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 31.37 27.64 1,229 1,071 39.2 63,917 55,701 2,038 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 24.78 24.04 1,002 962 40.4 52,109 50,001 2,103 Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 24.65 24.33 986 973 40.0 51,267 50,606 2,080 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 24.84 23.51 1,011 940 40.7 52,549 48,901 2,115 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 25.49 24.15 976 939 38.3 50,748 48,816 1,991 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 25.34 23.47 968 905 38.2 50,331 47,082 1,986 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 26.86 24.18 1,041 888 38.7 54,123 46,192 2,015 Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists.............. 27.02 22.68 1,063 876 39.3 55,266 45,552 2,045 Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists............ 26.86 27.50 1,031 995 38.4 53,617 51,750 1,996 Training and development specialists............................ 31.45 31.47 1,245 1,244 39.6 64,753 64,667 2,059 Logisticians...................................................... 28.81 30.81 1,138 1,232 39.5 59,157 64,076 2,053 Management analysts............................................... 33.57 29.46 1,306 1,148 38.9 67,919 59,675 2,023 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 30.57 26.85 1,182 1,069 38.7 61,472 55,600 2,011 Credit analysts................................................... 27.49 24.85 1,049 962 38.2 54,560 50,039 1,985 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 46.21 34.61 1,802 1,385 39.0 93,712 71,995 2,028 Financial analysts.............................................. 47.90 34.61 1,887 1,385 39.4 98,148 71,995 2,049 Personal financial advisors..................................... 44.84 41.94 1,757 1,678 39.2 91,384 87,231 2,038 Insurance underwriters.......................................... 35.51 30.79 1,287 1,231 36.2 66,929 64,037 1,885 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 31.89 20.24 1,226 810 38.4 63,747 42,103 1,999 Loan officers................................................... 32.66 20.24 1,256 810 38.5 65,326 42,103 2,000 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 38.44 36.85 1,509 1,464 39.3 78,489 76,107 2,042 Computer programmers.............................................. 35.59 35.34 1,412 1,408 39.7 73,429 73,201 2,063 Computer software engineers....................................... 45.08 42.92 1,783 1,684 39.6 92,730 87,576 2,057 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 46.67 43.13 1,841 1,677 39.4 95,714 87,196 2,051 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 43.55 42.74 1,728 1,697 39.7 89,835 88,229 2,063 Computer support specialists...................................... 30.59 25.14 1,183 945 38.7 61,524 49,146 2,011 Computer systems analysts......................................... 39.02 37.10 1,529 1,475 39.2 79,505 76,690 2,038 Database administrators........................................... 31.84 34.62 1,193 1,058 37.5 62,038 55,029 1,949 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 31.56 31.08 1,241 1,240 39.3 64,545 64,459 2,045 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 53.69 46.92 2,126 1,877 39.6 110,548 97,587 2,059 Operations research analysts...................................... 31.84 25.30 1,251 1,012 39.3 65,075 52,624 2,044 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 34.89 32.84 1,398 1,340 40.1 72,694 69,680 2,084 Engineers......................................................... 39.43 39.79 1,585 1,600 40.2 82,401 83,200 2,090 Civil engineers................................................. 27.70 26.63 1,134 1,040 40.9 58,951 54,080 2,129 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 40.77 41.36 1,631 1,654 40.0 84,801 86,020 2,080 Electrical engineers.......................................... 41.61 42.11 1,664 1,684 40.0 86,553 87,589 2,080 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 37.05 36.35 1,482 1,454 40.0 77,067 75,600 2,080 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 33.26 31.20 1,330 1,248 40.0 69,182 64,902 2,080 Industrial engineers.......................................... 33.26 31.20 1,330 1,248 40.0 69,182 64,902 2,080 Materials engineers............................................. 31.32 27.80 1,368 1,390 43.7 71,150 72,280 2,272 Mechanical engineers............................................ 34.71 33.13 1,396 1,325 40.2 72,535 68,910 2,090 Drafters.......................................................... 26.73 22.70 1,062 942 39.7 55,212 48,959 2,065 Electrical and electronics drafters............................. 22.75 22.34 910 894 40.0 47,320 46,465 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 26.40 27.03 1,052 1,081 39.8 54,684 56,229 2,072 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 28.78 28.85 1,149 1,150 39.9 59,744 59,821 2,076 Mechanical engineering technicians.............................. 29.00 27.18 1,160 1,087 40.0 60,318 56,532 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 32.79 30.06 1,258 1,146 38.4 65,040 60,000 1,984 Life scientists................................................... 39.98 41.35 1,514 1,592 37.9 78,705 82,801 1,968 Biological scientists........................................... 41.07 40.39 1,518 1,542 37.0 78,957 80,169 1,923 Medical scientists.............................................. 40.55 42.09 1,553 1,654 38.3 80,744 86,000 1,991 Physical scientists............................................... 37.99 34.83 1,438 1,327 37.9 74,786 69,000 1,968 Chemists and materials scientists............................... 36.76 31.44 1,471 1,258 40.0 76,469 65,399 2,080 Market and survey researchers..................................... 24.50 24.84 941 975 38.4 48,941 50,680 1,998 Market research analysts........................................ 24.50 24.84 941 975 38.4 48,941 50,680 1,998 Psychologists..................................................... 37.20 28.46 1,451 1,080 39.0 68,310 58,750 1,836 Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists.................. 37.20 28.46 1,451 1,080 39.0 68,310 58,750 1,836 Chemical technicians.............................................. 20.29 20.59 783 788 38.6 40,659 38,237 2,004 Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians...... 18.79 17.31 735 687 39.1 38,233 35,701 2,035 Community and social services occupations........................... 20.17 18.13 765 687 37.9 39,777 35,699 1,972 Counselors........................................................ 17.75 17.16 688 687 38.8 35,777 35,699 2,016 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 18.99 19.23 714 692 37.6 37,092 36,000 1,954 Social workers.................................................... 22.98 22.18 848 814 36.9 44,073 42,322 1,918 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 20.91 20.46 739 716 35.4 38,437 37,235 1,838 Medical and public health social workers........................ 28.29 29.09 1,048 1,067 37.0 54,473 55,497 1,926 Mental health and substance abuse social workers................ 16.38 15.85 638 615 39.0 33,177 32,001 2,026 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 18.56 14.08 717 558 38.7 37,299 28,997 2,010 Social and human service assistants............................. 13.84 12.88 531 515 38.4 27,618 26,790 1,995 Legal occupations................................................... 58.57 50.32 2,281 2,308 38.9 117,925 119,999 2,014 Lawyers........................................................... 71.07 63.15 2,831 2,596 39.8 147,201 135,002 2,071 Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 26.54 26.36 963 923 36.3 50,080 47,975 1,887 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 41.17 34.74 1,531 1,390 37.2 66,594 61,038 1,618 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 53.57 44.86 2,024 1,802 37.8 81,773 71,296 1,526 Business teachers, postsecondary................................ 68.51 68.19 2,484 2,444 36.3 88,212 86,280 1,288 Math and computer teachers, postsecondary....................... 48.85 41.60 1,735 1,664 35.5 65,278 64,894 1,336 Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary.................. 63.42 67.53 2,310 2,479 36.4 84,651 80,151 1,335 Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary....................... 58.60 55.76 2,105 2,045 35.9 76,156 68,178 1,300 Chemistry teachers, postsecondary............................. 55.74 55.76 1,994 1,952 35.8 68,688 62,128 1,232 Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 56.98 56.39 2,093 2,059 36.7 75,023 71,727 1,317 Psychology teachers, postsecondary............................ 55.20 55.75 1,990 2,055 36.0 73,081 68,858 1,324 Health teachers, postsecondary.................................. 66.72 62.38 2,488 2,188 37.3 98,135 79,892 1,471 Health specialties teachers, postsecondary.................... 72.00 65.93 2,664 2,368 37.0 102,980 81,505 1,430 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 48.43 45.87 1,800 1,698 37.2 71,041 66,739 1,467 English language and literature teachers, postsecondary....... 51.45 47.64 1,852 1,727 36.0 75,320 70,784 1,464 Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary............... 57.67 52.77 2,007 1,758 34.8 80,731 76,969 1,400 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 39.05 33.52 1,523 1,348 39.0 70,222 61,593 1,798 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.77 25.07 1,206 942 35.7 49,937 44,781 1,479 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 21.71 19.01 864 761 39.8 38,087 31,824 1,755 Special education teachers...................................... 31.55 24.79 1,129 930 35.8 45,498 40,904 1,442 Librarians........................................................ 32.58 25.31 1,156 908 35.5 60,090 47,231 1,844 Teacher assistants................................................ 12.50 11.50 489 460 39.1 24,770 23,754 1,981 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 39.16 30.90 1,496 1,214 38.2 72,922 55,557 1,862 Designers......................................................... 32.85 28.30 1,232 1,132 37.5 64,087 58,864 1,951 Graphic designers............................................... 35.35 39.97 1,313 1,692 37.2 68,289 88,001 1,932 Actors, producers, and directors.................................. 49.56 46.41 1,937 1,856 39.1 100,736 96,533 2,033 Producers and directors......................................... 49.56 46.41 1,937 1,856 39.1 100,736 96,533 2,033 Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers................... 21.47 19.39 825 776 38.4 39,316 40,335 1,831 Coaches and scouts.............................................. 21.47 19.39 825 776 38.4 39,316 40,335 1,831 Public relations specialists...................................... 38.00 31.04 1,402 1,725 36.9 72,927 89,713 1,919 Writers and editors............................................... 30.43 23.61 1,164 945 38.3 60,539 49,117 1,989 Editors......................................................... 32.92 23.61 1,236 945 37.5 64,273 49,117 1,953 Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio operators... 33.69 34.53 1,348 1,381 40.0 70,076 71,814 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 31.25 28.91 1,201 1,118 38.4 62,302 57,845 1,994 Pharmacists....................................................... 47.57 48.31 1,863 1,879 39.2 96,868 97,715 2,036 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 48.05 29.33 1,838 1,100 38.3 95,579 57,194 1,989 Family and general practitioners................................ 59.26 65.90 2,233 2,471 37.7 116,107 128,511 1,959 Internists, general............................................. 57.20 24.65 2,154 986 37.7 111,985 51,266 1,958 Registered nurses................................................. 34.04 33.79 1,298 1,274 38.1 67,515 66,250 1,984 Therapists........................................................ 29.68 30.87 1,137 1,190 38.3 57,411 56,687 1,934 Physical therapists............................................. 33.49 33.76 1,284 1,266 38.3 64,579 61,942 1,928 Recreational therapists......................................... 16.31 15.81 628 632 38.5 32,659 32,885 2,003 Respiratory therapists.......................................... 27.50 28.94 1,080 1,085 39.3 56,159 56,433 2,042 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 19.38 18.12 766 712 39.5 39,831 37,037 2,055 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 23.50 24.04 924 962 39.3 48,062 50,003 2,045 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 16.03 15.99 636 622 39.7 33,062 32,344 2,063 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 24.41 24.96 942 938 38.6 48,970 48,794 2,006 Cardiovascular technologists and technicians.................... 14.33 13.10 557 524 38.9 28,988 27,248 2,023 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 24.27 24.10 943 943 38.9 49,050 49,046 2,021 Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...................... 22.58 22.69 863 851 38.2 44,877 44,253 1,987 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 17.17 16.77 669 671 39.0 34,790 34,882 2,026 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 20.63 20.56 790 782 38.3 41,055 40,658 1,990 Medical records and health information technicians................ 18.36 17.27 721 653 39.3 37,472 33,932 2,041 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.77 12.00 480 459 37.6 24,981 23,858 1,956 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.46 11.73 466 452 37.4 24,232 23,517 1,945 Home health aides............................................... 10.97 10.00 384 396 35.0 19,980 20,592 1,821 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 13.06 12.33 501 485 38.4 26,072 25,214 1,997 Physical therapist assistants and aides........................... 14.24 12.84 554 495 38.9 28,830 25,760 2,025 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 14.90 13.76 584 546 39.2 30,371 28,413 2,038 Medical assistants.............................................. 13.80 13.81 543 552 39.4 28,235 28,714 2,046 Medical equipment preparers..................................... 16.59 18.94 664 758 40.0 34,507 39,395 2,080 Medical transcriptionists....................................... 14.84 13.13 577 525 38.9 29,992 27,306 2,020 Protective service occupations...................................... 15.05 12.76 586 507 38.9 29,918 26,000 1,988 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.89 11.00 466 440 39.2 24,243 22,880 2,039 Security guards................................................. 11.89 11.00 466 440 39.2 24,241 22,880 2,039 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 11.63 11.00 454 431 39.0 23,415 22,277 2,013 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 17.41 17.91 695 716 40.0 35,722 37,253 2,052 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 17.33 17.91 693 716 40.0 35,594 37,253 2,054 Cooks............................................................. 13.54 12.88 532 520 39.3 27,331 27,040 2,018 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 13.42 12.88 526 515 39.2 27,327 26,790 2,036 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 13.19 12.00 522 480 39.6 26,192 25,760 1,986 Food preparation workers.......................................... 13.64 14.19 526 548 38.6 26,723 27,671 1,959 Food service, tipped.............................................. 6.95 5.98 267 202 38.5 13,831 10,483 1,989 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 6.74 5.98 263 211 39.0 13,685 10,962 2,030 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 7.00 7.02 269 228 38.4 13,775 13,340 1,968 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 10.65 9.92 408 373 38.3 21,195 19,381 1,991 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 11.80 10.98 455 422 38.5 23,654 21,931 2,005 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 8.36 8.00 316 320 37.8 16,420 16,640 1,964 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 11.50 10.75 441 422 38.3 22,933 21,923 1,994 Dishwashers....................................................... 9.23 8.62 369 345 40.0 19,104 17,930 2,070 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 15.10 14.37 596 567 39.5 30,761 29,461 2,037 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 34.05 21.03 1,359 841 39.9 70,645 43,742 2,075 First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers...................................................... 22.99 21.03 916 841 39.9 47,656 43,742 2,073 Building cleaning workers......................................... 14.17 14.16 559 555 39.4 29,036 28,850 2,049 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 14.38 13.87 569 555 39.6 29,566 28,850 2,057 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 12.28 11.03 475 441 38.7 24,697 22,942 2,012 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 11.28 9.50 449 380 39.8 19,812 17,562 1,757 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 10.66 9.50 425 380 39.8 18,575 17,562 1,742 Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.22 9.90 476 356 36.0 24,419 18,533 1,847 First-line supervisors/managers of gaming workers................. 15.95 14.52 638 581 40.0 33,166 30,202 2,080 Gaming supervisors.............................................. 23.72 24.32 949 973 40.0 49,333 50,575 2,080 Slot key persons................................................ 13.34 12.30 534 492 40.0 27,757 25,584 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers....... 23.06 30.09 915 1,204 39.7 47,557 62,589 2,062 Gaming services workers........................................... 7.37 7.85 295 314 40.0 15,329 16,328 2,080 Gaming dealers.................................................. 7.37 7.85 295 314 40.0 15,329 16,328 2,080 Child care workers................................................ 11.00 10.70 418 408 38.0 21,670 21,206 1,970 Personal and home care aides...................................... 9.02 9.60 341 346 37.8 17,735 17,971 1,965 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 11.06 12.20 463 488 41.8 17,175 24,960 1,552 Recreation workers.............................................. 10.96 12.10 459 488 41.9 16,785 24,960 1,532 Sales and related occupations....................................... 21.93 14.50 865 557 39.4 44,956 28,969 2,050 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 22.57 22.80 902 912 40.0 46,897 47,424 2,078 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 18.62 17.37 745 695 40.0 38,737 36,136 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 31.49 34.22 1,255 1,369 39.8 65,254 71,176 2,072 Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.38 11.44 526 450 39.3 27,346 23,375 2,043 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.30 10.81 445 432 39.4 23,105 22,485 2,046 Cashiers...................................................... 11.26 10.75 443 428 39.4 23,030 22,256 2,045 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.09 11.61 553 462 39.3 28,770 24,006 2,041 Insurance sales agents............................................ 23.18 22.20 998 862 43.1 51,904 44,824 2,240 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 47.73 30.77 1,889 1,231 39.6 98,248 64,002 2,059 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 36.07 36.31 1,424 1,450 39.5 74,048 75,400 2,053 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products...................................... 37.64 33.87 1,436 1,355 38.1 74,665 70,458 1,983 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products............................ 35.74 37.34 1,421 1,544 39.8 73,916 80,300 2,068 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 23.67 17.65 918 632 38.8 47,711 32,877 2,016 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.56 16.52 679 635 38.7 35,231 33,000 2,006 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 27.47 25.34 1,049 1,001 38.2 54,560 52,032 1,986 Switchboard operators, including answering service................ 16.19 17.38 606 652 37.4 31,497 33,883 1,946 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.20 15.20 632 603 39.0 32,871 31,366 2,029 Bill and account collectors..................................... 16.38 15.00 654 600 39.9 34,014 31,200 2,077 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 16.26 16.15 625 625 38.5 32,521 32,475 2,000 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.46 15.51 638 602 38.8 33,166 31,288 2,015 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 17.11 15.65 677 622 39.5 35,183 32,325 2,057 Tellers......................................................... 12.94 12.89 512 504 39.6 26,622 26,216 2,058 Brokerage clerks.................................................. 21.21 19.90 826 775 39.0 42,966 40,310 2,026 Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks.......................... 18.82 17.95 753 718 40.0 39,140 37,334 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 17.16 15.62 673 625 39.2 34,834 32,490 2,029 File clerks....................................................... 12.34 12.09 484 484 39.2 25,184 25,147 2,041 Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks.............................. 10.32 10.40 413 416 40.0 21,468 21,632 2,080 Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 15.48 16.10 575 604 37.2 29,920 31,395 1,933 Library assistants, clerical...................................... 15.69 14.98 585 599 37.3 30,248 31,150 1,927 Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 15.83 15.60 619 605 39.1 32,193 31,434 2,034 Order clerks...................................................... 15.49 15.50 617 605 39.8 30,046 30,160 1,939 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 19.38 19.81 759 718 39.2 39,466 37,342 2,036 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.83 14.13 568 530 38.3 29,041 27,560 1,959 Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks.... 18.34 18.24 717 730 39.1 37,289 37,941 2,034 Dispatchers....................................................... 25.84 20.25 986 796 38.1 51,259 41,375 1,984 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 26.57 20.47 1,008 796 37.9 52,423 41,375 1,973 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 19.17 18.13 761 698 39.7 39,594 36,321 2,066 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 12.78 12.22 511 489 40.0 26,573 25,418 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.33 11.32 486 453 39.4 25,269 23,546 2,050 Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping........ 19.07 14.78 763 591 40.0 39,661 30,738 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 21.20 20.00 804 769 37.9 41,801 39,984 1,971 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 22.43 20.81 853 808 38.0 44,334 41,999 1,976 Legal secretaries............................................... 29.02 29.66 1,038 1,044 35.8 53,996 54,309 1,861 Medical secretaries............................................. 15.36 14.55 578 581 37.7 30,067 30,212 1,958 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 18.60 18.34 716 725 38.5 37,253 37,705 2,003 Computer operators................................................ 21.24 19.46 847 778 39.9 44,066 40,477 2,075 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 15.87 13.83 610 553 38.5 31,745 28,760 2,000 Data entry keyers............................................... 13.49 13.00 525 510 38.9 27,308 26,520 2,024 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 15.81 16.27 611 622 38.6 31,746 32,351 2,008 Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service..... 12.62 12.26 487 468 38.6 25,314 24,325 2,006 Office clerks, general............................................ 16.27 16.49 627 617 38.5 32,527 32,105 1,999 Office machine operators, except computer......................... 12.68 10.04 486 402 38.3 25,255 20,883 1,992 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 33.62 33.63 1,308 1,358 38.9 67,560 69,999 2,010 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 37.06 35.25 1,387 1,346 37.4 72,148 69,999 1,947 Carpenters........................................................ 20.23 19.36 805 774 39.8 41,868 40,269 2,069 Construction laborers............................................. 25.07 32.72 1,003 1,309 40.0 49,121 39,269 1,960 Construction equipment operators.................................. 26.22 21.03 1,049 841 40.0 54,548 43,742 2,080 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 26.22 21.03 1,049 841 40.0 54,548 43,742 2,080 Electricians...................................................... 35.77 44.00 1,346 1,540 37.6 70,001 80,080 1,957 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 23.69 22.23 945 889 39.9 49,133 46,247 2,074 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 28.40 26.00 1,139 1,040 40.1 59,212 54,080 2,085 Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 31.10 32.98 1,244 1,319 40.0 64,682 68,590 2,080 Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers.............................................. 31.10 32.98 1,244 1,319 40.0 64,682 68,590 2,080 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................... 19.16 16.05 766 642 40.0 39,845 33,384 2,080 Aircraft mechanics and service technicians........................ 26.17 27.15 1,047 1,086 40.0 54,431 56,472 2,080 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 19.45 17.83 768 713 39.5 39,913 37,093 2,052 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 22.68 19.50 907 780 40.0 47,176 40,560 2,080 Control and valve installers and repairers........................ 31.56 34.48 1,262 1,379 40.0 65,647 71,718 2,080 Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door......................................................... 31.56 34.48 1,262 1,379 40.0 65,647 71,718 2,080 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers..................................................... 21.65 20.88 866 835 40.0 45,030 43,422 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.98 19.46 796 778 39.8 41,356 40,477 2,069 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 20.90 19.92 838 800 40.1 43,563 41,579 2,084 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 18.76 18.61 741 744 39.5 38,537 38,709 2,054 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 19.60 18.37 784 735 40.0 40,727 38,210 2,078 Millwrights..................................................... 25.34 25.25 1,009 997 39.8 52,453 51,866 2,070 Line installers and repairers..................................... 30.76 33.47 1,230 1,339 40.0 63,972 69,618 2,080 Electrical power-line installers and repairers.................. 33.64 35.19 1,346 1,408 40.0 69,975 73,195 2,080 Precision instrument and equipment repairers...................... 27.95 26.28 1,118 1,051 40.0 58,144 54,662 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 18.52 17.31 731 701 39.5 38,000 36,442 2,052 Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers.......... 14.76 16.61 590 664 40.0 30,691 34,543 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 16.65 15.50 665 616 39.9 34,470 32,032 2,070 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 25.90 25.85 1,036 1,034 40.0 53,861 53,776 2,079 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 15.60 15.00 624 600 40.0 32,454 31,200 2,080 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 15.17 14.41 607 576 40.0 31,558 29,973 2,080 Electromechanical equipment assemblers.......................... 15.87 15.00 635 600 40.0 33,008 31,200 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 13.31 12.70 526 508 39.5 27,322 26,416 2,054 Team assemblers................................................. 16.61 16.69 665 668 40.0 34,556 34,715 2,080 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 17.84 15.98 714 639 40.0 37,106 33,238 2,080 Miscellaneous food processing workers............................. 16.15 17.30 645 692 39.9 33,542 35,984 2,076 Food batchmakers................................................ 15.34 16.00 612 640 39.9 31,824 33,280 2,074 Computer control programmers and operators........................ 17.42 17.21 697 688 40.0 36,188 35,797 2,077 Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic... 16.63 16.00 665 640 40.0 34,529 33,280 2,077 Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 17.74 17.25 710 690 40.0 36,895 35,880 2,080 Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............................................ 16.70 17.25 668 690 40.0 34,732 35,880 2,080 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 17.10 15.99 677 614 39.6 35,194 31,949 2,058 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 16.28 15.35 641 609 39.4 33,342 31,658 2,048 Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................... 17.25 14.98 690 599 40.0 35,812 31,158 2,076 Machinists........................................................ 20.78 20.50 831 820 40.0 43,217 42,640 2,080 Metal furnace and kiln operators and tenders...................... 17.96 17.10 712 684 39.7 36,977 35,568 2,059 Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders.................... 18.93 17.38 748 695 39.5 38,795 36,150 2,049 Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................................................... 14.43 12.80 577 512 40.0 29,976 26,620 2,078 Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 13.70 11.76 548 471 40.0 28,461 24,469 2,078 Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 21.77 18.89 871 756 40.0 44,752 39,291 2,056 Tool and die makers............................................... 25.91 26.05 1,027 1,042 39.6 53,402 54,184 2,061 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 18.03 17.70 721 708 40.0 37,498 36,816 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 18.18 17.70 727 708 40.0 37,806 36,816 2,080 Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders...................................................... 17.32 13.55 693 542 40.0 36,027 28,184 2,080 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 12.49 10.00 500 400 40.0 25,946 20,800 2,078 Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................................................. 18.54 18.06 742 722 40.0 38,571 37,565 2,080 Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............................................ 18.06 17.05 722 682 40.0 37,562 35,464 2,080 Printers.......................................................... 16.87 17.02 667 681 39.5 34,672 35,402 2,055 Printing machine operators...................................... 18.19 17.79 721 712 39.7 37,501 37,003 2,062 Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 18.43 18.27 737 731 40.0 38,332 38,002 2,080 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 15.41 14.49 616 580 40.0 32,057 30,139 2,080 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing....................................................... 14.02 14.17 561 567 40.0 29,157 29,474 2,080 Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers.............. 35.27 33.67 1,411 1,347 40.0 73,361 70,034 2,080 Stationary engineers and boiler operators......................... 30.23 30.77 1,207 1,231 39.9 62,755 64,000 2,076 Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders....... 21.32 25.75 853 1,030 40.0 44,224 53,560 2,074 Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders...................... 21.85 26.38 874 1,055 40.0 45,456 54,870 2,080 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 20.32 18.84 813 754 40.0 42,272 39,187 2,080 Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 20.76 18.84 830 754 40.0 43,185 39,187 2,080 Cutting workers................................................... 14.54 15.24 582 610 40.0 27,441 31,699 1,887 Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 14.44 15.24 578 610 40.0 26,754 31,699 1,852 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.98 16.88 719 675 40.0 37,406 35,115 2,080 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 16.43 15.82 656 632 39.9 34,129 32,885 2,077 Painting workers.................................................. 14.88 15.06 595 602 40.0 30,945 31,314 2,080 Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders...................................................... 15.12 15.06 605 602 40.0 31,442 31,314 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 13.68 12.38 548 497 40.1 28,371 25,750 2,074 Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders............. 13.46 14.00 551 583 41.0 28,675 30,292 2,131 Helpers--production workers..................................... 12.39 12.37 495 480 39.9 25,425 24,960 2,052 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 18.53 14.92 734 602 39.6 38,063 31,304 2,055 First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand................................................... 20.44 20.65 818 826 40.0 42,525 42,952 2,080 Aircraft pilots and flight engineers.............................. 125.78 118.00 2,625 2,495 20.9 136,477 129,715 1,085 Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers.................. 125.78 118.00 2,625 2,495 20.9 136,477 129,715 1,085 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 20.37 19.00 842 791 41.3 43,791 41,142 2,150 Driver/sales workers............................................ 20.22 21.15 836 846 41.4 43,482 43,992 2,150 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 20.17 18.00 855 749 42.4 44,472 38,958 2,205 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 20.78 22.28 822 891 39.6 42,735 46,342 2,057 Taxi drivers and chauffeurs....................................... 16.01 16.71 605 535 37.8 30,730 25,673 1,920 Crane and tower operators......................................... 21.47 22.01 859 880 40.0 44,655 45,781 2,080 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 16.72 16.50 668 660 40.0 33,906 33,571 2,028 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 13.24 13.10 527 519 39.8 27,422 26,978 2,071 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 12.68 13.12 507 525 40.0 26,376 27,290 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 13.20 13.10 527 524 39.9 27,388 27,248 2,076 Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 17.61 13.33 676 533 38.4 35,084 27,726 1,992 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 12.32 12.45 491 498 39.9 25,542 25,894 2,072 1 A classification system including about 800 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 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. 3 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. 4 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.