RSE Table 16 Private industry establishments with 100 workers or more: Relative standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings for full-time workers Hourly earnings(2) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(1) Mean Relative Mean Relative Mean Relative error(3) error(3) error(3) All workers........................................................... $18.00 9.0% $722 8.9% $37,415 8.9% Management occupations.............................................. 39.62 4.5 1,620 4.3 84,207 4.3 General and operations managers................................... 53.33 10.4 2,296 11.4 119,375 11.4 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 46.40 21.6 2,042 26.5 106,164 26.5 Marketing managers.............................................. 51.77 30.2 2,197 36.8 114,229 36.8 Sales managers.................................................. 42.93 15.8 1,935 22.0 100,617 22.0 Computer and information systems managers......................... 45.74 5.3 1,830 5.3 95,140 5.3 Financial managers................................................ 39.05 13.2 1,592 13.1 82,788 13.1 Transportation, storage, and distribution managers................ 52.41 16.3 2,440 19.7 126,863 19.7 Education administrators.......................................... 29.50 15.3 1,145 14.2 59,022 14.2 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 31.01 19.7 1,199 16.0 61,540 16.0 Medical and health services managers.............................. 29.26 10.4 1,163 11.2 60,493 11.2 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.94 6.0 1,042 5.4 54,208 5.4 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 25.63 10.8 1,025 10.8 53,321 10.8 Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 26.15 27.2 1,046 27.2 54,394 27.2 Cost estimators................................................... 27.77 4.2 1,111 4.2 57,764 4.2 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 23.80 8.2 937 7.9 48,738 7.9 Training and development specialists............................ 19.99 10.5 800 10.5 41,585 10.5 Management analysts............................................... 37.51 13.6 1,474 12.6 76,670 12.6 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 21.17 19.5 843 19.4 43,852 19.4 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 26.28 3.8 1,043 3.5 54,215 3.5 Financial analysts.............................................. 26.57 3.3 1,054 3.0 54,784 3.0 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 16.94 17.4 678 17.4 35,238 17.4 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 31.07 2.5 1,255 3.2 65,239 3.2 Computer programmers.............................................. 28.17 11.4 1,123 11.1 58,403 11.1 Computer software engineers....................................... 44.06 7.1 1,815 9.4 94,402 9.4 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 44.28 11.1 1,771 11.1 92,101 11.1 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 43.93 12.2 1,846 17.5 95,972 17.5 Computer systems analysts......................................... 32.07 8.0 1,285 7.9 66,824 7.9 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 25.52 10.5 1,021 10.5 53,092 10.5 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 28.09 11.7 1,131 11.8 58,811 11.8 Engineers......................................................... 35.50 3.7 1,439 3.7 74,851 3.7 Aerospace engineers............................................. 43.08 8.5 1,723 8.5 89,600 8.5 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 38.00 9.5 1,544 8.3 80,297 8.3 Electrical engineers.......................................... 38.00 9.5 1,544 8.3 80,297 8.3 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 36.26 9.8 1,498 8.6 77,883 8.6 Industrial engineers.......................................... 33.51 4.4 1,389 2.9 72,217 2.9 Mechanical engineers............................................ 31.41 5.7 1,256 5.7 65,323 5.7 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 21.30 19.9 852 19.9 44,298 19.9 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 25.42 19.2 1,034 19.3 53,786 19.3 Physical scientists............................................... 41.77 25.2 1,688 25.3 87,761 25.3 Community and social services occupations........................... 16.76 16.9 669 17.1 34,511 17.1 Counselors........................................................ 13.31 5.8 529 5.3 27,324 5.3 Social workers.................................................... 19.55 22.8 782 22.8 40,669 22.8 Legal occupations................................................... 53.53 22.7 2,349 17.3 122,170 17.3 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 24.50 10.4 941 12.2 38,990 12.2 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 30.02 7.9 1,170 4.9 47,128 4.9 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 30.42 4.4 1,215 4.3 49,146 4.3 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 26.03 19.8 967 11.8 40,339 11.8 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 22.23 21.6 833 21.5 33,788 21.5 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 26.16 1.7 990 1.7 38,269 1.7 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 21.23 4.4 848 4.4 43,975 4.4 Designers......................................................... 20.24 30.8 809 30.8 42,090 30.8 Graphic designers............................................... 20.19 31.8 807 31.8 41,985 31.8 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 24.49 4.9 965 5.5 50,155 5.5 Pharmacists....................................................... 50.12 1.1 2,005 1.1 104,248 1.1 Registered nurses................................................. 28.18 6.5 1,100 7.9 57,185 7.9 Therapists........................................................ 21.13 5.4 844 5.5 43,897 5.5 Respiratory therapists.......................................... 19.87 1.6 794 1.6 41,284 1.6 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 21.84 3.6 863 2.5 44,868 2.5 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 21.54 5.5 862 5.5 44,804 5.5 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 22.05 15.1 875 15.2 45,493 15.2 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 21.29 7.2 841 7.7 43,713 7.7 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 14.83 6.8 593 6.8 30,836 6.8 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.58 3.7 653 5.5 33,957 5.5 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.34 5.2 406 5.7 21,093 5.7 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.66 3.9 377 4.3 19,628 4.3 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.61 4.0 375 4.4 19,475 4.4 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.65 7.4 502 7.4 26,113 7.4 Medical assistants.............................................. 13.75 6.5 546 6.9 28,412 6.9 Medical transcriptionists....................................... 13.09 3.6 517 4.4 26,875 4.4 Protective service occupations...................................... 10.24 7.2 409 7.1 21,292 7.1 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 10.12 9.3 404 9.1 21,010 9.1 Security guards................................................. 10.00 9.8 399 9.6 20,766 9.6 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 7.39 6.1 294 5.8 15,246 5.8 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 12.41 10.8 511 12.2 26,594 12.2 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 12.23 11.8 505 13.0 26,240 13.0 Cooks............................................................. 11.20 5.2 446 5.7 23,189 5.7 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 10.47 9.9 413 10.3 21,458 10.3 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.76 7.3 230 7.4 11,969 7.4 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 5.56 7.7 222 7.7 11,557 7.7 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 8.64 5.9 342 6.9 17,542 6.9 Dishwashers....................................................... 8.24 2.3 330 2.3 17,137 2.3 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.22 5.7 406 6.1 21,105 6.1 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 16.85 11.6 674 11.6 35,052 11.6 First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers...................................................... 16.85 11.6 674 11.6 35,052 11.6 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.69 6.5 345 6.0 17,915 6.0 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.25 6.8 365 6.4 18,964 6.4 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.13 1.3 324 1.2 16,850 1.2 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 8.72 14.2 348 14.2 17,904 14.2 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 8.72 14.2 348 14.2 17,904 14.2 Personal care and service occupations............................... 8.46 9.6 339 9.8 17,592 9.8 First-line supervisors/managers of gaming workers................. 14.22 .0 578 .0 30,063 .0 Gaming services workers........................................... 6.25 .0 250 .0 12,999 .0 Gaming dealers.................................................. 6.25 .0 250 .0 12,999 .0 Sales and related occupations....................................... 22.24 26.4 905 27.1 47,056 27.1 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 18.24 13.4 768 15.0 39,923 15.0 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 18.55 16.0 769 16.8 39,986 16.8 Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.83 5.7 474 6.5 24,641 6.5 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.62 7.0 464 7.0 24,103 7.0 Retail salespersons............................................. 11.98 13.1 482 15.5 25,073 15.5 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 28.83 2.5 1,200 2.9 62,409 2.9 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products............................ 27.09 10.4 1,136 11.9 59,097 11.9 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 18.22 18.2 729 18.2 37,891 18.2 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.45 3.8 538 3.8 27,958 3.8 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 21.49 9.3 871 8.2 45,288 8.2 Switchboard operators, including answering service................ 11.06 1.5 442 1.5 23,010 1.5 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.17 10.1 487 10.2 25,337 10.2 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 14.16 17.8 580 21.9 30,136 21.9 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.21 4.4 567 4.3 29,487 4.3 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 16.03 3.0 641 3.0 33,350 3.0 Tellers......................................................... 11.05 1.8 442 1.8 22,992 1.8 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.81 8.9 510 8.7 26,497 8.7 File clerks....................................................... 10.63 13.7 421 12.8 21,874 12.8 Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 13.98 8.8 554 9.3 28,786 9.3 Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 11.65 6.3 466 6.3 24,231 6.3 Order clerks...................................................... 12.79 9.4 510 9.2 26,530 9.2 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 14.75 8.6 586 8.6 30,315 8.6 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.47 5.6 458 5.8 23,799 5.8 Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks.... 15.56 9.7 622 9.7 32,361 9.7 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 18.44 12.7 737 12.7 38,349 12.7 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 11.22 5.9 449 6.0 23,308 6.0 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.43 3.1 496 3.2 25,797 3.2 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.87 5.6 671 5.7 34,892 5.7 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 19.90 5.6 795 5.6 41,332 5.6 Medical secretaries............................................. 11.99 3.0 478 2.9 24,873 2.9 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 14.54 4.4 577 4.9 29,996 4.9 Computer operators................................................ 14.54 11.2 582 11.2 30,253 11.2 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 12.45 3.5 498 3.5 25,888 3.5 Data entry keyers............................................... 12.16 4.4 486 4.4 25,294 4.4 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 13.01 1.5 520 1.5 27,061 1.5 Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service..... 10.44 .9 418 .9 21,725 .9 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.66 7.5 506 7.4 26,298 7.4 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.42 10.5 697 10.5 36,243 10.5 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 24.01 3.4 962 3.4 50,041 3.4 Carpenters........................................................ 20.12 13.5 805 13.5 41,849 13.5 Construction laborers............................................. 11.53 27.6 461 27.6 23,976 27.6 Electricians...................................................... 24.08 6.6 963 6.6 50,091 6.6 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 20.14 14.7 806 14.7 41,899 14.7 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 20.14 14.7 806 14.7 41,899 14.7 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 12.79 1.7 512 1.7 26,608 1.7 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.90 9.4 876 9.4 45,518 9.4 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................... 24.80 11.3 992 11.3 51,581 11.3 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 15.22 6.5 616 6.6 32,039 6.6 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 16.94 4.2 679 4.4 35,307 4.4 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 21.18 9.1 847 9.1 44,056 9.1 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 24.25 7.5 970 7.6 50,424 7.6 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 21.72 13.8 869 13.8 45,175 13.8 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 15.29 3.1 611 3.1 31,797 3.1 Millwrights..................................................... 25.26 9.2 1,010 9.2 52,542 9.2 Line installers and repairers..................................... 27.49 2.4 1,100 2.4 57,185 2.4 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 16.20 17.7 646 17.7 33,124 17.7 Production occupations.............................................. 15.97 9.2 637 9.3 33,061 9.3 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 20.03 3.9 805 3.9 41,810 3.9 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 11.26 2.3 447 2.6 23,238 2.6 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 11.41 4.0 456 4.0 23,725 4.0 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 18.21 15.4 728 15.4 37,875 15.4 Miscellaneous food processing workers............................. 15.07 16.3 603 16.3 31,344 16.3 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 16.74 3.8 669 3.8 34,812 3.8 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 15.43 6.5 617 6.5 32,102 6.5 Machinists........................................................ 18.67 5.7 747 5.7 38,828 5.7 Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................................................... 11.32 8.7 451 8.5 23,443 8.5 Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 11.32 8.7 451 8.5 23,443 8.5 Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 18.51 5.8 741 5.8 38,507 5.8 Tool and die makers............................................... 21.03 8.7 841 8.7 43,748 8.7 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 16.81 3.8 672 3.8 34,965 3.8 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 16.86 7.8 674 7.8 35,061 7.8 Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders...................................................... 16.75 3.8 670 3.8 34,842 3.8 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 16.69 7.2 667 7.2 34,707 7.2 Printers.......................................................... 22.86 5.3 874 5.6 45,441 5.6 Printing machine operators...................................... 22.38 6.5 863 7.0 44,855 7.0 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 9.01 9.3 356 10.7 18,527 10.7 Sewing machine operators.......................................... 10.05 6.8 389 5.6 19,856 5.6 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 11.63 13.4 465 13.4 23,747 13.4 Miscellaneous plant and system operators.......................... 25.48 1.5 1,011 .9 52,594 .9 Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders....... 13.99 12.4 558 12.2 29,014 12.2 Chemical equipment operators and tenders........................ 14.80 32.4 589 32.0 30,642 32.0 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 19.33 9.7 773 9.7 40,203 9.7 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 18.50 20.1 743 20.1 38,633 20.1 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 14.74 11.4 587 11.4 30,526 11.4 Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders............. 20.47 11.3 819 11.3 42,586 11.3 Helpers--production workers..................................... 11.00 7.1 433 6.4 22,493 6.4 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.62 5.5 636 5.6 32,851 5.6 First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand................................................... 21.41 14.6 950 10.0 49,410 10.0 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................. 26.03 14.3 1,041 14.3 54,153 14.3 Aircraft pilots and flight engineers.............................. 75.07 11.1 1,537 5.0 79,938 5.0 Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers.................. 75.07 11.1 1,537 5.0 79,938 5.0 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.08 5.9 733 5.4 38,106 5.4 Driver/sales workers............................................ 16.04 2.8 706 3.7 36,720 3.7 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 17.03 7.8 766 8.1 39,817 8.1 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 17.57 8.8 703 8.8 36,554 8.8 Crane and tower operators......................................... 20.05 29.1 802 29.1 41,696 29.1 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.19 7.0 526 7.0 27,359 7.0 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.73 6.5 429 6.4 22,258 6.4 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.10 6.6 445 6.6 22,998 6.6 Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 10.23 8.3 409 8.3 21,278 8.3 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 9.67 8.9 387 8.9 20,122 8.9 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 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.