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........................................................... $23.97 $20.96 $950 $840 39.6 $45,254 $41,041 1,888 Management occupations.............................................. 38.35 40.49 1,543 1,620 40.2 76,640 79,044 1,998 General and operations managers................................... 48.97 49.26 1,959 1,970 40.0 101,865 102,457 2,080 Financial managers................................................ 39.67 45.05 1,587 1,802 40.0 82,368 93,704 2,076 Education administrators.......................................... 39.57 41.59 1,615 1,664 40.8 73,754 78,210 1,864 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 44.89 45.19 1,869 1,850 41.6 79,867 84,225 1,779 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 35.65 32.17 1,430 1,192 40.1 74,339 62,001 2,085 Social and community service managers............................. 29.89 24.52 1,196 981 40.0 62,180 51,000 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 22.03 20.96 882 838 40.1 45,815 43,597 2,080 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 21.80 18.46 872 738 40.0 44,956 38,262 2,062 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 23.11 22.59 930 904 40.3 48,278 46,987 2,089 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 30.13 30.97 1,205 1,239 40.0 62,197 65,339 2,064 Computer systems analysts......................................... 33.27 33.86 1,331 1,354 40.0 69,202 70,427 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 25.23 23.36 1,009 934 40.0 52,478 48,591 2,080 Engineers......................................................... 31.84 31.00 1,274 1,240 40.0 66,236 64,480 2,080 Civil engineers................................................. 31.03 31.28 1,241 1,251 40.0 64,537 65,062 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 19.78 19.23 791 769 40.0 41,146 39,998 2,080 Civil engineering technicians................................... 19.09 19.23 764 769 40.0 39,715 39,998 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 24.23 22.47 968 899 40.0 49,385 46,461 2,039 Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians...... 23.06 23.66 922 946 40.0 47,964 49,213 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 21.31 18.35 853 743 40.0 43,082 39,037 2,022 Counselors........................................................ 29.13 28.66 1,152 1,131 39.6 52,248 52,125 1,793 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 36.79 37.76 1,436 1,466 39.0 56,203 57,583 1,528 Social workers.................................................... 19.10 17.14 763 686 40.0 39,553 35,651 2,070 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 17.97 16.68 718 667 39.9 37,133 34,688 2,066 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 19.71 19.38 798 783 40.5 41,448 40,706 2,102 Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists....... 20.51 19.91 836 815 40.8 43,471 42,370 2,120 Social and human service assistants............................. 18.40 13.82 736 553 40.0 38,159 28,746 2,074 Legal occupations................................................... 32.83 29.39 1,313 1,176 40.0 68,288 61,129 2,080 Lawyers........................................................... 36.31 35.80 1,453 1,432 40.0 75,534 74,454 2,080 Miscellaneous legal support workers............................... 22.80 20.91 912 836 40.0 47,421 43,493 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 32.68 29.73 1,242 1,132 38.0 48,634 44,661 1,488 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 56.64 47.29 2,248 1,808 39.7 93,730 70,504 1,655 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 37.92 36.12 1,653 1,629 43.6 64,091 57,803 1,690 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.37 30.32 1,188 1,145 37.9 44,659 42,999 1,423 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 25.60 23.56 923 910 36.1 34,884 33,537 1,363 Kindergarten teachers, except special education............... 25.18 23.26 964 917 38.3 36,242 35,404 1,439 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.01 30.05 1,180 1,143 38.0 44,227 42,822 1,426 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 31.24 30.51 1,189 1,158 38.1 44,514 43,154 1,425 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 29.99 28.73 1,136 1,090 37.9 42,922 40,602 1,431 Secondary school teachers....................................... 32.59 31.46 1,237 1,188 38.0 46,725 44,931 1,434 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 32.64 31.58 1,239 1,189 38.0 46,775 44,931 1,433 Special education teachers...................................... 30.94 29.80 1,158 1,136 37.4 43,336 42,356 1,401 Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school.......................................... 30.90 28.80 1,145 1,136 37.0 42,968 42,009 1,391 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 33.04 32.85 1,257 1,294 38.1 48,037 50,097 1,454 Library technicians............................................... 18.26 18.67 730 747 40.0 37,977 38,834 2,080 Instructional coordinators........................................ 27.23 25.12 1,070 1,005 39.3 52,748 49,858 1,937 Teacher assistants................................................ 12.18 11.64 419 405 34.4 15,663 14,876 1,286 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 20.43 20.45 817 818 40.0 39,992 40,728 1,958 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 29.52 27.49 1,158 1,097 39.2 57,519 52,980 1,948 Registered nurses................................................. 29.84 30.89 1,150 1,159 38.5 55,569 52,980 1,862 Therapists........................................................ 30.80 28.20 1,217 1,128 39.5 57,475 57,050 1,866 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.53 12.50 515 464 38.1 26,396 23,917 1,951 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.47 11.20 434 427 37.8 22,557 22,213 1,967 Protective service occupations...................................... 22.06 21.09 913 875 41.4 46,977 45,178 2,130 First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 29.64 27.53 1,186 1,101 40.0 61,648 57,258 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 32.14 29.43 1,286 1,177 40.0 66,862 61,214 2,080 Fire fighters..................................................... 17.29 18.49 838 762 48.4 43,551 39,604 2,519 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 18.14 18.03 737 728 40.6 38,298 37,856 2,111 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 18.14 18.03 737 728 40.6 38,298 37,856 2,111 Police officers................................................... 24.50 23.61 982 944 40.1 51,068 49,105 2,084 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 24.50 23.61 982 944 40.1 51,068 49,105 2,084 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.28 9.60 392 381 38.2 18,116 17,072 1,763 Cooks............................................................. 10.81 11.10 433 444 40.0 20,342 19,698 1,881 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 12.51 11.56 497 462 39.8 25,563 23,712 2,043 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.97 11.61 474 463 39.6 24,229 23,878 2,024 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.35 11.95 489 474 39.6 24,878 24,461 2,014 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 12.80 11.36 512 454 40.0 26,641 23,629 2,082 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 12.96 11.36 518 454 40.0 26,977 23,629 2,082 Personal care and service occupations............................... 11.73 13.46 465 538 39.7 23,852 27,997 2,034 Sales and related occupations....................................... 13.49 11.76 540 470 40.0 28,065 24,461 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.56 14.89 621 594 39.9 31,453 30,160 2,022 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 20.84 19.10 834 764 40.0 43,347 39,728 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.89 13.50 596 540 40.0 30,971 28,080 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.51 14.92 620 597 40.0 32,259 31,034 2,080 Court, municipal, and license clerks.............................. 16.29 15.27 651 611 39.9 33,831 31,782 2,077 Eligibility interviewers, government programs..................... 15.93 15.41 637 616 40.0 33,136 32,057 2,080 Dispatchers....................................................... 16.75 16.07 670 643 40.0 34,845 33,426 2,080 Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers......................... 16.68 15.44 667 618 40.0 34,697 32,115 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 15.79 15.11 629 604 39.9 31,481 30,263 1,994 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.75 15.39 669 616 40.0 34,766 32,001 2,076 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.96 13.82 558 553 39.9 26,285 27,310 1,883 Office clerks, general............................................ 14.40 13.95 575 558 40.0 28,359 27,456 1,970 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.84 17.01 713 680 40.0 36,518 35,381 2,048 Construction equipment operators.................................. 17.19 16.71 687 668 40.0 35,745 34,757 2,080 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 16.85 16.30 674 652 40.0 35,056 33,904 2,080 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 18.54 20.72 741 829 40.0 38,557 43,098 2,080 Highway maintenance workers....................................... 15.01 13.84 601 554 40.0 29,407 28,785 1,959 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.40 20.47 856 819 40.0 44,517 42,578 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 20.54 17.77 822 711 40.0 42,727 36,968 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 20.31 17.77 813 711 40.0 42,252 36,968 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 17.12 16.71 685 668 40.0 35,605 34,757 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 20.68 19.65 827 786 40.0 43,017 40,872 2,080 Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators....... 19.87 18.09 795 724 40.0 41,321 37,627 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.40 15.02 594 568 38.5 27,582 26,187 1,791 Bus drivers....................................................... 13.23 13.48 497 484 37.5 22,109 19,674 1,671 Bus drivers, school............................................. 11.49 10.74 417 360 36.3 17,127 18,117 1,490 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.