Table 15 Private industry establishments with fewer than 100 workers: 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........................................................... $17.51 $14.91 $698 $584 39.9 $36,042 $30,241 2,059 Management occupations.............................................. 29.23 24.99 1,210 1,010 41.4 62,814 52,001 2,149 General and operations managers................................... 32.46 28.66 1,370 1,200 42.2 71,230 62,400 2,194 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 47.05 48.00 2,082 2,400 44.2 108,252 124,800 2,301 Financial managers................................................ 30.33 26.22 1,211 1,000 39.9 62,988 52,001 2,077 Medical and health services managers.............................. 30.70 31.78 1,228 1,271 40.0 63,851 66,102 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 34.28 23.43 1,397 986 40.8 72,638 51,278 2,119 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 21.61 20.57 864 823 40.0 44,948 42,786 2,080 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 23.73 19.80 961 792 40.5 49,981 41,174 2,106 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 33.59 25.38 1,333 1,015 39.7 69,331 52,784 2,064 Insurance underwriters.......................................... 32.04 31.73 1,251 1,215 39.0 65,027 63,161 2,029 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 36.11 35.78 1,443 1,431 40.0 75,052 74,431 2,078 Computer software engineers....................................... 46.13 48.08 1,845 1,923 40.0 95,950 100,000 2,080 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 47.54 48.39 1,901 1,936 40.0 98,873 100,647 2,080 Computer support specialists...................................... 23.76 18.66 950 747 40.0 49,413 38,821 2,080 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 30.83 28.09 1,233 1,124 40.0 64,126 58,423 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 21.69 20.55 873 832 40.2 45,376 43,260 2,092 Engineers......................................................... 20.91 17.00 843 680 40.3 43,854 35,360 2,097 Drafters.......................................................... 22.74 21.50 910 860 40.0 47,308 44,720 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 21.45 20.55 858 822 40.0 44,617 42,744 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 25.21 25.62 1,008 1,025 40.0 51,803 53,281 2,055 Community and social services occupations........................... 15.76 16.35 614 654 39.0 31,923 34,000 2,026 Counselors........................................................ 17.21 17.83 642 697 37.3 33,379 36,225 1,939 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 15.21 16.35 600 654 39.4 31,188 34,000 2,050 Legal occupations................................................... 35.44 29.85 1,474 1,300 41.6 76,645 67,601 2,163 Lawyers........................................................... 47.15 38.05 2,058 1,788 43.6 107,007 92,999 2,270 Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 22.45 21.54 888 798 39.6 46,197 41,496 2,057 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 17.27 17.50 671 698 38.9 31,509 34,402 1,825 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 21.73 21.06 862 842 39.7 44,828 43,805 2,063 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 25.81 25.93 1,033 1,037 40.0 38,508 38,651 1,492 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 17.42 14.50 681 581 39.1 35,418 30,225 2,033 Designers......................................................... 13.71 10.27 552 411 40.3 28,715 21,366 2,095 Writers and editors............................................... 14.42 12.54 577 502 40.0 29,999 26,089 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 21.95 21.64 879 846 40.0 45,704 44,013 2,082 Registered nurses................................................. 21.79 22.00 884 825 40.6 45,984 42,916 2,110 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 19.41 23.88 776 955 40.0 40,371 49,670 2,080 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 16.39 16.04 648 634 39.6 33,702 32,968 2,057 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.28 13.00 504 495 37.9 26,195 25,740 1,972 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.54 9.16 368 354 38.6 19,152 18,410 2,008 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.15 9.82 389 368 38.3 20,205 19,141 1,991 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 14.75 14.44 554 536 37.6 28,806 27,872 1,953 Dental assistants............................................... 15.73 15.50 578 545 36.8 30,081 28,314 1,913 Protective service occupations...................................... 9.92 9.36 397 374 40.0 20,633 19,469 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.26 8.50 314 329 38.0 16,325 17,098 1,977 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 10.83 9.40 440 424 40.6 22,878 22,048 2,112 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 10.74 9.23 431 416 40.1 22,401 21,632 2,086 Cooks............................................................. 8.99 9.02 351 343 39.0 18,227 17,832 2,027 Cooks, fast food................................................ 8.96 9.00 355 360 39.6 18,434 18,720 2,057 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 9.52 9.52 378 381 39.7 19,646 19,793 2,063 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 8.94 9.02 342 338 38.2 17,775 17,587 1,989 Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.95 7.50 305 288 38.4 15,796 14,976 1,987 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.40 3.72 192 136 35.5 9,965 7,072 1,847 Bartenders...................................................... 8.38 9.00 298 360 35.6 15,504 18,720 1,850 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.00 3.28 141 126 35.2 7,326 6,533 1,829 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.46 8.50 322 340 38.1 16,751 17,680 1,980 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 8.46 8.50 322 340 38.1 16,751 17,680 1,980 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.25 9.00 402 351 39.2 20,424 18,689 1,992 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.26 8.50 360 331 38.9 18,724 17,208 2,023 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.62 10.25 423 410 39.8 21,992 21,320 2,071 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.10 7.70 309 297 38.1 16,061 15,425 1,983 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 14.12 9.50 577 379 40.9 25,696 19,760 1,820 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 14.12 9.50 577 379 40.9 25,696 19,760 1,820 Personal care and service occupations............................... 9.73 9.06 381 360 39.1 19,811 18,720 2,035 Barbers and cosmetologists........................................ 9.51 9.00 370 360 38.9 19,262 18,720 2,024 Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists.................. 9.51 9.00 370 360 38.9 19,262 18,720 2,024 Sales and related occupations....................................... 18.84 14.42 754 563 40.0 39,189 29,250 2,081 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 16.33 15.44 678 615 41.5 35,240 32,001 2,158 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 15.05 15.19 615 608 40.9 31,975 31,595 2,125 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.24 10.00 481 388 39.3 24,994 20,172 2,042 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.44 8.00 322 320 38.2 16,736 16,640 1,983 Cashiers...................................................... 8.44 8.00 322 320 38.2 16,736 16,640 1,983 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 14.49 14.50 596 536 41.2 31,014 27,851 2,140 Parts salespersons............................................ 14.52 14.75 599 580 41.3 31,154 30,160 2,145 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.31 11.80 561 446 39.2 29,167 23,209 2,038 Advertising sales agents.......................................... 17.83 11.82 713 473 40.0 37,090 24,586 2,080 Insurance sales agents............................................ 28.92 23.25 1,153 930 39.9 59,950 48,350 2,073 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 73.82 31.13 2,953 1,245 40.0 153,547 64,740 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 23.00 21.26 945 876 41.1 49,151 45,577 2,137 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products............................ 22.69 21.91 933 876 41.1 48,525 45,577 2,138 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 17.06 10.00 685 400 40.2 35,646 20,800 2,089 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 14.10 12.94 559 512 39.6 29,030 26,630 2,058 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 21.66 20.34 851 825 39.3 44,242 42,899 2,043 Financial clerks.................................................. 12.55 11.25 496 450 39.5 25,719 23,400 2,050 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 11.30 10.50 449 420 39.8 23,362 21,840 2,067 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 13.36 12.00 527 470 39.4 27,292 24,440 2,042 Tellers......................................................... 10.17 10.02 402 400 39.5 20,909 20,800 2,056 Customer service representatives.................................. 15.36 14.65 616 586 40.1 32,010 30,472 2,084 Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks.............................. 8.20 8.25 326 330 39.7 16,933 17,160 2,064 Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 14.55 14.85 582 594 40.0 30,265 30,878 2,080 New accounts clerks............................................... 12.63 12.29 505 492 40.0 26,261 25,563 2,080 Order clerks...................................................... 13.12 12.50 525 500 40.0 27,283 26,000 2,080 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.66 12.00 500 480 39.5 26,026 24,960 2,056 Dispatchers....................................................... 14.34 15.39 574 615 40.0 29,824 32,003 2,080 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 14.34 15.39 574 615 40.0 29,824 32,003 2,080 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 14.84 13.00 594 520 40.0 30,863 27,040 2,080 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.00 13.65 556 546 39.7 28,909 28,392 2,065 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 13.17 13.10 527 524 40.0 27,396 27,248 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 16.56 16.68 641 667 38.7 33,310 34,694 2,011 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 18.57 19.49 743 780 40.0 38,623 40,545 2,080 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.04 16.50 568 660 37.8 29,550 34,320 1,965 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 11.79 12.10 472 484 40.0 24,523 25,168 2,080 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 16.61 15.38 664 615 40.0 34,549 31,990 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.08 12.48 520 480 39.7 26,898 24,960 2,056 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 21.34 20.72 863 812 40.4 43,211 41,600 2,025 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 28.72 32.03 1,156 1,224 40.2 59,649 63,648 2,077 Carpenters........................................................ 18.52 16.75 741 670 40.0 38,530 34,840 2,080 Construction laborers............................................. 18.07 18.90 722 756 40.0 35,257 37,036 1,952 Construction equipment operators.................................. 24.62 27.56 1,074 1,102 43.6 43,389 52,392 1,762 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 25.20 28.32 1,110 1,102 44.1 47,945 52,392 1,903 Electricians...................................................... 17.59 16.00 704 640 40.0 36,587 33,280 2,080 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 26.75 29.52 1,070 1,181 40.0 55,645 61,393 2,080 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 26.75 31.38 1,070 1,255 40.0 55,642 65,270 2,080 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 12.09 11.00 484 440 40.0 23,719 20,800 1,962 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.38 18.50 740 740 40.3 38,501 38,480 2,095 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 23.03 20.53 1,002 910 43.5 52,079 47,329 2,261 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 18.62 19.53 754 781 40.5 39,189 40,631 2,104 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 17.71 19.53 714 781 40.3 37,133 40,631 2,097 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 17.95 18.25 730 730 40.6 37,938 37,960 2,113 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics...................................................... 16.57 16.56 658 662 39.7 34,200 34,445 2,064 Farm equipment mechanics........................................ 14.43 15.39 566 538 39.2 29,448 28,001 2,040 Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines................ 18.01 18.58 720 743 40.0 37,466 38,646 2,080 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers..................................................... 18.85 22.00 754 880 40.0 39,210 45,760 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 15.79 15.23 632 609 40.0 32,854 31,678 2,080 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 20.67 22.58 827 903 40.0 42,990 46,966 2,080 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 14.01 13.88 560 555 40.0 29,141 28,860 2,080 Line installers and repairers..................................... 26.09 25.20 1,044 1,008 40.0 54,273 52,416 2,080 Electrical power-line installers and repairers.................. 26.74 26.27 1,070 1,051 40.0 55,616 54,642 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 13.79 12.50 552 500 40.0 28,681 26,000 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 14.66 13.95 581 550 39.6 30,108 28,496 2,054 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 16.83 15.65 677 626 40.2 35,187 32,552 2,090 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 11.13 11.12 445 445 40.0 23,156 23,130 2,080 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 15.91 16.25 637 650 40.0 33,101 33,800 2,080 Computer control programmers and operators........................ 18.66 18.80 644 734 34.5 33,485 38,168 1,794 Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic... 16.59 13.50 548 510 33.1 28,508 26,520 1,719 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 15.23 15.00 609 600 40.0 31,674 31,200 2,080 Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................................................... 10.90 10.00 436 400 40.0 22,680 20,800 2,080 Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 10.90 10.00 436 400 40.0 22,680 20,800 2,080 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 14.13 14.10 565 564 40.0 29,396 29,328 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 14.13 14.10 565 564 40.0 29,396 29,328 2,080 Bookbinders and bindery workers................................... 10.74 9.17 430 367 40.0 22,346 19,063 2,080 Bindery workers................................................. 10.74 9.17 430 367 40.0 22,346 19,063 2,080 Printers.......................................................... 16.30 17.54 652 702 40.0 33,913 36,483 2,080 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 11.88 11.30 475 452 40.0 24,336 23,504 2,049 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 19.00 17.87 760 715 40.0 39,522 37,170 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.58 9.15 462 366 39.9 23,609 19,034 2,038 Helpers--production workers..................................... 10.92 9.93 437 397 40.0 22,707 20,659 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.25 14.01 576 562 40.4 29,752 29,070 2,088 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.44 13.98 578 554 40.0 29,712 28,393 2,058 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 15.25 15.20 637 596 41.8 32,513 30,160 2,132 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 11.56 10.75 422 344 36.5 21,951 17,865 1,898 Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators................. 18.70 17.50 748 700 40.0 37,876 37,440 2,026 Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators........... 18.69 18.00 748 720 40.0 37,845 37,440 2,025 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 14.44 15.05 578 602 40.0 30,039 31,304 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.48 11.00 450 440 39.2 23,422 22,880 2,039 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 10.88 11.25 435 450 40.0 22,625 23,400 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.17 10.93 434 400 38.8 22,560 20,800 2,019 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.