RSE Table 13 Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Relative standard errors of mean hourly, weekly, and annual earnings Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(5) Annual earnings(6) Occupation(2) Mean Relative Mean Relative Mean Relative error(4) error(4) error(4) All workers........................................................... $19.30 4.5% $755 4.3% $35,160 4.3% Management occupations.............................................. 31.07 5.5 1,225 5.1 62,210 5.1 General and operations managers................................... 34.65 15.8 1,407 16.6 73,141 16.6 Financial managers................................................ 28.86 11.5 1,117 11.6 56,686 11.6 Education administrators.......................................... 37.97 4.6 1,461 5.3 70,752 5.3 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 40.69 3.6 1,586 2.3 74,755 2.3 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 33.71 10.0 1,257 10.9 64,201 10.9 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.11 9.3 936 9.5 48,604 9.5 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 25.85 15.0 1,034 15.0 53,335 15.0 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 24.24 14.9 935 14.5 48,607 14.5 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 23.40 2.9 923 3.2 46,736 3.2 Computer support specialists...................................... 21.42 8.3 842 7.5 41,536 7.5 Computer systems analysts......................................... 25.12 7.8 997 8.2 51,847 8.2 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 23.66 4.9 925 5.0 43,611 5.0 Engineers......................................................... 27.60 8.6 1,076 7.7 45,135 7.7 Civil engineers................................................. 27.29 9.1 1,063 8.2 44,394 8.2 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 22.73 13.2 905 13.0 47,044 13.0 Life scientists................................................... 19.53 4.4 774 4.0 40,269 4.0 Urban and regional planners....................................... 29.75 7.0 1,195 7.9 62,133 7.9 Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians...... 26.31 21.4 1,046 21.8 54,379 21.8 Community and social services occupations........................... 20.33 4.1 791 3.3 39,812 3.3 Counselors........................................................ 25.72 9.8 1,010 8.4 49,271 8.4 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 39.05 6.9 1,435 5.4 64,989 5.4 Social workers.................................................... 17.68 8.8 688 7.8 34,787 7.8 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 18.65 7.5 723 5.8 36,282 5.8 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 16.97 3.6 654 3.7 34,002 3.7 Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists....... 16.53 2.7 646 3.2 33,601 3.2 Legal occupations................................................... 28.68 11.8 1,118 11.5 58,125 11.5 Lawyers........................................................... 27.52 16.4 1,066 15.6 55,422 15.6 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 27.24 8.4 1,044 8.3 40,724 8.3 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 48.38 25.8 1,841 26.0 72,436 26.0 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 31.90 13.4 1,140 11.6 52,066 11.6 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.22 2.9 1,123 2.4 42,769 2.4 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 29.32 3.9 1,144 2.9 43,053 2.9 Kindergarten teachers, except special education............... 29.43 4.5 1,153 3.3 42,754 3.3 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 28.96 3.1 1,111 2.3 41,869 2.3 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 28.86 2.8 1,103 2.2 41,502 2.2 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 29.20 5.9 1,131 4.2 42,823 4.2 Secondary school teachers....................................... 29.55 3.9 1,141 3.1 43,585 3.1 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 29.88 3.1 1,150 2.5 43,982 2.5 Special education teachers...................................... 29.20 6.1 1,111 5.8 44,170 5.8 Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school.......................................... 29.67 7.2 1,135 6.6 45,812 6.6 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 26.30 5.1 1,008 5.8 40,946 5.8 Librarians........................................................ 20.31 31.0 800 30.4 39,078 30.4 Library technicians............................................... 14.25 10.6 537 10.2 23,859 10.2 Instructional coordinators........................................ 31.07 12.7 1,243 12.8 55,902 12.8 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.93 3.0 374 2.6 14,222 2.6 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 22.16 6.3 864 6.5 44,317 6.5 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 22.42 5.1 883 5.2 44,105 5.2 Registered nurses................................................. 24.29 3.1 961 3.2 49,249 3.2 Therapists........................................................ 29.95 15.8 1,132 15.3 53,104 15.3 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 23.80 3.8 948 3.8 49,308 3.8 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 23.80 3.8 948 3.8 49,308 3.8 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 12.72 2.1 501 2.7 26,027 2.7 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 15.81 7.3 620 7.6 28,342 7.6 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 10.28 5.2 409 5.2 20,768 5.2 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 9.66 1.3 384 1.6 19,543 1.6 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 9.63 1.4 383 1.7 19,466 1.7 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 11.01 15.3 440 15.2 22,871 15.2 Protective service occupations...................................... 16.12 6.6 682 7.3 34,499 7.3 First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 23.23 4.6 926 4.5 48,131 4.5 First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers........ 20.08 7.1 804 7.2 41,783 7.2 First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 24.24 6.6 965 6.4 50,154 6.4 First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers........................................................ 18.40 10.3 954 8.6 48,998 8.6 Fire fighters..................................................... 11.51 6.7 571 11.6 29,682 11.6 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 14.02 7.6 566 7.0 29,415 7.0 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 13.93 8.0 562 7.5 29,225 7.5 Detectives and criminal investigators............................. 22.30 10.7 932 10.5 48,483 10.5 Police officers................................................... 17.08 6.4 702 6.5 36,513 6.5 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 17.08 6.4 702 6.5 36,513 6.5 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 10.75 4.1 419 3.4 21,782 3.4 Security guards................................................. 10.75 4.1 419 3.4 21,782 3.4 Miscellaneous protective service workers.......................... 10.57 1.0 423 1.0 11,822 1.0 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.22 8.4 361 7.6 14,455 7.6 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 12.13 20.1 465 22.4 19,095 22.4 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 12.13 20.1 465 22.4 19,095 22.4 Cooks............................................................. 9.94 13.2 354 10.3 14,521 10.3 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 9.94 13.2 354 10.3 14,521 10.3 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.59 6.9 274 16.0 10,283 16.0 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.06 7.9 400 7.5 20,267 7.5 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.26 6.1 369 5.8 18,669 5.8 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.29 6.2 370 5.9 18,705 5.9 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 11.95 8.0 470 7.2 23,669 7.2 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 12.23 6.7 486 6.7 23,941 6.7 Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.14 10.6 475 11.2 24,400 11.2 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.69 4.3 541 4.1 26,344 4.1 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 17.17 10.1 684 10.1 35,580 10.1 Financial clerks.................................................. 13.35 7.7 525 7.1 26,039 7.1 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 10.38 19.7 415 19.7 21,581 19.7 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.13 7.5 552 7.0 26,461 7.0 Court, municipal, and license clerks.............................. 13.66 4.0 545 3.9 28,321 3.9 Eligibility interviewers, government programs..................... 16.69 8.4 663 8.5 34,480 8.5 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.55 14.4 581 14.3 29,413 14.3 Dispatchers....................................................... 12.67 8.6 509 8.6 26,461 8.6 Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers......................... 12.76 9.0 513 9.1 26,678 9.1 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 13.94 7.0 553 6.7 27,980 6.7 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 16.30 4.3 639 4.0 33,091 4.0 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.17 7.0 525 6.9 26,199 6.9 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.20 3.1 478 2.1 19,019 2.1 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 15.02 4.7 598 4.6 30,989 4.6 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 19.03 6.2 761 6.2 38,691 6.2 Construction laborers............................................. 11.22 6.1 449 6.1 23,330 6.1 Construction equipment operators.................................. 14.54 6.6 581 6.6 30,207 6.6 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 14.72 7.4 589 7.4 30,585 7.4 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 14.04 7.3 561 7.3 29,181 7.3 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 14.04 7.3 561 7.3 29,181 7.3 Highway maintenance workers....................................... 12.25 8.4 482 7.5 25,070 7.5 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 18.52 8.1 734 8.1 37,815 8.1 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 17.75 4.7 709 4.8 36,095 4.8 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 17.88 5.0 715 5.0 36,361 5.0 Line installers and repairers..................................... 22.42 13.2 885 13.5 46,018 13.5 Electrical power-line installers and repairers.................. 25.44 17.8 1,018 17.8 52,912 17.8 Production occupations.............................................. 15.41 8.3 614 8.4 31,910 8.4 Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators....... 16.42 4.1 657 4.1 34,158 4.1 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 12.76 7.8 407 13.3 17,797 13.3 Bus drivers....................................................... 12.98 6.9 306 19.8 11,529 19.8 Bus drivers, school............................................. 12.98 6.9 306 19.8 11,529 19.8 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 13.95 3.5 556 3.8 28,879 3.8 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 14.12 5.5 561 5.9 29,152 5.9 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 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. 5 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. 6 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.