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........................................................... $27.34 $23.30 $1,050 $932 38.4 $48,472 $45,843 1,773 Management occupations.............................................. 43.59 43.90 1,749 1,750 40.1 86,945 80,174 1,994 General and operations managers................................... 41.91 35.44 1,720 1,487 41.0 89,435 77,334 2,134 Legislators....................................................... 23.97 22.71 889 908 37.1 46,245 47,231 1,930 Financial managers................................................ 46.44 36.00 1,840 1,440 39.6 95,020 74,880 2,046 Education administrators.......................................... 48.04 48.10 1,976 1,918 41.1 94,233 82,980 1,962 Education administrators, elementary and secondary school....... 47.54 46.96 1,906 1,856 40.1 88,078 80,776 1,853 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 52.63 53.10 2,322 2,197 44.1 119,370 114,245 2,268 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 24.40 23.70 953 889 39.0 49,462 46,240 2,027 Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation..................................... 21.65 19.44 792 753 36.6 41,171 39,146 1,902 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 24.24 23.70 954 889 39.4 49,609 46,221 2,046 Management analysts............................................... 28.68 25.90 1,147 1,036 40.0 59,660 53,872 2,080 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 23.98 23.52 935 928 39.0 48,632 48,278 2,028 Budget analysts................................................... 28.76 25.77 1,150 1,031 40.0 59,816 53,602 2,080 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 29.16 28.80 1,158 1,152 39.7 59,136 59,904 2,028 Computer support specialists...................................... 20.32 16.65 806 666 39.7 38,672 34,626 1,903 Computer systems analysts......................................... 35.67 35.58 1,420 1,423 39.8 71,862 72,858 2,014 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 30.44 30.78 1,219 1,231 40.0 62,530 64,016 2,054 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 24.71 22.40 980 896 39.7 50,950 46,590 2,062 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 27.65 26.13 1,097 1,045 39.7 57,028 54,350 2,063 Engineers......................................................... 31.14 31.29 1,225 1,252 39.4 63,720 65,083 2,046 Civil engineers................................................. 32.17 31.29 1,265 1,252 39.3 65,781 65,083 2,045 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 23.32 22.59 933 904 40.0 48,510 46,987 2,080 Civil engineering technicians................................... 23.45 22.59 938 904 40.0 48,768 46,987 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 28.44 24.29 1,106 972 38.9 55,765 50,523 1,961 Life scientists................................................... 21.98 20.58 874 823 39.7 45,429 42,800 2,067 Physical scientists............................................... 34.83 32.67 1,364 1,303 39.2 70,925 67,746 2,036 Psychologists..................................................... 43.53 43.29 1,575 1,623 36.2 65,576 68,579 1,507 Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists.................. 43.53 43.29 1,575 1,623 36.2 65,576 68,579 1,507 Urban and regional planners....................................... 33.44 32.38 1,262 1,295 37.7 65,630 67,350 1,963 Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians...... 16.66 15.02 653 601 39.2 33,952 31,237 2,038 Community and social services occupations........................... 25.23 22.83 972 913 38.5 48,057 47,486 1,905 Counselors........................................................ 30.10 25.11 1,131 1,004 37.6 51,293 51,384 1,704 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 32.27 27.98 1,214 1,023 37.6 53,555 51,613 1,660 Social workers.................................................... 26.18 23.00 1,003 918 38.3 49,535 47,795 1,892 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 27.60 24.06 1,059 962 38.4 51,575 50,045 1,869 Mental health and substance abuse social workers................ 21.32 20.23 816 759 38.3 42,410 39,449 1,989 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 21.67 22.66 850 903 39.2 44,221 46,966 2,040 Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists....... 24.59 24.21 970 968 39.5 50,462 50,359 2,052 Social and human service assistants............................. 16.58 14.35 646 556 39.0 33,586 28,915 2,026 Legal occupations................................................... 28.93 25.39 1,133 1,002 39.2 58,900 52,083 2,036 Lawyers........................................................... 37.79 40.80 1,504 1,632 39.8 78,233 84,864 2,070 Miscellaneous legal support workers............................... 22.57 21.47 877 859 38.9 45,616 44,658 2,021 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 37.51 37.99 1,354 1,389 36.1 52,010 53,474 1,387 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 45.85 43.53 1,798 1,741 39.2 74,196 70,005 1,618 Business teachers, postsecondary................................ 53.38 50.43 2,135 2,017 40.0 77,549 62,400 1,453 Math and computer teachers, postsecondary....................... 48.81 46.80 1,899 1,838 38.9 73,672 73,261 1,509 Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary.................. 44.73 43.78 1,751 1,696 39.1 67,836 64,634 1,517 Engineering and architecture teachers, postsecondary............ 70.07 63.82 2,711 2,553 38.7 100,084 91,769 1,428 Life sciences teachers, postsecondary........................... 37.86 38.24 1,501 1,530 39.6 66,014 62,238 1,744 Biological science teachers, postsecondary.................... 36.06 34.17 1,428 1,388 39.6 63,887 61,801 1,772 Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 43.57 34.02 1,731 1,361 39.7 74,831 69,397 1,718 Health teachers, postsecondary.................................. 35.04 33.86 1,411 1,354 40.3 64,155 64,235 1,831 Health specialties teachers, postsecondary.................... 31.93 24.04 1,298 962 40.7 60,095 49,516 1,882 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 47.50 43.76 1,881 1,746 39.6 71,759 66,229 1,511 English language and literature teachers, postsecondary....... 44.47 43.53 1,745 1,741 39.2 65,561 65,120 1,474 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 45.09 43.77 1,705 1,751 37.8 73,933 76,608 1,640 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 41.38 40.65 1,473 1,466 35.6 54,902 55,013 1,327 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 36.16 33.84 1,321 1,336 36.5 49,358 49,850 1,365 Preschool teachers, except special education.................. 18.83 20.41 660 714 35.1 25,549 26,000 1,357 Kindergarten teachers, except special education............... 40.34 36.69 1,489 1,377 36.9 55,146 51,332 1,367 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 41.69 40.97 1,467 1,466 35.2 54,703 55,028 1,312 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 42.22 41.41 1,471 1,474 34.8 54,881 55,196 1,300 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 39.91 39.31 1,453 1,449 36.4 54,038 53,641 1,354 Secondary school teachers....................................... 42.05 41.00 1,516 1,506 36.0 56,080 55,539 1,334 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 41.95 40.86 1,514 1,495 36.1 56,015 55,433 1,335 Vocational education teachers, secondary school............... 43.66 43.29 1,543 1,582 35.3 57,081 57,429 1,307 Special education teachers...................................... 39.25 38.90 1,431 1,411 36.5 54,055 53,426 1,377 Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school.......................................... 38.75 37.24 1,400 1,368 36.1 53,491 51,948 1,381 Special education teachers, middle school..................... 37.76 34.90 1,389 1,369 36.8 51,678 51,199 1,369 Special education teachers, secondary school.................. 40.90 39.86 1,507 1,495 36.8 56,279 55,306 1,376 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 34.64 28.74 1,232 1,149 35.6 49,237 46,925 1,421 Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors.................................................. 34.71 34.55 1,286 1,145 37.0 51,366 50,271 1,480 Librarians........................................................ 29.99 25.74 1,143 1,030 38.1 53,669 54,525 1,789 Library technicians............................................... 14.38 13.98 553 554 38.5 26,356 28,392 1,833 Instructional coordinators........................................ 33.19 33.50 1,322 1,340 39.8 63,808 65,932 1,922 Teacher assistants................................................ 12.95 12.39 442 424 34.1 16,353 15,307 1,263 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 20.46 19.40 806 753 39.4 40,223 37,830 1,966 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 31.30 27.44 1,208 1,049 38.6 59,684 53,408 1,907 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 51.02 32.02 2,017 1,217 39.5 104,871 63,272 2,055 Registered nurses................................................. 30.93 27.89 1,167 1,040 37.7 58,414 53,857 1,889 Therapists........................................................ 41.02 39.20 1,496 1,434 36.5 61,601 61,628 1,502 Speech-language pathologists.................................... 44.53 47.23 1,573 1,599 35.3 61,396 61,628 1,379 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 26.54 25.41 1,061 1,016 40.0 55,194 52,851 2,080 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 26.72 25.62 1,069 1,025 40.0 55,582 53,290 2,080 Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...................... 20.48 18.56 868 779 42.4 45,152 40,497 2,204 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.31 19.21 733 722 38.0 37,268 37,772 1,930 Occupational health and safety specialists and technicians........ 28.88 30.32 1,143 1,199 39.6 59,460 62,328 2,059 Occupational health and safety specialists...................... 28.90 30.32 1,144 1,213 39.6 59,467 63,070 2,057 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.32 13.92 552 545 38.5 28,409 28,340 1,983 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 14.48 14.47 552 555 38.1 28,435 28,340 1,963 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 13.36 12.59 508 482 38.0 25,815 24,393 1,932 Psychiatric aides............................................... 15.52 15.55 593 596 38.2 30,823 31,005 1,986 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.67 13.63 546 545 40.0 28,154 28,340 2,060 Protective service occupations...................................... 23.89 24.03 994 990 41.6 51,357 51,480 2,149 First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers.......... 30.12 30.80 1,206 1,232 40.0 62,704 64,064 2,082 First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers........ 26.72 29.05 1,054 1,158 39.4 54,814 60,216 2,051 First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives........ 31.04 31.65 1,248 1,268 40.2 64,888 65,913 2,090 First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers........................................................ 25.35 26.30 1,184 1,251 46.7 61,592 65,052 2,430 Fire fighters..................................................... 22.17 21.96 1,114 1,124 50.3 57,942 58,455 2,614 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers...................... 19.71 19.92 776 793 39.4 40,369 41,223 2,048 Correctional officers and jailers............................... 19.57 19.84 770 790 39.4 40,063 41,101 2,047 Detectives and criminal investigators............................. 28.39 28.57 1,163 1,214 41.0 60,480 63,140 2,131 Police officers................................................... 27.33 27.42 1,094 1,101 40.0 56,706 57,117 2,075 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 27.33 27.42 1,094 1,101 40.0 56,706 57,117 2,075 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 16.17 16.97 626 648 38.7 28,050 26,416 1,734 Security guards................................................. 16.17 16.97 626 648 38.7 28,050 26,416 1,734 Miscellaneous protective service workers.......................... 18.74 18.46 699 738 37.3 33,199 34,445 1,771 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 13.39 12.95 481 441 36.0 21,513 19,646 1,607 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 17.16 17.74 663 690 38.6 29,840 30,805 1,739 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 16.76 16.69 640 605 38.2 27,521 25,888 1,642 Cooks............................................................. 13.79 13.02 485 441 35.1 20,967 16,229 1,520 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 13.79 13.02 485 441 35.1 20,967 16,229 1,520 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 11.23 11.01 408 378 36.3 19,075 19,646 1,698 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 11.23 11.01 408 378 36.3 19,075 19,646 1,698 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 15.29 15.05 604 601 39.5 30,891 30,680 2,020 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 19.66 19.26 782 769 39.8 40,656 40,000 2,068 Building cleaning workers......................................... 15.04 14.74 593 588 39.4 30,697 30,597 2,040 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 15.20 14.91 600 591 39.5 31,054 30,659 2,043 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 11.56 10.89 439 408 38.0 22,831 21,195 1,974 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 15.62 15.14 623 606 39.9 29,756 31,491 1,905 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 14.77 14.18 591 567 40.0 26,693 26,395 1,808 Personal care and service occupations............................... 16.96 17.00 659 680 38.8 31,241 31,200 1,842 Child care workers................................................ 15.85 14.46 573 504 36.2 22,375 19,437 1,412 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 16.00 15.54 631 600 39.4 31,519 31,200 1,970 Recreation workers.............................................. 16.00 15.54 631 600 39.4 31,519 31,200 1,970 Sales and related occupations....................................... 25.44 21.16 1,003 846 39.4 50,832 39,731 1,998 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.44 16.83 677 659 38.8 34,278 33,925 1,966 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 20.92 20.16 814 784 38.9 42,320 40,772 2,023 Financial clerks.................................................. 17.58 17.62 678 692 38.6 35,110 35,732 1,998 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.38 17.72 666 687 38.3 34,436 35,270 1,981 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 18.59 17.62 740 705 39.8 38,471 36,641 2,070 Court, municipal, and license clerks.............................. 17.61 17.90 670 668 38.0 34,819 34,730 1,977 Customer service representatives.................................. 15.72 16.28 620 651 39.5 32,256 33,862 2,052 Eligibility interviewers, government programs..................... 16.39 16.73 645 627 39.4 33,558 32,624 2,047 Library assistants, clerical...................................... 14.79 13.60 558 544 37.8 26,025 26,146 1,759 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.76 12.11 500 487 39.2 26,026 25,324 2,040 Dispatchers....................................................... 18.72 18.96 749 758 40.0 38,941 39,437 2,080 Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers......................... 19.04 19.62 762 785 40.0 39,600 40,812 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.15 17.57 709 696 39.0 35,565 35,214 1,959 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 20.59 21.42 817 836 39.7 42,407 43,446 2,059 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.76 16.91 650 647 38.8 31,789 31,251 1,896 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 17.44 17.95 694 718 39.8 36,087 37,336 2,069 Data entry keyers............................................... 17.02 17.95 674 718 39.6 35,062 37,336 2,060 Office clerks, general............................................ 16.64 15.23 643 593 38.6 31,602 30,763 1,899 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 23.18 20.83 916 833 39.5 47,651 43,326 2,056 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 28.10 30.17 1,124 1,207 40.0 58,450 62,745 2,080 Construction laborers............................................. 26.78 29.67 1,071 1,187 40.0 55,699 61,714 2,080 Construction equipment operators.................................. 17.42 18.80 697 752 40.0 36,237 39,104 2,080 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 17.42 18.80 697 752 40.0 36,237 39,104 2,080 Electricians...................................................... 29.35 32.83 1,165 1,313 39.7 60,567 68,286 2,063 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 30.71 34.95 1,228 1,398 40.0 63,881 72,696 2,080 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 30.71 34.95 1,228 1,398 40.0 63,881 72,696 2,080 Construction and building inspectors.............................. 21.90 19.74 852 704 38.9 44,305 36,602 2,023 Highway maintenance workers....................................... 21.29 20.24 837 810 39.3 43,538 42,141 2,045 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.51 21.25 855 850 39.8 44,481 44,200 2,068 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 29.16 29.66 1,157 1,186 39.7 60,176 61,693 2,063 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 23.19 21.49 917 859 39.6 47,701 44,691 2,057 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 23.19 21.49 917 859 39.6 47,701 44,691 2,057 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 20.99 18.59 838 744 39.9 43,570 38,667 2,075 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.54 18.67 777 747 39.8 40,401 38,834 2,068 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 19.72 19.44 784 778 39.7 40,754 40,435 2,066 Production occupations.............................................. 19.42 18.54 769 742 39.6 39,968 38,563 2,058 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 18.38 16.23 724 649 39.4 37,635 33,758 2,047 Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators....... 20.33 19.28 813 771 40.0 42,256 40,102 2,078 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 20.23 18.98 729 640 36.1 33,561 29,141 1,659 Bus drivers....................................................... 18.32 17.37 610 554 33.3 25,521 21,354 1,393 Bus drivers, transit and intercity.............................. 22.82 26.87 909 1,075 39.8 47,284 55,888 2,072 Bus drivers, school............................................. 16.57 16.72 519 507 31.3 20,477 18,814 1,236 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 22.97 25.25 868 935 37.8 42,923 42,442 1,868 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 23.95 29.15 898 1,020 37.5 44,152 48,630 1,843 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.