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........................................................... $22.33 1.1% $886 1.1% $45,827 1.1% Management occupations.............................................. 47.49 3.9 1,918 3.9 99,750 3.9 Chief executives.................................................. 148.03 15.3 6,200 13.2 322,391 13.2 General and operations managers................................... 59.42 21.7 2,410 21.2 125,336 21.2 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 47.67 5.3 1,930 5.6 100,347 5.6 Marketing managers.............................................. 46.07 6.6 1,845 7.0 95,930 7.0 Sales managers.................................................. 50.07 6.9 2,060 7.3 107,138 7.3 Public relations managers......................................... 43.72 9.1 1,720 8.6 89,430 8.6 Administrative services managers.................................. 37.81 6.6 1,570 7.2 81,614 7.2 Computer and information systems managers......................... 52.49 4.1 2,112 3.8 109,812 3.8 Financial managers................................................ 41.61 3.7 1,683 3.7 87,513 3.7 Human resources managers.......................................... 44.72 10.4 1,818 9.7 94,517 9.7 Training and development managers............................... 43.59 25.5 1,856 21.3 96,508 21.3 Industrial production managers.................................... 44.92 6.2 1,853 5.6 96,339 5.6 Purchasing managers............................................... 61.40 8.7 2,456 8.7 127,707 8.7 Transportation, storage, and distribution managers................ 46.51 7.4 1,860 7.4 96,740 7.4 Construction managers............................................. 33.63 10.1 1,377 10.9 71,588 10.9 Education administrators.......................................... 30.15 6.1 1,224 7.4 63,355 7.4 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 27.49 10.3 1,070 9.0 55,660 9.0 Engineering managers.............................................. 55.94 6.8 2,237 6.8 116,346 6.8 Medical and health services managers.............................. 40.75 4.7 1,650 4.9 85,788 4.9 Social and community service managers............................. 28.63 3.9 1,129 3.2 58,694 3.2 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 31.68 1.6 1,266 1.6 65,853 1.6 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 31.03 5.3 1,254 5.1 65,224 5.1 Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 37.53 11.6 1,496 11.5 77,777 11.5 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 29.10 4.8 1,183 4.6 61,505 4.6 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 26.79 4.7 1,050 4.4 54,586 4.4 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 26.79 4.7 1,050 4.4 54,586 4.4 Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation..................................... 24.57 7.5 983 7.5 51,113 7.5 Cost estimators................................................... 49.15 7.5 2,110 9.0 109,735 9.0 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 33.57 6.0 1,335 6.0 69,399 6.0 Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists.............. 32.22 5.7 1,289 5.7 67,021 5.7 Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists............ 29.35 10.7 1,158 10.3 60,238 10.3 Training and development specialists............................ 30.21 3.6 1,199 3.5 62,358 3.5 Logisticians...................................................... 29.99 4.9 1,199 4.9 62,371 4.9 Management analysts............................................... 38.74 6.4 1,550 6.3 80,575 6.3 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 29.96 2.7 1,198 2.8 62,306 2.8 Credit analysts................................................... 24.30 13.0 972 13.0 50,544 13.0 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 33.13 5.2 1,330 5.1 69,158 5.1 Financial analysts.............................................. 35.62 5.8 1,432 5.8 74,472 5.8 Insurance underwriters.......................................... 28.10 11.4 1,128 11.1 58,679 11.1 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 31.90 10.9 1,344 14.0 69,878 14.0 Loan officers................................................... 31.90 10.9 1,344 14.0 69,878 14.0 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 33.69 2.1 1,357 2.1 70,552 2.1 Computer programmers.............................................. 31.65 2.6 1,271 2.8 66,089 2.8 Computer software engineers....................................... 38.28 4.4 1,573 4.2 81,788 4.2 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 35.83 5.1 1,504 5.6 78,228 5.6 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 40.06 6.2 1,621 5.4 84,268 5.4 Computer support specialists...................................... 22.06 4.7 880 4.7 45,773 4.7 Computer systems analysts......................................... 36.32 2.6 1,447 2.7 75,241 2.7 Database administrators........................................... 31.20 6.8 1,227 7.8 63,812 7.8 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 33.23 7.3 1,348 7.5 70,096 7.5 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 34.30 6.2 1,366 6.3 71,030 6.3 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 34.72 1.7 1,409 1.5 73,261 1.5 Engineers......................................................... 37.78 2.0 1,541 1.9 80,112 1.9 Civil engineers................................................. 36.75 4.8 1,546 4.4 80,389 4.4 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 41.56 7.8 1,724 6.0 89,649 6.0 Electrical engineers.......................................... 36.31 11.3 1,533 8.5 79,706 8.5 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 52.85 10.5 2,114 10.5 109,926 10.5 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 33.75 5.3 1,394 4.1 72,482 4.1 Industrial engineers.......................................... 33.84 5.4 1,402 3.8 72,897 3.8 Materials engineers............................................. 33.07 5.6 1,323 5.6 68,777 5.6 Mechanical engineers............................................ 34.66 2.8 1,424 3.3 74,073 3.3 Drafters.......................................................... 26.05 8.6 1,042 8.6 54,177 8.6 Mechanical drafters............................................. 26.28 10.3 1,051 10.3 54,669 10.3 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 26.19 3.1 1,050 3.1 54,591 3.1 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 23.29 7.0 935 7.2 48,537 7.2 Electro-mechanical technicians.................................. 26.52 9.9 1,061 9.9 55,160 9.9 Industrial engineering technicians.............................. 24.24 4.2 985 5.3 51,156 5.3 Mechanical engineering technicians.............................. 24.54 8.4 982 8.4 51,052 8.4 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 32.30 6.2 1,277 6.0 65,730 6.0 Life scientists................................................... 34.94 12.9 1,371 13.4 71,309 13.4 Biological scientists........................................... 31.29 12.7 1,251 12.7 65,073 12.7 Medical scientists.............................................. 37.98 19.7 1,468 20.8 76,321 20.8 Physical scientists............................................... 41.22 6.4 1,663 6.0 82,707 6.0 Chemists and materials scientists............................... 41.98 9.3 1,699 8.7 88,354 8.7 Chemists...................................................... 40.68 10.3 1,650 9.7 85,807 9.7 Market and survey researchers..................................... 28.65 12.6 1,153 12.7 59,963 12.7 Market research analysts........................................ 27.84 15.3 1,122 15.5 58,349 15.5 Chemical technicians.............................................. 25.20 11.8 1,008 11.8 52,421 11.8 Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians...... 21.40 7.5 856 7.5 44,506 7.5 Community and social services occupations........................... 17.00 3.6 674 3.6 35,017 3.6 Counselors........................................................ 17.12 9.7 678 9.4 35,147 9.4 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 18.05 12.4 705 11.5 36,375 11.5 Social workers.................................................... 18.35 3.3 731 3.4 38,020 3.4 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 16.77 6.6 668 6.8 34,724 6.8 Medical and public health social workers........................ 23.79 3.6 947 3.6 49,263 3.6 Mental health and substance abuse social workers................ 15.89 4.7 633 5.1 32,917 5.1 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 13.65 4.8 542 5.0 28,182 5.0 Social and human service assistants............................. 12.92 7.5 514 7.6 26,751 7.6 Legal occupations................................................... 66.24 2.5 2,692 2.5 139,987 2.5 Lawyers........................................................... 74.59 2.8 3,130 3.1 162,748 3.1 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 39.83 11.6 1,569 12.2 70,123 12.2 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 53.57 8.6 2,208 9.2 93,566 9.2 Math and computer teachers, postsecondary....................... 53.42 13.6 2,103 14.6 92,027 14.6 Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 37.09 7.0 1,497 7.4 59,410 7.4 Health teachers, postsecondary.................................. 77.17 7.9 3,537 6.7 175,047 6.7 Health specialties teachers, postsecondary.................... 83.46 6.0 3,940 6.2 202,282 6.2 Law, criminal justice, and social work teachers, postsecondary.. 65.65 23.6 2,617 23.5 111,262 23.5 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 38.19 3.9 1,537 3.4 62,185 3.4 Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary................. 37.71 5.6 1,485 5.8 62,740 5.8 English language and literature teachers, postsecondary....... 35.55 7.5 1,507 7.2 57,198 7.2 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 33.03 9.1 1,276 9.1 54,425 9.1 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 29.92 5.3 1,144 4.9 43,524 4.9 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 30.78 8.2 1,216 8.2 45,147 8.2 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 30.90 7.8 1,236 7.8 45,694 7.8 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 30.57 10.8 1,186 10.0 44,296 10.0 Secondary school teachers....................................... 31.71 4.2 1,189 4.3 44,619 4.3 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................. 31.71 4.2 1,189 4.3 44,619 4.3 Other teachers and instructors.................................... 31.52 8.0 1,183 5.6 59,876 5.6 Teacher assistants................................................ 11.20 5.7 431 9.3 21,887 9.3 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 26.35 3.5 1,039 3.5 53,275 3.5 Designers......................................................... 27.85 6.7 1,100 6.6 57,183 6.6 Graphic designers............................................... 22.85 7.7 892 7.6 46,371 7.6 Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers................... 22.62 14.7 865 17.8 38,272 17.8 Coaches and scouts.............................................. 22.62 14.7 865 17.8 38,272 17.8 News analysts, reporters and correspondents....................... 25.95 9.1 1,061 9.2 55,156 9.2 Reporters and correspondents.................................... 25.95 9.1 1,061 9.2 55,156 9.2 Public relations specialists...................................... 24.38 12.4 966 12.4 50,225 12.4 Writers and editors............................................... 25.35 5.8 1,001 5.7 52,055 5.7 Editors......................................................... 25.28 10.4 956 10.1 49,703 10.1 Technical writers............................................... 25.04 9.0 1,016 9.4 52,812 9.4 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 27.70 2.2 1,085 2.3 56,415 2.3 Pharmacists....................................................... 50.43 1.0 2,017 1.0 104,900 1.0 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 68.80 10.7 2,838 9.2 147,593 9.2 Registered nurses................................................. 30.16 2.0 1,165 1.9 60,580 1.9 Therapists........................................................ 29.67 8.3 1,166 8.6 60,616 8.6 Occupational therapists......................................... 28.37 2.4 1,093 3.1 56,834 3.1 Physical therapists............................................. 38.07 7.8 1,509 8.1 78,445 8.1 Respiratory therapists.......................................... 23.20 2.7 900 3.6 46,812 3.6 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 20.14 4.1 804 4.1 41,787 4.1 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 25.55 3.0 1,016 3.2 52,806 3.2 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 16.77 7.0 671 7.0 34,871 7.0 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 30.69 5.3 1,218 5.5 63,343 5.5 Cardiovascular technologists and technicians.................... 41.69 17.6 1,668 17.6 86,715 17.6 Diagnostic medical sonographers................................. 32.34 8.8 1,294 8.8 67,269 8.8 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 26.78 5.4 1,058 5.7 55,035 5.7 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 15.91 3.3 634 3.2 32,951 3.2 Pharmacy technicians............................................ 14.49 2.2 579 2.2 30,130 2.2 Psychiatric technicians......................................... 12.43 2.8 497 2.8 25,855 2.8 Surgical technologists.......................................... 17.91 5.3 710 4.9 36,913 4.9 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.65 1.5 756 1.6 39,291 1.6 Medical records and health information technicians................ 16.26 5.7 648 5.7 33,699 5.7 Miscellaneous health technologists and technicians................ 18.69 7.1 743 7.3 38,648 7.3 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.20 2.0 477 2.0 24,802 2.0 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.49 1.4 448 1.3 23,275 1.3 Home health aides............................................... 10.46 2.4 417 2.3 21,691 2.3 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.79 1.9 456 1.9 23,721 1.9 Psychiatric aides............................................... 10.79 4.9 423 4.7 22,021 4.7 Physical therapist assistants and aides........................... 16.14 12.4 633 13.5 32,911 13.5 Physical therapist aides........................................ 12.07 5.4 466 6.0 24,234 6.0 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 14.03 3.6 556 3.7 28,900 3.7 Medical assistants.............................................. 14.74 7.6 583 7.8 30,311 7.8 Medical equipment preparers..................................... 13.71 6.2 548 6.2 28,519 6.2 Medical transcriptionists....................................... 16.71 2.6 647 4.0 33,647 4.0 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.80 4.3 469 4.6 24,351 4.6 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.32 3.2 448 3.2 23,296 3.2 Security guards................................................. 11.31 3.2 448 3.2 23,270 3.2 Miscellaneous protective service workers.......................... 10.34 8.7 417 8.6 20,295 8.6 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.55 2.6 406 3.2 21,080 3.2 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 16.51 3.7 677 3.7 34,962 3.7 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 16.27 4.6 656 5.2 34,113 5.2 Cooks............................................................. 11.67 3.9 454 3.7 23,585 3.7 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 12.80 6.8 510 6.9 26,508 6.9 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.31 4.3 437 4.3 22,700 4.3 Food preparation workers.......................................... 10.71 4.8 428 4.8 22,268 4.8 Food service, tipped.............................................. 5.99 13.5 212 15.2 11,029 15.2 Bartenders...................................................... 6.79 8.9 244 11.5 12,698 11.5 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.88 16.1 129 17.4 6,710 17.4 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 8.67 8.9 335 8.4 17,444 8.4 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 9.99 2.6 386 2.5 19,948 2.5 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 9.87 3.5 377 3.0 19,469 3.0 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 10.26 3.7 405 3.5 21,079 3.5 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 10.60 6.2 402 8.2 20,884 8.2 Dishwashers....................................................... 9.65 6.0 377 7.2 19,597 7.2 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.73 4.2 466 4.2 23,810 4.2 Building cleaning workers......................................... 11.68 4.7 464 4.7 23,742 4.7 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.61 2.4 461 2.5 23,426 2.5 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 10.88 2.3 432 2.3 22,422 2.3 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 10.72 7.8 429 7.8 21,484 7.8 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 10.75 8.0 430 8.0 21,524 8.0 Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.86 3.4 464 3.4 22,906 3.4 Gaming services workers........................................... 8.57 9.0 343 9.0 17,833 9.0 Transportation attendants......................................... 28.30 11.2 537 10.7 27,923 10.7 Flight attendants............................................... 29.35 12.3 533 11.1 27,702 11.1 Child care workers................................................ 11.54 2.6 457 3.1 23,780 3.1 Personal and home care aides...................................... 9.76 4.7 385 5.6 20,037 5.6 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 13.45 18.7 532 18.9 25,298 18.9 Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.93 9.4 797 9.9 41,430 9.9 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 25.96 10.6 1,049 12.0 54,531 12.0 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 17.76 2.9 707 3.2 36,744 3.2 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 40.18 4.6 1,667 5.4 86,695 5.4 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.11 2.3 481 2.1 24,978 2.1 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.61 2.7 462 2.5 24,026 2.5 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 16.50 10.4 694 10.4 36,075 10.4 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 19.63 14.5 785 14.5 40,822 14.5 Retail salespersons............................................. 12.17 2.8 481 2.6 24,962 2.6 Advertising sales agents.......................................... 23.13 6.2 925 6.2 48,107 6.2 Insurance sales agents............................................ 25.25 6.9 1,010 6.9 52,521 6.9 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 54.31 9.3 2,172 9.3 112,956 9.3 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 35.09 8.5 1,443 8.6 75,013 8.6 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products...................................... 39.87 9.0 1,624 10.0 84,437 10.0 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products............................ 32.79 9.9 1,354 9.9 70,409 9.9 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 19.43 11.4 776 11.5 40,336 11.5 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.22 1.9 642 1.8 33,371 1.8 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 23.24 2.8 925 2.7 48,085 2.7 Switchboard operators, including answering service................ 12.95 9.3 518 9.3 26,935 9.3 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.98 3.0 632 2.6 32,883 2.6 Bill and account collectors..................................... 16.08 6.2 636 6.2 33,053 6.2 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 16.38 4.9 644 4.5 33,473 4.5 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.25 3.7 641 3.2 33,356 3.2 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 19.66 3.4 784 3.4 40,757 3.4 Procurement clerks.............................................. 16.11 7.5 645 7.5 33,515 7.5 Tellers......................................................... 12.01 3.2 480 3.2 24,980 3.2 Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks.......................... 15.64 12.7 626 12.8 32,556 12.8 Customer service representatives.................................. 15.67 3.8 621 3.9 32,277 3.9 File clerks....................................................... 13.34 5.9 530 6.2 27,536 6.2 Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks.............................. 10.44 8.5 413 9.1 21,501 9.1 Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 13.36 7.7 534 7.7 27,792 7.7 Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 17.18 22.8 687 22.8 35,724 22.8 Order clerks...................................................... 13.67 6.4 546 6.3 28,371 6.3 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 18.45 11.0 747 10.2 38,836 10.2 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.29 2.6 522 2.5 27,143 2.5 Dispatchers....................................................... 21.63 3.0 874 3.0 45,279 3.0 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 22.38 3.6 906 3.5 47,115 3.5 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 19.50 6.1 765 6.1 39,773 6.1 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 14.10 2.2 563 2.2 29,291 2.2 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 13.46 5.3 537 5.1 27,898 5.1 Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping........ 14.34 13.3 574 13.3 29,822 13.3 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.57 3.9 767 3.9 39,875 3.9 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.28 3.4 837 3.4 43,528 3.4 Legal secretaries............................................... 28.33 5.6 1,056 4.2 54,928 4.2 Medical secretaries............................................. 15.42 5.7 608 5.8 31,638 5.8 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.00 2.5 672 2.5 34,885 2.5 Computer operators................................................ 16.07 10.3 643 10.3 33,429 10.3 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 14.88 5.6 592 5.6 30,762 5.6 Data entry keyers............................................... 14.12 6.4 562 6.3 29,231 6.3 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 16.15 3.8 636 3.7 33,094 3.7 Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service..... 13.64 8.4 529 8.3 27,482 8.3 Office clerks, general............................................ 14.82 2.7 586 2.7 30,451 2.7 Office machine operators, except computer......................... 13.73 7.4 549 7.4 28,565 7.4 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 27.72 3.9 1,107 3.9 55,055 3.9 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 35.61 2.5 1,435 2.5 74,614 2.5 Carpenters........................................................ 29.63 7.3 1,174 7.4 61,043 7.4 Construction laborers............................................. 24.27 8.7 971 8.7 48,873 8.7 Electricians...................................................... 26.62 5.2 1,065 5.2 55,378 5.2 Painters and paperhangers......................................... 24.78 8.2 989 8.2 51,408 8.2 Painters, construction and maintenance.......................... 24.78 8.2 989 8.2 51,408 8.2 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 25.47 5.7 1,019 5.7 52,975 5.7 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 25.76 6.0 1,030 6.0 53,572 6.0 Sheet metal workers............................................... 24.80 4.1 992 4.1 45,717 4.1 Miscellaneous construction and related workers.................... 24.02 16.8 961 16.8 49,961 16.8 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 23.20 2.8 929 2.7 48,292 2.7 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 33.99 3.8 1,366 3.4 71,034 3.4 Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 21.26 16.6 850 16.6 44,224 16.6 Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers.............................................. 21.26 16.6 850 16.6 44,224 16.6 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................... 20.38 9.9 812 9.8 42,225 9.8 Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment.................................................... 24.35 3.5 959 3.8 49,860 3.8 Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay.................................................... 25.02 10.9 1,001 10.9 52,040 10.9 Aircraft mechanics and service technicians........................ 25.83 10.7 1,027 10.4 53,402 10.4 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 20.76 7.2 867 8.6 45,070 8.6 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 20.20 7.3 826 7.8 42,941 7.8 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 23.69 10.2 947 10.2 49,266 10.2 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics...................................................... 28.42 6.8 1,137 6.8 59,121 6.8 Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines................ 29.62 6.6 1,185 6.6 61,603 6.6 Miscellaneous vehicle and mobile equipment mechanic, installers, and repairers.................................................. 12.01 12.3 480 12.3 24,972 12.3 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers..................................................... 23.81 11.3 952 11.3 49,526 11.3 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 22.82 3.0 911 2.9 47,359 2.9 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 25.14 2.5 1,005 2.5 52,254 2.5 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 19.91 7.1 796 7.1 41,349 7.1 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 19.61 5.4 774 5.4 40,196 5.4 Millwrights..................................................... 25.79 10.7 1,032 10.7 53,647 10.7 Line installers and repairers..................................... 30.16 4.9 1,206 4.9 62,735 4.9 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 19.92 7.2 797 7.2 41,441 7.2 Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers.......... 13.21 16.8 528 16.8 27,474 16.8 Production occupations.............................................. 18.15 1.3 724 1.3 37,630 1.3 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 26.83 3.1 1,109 2.9 57,691 2.9 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 13.67 8.0 547 8.0 28,442 8.0 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 14.59 9.2 583 9.2 30,339 9.2 Electromechanical equipment assemblers.......................... 12.75 12.4 510 12.4 26,530 12.4 Engine and other machine assemblers............................... 20.84 6.9 829 6.9 43,132 6.9 Structural metal fabricators and fitters.......................... 19.12 17.6 749 16.6 38,061 16.6 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 19.96 4.3 795 4.3 41,297 4.3 Team assemblers................................................. 20.30 11.5 808 11.6 41,900 11.6 Bakers............................................................ 13.73 3.2 537 3.4 27,937 3.4 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 12.67 5.1 504 4.8 26,184 4.8 Butchers and meat cutters....................................... 17.10 4.0 662 6.1 34,405 6.1 Slaughterers and meat packers................................... 11.53 3.7 461 3.7 23,975 3.7 Miscellaneous food processing workers............................. 14.81 9.6 592 9.6 30,718 9.6 Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders.................................................. 12.71 17.0 508 17.0 26,439 17.0 Food batchmakers................................................ 15.50 12.1 619 12.1 32,108 12.1 Computer control programmers and operators........................ 19.77 7.6 789 7.7 40,998 7.7 Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic... 18.55 5.8 739 5.8 38,441 5.8 Numerical tool and process control programmers.................. 25.92 13.1 1,037 13.1 53,913 13.1 Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 16.31 8.2 652 8.2 33,741 8.2 Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............................................ 14.45 8.5 578 8.5 30,054 8.5 Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic...................................................... 14.50 15.1 580 15.1 29,640 15.1 Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic...................................................... 19.07 6.4 763 6.4 39,659 6.4 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 16.53 5.1 661 5.1 34,342 5.1 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 16.65 5.5 666 5.5 34,592 5.5 Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 17.43 11.4 697 11.4 36,245 11.4 Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................... 14.01 8.4 560 8.4 29,107 8.4 Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............................................ 18.28 6.9 731 6.9 38,018 6.9 Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............................................ 19.87 10.8 795 10.8 41,183 10.8 Machinists........................................................ 20.66 5.9 821 5.9 42,688 5.9 Metal furnace and kiln operators and tenders...................... 18.82 12.3 753 12.3 39,147 12.3 Model makers and patternmakers, metal and plastic................. 23.47 10.0 939 10.0 48,815 10.0 Model makers, metal and plastic................................. 24.48 10.2 979 10.2 50,918 10.2 Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................................................... 13.70 7.0 547 6.9 28,453 6.9 Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 13.49 7.3 539 7.2 28,012 7.2 Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 18.87 4.9 755 4.9 39,207 4.9 Tool and die makers............................................... 26.31 2.6 1,052 2.6 54,705 2.6 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 17.91 5.5 713 5.5 36,953 5.5 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 18.42 6.4 733 6.4 38,035 6.4 Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders...................................................... 16.94 9.6 674 9.7 34,923 9.7 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 18.22 9.4 729 9.4 37,888 9.4 Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................................................. 19.98 12.8 799 12.8 41,548 12.8 Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............................................ 13.81 8.5 552 8.5 28,723 8.5 Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners........................... 21.29 12.4 852 12.4 44,282 12.4 Printers.......................................................... 19.59 4.5 767 4.4 39,871 4.4 Prepress technicians and workers................................ 17.27 7.6 666 7.0 34,636 7.0 Printing machine operators...................................... 20.43 5.0 802 5.0 41,695 5.0 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 10.53 5.3 420 5.2 21,852 5.2 Sewing machine operators.......................................... 15.35 15.3 613 15.4 31,604 15.4 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 13.82 4.3 553 4.3 28,633 4.3 Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood............ 12.81 8.7 512 8.7 26,339 8.7 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing....................................................... 14.34 3.8 574 3.8 29,826 3.8 Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers.............. 34.02 7.2 1,361 7.2 70,752 7.2 Power plant operators........................................... 29.24 3.9 1,170 3.9 60,827 3.9 Miscellaneous plant and system operators.......................... 25.91 4.8 1,016 3.0 52,850 3.0 Chemical plant and system operators............................. 25.55 5.6 999 3.3 51,928 3.3 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 17.21 7.4 689 7.4 35,734 7.4 Grinding and polishing workers, hand............................ 13.42 8.0 537 8.0 27,786 8.0 Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 19.76 10.1 790 10.1 41,099 10.1 Cutting workers................................................... 13.66 10.3 546 10.3 28,404 10.3 Cutters and trimmers, hand...................................... 9.84 7.3 394 7.3 20,476 7.3 Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 15.79 9.0 632 9.0 32,852 9.0 Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders......................................... 16.52 7.0 661 7.0 34,355 7.0 Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders...... 18.03 22.3 721 22.3 37,494 22.3 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.29 5.7 690 5.6 35,839 5.6 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 14.98 5.1 599 5.1 31,136 5.1 Painting workers.................................................. 14.90 4.6 596 4.6 30,946 4.6 Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders...................................................... 13.93 3.2 557 3.2 28,947 3.2 Painters, transportation equipment.............................. 22.24 12.8 890 12.8 46,254 12.8 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 15.83 9.6 629 9.7 32,688 9.7 Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders............. 17.03 23.9 680 23.9 35,335 23.9 Helpers--production workers..................................... 14.56 5.0 577 5.2 30,001 5.2 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.76 2.3 699 2.6 36,161 2.6 First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand................................................... 23.25 4.7 935 5.2 48,596 5.2 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................. 26.35 4.4 1,140 6.9 59,268 6.9 Aircraft pilots and flight engineers.............................. 74.03 32.9 1,486 35.5 77,268 35.5 Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers.................. 77.12 38.9 1,450 38.0 75,403 38.0 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 20.93 2.6 865 3.4 44,976 3.4 Driver/sales workers............................................ 15.04 6.0 602 6.0 31,288 6.0 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 20.93 4.7 886 6.5 46,061 6.5 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 22.42 4.5 897 4.5 46,611 4.5 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 16.24 6.5 646 6.5 33,383 6.5 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 13.50 4.4 536 4.3 27,638 4.3 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 14.46 20.0 578 20.0 30,018 20.0 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 14.35 3.9 569 3.9 29,229 3.9 Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 12.77 9.3 510 9.3 26,333 9.3 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 11.97 8.1 473 8.0 24,607 8.0 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.