Table 16 Private industry establishments with 100 workers or more: 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........................................................... $25.80 $20.28 $1,007 $793 39.0 $51,901 $41,246 2,012 Management occupations.............................................. 55.23 45.67 2,182 1,823 39.5 113,450 94,782 2,054 General and operations managers................................... 64.06 57.01 2,688 2,413 42.0 139,801 125,499 2,182 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 53.51 48.50 2,125 1,940 39.7 110,513 100,882 2,065 Marketing managers.............................................. 58.91 54.66 2,287 2,069 38.8 118,911 107,600 2,019 Sales managers.................................................. 43.03 43.13 1,790 1,873 41.6 93,065 97,419 2,163 Public relations managers......................................... 65.26 74.62 2,425 2,343 37.2 126,076 121,820 1,932 Administrative services managers.................................. 32.50 30.57 1,275 1,223 39.2 66,325 63,579 2,040 Computer and information systems managers......................... 62.69 60.37 2,468 2,387 39.4 128,324 124,100 2,047 Financial managers................................................ 56.15 45.54 2,209 1,823 39.3 114,872 94,782 2,046 Human resources managers.......................................... 41.69 41.40 1,625 1,724 39.0 84,477 89,673 2,026 Compensation and benefits managers.............................. 42.15 42.10 1,627 1,765 38.6 84,591 91,801 2,007 Industrial production managers.................................... 42.93 41.73 1,717 1,669 40.0 89,284 86,792 2,080 Purchasing managers............................................... 48.39 45.90 1,925 1,836 39.8 100,108 95,472 2,069 Transportation, storage, and distribution managers................ 46.96 35.70 1,876 1,428 39.9 97,557 74,256 2,077 Education administrators.......................................... 39.61 33.20 1,513 1,246 38.2 78,679 64,791 1,986 Education administrators, postsecondary......................... 39.32 31.69 1,496 1,187 38.0 77,770 61,725 1,978 Engineering managers.............................................. 56.71 62.20 2,268 2,488 40.0 117,960 129,376 2,080 Medical and health services managers.............................. 49.03 48.98 1,896 1,837 38.7 98,573 95,519 2,010 Social and community service managers............................. 31.94 28.31 1,206 991 37.8 62,732 51,524 1,964 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 32.63 28.57 1,272 1,109 39.0 66,143 57,647 2,027 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 26.47 24.48 1,061 1,029 40.1 55,182 53,498 2,085 Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 27.23 26.44 1,088 1,058 40.0 56,565 54,999 2,078 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 25.73 24.48 1,035 1,029 40.2 53,815 53,498 2,092 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 26.82 24.90 1,027 979 38.3 53,413 50,901 1,992 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 26.56 24.09 1,015 942 38.2 52,806 49,005 1,988 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 28.43 24.75 1,106 954 38.9 57,534 49,629 2,024 Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists.............. 25.18 24.63 981 853 39.0 51,032 44,368 2,027 Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists............ 26.31 23.80 1,020 952 38.8 53,043 49,504 2,016 Training and development specialists............................ 31.84 30.99 1,266 1,240 39.8 65,837 64,459 2,068 Logisticians...................................................... 29.29 27.26 1,171 1,090 40.0 60,916 56,701 2,080 Management analysts............................................... 34.61 31.25 1,359 1,202 39.3 70,646 62,500 2,041 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 31.22 27.29 1,213 1,063 38.9 63,074 55,301 2,021 Credit analysts................................................... 26.45 21.70 1,009 868 38.2 52,477 45,140 1,984 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 44.65 39.58 1,749 1,545 39.2 90,961 80,321 2,037 Financial analysts.............................................. 46.24 40.53 1,828 1,622 39.5 95,049 84,365 2,055 Personal financial advisors..................................... 43.17 33.65 1,700 1,346 39.4 88,418 69,992 2,048 Insurance underwriters.......................................... 34.87 31.47 1,282 1,180 36.8 66,678 61,370 1,912 Financial examiners............................................... 25.34 19.78 962 718 38.0 50,031 37,344 1,974 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 42.03 21.26 1,589 797 37.8 82,631 41,453 1,966 Loan officers................................................... 43.91 22.49 1,660 911 37.8 86,318 47,387 1,966 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 39.49 38.61 1,548 1,518 39.2 80,351 78,936 2,035 Computer programmers.............................................. 35.94 34.86 1,421 1,394 39.5 73,912 72,478 2,056 Computer software engineers....................................... 46.35 44.28 1,825 1,722 39.4 94,877 89,529 2,047 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 48.02 44.28 1,892 1,722 39.4 98,396 89,529 2,049 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 45.12 43.96 1,775 1,720 39.3 92,301 89,455 2,046 Computer support specialists...................................... 30.67 25.93 1,185 1,020 38.6 61,091 52,801 1,992 Computer systems analysts......................................... 39.52 40.24 1,550 1,578 39.2 80,621 82,035 2,040 Database administrators........................................... 35.63 36.35 1,356 1,454 38.1 70,533 75,602 1,980 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 32.85 31.48 1,286 1,259 39.1 66,851 65,478 2,035 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 55.14 48.75 2,193 1,950 39.8 114,040 101,402 2,068 Operations research analysts...................................... 36.73 25.97 1,441 1,039 39.2 74,921 54,020 2,040 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 36.64 34.60 1,468 1,399 40.1 76,325 72,762 2,083 Engineers......................................................... 40.69 39.94 1,635 1,607 40.2 85,031 83,570 2,090 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 42.37 42.76 1,695 1,710 40.0 88,121 88,941 2,080 Electrical engineers.......................................... 43.43 44.33 1,737 1,773 40.0 90,332 92,200 2,080 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 33.11 29.02 1,324 1,161 40.0 68,860 60,360 2,080 Industrial engineers.......................................... 33.50 29.04 1,340 1,162 40.0 69,684 60,412 2,080 Materials engineers............................................. 44.27 47.07 1,895 1,885 42.8 98,545 98,001 2,226 Mechanical engineers............................................ 36.65 34.12 1,472 1,365 40.2 76,475 70,978 2,087 Drafters.......................................................... 28.53 23.35 1,131 934 39.7 58,828 48,560 2,062 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 27.75 28.08 1,104 1,123 39.8 57,431 58,406 2,070 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 29.44 29.67 1,175 1,168 39.9 61,118 60,736 2,076 Industrial engineering technicians.............................. 23.20 20.27 923 811 39.8 48,016 42,155 2,069 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 32.29 27.30 1,229 1,022 38.1 63,413 53,274 1,964 Life scientists................................................... 36.86 40.38 1,377 1,538 37.4 71,618 80,001 1,943 Biological scientists........................................... 33.79 34.17 1,235 1,059 36.6 64,245 55,081 1,901 Medical scientists.............................................. 39.56 43.32 1,499 1,710 37.9 77,955 88,910 1,971 Physical scientists............................................... 45.77 43.07 1,709 1,671 37.3 88,889 86,903 1,942 Chemists and materials scientists............................... 43.27 41.44 1,731 1,658 40.0 90,003 86,199 2,080 Market and survey researchers..................................... 24.59 24.52 965 974 39.2 50,195 50,631 2,041 Market research analysts........................................ 24.59 24.52 965 974 39.2 50,195 50,631 2,041 Psychologists..................................................... 34.98 28.72 1,359 1,081 38.8 61,471 60,919 1,757 Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists.................. 34.98 28.72 1,359 1,081 38.8 61,471 60,919 1,757 Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians...... 18.69 17.48 729 692 39.0 37,933 36,001 2,030 Community and social services occupations........................... 20.26 17.95 769 694 38.0 39,942 36,088 1,972 Counselors........................................................ 18.56 17.35 722 694 38.9 37,448 36,088 2,017 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 20.48 20.33 770 720 37.6 40,053 37,440 1,956 Social workers.................................................... 22.66 21.78 840 814 37.1 43,680 42,322 1,928 Child, family, and school social workers........................ 20.83 19.51 736 749 35.3 38,251 38,930 1,836 Medical and public health social workers........................ 27.21 28.92 1,012 1,012 37.2 52,619 52,625 1,934 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 18.59 15.64 711 657 38.2 36,951 34,163 1,988 Social and human service assistants............................. 14.18 13.37 546 534 38.5 28,414 27,747 2,004 Legal occupations................................................... 58.44 52.55 2,254 2,102 38.6 116,550 109,306 1,994 Lawyers........................................................... 68.80 55.95 2,701 2,803 39.3 140,428 145,755 2,041 Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 28.89 27.48 1,043 962 36.1 54,257 50,017 1,878 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 43.52 37.55 1,619 1,500 37.2 70,392 67,219 1,617 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 55.66 48.15 2,111 1,932 37.9 85,146 73,482 1,530 Business teachers, postsecondary................................ 70.40 69.93 2,639 2,517 37.5 99,016 95,000 1,407 Math and computer teachers, postsecondary....................... 56.56 57.06 2,121 2,183 37.5 78,486 82,516 1,388 Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary.................. 62.41 62.64 2,323 2,393 37.2 86,255 82,516 1,382 Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary....................... 62.95 57.71 2,278 2,078 36.2 83,039 70,936 1,319 Social sciences teachers, postsecondary......................... 56.37 50.34 2,071 1,762 36.7 74,549 71,088 1,323 Psychology teachers, postsecondary............................ 50.51 47.73 1,924 1,753 38.1 73,081 71,088 1,447 Health teachers, postsecondary.................................. 66.63 63.75 2,478 2,231 37.2 97,999 77,979 1,471 Health specialties teachers, postsecondary.................... 71.90 63.75 2,648 2,231 36.8 101,742 78,280 1,415 Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary.... 50.30 48.77 1,877 1,829 37.3 73,226 70,538 1,456 English language and literature teachers, postsecondary....... 53.81 50.96 1,966 1,847 36.5 81,175 77,524 1,508 History teachers, postsecondary............................... 47.74 48.30 1,817 1,845 38.1 66,189 68,397 1,386 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 40.42 34.87 1,573 1,384 38.9 71,646 59,638 1,773 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 43.96 31.28 1,526 1,169 34.7 62,012 54,351 1,411 Librarians........................................................ 33.25 25.82 1,178 915 35.4 61,249 47,557 1,842 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 37.53 31.03 1,446 1,218 38.5 71,260 56,264 1,899 Designers......................................................... 32.37 29.58 1,238 1,168 38.2 64,383 60,726 1,989 Graphic designers............................................... 34.52 38.46 1,303 1,538 37.8 67,760 80,001 1,963 Actors, producers, and directors.................................. 49.54 46.09 1,945 1,844 39.3 101,155 95,873 2,042 Producers and directors......................................... 49.54 46.09 1,945 1,844 39.3 101,155 95,873 2,042 Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers................... 23.12 25.85 895 927 38.7 42,992 41,001 1,859 Coaches and scouts.............................................. 23.12 25.85 895 927 38.7 42,992 41,001 1,859 Public relations specialists...................................... 32.65 26.56 1,201 1,062 36.8 62,473 55,241 1,913 Writers and editors............................................... 30.52 27.05 1,184 1,046 38.8 61,564 54,400 2,017 Editors......................................................... 32.70 23.13 1,251 925 38.2 65,032 48,106 1,989 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 32.58 29.00 1,256 1,129 38.6 65,154 58,381 2,000 Pharmacists....................................................... 50.66 50.91 1,990 2,020 39.3 103,475 105,027 2,043 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 60.76 56.41 2,350 2,085 38.7 122,219 108,408 2,012 Registered nurses................................................. 35.11 35.11 1,339 1,335 38.1 69,534 69,402 1,981 Therapists........................................................ 28.26 27.23 1,100 1,059 38.9 56,194 54,891 1,989 Physical therapists............................................. 28.36 22.28 1,111 891 39.2 57,007 46,342 2,010 Respiratory therapists.......................................... 28.89 29.94 1,146 1,192 39.7 59,610 61,963 2,063 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 21.22 20.02 838 793 39.5 43,581 41,243 2,054 Medical and clinical laboratory technologists................... 25.51 25.85 996 1,026 39.1 51,816 53,352 2,032 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 17.25 16.25 688 650 39.9 35,801 33,800 2,075 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 24.47 25.59 942 959 38.5 48,990 49,853 2,002 Cardiovascular technologists and technicians.................... 16.54 13.11 648 520 39.2 33,702 27,040 2,037 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 24.13 24.78 934 981 38.7 48,587 51,002 2,013 Emergency medical technicians and paramedics...................... 22.74 25.71 877 1,009 38.6 45,628 52,473 2,006 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 16.65 15.97 640 653 38.5 33,294 33,946 2,000 Pharmacy technicians............................................ 15.66 15.20 598 608 38.2 31,080 31,616 1,985 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 20.71 20.60 795 795 38.4 41,345 41,359 1,997 Medical records and health information technicians................ 16.52 16.96 651 672 39.4 33,853 34,964 2,049 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 13.13 12.36 504 479 38.4 26,200 24,905 1,996 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.78 11.91 489 466 38.3 25,427 24,219 1,990 Home health aides............................................... 10.78 9.90 412 396 38.2 21,427 20,592 1,987 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 13.71 12.92 525 507 38.3 27,313 26,354 1,993 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 15.22 15.40 594 596 39.1 30,912 31,013 2,031 Medical assistants.............................................. 14.89 15.30 589 612 39.6 30,643 31,824 2,058 Medical equipment preparers..................................... 17.20 18.01 674 630 39.2 35,064 32,778 2,039 Medical transcriptionists....................................... 14.87 15.33 554 563 37.2 28,788 29,250 1,936 Protective service occupations...................................... 15.50 13.07 605 506 39.0 30,878 25,850 1,992 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 12.18 10.61 479 420 39.4 24,932 21,840 2,046 Security guards................................................. 12.18 10.61 479 420 39.4 24,932 21,840 2,046 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 12.02 11.33 470 440 39.1 24,256 22,776 2,019 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 19.37 18.38 774 735 40.0 39,859 38,228 2,057 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 19.82 19.69 793 788 40.0 40,759 40,560 2,056 Cooks............................................................. 13.09 12.73 519 509 39.7 26,656 26,478 2,036 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 13.21 12.00 522 480 39.5 26,900 24,960 2,037 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 12.33 12.73 493 509 40.0 25,084 26,478 2,034 Food preparation workers.......................................... 13.82 14.61 535 548 38.7 27,087 28,490 1,959 Food service, tipped.............................................. 6.89 6.00 263 221 38.2 13,624 11,466 1,978 Bartenders...................................................... 9.57 9.65 354 373 37.0 18,407 19,406 1,923 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 6.03 5.62 231 197 38.3 12,012 10,228 1,993 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 7.87 7.25 302 290 38.4 15,454 15,080 1,964 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 11.09 10.79 425 407 38.3 22,097 21,167 1,992 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 12.53 11.63 489 440 39.0 25,415 22,859 2,028 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 12.44 12.30 478 461 38.4 24,841 23,985 1,997 Dishwashers....................................................... 8.89 8.64 355 346 40.0 18,428 17,969 2,074 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 15.79 15.93 623 624 39.5 32,221 32,323 2,041 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 32.65 22.36 1,298 895 39.8 67,495 46,517 2,068 Building cleaning workers......................................... 14.99 15.82 592 608 39.5 30,736 31,480 2,050 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 15.25 15.30 603 593 39.6 31,342 30,826 2,055 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 12.99 12.98 506 482 39.0 26,309 25,058 2,026 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 10.40 9.50 414 380 39.8 17,999 17,587 1,730 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 10.40 9.50 414 380 39.8 17,999 17,587 1,730 Personal care and service occupations............................... 13.15 9.90 476 361 36.2 23,915 18,720 1,819 First-line supervisors/managers of gaming workers................. 15.05 14.00 602 560 40.0 31,308 29,120 2,080 Slot key persons................................................ 13.29 12.89 532 516 40.0 27,647 26,811 2,080 Gaming services workers........................................... 7.18 7.55 287 302 40.0 14,931 15,704 2,080 Gaming dealers.................................................. 7.18 7.55 287 302 40.0 14,931 15,704 2,080 Child care workers................................................ 11.05 10.70 416 401 37.6 21,613 20,862 1,956 Personal and home care aides...................................... 8.87 8.74 341 346 38.5 17,731 17,971 2,000 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 10.88 10.88 453 480 41.7 11,961 3,230 1,099 Recreation workers.............................................. 10.88 10.88 453 480 41.7 11,961 3,230 1,099 Sales and related occupations....................................... 22.48 14.45 887 563 39.4 46,045 29,286 2,048 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 20.55 18.19 825 725 40.2 42,923 37,690 2,089 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 19.26 17.90 770 716 40.0 40,057 37,232 2,080 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.80 11.71 503 460 39.3 26,080 23,920 2,037 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.63 11.54 458 458 39.4 23,618 23,806 2,030 Cashiers...................................................... 11.60 11.54 457 458 39.4 23,548 23,806 2,029 Retail salespersons............................................. 13.31 11.91 522 472 39.2 27,147 24,544 2,040 Insurance sales agents............................................ 21.23 20.87 918 824 43.2 47,717 42,857 2,248 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 57.54 44.16 2,258 1,767 39.2 117,423 91,859 2,041 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 39.64 40.06 1,571 1,604 39.6 81,711 83,418 2,061 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products............................ 38.91 39.99 1,553 1,604 39.9 80,750 83,418 2,076 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 22.93 16.15 888 636 38.7 46,192 33,053 2,014 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 18.05 16.83 697 643 38.6 36,191 33,419 2,005 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 27.53 21.89 1,050 888 38.1 54,592 46,192 1,983 Switchboard operators, including answering service................ 15.59 17.00 574 595 36.8 29,831 30,940 1,914 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.74 15.90 653 617 39.0 33,971 32,094 2,029 Bill and account collectors..................................... 17.49 17.18 691 650 39.5 35,921 33,794 2,054 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 16.46 15.90 633 609 38.5 32,935 31,686 2,001 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.73 15.89 651 612 38.9 33,836 31,803 2,022 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 18.41 17.70 727 708 39.5 37,823 36,824 2,055 Procurement clerks.............................................. 17.16 16.41 686 656 40.0 35,687 34,133 2,080 Tellers......................................................... 13.35 12.96 525 519 39.3 27,303 26,963 2,045 Brokerage clerks.................................................. 22.27 20.75 868 830 39.0 45,111 43,162 2,026 Customer service representatives.................................. 17.65 15.75 693 635 39.3 35,858 32,777 2,032 File clerks....................................................... 12.23 12.24 483 497 39.4 25,094 25,834 2,051 Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................... 15.62 15.61 584 573 37.4 30,374 29,775 1,945 Library assistants, clerical...................................... 15.53 15.51 585 620 37.7 30,218 32,250 1,945 Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 16.49 16.08 646 636 39.2 33,614 33,051 2,039 Order clerks...................................................... 16.75 16.17 668 647 39.9 32,091 33,571 1,916 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 20.46 20.35 793 738 38.7 41,220 38,362 2,014 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.08 14.03 540 537 38.3 27,582 27,916 1,958 Dispatchers....................................................... 27.22 20.50 1,033 820 38.0 53,731 42,640 1,974 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 28.43 20.77 1,075 820 37.8 55,905 42,640 1,966 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 19.81 18.60 782 711 39.4 40,639 36,991 2,051 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.39 11.94 536 478 40.0 27,856 24,835 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.86 12.34 505 493 39.3 26,276 25,661 2,044 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 21.97 20.72 831 786 37.8 43,222 40,849 1,967 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 22.63 21.15 856 805 37.8 44,507 41,860 1,967 Legal secretaries............................................... 30.25 29.88 1,079 1,046 35.7 56,115 54,387 1,855 Medical secretaries............................................. 16.42 16.35 625 657 38.1 32,503 34,168 1,980 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 19.41 19.42 748 742 38.5 38,877 38,584 2,003 Computer operators................................................ 18.07 18.90 720 756 39.8 37,429 39,312 2,071 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 15.72 13.35 602 528 38.3 31,292 27,456 1,991 Data entry keyers............................................... 13.63 12.57 527 478 38.6 27,380 24,863 2,009 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 16.38 16.56 632 634 38.6 32,885 32,989 2,007 Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service..... 13.25 12.74 517 494 39.0 26,866 25,709 2,028 Office clerks, general............................................ 16.93 16.60 649 632 38.4 33,767 32,864 1,995 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 33.77 33.50 1,324 1,353 39.2 67,401 68,616 1,996 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 27.95 31.86 1,096 1,115 39.2 57,014 57,980 2,040 Construction laborers............................................. 26.51 27.25 1,060 1,090 40.0 51,483 49,050 1,942 Construction equipment operators.................................. 26.38 21.91 1,055 876 40.0 54,876 45,573 2,080 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 26.38 21.91 1,055 876 40.0 54,876 45,573 2,080 Electricians...................................................... 36.54 43.22 1,383 1,610 37.9 71,930 83,720 1,969 Miscellaneous construction and related workers.................... 28.73 24.94 1,131 998 39.4 55,769 51,875 1,941 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 24.93 23.50 994 941 39.9 51,663 48,955 2,073 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 32.34 29.09 1,283 1,200 39.7 66,684 62,400 2,062 Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers... 32.13 33.77 1,284 1,351 40.0 66,778 70,235 2,078 Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers.............................................. 32.13 33.77 1,284 1,351 40.0 66,778 70,235 2,078 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................... 23.45 22.02 938 881 40.0 48,772 45,800 2,080 Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay.................................................... 34.02 35.85 1,361 1,434 40.0 70,754 74,568 2,080 Aircraft mechanics and service technicians........................ 26.50 27.69 1,060 1,108 40.0 55,110 57,595 2,080 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 18.76 18.27 750 731 40.0 39,024 37,991 2,080 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 21.97 21.17 879 847 40.0 45,700 44,034 2,080 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers..................................................... 25.41 22.05 1,016 882 40.0 52,844 45,864 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 21.08 20.29 841 807 39.9 43,698 41,974 2,073 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 20.42 18.76 818 750 40.1 42,534 39,021 2,083 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 21.42 20.50 851 820 39.7 44,254 42,640 2,066 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 20.03 18.90 801 756 40.0 41,625 39,312 2,078 Millwrights..................................................... 23.96 21.03 955 841 39.9 49,661 43,742 2,072 Line installers and repairers..................................... 31.55 34.27 1,262 1,371 40.0 65,634 71,282 2,080 Electrical power-line installers and repairers.................. 34.45 36.08 1,378 1,443 40.0 71,662 75,046 2,080 Precision instrument and equipment repairers...................... 31.30 33.69 1,220 1,287 39.0 63,416 66,934 2,026 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 19.38 19.07 766 763 39.5 39,841 39,666 2,056 Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers.......... 16.76 17.75 670 710 40.0 34,865 36,920 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 17.24 16.65 688 665 39.9 35,670 34,466 2,069 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 26.71 26.45 1,074 1,061 40.2 55,827 55,160 2,090 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 17.23 17.90 689 716 40.0 35,832 37,232 2,080 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 16.01 14.85 641 594 40.0 33,309 30,890 2,080 Electromechanical equipment assemblers.......................... 18.03 17.90 721 716 40.0 37,497 37,232 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 12.89 12.57 511 497 39.6 26,568 25,854 2,060 Team assemblers................................................. 16.39 16.00 655 640 40.0 34,081 33,280 2,080 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 15.89 14.05 636 562 40.0 33,060 29,224 2,080 Miscellaneous food processing workers............................. 16.54 17.79 662 712 40.0 34,411 37,003 2,080 Food batchmakers................................................ 15.75 17.25 630 690 40.0 32,766 35,880 2,080 Food cooking machine operators and tenders...................... 18.21 18.78 728 751 40.0 37,881 39,062 2,080 Computer control programmers and operators........................ 17.25 17.00 690 680 40.0 35,855 35,360 2,078 Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic... 17.08 17.00 683 680 40.0 35,490 35,360 2,078 Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 18.99 19.57 760 783 40.0 39,504 40,706 2,080 Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............................................ 19.24 19.57 769 783 40.0 40,010 40,706 2,080 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 17.37 16.65 689 666 39.7 35,837 34,632 2,063 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 15.97 15.68 628 620 39.3 32,639 32,240 2,044 Machinists........................................................ 21.76 21.48 869 859 39.9 45,169 44,670 2,076 Metal furnace and kiln operators and tenders...................... 18.43 17.45 731 698 39.6 37,920 36,296 2,057 Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders.................... 20.03 17.74 789 710 39.4 40,822 36,899 2,038 Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................................................... 16.35 15.75 654 630 40.0 33,951 32,760 2,077 Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 15.10 15.75 604 630 40.0 31,354 32,760 2,076 Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 22.24 19.46 890 778 40.0 45,607 40,477 2,050 Tool and die makers............................................... 26.40 26.98 1,045 1,079 39.6 54,334 56,120 2,058 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 18.17 16.70 727 668 40.0 37,788 34,736 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 18.72 18.20 749 728 40.0 38,944 37,856 2,080 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 12.28 8.25 491 330 40.0 25,512 17,160 2,077 Printers.......................................................... 22.46 20.69 889 828 39.6 46,216 43,035 2,058 Printing machine operators...................................... 22.67 23.37 896 847 39.5 46,579 44,058 2,055 Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders................... 18.48 19.00 739 760 40.0 38,432 39,520 2,080 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders............... 15.70 14.74 628 590 40.0 32,662 30,659 2,080 Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing....................................................... 14.33 14.74 573 590 40.0 29,811 30,659 2,080 Stationary engineers and boiler operators......................... 29.66 30.17 1,186 1,207 40.0 61,695 62,752 2,080 Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders....... 24.19 26.40 968 1,056 40.0 50,145 54,912 2,073 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers....... 19.62 19.31 785 772 40.0 40,805 40,165 2,080 Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 20.28 19.31 811 772 40.0 42,186 40,165 2,080 Cutting workers................................................... 16.65 15.74 666 630 40.0 31,794 32,739 1,910 Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders..... 16.83 17.75 673 710 40.0 31,704 32,739 1,884 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 17.80 17.55 712 702 40.0 37,033 36,504 2,080 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 15.20 14.74 601 581 39.5 31,226 30,222 2,054 Painting workers.................................................. 15.33 15.78 613 631 40.0 31,890 32,822 2,080 Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders...................................................... 15.55 15.78 622 631 40.0 32,336 32,822 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 14.75 13.42 591 537 40.1 30,575 27,914 2,073 Helpers--production workers..................................... 12.82 13.07 512 512 39.9 26,055 25,522 2,032 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 18.36 14.90 727 600 39.6 37,638 31,138 2,050 First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand................................................... 19.89 20.35 796 814 40.0 41,375 42,328 2,080 Aircraft pilots and flight engineers.............................. 127.51 120.53 2,677 2,495 21.0 139,192 129,715 1,092 Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers.................. 127.51 120.53 2,677 2,495 21.0 139,192 129,715 1,092 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 20.32 19.19 832 771 40.9 43,240 40,102 2,128 Driver/sales workers............................................ 17.16 17.13 690 700 40.2 35,903 36,400 2,092 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.79 18.00 826 749 41.7 42,948 38,938 2,170 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 22.62 22.79 894 912 39.5 46,495 47,403 2,055 Crane and tower operators......................................... 22.55 22.71 902 908 40.0 46,908 47,237 2,080 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 15.78 15.43 631 616 40.0 32,058 31,658 2,031 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 13.26 12.80 528 512 39.8 27,463 26,624 2,072 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 13.54 14.53 541 581 40.0 28,157 30,222 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 13.23 12.67 529 507 39.9 27,488 26,354 2,077 Machine feeders and offbearers.................................. 16.49 13.95 634 558 38.5 32,950 29,016 1,998 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 12.09 12.20 482 488 39.9 25,052 25,376 2,073 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.