RSE Table 21                                    Civilian supervisory workers: Relative standard errors of mean
                                                weekly and annual earnings for selected management occupations
                                                                                                              
                                                                                                              
                                                                            Weekly(2)           Annual(4)     
                                                                                                              
                            Occupation(1)                                                                     
                                                                                                              
                                                                          Mean    Relative    Mean    Relative
                                                                        earnings  error(3)  earnings  error(3)
                                                                                                              
                                                                                                              
                                                                                                              
  Management occupations                                                                                      
            Team leader...............................................   $1,381      7.2%    $71,557     7.2% 
            First line................................................    1,747      3.6      90,020     3.6  
            Second line...............................................    2,313      3.9     119,742     3.9  
            Third line................................................    5,251     25.5     251,922    25.5  
    Chief executives                                                                                          
            Second line...............................................    3,457     17.1     177,617    17.1  
    General and operations managers                                                                           
            First line................................................    1,582      9.7      82,249     9.7  
            Second line...............................................    2,734      4.6     142,147     4.6  
      Marketing managers                                                                                      
            Team leader...............................................    1,954     13.3     101,623    13.3  
            First line................................................    2,074      8.9     107,836     8.9  
      Sales managers                                                                                          
            First line................................................    1,923     23.8      99,981    23.8  
    Administrative services managers                                                                          
            First line................................................    1,468      7.9      76,353     7.9  
    Computer and information systems managers                                                                 
            First line................................................    2,024      6.0     105,225     6.0  
    Financial managers                                                                                        
            Team leader...............................................    1,259      9.2      65,461     9.2  
            First line................................................    2,015      2.9     104,432     2.9  
            Second line...............................................    2,256      6.8     117,305     6.8  
    Industrial production managers                                                                            
            First line................................................    1,824      3.2      94,830     3.2  
    Purchasing managers                                                                                       
            First line................................................    1,968     10.6     102,341    10.6  
    Transportation, storage, and distribution managers                                                        
            First line................................................    1,429     29.3      74,305    29.3  
    Construction managers                                                                                     
            First line................................................    1,811      5.3      94,158     5.3  
      Education administrators, elementary and secondary school                                               
            First line................................................    2,221      4.3     105,855     4.3  
            Second line...............................................    2,088      7.3     100,637     7.3  
      Education administrators, postsecondary                                                                 
            First line................................................    1,434      6.7      74,593     6.7  
    Engineering managers                                                                                      
            First line................................................    2,243      3.7     116,615     3.7  
            Second line...............................................    2,830      2.5     147,151     2.5  
    Food service managers                                                                                     
            First line................................................      958      9.7      49,199     9.7  
    Lodging managers                                                                                          
            First line................................................    1,159     19.0      60,283    19.0  
    Medical and health services managers                                                                      
            First line................................................    1,873      4.5      97,398     4.5  
    Natural sciences managers                                                                                 
            First line................................................    1,782      5.1      92,677     5.1  
    Property, real estate, and community association managers                                                 
            First line................................................    1,123     14.1      58,386    14.1  
    Social and community service managers                                                                     
            First line................................................    1,151      6.6      59,712     6.6  

  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 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees.
  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 annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees.

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SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.