Table 12 Full-time(1) private industry 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........................................................... $20.68 $16.30 $822 $650 39.7 $42,480 $33,616 2,055 Management occupations.............................................. 41.09 37.01 1,699 1,556 41.3 88,291 80,922 2,149 General and operations managers................................... 44.22 42.91 1,918 1,924 43.4 99,731 100,073 2,255 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 45.16 47.45 1,862 1,744 41.2 96,842 90,698 2,144 Marketing managers.............................................. 48.79 49.16 1,995 1,744 40.9 103,762 90,698 2,127 Sales managers.................................................. 39.97 47.45 1,668 1,689 41.7 86,725 87,820 2,170 Administrative services managers.................................. 27.11 22.61 1,090 904 40.2 56,702 47,029 2,091 Computer and information systems managers......................... 51.78 49.92 2,110 1,997 40.8 109,484 103,834 2,114 Financial managers................................................ 38.64 38.08 1,572 1,541 40.7 81,742 80,142 2,115 Human resources managers.......................................... 34.24 34.36 1,500 1,510 43.8 77,992 78,499 2,278 Compensation and benefits managers.............................. 33.42 30.19 1,491 1,510 44.6 77,550 78,499 2,320 Industrial production managers.................................... 43.64 41.56 1,774 1,662 40.6 92,240 86,445 2,114 Purchasing managers............................................... 36.08 32.19 1,443 1,288 40.0 75,047 66,955 2,080 Construction managers............................................. 35.15 34.00 1,451 1,330 41.3 75,465 69,160 2,147 Engineering managers.............................................. 53.00 54.19 2,255 2,200 42.5 117,245 114,400 2,212 Food service managers............................................. 22.99 23.56 954 942 41.5 49,206 49,009 2,140 Medical and health services managers.............................. 48.91 39.61 1,991 1,584 40.7 103,529 82,389 2,117 Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 35.99 27.58 1,429 1,103 39.7 74,321 57,371 2,065 Social and community service managers............................. 26.71 26.44 1,068 1,058 40.0 55,551 55,001 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 29.17 26.50 1,178 1,060 40.4 61,280 55,120 2,101 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 24.23 22.59 995 904 41.1 51,718 46,993 2,135 Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products............... 20.71 18.81 851 752 41.1 44,264 39,129 2,137 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 27.76 30.35 1,144 1,223 41.2 59,462 63,596 2,142 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........ 28.96 25.93 1,151 1,037 39.7 59,832 53,941 2,066 Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................. 28.96 25.93 1,151 1,037 39.7 59,832 53,941 2,066 Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation..................................... 29.13 32.98 1,165 1,319 40.0 60,590 68,596 2,080 Cost estimators................................................... 33.88 35.70 1,357 1,232 40.1 70,553 64,064 2,083 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 26.84 24.65 1,092 1,002 40.7 56,795 52,125 2,116 Training and development specialists............................ 27.33 25.26 1,093 1,010 40.0 56,838 52,530 2,080 Management analysts............................................... 32.77 30.92 1,311 1,237 40.0 68,153 64,309 2,080 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 30.54 28.09 1,224 1,104 40.1 63,660 57,408 2,085 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 31.48 27.86 1,252 1,079 39.8 65,120 56,118 2,068 Financial analysts.............................................. 36.29 40.79 1,452 1,632 40.0 75,490 84,849 2,080 Loan counselors and officers...................................... 39.97 36.06 1,578 1,442 39.5 82,061 75,001 2,053 Loan officers................................................... 39.97 36.06 1,578 1,442 39.5 82,061 75,001 2,053 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 35.35 33.69 1,434 1,401 40.6 74,545 72,862 2,109 Computer programmers.............................................. 39.02 38.76 1,561 1,550 40.0 81,159 80,617 2,080 Computer software engineers....................................... 42.23 41.56 1,721 1,687 40.8 89,508 87,724 2,120 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 38.14 33.69 1,525 1,348 40.0 79,321 70,079 2,080 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 45.48 44.31 1,882 1,865 41.4 97,868 96,985 2,152 Computer support specialists...................................... 23.28 20.97 931 839 40.0 48,421 43,616 2,080 Computer systems analysts......................................... 36.97 37.14 1,553 1,554 42.0 80,761 80,824 2,185 Database administrators........................................... 41.87 48.52 1,675 1,941 40.0 87,095 100,922 2,080 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 29.29 27.94 1,176 1,115 40.1 61,142 58,001 2,087 Network systems and data communications analysts.................. 30.48 31.25 1,219 1,250 40.0 63,389 65,000 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.83 31.50 1,351 1,273 39.9 70,191 66,206 2,075 Architects, except naval.......................................... 28.43 22.90 1,007 831 35.4 52,384 43,201 1,843 Architects, except landscape and naval.......................... 28.50 22.90 1,007 831 35.3 52,371 43,201 1,838 Engineers......................................................... 37.53 35.72 1,517 1,472 40.4 78,864 76,565 2,101 Civil engineers................................................. 32.90 31.50 1,306 1,260 39.7 67,914 65,520 2,064 Computer hardware engineers..................................... 38.82 36.89 1,613 1,576 41.5 83,860 81,931 2,160 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 43.02 42.99 1,734 1,748 40.3 90,153 90,902 2,095 Electrical engineers.......................................... 44.71 42.99 1,817 1,827 40.6 94,496 94,999 2,114 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 41.56 39.62 1,663 1,585 40.0 86,454 82,399 2,080 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 29.42 30.74 1,225 1,240 41.6 63,688 64,490 2,165 Industrial engineers.......................................... 29.54 30.74 1,260 1,280 42.7 65,530 66,552 2,218 Mechanical engineers............................................ 42.53 45.47 1,706 1,682 40.1 88,701 87,485 2,086 Drafters.......................................................... 24.08 22.50 940 900 39.0 48,858 46,800 2,029 Architectural and civil drafters................................ 23.59 21.50 917 860 38.9 47,684 44,720 2,022 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 25.47 26.38 1,019 1,055 40.0 52,969 54,870 2,080 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 26.55 27.24 1,062 1,090 40.0 55,233 56,665 2,080 Surveying and mapping technicians................................. 20.84 25.20 833 1,008 40.0 41,916 52,412 2,012 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 34.97 32.93 1,399 1,317 40.0 72,740 68,499 2,080 Physical scientists............................................... 39.71 37.79 1,588 1,512 40.0 82,596 78,599 2,080 Environmental scientists and geoscientists...................... 39.43 38.94 1,577 1,558 40.0 82,008 80,999 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 16.90 16.80 715 692 42.3 37,074 36,001 2,193 Counselors........................................................ 19.10 18.92 758 752 39.7 39,410 39,096 2,063 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 20.59 19.71 816 788 39.6 42,416 40,955 2,060 Rehabilitation counselors....................................... 18.51 16.57 730 630 39.5 37,966 32,734 2,052 Social workers.................................................... 17.89 17.72 714 709 39.9 37,145 36,853 2,077 Mental health and substance abuse social workers................ 18.09 17.72 723 709 40.0 37,619 36,853 2,080 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 13.43 13.00 544 517 40.5 28,063 26,144 2,089 Social and human service assistants............................. 12.21 12.00 483 480 39.6 24,796 24,960 2,031 Legal occupations................................................... 43.46 29.74 1,820 1,135 41.9 94,626 59,030 2,177 Paralegals and legal assistants................................... 24.14 24.52 958 981 39.7 49,811 51,000 2,063 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 26.28 23.73 1,031 922 39.2 45,100 32,375 1,716 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 35.15 29.36 1,398 1,101 39.8 60,964 53,206 1,734 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 34.23 26.39 1,365 1,055 39.9 63,773 54,883 1,863 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 22.10 21.53 844 824 38.2 33,074 31,597 1,497 Preschool and kindergarten teachers............................. 15.62 15.09 580 573 37.1 26,577 24,960 1,702 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 27.38 27.93 1,063 1,108 38.8 36,267 31,597 1,324 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 27.34 27.93 1,061 1,108 38.8 36,180 31,597 1,323 Teacher assistants................................................ 10.47 9.63 408 372 38.9 17,936 18,699 1,713 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 23.70 22.06 952 882 40.2 49,338 45,883 2,081 Designers......................................................... 25.42 22.00 1,014 880 39.9 52,753 45,760 2,075 Graphic designers............................................... 19.02 18.25 761 730 40.0 39,558 37,960 2,080 News analysts, reporters and correspondents....................... 27.61 29.34 1,061 1,174 38.4 50,956 57,346 1,845 Reporters and correspondents.................................... 27.61 29.34 1,061 1,174 38.4 50,956 57,346 1,845 Writers and editors............................................... 29.48 29.36 1,179 1,175 40.0 61,313 61,077 2,080 Editors......................................................... 29.57 28.38 1,183 1,135 40.0 61,495 59,030 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 33.75 26.42 1,319 1,022 39.1 68,609 53,125 2,033 Pharmacists....................................................... 52.34 51.50 1,902 2,060 36.3 98,911 107,120 1,890 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 103.80 86.65 4,163 3,429 40.1 216,465 178,333 2,085 Registered nurses................................................. 33.30 31.30 1,296 1,228 38.9 67,376 63,856 2,024 Therapists........................................................ 24.68 24.42 926 877 37.5 48,165 45,583 1,951 Occupational therapists......................................... 34.75 35.00 1,390 1,400 40.0 72,270 72,800 2,080 Respiratory therapists.......................................... 23.36 23.75 876 879 37.5 45,547 45,714 1,950 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians................. 18.37 16.51 726 646 39.5 37,756 33,571 2,055 Medical and clinical laboratory technicians..................... 17.29 16.14 683 646 39.5 35,499 33,571 2,053 Dental hygienists................................................. 24.64 28.00 931 896 37.8 48,405 46,592 1,964 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 29.88 28.08 1,190 1,123 39.8 61,877 58,406 2,071 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 27.78 28.08 1,104 1,123 39.7 57,388 58,406 2,065 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 17.67 16.50 702 660 39.7 36,515 34,320 2,066 Pharmacy technicians............................................ 15.11 15.75 605 630 40.0 31,435 32,760 2,080 Surgical technologists.......................................... 22.21 21.27 877 834 39.5 45,598 43,368 2,053 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 20.74 20.31 825 812 39.8 42,923 42,245 2,070 Medical records and health information technicians................ 13.27 13.83 531 553 40.0 27,611 28,766 2,080 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.85 11.99 496 463 38.6 25,784 24,050 2,006 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.57 10.76 452 429 39.1 23,507 22,328 2,032 Home health aides............................................... 10.01 9.50 378 360 37.7 19,654 18,720 1,963 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.02 11.50 473 448 39.4 24,592 23,275 2,046 Physical therapist assistants and aides........................... 11.73 10.00 442 367 37.7 22,973 19,084 1,959 Physical therapist aides........................................ 10.44 10.00 399 367 38.2 20,769 19,084 1,989 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 15.02 15.00 571 580 38.0 29,669 30,160 1,976 Dental assistants............................................... 16.82 16.00 597 640 35.5 31,053 33,280 1,846 Medical assistants.............................................. 14.83 14.50 586 580 39.5 30,474 30,160 2,055 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.73 10.66 467 420 39.8 24,265 21,840 2,069 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.17 10.50 440 420 39.4 22,891 21,840 2,049 Security guards................................................. 11.17 10.50 440 420 39.4 22,891 21,840 2,049 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.69 9.00 370 340 38.2 19,119 17,368 1,973 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 15.25 14.44 627 615 41.1 32,590 31,990 2,138 Chefs and head cooks............................................ 19.84 19.69 794 787 40.0 41,274 40,945 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 14.75 13.75 608 600 41.2 31,626 31,200 2,144 Cooks............................................................. 11.13 10.84 433 429 38.9 22,511 21,840 2,022 Cooks, fast food................................................ 9.42 9.70 376 388 39.9 19,531 20,176 2,073 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 10.96 10.76 418 404 38.1 21,584 19,944 1,969 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.73 11.15 463 446 39.5 24,097 23,192 2,055 Cooks, short order.............................................. 10.27 9.00 375 360 36.5 19,498 18,720 1,898 Food preparation workers.......................................... 10.03 9.16 387 350 38.6 20,060 17,500 2,000 Food service, tipped.............................................. 7.31 7.10 270 262 36.9 13,986 13,624 1,913 Bartenders...................................................... 8.95 7.99 343 313 38.3 17,850 16,251 1,993 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 6.48 6.85 235 244 36.3 12,148 12,706 1,874 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 8.04 7.25 301 269 37.5 15,664 13,978 1,949 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 9.14 8.70 344 328 37.6 17,767 17,056 1,943 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 9.19 9.00 344 325 37.4 17,731 16,773 1,929 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 8.91 8.50 345 334 38.7 17,947 17,368 2,013 Dishwashers....................................................... 9.26 8.45 367 337 39.7 18,181 17,160 1,963 Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop.......... 9.96 8.66 372 303 37.3 17,929 15,758 1,800 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.47 10.55 449 400 39.1 22,550 20,800 1,966 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 15.23 15.00 596 550 39.1 30,975 28,600 2,034 First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers...................................................... 13.74 12.50 549 500 40.0 28,574 26,000 2,080 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.46 9.80 411 390 39.3 21,223 20,255 2,029 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.79 10.30 426 400 39.5 22,158 20,800 2,054 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.58 8.99 374 340 39.0 19,059 17,680 1,989 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 12.67 11.25 487 428 38.5 22,321 19,492 1,762 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 11.67 10.71 439 390 37.6 21,426 19,492 1,835 Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.05 8.33 456 340 37.9 23,528 17,160 1,953 First-line supervisors/managers of gaming workers................. 17.81 15.71 717 628 40.3 37,275 32,656 2,093 Gaming supervisors.............................................. 19.24 16.97 777 679 40.4 40,410 35,298 2,101 First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers....... 16.86 16.96 664 679 39.4 34,531 35,285 2,048 Gaming services workers........................................... 7.71 7.25 306 290 39.7 15,918 15,080 2,065 Gaming dealers.................................................. 7.58 7.25 301 290 39.7 15,641 15,080 2,063 Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers........ 7.69 7.50 292 282 37.9 15,040 14,643 1,956 Amusement and recreation attendants............................. 7.70 7.65 291 282 37.8 15,004 14,643 1,948 Child care workers................................................ 8.69 8.00 342 320 39.3 17,186 16,640 1,977 Personal and home care aides...................................... 10.53 10.00 421 400 40.0 21,896 20,800 2,080 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 18.42 18.05 712 722 38.7 32,911 37,544 1,786 Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.92 14.47 718 572 40.1 37,346 29,744 2,084 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 20.06 17.30 816 695 40.7 42,429 36,125 2,115 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 18.50 16.80 755 692 40.8 39,268 35,984 2,122 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..... 27.62 26.96 1,105 1,079 40.0 57,459 56,085 2,080 Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.04 11.50 522 448 40.0 27,112 23,296 2,079 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.44 9.75 411 368 39.4 21,351 18,928 2,045 Cashiers...................................................... 10.37 9.75 408 360 39.3 21,197 18,720 2,043 Gaming change persons and booth cashiers...................... 11.55 11.33 462 453 40.0 24,030 23,566 2,080 Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons................ 13.39 12.46 543 480 40.6 28,232 24,960 2,109 Counter and rental clerks..................................... 11.90 10.78 472 414 39.6 24,529 21,528 2,062 Parts salespersons............................................ 14.53 13.89 600 554 41.3 31,179 28,808 2,146 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.53 13.01 585 518 40.3 30,394 26,939 2,092 Insurance sales agents............................................ 33.77 32.69 1,338 1,308 39.6 69,595 67,999 2,061 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 32.82 19.49 1,313 780 40.0 68,286 40,539 2,081 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 31.73 26.33 1,281 1,054 40.4 66,617 54,829 2,099 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products...................................... 37.12 35.38 1,487 1,415 40.1 77,333 73,595 2,083 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products............................ 27.47 25.72 1,116 1,038 40.6 58,012 54,001 2,112 Real estate brokers and sales agents.............................. 19.89 15.00 795 600 40.0 41,363 31,200 2,080 Real estate sales agents........................................ 19.89 15.00 795 600 40.0 41,363 31,200 2,080 Telemarketers..................................................... 11.97 10.00 465 400 38.8 24,178 20,800 2,020 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.31 14.23 606 561 39.6 31,486 29,162 2,057 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 20.60 20.67 825 827 40.0 42,884 43,000 2,082 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.96 14.00 588 560 39.3 30,570 29,120 2,043 Bill and account collectors..................................... 15.81 14.74 632 590 40.0 32,878 30,668 2,080 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators................ 15.02 15.70 601 628 40.0 31,239 32,656 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.08 15.39 627 615 39.0 32,616 32,001 2,029 Gaming cage workers............................................. 10.50 10.45 408 392 38.9 21,226 20,363 2,021 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 17.94 17.86 718 714 40.0 37,311 37,147 2,080 Procurement clerks.............................................. 15.06 16.45 602 658 40.0 31,330 34,216 2,080 Tellers......................................................... 11.61 11.07 457 440 39.3 23,761 22,880 2,046 Brokerage clerks.................................................. 16.98 17.68 699 673 41.2 36,366 34,984 2,142 Customer service representatives.................................. 14.40 13.48 572 530 39.7 29,734 27,554 2,065 File clerks....................................................... 12.93 14.18 478 515 37.0 24,848 26,790 1,922 Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks.............................. 11.14 10.10 443 404 39.7 22,387 21,004 2,010 Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 16.30 15.81 652 632 40.0 33,907 32,885 2,080 Order clerks...................................................... 14.15 13.00 563 520 39.8 29,252 27,040 2,067 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 15.30 15.65 612 626 40.0 31,814 32,550 2,080 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.67 12.25 500 480 39.4 25,990 24,960 2,051 Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks.... 17.11 17.97 684 719 40.0 35,587 37,378 2,080 Dispatchers....................................................... 13.28 12.50 538 500 40.5 27,984 26,000 2,108 Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................. 14.19 15.42 579 617 40.8 30,133 32,074 2,124 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 22.67 25.51 915 1,020 40.3 47,560 53,065 2,098 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.21 12.48 528 499 40.0 27,445 25,958 2,078 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 11.90 11.64 473 452 39.7 24,576 23,483 2,065 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.30 17.10 726 684 39.7 37,768 35,576 2,064 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 22.23 22.11 886 887 39.8 46,060 46,145 2,072 Legal secretaries............................................... 21.67 20.50 850 820 39.2 44,209 42,640 2,040 Medical secretaries............................................. 15.11 14.52 594 577 39.3 30,909 30,014 2,045 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.31 14.86 611 594 39.9 31,782 30,900 2,076 Computer operators................................................ 16.74 16.37 669 655 40.0 34,809 34,052 2,080 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 13.02 12.29 505 492 38.8 26,265 25,563 2,018 Data entry keyers............................................... 13.02 12.29 505 492 38.8 26,265 25,563 2,018 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 12.71 13.01 508 521 40.0 26,436 27,067 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 14.39 13.85 557 554 38.8 28,989 28,810 2,015 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 19.13 18.00 761 702 39.8 39,023 36,001 2,040 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 27.61 25.10 1,148 1,004 41.6 59,687 52,214 2,162 Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons......................... 21.78 23.59 871 944 40.0 45,310 49,065 2,080 Brickmasons and blockmasons..................................... 21.78 23.59 871 944 40.0 45,310 49,065 2,080 Carpenters........................................................ 22.22 20.00 888 800 40.0 46,019 41,600 2,071 Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers........... 21.27 21.94 844 878 39.7 43,871 45,641 2,063 Cement masons and concrete finishers............................ 21.27 21.94 844 878 39.7 43,871 45,641 2,063 Construction laborers............................................. 12.62 10.00 500 400 39.7 25,170 20,800 1,994 Construction equipment operators.................................. 20.10 20.00 792 778 39.4 41,190 40,444 2,049 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.. 20.43 20.50 798 820 39.1 41,494 42,640 2,031 Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers........... 19.15 17.55 766 702 40.0 39,841 36,504 2,080 Drywall and ceiling tile installers............................. 17.44 15.50 698 620 40.0 36,271 32,236 2,080 Electricians...................................................... 22.95 22.47 918 899 40.0 47,728 46,736 2,080 Painters and paperhangers......................................... 16.14 17.13 621 685 38.5 32,317 35,630 2,002 Painters, construction and maintenance.......................... 16.14 17.13 621 685 38.5 32,317 35,630 2,002 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 23.96 23.27 949 931 39.6 49,363 48,402 2,061 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 24.44 23.59 968 931 39.6 50,322 48,402 2,059 Roofers........................................................... 14.60 13.00 574 540 39.3 29,847 28,080 2,044 Sheet metal workers............................................... 18.75 17.04 690 682 36.8 35,896 35,452 1,915 Helpers, construction trades...................................... 17.77 17.39 703 696 39.6 34,011 36,180 1,914 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 21.63 20.19 870 808 40.2 45,211 41,995 2,090 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 29.82 31.15 1,214 1,304 40.7 63,130 67,800 2,117 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................... 23.81 26.92 949 1,052 39.9 49,365 54,703 2,073 Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment.................................................... 29.46 30.49 1,172 1,220 39.8 60,943 63,417 2,068 Aircraft mechanics and service technicians........................ 21.58 21.72 863 869 40.0 44,881 45,178 2,080 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 21.27 19.45 858 774 40.4 44,586 39,649 2,097 Automotive body and related repairers........................... 24.06 25.82 – – – – – – Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 20.97 19.45 843 774 40.2 43,803 39,649 2,089 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 20.67 19.50 827 780 40.0 42,987 40,560 2,080 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics...................................................... 20.74 19.50 876 728 42.2 45,572 37,856 2,197 Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines................ 24.68 26.00 947 1,040 38.4 49,269 54,080 1,996 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers..................................................... 25.43 26.95 1,017 1,078 40.0 52,888 56,062 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 22.13 21.00 883 840 39.9 45,931 43,680 2,076 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 25.49 25.25 1,017 1,010 39.9 52,900 52,512 2,075 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 20.66 20.00 825 800 40.0 42,915 41,600 2,078 Maintenance workers, machinery.................................. 20.83 18.00 830 720 39.9 43,174 37,440 2,073 Line installers and repairers..................................... 25.74 25.03 1,030 1,001 40.0 53,544 52,062 2,080 Electrical power-line installers and repairers.................. 29.43 34.85 1,177 1,394 40.0 61,210 72,484 2,080 Telecommunications line installers and repairers................ 20.67 20.53 827 821 40.0 42,992 42,702 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 15.88 15.50 633 620 39.8 32,908 32,240 2,072 Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers.... 17.00 17.47 680 699 40.0 35,358 36,344 2,080 Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers.......... 13.08 11.07 518 443 39.6 26,958 23,026 2,061 Production occupations.............................................. 18.67 15.38 745 613 39.9 38,762 31,886 2,076 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers........................................................ 38.47 31.88 1,574 1,275 40.9 81,869 66,310 2,128 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 13.66 13.15 546 526 40.0 28,404 27,352 2,080 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 13.85 13.15 554 526 40.0 28,811 27,352 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 13.71 13.45 549 538 40.0 28,525 27,976 2,080 Team assemblers................................................. 12.98 12.49 519 500 40.0 27,001 25,979 2,080 Bakers............................................................ 15.25 13.55 610 542 40.0 31,715 28,184 2,080 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 14.03 12.65 554 506 39.5 28,813 26,312 2,054 Butchers and meat cutters....................................... 15.15 16.27 593 569 39.1 30,817 29,611 2,035 Miscellaneous food processing workers............................. 15.70 13.00 617 520 39.3 32,089 27,040 2,043 Computer control programmers and operators........................ 19.28 19.54 771 781 40.0 40,107 40,635 2,080 Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic... 17.93 17.41 717 696 40.0 37,298 36,207 2,080 Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 13.72 13.75 549 550 40.0 28,533 28,600 2,080 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................... 14.01 13.61 560 544 40.0 29,144 28,309 2,080 Machinists........................................................ 23.18 22.57 918 900 39.6 47,716 46,821 2,059 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 16.15 15.22 646 609 40.0 33,587 31,666 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 16.15 15.22 646 609 40.0 33,587 31,666 2,080 Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers.................... 19.37 23.10 759 924 39.2 39,445 48,048 2,036 Printers.......................................................... 17.54 15.00 683 614 38.9 35,500 31,907 2,023 Printing machine operators...................................... 17.81 15.00 694 600 39.0 36,083 31,200 2,026 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 9.64 9.01 384 360 39.8 19,954 18,743 2,070 Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers.............. 35.48 35.21 1,419 1,409 40.0 73,800 73,245 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 20.47 19.43 819 777 40.0 42,570 40,414 2,080 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 14.82 14.91 587 596 39.6 30,536 31,013 2,061 Painting workers.................................................. 19.51 17.12 780 685 40.0 40,572 35,614 2,080 Painters, transportation equipment.............................. 23.62 21.04 945 842 40.0 49,139 43,759 2,080 Semiconductor processors.......................................... 20.99 20.44 835 817 39.8 43,406 42,507 2,068 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.58 10.85 502 430 39.9 26,124 22,360 2,077 Helpers--production workers..................................... 11.34 11.00 453 440 40.0 23,579 22,880 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 16.07 15.00 636 590 39.6 32,820 30,597 2,043 First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand................................................... 19.47 18.94 793 769 40.7 41,240 40,000 2,118 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................. 25.11 25.51 1,013 1,020 40.3 52,690 53,063 2,098 Aircraft pilots and flight engineers.............................. 117.06 118.42 2,591 3,129 22.1 134,757 162,689 1,151 Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers.................. 117.06 118.42 2,591 3,129 22.1 134,757 162,689 1,151 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.97 16.00 679 640 40.0 35,205 33,280 2,075 Driver/sales workers............................................ 12.97 11.26 515 444 39.7 26,765 23,088 2,063 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 17.98 16.28 724 651 40.3 37,411 33,869 2,081 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 16.30 13.77 648 551 39.8 33,713 28,642 2,068 Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators................. 19.86 19.00 785 760 39.5 38,312 37,440 1,930 Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators........... 19.86 19.00 785 760 39.5 38,312 37,440 1,930 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 15.01 14.71 600 588 39.9 30,272 30,077 2,016 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.33 10.50 444 400 39.2 23,065 20,800 2,036 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 9.41 9.00 377 360 40.0 19,581 18,720 2,080 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 11.88 10.70 463 416 39.0 24,095 21,622 2,029 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 10.61 11.48 414 459 39.1 21,549 23,868 2,032 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 The NCS uses the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification coding structure, which defines more than 800 unique occupations, to match jobs sampled by the survey. Military occupations are excluded from the survey. 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 in the earnings distribution at which 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 in the earnings distribution at which 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.