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........................................................... $22.77 $17.43 $905 $692 39.7 $46,943 $35,980 2,061 Management occupations.............................................. 47.41 42.44 1,963 1,713 41.4 102,031 89,059 2,152 General and operations managers................................... 54.21 52.88 2,378 2,163 43.9 123,675 112,501 2,281 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 48.64 48.08 2,023 2,137 41.6 105,220 111,103 2,163 Marketing managers.............................................. 49.96 53.42 2,051 2,137 41.0 106,640 111,103 2,134 Sales managers.................................................. 46.18 48.00 1,970 1,898 42.7 102,461 98,700 2,219 Computer and information systems managers......................... 50.37 49.92 2,058 1,997 40.9 106,755 103,834 2,119 Financial managers................................................ 39.13 38.53 1,565 1,541 40.0 81,383 80,142 2,080 Human resources managers.......................................... 35.00 36.90 1,559 1,516 44.5 81,052 78,835 2,316 Compensation and benefits managers.............................. 33.42 30.19 1,491 1,510 44.6 77,550 78,499 2,320 Construction managers............................................. 34.58 35.11 1,457 1,506 42.1 75,779 78,312 2,192 Engineering managers.............................................. 62.24 60.42 2,556 2,568 41.1 132,910 133,536 2,135 Medical and health services managers.............................. 57.47 42.59 2,299 1,703 40.0 119,546 88,581 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 29.51 27.51 1,191 1,096 40.4 61,954 57,000 2,100 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 25.88 26.60 1,088 1,064 42.0 56,574 55,320 2,186 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.. 27.94 30.35 1,182 1,324 42.3 61,463 68,850 2,200 Cost estimators................................................... 37.24 42.38 1,512 1,725 40.6 78,635 89,677 2,112 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 27.98 25.26 1,112 1,002 39.7 57,826 52,125 2,067 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.......................................... 27.77 27.51 1,121 1,100 40.4 58,306 57,215 2,100 Financial analysts and advisors................................... 32.43 27.99 1,289 1,089 39.7 67,002 56,642 2,066 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 37.61 37.63 1,533 1,554 40.8 79,709 80,824 2,119 Computer programmers.............................................. 40.21 39.44 1,608 1,578 40.0 83,637 82,031 2,080 Computer software engineers....................................... 43.94 43.65 1,797 1,803 40.9 93,461 93,775 2,127 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 45.57 44.39 1,887 1,865 41.4 98,107 96,985 2,153 Computer support specialists...................................... 23.46 20.73 938 829 40.0 48,801 43,127 2,080 Computer systems analysts......................................... 35.02 31.09 1,490 1,485 42.5 77,458 77,245 2,212 Database administrators........................................... 41.87 48.52 1,675 1,941 40.0 87,095 100,922 2,080 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 30.09 27.89 1,206 1,115 40.1 62,701 58,001 2,084 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 36.85 35.22 1,489 1,433 40.4 77,435 74,537 2,102 Architects, except naval.......................................... 38.56 35.53 1,542 1,421 40.0 80,203 73,902 2,080 Engineers......................................................... 41.02 39.47 1,665 1,651 40.6 86,604 85,842 2,111 Civil engineers................................................. 45.63 46.88 1,825 1,875 40.0 94,907 97,510 2,080 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 44.62 44.69 1,785 1,788 40.0 92,818 92,955 2,080 Electrical engineers.......................................... 47.59 48.45 1,904 1,938 40.0 98,986 100,776 2,080 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 41.91 43.70 1,676 1,748 40.0 87,168 90,902 2,080 Industrial engineers, including health and safety............... 29.15 30.74 1,258 1,280 43.2 65,405 66,552 2,244 Industrial engineers.......................................... 29.15 30.74 1,258 1,280 43.2 65,405 66,552 2,244 Mechanical engineers............................................ 43.71 40.53 1,748 1,621 40.0 90,913 84,302 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 25.79 26.04 1,032 1,041 40.0 53,650 54,153 2,080 Electrical and electronic engineering technicians............... 26.64 27.24 1,065 1,090 40.0 55,403 56,665 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 33.19 30.55 1,328 1,222 40.0 69,041 63,544 2,080 Physical scientists............................................... 35.76 33.37 1,431 1,335 40.0 74,390 69,399 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 18.01 17.25 725 692 40.2 37,699 36,001 2,093 Counselors........................................................ 20.18 18.98 798 759 39.5 41,501 39,472 2,056 Educational, vocational, and school counselors.................. 20.48 19.28 810 770 39.6 42,141 40,019 2,057 Social workers.................................................... 17.85 17.72 713 709 39.9 37,050 36,853 2,075 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 13.27 13.25 541 504 40.8 28,124 26,182 2,120 Social and human service assistants............................. 12.15 10.99 475 420 39.1 24,696 21,840 2,033 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 37.95 29.36 1,496 1,154 39.4 65,999 53,206 1,739 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 36.58 31.97 1,453 1,199 39.7 61,795 54,883 1,689 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 30.55 28.85 1,202 1,154 39.3 55,157 60,008 1,806 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 27.57 28.57 1,103 1,143 40.0 56,744 59,030 2,058 Designers......................................................... 25.01 18.80 1,000 752 40.0 52,013 39,100 2,080 Graphic designers............................................... 19.32 18.03 773 721 40.0 40,188 37,502 2,080 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................... 33.42 25.57 1,312 1,000 39.3 68,234 52,000 2,042 Pharmacists....................................................... 53.09 54.24 1,989 1,978 37.5 103,450 102,830 1,949 Physicians and surgeons........................................... 125.22 98.33 5,134 3,531 41.0 266,968 183,592 2,132 Registered nurses................................................. 32.16 31.10 1,249 1,218 38.8 64,961 63,357 2,020 Therapists........................................................ 23.81 23.75 912 879 38.3 47,448 45,714 1,992 Occupational therapists......................................... 34.75 35.00 1,390 1,400 40.0 72,270 72,800 2,080 Respiratory therapists.......................................... 23.50 23.85 878 882 37.4 45,674 45,866 1,943 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 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 30.33 31.33 1,213 1,253 40.0 63,094 65,166 2,080 Radiologic technologists and technicians........................ 23.59 24.90 944 996 40.0 49,067 51,792 2,080 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 19.44 19.63 767 785 39.5 39,891 40,835 2,052 Surgical technologists.......................................... 22.18 20.86 873 785 39.4 45,417 40,835 2,048 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 20.72 20.79 824 812 39.8 42,848 42,245 2,068 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.56 11.99 492 470 39.2 25,577 24,440 2,036 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.21 11.79 477 458 39.1 24,799 23,793 2,031 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.59 12.16 493 480 39.2 25,631 24,939 2,037 Physical therapist assistants and aides........................... 13.79 12.00 552 480 40.0 28,691 24,960 2,080 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.72 12.83 538 513 39.3 27,993 26,688 2,041 Protective service occupations...................................... 12.11 10.80 481 428 39.7 25,012 22,256 2,066 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 11.51 10.66 451 426 39.2 23,463 22,171 2,039 Security guards................................................. 11.51 10.66 451 426 39.2 23,463 22,171 2,039 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 10.17 9.21 393 360 38.6 20,367 18,720 2,003 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 18.49 16.43 742 693 40.1 38,600 36,014 2,088 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...................................................... 17.84 16.43 717 694 40.2 37,289 36,067 2,090 Cooks............................................................. 11.80 11.56 458 444 38.8 23,813 23,088 2,019 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 12.61 12.00 505 480 40.0 26,239 24,960 2,080 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.73 11.25 449 438 38.3 23,369 22,750 1,993 Food preparation workers.......................................... 11.76 12.40 461 496 39.2 23,979 25,792 2,039 Food service, tipped.............................................. 7.67 6.85 291 265 38.0 15,156 13,790 1,975 Bartenders...................................................... 9.21 7.81 354 313 38.4 18,414 16,251 1,998 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 7.06 6.79 269 262 38.1 13,993 13,624 1,982 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...... 8.07 6.75 304 270 37.7 15,820 14,021 1,961 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 9.29 8.24 352 306 37.9 17,823 15,900 1,919 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food......................................................... 9.49 8.24 363 306 38.3 18,283 15,900 1,927 Dishwashers....................................................... 10.29 9.31 412 372 40.0 21,413 19,365 2,080 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.76 10.71 462 420 39.3 23,589 21,632 2,007 First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers............................................ 18.40 16.50 749 660 40.7 38,964 34,320 2,117 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.94 10.28 431 398 39.4 22,022 20,363 2,013 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.22 10.69 444 420 39.6 23,070 21,840 2,057 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 10.58 9.79 414 388 39.1 20,641 20,134 1,952 Grounds maintenance workers....................................... 13.02 10.71 500 420 38.4 25,265 21,466 1,941 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.......................... 12.26 10.71 468 377 38.2 23,545 19,760 1,920 Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.15 8.25 457 339 37.7 23,647 17,264 1,947 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 Gaming services workers........................................... 7.67 7.25 304 290 39.7 15,824 15,080 2,063 Gaming dealers.................................................. 7.58 7.25 301 290 39.7 15,641 15,080 2,063 Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.59 14.27 702 559 39.9 36,508 29,058 2,075 First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers.................... 25.37 22.96 1,015 918 40.0 52,773 47,757 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers......... 22.93 21.35 917 854 40.0 47,695 44,408 2,080 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.83 11.62 511 458 39.8 26,563 23,816 2,070 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.67 10.77 459 429 39.3 23,862 22,318 2,045 Cashiers...................................................... 11.69 10.73 458 429 39.2 23,837 22,318 2,040 Gaming change persons and booth cashiers...................... 11.55 11.33 462 453 40.0 24,030 23,566 2,080 Retail salespersons............................................. 14.03 12.67 563 500 40.1 29,284 26,000 2,087 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...... 37.90 31.40 1,512 1,256 39.9 78,607 65,304 2,074 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 35.05 26.33 1,402 1,053 40.0 72,895 54,771 2,080 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products............................ 27.58 26.33 1,103 1,053 40.0 57,371 54,771 2,080 Telemarketers..................................................... 14.29 14.00 539 530 37.7 28,004 27,560 1,959 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 18.18 16.50 727 660 40.0 37,809 34,320 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 15.44 14.50 613 569 39.7 31,866 29,598 2,064 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers................................................ 22.00 22.62 880 905 40.0 45,765 47,050 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 14.84 14.16 590 560 39.8 30,689 29,124 2,068 Bill and account collectors..................................... 14.87 14.00 595 560 40.0 30,928 29,120 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.03 14.28 599 560 39.8 31,132 29,124 2,071 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................. 18.53 19.00 741 760 40.0 38,545 39,520 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 13.87 13.48 550 530 39.7 28,604 27,539 2,062 Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks.............................. 11.66 10.16 466 406 40.0 24,246 21,133 2,080 Loan interviewers and clerks...................................... 18.59 18.35 744 734 40.0 38,662 38,168 2,080 Order clerks...................................................... 19.49 16.78 779 671 40.0 40,534 34,902 2,080 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........ 15.53 15.65 621 626 40.0 32,302 32,550 2,080 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 11.98 11.25 466 450 38.9 24,236 23,390 2,022 Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks.... 16.76 15.99 670 640 40.0 34,860 33,259 2,080 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 23.16 19.42 920 777 39.7 47,825 40,394 2,065 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................... 13.49 12.82 540 513 40.0 28,065 26,666 2,080 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.96 12.18 514 486 39.7 26,744 25,293 2,063 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.42 18.03 772 721 39.7 40,125 37,502 2,066 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 23.27 22.55 928 902 39.9 48,271 46,904 2,075 Medical secretaries............................................. 16.82 16.37 662 642 39.4 34,415 33,363 2,046 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 15.15 15.00 606 600 40.0 31,496 31,200 2,079 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 12.24 11.71 462 410 37.7 24,010 21,320 1,962 Data entry keyers............................................... 12.24 11.71 462 410 37.7 24,010 21,320 1,962 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks..................... 13.13 12.21 525 489 40.0 27,306 25,403 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 15.10 13.85 603 554 39.9 31,350 28,810 2,076 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 19.96 20.00 798 800 40.0 41,506 41,600 2,080 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................. 25.26 24.89 1,026 995 40.6 53,368 51,761 2,113 Carpenters........................................................ 19.53 18.00 780 720 39.9 40,560 37,440 2,077 Construction laborers............................................. 15.72 13.21 629 528 40.0 32,699 27,477 2,080 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 23.04 20.58 921 823 40.0 47,915 42,806 2,080 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 23.85 19.92 954 797 40.0 49,602 41,434 2,080 Roofers........................................................... 13.88 11.65 555 466 40.0 28,866 24,222 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 24.61 23.98 983 960 40.0 51,140 49,899 2,078 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 38.70 34.62 1,548 1,385 40.0 80,494 72,010 2,080 Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................... 28.17 29.14 1,120 1,166 39.8 58,249 60,611 2,067 Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment.................................................... 29.09 29.80 1,155 1,192 39.7 60,067 61,984 2,065 Aircraft mechanics and service technicians........................ 21.58 21.72 863 869 40.0 44,881 45,178 2,080 Automotive technicians and repairers.............................. 19.11 20.00 769 837 40.2 39,992 43,549 2,093 Automotive service technicians and mechanics.................... 19.11 20.00 769 837 40.2 39,992 43,549 2,093 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............. 19.00 19.00 760 760 40.0 39,510 39,520 2,080 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 23.52 24.75 936 990 39.8 48,696 51,480 2,070 Industrial machinery mechanics.................................. 26.82 27.03 1,068 1,050 39.8 55,551 54,600 2,071 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 21.00 23.16 838 926 39.9 43,581 48,173 2,075 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 17.72 17.69 709 708 40.0 36,856 36,791 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 20.61 16.83 821 670 39.9 42,707 34,840 2,073 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers......... 13.81 13.15 553 526 40.0 28,735 27,352 2,080 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................. 14.03 13.21 561 528 40.0 29,183 27,468 2,080 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 13.73 13.31 549 532 40.0 28,561 27,685 2,080 Team assemblers................................................. 12.98 12.49 519 500 40.0 27,001 25,979 2,080 Bakers............................................................ 17.33 16.75 693 670 40.0 36,050 34,840 2,080 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 12.57 10.90 492 436 39.1 25,592 22,672 2,035 Computer control programmers and operators........................ 19.85 19.54 794 781 40.0 41,297 40,635 2,080 Machinists........................................................ 25.97 25.36 1,031 974 39.7 53,629 50,648 2,065 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers........................... 16.47 16.75 659 670 40.0 34,264 34,840 2,080 Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers........................ 16.47 16.75 659 670 40.0 34,264 34,840 2,080 Printers.......................................................... 21.44 20.38 813 764 37.9 42,298 39,747 1,973 Printing machine operators...................................... 22.51 23.82 860 905 38.2 44,727 47,068 1,987 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.................................. 8.26 8.00 330 320 40.0 17,171 16,640 2,080 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.............. 21.28 19.96 851 798 40.0 44,270 41,517 2,080 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders............... 15.72 14.91 624 596 39.7 32,446 31,013 2,065 Semiconductor processors.......................................... 20.99 20.44 835 817 39.8 43,406 42,507 2,068 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 16.55 12.66 659 506 39.8 34,243 26,333 2,070 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.46 15.10 687 604 39.4 35,727 31,410 2,047 First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.................. 26.05 24.22 1,042 969 40.0 54,192 50,378 2,080 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............................ 18.95 17.15 758 686 40.0 39,418 35,672 2,080 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 20.73 19.50 829 780 40.0 43,117 40,560 2,080 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 17.18 15.04 687 602 40.0 35,742 31,289 2,080 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 16.68 16.39 665 655 39.9 34,578 34,050 2,073 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 12.14 10.91 482 425 39.7 25,054 22,104 2,063 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 12.62 10.91 503 436 39.9 26,179 22,687 2,074 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 11.79 12.00 455 480 38.6 23,654 24,960 2,006 1 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. 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 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. 4 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.