HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES


39.  Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by detailed occupation and sex

(Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                2004                        
                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                           Both sexes           Men              Women      
                                      Occupation                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                        Number   Median   Number   Median   Number   Median 
                                                                                          of     weekly     of     weekly     of     weekly 
                                                                                        workers earnings  workers earnings  workers earnings
                                                                                                                                           
Total, 16 years and over.............................................................. 101,224     $638   57,001     $713   44,223     $573  
Management, professional, and related occupations.....................................  36,149      918   17,981    1,098   18,168      780 
    Management, business, and financial operations occupations........................  14,778      965    8,170    1,158    6,609      812 
        Management occupations........................................................  10,221    1,052    6,226    1,215    3,995      871 
            Chief executives..........................................................   1,050    1,663      802    1,875      248    1,310 
            General and operations managers...........................................     727    1,129      552    1,166      175      872 
            Advertising and promotions managers.......................................      57      924       23     (1)        34     (1)  
            Marketing and sales managers..............................................     770    1,213      472    1,441      298      898 
            Administrative services managers..........................................      80      937       53      958       27     (1)  
            Computer and information systems managers.................................     325    1,439      228    1,547       96    1,228 
            Financial managers........................................................     961      986      427    1,397      535      839 
            Human resources managers..................................................     261    1,051       90    1,259      171      958 
            Industrial production managers............................................     269    1,107      220    1,172       49     (1)  
            Purchasing managers.......................................................     163    1,092      104    1,153       59      946 
            Transportation, storage, and distribution managers........................     220      741      187      753       34     (1)  
            Farm, ranch, and other agricultural managers..............................     103      621       86      612       16     (1)  
            Construction managers.....................................................     425    1,027      402    1,036       23     (1)  
            Education administrators..................................................     651    1,019      246    1,172      405      905 
            Engineering managers......................................................      99    1,807       94    1,783        6     (1)  
            Food service managers.....................................................     568      657      336      713      232      598 
            Lodging managers..........................................................     102      733       52      778       50      659 
            Medical and health services managers......................................     451      973      123    1,135      328      943 
            Property, real estate, and community association managers.................     304      681      118      767      186      623 
            Social and community service managers.....................................     241      819       85    1,014      156      768 
        Business and financial operations occupations.................................   4,558      847    1,944    1,007    2,613      746 
            Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products.........................     146      808       75      935       71      609 
            Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products............     267      782      125      883      141      694 
            Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators................     257      762       85      952      171      677 
            Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health,                                                                  
              safety, and transportation..............................................     116      922       54    1,070       62      835 
            Cost estimators...........................................................      88      888       73      915       14     (1)  
            Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists................     612      803      198      952      415      755 
            Management analysts.......................................................     317    1,017      170    1,215      146      922 
            Accountants and auditors..................................................   1,385      851      543    1,016      842      757 
            Appraisers and assessors of real estate...................................      78      863       50    1,021       29     (1)  
            Personal financial advisors...............................................     229    1,062      167    1,170       61      773 
            Insurance underwriters....................................................      89      859       24     (1)        65      772 
            Loan counselors and officers..............................................     381      799      165    1,001      216      695 
            Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents.............................      77      818       28     (1)        49     (1)  
    Professional and related occupations..............................................  21,371      883    9,811    1,049   11,560      767 
        Computer and mathematical occupations.........................................   2,793    1,114    2,037    1,155      757      972 
            Computer scientists and systems analysts..................................     604    1,027      418    1,092      186      902 
            Computer programmers......................................................     516    1,118      371    1,151      145    1,006 
            Computer software engineers...............................................     757    1,350      572    1,429      184    1,149 
            Computer support specialists..............................................     297      840      209      850       88      813 
            Database administrators...................................................      76    1,105       53    1,121       22     (1)  
            Network and computer systems administrators...............................     178    1,038      145    1,064       33     (1)  
            Network systems and data communications analysts..........................     233    1,027      189    1,097       44     (1)  
            Operations research analysts..............................................      84    1,083       43     (1)        41     (1)  
        Architecture and engineering occupations......................................   2,500    1,098    2,170    1,139      331      880 
            Architects, except naval..................................................     142    1,141      105    1,242       38     (1)  
            Aerospace engineers.......................................................     105    1,347       94    1,369       10     (1)  
            Chemical engineers........................................................      65    1,221       55    1,242       10     (1)  
            Civil engineers...........................................................     264    1,135      232    1,159       32     (1)  
            Computer hardware engineers...............................................      86    1,328       73    1,487       13     (1)  
            Electrical and electronics engineers......................................     311    1,277      287    1,336       24     (1)  
            Industrial engineers, including health and safety.........................     178    1,152      146    1,195       32     (1)  
            Mechanical engineers......................................................     292    1,187      276    1,201       16     (1)  
            Drafters..................................................................     178      768      140      797       38     (1)  
            Engineering technicians, except drafters..................................     394      829      320      867       73      696 
            Surveying and mapping technicians.........................................      66      672       57      711        9     (1)  
        Life, physical, and social science occupations................................   1,073      957      647    1,012      426      884 
            Biological scientists.....................................................     109      929       60      946       49     (1)  
            Medical scientists........................................................      83    1,025       38     (1)        45     (1)  
            Chemists and materials scientists.........................................     133    1,048       91    1,146       42     (1)  
            Environmental scientists and geoscientists................................      75    1,008       55    1,144       20     (1)  
            Market and survey researchers.............................................      90      937       47     (1)        43     (1)  
            Psychologists.............................................................      75    1,012       28     (1)        47     (1)  
            Chemical technicians......................................................      89      827       62      869       27     (1)  
        Community and social services occupations.....................................   1,846      707      764      766    1,082      661 
            Counselors................................................................     513      735      175      832      338      689 
            Social workers............................................................     620      698      148      720      472      689 
            Miscellaneous community and social service specialists....................     261      639       95      747      166      596 
            Clergy....................................................................     351      771      304      795       47     (1)  
        Legal occupations.............................................................   1,111    1,070      508    1,561      603      845 
            Lawyers...................................................................     621    1,561      412    1,710      208    1,255 
            Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers...........................      58    1,333       25     (1)        33     (1)  
            Paralegals and legal assistants...........................................     280      731       36     (1)       244      713 
            Miscellaneous legal support workers.......................................     152      707       34     (1)       117      695 
        Education, training, and library occupations..................................   5,941      781    1,668      956    4,273      729 
            Postsecondary teachers....................................................     813    1,034      476    1,162      337      886 
            Preschool and kindergarten teachers.......................................     484      521       11     (1)       473      515 
            Elementary and middle school teachers.....................................   2,206      806      435      917    1,772      776 
            Secondary school teachers.................................................   1,013      885      458      955      555      824 
            Special education teachers................................................     325      804       54      841      271      795 
            Other teachers and instructors............................................     297      776      139      873      158      654 
            Librarians................................................................     159      834       23     (1)       136      823 
            Teacher assistants........................................................     545      377       45     (1)       500      373 
        Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations....................   1,426      768      808      862      618      688 
            Artists and related workers...............................................      65      865       41     (1)        24     (1)  
            Designers.................................................................     480      714      250      818      230      646 
            Producers and directors...................................................      98    1,030       63    1,211       35     (1)  
            Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers...........................      99      745       82      792       17     (1)  
            News analysts, reporters and correspondents...............................      64      835       31     (1)        33     (1)  
            Public relations specialists..............................................     102      823       40     (1)        61      739 
            Editors...................................................................     110      856       56      946       54      759 
            Writers and authors.......................................................      86      760       42     (1)        44     (1)  
            Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio operators...........      75      857       67      871        8     (1)  
            Photographers.............................................................      53      650       36     (1)        17     (1)  
        Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations.............................   4,680      852    1,210    1,062    3,470      808 
            Dietitians and nutritionists..............................................      57      669        8     (1)        49     (1)  
            Pharmacists...............................................................     162    1,578       90    1,684       72    1,432 
            Physicians and surgeons...................................................     555    1,660      382    1,874      173      978 
            Physician assistants......................................................      57      901       19     (1)        38     (1)  
            Registered nurses.........................................................   1,800      904      148    1,031    1,651      895 
            Occupational therapists...................................................      56      923        5     (1)        51      906 
            Physical therapists.......................................................     121      925       50      955       70      900 
            Respiratory therapists....................................................      79      782       41     (1)        38     (1)  
            Speech-language pathologists..............................................      65      879        3     (1)        62      869 
            Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.........................     267      727       79      763      188      710 
            Diagnostic related technologists and technicians..........................     225      884       75      961      150      836 
            Emergency medical technicians and paramedics..............................     121      690       84      717       37     (1)  
            Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians...........     280      516       44     (1)       236      508 
            Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses.........................     385      637       23     (1)       362      629 
            Medical records and health information technicians........................      81      501       10     (1)        71      513 
Service occupations...................................................................  13,763      411    6,989      476    6,773      374 
    Healthcare support occupations....................................................   1,985      407      230      453    1,755      402 
            Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides...............................   1,261      388      148      420    1,113      383 
            Dental assistants.........................................................     144      474        5     (1)       139      469 
    Protective service occupations....................................................   2,509      700    2,038      733      471      557 
            First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives..................     134    1,015      107    1,055       27     (1)  
            Fire fighters.............................................................     263      933      250      942       13     (1)  
            Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers..............................     370      622      263      654      107      558 
            Detectives and criminal investigators.....................................     114      995       88    1,048       26     (1)  
            Police and sheriff's patrol officers......................................     654      844      571      845       83      841 
            Private detectives and investigators......................................      63      812       41     (1)        21     (1)  
            Security guards and gaming surveillance officers..........................     641      457      502      471      138      418 
    Food preparation and serving related occupations..................................   3,863      360    1,955      384    1,908      339 
            Chefs and head cooks......................................................     266      508      215      524       51      416 
            First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers...     504      435      222      464      282      418 
            Cooks.....................................................................   1,167      341      723      356      443      319 
            Food preparation workers..................................................     278      321      120      319      158      323 
            Bartenders................................................................     197      426       95      482      102      392 
            Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........     123      311       39     (1)        85      308 
            Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop...........      91      292       35     (1)        56      282 
            Waiters and waitresses....................................................     799      348      261      399      538      327 
            Food servers, nonrestaurant...............................................      94      363       34     (1)        60      333 
            Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers................     152      340       91      326       61      356 
            Dishwashers...............................................................     141      306      111      311       30     (1)  
    Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations.........................   3,436      385    2,228      412    1,208      335 
            First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial work.......     139      479       89      531       50      410 
            First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service,                                                                   
              and groundskeeping workers..............................................     106      641       99      661        6     (1)  
            Janitors and building cleaners............................................   1,460      405    1,081      425      379      343 
            Maids and housekeeping cleaners...........................................     818      331       95      402      723      324 
            Pest control workers......................................................      65      478       61      489        4     (1)  
            Grounds maintenance workers...............................................     848      372      803      371       46     (1)  
    Personal care and service occupations.............................................   1,969      402      538      500    1,431      380 
            First-line supervisors/managers of gaming workers.........................      88      600       55      673       33     (1)  
            First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers...............      64      597       28     (1)        36     (1)  
            Gaming services workers...................................................      75      558       34     (1)        41     (1)  
            Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists............................     291      398       24     (1)       267      394 
            Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges.................................      60      498       50      491       11     (1)  
            Transportation attendants.................................................      76      575       22     (1)        54      473 
            Child care workers........................................................     413      334       26     (1)       387      334 
            Personal and home care aides..............................................     360      358       52      434      308      350 
            Recreation and fitness workers............................................     153      498       65      585       89      473 
Sales and office occupations..........................................................  24,950      558    9,410      669   15,540      512 
    Sales and related occupations.....................................................   9,984      604    5,562      747    4,422      464 
            First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers...................   2,246      613    1,260      737      985      505 
            First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers...............     936      860      652      927      284      678 
            Cashiers..................................................................   1,355      322      339      380    1,016      313 
            Counter and rental clerks.................................................      97      429       51      514       46     (1)  
            Parts salespersons........................................................     120      530      107      554       13     (1)  
            Retail salespersons.......................................................   1,865      496    1,100      597      766      386 
            Advertising sales agents..................................................     180      772       97      942       84      643 
            Insurance sales agents....................................................     360      726      170      970      190      615 
            Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents..............     305      973      210    1,168       95      651 
            Travel agents.............................................................      69      576       10     (1)        59      544 
            Sales representatives, services, all other................................     412      800      255      875      157      740 
            Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing........................   1,233      867      937      895      296      754 
            Real estate brokers and sales agents......................................     431      744      197      834      233      663 
            Telemarketers.............................................................      93      380       32     (1)        61      355 
            Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers..      61      442       38     (1)        23     (1)  
    Office and administrative support occupations.....................................  14,966      535    3,848      587   11,118      522 
            First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support......   1,441      670      440      792    1,001      636 
            Switchboard operators, including answering service........................      55      450        4     (1)        50      459 
            Bill and account collectors...............................................     200      536       61      529      139      539 
            Billing and posting clerks and machine operators..........................     363      518       32     (1)       330      510 
            Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks..............................   1,004      543       88      563      916      542 
            Payroll and timekeeping clerks............................................     136      554       13     (1)       123      541 
            Tellers...................................................................     301      405       35     (1)       265      401 
            Court, municipal, and license clerks......................................      82      526        6     (1)        76      518 
            Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks..................................      51      600       13     (1)        38     (1)  
            Customer service representatives..........................................   1,379      516      412      571      967      504 
            Eligibility interviewers, government programs.............................      63      622       15     (1)        48     (1)  
            File clerks...............................................................     264      528       58      543      205      525 
            Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks......................................      67      349       27     (1)        41     (1)  
            Interviewers, except eligibility and loan.................................     102      497       12     (1)        89      498 
            Library assistants, clerical..............................................      51      468        4     (1)        47     (1)  
            Loan interviewers and clerks..............................................     170      536       28     (1)       143      522 
            Order clerks..............................................................      90      529       23     (1)        67      512 
            Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping................      53      635       11     (1)        42     (1)  
            Receptionists and information clerks......................................     847      462       52      454      795      463 
            Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks............     125      502       40     (1)        85      489 
            Couriers and messengers...................................................     200      648      176      663       24     (1)  
            Dispatchers...............................................................     232      586      109      701      122      516 
            Postal service clerks.....................................................     162      768       89      761       73      778 
            Postal service mail carriers..............................................     314      791      203      834      112      743 
            Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators.     103      741       62      749       41     (1)  
            Production, planning, and expediting clerks...............................     266      686      123      767      143      613 
            Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks...................................     537      501      393      512      144      469 
            Stock clerks and order fillers............................................     946      429      597      438      349      420 
            Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping................      55      543       31     (1)        23     (1)  
            Secretaries and administrative assistants.................................   2,657      552       87      598    2,570      550 
            Computer operators........................................................     170      579       79      575       91      580 
            Data entry keyers.........................................................     394      495       78      556      315      486 
            Word processors and typists...............................................     239      527       16     (1)       223      525 
            Insurance claims and policy processing clerks.............................     252      536       36     (1)       216      534 
            Mail clerks and mail machine operators except postal service..............     127      457       68      433       59      479 
            Office clerks, general....................................................     667      503      109      523      559      499 
            Office machine operators, except computer.................................      51      433       20     (1)        31     (1)  
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations..........................  11,280      621   10,835      626      445      453 
    Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations........................................     718      356      585      367      133      322 
            Graders and sorters, agricultural products................................      61      355       15     (1)        46     (1)  
            Logging workers...........................................................      61      465       59      470        2     (1)  
    Construction and extraction occupations...........................................   6,232      604    6,109      606      123      504 
            First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades                                                                          
              and extraction workers..................................................     579      812      568      822       11     (1)  
            Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons.................................     164      577      164      577  -        -       
            Carpenters................................................................   1,170      576    1,149      576       21     (1)  
            Carpet, floor, and tile installers and finishers..........................     147      517      146      518  -        -       
            Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers...................      95      556       95      556  -        -       
            Construction laborers.....................................................     986      492      965      492       21     (1)  
            Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators............     335      689      331      689        4     (1)  
            Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers...................     156      529      156      529  -        -       
            Electricians..............................................................     668      719      655      718       14     (1)  
            Painters, construction and maintenance....................................     410      494      395      495       15     (1)  
            Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters.......................     483      690      480      690        2     (1)  
            Roofers...................................................................     188      480      184      482        3     (1)  
            Sheet metal workers.......................................................     132      606      126      614        6     (1)  
            Structural iron and steel workers.........................................      53      694       53      695  -        -       
            Helpers, construction trades..............................................      99      386       94      386        4     (1)  
            Construction and building inspectors......................................      87      718       77      724       10     (1)  
            Highway maintenance workers...............................................      81      565       79      572        2     (1)  
    Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations.................................   4,330      704    4,140      707      190      611 
            First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...     326      876      304      877       22     (1)  
            Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers..................     309      723      271      735       38     (1)  
            Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers...........     221      877      190      891       31     (1)  
            Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers..........      52      668       50      676        2     (1)  
            Security and fire alarm systems installers................................      52      661       51      666        2     (1)  
            Aircraft mechanics and service technicians................................     116      856      113      856        3     (1)  
            Automotive body and related repairers.....................................     107      630      102      638        5     (1)  
            Automotive service technicians and mechanics..............................     735      637      723      639       12     (1)  
            Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists.....................     298      706      297      707        1     (1)  
            Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics......     189      708      188      708        2     (1)  
            Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers.....     298      682      293      683        5     (1)  
            Industrial and refractory machinery mechanics.............................     419      707      408      708       11     (1)  
            Maintenance and repair workers, general...................................     281      665      270      668       10     (1)  
            Millwrights...............................................................      59      839       58      844        1     (1)  
            Electrical power-line installers and repairers............................     112      804      111      813        2     (1)  
            Telecommunications line installers and repairers..........................     134      755      127      771        7     (1)  
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations...........................  15,082      523   11,786      578    3,296      406 
    Production occupations............................................................   8,478      526    6,024      597    2,454      405 
            First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers.......     874      726      706      765      169      546 
            Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers.................     213      443       96      515      117      397 
            Bakers....................................................................     126      410       73      454       53      364 
            Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers.............     260      454      209      488       51      369 
            Food batchmakers..........................................................      68      466       39     (1)        30     (1)  
            Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders......     139      517       97      557       42     (1)  
            Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators.      78      516       70      527        8     (1)  
            Machinists................................................................     408      670      392      679       16     (1)  
            Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal........      69      459       50      489       19     (1)  
            Tool and die makers.......................................................      80      764       78      769        2     (1)  
            Welding, soldering, and brazing workers...................................     539      606      513      614       26     (1)  
            Job printers..............................................................      54      563       42     (1)        12     (1)  
            Printing machine operators................................................     174      592      142      622       32     (1)  
            Laundry and dry-cleaning workers..........................................     136      360       62      460       74      323 
            Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials.........................      67      293       24     (1)        42     (1)  
            Sewing machine operators..................................................     242      327       56      381      186      319 
            Tailors, dressmakers, and sewers..........................................      50      376       17     (1)        33     (1)  
            Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters........................................      61      498       58      503        3     (1)  
            Stationary engineers and boiler operators.................................     102      704      101      701        1     (1)  
            Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders...............      65      790       58      809        7     (1)  
            Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers...............     107      587       87      600       20     (1)  
            Cutting workers...........................................................      73      519       56      563       17     (1)  
            Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers......................     638      585      398      663      240      474 
            Medical, dental, and ophthalmic laboratory technicians....................      76      524       35     (1)        41     (1)  
            Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders.......................     299      368      131      410      168      341 
            Painting workers..........................................................     180      509      154      530       27     (1)  
    Transportation and material moving occupations....................................   6,604      520    5,762      549      842      410 
            Supervisors, transportation and material moving workers...................     180      655      147      688       33     (1)  
            Aircraft pilots and flight engineers......................................      95    1,418       90    1,472        5     (1)  
            Bus drivers...............................................................     366      500      215      588      152      440 
            Driver/sales workers and truck drivers....................................   2,587      610    2,494      613       93      476 
            Taxi drivers and chauffeurs...............................................     165      486      143      494       22     (1)  
            Railroad conductors and yardmasters.......................................      57      881       52      903        5     (1)  
            Parking lot attendants....................................................      52      378       44     (1)         8     (1)  
            Service station attendants................................................      78      319       76      319        2     (1)  
            Crane and tower operators.................................................      66      732       64      721        2     (1)  
            Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators.........................      57      607       57      607  -        -       
            Industrial truck and tractor operators....................................     525      486      485      487       40     (1)  
            Cleaners of vehicles and equipment........................................     258      384      230      387       28     (1)  
            Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand....................   1,342      443    1,146      457      196      402 
            Packers and packagers, hand...............................................     349      349      143      373      206      333 
            Refuse and recyclable material collectors.................................      67      508       62      512        5     (1)  

  1 Data not shown where base is less than 50,000.
  NOTE:  Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. Dash indicates no data or
data do not meet publication criteria.