HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Occupation

2006

Both sexes Men Women

Number

of

workers

Median

weekly

earnings

Number

of

workers

Median

weekly

earnings

Number

of

workers

Median

weekly

earnings

Total, 16 years and over ................................................................................................................. 106,106 $671 59,747 $743 46,358 $600

Management, professional, and related occupations ..................................................................... 37,824 967 18,686 1,154 19,138 840

 Management, business, and financial operations occupations .................................................. 15,447 1,045 8,536 1,231 6,910 881

 Management occupations ...................................................................................................... 10,661 1,127 6,483 1,264 4,178 926

 Chief executives ................................................................................................................. 1,040 1,875 782 1,907 258 1,422

 General and operations managers ..................................................................................... 911 1,165 655 1,256 255 957

 Advertising and promotions managers ............................................................................... 63 889 29 1 ( ) 34 1 ( )

 Marketing and sales managers .......................................................................................... 805 1,316 503 1,482 302 985

 Administrative services managers ...................................................................................... 79 1,009 58 1,001 21 1 ( )

 Computer and information systems managers ................................................................... 380 1,435 274 1,492 106 1,300

 Financial managers ............................................................................................................ 971 1,087 442 1,421 529 894

 Human resources managers .............................................................................................. 266 1,052 97 1,391 168 967

 Industrial production managers .......................................................................................... 292 1,131 247 1,149 45 1 ( )

 Purchasing managers ......................................................................................................... 159 1,045 96 1,158 63 903

 Transportation, storage, and distribution managers ........................................................... 232 843 198 841 34 1 ( )

 Farm, ranch, and other agricultural managers ................................................................... 97 640 81 663 16 1 ( )

 Construction managers ...................................................................................................... 475 1,135 439 1,145 36 1 ( )

 Education administrators .................................................................................................... 673 1,125 265 1,275 409 1,017

 Engineering managers ....................................................................................................... 90 1,830 83 1,877 8 1 ( )

 Food service managers ...................................................................................................... 535 622 298 715 237 534

 Lodging managers .............................................................................................................. 108 654 54 675 54 603

 Medical and health services managers .............................................................................. 448 1,148 143 1,428 306 1,064

 Property, real estate, and community association managers ............................................. 346 753 144 919 201 692

 Social and community service managers ........................................................................... 271 862 97 1,010 174 792

 Business and financial operations occupations ...................................................................... 4,786 930 2,053 1,134 2,732 828

 Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products ............................................................ 170 769 74 768 96 770

 Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products ....................................... 276 915 138 1,088 138 772

 Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators .............................................. 255 848 96 982 159 792

 Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health, safety, and transportation .. 145 891 69 941 76 855

 Cost estimators ................................................................................................................... 97 1,008 84 1,039 13 1 ( )

 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists ................................................ 652 859 182 990 470 804

 Management analysts ........................................................................................................ 337 1,253 186 1,417 151 1,069

 Accountants and auditors ................................................................................................... 1,448 940 562 1,160 886 844

 Appraisers and assessors of real estate ............................................................................ 71 932 40 1 ( ) 31 1 ( )

 Budget analysts .................................................................................................................. 52 1,055 23 1 ( ) 29 1 ( )

 Financial analysts ............................................................................................................... 69 1,132 37 1 ( ) 32 1 ( )

 Personal financial advisors ................................................................................................. 262 1,217 168 1,532 95 823

 Insurance underwriters ....................................................................................................... 89 864 25 1 ( ) 64 787

 Loan counselors and officers .............................................................................................. 418 919 194 1,155 224 776

 Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents ................................................................. 60 784 26 1 ( ) 35 1 ( )

 Professional and related occupations ......................................................................................... 22,378 928 10,149 1,109 12,228 816

 Computer and mathematical occupations .............................................................................. 2,935 1,166 2,178 1,231 756 1,043

 Computer scientists and systems analysts ......................................................................... 631 1,156 441 1,223 190 1,039

 Computer programmers ..................................................................................................... 540 1,147 401 1,229 139 1,034

 Computer software engineers ............................................................................................ 799 1,371 623 1,410 176 1,272

 Computer support specialists ............................................................................................. 291 834 206 878 85 755

 Database administrators ..................................................................................................... 80 1,152 53 1,238 27 1 ( )

 Network and computer systems administrators .................................................................. 172 1,122 142 1,159 30 1 ( )

 Network systems and data communications analysts ........................................................ 284 1,099 222 1,129 62 957

 Operations research analysts ............................................................................................. 84 1,258 54 1,413 30 1 ( )

 Architecture and engineering occupations ............................................................................. 2,568 1,155 2,204 1,181 364 972

 Architects, except naval ...................................................................................................... 161 1,112 123 1,240 38 1 ( )

 Aerospace engineers .......................................................................................................... 97 1,508 85 1,582 12 1 ( )

 Chemical engineers ............................................................................................................ 65 1,342 55 1,359 10 1 ( )

 Civil engineers .................................................................................................................... 276 1,251 248 1,266 28 1 ( )

 Computer hardware engineers ........................................................................................... 76 1,292 61 1,331 15 1 ( )

 Electrical and electronics engineers ................................................................................... 362 1,386 333 1,409 28 1 ( )

 Industrial engineers, including health and safety ................................................................ 162 1,175 125 1,171 38 1 ( )

 Mechanical engineers ......................................................................................................... 316 1,253 300 1,254 16 1 ( )

 Drafters ............................................................................................................................... 154 823 119 876 35 1 ( )

 Engineering technicians, except drafters ............................................................................ 391 860 319 892 72 754

 Surveying and mapping technicians ................................................................................... 80 699 72 704 8 1 ( )

 Life, physical, and social science occupations ....................................................................... 1,220 984 725 1,121 494 872

 Biological scientists ............................................................................................................ 117 941 66 973 51 928

 Medical scientists ............................................................................................................... 149 953 88 1,162 61 825

 Chemists and materials scientists ...................................................................................... 121 1,131 82 1,132 39 1 ( )

See footnotes at end of table.

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Occupation

2006

Both sexes Men Women

Number

of

workers

Median

weekly

earnings

Number

of

workers

Median

weekly

earnings

Number

of

workers

Median

weekly

earnings

 Environmental scientists and geoscientists ........................................................................ 90 1,107 69 1,145 21 1 ( )

 Market and survey researchers .......................................................................................... 98 961 32 1 ( ) 66 824

 Psychologists ...................................................................................................................... 100 1,021 33 1 ( ) 67 961

 Chemical technicians .......................................................................................................... 71 861 48 1 ( ) 23 1 ( )

 Community and social services occupations .......................................................................... 1,816 740 748 792 1,068 703

 Counselors ......................................................................................................................... 486 733 167 761 320 716

 Social workers .................................................................................................................... 620 732 120 749 500 728

 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists ................................................... 256 708 81 929 175 641

 Clergy ................................................................................................................................. 367 782 336 801 31 1 ( )

 Legal occupations ................................................................................................................... 1,156 1,144 493 1,734 663 901

 Lawyers .............................................................................................................................. 603 1,728 382 1,891 221 1,333

 Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers ................................................................. 61 1,549 41 1 ( ) 21 1 ( )

 Paralegals and legal assistants .......................................................................................... 301 740 34 1 ( ) 267 726

 Miscellaneous legal support workers .................................................................................. 190 791 36 1 ( ) 154 750

 Education, training, and library occupations ........................................................................... 6,158 819 1,666 969 4,492 763

 Postsecondary teachers ..................................................................................................... 808 1,058 472 1,228 336 915

 Preschool and kindergarten teachers ................................................................................. 497 567 14 1 ( ) 483 554

 Elementary and middle school teachers ............................................................................. 2,334 838 417 920 1,916 824

 Secondary school teachers ................................................................................................ 988 919 452 950 535 890

 Special education teachers ................................................................................................ 356 842 60 930 297 823

 Other teachers and instructors ........................................................................................... 334 805 136 956 197 703

 Librarians ............................................................................................................................ 173 820 31 1 ( ) 142 787

 Teacher assistants ............................................................................................................. 563 409 46 1 ( ) 517 405

 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations .................................................. 1,476 841 819 942 657 733

 Artists and related workers ................................................................................................. 80 977 46 1 ( ) 34 1 ( )

 Designers ........................................................................................................................... 529 778 270 868 258 714

 Producers and directors ..................................................................................................... 80 1,149 55 1,192 25 1 ( )

 Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers ............................................................... 119 756 95 882 23 1 ( )

 News analysts, reporters and correspondents ................................................................... 57 864 30 1 ( ) 27 1 ( )

 Public relations specialists .................................................................................................. 105 947 37 1 ( ) 68 871

 Editors ................................................................................................................................ 122 938 59 975 63 837

 Technical writers ................................................................................................................. 51 1,192 29 1 ( ) 22 1 ( )

 Writers and authors ............................................................................................................ 73 886 29 1 ( ) 44 1 ( )

 Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio operators ................................... 63 778 54 813 9 1 ( )

 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ................................................................. 5,048 905 1,316 1,098 3,732 860

 Dietitians and nutritionists ................................................................................................... 64 708 6 1 ( ) 57 699

 Pharmacists ........................................................................................................................ 189 1,640 110 1,725 80 1,564

 Physicians and surgeons .................................................................................................... 558 1,602 370 1,847 188 1,329

 Physician assistants ........................................................................................................... 65 1,098 19 1 ( ) 46 1 ( )

 Registered nurses .............................................................................................................. 1,898 978 185 1,074 1,713 971

 Physical therapists .............................................................................................................. 135 1,103 63 1,116 72 1,086

 Respiratory therapists ......................................................................................................... 72 928 26 1 ( ) 46 1 ( )

 Speech-language pathologists ........................................................................................... 84 952 6 1 ( ) 78 950

 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ............................................................... 267 793 66 797 201 792

 Dental hygienists ................................................................................................................ 62 925 2 1 ( ) 60 920

 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians ............................................................... 233 843 75 892 157 829

 Emergency medical technicians and paramedics .............................................................. 139 730 99 760 39 1 ( )

 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians ........................................ 329 542 74 612 255 522

 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ............................................................. 424 664 33 1 ( ) 392 659

 Medical records and health information technicians ........................................................... 98 524 11 1 ( ) 87 510

Service occupations ....................................................................................................................... 14,749 422 7,275 494 7,473 390

 Healthcare support occupations ................................................................................................. 2,231 423 251 502 1,981 417

 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ...................................................................... 1,405 400 167 471 1,238 395

 Dental assistants ................................................................................................................ 176 489 8 1 ( ) 168 488

 Protective service occupations ................................................................................................... 2,633 693 2,086 737 547 557

 First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers ..................................................... 51 891 36 1 ( ) 15 1 ( )

 First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives ................................................... 100 1,131 84 1,162 16 1 ( )

 Fire fighters ......................................................................................................................... 251 912 241 918 10 1 ( )

 Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ............................................................................. 435 613 312 655 123 545

 Detectives and criminal investigators ................................................................................. 147 1,013 110 1,109 38 1 ( )

 Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ....................................................................................... 647 866 568 884 79 758

 Private detectives and investigators ................................................................................... 62 713 35 1 ( ) 27 1 ( )

 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers .............................................................. 697 487 531 498 166 416

 Lifeguards and other protective service workers ................................................................ 56 445 30 1 ( ) 26 1 ( )

 Food preparation and serving related occupations .................................................................... 4,212 371 2,096 389 2,115 355

 Chefs and head cooks ........................................................................................................ 280 504 222 517 58 443

See footnotes at end of table.

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Occupation

2006

Both sexes Men Women

Number

of

workers

Median

weekly

earnings

Number

of

workers

Median

weekly

earnings

Number

of

workers

Median

weekly

earnings

 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers ......................... 501 447 215 507 286 412

 Cooks ................................................................................................................................. 1,222 363 738 377 483 340

 Food preparation workers ................................................................................................... 348 330 162 336 186 326

 Bartenders .......................................................................................................................... 219 445 106 510 113 407

 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food ................................ 179 340 51 330 128 343

 Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop ...................................... 84 295 34 1 ( ) 51 302

 Waiters and waitresses ...................................................................................................... 874 363 284 401 590 348

 Food servers, nonrestaurant .............................................................................................. 100 395 33 1 ( ) 66 390

 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers ............................................ 169 318 107 314 62 328

 Dishwashers ....................................................................................................................... 162 315 132 316 30 1 ( )

 Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop ................................................ 73 379 11 1 ( ) 63 375

 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations ................................................... 3,594 406 2,305 445 1,289 363

 First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial work ................................ 177 609 123 657 54 498

 First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service,

 and groundskeeping workers ........................................................................................ 106 612 102 620 4 1 ( )

 Janitors and building cleaners ............................................................................................ 1,492 415 1,076 447 415 375

 Maids and housekeeping cleaners ..................................................................................... 885 355 112 404 773 348

 Pest control workers ........................................................................................................... 61 578 61 578 - -

 Grounds maintenance workers ........................................................................................... 874 402 832 403 42 1 ( )

 Personal care and service occupations ...................................................................................... 2,079 407 537 506 1,541 388

 First-line supervisors/managers of gaming workers ........................................................... 80 677 52 757 28 1 ( )

 First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers ............................................. 55 584 22 1 ( ) 33 1 ( )

 Gaming services workers ................................................................................................... 76 531 41 1 ( ) 35 1 ( )

 Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists .................................................................... 307 397 26 1 ( ) 281 391

 Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges ....................................................................... 69 493 60 498 9 1 ( )

 Transportation attendants ................................................................................................... 84 521 24 1 ( ) 60 488

 Child care workers .............................................................................................................. 446 349 21 1 ( ) 425 345

 Personal and home care aides ........................................................................................... 398 368 54 407 344 361

 Recreation and fitness workers .......................................................................................... 179 458 66 490 113 448

Sales and office occupations .......................................................................................................... 25,688 589 9,753 696 15,935 538

 Sales and related occupations ................................................................................................... 10,336 628 5,777 761 4,560 487

 First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers ...................................................... 2,296 639 1,324 732 972 536

 First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers .............................................. 962 899 663 972 299 742

 Cashiers ............................................................................................................................. 1,419 344 375 387 1,044 327

 Counter and rental clerks ................................................................................................... 84 476 46 1 ( ) 37 1 ( )

 Parts salespersons ............................................................................................................. 135 525 117 553 18 1 ( )

 Retail salespersons ............................................................................................................ 2,022 494 1,154 597 867 405

 Advertising sales agents ..................................................................................................... 176 830 83 944 93 717

 Insurance sales agents ....................................................................................................... 385 752 195 890 191 653

 Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents ............................................ 308 966 216 1,139 91 757

 Travel agents ...................................................................................................................... 50 534 11 1 ( ) 39 1 ( )

 Sales representatives, services, all other ........................................................................... 471 843 319 966 151 654

 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ........................................................ 1,205 938 905 997 299 739

 Real estate brokers and sales agents ................................................................................ 497 766 205 965 291 646

 Telemarketers ..................................................................................................................... 65 395 25 1 ( ) 40 1 ( )

 Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers ..................... 54 470 38 1 ( ) 16 1 ( )

 Office and administrative support occupations ........................................................................... 15,351 572 3,976 619 11,375 557

 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support ................................. 1,391 698 411 812 980 658

 Bill and account collectors .................................................................................................. 195 578 70 612 126 548

 Billing and posting clerks and machine operators .............................................................. 363 548 38 1 ( ) 325 541

 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ................................................................... 1,013 584 114 607 898 582

 Payroll and timekeeping clerks ........................................................................................... 131 654 9 1 ( ) 121 641

 Tellers ................................................................................................................................. 308 429 41 1 ( ) 268 421

 Court, municipal, and license clerks ................................................................................... 105 615 18 1 ( ) 87 588

 Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks ............................................................................ 51 532 16 1 ( ) 35 1 ( )

 Customer service representatives ...................................................................................... 1,585 554 475 615 1,110 533

 Eligibility interviewers, government programs .................................................................... 66 643 9 1 ( ) 57 645

 File clerks ........................................................................................................................... 251 514 55 484 196 524

 Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks ................................................................................... 83 374 31 1 ( ) 52 368

 Interviewers, except eligibility and loan .............................................................................. 105 548 17 1 ( ) 88 543

 Loan interviewers and clerks .............................................................................................. 184 638 47 1 ( ) 137 636

 Order clerks ........................................................................................................................ 98 516 25 1 ( ) 72 507

 Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping ........................................... 51 616 5 1 ( ) 46 1 ( )

 Receptionists and information clerks .................................................................................. 949 472 67 562 882 467

 Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks .......................................... 128 596 49 1 ( ) 79 574

 Couriers and messengers .................................................................................................. 186 663 161 684 25 1 ( )

See footnotes at end of table.

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ANNUAL AVERAGES ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Occupation

2006

Both sexes Men Women

Number

of

workers

Median

weekly

earnings

Number

of

workers

Median

weekly

earnings

Number

of

workers

Median

weekly

earnings

 Dispatchers ......................................................................................................................... 262 596 120 661 142 546

 Postal service clerks ........................................................................................................... 140 835 77 835 63 835

 Postal service mail carriers ................................................................................................. 306 858 208 896 97 780

 Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators ..................... 95 832 50 854 44 1 ( )

 Production, planning, and expediting clerks ....................................................................... 259 678 115 816 144 616

 Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ................................................................................. 502 513 359 531 143 480

 Stock clerks and order fillers .............................................................................................. 1,055 443 642 457 414 425

 Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping ......................................... 67 517 34 1 ( ) 34 1 ( )

 Secretaries and administrative assistants .......................................................................... 2,683 583 89 559 2,595 584

 Computer operators ............................................................................................................ 169 622 96 654 74 573

 Data entry keyers ............................................................................................................... 389 524 68 526 321 524

 Word processors and typists .............................................................................................. 183 550 13 1 ( ) 170 546

 Insurance claims and policy processing clerks ................................................................... 244 560 30 1 ( ) 214 552

 Mail clerks and mail machine operators except postal service ........................................... 100 523 48 1 ( ) 52 529

 Office clerks, general .......................................................................................................... 711 537 127 564 583 534

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations .................................................... 12,512 653 11,989 660 524 518

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ................................................................................. 716 387 569 401 147 342

 Graders and sorters, agricultural products ......................................................................... 69 407 24 1 ( ) 45 1 ( )

 Logging workers ................................................................................................................. 56 541 56 541 - -

 Construction and extraction occupations .................................................................................... 7,166 619 6,995 621 172 533

 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers ................. 644 860 634 866 9 1 ( )

 Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons .................................................................. 180 583 178 583 2 1 ( )

 Carpenters .......................................................................................................................... 1,193 595 1,169 598 24 1 ( )

 Carpet, floor, and tile installers and finishers ...................................................................... 159 557 156 559 3 1 ( )

 Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers ................................................ 94 540 93 549 1 1 ( )

 Construction laborers ......................................................................................................... 1,339 511 1,292 513 47 1 ( )

 Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators .................................... 403 743 398 739 5 1 ( )

 Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers ............................................................. 228 522 219 524 9 1 ( )

 Electricians ......................................................................................................................... 778 751 769 754 9 1 ( )

 Insulation workers ............................................................................................................... 57 530 55 546 2 1 ( )

 Painters, construction and maintenance ............................................................................ 430 494 411 495 19 1 ( )

 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ............................................................. 564 704 554 702 9 1 ( )

 Plasterers and stucco masons ........................................................................................... 64 499 62 502 1 1 ( )

 Roofers ............................................................................................................................... 177 500 175 501 2 1 ( )

 Sheet metal workers ........................................................................................................... 121 707 118 703 2 1 ( )

 Structural iron and steel workers ........................................................................................ 51 773 49 1 () 2 1 ( )

 Helpers, construction trades ............................................................................................... 107 425 102 425 5 1 ( )

 Construction and building inspectors .................................................................................. 78 849 69 834 8 1 ( )

 Highway maintenance workers ........................................................................................... 108 565 104 566 4 1 ( )

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ..................................................................... 4,630 742 4,425 744 205 697

 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers ............................ 343 866 318 877 26 1 ( )

 Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers ................................................. 295 754 268 760 27 1 ( )

 Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers ................................... 186 860 158 869 27 1 ( )

 Security and fire alarm systems installers .......................................................................... 62 836 61 833 1 1 ( )

 Aircraft mechanics and service technicians ........................................................................ 136 907 129 900 7 1 ( )

 Automotive body and related repairers ............................................................................... 127 667 126 670 1 1 ( )

 Automotive service technicians and mechanics ................................................................. 696 634 687 635 9 1 ( )

 Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ..................................................... 331 737 328 737 2 1 ( )

 Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics ........................ 217 763 213 770 4 1 ( )

 Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers ................................ 335 760 326 765 9 1 ( )

 Industrial and refractory machinery mechanics .................................................................. 417 756 403 757 14 1 ( )

 Maintenance and repair workers, general .......................................................................... 394 655 372 661 21 1 ( )

 Maintenance workers, machinery ....................................................................................... 66 750 65 752 1 1 ( )

 Millwrights ........................................................................................................................... 62 903 59 900 3 1 ( )

 Electrical power-line installers and repairers ...................................................................... 114 926 114 926 - -

 Telecommunications line installers and repairers ............................................................... 189 874 172 883 17 1 ( )

 Precision instrument and equipment repairers ................................................................... 55 882 48 1 () 7 1 ( )

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ........................................................ 15,332 557 12,045 601 3,288 426

 Production occupations .............................................................................................................. 8,391 559 5,979 621 2,412 432

 First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers ............................... 819 774 650 832 169 587

 Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers ................................................ 207 487 101 553 106 417

 Bakers ................................................................................................................................ 118 433 56 489 62 370

 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers ......................................... 255 461 182 502 73 398

 Food batchmakers .............................................................................................................. 65 481 31 1 ( ) 34 1 ( )

 Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders ............................. 110 514 90 524 20 1 ( )

 Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators .......................... 60 570 57 575 3 1 ( )

See footnotes at end of table.

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Occupation

2006

Both sexes Men Women

Number

of

workers

Median

weekly

earnings

Number

of

workers

Median

weekly

earnings

Number

of

workers

Median

weekly

earnings

 Machinists ........................................................................................................................... 403 714 378 727 24 1 ( )

 Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal ............................... 63 636 53 645 10 1 ( )

 Tool and die makers ........................................................................................................... 93 805 92 802 1 1 ( )

 Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ............................................................................ 491 649 457 674 34 1 ( )

 Printing machine operators ................................................................................................. 191 600 156 640 36 1 ( )

 Laundry and dry-cleaning workers ..................................................................................... 117 348 43 1 ( ) 74 324

 Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials ............................................................... 55 399 17 1 ( ) 37 1 ( )

 Sewing machine operators ................................................................................................. 237 352 63 374 175 346

 Tailors, dressmakers, and sewers ...................................................................................... 50 432 13 1 ( ) 37 1 ( )

 Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters ................................................................................ 83 547 80 547 3 1 ( )

 Stationary engineers and boiler operators .......................................................................... 92 793 91 798 1 1 ( )

 Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators ........................................... 97 706 92 719 4 1 ( )

 Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders .......................................... 57 885 48 1 () 8 1 ( )

 Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers .............................................. 94 580 83 600 11 1 ( )

 Cutting workers ................................................................................................................... 70 522 54 587 16 1 ( )

 Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ......................................................... 671 581 411 696 260 479

 Medical, dental, and ophthalmic laboratory technicians ..................................................... 71 566 35 1 ( ) 36 1 ( )

 Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders ........................................................ 256 415 117 456 139 389

 Painting workers ................................................................................................................. 163 520 140 561 22 1 ( )

 Photographic process workers and processing machine operators ................................... 51 408 28 1 ( ) 22 1 ( )

 Transportation and material moving occupations ....................................................................... 6,942 556 6,066 581 876 414

 Supervisors, transportation and material moving workers .................................................. 193 767 161 806 32 1 ( )

 Aircraft pilots and flight engineers ...................................................................................... 90 1,407 87 1,419 3 1 ( )

 Bus drivers .......................................................................................................................... 353 519 201 579 153 466

 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ............................................................................... 2,821 642 2,708 651 113 436

 Taxi drivers and chauffeurs ................................................................................................ 152 538 129 574 23 1 ( )

 Railroad conductors and yardmasters ................................................................................ 53 904 51 905 2 1 ( )

 Service station attendants .................................................................................................. 73 364 66 371 7 1 ( )

 Industrial truck and tractor operators .................................................................................. 549 513 517 514 32 1 ( )

 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment .................................................................................. 301 379 257 379 43 1 ( )

 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand .................................................... 1,407 474 1,210 484 198 412

 Packers and packagers, hand ............................................................................................ 371 391 163 416 209 367

 Refuse and recyclable material collectors .......................................................................... 64 393 59 403 6 1 ( )

1 Data not shown where base is less than 50,000.

 NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.

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