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ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Occupation

2017

Total Men Women

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workers

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Total, full-time wage and salary workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113,272 $860 62,980 $941 50,291 $770

Management, professional, and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47,207 1,224 22,815 1,442 24,393 1,052

Management, business, and financial operations occupations. . . . . . . . . . 19,414 1,327 10,415 1,526 8,999 1,134

Management occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,169 1,392 7,568 1,573 5,600 1,173

Chief executives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,136 2,296 823 2,415 313 1,920

General and operations managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 920 1,328 598 1,488 321 1,134

Legislators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 – 5 – 9 –

Advertising and promotions managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 1,330 24 – 29 –

Marketing and sales managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 994 1,509 566 1,747 428 1,288

Public relations and fundraising managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 1,318 24 – 47 –

Administrative services managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 1,233 89 1,629 57 1,013

Computer and information systems managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 594 1,843 428 1,897 165 1,629

Financial managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,111 1,412 500 1,719 611 1,222

Compensation and benefits managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 – 5 – 11 –

Human resources managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 1,448 92 1,748 211 1,280

Training and development managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 1,396 23 – 35 –

Industrial production managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 1,486 202 1,526 63 1,312

Purchasing managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 1,271 90 1,420 104 1,138

Transportation, storage, and distribution managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 1,039 225 1,061 49 –

Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 1,001 100 963 21 –

Construction managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582 1,428 526 1,439 56 1,243

Education administrators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801 1,367 304 1,561 497 1,243

Architectural and engineering managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 1,999 119 2,020 10 –

Food service managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816 753 421 894 394 674

Funeral service managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 – 4 – 5 –

Gaming managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 – 17 – 6 –

Lodging managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 882 54 982 62 844

Medical and health services managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610 1,319 177 1,490 433 1,177

Natural sciences managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 – 10 – 7 –

Postmasters and mail superintendents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 – 13 – 10 –

Property, real estate, and community association managers. . . . . . . 421 957 181 1,163 241 873

Social and community service managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 1,136 101 1,281 236 1,052

Emergency management directors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 – 4 – 7 –

Managers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,004 1,488 1,841 1,629 1,163 1,251

Business and financial operations occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,245 1,174 2,847 1,390 3,398 1,055

Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and

athletes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 – 8 – 15 –

Buyers and purchasing agents, farm products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 – 6 – 4 –

Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 886 67 882 87 888

Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products. . . 240 1,132 143 1,144 96 1,085

Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators. . . . . . . . 346 1,002 128 1,108 218 925

Compliance officers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 1,391 106 1,501 134 1,296

Cost estimators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 1,139 100 1,157 13 –

Human resources workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 664 1,086 182 1,236 482 1,035

Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 1,042 21 – 39 –

Training and development specialists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 1,099 59 1,255 55 937

Logisticians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 1,230 67 1,358 33 –

Management analysts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 606 1,499 351 1,651 255 1,315

Meeting, convention, and event planners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 1,080 14 – 89 1,064

Fundraisers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 1,152 17 – 55 1,152

Market research analysts and marketing specialists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258 1,174 110 1,357 149 1,061

Business operations specialists, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 1,136 118 1,361 132 1,013

Accountants and auditors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,512 1,173 622 1,389 890 1,065

Appraisers and assessors of real estate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 1,074 35 – 20 –

Budget analysts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 1,377 29 – 26 –

Credit analysts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 – 13 – 15 –

Financial analysts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264 1,530 156 1,590 108 1,369

Personal financial advisors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398 1,425 267 1,662 131 979

Insurance underwriters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 1,153 35 – 57 1,115

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Financial examiners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 – 8 – 7 –

Credit counselors and loan officers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320 1,070 127 1,332 193 958

Tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 1,078 28 – 33 –

Tax preparers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 791 18 – 39 –

Financial specialists, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 – 11 – 24 –

Professional and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,794 1,160 12,400 1,391 15,394 1,014

Computer and mathematical occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,350 1,465 3,240 1,552 1,110 1,235

Computer and information research scientists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 – 13 – 9 –

Computer systems analysts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522 1,409 311 1,495 211 1,270

Information security analysts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 1,725 74 1,773 20 –

Computer programmers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423 1,483 333 1,539 89 1,363

Software developers, applications and systems software. . . . . . . . . . 1,439 1,792 1,174 1,863 265 1,543

Web developers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 1,235 98 1,342 46 –

Computer support specialists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 1,068 319 1,134 124 919

Database administrators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 1,381 56 1,745 37 –

Network and computer systems administrators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 1,395 155 1,396 38 –

Computer network architects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 1,636 97 1,659 3 –

Computer occupations, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 627 1,194 484 1,250 142 1,059

Actuaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 – 16 – 7 –

Mathematicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 – 2 – 0 –

Operations research analysts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 1,396 71 1,570 74 1,205

Statisticians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 1,433 36 – 41 –

Miscellaneous mathematical science occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 – 1 – 1 –

Architecture and engineering occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,936 1,478 2,494 1,518 442 1,307

Architects, except naval. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 1,453 150 1,650 46 –

Surveyors, cartographers, and photogrammetrists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 – 25 – 5 –

Aerospace engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 1,892 128 1,891 9 –

Agricultural engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 3 – 0 –

Biomedical engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 – 11 – 4 –

Chemical engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 1,626 66 1,631 12 –

Civil engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393 1,494 332 1,524 61 1,343

Computer hardware engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 1,771 60 1,793 13 –

Electrical and electronics engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 1,803 245 1,772 30 –

Environmental engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 – 21 – 11 –

Industrial engineers, including health and safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 1,496 168 1,520 46 –

Marine engineers and naval architects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 – 7 – 0 –

Materials engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 – 28 – 5 –

Mechanical engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 1,534 311 1,533 26 –

Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety

engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 – 10 – 1 –

Nuclear engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 – 7 – 0 –

Petroleum engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 – 17 – 6 –

Engineers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546 1,561 473 1,571 73 1,436

Drafters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 1,126 100 1,149 21 –

Engineering technicians, except drafters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339 1,053 269 1,102 70 884

Surveying and mapping technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 1,109 61 1,114 2 –

Life, physical, and social science occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,238 1,286 674 1,361 564 1,183

Agricultural and food scientists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 – 14 – 10 –

Biological scientists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 1,140 41 – 41 –

Conservation scientists and foresters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 – 15 – 11 –

Medical scientists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 1,378 82 1,383 80 1,270

Life scientists, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 – 1 – 3 –

Astronomers and physicists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 – 15 – 1 –

Atmospheric and space scientists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 – 4 – 2 –

Chemists and materials scientists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 1,425 56 1,451 41 –

Environmental scientists and geoscientists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 1,639 51 1,746 30 –

Physical scientists, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270 1,529 147 1,565 122 1,409

Economists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 – 18 – 12 –

Survey researchers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 – 1 – 1 –

Psychologists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 1,454 35 – 71 1,437

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Sociologists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 – 2 – 0 –

Urban and regional planners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 – 18 – 16 –

Miscellaneous social scientists and related workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 – 18 – 9 –

Agricultural and food science technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 – 20 – 10 –

Biological technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 – 8 – 15 –

Chemical technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 1,013 45 – 16 –

Geological and petroleum technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 – 9 – 4 –

Nuclear technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 – 4 – 2 –

Social science research assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 – 0 – 4 –

Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians. . . . . . . 132 826 70 970 63 766

Community and social service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,165 900 747 976 1,418 857

Counselors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650 897 178 901 472 894

Social workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 714 906 122 935 591 900

Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists. . . . . . . . . . . 90 881 36 – 55 858

Social and human service assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 739 48 – 141 701

Miscellaneous community and social service specialists, including

health educators and community health workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 829 17 – 51 791

Clergy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342 1,058 297 1,073 46 –

Directors, religious activities and education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 844 36 – 25 –

Religious workers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 831 13 – 37 –

Legal occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,379 1,443 568 1,896 811 1,192

Lawyers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 781 1,901 444 2,105 337 1,753

Judicial law clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 – 7 – 6 –

Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 1,742 42 – 17 –

Paralegals and legal assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370 945 49 – 321 934

Miscellaneous legal support workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 957 26 – 130 904

Education, training, and library occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,978 1,002 1,939 1,202 5,039 935

Postsecondary teachers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 985 1,312 551 1,414 434 1,208

Preschool and kindergarten teachers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530 657 12 – 518 654

Elementary and middle school teachers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,838 1,023 614 1,139 2,224 987

Secondary school teachers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 917 1,139 392 1,226 524 1,091

Special education teachers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386 1,024 54 1,051 332 1,017

Other teachers and instructors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419 897 155 1,128 265 820

Archivists, curators, and museum technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 – 18 – 24 –

Librarians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 1,009 31 – 104 972

Library technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 – 2 – 14 –

Teacher assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590 550 67 642 523 537

Other education, training, and library workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 1,049 44 – 77 956

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations. . . . . . . . . . 1,778 1,066 1,013 1,161 765 943

Artists and related workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 1,209 43 – 27 –

Designers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600 1,012 327 1,172 273 857

Actors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 – 11 – 6 –

Producers and directors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 1,489 89 1,708 43 –

Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 898 104 1,031 45 –

Dancers and choreographers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 – 4 – 5 –

Musicians, singers, and related workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 – 29 – 12 –

Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers, all

other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 – 10 – 13 –

Announcers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 – 18 – 7 –

News analysts, reporters and correspondents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 945 30 – 42 –

Public relations specialists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 1,339 35 – 57 1,203

Editors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 1,084 56 1,123 68 992

Technical writers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 1,222 30 – 37 –

Writers and authors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 1,137 50 1,171 57 1,045

Miscellaneous media and communication workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 809 25 – 28 –

Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio

operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 1,150 71 1,160 10 –

Photographers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 931 40 – 25 –

Television, video, and motion picture camera operators and

editors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 – 38 – 8 –

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Media and communication equipment workers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . 5 – 3 – 2 –

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,970 1,124 1,724 1,341 5,246 1,068

Chiropractors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 – 9 – 2 –

Dentists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 – 16 – 25 –

Dietitians and nutritionists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 991 8 – 80 996

Optometrists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 – 6 – 13 –

Pharmacists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 1,923 107 2,228 147 1,834

Physicians and surgeons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 815 1,918 463 2,277 352 1,759

Physician assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 1,747 31 – 66 1,640

Podiatrists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 – 3 – 4 –

Audiologists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 – 1 – 12 –

Occupational therapists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 1,301 12 – 62 1,273

Physical therapists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 1,317 64 1,341 118 1,297

Radiation therapists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 – 3 – 8 –

Recreational therapists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 – 1 – 3 –

Respiratory therapists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 961 27 – 56 904

Speech-language pathologists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 1,213 4 – 102 1,214

Exercise physiologists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 – 1 – 3 –

Therapists, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 983 29 – 114 947

Veterinarians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 1,840 20 – 40 –

Registered nurses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,536 1,150 283 1,260 2,253 1,143

Nurse anesthetists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 – 13 – 17 –

Nurse midwives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 – 0 – 5 –

Nurse practitioners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 1,841 12 – 129 1,832

Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 – 3 – 12 –

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297 890 94 1,061 203 845

Dental hygienists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 1,033 5 – 73 1,028

Diagnostic related technologists and technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 1,162 85 1,404 186 1,041

Emergency medical technicians and paramedics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 984 145 1,119 58 733

Health practitioner support technologists and technicians. . . . . . . . . . 469 710 98 858 371 678

Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501 815 62 817 438 814

Medical records and health information technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 763 11 – 140 761

Opticians, dispensing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 – 13 – 30 –

Miscellaneous health technologists and technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 811 48 – 95 746

Other healthcare practitioners and technical occupations. . . . . . . . . . 77 1,183 49 – 28 –

Service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,044 544 7,985 608 8,059 501

Healthcare support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,500 542 320 597 2,180 533

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,387 500 164 583 1,223 493

Occupational therapy assistants and aides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 – 1 – 11 –

Physical therapist assistants and aides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 – 15 – 33 –

Massage therapists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 632 15 – 36 –

Dental assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 608 12 – 203 602

Medical assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457 594 39 – 418 597

Medical transcriptionists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 – 3 – 18 –

Pharmacy aides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 – 11 – 14 –

Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 – 4 – 33 –

Phlebotomists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 635 16 – 82 639

Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations, including medical

equipment preparers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 587 40 – 110 603

Protective service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,739 852 2,204 894 535 690

First-line supervisors of correctional officers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 899 38 – 12 –

First-line supervisors of police and detectives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 1,348 81 1,347 13 –

First-line supervisors of fire fighting and prevention workers. . . . . . . . . 43 – 42 – 2 –

First-line supervisors of protective service workers, all other. . . . . . . . . 69 953 58 938 11 –

Firefighters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 1,123 264 1,136 8 –

Fire inspectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 – 22 – 0 –

Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 771 284 825 106 669

Detectives and criminal investigators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 1,256 110 1,291 32 –

Fish and game wardens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 – 5 – 0 –

Parking enforcement workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 – 2 – 2 –

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Police and sheriff’s patrol officers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 688 1,015 595 1,024 94 985

Transit and railroad police. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 – 4 – 2 –

Animal control workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 – 8 – 4 –

Private detectives and investigators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 963 42 – 44 –

Security guards and gaming surveillance officers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 740 596 570 616 170 548

Crossing guards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 – 17 – 6 –

Transportation security screeners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 – 32 – 11 –

Lifeguards and other recreational, and all other protective service

workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 – 30 – 19 –

Food preparation and serving related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,465 484 2,359 502 2,106 459

Chefs and head cooks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382 634 310 655 72 514

First-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers. . . . . . . 427 537 200 613 227 500

Cooks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,365 466 859 481 506 436

Food preparation workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510 425 242 449 269 410

Bartenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 554 98 600 112 515

Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast

food. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 407 75 415 100 401

Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop. . . . 65 460 29 – 36 –

Waiters and waitresses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 911 493 319 533 592 475

Food servers, nonrestaurant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 473 28 – 59 468

Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers. . . . . . . . . 134 458 79 444 55 481

Dishwashers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 401 111 408 19 –

Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop. . . . . . . . . . . 67 401 9 – 58 400

Food preparation and serving related workers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 – 1 – 1 –

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations. . . . . . . . . . 3,641 522 2,373 573 1,268 463

First-line supervisors of housekeeping and janitorial workers. . . . . . . . . 190 661 113 749 77 515

First-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and

groundskeeping workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 723 102 760 9 –

Janitors and building cleaners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,595 539 1,136 574 459 481

Maids and housekeeping cleaners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 815 450 128 508 687 439

Pest control workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 616 89 617 5 –

Grounds maintenance workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 837 525 805 526 31 –

Personal care and service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,699 520 728 612 1,971 503

First-line supervisors of gaming workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 797 73 837 53 763

First-line supervisors of personal service workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 619 31 – 45 –

Animal trainers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 – 16 – 7 –

Nonfarm animal caretakers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 506 21 – 78 504

Gaming services workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 692 37 – 28 –

Motion picture projectionists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 – 0 – 0 –

Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 – 6 – 2 –

Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers. . . . . . . . 74 517 39 – 36 –

Embalmers and funeral attendants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 – 8 – 7 –

Morticians, undertakers, and funeral directors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 – 19 – 3 –

Barbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 590 47 – 8 –

Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 528 22 – 302 521

Miscellaneous personal appearance workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 567 48 – 187 538

Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 547 56 543 14 –

Tour and travel guides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 – 14 – 6 –

Childcare workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448 482 35 – 413 474

Personal care aides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 735 486 127 520 608 479

Recreation and fitness workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 616 82 726 118 565

Residential advisors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 – 10 – 17 –

Personal care and service workers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 570 37 – 40 –

Sales and office occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,686 718 9,481 834 14,205 672

Sales and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,953 763 5,598 934 4,355 609

First-line supervisors of retail sales workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,388 764 1,376 891 1,013 639

First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 815 1,062 541 1,151 274 965

Cashiers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,360 438 378 493 982 422

Counter and rental clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 607 48 – 31 –

Parts salespersons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 786 108 800 7 –

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Retail salespersons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,896 615 1,160 704 736 523

Advertising sales agents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 887 87 895 106 882

Insurance sales agents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440 897 198 1,058 242 795

Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents. . . . . . . . . 231 1,332 154 1,416 77 911

Travel agents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 665 10 – 47 –

Sales representatives, services, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458 1,147 339 1,332 120 902

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,105 1,157 796 1,222 308 956

Models, demonstrators, and product promoters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 – 4 – 12 –

Real estate brokers and sales agents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488 953 219 1,159 269 818

Sales engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 – 36 – 3 –

Telemarketers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 – 11 – 27 –

Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related

workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 – 27 – 15 –

Sales and related workers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 971 107 1,147 89 799

Office and administrative support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,733 701 3,884 735 9,850 691

First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers. . . 1,261 867 408 987 854 819

Switchboard operators, including answering service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 – 3 – 12 –

Telephone operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 – 9 – 27 –

Communications equipment operators, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 – 4 – 2 –

Bill and account collectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 674 38 – 92 655

Billing and posting clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405 696 58 718 347 691

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 718 719 92 743 625 716

Gaming cage workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 – 0 – 11 –

Payroll and timekeeping clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 765 13 – 89 767

Procurement clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 – 14 – 15 –

Tellers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 572 25 – 184 562

Financial clerks, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 902 26 – 48 –

Brokerage clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 – 2 – 3 –

Correspondence clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 – 0 – 5 –

Court, municipal, and license clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 738 17 – 62 718

Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 807 20 – 31 –

Customer service representatives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,881 654 646 712 1,234 637

Eligibility interviewers, government programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 849 16 – 50 779

File clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 704 26 – 109 706

Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 486 35 – 49 –

Interviewers, except eligibility and loan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 671 16 – 89 683

Library assistants, clerical. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 – 8 – 37 –

Loan interviewers and clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 742 19 – 95 725

New accounts clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 – 8 – 28 –

Order clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 629 38 – 42 –

Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping. . . . . . . . 45 – 8 – 37 –

Receptionists and information clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 892 602 66 652 826 599

Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks. . . . . . . 99 739 43 – 56 691

Information and record clerks, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 691 19 – 74 683

Cargo and freight agents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 – 10 – 4 –

Couriers and messengers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 725 131 751 24 –

Dispatchers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 710 110 753 145 691

Meter readers, utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 – 12 – 2 –

Postal service clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 940 48 – 56 925

Postal service mail carriers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 944 158 965 108 856

Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine

operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 – 26 – 23 –

Production, planning, and expediting clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238 911 118 1,043 120 798

Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544 611 379 616 165 596

Stock clerks and order fillers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 982 559 643 571 339 538

Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping. . . . . . . 43 – 22 – 21 –

Secretaries and administrative assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,165 739 119 852 2,046 735

Computer operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 809 27 – 35 –

Data entry keyers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 650 48 – 176 640

Word processors and typists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 683 8 – 72 667

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Desktop publishers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 – 0 – 1 –

Insurance claims and policy processing clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 714 34 – 189 711

Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service. . . . . . . 46 – 30 – 16 –

Office clerks, general. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 935 682 142 780 793 670

Office machine operators, except computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 – 10 – 17 –

Proofreaders and copy markers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 – 2 – 4 –

Statistical assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 – 7 – 10 –

Office and administrative support workers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473 758 122 768 352 756

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations. . . . . . . . . . . 11,509 801 10,994 809 515 579

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 962 539 756 585 206 471

First-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers. . . . . . . 51 711 47 – 4 –

Agricultural inspectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 – 10 – 4 –

Animal breeders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 3 – 0 –

Graders and sorters, agricultural products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 500 32 – 67 487

Miscellaneous agricultural workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701 517 574 553 127 453

Fishers and related fishing workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 – 21 – 0 –

Hunters and trappers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 – 0 – 1 –

Forest and conservation workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 – 23 – 2 –

Logging workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 – 46 – 1 –

Construction and extraction occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,147 796 5,987 796 160 802

First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers.. . 520 1,158 506 1,166 14 –

Boilermakers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 – 15 – 0 –

Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 787 121 787 0 –

Carpenters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 870 789 851 789 19 –

Carpet, floor, and tile installers and finishers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 631 114 628 1 –

Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers. . . . . . . . . . . 47 – 45 – 2 –

Construction laborers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,443 670 1,400 667 43 –

Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 – 12 – 0 –

Pile-driver operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 – 2 – 0 –

Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators. . . . 324 868 318 868 6 –

Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 634 112 628 1 –

Electricians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 726 979 711 974 15 –

Glaziers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 – 39 – 0 –

Insulation workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 768 49 – 3 –

Painters, construction and maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347 683 328 689 20 –

Paperhangers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 – 1 – 0 –

Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497 866 489 865 8 –

Plasterers and stucco masons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 – 24 – 0 –

Reinforcing iron and rebar workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 – 13 – 0 –

Roofers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 621 174 621 0 –

Sheet metal workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 865 132 866 3 –

Structural iron and steel workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 – 41 – 2 –

Solar photovoltaic installers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 – 7 – 0 –

Helpers, construction trades. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 621 53 627 4 –

Construction and building inspectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 974 60 1,068 4 –

Elevator installers and repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 – 38 – 0 –

Fence erectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 – 25 – 1 –

Hazardous materials removal workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 – 20 – 6 –

Highway maintenance workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 761 88 770 4 –

Rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 – 10 – 0 –

Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 – 6 – 0 –

Miscellaneous construction and related workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 – 14 – 1 –

Derrick, rotary drill, and service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining. . 27 – 27 – 0 –

Earth drillers, except oil and gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 – 17 – 0 –

Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters. . . . . . . . 12 – 12 – 0 –

Mining machine operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 – 49 – 0 –

Roof bolters, mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 – 2 – 0 –

Roustabouts, oil and gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 – 4 – 0 –

Helpers--extraction workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 – 5 – 1 –

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Other extraction workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 900 52 907 2 –

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,400 878 4,251 883 149 736

First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers. . . . . . . . . 244 1,092 225 1,089 19 –

Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . 173 819 156 833 17 –

Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers. . . 121 1,010 113 1,069 8 –

Avionics technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 – 7 – 0 –

Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 – 30 – 0 –

Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation

equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 – 1 – 0 –

Electrical and electronics repairers, industrial and utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 – 14 – 0 –

Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles. . . . . . . . 11 – 11 – 0 –

Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers. . . 38 – 38 – 0 –

Security and fire alarm systems installers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 945 68 943 3 –

Aircraft mechanics and service technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 1,169 146 1,175 6 –

Automotive body and related repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 821 122 832 1 –

Automotive glass installers and repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 – 21 – 0 –

Automotive service technicians and mechanics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 752 761 737 764 15 –

Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367 887 362 887 4 –

Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and

mechanics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 993 173 1,005 4 –

Small engine mechanics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 – 26 – 0 –

Miscellaneous vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers,

and repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 613 64 613 0 –

Control and valve installers and repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 – 25 – 0 –

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and

installers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376 830 369 832 7 –

Home appliance repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 – 26 – 0 –

Industrial and refractory machinery mechanics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395 923 379 932 16 –

Maintenance and repair workers, general. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511 828 490 834 20 –

Maintenance workers, machinery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 – 25 – 0 –

Millwrights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 – 39 – 1 –

Electrical power-line installers and repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 1,191 132 1,191 0 –

Telecommunications line installers and repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 879 181 876 5 –

Precision instrument and equipment repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 – 34 – 10 –

Wind turbine service technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 – 6 – 0 –

Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers. . . . 24 – 23 – 1 –

Commercial divers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 – 0 – 0 –

Locksmiths and safe repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 – 18 – 2 –

Manufactured building and mobile home installers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 3 – 0 –

Riggers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 – 13 – 0 –

Signal and track switch repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 – 11 – 0 –

Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 – 14 – 2 –

Other installation, maintenance, and repair workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 774 150 772 6 –

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,825 692 11,705 736 3,119 545

Production occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,589 701 5,545 769 2,044 564

First-line supervisors of production and operating workers. . . . . . . . . . . 722 966 588 1,007 133 716

Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers. . . . . . . . 1 – 0 – 1 –

Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers. . . . . . . . . . . . 123 624 73 682 50 587

Engine and other machine assemblers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 – 11 – 2 –

Structural metal fabricators and fitters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 – 24 – 1 –

Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 957 630 595 700 362 559

Bakers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 472 67 488 68 464

Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers. . . . . . 259 587 196 621 63 487

Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators

and tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 – 4 – 3 –

Food batchmakers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 575 32 – 38 –

Food cooking machine operators and tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 – 3 – 5 –

Food processing workers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 676 119 701 52 545

Computer control programmers and operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 868 88 912 12 –

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ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Occupation

2017

Total Men Women

Number of

workers

Median

weekly

earnings

Number of

workers

Median

weekly

earnings

Number of

workers

Median

weekly

earnings

Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders,

metal and plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 – 17 – 1 –

Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.. . 9 – 8 – 1 –

Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic. . . 9 – 6 – 2 –

Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and

tenders, metal and plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 665 74 688 9 –

Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders,

metal and plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 – 7 – 0 –

Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters,

operators, and tenders, metal and plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 – 35 – 4 –

Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders,

metal and plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 – 13 – 1 –

Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal

and plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 – 3 – 2 –

Machinists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343 831 326 834 16 –

Metal furnace operators, tenders, pourers, and casters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 – 20 – 3 –

Model makers and patternmakers, metal and plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 1 – 3 –

Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders,

metal and plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 – 38 – 5 –

Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and

plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 – 4 – 1 –

Tool and die makers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 1,007 56 1,021 3 –

Welding, soldering, and brazing workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541 812 517 821 24 –

Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and

plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 – 1 – 1 –

Layout workers, metal and plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 – 11 – 0 –

Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal

and plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 – 14 – 2 –

Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 – 7 – 0 –

Metal workers and plastic workers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 654 303 679 78 574

Prepress technicians and workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 – 8 – 4 –

Printing press operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 758 126 789 26 –

Print binding and finishing workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 – 4 – 4 –

Laundry and dry-cleaning workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 450 27 – 79 443

Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 – 10 – 9 –

Sewing machine operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 519 49 – 108 521

Shoe and leather workers and repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 – 0 – 1 –

Shoe machine operators and tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 2 – 1 –

Tailors, dressmakers, and sewers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 – 10 – 21 –

Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders. . . . . . . . 0 – 0 – 0 –

Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 – 2 – 4 –

Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and

tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 – 8 – 9 –

Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters,

operators, and tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 – 4 – 8 –

Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders,

synthetic and glass fibers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 – 0 – 0 –

Fabric and apparel patternmakers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 – 0 – 1 –

Upholsterers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 – 18 – 4 –

Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 – 10 – 9 –

Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 – 36 – 2 –

Furniture finishers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 – 7 – 1 –

Model makers and patternmakers, wood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 – 1 – 0 –

Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 – 26 – 0 –

Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except

sawing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 – 12 – 4 –

Woodworkers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 – 15 – 4 –

Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 – 45 – 2 –

Stationary engineers and boiler operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 1,088 72 1,142 4 –

Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators. . . . . . . . 107 907 102 910 5 –

Miscellaneous plant and system operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 – 34 – 6 –

Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders. . . . . . . 58 877 55 879 3 –

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HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Occupation

2017

Total Men Women

Number of

workers

Median

weekly

earnings

Number of

workers

Median

weekly

earnings

Number of

workers

Median

weekly

earnings

Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers. . . . . . . . . . 70 771 62 795 8 –

Cutting workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 521 40 – 12 –

Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters,

operators, and tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 – 10 – 3 –

Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders. . . . . . . . . . 5 – 5 – 0 –

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 717 765 443 853 275 637

Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 – 20 – 5 –

Medical, dental, and ophthalmic laboratory technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 598 16 – 40 –

Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 553 128 598 147 516

Painting workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 693 117 705 14 –

Photographic process workers and processing machine operators. . . 23 – 16 – 7 –

Semiconductor processors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 – 0 – 2 –

Adhesive bonding machine operators and tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 – 4 – 0 –

Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and

tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 – 8 – 2 –

Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 – 1 – 1 –

Etchers and engravers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 – 3 – 2 –

Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 – 21 – 4 –

Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 – 23 – 5 –

Tire builders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 – 10 – 0 –

Helpers--production workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 – 19 – 11 –

Production workers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 890 663 653 716 238 570

Transportation and material moving occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,236 681 6,160 710 1,075 514

Supervisors of transportation and material moving workers. . . . . . . . . . 192 881 160 919 31 –

Aircraft pilots and flight engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 1,736 105 1,750 7 –

Air traffic controllers and airfield operations specialists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 – 11 – 5 –

Flight attendants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 860 20 – 51 873

Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical

technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 – 7 – 1 –

Bus drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356 605 209 671 148 517

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,828 797 2,689 807 139 589

Taxi drivers and chauffeurs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362 604 308 623 54 453

Motor vehicle operators, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 – 28 – 5 –

Locomotive engineers and operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 – 36 – 7 –

Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 – 5 – 0 –

Railroad conductors and yardmasters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 – 39 – 2 –

Subway, streetcar, and other rail transportation workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 – 7 – 2 –

Sailors and marine oilers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 – 19 – 0 –

Ship and boat captains and operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 – 29 – 0 –

Ship engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 3 – 0 –

Bridge and lock tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 – 3 – 2 –

Parking lot attendants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 560 49 – 16 –

Automotive and watercraft service attendants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 514 73 535 7 –

Transportation inspectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 – 33 – 8 –

Transportation attendants, except flight attendants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 – 11 – 10 –

Other transportation workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 – 19 – 1 –

Conveyor operators and tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 – 1 – 0 –

Crane and tower operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 902 51 898 1 –

Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 – 28 – 1 –

Hoist and winch operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 – 6 – 0 –

Industrial truck and tractor operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584 624 538 632 46 –

Cleaners of vehicles and equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 530 197 531 40 –

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,450 578 1,196 595 254 500

Machine feeders and offbearers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 – 14 – 15 –

Packers and packagers, hand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368 480 158 500 210 462

Pumping station operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 – 19 – 0 –

Refuse and recyclable material collectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 522 49 – 7 –

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HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Occupation

2017

Total Men Women

Number of

workers

Median

weekly

earnings

Number of

workers

Median

weekly

earnings

Number of

workers

Median

weekly

earnings

Mine shuttle car operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 – 0 – 0 –

Tank car, truck, and ship loaders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 – 6 – 0 –

Material moving workers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 – 34 – 6 –

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values

not shown where base is less than 50,000).

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