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

[Numbers in thousands]

Occupation

2016

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Number of

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Total, full-time wage and salary workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111,091 $832 61,930 $915 49,161 $749

Management, professional, and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,930 1,188 22,256 1,420 23,674 1,027

Management, business, and financial operations occupations. . . . . . . . . . 19,023 1,284 10,261 1,491 8,761 1,099

Management occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,828 1,370 7,514 1,539 5,314 1,148

Chief executives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,150 2,303 832 2,419 318 1,876

General and operations managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 876 1,266 626 1,358 250 1,037

Legislators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 – 6 – 6 –

Advertising and promotions managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 1,332 24 – 32 –

Marketing and sales managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 921 1,468 518 1,745 403 1,142

Public relations and fundraising managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 1,532 21 – 38 –

Administrative services managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 1,261 101 1,398 71 952

Computer and information systems managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592 1,738 443 1,756 150 1,680

Financial managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,105 1,423 527 1,670 578 1,157

Compensation and benefits managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 – 3 – 12 –

Human resources managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 1,340 73 1,737 190 1,283

Training and development managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 1,507 27 – 31 –

Industrial production managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 1,361 201 1,409 66 1,219

Purchasing managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 1,274 95 1,400 92 1,169

Transportation, storage, and distribution managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288 990 237 990 51 988

Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 892 102 906 17 –

Construction managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487 1,395 452 1,401 35 –

Education administrators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 838 1,381 297 1,528 541 1,280

Architectural and engineering managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 2,258 134 2,265 9 –

Food service managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 760 739 410 853 350 632

Funeral service managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 – 11 – 1 –

Gaming managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 – 14 – 4 –

Lodging managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 929 59 1,068 64 764

Medical and health services managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533 1,402 133 1,610 399 1,254

Natural sciences managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 – 6 – 8 –

Postmasters and mail superintendents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 – 12 – 11 –

Property, real estate, and community association managers. . . . . . . 402 959 181 1,157 221 815

Social and community service managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363 1,079 115 1,206 248 992

Emergency management directors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 – 5 – 3 –

Managers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,960 1,422 1,845 1,542 1,115 1,188

Business and financial operations occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,195 1,161 2,747 1,373 3,448 1,018

Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and

athletes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 – 11 – 12 –

Buyers and purchasing agents, farm products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 – 8 – 0 –

Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 838 68 942 83 765

Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products. . . 253 1,024 128 1,037 125 974

Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators. . . . . . . . 321 969 114 1,139 206 912

Compliance officers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 1,243 106 1,274 146 1,163

Cost estimators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 1,159 96 1,172 9 –

Human resources workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 631 1,139 166 1,364 465 1,089

Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 1,069 21 – 51 1,001

Training and development specialists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 1,103 47 – 82 959

Logisticians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 1,011 75 1,116 37 –

Management analysts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585 1,476 332 1,586 253 1,342

Meeting, convention, and event planners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 867 30 – 88 852

Fundraisers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 1,111 22 – 42 –

Market research analysts and marketing specialists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 1,171 116 1,345 130 1,097

Business operations specialists, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 1,125 110 1,263 146 1,001

Accountants and auditors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,451 1,153 559 1,441 892 1,018

Appraisers and assessors of real estate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 – 19 – 13 –

Budget analysts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 – 22 – 26 –

Credit analysts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 – 15 – 13 –

Financial analysts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277 1,525 173 1,747 104 1,252

Personal financial advisors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399 1,404 258 1,714 142 953

Insurance underwriters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 1,113 34 – 68 910

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Financial examiners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 – 7 – 6 –

Credit counselors and loan officers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 1,054 151 1,331 200 926

Tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 1,138 20 – 38 –

Tax preparers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 1,049 20 – 33 –

Financial specialists, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 1,155 20 – 37 –

Professional and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,907 1,141 11,995 1,364 14,912 998

Computer and mathematical occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,104 1,443 3,068 1,518 1,035 1,325

Computer and information research scientists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 – 13 – 7 –

Computer systems analysts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496 1,393 314 1,475 182 1,328

Information security analysts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 1,617 65 1,826 20 –

Computer programmers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403 1,398 300 1,466 104 1,312

Software developers, applications and systems software. . . . . . . . . . 1,351 1,776 1,084 1,863 266 1,553

Web developers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 1,236 97 1,284 45 –

Computer support specialists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491 1,060 367 1,078 124 1,014

Database administrators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 1,731 46 – 37 –

Network and computer systems administrators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 1,232 168 1,250 29 –

Computer network architects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 1,502 93 1,535 12 –

Computer occupations, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524 1,195 418 1,244 106 1,055

Actuaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 – 11 – 1 –

Mathematicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 – 3 – 0 –

Operations research analysts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 1,315 59 1,382 66 1,300

Statisticians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 1,405 30 – 35 –

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

Architecture and engineering occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,835 1,482 2,437 1,529 398 1,207

Architects, except naval. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 1,339 135 1,462 43 –

Surveyors, cartographers, and photogrammetrists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 – 19 – 9 –

Aerospace engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 1,854 114 1,846 10 –

Agricultural engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 – 2 – 0 –

Biomedical engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 – 12 – 2 –

Chemical engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 1,877 73 1,901 18 –

Civil engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389 1,504 350 1,526 39 –

Computer hardware engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 1,843 46 – 12 –

Electrical and electronics engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 1,729 245 1,736 26 –

Environmental engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 – 27 – 5 –

Industrial engineers, including health and safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 1,526 169 1,580 46 –

Marine engineers and naval architects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 – 18 – 1 –

Materials engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 – 21 – 5 –

Mechanical engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 1,560 311 1,567 24 –

Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety

engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 – 7 – 0 –

Nuclear engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 – 7 – 1 –

Petroleum engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 – 32 – 3 –

Engineers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493 1,573 430 1,659 63 1,401

Drafters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 990 83 1,030 10 –

Engineering technicians, except drafters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350 997 275 1,075 75 793

Surveying and mapping technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 811 61 790 5 –

Life, physical, and social science occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,151 1,209 665 1,319 486 1,119

Agricultural and food scientists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 – 20 – 12 –

Biological scientists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 1,346 46 – 35 –

Conservation scientists and foresters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 – 23 – 4 –

Medical scientists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 1,211 69 1,250 57 1,169

Life scientists, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 0 – 3 –

Astronomers and physicists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 – 16 – 4 –

Atmospheric and space scientists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 – 5 – 1 –

Chemists and materials scientists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 1,306 56 1,504 36 –

Environmental scientists and geoscientists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 1,555 58 1,591 21 –

Physical scientists, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 1,416 131 1,727 111 1,323

Economists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 – 14 – 9 –

Survey researchers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 – 1 – 0 –

Psychologists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 1,260 25 – 66 1,187

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Sociologists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 – 1 – 3 –

Urban and regional planners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 – 21 – 13 –

Miscellaneous social scientists and related workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 – 19 – 11 –

Agricultural and food science technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 – 17 – 6 –

Biological technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 – 11 – 8 –

Chemical technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 919 50 919 25 –

Geological and petroleum technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 – 15 – 2 –

Nuclear technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 – 3 – 1 –

Social science research assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 – 1 – 0 –

Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians. . . . . . . 119 894 62 949 57 826

Community and social service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,136 919 759 1,004 1,377 880

Counselors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657 904 184 892 473 907

Social workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 684 906 127 1,039 557 884

Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists. . . . . . . . . . . 100 992 39 – 61 1,004

Social and human service assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 736 29 – 122 727

Miscellaneous community and social service specialists, including

health educators and community health workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 831 20 – 63 767

Clergy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368 1,039 315 1,070 53 893

Directors, religious activities and education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 – 23 – 26 –

Religious workers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 – 21 – 21 –

Legal occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,294 1,431 562 1,904 732 1,152

Lawyers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 745 1,897 446 2,086 299 1,619

Judicial law clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 – 7 – 7 –

Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 1,560 35 – 21 –

Paralegals and legal assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 874 43 – 308 863

Miscellaneous legal support workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 1,009 30 – 98 867

Education, training, and library occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,859 984 1,877 1,154 4,982 933

Postsecondary teachers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 980 1,247 535 1,356 445 1,152

Preschool and kindergarten teachers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530 626 13 – 518 621

Elementary and middle school teachers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,836 1,009 605 1,126 2,231 981

Secondary school teachers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 965 1,111 403 1,146 562 1,074

Special education teachers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313 1,021 49 – 264 1,018

Other teachers and instructors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370 938 156 1,135 214 786

Archivists, curators, and museum technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 – 11 – 25 –

Librarians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 987 23 – 117 980

Library technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 – 2 – 8 –

Teacher assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 588 523 56 501 532 525

Other education, training, and library workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 1,107 24 – 67 1,068

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations. . . . . . . . . . 1,671 1,040 919 1,139 752 951

Artists and related workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 1,236 38 – 23 –

Designers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586 1,086 290 1,267 297 922

Actors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 – 8 – 5 –

Producers and directors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 1,163 78 1,228 50 1,030

Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 826 106 862 35 –

Dancers and choreographers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 – 2 – 4 –

Musicians, singers, and related workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 – 24 – 13 –

Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers, all

other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 – 9 – 4 –

Announcers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 – 24 – 8 –

News analysts, reporters and correspondents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 1,166 30 – 27 –

Public relations specialists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 1,228 40 – 67 1,134

Editors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 1,053 64 1,112 56 1,035

Technical writers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 1,253 29 – 27 –

Writers and authors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 1,070 39 – 60 983

Miscellaneous media and communication workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 745 24 – 36 –

Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio

operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 1,020 67 1,099 13 –

Photographers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 – 24 – 19 –

Television, video, and motion picture camera operators and

editors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 – 24 – 7 –

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Media and communication equipment workers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . 1 – 1 – 0 –

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,857 1,104 1,706 1,332 5,150 1,036

Chiropractors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 – 10 – 7 –

Dentists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 1,850 34 – 27 –

Dietitians and nutritionists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 986 11 – 71 997

Optometrists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 – 3 – 15 –

Pharmacists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 1,924 89 2,096 133 1,839

Physicians and surgeons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 806 1,916 497 2,343 308 1,476

Physician assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 1,544 25 – 50 1,547

Podiatrists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 – 3 – 0 –

Audiologists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 – 2 – 8 –

Occupational therapists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 1,365 10 – 61 1,315

Physical therapists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 1,325 69 1,348 128 1,306

Radiation therapists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 – 1 – 10 –

Recreational therapists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 – 6 – 3 –

Respiratory therapists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 998 22 – 54 993

Speech-language pathologists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 1,200 3 – 109 1,172

Exercise physiologists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 – 0 – 1 –

Therapists, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 920 32 – 106 913

Veterinarians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 1,338 19 – 46 –

Registered nurses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,498 1,154 285 1,261 2,213 1,143

Nurse anesthetists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 – 8 – 6 –

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

Nurse practitioners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 1,750 11 – 133 1,753

Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 – 1 – 8 –

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 887 97 1,071 198 834

Dental hygienists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 1,034 2 – 73 1,045

Diagnostic related technologists and technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 1,041 79 1,156 175 936

Emergency medical technicians and paramedics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 779 114 821 60 650

Health practitioner support technologists and technicians. . . . . . . . . . 474 662 113 712 361 643

Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525 749 44 – 481 743

Medical records and health information technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 798 11 – 159 793

Opticians, dispensing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 – 14 – 28 –

Miscellaneous health technologists and technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 745 43 – 64 714

Other healthcare practitioners and technical occupations. . . . . . . . . . 96 1,083 49 – 47 –

Service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,908 523 7,994 595 7,914 487

Healthcare support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,423 525 329 602 2,094 519

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,386 503 194 534 1,192 498

Occupational therapy assistants and aides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 – 1 – 12 –

Physical therapist assistants and aides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 – 15 – 32 –

Massage therapists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 – 15 – 30 –

Dental assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 592 19 – 180 583

Medical assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488 572 36 – 452 562

Medical transcriptionists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 – 0 – 23 –

Pharmacy aides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 – 2 – 19 –

Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 – 7 – 17 –

Phlebotomists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 586 12 – 71 570

Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations, including medical

equipment preparers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 537 29 – 65 504

Protective service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,697 809 2,173 854 524 688

First-line supervisors of correctional officers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 873 35 – 20 –

First-line supervisors of police and detectives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 1,324 97 1,361 23 –

First-line supervisors of fire fighting and prevention workers. . . . . . . . . 45 – 41 – 3 –

First-line supervisors of protective service workers, all other. . . . . . . . . 89 880 66 895 23 –

Firefighters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 1,065 244 1,056 8 –

Fire inspectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 – 15 – 1 –

Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365 749 275 793 91 672

Detectives and criminal investigators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 1,182 104 1,251 28 –

Fish and game wardens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 – 7 – 1 –

Parking enforcement workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 – 4 – 2 –

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Police and sheriff’s patrol officers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709 1,004 609 1,008 100 938

Transit and railroad police. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 – 2 – 0 –

Animal control workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 – 4 – 2 –

Private detectives and investigators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 904 31 – 29 –

Security guards and gaming surveillance officers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 727 585 576 597 152 516

Crossing guards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 – 11 – 12 –

Transportation security screeners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 – 23 – 16 –

Lifeguards and other recreational, and all other protective service

workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 – 28 – 14 –

Food preparation and serving related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,619 465 2,417 491 2,202 434

Chefs and head cooks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356 614 288 632 68 519

First-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers. . . . . . . 425 528 174 666 251 485

Cooks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,408 444 892 459 515 421

Food preparation workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477 419 215 432 262 413

Bartenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 602 131 701 122 498

Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast

food. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 396 72 381 125 402

Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop. . . . 68 374 20 – 49 –

Waiters and waitresses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 949 470 342 504 607 441

Food servers, nonrestaurant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 479 33 – 71 445

Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers. . . . . . . . . 133 420 82 465 51 407

Dishwashers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 389 142 388 30 –

Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop. . . . . . . . . . . 74 442 24 – 50 432

Food preparation and serving related workers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 2 – 1 –

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations. . . . . . . . . . 3,602 510 2,392 548 1,210 454

First-line supervisors of housekeeping and janitorial workers. . . . . . . . . 189 655 119 702 71 524

First-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and

groundskeeping workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 707 112 710 1 –

Janitors and building cleaners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,580 526 1,139 564 441 476

Maids and housekeeping cleaners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 781 441 120 497 661 427

Pest control workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 655 59 649 2 –

Grounds maintenance workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 878 502 844 503 34 –

Personal care and service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,568 505 684 613 1,884 482

First-line supervisors of gaming workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 792 68 840 59 717

First-line supervisors of personal service workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 651 25 – 37 –

Animal trainers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 – 13 – 11 –

Nonfarm animal caretakers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 485 17 – 71 489

Gaming services workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 624 33 – 31 –

Motion picture projectionists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 – 2 – 0 –

Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 – 6 – 8 –

Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers. . . . . . . . 79 481 48 – 31 –

Embalmers and funeral attendants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 1 – 2 –

Morticians, undertakers, and funeral directors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 – 18 – 5 –

Barbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 584 48 – 8 –

Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307 510 27 – 281 500

Miscellaneous personal appearance workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 490 37 – 167 466

Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 625 46 – 10 –

Tour and travel guides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 – 10 – 8 –

Childcare workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405 452 24 – 381 451

Personal care aides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 762 477 125 514 636 469

Recreation and fitness workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 596 92 668 100 517

Residential advisors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 – 8 – 11 –

Personal care and service workers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 573 35 – 26 –

Sales and office occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,625 698 9,461 805 14,163 649

Sales and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,759 744 5,509 904 4,250 590

First-line supervisors of retail sales workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,368 743 1,321 857 1,047 630

First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 781 1,137 552 1,161 230 1,004

Cashiers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,367 414 402 475 965 403

Counter and rental clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 517 47 – 36 –

Parts salespersons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 639 85 643 11 –

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Retail salespersons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,831 623 1,103 730 728 514

Advertising sales agents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 1,023 122 1,034 81 999

Insurance sales agents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423 839 218 1,166 205 676

Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents. . . . . . . . . 219 1,351 155 1,458 63 951

Travel agents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 – 8 – 38 –

Sales representatives, services, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427 1,040 282 1,202 145 826

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,121 1,047 819 1,140 302 872

Models, demonstrators, and product promoters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 – 8 – 6 –

Real estate brokers and sales agents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493 983 209 1,222 284 780

Sales engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 – 35 – 5 –

Telemarketers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 – 17 – 25 –

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

workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 – 23 – 11 –

Sales and related workers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 805 103 946 68 709

Office and administrative support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,866 679 3,952 708 9,913 669

First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers. . . 1,203 848 383 942 819 809

Switchboard operators, including answering service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 – 3 – 14 –

Telephone operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 – 5 – 31 –

Communications equipment operators, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 – 1 – 4 –

Bill and account collectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 625 39 – 105 650

Billing and posting clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404 666 44 – 360 660

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 756 722 115 790 641 716

Gaming cage workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 – 1 – 8 –

Payroll and timekeeping clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 786 15 – 110 785

Procurement clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 – 9 – 16 –

Tellers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 542 39 – 195 539

Financial clerks, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 708 18 – 44 –

Brokerage clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 2 – 1 –

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

Court, municipal, and license clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 691 19 – 60 681

Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 – 8 – 33 –

Customer service representatives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,850 640 664 676 1,185 623

Eligibility interviewers, government programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 828 17 – 55 735

File clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 676 21 – 113 680

Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 513 36 – 66 500

Interviewers, except eligibility and loan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 639 7 – 98 634

Library assistants, clerical. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 – 8 – 38 –

Loan interviewers and clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 774 25 – 100 756

New accounts clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 – 0 – 21 –

Order clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 646 40 – 45 –

Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping. . . . . . . . 36 – 4 – 32 –

Receptionists and information clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 951 583 103 600 848 581

Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks. . . . . . . 102 705 46 – 56 646

Information and record clerks, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 654 31 – 73 631

Cargo and freight agents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 – 14 – 9 –

Couriers and messengers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 726 135 739 25 –

Dispatchers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 704 126 734 153 671

Meter readers, utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 – 28 – 1 –

Postal service clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 901 58 999 53 805

Postal service mail carriers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 981 185 1,020 119 931

Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine

operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 783 33 – 23 –

Production, planning, and expediting clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 853 113 935 111 765

Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473 596 322 602 151 583

Stock clerks and order fillers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,014 530 643 533 371 526

Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping. . . . . . . 45 – 21 – 24 –

Secretaries and administrative assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,210 713 133 831 2,078 708

Computer operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 811 41 – 37 –

Data entry keyers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 638 51 655 170 630

Word processors and typists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 730 7 – 48 –

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workers

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weekly

earnings

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workers

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

Insurance claims and policy processing clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 665 40 – 210 658

Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service. . . . . . . 56 619 33 – 23 –

Office clerks, general. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 900 654 140 707 760 648

Office machine operators, except computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 – 14 – 16 –

Proofreaders and copy markers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 – 0 – 5 –

Statistical assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 – 5 – 2 –

Office and administrative support workers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457 768 107 855 351 751

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations. . . . . . . . . . . 11,022 786 10,558 794 464 580

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 842 520 673 544 169 465

First-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers. . . . . . . 28 – 25 – 3 –

Agricultural inspectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 – 13 – 5 –

Animal breeders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 – 1 – 1 –

Graders and sorters, agricultural products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 511 25 – 48 –

Miscellaneous agricultural workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 659 508 547 524 111 423

Fishers and related fishing workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 – 4 – 0 –

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

Forest and conservation workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 – 17 – 1 –

Logging workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 – 39 – 0 –

Construction and extraction occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,979 784 5,828 786 151 639

First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers.. . 558 1,091 540 1,101 18 –

Boilermakers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 – 26 – 0 –

Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 741 119 741 0 –

Carpenters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 839 730 828 733 11 –

Carpet, floor, and tile installers and finishers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 593 91 597 2 –

Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers. . . . . . . . . . . 47 – 47 – 0 –

Construction laborers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,322 692 1,281 697 41 –

Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 – 11 – 0 –

Pile-driver operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 – 4 – 0 –

Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators. . . . 334 920 328 922 6 –

Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 600 137 601 1 –

Electricians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667 952 649 951 18 –

Glaziers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 – 47 – 1 –

Insulation workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 – 40 – 2 –

Painters, construction and maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392 612 375 615 17 –

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

Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475 927 464 925 11 –

Plasterers and stucco masons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 – 25 – 0 –

Reinforcing iron and rebar workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 – 12 – 0 –

Roofers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 623 158 624 3 –

Sheet metal workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 819 115 820 3 –

Structural iron and steel workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 976 60 983 1 –

Solar photovoltaic installers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 – 10 – 0 –

Helpers, construction trades. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 – 40 – 2 –

Construction and building inspectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 996 62 1,040 6 –

Elevator installers and repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 – 41 – 0 –

Fence erectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 – 29 – 0 –

Hazardous materials removal workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 – 24 – 4 –

Highway maintenance workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 745 83 723 2 –

Rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 – 8 – 0 –

Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 – 9 – 0 –

Miscellaneous construction and related workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 – 17 – 0 –

Derrick, rotary drill, and service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining. . 29 – 29 – 0 –

Earth drillers, except oil and gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 – 23 – 0 –

Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters. . . . . . . . 10 – 9 – 0 –

Mining machine operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 – 48 – 0 –

Roof bolters, mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 3 – 0 –

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

Helpers--extraction workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 3 – 0 –

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Other extraction workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 – 29 – 0 –

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,201 861 4,057 863 144 783

First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers. . . . . . . . . 246 1,020 221 1,016 25 –

Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . 165 851 150 861 15 –

Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers. . . 132 950 110 975 22 –

Avionics technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 – 8 – 0 –

Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 – 23 – 2 –

Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation

equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 3 – 0 –

Electrical and electronics repairers, industrial and utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 – 14 – 1 –

Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles. . . . . . . . 8 – 8 – 0 –

Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers. . . 33 – 32 – 1 –

Security and fire alarm systems installers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 927 68 909 1 –

Aircraft mechanics and service technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 1,047 134 1,053 2 –

Automotive body and related repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 761 112 770 5 –

Automotive glass installers and repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 – 14 – 0 –

Automotive service technicians and mechanics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 688 730 677 729 11 –

Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298 874 297 875 1 –

Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and

mechanics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 964 198 964 0 –

Small engine mechanics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 – 30 – 1 –

Miscellaneous vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers,

and repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 641 73 646 0 –

Control and valve installers and repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 – 32 – 1 –

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and

installers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361 864 357 868 4 –

Home appliance repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 – 25 – 0 –

Industrial and refractory machinery mechanics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385 968 374 973 11 –

Maintenance and repair workers, general. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514 796 502 797 13 –

Maintenance workers, machinery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 – 19 – 1 –

Millwrights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 – 35 – 0 –

Electrical power-line installers and repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 1,161 125 1,165 1 –

Telecommunications line installers and repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 850 168 824 4 –

Precision instrument and equipment repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 910 46 – 10 –

Wind turbine service technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 – 5 – 0 –

Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers. . . . 27 – 24 – 3 –

Commercial divers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 – 1 – 0 –

Locksmiths and safe repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 – 12 – 0 –

Manufactured building and mobile home installers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 – 7 – 0 –

Riggers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 – 11 – 0 –

Signal and track switch repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 – 4 – 0 –

Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 – 9 – 1 –

Other installation, maintenance, and repair workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 773 130 782 8 –

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,606 665 11,661 704 2,945 531

Production occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,513 668 5,564 723 1,949 527

First-line supervisors of production and operating workers. . . . . . . . . . . 729 923 599 972 131 723

Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers. . . . . . . . 6 – 4 – 2 –

Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers. . . . . . . . . . . . 105 590 55 618 50 554

Engine and other machine assemblers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 – 6 – 0 –

Structural metal fabricators and fitters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 – 22 – 0 –

Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 990 601 645 625 345 559

Bakers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 494 55 562 83 480

Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers. . . . . . 244 526 183 571 61 449

Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators

and tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 – 14 – 2 –

Food batchmakers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 537 40 – 42 –

Food cooking machine operators and tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 – 6 – 1 –

Food processing workers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 547 88 579 41 –

Computer control programmers and operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 802 80 843 6 –

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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

2016

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 – 11 – 2 –

Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.. . 5 – 5 – 0 –

Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic. . . 13 – 9 – 3 –

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

tenders, metal and plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 639 68 672 18 –

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

metal and plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 – 8 – 0 –

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

operators, and tenders, metal and plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 – 42 – 3 –

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

metal and plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 – 12 – 0 –

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

and plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 – 2 – 0 –

Machinists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326 824 313 844 13 –

Metal furnace operators, tenders, pourers, and casters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 – 30 – 1 –

Model makers and patternmakers, metal and plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 3 – 0 –

Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders,

metal and plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 – 21 – 7 –

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

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

Tool and die makers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 – 43 – 0 –

Welding, soldering, and brazing workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558 743 535 753 23 –

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

plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 – 2 – 0 –

Layout workers, metal and plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 – 6 – 0 –

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

and plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 – 20 – 2 –

Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 – 4 – 0 –

Metal workers and plastic workers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380 626 306 658 74 565

Prepress technicians and workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 – 8 – 7 –

Printing press operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 701 137 748 33 –

Print binding and finishing workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 – 9 – 2 –

Laundry and dry-cleaning workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 454 55 486 80 436

Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 – 10 – 20 –

Sewing machine operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 437 52 407 114 452

Shoe and leather workers and repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 – 3 – 1 –

Shoe machine operators and tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 – 1 – 0 –

Tailors, dressmakers, and sewers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 – 7 – 25 –

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

Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 – 4 – 3 –

Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and

tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 – 2 – 11 –

Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters,

operators, and tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 – 2 – 4 –

Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders,

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

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

Upholsterers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 – 19 – 1 –

Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 – 11 – 2 –

Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 – 30 – 5 –

Furniture finishers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 – 8 – 1 –

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

Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 – 27 – 4 –

Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except

sawing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 – 19 – 4 –

Woodworkers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 – 15 – 1 –

Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 – 37 – 2 –

Stationary engineers and boiler operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 924 72 954 4 –

Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators. . . . . . . . 76 883 72 885 3 –

Miscellaneous plant and system operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 – 38 – 3 –

Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders. . . . . . . 50 924 46 – 4 –

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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

2016

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. . . . . . . . . . 88 643 82 642 6 –

Cutting workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 576 50 546 13 –

Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters,

operators, and tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 – 19 – 4 –

Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders. . . . . . . . . . 11 – 10 – 1 –

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 686 714 445 834 241 584

Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 – 11 – 7 –

Medical, dental, and ophthalmic laboratory technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 615 33 – 31 –

Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 488 112 574 113 425

Painting workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 701 147 713 11 –

Photographic process workers and processing machine operators. . . 23 – 11 – 12 –

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

Adhesive bonding machine operators and tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 – 7 – 5 –

Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and

tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 – 2 – 0 –

Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 – 0 – 0 –

Etchers and engravers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 3 – 0 –

Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 – 14 – 2 –

Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 – 21 – 7 –

Tire builders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 – 10 – 1 –

Helpers--production workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 – 23 – 3 –

Production workers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 887 622 641 690 246 515

Transportation and material moving occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,093 662 6,097 685 997 540

Supervisors of transportation and material moving workers. . . . . . . . . . 165 807 126 843 39 –

Aircraft pilots and flight engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 1,582 112 1,600 7 –

Air traffic controllers and airfield operations specialists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 – 19 – 10 –

Flight attendants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 873 19 – 49 –

Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical

technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 – 13 – 2 –

Bus drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343 641 197 691 146 589

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,809 780 2,689 787 120 630

Taxi drivers and chauffeurs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 580 222 595 38 –

Motor vehicle operators, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 – 23 – 2 –

Locomotive engineers and operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 – 45 – 0 –

Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 3 – 1 –

Railroad conductors and yardmasters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 1,160 51 1,148 1 –

Subway, streetcar, and other rail transportation workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 – 13 – 1 –

Sailors and marine oilers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 – 14 – 1 –

Ship and boat captains and operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 – 26 – 1 –

Ship engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 – 4 – 0 –

Bridge and lock tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 3 – 0 –

Parking lot attendants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 519 62 513 4 –

Automotive and watercraft service attendants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 462 67 456 5 –

Transportation inspectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 – 20 – 5 –

Transportation attendants, except flight attendants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 – 10 – 10 –

Other transportation workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 – 24 – 7 –

Conveyor operators and tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 – 4 – 0 –

Crane and tower operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 909 66 909 0 –

Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 – 27 – 0 –

Hoist and winch operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 – 10 – 0 –

Industrial truck and tractor operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564 602 510 604 54 563

Cleaners of vehicles and equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 491 224 487 28 –

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,417 566 1,196 580 221 509

Machine feeders and offbearers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 – 14 – 13 –

Packers and packagers, hand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383 456 166 468 216 437

Pumping station operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 – 11 – 1 –

Refuse and recyclable material collectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 562 64 584 4 –

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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

2016

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 2 – 0 –

Material moving workers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 – 40 – 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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