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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

2018

Total Men Women

Number of

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Total, full-time wage and salary workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115,567 $886 64,142 $973 51,425 $789

Management, professional, and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48,808 1,246 23,685 1,468 25,123 1,078

Management, business, and financial operations occupations. . . . . . . . . . 19,863 1,355 10,668 1,537 9,195 1,168

Management occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,477 1,429 7,754 1,585 5,724 1,236

Chief executives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,098 2,291 790 2,488 307 1,736

General and operations managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 939 1,338 656 1,427 283 1,139

Legislators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 – 10 – 4 –

Advertising and promotions managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 – 23 – 16 –

Marketing and sales managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 963 1,567 517 1,852 447 1,362

Public relations and fundraising managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 1,415 18 – 43 –

Administrative services managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 1,215 101 1,266 46 –

Computer and information systems managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601 1,877 448 1,920 153 1,727

Financial managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,158 1,466 495 1,784 663 1,262

Compensation and benefits managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 – 5 – 16 –

Human resources managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294 1,381 73 1,761 221 1,330

Training and development managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 1,448 21 – 31 –

Industrial production managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 1,465 188 1,573 55 1,296

Purchasing managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 1,362 123 1,431 99 1,229

Transportation, storage, and distribution managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 1,131 226 1,138 43 –

Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 945 99 1,010 21 –

Construction managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625 1,431 572 1,467 53 1,202

Education administrators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 857 1,381 294 1,563 563 1,245

Architectural and engineering managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 2,226 131 2,285 19 –

Food service managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 827 809 420 922 407 708

Funeral service managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 – 0 – 0 –

Gaming managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 – 15 – 8 –

Lodging managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 955 48 – 64 920

Medical and health services managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567 1,408 149 1,729 418 1,331

Natural sciences managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 – 4 – 4 –

Postmasters and mail superintendents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 – 8 – 15 –

Property, real estate, and community association managers. . . . . . . 390 1,018 181 1,148 208 927

Social and community service managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363 1,141 112 1,336 251 1,057

Emergency management directors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 – 6 – 3 –

Managers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,285 1,525 2,022 1,628 1,263 1,341

Business and financial operations occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,385 1,216 2,914 1,383 3,471 1,105

Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and

athletes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 – 13 – 18 –

Buyers and purchasing agents, farm products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 – 7 – 3 –

Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 878 82 878 65 880

Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products. . . 223 1,160 121 1,209 102 1,032

Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators. . . . . . . . 334 998 145 1,167 189 913

Compliance officers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278 1,296 129 1,450 149 1,165

Cost estimators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 1,165 95 1,208 14 –

Human resources workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620 1,161 190 1,328 429 1,107

Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 – 17 – 31 –

Training and development specialists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 1,092 47 – 64 1,086

Logisticians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 1,019 81 1,131 46 –

Management analysts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 635 1,532 356 1,642 279 1,437

Meeting, convention, and event planners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 1,002 21 – 69 1,006

Fundraisers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 1,262 22 – 60 1,168

Market research analysts and marketing specialists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299 1,246 125 1,503 174 1,148

Business operations specialists, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 1,150 95 1,234 127 1,072

Accountants and auditors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,615 1,209 646 1,404 969 1,108

Appraisers and assessors of real estate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 – 24 – 22 –

Budget analysts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 1,351 17 – 35 –

Credit analysts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 – 12 – 14 –

Financial analysts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 1,470 138 1,599 122 1,197

Personal financial advisors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414 1,473 268 1,647 146 1,207

Insurance underwriters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 1,268 51 1,413 71 1,032

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Financial examiners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 – 2 – 9 –

Credit counselors and loan officers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332 1,168 155 1,443 177 948

Tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 – 13 – 29 –

Tax preparers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 1,028 26 – 36 –

Financial specialists, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 – 13 – 22 –

Professional and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,945 1,176 13,017 1,425 15,929 1,024

Computer and mathematical occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,755 1,539 3,571 1,604 1,184 1,345

Computer and information research scientists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 – 16 – 4 –

Computer systems analysts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 1,521 358 1,647 222 1,246

Information security analysts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 1,635 75 1,625 18 –

Computer programmers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428 1,591 338 1,662 91 1,445

Software developers, applications and systems software. . . . . . . . . . 1,611 1,864 1,283 1,894 327 1,644

Web developers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 1,333 115 1,418 49 –

Computer support specialists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516 1,085 376 1,114 140 1,015

Database administrators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 1,493 67 1,573 40 –

Network and computer systems administrators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 1,430 155 1,478 37 –

Computer network architects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 1,765 102 1,771 10 –

Computer occupations, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678 1,226 548 1,238 131 1,208

Actuaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 – 24 – 11 –

Mathematicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 2 – 1 –

Operations research analysts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 1,418 66 1,566 58 1,299

Statisticians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 1,437 41 – 43 –

Miscellaneous mathematical science occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 – 3 – 2 –

Architecture and engineering occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,994 1,484 2,541 1,528 453 1,259

Architects, except naval. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 1,464 118 1,538 52 1,301

Surveyors, cartographers, and photogrammetrists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 – 28 – 7 –

Aerospace engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 1,788 129 1,836 16 –

Agricultural engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 – 5 – 0 –

Biomedical engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 – 11 – 1 –

Chemical engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 1,858 57 1,858 8 –

Civil engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410 1,495 346 1,551 63 1,282

Computer hardware engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 1,772 60 1,852 11 –

Electrical and electronics engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 1,646 251 1,661 31 –

Environmental engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 – 30 – 5 –

Industrial engineers, including health and safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 1,499 191 1,571 54 1,163

Marine engineers and naval architects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 – 15 – 0 –

Materials engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 – 32 – 10 –

Mechanical engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313 1,562 282 1,581 31 –

Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety

engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 – 6 – 2 –

Nuclear engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 – 12 – 1 –

Petroleum engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 – 22 – 5 –

Engineers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528 1,575 463 1,610 65 1,356

Drafters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 1,021 91 1,029 22 –

Engineering technicians, except drafters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398 1,129 332 1,154 66 934

Surveying and mapping technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 984 60 995 3 –

Life, physical, and social science occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,308 1,270 733 1,357 575 1,156

Agricultural and food scientists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 – 16 – 13 –

Biological scientists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 1,250 55 1,164 46 –

Conservation scientists and foresters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 – 9 – 8 –

Medical scientists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 1,319 80 1,416 81 1,156

Life scientists, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 – 0 – 1 –

Astronomers and physicists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 – 14 – 0 –

Atmospheric and space scientists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 – 6 – 1 –

Chemists and materials scientists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 1,284 70 1,362 45 –

Environmental scientists and geoscientists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 1,336 52 1,427 28 –

Physical scientists, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 1,455 169 1,582 120 1,341

Economists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 – 29 – 6 –

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

Psychologists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 1,331 35 – 99 1,255

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Sociologists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 – 2 – 3 –

Urban and regional planners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 – 15 – 13 –

Miscellaneous social scientists and related workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 – 25 – 14 –

Agricultural and food science technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 – 24 – 7 –

Biological technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 – 10 – 7 –

Chemical technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 1,002 42 – 17 –

Geological and petroleum technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 – 7 – 4 –

Nuclear technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 – 8 – 3 –

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

Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians. . . . . . . 124 862 66 893 58 856

Community and social service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,223 913 754 984 1,469 886

Counselors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705 941 199 1,004 506 913

Social workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 753 907 141 958 611 897

Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists. . . . . . . . . . . 105 944 45 – 60 930

Social and human service assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 749 33 – 133 752

Miscellaneous community and social service specialists, including

health educators and community health workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 881 14 – 48 –

Clergy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 990 268 1,036 68 855

Directors, religious activities and education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 927 27 – 25 –

Religious workers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 – 27 – 18 –

Legal occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,466 1,467 651 1,910 815 1,243

Lawyers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 853 1,947 509 2,202 344 1,762

Judicial law clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 – 7 – 8 –

Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 1,602 49 – 19 –

Paralegals and legal assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413 948 54 917 359 953

Miscellaneous legal support workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 1,143 32 – 85 1,109

Education, training, and library occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,166 1,002 1,915 1,235 5,251 934

Postsecondary teachers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 994 1,439 534 1,603 460 1,253

Preschool and kindergarten teachers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568 648 14 – 555 643

Elementary and middle school teachers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,030 1,010 620 1,148 2,410 982

Secondary school teachers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 948 1,141 392 1,226 556 1,092

Special education teachers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 1,039 43 – 281 1,042

Other teachers and instructors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388 957 172 1,095 215 840

Archivists, curators, and museum technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 – 17 – 20 –

Librarians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 927 29 – 98 910

Library technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 – 3 – 7 –

Teacher assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615 556 62 584 553 550

Other education, training, and library workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 1,095 30 – 95 1,036

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations. . . . . . . . . . 1,880 1,086 1,052 1,151 828 997

Artists and related workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 1,078 46 – 18 –

Designers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 684 1,060 357 1,169 327 932

Actors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 – 5 – 2 –

Producers and directors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 1,224 98 1,476 49 –

Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 1,044 129 1,049 35 –

Dancers and choreographers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 – 4 – 7 –

Musicians, singers, and related workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 – 28 – 19 –

Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers, all

other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 – 7 – 10 –

Announcers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 – 22 – 4 –

News analysts, reporters and correspondents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 1,012 29 – 30 –

Public relations specialists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 1,313 40 – 78 1,169

Editors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 1,112 57 1,104 67 1,138

Technical writers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 1,318 25 – 35 –

Writers and authors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 1,233 42 – 68 1,036

Miscellaneous media and communication workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 880 12 – 51 850

Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio

operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 1,028 66 1,038 7 –

Photographers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 904 51 1,006 16 –

Television, video, and motion picture camera operators and

editors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 – 30 – 6 –

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Media and communication equipment workers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . 4 – 4 – 0 –

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,154 1,140 1,800 1,383 5,354 1,078

Chiropractors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 – 12 – 3 –

Dentists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 1,884 27 – 28 –

Dietitians and nutritionists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 967 8 – 63 940

Optometrists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 – 13 – 15 –

Pharmacists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 2,071 98 2,271 165 1,890

Physicians and surgeons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 827 2,001 475 2,513 352 1,677

Physician assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 1,752 37 – 80 1,646

Podiatrists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 – 3 – 1 –

Audiologists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 – 2 – 6 –

Occupational therapists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 1,283 16 – 64 1,252

Physical therapists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 1,395 71 1,410 139 1,387

Radiation therapists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 – 6 – 8 –

Recreational therapists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 – 1 – 10 –

Respiratory therapists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 1,074 36 – 59 1,000

Speech-language pathologists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 1,215 6 – 100 1,214

Exercise physiologists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 – 0 – 2 –

Therapists, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 1,047 33 – 122 1,014

Veterinarians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 1,677 18 – 46 –

Registered nurses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,584 1,167 315 1,271 2,270 1,156

Nurse anesthetists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 – 13 – 8 –

Nurse midwives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 – 0 – 2 –

Nurse practitioners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 1,894 24 – 134 1,891

Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 – 6 – 4 –

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290 893 75 819 215 911

Dental hygienists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 1,047 3 – 72 1,055

Diagnostic related technologists and technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 1,140 97 1,232 172 1,061

Emergency medical technicians and paramedics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 894 122 943 59 764

Health practitioner support technologists and technicians. . . . . . . . . . 542 691 112 807 431 655

Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490 757 56 936 434 743

Medical records and health information technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 765 11 – 129 739

Opticians, dispensing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 – 11 – 36 –

Miscellaneous health technologists and technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 873 44 – 73 791

Other healthcare practitioners and technical occupations. . . . . . . . . . 100 1,022 48 – 52 961

Service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,288 569 7,948 641 8,340 511

Healthcare support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,595 561 361 661 2,235 548

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,419 516 154 558 1,265 513

Occupational therapy assistants and aides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 – 4 – 21 –

Physical therapist assistants and aides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 848 24 – 43 –

Massage therapists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 – 15 – 24 –

Dental assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 606 9 – 187 598

Medical assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499 612 45 – 454 607

Medical transcriptionists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 – 4 – 18 –

Pharmacy aides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 – 5 – 23 –

Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 – 10 – 39 –

Phlebotomists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 624 29 – 67 602

Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations, including medical

equipment preparers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 598 61 703 93 559

Protective service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,836 848 2,258 922 578 613

First-line supervisors of correctional officers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 – 35 – 13 –

First-line supervisors of police and detectives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 1,460 74 1,461 12 –

First-line supervisors of fire fighting and prevention workers. . . . . . . . . 52 1,304 50 1,321 2 –

First-line supervisors of protective service workers, all other. . . . . . . . . 74 839 58 886 16 –

Firefighters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 1,126 280 1,133 14 –

Fire inspectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 – 16 – 2 –

Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394 742 289 811 105 646

Detectives and criminal investigators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 1,331 122 1,317 35 –

Fish and game wardens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 – 5 – 0 –

Parking enforcement workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 – 0 – 4 –

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Police and sheriff’s patrol officers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 728 1,092 622 1,131 106 816

Transit and railroad police. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 – 1 – 0 –

Animal control workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 – 5 – 8 –

Private detectives and investigators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 851 43 – 46 –

Security guards and gaming surveillance officers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 781 596 594 636 187 506

Crossing guards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 – 22 – 6 –

Transportation security screeners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 – 27 – 6 –

Lifeguards and other recreational, and all other protective service

workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 – 15 – 16 –

Food preparation and serving related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,394 501 2,210 533 2,184 473

Chefs and head cooks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365 615 300 624 65 562

First-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers. . . . . . . 397 583 166 668 231 539

Cooks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,325 486 804 518 521 437

Food preparation workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473 463 206 486 267 446

Bartenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 581 124 601 151 560

Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast

food. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 436 64 410 83 475

Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop. . . . 41 – 19 – 22 –

Waiters and waitresses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 932 496 321 551 611 478

Food servers, nonrestaurant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 484 32 – 74 475

Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers. . . . . . . . . 118 447 59 500 58 408

Dishwashers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 441 89 434 22 –

Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop. . . . . . . . . . . 102 471 24 – 78 473

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

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations. . . . . . . . . . 3,695 551 2,373 604 1,322 477

First-line supervisors of housekeeping and janitorial workers. . . . . . . . . 193 711 116 772 77 615

First-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and

groundskeeping workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 770 93 774 2 –

Janitors and building cleaners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,672 571 1,193 607 480 491

Maids and housekeeping cleaners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 825 467 102 559 723 457

Pest control workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 688 70 725 4 –

Grounds maintenance workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 834 572 798 576 36 –

Personal care and service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,768 544 746 638 2,022 517

First-line supervisors of gaming workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 793 83 914 43 –

First-line supervisors of personal service workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 747 27 – 60 739

Animal trainers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 – 4 – 7 –

Nonfarm animal caretakers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 555 24 – 79 548

Gaming services workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 654 37 – 36 –

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

Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 – 3 – 3 –

Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers. . . . . . . . 85 523 56 518 28 –

Embalmers and funeral attendants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 – 8 – 3 –

Morticians, undertakers, and funeral directors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 – 20 – 7 –

Barbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 – 34 – 15 –

Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 545 22 – 287 548

Miscellaneous personal appearance workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258 523 52 615 206 512

Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 620 59 652 13 –

Tour and travel guides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 – 13 – 9 –

Childcare workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437 500 32 – 405 492

Personal care aides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 786 500 132 555 654 493

Recreation and fitness workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 603 100 724 109 543

Residential advisors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 – 11 – 18 –

Personal care and service workers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 522 32 – 42 –

Sales and office occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,714 742 9,548 846 14,166 696

Sales and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,077 798 5,621 949 4,455 651

First-line supervisors of retail sales workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,421 795 1,359 911 1,062 672

First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 893 1,153 588 1,199 305 1,054

Cashiers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,390 465 377 468 1,013 463

Counter and rental clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 729 51 769 30 –

Parts salespersons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 702 98 718 11 –

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Retail salespersons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,860 657 1,144 764 716 543

Advertising sales agents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 998 91 950 79 1,053

Insurance sales agents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466 859 205 1,048 261 809

Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents. . . . . . . . . 197 1,440 131 1,639 66 1,047

Travel agents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 789 10 – 43 –

Sales representatives, services, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427 1,230 315 1,345 113 933

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,112 1,161 817 1,239 295 1,009

Models, demonstrators, and product promoters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 – 3 – 11 –

Real estate brokers and sales agents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528 1,019 236 1,264 291 883

Sales engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 – 34 – 4 –

Telemarketers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 559 19 – 31 –

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

workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 – 25 – 17 –

Sales and related workers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 1,036 118 1,323 109 873

Office and administrative support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,637 717 3,926 738 9,711 711

First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers. . . 1,279 885 386 1,050 892 835

Switchboard operators, including answering service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 – 3 – 19 –

Telephone operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 – 6 – 22 –

Communications equipment operators, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 – 5 – 2 –

Bill and account collectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 711 28 – 85 694

Billing and posting clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417 721 56 664 361 725

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 679 742 104 778 575 739

Gaming cage workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 – 1 – 6 –

Payroll and timekeeping clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 827 11 – 100 807

Procurement clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 – 16 – 14 –

Tellers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 584 34 – 206 584

Financial clerks, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 839 30 – 48 –

Brokerage clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 – 2 – 4 –

Correspondence clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 – 2 – 3 –

Court, municipal, and license clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 897 17 – 61 804

Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 818 21 – 30 –

Customer service representatives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,904 683 678 689 1,226 680

Eligibility interviewers, government programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 887 14 – 53 841

File clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 650 23 – 86 624

Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 520 29 – 56 505

Interviewers, except eligibility and loan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 702 18 – 96 686

Library assistants, clerical. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 – 8 – 26 –

Loan interviewers and clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 827 16 – 99 797

New accounts clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 – 8 – 13 –

Order clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 659 28 – 29 –

Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping. . . . . . . . 53 816 7 – 45 –

Receptionists and information clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 934 605 81 593 853 606

Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks. . . . . . . 109 745 50 681 60 766

Information and record clerks, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 733 24 – 71 724

Cargo and freight agents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 – 6 – 12 –

Couriers and messengers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 786 164 821 29 –

Dispatchers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270 783 108 926 162 725

Meter readers, utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 – 22 – 2 –

Postal service clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 765 51 758 63 771

Postal service mail carriers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288 931 170 983 118 808

Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine

operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 980 22 – 32 –

Production, planning, and expediting clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 870 119 1,004 134 790

Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524 632 365 654 160 590

Stock clerks and order fillers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 988 562 629 558 359 570

Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping. . . . . . . 44 – 30 – 14 –

Secretaries and administrative assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,977 759 122 903 1,855 753

Computer operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 763 27 – 40 –

Data entry keyers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 655 52 730 173 643

Word processors and typists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 858 9 – 43 –

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workers

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

Insurance claims and policy processing clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 719 36 – 175 713

Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service. . . . . . . 44 – 31 – 13 –

Office clerks, general. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 925 697 128 670 797 701

Office machine operators, except computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 – 5 – 9 –

Proofreaders and copy markers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 – 2 – 4 –

Statistical assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 – 16 – 25 –

Office and administrative support workers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456 794 104 920 352 762

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations. . . . . . . . . . . 11,546 824 11,030 834 516 638

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 850 581 667 602 183 483

First-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers. . . . . . . 45 – 37 – 7 –

Agricultural inspectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 – 13 – 6 –

Animal breeders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 – 2 – 0 –

Graders and sorters, agricultural products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 593 38 – 37 –

Miscellaneous agricultural workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 641 552 512 578 130 474

Fishers and related fishing workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 – 12 – 0 –

Hunters and trappers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 3 – 0 –

Forest and conservation workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 – 15 – 3 –

Logging workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 – 36 – 0 –

Construction and extraction occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,414 808 6,223 809 191 785

First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers.. . 541 1,059 521 1,073 20 –

Boilermakers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 – 16 – 0 –

Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 763 100 761 2 –

Carpenters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 973 756 953 759 20 –

Carpet, floor, and tile installers and finishers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 692 105 682 4 –

Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers. . . . . . . . . . . 46 – 46 – 0 –

Construction laborers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,470 717 1,421 717 49 –

Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 – 18 – 0 –

Pile-driver operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 – 1 – 0 –

Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators. . . . 328 905 323 905 5 –

Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 704 124 707 1 –

Electricians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 781 965 766 966 16 –

Glaziers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 – 35 – 0 –

Insulation workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 – 48 – 1 –

Painters, construction and maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380 679 360 679 20 –

Paperhangers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 3 – 0 –

Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531 921 514 916 17 –

Plasterers and stucco masons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 – 14 – 1 –

Reinforcing iron and rebar workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 3 – 0 –

Roofers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 687 146 686 2 –

Sheet metal workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 881 127 882 2 –

Structural iron and steel workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 934 51 941 1 –

Solar photovoltaic installers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 – 9 – 0 –

Helpers, construction trades. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 620 67 622 1 –

Construction and building inspectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 996 68 1,015 14 –

Elevator installers and repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 – 23 – 2 –

Fence erectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 – 21 – 0 –

Hazardous materials removal workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 – 27 – 3 –

Highway maintenance workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 781 105 772 4 –

Rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 – 12 – 0 –

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

Miscellaneous construction and related workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 – 24 – 0 –

Derrick, rotary drill, and service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining. . 29 – 28 – 1 –

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

Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters. . . . . . . . 14 – 14 – 0 –

Mining machine operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 1,402 55 1,389 4 –

Roof bolters, mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 – 1 – 0 –

Roustabouts, oil and gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 – 9 – 0 –

Helpers--extraction workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 – 2 – 0 –

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Other extraction workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 – 34 – 0 –

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,282 934 4,140 936 142 823

First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers. . . . . . . . . 270 1,087 255 1,111 15 –

Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . 157 932 137 940 20 –

Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers. . . 125 1,131 108 1,134 18 –

Avionics technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 – 10 – 1 –

Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 – 20 – 2 –

Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation

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

Electrical and electronics repairers, industrial and utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 – 10 – 2 –

Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles. . . . . . . . 5 – 5 – 0 –

Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers. . . 29 – 29 – 0 –

Security and fire alarm systems installers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 – 47 – 0 –

Aircraft mechanics and service technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 1,117 147 1,141 7 –

Automotive body and related repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 820 114 820 0 –

Automotive glass installers and repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 – 21 – 1 –

Automotive service technicians and mechanics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709 800 698 802 10 –

Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 942 352 943 5 –

Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and

mechanics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 1,013 196 1,011 3 –

Small engine mechanics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 – 28 – 0 –

Miscellaneous vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers,

and repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 611 65 612 3 –

Control and valve installers and repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 – 18 – 2 –

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and

installers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384 890 381 891 3 –

Home appliance repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 – 28 – 0 –

Industrial and refractory machinery mechanics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424 981 418 982 6 –

Maintenance and repair workers, general. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456 870 439 874 16 –

Maintenance workers, machinery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 – 23 – 0 –

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

Electrical power-line installers and repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 1,300 124 1,292 5 –

Telecommunications line installers and repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 1,014 187 1,026 9 –

Precision instrument and equipment repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 – 39 – 6 –

Wind turbine service technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 – 2 – 0 –

Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers. . . . 25 – 23 – 2 –

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

Locksmiths and safe repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 – 18 – 0 –

Manufactured building and mobile home installers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 – 5 – 0 –

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

Signal and track switch repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 – 14 – 0 –

Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 – 17 – 1 –

Other installation, maintenance, and repair workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 827 108 837 3 –

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,210 707 11,932 762 3,279 561

Production occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,668 723 5,627 793 2,041 575

First-line supervisors of production and operating workers. . . . . . . . . . . 792 980 642 1,050 150 745

Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers. . . . . . . . 6 – 5 – 1 –

Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers. . . . . . . . . . . . 110 605 57 706 53 518

Engine and other machine assemblers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 – 5 – 2 –

Structural metal fabricators and fitters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 – 27 – 0 –

Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 989 663 641 723 348 583

Bakers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 549 61 565 89 533

Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers. . . . . . 223 606 158 632 65 557

Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators

and tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 3 – 0 –

Food batchmakers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 557 21 – 34 –

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

Food processing workers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 624 90 749 52 539

Computer control programmers and operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 882 94 890 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

2018

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 – 12 – 4 –

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

Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic. . . 11 – 7 – 3 –

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

tenders, metal and plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 745 53 766 5 –

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

metal and plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 – 6 – 0 –

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

operators, and tenders, metal and plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 – 33 – 2 –

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

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

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

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

Machinists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 863 293 878 16 –

Metal furnace operators, tenders, pourers, and casters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 – 16 – 1 –

Model makers and patternmakers, metal and plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 – 5 – 0 –

Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders,

metal and plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 – 32 – 3 –

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

plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 – 4 – 0 –

Tool and die makers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 – 45 – 2 –

Welding, soldering, and brazing workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562 840 530 847 32 –

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

plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 – 8 – 2 –

Layout workers, metal and plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 – 9 – 1 –

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

and plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 – 13 – 4 –

Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 – 1 – 0 –

Metal workers and plastic workers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356 698 290 724 66 611

Prepress technicians and workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 – 11 – 3 –

Printing press operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 754 111 804 26 –

Print binding and finishing workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 – 6 – 6 –

Laundry and dry-cleaning workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 432 32 – 76 416

Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 – 11 – 18 –

Sewing machine operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 498 37 – 94 497

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

Shoe machine operators and tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 – 2 – 3 –

Tailors, dressmakers, and sewers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 – 19 – 24 –

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

Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 – 7 – 0 –

Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and

tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 – 2 – 3 –

Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters,

operators, and tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 2 – 1 –

Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders,

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

Fabric and apparel patternmakers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 0 – 3 –

Upholsterers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 – 14 – 5 –

Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 – 7 – 7 –

Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 – 44 – 3 –

Furniture finishers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 – 13 – 2 –

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

Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 – 27 – 4 –

Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except

sawing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 – 13 – 10 –

Woodworkers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 – 11 – 0 –

Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 – 32 – 1 –

Stationary engineers and boiler operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 1,073 82 1,086 2 –

Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators. . . . . . . . 99 943 94 940 5 –

Miscellaneous plant and system operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 – 35 – 0 –

Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders. . . . . . . 65 894 57 899 8 –

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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

2018

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. . . . . . . . . . 83 672 78 673 5 –

Cutting workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 595 43 – 12 –

Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters,

operators, and tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 – 14 – 3 –

Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders. . . . . . . . . . 20 – 15 – 4 –

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 756 771 490 868 267 679

Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 – 13 – 7 –

Medical, dental, and ophthalmic laboratory technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 741 33 – 41 –

Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 529 110 602 140 496

Painting workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 710 142 725 16 –

Photographic process workers and processing machine operators. . . 15 – 11 – 4 –

Semiconductor processors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 – 1 – 0 –

Adhesive bonding machine operators and tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 – 5 – 3 –

Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and

tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 – 6 – 0 –

Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 – 4 – 0 –

Etchers and engravers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 – 6 – 2 –

Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 – 27 – 0 –

Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 – 16 – 4 –

Tire builders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 – 5 – 0 –

Helpers--production workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 – 26 – 10 –

Production workers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 992 678 729 725 263 566

Transportation and material moving occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,542 689 6,305 724 1,237 538

Supervisors of transportation and material moving workers. . . . . . . . . . 197 850 152 878 45 –

Aircraft pilots and flight engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 1,743 91 1,837 7 –

Air traffic controllers and airfield operations specialists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 – 35 – 3 –

Flight attendants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 878 21 – 53 822

Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical

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

Bus drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361 655 216 735 144 599

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,791 817 2,636 829 155 559

Taxi drivers and chauffeurs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399 611 341 628 58 450

Motor vehicle operators, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 – 34 – 5 –

Locomotive engineers and operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 – 30 – 5 –

Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 3 – 0 –

Railroad conductors and yardmasters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 1,132 50 1,143 4 –

Subway, streetcar, and other rail transportation workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 – 17 – 0 –

Sailors and marine oilers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 – 20 – 1 –

Ship and boat captains and operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 – 29 – 1 –

Ship engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 – 7 – 0 –

Bridge and lock tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 – 5 – 0 –

Parking lot attendants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 575 54 575 8 –

Automotive and watercraft service attendants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 570 56 575 14 –

Transportation inspectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 – 34 – 3 –

Transportation attendants, except flight attendants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 – 5 – 13 –

Other transportation workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 – 18 – 0 –

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

Crane and tower operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 1,122 60 1,079 3 –

Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 – 19 – 0 –

Hoist and winch operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 – 8 – 0 –

Industrial truck and tractor operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 596 641 549 641 48 –

Cleaners of vehicles and equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 538 192 536 40 –

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,595 603 1,277 620 318 541

Machine feeders and offbearers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 – 15 – 10 –

Packers and packagers, hand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490 495 205 516 285 484

Pumping station operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 – 16 – 0 –

Refuse and recyclable material collectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 524 55 536 8 –

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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

2018

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 – 37 – 4 –

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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