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

[Numbers in thousands]

Occupation

2019

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workers

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Total, full-time wage and salary workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117,584 $917 65,007 $1,007 52,577 $821

Management, professional, and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,119 1,309 24,260 1,539 25,859 1,135

Management, business, and financial operations occupations. . . . . . . . . . 20,696 1,415 11,111 1,598 9,585 1,221

Management occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,948 1,478 8,002 1,659 5,946 1,266

Chief executives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,113 2,380 812 2,509 302 2,019

General and operations managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 990 1,384 678 1,476 312 1,153

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

Advertising and promotions managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 – 19 – 27 –

Marketing and sales managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,109 1,600 591 1,895 518 1,393

Public relations and fundraising managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 1,416 22 – 50 1,399

Administrative services managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 1,235 93 1,277 61 1,084

Computer and information systems managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629 1,984 439 2,019 190 1,892

Financial managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,142 1,447 523 1,897 619 1,207

Compensation and benefits managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 – 7 – 15 –

Human resources managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299 1,592 69 1,829 230 1,538

Training and development managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 – 19 – 25 –

Industrial production managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270 1,472 208 1,469 62 1,497

Purchasing managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 1,539 129 1,657 84 1,390

Transportation, storage, and distribution managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 1,160 213 1,238 49 –

Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 987 94 1,162 20 –

Construction managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610 1,468 539 1,511 71 1,210

Education administrators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 811 1,371 276 1,467 536 1,335

Architectural and engineering managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 2,471 128 2,457 20 –

Food service managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 785 863 420 964 365 719

Funeral service managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 2 – 1 –

Gaming managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 – 10 – 9 –

Lodging managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 975 61 1,096 55 894

Medical and health services managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578 1,478 169 1,828 409 1,362

Natural sciences managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 – 9 – 3 –

Postmasters and mail superintendents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 – 13 – 14 –

Property, real estate, and community association managers. . . . . . . 438 954 214 1,168 224 849

Social and community service managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403 1,243 143 1,452 260 1,156

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

Managers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,497 1,533 2,088 1,725 1,409 1,317

Business and financial operations occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,748 1,285 3,109 1,468 3,639 1,148

Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and

athletes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 – 13 – 15 –

Buyers and purchasing agents, farm products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 – 6 – 1 –

Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 979 87 982 76 977

Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products. . . 248 1,170 134 1,202 113 1,081

Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators. . . . . . . . 299 1,103 104 1,277 195 972

Compliance officers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 1,346 105 1,561 165 1,264

Cost estimators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 1,254 100 1,264 13 –

Human resources workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680 1,203 186 1,325 494 1,149

Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 – 14 – 32 –

Training and development specialists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 1,127 51 1,249 68 968

Logisticians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 1,093 107 1,149 45 –

Management analysts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 692 1,622 389 1,870 303 1,517

Meeting, convention, and event planners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 1,023 28 – 89 1,018

Fundraisers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 1,330 33 – 52 1,229

Market research analysts and marketing specialists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281 1,363 130 1,688 152 1,228

Business operations specialists, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 1,283 100 1,540 148 1,193

Accountants and auditors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,683 1,221 670 1,419 1,013 1,141

Appraisers and assessors of real estate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 – 24 – 23 –

Budget analysts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 – 19 – 21 –

Credit analysts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 – 9 – 18 –

Financial analysts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307 1,613 203 1,763 104 1,386

Personal financial advisors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448 1,618 296 1,905 152 1,232

Insurance underwriters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 1,169 57 1,338 59 1,142

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Financial examiners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 – 10 – 10 –

Credit counselors and loan officers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366 1,235 173 1,542 193 1,020

Tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 – 18 – 31 –

Tax preparers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 – 20 – 26 –

Financial specialists, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 1,209 24 – 26 –

Professional and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,423 1,237 13,149 1,493 16,274 1,085

Computer and mathematical occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,947 1,579 3,668 1,658 1,279 1,353

Computer and information research scientists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 – 13 – 6 –

Computer systems analysts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623 1,461 368 1,580 255 1,289

Information security analysts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 1,758 103 1,875 25 –

Computer programmers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425 1,586 343 1,613 82 1,463

Software developers, applications and systems software. . . . . . . . . . 1,714 1,894 1,379 1,920 335 1,718

Web developers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 1,470 88 1,633 56 1,150

Computer support specialists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486 1,192 365 1,223 121 1,103

Database administrators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 1,642 67 1,752 29 –

Network and computer systems administrators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 1,447 144 1,541 50 1,233

Computer network architects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 1,883 95 1,901 10 –

Computer occupations, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721 1,277 542 1,365 179 1,148

Actuaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 – 21 – 7 –

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

Operations research analysts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 1,512 86 1,753 67 1,188

Statisticians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 1,456 44 – 46 –

Miscellaneous mathematical science occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 – 10 – 8 –

Architecture and engineering occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,011 1,550 2,559 1,589 452 1,339

Architects, except naval. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 1,572 114 1,706 38 –

Surveyors, cartographers, and photogrammetrists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 – 34 – 8 –

Aerospace engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 1,917 121 2,018 17 –

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

Biomedical engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 – 14 – 3 –

Chemical engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 1,863 74 1,878 12 –

Civil engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421 1,616 360 1,657 61 1,353

Computer hardware engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 1,882 57 1,919 15 –

Electrical and electronics engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 1,781 241 1,830 25 –

Environmental engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 – 20 – 5 –

Industrial engineers, including health and safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 1,589 169 1,616 58 1,487

Marine engineers and naval architects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 – 13 – 0 –

Materials engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 – 39 – 5 –

Mechanical engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322 1,625 303 1,635 19 –

Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety

engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 – 4 – 4 –

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

Petroleum engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 – 22 – 2 –

Engineers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529 1,636 455 1,663 74 1,446

Drafters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 1,045 82 1,047 22 –

Engineering technicians, except drafters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462 1,161 382 1,200 79 915

Surveying and mapping technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 1,060 46 – 4 –

Life, physical, and social science occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,233 1,334 676 1,447 556 1,237

Agricultural and food scientists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 – 23 – 13 –

Biological scientists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 1,250 57 1,266 44 –

Conservation scientists and foresters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 – 11 – 8 –

Medical scientists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 1,188 77 1,214 70 1,175

Life scientists, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 2 – 1 –

Astronomers and physicists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 – 10 – 4 –

Atmospheric and space scientists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 – 9 – 5 –

Chemists and materials scientists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 1,582 49 – 36 –

Environmental scientists and geoscientists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 1,486 65 1,519 36 –

Physical scientists, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278 1,669 158 1,901 120 1,385

Economists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 – 26 – 9 –

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

Psychologists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 1,468 22 – 93 1,441

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

Urban and regional planners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 – 14 – 8 –

Miscellaneous social scientists and related workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 – 20 – 12 –

Agricultural and food science technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 – 16 – 4 –

Biological technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 – 8 – 12 –

Chemical technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 893 41 – 20 –

Geological and petroleum technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 – 12 – 6 –

Nuclear technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 2 – 1 –

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

Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians. . . . . . . 108 907 57 928 51 896

Community and social service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,240 968 742 1,064 1,498 941

Counselors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 720 987 179 944 541 1,003

Social workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739 964 136 1,108 603 944

Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists. . . . . . . . . . . 94 1,067 50 1,050 45 –

Social and human service assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 805 41 – 166 778

Miscellaneous community and social service specialists, including

health educators and community health workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 920 20 – 46 –

Clergy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332 1,066 275 1,155 57 862

Directors, religious activities and education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 – 29 – 19 –

Religious workers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 – 13 – 21 –

Legal occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,478 1,562 670 1,999 808 1,266

Lawyers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 884 2,043 548 2,202 336 1,878

Judicial law clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 – 5 – 7 –

Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 1,794 27 – 34 –

Paralegals and legal assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364 963 41 – 323 970

Miscellaneous legal support workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 1,124 49 – 109 1,009

Education, training, and library occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,238 1,057 1,991 1,265 5,247 987

Postsecondary teachers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 986 1,512 544 1,670 442 1,358

Preschool and kindergarten teachers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496 701 7 – 489 705

Elementary and middle school teachers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,162 1,067 640 1,161 2,522 1,042

Secondary school teachers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 882 1,161 408 1,262 474 1,095

Special education teachers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 1,108 42 – 253 1,104

Other teachers and instructors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455 1,054 192 1,190 263 942

Archivists, curators, and museum technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 – 15 – 19 –

Librarians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 1,095 27 – 111 1,093

Library technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 – 2 – 7 –

Teacher assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637 590 72 707 565 579

Other education, training, and library workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 1,143 41 – 102 1,058

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations. . . . . . . . . . 1,762 1,151 956 1,231 806 1,077

Artists and related workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 1,155 48 – 35 –

Designers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 661 1,126 337 1,214 324 1,052

Actors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 – 7 – 6 –

Producers and directors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 1,483 59 1,652 50 1,156

Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 1,051 122 1,134 35 –

Dancers and choreographers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 – 3 – 10 –

Musicians, singers, and related workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 – 26 – 10 –

Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers, all

other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 – 12 – 4 –

Announcers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 – 12 – 9 –

News analysts, reporters and correspondents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 1,301 40 – 37 –

Public relations specialists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 1,410 41 – 78 1,255

Editors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 1,163 32 – 66 1,135

Technical writers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 1,434 26 – 28 –

Writers and authors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 1,159 41 – 48 –

Miscellaneous media and communication workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 794 22 – 34 –

Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio

operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 1,158 79 1,189 11 –

Photographers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 – 29 – 16 –

Television, video, and motion picture camera operators and

editors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 – 20 – 7 –

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

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,514 1,180 1,887 1,422 5,627 1,130

Chiropractors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 – 12 – 6 –

Dentists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 2,302 43 – 28 –

Dietitians and nutritionists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 1,019 10 – 85 948

Optometrists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 – 12 – 15 –

Pharmacists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 2,013 100 2,245 155 1,877

Physicians and surgeons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 857 2,292 507 2,500 349 1,878

Physician assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 1,831 31 – 77 1,763

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

Audiologists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 – 2 – 10 –

Occupational therapists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 1,447 13 – 79 1,441

Physical therapists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 1,431 81 1,610 130 1,323

Radiation therapists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 – 4 – 5 –

Recreational therapists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 – 1 – 8 –

Respiratory therapists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 1,213 34 – 59 1,073

Speech-language pathologists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 1,193 7 – 124 1,171

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

Therapists, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 935 31 – 131 919

Veterinarians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 1,773 17 – 55 1,985

Registered nurses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,640 1,223 320 1,256 2,321 1,217

Nurse anesthetists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 – 10 – 12 –

Nurse midwives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 – 0 – 6 –

Nurse practitioners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 1,760 23 – 163 1,753

Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 – 5 – 7 –

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281 979 66 1,117 215 952

Dental hygienists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 1,094 5 – 99 1,066

Diagnostic related technologists and technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320 1,126 107 1,166 213 1,076

Emergency medical technicians and paramedics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 912 125 991 54 786

Health practitioner support technologists and technicians. . . . . . . . . . 570 735 126 843 444 712

Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533 806 53 896 481 799

Medical records and health information technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 829 15 – 138 799

Opticians, dispensing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 – 9 – 26 –

Miscellaneous health technologists and technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 880 46 – 84 799

Other healthcare practitioners and technical occupations. . . . . . . . . . 117 1,252 69 1,261 48 –

Service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,558 592 7,898 659 8,660 537

Healthcare support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,700 591 363 639 2,337 585

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,471 562 184 588 1,287 556

Occupational therapy assistants and aides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 – 4 – 19 –

Physical therapist assistants and aides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 955 29 – 43 –

Massage therapists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 582 15 – 42 –

Dental assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 615 6 – 193 613

Medical assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521 635 40 – 481 635

Medical transcriptionists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 – 5 – 23 –

Pharmacy aides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 – 14 – 27 –

Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 – 7 – 31 –

Phlebotomists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 623 9 – 88 612

Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations, including medical

equipment preparers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 617 47 – 103 571

Protective service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,725 900 2,172 953 553 731

First-line supervisors of correctional officers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 – 29 – 12 –

First-line supervisors of police and detectives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 1,438 71 1,449 9 –

First-line supervisors of fire fighting and prevention workers. . . . . . . . . 40 – 36 – 4 –

First-line supervisors of protective service workers, all other. . . . . . . . . 66 659 50 698 17 –

Firefighters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292 1,207 287 1,203 6 –

Fire inspectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 – 15 – 2 –

Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365 776 251 890 114 664

Detectives and criminal investigators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 1,428 119 1,472 32 –

Fish and game wardens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 – 1 – 1 –

Parking enforcement workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 – 2 – 1 –

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Police and sheriff’s patrol officers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 686 1,111 559 1,143 127 922

Transit and railroad police. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 – 4 – 0 –

Animal control workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 – 6 – 1 –

Private detectives and investigators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 973 38 – 41 –

Security guards and gaming surveillance officers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 790 650 631 671 159 589

Crossing guards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 – 15 – 6 –

Transportation security screeners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 – 32 – 9 –

Lifeguards and other recreational, and all other protective service

workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 – 28 – 13 –

Food preparation and serving related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,689 522 2,352 576 2,337 492

Chefs and head cooks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406 698 334 727 72 553

First-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers. . . . . . . 426 584 184 657 242 545

Cooks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,362 512 831 535 531 489

Food preparation workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574 496 246 532 328 463

Bartenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293 610 159 655 134 578

Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast

food. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 462 65 457 126 467

Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop. . . . 48 – 26 – 22 –

Waiters and waitresses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 973 511 292 594 681 491

Food servers, nonrestaurant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 515 29 – 60 501

Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers. . . . . . . . . 116 554 66 605 50 513

Dishwashers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 453 102 464 24 –

Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop. . . . . . . . . . . 81 456 17 – 64 441

Food preparation and serving related workers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 – 2 – 2 –

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations. . . . . . . . . . 3,679 580 2,293 618 1,386 502

First-line supervisors of housekeeping and janitorial workers. . . . . . . . . 215 710 134 758 80 639

First-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and

groundskeeping workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 797 110 800 11 –

Janitors and building cleaners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,563 582 1,068 610 494 510

Maids and housekeeping cleaners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 895 490 126 520 769 484

Pest control workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 731 71 741 2 –

Grounds maintenance workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 813 606 784 607 29 –

Personal care and service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,764 565 718 624 2,047 531

First-line supervisors of gaming workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 821 63 853 54 791

First-line supervisors of personal service workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 778 32 – 43 –

Animal trainers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 – 17 – 9 –

Nonfarm animal caretakers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 515 25 – 79 489

Gaming services workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 635 32 – 28 –

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

Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 – 4 – 6 –

Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers. . . . . . . . 77 583 54 557 24 –

Embalmers and funeral attendants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 – 4 – 2 –

Morticians, undertakers, and funeral directors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 – 12 – 8 –

Barbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 662 50 789 12 –

Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310 570 24 – 286 569

Miscellaneous personal appearance workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 571 33 – 193 554

Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 663 54 672 15 –

Tour and travel guides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 – 17 – 11 –

Childcare workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473 495 40 – 433 491

Personal care aides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 815 516 130 581 685 509

Recreation and fitness workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 607 88 656 102 580

Residential advisors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 – 8 – 13 –

Personal care and service workers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 611 30 – 44 –

Sales and office occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,883 758 9,695 874 14,188 713

Sales and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,929 830 5,525 982 4,404 677

First-line supervisors of retail sales workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,316 817 1,246 955 1,070 708

First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 857 1,162 596 1,157 261 1,173

Cashiers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,398 503 438 510 959 499

Counter and rental clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 686 44 – 23 –

Parts salespersons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 777 107 768 15 –

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Retail salespersons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,856 692 1,094 806 762 578

Advertising sales agents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 1,050 88 1,143 81 874

Insurance sales agents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461 927 214 1,034 247 806

Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents. . . . . . . . . 192 1,302 129 1,386 63 1,063

Travel agents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 745 8 – 44 –

Sales representatives, services, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477 1,211 340 1,332 137 973

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,107 1,206 813 1,262 294 1,067

Models, demonstrators, and product promoters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 – 3 – 12 –

Real estate brokers and sales agents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543 1,019 222 1,344 321 883

Sales engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 – 29 – 3 –

Telemarketers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 – 18 – 24 –

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

workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 – 14 – 16 –

Sales and related workers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 935 123 966 71 848

Office and administrative support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,954 732 4,170 771 9,784 721

First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers. . . 1,215 866 406 971 809 816

Switchboard operators, including answering service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 – 5 – 16 –

Telephone operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 – 6 – 28 –

Communications equipment operators, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 – 4 – 4 –

Bill and account collectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 701 22 – 91 672

Billing and posting clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389 742 45 – 344 736

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657 764 84 784 573 764

Gaming cage workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 – 2 – 8 –

Payroll and timekeeping clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 766 17 – 110 756

Procurement clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 – 9 – 21 –

Tellers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 575 35 – 207 571

Financial clerks, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 890 48 – 71 797

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

Correspondence clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 – 2 – 4 –

Court, municipal, and license clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 748 17 – 66 759

Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 – 10 – 30 –

Customer service representatives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,977 693 717 736 1,259 673

Eligibility interviewers, government programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 763 16 – 52 756

File clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 672 27 – 110 667

Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 519 24 – 65 490

Interviewers, except eligibility and loan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 740 10 – 82 734

Library assistants, clerical. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 – 5 – 29 –

Loan interviewers and clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 825 30 – 88 802

New accounts clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 – 8 – 17 –

Order clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 783 40 – 32 –

Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping. . . . . . . . 51 702 10 – 41 –

Receptionists and information clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 909 642 100 735 809 636

Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks. . . . . . . 103 813 46 – 56 789

Information and record clerks, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 735 24 – 64 691

Cargo and freight agents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 – 11 – 8 –

Couriers and messengers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 769 221 789 40 –

Dispatchers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 806 108 854 131 763

Meter readers, utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 – 12 – 1 –

Postal service clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 907 30 – 43 –

Postal service mail carriers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296 951 185 994 111 893

Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine

operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 1,145 37 – 30 –

Production, planning, and expediting clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 939 114 1,039 154 872

Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507 679 332 686 175 662

Stock clerks and order fillers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,016 599 636 596 380 605

Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping. . . . . . . 53 716 26 – 27 –

Secretaries and administrative assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,069 765 137 795 1,932 763

Computer operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 960 41 – 28 –

Data entry keyers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 675 50 738 153 656

Word processors and typists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 – 6 – 30 –

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

Insurance claims and policy processing clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 746 47 – 204 739

Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service. . . . . . . 48 – 26 – 22 –

Office clerks, general. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 997 685 188 718 809 677

Office machine operators, except computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 – 13 – 17 –

Proofreaders and copy markers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 – 1 – 4 –

Statistical assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 1,480 33 – 25 –

Office and administrative support workers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522 866 147 950 375 820

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations. . . . . . . . . . . 11,671 869 11,134 881 537 614

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 900 574 690 593 210 513

First-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers. . . . . . . 40 – 37 – 3 –

Agricultural inspectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 – 7 – 8 –

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

Graders and sorters, agricultural products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 564 29 – 50 549

Miscellaneous agricultural workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691 558 544 581 148 502

Fishers and related fishing workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 – 14 – 0 –

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

Forest and conservation workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 – 13 – 1 –

Logging workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 – 44 – 0 –

Construction and extraction occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,467 866 6,280 873 187 711

First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers.. . 586 1,162 571 1,167 15 –

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

Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 817 114 819 1 –

Carpenters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 873 820 855 826 18 –

Carpet, floor, and tile installers and finishers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 708 115 709 3 –

Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers. . . . . . . . . . . 60 975 60 975 0 –

Construction laborers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,434 723 1,393 724 41 –

Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 – 20 – 0 –

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

Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators. . . . 354 930 350 927 5 –

Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 790 131 790 0 –

Electricians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 814 1,012 799 1,015 15 –

Glaziers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 – 32 – 3 –

Insulation workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 877 54 885 2 –

Painters, construction and maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395 732 364 744 31 –

Paperhangers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 – 4 – 0 –

Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561 921 546 918 15 –

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

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

Roofers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 687 154 690 2 –

Sheet metal workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 894 117 900 6 –

Structural iron and steel workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 1,057 71 1,057 0 –

Solar photovoltaic installers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 – 15 – 1 –

Helpers, construction trades. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 612 48 – 2 –

Construction and building inspectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 1,134 70 1,134 7 –

Elevator installers and repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 – 18 – 1 –

Fence erectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 – 26 – 0 –

Hazardous materials removal workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 – 30 – 6 –

Highway maintenance workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 799 91 806 5 –

Rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 – 4 – 0 –

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

Miscellaneous construction and related workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 – 26 – 0 –

Derrick, rotary drill, and service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining. . 24 – 24 – 0 –

Earth drillers, except oil and gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 – 13 – 2 –

Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters. . . . . . . . 8 – 8 – 0 –

Mining machine operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 1,094 50 1,101 1 –

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

Roustabouts, oil and gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 – 7 – 0 –

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

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Other extraction workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 1,128 45 – 5 –

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,304 939 4,164 943 140 850

First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers. . . . . . . . . 267 1,061 250 1,082 17 –

Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . 162 897 141 899 21 –

Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers. . . 124 1,063 117 1,058 7 –

Avionics technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 – 15 – 1 –

Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 – 12 – 0 –

Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation

equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 – 7 – 1 –

Electrical and electronics repairers, industrial and utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 – 22 – 0 –

Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles. . . . . . . . 7 – 7 – 0 –

Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers. . . 25 – 25 – 0 –

Security and fire alarm systems installers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 869 54 875 1 –

Aircraft mechanics and service technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 1,245 148 1,265 7 –

Automotive body and related repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 885 94 885 0 –

Automotive glass installers and repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 – 15 – 0 –

Automotive service technicians and mechanics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705 811 693 811 12 –

Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315 984 312 983 3 –

Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and

mechanics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 1,008 212 1,008 0 –

Small engine mechanics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 – 24 – 0 –

Miscellaneous vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers,

and repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 627 58 628 0 –

Control and valve installers and repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 – 21 – 1 –

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and

installers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416 944 409 947 6 –

Home appliance repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 – 31 – 1 –

Industrial and refractory machinery mechanics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392 1,018 382 1,028 10 –

Maintenance and repair workers, general. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534 882 514 883 20 –

Maintenance workers, machinery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 – 21 – 0 –

Millwrights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 1,180 48 – 3 –

Electrical power-line installers and repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 1,460 123 1,460 0 –

Telecommunications line installers and repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 901 168 884 10 –

Precision instrument and equipment repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 – 42 – 6 –

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

Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers. . . . 20 – 19 – 0 –

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

Locksmiths and safe repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 – 21 – 1 –

Manufactured building and mobile home installers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 – 4 – 0 –

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

Signal and track switch repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 – 6 – 0 –

Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 – 17 – 0 –

Other installation, maintenance, and repair workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 839 118 850 10 –

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,353 727 12,020 780 3,334 593

Production occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,741 745 5,668 814 2,073 596

First-line supervisors of production and operating workers. . . . . . . . . . . 806 949 633 1,031 173 721

Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers. . . . . . . . 9 – 7 – 1 –

Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers. . . . . . . . . . . . 103 644 52 712 51 594

Engine and other machine assemblers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 – 6 – 2 –

Structural metal fabricators and fitters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 – 24 – 0 –

Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 900 684 574 724 326 597

Bakers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 561 70 590 81 522

Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers. . . . . . 265 648 198 671 67 573

Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators

and tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 – 6 – 7 –

Food batchmakers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 615 26 – 42 –

Food cooking machine operators and tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 – 0 – 2 –

Food processing workers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 658 94 779 50 573

Computer control programmers and operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 849 100 857 3 –

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Occupation

2019

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 – 15 – 2 –

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

Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic. . . 13 – 10 – 3 –

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

tenders, metal and plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 830 58 816 9 –

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

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

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

operators, and tenders, metal and plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 – 35 – 5 –

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

metal and plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 – 5 – 0 –

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

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

Machinists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357 888 335 889 22 –

Metal furnace operators, tenders, pourers, and casters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 – 25 – 1 –

Model makers and patternmakers, metal and plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 – 3 – 1 –

Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders,

metal and plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 – 32 – 4 –

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

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

Tool and die makers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 952 51 972 2 –

Welding, soldering, and brazing workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549 801 518 810 31 –

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

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

Layout workers, metal and plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 – 8 – 0 –

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

and plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 – 11 – 1 –

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

Metal workers and plastic workers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385 736 312 795 74 592

Prepress technicians and workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 – 17 – 10 –

Printing press operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 814 87 886 22 –

Print binding and finishing workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 – 12 – 3 –

Laundry and dry-cleaning workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 490 37 – 74 482

Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 – 6 – 14 –

Sewing machine operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 524 40 – 98 521

Shoe and leather workers and repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 – 5 – 1 –

Shoe machine operators and tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 – 1 – 3 –

Tailors, dressmakers, and sewers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 576 19 – 36 –

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

Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 3 – 0 –

Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and

tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 – 1 – 4 –

Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters,

operators, and tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 – 4 – 7 –

Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders,

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

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

Upholsterers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 – 18 – 3 –

Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 – 7 – 3 –

Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 – 41 – 3 –

Furniture finishers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 – 7 – 7 –

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

Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 – 24 – 4 –

Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except

sawing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 – 11 – 3 –

Woodworkers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 – 10 – 0 –

Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 – 36 – 2 –

Stationary engineers and boiler operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 869 50 862 2 –

Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators. . . . . . . . 105 931 97 930 8 –

Miscellaneous plant and system operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 – 44 – 1 –

Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders. . . . . . . 75 999 67 1,017 8 –

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Occupation

2019

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. . . . . . . . . . 79 764 74 772 5 –

Cutting workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 762 42 – 8 –

Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters,

operators, and tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 – 26 – 3 –

Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders. . . . . . . . . . 17 – 16 – 2 –

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 722 835 463 939 259 693

Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 – 14 – 11 –

Medical, dental, and ophthalmic laboratory technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 779 35 – 44 –

Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 575 116 646 128 533

Painting workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 780 144 804 15 –

Photographic process workers and processing machine operators. . . 9 – 2 – 7 –

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

Adhesive bonding machine operators and tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 – 10 – 2 –

Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and

tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 – 0 – 1 –

Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 3 – 0 –

Etchers and engravers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 – 4 – 2 –

Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 – 22 – 6 –

Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 – 19 – 2 –

Tire builders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 – 12 – 0 –

Helpers--production workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 – 25 – 4 –

Production workers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,056 704 763 767 293 566

Transportation and material moving occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,612 711 6,352 747 1,260 586

Supervisors of transportation and material moving workers. . . . . . . . . . 184 923 156 978 28 –

Aircraft pilots and flight engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 1,857 109 1,670 9 –

Air traffic controllers and airfield operations specialists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 – 34 – 6 –

Flight attendants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 823 13 – 57 835

Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical

technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 – 6 – 6 –

Bus drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364 674 205 718 159 625

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,723 843 2,564 861 159 660

Taxi drivers and chauffeurs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406 614 356 624 50 520

Motor vehicle operators, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 – 29 – 5 –

Locomotive engineers and operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 – 37 – 2 –

Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 2 – 1 –

Railroad conductors and yardmasters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 1,160 57 1,170 2 –

Subway, streetcar, and other rail transportation workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 – 8 – 2 –

Sailors and marine oilers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 – 19 – 1 –

Ship and boat captains and operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 – 29 – 3 –

Ship engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 – 6 – 0 –

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

Parking lot attendants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 561 50 581 8 –

Automotive and watercraft service attendants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 518 59 520 8 –

Transportation inspectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 – 37 – 5 –

Transportation attendants, except flight attendants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 – 10 – 12 –

Other transportation workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 – 27 – 4 –

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

Crane and tower operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 1,070 59 1,104 4 –

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

Hoist and winch operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 – 9 – 0 –

Industrial truck and tractor operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541 677 489 686 52 625

Cleaners of vehicles and equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 587 225 595 29 –

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,764 634 1,402 657 362 567

Machine feeders and offbearers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 – 10 – 11 –

Packers and packagers, hand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467 530 202 576 265 515

Pumping station operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 – 11 – 0 –

Refuse and recyclable material collectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 686 72 683 5 –

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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

2019

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

Tank car, truck, and ship loaders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 – 5 – 0 –

Material moving workers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 – 35 – 3 –

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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