HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

55. Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by certification and licensing status and

occupation, 2016 annual averages

Occupation

Full-time

wage and

salary

workers (in

thousands)

Median weekly earnings

Total

With a certification or license1

Without a

certification

or

license

Total

With a

certification,

but no

license

With a

license2

Total, 16 years and over.............................................. 111,091 $832 $1,032 $1,089 $1,026 $765

Management, professional, and related occupations........... 45,930 1,188 1,218 1,360 1,200 1,171

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations..................................................... 19,023 1,284 1,471 1,615 1,446 1,238

Management occupations.................................... 12,828 1,370 1,520 1,654 1,484 1,330

Business and financial operations occupations............ 6,195 1,161 1,395 1,469 1,371 1,121

Professional and related occupations.......................... 26,907 1,141 1,154 1,202 1,150 1,126

Computer and mathematical occupations.................. 4,104 1,443 1,459 1,565 1,353 1,442

Architecture and engineering occupations.................. 2,835 1,482 1,569 1,598 1,565 1,446

Life, physical, and social science occupations............. 1,151 1,209 1,309 — 1,314 1,168

Community and social services occupations............... 2,136 919 1,029 1,048 1,025 850

Legal occupations............................................. 1,294 1,431 1,771 — 1,859 981

Education, training, and library occupations................ 6,859 984 1,038 1,024 1,039 878

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations.................................................. 1,671 1,040 1,092 1,071 1,094 1,032

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations....... 6,857 1,104 1,159 1,002 1,170 883

Service occupations.............................................. 15,908 523 616 582 619 506

Healthcare support occupations............................. 2,423 525 542 568 539 515

Protective service occupations............................... 2,697 809 934 — 945 734

Food preparation and serving related occupations........ 4,619 465 530 540 527 458

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations.................................................. 3,602 510 609 — 605 505

Personal care and service occupations..................... 2,568 505 556 573 552 493

Sales and office occupations................................... 23,625 698 816 893 802 682

Sales and related occupations............................... 9,759 744 949 1,061 936 713

Office and administrative support occupations............. 13,866 679 738 804 725 672

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations..................................................... 11,022 786 972 953 977 741

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations................. 842 520 622 — 622 512

Construction and extraction occupations................... 5,979 784 1,016 978 1,023 736

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations......... 4,201 861 948 939 952 827

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations..................................................... 14,606 665 857 814 861 630

Production occupations....................................... 7,513 668 845 900 829 648

Transportation and material moving occupations.......... 7,093 662 863 701 874 614

1 A person may have more than one certification or license.

2 Persons with a license may also have a certification.

NOTE: Certifications are issued by a non-governmental certification body and convey that an individual has the knowledge or skill to perform a

specific job. A license is awarded by a government agency and conveys a legal authority to work in an occupation. Full time is 35 hours or more per

week. Data are for wage and salary workers; all self-employed workers are excluded, both those with incorporated businesses and those with

unincorporated businesses. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 50,000).

Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

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