HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

occupation, 2017 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.............................................. 113,272 $860 $1,061 $1,145 $1,054 $793

Management, professional, and related occupations........... 47,207 1,224 1,241 1,431 1,228 1,206

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations..................................................... 19,414 1,327 1,488 1,726 1,448 1,266

Management occupations.................................... 13,169 1,392 1,528 1,863 1,469 1,357

Business and financial operations occupations............ 6,245 1,174 1,415 1,463 1,405 1,133

Professional and related occupations.......................... 27,794 1,160 1,173 1,262 1,168 1,146

Computer and mathematical occupations.................. 4,350 1,465 1,473 1,536 1,440 1,463

Architecture and engineering occupations.................. 2,936 1,478 1,571 1,528 1,595 1,440

Life, physical, and social science occupations............. 1,238 1,286 1,381 – 1,441 1,251

Community and social services occupations............... 2,165 900 1,031 1,030 1,031 832

Legal occupations............................................. 1,379 1,443 1,774 – 1,828 1,026

Education, training, and library occupations................ 6,978 1,002 1,060 1,143 1,059 891

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations.................................................. 1,778 1,066 1,068 – 1,105 1,066

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations....... 6,970 1,124 1,170 1,123 1,172 923

Service occupations.............................................. 16,044 544 635 626 635 518

Healthcare support occupations............................. 2,500 542 559 546 560 529

Protective service occupations............................... 2,739 852 987 – 984 772

Food preparation and serving related occupations........ 4,465 484 563 – 570 477

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations.................................................. 3,641 522 633 – 633 517

Personal care and service occupations..................... 2,699 520 582 676 578 508

Sales and office occupations................................... 23,686 718 836 926 826 706

Sales and related occupations............................... 9,953 763 972 1,094 963 734

Office and administrative support occupations............. 13,733 701 750 797 742 696

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations..................................................... 11,509 801 990 987 991 764

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations................. 962 539 759 – 762 520

Construction and extraction occupations................... 6,147 796 1,034 976 1,070 756

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations......... 4,400 878 979 1,006 970 845

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations..................................................... 14,825 692 866 789 876 667

Production occupations....................................... 7,589 701 875 819 887 685

Transportation and material moving occupations.......... 7,236 681 859 739 869 638

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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