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

[Numbers in thousands]

Occupation

2012

Total Men Women

Number of

workers

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weekly

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workers

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Total, full-time wage and salary workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102,749 $ 768 57,286 $ 854 45,462 $ 691

Management, professional, and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,984 1,108 19,926 1,328 21,059 951

Management, business, and financial operations occupations. . . . . . . . . . . 16,991 1,171 9,121 1,387 7,869 993

Management occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,547 1,248 6,783 1,428 4,765 1,036

Chief executives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,004 2,060 739 2,275 265 1,730

General and operations managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 983 1,264 705 1,436 278 971

Legislators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 – 4 – 3 –

Advertising and promotions managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 1,334 36 – 29 –

Marketing and sales managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 916 1,396 514 1,640 402 1,110

Public relations and fundraising managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 1,237 17 – 39 –

Administrative services managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 1,103 76 1,212 57 1,038

Computer and information systems managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568 1,672 423 1,740 145 1,527

Financial managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,125 1,169 509 1,405 616 988

Compensation and benefits managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 – 7 – 9 –

Human resources managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 1,271 56 1,447 160 1,208

Training and development managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 – 16 – 17 –

Industrial production managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 1,183 185 1,181 34 –

Purchasing managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 1,319 104 1,467 99 1,072

Transportation, storage, and distribution managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 953 240 938 36 –

Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 708 89 699 14 –

Construction managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460 1,208 425 1,233 35 –

Education administrators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704 1,255 250 1,566 454 1,052

Architectural and engineering managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 2,122 101 2,116 9 –

Food service managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678 689 351 744 327 601

Funeral service managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 – 5 – 4 –

Gaming managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 – 15 – 6 –

Lodging managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 774 53 1,131 47 –

Medical and health services managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502 1,280 144 1,544 358 1,190

Natural sciences managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 – 7 – 11 –

Postmasters and mail superintendents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 – 14 – 21 –

Property, real estate, and community association managers. . . . . . . 353 907 153 1,045 200 817

Social and community service managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 947 76 1,151 184 883

Emergency management directors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 – 3 – 2 –

Managers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,367 1,258 1,465 1,409 902 1,078

Business and financial operations occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,443 1,058 2,339 1,274 3,105 952

Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and

athletes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 – 15 – 16 –

Buyers and purchasing agents, farm products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 – 6 – 2 –

Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 850 66 853 75 847

Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products. . . . 239 987 109 1,057 130 942

Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators. . . . . . . . . 307 909 104 1,158 203 803

Compliance officers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 1,183 101 1,304 91 999

Cost estimators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 1,154 81 1,164 10 –

Human resources workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559 994 158 1,249 401 944

Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 961 13 – 59 866

Training and development specialists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 983 51 1,144 69 866

Logisticians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 1,009 57 1,225 30 –

Management analysts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479 1,452 277 1,535 202 1,325

Meeting, convention, and event planners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 819 15 – 72 824

Fundraisers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 1,058 16 – 45 –

Market research analysts and marketing specialists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 1,148 85 1,197 90 1,073

Business operations specialists, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 970 73 1,271 147 904

Accountants and auditors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,471 1,110 585 1,350 886 996

Appraisers and assessors of real estate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 – 23 – 25 –

Budget analysts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 1,207 24 – 28 –

Credit analysts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 – 15 – 18 –

Financial analysts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 1,487 48 – 30 –

Personal financial advisors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278 1,327 182 1,532 96 1,016

Insurance underwriters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 954 24 – 66 933

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Financial examiners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 – 5 – 6 –

Credit counselors and loan officers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310 934 130 1,074 181 850

Tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 937 33 – 54 849

Tax preparers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 – 24 – 25 –

Financial specialists, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 1,025 20 – 48 –

Professional and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,993 1,053 10,804 1,267 13,189 928

Computer and mathematical occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,416 1,349 2,544 1,414 872 1,146

Computer and information research scientists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 – 21 – 6 –

Computer systems analysts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440 1,406 295 1,477 145 1,254

Information security analysts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 1,592 43 – 8 –

Computer programmers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439 1,324 340 1,363 100 1,148

Software developers, applications and systems software. . . . . . . . . . . 1,005 1,591 808 1,674 197 1,362

Web developers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 1,082 86 1,204 36 –

Computer support specialists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429 960 313 985 116 881

Database administrators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 1,376 57 1,657 40 –

Network and computer systems administrators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 1,191 153 1,253 51 1,056

Computer network architects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 1,548 104 1,569 11 –

Computer occupations, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288 1,110 223 1,155 65 887

Actuaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 – 14 – 6 –

Mathematicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 – 3 – 1 –

Operations research analysts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 1,334 57 1,551 70 1,169

Statisticians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 – 26 – 18 –

Miscellaneous mathematical science occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 – 1 – 3 –

Architecture and engineering occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,588 1,337 2,269 1,358 319 1,136

Architects, except naval. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 1,325 102 1,415 29 –

Surveyors, cartographers, and photogrammetrists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 – 32 – 12 –

Aerospace engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 1,645 111 1,665 10 –

Agricultural engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 – 3 – 1 –

Biomedical engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 – 10 – 1 –

Chemical engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 1,509 61 1,582 10 –

Civil engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334 1,367 287 1,428 47 –

Computer hardware engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 1,548 66 1,571 7 –

Electrical and electronics engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311 1,550 284 1,614 27 –

Environmental engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 – 33 – 6 –

Industrial engineers, including health and safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 1,393 167 1,408 34 –

Marine engineers and naval architects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 – 7 – 2 –

Materials engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 – 30 – 6 –

Mechanical engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280 1,434 270 1,442 10 –

Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety

engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 – 8 – 0 –

Nuclear engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 – 10 – 0 –

Petroleum engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 – 30 – 3 –

Engineers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315 1,439 275 1,456 40 –

Drafters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 962 108 958 21 –

Engineering technicians, except drafters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360 989 312 1,008 48 –

Surveying and mapping technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 885 63 891 4 –

Life, physical, and social science occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,098 1,134 631 1,226 467 1,015

Agricultural and food scientists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 – 23 – 10 –

Biological scientists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 1,181 51 1,331 43 –

Conservation scientists and foresters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 – 15 – 2 –

Medical scientists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 1,163 64 1,331 59 1,060

Astronomers and physicists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 – 19 – 3 –

Atmospheric and space scientists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 – 13 – 2 –

Chemists and materials scientists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 1,163 56 1,226 42 –

Environmental scientists and geoscientists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 1,266 68 1,390 25 –

Physical scientists, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 1,456 96 1,522 50 1,171

Economists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 – 18 – 5 –

Survey researchers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 1 – 2 –

Psychologists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 1,228 21 – 72 1,155

Sociologists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 – 2 – 1 –

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Urban and regional planners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 – 16 – 12 –

Miscellaneous social scientists and related workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 – 22 – 22 –

Agricultural and food science technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 – 14 – 15 –

Biological technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 – 8 – 6 –

Chemical technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 779 45 – 17 –

Geological and petroleum technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 – 12 – 10 –

Nuclear technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 – 4 – 0 –

Social science research assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 0 – 3 –

Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians. . . . . . . . 128 745 62 825 66 620

Community and social service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,891 838 714 869 1,177 820

Counselors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519 848 172 833 347 855

Social workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 668 847 134 856 535 845

Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists. . . . . . . . . . . . 85 948 44 – 40 –

Social and human service assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 637 25 – 99 656

Miscellaneous community and social service specialists, including

health educators and community health workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 667 24 – 51 642

Clergy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344 895 281 959 63 777

Directors, religious activities and education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 – 14 – 23 –

Religious workers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 – 21 – 20 –

Legal occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,315 1,328 600 1,884 716 1,013

Lawyers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 690 1,909 462 2,055 228 1,636

Judicial law clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 – 4 – 5 –

Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 1,637 38 – 26 –

Paralegals and legal assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372 872 54 919 317 865

Miscellaneous legal support workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 815 42 – 139 754

Education, training, and library occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,454 915 1,766 1,133 4,687 858

Postsecondary teachers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 920 1,216 497 1,366 424 1,055

Preschool and kindergarten teachers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494 589 9 – 485 588

Elementary and middle school teachers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,435 942 464 1,128 1,971 921

Secondary school teachers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,043 1,009 465 1,050 578 978

Special education teachers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307 944 43 – 264 940

Other teachers and instructors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372 785 151 917 220 729

Archivists, curators, and museum technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 – 20 – 21 –

Librarians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 966 24 – 120 960

Library technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 – 4 – 17 –

Teacher assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567 458 51 493 515 452

Other education, training, and library workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 1,011 38 – 72 932

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations. . . . . . . . . . 1,440 969 809 1,055 631 885

Artists and related workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 1,131 44 – 24 –

Designers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467 953 241 1,028 226 855

Actors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 – 5 – 5 –

Producers and directors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 1,048 41 – 34 –

Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 958 63 1,018 25 –

Dancers and choreographers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 – 0 – 5 –

Musicians, singers, and related workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 – 36 – 13 –

Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers, all

other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 – 9 – 5 –

Announcers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 – 17 – 3 –

News analysts, reporters and correspondents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 1,021 39 – 24 –

Public relations specialists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 1,127 55 1,351 79 989

Editors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 946 59 993 62 889

Technical writers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 1,227 24 – 27 –

Writers and authors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 899 40 – 46 –

Miscellaneous media and communication workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 – 15 – 28 –

Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio

operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 875 64 924 5 –

Photographers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 – 24 – 14 –

Television, video, and motion picture camera operators and

editors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 – 29 – 5 –

Media and communication equipment workers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 1 – 2 –

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Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,791 1,028 1,471 1,245 4,320 980

Chiropractors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 – 4 – 3 –

Dentists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 – 37 – 13 –

Dietitians and nutritionists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 840 6 – 73 845

Optometrists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 – 4 – 3 –

Pharmacists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 1,877 107 1,879 116 1,871

Physicians and surgeons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 655 1,887 429 2,099 226 1,418

Physician assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 1,329 27 – 61 1,364

Podiatrists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 – 0 – 1 –

Audiologists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 – 1 – 6 –

Occupational therapists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 1,189 3 – 82 1,200

Physical therapists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 1,287 56 1,362 88 1,190

Radiation therapists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 – 1 – 9 –

Recreational therapists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 – 1 – 9 –

Respiratory therapists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 979 36 – 56 936

Speech-language pathologists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 1,128 3 – 86 1,121

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

Therapists, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 926 16 – 71 877

Veterinarians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 – 20 – 29 –

Registered nurses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,176 1,097 230 1,189 1,946 1,086

Nurse anesthetists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 – 11 – 12 –

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

Nurse practitioners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 1,610 12 – 65 1,530

Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 3 – 0 –

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 869 76 943 180 842

Dental hygienists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 1,045 0 – 50 1,047

Diagnostic related technologists and technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 961 67 1,131 174 912

Emergency medical technicians and paramedics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 780 100 809 44 –

Health practitioner support technologists and technicians. . . . . . . . . . . 403 615 82 599 322 621

Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433 731 33 – 400 730

Medical records and health information technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 618 9 – 65 663

Opticians, dispensing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 – 17 – 24 –

Miscellaneous health technologists and technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 772 42 – 71 714

Other healthcare practitioners and technical occupations. . . . . . . . . . . 69 900 36 – 34 –

Service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,839 485 7,511 543 7,328 435

Healthcare support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,350 482 290 529 2,060 477

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,458 451 173 508 1,285 445

Occupational therapy assistants and aides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 – 0 – 11 –

Physical therapist assistants and aides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 – 19 – 26 –

Massage therapists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 – 11 – 32 –

Dental assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 579 2 – 172 581

Medical assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 514 21 – 302 515

Medical transcriptionists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 – 1 – 29 –

Pharmacy aides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 – 2 – 28 –

Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 – 7 – 15 –

Phlebotomists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 520 19 – 82 516

Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations, including medical

equipment preparers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 487 35 – 77 462

Protective service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,655 791 2,154 841 500 658

First-line supervisors of correctional officers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 820 33 – 17 –

First-line supervisors of police and detectives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 1,216 89 1,240 16 –

First-line supervisors of fire fighting and prevention workers. . . . . . . . . . 59 1,271 59 1,272 0 –

First-line supervisors of protective service workers, all other. . . . . . . . . . 80 881 54 806 26 –

Firefighters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 1,068 268 1,073 8 –

Fire inspectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 – 13 – 2 –

Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363 722 261 768 102 643

Detectives and criminal investigators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 1,062 114 1,171 37 –

Fish and game wardens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 – 4 – 1 –

Parking enforcement workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 2 – 1 –

Police and sheriff’s patrol officers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629 979 554 1,016 76 815

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Transit and railroad police. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 3 – 0 –

Animal control workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 – 5 – 3 –

Private detectives and investigators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 848 42 – 34 –

Security guards and gaming surveillance officers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 742 528 603 537 138 501

Crossing guards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 – 8 – 9 –

Transportation security screeners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 – 12 – 6 –

Lifeguards and other recreational, and all other protective service

workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 472 32 – 24 –

Food preparation and serving related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,164 410 2,189 433 1,975 389

Chefs and head cooks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 562 261 582 56 462

First-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers. . . . . . . . 415 491 170 561 245 451

Cooks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,240 389 833 403 408 361

Food preparation workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432 383 191 408 241 357

Bartenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 460 97 520 112 421

Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast

food. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 382 57 406 109 368

Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop. . . . . 56 350 17 – 40 –

Waiters and waitresses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 891 411 322 456 569 396

Food servers, nonrestaurant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 456 49 – 63 434

Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers. . . . . . . . . 137 370 70 374 67 366

Dishwashers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 345 106 337 21 –

Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop. . . . . . . . . . . . 59 391 15 – 44 –

Food preparation and serving related workers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 – 1 – 0 –

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations. . . . . . . . . . . 3,430 465 2,275 501 1,156 407

First-line supervisors of housekeeping and janitorial workers. . . . . . . . . 159 569 88 687 72 505

First-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and

groundskeeping workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 745 105 748 4 –

Janitors and building cleaners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,514 484 1,134 511 380 408

Maids and housekeeping cleaners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 791 399 123 425 668 395

Pest control workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 571 59 570 3 –

Grounds maintenance workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 795 455 766 452 29 –

Personal care and service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,241 468 603 569 1,637 428

First-line supervisors of gaming workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 752 59 864 34 –

First-line supervisors of personal service workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 600 30 – 53 518

Animal trainers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 – 4 – 8 –

Nonfarm animal caretakers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 414 21 – 57 417

Gaming services workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 604 36 – 38 –

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

Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 – 5 – 5 –

Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers. . . . . . . . . 61 470 35 – 26 –

Embalmers and funeral attendants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 – 6 – 2 –

Morticians, undertakers, and funeral directors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 – 19 – 3 –

Barbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 466 42 – 15 –

Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294 473 22 – 272 468

Miscellaneous personal appearance workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 427 31 – 123 430

Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 – 41 – 7 –

Tour and travel guides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 – 12 – 8 –

Childcare workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425 390 31 – 395 386

Personal care aides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549 422 99 465 450 412

Recreation and fitness workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 575 71 675 102 542

Residential advisors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 – 21 – 27 –

Personal care and service workers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 – 19 – 13 –

Sales and office occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,115 655 9,202 768 13,914 610

Sales and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,433 689 5,428 838 4,005 521

First-line supervisors of retail sales workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,295 711 1,317 792 977 598

First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 791 1,045 571 1,130 220 847

Cashiers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,348 376 407 400 941 368

Counter and rental clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 495 54 591 42 –

Parts salespersons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 643 79 661 9 –

Retail salespersons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,842 576 1,135 678 707 436

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2012

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workers

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weekly

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workers

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Advertising sales agents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 909 100 945 91 842

Insurance sales agents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389 827 197 1,026 191 641

Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents. . . . . . . . . 220 1,131 156 1,247 64 862

Travel agents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 – 11 – 33 –

Sales representatives, services, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415 935 286 992 130 825

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,091 1,064 806 1,161 285 822

Models, demonstrators, and product promoters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 – 6 – 12 –

Real estate brokers and sales agents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328 789 134 1,031 194 680

Sales engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 – 25 – 1 –

Telemarketers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 464 35 – 29 –

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

workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 – 27 – 16 –

Sales and related workers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 785 81 996 62 653

Office and administrative support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,683 643 3,774 700 9,909 629

First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers. . . . 1,274 795 416 895 858 760

Switchboard operators, including answering service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 – 8 – 20 –

Telephone operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 – 5 – 30 –

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

Bill and account collectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 640 61 681 122 633

Billing and posting clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394 627 47 – 347 615

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 857 677 102 740 755 672

Gaming cage workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 – 2 – 5 –

Payroll and timekeeping clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 702 9 – 116 707

Procurement clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 – 15 – 11 –

Tellers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 497 30 – 238 499

Financial clerks, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 – 12 – 32 –

Brokerage clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 – 4 – 1 –

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

Court, municipal, and license clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 699 14 – 63 693

Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 – 10 – 31 –

Customer service representatives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,535 608 502 684 1,033 585

Eligibility interviewers, government programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 769 17 – 61 730

File clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 645 44 – 159 635

Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 522 29 – 44 –

Interviewers, except eligibility and loan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 593 13 – 91 581

Library assistants, clerical. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 – 6 – 28 –

Loan interviewers and clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 692 26 – 107 682

New accounts clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 – 7 – 15 –

Order clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 561 37 – 53 595

Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping. . . . . . . . 105 759 17 – 88 724

Receptionists and information clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 831 531 73 604 758 524

Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks. . . . . . . . 99 738 45 – 54 634

Information and record clerks, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 661 15 – 73 677

Cargo and freight agents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 – 15 – 5 –

Couriers and messengers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 737 120 744 19 –

Dispatchers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 648 94 796 159 605

Meter readers, utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 – 21 – 5 –

Postal service clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 980 64 1,000 73 910

Postal service mail carriers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 990 186 1,026 93 907

Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine

operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 891 33 – 23 –

Production, planning, and expediting clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 858 111 946 131 765

Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458 556 333 577 125 522

Stock clerks and order fillers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 936 505 625 516 310 484

Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping. . . . . . . 64 638 35 – 29 –

Secretaries and administrative assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,251 669 105 803 2,146 665

Computer operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 785 42 – 45 –

Data entry keyers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 591 57 611 202 586

Word processors and typists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 624 8 – 82 622

Desktop publishers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 3 – 0 –

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Total Men Women

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Insurance claims and policy processing clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 643 44 – 182 631

Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service. . . . . . . 72 580 44 – 27 –

Office clerks, general. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 798 601 131 607 667 600

Office machine operators, except computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 – 18 – 16 –

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

Statistical assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 – 11 – 14 –

Office and administrative support workers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452 707 103 788 349 686

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations. . . . . . . . . . . 9,968 740 9,579 749 389 550

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 777 435 611 457 166 377

First-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers. . . . . . . . 39 – 34 – 5 –

Agricultural inspectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 – 12 – 5 –

Animal breeders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 – 1 – 0 –

Graders and sorters, agricultural products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 410 37 – 70 396

Miscellaneous agricultural workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560 426 478 444 81 350

Fishers and related fishing workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 – 8 – 1 –

Hunters and trappers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 – 0 – 2 –

Forest and conservation workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 – 5 – 0 –

Logging workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 – 36 – 2 –

Construction and extraction occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,102 740 5,004 741 98 723

First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers. . . 488 1,019 475 1,018 13 –

Boilermakers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 – 23 – 0 –

Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 641 94 641 0 –

Carpenters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750 675 743 673 7 –

Carpet, floor, and tile installers and finishers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 599 83 603 1 –

Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers. . . . . . . . . . . . 53 601 53 601 0 –

Construction laborers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 937 607 913 609 24 –

Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 – 15 – 0 –

Pile-driver operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 – 2 – 0 –

Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators. . . . 321 805 316 805 5 –

Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 568 94 567 0 –

Electricians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574 932 563 929 11 –

Glaziers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 – 38 – 0 –

Insulation workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 – 32 – 0 –

Painters, construction and maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 568 252 559 8 –

Paperhangers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 – 2 – 0 –

Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436 878 430 876 6 –

Plasterers and stucco masons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 – 14 – 0 –

Reinforcing iron and rebar workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 – 8 – 0 –

Roofers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 533 121 524 2 –

Sheet metal workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 885 100 880 3 –

Structural iron and steel workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 759 59 767 1 –

Solar photovoltaic installers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 – 4 – 0 –

Helpers, construction trades. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 – 40 – 1 –

Construction and building inspectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 932 83 940 4 –

Elevator installers and repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 – 29 – 1 –

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

Hazardous materials removal workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 – 23 – 4 –

Highway maintenance workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 683 97 683 1 –

Rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 – 7 – 0 –

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

Miscellaneous construction and related workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 – 23 – 1 –

Derrick, rotary drill, and service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining.. . 32 – 32 – 1 –

Earth drillers, except oil and gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 – 28 – 0 –

Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters. . . . . . . . . 5 – 5 – 0 –

Mining machine operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 997 65 996 0 –

Roof bolters, mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 – 4 – 0 –

Roustabouts, oil and gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 – 15 – 1 –

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

Other extraction workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 985 83 981 1 –

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[Numbers in thousands]

Occupation

2012

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workers

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Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,088 808 3,963 809 125 757

First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers. . . . . . . . . . 280 936 262 934 17 –

Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . 218 854 193 880 26 –

Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers. . . . 142 885 132 898 10 –

Avionics technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 – 7 – 3 –

Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 – 37 – 0 –

Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation

equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 – 5 – 0 –

Electrical and electronics repairers, industrial and utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 – 10 – 0 –

Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles. . . . . . . . . 15 – 14 – 1 –

Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers. . . . 44 – 44 – 0 –

Security and fire alarm systems installers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 – 34 – 0 –

Aircraft mechanics and service technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 993 142 986 2 –

Automotive body and related repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 619 119 618 2 –

Automotive glass installers and repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 – 17 – 0 –

Automotive service technicians and mechanics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691 702 684 704 7 –

Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 843 271 844 1 –

Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and

mechanics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 941 171 942 3 –

Small engine mechanics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 – 41 – 1 –

Miscellaneous vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers,

and repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 493 66 496 1 –

Control and valve installers and repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 – 24 – 1 –

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers. . 280 827 276 829 4 –

Home appliance repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 – 33 – 3 –

Industrial and refractory machinery mechanics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424 867 415 871 10 –

Maintenance and repair workers, general. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371 731 364 732 6 –

Maintenance workers, machinery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 – 22 – 3 –

Millwrights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 938 46 – 3 –

Electrical power-line installers and repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 988 115 990 2 –

Telecommunications line installers and repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 915 164 910 8 –

Precision instrument and equipment repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 – 38 – 5 –

Wind turbine service technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 – 1 – 0 –

Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers. . . . . 23 – 22 – 1 –

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

Locksmiths and safe repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 – 17 – 0 –

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

Riggers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 – 10 – 0 –

Signal and track switch repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 3 – 0 –

Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 – 20 – 0 –

Other installation, maintenance, and repair workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 677 142 671 5 –

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,842 624 11,069 675 2,773 493

Production occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,427 627 5,497 695 1,930 496

First-line supervisors of production and operating workers. . . . . . . . . . . . 734 917 601 954 132 674

Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers. . . . . . . . . 22 – 17 – 5 –

Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers. . . . . . . . . . . . 155 564 77 620 78 520

Engine and other machine assemblers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 – 26 – 5 –

Structural metal fabricators and fitters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 – 17 – 2 –

Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 833 557 513 606 320 499

Bakers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 474 65 501 55 450

Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers. . . . . . . 273 507 208 537 64 417

Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators

and tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 – 5 – 4 –

Food batchmakers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 512 27 – 32 –

Food cooking machine operators and tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 – 9 – 4 –

Food processing workers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 529 67 549 23 –

Computer control programmers and operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 710 62 728 5 –

Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders,

metal and plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 – 7 – 3 –

Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.. . 10 – 10 – 0 –

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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

2012

Total Men Women

Number of

workers

Median

weekly

earnings

Number of

workers

Median

weekly

earnings

Number of

workers

Median

weekly

earnings

Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic. . . 7 – 7 – 0 –

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

tenders, metal and plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 556 65 575 15 –

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

metal and plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 2 – 1 –

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

operators, and tenders, metal and plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 588 48 – 5 –

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

and plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 – 11 – 4 –

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

and plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 3 – 0 –

Machinists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 760 366 762 16 –

Metal furnace operators, tenders, pourers, and casters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 – 12 – 1 –

Model makers and patternmakers, metal and plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 – 6 – 1 –

Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal

and plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 – 30 – 9 –

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

plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 – 7 – 0 –

Tool and die makers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 1,005 51 1,005 0 –

Welding, soldering, and brazing workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551 712 525 722 26 –

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

plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 – 5 – 0 –

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

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

and plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 – 13 – 2 –

Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 – 2 – 0 –

Metal workers and plastic workers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374 618 304 645 70 544

Prepress technicians and workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 – 14 – 9 –

Printing press operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 628 139 666 28 –

Print binding and finishing workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 – 8 – 9 –

Laundry and dry-cleaning workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 410 57 462 66 359

Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 – 12 – 29 –

Sewing machine operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 385 41 – 86 369

Shoe and leather workers and repairers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 – 3 – 2 –

Shoe machine operators and tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 – 5 – 5 –

Tailors, dressmakers, and sewers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 – 12 – 30 –

Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders. . . . . . . . . 5 – 5 – 1 –

Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 – 5 – 4 –

Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and

tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 – 0 – 5 –

Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators,

and tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 – 10 – 5 –

Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders,

synthetic and glass fibers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 – 2 – 0 –

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

Upholsterers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 – 12 – 1 –

Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 – 6 – 10 –

Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 – 34 – 2 –

Furniture finishers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 – 3 – 2 –

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

Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 – 25 – 1 –

Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except

sawing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 – 18 – 3 –

Woodworkers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 – 12 – 0 –

Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 – 41 – 2 –

Stationary engineers and boiler operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 830 99 831 6 –

Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators. . . . . . . . . 70 862 67 870 3 –

Miscellaneous plant and system operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 – 31 – 4 –

Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders. . . . . . . . 72 851 62 890 10 –

Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers. . . . . . . . . . 86 628 74 651 12 –

Cutting workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 524 49 – 11 –

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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

2012

Total Men Women

Number of

workers

Median

weekly

earnings

Number of

workers

Median

weekly

earnings

Number of

workers

Median

weekly

earnings

Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters,

operators, and tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 – 28 – 10 –

Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders. . . . . . . . . . 14 – 12 – 1 –

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 621 729 416 824 206 570

Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 – 13 – 9 –

Medical, dental, and ophthalmic laboratory technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 585 35 – 42 –

Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 481 111 553 131 431

Painting workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 626 111 654 24 –

Photographic process workers and processing machine operators. . . 39 – 24 – 15 –

Semiconductor processors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 – 2 – 3 –

Adhesive bonding machine operators and tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 – 6 – 2 –

Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and

tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 – 7 – 1 –

Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 – 1 – 1 –

Etchers and engravers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 – 3 – 1 –

Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 – 21 – 5 –

Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 – 23 – 9 –

Tire builders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 – 14 – 3 –

Helpers--production workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 – 26 – 13 –

Production workers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 849 584 626 619 223 504

Transportation and material moving occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,415 621 5,572 650 843 487

Supervisors of transportation and material moving workers. . . . . . . . . . . 189 812 146 873 42 –

Aircraft pilots and flight engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 1,440 86 1,444 4 –

Air traffic controllers and airfield operations specialists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 – 44 – 3 –

Flight attendants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 775 16 – 42 –

Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical

technicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 – 13 – 3 –

Bus drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302 601 177 652 126 516

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,533 730 2,433 736 101 537

Taxi drivers and chauffeurs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 554 161 572 22 –

Motor vehicle operators, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 – 28 – 7 –

Locomotive engineers and operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 – 42 – 2 –

Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 – 9 – 0 –

Railroad conductors and yardmasters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 – 45 – 2 –

Subway, streetcar, and other rail transportation workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 – 12 – 0 –

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

Ship and boat captains and operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 – 28 – 1 –

Ship engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 – 5 – 0 –

Bridge and lock tenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 – 8 – 0 –

Parking lot attendants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 404 45 – 5 –

Automotive and watercraft service attendants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 428 63 453 4 –

Transportation inspectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 – 25 – 4 –

Transportation attendants, except flight attendants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 – 8 – 15 –

Other transportation workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 – 13 – 1 –

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

Crane and tower operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 753 58 777 3 –

Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 – 31 – 1 –

Hoist and winch operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 – 5 – 0 –

Industrial truck and tractor operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498 562 467 566 31 –

Cleaners of vehicles and equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 425 187 431 30 –

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,322 510 1,103 519 218 476

Machine feeders and offbearers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 – 18 – 8 –

Packers and packagers, hand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306 404 146 426 160 394

Pumping station operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 – 20 – 1 –

Refuse and recyclable material collectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 501 71 497 3 –

Mine shuttle car operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 – 1 – 0 –

Tank car, truck, and ship loaders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 3 – 0 –

Material moving workers, all other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 – 39 – 1 –

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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