HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

occupation, 2019 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.............................................. 117,584 $917 $1,135 $1,226 $1,129 $852

Management, professional, and related occupations........... 50,119 1,309 1,326 1,565 1,297 1,294

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations..................................................... 20,696 1,415 1,572 1,847 1,546 1,365

Management occupations.................................... 13,948 1,478 1,628 1,888 1,584 1,444

Business and financial operations occupations............ 6,748 1,285 1,511 1,676 1,469 1,227

Professional and related occupations.......................... 29,423 1,237 1,246 1,387 1,241 1,228

Computer and mathematical occupations.................. 4,947 1,579 1,697 1,833 1,565 1,568

Architecture and engineering occupations.................. 3,011 1,550 1,732 1,723 1,735 1,501

Life, physical, and social science occupations............. 1,233 1,334 1,432 – 1,442 1,298

Community and social services occupations............... 2,240 968 1,103 1,051 1,105 909

Legal occupations............................................. 1,478 1,562 1,907 – 1,912 1,137

Education, training, and library occupations................ 7,238 1,057 1,108 1,002 1,110 954

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations.................................................. 1,762 1,151 1,172 – 1,155 1,147

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations....... 7,514 1,180 1,257 1,112 1,261 961

Service occupations.............................................. 16,558 592 682 641 687 572

Healthcare support occupations............................. 2,700 591 614 626 613 566

Protective service occupations............................... 2,725 900 1,015 – 1,018 822

Food preparation and serving related occupations........ 4,689 522 597 – 591 517

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations.................................................. 3,679 580 755 – 770 571

Personal care and service occupations..................... 2,764 565 608 600 609 540

Sales and office occupations................................... 23,883 758 875 898 872 747

Sales and related occupations............................... 9,929 830 1,011 1,097 1,000 800

Office and administrative support occupations............. 13,954 732 774 761 775 727

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations..................................................... 11,671 869 1,074 1,091 1,070 818

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations................. 900 574 738 – 735 568

Construction and extraction occupations................... 6,467 866 1,097 1,138 1,094 814

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations......... 4,304 939 1,083 1,096 1,080 908

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations..................................................... 15,353 727 924 865 934 706

Production occupations....................................... 7,741 745 893 979 881 731

Transportation and material moving occupations.......... 7,612 711 961 757 979 676

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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