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                  OCCUPATIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES, 2002
  

  Management and legal occupational groups were the highest paying of the
22 major occupational groups in 2002, according to the Bureau of Labor
Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor.  The occupational group with
the highest employment level in 2002 was office and administrative support
workers, followed by sales and related workers, production workers, and
food preparation and serving workers.  These statistics for wage and salary 
workers are from the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) survey, a 
federal-state cooperative program between BLS and State Employment Security 
Agencies (SESAs).

  The OES survey provides estimates of employment, hourly wages, and annual 
wages for 22 major occupational groups and for 770 detailed occupations, as 
defined by the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system.  (See 
table A.)

  The highest-paying major groups in 2002 were management occupations and
legal occupations.  About 30 percent of the workers in these occupational
groups earned more than $43.75 per hour.  (See table B.)  The occupational
groups with the lowest average wages were food preparation and serving
related; farming, fishing, and forestry; building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance; and personal care and service.  At least 40 percent of all
workers in each of these lowest-paying groups earned less than $8.50 per
hour.

  Major groups whose wages were concentrated in the middle included busi-
ness and financial operations occupations;  life, physical, and social
science occupations; community and social services occupations; education,
training, and library occupations; healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations; construction and extraction occupations; and installation,
maintenance, and repair occupations.

  In addition to estimates for the 22 OES major occupational groups, the
OES program produces detailed occupational wages across all industries.
These estimates show that wages for occupations can vary substantially
within a major occupational group.  Table 1 shows wages for the detailed
occupations within each group.

  The two largest detailed occupations can be found within the sales
group.  Retail salespersons and cashiers were the largest occupations 
in the United States, with almost 3.9 million and 3.4 million employees,
respectively.   General office clerks and registered nurses were the next
largest occupations with 2.9 million and 2.2 million workers, respectively.

  The seven highest-paying occupations were all found in the occupational
group of healthcare practitioner and technical occupations and were all
doctors.  The average hourly wage for these occupations ranged from $91.15
for surgeons to $65.01 for psychiatrists.  Seven of the lowest-paying
occupations were found in food preparation and serving, where the average
wages for workers ranged from $7.18 per hour for fast-food cooks to $7.76
per hour for hosts and hostesses.
                                  
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Table A.  Employment and wages by major occupational group, 2002
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                            |   Occupations    |     Employment     | Mean
  Major occupational group  |------------------|--------------------|hourly
                            |        | Percent |           |Percent | wage
                            | Number | of total|   Number  |of total|
----------------------------|--------|---------|-----------|--------|------
                            |        |         |           |        |
     Total..................|   770  |  100.0  |127,523,740|  100.0 |
Management..................|    30  |    3.9  |  7,092,460|    5.6 |$37.92
Business and financial      |        |         |           |        |
  operations................|    28  |    3.6  |  4,772,120|    3.7 | 25.65
Computer and mathematical   |        |         |           |        |
  science...................|    16  |    2.1  |  2,772,620|    2.2 | 29.63
Architecture and            |        |         |           |        |
  engineering...............|    35  |    4.5  |  2,411,260|    1.9 | 27.89
Life, physical, and social  |        |         |           |        |
  science...................|    39  |    5.1  |  1,078,630|     .8 | 25.19
Community and social        |        |         |           |        |
  services..................|    14  |    1.8  |  1,576,980|    1.2 | 16.65
Legal ......................|     9  |    1.2  |    934,850|     .7 | 37.18
Education, training, and    |        |         |           |        |
  library...................|    58  |    7.5  |  7,772,470|    6.1 | 19.31
Arts, design, entertainment,|        |         |           |        |
  sports, and media.........|    37  |    4.8  |  1,503,680|    1.2 | 20.03
Healthcare practitioner and |        |         |           |        |
  technical.................|    46  |    6.0  |  6,185,020|    4.9 | 25.96
Healthcare support..........|    15  |    1.9  |  3,173,400|    2.5 | 10.77
Protective service .........|    20  |    2.6  |  2,993,490|    2.3 | 16.02
Food preparation and serving|        |         |           |        |
  related...................|    16  |    2.1  | 10,067,080|    7.9 |  8.26
Building and grounds        |        |         |           |        |
  cleaning and maintenance..|     9  |    1.2  |  4,262,880|    3.3 | 10.02
Personal care and service...|    33  |    4.3  |  2,919,280|    2.3 | 10.27
Sales and related...........|    21  |    2.7  | 13,339,570|   10.5 | 14.72
Office and administrative   |        |         |           |        |
  support...................|    56  |    7.3  | 22,754,570|   17.8 | 13.42
Farming, fishing, and       |        |         |           |        |
  forestry..................|    13  |    1.7  |    451,140|     .4 |  9.72
Construction and extraction.|    58  |    7.5  |  6,124,600|    4.8 | 17.47
Installation, maintenance,  |        |         |           |        |
  and repair................|    53  |    6.9  |  5,215,970|    4.1 | 17.20
Production..................|   112  |   14.5  | 10,726,670|    8.4 | 13.55
Transportation and          |        |         |           |        |
  material moving ..........|    52  |    6.8  |  9,395,000|    7.4 | 13.09
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  The OES survey is designed to estimate employment and wages at detailed
industry and area levels with a desired level of reliability based on a
sample of 1.2 million establishments, collected over a 3-year period.
Because the 2002 estimates represent the first year that OES estimates 
were based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 
and because of the program's transition to semiannual collection and
publication, the 2002 estimates are based on 4-year responses from
establishments for 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002.

  The OES employment estimates presented in this release are benchmarked
to data from the fourth-quarter 2002 Census of Employment and Wages.  The
1999, 2000, and 2001 wage data have been adjusted to the 2002 reference
period, using over-the-year wage changes in the most applicable national
Employment Cost Index series.  For further details, see the Technical Note.

  The 2002 OES data for states and metropolitan areas and the national
employment and wage data by industry will be available on the BLS Web site
in late November.

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Table B.  Wage distribution by major occupational group, 2002
(Percent distribution)
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                 |                         Wage range
     Major       |------------------------------------------------------------
  occupational   |Under|$8.50 |$10.75|$13.50|$17.00|$21.50|$27.25|$34.50|Over
     group       |$8.50|   to |   to |   to |   to |   to |   to |   to |$43.75                                                   |Over
                 |     |$10.74|$13.49|$16.99|$21.49|$27.24|$34.49|$43.74|
 ----------------|-----|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|-----
Management.......|  1.6|   1.7|   3.5|   6.8|  10.6|  14.4|  16.2|  16.0| 29.2
Business and     |     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  financial      |     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  operations.....|  1.9|   2.5|   6.6|  13.7|  19.9|  21.1|  16.6|   9.7|  7.9
Computer and     |     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  mathematical   |     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  science........|   .9|   1.8|   3.8|   7.7|  13.5|  19.4|  21.7|  18.4| 12.8
Architecture and |     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  engineering....|   .7|   2.0|   4.7|   9.2|  15.3|  21.2|  20.9|  16.1|  9.8
Life, physical,  |     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  and social     |     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  science .......|  2.5|   4.3|   8.1|  14.0|  18.0|  19.0|  15.2|  10.0|  8.8
Community and    |     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  social         |     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  services.......|  8.1|  12.0|  18.9|  21.3|  18.2|  12.8|   6.2|   1.9|   .8
Legal............|  1.8|   2.7|   6.3|  10.8|  14.3|  12.9|  11.4|  10.6| 29.3
Education,       |     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  training, and  |     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  library........| 12.6|   8.8|  10.2|  15.2|  18.5|  16.7|  10.5|   4.7|  2.9
Arts, design,    |     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  entertainment, |     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  sports, and    |     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  media..........| 13.7|  10.5|  12.4|  15.0|  15.1|  13.5|   9.1|   5.4|  5.3
Healthcare       |     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  practitioner   |     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  and technical..|  3.2|   5.5|   8.9|  14.0|  20.4|  20.2|  12.2|   6.3|  9.4
Healthcare       |     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  support........| 27.7|  30.5|  22.6|  12.7|   4.8|   1.2|    .3|    .1|    -
Protective       |     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  service........| 18.3|  14.4|  15.6|  14.2|  13.8|  12.7|   7.4|   2.9|   .8
Food preparation |     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  and serving    |     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  related........| 68.2|  17.0|   8.5|   3.9|   1.7|    .5|    .2|    .1|    -
Building and     |     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  grounds clean- |     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  ing and        |     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  maintenance....| 43.9|  24.3|  15.7|   9.2|   4.7|   1.6|    .4|    .1|    -
Personal care    |     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  and service....| 50.9|  20.8|  11.3|   7.0|   4.7|   2.6|   1.2|    .7|   .6
Sales and        |     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  related .......| 38.4|  16.2|  11.1|   9.4|   8.0|   6.1|   4.2|   2.9|  3.8
Office and       |     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  administrative |     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  support........| 16.0|  20.2|  22.8|  19.1|  13.8|   5.4|   1.8|    .6|   .3
Farming, fishing,|     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  and forestry...| 57.1|  17.3|  10.6|   7.2|   4.4|   2.0|    .8|    .3|   .1
Construction and |     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  extraction.....|  7.8|  12.4|  16.6|  18.6|  17.6|  14.4|   8.8|   3.0|   .8
Installation,    |     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  maintenance,   |     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  and repair.....|  7.9|  11.0|  15.6|  19.4|  20.4|  16.2|   7.0|   1.8|   .5
Production.......| 19.4|  20.4|  20.1|  16.8|  11.5|   7.7|   3.0|    .8|   .2
Transportation   |     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  and material   |     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  moving.........| 27.5|  19.4|  17.7|  14.6|  11.0|   6.2|   2.1|    .7|   .9
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Technical Note


Scope of the survey

   The Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) survey is a semiannual
mail survey measuring occupational employment and wage rates for wage 
and salary workers in nonfarm establishments, by industry, in the United
States.  (Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands also are surveyed, 
but their data are not included in this release.)  In 2002, the OES sur-
vey switched from industry coding based on the Standard Industrial Classi-
fication (SIC) system to that based on the North American Industry Classi-
fication System (NAICS).  The nationwide response rate for the 2002 survey 
was 78 percent for establishments, covering 71 percent of employment.
   
   In November 2002, the OES survey changed from an annual survey of
400,000 establishments to a semiannual survey of 200,000 establishments.
The OES survey samples and contacts establishments in May and November 
of each year and, over 3 years, contacts approximately 1.2 million estab-
lishments.  The full 3-year sample allows the production of estimates 
at fine levels of geographic, industrial, and occupational detail.
   
   In order to maintain adequate geographic, industrial, and occupational
coverage through the implementation of NAICS and semiannual sampling, the
2002 data were combined with the annual samples from 1999, 2000, and 2001
for a total sample size of approximately 1.4 million establishments.  Esti-
mates from the OES survey are based on data collected using the Standard 
Occupational Classification (SOC) system.  A brief description of this 
classification system is provided below.
   
The occupational classification system for 2002
   
   In 1999, the OES survey began using the Office of Management and Budget's 
(OMB) occupational classification system, the Standard Occupational Classi-
fication (SOC) system.  The SOC system is the first OMB-required occupational 
classification system for federal agencies.  The OES survey categorizes work-
ers in 1 of about 770 detailed occupations.  Together, these detailed occupa-
tions comprise 22 major occupational groups.  The major groups are as follows:


     Management occupations
     Business and financial operations occupations
     Computer and mathematical science occupations
     Architecture and engineering occupations
     Life, physical, and social science occupations
     Community and social services occupations
     Legal occupations
     Education, training, and library occupations
     Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations
     Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations
     Healthcare support occupations
     Protective service occupations
     Food preparation and serving related occupations
     Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations
     Personal care and service occupations
     Sales and related occupations
     Office and administrative support occupations
     Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations
     Construction and extraction occupations
     Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
     Production occupations
     Transportation and material moving occupations
     Military specific occupations (not surveyed in OES)
   
For more information about the SOC system, please see the Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) Web site at http://www.bls.gov/soc.

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The industry coding system for 2002

   In 2002, the OES survey switched from using the Standard Industrial 
Classification (SIC) system to using the North American Industry 
Classification System (NAICS).  Due to differences in NAICS and 
SIC structures, OES industry data for 2002 are not comparable with 
the SIC-based data for earlier years.  For more information about 
NAICS, see the BLS Web site at http://www.bls.gov/bls/naics.htm.  
An establishment is defined as an economic unit that processes goods 
or provides services, such as a factory, mine, or store.  The estab-
lishment is generally at a single physical location and is engaged 
primarily in one type of economic activity.

   The OES survey covers all full-and part-time wage and salary wokers 
in nonfarm industries.  The survey does not include the self-employed
owners and partners in unincorporated firms, household workers, or unpaid 
family workers.
   
   The OES survey includes establishments in NAICS sectors 11 (logging and 
agricultural support activities only), 21, 22, 23, 31-33, 42, 44-45, 48-49, 
51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 61, 62, 71, 72, 81 (except private households), 
state government, and local government.  Data for the U.S. Postal Service 
and the federal government are universe counts obtained from the Postal 
Service and the Office of Personnel Management, respectively.
   
   BLS funds the survey and provides the procedures and technical support,
while the State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs) collect the data.
BLS produces cross-industry NAICS estimates for the nation, states, and
metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs).  NAICS estimates are produced 
primarily at the 4-digit level with some 5-digit exceptions.  BLS releases
all cross-industry and national estimates, and the SESAs release industry
estimates at the state and MSA levels.
   
   The OES survey defines employment as the number of workers who can be
classified as full-time or part-time employees, including workers on paid
vacations or other types of leave; workers on unpaid short-term absences;
salaried officers, executives, and staff members of incorporated firms;
employees temporarily assigned to other units; and employees for whom the
reporting unit is their permanent duty station regardless of whether that
unit prepares their paycheck.  
   
   State Unemployment Insurance (UI) files provide the universe from which 
the OES survey draws its sample.  The employment benchmarks are obtained 
from reports submitted by employers to the UI program.  In some non-manu-
facturing industries, supplemental sources are used for establishments not 
reporting to the UI program.  The OES survey sample is stratified by area, 
industry, and size class.  Size classes are defined as follows:

                   Size class     Number of employees
                 _____________________________________

                       1              1 to 4
                       2              5 to 9
                       3              10 to 19
                       4              20 to 49
                       5              50 to 99
                       6              100 to 249
                       7              250 and above
                 _____________________________________

   UI reporting units with 250 or more employees are sampled with virtual
certainty across a 3-year period.  Generally, one-sixth of the certainty
units are sampled in each panel in each state.

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Concepts
   
   Occupational employment is the estimate of total wage and salary em-
ployment in an occupation across the industries in which that occupation 
was reported.  The OES survey form sent to an establishment contains be-
tween 50 and 225 SOC occupations selected on the basis of the sampled 
establishment's industry classification and size class.  To reduce paper-
work and respondent burden, no survey form contains every SOC occupation.  
Thus, data for specific occupations are collected primarily from establish-
ments in industries that are the predominant employers of workers in those 
occupations.  Each survey form is structured, however, to allow a respondent 
to provide detailed occupational information for each worker at the estab-
lishment; that is, workers in unlisted occupations can have their occupations 
added to the survey form.
   
   Wages for the OES survey are straight-time, gross pay, exclusive of
premium pay.  Base rate, cost-of-living allowances, guaranteed pay,
hazardous-duty pay, incentive pay including commissions and production
bonuses, tips, and on-call pay are included.  Excluded are back pay, jury
duty pay, overtime pay, severance pay, shift differentials, non-production
bonuses, employer cost for supplementary benefits, and tuition reimburse-
ments.
     
   The OES survey collects wage data in 12 intervals.  Employers report
the number of employees in an occupation for each wage range.  The wage
intervals used for the 2002 survey are as follows:

----------------------------------------------------------
              |                  Wages
    Interval  |-------------------------------------------
              |       Hourly      |        Annual
--------------|-------------------|-----------------------
  Range A     | Under $6.75       | Under $14,040
  Range B     | $6.75 to $8.49    | $14,040 to $17,679
  Range C     | $8.50 to $10.74   | $17,680 to $22,359
  Range D     | $10.75 to $13.49  | $22,360 to $28,079
  Range E     | $13.50 to $16.99  | $28,080 to $35,359
  Range F     | $17.00 to $21.49  | $35,360 to $44,719
  Range G     | $21.50 to $27.24  | $44,720 to $56,679
  Range H     | $27.25 to $34.49  | $56,680 to $71,759
  Range I     | $34.50 to $43.74  | $71,760 to $90,999
  Range J     | $43.75 to $55.49  | $91,000 to $115,439
  Range K     | $55.50 to $69.99  | $115,440 to $145,599
  Range L     | $70.00 and over   | $145,600 and over
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   A mean (average) wage value is calculated for each wage interval based 
on occupational wage data collected by the BLS Office of Compensation 
and Working Conditions for the National Compensation Survey (NCS).  These 
interval mean wage values are then attributed to all workers reported in 
the interval.  To calculate the mean wage of each occupation, total weighted 
wages are summed across all intervals and divided by the occupation's weight-
ed survey employment.
   
   The mean wage value for the highest wage interval, $70.00 and over, 
is calculated after excluding data for pilots.  Pilots comprise a large
portion of the employment from the NCS survey that falls into the highest
interval, and about one percent of the workers reported for the OES survey
makes $70.00 and over.  Since pilots work much fewer hours than workers in 
other occupations, their hourly wage rates are much higher than other oc-
cupations.  After excluding pilots from the calculation, the mean wage for 
the highest interval was computed separately for 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002.  
Then the average of these four mean wages was derived and used for all of the 
$70.00 and over data in the 2002 survey.  The wages for this interval do not 
go through any wage updating procedures.

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   Annual Wage.  Many employees are paid at an hourly rate by their employers 
and may work more than or less than 40 hours per week.  The annual wage esti-
mates in this release are calculated by multiplying the mean hourly wage by a 
"year-round, full-time" figure of 2,080 hours (52 weeks by 40 hours).  Thus, 
the annual wage estimates may not represent the actual annual pay received by 
the employee if they work more or less than 2,080 hours per year.  Alterna-
tively, some workers are paid based on an annual amount, but they generally 
do not work the usual 2,080 hours per year.  Since the OES survey does not 
collect the actual number of hours worked, the hourly rate cannot be calcu-
lated with a reasonable degree of confidence from the annual wages.  For this 
reason, the annual salary is directly calculated from reported survey data, 
and only annual wages are estimated for these occupations.  Occupations that 
typically have a work year of less than 2,080 hours include musical and 
entertainment occupations, pilots and flight attendants, and teachers.

   Hourly versus annual wage reporting.  For each occupation, respondents are
asked to report the number of employees paid within specific wage intervals.  
The intervals are defined both as hourly rates and the corresponding annual 
rates, where the annual rate for an occupation is calculated by multiplying 
the hourly wage rate by a typical work year of 2,080 hours.  The responding 
establishment can reference either the hourly or the annual rate, but they 
are instructed to report the hourly rate for part-time workers.

Estimation methodology

   Beginning in the fourth quarter of 2002, the OES survey samples approxi-
mately 200,000 establishments semiannually in the second and fourth quarters 
of the year, for a combined sample of 1.2 million different establishments 
over six semiannual panels.  Until 2002, the survey sampled approximately 
400,000 establishments in the fourth quarter of each year, for a 3-year com-
bined sample size of 1.2 million.  While estimates can be made from a single 
year or 2 years of data, the OES survey has been designed to produce estimates 
at a desired level of precision using the full 3 years of data.  The 3-year 
sample allows the production of estimates at fine levels of geographical, 
industrial, and occupational detail.  Since the 2002 sample was the first 
time that 200,000 establishments were sampled, the data were combined with 
annual survey data from 1999, 2000, and 2001, for a combined sample of ap-
proximately 1.4 million to provide adequate coverage of the sampling frame 
for these detailed estimates.
   
   Producing estimates using the 3 years of sample data provides signifi-
cant sampling error reductions (particularly for small geographic areas 
and occupations); however, it also has some quality limitations in that it 
requires the adjustment of earlier year's data to the current reference 
period, a procedure referred to as "wage updating."
   
   Wage Updating.  As noted above, combining multiple years of data has
both statistical advantages and limitations.  Significant reductions in
sampling error can be achieved by taking advantage of 3 years of data,
which covers over 70 percent of the employment in the United States.  
This feature is particularly important in improving the reliability of 
estimates for small domains in the population (that is, wage and employ-
ment estimates for detailed occupations in small areas).  Combining multi-
ple years of data also has been necessary to obtain full coverage of estab-
lishments with 250 or more workers that are sampled with certainty.

   Starting with the 1997 estimates, the OES program has used the over-the-
year fourth-quarter wage changes from the BLS Employment Cost Index
(ECI) to adjust prior year survey data before combining it with the cur-
rent year's data.  The wage updating procedure assumes that each occupa-
tion's wage, as measured in the earlier years, moves according to the av-
erage movement of its occupational division and that there are no major
geographic or detailed occupational differences.

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   2002 OES survey estimates.  The 2002 OES survey estimates are based 
on data collected from establishments for the 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002
samples.  The 2002 estimates use the wage-updating methodology introduced
in 1997.  In addition, the 2002 estimates use the estimation methodology
introduced in 1997, which uses a "nearest neighbor" imputation approach 
for nonresponse and applies employment benchmarks at the state-MSA /4-digit
NAICS (with 5-digit exceptions) /size class level.
   
   Reliability of the estimates.  Statistics based on establishment surveys 
are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error.  When a sample of the 
population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimate of a 
characteristic may differ from the population value of that characteristic.  
The difference between the sample estimate and the population value will vary 
depending on the particular sample selected.  This variability is measured by 
the sampling error (SE).  If the sampling and estimation process using the 
same survey design was repeated, 90 percent of the intervals created by add-
ing and subtracting 1.645 standard errors from the sample estimate would 
include the population value.  This interval is called a 90-percent confi-
dence interval.
   
   The OES survey produces estimates of the relative standard error (RSE).
The RSE is defined as the SE divided by the estimated value as computed
from the sample.  This statistic provides a measure of the relative precision 
of the sample estimates.  The SE may be obtained by multiplying the RSE by 
the sample estimate.  RSE estimates are produced for both occupational em-
ployment and mean wage estimates.  The employment RSE values are estimated 
using a subsample replication technique known as the Jackknife (random group) 
variance estimation method.  The mean wage RSE values are estimated using a 
variance components model that accounts for both the observed and unobserved 
components of the wage data.  The variances of the unobserved components of 
the wage data are calculated from the BLS National Compensation Survey.  In 
general, estimates involving many establishments have lower relative standard 
errors than estimates involving few establishments.  If the distributional 
assumptions of the models are violated, the resulting confidence interval may 
not reflect the prescribed level of confidence.
   
Additional information
   
   The 2002 OES national data by occupation, comparable to data in table 1,
will be available soon on the Internet (http://www.bls.gov/oes).  Users
also may access each occupation's definition and percentile wages.  The
2002 cross-industry data for states and metropolitan areas will be avail-
able on the BLS Web site in late November.  Industry staffing patterns at 
the 4- and 5-digit NAICS levels also will be available from the Internet
beginning in late November.  These data will include industry-specific oc-
cupational employment and wage data.
   
   For additional information, contact the Office of Employment and 
Unemployment Statistics, Division of Occupational Employment Statistics, 
Room 2135, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Washington, DC, 20212; telephone 
202-691-6569 (e-mail: oesinfo@bls.gov).
   
   Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired
individuals upon request.  Voice phone: 202-691-5200; TDD message referral
phone number: 1-800-877-8339.
 
 


Table 1.  National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, 2002



      Occupation                                                                    Employment        Mean wages       Median hourly
                                                                                                  Hourly    Annual(1)       wages 
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  

Management occupations
  Chief executives                                                                   452,400      $64.89     $134,960      $60.70
  General and operations managers                                                  1,998,350       40.19       83,590       32.80
  Legislators                                                                         64,650       14.62       30,420        7.32
  Advertising and promotions managers                                                 81,090       33.27       69,200       27.47
  Marketing managers                                                                 192,080       41.91       87,170       37.62
  Sales managers                                                                     328,060       41.40       86,110       36.08
  Public relations managers                                                           62,640       33.59       69,870       29.15

  Administrative services managers                                                   306,370       28.54       59,350       25.24
  Computer and information systems managers                                          264,790       43.48       90,440       40.98
  Financial managers                                                                 563,020       39.94       83,080       35.26
  Human resources managers                                                           193,360       34.12       70,960       31.11
  Industrial production managers                                                     173,960       35.09       72,980       32.37
  Purchasing managers                                                                105,010       31.85       66,250       28.79
  Transportation, storage, and distribution managers                                 107,400       31.29       65,070       28.68

  Farm, ranch, and other agricultural managers                                         5,630       23.65       49,200       21.03
  Construction managers                                                              208,360       34.24       71,210       30.53
  Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program                   52,700       18.84       39,190       16.03
  Education administrators, elementary and secondary school                          204,340        (2)        74,050        (2)
  Education administrators, postsecondary                                             96,910       34.44       71,630       31.08
  Engineering managers                                                               205,390       46.03       95,750       43.71
  Food service managers                                                              249,710       19.75       41,090       17.21
  Funeral directors                                                                   21,740       24.83       51,650       20.85
  Gaming managers                                                                      3,760       29.29       60,910       26.12
  Lodging managers                                                                    31,170       18.32       38,110       16.33
  Medical and health services managers                                               228,290       33.35       69,370       29.50
  Natural sciences managers                                                           42,470       43.46       90,400       39.54
  Postmasters and mail superintendents                                                26,470       23.36       48,590       23.34
  Property, real estate, and community association managers                          156,290       22.30       46,390       17.73
  Social and community service managers                                              111,480       22.55       46,900       20.71

Business and financial operations occupations
  Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes                   11,590       33.16       68,970       26.79
  Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products                                         16,570       22.56       46,930       19.66
  Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products                                  138,380       22.43       46,650       19.60
  Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products                     231,490       23.21       48,270       21.68
  Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators                                     211,960       22.11       45,990       20.68
  Insurance appraisers, auto damage                                                   13,270       20.97       43,620       20.50
  Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety,
     and transportation                                                              146,670       23.29       48,450       21.54
  Cost estimators                                                                    185,080       24.67       51,310       22.86
  Emergency management specialists                                                    10,700       22.75       47,320       20.94
  Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists                                 168,550       22.14       46,050       18.95
  Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists                                85,880       23.04       47,920       21.68
  Training and development specialists                                               198,910       22.11       46,000       20.58
  Management analysts                                                                392,670       33.73       70,160       29.01
  Meeting and convention planners                                                     32,380       19.72       41,020       17.99

  Accountants and auditors                                                           888,690       25.59       53,230       22.60
  Appraisers and assessors of real estate                                             57,160       22.18       46,120       20.08
  Budget analysts                                                                     58,900       26.67       55,470       25.23
  Credit analysts                                                                     65,700       23.81       49,530       20.63
  Financial analysts                                                                 159,920       32.30       67,180       27.45
  Personal financial advisors                                                         77,010       37.72       78,460       27.25
  Insurance underwriters                                                              95,620       24.49       50,940       21.92
  Financial examiners                                                                 23,890       29.60       61,570       27.03
  Loan counselors                                                                     29,780       17.52       36,450       15.39
  Loan officers                                                                      218,470       25.08       52,160       21.15
  Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents                                       69,320       21.99       45,730       20.31
  Tax preparers                                                                       54,330       15.21       31,630       12.32

Computer and mathematical science occupations
  Computer and information scientists, research                                       24,410       38.71       80,510       37.38
  Computer programmers                                                               457,320       30.62       63,690       28.98
  Computer software engineers, applications                                          356,760       35.48       73,800       34.09
  Computer software engineers, systems software                                      255,040       36.46       75,840       35.60
  Computer support specialists                                                       478,560       20.35       42,320       18.80
  Computer systems analysts                                                          467,750       31.20       64,890       30.24
  Database administrators                                                            102,090       28.41       59,080       26.68
  Network and computer systems administrators                                        232,560       27.70       57,620       26.35
  Network systems and data communications analysts                                   133,460       29.51       61,390       28.09

  Actuaries                                                                           14,440       38.84       80,780       33.64
  Mathematicians                                                                       2,600       36.35       75,610       36.77

  Operations research analysts                                                        56,310       29.27       60,890       27.36
  Statisticians                                                                       17,820       28.85       60,000       27.44
  Mathematical technicians                                                             1,970       20.64       42,920       17.56

Architecture and engineering occupations
  Architects, except landscape and naval                                              87,700       30.06       62,530       27.22
  Landscape architects                                                                17,460       25.02       52,050       22.79
  Cartographers and photogrammetrists                                                  8,040       21.72       45,180       20.61
  Surveyors                                                                           53,340       20.50       42,630       19.22

  Aerospace engineers                                                                 74,210       35.63       74,110       34.97
  Agricultural engineers                                                               2,500       26.79       55,730       24.38
  Biomedical engineers                                                                 7,130       30.97       64,420       29.04
  Chemical engineers                                                                  32,110       36.06       75,010       34.85
  Civil engineers                                                                    207,480       30.29       63,010       28.88
  Computer hardware engineers                                                         67,180       36.61       76,150       34.69
  Electrical engineers                                                               146,180       33.88       70,480       32.78
  Electronics engineers, except computer                                             126,020       34.43       71,600       33.62
  Environmental engineers                                                             45,720       30.50       63,440       29.52
  Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors          34,160       28.77       59,830       27.89
  Industrial engineers                                                               151,760       30.57       63,590       29.88
  Marine engineers and naval architects                                                4,810       32.83       68,280       32.04
  Materials engineers                                                                 22,780       30.92       64,310       30.09
  Mechanical engineers                                                               203,620       31.33       65,170       30.23
  Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers                   5,050       31.14       64,770       29.70
  Nuclear engineers                                                                   15,180       39.57       82,300       39.11
  Petroleum engineers                                                                 11,130       41.13       85,540       40.08

  Architectural and civil drafters                                                   101,190       18.78       39,060       17.95
  Electrical and electronics drafters                                                 35,470       21.16       44,020       19.76
  Mechanical drafters                                                                 68,280       20.71       43,080       19.58
  Aerospace engineering and operations technicians                                    14,700       25.48       52,990       24.83
  Civil engineering technicians                                                       88,380       18.71       38,910       18.13
  Electrical and electronic engineering technicians                                  194,960       21.26       44,210       20.65
  Electro-mechanical technicians                                                      30,360       19.20       39,930       18.33
  Environmental engineering technicians                                               18,770       18.93       39,380       17.72
  Industrial engineering technicians                                                  59,700       21.79       45,310       20.15
  Mechanical engineering technicians                                                  53,630       20.60       42,850       19.85
  Surveying and mapping technicians                                                   55,670       15.27       31,760       14.05

Life, physical, and social science occupations
  Agricultural and food scientists                                                    14,920       25.38       52,800       23.40
  Biochemists and biophysicists                                                       15,190       31.55       65,620       29.03
  Microbiologists                                                                     14,730       26.78       55,700       24.53
  Zoologists and wildlife biologists                                                  12,970       23.68       49,250       22.95
  Conservation scientists                                                             13,600       24.43       50,820       24.20
  Foresters                                                                            9,760       23.11       48,060       22.47
  Epidemiologists                                                                      3,760       27.98       58,190       25.89
  Medical scientists, except epidemiologists                                          53,840       31.83       66,200       27.40

  Astronomers                                                                            900       38.71       80,510       39.27
  Physicists                                                                          11,480       42.08       87,530       40.88
  Atmospheric and space scientists                                                     7,210       29.33       61,000       28.94
  Chemists                                                                            82,050       27.72       57,670       25.43
  Materials scientists                                                                 7,090       32.33       67,240       31.05
  Environmental scientists and specialists, including health                          60,380       24.51       50,970       22.88
  Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers                                  26,130       37.83       78,690       32.44
  Hydrologists                                                                         7,390       28.28       58,820       27.18

  Economists                                                                          13,290       36.62       76,180       32.96
  Market research analysts                                                           122,000       28.97       60,260       25.87
  Survey researchers                                                                  18,350       14.60       30,360       10.67
  Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists                                     100,560       27.18       56,540       24.60
  Industrial-organizational psychologists                                              1,360       33.49       69,670       30.63
  Sociologists                                                                         2,630       27.17       56,520       25.56
  Urban and regional planners                                                         30,460       24.98       51,960       23.98
  Anthropologists and archeologists                                                    4,410       20.38       42,380       18.57
  Geographers                                                                            740       26.10       54,290       25.68
  Historians                                                                           2,110       21.68       45,090       20.21
  Political scientists                                                                 5,300       38.48       80,040       38.73

  Agricultural and food science technicians                                           15,990       14.91       31,010       13.74
  Biological technicians                                                              45,630       16.65       34,630       15.73

  Chemical technicians                                                                67,230       18.70       38,890       18.00
  Geological and petroleum technicians                                                10,690       19.94       41,470       18.96
  Nuclear technicians                                                                  5,620       29.43       61,220       28.84
  Environmental science and protection technicians, including health                  26,380       17.96       37,370       16.98
  Forensic science technicians                                                         7,830       20.81       43,280       19.73
  Forest and conservation technicians                                                 17,160       15.72       32,700       14.90

Community and social services occupations
  Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors                                  63,310       15.32       31,860       14.51
  Educational, vocational, and school counselors                                     208,340       22.19       46,160       21.20
  Marriage and family therapists                                                      22,130       18.45       38,370       17.11
  Mental health counselors                                                            81,030       15.77       32,800       14.39
  Rehabilitation counselors                                                          110,580       13.75       28,590       12.43
  Child, family, and school social workers                                           259,990       17.14       35,640       15.94
  Medical and public health social workers                                           103,180       18.71       38,920       17.97
  Mental health and substance abuse social workers                                    91,240       16.76       34,860       15.79
  Health educators                                                                    43,240       18.84       39,190       17.43
  Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists                           78,990       19.81       41,210       18.44
  Social and human service assistants                                                291,410       12.04       25,040       11.24
  Clergy                                                                              36,450       17.35       36,080       15.92
  Directors, religious activities and education                                       13,120       15.54       32,330       13.47

Legal occupations
  Lawyers                                                                            504,370       50.91      105,890       43.41
  Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers                       16,700       32.76       68,130       31.03
  Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators                                             5,090       26.91       55,970       22.75
  Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates                                          25,100       40.97       85,210       45.23
  Paralegals and legal assistants                                                    193,300       19.51       40,590       18.25
  Court reporters                                                                     15,270       21.59       44,910       19.98
  Law clerks                                                                          41,760       15.42       32,070       14.65
  Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers                                         48,060       17.93       37,300       15.68

Education, training, and library occupations
  Business teachers, postsecondary                                                    66,520        (2)        61,400        (2)
  Computer science teachers, postsecondary                                            32,990        (2)        55,330        (2)
  Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary                                        41,140        (2)        55,060        (2)
  Architecture teachers, postsecondary                                                 5,290        (2)        61,930        (2)
  Engineering teachers, postsecondary                                                 29,310        (2)        73,100        (2)
  Agricultural sciences teachers, postsecondary                                       11,070        (2)        67,660        (2)
  Biological science teachers, postsecondary                                          47,150        (2)        67,750        (2)
  Forestry and conservation science teachers, postsecondary                            2,350        (2)        68,030        (2)
  Atmospheric, earth, marine, and space sciences teachers, postsecondary               8,270        (2)        67,320        (2)
  Chemistry teachers, postsecondary                                                   17,670        (2)        60,800        (2)
  Environmental science teachers, postsecondary                                        3,760        (2)        63,380        (2)
  Physics teachers, postsecondary                                                     11,940        (2)        66,960        (2)

  Anthropology and archeology teachers, postsecondary                                  4,490        (2)        62,910        (2)
  Area, ethnic, and cultural studies teachers, postsecondary                           6,040        (2)        61,180        (2)
  Economics teachers, postsecondary                                                   11,560        (2)        68,370        (2)
  Geography teachers, postsecondary                                                    3,920        (2)        59,790        (2)
  Political science teachers, postsecondary                                           11,910        (2)        62,110        (2)
  Psychology teachers, postsecondary                                                  25,790        (2)        58,680        (2)
  Sociology teachers, postsecondary                                                   13,580        (2)        56,510        (2)
  Health specialties teachers, postsecondary                                          85,770        (2)        72,820        (2)
  Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary                                     36,500        (2)        52,970        (2)
  Education teachers, postsecondary                                                   42,300        (2)        52,240        (2)
  Library science teachers, postsecondary                                              3,760        (2)        54,480        (2)

  Criminal justice and law enforcement teachers, postsecondary                         8,870        (2)        48,890        (2)
  Law teachers, postsecondary                                                         10,260        (2)        88,020        (2)
  Social work teachers, postsecondary                                                  6,480        (2)        56,070        (2)
  Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary                                       58,130        (2)        52,350        (2)
  Communications teachers, postsecondary                                              19,660        (2)        52,050        (2)
  English language and literature teachers, postsecondary                             55,150        (2)        51,310        (2)
  Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary                             19,730        (2)        50,410        (2)
  History teachers, postsecondary                                                     17,500        (2)        56,200        (2)
  Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary                                     14,480        (2)        53,760        (2)
  Graduate teaching assistants                                                       128,470        (2)        25,420        (2)
  Home economics teachers, postsecondary                                               4,490        (2)        53,650        (2)
  Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary                              14,650        (2)        46,480        (2)
  Vocational education teachers, postsecondary                                       119,350       20.35       42,340       18.71

  Preschool teachers, except special education                                       367,300       10.45       21,730        9.26
  Kindergarten teachers, except special education                                    162,560        (2)        42,040        (2)
  Elementary school teachers, except special education                             1,443,160        (2)        44,080        (2)

  Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education                    582,620        (2)        44,110        (2)
  Vocational education teachers, middle school                                        17,730        (2)        44,650        (2)
  Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education                 984,600        (2)        46,010        (2)
  Vocational education teachers, secondary school                                    106,920        (2)        45,850        (2)
  Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school         211,530        (2)        45,510        (2)
  Special education teachers, middle school                                           89,350        (2)        44,150        (2)
  Special education teachers, secondary school                                       134,870        (2)        47,270        (2)
  Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors                61,440       19.94       41,470       17.50
  Self-enrichment education teachers                                                 136,780       15.82       32,910       14.09

  Archivists, curators, and museum technicians                                        20,100       19.11       39,750       16.96
  Librarians                                                                         156,920       21.36       44,430       20.72
  Library technicians                                                                111,240       12.16       25,280       11.58
  Audio-visual collections specialists                                                 9,040       17.01       35,370       15.56
  Farm and home management advisors                                                   12,760       20.12       41,850       18.96
  Instructional coordinators                                                          90,350       23.80       49,510       22.77
  Teacher assistants                                                               1,227,220        (2)        19,930        (2)

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations
  Art directors                                                                       23,200       33.55       69,790       29.74
  Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators                       10,280       21.03       43,750       16.95
  Multi-media artists and animators                                                   34,150       24.45       50,860       21.14
  Commercial and industrial designers                                                 35,270       26.04       54,160       25.12
  Fashion designers                                                                   10,310       28.93       60,160       24.66
  Floral designers                                                                    66,480        9.90       20,600        9.37
  Graphic designers                                                                  141,830       19.89       41,380       17.64
  Interior designers                                                                  40,670       21.04       43,770       18.84
  Merchandise displayers and window trimmers                                          53,350       12.25       25,470       10.84
  Set and exhibit designers                                                            8,280       17.91       37,250       16.28

  Actors                                                                              52,560        (2)        42,820        (2)
  Producers and directors                                                             50,780        (2)        61,500        (2)
  Athletes and sports competitors                                                     10,400        (2)        92,540        (2)
  Coaches and scouts                                                                  87,720        (2)        34,170        (2)
  Umpires, referees, and other sports officials                                        9,190        (2)        27,010        (2)
  Dancers                                                                             16,580       13.17       27,390       10.14
  Choreographers                                                                      15,320       16.24       33,790       14.17
  Music directors and composers                                                        8,980        (2)        39,270        (2)
  Musicians and singers                                                               53,940        (2)        48,240        (2)

  Announcers                                                                          49,790       14.03       29,190        9.91
  News analysts, reporters and correspondents                                         61,100       18.83       39,160       14.67
  Public relations specialists                                                       136,360       22.40       46,590       20.05
  Editors                                                                            106,520       22.60       47,010       19.79
  Technical writers                                                                   44,780       25.63       53,310       24.32
  Writers and authors                                                                 41,990       24.18       50,300       20.57
  Interpreters and translators                                                        18,600       16.78       34,900       15.67

  Audio and video equipment technicians                                               35,770       17.57       36,550       14.96
  Broadcast technicians                                                               31,520       16.44       34,200       13.35
  Radio operators                                                                      2,510       16.53       34,380       15.16
  Sound engineering technicians                                                       11,110       22.00       45,750       17.77
  Photographers                                                                       63,140       13.85       28,810       11.56
  Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture                             21,370       17.73       36,880       15.73
  Film and video editors                                                              15,180       21.42       44,540       18.40

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations
  Chiropractors                                                                       20,630       40.12       83,440       31.41
  Dentists                                                                            92,460       64.11      133,350       59.24
  Dietitians and nutritionists                                                        45,150       20.16       41,920       19.79
  Optometrists                                                                        23,040       45.89       95,440       41.39
  Pharmacists                                                                        219,390       36.13       75,140       37.04

  Anesthesiologists                                                                   24,780       87.22      181,420        (3)
  Family and general practitioners                                                   115,020       65.51      136,260       62.79
  Internists, general                                                                 50,380       76.13      158,350        (3)
  Obstetricians and gynecologists                                                     19,970       86.37      179,640        (3)
  Pediatricians, general                                                              27,320       68.44      142,360       64.11
  Psychiatrists                                                                       19,750       65.01      135,220       62.95
  Surgeons                                                                            51,580       91.15      189,590        (3)

  Physician assistants                                                                61,910       30.53       63,490       31.09
  Podiatrists                                                                          7,490       51.65      107,430       45.61
  Registered nurses                                                                2,239,530       23.96       49,840       23.12
  Audiologists                                                                        10,180       24.92       51,840       23.27
  Occupational therapists                                                             78,580       25.50       53,040       24.99

  Physical therapists                                                                130,290       28.93       60,180       27.56
  Radiation therapists                                                                13,510       28.90       60,110       24.35
  Recreational therapists                                                             26,130       15.23       31,670       14.68
  Respiratory therapists                                                              85,350       19.57       40,700       19.34
  Speech-language pathologists                                                        87,030       24.75       51,490       23.77
  Veterinarians                                                                       42,900       35.44       73,720       30.33

  Medical and clinical laboratory technologists                                      146,480       21.00       43,670       20.63
  Medical and clinical laboratory technicians                                        144,120       14.58       30,330       13.96
  Dental hygienists                                                                  148,530       27.78       57,790       26.59
  Cardiovascular technologists and technicians                                        42,870       18.12       37,680       17.52
  Diagnostic medical sonographers                                                     36,530       23.90       49,710       23.40
  Nuclear medicine technologists                                                      17,090       25.13       52,260       23.44
  Radiologic technologists and technicians                                           173,540       19.30       40,150       18.74
  Emergency medical technicians and paramedics                                       178,700       12.78       26,570       11.55

  Dietetic technicians                                                                28,910       11.59       24,100       10.81
  Pharmacy technicians                                                               207,380       11.15       23,200       10.70
  Psychiatric technicians                                                             58,600       13.49       28,060       12.36
  Respiratory therapy technicians                                                     26,220       16.79       34,930       16.41
  Surgical technologists                                                              72,040       15.36       31,960       15.00
  Veterinary technologists and technicians                                            54,040       11.56       24,050       11.03
  Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses                                  692,290       15.53       32,300       15.12
  Medical records and health information technicians                                 145,270       12.49       25,980       11.49
  Opticians, dispensing                                                               61,790       13.38       27,830       12.31
  Orthotists and prosthetists                                                          4,480       25.68       53,410       22.24
  Occupational health and safety specialists and technicians                          39,060       22.85       47,530       22.12
  Athletic trainers                                                                   13,500        (2)        36,070        (2)

Healthcare support occupations
  Home health aides                                                                  569,670        9.16       19,050        8.70
  Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants                                         1,329,310        9.87       20,540        9.59
  Psychiatric aides                                                                   56,260       11.42       23,760       11.04
  Occupational therapist assistants                                                   17,970       17.76       36,950       17.62
  Occupational therapist aides                                                         8,040       11.78       24,510       10.60
  Physical therapist assistants                                                       50,430       17.48       36,360       17.34
  Physical therapist aides                                                            37,330       10.63       22,120        9.94
  Massage therapists                                                                  27,160       16.21       33,720       13.75
  Dental assistants                                                                  268,220       13.42       27,910       13.10
  Medical assistants                                                                 361,960       11.93       24,810       11.51
  Medical equipment preparers                                                         35,490       11.50       23,910       11.04
  Medical transcriptionists                                                           99,160       13.33       27,730       13.05
  Pharmacy aides                                                                      58,020        9.47       19,700        8.86
  Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers                              62,740        9.07       18,870        8.55

Protective service occupations
  First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers                            31,210       22.59       47,000       21.60
  First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives                           109,530       29.64       61,650       29.33
  First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers             60,900       27.28       56,750       26.66

  Fire fighters                                                                      273,850       18.04       37,530       17.42
  Fire inspectors and investigators                                                   12,140       22.11       46,000       21.64
  Forest fire inspectors and prevention specialists                                    1,450       19.58       40,720       18.04

  Bailiffs                                                                            14,390       16.47       34,250       15.73
  Correctional officers and jailers                                                  400,190       16.66       34,650       15.71
  Detectives and criminal investigators                                               88,460       25.46       52,960       24.71
  Fish and game wardens                                                                7,080       21.12       43,920       19.72
  Parking enforcement workers                                                         10,180       14.07       29,260       13.52
  Police and sheriff's patrol officers                                               597,650       20.86       43,390       20.32
  Transit and railroad police                                                          6,010       22.00       45,750       21.01

  Animal control workers                                                              10,420       12.49       25,980       11.91
  Private detectives and investigators                                                31,170       16.47       34,250       14.09
  Gaming surveillance officers and gaming investigators                                8,760       11.79       24,520       11.11
  Security guards                                                                    977,650       10.13       21,060        9.20
  Crossing guards                                                                     73,020        9.79       20,370        8.98

Food preparation and serving related occupations
  Chefs and head cooks                                                               120,430       15.38       32,000       13.43
  First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers            661,050       12.78       26,590       11.73
  Cooks, fast food                                                                   582,630        7.18       14,930        6.90
  Cooks, institution and cafeteria                                                   416,710        9.23       19,190        8.72
  Cooks, restaurant                                                                  715,520        9.54       19,850        9.16
  Cooks, short order                                                                 223,030        8.24       17,130        7.82
  Food preparation workers                                                           836,540        8.27       17,200        7.85

  Bartenders                                                                         453,390        8.12       16,900        7.21
  Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food               2,000,070        7.28       15,150        6.97
  Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop                    466,270        7.74       16,090        7.32
  Waiters and waitresses                                                           2,086,120        7.58       15,770        6.80
  Food servers, nonrestaurant                                                        193,980        8.21       17,070        7.52
  Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers                         404,210        7.37       15,330        6.99
  Dishwashers                                                                        499,070        7.41       15,410        7.15
  Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop                           295,170        7.76       16,130        7.36

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations
  First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers             204,710       14.63       30,430       13.53
  First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and
     groundskeeping workers                                                           95,600       17.41       36,220       15.89
  Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners                    2,052,090        9.69       20,150        8.77
  Maids and housekeeping cleaners                                                    912,340        8.33       17,330        7.90
  Pest control workers                                                                57,370       12.58       26,180       11.90
  Landscaping and groundskeeping workers                                             792,170       10.33       21,490        9.51
  Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation                           22,000       12.48       25,960       11.94
  Tree trimmers and pruners                                                           43,530       12.92       26,870       12.07

Personal care and service occupations
  Gaming supervisors                                                                  25,610       19.32       40,180       18.89
  Slot key persons                                                                    14,380       11.80       24,540       11.00
  First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers                        106,680       15.45       32,130       13.92
  Animal trainers                                                                      6,780       13.08       27,210       11.03
  Nonfarm animal caretakers                                                           86,700        9.01       18,750        8.21

  Gaming dealers                                                                      75,690        7.82       16,270        6.78
  Gaming and sports book writers and runners                                          13,820        9.95       20,700        8.97
  Motion picture projectionists                                                        9,600        9.82       20,420        7.97
  Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers                                        106,050        7.93       16,490        7.02
  Amusement and recreation attendants                                                225,100        7.87       16,360        7.18
  Costume attendants                                                                   3,660       12.93       26,890       11.62
  Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants                                 21,660        8.55       17,780        8.14

  Embalmers                                                                            6,790       17.38       36,160       16.46
  Funeral attendants                                                                  25,950        9.52       19,800        8.75
  Barbers                                                                             18,350       10.77       22,390        9.40
  Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists                                     330,730       10.63       22,110        9.12
  Makeup artists, theatrical and performance                                             830       15.44       32,120       11.89
  Manicurists and pedicurists                                                         31,350        9.04       18,810        8.33
  Shampooers                                                                          15,410        7.30       15,190        6.91
  Skin care specialists                                                               15,580       12.33       25,650       10.80

  Baggage porters and bellhops                                                        57,650       10.79       22,440        8.58
  Concierges                                                                          16,770       11.39       23,680       10.44
  Tour guides and escorts                                                             28,480        9.63       20,040        8.90
  Travel guides                                                                        4,960       14.25       29,640       12.55
  Flight attendants                                                                  104,360        (2)        50,460        (2)
  Transportation attendants, except flight attendants and baggage porters             26,580       10.07       20,940        9.00

  Child care workers                                                                 456,260        8.32       17,310        7.86
  Personal and home care aides                                                       451,040        8.07       16,790        7.81
  Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors                                          169,920       14.38       29,910       11.51
  Recreation workers                                                                 267,930        9.89       20,580        8.69
  Residential advisors                                                                48,530       10.77       22,410        9.95

Sales and related occupations
  First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers                          1,197,190       16.72       34,770       14.28
  First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers                        325,450       30.90       64,270       25.49
  Cashiers                                                                         3,375,510        8.02       16,680        7.41
  Gaming change persons and booth cashiers                                            32,930        9.66       20,090        9.42

  Counter and rental clerks                                                          425,380        9.64       20,040        8.31
  Parts salespersons                                                                 243,170       12.82       26,670       11.51
  Retail salespersons                                                              3,894,760       10.46       21,750        8.51

  Advertising sales agents                                                           141,360       22.89       47,610       18.11
  Insurance sales agents                                                             274,830       25.86       53,800       19.59
  Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents                       254,600       41.21       85,710       29.32
  Travel agents                                                                      104,550       13.64       28,370       12.80
  Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific
     products                                                                        371,580       30.51       63,460       26.80
  Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical
     and scientific products                                                       1,375,380       24.58       51,130       20.54

  Demonstrators and product promoters                                                101,420       12.19       25,360        9.80
  Models                                                                               2,260       12.15       25,280       10.29
  Real estate brokers                                                                 40,810       34.68       72,130       24.20
  Real estate sales agents                                                           125,960       20.42       42,470       14.87
  Sales engineers                                                                     79,300       33.27       69,200       30.61
  Telemarketers                                                                      419,740       10.74       22,330        9.40
  Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers            25,780       14.48       30,120       12.18

Office and administrative support occupations
  First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers     1,400,240       20.22       42,060       18.66
  Switchboard operators, including answering service                                 226,890       10.56       21,970       10.19
  Telephone operators                                                                 46,420       14.11       29,340       13.75

  Bill and account collectors                                                        407,280       13.62       28,330       12.88
  Billing and posting clerks and machine operators                                   491,000       13.04       27,120       12.55
  Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks                                     1,728,730       13.77       28,650       13.16
  Gaming cage workers                                                                 18,320       10.77       22,400       10.47
  Payroll and timekeeping clerks                                                     191,500       14.50       30,150       13.94
  Procurement clerks                                                                  73,570       14.61       30,380       14.23
  Tellers                                                                            526,750        9.97       20,750        9.81

  Brokerage clerks                                                                    75,480       17.09       35,540       15.97
  Correspondence clerks                                                               32,160       13.01       27,060       12.48
  Court, municipal, and license clerks                                                99,010       14.04       29,210       13.12
  Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks                                            79,400       13.92       28,960       12.83
  Customer service representatives                                                 1,854,750       13.58       28,240       12.62
  Eligibility interviewers, government programs                                       89,400       15.59       32,440       14.91
  File clerks                                                                        258,680       10.19       21,190        9.63
  Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks                                               176,140        8.71       18,110        8.35

  Interviewers, except eligibility and loan                                          190,390       11.07       23,020       10.43
  Library assistants, clerical                                                       113,760       10.04       20,880        9.35
  Loan interviewers and clerks                                                       163,660       14.09       29,300       13.38
  New accounts clerks                                                                 97,770       12.80       26,620       12.11
  Order clerks                                                                       327,120       12.67       26,350       11.93
  Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping                         167,480       15.16       31,530       14.62
  Receptionists and information clerks                                             1,063,020       10.56       21,970       10.17
  Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks                     174,170       13.78       28,670       12.19

  Cargo and freight agents                                                            59,440       16.03       33,350       15.10
  Couriers and messengers                                                            120,900        9.96       20,720        9.32
  Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers                                             89,280       13.89       28,900       13.30
  Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance                                    168,380       15.70       32,660       14.56
  Meter readers, utilities                                                            52,510       14.74       30,660       13.86
  Postal service clerks                                                               79,760       18.72       38,930       19.08
  Postal service mail carriers                                                       347,420       18.80       39,110       19.00
  Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators          262,440       16.86       35,080       18.34
  Production, planning, and expediting clerks                                        279,640       16.87       35,080       16.18
  Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks                                            792,470       12.02       24,990       11.26
  Stock clerks and order fillers                                                   1,608,230       10.21       21,240        9.26
  Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping                          77,050       12.85       26,740       11.62

  Executive secretaries and administrative assistants                              1,407,950       16.85       35,050       16.06
  Legal secretaries                                                                  259,010       17.59       36,580       16.84
  Medical secretaries                                                                336,200       12.83       26,690       12.23
  Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive                                 1796,480       12.69       26,390       12.16

  Computer operators                                                                 172,640       15.21       31,640       14.26
  Data entry keyers                                                                  376,970       11.15       23,190       10.77
  Word processors and typists                                                        209,200       13.38       27,830       12.85
  Desktop publishers                                                                  34,280       16.21       33,730       15.20
  Insurance claims and policy processing clerks                                      252,590       14.95       31,090       13.88
  Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service                      161,850       10.64       22,130       10.19
  Office clerks, general                                                           2,857,300       11.32       23,540       10.71
  Office machine operators, except computer                                           93,340       11.25       23,400       10.47
  Proofreaders and copy markers                                                       25,310       12.62       26,240       11.68
  Statistical assistants                                                              22,330       15.00       31,190       14.17

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations
  First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers           20,910       17.78       36,970       16.43
  Farm labor contractors                                                               5,830       12.61       26,220        7.39
  Agricultural inspectors                                                             13,760       15.09       31,380       13.76
  Animal breeders                                                                      1,590       14.11       29,340       12.06
  Graders and sorters, agricultural products                                          54,500        8.50       17,670        7.67
  Agricultural equipment operators                                                    21,830        9.25       19,240        8.31
  Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse                            218,020        7.86       16,340        7.24

  Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals                                                 38,260        8.93       18,560        8.22
  Forest and conservation workers                                                      9,140       10.93       22,730        9.12
  Fallers                                                                             10,180       15.43       32,090       13.54
  Logging equipment operators                                                         29,060       13.39       27,850       12.88
  Log graders and scalers                                                              4,730       13.87       28,840       13.08

Construction and extraction occupations
  First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers      508,620       24.50       50,960       22.92
  Boilermakers                                                                        24,560       20.46       42,550       20.17
  Brickmasons and blockmasons                                                        109,900       20.48       42,600       20.11
  Stonemasons                                                                         12,870       17.08       35,530       16.36
  Carpenters                                                                         856,750       17.71       36,840       16.44
  Carpet installers                                                                   38,320       16.79       34,920       15.67
  Floor layers, except carpet, wood, and hard tiles                                   14,840       16.82       34,990       16.15
  Floor sanders and finishers                                                          7,740       14.51       30,180       13.22
  Tile and marble setters                                                             33,550       18.15       37,740       17.20
  Cement masons and concrete finishers                                               177,930       16.25       33,800       14.74
  Terrazzo workers and finishers                                                       6,130       14.82       30,830       13.42
  Construction laborers                                                              830,860       13.73       28,570       11.90
  Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators                                  58,760       15.62       32,490       13.87
  Pile-driver operators                                                                4,670       22.10       45,980       21.84
  Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators                     343,710       18.42       38,320       16.94
  Drywall and ceiling tile installers                                                111,600       17.48       36,350       16.21
  Tapers                                                                              33,320       19.49       40,550       18.75

  Electricians                                                                       593,010       21.11       43,910       19.90
  Glaziers                                                                            46,950       16.67       34,660       15.20
  Insulation workers                                                                  51,740       15.63       32,500       13.91
  Painters, construction and maintenance                                             257,140       15.20       31,620       13.98
  Paperhangers                                                                         9,450       16.21       33,720       15.22
  Pipelayers                                                                          52,380       15.26       31,740       13.70
  Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters                                            438,560       20.49       42,630       19.31
  Plasterers and stucco masons                                                        54,290       17.07       35,500       15.91
  Reinforcing iron and rebar workers                                                  29,540       19.54       40,640       17.66
  Roofers                                                                            117,140       15.88       33,020       14.51
  Sheet metal workers                                                                197,110       18.08       37,620       16.62
  Structural iron and steel workers                                                   74,700       20.37       42,360       19.55

  Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters         60,740       13.06       27,170       11.73
  Helpers--carpenters                                                                 97,900       10.90       22,670       10.34
  Helpers--electricians                                                               97,690       11.80       24,540       11.10
  Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons                      31,320       10.70       22,260        9.66
  Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters                        78,570       11.30       23,510       10.69
  Helpers--roofers                                                                    21,940       10.47       21,780        9.85

  Construction and building inspectors                                                75,190       20.71       43,070       20.01
  Elevator installers and repairers                                                   20,920       25.74       53,540       25.99
  Fence erectors                                                                      21,730       12.10       25,170       10.65
  Hazardous materials removal workers                                                 37,350       17.12       35,610       15.61
  Highway maintenance workers                                                        146,290       14.06       29,250       13.65
  Rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators                               10,450       16.75       34,840       16.90
  Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners                                       15,530       14.30       29,750       13.43
  Segmental pavers                                                                     2,100       14.25       29,630       12.95

  Derrick operators, oil and gas                                                      14,120       15.28       31,780       14.34
  Rotary drill operators, oil and gas                                                 13,110       17.46       36,320       16.23
  Service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining                                        12,310       15.13       31,480       13.78
  Earth drillers, except oil and gas                                                  19,830       16.56       34,450       15.62
  Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters                          4,850       17.33       36,050       16.88
  Continuous mining machine operators                                                  8,100       17.06       35,490       16.75
  Mine cutting and channeling machine operators                                        5,060       18.02       37,490       18.07
  Rock splitters, quarry                                                               2,610       13.49       28,070       12.58
  Roof bolters, mining                                                                 3,980       18.28       38,020       18.47
  Roustabouts, oil and gas                                                            31,960       11.62       24,160       10.71
  Helpers--extraction workers                                                         28,690       12.86       26,750       12.12

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
  First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers            433,640       24.05       50,030       22.87
  Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers                           135,380       16.73       34,810       15.98
  Radio mechanics                                                                      6,960       18.37       38,210       17.42
  Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers      195,680       21.90       45,550       22.78
  Avionics technicians                                                                21,710       20.39       42,410       20.21
  Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers                                   28,720       16.36       34,030       15.49
  Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment       17,320       18.56       38,590       18.56
  Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment           82,320       19.60       40,760       19.77

  Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay             20,040       24.02       49,970       24.85
  Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles                       15,200       13.27       27,600       12.51
  Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers                    30,600       14.01       29,150       13.08
  Security and fire alarm systems installers                                          43,310       16.53       34,390       15.56

  Aircraft mechanics and service technicians                                         125,850       20.97       43,620       20.71
  Automotive body and related repairers                                              175,370       16.93       35,200       15.71
  Automotive glass installers and repairers                                           19,710       13.49       28,050       12.93
  Automotive service technicians and mechanics                                       687,380       15.79       32,830       14.71
  Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists                              254,470       17.01       35,380       16.53
  Farm equipment mechanics                                                            32,330       13.44       27,950       13.03
  Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines                                   113,340       17.69       36,790       17.29
  Rail car repairers                                                                  13,520       18.35       38,170       18.78
  Motorboat mechanics                                                                 18,550       14.57       30,310       13.97
  Motorcycle mechanics                                                                13,030       13.80       28,690       13.03
  Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics                            25,170       12.47       25,950       11.93
  Bicycle repairers                                                                    7,000        9.62       20,000        9.25
  Recreational vehicle service technicians                                            12,490       13.72       28,530       13.02
  Tire repairers and changers                                                         81,560       10.45       21,730        9.69

  Mechanical door repairers                                                           10,730       15.42       32,080       14.03
  Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door                  36,720       20.54       42,730       20.90
  Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers              206,870       17.51       36,430       16.78
  Home appliance repairers                                                            34,750       15.47       32,180       14.61
  Industrial machinery mechanics                                                     179,640       18.95       39,410       18.26
  Maintenance and repair workers, general                                          1,212,620       14.91       31,010       14.12
  Maintenance workers, machinery                                                      90,500       16.23       33,750       15.63
  Millwrights                                                                         67,900       20.50       42,630       20.19
  Refractory materials repairers, except brickmasons                                   3,330       17.43       36,240       16.88
  Electrical power-line installers and repairers                                      96,040       22.68       47,170       23.33
  Telecommunications line installers and repairers                                   156,160       19.02       39,560       19.06
  Camera and photographic equipment repairers                                          5,220       15.57       32,390       15.09
  Medical equipment repairers                                                         21,770       18.39       38,250       17.49
  Musical instrument repairers and tuners                                              4,870       15.97       33,210       14.15
  Watch repairers                                                                      3,710       14.09       29,310       12.77

  Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers                        33,520       13.58       28,250       13.16
  Commercial divers                                                                    2,930       21.93       45,620       16.69
  Fabric menders, except garment                                                       2,030       13.74       28,580       12.35
  Locksmiths and safe repairers                                                       18,970       14.54       30,250       13.67
  Manufactured building and mobile home installers                                    13,780       11.51       23,940       11.14
  Riggers                                                                             13,770       17.03       35,420       16.25
  Signal and track switch repairers                                                    7,990       20.98       43,640       20.85
  Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers                             148,770       11.33       23,560       10.31

Production occupations
  First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers                700,490       22.08       45,920       20.64
  Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers                       25,690       18.18       37,810       18.71
  Coil winders, tapers, and finishers                                                 34,710       11.88       24,700       11.07
  Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers                                     267,030       11.84       24,640       11.03
  Electromechanical equipment assemblers                                              57,500       12.75       26,510       12.15
  Engine and other machine assemblers                                                 49,280       14.93       31,050       14.02
  Structural metal fabricators and fitters                                            87,020       14.42       29,990       13.76
  Fiberglass laminators and fabricators                                               36,470       12.61       26,220       11.83
  Team assemblers                                                                  1,139,360       11.88       24,710       10.90
  Timing device assemblers, adjusters, and calibrators                                 6,230       12.58       26,160       11.63

  Bakers                                                                             161,820       10.64       22,120        9.89
  Butchers and meat cutters                                                          129,840       13.06       27,160       12.26
  Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers                                       150,920        9.03       18,790        8.57
  Slaughterers and meat packers                                                      126,460        9.81       20,410        9.79
  Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders         19,180       12.06       25,080       11.18
  Food batchmakers                                                                    71,930       11.17       23,240       10.54
  Food cooking machine operators and tenders                                          34,140       11.13       23,160       10.51

  Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic                      128,400       14.57       30,310       13.97
  Numerical tool and process control programmers                                      18,910       18.80       39,100       18.04
  Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic    96,270       12.83       26,690       12.44
  Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic                  44,920       13.90       28,910       12.64
  Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic                  42,270       14.19       29,510       13.62
  Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders,
     metal and plastic                                                               277,410       12.47       25,940       11.81
  Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and 
     plastic                                                                          51,730       14.14       29,400       13.23
  Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and 
     tenders, metal and plastic                                                       99,580       13.49       28,070       12.56
  Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic   72,270       15.12       31,450       14.55

  Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic      30,340       14.57       30,300       14.04
  Machinists                                                                         368,320       16.06       33,410       15.66
  Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders                                        17,120       15.37       31,970       14.79
  Pourers and casters, metal                                                          12,900       14.05       29,230       13.40
  Model makers, metal and plastic                                                      8,360       18.92       39,360       18.27
  Patternmakers, metal and plastic                                                     6,300       17.03       35,420       16.09
  Foundry mold and coremakers                                                         21,960       13.14       27,340       12.55
  Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders,
     metal and plastic                                                               147,060       12.12       25,200       11.17
  Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic            96,560       14.93       31,050       13.79

  Tool and die makers                                                                105,210       20.98       43,630       20.54
  Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers                                           361,970       14.82       30,820       14.02
  Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders             56,280       15.20       31,620       13.90
  Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic          28,410       14.35       29,860       13.56
  Lay-out workers, metal and plastic                                                  12,490       15.67       32,600       14.79
  Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic      41,580       12.87       26,780       12.22
  Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners                                               22,700       14.94       31,080       14.14

  Bindery workers                                                                     88,740       11.53       23,970       10.51
  Bookbinders                                                                          7,170       14.27       29,680       13.31
  Job printers                                                                        49,080       15.34       31,910       14.47
  Prepress technicians and workers                                                    89,370       15.88       33,040       14.98
  Printing machine operators                                                         189,590       14.80       30,780       13.95

  Laundry and dry-cleaning workers                                                   213,840        8.53       17,750        8.07
  Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials                                   87,130        8.54       17,770        8.21
  Sewing machine operators                                                           277,800        8.99       18,710        8.39
  Shoe and leather workers and repairers                                               9,860        9.84       20,460        9.14
  Shoe machine operators and tenders                                                   6,320       10.19       21,180        9.90
  Sewers, hand                                                                        19,180        9.91       20,610        8.69
  Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers                                             29,560       11.75       24,450       10.68
  Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders                          25,950       10.21       21,230       10.00
  Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders                             32,970       10.35       21,530        9.77
  Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders                49,410       11.16       23,210       11.05
  Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and 
     tenders                                                                          62,800       10.96       22,810       10.54
  Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic
     and glass fibers                                                                 26,620       13.32       27,710       13.22
  Fabric and apparel patternmakers                                                    10,800       15.33       31,890       12.67
  Upholsterers                                                                        40,380       12.78       26,580       11.86

  Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters                                                 125,220       12.32       25,630       11.54
  Furniture finishers                                                                 30,110       11.59       24,110       10.92
  Model makers, wood                                                                   4,350       13.35       27,770       11.90
  Patternmakers, wood                                                                  4,130       14.99       31,170       14.32
  Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood                                53,520       11.12       23,130       10.62
  Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing                  89,860       11.13       23,160       10.59

  Nuclear power reactor operators                                                      3,400       29.76       61,910       29.36
  Power distributors and dispatchers                                                  11,670       26.08       54,240       26.02
  Power plant operators                                                               34,390       23.61       49,110       24.00
  Stationary engineers and boiler operators                                           52,510       21.26       44,220       20.79
  Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators                         96,970       16.64       34,620       16.05
  Chemical plant and system operators                                                 55,910       21.00       43,680       21.12
  Gas plant operators                                                                 11,940       23.24       48,340       23.24
  Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers                    38,500       22.85       47,520       23.69

  Chemical equipment operators and tenders                                            56,610       18.29       38,040       18.00
  Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, 
     operators, and tenders                                                           35,550       15.39       32,010       14.59
  Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders           44,370       13.46       28,000       12.83
  Grinding and polishing workers, hand                                                43,370       11.99       24,940       11.04
  Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders                        103,940       13.70       28,500       13.23
  Cutters and trimmers, hand                                                          30,910       11.84       24,630       10.59
  Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders                         75,430       12.86       26,760       12.35
  Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and 
     tenders                                                                          71,500       13.49       28,070       12.76
  Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders                        29,400       14.27       29,690       13.56
  Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers                               500,250       14.31       29,760       13.01
  Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers                                       28,970       14.11       29,350       12.63
  Dental laboratory technicians                                                       40,440       15.17       31,560       13.70
  Medical appliance technicians                                                       11,870       15.07       31,340       13.31
  Ophthalmic laboratory technicians                                                   32,920       11.18       23,260       10.46

  Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders                                390,380       11.18       23,260       10.20
  Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders             91,950       12.85       26,730       12.16
  Painters, transportation equipment                                                  45,670       17.17       35,700       16.13
  Painting, coating, and decorating workers                                           30,830       11.07       23,020       10.19

  Photographic process workers                                                        27,360       11.07       23,020        9.72
  Photographic processing machine operators                                           52,290       10.13       21,080        9.05
  Semiconductor processors                                                            43,630       14.01       29,140       13.14
  Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders                                  26,880       11.81       24,560       11.15
  Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders               18,010       11.91       24,780       10.99
  Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders                                 7,280       11.41       23,730       10.21
  Etchers and engravers                                                                9,130       12.15       25,270       10.79
  Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic                             36,240       12.65       26,320       11.87
  Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders                                114,390       14.07       29,260       13.59
  Tire builders                                                                       13,020       17.30       35,990       18.67
  Helpers--production workers                                                        464,390        9.97       20,730        9.25

Transportation and material moving occupations
  Aircraft cargo handling supervisors                                                  8,920       19.82       41,220       17.90
  First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand    147,180       18.96       39,430       17.87
  First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine
     and vehicle operators                                                           207,280       21.96       45,670       20.63
  Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers                                      78,810        (2)       122,230        (2)
  Commercial pilots                                                                   19,570        (2)        58,000        (2)
  Air traffic controllers                                                             23,410       42.35       88,090       44.04
  Airfield operations specialists                                                      5,910       19.64       40,850       17.31

  Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians              17,280       10.02       20,840        9.18
  Bus drivers, transit and intercity                                                 197,090       14.81       30,810       14.22
  Bus drivers, school                                                                468,790       11.01       22,890       10.77
  Driver/sales workers                                                               368,730       11.43       23,780        9.92
  Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer                                         1,520,880       16.52       34,350       15.97
  Truck drivers, light or delivery services                                          977,920       12.65       26,320       11.48
  Taxi drivers and chauffeurs                                                        125,720       10.01       20,830        8.91

  Locomotive engineers                                                                28,250       24.66       51,280       23.28
  Locomotive firers                                                                      710       21.58       44,880       22.02
  Rail yard engineers, dinkey operators, and hostlers                                  4,600       19.52       40,600       18.07
  Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators                                        15,030       21.99       45,750       20.93
  Railroad conductors and yardmasters                                                 38,070       23.69       49,280       21.39
  Subway and streetcar operators                                                       7,250       22.51       46,810       23.54

  Sailors and marine oilers                                                           25,360       14.69       30,550       13.64
  Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels                                        22,530       24.73       51,430       23.97
  Motorboat operators                                                                  3,600       14.71       30,590       12.71
  Ship engineers                                                                       8,020       25.09       52,190       24.61

  Bridge and lock tenders                                                              3,900       15.17       31,560       16.98
  Parking lot attendants                                                             108,460        8.30       17,270        7.84
  Service station attendants                                                         102,550        8.54       17,770        7.97
  Traffic technicians                                                                  5,370       16.50       34,320       15.22
  Transportation inspectors                                                           28,340       23.06       47,970       23.30

  Conveyor operators and tenders                                                      59,240       12.40       25,790       11.66
  Crane and tower operators                                                           49,060       18.42       38,320       17.47
  Dredge operators                                                                     2,850       14.30       29,740       13.33
  Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators                               67,210       16.77       34,880       15.58
  Loading machine operators, underground mining                                        3,200       15.62       32,480       15.35
  Hoist and winch operators                                                            8,970       17.29       35,960       15.09
  Industrial truck and tractor operators                                             586,660       13.34       27,740       12.54
  Cleaners of vehicles and equipment                                                 311,070        9.05       18,830        8.20
  Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand                           2,217,590       10.32       21,460        9.48
  Machine feeders and offbearers                                                     162,670       11.23       23,360       10.50
  Packers and packagers, hand                                                        927,740        8.73       18,160        8.03
  Gas compressor and gas pumping station operators                                     6,920       20.64       42,920       20.44
  Pump operators, except wellhead pumpers                                             12,360       18.58       38,640       17.53
  Wellhead pumpers                                                                    10,280       16.48       34,290       16.24
  Refuse and recyclable material collectors                                          132,290       12.55       26,090       11.60
  Shuttle car operators                                                                3,070       17.81       37,050       18.44
  Tank car, truck, and ship loaders                                                   16,960       17.03       35,420       15.63


   1 Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours;
 for those occupations where there is not an hourly mean wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the 
 reported survey data.

   2 Hourly wage rates for occupations where workers typically work fewer than 2,080 hours per year are not available.

   3 Represents a wage above $70.01 per hour.

   NOTE:  Data do not include Guam, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico.