HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

occupation, 2023 annual averages

Occupation

Full-time

wage and

salary

workers (in

thousands)

Median weekly earnings

Total

With a certification or license1

Without a

certification

or

license

Total

With a

certification,

but no

license

With a

license2

Total, 16 years and over.............................................. 120,907 $1,117 $1,364 $1,463 $1,355 $1,024

Management, professional, and related occupations........... 56,077 1,527 1,547 1,732 1,527 1,513

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations..................................................... 23,989 1,630 1,873 1,924 1,846 1,565

Management occupations.................................... 15,762 1,730 1,898 2,014 1,886 1,650

Business and financial operations occupations............ 8,227 1,517 1,740 1,847 1,729 1,469

Professional and related occupations.......................... 32,088 1,458 1,467 1,609 1,456 1,449

Computer and mathematical occupations.................. 6,129 1,890 1,815 1,897 1,744 1,895

Architecture and engineering occupations.................. 3,374 1,785 1,904 1,902 1,904 1,739

Life, physical, and social science occupations............. 1,583 1,541 1,631 1,647 1,614 1,511

Community and social services occupations............... 2,334 1,147 1,336 1,303 1,339 1,051

Legal occupations............................................. 1,490 1,880 2,317 1,908 2,324 1,262

Education, training, and library occupations................ 7,524 1,180 1,248 1,204 1,249 1,070

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations.................................................. 1,858 1,343 1,343 1,448 1,327 1,343

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations....... 7,795 1,404 1,501 1,352 1,511 1,125

Service occupations.............................................. 15,818 721 861 804 868 700

Healthcare support occupations............................. 3,467 713 748 750 747 697

Protective service occupations............................... 2,706 1,113 1,295 – 1,300 1,002

Food preparation and serving related occupations........ 4,325 660 722 – 725 657

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations.................................................. 3,520 692 900 – 897 684

Personal care and service occupations..................... 1,799 725 776 – 762 709

Sales and office occupations................................... 21,667 923 1,085 1,122 1,074 907

Sales and related occupations............................... 9,148 1,001 1,257 1,250 1,260 967

Office and administrative support occupations............. 12,519 891 969 1,044 949 885

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations..................................................... 11,368 1,001 1,223 1,177 1,244 959

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations................. 731 689 – – – 678

Construction and extraction occupations................... 6,517 985 1,249 1,172 1,275 936

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations......... 4,120 1,092 1,218 1,182 1,234 1,049

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations..................................................... 15,977 869 1,098 1,062 1,102 834

Production occupations....................................... 7,313 895 1,067 1,130 1,044 881

Transportation and material moving occupations.......... 8,664 841 1,118 967 1,129 801

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

2 Persons with a license may also have a certification.

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

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

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

unincorporated businesses. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Dash indicates no data or data that

do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 50,000).

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