5 0

Table 18. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by detailed occupation and sex,

2004 annual averages

(Numbers in thousands)

 Total, 16 years and over.......................................................... 101,224 $638 44,223 $573 57,001 $713 80.4

Management, professional, and related occupations ......................... 36,149 918 18,168 780 17,981 1,098 71.0

Management, business, and financial operations 

 occupations .................................................................................. 14,778 965 6,609 812 8,170 1,158 70.1

Management occupations............................................................ 10,221 1,052 3,995 871 6,226 1,215 71.7

Chief executives....................................................................... 1,050 1,663 248 1,310 802 1,875 69.9

General and operations managers........................................... 727 1,129 175 872 552 1,166 74.8

Advertising and promotions managers..................................... 57 924 34 (1) 23 (1) (1) 

Marketing and sales managers................................................ 770 1,213 298 898 472 1,441 62.3

Administrative services managers........................................... 80 937 27 (1) 53 958 (1) 

Computer and information systems managers......................... 325 1,439 96 1,228 228 1,547 79.4

Financial managers.................................................................. 961 986 535 839 427 1,397 60.1

Human resources managers.................................................... 261 1,051 171 958 90 1,259 76.1

Industrial production managers................................................ 269 1,107 49 (1) 220 1,172 (1) 

Purchasing managers.............................................................. 163 1,092 59 946 104 1,153 82.0

Transportation, storage, and distribution managers................. 220 741 34 (1) 187 753 (1) 

Farm, ranch, and other agricultural managers.......................... 103 621 16 (1) 86 612 (1) 

Construction managers............................................................ 425 1,027 23 (1) 402 1,036 (1) 

Education administrators......................................................... 651 1,019 405 905 246 1,172 77.2

Engineering managers............................................................. 99 1,807 6 (1) 94 1,783 (1) 

Food service managers........................................................... 568 657 232 598 336 713 83.9

Lodging managers................................................................... 102 733 50 659 52 778 84.7

Medical and health services managers.................................... 451 973 328 943 123 1,135 83.1

Property, real estate, and community association managers... 304 681 186 623 118 767 81.2

Social and community service managers................................. 241 819 156 768 85 1,014 75.7

Business and financial operations occupations............................ 4,558 847 2,613 746 1,944 1,007 74.1

Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products.................. 146 808 71 609 75 935 65.1

Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm

 products................................................................................ 267 782 141 694 125 883 78.6

Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators..... 257 762 171 677 85 952 71.1

Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health,

 safety, and transportation........................................................ 116 922 62 835 54 1,070 78.0

Cost estimators........................................................................ 88 888 14 (1) 73 915 (1) 

Human resources, training, and labor relations specialist......... 612 803 415 755 198 952 79.3

Management analysts.............................................................. 317 1,017 146 922 170 1,215 75.9

Accountants and auditors........................................................ 1,385 851 842 757 543 1,016 74.5

Appraisers and assessors of real estate.................................. 78 863 29 (1) 50 1,021 (1) 

Personal financial advisors...................................................... 229 1,062 61 773 167 1,170 66.1

Insurance underwriters............................................................. 89 859 65 772 24 (1) (1) 

Loan counselors and officers................................................... 381 799 216 695 165 1,001 69.4

Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents....................... 77 818 49 (1) 28 (1) (1) 

Professional and related occupations.............................................. 21,371 883 11,560 767 9,811 1,049 73.1

Computer and mathematical occupations.................................... 2,793 1,114 757 972 2,037 1,155 84.2

Computer scientists and systems analysts.............................. 604 1,027 186 902 418 1,092 82.6

See footnotes at end of table.

Women's 

earnings 

as percent 

of men's

Both sexes Men Women

Total 

employed

Median 

weekly 

earnings

Total 

employed

Median 

weekly 

earnings

Total 

employed

Median 

weekly 

earnings

Occupation
5 1

Table 18. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by detailed occupation and sex,

2004 annual averages-- Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

Computer programmers........................................................... 516 $1,118 145 $1,006 371 $1,151 87.4

Computer software engineers.................................................. 757 1,350 184 1,149 572 1,429 80.4

Computer support specialists................................................... 297 840 88 813 209 850 95.6

Database administrators.......................................................... 76 1,105 22 (1) 53 1,121 (1) 

Network and computer systems administrators........................ 178 1,038 33 (1) 145 1,064 (1) 

Network systems and data communications analysts.............. 233 1,027 44 (1) 189 1,097 (1) 

Operations research analysts.................................................. 84 1,083 41 (1) 43 (1) (1) 

Architecture and engineering occupations................................... 2,500 1,098 331 880 2,170 1,139 77.3

Architects, except naval........................................................... 142 1,141 38 (1) 105 1,242 (1) 

Aerospace engineers............................................................... 105 1,347 10 (1) 94 1,369 (1) 

Chemical engineers................................................................. 65 1,221 10 (1) 55 1,242 (1) 

Civil engineers......................................................................... 264 1,135 32 (1) 232 1,159 (1) 

Computer hardware engineers................................................. 86 1,328 13 (1) 73 1,487 (1) 

Electrical and electronics engineers......................................... 311 1,277 24 (1) 287 1,336 (1) 

Industrial engineers, including health and safety...................... 178 1,152 32 (1) 146 1,195 (1) 

Mechanical engineers.............................................................. 292 1,187 16 (1) 276 1,201 (1) 

Drafters.................................................................................... 178 768 38 (1) 140 797 (1) 

Engineering technicians, except drafters.................................. 394 829 73 696 320 867 80.3

Surveying and mapping technicians......................................... 66 672 9 (1) 57 711 (1) 

Life, physical, and social science occupations............................. 1,073 957 426 884 647 1,012 87.4

Biological scientists.................................................................. 109 929 49 (1) 60 946 (1) 

Medical scientists..................................................................... 83 1,025 45 (1) 38 (1) (1) 

Chemists and materials scientists............................................ 133 1,048 42 (1) 91 1,146 (1) 

Environmental scientists and geoscientists.............................. 75 1,008 20 (1) 55 1,144 (1) 

Market and survey researchers................................................ 90 937 43 (1) 47 (1) (1) 

Psychologists........................................................................... 75 1,012 47 (1) 28 (1) (1) 

Chemical technicians............................................................... 89 827 27 (1) 62 869 (1) 

Community and social services occupations............................... 1,846 707 1,082 661 764 766 86.3

Counselors.............................................................................. 513 735 338 689 175 832 82.8

Social workers......................................................................... 620 698 472 689 148 720 95.7

Miscellaneous community and social service specialists......... 261 639 166 596 95 747 79.8

Clergy...................................................................................... 351 771 47 (1) 304 795 (1) 

Legal occupations....................................................................... 1,111 1,070 603 845 508 1,561 54.1

Lawyers................................................................................... 621 1,561 208 1,255 412 1,710 73.4

Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers....................... 58 1,333 33 (1) 25 (1) (1) 

Paralegals and legal assistants................................................ 280 731 244 713 36 (1) (1) 

Miscellaneous legal support workers........................................ 152 707 117 695 34 (1) (1) 

Education, training, and library occupations................................ 5,941 781 4,273 729 1,668 956 76.3

Postsecondary teachers.......................................................... 813 1,034 337 886 476 1,162 76.2

Preschool and kindergarten teachers....................................... 484 521 473 515 11 (1) (1) 

Elementary and middle school teachers.................................. 2,206 806 1,772 776 435 917 84.6

Secondary school teachers...................................................... 1,013 885 555 824 458 955 86.3

Special education teachers...................................................... 325 804 271 795 54 841 94.5

Other teachers and instructors................................................. 297 776 158 654 139 873 74.9

Librarians................................................................................. 159 834 136 823 23 (1) (1) 

Teacher assistants................................................................... 545 377 500 373 45 (1) (1) 

See footnotes at end of table.

Occupation

Both sexes Women Men Women's 

earnings as 

percent of 

men's

Total 

Employed

Median 

weekly 

earnings

Total 

Employed

Median 

weekly 

earnings

Total 

Employed

Median 

weekly 

earnings
5 2

Table 18. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by detailed occupation and sex,

2004 annual averages-- Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations...... 1,426 $768 618 $688 808 $862 79.8

Artists and related workers....................................................... 65 865 24 (1) 41 (1) (1) 

Designers................................................................................ 480 714 230 646 250 818 79.0

Producers and directors........................................................... 98 1,030 35 (1) 63 1,211 (1) 

Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers..................... 99 745 17 (1) 82 792 (1) 

News analysts, reporters and correspondents......................... 64 835 33 (1) 31 (1) (1) 

Public relations specialists....................................................... 102 823 61 739 40 (1) (1) 

Editors..................................................................................... 110 856 54 759 56 946 80.2

Writers and authors................................................................. 86 760 44 (1) 42 (1) (1) 

Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio

 operators............................................................................... 75 857 8 (1) 67 871 (1) 

Photographers......................................................................... 53 650 17 (1) 36 (1) (1) 

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations....................... 4,680 852 3,470 808 1,210 1,062 76.1

Dietitians and nutritionists........................................................ 57 669 49 (1) 8 (1) (1) 

Pharmacists............................................................................. 162 1,578 72 1,432 90 1,684 85.0

Physicians and surgeons......................................................... 555 1,660 173 978 382 1,874 52.2

Physician assistants................................................................ 57 901 38 (1) 19 (1) (1) 

Registered nurses.................................................................... 1,800 904 1,651 895 148 1,031 86.8

Occupational therapists........................................................... 56 923 51 906 5 (1) (1) 

Physical therapists................................................................... 121 925 70 900 50 955 94.2

Respiratory therapists.............................................................. 79 782 38 (1) 41 (1) (1) 

Speech-language pathologists................................................. 65 879 62 869 3 (1) (1) 

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians..................... 267 727 188 710 79 763 93.1

Diagnostic related technologists and technicians..................... 225 884 150 836 75 961 87.0

Emergency medical technicians and paramedics.................... 121 690 37 (1) 84 717 (1) 

Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support

 technicians............................................................................. 280 516 236 508 44 (1) (1) 

Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................... 385 637 362 629 23 (1) (1) 

Medical records and health information technicians................. 81 501 71 513 10 (1) (1) 

Service occupations............................................................................ 13,763 411 6,773 374 6,989 476 78.6

Healthcare support occupations...................................................... 1,985 407 1,755 402 230 453 88.7

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides............................ 1,261 388 1,113 383 148 420 91.2

Dental assistants..................................................................... 144 474 139 469 5 (1) (1) 

Protective service occupations........................................................ 2,509 700 471 557 2,038 733 76.0

First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives......... 134 1,015 27 (1) 107 1,055 (1) 

Fire fighters.............................................................................. 263 933 13 (1) 250 942 (1) 

Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers................................... 370 622 107 558 263 654 85.3

Detectives and criminal investigators....................................... 114 995 26 (1) 88 1,048 (1) 

Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................................ 654 844 83 841 571 845 99.5

Private detectives and investigators......................................... 63 812 21 (1) 41 (1) (1) 

Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................... 641 457 138 418 502 471 88.7

Food preparation and serving related occupations.......................... 3,863 360 1,908 339 1,955 384 88.3

Chefs and head cooks............................................................. 266 508 51 416 215 524 79.4

First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and 

 serving workers...................................................................... 504 435 282 418 222 464 90.1

Cooks...................................................................................... 1,167 341 443 319 723 356 89.6

Food preparation workers........................................................ 278 321 158 323 120 319 101.3

See footnotes at end of table.

Occupation

Both sexes Women Men Women's 

earnings as 

percent of 

men's

Total 

Employed

Median 

weekly 

earnings

Total 

Employed

Median 

weekly 

earnings

Total 

Employed

Median 

weekly 

earnings
5 3

Table 18. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by detailed occupation and sex,

2004 annual averages-- Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

Bartenders............................................................................... 197 $426 102 $392 95 $482 81.3

Combined food preparation and serving workers, 

 including fast food.................................................................. 123 311 85 308 39 (1) (1) 

Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee

 shop....................................................................................... 91 292 56 282 35 (1) (1) 

Waiters and waitresses............................................................ 799 348 538 327 261 399 82.0

Food servers, nonrestaurant.................................................... 94 363 60 333 34 (1) (1) 

Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers... 152 340 61 356 91 326 109.2

Dishwashers............................................................................ 141 306 30 (1) 111 311 (1) 

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........ 3,436 385 1,208 335 2,228 412 81.3

First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and 

 janitorial work......................................................................... 139 479 50 410 89 531 77.2

First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn

 service, and groundskeeping workers.................................... 106 641 6 (1) 99 661 (1) 

Janitors and building cleaners.................................................. 1,460 405 379 343 1,081 425 80.7

Maids and housekeeping cleaners........................................... 818 331 723 324 95 402 80.6

Pest control workers................................................................ 65 478 4 (1) 61 489 (1) 

Grounds maintenance workers................................................ 848 372 46 (1) 803 371 (1) 

Personal care and service occupations........................................... 1,969 402 1,431 380 538 500 76.0

First-line supervisors/managers of gaming workers................. 88 600 33 (1) 55 673 (1) 

First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers... 64 597 36 (1) 28 (1) (1) 

Gaming services workers......................................................... 75 558 41 (1) 34 (1) (1) 

Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists......................... 291 398 267 394 24 (1) (1) 

Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges............................. 60 498 11 (1) 50 491 (1) 

Transportation attendants........................................................ 76 575 54 473 22 (1) (1) 

Child care workers................................................................... 413 334 387 334 26 (1) (1) 

Personal and home care aides................................................ 360 358 308 350 52 434 80.6

Recreation and fitness workers................................................ 153 498 89 473 65 585 80.9

Sales and office occupations ............................................................. 24,950 558 15,540 512 9,410 669 76.5

Sales and related occupations ....................................................... 9,984 604 4,422 464 5,562 747 62.1

First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers ........... 2,246 613 985 505 1,260 737 68.5

First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers...... 936 860 284 678 652 927 73.1

Cashiers ................................................................................. 1,355 322 1,016 313 339 380 82.4

Counter and rental clerks ........................................................ 97 429 46 (1) 51 514 (1) 

Parts salespersons ................................................................. 120 530 13 (1) 107 554 (1) 

Retail salespersons ................................................................ 1,865 496 766 386 1,100 597 64.7

Advertising sales agents ......................................................... 180 772 84 643 97 942 68.3

Insurance sales agents............................................................ 360 726 190 615 170 970 63.4

Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents... 305 973 95 651 210 1,168 55.7

Travel agents........................................................................... 69 576 59 544 10 (1) (1) 

Sales representatives, services, all other................................. 412 800 157 740 255 875 84.6

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing............... 1,233 867 296 754 937 895 84.2

Real estate brokers and sales agents...................................... 431 744 233 663 197 834 79.5

Telemarketers.......................................................................... 93 380 61 355 32 (1) (1) 

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

 related workers...................................................................... 61 442 23 (1) 38 (1) (1) 

See footnotes at end of table.

Women's 

earnings as 

percent of 

men's

Total 

Employed

Median 

weekly 

earnings

Total 

Employed

Median 

weekly 

earnings

Total 

Employed

Median 

weekly 

earnings

Both sexes Women Men

Occupation
5 4

Table 18. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by detailed occupation and sex,

2004 annual averages-- Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

Office and administrative support occupations................................ 14,966 $535 11,118 $522 3,848 $587 88.9

First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative

 support................................................................................... 1,441 670 1,001 636 440 792 80.3

Switchboard operators, including answering service................ 55 450 50 459 4 (1) (1) 

Bill and account collectors....................................................... 200 536 139 539 61 529 101.9

Billing and posting clerks and machine operators.................... 363 518 330 510 32 (1) (1) 

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks......................... 1,004 543 916 542 88 563 96.3

Payroll and timekeeping clerks................................................ 136 554 123 541 13 (1) (1) 

Tellers...................................................................................... 301 405 265 401 35 (1) (1) 

Court, municipal, and license clerks......................................... 82 526 76 518 6 (1) (1) 

Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks.................................. 51 600 38 (1) 13 (1) (1) 

Customer service representatives............................................ 1,379 516 967 504 412 571 88.3

Eligibility interviewers, government programs.......................... 63 622 48 (1) 15 (1) (1) 

File clerks................................................................................ 264 528 205 525 58 543 96.7

Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks......................................... 67 349 41 (1) 27 (1) (1) 

Interviewers, except eligibility and loan.................................... 102 497 89 498 12 (1) (1) 

Library assistants, clerical........................................................ 51 468 47 (1) 4 (1) (1) 

Loan interviewers and clerks.................................................... 170 536 143 522 28 (1) (1) 

Order clerks............................................................................. 90 529 67 512 23 (1) (1) 

Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping. 53 635 42 (1) 11 (1) (1) 

Receptionists and information clerks....................................... 847 462 795 463 52 454 102.0

Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel

 clerks..................................................................................... 125 502 85 489 40 (1) (1) 

Couriers and messengers........................................................ 200 648 24 (1) 176 663 (1) 

Dispatchers.............................................................................. 232 586 122 516 109 701 73.6

Postal service clerks................................................................ 162 768 73 778 89 761 102.2

Postal service mail carriers...................................................... 314 791 112 743 203 834 89.1

Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing

 machine operators................................................................. 103 741 41 (1) 62 749 (1) 

Production, planning, and expediting clerks............................. 266 686 143 613 123 767 79.9

Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks....................................... 537 501 144 469 393 512 91.6

Stock clerks and order fillers.................................................... 946 429 349 420 597 438 95.9

Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, 

 recordkeeping........................................................................ 55 543 23 (1) 31 (1) (1) 

Secretaries and administrative assistants................................ 2,657 552 2,570 550 87 598 92.0

Computer operators................................................................. 170 579 91 580 79 575 100.9

Data entry keyers..................................................................... 394 495 315 486 78 556 87.4

Word processors and typists.................................................... 239 527 223 525 16 (1) (1) 

Insurance claims and policy processing clerks......................... 252 536 216 534 36 (1) (1) 

Mail clerks and mail machine operators except postal 

 service................................................................................... 127 457 59 479 68 433 110.6

Office clerks, general............................................................... 667 503 559 499 109 523 95.4

Office machine operators, except computer............................. 51 433 31 (1) 20 (1) (1) 

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations......... 11,280 621 445 453 10,835 626 72.4

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations...................................... 718 356 133 322 585 367 87.7

Graders and sorters, agricultural products............................... 61 355 46 (1) 15 (1) (1) 

Logging workers....................................................................... 61 465 2 (1) 59 470 (1) 

See footnotes at end of table.

Women's 

earnings as 

percent of 

men's

Total 

Employed

Median 

weekly 

earnings

Total 

Employed

Median 

weekly 

earnings

Women Men

Occupation Total 

Employed

Median 

weekly 

earnings

Both sexes
5 5

Table 18. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by detailed occupation and sex,

2004 annual averages-- Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

Construction and extraction occupations......................................... 6,232 $604 123 $504 6,109 $606 83.2

First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and

 extraction workers.................................................................. 579 812 11 (1) 568 822 (1) 

Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons....................... 164 577 - - 164 577 -

Carpenters............................................................................... 1,170 576 21 (1) 1,149 576 (1) 

Carpet, floor, and tile installers and finishers............................ 147 517 - - 146 518 -

Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers...... 95 556 - - 95 556 -

Construction laborers............................................................... 986 492 21 (1) 965 492 (1) 

Operating engineers and other construction equipment

 operators............................................................................... 335 689 4 (1) 331 689 (1) 

Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers................... 156 529 - - 156 529 -

Electricians.............................................................................. 668 719 14 (1) 655 718 (1) 

Painters, construction and maintenance.................................. 410 494 15 (1) 395 495 (1) 

Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters................... 483 690 2 (1) 480 690 (1) 

Roofers.................................................................................... 188 480 3 (1) 184 482 (1) 

Sheet metal workers................................................................ 132 606 6 (1) 126 614 (1) 

Structural iron and steel workers.............................................. 53 694 - - 53 695 -

Helpers, construction trades.................................................... 99 386 4 (1) 94 386 (1) 

Construction and building inspectors....................................... 87 718 10 (1) 77 724 (1) 

Highway maintenance workers................................................ 81 565 2 (1) 79 572 (1) 

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations........................... 4,330 704 190 611 4,140 707 86.4

First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,

 and repairers.......................................................................... 326 876 22 (1) 304 877 (1) 

Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers....... 309 723 38 (1) 271 735 (1) 

Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and 

 repairers............................................................................. 221 877 31 (1) 190 891 (1) 

Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and 

 repairers................................................................................ 52 668 2 (1) 50 676 (1) 

Security and fire alarm systems installers................................ 52 661 2 (1) 51 666 (1) 

Aircraft mechanics and service technicians............................. 116 856 3 (1) 113 856 (1) 

Automotive body and related repairers..................................... 107 630 5 (1) 102 638 (1) 

Automotive service technicians and mechanics....................... 735 637 12 (1) 723 639 (1) 

Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists........... 298 706 1 (1) 297 707 (1) 

Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians

 mechanics............................................................................. 189 708 2 (1) 188 708 (1) 

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and

 installers................................................................................ 298 682 5 (1) 293 683 (1) 

Industrial and refractory machinery mechanics........................ 419 707 11 (1) 408 708 (1) 

Maintenance and repair workers, general................................ 281 665 10 (1) 270 668 (1) 

Millwrights................................................................................ 59 839 1 (1) 58 844 (1) 

Electrical power-line installers and repairers............................ 112 804 2 (1) 111 813 (1) 

Telecommunications line installers and repairers..................... 134 755 7 (1) 127 771 (1) 

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations............. 15,082 523 3,296 406 11,786 578 70.2

Production occupations................................................................... 8,478 526 2,454 405 6,024 597 67.8

First-line supervisors/managers of production and 

 operating workers.................................................................. 874 726 169 546 706 765 71.4

Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers....... 213 443 117 397 96 515 77.1

Bakers..................................................................................... 126 410 53 364 73 454 80.2

See footnotes at end of table.

Women Men Women's 

earnings as 

percent of 

men's

Total 

Employed

Median 

weekly 

earnings

Total 

Employed

Median 

weekly 

earnings

Total 

Employed

Median 

weekly 

earnings

Occupation

Both sexes
5 6

Table 18. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by detailed occupation and sex,

2004 annual averages-- Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing 

 workers.................................................................................. 260 $454 51 $369 209 $488 75.6

Food batchmakers................................................................... 68 466 30 (1) 39 (1) (1) 

Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators

 and tenders............................................................................ 139 517 42 (1) 97 557 (1) 

Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool 

 setters, operators and tenders, metal and plastic................... 78 516 8 (1) 70 527 (1) 

Machinists................................................................................ 408 670 16 (1) 392 679 (1) 

Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and 

 tenders, metal and plastic...................................................... 69 459 19 (1) 50 489 (1) 

Tool and die makers................................................................ 80 764 2 (1) 78 769 (1) 

Welding, soldering, and brazing workers.................................. 539 606 26 (1) 513 614 (1) 

Job printers.............................................................................. 54 563 12 (1) 42 (1) (1) 

Printing machine operators...................................................... 174 592 32 (1) 142 622 (1) 

Laundry and dry-cleaning workers........................................... 136 360 74 323 62 460 70.2

Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials..................... 67 293 42 (1) 24 (1) (1) 

Sewing machine operators....................................................... 242 327 186 319 56 381 83.7

Tailors, dressmakers, and sewers............................................ 50 376 33 (1) 17 (1) (1) 

Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters...................................... 61 498 3 (1) 58 503 (1) 

Stationary engineers and boiler operators................................ 102 704 1 (1) 101 701 (1) 

Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and 

 tenders.................................................................................. 65 790 7 (1) 58 809 (1) 

Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers...... 107 587 20 (1) 87 600 (1) 

Cutting workers........................................................................ 73 519 17 (1) 56 563 (1) 

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers............... 638 585 240 474 398 663 71.5

Medical, dental, and ophthalmic laboratory technicians........... 76 524 41 (1) 35 (1) (1) 

Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders.............. 299 368 168 341 131 410 83.2

Painting workers...................................................................... 180 509 27 (1) 154 530 (1) 

Transportation and material moving occupations............................ 6,604 520 842 410 5,762 549 74.7

Supervisors, transportation and material moving workers........ 180 655 33 (1) 147 688 (1) 

Aircraft pilots and flight engineers............................................ 95 1,418 5 (1) 90 1,472 (1) 

Bus drivers............................................................................... 366 500 152 440 215 588 74.8

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers..................................... 2,587 610 93 476 2,494 613 77.7

Taxi drivers and chauffeurs...................................................... 165 486 22 (1) 143 494 (1) 

Railroad conductors and yardmasters...................................... 57 881 5 (1) 52 903 (1) 

Parking lot attendants.............................................................. 52 378 8 (1) 44 (1) (1) 

Service station attendants........................................................ 78 319 2 (1) 76 319 (1) 

Crane and tower operators....................................................... 66 732 2 (1) 64 721 (1) 

Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators................ 57 607 - - 57 607 -

Industrial truck and tractor operators........................................ 525 486 40 (1) 485 487 (1) 

Cleaners of vehicles and equipment........................................ 258 384 28 (1) 230 387 (1) 

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand........... 1,342 443 196 402 1,146 457 88.0

Packers and packagers, hand.................................................. 349 349 206 333 143 373 89.3

Refuse and recyclable material collectors................................ 67 508 5 (1) 62 512 (1) 

Women's 

earnings as 

percent of 

men's

Total 

Employed

Median 

weekly 

earnings

Occupation

Both sexes Women Men

Total 

Employed

Median 

weekly 

earnings

Total 

Employed

Median 

weekly 

earnings

1 Data not shown where base is less than 50,000.

- Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria.