HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

occupation, 2018 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.............................................. 115,567 $886 $1,106 $1,196 $1,093 $818

Management, professional, and related occupations........... 48,808 1,246 1,268 1,504 1,251 1,232

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations..................................................... 19,863 1,355 1,541 1,661 1,520 1,305

Management occupations.................................... 13,477 1,429 1,576 1,698 1,559 1,382

Business and financial operations occupations............ 6,385 1,216 1,445 1,573 1,427 1,159

Professional and related occupations.......................... 28,945 1,176 1,204 1,389 1,190 1,158

Computer and mathematical occupations.................. 4,755 1,539 1,592 1,693 1,472 1,531

Architecture and engineering occupations.................. 2,994 1,484 1,648 1,566 1,650 1,445

Life, physical, and social science occupations............. 1,308 1,270 1,443 – 1,423 1,195

Community and social services occupations............... 2,223 913 1,015 1,065 1,011 849

Legal occupations............................................. 1,466 1,467 1,876 1,672 1,884 1,115

Education, training, and library occupations................ 7,166 1,002 1,054 1,096 1,053 902

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations.................................................. 1,880 1,086 1,182 – 1,220 1,073

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations....... 7,154 1,140 1,218 1,197 1,218 876

Service occupations.............................................. 16,288 569 645 604 649 543

Healthcare support occupations............................. 2,595 561 573 583 573 548

Protective service occupations............................... 2,836 848 997 – 1,015 773

Food preparation and serving related occupations........ 4,394 501 561 – 564 497

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations.................................................. 3,695 551 701 – 719 540

Personal care and service occupations..................... 2,768 544 586 641 580 530

Sales and office occupations................................... 23,714 742 889 948 880 727

Sales and related occupations............................... 10,077 798 1,027 1,133 1,013 765

Office and administrative support occupations............. 13,637 717 798 827 792 710

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations..................................................... 11,546 824 1,039 1,068 1,034 788

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations................. 850 581 726 – 700 573

Construction and extraction occupations................... 6,414 808 1,084 1,093 1,083 772

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations......... 4,282 934 1,028 1,065 1,023 902

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations..................................................... 15,210 707 898 827 908 682

Production occupations....................................... 7,668 723 898 855 905 707

Transportation and material moving occupations.......... 7,542 689 897 764 909 649

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

2 Persons with a license may also have a certification.

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

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

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

unincorporated businesses. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 50,000).

Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

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