For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Friday, March 31, 2017 USDL-17-0376 

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OCCUPATIONAL EMPLOYMENT ANDWAGES—MAY 2016

Construction and extraction occupations had employment of nearly 5.6 million in May 2016, 

representing 4 percent of total national employment, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

Over 4.2 million of these jobs were in construction trades occupations, including construction laborers 

(912,100), carpenters (676,980), and electricians (607,120). (See chart 1.)

The highest paying construction and extraction occupations were elevator installers and repairers

($76,860) and first-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers ($68,040). (See

chart 2.) The lowest paying construction and extraction occupations were roofers’ helpers ($28,890) and 

helpers of painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons ($28,760). The annual mean wage 

across all construction and extraction occupations was $48,900, slightly below the U.S. average wage of 

$49,630 for all occupations combined. National employment and wage information for all occupations is 

shown in table 1. 

The Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) program provides estimates for over 800 occupations in 

the nation, states, and nearly 600 metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas. National data are available by 

industry for more than 430 industry classifications and by ownership across all industries, schools, and 

hospitals. This release contains data on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) 

occupations and employment and wages by typical entry-level educational requirement.

Highlights from the May 2016 OES data: 

Construction and extraction occupations

• States with the highest percentage of construction and extraction occupations were Wyoming 

(10 percent) and North Dakota (8 percent), compared with 4 percent of national employment. 

• Metropolitan areas with the highest concentrations of construction and extraction occupations 

included several areas in Texas; Farmington, N.M.; Greeley, Colo.; and Lake Charles, La.

• Annual mean wages for construction and extraction occupations varied by state from $36,450 in 

Arkansas to $67,210 in Alaska. 

• The San Francisco-Redwood City-South San Francisco, Calif., metropolitan division ($71,960) 

was one of the highest paying areas for construction and extraction occupations. The lowest 

paying areas for this occupational group included Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas ($31,030), and 

Sebring, Fla. ($31,270). 
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• Over one-third of construction laborers worked for specialty trade contractors (336,030). Most of 

the remainder were employed in construction of buildings (224,630) and heavy and civil 

engineering construction (203,430). Employment services (53,410), which includes temporary 

help services, was the industry with the highest employment of construction laborers outside of 

the construction sector. 

OES data by state and metropolitan/nonmetropolitan area are available at

www.bls.gov/oes/current/oessrcst.htm and www.bls.gov/oes/current/oessrcma.htm, respectively.

OES national industry-specific data are available at www.bls.gov/oes/current/oessrci.htm.

Healthcare occupations

• Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations had employment of 8.3 million, and 

healthcare support occupations had employment of 4.0 million. Both healthcare occupational 

groups combined made up nearly 9 percent of U.S. employment. (See table 1.) 

• Registered nurses, with nearly 2.9 million jobs, was the largest healthcare occupation. (See 

table 1.) Most registered nurses worked in the general medical and surgical hospitals industry 

(1,649,480). 
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• Other than registered nurses, the largest healthcare occupations were nursing assistants (1.4 

million), home health aides (814,300), and licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 

(702,400). (See table 1.) 

• Fourteen of the 15 highest paying occupations were healthcare occupations, including several 

physician and dentist occupations and nurse anesthetists ($164,030). (See table 1.) 

• The lowest paying healthcare occupations were home health aides ($23,600) and veterinary 

assistants and laboratory animal caretakers ($26,810). (See table 1.)

• Annual mean wages for healthcare practitioners and technical occupations, the larger of the two 

healthcare occupational groups, varied by state from $63,930 in Louisiana to $95,720 in Alaska, 

compared with $79,160 nationally.

• Several areas in California, including San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, were among the highest 

paying metropolitan areas for healthcare practitioners and technical occupations. The lowest 

paying areas for this occupational group included Lake Charles, La. ($53,540), and Jackson, 

Tenn. ($58,300). 
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Production occupations

• Production occupations had total employment of 9.1 million and an annual mean wage of 

$37,190 across all industries. (See table 1.) 

• Pay for production occupations in manufacturing industries varied widely. Industries with the 

highest wages were petroleum and coal products manufacturing ($62,500) and basic chemical 

manufacturing ($56,920). 

• Manufacturing industries with the lowest wages for production occupations included seafood 

product preparation and packaging ($26,930) and several apparel, textile, and leather products 

industries.

• The state with the highest percentage of employment in production occupations was Indiana (13 

percent). Production occupations made up 6.5 percent of national employment. 

• Metropolitan areas with the highest shares of production occupation employment included 

Elkhart-Goshen, Ind. (36 percent); Columbus, Ind. (26 percent); and Dalton, Ga. (25 percent).
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Typical entry-level education

• More than 63 percent of employment was in occupations that typically require either a high 

school diploma or equivalent or no formal educational credential for entry. (See chart 3.) These 

two educational categories include most construction and production occupations, as well as

large occupations such as retail salespersons, cashiers, and general office clerks.

• Occupations that typically require a bachelor’s degree for entry made up 21 percent of 

employment. (See chart 3.) This educational category includes registered nurses, teachers at the 

kindergarten through secondary levels, and many management, business and financial 

operations, computer, and engineering occupations. 

• Occupations that typically require a postsecondary nondegree award, such as a certificate, for 

entry made up 6 percent of national employment. (See chart 3.) The largest occupations in this 

educational category were heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers (1.7 million), nursing assistants 

(1.4 million), and licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses (702,400). (See table 1.)

• States with the highest employment shares of occupations that typically require a postsecondary 

nondegree award for entry were Arkansas and North Dakota, both with 8 percent of state 

employment in this educational category. The District of Columbia (2 percent) and Nevada 

(5 percent) had the lowest employment shares of occupations typically requiring a postsecondary 

nondegree award for entry.

 

 

 

 

 

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California-Lexington Park, MD

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

Boulder, CO

Framingham, MA NECTA Division

Huntsville, AL

United States

Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL

Laredo, TX

Brownsville-Harlingen, TX

Ocean City, NJ

Gadsden, AL

Percent 

Chart 4. Metropolitan areas with the highest and lowest employment shares of STEM 

occupations, May 2016
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• Average wages were generally higher for occupations that require more education. Annual mean 

wages were $25,860 for occupations that typically require no formal educational credential for 

entry, $42,840 for occupations typically requiring a high school diploma or the equivalent, 

$54,510 for occupations typically requiring an associate’s degree, and $84,000 for occupations 

typically requiring a bachelor’s degree. 

• On average, construction and extraction occupations had higher mean wages than other 

occupations with similar typical entry-level educational requirements. Of the 33 construction and 

extraction occupations that typically require a high school diploma or the equivalent for entry, 24 

had mean wages significantly above the average of $42,840 for all occupations in this education 

category. All 27 of the construction and extraction occupations that typically require no formal 

educational credential for entry had mean wages above the average for occupations in this 

education category. 

• The annual mean wage for occupations that typically require a postsecondary nondegree award

for entry was $40,250 nationally, but varied from $33,520 in West Virginia to $54,250 in Alaska. 

Data on employment by the typical education level required to enter an occupation are based on 

education and training categories from the BLS Employment Projections program. Education and 

training levels assigned to each occupation are available at www.bls.gov/emp/ep_table_112.htm. 

Additional charts are available at www.bls.gov/oes/current/overview_2016.htm. 

STEM occupations

• There were nearly 8.8 million science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) 

jobs representing 6.3 percent of total U.S. employment.

• Seven of the 10 largest STEM occupations were related to computers and included applications 

software developers (794,000) and computer user support specialists (602,840). (See table 1.)

• Areas with the highest employment shares of STEM occupations were California-Lexington 

Park, Md., and San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, Calif., both with 22 percent STEM 

employment. (See chart 4.) 

• Areas with the lowest employment shares of STEM occupations were Gadsden, Ala., and Ocean 

City, N.J. (approximately 1 percent of employment each). (See chart 4.) 

• STEM occupations had an annual mean wage of $89,400, compared with $46,950 for non-STEM 

occupations. Ninety-three of the 100 STEM occupations had mean wages significantly above the 

all-occupations average of $49,630. (See table 1.)

• The highest paying STEM occupations were petroleum engineers ($147,030) and the 3 STEMrelated management occupations. (See table 1.) 

• The lowest paying STEM occupations were forest and conservation technicians ($38,630) and 

agricultural and food science technicians ($40,470). (See table 1.)
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A list of occupations included in the STEM definition used for this release is available at 

www.bls.gov/oes/stem_list.xlsx. Additional STEM charts are available at 

www.bls.gov/oes/current/overview_2016.htm. 

Largest occupations 

• The largest occupations overall were retail salespersons (4.5 million) and cashiers (3.5 million). 

Retail salespersons was the largest occupation in 33 of the 50 states. (See table 1.) 

• The next largest occupations nationally were combined food preparation and serving workers 

(3.4 million), general office clerks (3.0 million), registered nurses (2.9 million), and customer 

service representatives (2.7 million). (See table 1.)

• Eight of the 10 largest occupations had below-average wages. Retail salespersons ($27,180), 

cashiers ($21,680), and combined food preparation and serving workers ($20,460) had annual 

mean wages significantly below the all-occupations average of $49,630. (See table 1.) 

• Registered nurses ($72,180) and general and operations managers ($122,090) were the largest 

occupations with above-average wages. (See table 1.)

Public sector occupations

• The public sector made up 15 percent of employment and had a different occupational mix from 

the private sector.

• Many of the largest public sector occupations were related to education, including elementary 

school teachers, except special education (public sector employment of 1.3 million); teacher 

assistants (985,120); and secondary school teachers, except special and career/technical 

education (887,250).

• Police and sheriff’s patrol officers (651,310), general office clerks (533,330), and registered 

nurses (473,030) also were among the occupations with the highest public sector employment. 

OES data by ownership are available at www.bls.gov/oes/current/oessrci.htm.
Technical Note 

Scope of the survey 

The Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) survey is a 

semiannual survey measuring occupational employment and wage 

rates for wage and salary workers in nonfarm establishments in 

the United States. The OES data available from BLS include 

cross-industry occupational employment and wage estimates for 

the nation; over 650 areas, including states and the District of 

Columbia, metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs), metropolitan 

divisions, nonmetropolitan areas, and territories; national 

industry-specific estimates at the NAICS sector, 3-, 4-, and selected 

5- and 6-digit industry levels; and national estimates by ownership 

across all industries and for schools and hospitals. 

The OES survey is a cooperative effort between BLS and the 

State Workforce Agencies (SWAs). BLS funds the survey and 

provides the procedures and technical support, while the State 

Workforce Agencies collect most of the data. OES estimates are 

constructed from a sample of about 1.2 million establishments. 

Each year, two semiannual panels of approximately 200,000 

sampled establishments are contacted, one panel in May and the 

other in November. Responses are obtained by mail, Internet or 

other electronic means, email, telephone, or personal visit. The May 

2016 estimates are based on responses from six semiannual panels 

collected over a 3-year period: May 2016, November 2015, May 

2015, November 2014, May 2014, and November 2013. The 

overall national response rate for the six panels, based on the 50 

states and the District of Columbia, is 73 percent based on 

establishments and 69 percent based on weighted sampled 

employment. The unweighted employment of sampled 

establishments across all six semiannual panels represents 

approximately 58 percent of total national employment. 

The occupational coding system 

The OES survey categorizes workers into 821 detailed 

occupations based on the Office of Management and Budget’s 

2010 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. 

Together, these detailed occupations make up 22 of the 23 SOC 

major occupational groups. Major group 55, Military Specific 

Occupations, is not included. 

For more information about the SOC system, please see the 

BLS website at www.bls.gov/soc/. 

The industry coding system 

The May 2016 OES estimates use the 2012 North American 

Industry Classification System (NAICS). For more information 

about NAICS, see the BLS website at www.bls.gov/bls/naics.htm. 

The OES survey excludes the majority of the agricultural 

sector, with the exception of logging (NAICS 113310), support 

activities for crop production (NAICS 1151), and support 

activities for animal production (NAICS 1152). Private 

households (NAICS 814) also are excluded. OES federal 

government data include the U.S. Postal Service and the federal 

executive branch only. All other industries, including state and 

local government, are covered by the survey. 

Survey sample 

The OES survey draws its sample from state unemployment 

insurance (UI) files. Supplemental sources are used for rail 

transportation (NAICS 4821) and Guam because they do not 

report to the UI program. The OES survey sample is stratified by 

metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area, industry, and size. 

To provide the most occupational coverage, larger 

employers are more likely to be selected than smaller employers. 

A census is taken of the executive branch of the federal 

government, the U.S. Postal Service, and state government. 

Concepts 

Occupational employment is the estimate of total wage and 

salary employment in an occupation. The OES survey defines 

employment as the number of workers who can be classified as 

full- or part-time employees, including workers on paid vacations 

or other types of paid 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. 

The survey does not include the self-employed, owners and 

partners in unincorporated firms, household workers, or unpaid 

family workers. 

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; and tips are included. 

Excluded are overtime pay, severance pay, shift differentials, 

nonproduction bonuses, employer cost for supplementary 

benefits, and tuition reimbursements. 

OES receives wage rate data for the federal government, the 

U.S. Postal Service, and most state governments. For the 

remaining establishments, the OES survey data are placed into 12 

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 establishments 

are instructed to report the hourly rate for part-time workers, and 

to report annual rates for occupations that are typically paid at 

an annual rate but do not work 2,080 hours per year, such as 

teachers, pilots, and flight attendants. Other workers, such as some 

entertainment workers, are paid hourly rates, but generally do not 

work 40 hours per week, year round. For these workers, only an 

hourly wage is reported. 

Estimation methodology 

The OES survey is designed to produce estimates by 

combining six panels of data collected over a 3-year period. Each 

OES panel includes approximately 200,000 establishments. The 

full six-panel sample of nearly 1.2 million establishments allows 

the production of estimates at detailed levels of geography, 

industry, and occupation. 
Wage updating. Significant reductions in sampling errors are 

obtained by combining six panels of data, particularly for small 

geographic areas and occupations. Wages for the current panel 

need no adjustment. However, wages in the five previous panels 

need to be updated to the current panel’s reference period. 

The OES program uses the BLS Employment Cost Index 

(ECI) to adjust survey data from prior panels before combining 

them with the current panel’s data. The wage updating procedure 

adjusts each detailed occupation’s wage rate, as measured in the 

earlier panel, according to the average movement of its broader 

occupational division. 

Imputation. Some establishments do not respond for a given 

panel. For most employers, a “nearest neighbor” hot deck 

imputation procedure is used to impute missing occupational 

employment totals. A variant of mean imputation is used to impute 

missing wage distributions. In some cases, data for current panel 

nonrespondents are available from earlier panels. In those cases, 

the older data may be used and aged to represent the current 

reference period. 

Weighting and benchmarking. The sampled establishments 

are weighted to represent all establishments for the reference 

period. Weights are further adjusted by the ratio of employment 

totals (the average of November 2015 and May 2016 

employment) from the BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and 

Wages to employment totals from the OES survey. 

Special procedures for the May 2016 estimates 

In May 2013, the Quarterly Census of Employment and 

Wages program, from which the OES sample is drawn, began 

coding some establishments that were historically found in private 

households (NAICS 814110) to services for the elderly and 

persons with disabilities (NAICS 624120). Private households are 

out of scope for OES, so this shift caused a scope increase for OES 

in NAICS 624120. Because this scope increase affected only the 

five most recent of the six survey panels used to produce the May 

2016 OES estimates, the units that shifted industries were 

removed from the survey data and not used in estimation. 

For more information 

Answers to frequently asked questions about the OES data 

are available at www.bls.gov/oes/oes_ques.htm. Detailed 

technical information about the OES survey is available in the 

Survey Methods and Reliability Statement on the BLS website at 

www.bls.gov/oes/current/methods_statement.pdf.
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2016

Hourly Annual1

All occupations 140,400,040 $23.86 $49,630 $17.81

Management occupations 7,090,790 56.74 118,020 48.46

2,465,800 61.03 126,950 49.19

223,260 93.44 194,350 87.12

2,188,870 58.70 122,090 47.74

53,670 (2) 44,820 (2)

663,960 65.39 136,020 57.89

28,860 56.64 117,810 48.47

571,120 66.52 138,350 59.10

Marketing managers.............................................................................................................................. 205,900 69.30 144,140 63.07

Sales managers..................................................................................................................................... 365,230 64.95 135,090 56.71

63,970 59.31 123,360 51.59

1,693,430 60.32 125,470 53.88

266,280 47.56 98,930 43.29

352,510 70.07 145,740 65.29

543,300 67.17 139,720 58.54

168,400 51.47 107,060 46.70

71,750 56.60 117,720 53.65

113,270 46.94 97,630 42.88

15,230 61.01 126,900 55.89

129,810 57.79 120,210 51.40

32,880 55.37 115,180 50.88

2,267,610 46.86 97,480 42.03

4,560 36.44 75,790 31.91

249,650 47.84 99,510 42.93

464,070 44.79 93,160 41.80

Education administrators, preschool and childcare center/program........................................................ 48,530 25.07 52,150 22.01

Education administrators, elementary and secondary school................................................................. 242,970 (2) 95,390 (2)

Education administrators, postsecondary............................................................................................... 138,430 50.85 105,770 43.63

Education administrators, all other......................................................................................................... 34,140 40.58 84,400 37.60

178,390 69.17 143,870 64.78

201,470 26.93 56,010 24.43

8,370 42.78 88,970 35.50

4,280 38.31 79,690 33.26

35,410 28.56 59,410 24.93

332,150 52.58 109,370 46.41

54,780 65.46 136,150 57.62

14,720 34.61 71,980 34.45

180,290 33.79 70,290 27.42

126,230 34.07 70,870 31.10

9,570 37.53 78,060 33.89

403,670 53.92 112,150 50.47

Business and financial operations occupations 7,281,190 36.09 75,070 31.99

4,629,810 34.54 71,840 31.37

13,470 41.62 86,560 29.85

418,530 31.44 65,390 29.18

Buyers and purchasing agents, farm products....................................................................................... 11,490 30.73 63,910 28.09

Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products................................................................................ 109,440 28.87 60,040 25.65

Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products............................................................. 297,600 32.41 67,420 30.43

289,550 31.27 65,040 30.61

Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators..................................................................................... 274,420 31.24 64,990 30.62

Insurance appraisers, auto damage....................................................................................................... 15,130 31.70 65,930 30.53

273,910 33.77 70,250 31.99

214,610 32.03 66,620 29.71

605,040 31.14 64,780 28.58

Human resources specialists................................................................................................................. 524,800 31.20 64,890 28.45

Farm labor contractors........................................................................................................................... 810 22.74 47,290 16.90

Labor relations specialists...................................................................................................................... 79,430 30.89 64,250 29.96

146,060 37.41 77,810 35.66

637,690 44.19 91,910 39.10

95,850 25.01 52,020 22.76

68,910 27.85 57,930 26.02

79,190 31.97 66,490 29.85

269,710 30.46 63,350 28.37

558,630 33.95 70,620 30.08

958,670 35.99 74,870 33.19

2,651,370 38.80 80,700 33.07

1,246,540 36.89 76,730 32.76

60,770 27.90 58,030 24.93

54,700 37.10 77,170 35.50

72,930 39.02 81,160 33.62

575,110 49.54 103,050 38.91

Financial analysts.................................................................................................................................. 281,610 46.94 97,640 39.31

Personal financial advisors.................................................................................................................... 201,850 59.18 123,100 43.53

Insurance underwriters........................................................................................................................... 91,650 36.29 75,480 32.54

49,750 42.76 88,940 38.11

339,800 35.37 73,570 29.34

Credit counselors................................................................................................................................... 34,110 23.79 49,480 21.34

See footnotes at end of table.

Market research analysts and marketing specialists....................................................................................

Business operations specialists, all other....................................................................................................

Cost estimators...........................................................................................................................................

Human resources workers..........................................................................................................................

Financial examiners....................................................................................................................................

Credit counselors and loan officers.............................................................................................................

Financial analysts and advisors..................................................................................................................

Credit analysts............................................................................................................................................

Budget analysts..........................................................................................................................................

Appraisers and assessors of real estate.....................................................................................................

Accountants and auditors...........................................................................................................................

Financial specialists.........................................................................................................................................

Logisticians.................................................................................................................................................

Management analysts.................................................................................................................................

Meeting, convention, and event planners....................................................................................................

Fundraisers.................................................................................................................................................

Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists..................................................................................

Training and development specialists.........................................................................................................

Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators........................................................................

Compliance officers....................................................................................................................................

Construction managers...............................................................................................................................

Education administrators............................................................................................................................

Architectural and engineering managers.....................................................................................................

Managers, all other.....................................................................................................................................

Emergency management directors.............................................................................................................

Food service managers..............................................................................................................................

Funeral service managers...........................................................................................................................

Gaming managers......................................................................................................................................

Lodging managers......................................................................................................................................

Medical and health services managers.......................................................................................................

Natural sciences managers.........................................................................................................................

Postmasters and mail superintendents.......................................................................................................

Property, real estate, and community association managers.......................................................................

Social and community service managers....................................................................................................

Advertising and promotions managers........................................................................................................

Marketing and sales managers...................................................................................................................

Operations specialties managers.....................................................................................................................

Administrative services managers..............................................................................................................

Top executives................................................................................................................................................

Chief executives.........................................................................................................................................

General and operations managers..............................................................................................................

Legislators..................................................................................................................................................

Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers.......................................................

Compensation and benefits managers........................................................................................................

Human resources managers.......................................................................................................................

Training and development managers..........................................................................................................

Other management occupations......................................................................................................................

Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers...................................................................................

Computer and information systems managers............................................................................................

Financial managers.....................................................................................................................................

Industrial production managers...................................................................................................................

Purchasing managers.................................................................................................................................

Transportation, storage, and distribution managers....................................................................................

Business operations specialists.......................................................................................................................

Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes............................................................

Buyers and purchasing agents....................................................................................................................

Mean wages

Occupation Employment

Median 

hourly 

wages

Public relations and fundraising managers..................................................................................................
Hourly Annual1

Business and financial operations occupations (Continued)

Loan officers.......................................................................................................................................... 305,700 $36.67 $76,260 $30.60

128,480 24.56 51,080 21.78

Tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents................................................................................ 58,450 27.86 57,950 25.03

Tax preparers........................................................................................................................................ 70,030 21.80 45,340 17.57

123,270 36.65 76,230 33.40

4,165,140 42.25 87,880 39.82

3,997,370 42.24 87,870 39.84

26,580 55.92 116,320 53.77

665,830 44.36 92,260 42.29

Computer systems analysts................................................................................................................... 568,960 44.05 91,620 41.93

Information security analysts.................................................................................................................. 96,870 46.17 96,040 44.52

1,604,570 48.11 100,080 46.07

Computer programmers......................................................................................................................... 271,200 40.95 85,180 38.39

Software developers, applications.......................................................................................................... 794,000 50.14 104,300 48.12

Software developers, systems software................................................................................................. 409,820 53.17 110,590 51.38

Web developers..................................................................................................................................... 129,540 34.69 72,150 31.79

647,610 43.15 89,750 40.85

Database administrators........................................................................................................................ 113,730 41.89 87,130 40.84

Network and computer systems administrators...................................................................................... 376,820 40.63 84,500 38.32

Computer network architects................................................................................................................. 157,070 50.12 104,240 48.66

791,580 27.21 56,600 25.08

Computer user support specialists......................................................................................................... 602,840 25.53 53,100 23.74

Computer network support specialists.................................................................................................... 188,740 32.58 67,770 30.13

261,210 42.73 88,880 41.59

167,770 42.42 88,230 39.30

19,940 54.87 114,120 48.37

2,730 50.77 105,600 50.87

109,150 40.55 84,340 38.08

33,440 40.94 85,160 38.70

2,510 35.44 73,700 28.98

Mathematical technicians....................................................................................................................... 510 28.12 58,490 23.87

Mathematical science occupations, all other.......................................................................................... 2,000 37.28 77,550 31.27

2,499,050 40.53 84,300 37.45

174,720 36.66 76,260 33.66

119,280 39.39 81,920 35.98

Architects, except landscape and naval................................................................................................. 99,860 40.61 84,470 36.99

Landscape architects............................................................................................................................. 19,420 33.08 68,820 30.52

55,440 30.80 64,070 28.94

Cartographers and photogrammetrists................................................................................................... 12,100 31.81 66,160 30.17

Surveyors.............................................................................................................................................. 43,340 30.52 63,480 28.56

1,635,420 46.37 96,440 43.75

68,510 53.85 112,010 52.72

1,980 37.18 77,330 35.40

20,590 43.25 89,970 41.16

31,990 50.68 105,420 47.28

287,800 43.14 89,730 40.16

72,950 57.07 118,700 55.33

315,870 48.45 100,770 46.28

Electrical engineers................................................................................................................................ 183,770 47.41 98,620 45.29

Electronics engineers, except computer................................................................................................. 132,100 49.89 103,760 47.70

52,280 42.56 88,530 40.81

281,950 42.63 88,680 40.63

Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors........................................ 25,410 43.36 90,190 41.69

Industrial engineers................................................................................................................................ 256,550 42.56 88,530 40.53

8,120 48.01 99,860 44.88

26,800 46.66 97,050 44.86

285,790 43.17 89,800 40.48

6,940 49.52 103,010 45.06

17,680 50.94 105,950 49.14

32,780 70.69 147,030 61.65

123,390 47.71 99,250 46.78

688,900 27.66 57,530 26.41

202,710 27.16 56,500 25.71

Architectural and civil drafters................................................................................................................ 96,810 26.10 54,290 24.83

Electrical and electronics drafters........................................................................................................... 26,750 30.48 63,390 28.83

Mechanical drafters................................................................................................................................ 63,630 27.63 57,480 26.19

Drafters, all other................................................................................................................................... 15,530 26.16 54,410 24.26

432,270 28.61 59,510 27.55

Aerospace engineering and operations technicians............................................................................... 11,970 34.17 71,070 32.70

Civil engineering technicians.................................................................................................................. 72,150 25.06 52,120 24.03

Electrical and electronics engineering technicians.................................................................................. 134,870 30.27 62,950 29.90

Electro-mechanical technicians.............................................................................................................. 13,710 27.82 57,860 26.74

Environmental engineering technicians.................................................................................................. 16,550 25.24 52,500 23.64

Industrial engineering technicians.......................................................................................................... 63,220 27.37 56,920 25.64

Mechanical engineering technicians....................................................................................................... 45,510 27.49 57,180 26.19

Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other................................................................................. 74,290 30.80 64,050 29.96

53,920 21.87 45,490 20.41

See footnotes at end of table.

Environmental engineers............................................................................................................................

Industrial engineers, including health and safety.........................................................................................

Marine engineers and naval architects........................................................................................................

Materials engineers....................................................................................................................................

Mechanical engineers.................................................................................................................................

Architecture and engineering occupations

Surveying and mapping technicians................................................................................................................

Engineering technicians, except drafters.....................................................................................................

Drafters.......................................................................................................................................................

Drafters, engineering technicians, and mapping technicians............................................................................

Architects, surveyors, and cartographers.........................................................................................................

Architects, except naval..............................................................................................................................

Surveyors, cartographers, and photogrammetrists......................................................................................

Engineers........................................................................................................................................................

Aerospace engineers..................................................................................................................................

Agricultural engineers.................................................................................................................................

Biomedical engineers..................................................................................................................................

Chemical engineers....................................................................................................................................

Civil engineers............................................................................................................................................

Computer hardware engineers....................................................................................................................

Electrical and electronics engineers............................................................................................................

Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers...........................................................

Nuclear engineers.......................................................................................................................................

Petroleum engineers...................................................................................................................................

Engineers, all other.....................................................................................................................................

Actuaries....................................................................................................................................................

Mathematicians..........................................................................................................................................

Operations research analysts......................................................................................................................

Statisticians................................................................................................................................................

Miscellaneous mathematical science occupations.......................................................................................

Tax examiners, collectors and preparers, and revenue agents....................................................................

Financial specialists, all other......................................................................................................................

Computer and mathematical occupations

Computer occupations.....................................................................................................................................

Computer and information research scientists............................................................................................

Computer and information analysts.............................................................................................................

Software developers and programmers.......................................................................................................

Database and systems administrators and network architects....................................................................

Computer support specialists......................................................................................................................

Computer occupations, all other..................................................................................................................

Mathematical science occupations...................................................................................................................

Mean wages

Occupation Employment

Median 

hourly 

wages

Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2016- Continued
Hourly Annual1

Life, physical, and social science occupations 1,152,840 $35.06 $72,930 $30.45

286,390 39.94 83,080 34.59

31,350 33.88 70,470 30.25

Animal scientists.................................................................................................................................... 2,470 35.04 72,890 29.01

Food scientists and technologists.......................................................................................................... 14,200 34.26 71,270 30.74

Soil and plant scientists.......................................................................................................................... 14,690 33.31 69,290 29.95

103,690 38.49 80,060 34.56

Biochemists and biophysicists............................................................................................................... 29,200 45.36 94,340 39.51

Microbiologists....................................................................................................................................... 21,670 36.95 76,850 32.14

Zoologists and wildlife biologists............................................................................................................. 17,720 31.20 64,890 29.10

Biological scientists, all other................................................................................................................. 35,110 37.42 77,830 35.96

28,890 30.63 63,720 29.14

Conservation scientists.......................................................................................................................... 20,470 31.31 65,130 29.72

Foresters............................................................................................................................................... 8,420 28.99 60,300 28.22

114,560 45.26 94,150 38.33

Epidemiologists...................................................................................................................................... 5,690 37.37 77,720 34.05

Medical scientists, except epidemiologists............................................................................................. 108,870 45.68 95,000 38.72

7,890 39.98 83,150 35.51

262,640 41.98 87,310 37.40

18,510 58.00 120,650 55.23

Astronomers.......................................................................................................................................... 1,830 53.07 110,380 50.35

Physicists............................................................................................................................................... 16,680 58.54 121,770 55.71

9,800 45.60 94,840 44.45

94,410 39.68 82,520 36.26

Chemists............................................................................................................................................... 86,660 38.86 80,820 35.45

Materials scientists................................................................................................................................ 7,750 48.83 101,570 47.80

120,970 40.19 83,600 35.25

Environmental scientists and specialists, including health...................................................................... 84,250 36.23 75,360 33.13

Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers.............................................................................. 30,420 51.15 106,390 43.16

Hydrologists........................................................................................................................................... 6,300 40.26 83,740 38.69

18,960 47.34 98,460 46.19

244,820 39.13 81,380 36.19

19,380 54.26 112,860 48.58

11,930 28.82 59,950 26.19

122,310 38.77 80,640 36.17

Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists........................................................................................ 107,980 37.83 78,690 35.23

Industrial-organizational psychologists................................................................................................... 1,020 50.27 104,570 39.79

Psychologists, all other........................................................................................................................... 13,310 45.51 94,650 46.02

2,870 41.75 86,840 38.34

34,810 35.12 73,060 33.66

53,530 39.22 81,570 37.03

Anthropologists and archeologists.......................................................................................................... 6,470 31.94 66,440 30.38

Geographers.......................................................................................................................................... 1,370 35.62 74,090 35.70

Historians.............................................................................................................................................. 2,950 29.32 60,990 26.49

Political scientists................................................................................................................................... 6,350 53.97 112,250 54.95

Social scientists and related workers, all other....................................................................................... 36,380 38.87 80,860 37.03

358,980 23.34 48,550 21.27

20,420 19.46 40,470 18.05

74,720 22.18 46,130 20.44

65,510 23.93 49,770 22.04

15,100 29.92 62,240 27.15

6,840 37.41 77,820 38.05

30,030 22.51 46,820 20.76

146,370 23.05 47,940 21.25

Environmental science and protection technicians, including health....................................................... 32,950 23.05 47,930 21.25

Forensic science technicians................................................................................................................. 14,800 29.18 60,690 27.29

Forest and conservation technicians...................................................................................................... 30,090 18.57 38,630 17.10

Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other.......................................................................... 68,540 23.69 49,270 22.14

2,019,250 22.69 47,200 20.67

1,941,090 22.70 47,220 20.68

659,890 23.91 49,740 22.10

Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors............................................................................ 91,040 21.23 44,160 19.75

Educational, guidance, school, and vocational counselors..................................................................... 260,670 27.70 57,620 26.23

Marriage and family therapists............................................................................................................... 36,960 26.00 54,090 23.64

Mental health counselors....................................................................................................................... 139,820 22.14 46,050 20.59

Rehabilitation counselors....................................................................................................................... 103,030 18.62 38,740 16.67

Counselors, all other.............................................................................................................................. 28,380 22.90 47,640 21.32

631,730 24.38 50,710 22.54

Child, family, and school social workers................................................................................................. 298,840 22.84 47,510 20.79

Healthcare social workers...................................................................................................................... 159,310 26.69 55,510 25.85

Mental health and substance abuse social workers................................................................................ 114,040 23.02 47,880 20.53

Social workers, all other......................................................................................................................... 59,540 28.56 59,410 28.96

649,470 19.84 41,270 17.77

Health educators.................................................................................................................................... 57,570 27.84 57,900 25.51

Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists........................................................................ 87,500 26.63 55,380 24.12

Social and human service assistants..................................................................................................... 360,650 16.41 34,120 15.29

Community health workers..................................................................................................................... 51,900 19.80 41,170 17.95

Community and social service specialists, all other................................................................................ 91,860 21.89 45,540 20.73

78,160 22.42 46,630 20.30

49,320 23.77 49,450 21.99

See footnotes at end of table.

Community and social service occupations

Religious workers............................................................................................................................................

Clergy.........................................................................................................................................................

Miscellaneous community and social service specialists.............................................................................

Social workers............................................................................................................................................

Counselors.................................................................................................................................................

Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists..............................................

Biological technicians..................................................................................................................................

Chemical technicians..................................................................................................................................

Geological and petroleum technicians.........................................................................................................

Nuclear technicians.....................................................................................................................................

Social science research assistants.............................................................................................................

Miscellaneous social scientists and related workers....................................................................................

Life, physical, and social science technicians...................................................................................................

Agricultural and food science technicians....................................................................................................

Physical scientists, all other........................................................................................................................

Social scientists and related workers...............................................................................................................

Economists.................................................................................................................................................

Survey researchers.....................................................................................................................................

Psychologists..............................................................................................................................................

Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians........................................................................

Chemists and materials scientists...............................................................................................................

Environmental scientists and geoscientists.................................................................................................

Agricultural and food scientists....................................................................................................................

Biological scientists.....................................................................................................................................

Conservation scientists and foresters.........................................................................................................

Medical scientists........................................................................................................................................

Life scientists, all other................................................................................................................................

Sociologists................................................................................................................................................

Urban and regional planners.......................................................................................................................

Life scientists...................................................................................................................................................

Physical scientists............................................................................................................................................

Astronomers and physicists........................................................................................................................

Atmospheric and space scientists...............................................................................................................

Employment

Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2016- Continued

Median 

hourly 

wages

Occupation

Mean wages
Hourly Annual1

Community and social service occupations (Continued)

20,590 $21.56 $44,840 $18.56

8,250 16.49 34,300 13.85

1,075,520 50.95 105,980 38.30

680,990 65.27 135,760 55.31

632,940 66.44 138,190 55.89

Lawyers................................................................................................................................................. 619,530 67.25 139,880 56.81

Judicial law clerks.................................................................................................................................. 13,410 28.77 59,840 24.89

48,050 49.88 103,740 48.54

Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers................................................................. 14,540 45.79 95,240 44.28

Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators.................................................................................................. 6,300 34.97 72,730 28.74

Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates.......................................................................................... 27,210 55.51 115,460 60.52

394,530 26.25 54,590 23.83

277,310 25.57 53,180 23.80

117,220 27.86 57,940 23.93

Court reporters...................................................................................................................................... 17,700 27.37 56,940 24.68

Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers........................................................................................... 54,560 24.75 51,490 22.02

Legal support workers, all other............................................................................................................. 44,960 31.81 66,170 26.27

Education, training, and library occupations 8,636,430 26.21 54,520 23.08

1,530,010 (2) 81,880 (2)

83,030 (2) 96,770 (2)

84,560 (2) 85,350 (2)

Computer science teachers, postsecondary........................................................................................... 32,540 (2) 89,670 (2)

Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary..................................................................................... 52,020 (2) 82,650 (2)

45,370 (2) 105,120 (2)

Architecture teachers, postsecondary.................................................................................................... 7,370 (2) 92,890 (2)

Engineering teachers, postsecondary.................................................................................................... 38,000 (2) 107,490 (2)

62,920 (2) 91,440 (2)

Agricultural sciences teachers, postsecondary....................................................................................... 10,340 (2) 96,630 (2)

Biological science teachers, postsecondary........................................................................................... 50,820 (2) 90,420 (2)

Forestry and conservation science teachers, postsecondary.................................................................. 1,750 (2) 90,480 (2)

51,780 (2) 92,900 (2)

Atmospheric, earth, marine, and space sciences teachers, postsecondary............................................ 10,850 (2) 95,900 (2)

Chemistry teachers, postsecondary....................................................................................................... 21,250 (2) 89,320 (2)

Environmental science teachers, postsecondary.................................................................................... 5,520 (2) 88,880 (2)

Physics teachers, postsecondary........................................................................................................... 14,160 (2) 97,520 (2)

114,230 (2) 89,150 (2)

Anthropology and archeology teachers, postsecondary.......................................................................... 5,700 (2) 91,940 (2)

Area, ethnic, and cultural studies teachers, postsecondary.................................................................... 9,060 (2) 84,590 (2)

Economics teachers, postsecondary...................................................................................................... 13,060 (2) 111,520 (2)

Geography teachers, postsecondary...................................................................................................... 4,140 (2) 84,660 (2)

Political science teachers, postsecondary.............................................................................................. 16,720 (2) 94,090 (2)

Psychology teachers, postsecondary..................................................................................................... 37,640 (2) 84,440 (2)

Sociology teachers, postsecondary........................................................................................................ 14,580 (2) 81,600 (2)

Social sciences teachers, postsecondary, all other................................................................................. 13,320 (2) 85,950 (2)

242,940 (2) 113,770 (2)

Health specialties teachers, postsecondary............................................................................................ 186,740 (2) 125,430 (2)

Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary................................................................................... 56,210 (2) 75,030 (2)

63,720 (2) 70,420 (2)

Education teachers, postsecondary....................................................................................................... 58,850 (2) 70,260 (2)

Library science teachers, postsecondary............................................................................................... 4,870 (2) 72,340 (2)

42,490 (2) 94,490 (2)

Criminal justice and law enforcement teachers, postsecondary.............................................................. 14,620 (2) 67,040 (2)

Law teachers, postsecondary................................................................................................................. 16,010 (2) 134,530 (2)

Social work teachers, postsecondary..................................................................................................... 11,860 (2) 74,280 (2)

272,170 (2) 77,980 (2)

Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary..................................................................................... 99,020 (2) 81,050 (2)

Communications teachers, postsecondary............................................................................................. 28,180 (2) 74,360 (2)

English language and literature teachers, postsecondary....................................................................... 71,270 (2) 76,140 (2)

Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary...................................................................... 28,720 (2) 73,750 (2)

History teachers, postsecondary............................................................................................................ 21,800 (2) 80,880 (2)

Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary................................................................................... 23,180 (2) 77,420 (2)

466,790 (2) 58,150 (2)

Graduate teaching assistants................................................................................................................. 135,130 (2) 35,810 (2)

Home economics teachers, postsecondary............................................................................................ 2,970 (2) 72,790 (2)

Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary........................................................................ 17,390 (2) 67,870 (2)

Vocational education teachers, postsecondary....................................................................................... 116,430 26.80 55,730 24.36

Postsecondary teachers, all other.......................................................................................................... 194,870 (2) 73,990 (2)

4,133,490 (2) 57,470 (2)

536,840 19.01 39,550 16.35

Preschool teachers, except special education........................................................................................ 385,550 16.01 33,300 13.84

Kindergarten teachers, except special education................................................................................... 151,290 (2) 55,460 (2)

2,031,700 (2) 59,270 (2)

Elementary school teachers, except special education........................................................................... 1,392,660 (2) 59,020 (2)

Middle school teachers, except special and career/technical education.................................................. 626,310 (2) 59,800 (2)

Career/technical education teachers, middle school............................................................................... 12,730 (2) 60,350 (2)

1,083,350 (2) 61,280 (2)

Secondary school teachers, except special and career/technical education........................................... 1,003,250 (2) 61,420 (2)

Career/technical education teachers, secondary school......................................................................... 80,100 (2) 59,480 (2)

See footnotes at end of table.

Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers..........................................................................................

Legal support workers......................................................................................................................................

Paralegals and legal assistants...................................................................................................................

Miscellaneous legal support workers...........................................................................................................

Directors, religious activities and education................................................................................................

Religious workers, all other.........................................................................................................................

Legal occupations

Lawyers, judges, and related workers..............................................................................................................

Lawyers and judicial law clerks....................................................................................................................

Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2016- Continued

Employment

Mean wages

Occupation

Median 

hourly 

wages

Postsecondary teachers..................................................................................................................................

Business teachers, postsecondary..............................................................................................................

Health teachers, postsecondary..................................................................................................................

Social sciences teachers, postsecondary....................................................................................................

Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary................................................................................................

Life sciences teachers, postsecondary........................................................................................................

Engineering and architecture teachers, postsecondary...............................................................................

Math and computer teachers, postsecondary..............................................................................................

Preschool, primary, secondary, and special education school teachers............................................................

Preschool and kindergarten teachers..........................................................................................................

Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers.......................................................................................................

Arts, communications, and humanities teachers, postsecondary................................................................

Law, criminal justice, and social work teachers, postsecondary...................................................................

Elementary and middle school teachers......................................................................................................

Secondary school teachers.........................................................................................................................

Education and library science teachers, postsecondary..............................................................................
Hourly Annual1

Education, training, and library occupations (Continued)

481,600 (2) $61,280 (2)

Special education teachers, preschool................................................................................................... 28,140 (2) 56,990 (2)

Special education teachers, kindergarten and elementary school........................................................... 190,530 (2) 60,090 (2)

Special education teachers, middle school............................................................................................. 90,250 (2) 61,910 (2)

Special education teachers, secondary school....................................................................................... 132,490 (2) 64,020 (2)

Special education teachers, all other...................................................................................................... 40,190 (2) 59,450 (2)

1,191,570 18.54 38,560 15.34

58,810 26.51 55,140 24.35

229,840 20.75 43,150 17.95

902,910 17.46 36,310 14.48

Substitute teachers................................................................................................................................ 609,960 14.86 30,900 13.47

Teachers and instructors, all other, except substitute teachers.............................................................. 292,950 (2) 47,570 (2)

250,660 23.89 49,700 22.41

27,900 25.22 52,460 22.71

Archivists............................................................................................................................................... 5,760 26.24 54,570 24.28

Curators................................................................................................................................................. 11,170 28.32 58,910 25.66

Museum technicians and conservators.................................................................................................. 10,970 21.53 44,780 19.25

129,350 28.78 59,870 27.73

93,410 16.72 34,780 15.81

1,530,700 (2) 32,420 (2)

10,300 24.10 50,130 23.00

8,620 25.07 52,150 23.79

147,330 31.49 65,500 30.03

1,263,820 (2) 27,120 (2)

100,640 22.58 46,970 20.48

1,902,970 28.07 58,390 22.69

582,550 25.32 52,660 21.35

89,620 38.24 79,530 33.69

Art directors........................................................................................................................................... 36,210 48.64 101,170 43.18

Craft artists............................................................................................................................................ 5,070 18.70 38,900 16.08

Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators....................................................................... 11,520 27.60 57,410 24.42

Multimedia artists and animators........................................................................................................... 29,810 34.71 72,200 31.40

Artists and related workers, all other...................................................................................................... 7,010 31.07 64,630 29.50

492,930 22.97 47,780 19.61

Commercial and industrial designers..................................................................................................... 31,860 34.08 70,880 32.59

Fashion designers................................................................................................................................. 19,230 36.77 76,480 31.33

Floral designers..................................................................................................................................... 43,990 13.27 27,610 12.43

Graphic designers.................................................................................................................................. 210,710 25.14 52,290 22.90

Interior designers................................................................................................................................... 53,160 27.03 56,220 23.95

Merchandise displayers and window trimmers....................................................................................... 114,690 14.47 30,090 12.83

Set and exhibit designers....................................................................................................................... 12,060 27.69 57,600 24.51

Designers, all other................................................................................................................................ 7,230 30.42 63,270 25.66

509,840 29.29 60,910 19.65

163,130 43.54 90,570 30.22

Actors.................................................................................................................................................... 48,620 39.84 (2) 18.70

Producers and directors......................................................................................................................... 114,510 45.12 93,840 34.11

259,850 (2) 42,290 (2)

Athletes and sports competitors............................................................................................................. 10,260 (2) 83,730 (2)

Coaches and scouts.............................................................................................................................. 230,930 (2) 41,000 (2)

Umpires, referees, and other sports officials.......................................................................................... 18,660 (2) 35,540 (2)

15,220 20.83 43,320 16.85

Dancers................................................................................................................................................. 10,060 18.29 (2) 13.74

Choreographers..................................................................................................................................... 5,160 25.77 53,610 23.19

58,490 32.86 (2) 24.67

Music directors and composers............................................................................................................. 18,380 29.15 60,630 24.09

Musicians and singers........................................................................................................................... 40,110 34.56 (2) 25.14

13,150 23.20 (2) 17.34

575,630 30.35 63,130 26.34

37,230 22.60 47,000 14.82

Radio and television announcers........................................................................................................... 29,210 23.16 48,170 15.10

Public address system and other announcers........................................................................................ 8,020 20.55 42,740 13.91

45,160 25.46 52,960 18.69

Broadcast news analysts........................................................................................................................ 5,070 37.60 78,200 27.25

Reporters and correspondents............................................................................................................... 40,090 23.93 49,770 18.18

226,940 31.99 66,540 27.89

191,640 33.31 69,280 29.59

Editors................................................................................................................................................... 97,170 31.77 66,080 27.51

Technical writers.................................................................................................................................... 49,780 35.18 73,160 33.58

Writers and authors............................................................................................................................... 44,690 34.58 71,920 29.44

74,660 24.58 51,130 21.85

Interpreters and translators.................................................................................................................... 51,350 24.64 51,260 22.17

Media and communication workers, all other.......................................................................................... 23,310 24.45 50,860 20.96

234,960 26.69 55,520 21.96

116,080 23.68 49,250 20.47

Audio and video equipment technicians................................................................................................. 69,670 22.81 47,450 20.30

Broadcast technicians............................................................................................................................ 30,330 21.84 45,430 18.54

Radio operators..................................................................................................................................... 870 22.49 46,780 22.24

Sound engineering technicians.............................................................................................................. 15,210 31.37 65,240 25.81

See footnotes at end of table.

Mean wages

Occupation

Median 

hourly 

wages

Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2016- Continued

Employment

Audio-visual and multimedia collections specialists.....................................................................................

Special education teachers.........................................................................................................................

Other teachers and instructors.........................................................................................................................

Adult basic and secondary education and literacy teachers and instructors.................................................

Miscellaneous teachers and instructors.......................................................................................................

Librarians, curators, and archivists..................................................................................................................

Archivists, curators, and museum technicians............................................................................................

Librarians....................................................................................................................................................

Library technicians......................................................................................................................................

Other education, training, and library occupations...........................................................................................

Self-enrichment education teachers............................................................................................................

Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio operators.............................................................

Media and communication equipment workers................................................................................................

Miscellaneous media and communication workers......................................................................................

Public relations specialists..........................................................................................................................

Writers and editors.....................................................................................................................................

News analysts, reporters and correspondents.............................................................................................

Announcers................................................................................................................................................

Media and communication workers..................................................................................................................

Instructional coordinators............................................................................................................................

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations

Farm and home management advisors.......................................................................................................

Teacher assistants......................................................................................................................................

Education, training, and library workers, all other........................................................................................

Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers, all other..............................................................

Musicians, singers, and related workers.....................................................................................................

Dancers and choreographers......................................................................................................................

Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers........................................................................................

Actors, producers, and directors.................................................................................................................

Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers.................................................................................

Designers...................................................................................................................................................

Artists and related workers..........................................................................................................................

Art and design workers....................................................................................................................................
Hourly Annual1

48,660 $20.50 $42,640 $16.38

51,590 35.67 74,200 28.39

Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture........................................................................ 21,710 30.38 63,200 26.48

Film and video editors............................................................................................................................ 29,880 39.52 82,190 30.18

18,620 36.78 76,500 36.39

8,318,500 38.06 79,160 30.49

5,143,640 47.51 98,830 37.49

32,960 39.04 81,210 32.46

122,330 85.90 178,670 76.81

Dentists, general.................................................................................................................................... 105,620 83.59 173,860 73.99

Oral and maxillofacial surgeons............................................................................................................. 5,380 111.96 232,870 (3)

Orthodontists......................................................................................................................................... 5,200 109.99 228,780 (3)

Prosthodontists...................................................................................................................................... 750 80.84 168,140 60.60

Dentists, all other specialists.................................................................................................................. 5,380 82.64 171,900 83.17

61,430 28.69 59,670 28.33

36,430 56.53 117,580 51.03

305,510 57.82 120,270 58.77

649,850 101.04 210,170 (3)

Anesthesiologists................................................................................................................................... 30,190 129.62 269,600 (3)

Family and general practitioners............................................................................................................ 122,970 96.54 200,810 91.58

Internists, general.................................................................................................................................. 45,290 97.04 201,840 94.42

Obstetricians and gynecologists............................................................................................................. 19,800 112.65 234,310 (3)

Pediatricians, general............................................................................................................................ 26,960 88.58 184,240 81.24

Psychiatrists.......................................................................................................................................... 24,820 96.26 200,220 93.63

Surgeons............................................................................................................................................... 41,190 121.59 252,910 (3)

Physicians and surgeons, all other......................................................................................................... 338,620 98.83 205,560 99.48

104,050 49.08 102,090 48.79

9,800 69.28 144,110 60.01

651,500 37.28 77,540 36.07

Occupational therapists......................................................................................................................... 118,070 40.25 83,730 39.38

Physical therapists................................................................................................................................. 216,920 41.93 87,220 41.06

Radiation therapists............................................................................................................................... 17,450 40.86 84,980 38.54

Recreational therapists.......................................................................................................................... 18,100 23.17 48,190 22.31

Respiratory therapists............................................................................................................................ 126,770 29.15 60,640 28.21

Speech-language pathologists............................................................................................................... 135,980 37.60 78,210 35.90

Exercise physiologists............................................................................................................................ 6,880 24.19 50,310 22.76

Therapists, all other............................................................................................................................... 11,320 29.13 60,590 27.26

67,650 48.34 100,560 42.68

2,857,180 34.70 72,180 32.91

39,860 78.86 164,030 77.05

6,270 49.23 102,390 47.97

150,230 50.30 104,610 48.52

12,310 38.12 79,290 36.53

36,280 40.77 84,800 35.83

3,018,820 22.34 46,460 20.55

326,920 25.13 52,280 24.48

Medical and clinical laboratory technologists.......................................................................................... 166,730 30.02 62,440 29.36

Medical and clinical laboratory technicians............................................................................................. 160,190 20.05 41,700 18.73

204,990 35.31 73,440 35.05

375,690 30.27 62,960 29.40

Cardiovascular technologists and technicians........................................................................................ 53,760 27.45 57,100 26.71

Diagnostic medical sonographers.......................................................................................................... 65,790 34.49 71,750 33.49

Nuclear medicine technologists.............................................................................................................. 19,650 36.52 75,960 35.75

Radiologic technologists........................................................................................................................ 200,650 28.49 59,260 27.62

Magnetic resonance imaging technologists............................................................................................ 35,850 33.29 69,240 32.90

244,960 17.36 36,110 15.71

752,050 16.91 35,180 15.93

Dietetic technicians................................................................................................................................ 32,240 14.12 29,360 12.67

Pharmacy technicians............................................................................................................................ 398,390 15.47 32,170 14.86

Psychiatric technicians........................................................................................................................... 61,720 17.25 35,870 14.89

Respiratory therapy technicians............................................................................................................. 10,600 24.29 50,520 23.93

Surgical technologists............................................................................................................................ 105,720 22.50 46,800 21.71

Veterinary technologists and technicians............................................................................................... 99,390 16.29 33,870 15.62

Ophthalmic medical technicians............................................................................................................. 43,990 17.81 37,040 17.08

702,400 21.56 44,840 21.20

200,140 19.93 41,460 18.29

75,270 18.20 37,860 17.08

136,410 22.92 47,680 20.43

Orthotists and prosthetists..................................................................................................................... 7,500 33.62 69,920 31.55

Hearing aid specialists........................................................................................................................... 6,740 25.48 53,000 24.16

Health technologists and technicians, all other....................................................................................... 122,170 22.13 46,020 19.75

156,040 30.41 63,250 28.49

93,190 33.14 68,930 32.13

Occupational health and safety specialists............................................................................................. 76,630 34.85 72,480 34.09

Occupational health and safety technicians............................................................................................ 16,560 25.25 52,520 23.47

62,850 26.36 54,830 22.98

Athletic trainers...................................................................................................................................... 24,130 (2) 47,880 (2)

See footnotes at end of table.

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations (Continued)

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations

Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2016- Continued

Occupation

Median 

hourly 

wages

Employment

Mean wages

Photographers............................................................................................................................................

Television, video, and motion picture camera operators and editors...........................................................

Media and communication equipment workers, all other.............................................................................

Health diagnosing and treating practitioners....................................................................................................

Chiropractors..............................................................................................................................................

Dentists......................................................................................................................................................

Dietitians and nutritionists...........................................................................................................................

Optometrists...............................................................................................................................................

Pharmacists................................................................................................................................................

Physicians and surgeons............................................................................................................................

Physician assistants...................................................................................................................................

Podiatrists...................................................................................................................................................

Therapists...................................................................................................................................................

Veterinarians..............................................................................................................................................

Registered nurses.......................................................................................................................................

Nurse anesthetists......................................................................................................................................

Nurse midwives..........................................................................................................................................

Nurse practitioners......................................................................................................................................

Audiologists................................................................................................................................................

Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other.................................................................................

Health technologists and technicians...............................................................................................................

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.........................................................................................

Dental hygienists........................................................................................................................................

Diagnostic related technologists and technicians........................................................................................

Emergency medical technicians and paramedics........................................................................................

Health practitioner support technologists and technicians...........................................................................

Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses......................................................................................

Medical records and health information technicians....................................................................................

Opticians, dispensing..................................................................................................................................

Miscellaneous health technologists and technicians....................................................................................

Miscellaneous health practitioners and technical workers............................................................................

Occupational health and safety specialists and technicians.........................................................................

Other healthcare practitioners and technical occupations................................................................................
Hourly Annual1

Genetic counselors................................................................................................................................ 2,720 $36.04 $74,960 $35.64

Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other........................................................................ 36,000 27.87 57,960 23.47

4,043,480 14.65 30,470 13.42

2,377,790 12.65 26,320 11.93

2,377,790 12.65 26,320 11.93

Home health aides................................................................................................................................. 814,300 11.35 23,600 10.87

Psychiatric aides.................................................................................................................................... 67,410 13.83 28,770 12.85

Nursing assistants................................................................................................................................. 1,443,150 13.29 27,650 12.78

Orderlies................................................................................................................................................ 52,940 13.73 28,550 12.83

181,000 23.28 48,410 23.54

45,380 26.51 55,130 26.96

Occupational therapy assistants............................................................................................................ 38,170 28.62 59,530 28.37

Occupational therapy aides.................................................................................................................... 7,210 15.31 31,840 13.62

135,610 22.20 46,170 21.77

Physical therapist assistants.................................................................................................................. 85,580 27.33 56,850 27.21

Physical therapist aides......................................................................................................................... 50,030 13.41 27,890 12.35

1,484,690 16.79 34,920 15.95

95,830 21.39 44,480 19.17

1,388,860 16.47 34,260 15.81

Dental assistants................................................................................................................................... 327,290 18.22 37,890 17.76

Medical assistants................................................................................................................................. 623,560 15.79 32,850 15.17

Medical equipment preparers................................................................................................................. 52,500 17.29 35,960 16.54

Medical transcriptionists......................................................................................................................... 54,070 17.86 37,150 17.17

Pharmacy aides..................................................................................................................................... 36,660 13.66 28,420 12.14

Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers.......................................................................... 79,990 12.89 26,810 12.14

Phlebotomists........................................................................................................................................ 120,970 16.22 33,750 15.72

Healthcare support workers, all other..................................................................................................... 93,830 18.13 37,720 17.46

3,386,360 22.03 45,810 18.59

273,490 34.76 72,300 32.42

143,430 39.13 81,380 37.26

First-line supervisors of correctional officers.......................................................................................... 43,230 31.30 65,100 29.12

First-line supervisors of police and detectives........................................................................................ 100,200 42.50 88,400 40.79

57,170 37.04 77,050 35.84

72,880 24.37 50,690 22.99

329,480 24.47 50,890 23.22

315,910 24.29 50,520 23.09

13,570 28.63 59,550 26.98

Fire inspectors and investigators........................................................................................................... 11,910 29.64 61,660 28.10

Forest fire inspectors and prevention specialists.................................................................................... 1,650 21.30 44,300 17.42

1,232,490 28.03 58,310 25.60

449,480 22.46 46,710 20.59

Bailiffs.................................................................................................................................................... 17,880 21.99 45,740 20.52

Correctional officers and jailers.............................................................................................................. 431,600 22.48 46,750 20.59

104,980 39.18 81,490 37.56

6,610 26.33 54,760 24.87

8,920 19.06 39,650 18.25

662,500 30.19 62,790 28.73

Police and sheriff's patrol officers........................................................................................................... 657,690 30.17 62,760 28.69

Transit and railroad police...................................................................................................................... 4,810 32.62 67,850 32.03

1,550,910 14.49 30,130 12.48

12,970 17.60 36,600 16.61

28,490 25.74 53,530 23.17

1,113,580 14.32 29,780 12.43

Gaming surveillance officers and gaming investigators.......................................................................... 10,460 16.96 35,280 15.69

Security guards...................................................................................................................................... 1,103,120 14.29 29,730 12.39

395,870 14.05 29,230 12.03

Crossing guards..................................................................................................................................... 72,900 14.03 29,190 12.84

Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers................................................ 145,100 10.89 22,640 9.76

Transportation security screeners.......................................................................................................... 42,750 19.31 40,160 19.08

Protective service workers, all other....................................................................................................... 135,120 15.81 32,880 13.81

12,981,720 11.47 23,850 10.01

1,042,750 17.47 36,340 15.77

1,042,750 17.47 36,340 15.77

Chefs and head cooks........................................................................................................................... 134,190 22.79 47,390 20.76

First-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers............................................................... 908,550 16.68 34,700 15.13

3,190,940 11.53 23,990 10.80

2,340,280 11.72 24,370 10.99

Cooks, fast food..................................................................................................................................... 513,200 9.89 20,570 9.55

Cooks, institution and cafeteria.............................................................................................................. 409,850 12.68 26,370 11.90

Cooks, private household....................................................................................................................... 370 20.30 42,220 15.42

Cooks, restaurant.................................................................................................................................. 1,217,370 12.23 25,430 11.61

Cooks, short order................................................................................................................................. 183,990 11.12 23,130 10.52

Cooks, all other...................................................................................................................................... 15,490 14.04 29,210 13.04

850,670 11.02 22,920 10.31

See footnotes at end of table.

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations (Continued)

Healthcare support occupations

Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...........................................................................................

Massage therapists.....................................................................................................................................

Other healthcare support occupations..............................................................................................................

Physical therapist assistants and aides.......................................................................................................

Occupational therapy assistants and aides.................................................................................................

Occupational therapy and physical therapist assistants and aides...................................................................

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides...............................................................................................

Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................................................................................................

Occupation

Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2016- Continued

Median 

hourly 

wages

Employment

Mean wages

Protective service occupations

Supervisors of protective service workers........................................................................................................

First-line supervisors of law enforcement workers.......................................................................................

First-line supervisors of fire fighting and prevention workers.......................................................................

First-line supervisors of protective service workers, all other.......................................................................

Fire fighting and prevention workers................................................................................................................

Firefighters.................................................................................................................................................

Fire inspectors............................................................................................................................................

Law enforcement workers................................................................................................................................

Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers......................................................................................................

Detectives and criminal investigators..........................................................................................................

Fish and game wardens..............................................................................................................................

Parking enforcement workers.....................................................................................................................

Police officers.............................................................................................................................................

Other protective service workers.....................................................................................................................

Animal control workers................................................................................................................................

Private detectives and investigators............................................................................................................

Security guards and gaming surveillance officers........................................................................................

Miscellaneous protective service workers...................................................................................................

Food preparation and serving related occupations

Supervisors of food preparation and serving workers..................................................................................

Supervisors of food preparation and serving workers.......................................................................................

Cooks and food preparation workers................................................................................................................

Cooks.........................................................................................................................................................

Food preparation workers...........................................................................................................................
Hourly Annual1

7,355,090 $10.78 $22,430 $9.50

603,320 12.30 25,580 10.00

3,925,640 9.89 20,580 9.38

Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food..................................................... 3,426,090 9.84 20,460 9.35

Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop........................................................... 499,550 10.28 21,380 9.60

2,564,610 11.73 24,410 9.61

261,520 11.29 23,490 10.21

1,392,950 10.44 21,710 9.77

423,080 10.74 22,340 9.71

506,450 10.22 21,260 10.00

404,360 10.29 21,410 9.60

59,060 11.16 23,200 10.14

4,426,090 13.47 28,010 11.87

264,210 21.24 44,190 19.65

264,210 21.24 44,190 19.65

First-line supervisors of housekeeping and janitorial workers................................................................. 161,140 19.83 41,240 18.36

First-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers.................................. 103,070 23.46 48,790 21.99

3,174,220 12.64 26,300 11.33

3,101,400 12.55 26,090 11.26

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners.......................................................... 2,161,740 12.99 27,030 11.63

Maids and housekeeping cleaners......................................................................................................... 924,640 11.46 23,830 10.49

Building cleaning workers, all other........................................................................................................ 15,020 14.88 30,960 14.28

72,830 16.84 35,020 15.88

987,670 14.02 29,170 12.90

987,670 14.02 29,170 12.90

Landscaping and groundskeeping workers............................................................................................ 906,570 13.73 28,560 12.65

Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation...................................................................... 25,230 17.17 35,720 16.22

Tree trimmers and pruners.................................................................................................................... 40,680 17.94 37,310 16.84

Grounds maintenance workers, all other................................................................................................ 15,170 15.83 32,930 13.69

4,514,960 12.74 26,510 10.92

220,200 19.66 40,880 18.12

29,780 22.88 47,590 22.50

Gaming supervisors............................................................................................................................... 22,130 24.43 50,810 24.29

Slot supervisors..................................................................................................................................... 7,640 18.41 38,300 17.35

190,420 19.15 39,830 17.65

200,950 12.07 25,110 10.69

13,590 16.62 34,580 13.31

187,360 11.74 24,420 10.57

567,550 10.89 22,660 9.67

118,170 11.06 23,000 9.46

Gaming dealers..................................................................................................................................... 94,570 10.57 21,990 9.27

Gaming and sports book writers and runners......................................................................................... 11,460 12.36 25,710 10.87

Gaming service workers, all other.......................................................................................................... 12,140 13.61 28,300 11.96

5,480 11.90 24,750 10.62

117,920 10.45 21,740 9.58

325,970 10.98 22,830 9.91

Amusement and recreation attendants................................................................................................... 286,740 10.58 22,000 9.69

Costume attendants............................................................................................................................... 6,640 24.27 50,470 22.07

Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants.......................................................................... 18,040 11.73 24,390 10.44

Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other......................................................................... 14,550 11.83 24,610 11.19

65,330 18.70 38,890 15.42

3,710 20.32 42,260 19.30

35,770 13.03 27,110 11.94

25,850 26.30 54,700 24.08

521,740 14.04 29,190 11.48

368,280 14.23 29,600 11.68

Barbers.................................................................................................................................................. 15,900 14.38 29,900 12.38

Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists........................................................................................ 352,380 14.23 29,590 11.66

153,460 13.56 28,210 11.12

Makeup artists, theatrical and performance............................................................................................ 3,600 34.42 71,590 29.31

Manicurists and pedicurists.................................................................................................................... 90,630 11.70 24,330 10.65

Shampooers.......................................................................................................................................... 15,240 10.08 20,960 9.47

Skincare specialists............................................................................................................................... 43,980 16.91 35,160 14.55

76,760 13.28 27,630 11.88

76,760 13.28 27,630 11.88

Baggage porters and bellhops................................................................................................................ 44,750 11.97 24,910 10.70

Concierges............................................................................................................................................ 32,020 15.11 31,440 14.06

41,690 13.78 28,670 12.20

41,690 13.78 28,670 12.20

Tour guides and escorts........................................................................................................................ 38,660 13.51 28,100 11.98

Travel guides......................................................................................................................................... 3,030 17.28 35,930 15.44

2,820,750 12.22 25,410 10.83

569,370 11.02 22,930 10.18

1,492,250 10.92 22,710 10.54

594,280 16.33 33,970 13.25

Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors................................................................................................ 257,410 20.57 42,780 18.34

Recreation workers................................................................................................................................ 336,880 13.09 27,230 11.48

See footnotes at end of table.

Median 

hourly 

wages

Occupation Employment

Mean wages

Dishwashers...............................................................................................................................................

Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop.........................................................................

Food preparation and serving related workers, all other..............................................................................

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations

Supervisors of building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers.........................................................

First-line supervisors of building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers......................................

Building cleaning and pest control workers.......................................................................................................

Building cleaning workers............................................................................................................................

Pest control workers...................................................................................................................................

Grounds maintenance workers........................................................................................................................

Grounds maintenance workers...................................................................................................................

Personal care and service occupations

Supervisors of personal care and service workers...........................................................................................

First-line supervisors of gaming workers.....................................................................................................

First-line supervisors of personal service workers.......................................................................................

Food preparation and serving related occupations (Continued)

Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers......................................................................

Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2016- Continued

Other food preparation and serving related workers.........................................................................................

Waiters and waitresses...............................................................................................................................

Food servers, nonrestaurant.......................................................................................................................

Fast food and counter workers....................................................................................................................

Bartenders..................................................................................................................................................

Food and beverage serving workers................................................................................................................

Animal care and service workers.....................................................................................................................

Animal trainers............................................................................................................................................

Nonfarm animal caretakers.........................................................................................................................

Entertainment attendants and related workers.................................................................................................

Gaming services workers............................................................................................................................

Motion picture projectionists.......................................................................................................................

Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers.................................................................................................

Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers......................................................................

Funeral service workers...................................................................................................................................

Embalmers.................................................................................................................................................

Funeral attendants......................................................................................................................................

Morticians, undertakers, and funeral directors.............................................................................................

Personal appearance workers..........................................................................................................................

Barbers, hairdressers, hairstylists and cosmetologists................................................................................

Miscellaneous personal appearance workers..............................................................................................

Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges......................................................................................................

Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges.................................................................................................

Tour and travel guides.....................................................................................................................................

Tour and travel guides................................................................................................................................

Other personal care and service workers.........................................................................................................

Childcare workers.......................................................................................................................................

Personal care aides....................................................................................................................................

Recreation and fitness workers...................................................................................................................
Hourly Annual1

Personal care and service occupations (Continued)

110,330 $13.31 $27,690 $12.29

54,520 13.20 27,460 12.22

14,536,530 19.50 40,560 12.78

1,446,900 24.63 51,230 20.31

1,446,900 24.63 51,230 20.31

First-line supervisors of retail sales workers........................................................................................... 1,194,220 21.11 43,910 18.77

First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers.................................................................................... 252,670 41.27 85,830 35.17

8,791,750 12.14 25,250 10.37

3,564,130 10.44 21,710 9.71

Cashiers................................................................................................................................................ 3,541,010 10.43 21,680 9.70

Gaming change persons and booth cashiers......................................................................................... 23,120 12.47 25,940 11.44

699,070 14.79 30,750 12.99

Counter and rental clerks....................................................................................................................... 450,330 14.13 29,390 12.29

Parts salespersons................................................................................................................................ 248,740 15.97 33,220 14.32

4,528,550 13.07 27,180 10.90

1,903,140 33.90 70,510 25.29

141,100 30.61 63,660 24.22

385,700 32.58 67,760 24.03

353,780 49.17 102,260 32.36

68,680 19.18 39,900 17.53

953,870 30.32 63,070 25.23

1,732,420 35.12 73,060 29.10

1,732,420 35.12 73,060 29.10

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products.......................... 328,370 44.67 92,910 37.97

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............. 1,404,050 32.89 68,410 27.47

662,330 23.77 49,440 15.65

90,890 14.84 30,860 12.30

Demonstrators and product promoters................................................................................................... 86,500 14.70 30,570 12.31

Models................................................................................................................................................... 4,390 17.58 36,560 10.51

192,690 30.57 63,590 22.32

Real estate brokers................................................................................................................................ 40,850 38.14 79,340 27.30

Real estate sales agents........................................................................................................................ 151,840 28.54 59,360 21.20

74,330 52.35 108,880 48.08

215,290 13.06 27,170 11.69

89,120 20.19 42,000 17.25

Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers........................................... 8,040 13.76 28,630 11.70

Sales and related workers, all other........................................................................................................ 81,080 20.83 43,330 17.88

22,026,080 17.91 37,260 16.37

1,443,150 27.83 57,890 26.12

1,443,150 27.83 57,890 26.12

101,910 14.97 31,130 13.77

90,910 14.29 29,720 13.47

8,860 20.69 43,030 17.79

2,150 20.15 41,910 19.06

3,133,030 18.17 37,790 17.23

298,960 18.09 37,620 17.00

485,220 18.06 37,570 17.38

1,566,960 19.34 40,220 18.46

18,810 13.52 28,120 12.49

159,650 20.95 43,580 20.38

72,120 20.18 41,980 19.91

496,760 13.49 28,060 13.11

34,540 20.13 41,870 19.01

5,630,810 16.53 34,370 15.24

59,820 25.18 52,380 23.65

6,780 18.11 37,660 17.49

128,620 18.83 39,160 17.63

37,680 18.91 39,320 17.75

2,707,040 16.91 35,170 15.53

135,940 20.94 43,550 20.84

130,950 15.03 31,260 13.99

248,440 11.32 23,530 10.61

186,030 16.17 33,640 15.46

98,560 13.20 27,450 12.12

224,340 19.37 40,300 18.57

41,630 17.54 36,480 16.82

176,850 16.90 35,160 16.04

137,150 19.28 40,100 18.76

997,770 14.00 29,120 13.42

146,350 18.29 38,050 16.94

166,850 19.28 40,090 18.87

4,101,520 16.42 34,150 14.63

88,920 21.27 44,250 20.15

74,120 14.39 29,920 13.54

293,090 19.79 41,150 18.40

Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers................................................................................................. 95,170 19.74 41,070 18.69

Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance.................................................................................... 197,910 19.80 41,190 18.24

34,070 20.14 41,890 18.72

See footnotes at end of table.

Mean wages

Occupation Employment

Median 

hourly 

wages

Residential advisors....................................................................................................................................

Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2016- Continued

Personal care and service workers, all other...............................................................................................

Sales and related occupations

Supervisors of sales workers...........................................................................................................................

First-line supervisors of sales workers........................................................................................................

Retail sales workers.........................................................................................................................................

Cashiers.....................................................................................................................................................

Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons.......................................................................................

Retail salespersons.....................................................................................................................................

Sales representatives, services.......................................................................................................................

Advertising sales agents.............................................................................................................................

Insurance sales agents...............................................................................................................................

Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents......................................................................

Travel agents..............................................................................................................................................

Sales representatives, services, all other....................................................................................................

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing.......................................................................................

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing..................................................................................

Other sales and related workers......................................................................................................................

Models, demonstrators, and product promoters..........................................................................................

Meter readers, utilities................................................................................................................................

Cargo and freight agents............................................................................................................................

Couriers and messengers...........................................................................................................................

Dispatchers.................................................................................................................................................

Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers..............................................................

Brokerage clerks.........................................................................................................................................

Correspondence clerks...............................................................................................................................

Court, municipal, and license clerks............................................................................................................

Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks.....................................................................................................

Customer service representatives...............................................................................................................

Eligibility interviewers, government programs.............................................................................................

File clerks...................................................................................................................................................

Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks............................................................................................................

Interviewers, except eligibility and loan.......................................................................................................

Library assistants, clerical...........................................................................................................................

Loan interviewers and clerks.......................................................................................................................

New accounts clerks...................................................................................................................................

Tellers.........................................................................................................................................................

Financial clerks, all other.............................................................................................................................

Real estate brokers and sales agents.........................................................................................................

Sales engineers..........................................................................................................................................

Telemarketers.............................................................................................................................................

Miscellaneous sales and related workers....................................................................................................

Office and administrative support occupations

Financial clerks................................................................................................................................................

Switchboard operators, including answering service...................................................................................

Telephone operators...................................................................................................................................

Communications equipment operators, all other.........................................................................................

Communications equipment operators.............................................................................................................

First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers..............................................................

Supervisors of office and administrative support workers.................................................................................

Receptionists and information clerks...........................................................................................................

Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks....................................................................

Information and record clerks, all other.......................................................................................................

Information and record clerks...........................................................................................................................

Bill and account collectors...........................................................................................................................

Billing and posting clerks.............................................................................................................................

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.............................................................................................

Order clerks................................................................................................................................................

Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping.....................................................................

Gaming cage workers.................................................................................................................................

Payroll and timekeeping clerks....................................................................................................................

Procurement clerks.....................................................................................................................................
Hourly Annual1

521,750 $24.07 $50,070 $27.30

Postal service clerks.............................................................................................................................. 82,030 23.25 48,360 27.30

Postal service mail carriers.................................................................................................................... 328,950 24.33 50,610 27.94

Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators.......................................... 110,770 23.90 49,710 27.03

321,780 23.58 49,050 22.48

676,990 15.94 33,150 14.99

2,016,340 12.82 26,670 11.46

74,460 14.94 31,080 13.84

3,675,140 19.39 40,330 17.90

3,675,140 19.39 40,330 17.90

Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants............................................................... 631,610 27.84 57,910 26.86

Legal secretaries................................................................................................................................... 191,200 23.03 47,900 21.24

Medical secretaries................................................................................................................................ 556,820 16.85 35,060 16.22

Secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive.................................... 2,295,510 17.38 36,140 16.74

3,940,510 16.31 33,930 15.19

46,810 21.10 43,880 20.32

262,040 16.24 33,780 15.38

Data entry keyers................................................................................................................................... 194,810 15.21 31,640 14.47

Word processors and typists.................................................................................................................. 67,230 19.22 39,970 18.63

13,090 21.34 44,380 19.76

274,350 19.61 40,780 18.48

91,530 14.70 30,580 14.02

2,955,550 15.87 33,010 14.70

58,160 15.57 32,390 14.64

11,430 19.06 39,640 17.77

10,900 23.22 48,300 22.53

216,650 17.33 36,040 16.36

463,640 13.37 27,810 11.30

19,550 23.47 48,820 21.79

19,550 23.47 48,820 21.79

397,630 12.30 25,570 10.93

14,710 21.28 44,260 20.58

1,270 20.35 42,340 17.16

38,780 11.68 24,280 10.83

342,870 11.95 24,860 10.83

Agricultural equipment operators............................................................................................................ 28,700 14.63 30,430 13.87

Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse.................................................................... 273,450 11.45 23,820 10.58

Farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals............................................................................. 35,670 12.90 26,840 11.79

Agricultural workers, all other................................................................................................................. 5,040 16.88 35,120 14.98

650 15.11 31,440 14.08

520 14.78 30,740 13.04

45,820 18.37 38,210 17.55

7,170 15.00 31,200 12.95

38,650 19.00 39,510 18.07

Fallers.................................................................................................................................................... 5,370 20.62 42,900 17.96

Logging equipment operators................................................................................................................ 27,250 18.69 38,880 18.03

Log graders and scalers......................................................................................................................... 3,020 18.34 38,150 17.83

Logging workers, all other...................................................................................................................... 3,010 19.50 40,560 18.73

5,585,420 23.51 48,900 20.96

538,220 32.71 68,040 30.28

538,220 32.71 68,040 30.28

4,216,890 22.88 47,580 20.34

16,660 29.90 62,200 29.84

77,560 24.89 51,770 22.88

Brickmasons and blockmasons.............................................................................................................. 64,370 25.69 53,440 23.68

Stonemasons......................................................................................................................................... 13,190 20.98 43,650 19.13

676,980 23.24 48,340 20.96

77,410 21.13 43,950 18.82

Carpet installers..................................................................................................................................... 25,660 21.30 44,310 18.40

Floor layers, except carpet, wood, and hard tiles.................................................................................... 10,340 20.37 42,370 18.19

Floor sanders and finishers.................................................................................................................... 4,590 18.70 38,890 17.72

Tile and marble setters.......................................................................................................................... 36,830 21.52 44,770 19.45

177,340 21.04 43,770 18.85

Cement masons and concrete finishers................................................................................................. 173,920 21.02 43,720 18.84

Terrazzo workers and finishers.............................................................................................................. 3,420 22.11 45,990 19.68

912,100 18.22 37,890 16.07

412,190 23.95 49,810 21.65

Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators............................................................................. 51,880 21.06 43,800 18.74

Pile-driver operators.............................................................................................................................. 3,570 29.68 61,740 26.48

Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators......................................................... 356,750 24.31 50,560 22.06

111,650 23.30 48,460 20.33

Drywall and ceiling tile installers............................................................................................................. 93,180 22.79 47,400 19.75

Tapers................................................................................................................................................... 18,480 25.86 53,790 23.56

607,120 27.24 56,650 25.35

47,140 22.72 47,260 20.16

See footnotes at end of table.

Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2016- Continued

Mean wages

Occupation

Median 

hourly 

wages

Employment

Insurance claims and policy processing clerks............................................................................................

Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service....................................................................

Office and administrative support occupations (Continued)

Desktop publishers.....................................................................................................................................

Other office and administrative support workers..............................................................................................

Secretaries and administrative assistants...................................................................................................

Postal service workers................................................................................................................................

Production, planning, and expediting clerks................................................................................................

Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks..........................................................................................................

Stock clerks and order fillers.......................................................................................................................

Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping..................................................................

Secretaries and administrative assistants........................................................................................................

Office clerks, general..................................................................................................................................

Office machine operators, except computer................................................................................................

Proofreaders and copy markers..................................................................................................................

Statistical assistants...................................................................................................................................

Office and administrative support workers, all other....................................................................................

Computer operators....................................................................................................................................

Data entry and information processing workers...........................................................................................

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

Fishing and hunting workers............................................................................................................................

Fishers and related fishing workers.............................................................................................................

Forest, conservation, and logging workers.......................................................................................................

Forest and conservation workers................................................................................................................

Logging workers.........................................................................................................................................

Supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers.......................................................................................

First-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers....................................................................

Agricultural workers.........................................................................................................................................

Agricultural inspectors.................................................................................................................................

Animal breeders..........................................................................................................................................

Graders and sorters, agricultural products..................................................................................................

Miscellaneous agricultural workers..............................................................................................................

Construction and extraction occupations

Electricians.................................................................................................................................................

Glaziers......................................................................................................................................................

Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers.......................................................................................

Construction laborers..................................................................................................................................

Construction equipment operators..............................................................................................................

Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers.........................................................................

Carpenters..................................................................................................................................................

Carpet, floor, and tile installers and finishers...............................................................................................

Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons...........................................................................................

Boilermakers...............................................................................................................................................

Construction trades workers............................................................................................................................

First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers............................................................

Supervisors of construction and extraction workers.........................................................................................
Hourly Annual1

56,770 $21.67 $45,070 $18.89

Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall............................................................................................... 29,500 18.99 39,490 17.15

Insulation workers, mechanical.............................................................................................................. 27,270 24.57 51,100 21.84

220,470 19.92 41,430 18.04

Painters, construction and maintenance................................................................................................ 217,280 19.96 41,510 18.06

Paperhangers........................................................................................................................................ 3,190 17.53 36,470 16.23

451,500 26.38 54,870 24.18

Pipelayers.............................................................................................................................................. 39,620 20.61 42,860 18.47

Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters................................................................................................... 411,870 26.94 56,030 24.74

22,810 21.19 44,070 18.70

20,020 25.77 53,600 22.89

116,410 20.23 42,080 18.15

134,450 24.56 51,080 22.57

69,440 26.94 56,040 24.91

8,870 20.43 42,500 18.87

228,590 14.86 30,900 14.03

228,590 14.86 30,900 14.03

Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters.................................... 23,950 16.16 33,610 14.70

Helpers--carpenters............................................................................................................................... 35,890 14.52 30,200 13.85

Helpers--electricians.............................................................................................................................. 71,890 14.89 30,980 14.20

Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons.......................................................... 10,780 13.83 28,760 13.13

Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters................................................................... 54,080 14.73 30,640 13.96

Helpers--roofers..................................................................................................................................... 10,190 13.89 28,890 13.30

Helpers, construction trades, all other.................................................................................................... 21,820 15.12 31,450 14.07

403,940 22.92 47,670 20.65

94,960 29.45 61,250 28.12

22,240 36.95 76,860 37.93

21,500 17.49 36,380 15.94

44,280 21.88 45,500 19.54

143,320 19.01 39,540 18.33

14,250 25.39 52,810 25.95

26,320 18.69 38,870 17.51

37,070 19.32 40,190 17.63

Segmental pavers.................................................................................................................................. 1,720 16.42 34,160 16.12

Construction and related workers, all other............................................................................................ 35,340 19.46 40,480 17.73

197,770 23.17 48,190 21.34

71,860 25.97 54,010 23.90

Derrick operators, oil and gas................................................................................................................ 11,580 24.59 51,140 23.14

Rotary drill operators, oil and gas........................................................................................................... 17,400 27.47 57,140 26.17

Service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining............................................................................................ 42,890 25.73 53,520 23.37

18,500 24.64 51,240 21.33

6,310 26.24 54,580 25.08

20,120 24.91 51,800 24.75

Continuous mining machine operators................................................................................................... 12,030 25.31 52,650 24.92

Mine cutting and channeling machine operators.................................................................................... 5,930 24.36 50,670 24.95

Mining machine operators, all other....................................................................................................... 2,160 24.14 50,220 23.08

3,770 16.76 34,860 16.36

3,930 27.94 58,110 27.30

51,290 19.46 40,480 17.95

17,660 17.87 37,160 17.21

4,320 24.60 51,170 23.44

5,456,640 22.45 46,690 20.89

453,330 32.08 66,730 30.55

453,330 32.08 66,730 30.55

588,510 24.47 50,900 23.45

102,170 18.95 39,410 17.84

242,550 26.18 54,460 25.74

Radio, cellular, and tower equipment installers and repairers................................................................. 14,120 25.78 53,620 25.23

Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers....................................... 228,430 26.21 54,520 25.79

243,790 25.08 52,170 24.24

Avionics technicians.............................................................................................................................. 17,330 29.51 61,390 29.21

Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers.................................................................................... 17,050 21.50 44,720 19.99

Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment.......................................... 13,960 28.77 59,840 28.50

Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment.............................................. 67,390 27.40 56,990 27.04

Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay................................................. 23,060 35.84 74,540 36.38

Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles................................................................ 11,750 16.44 34,200 15.49

Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers......................................................... 25,550 18.91 39,340 17.99

Security and fire alarm systems installers............................................................................................... 67,700 21.95 45,660 21.31

1,578,250 21.02 43,710 19.68

128,570 29.42 61,190 28.93

809,930 20.17 41,950 18.68

Automotive body and related repairers................................................................................................... 143,940 21.72 45,180 19.97

Automotive glass installers and repairers............................................................................................... 18,610 17.38 36,140 16.51

Automotive service technicians and mechanics..................................................................................... 647,380 19.90 41,400 18.50

254,280 22.45 46,710 21.72

180,760 23.52 48,920 22.93

Farm equipment mechanics and service technicians............................................................................. 35,110 18.90 39,310 18.18

Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines............................................................................. 123,570 24.43 50,810 23.73

Rail car repairers................................................................................................................................... 22,090 25.77 53,590 26.44

See footnotes at end of table.

Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2016- Continued

Median 

hourly 

wages

Mean wages

Occupation Employment

Construction and extraction occupations (Continued)

Insulation workers.......................................................................................................................................

Painters and paperhangers.........................................................................................................................

Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................................................................................

Plasterers and stucco masons....................................................................................................................

Reinforcing iron and rebar workers.............................................................................................................

Roofers.......................................................................................................................................................

Sheet metal workers...................................................................................................................................

Structural iron and steel workers.................................................................................................................

Solar photovoltaic installers.........................................................................................................................

Helpers, construction trades............................................................................................................................

Helpers, construction trades.......................................................................................................................

Other construction and related workers............................................................................................................

Construction and building inspectors...........................................................................................................

Elevator installers and repairers..................................................................................................................

Fence erectors............................................................................................................................................

Hazardous materials removal workers........................................................................................................

Highway maintenance workers....................................................................................................................

Rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators.............................................................................

Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners............................................................................................

Miscellaneous construction and related workers.........................................................................................

Extraction workers...........................................................................................................................................

Derrick, rotary drill, and service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining............................................................

Earth drillers, except oil and gas.................................................................................................................

Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters.....................................................................

Mining machine operators...........................................................................................................................

Rock splitters, quarry..................................................................................................................................

Roof bolters, mining....................................................................................................................................

Roustabouts, oil and gas.............................................................................................................................

Helpers--extraction workers........................................................................................................................

Extraction workers, all other........................................................................................................................

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

Supervisors of installation, maintenance, and repair workers...........................................................................

First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers.......................................................................

Electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers..........................................................

Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers..........................................................................

Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers.............................................................

Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers..............................

Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers.................................................................

Aircraft mechanics and service technicians.................................................................................................

Automotive technicians and repairers.........................................................................................................

Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists..............................................................................

Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics...................................................
Hourly Annual1

69,280 $17.95 $37,340 $16.96

Motorboat mechanics and service technicians....................................................................................... 20,260 19.65 40,860 18.65

Motorcycle mechanics............................................................................................................................ 16,000 17.81 37,040 16.69

Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics................................................................ 33,020 16.98 35,320 16.22

135,430 13.64 28,360 12.57

Bicycle repairers.................................................................................................................................... 12,560 13.71 28,520 13.28

Recreational vehicle service technicians................................................................................................ 13,520 18.29 38,040 17.51

Tire repairers and changers................................................................................................................... 109,350 13.05 27,150 12.04

2,836,540 21.28 44,270 19.68

65,590 24.72 51,410 23.07

Mechanical door repairers...................................................................................................................... 19,840 19.43 40,420 18.50

Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door........................................................ 45,740 27.01 56,180 26.21

294,730 23.23 48,320 22.07

33,480 19.42 40,390 18.06

465,330 24.48 50,910 23.60

Industrial machinery mechanics............................................................................................................. 334,490 24.95 51,890 24.06

Maintenance workers, machinery........................................................................................................... 89,630 22.11 46,000 21.42

Millwrights.............................................................................................................................................. 39,670 25.94 53,950 25.21

Refractory materials repairers, except brickmasons............................................................................... 1,540 22.60 47,000 21.74

217,750 29.54 61,430 30.12

Electrical power-line installers and repairers........................................................................................... 117,670 32.29 67,160 32.70

Telecommunications line installers and repairers................................................................................... 100,080 26.30 54,700 25.28

68,360 23.89 49,680 22.70

Camera and photographic equipment repairers..................................................................................... 3,760 21.12 43,920 19.74

Medical equipment repairers.................................................................................................................. 43,370 24.48 50,910 23.11

Musical instrument repairers and tuners................................................................................................ 7,980 18.12 37,690 16.83

Watch repairers..................................................................................................................................... 1,620 19.10 39,720 17.66

Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other......................................................................... 11,640 27.20 56,570 27.03

1,332,480 18.92 39,360 17.76

4,580 26.13 54,360 25.13

354,250 18.24 37,940 16.43

Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers.......................................................... 33,600 16.76 34,860 15.90

Commercial divers................................................................................................................................. 3,370 25.96 53,990 23.60

Fabric menders, except garment............................................................................................................ 550 13.30 27,670 12.94

Locksmiths and safe repairers............................................................................................................... 18,640 20.28 42,180 19.43

Manufactured building and mobile home installers................................................................................. 3,200 14.92 31,030 14.33

Riggers.................................................................................................................................................. 21,020 23.57 49,030 21.97

Signal and track switch repairers........................................................................................................... 8,680 30.15 62,710 31.42

Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers.......................................................................... 118,720 14.12 29,370 13.23

Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other.......................................................................... 146,460 20.10 41,810 18.50

9,105,650 17.88 37,190 15.93

610,480 29.54 61,450 27.78

610,480 29.54 61,450 27.78

1,798,860 16.16 33,610 14.87

42,010 25.26 52,530 24.06

278,150 16.38 34,060 15.26

Coil winders, tapers, and finishers......................................................................................................... 14,090 16.99 35,340 16.32

Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers..................................................................................... 218,530 16.20 33,700 15.06

Electromechanical equipment assemblers............................................................................................. 45,540 17.02 35,410 16.03

38,150 20.71 43,090 19.81

77,270 19.23 40,000 18.14

1,363,280 15.54 32,310 14.35

Fiberglass laminators and fabricators..................................................................................................... 19,400 15.87 33,020 14.84

Team assemblers.................................................................................................................................. 1,112,780 15.65 32,550 14.45

Timing device assemblers and adjusters............................................................................................... 790 20.42 42,470 17.81

Assemblers and fabricators, all other..................................................................................................... 230,310 14.93 31,050 13.73

793,100 13.62 28,320 12.64

180,450 13.04 27,110 12.06

364,460 13.53 28,140 12.70

Butchers and meat cutters..................................................................................................................... 133,880 15.26 31,740 14.36

Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers.......................................................................................... 149,800 12.27 25,510 11.77

Slaughterers and meat packers............................................................................................................. 80,780 13.00 27,040 12.78

248,200 14.17 29,470 13.04

Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders.................................... 20,080 14.89 30,970 13.73

Food batchmakers................................................................................................................................. 148,540 14.48 30,130 13.37

Food cooking machine operators and tenders........................................................................................ 36,520 14.58 30,330 13.63

Food processing workers, all other......................................................................................................... 43,070 12.40 25,800 11.61

1,924,170 19.15 39,830 18.06

171,370 20.02 41,640 18.89

Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic.............................................................. 146,190 19.03 39,590 18.21

Computer numerically controlled machine tool programmers, metal and plastic..................................... 25,180 25.75 53,560 24.32

120,170 18.01 37,460 17.22

Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................ 71,960 16.99 35,340 16.29

Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic....................................................... 19,160 18.61 38,710 17.76

Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic........................................................ 29,060 20.14 41,900 19.56

331,110 17.05 35,470 16.16

Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic...................... 192,800 16.45 34,210 15.56

Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................ 12,290 18.69 38,880 17.50

See footnotes at end of table.

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations (Continued)

Small engine mechanics.............................................................................................................................

Control and valve installers and repairers...................................................................................................

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers..........................................................

Miscellaneous vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers......................................

Other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations..................................................................................

Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2016- Continued

Occupation Employment

Mean wages Median 

hourly 

wages

Precision instrument and equipment repairers............................................................................................

Production occupations

Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers.....................................................................

Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers...........................................................................

Maintenance and repair workers, general...................................................................................................

Wind turbine service technicians................................................................................................................

Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers.......................................................................

Home appliance repairers...........................................................................................................................

Line installers and repairers........................................................................................................................

Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers.............................................................

Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................................

Supervisors of production workers...................................................................................................................

First-line supervisors of production and operating workers..........................................................................

Assemblers and fabricators..............................................................................................................................

Engine and other machine assemblers.......................................................................................................

Structural metal fabricators and fitters.........................................................................................................

Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators..................................................................................................

Food processing workers.................................................................................................................................

Bakers........................................................................................................................................................

Miscellaneous food processing workers......................................................................................................

Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic...........................................................

Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers...................................................................

Metal workers and plastic workers...................................................................................................................

Computer control programmers and operators............................................................................................
Hourly Annual1

Production occupations (Continued)

Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, 

 metal and plastic............................................................................................................................. 74,600 $16.79 $34,920 $15.81

Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................. 33,850 19.05 39,630 18.50

Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic...................................... 17,560 19.80 41,180 19.15

391,120 20.78 43,220 20.05

26,300 19.41 40,360 18.86

Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders......................................................................................... 17,730 20.12 41,840 19.73

Pourers and casters, metal.................................................................................................................... 8,560 17.93 37,300 17.39

9,680 23.21 48,280 22.41

Model makers, metal and plastic............................................................................................................ 6,250 24.21 50,360 23.34

Patternmakers, metal and plastic........................................................................................................... 3,420 21.39 44,490 21.25

158,370 15.83 32,930 14.82

Foundry mold and coremakers............................................................................................................... 12,810 17.32 36,030 16.73

Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............... 145,560 15.70 32,660 14.65

117,300 17.40 36,190 16.51

72,210 24.81 51,610 24.55

429,650 20.20 42,010 18.80

Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers................................................................................................ 382,730 20.41 42,450 18.94

Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders.............................................. 46,920 18.45 38,380 17.78

96,910 17.83 37,090 16.70

Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............................................ 19,780 18.76 39,010 17.88

Layout workers, metal and plastic.......................................................................................................... 9,070 22.94 47,720 22.03

Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 35,570 16.20 33,690 15.04

Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners...................................................................................................... 9,550 18.68 38,860 17.62

Metal workers and plastic workers, all other........................................................................................... 22,930 17.20 35,780 16.00

255,980 17.79 37,010 16.88

255,980 17.79 37,010 16.88

Prepress technicians and workers.......................................................................................................... 33,340 19.54 40,640 18.72

Printing press operators......................................................................................................................... 169,910 18.01 37,460 17.08

Print binding and finishing workers......................................................................................................... 52,730 16.00 33,270 15.10

582,470 12.63 26,270 11.42

207,710 11.16 23,210 10.34

45,150 10.71 22,270 10.24

139,500 12.42 25,830 11.38

11,280 12.59 26,190 11.83

Shoe and leather workers and repairers................................................................................................. 7,780 12.52 26,040 11.51

Shoe machine operators and tenders.................................................................................................... 3,500 12.75 26,530 12.57

28,200 14.18 29,500 13.02

Sewers, hand......................................................................................................................................... 6,540 12.32 25,630 11.79

Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers............................................................................................. 21,660 14.74 30,670 13.58

77,800 13.55 28,190 13.10

Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders................................................................ 10,860 13.69 28,480 13.11

Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders......................................................................... 15,040 13.40 27,860 12.55

Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders.................................................... 21,550 13.65 28,380 13.21

Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders............................... 30,340 13.51 28,110 13.22

72,820 16.84 35,030 15.58

Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers................... 19,340 17.03 35,420 16.46

Fabric and apparel patternmakers.......................................................................................................... 5,310 23.30 48,460 19.06

Upholsterers.......................................................................................................................................... 32,520 16.65 34,640 15.89

Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other................................................................................. 15,650 14.82 30,830 12.45

250,870 15.47 32,170 14.52

97,980 16.73 34,800 15.89

17,370 15.54 32,330 14.69

2,000 22.92 47,660 21.31

Model makers, wood.............................................................................................................................. 1,040 22.83 47,480 19.66

Patternmakers, wood............................................................................................................................. 970 23.01 47,850 22.36

126,760 14.37 29,900 13.69

Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood......................................................................... 50,640 14.41 29,960 13.65

Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing.................................................. 76,130 14.35 29,850 13.71

6,750 15.28 31,780 13.70

307,370 28.84 59,980 27.93

53,560 37.40 77,790 37.68

Nuclear power reactor operators............................................................................................................ 7,170 43.93 91,370 43.83

Power distributors and dispatchers........................................................................................................ 11,380 39.18 81,500 39.37

Power plant operators............................................................................................................................ 35,010 35.48 73,800 35.91

33,720 29.52 61,410 28.56

115,840 23.04 47,930 22.00

104,250 30.65 63,750 30.49

Chemical plant and system operators.................................................................................................... 33,300 28.57 59,430 28.81

Gas plant operators............................................................................................................................... 17,350 32.68 67,980 32.49

Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers...................................................... 41,630 32.63 67,870 32.40

Plant and system operators, all other..................................................................................................... 11,970 26.61 55,340 26.41

2,582,350 16.80 34,950 15.15

121,010 22.52 46,850 20.96

Chemical equipment operators and tenders........................................................................................... 73,840 24.18 50,300 22.97

Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders.............. 47,160 19.93 41,450 18.44

186,980 17.51 36,410 16.56

Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders............................................ 29,830 17.33 36,050 16.53

Grinding and polishing workers, hand.................................................................................................... 26,670 14.84 30,860 13.81

Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders................................................................ 130,480 18.09 37,630 17.16

See footnotes at end of table.

Tool and die makers...................................................................................................................................

Welding, soldering, and brazing workers.....................................................................................................

Laundry and dry-cleaning workers...............................................................................................................

Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials.........................................................................................

Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2016- Continued

Occupation

Mean wages

Employment

Median 

hourly 

wages

Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders..........................................................................................

Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers...................................................................................

Stationary engineers and boiler operators...................................................................................................

Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers..............................................................................

Furniture finishers.......................................................................................................................................

Model makers and patternmakers, wood.....................................................................................................

Woodworkers..................................................................................................................................................

Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters.........................................................................................................

Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders...............................................................................

Woodworkers, all other...............................................................................................................................

Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators.....................................................................

Plant and system operators.............................................................................................................................

Machinists..................................................................................................................................................

Metal furnace operators, tenders, pourers, and casters..............................................................................

Model makers and patternmakers, metal and plastic...................................................................................

Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................

Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.....................................................

Miscellaneous metal workers and plastic workers.......................................................................................

Printing workers...............................................................................................................................................

Printing workers..........................................................................................................................................

Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers.........................................................................................................

Sewing machine operators..........................................................................................................................

Shoe and leather workers...........................................................................................................................

Tailors, dressmakers, and sewers...............................................................................................................

Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers.......................................................................

Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders...................................................................

Other production occupations..........................................................................................................................

Miscellaneous plant and system operators..................................................................................................
Hourly Annual1

Production occupations (Continued)

75,580 $15.95 $33,170 $15.28

Cutters and trimmers, hand................................................................................................................... 14,250 14.22 29,580 13.27

Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders.................................................................. 61,330 16.35 34,000 15.80

71,260 16.52 34,370 15.63

19,520 18.08 37,600 17.33

518,950 19.40 40,340 17.68

26,480 20.34 42,310 18.37

80,240 18.40 38,270 16.65

Dental laboratory technicians................................................................................................................. 37,110 19.59 40,760 18.12

Medical appliance technicians................................................................................................................ 14,570 19.18 39,880 17.30

Ophthalmic laboratory technicians......................................................................................................... 28,570 16.45 34,220 14.73

386,520 14.86 30,910 13.60

156,070 18.45 38,370 16.97

Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders............................................... 85,760 16.57 34,460 15.76

Painters, transportation equipment........................................................................................................ 54,860 22.25 46,270 20.27

Painting, coating, and decorating workers.............................................................................................. 15,450 15.40 32,040 14.44

24,430 18.22 37,890 17.15

26,430 15.26 31,740 12.73

888,880 14.75 30,680 13.28

Adhesive bonding machine operators and tenders................................................................................. 16,940 16.64 34,610 15.53

Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders............................................... 17,860 14.71 30,590 13.73

Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders......................................................................... 8,170 15.43 32,100 14.04

Etchers and engravers........................................................................................................................... 9,520 16.54 34,390 14.96

Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic........................................................................ 39,450 15.67 32,590 14.72

Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................................... 93,100 18.54 38,570 17.79

Tire builders........................................................................................................................................... 22,280 20.30 42,230 20.04

Helpers--production workers.................................................................................................................. 429,890 12.95 26,930 11.94

Production workers, all other.................................................................................................................. 251,670 15.57 32,380 13.83

9,731,790 17.34 36,070 14.78

393,850 26.52 55,160 25.12

7,460 24.95 51,900 22.77

183,620 24.12 50,160 22.71

202,760 28.75 59,800 27.54

265,890 (2) 93,560 (2)

120,500 (2) 131,250 (2)

Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers............................................................................................. 81,520 (2) 152,770 (2)

Commercial pilots.................................................................................................................................. 38,980 (2) 86,260 (2)

32,000 48.17 100,190 46.57

Air traffic controllers............................................................................................................................... 23,240 56.83 118,200 58.85

Airfield operations specialists................................................................................................................. 8,760 25.19 52,380 23.51

113,390 (2) 51,620 (2)

3,934,070 17.93 37,280 16.82

17,300 12.31 25,600 11.46

684,690 16.23 33,760 15.35

Bus drivers, transit and intercity............................................................................................................. 169,680 20.09 41,780 19.13

Bus drivers, school or special client....................................................................................................... 515,020 14.96 31,110 14.50

2,989,540 18.70 38,900 17.63

Driver/sales workers.............................................................................................................................. 426,310 13.67 28,440 10.98

Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers.................................................................................................... 1,704,520 20.96 43,590 19.87

Light truck or delivery services drivers................................................................................................... 858,710 16.73 34,790 14.70

188,860 12.88 26,790 11.68

53,680 15.83 32,930 13.05

125,200 28.34 58,950 27.76

45,640 28.96 60,230 27.47

Locomotive engineers............................................................................................................................ 39,900 29.34 61,020 27.73

Locomotive firers................................................................................................................................... 1,210 30.65 63,750 27.99

Rail yard engineers, dinkey operators, and hostlers............................................................................... 4,530 25.15 52,320 24.27

19,860 26.60 55,320 27.20

42,880 27.99 58,220 27.64

12,350 29.99 62,380 31.09

4,470 28.60 59,480 29.05

82,290 31.32 65,140 26.38

32,530 22.20 46,170 20.22

40,010 37.68 78,380 33.48

Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels.......................................................................................... 36,720 39.19 81,520 34.94

Motorboat operators.............................................................................................................................. 3,290 20.84 43,340 19.33

9,750 35.64 74,120 33.93

349,540 14.53 30,230 11.33

3,510 22.44 46,680 23.60

146,350 11.18 23,250 10.45

109,790 11.67 24,280 10.78

6,410 23.39 48,650 21.71

27,430 34.93 72,650 34.72

18,410 14.94 31,080 12.53

37,660 18.63 38,740 17.15

4,580,950 14.11 29,360 12.62

28,590 16.28 33,870 15.10

45,020 26.58 55,280 25.08

See footnotes at end of table.

Miscellaneous production workers..............................................................................................................

Supervisors of transportation and material moving workers.............................................................................

Aircraft cargo handling supervisors.............................................................................................................

First-line supervisors of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand........................................................

First-line supervisors of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators.......................

Air transportation workers................................................................................................................................

Aircraft pilots and flight engineers...............................................................................................................

Air traffic controllers and airfield operations specialists...............................................................................

Flight attendants.........................................................................................................................................

Motor vehicle operators...................................................................................................................................

Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians................................................

Bus drivers.................................................................................................................................................

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers........................................................................................................

Automotive and watercraft service attendants.............................................................................................

Traffic technicians.......................................................................................................................................

Transportation inspectors...........................................................................................................................

Taxi drivers and chauffeurs.........................................................................................................................

Motor vehicle operators, all other................................................................................................................

Rail transportation workers..............................................................................................................................

Locomotive engineers and operators..........................................................................................................

Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators...............................................................................................

Railroad conductors and yardmasters.........................................................................................................

Cutting workers...........................................................................................................................................

Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders.............................

Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders........................................................................

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers...................................................................................

Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers.........................................................................................

Medical, dental, and ophthalmic laboratory technicians...............................................................................

Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders.................................................................................

Painting workers.........................................................................................................................................

Semiconductor processors..........................................................................................................................

Photographic process workers and processing machine operators.............................................................

Transportation and material moving occupations

Parking lot attendants.................................................................................................................................

Sailors and marine oilers.............................................................................................................................

Ship and boat captains and operators.........................................................................................................

Ship engineers............................................................................................................................................

Mean wages

Employment

Median 

hourly 

wages

Occupation

Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2016- Continued

Subway and streetcar operators.................................................................................................................

Rail transportation workers, all other...........................................................................................................

Water transportation workers...........................................................................................................................

Transportation attendants, except flight attendants.....................................................................................

Transportation workers, all other.................................................................................................................

Material moving workers..................................................................................................................................

Conveyor operators and tenders.................................................................................................................

Crane and tower operators.........................................................................................................................

Other transportation workers...........................................................................................................................

Bridge and lock tenders..............................................................................................................................
Hourly Annual1

52,620 $21.91 $45,560 $20.00

Dredge operators................................................................................................................................... 1,760 22.37 46,530 20.40

Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators........................................................................ 48,320 21.74 45,230 19.72

Loading machine operators, underground mining.................................................................................. 2,550 24.65 51,260 25.68

2,960 24.05 50,020 20.45

542,750 16.47 34,260 15.61

3,730,410 13.25 27,570 11.88

Cleaners of vehicles and equipment...................................................................................................... 348,770 11.85 24,660 10.68

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand......................................................................... 2,587,900 13.81 28,720 12.49

Machine feeders and offbearers............................................................................................................. 88,070 14.66 30,490 13.66

Packers and packagers, hand................................................................................................................ 705,660 11.74 24,430 10.64

27,540 24.05 50,030 23.48

Gas compressor and gas pumping station operators............................................................................. 3,890 28.66 59,620 29.07

Pump operators, except wellhead pumpers............................................................................................ 12,030 22.24 46,270 20.42

Wellhead pumpers................................................................................................................................. 11,610 24.39 50,730 23.85

114,680 18.12 37,690 16.95

1,590 27.10 56,370 27.14

10,920 19.04 39,590 17.20

23,880 16.61 34,540 13.64

3

 Represents a wage equal to or greater than $100.00 per hour.

2

 Wages for some occupations that do not generally work year-round, full time, are reported either as hourly wages or annual salaries 

depending on how they are typically paid.

Occupation

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.

Mean wages

Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2016- Continued

Median 

hourly 

wages

Employment

Tank car, truck, and ship loaders................................................................................................................

Material moving workers, all other...............................................................................................................

Transportation and material moving occupations (Continued)

Refuse and recyclable material collectors....................................................................................................

Mine shuttle car operators..........................................................................................................................

Pumping station operators..........................................................................................................................

Laborers and material movers, hand...........................................................................................................

Industrial truck and tractor operators...........................................................................................................

Hoist and winch operators...........................................................................................................................

Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators...................................................................................