National Compensation Survey: 

Occupational Wages in the 

United States, July 2004 

Supplementary Tables 

______________________________________________________________________________________ 

U.S. Department of Labor 

Elaine L. Chao, Secretary 

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 

Kathleen P. Utgoff, Commissioner 

August 2005
Table of Contents 

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 Supplementary tables: 

 Table 1.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles, 

 all workers, National Compensation Survey, July 2004 ............................................................. 1 

 Table 1.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles, 

 full-time workers, National Compensation Survey, July 2004 ..................................................... 10 

 Table 1.3. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles, 

 part-time workers, National Compensation Survey, July 2004 ..................................................... 19 

 Table 2.1. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles, 

 all workers, National Compensation Survey, July 2004 ............................................................. 24 

 Table 2.2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles, 

 full-time workers, National Compensation Survey, July 2004 ..................................................... 33 

 Table 2.3. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles, 

 part-time workers, National Compensation Survey, July 2004 ..................................................... 42 

 Table 3.1. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles, 

 all workers, National Compensation Survey, July 2004 .............................................................. 46 

 Table 3.2. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles, 

 full-time workers, National Compensation Survey, July 2004 ...................................................... 52 

 Table 3.3. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles, 

 part-time workers, National Compensation Survey, July 2004 ..................................................... 57 

 Table 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings and hours, full-time workers, 

 private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, July 2004 ................. 60 

 Table 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings and hours, full-time workers, 

 private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, July 2004 ................ 73 
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National

Compensation Survey,3 July 2004

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

All ...................................................................................................... $18.09 0.9 $7.40 $10.00 $14.48 $22.44 $32.45

All, excluding sales .................................................................... 18.38 1.1 7.50 10.05 14.90 22.91 32.73

White collar .................................................................................. 22.34 .6 8.89 12.00 18.08 28.13 40.28

White collar, excluding sales ................................................. 23.87 .7 10.25 13.46 19.82 29.65 41.81

Professional specialty and technical ..................................... 29.40 1.3 14.20 19.38 26.37 35.58 46.63

Professional specialty ............................................................ 31.65 1.1 16.59 22.13 28.90 38.21 48.88

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ................................. 34.86 1.4 22.84 27.50 33.37 40.86 49.04

Architects ....................................................................... 32.54 4.2 20.00 24.21 31.80 38.44 45.67

Aerospace engineers ..................................................... 41.15 7.8 23.43 31.21 42.15 50.54 57.74

Metallurgical and materials engineers ........................... 30.13 4.3 25.00 25.87 28.44 32.90 39.45

Petroleum engineers ...................................................... 43.26 8.3 32.34 32.34 39.62 51.11 62.79

Chemical engineers ....................................................... 37.97 4.6 28.23 29.81 37.42 44.33 49.02

Nuclear engineers .......................................................... 37.13 5.1 25.39 33.06 37.74 41.32 46.09

Civil engineers ............................................................... 31.60 3.7 20.76 24.00 29.81 37.02 45.72

Electrical and electronic engineers ................................ 37.32 2.7 25.00 29.42 35.93 43.29 51.00

Industrial engineers ....................................................... 31.53 2.1 23.08 26.30 30.77 35.17 42.04

Mechanical engineers .................................................... 31.70 2.5 23.10 26.75 30.42 36.65 42.26

Engineers, n.e.c. ............................................................ 36.59 3.0 22.84 28.75 35.62 43.54 51.75

Surveyors and mapping scientists ................................. 32.36 9.5 24.04 27.58 31.07 39.60 39.60

Mathematical and computer scientists ............................... 35.07 2.2 21.24 26.44 33.99 42.03 50.54

Computer systems analysts and scientists .................... 35.12 2.2 21.25 26.44 33.97 42.03 50.80

Operations and systems researchers and analysts ....... 35.35 4.4 21.40 26.95 35.58 42.31 48.72

Actuaries ........................................................................ 33.09 10.1 22.94 25.49 29.71 41.28 51.92

Statisticians .................................................................... 25.31 11.1 16.45 16.45 27.75 31.40 33.12

Natural scientists ............................................................... 29.16 4.8 16.88 20.67 26.44 34.69 45.19

Physicists and astronomers ........................................... 38.63 10.3 19.04 25.74 41.70 45.10 64.91

Chemists, except biochemists ....................................... 30.64 6.0 19.45 22.66 28.58 34.16 45.67

Geologists and geodesists ............................................. 33.16 6.9 21.25 23.50 31.93 41.03 48.08

Physical scientists, n.e.c. ............................................... 30.99 7.9 20.31 23.64 29.09 37.02 44.48

Agricultural and food scientists ...................................... 29.40 6.6 15.82 20.51 30.94 34.63 39.43

Biological and life scientists ........................................... 27.95 14.5 15.70 18.31 23.46 33.52 46.88

Forestry and conservation scientists ............................. 20.89 10.1 13.82 16.51 19.44 25.82 31.65

Medical scientists ........................................................... 25.14 4.1 14.84 18.17 23.17 27.47 43.36

Health related .................................................................... 30.62 3.0 18.25 21.67 26.37 33.37 44.89

Physicians ...................................................................... 57.90 11.4 15.03 21.83 61.93 86.53 108.92

Dentists .......................................................................... 42.91 14.2 26.72 38.47 40.87 55.00 55.00

Optometrists .................................................................. 57.44 14.4 37.50 42.60 61.67 75.00 80.00

Health diagnosing practitioners, n.e.c. ........................... 34.70 9.3 22.22 31.25 31.25 45.58 45.58

Registered nurses .......................................................... 26.87 1.2 18.90 21.74 25.64 30.57 36.79

Pharmacists ................................................................... 41.27 2.0 34.98 39.55 42.39 44.57 47.15

Dietitians ........................................................................ 21.12 3.8 15.88 17.32 20.58 23.54 29.66

Respiratory therapists .................................................... 21.57 2.9 16.23 18.43 21.09 25.13 26.64

Occupational therapists ................................................. 26.06 4.1 17.00 22.54 26.00 29.65 34.18

Physical therapists ......................................................... 28.97 1.8 22.93 25.86 28.61 31.23 35.01

Speech therapists .......................................................... 27.91 6.1 15.20 21.64 26.37 32.26 39.28

Therapists, n.e.c. ........................................................... 20.75 13.7 12.51 14.21 17.31 21.75 35.30

Physicians’ assistants .................................................... 33.78 5.3 27.21 31.42 33.12 37.73 46.15

Teachers, college and university ....................................... 41.43 2.7 22.61 28.93 37.66 49.07 65.00

Earth, environmental, and marine science teachers ...... 52.84 12.4 32.11 40.96 49.23 62.96 78.78

Biological science teachers ........................................... 41.32 10.4 23.33 31.23 37.10 41.99 56.62

Chemistry teachers ........................................................ 37.52 9.3 26.11 26.83 32.98 43.76 53.33

Physics teachers ............................................................ 53.77 11.8 37.53 41.52 46.68 67.92 77.40

Natural science teachers, n.e.c. .................................... 38.47 10.8 21.12 30.32 39.41 43.64 59.94

Psychology teachers ...................................................... 37.15 8.9 25.10 26.16 33.92 47.09 59.09

Economics teachers ...................................................... 63.98 18.7 39.39 45.69 66.45 85.45 102.05

History teachers ............................................................. 38.31 10.8 25.75 27.63 32.35 45.90 56.96

Political science teachers .............................................. 34.91 8.2 24.58 28.69 30.55 38.01 52.55

Sociology teachers ........................................................ 44.52 15.0 27.61 29.36 37.04 57.90 73.30

Social science teachers, n.e.c. ...................................... 42.13 5.3 27.89 34.31 40.39 48.73 55.81

Engineering teachers ..................................................... 56.55 10.8 31.72 38.65 49.10 74.44 87.66

Mathematical science teachers ..................................... 39.64 11.7 24.86 30.21 41.11 47.39 53.66

Computer science teachers ........................................... 41.82 14.7 23.43 35.15 40.00 52.95 57.48

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National

Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Professional specialty and technical –Continued

Professional specialty –Continued

Teachers, college and university –Continued

Medical science teachers .............................................. $53.00 9.6 $23.10 $31.44 $46.70 $68.39 $94.53

Health specialties teachers ............................................ 40.42 6.3 24.30 26.15 35.41 44.23 66.64

Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .............. 42.57 12.7 22.93 30.91 36.77 51.64 68.35

Agriculture and forestry teachers ................................... 39.86 27.8 17.36 20.09 28.73 55.24 78.41

Art, drama, and music teachers ..................................... 34.19 7.6 21.88 26.04 32.19 38.75 53.33

Physical education teachers .......................................... 32.70 8.4 14.06 22.78 35.15 42.81 46.90

Education teachers ........................................................ 38.21 8.4 19.92 29.45 37.68 43.50 53.33

English teachers ............................................................ 44.13 11.6 25.00 31.91 39.44 62.22 62.34

Foreign language teachers ............................................ 33.14 18.9 17.60 17.60 26.79 41.16 59.53

Law teachers ................................................................. 57.05 11.4 26.76 30.82 60.65 72.61 96.12

Social work teachers ...................................................... 30.77 19.3 18.45 22.95 27.81 32.67 58.44

Theology teachers ......................................................... 41.66 7.8 25.98 31.25 37.79 48.99 53.05

Trade and industrial teachers ........................................ 30.41 10.0 17.76 20.00 29.48 39.03 46.73

Other post-secondary teachers ..................................... 40.25 3.0 21.32 28.01 37.05 48.71 63.12

Teachers, except college and university ............................ 30.91 1.3 17.14 23.18 29.33 37.54 47.29

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ................................. 19.45 7.9 8.37 10.80 14.20 26.73 35.55

Elementary school teachers .......................................... 32.46 1.2 20.94 24.67 30.32 38.47 48.04

Secondary school teachers ........................................... 32.53 1.7 21.54 25.07 30.35 38.05 46.88

Teachers, special education .......................................... 33.62 3.4 21.36 24.84 31.22 40.26 50.31

Teachers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 31.27 2.3 15.41 22.43 30.09 38.10 48.70

Substitute teachers ........................................................ 13.54 3.9 8.13 10.00 11.25 16.95 23.50

Vocational and educational counselors ......................... 28.52 4.7 13.62 18.42 27.57 35.13 44.95

Librarians, archivists, and curators .................................... 27.89 4.5 16.30 19.90 26.32 33.14 43.47

Librarians ....................................................................... 28.25 4.6 16.72 20.04 26.49 33.63 45.48

Archivists and curators .................................................. 25.50 11.1 14.50 16.93 25.85 32.03 33.90

Social scientists and urban planners ................................. 29.25 5.8 16.16 19.46 26.96 33.65 46.88

Economists .................................................................... 33.02 8.0 19.52 22.74 29.51 37.50 49.58

Psychologists ................................................................. 28.49 7.9 15.06 18.30 25.95 34.24 49.61

Social scientists, n.e.c. .................................................. 25.00 13.4 13.00 18.30 24.03 31.25 35.90

Urban planners .............................................................. 26.33 4.9 18.42 21.12 26.07 30.54 32.69

Social, recreation, and religious workers ........................... 18.38 2.4 11.73 13.91 16.95 21.64 26.82

Social workers ............................................................... 18.51 2.6 11.96 14.00 16.99 21.76 27.10

Recreation workers ........................................................ 16.47 7.1 8.85 12.00 16.00 21.15 23.65

Clergy ............................................................................ 17.58 11.8 10.27 12.17 15.86 19.29 28.77

Religious workers, n.e.c. ................................................ 18.58 13.8 10.97 16.35 16.83 20.17 21.40

Lawyers and judges ........................................................... 48.89 4.7 25.00 32.31 43.27 64.42 78.13

Lawyers ......................................................................... 48.60 4.8 24.46 32.31 42.25 64.36 76.26

Judges ........................................................................... 56.14 12.8 32.09 46.06 53.04 76.73 82.12

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,

n.e.c. ................................................................................ 24.70 4.2 10.00 14.42 21.10 30.45 43.75

Technical writers ............................................................ 32.11 11.0 13.13 19.60 33.53 45.56 49.52

Designers ....................................................................... 21.41 7.3 9.75 13.73 19.38 27.00 36.06

Musicians and composers ............................................. 33.89 12.8 20.67 25.15 31.59 34.10 52.92

Actors and directors ....................................................... 27.96 14.8 8.50 15.58 25.63 37.27 49.52

Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist printmakers 21.57 11.2 9.98 14.50 19.95 24.92 32.04

Photographers ............................................................... 16.46 13.0 8.13 11.00 14.42 20.14 30.46

Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c. ............. 14.31 8.0 8.65 11.25 13.75 16.88 21.31

Editors and reporters ..................................................... 26.52 13.3 11.70 16.00 21.53 31.74 45.55

Public relations specialists ............................................. 27.86 5.3 16.55 20.62 24.52 30.77 43.65

Announcers .................................................................... 36.79 31.3 7.78 10.00 12.00 37.86 117.79

Athletes .......................................................................... 23.34 13.9 8.50 11.38 18.00 30.19 50.48

Professional, n.e.c. ........................................................ 32.62 6.2 17.75 21.87 29.18 43.48 51.44

Technical ............................................................................... 21.53 2.5 12.00 14.50 18.38 24.00 30.67

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .......... 17.90 2.5 10.84 13.46 16.64 21.42 26.11

Dental hygienists ........................................................... 30.86 3.7 21.00 26.25 32.00 37.00 40.00

Health record technologists and technicians ................. 16.77 7.1 10.44 12.78 15.00 20.29 25.44

Radiological technicians ................................................ 23.45 2.8 15.00 18.92 23.18 27.22 31.52

Licensed practical nurses .............................................. 16.87 1.1 12.66 14.45 16.52 18.96 21.50

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National

Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Professional specialty and technical –Continued

Technical –Continued

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. .................. $16.29 2.1 $10.25 $12.35 $15.13 $18.63 $23.37

Electrical and electronic technicians .............................. 22.97 14.2 12.16 13.85 20.31 25.96 31.20

Industrial engineering technicians ................................. 23.02 5.0 18.88 20.47 21.15 26.73 29.53

Mechanical engineering technicians .............................. 23.23 3.9 15.86 18.27 23.08 26.45 31.97

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ...................................... 23.65 4.1 14.09 17.89 22.00 28.51 35.13

Drafters .......................................................................... 21.38 3.8 12.50 16.00 20.23 26.12 30.00

Surveying and mapping technicians .............................. 16.07 7.0 10.25 12.50 15.00 18.50 23.75

Biological technicians .................................................... 17.56 4.1 11.33 14.00 17.16 21.13 24.50

Chemical technicians ..................................................... 21.02 6.0 13.94 16.50 20.23 24.33 28.94

Science technicians, n.e.c. ............................................ 20.35 10.3 14.00 15.50 19.00 23.04 28.98

Airplane pilots and navigators ........................................ 113.82 7.1 29.60 62.50 115.29 157.71 189.11

Broadcast equipment operators ..................................... 15.94 9.1 8.00 10.30 14.83 20.97 24.20

Computer programmers ................................................. 28.98 6.6 17.19 20.84 26.67 33.84 42.07

Tool programmers, numerical control ............................ 20.50 6.6 17.00 17.56 18.00 21.85 28.15

Legal assistants ............................................................. 20.40 4.3 12.90 15.23 20.19 23.48 29.17

Technical and related, n.e.c. .......................................... 19.85 6.9 10.00 12.53 19.08 24.68 29.84

Executive, administrative, and managerial ........................... 32.43 2.1 16.11 20.69 27.89 38.18 52.66

Executives, administrators, and managers ........................ 36.22 2.7 16.75 23.08 31.32 43.68 58.58

Legislators ..................................................................... 15.91 20.0 3.46 5.29 9.33 27.38 33.33

Chief executives and general administrators, public

administration .............................................................. 48.81 12.6 34.62 40.42 43.19 56.72 83.41

Administrators and officials, public administration ......... 32.21 2.7 19.31 25.13 32.01 36.02 45.44

Financial managers ....................................................... 37.19 4.6 19.23 23.87 31.00 44.09 64.09

Personnel and labor relations managers ....................... 33.91 8.9 19.09 24.10 26.38 43.27 54.36

Purchasing managers .................................................... 31.53 6.9 18.00 21.63 32.61 40.87 44.75

Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations 48.65 10.6 23.50 30.00 42.23 58.72 79.39

Administrators, education and related fields .................. 35.77 3.9 17.62 24.80 35.30 44.23 53.90

Managers, medicine and health ..................................... 34.13 3.3 18.35 25.08 31.49 40.00 52.89

Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments .. 20.34 6.6 12.50 13.90 17.88 22.22 33.32

Managers, properties and real estate ............................ 20.45 5.7 10.00 14.26 20.11 26.94 30.63

Funeral directors ............................................................ 22.69 18.5 15.00 15.00 19.50 30.19 36.83

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ........................ 30.66 11.4 15.39 19.69 26.77 32.19 49.76

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ............................. 37.76 3.5 16.67 24.03 33.64 45.41 58.70

Management related .......................................................... 26.31 1.4 15.94 19.10 23.95 30.00 37.50

Accountants and auditors .............................................. 24.56 1.9 16.16 18.75 23.48 28.85 34.01

Underwriters .................................................................. 25.43 7.7 16.49 18.88 22.50 28.53 36.16

Other financial officers ................................................... 34.60 6.1 16.35 21.38 28.00 39.13 64.10

Management analysts .................................................... 29.08 4.7 18.46 20.72 27.36 34.20 42.96

Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ........ 23.78 2.5 15.85 18.75 22.12 27.05 33.69

Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products .............. 25.15 15.8 15.68 16.44 23.67 33.82 33.82

Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm

products ....................................................................... 26.61 4.4 16.16 19.00 24.52 32.97 40.00

Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ........................... 24.94 6.3 15.87 18.27 23.87 31.42 33.65

Business and promotional agents .................................. 23.28 7.5 16.31 17.86 22.52 27.83 30.50

Construction inspectors ................................................. 22.94 4.9 15.23 18.11 22.46 27.39 30.48

Inspectors and compliance officers, except

construction ................................................................. 22.44 3.4 16.05 19.10 20.90 25.90 30.70

Management related, n.e.c. ........................................... 25.20 2.1 14.51 18.79 24.09 29.00 36.98

Sales ......................................................................................... 15.20 2.1 6.50 7.80 10.75 17.34 28.64

Supervisors, sales ......................................................... 19.56 3.7 10.16 12.00 16.13 22.36 35.68

Insurance sales .............................................................. 23.47 8.0 11.00 12.95 18.63 28.85 42.86

Real estate sales ........................................................... 30.69 28.0 9.04 12.26 18.75 25.00 43.04

Securities and financial services sales .......................... 45.36 9.7 13.60 15.87 28.85 48.08 84.81

Advertising and related sales ......................................... 22.02 13.0 8.89 11.42 17.83 26.99 36.85

Sales, other business services ...................................... 23.44 7.0 8.25 12.02 19.39 27.78 38.46

Sales engineers ............................................................. 35.78 8.1 21.84 29.09 34.03 43.17 51.06

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National

Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Sales –Continued

Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and

wholesale ..................................................................... $26.54 3.7 $12.51 $16.66 $23.08 $32.50 $43.94

Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ...................... 20.75 5.4 6.75 10.26 15.96 26.21 41.97

Sales workers, apparel .................................................. 9.33 5.5 6.15 6.85 8.00 9.50 13.00

Sales workers, shoes ..................................................... 8.80 9.5 5.70 6.07 7.99 10.30 12.62

Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings .............. 12.77 10.2 6.75 8.00 10.00 14.45 25.68

Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi, and appliances ............... 9.66 5.8 6.77 8.00 8.93 9.89 14.00

Sales workers, hardware and building supplies ............. 13.37 5.0 8.68 9.93 11.55 15.00 18.90

Sales workers, parts ...................................................... 13.76 5.7 7.05 9.25 13.00 16.83 23.50

Sales workers, other commodities ................................. 11.68 3.7 6.40 7.25 9.00 12.69 20.14

Sales counter clerks ...................................................... 9.39 4.3 6.00 7.00 8.75 10.30 13.50

Cashiers ......................................................................... 8.68 1.4 6.00 6.75 7.95 9.75 12.14

News vendors ................................................................ 10.15 6.5 7.18 9.38 10.00 11.04 11.22

Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales .............. 12.04 4.2 8.00 9.00 12.44 14.40 16.92

Sales support, n.e.c. ...................................................... 13.85 6.1 7.21 9.25 12.50 18.07 21.20

Administrative support, including clerical ............................ 14.21 .6 8.90 10.53 13.19 16.82 20.74

Supervisors, general office ............................................ 19.38 3.8 12.50 14.42 18.10 22.75 28.85

Supervisors, computer equipment operators ................. 18.58 13.6 10.75 14.00 17.94 22.61 24.23

Supervisors, financial records processing ..................... 21.25 2.9 13.46 16.39 21.00 24.59 29.81

Chief communications operators ................................... 20.50 4.7 15.63 18.11 19.85 21.48 22.68

Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting

clerks ........................................................................... 21.53 4.5 12.28 14.47 20.48 24.68 33.32

Computer operators ....................................................... 15.76 3.2 11.79 12.77 15.45 18.20 20.18

Peripheral equipment operators .................................... 14.09 7.8 9.00 10.00 14.47 17.17 19.73

Secretaries ..................................................................... 16.11 1.0 10.42 12.50 15.39 19.23 22.67

Stenographers ............................................................... 18.31 6.6 10.88 12.65 15.59 21.00 25.00

Typists ........................................................................... 14.81 2.4 10.38 11.61 14.48 17.05 19.23

Interviewers ................................................................... 11.80 4.8 8.00 9.33 11.07 14.13 16.82

Hotel clerks .................................................................... 8.95 1.8 7.00 7.75 8.50 9.75 11.25

Transportation ticket and reservation agents ................. 14.78 5.6 7.65 9.93 14.86 20.30 21.64

Receptionists ................................................................. 11.19 1.8 8.00 9.00 10.67 12.50 15.18

Information clerks, n.e.c. ................................................ 13.23 2.3 9.54 10.58 12.55 15.39 17.79

Classified ad clerks ........................................................ 12.53 6.9 10.80 10.80 12.49 13.56 13.56

Correspondence clerks .................................................. 14.08 3.7 10.71 12.01 13.26 15.39 18.88

Order clerks ................................................................... 14.30 3.4 8.75 10.94 13.15 17.00 21.25

Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping ......... 15.85 2.8 10.82 12.75 15.60 18.70 21.43

Library clerks ................................................................. 12.45 2.8 8.28 9.34 12.04 14.75 17.43

File clerks ....................................................................... 10.87 3.1 7.85 8.60 10.31 12.06 14.66

Records clerks, n.e.c. .................................................... 13.75 1.7 9.50 10.77 13.21 15.81 19.21

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ............... 14.64 2.6 9.85 11.38 14.00 16.79 20.00

Payroll and timekeeping clerks ...................................... 15.81 3.1 10.82 12.50 15.16 18.37 21.11

Billing clerks ................................................................... 13.17 2.6 9.36 11.00 12.50 15.00 17.50

Cost and rate clerks ....................................................... 12.28 12.2 6.82 6.82 11.50 15.47 19.50

Billing, posting, and calculating machine operators ....... 13.01 3.5 9.53 10.12 11.45 14.41 17.02

Duplicating machine operators ...................................... 12.19 8.8 8.25 9.50 11.05 15.50 16.70

Mail preparing and paper handling machine operators 12.47 7.5 8.50 10.00 11.54 14.74 17.24

Office machine operators, n.e.c. .................................... 10.05 6.4 6.55 8.24 10.46 11.58 12.75

Telephone operators ...................................................... 13.11 7.9 7.35 9.00 11.44 17.81 20.41

Communications equipment operators, n.e.c. ............... 11.27 13.1 5.50 8.00 11.00 12.96 16.37

Mail clerks, except postal service .................................. 12.44 6.2 8.25 9.50 11.25 14.49 17.58

Messengers ................................................................... 9.81 8.1 6.88 7.75 9.56 11.50 13.00

Dispatchers .................................................................... 16.53 6.1 9.27 11.54 15.00 19.96 24.20

Production coordinators ................................................. 18.00 3.5 12.00 13.87 17.34 21.26 25.46

Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ............................. 13.48 2.5 9.00 10.50 12.83 15.30 19.51

Stock and inventory clerks ............................................. 12.60 2.2 8.16 9.75 11.54 14.84 18.25

Meter readers ................................................................ 17.45 3.9 11.25 12.50 15.53 22.05 24.88

Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers ............. 15.76 6.9 10.08 12.25 13.73 17.86 26.32

Expeditors ...................................................................... 15.95 4.6 10.40 12.40 15.86 19.60 22.32

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National

Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Administrative support, including clerical –Continued

Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ $11.72 4.4 $7.50 $8.50 $10.32 $13.50 $18.62

Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ........ 18.61 4.4 11.73 13.54 16.83 21.74 28.41

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ............... 15.56 2.3 9.95 11.94 14.45 18.77 24.00

Eligibility clerks, social welfare ....................................... 15.01 2.6 10.90 12.88 14.75 17.34 19.08

Bill and account collectors ............................................. 13.94 5.3 8.62 10.50 13.30 16.72 20.24

General office clerks ...................................................... 13.25 1.1 8.75 10.21 12.50 15.46 18.85

Bank tellers .................................................................... 10.65 1.4 8.14 9.00 10.20 12.11 13.78

Proofreaders .................................................................. 15.31 17.0 8.40 10.05 14.50 23.12 24.88

Data entry keyers ........................................................... 12.44 2.4 9.00 10.01 11.77 14.01 16.89

Statistical clerks ............................................................. 14.68 4.5 8.82 10.31 13.62 18.46 20.75

Teachers’ aides ............................................................. 11.76 1.3 8.28 9.25 10.79 13.37 17.00

Administrative support, n.e.c. ........................................ 14.20 1.7 9.00 10.82 13.64 16.59 19.88

Blue collar .................................................................................... 15.46 .9 8.00 10.20 14.00 19.25 25.48

Precision production, craft, and repair .................................. 19.46 1.0 10.89 14.00 18.35 24.35 29.43

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .......................... 23.77 3.6 14.38 17.78 22.00 29.51 34.23

Automobile mechanics ................................................... 18.37 3.1 10.00 14.00 18.75 21.50 24.96

Automobile mechanic apprentices ................................. 13.64 12.0 8.75 10.00 12.00 15.63 17.00

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ................ 17.87 2.5 11.50 14.35 17.33 20.91 23.78

Aircraft engine mechanics ............................................. 26.68 6.9 18.05 21.71 25.57 31.07 35.85

Small engine repairers ................................................... 15.01 8.3 10.50 12.00 15.00 18.00 18.50

Automobile body and related repairers .......................... 16.09 3.5 11.80 13.00 15.03 17.50 22.87

Aircraft mechanics, except engine ................................. 25.63 6.9 14.00 19.85 25.93 30.92 34.79

Heavy equipment mechanics ......................................... 18.88 3.3 12.70 15.00 18.40 22.17 25.44

Farm equipment mechanics .......................................... 14.50 3.9 11.00 12.69 14.50 16.00 18.00

Industrial machinery repairers ....................................... 20.72 2.5 14.30 17.10 19.83 24.88 27.59

Machinery maintenance ................................................. 15.92 4.7 10.50 12.03 14.50 19.12 22.60

Electronic repairers, communications and industrial

equipment .................................................................... 21.90 5.4 13.00 15.22 22.79 27.63 31.18

Data processing equipment repairers ............................ 20.41 10.4 12.50 15.30 18.99 23.65 27.59

Household appliance and power tool repairers ............. 16.05 5.8 10.50 12.00 15.30 17.60 26.02

Telephone line installers and repairers .......................... 25.23 4.2 16.00 25.09 26.39 27.71 28.05

Telephone installers and repairers ................................ 23.83 2.9 18.04 22.03 24.59 26.39 28.50

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics .. 17.37 3.3 12.00 14.25 16.00 20.00 24.03

Locksmiths and safe repairers ....................................... 15.09 10.4 11.00 13.30 14.00 17.39 19.47

Office machine repairers ................................................ 16.47 11.6 11.30 11.50 16.28 18.56 22.50

Mechanical controls and valve repairers ....................... 22.35 3.8 15.70 18.48 21.34 26.40 30.32

Millwrights ...................................................................... 22.63 5.9 15.15 17.50 24.90 26.45 29.93

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ..................................... 16.59 2.2 10.50 12.91 16.04 19.74 24.02

Supervisors, brickmasons, stonemasons, and

tilesetters ..................................................................... 21.75 14.3 14.22 16.50 19.75 27.12 29.71

Supervisors, carpenters and related workers ................ 26.19 6.0 17.75 22.50 25.74 31.00 36.06

Supervisors, electricians and power transmission

installers ....................................................................... 29.45 4.2 21.00 23.32 28.65 35.97 40.83

Supervisors, painters, paperhangers, and plasterers .... 21.31 5.3 15.50 19.00 20.50 23.46 27.50

Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...... 28.68 4.2 19.50 26.25 32.25 32.75 33.73

Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ......................... 21.56 4.7 15.09 16.95 20.00 25.00 30.82

Brickmasons and stonemasons ..................................... 27.50 6.5 19.00 25.00 26.44 32.55 40.00

Tile setters, hard and soft .............................................. 19.70 20.4 14.00 14.00 15.00 22.47 33.92

Carpet installers ............................................................. 20.47 18.3 10.00 14.00 19.14 29.75 34.05

Carpenters ..................................................................... 19.28 4.1 11.75 14.00 18.75 23.00 28.78

Carpenter apprentices ................................................... 15.58 7.4 12.00 13.00 15.34 18.09 18.46

Drywall installers ............................................................ 16.32 4.8 11.50 14.00 15.50 18.00 22.25

Electricians .................................................................... 25.15 2.3 15.35 18.73 22.90 30.67 38.80

Electrician apprentices ................................................... 15.14 3.8 10.00 11.50 13.50 17.49 23.32

Electrical power installers and repairers ........................ 26.63 2.6 19.00 23.06 26.51 30.59 34.32

Painters, construction and maintenance ........................ 14.54 4.7 9.25 11.00 13.00 17.00 22.00

Plasterers ....................................................................... 14.84 8.4 11.00 13.00 15.00 15.00 18.00

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National

Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Blue collar –Continued

Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued

Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ........................... $22.96 3.1 $15.00 $17.50 $24.00 $28.38 $30.27

Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices ............ 14.52 4.5 9.72 11.50 13.50 16.00 20.86

Concrete and terrazzo finishers ..................................... 18.53 9.6 10.75 12.50 16.00 24.90 28.52

Glaziers .......................................................................... 17.98 7.1 13.00 15.00 17.00 20.50 25.00

Insulation workers .......................................................... 17.65 11.1 11.00 11.64 16.29 22.77 29.00

Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators ... 15.89 16.5 9.00 10.50 13.15 21.20 26.72

Roofers .......................................................................... 17.71 8.4 9.50 12.50 18.00 22.00 26.00

Sheet metal duct installers ............................................. 24.19 12.5 14.00 16.50 21.75 33.67 34.67

Structural metal workers ................................................ 20.23 6.2 14.00 16.00 19.00 25.05 27.91

Construction trades, n.e.c. ............................................. 17.56 5.4 10.40 12.52 16.26 21.12 25.57

Supervisors, extractive .................................................. 25.91 16.6 12.00 15.00 28.84 34.16 39.81

Drillers, oil well ............................................................... 25.59 26.9 9.00 11.29 28.49 40.62 40.62

Mining machine operators ............................................. 20.31 11.2 15.55 16.70 19.22 25.20 31.02

Mining, n.e.c. ................................................................. 26.30 1.5 25.00 26.40 26.40 28.84 28.84

Supervisors, production ................................................. 21.22 2.3 13.42 16.00 20.67 25.36 30.00

Tool and die makers ...................................................... 23.21 3.5 17.18 20.00 22.05 28.00 30.56

Tool and die maker apprentices .................................... 18.49 9.5 12.60 15.90 16.99 22.50 24.00

Precision assemblers, metal .......................................... 20.20 6.6 13.82 16.00 18.65 25.00 29.20

Machinists ...................................................................... 19.59 2.5 12.83 15.80 19.75 23.00 26.25

Machinist apprentices .................................................... 13.96 10.5 10.00 13.00 13.00 14.60 20.19

Boilermakers .................................................................. 17.16 7.8 14.06 15.00 16.00 18.06 22.20

Precision grinders, filers, and tool sharpeners ............... 17.63 7.5 8.85 13.61 16.67 20.64 26.76

Patternmakers and modelmakers, metal ....................... 20.98 9.6 13.33 17.04 19.85 24.92 31.20

Layout workers .............................................................. 18.98 17.2 11.17 12.50 16.94 22.72 32.00

Precious stones and metals workers ............................. 14.38 14.9 8.13 8.98 15.35 17.00 23.17

Sheet metal workers ...................................................... 18.86 6.9 12.00 13.28 17.50 24.00 27.91

Patternmakers and modelmakers, wood ....................... 18.00 14.6 11.50 15.00 20.50 23.63 23.63

Cabinet makers and bench carpenters .......................... 12.85 6.7 9.00 11.00 12.50 14.00 16.30

Furniture and wood finishers ......................................... 13.04 6.9 10.50 10.50 12.70 13.25 20.29

Tailors ............................................................................ 13.94 12.9 8.50 10.10 12.20 16.10 22.00

Upholsterers .................................................................. 14.65 16.2 8.00 9.48 14.00 18.63 22.53

Hand molders and shapers, except jewelers ................. 15.52 13.1 12.50 12.50 12.50 18.09 22.46

Patternmakers, layout workers, and cutters .................. 18.63 7.0 13.65 15.00 18.25 19.64 24.97

Dental laboratory and medical appliance technicians .... 15.53 3.7 9.50 13.50 15.80 17.50 20.57

Bookbinders ................................................................... 14.03 10.8 8.00 10.10 13.00 18.00 20.56

Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ............ 12.98 3.8 8.30 9.75 12.14 15.75 18.80

Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ........................ 15.31 8.3 10.30 12.50 14.95 15.63 22.50

Butchers and meat cutters ............................................. 11.76 4.1 7.30 8.70 10.65 14.30 18.19

Bakers ............................................................................ 11.12 5.2 6.00 8.50 10.88 13.84 15.84

Food batchmakers ......................................................... 12.19 8.2 8.13 9.43 12.00 14.55 16.86

Inspectors, testers, and graders .................................... 19.05 3.5 10.05 14.25 17.87 24.81 26.94

Precision inspectors, testers, and related workers,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 22.20 10.0 13.97 16.35 25.86 25.90 25.90

Adjusters and calibrators ............................................... 18.79 10.6 10.50 12.53 17.85 26.20 27.08

Water and sewer treatment plant operators .................. 19.38 2.8 12.23 15.69 19.52 22.79 27.08

Power plant operators .................................................... 27.15 3.4 21.02 25.13 26.39 29.50 32.76

Stationary engineers ...................................................... 22.20 4.6 14.31 17.58 21.32 28.01 32.27

Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c. ......... 21.47 6.2 13.30 17.62 22.58 25.70 27.87

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ................. 13.70 1.2 8.00 9.75 12.52 16.55 21.67

Lathe and turning-machine set-up operators ................. 16.40 4.9 11.40 13.35 15.00 19.50 22.47

Lathe and turning-machine operators ............................ 16.52 4.9 10.50 13.08 16.55 19.50 23.30

Milling and planing machine operators .......................... 14.23 5.1 9.98 12.00 14.47 16.00 17.56

Punching and stamping press operators ....................... 13.38 8.3 8.50 9.40 11.67 16.51 21.30

Rolling machine operators ............................................. 14.22 10.4 9.11 10.25 13.26 16.03 21.36

Drilling and boring machine operators ........................... 13.00 11.2 6.50 8.00 12.88 16.55 19.75

Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine

operators ...................................................................... 13.43 2.6 8.75 11.00 13.13 15.10 18.00

Forging machine operators ............................................ 13.75 9.3 9.00 10.80 11.95 16.45 19.04

Numerical control machine operators ............................ 15.81 3.8 10.57 12.25 16.00 18.15 21.62

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National

Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Blue collar –Continued

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors

–Continued

Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ........................... $15.61 4.6 $9.50 $11.25 $14.50 $18.35 $25.88

Molding and casting machine operators ........................ 12.71 3.7 8.00 9.70 11.69 14.70 19.00

Metal plating machine operators .................................... 13.65 6.4 8.00 10.50 13.11 16.50 19.14

Heat treating equipment operators ................................ 16.37 6.5 11.93 12.51 15.16 18.66 21.65

Wood lathe, routing, and planing machine operators .... 11.78 7.3 8.00 10.00 12.25 13.00 14.50

Sawing machine operators ............................................ 11.77 4.8 8.00 9.50 11.25 13.30 15.92

Shaping and joining machine operators ........................ 12.88 2.9 10.92 12.00 13.00 13.96 14.50

Printing press operators ................................................. 16.20 2.3 10.21 12.73 15.77 19.44 22.00

Photoengravers and lithographers ................................. 17.61 4.9 11.25 15.40 17.85 20.00 24.91

Typesetters and compositors ......................................... 14.57 5.2 9.28 11.31 14.57 17.15 19.26

Winding and twisting machine operators ....................... 13.34 8.8 8.70 10.04 12.33 16.50 16.50

Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine

operators ...................................................................... 11.50 1.9 8.75 10.67 11.66 12.34 14.07

Textile cutting machine operators .................................. 10.40 5.1 7.50 8.50 10.75 10.75 13.76

Textile sewing machine operators ................................. 9.02 5.1 6.25 7.29 8.50 10.00 11.91

Pressing machine operators .......................................... 9.16 4.6 6.75 8.00 9.00 10.00 11.45

Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators ........... 9.34 6.3 6.75 7.84 8.75 10.00 13.50

Cementing and gluing machine operators ..................... 12.00 9.8 7.36 9.25 11.00 14.50 17.25

Packaging and filling machine operators ....................... 13.15 4.4 7.90 9.74 12.00 15.99 21.20

Extruding and forming machine operators ..................... 13.82 4.8 9.51 10.79 13.99 16.42 17.70

Mixing and blending machine operators ........................ 15.80 5.0 10.25 12.00 15.22 18.00 22.59

Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine operators .. 19.63 5.2 12.08 16.40 19.15 23.71 26.11

Compressing and compacting machine operators ........ 11.86 4.3 9.05 10.00 11.29 12.95 15.25

Painting and paint spraying machine operators ............. 14.59 3.3 9.10 11.33 13.50 16.54 22.49

Roasting and baking machine operators, food .............. 13.03 9.3 10.21 10.64 12.44 15.28 17.08

Washing, cleaning, and pickling machine operators ...... 13.84 10.7 8.97 10.00 13.40 16.47 21.15

Folding machine operators ............................................ 14.18 10.1 9.40 11.13 12.77 15.75 20.56

Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food ............. 15.20 6.9 10.50 11.60 12.80 17.50 24.53

Crushing and grinding machine operators ..................... 14.02 7.6 10.00 11.30 13.02 15.95 18.71

Slicing and cutting machine operators ........................... 13.79 3.6 9.58 11.46 13.94 16.50 17.38

Motion picture projectionists .......................................... 13.14 31.2 7.75 7.75 7.95 15.26 31.04

Photographic process machine operators ..................... 10.90 6.3 7.00 8.25 9.04 13.25 17.00

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ...................... 14.35 2.7 8.61 10.38 13.67 17.51 21.38

Welders and cutters ....................................................... 16.30 2.4 11.00 13.00 15.61 19.23 22.64

Solderers and brazers ................................................... 11.15 10.9 8.03 8.53 11.12 12.66 15.38

Assemblers .................................................................... 14.17 2.7 7.25 9.00 12.10 17.50 26.13

Hand cutting and trimming ............................................. 9.66 12.0 6.95 8.00 8.00 10.78 15.25

Hand molding, casting, and forming .............................. 10.63 12.1 7.50 7.50 9.25 12.52 14.81

Hand painting, coating, and decorating ......................... 10.49 10.9 7.50 7.50 9.15 12.00 14.58

Hand engraving and printing .......................................... 17.45 23.6 10.50 10.94 13.05 28.13 28.71

Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ............................... 12.53 6.4 7.25 8.75 10.90 14.95 19.82

Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ........... 13.79 4.3 8.50 10.00 12.01 16.29 22.84

Production testers .......................................................... 13.01 8.0 8.50 10.50 11.25 15.23 19.88

Production samplers and weighers ................................ 13.02 14.8 10.10 10.64 11.03 12.55 24.79

Graders and sorters, except agricultural ........................ 10.53 6.0 7.10 7.34 9.65 14.36 15.18

Hand inspectors, n.e.c. .................................................. 10.99 7.5 7.00 8.78 10.71 12.50 15.50

Transportation and material moving ..................................... 15.01 1.7 9.00 10.75 13.75 18.32 23.55

Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ............................ 18.07 6.1 12.50 13.74 15.33 22.33 27.19

Truckdrivers ................................................................... 14.85 2.4 9.45 10.63 13.50 18.18 22.77

Driver-sales workers ...................................................... 12.83 7.0 5.65 8.00 12.00 15.37 22.50

Busdrivers ...................................................................... 14.89 2.6 9.50 11.26 14.16 18.13 21.88

Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ...................................... 9.66 5.5 7.00 7.40 9.75 11.95 12.50

Parking lot attendants .................................................... 8.68 12.1 5.25 6.33 8.16 11.25 12.40

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ............................................ 10.61 6.6 5.50 7.00 8.73 12.02 20.36

Railroad conductors and yardmasters ........................... 26.14 19.1 13.04 13.04 24.96 36.30 42.10

Locomotive operating .................................................... 27.09 14.1 14.05 15.80 25.09 34.54 41.59

Rail vehicle operators, n.e.c. ......................................... 21.65 3.3 17.25 19.56 22.30 23.69 24.52

Ship captains and mates, except fishing boats .............. 17.63 9.7 11.25 12.92 17.50 20.00 23.50

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National

Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Blue collar –Continued

Transportation and material moving –Continued

Sailors and deckhands .................................................. $11.95 8.1 $8.17 $8.75 $10.42 $14.31 $18.88

Marine engineers ........................................................... 18.12 13.4 13.75 13.75 16.92 23.17 23.17

Supervisors, material moving equipment ....................... 21.97 4.1 16.00 17.35 21.82 26.80 27.18

Operating engineers ...................................................... 20.59 6.5 11.05 13.59 19.15 26.07 30.09

Longshore equipment operators .................................... 27.98 10.9 21.35 22.65 29.87 32.85 33.98

Crane and tower operators ............................................ 16.71 7.9 10.90 13.34 15.88 20.23 25.00

Excavating and loading machine operators ................... 16.83 4.5 10.25 13.00 16.00 19.11 25.28

Grader, dozer, and scraper operators ........................... 16.28 5.2 10.25 12.46 14.41 19.92 25.76

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ........... 14.28 2.6 9.13 11.10 13.43 16.81 20.77

Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 15.83 4.0 9.00 11.50 14.76 19.81 25.46

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......... 11.61 1.3 6.80 8.00 10.25 13.74 18.69

Nursery workers ............................................................. 9.87 11.6 6.90 7.35 8.95 12.93 13.50

Supervisors, agriculture-related workers ....................... 23.75 18.1 10.30 14.42 20.10 24.99 60.00

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ............... 11.66 3.7 7.50 8.36 10.50 14.22 17.46

Animal caretakers, except farm ..................................... 11.32 8.8 7.22 9.06 10.30 14.00 16.52

Inspectors, agricultural products .................................... 10.29 17.3 6.80 7.00 8.70 14.20 14.20

Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and

laborers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 19.15 5.1 11.75 14.76 18.51 21.64 26.75

Helpers, mechanics and repairers ................................. 11.91 6.5 7.00 9.00 11.00 15.92 16.03

Helpers, construction trades .......................................... 12.35 4.0 8.50 10.00 11.25 14.09 18.00

Helpers, extractive ......................................................... 10.28 16.2 7.00 7.50 8.75 15.00 15.00

Construction laborers ..................................................... 14.34 3.4 8.05 10.00 13.00 18.06 22.65

Production helpers ......................................................... 11.40 3.4 8.00 8.96 10.50 13.65 16.54

Garbage collectors ......................................................... 14.39 12.2 8.00 10.50 13.75 18.13 23.56

Stock handlers and baggers .......................................... 9.63 1.4 6.00 7.00 8.60 11.50 14.85

Machine feeders and offbearers .................................... 10.67 3.7 7.50 8.25 9.89 12.20 14.65

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .................. 12.47 2.6 7.47 9.25 11.50 14.32 20.13

Garage and service station related ................................ 9.45 6.1 7.00 7.43 8.05 10.00 15.00

Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ..................... 9.70 3.9 6.75 7.50 8.75 10.51 14.20

Hand packers and packagers ........................................ 9.83 3.9 6.00 7.50 9.00 11.54 13.65

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ............................. 11.22 2.8 6.60 8.00 10.00 13.27 17.60

Service .......................................................................................... 10.65 1.5 5.50 7.00 9.00 12.30 18.00

Protective service .............................................................. 17.20 2.8 8.00 10.00 14.91 23.10 29.32

Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention .................. 27.11 5.0 17.66 21.14 25.21 31.84 40.90

Supervisors, police and detectives ................................ 30.90 2.9 18.30 24.53 30.33 37.25 43.54

Supervisors, guards ....................................................... 20.07 8.0 11.00 13.20 16.19 25.93 36.45

Fire inspection and fire prevention ................................. 18.74 14.3 8.00 12.20 20.17 25.22 29.23

Firefighting ..................................................................... 18.76 2.8 11.21 13.86 17.68 23.41 27.84

Police and detectives, public service ............................. 24.10 1.0 15.56 18.99 23.90 28.02 32.71

Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers ..... 19.31 2.4 12.26 14.38 18.47 23.50 28.22

Correctional institution officers ....................................... 17.10 6.4 11.35 11.92 15.20 21.90 25.99

Crossing guards ............................................................. 10.16 5.1 6.67 8.50 9.95 12.16 13.35

Guards and police, except public service ...................... 10.10 2.3 6.75 8.00 9.50 11.00 14.00

Protective service, n.e.c. ................................................ 12.36 7.9 7.00 8.00 11.00 14.24 20.01

Food service ...................................................................... 7.67 1.0 3.30 5.81 7.15 9.13 12.00

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ............................... 5.03 2.6 2.13 2.65 5.02 6.75 8.00

Bartenders ..................................................................... 6.71 4.1 4.00 5.00 6.75 8.00 9.99

Waiters and waitresses .................................................. 4.44 3.3 2.13 2.35 3.50 6.00 7.16

Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ..................................... 6.00 4.5 3.30 4.30 6.00 7.00 8.25

Other food service ........................................................... 8.73 .9 5.98 6.75 7.87 10.00 12.64

Supervisors, food preparation and service .................... 13.04 2.8 8.00 9.50 11.95 15.87 19.93

Cooks ............................................................................. 9.56 1.5 6.50 7.25 9.10 11.00 13.42

Kitchen workers, food preparation ................................. 8.17 1.9 5.65 6.50 7.60 9.33 11.25

Food preparation, n.e.c. ................................................. 7.76 1.1 5.75 6.50 7.25 8.50 10.40

Health service .................................................................... 10.91 1.6 7.45 8.71 10.20 12.50 15.26

Dental assistants ........................................................... 15.23 5.1 10.50 12.50 14.78 17.00 21.00

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National

Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Service –Continued

Health service –Continued

Health aides, except nursing ......................................... $11.65 3.3 $8.00 $9.02 $10.82 $13.14 $16.11

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ....................... 10.20 1.1 7.18 8.40 9.75 11.42 13.91

Cleaning and building service ............................................ 10.75 1.9 6.70 7.65 9.50 12.87 16.82

Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers ...... 16.92 4.9 10.00 12.70 16.54 19.54 23.95

Maids and housemen .................................................... 8.34 1.6 6.50 7.00 7.83 9.00 11.06

Janitors and cleaners ..................................................... 10.89 2.1 6.75 8.00 10.00 13.00 16.71

Personal service ................................................................ 10.25 4.9 5.75 6.72 8.50 11.35 16.58

Supervisors, personal service ........................................ 15.61 7.5 8.85 12.02 16.25 19.34 21.25

Hairdressers and cosmetologists ................................... 12.59 8.8 6.36 8.24 10.33 14.48 21.18

Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities ........... 7.23 4.6 5.15 5.61 6.55 7.80 10.75

Guides ........................................................................... 12.96 10.9 7.50 8.97 13.81 15.24 17.28

Ushers ........................................................................... 7.96 7.1 5.75 6.68 7.15 9.75 10.00

Public transportation attendants .................................... 29.85 7.3 8.50 20.27 31.35 36.18 47.67

Baggage porters and bellhops ....................................... 7.69 4.4 4.75 5.75 7.25 8.75 10.89

Welfare service aides .................................................... 9.74 4.8 6.05 7.25 9.37 11.50 13.85

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .............................. 8.79 3.4 6.00 7.00 8.31 10.13 11.74

Childcare workers, n.e.c. ............................................... 9.19 4.3 6.25 7.00 8.30 10.53 13.00

Service, n.e.c. ................................................................ 10.98 5.0 7.00 8.00 9.80 13.00 17.44

1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They

include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium

pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is

computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,

weighted by hours. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position in

the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the

same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate

shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At

the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th

and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 2 Total includes full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as working

either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each

establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered

a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where

a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.

3 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between December 2003

and January 2005. The average reference period was July 2004. 4 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all

workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see appendix B in "National

Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States" on the BLS Internet site

www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the

estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For

more information about RSEs, see appendix A in "National Compensation Survey: 

Occupational Wages in the United States" on the BLS Internet site

www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication

criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may

include data for categories not shown separately. 

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers, National

Compensation Survey,2 July 2004

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

All ...................................................................................................... $19.14 1.0 $8.25 $10.81 $15.50 $23.65 $33.65

All, excluding sales .................................................................... 19.26 1.1 8.40 11.00 15.74 23.91 33.65

White collar .................................................................................. 23.40 .7 9.93 13.00 19.19 29.00 41.35

White collar, excluding sales ................................................. 24.36 .8 10.61 13.88 20.23 30.10 42.40

Professional specialty and technical ..................................... 29.77 1.3 14.50 19.69 26.70 35.99 47.05

Professional specialty ............................................................ 32.02 1.2 17.00 22.40 29.24 38.46 49.28

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ................................. 34.87 1.4 22.85 27.51 33.37 40.86 49.03

Architects ....................................................................... 32.54 4.2 20.00 24.21 31.80 38.44 45.67

Aerospace engineers ..................................................... 41.08 7.9 23.37 31.20 42.09 50.54 57.70

Metallurgical and materials engineers ........................... 30.13 4.3 25.00 25.87 28.44 32.90 39.45

Petroleum engineers ...................................................... 43.26 8.3 32.34 32.34 39.62 51.11 62.79

Chemical engineers ....................................................... 37.97 4.6 28.23 29.81 37.42 44.33 49.02

Nuclear engineers .......................................................... 37.13 5.1 25.39 33.06 37.74 41.32 46.09

Civil engineers ............................................................... 31.59 3.7 20.76 24.00 29.81 37.02 45.72

Electrical and electronic engineers ................................ 37.42 2.7 25.02 29.57 36.06 43.38 51.00

Industrial engineers ....................................................... 31.56 2.2 23.08 26.39 30.77 35.20 42.06

Mechanical engineers .................................................... 31.68 2.5 23.18 26.75 30.42 36.65 41.93

Engineers, n.e.c. ............................................................ 36.59 3.0 22.84 28.75 35.62 43.54 51.75

Surveyors and mapping scientists ................................. 32.36 9.5 24.04 27.58 31.07 39.60 39.60

Mathematical and computer scientists ............................... 35.12 2.2 21.36 26.44 33.94 42.08 50.61

Computer systems analysts and scientists .................... 35.17 2.2 21.49 26.44 33.89 42.07 50.86

Operations and systems researchers and analysts ....... 35.35 4.4 21.40 26.95 35.58 42.31 48.72

Actuaries ........................................................................ 33.09 10.1 22.94 25.49 29.71 41.28 51.92

Statisticians .................................................................... 25.31 11.1 16.45 16.45 27.75 31.40 33.12

Natural scientists ............................................................... 29.19 4.8 16.90 20.67 26.49 34.79 45.26

Physicists and astronomers ........................................... 38.63 10.3 19.04 25.74 41.70 45.10 64.91

Chemists, except biochemists ....................................... 30.64 6.0 19.45 22.66 28.58 34.16 45.67

Geologists and geodesists ............................................. 33.16 6.9 21.25 23.50 31.93 41.03 48.08

Physical scientists, n.e.c. ............................................... 30.99 7.9 20.31 23.64 29.09 37.02 44.48

Agricultural and food scientists ...................................... 29.16 7.1 15.82 20.51 30.94 34.63 39.43

Biological and life scientists ........................................... 28.09 14.8 15.70 18.31 23.49 33.56 46.88

Forestry and conservation scientists ............................. 20.89 10.1 13.82 16.51 19.44 25.82 31.65

Medical scientists ........................................................... 25.11 4.1 14.74 18.17 23.17 27.47 43.36

Health related .................................................................... 30.86 3.5 18.12 21.44 26.30 33.57 45.43

Physicians ...................................................................... 57.38 11.9 15.03 21.64 60.91 87.41 108.92

Dentists .......................................................................... 38.48 10.8 16.12 35.02 38.47 40.87 50.00

Optometrists .................................................................. 58.93 15.2 37.50 40.86 61.67 75.00 93.75

Health diagnosing practitioners, n.e.c. ........................... 34.77 9.3 22.22 31.25 31.25 45.58 45.58

Registered nurses .......................................................... 26.61 1.4 18.60 21.42 25.44 30.45 36.30

Pharmacists ................................................................... 42.69 .8 36.59 40.50 42.85 45.00 48.83

Dietitians ........................................................................ 21.08 4.2 15.88 17.32 20.16 23.54 29.66

Respiratory therapists .................................................... 21.95 2.6 17.48 18.92 21.46 25.57 26.65

Occupational therapists ................................................. 25.30 5.1 15.87 20.89 24.45 29.13 33.00

Physical therapists ......................................................... 28.47 1.7 22.80 25.63 28.27 30.44 33.65

Speech therapists .......................................................... 27.94 6.9 13.75 21.64 26.30 32.26 39.01

Therapists, n.e.c. ........................................................... 19.25 12.7 12.51 14.14 16.98 21.18 31.50

Physicians’ assistants .................................................... 34.22 5.0 28.72 31.42 33.12 37.69 46.15

Teachers, college and university ....................................... 41.96 2.6 23.11 29.23 37.77 49.85 65.88

Earth, environmental, and marine science teachers ...... 53.02 12.6 32.11 40.96 49.76 63.27 79.00

Biological science teachers ........................................... 41.76 10.6 24.96 31.94 37.10 42.50 56.67

Chemistry teachers ........................................................ 37.57 9.4 26.11 26.83 32.98 43.76 53.33

Physics teachers ............................................................ 53.77 11.8 37.53 41.52 46.68 67.92 77.40

Natural science teachers, n.e.c. .................................... 40.03 10.1 21.97 34.60 39.58 44.56 59.94

Psychology teachers ...................................................... 37.39 9.1 25.10 26.91 34.28 47.12 59.09

Economics teachers ...................................................... 64.02 18.7 39.39 45.69 66.45 85.45 102.05

History teachers ............................................................. 38.14 11.2 25.75 27.63 32.35 45.20 56.55

Political science teachers .............................................. 34.84 8.2 24.58 28.69 30.55 38.01 52.55

Sociology teachers ........................................................ 44.54 15.0 27.61 29.36 37.04 57.90 73.30

Social science teachers, n.e.c. ...................................... 41.54 5.5 27.89 33.94 40.39 48.73 55.15

Engineering teachers ..................................................... 57.10 11.8 35.03 38.65 51.28 74.68 90.11

Mathematical science teachers ..................................... 40.09 11.4 25.19 30.21 41.67 48.56 54.28

Computer science teachers ........................................... 42.68 16.3 22.00 29.48 43.15 56.92 58.47

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers, National

Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Professional specialty and technical –Continued

Professional specialty –Continued

Teachers, college and university –Continued

Medical science teachers .............................................. $53.26 9.8 $23.02 $31.25 $47.25 $69.36 $94.53

Health specialties teachers ............................................ 40.77 6.6 24.70 26.15 35.83 44.23 67.31

Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .............. 42.64 12.7 23.31 30.91 36.77 51.64 68.35

Agriculture and forestry teachers ................................... 39.86 27.8 17.36 20.09 28.73 55.24 78.41

Art, drama, and music teachers ..................................... 35.06 8.3 22.61 26.27 32.94 39.82 53.33

Physical education teachers .......................................... 35.36 6.2 21.90 28.11 36.86 46.29 46.90

Education teachers ........................................................ 38.34 8.4 19.92 29.46 37.68 43.50 53.33

English teachers ............................................................ 44.60 11.6 25.06 32.30 39.50 62.22 62.34

Foreign language teachers ............................................ 34.19 19.9 17.60 17.60 27.50 42.90 60.43

Law teachers ................................................................. 58.95 11.6 25.43 32.69 62.78 72.61 96.45

Theology teachers ......................................................... 41.78 7.9 27.59 31.25 37.79 48.99 53.05

Trade and industrial teachers ........................................ 30.49 10.7 17.52 20.00 29.15 39.21 46.98

Other post-secondary teachers ..................................... 40.98 3.1 22.25 28.78 37.76 49.36 63.90

Teachers, except college and university ............................ 31.36 1.2 18.43 23.60 29.67 37.77 47.58

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ................................. 20.03 7.8 8.45 10.76 14.80 27.65 36.46

Elementary school teachers .......................................... 32.53 1.2 20.99 24.73 30.37 38.52 48.13

Secondary school teachers ........................................... 32.52 1.7 21.55 25.07 30.34 38.07 46.88

Teachers, special education .......................................... 33.67 3.7 21.72 25.09 31.24 40.08 50.39

Teachers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 32.10 2.6 17.39 23.40 30.70 38.85 49.38

Substitute teachers ........................................................ 12.00 10.1 8.25 10.27 10.27 15.00 18.24

Vocational and educational counselors ......................... 28.56 4.8 13.73 18.42 27.94 35.14 44.30

Librarians, archivists, and curators .................................... 28.08 4.5 16.62 20.11 26.77 33.33 43.47

Librarians ....................................................................... 28.47 4.6 17.04 20.24 26.91 33.84 45.75

Archivists and curators .................................................. 25.57 11.1 14.50 16.93 26.04 32.03 33.90

Social scientists and urban planners ................................. 29.56 5.9 16.70 19.85 26.98 33.65 48.08

Economists .................................................................... 33.02 8.0 19.52 22.74 29.51 37.50 49.58

Psychologists ................................................................. 29.00 7.8 15.50 18.54 25.97 34.80 50.37

Social scientists, n.e.c. .................................................. 25.00 13.4 13.00 18.30 24.03 31.25 35.90

Urban planners .............................................................. 26.41 5.0 18.42 21.57 26.24 30.83 32.69

Social, recreation, and religious workers ........................... 18.44 2.6 11.83 13.95 16.95 21.63 27.05

Social workers ............................................................... 18.48 2.7 11.96 13.99 16.95 21.69 27.21

Recreation workers ........................................................ 17.95 6.6 9.75 13.91 18.38 21.15 25.43

Clergy ............................................................................ 17.53 12.3 10.27 12.17 15.86 19.40 28.77

Religious workers, n.e.c. ................................................ 18.78 15.3 10.97 10.97 16.98 20.17 24.46

Lawyers and judges ........................................................... 48.95 4.7 25.00 32.31 43.27 64.52 78.13

Lawyers ......................................................................... 48.63 4.9 24.46 32.31 42.31 64.42 76.26

Judges ........................................................................... 57.41 12.6 35.08 46.06 56.96 76.73 82.12

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,

n.e.c. ................................................................................ 25.67 4.6 11.42 15.27 22.22 30.84 45.00

Technical writers ............................................................ 32.61 11.0 13.27 20.81 33.65 45.56 49.52

Designers ....................................................................... 22.19 6.8 11.00 14.00 19.96 27.92 37.91

Musicians and composers ............................................. 35.45 17.9 20.67 29.21 31.59 35.81 52.92

Actors and directors ....................................................... 28.71 15.6 8.50 16.64 25.63 37.27 49.52

Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist printmakers 22.52 11.0 14.39 14.65 20.00 26.44 33.61

Photographers ............................................................... 16.60 11.7 8.75 11.26 14.42 20.17 30.46

Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c. ............. 14.24 7.1 8.65 11.88 13.75 16.25 18.67

Editors and reporters ..................................................... 26.62 13.4 11.70 16.09 21.64 31.98 45.91

Public relations specialists ............................................. 28.04 5.3 16.83 21.23 24.52 30.77 43.65

Announcers .................................................................... 48.04 32.8 8.96 10.54 23.97 96.15 121.15

Athletes .......................................................................... 27.65 13.9 11.38 15.45 23.81 31.22 50.48

Professional, n.e.c. ........................................................ 32.58 6.5 17.61 21.64 29.10 44.09 51.44

Technical ............................................................................... 21.77 2.7 12.00 14.56 18.51 24.10 30.84

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .......... 17.82 2.6 10.79 13.34 16.64 21.41 26.01

Dental hygienists ........................................................... 32.10 4.0 24.60 28.00 32.00 37.00 39.50

Health record technologists and technicians ................. 16.93 7.5 10.60 12.86 15.19 21.47 25.50

Radiological technicians ................................................ 23.27 3.0 15.00 19.06 23.32 27.09 31.25

Licensed practical nurses .............................................. 16.74 1.2 12.52 14.29 16.50 18.87 21.20

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. .................. 16.57 2.1 10.60 12.73 15.33 19.00 23.63

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers, National

Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Professional specialty and technical –Continued

Technical –Continued

Electrical and electronic technicians .............................. $23.03 14.2 $12.16 $13.86 $20.31 $25.96 $31.20

Industrial engineering technicians ................................. 23.02 5.0 18.88 20.47 21.15 26.73 29.53

Mechanical engineering technicians .............................. 23.25 3.9 15.86 18.27 23.08 26.45 31.97

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ...................................... 23.26 3.5 14.18 17.89 21.75 27.91 33.75

Drafters .......................................................................... 21.52 3.9 12.50 16.00 20.27 26.16 30.00

Surveying and mapping technicians .............................. 16.07 7.0 10.25 12.50 15.00 18.50 23.75

Biological technicians .................................................... 17.85 3.8 12.02 14.11 17.25 21.13 24.58

Chemical technicians ..................................................... 21.03 6.0 13.94 16.50 20.23 24.33 28.94

Science technicians, n.e.c. ............................................ 20.78 10.1 14.40 15.50 19.31 23.88 28.98

Airplane pilots and navigators ........................................ 118.58 5.7 35.34 72.15 118.73 159.92 189.78

Broadcast equipment operators ..................................... 16.93 9.1 8.76 12.20 15.09 21.96 24.36

Computer programmers ................................................. 29.05 6.7 17.19 20.98 26.78 33.84 42.07

Tool programmers, numerical control ............................ 20.50 6.6 17.00 17.56 18.00 21.85 28.15

Legal assistants ............................................................. 20.38 4.3 13.00 15.28 20.19 23.48 29.05

Technical and related, n.e.c. .......................................... 20.38 6.6 10.00 13.40 19.29 25.39 30.77

Executive, administrative, and managerial ........................... 32.54 2.1 16.31 20.72 27.98 38.34 52.87

Executives, administrators, and managers ........................ 36.31 2.6 16.83 23.08 31.47 43.85 58.72

Legislators ..................................................................... 15.40 32.0 3.46 3.46 9.33 31.22 38.42

Chief executives and general administrators, public

administration .............................................................. 49.78 12.7 34.62 40.42 43.19 56.72 83.41

Administrators and officials, public administration ......... 32.20 2.7 19.31 25.13 32.01 36.02 45.44

Financial managers ....................................................... 37.24 4.6 19.23 23.87 31.00 44.18 64.09

Personnel and labor relations managers ....................... 33.91 8.9 19.09 24.10 26.38 43.27 54.36

Purchasing managers .................................................... 31.53 6.9 18.00 21.63 32.61 40.87 44.75

Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations 48.67 10.6 23.50 30.00 42.28 58.72 79.39

Administrators, education and related fields .................. 35.96 3.9 18.22 24.81 35.51 44.53 53.90

Managers, medicine and health ..................................... 34.11 3.4 18.35 25.00 31.49 39.85 52.89

Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments .. 20.35 6.6 12.50 13.90 18.03 22.22 33.32

Managers, properties and real estate ............................ 21.37 4.3 11.00 15.75 21.15 26.94 31.54

Funeral directors ............................................................ 22.69 18.5 15.00 15.00 19.50 30.19 36.83

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ........................ 30.84 11.5 15.39 19.81 26.92 32.19 49.76

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ............................. 37.76 3.5 16.67 24.03 33.64 45.41 58.71

Management related .......................................................... 26.38 1.5 16.00 19.18 23.95 30.01 37.50

Accountants and auditors .............................................. 24.49 1.9 16.30 18.74 23.30 28.75 33.86

Underwriters .................................................................. 25.43 7.7 16.49 18.88 22.50 28.53 36.16

Other financial officers ................................................... 34.68 6.2 16.35 21.39 28.04 39.41 65.17

Management analysts .................................................... 29.10 4.8 18.43 20.72 27.27 34.20 42.96

Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ........ 23.89 2.5 15.86 18.92 22.14 27.39 33.90

Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products .............. 25.15 15.8 15.68 16.44 23.67 33.82 33.82

Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm

products ....................................................................... 26.61 4.4 16.16 19.00 24.52 32.97 40.00

Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ........................... 24.94 6.3 15.87 18.27 23.87 31.42 33.65

Business and promotional agents .................................. 23.28 7.5 16.31 17.86 22.52 27.83 30.50

Construction inspectors ................................................. 23.03 4.8 15.46 18.30 22.55 27.39 30.48

Inspectors and compliance officers, except

construction ................................................................. 22.46 3.4 16.11 19.10 20.90 25.90 30.70

Management related, n.e.c. ........................................... 25.31 2.1 14.54 19.02 24.28 29.09 37.10

Sales ......................................................................................... 17.74 2.1 7.50 9.40 13.13 20.39 32.40

Supervisors, sales ......................................................... 19.67 3.7 10.16 12.24 16.15 22.52 35.68

Insurance sales .............................................................. 23.57 8.0 11.25 13.10 18.63 28.85 42.86

Real estate sales ........................................................... 31.51 28.6 10.25 13.60 19.32 25.00 43.04

Securities and financial services sales .......................... 45.46 9.6 13.72 15.87 28.85 48.08 84.86

Advertising and related sales ......................................... 22.10 13.1 9.00 11.50 17.95 27.04 36.85

Sales, other business services ...................................... 24.98 5.9 9.65 13.75 21.41 28.74 39.62

Sales engineers ............................................................. 35.78 8.1 21.84 29.09 34.03 43.17 51.06

Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and

wholesale ..................................................................... 26.73 3.7 12.69 16.97 23.13 32.52 44.06

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers, National

Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Sales –Continued

Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ...................... $20.40 5.3 $6.75 $10.26 $15.65 $25.82 $39.36

Sales workers, apparel .................................................. 11.13 8.8 7.25 8.00 9.00 11.70 16.66

Sales workers, shoes ..................................................... 10.97 9.5 6.07 8.00 9.98 12.03 16.43

Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings .............. 16.63 10.0 8.05 10.00 13.25 20.96 29.38

Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi, and appliances ............... 10.24 9.5 6.15 7.75 8.93 11.88 15.30

Sales workers, hardware and building supplies ............. 14.27 5.4 9.04 10.22 12.50 15.58 19.80

Sales workers, parts ...................................................... 14.70 5.4 8.00 10.25 13.40 17.62 24.04

Sales workers, other commodities ................................. 13.78 4.6 7.01 8.01 10.85 15.14 25.75

Sales counter clerks ...................................................... 10.46 4.4 6.50 8.25 9.50 12.08 15.00

Cashiers ......................................................................... 9.49 1.7 6.50 7.30 8.75 11.00 13.10

Sales support, n.e.c. ...................................................... 15.20 6.5 9.25 10.80 13.85 18.44 22.63

Administrative support, including clerical ............................ 14.51 .7 9.09 10.95 13.51 17.02 21.09

Supervisors, general office ............................................ 19.47 3.8 12.50 14.42 18.27 22.75 28.85

Supervisors, computer equipment operators ................. 18.58 13.6 10.75 14.00 17.94 22.61 24.23

Supervisors, financial records processing ..................... 21.25 2.9 13.46 16.50 21.00 24.59 29.81

Chief communications operators ................................... 20.50 4.7 15.63 18.11 19.85 21.48 22.68

Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting

clerks ........................................................................... 21.55 4.5 12.21 14.47 20.48 24.76 33.32

Computer operators ....................................................... 15.86 3.3 11.80 12.88 15.50 18.20 20.18

Peripheral equipment operators .................................... 14.30 8.1 9.00 11.00 14.68 17.17 19.73

Secretaries ..................................................................... 16.22 1.0 10.52 12.54 15.50 19.23 22.67

Stenographers ............................................................... 17.72 6.2 10.95 12.65 15.27 21.00 25.00

Typists ........................................................................... 15.02 2.5 10.50 12.02 14.73 17.14 19.32

Interviewers ................................................................... 12.31 4.2 8.78 9.75 11.66 14.66 16.82

Hotel clerks .................................................................... 9.03 2.0 7.00 7.83 8.71 9.87 11.25

Transportation ticket and reservation agents ................. 14.62 6.1 7.65 9.70 14.03 20.30 21.64

Receptionists ................................................................. 11.52 2.0 8.25 9.50 11.00 13.00 15.45

Information clerks, n.e.c. ................................................ 13.60 2.1 10.00 11.06 13.05 15.99 17.88

Classified ad clerks ........................................................ 12.82 6.7 10.80 10.98 13.00 13.56 13.56

Correspondence clerks .................................................. 14.16 3.6 10.83 12.01 13.32 15.39 19.06

Order clerks ................................................................... 14.65 3.1 9.00 11.01 13.75 17.00 21.91

Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping ......... 15.91 2.8 10.87 12.97 15.62 18.85 21.43

Library clerks ................................................................. 13.17 3.5 8.90 10.66 12.84 15.09 17.81

File clerks ....................................................................... 11.35 2.7 7.98 9.08 11.00 12.65 15.63

Records clerks, n.e.c. .................................................... 13.86 1.8 9.50 10.90 13.35 15.95 19.38

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ............... 14.88 2.6 9.92 11.78 14.25 16.83 20.19

Payroll and timekeeping clerks ...................................... 16.07 3.0 11.00 12.85 15.75 18.85 21.15

Billing clerks ................................................................... 13.20 2.7 9.36 11.00 12.50 15.00 17.58

Cost and rate clerks ....................................................... 12.28 12.2 6.82 6.82 11.50 15.47 19.50

Billing, posting, and calculating machine operators ....... 14.04 5.7 10.11 10.64 13.59 15.56 24.86

Duplicating machine operators ...................................... 12.30 9.2 8.50 9.66 11.06 15.50 18.19

Mail preparing and paper handling machine operators 12.55 7.4 9.00 10.13 11.54 14.74 17.24

Office machine operators, n.e.c. .................................... 10.08 6.6 6.54 8.49 10.46 11.62 12.92

Telephone operators ...................................................... 14.07 7.2 7.75 10.00 13.30 19.36 20.65

Communications equipment operators, n.e.c. ............... 12.20 12.7 8.00 9.70 12.00 12.96 16.82

Mail clerks, except postal service .................................. 12.80 7.0 8.53 9.87 11.40 14.88 18.24

Messengers ................................................................... 10.07 11.4 7.03 7.75 9.56 11.62 13.70

Dispatchers .................................................................... 16.70 6.1 9.85 11.82 15.04 20.00 24.51

Production coordinators ................................................. 17.98 3.5 12.00 13.75 17.34 21.26 25.46

Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ............................. 13.53 2.6 9.00 10.50 12.87 15.50 20.00

Stock and inventory clerks ............................................. 12.92 2.5 8.30 10.00 11.90 15.15 18.43

Meter readers ................................................................ 17.61 4.1 11.25 12.65 16.21 22.05 24.88

Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers ............. 15.79 6.9 10.08 12.25 13.73 17.86 26.32

Expeditors ...................................................................... 16.73 4.1 11.54 14.35 16.99 19.60 22.36

Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 11.92 4.5 7.50 8.61 10.50 13.75 19.02

Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ........ 18.71 4.4 11.78 13.57 16.88 21.75 28.72

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ............... 15.76 2.3 10.00 12.01 14.67 18.77 24.00

Eligibility clerks, social welfare ....................................... 15.08 2.6 10.90 12.88 14.75 17.34 19.08

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers, National

Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Administrative support, including clerical –Continued

Bill and account collectors ............................................. $14.23 6.1 $8.87 $10.80 $13.38 $16.98 $20.24

General office clerks ...................................................... 13.56 1.1 9.10 10.58 12.84 15.77 19.22

Bank tellers .................................................................... 10.89 1.7 8.25 9.15 10.41 12.42 14.04

Proofreaders .................................................................. 17.64 18.2 10.05 12.69 20.00 23.12 25.32

Data entry keyers ........................................................... 12.50 2.4 9.25 10.27 11.89 14.11 16.81

Statistical clerks ............................................................. 14.99 4.7 9.00 10.50 14.00 19.00 20.75

Teachers’ aides ............................................................. 11.11 1.5 8.25 9.03 10.39 12.49 15.09

Administrative support, n.e.c. ........................................ 14.57 1.8 9.32 11.29 13.75 16.98 20.17

Blue collar .................................................................................... 15.86 .9 8.50 10.65 14.40 19.74 25.75

Precision production, craft, and repair .................................. 19.54 1.0 11.00 14.00 18.48 24.38 29.50

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .......................... 23.79 3.6 14.42 17.78 22.00 29.51 34.23

Automobile mechanics ................................................... 18.58 3.2 10.50 14.36 18.82 21.63 25.00

Automobile mechanic apprentices ................................. 13.80 12.4 8.75 10.00 12.80 15.63 17.00

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ................ 18.00 2.3 12.00 14.50 17.50 20.91 23.90

Aircraft engine mechanics ............................................. 26.68 6.9 18.05 21.71 25.57 31.07 35.85

Small engine repairers ................................................... 15.05 8.3 10.50 12.00 15.00 18.00 18.50

Automobile body and related repairers .......................... 16.00 3.6 11.50 13.00 15.00 17.50 22.35

Aircraft mechanics, except engine ................................. 25.64 6.9 14.00 19.85 25.93 30.92 34.79

Heavy equipment mechanics ......................................... 18.89 3.3 12.70 15.00 18.40 22.19 25.44

Farm equipment mechanics .......................................... 14.54 3.9 11.00 12.69 14.50 16.50 18.00

Industrial machinery repairers ....................................... 20.72 2.5 14.30 17.10 19.84 24.88 27.59

Machinery maintenance ................................................. 15.92 4.7 10.50 12.03 14.50 19.09 22.60

Electronic repairers, communications and industrial

equipment .................................................................... 21.89 5.4 13.00 15.22 22.62 27.63 31.18

Data processing equipment repairers ............................ 20.41 10.4 12.50 15.30 18.99 23.65 27.59

Household appliance and power tool repairers ............. 16.01 5.8 10.50 12.00 15.30 17.60 26.02

Telephone line installers and repairers .......................... 25.23 4.2 16.00 25.09 26.39 27.71 28.05

Telephone installers and repairers ................................ 23.83 2.9 18.04 22.03 24.59 26.39 28.50

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics .. 17.37 3.3 12.00 14.25 16.00 20.00 24.03

Locksmiths and safe repairers ....................................... 15.09 10.4 11.00 13.30 14.00 17.39 19.47

Office machine repairers ................................................ 16.47 11.6 11.30 11.50 16.28 18.56 22.50

Mechanical controls and valve repairers ....................... 22.53 3.7 15.91 18.48 21.92 26.40 30.32

Millwrights ...................................................................... 22.63 5.9 15.15 17.50 24.90 26.45 29.93

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ..................................... 16.66 2.3 10.50 13.00 16.07 19.75 24.07

Supervisors, brickmasons, stonemasons, and

tilesetters ..................................................................... 21.75 14.3 14.22 16.50 19.75 27.12 29.71

Supervisors, carpenters and related workers ................ 26.19 6.0 17.75 22.50 25.74 31.00 36.06

Supervisors, electricians and power transmission

installers ....................................................................... 29.45 4.2 21.00 23.32 28.65 35.97 40.83

Supervisors, painters, paperhangers, and plasterers .... 21.31 5.3 15.50 19.00 20.50 23.46 27.50

Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...... 28.68 4.2 19.50 26.25 32.25 32.75 33.73

Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ......................... 21.56 4.7 15.09 16.95 20.00 25.00 30.82

Brickmasons and stonemasons ..................................... 27.44 6.7 19.00 23.71 26.44 32.55 40.00

Tile setters, hard and soft .............................................. 19.70 20.4 14.00 14.00 15.00 22.47 33.92

Carpet installers ............................................................. 20.47 18.3 10.00 14.00 19.14 29.75 34.05

Carpenters ..................................................................... 19.27 4.1 11.75 14.00 18.70 23.00 28.78

Carpenter apprentices ................................................... 15.64 7.9 12.00 12.00 15.34 18.09 18.46

Drywall installers ............................................................ 16.32 4.8 11.50 14.00 15.50 18.00 22.25

Electricians .................................................................... 25.15 2.3 15.40 18.73 22.90 30.65 38.80

Electrician apprentices ................................................... 15.14 3.8 10.00 11.50 13.50 17.49 23.32

Electrical power installers and repairers ........................ 26.62 2.6 19.00 23.06 26.51 30.59 34.32

Painters, construction and maintenance ........................ 14.55 4.7 9.25 11.00 13.00 17.00 22.00

Plasterers ....................................................................... 14.84 8.4 11.00 13.00 15.00 15.00 18.00

Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ........................... 22.96 3.1 15.00 17.50 24.00 28.38 30.27

Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices ............ 14.52 4.5 9.72 11.50 13.50 16.00 20.86

Concrete and terrazzo finishers ..................................... 18.53 9.6 10.75 12.50 16.00 24.90 28.52

Glaziers .......................................................................... 17.83 6.9 13.00 15.00 17.00 20.00 23.00

Insulation workers .......................................................... 17.65 11.1 11.00 11.64 16.29 22.77 29.00

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers, National

Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Blue collar –Continued

Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued

Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators ... $15.89 16.5 $9.00 $10.50 $13.15 $21.20 $26.72

Roofers .......................................................................... 17.72 8.4 9.50 12.50 18.00 22.00 26.00

Sheet metal duct installers ............................................. 24.19 12.5 14.00 16.50 21.75 33.67 34.67

Structural metal workers ................................................ 20.23 6.2 14.00 16.00 19.00 25.05 27.91

Construction trades, n.e.c. ............................................. 17.54 5.5 10.40 12.52 16.25 21.12 25.57

Supervisors, extractive .................................................. 25.91 16.6 12.00 15.00 28.84 34.16 39.81

Drillers, oil well ............................................................... 25.59 26.9 9.00 11.29 28.49 40.62 40.62

Mining machine operators ............................................. 20.31 11.2 15.55 16.70 19.22 25.20 31.02

Mining, n.e.c. ................................................................. 26.30 1.5 25.00 26.40 26.40 28.84 28.84

Supervisors, production ................................................. 21.25 2.3 13.55 16.01 20.69 25.37 30.00

Tool and die makers ...................................................... 23.21 3.5 17.18 20.00 22.05 28.00 30.56

Tool and die maker apprentices .................................... 18.49 9.5 12.60 15.90 16.99 22.50 24.00

Precision assemblers, metal .......................................... 20.20 6.6 13.82 16.00 18.65 25.00 29.20

Machinists ...................................................................... 19.60 2.5 12.83 16.00 19.79 23.00 26.25

Boilermakers .................................................................. 17.16 7.8 14.06 15.00 16.00 18.06 22.20

Precision grinders, filers, and tool sharpeners ............... 17.63 7.5 8.85 13.61 16.67 20.64 26.76

Patternmakers and modelmakers, metal ....................... 20.98 9.6 13.33 17.04 19.85 24.92 31.20

Layout workers .............................................................. 18.98 17.2 11.17 12.50 16.94 22.72 32.00

Precious stones and metals workers ............................. 14.38 14.9 8.13 8.98 15.35 17.00 23.17

Sheet metal workers ...................................................... 18.86 6.9 12.00 13.28 17.50 24.00 27.91

Patternmakers and modelmakers, wood ....................... 18.00 14.6 11.50 15.00 20.50 23.63 23.63

Cabinet makers and bench carpenters .......................... 13.05 6.1 9.75 11.00 12.50 14.15 16.50

Furniture and wood finishers ......................................... 13.18 7.0 10.50 11.00 12.70 13.25 20.29

Tailors ............................................................................ 14.55 13.6 8.44 10.10 12.45 16.65 22.04

Upholsterers .................................................................. 14.65 16.2 8.00 9.48 14.00 18.63 22.53

Hand molders and shapers, except jewelers ................. 15.52 13.1 12.50 12.50 12.50 18.09 22.46

Patternmakers, layout workers, and cutters .................. 18.63 7.0 13.65 15.00 18.25 19.64 24.97

Dental laboratory and medical appliance technicians .... 15.53 3.7 9.50 13.50 15.80 17.50 20.57

Bookbinders ................................................................... 14.03 10.8 8.00 10.10 13.00 18.00 20.56

Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ............ 13.00 4.0 8.30 9.91 12.20 15.84 18.84

Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ........................ 15.31 8.3 10.30 12.50 14.95 15.63 22.50

Butchers and meat cutters ............................................. 11.82 4.3 7.30 8.80 10.65 14.40 18.49

Bakers ............................................................................ 11.69 5.4 6.50 9.30 11.12 15.28 16.32

Food batchmakers ......................................................... 12.08 9.5 8.13 8.75 11.28 14.63 16.86

Inspectors, testers, and graders .................................... 19.22 3.3 10.60 14.46 18.29 24.81 27.00

Precision inspectors, testers, and related workers,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 22.20 10.0 13.97 16.35 25.86 25.90 25.90

Adjusters and calibrators ............................................... 18.79 10.6 10.50 12.53 17.85 26.20 27.08

Water and sewer treatment plant operators .................. 19.39 2.8 12.23 15.69 19.52 22.79 27.08

Power plant operators .................................................... 27.15 3.4 21.02 25.13 26.39 29.50 32.76

Stationary engineers ...................................................... 22.20 4.6 14.31 17.58 21.32 28.01 32.27

Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c. ......... 21.65 6.2 13.30 18.00 22.58 25.79 27.87

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ................. 13.83 1.2 8.00 9.88 12.75 16.73 21.99

Lathe and turning-machine set-up operators ................. 16.40 4.9 11.40 13.35 15.00 19.50 22.47

Lathe and turning-machine operators ............................ 16.70 5.0 10.87 13.20 16.55 19.60 23.90

Milling and planing machine operators .......................... 14.23 5.1 9.98 12.00 14.47 16.00 17.56

Punching and stamping press operators ....................... 13.53 7.7 8.50 9.01 12.08 16.76 22.05

Rolling machine operators ............................................. 14.22 10.4 9.11 10.25 13.26 16.03 21.36

Drilling and boring machine operators ........................... 13.00 11.2 6.50 8.00 12.88 16.55 19.75

Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine

operators ...................................................................... 13.49 2.6 9.00 11.00 13.25 15.24 18.00

Forging machine operators ............................................ 13.75 9.3 9.00 10.80 11.95 16.45 19.04

Numerical control machine operators ............................ 15.81 3.8 10.57 12.25 16.00 18.15 21.62

Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ........................... 16.00 3.6 9.60 12.00 15.15 18.46 26.01

Molding and casting machine operators ........................ 12.85 3.8 8.25 9.91 11.69 14.85 19.08

Metal plating machine operators .................................... 13.77 6.4 8.00 10.75 13.16 16.50 19.14

Heat treating equipment operators ................................ 16.37 6.5 11.93 12.51 15.16 18.66 21.65

Wood lathe, routing, and planing machine operators .... 11.78 7.3 8.00 10.00 12.25 13.00 14.50

Sawing machine operators ............................................ 11.77 4.8 8.00 9.50 11.25 13.30 15.92

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers, National

Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Blue collar –Continued

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors

–Continued

Shaping and joining machine operators ........................ $12.88 2.9 $10.92 $12.00 $13.00 $13.96 $14.50

Printing press operators ................................................. 16.18 2.3 10.21 12.70 15.83 19.35 22.00

Photoengravers and lithographers ................................. 17.61 4.9 11.25 15.40 17.85 20.00 24.91

Typesetters and compositors ......................................... 15.01 5.7 9.62 11.71 14.90 17.38 19.87

Winding and twisting machine operators ....................... 13.36 8.8 8.70 10.01 12.33 16.50 16.50

Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine

operators ...................................................................... 11.50 1.9 8.75 10.67 11.66 12.34 14.07

Textile cutting machine operators .................................. 10.40 5.1 7.50 8.50 10.75 10.75 13.76

Textile sewing machine operators ................................. 9.03 5.6 6.25 7.25 8.50 10.01 12.11

Pressing machine operators .......................................... 9.23 4.9 6.75 8.00 9.00 10.00 11.59

Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators ........... 9.48 6.4 7.24 8.00 8.75 10.05 13.50

Cementing and gluing machine operators ..................... 12.00 9.8 7.36 9.25 11.00 14.50 17.25

Packaging and filling machine operators ....................... 13.39 3.9 8.25 9.86 12.58 16.12 21.20

Extruding and forming machine operators ..................... 13.82 4.8 9.51 10.79 13.99 16.42 17.70

Mixing and blending machine operators ........................ 15.84 5.0 10.25 12.04 15.22 18.00 22.59

Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine operators .. 19.63 5.2 12.08 16.40 19.15 23.71 26.11

Compressing and compacting machine operators ........ 11.91 4.4 9.05 10.15 11.29 13.00 15.85

Painting and paint spraying machine operators ............. 14.59 3.3 9.10 11.33 13.50 16.54 22.49

Roasting and baking machine operators, food .............. 12.88 9.8 10.00 10.64 12.44 14.51 17.08

Washing, cleaning, and pickling machine operators ...... 13.84 10.7 8.97 10.00 13.40 16.47 21.15

Folding machine operators ............................................ 14.18 10.1 9.40 11.13 12.77 15.75 20.56

Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food ............. 15.20 6.9 10.50 11.60 12.80 17.50 24.53

Crushing and grinding machine operators ..................... 14.02 7.6 10.00 11.30 13.02 15.95 18.71

Slicing and cutting machine operators ........................... 14.01 3.3 10.02 11.64 14.02 16.70 17.44

Photographic process machine operators ..................... 12.29 5.3 8.10 9.00 11.17 16.17 17.56

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ...................... 14.43 2.7 8.75 10.50 13.84 17.51 21.39

Welders and cutters ....................................................... 16.33 2.4 11.00 13.00 15.61 19.23 22.64

Solderers and brazers ................................................... 11.15 10.9 8.03 8.53 11.12 12.66 15.38

Assemblers .................................................................... 14.32 2.7 7.38 9.25 12.28 17.81 26.19

Hand cutting and trimming ............................................. 9.68 12.0 7.00 8.00 8.00 10.78 15.25

Hand molding, casting, and forming .............................. 10.63 12.1 7.50 7.50 9.25 12.52 14.81

Hand painting, coating, and decorating ......................... 10.86 12.4 7.50 8.90 10.32 12.59 14.80

Hand engraving and printing .......................................... 17.45 23.6 10.50 10.94 13.05 28.13 28.71

Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ............................... 12.69 6.4 7.50 8.95 11.00 15.00 19.95

Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ........... 13.82 4.3 8.50 10.00 12.07 16.29 22.84

Production testers .......................................................... 13.01 8.0 8.50 10.50 11.25 15.23 19.83

Production samplers and weighers ................................ 13.02 14.8 10.10 10.64 11.03 12.55 24.79

Graders and sorters, except agricultural ........................ 10.53 6.0 7.10 7.34 9.65 14.36 15.18

Hand inspectors, n.e.c. .................................................. 11.43 7.7 7.00 10.40 11.37 12.50 15.50

Transportation and material moving ..................................... 15.47 1.8 9.50 11.10 14.00 18.75 23.79

Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ............................ 18.15 6.2 12.78 13.74 15.33 22.33 27.19

Truckdrivers ................................................................... 14.99 2.5 9.58 10.96 13.76 18.33 23.07

Driver-sales workers ...................................................... 14.86 6.4 10.00 11.50 13.10 17.65 23.75

Busdrivers ...................................................................... 16.21 2.7 9.25 12.68 16.13 19.78 23.01

Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ...................................... 9.76 5.8 6.75 7.50 9.95 11.83 12.50

Parking lot attendants .................................................... 9.92 10.7 6.33 7.75 10.32 12.40 12.40

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ............................................ 12.84 6.1 7.85 8.73 10.54 16.31 20.64

Railroad conductors and yardmasters ........................... 26.14 19.1 13.04 13.04 24.96 36.30 42.10

Locomotive operating .................................................... 27.10 14.1 14.05 15.80 25.09 34.54 41.59

Rail vehicle operators, n.e.c. ......................................... 21.65 3.3 17.25 19.56 22.30 23.69 24.52

Ship captains and mates, except fishing boats .............. 17.81 10.2 11.25 13.33 17.50 20.00 23.50

Sailors and deckhands .................................................. 11.85 7.0 8.34 8.75 10.42 14.00 18.13

Marine engineers ........................................................... 18.12 13.4 13.75 13.75 16.92 23.17 23.17

Supervisors, material moving equipment ....................... 21.97 4.1 16.00 17.35 21.82 26.80 27.18

Operating engineers ...................................................... 20.59 6.5 11.05 13.59 19.15 26.07 30.09

Longshore equipment operators .................................... 27.98 10.9 21.35 22.65 29.87 32.85 33.98

Crane and tower operators ............................................ 16.71 7.9 10.90 13.34 15.88 20.23 25.00

Excavating and loading machine operators ................... 16.83 4.5 10.25 13.00 16.00 19.11 25.28

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers, National

Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Blue collar –Continued

Transportation and material moving –Continued

Grader, dozer, and scraper operators ........................... $16.28 5.2 $10.25 $12.46 $14.41 $19.92 $25.76

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ........... 14.35 2.6 9.44 11.25 13.45 16.85 20.77

Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 16.01 4.2 9.30 11.51 14.95 20.35 25.67

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......... 12.15 1.4 7.11 8.60 10.93 14.29 19.25

Nursery workers ............................................................. 11.19 9.5 7.79 8.95 10.00 13.00 16.00

Supervisors, agriculture-related workers ....................... 23.77 18.1 10.30 14.42 20.10 24.99 60.00

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ............... 12.08 3.9 7.58 8.71 10.88 14.75 17.63

Animal caretakers, except farm ..................................... 11.83 8.9 7.99 9.35 10.45 14.06 17.49

Inspectors, agricultural products .................................... 10.29 17.5 6.80 7.00 8.70 14.20 14.20

Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and

laborers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 19.26 5.2 11.71 15.00 18.75 21.64 26.75

Helpers, mechanics and repairers ................................. 11.85 6.0 7.50 9.00 10.50 15.68 16.60

Helpers, construction trades .......................................... 12.37 4.1 8.50 10.00 11.12 14.09 18.74

Helpers, extractive ......................................................... 10.28 16.2 7.00 7.50 8.75 15.00 15.00

Construction laborers ..................................................... 14.17 3.4 8.24 10.00 12.90 18.00 22.47

Production helpers ......................................................... 11.53 3.1 8.00 9.00 10.88 13.81 16.80

Garbage collectors ......................................................... 14.40 12.2 8.00 10.50 13.75 18.13 23.56

Stock handlers and baggers .......................................... 11.21 2.0 6.80 8.45 10.78 13.25 16.00

Machine feeders and offbearers .................................... 10.68 3.8 7.50 8.25 9.97 12.31 14.65

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .................. 12.79 2.7 7.50 9.36 11.75 15.25 20.49

Garage and service station related ................................ 9.44 6.4 7.00 7.43 8.05 10.44 15.00

Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ..................... 10.18 3.6 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.75 15.56

Hand packers and packagers ........................................ 10.02 4.2 6.35 7.50 9.15 11.65 14.05

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ............................. 11.65 3.0 6.75 8.19 10.50 13.80 18.82

Service .......................................................................................... 11.72 2.1 6.25 7.66 10.00 13.66 19.87

Protective service .............................................................. 17.75 2.9 8.50 10.50 15.64 23.77 29.54

Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention .................. 27.11 5.0 17.66 21.14 25.21 31.84 40.90

Supervisors, police and detectives ................................ 30.90 2.9 18.30 24.53 30.33 37.25 43.54

Supervisors, guards ....................................................... 20.30 8.2 11.00 13.20 16.46 26.51 37.00

Fire inspection and fire prevention ................................. 18.74 14.3 8.00 12.20 20.17 25.22 29.23

Firefighting ..................................................................... 18.95 2.4 11.59 13.99 17.83 23.54 27.91

Police and detectives, public service ............................. 24.15 1.0 15.64 19.07 23.91 28.03 32.71

Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers ..... 19.40 2.5 12.30 14.38 18.63 23.65 28.22

Correctional institution officers ....................................... 17.17 6.4 11.35 12.00 15.25 21.99 25.99

Guards and police, except public service ...................... 10.04 2.3 7.00 8.00 9.50 11.06 13.88

Protective service, n.e.c. ................................................ 13.84 11.3 8.00 9.32 12.00 17.18 22.48

Food service ...................................................................... 8.56 1.4 4.17 6.44 8.00 10.25 13.27

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ............................... 5.29 2.9 2.13 3.00 5.15 7.00 8.50

Bartenders ..................................................................... 6.83 5.6 4.17 5.00 6.75 8.00 9.50

Waiters and waitresses .................................................. 4.61 4.3 2.13 2.57 4.00 5.97 7.50

Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ..................................... 6.32 6.6 3.30 4.35 6.25 7.16 9.10

Other food service ........................................................... 9.65 1.1 6.25 7.25 8.85 11.00 14.13

Supervisors, food preparation and service .................... 13.52 2.8 8.75 10.00 12.49 16.16 20.67

Cooks ............................................................................. 10.01 1.4 7.00 8.00 9.57 11.50 13.98

Kitchen workers, food preparation ................................. 8.80 2.5 6.00 7.00 8.25 10.00 12.00

Food preparation, n.e.c. ................................................. 8.32 1.2 6.05 6.75 7.69 9.19 11.29

Health service .................................................................... 11.18 1.6 7.75 9.00 10.40 12.71 15.60

Dental assistants ........................................................... 15.27 5.3 10.50 12.60 14.78 17.00 21.00

Health aides, except nursing ......................................... 11.94 2.9 8.29 9.50 11.00 13.29 16.39

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ....................... 10.40 1.1 7.52 8.60 9.88 11.54 13.97

Cleaning and building service ............................................ 11.16 1.8 7.00 8.00 10.00 13.40 17.32

Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers ...... 16.99 4.9 10.24 12.76 16.81 19.54 23.95

Maids and housemen .................................................... 8.34 1.6 6.50 7.00 7.80 9.01 11.12

Janitors and cleaners ..................................................... 11.42 1.9 7.25 8.48 10.54 13.62 17.19

Personal service ................................................................ 10.89 7.8 5.75 6.81 9.00 12.02 17.44

Supervisors, personal service ........................................ 15.82 7.5 8.85 12.02 16.45 19.38 21.25

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers, National

Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Service –Continued

Personal service –Continued

Hairdressers and cosmetologists ................................... $13.85 10.5 $8.00 $9.06 $11.25 $15.28 $22.75

Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities ........... 7.24 5.2 5.24 5.64 6.55 7.71 10.84

Guides ........................................................................... 14.57 6.3 10.58 13.06 15.24 16.67 18.09

Public transportation attendants .................................... 32.29 2.3 17.88 24.86 32.88 37.77 47.67

Baggage porters and bellhops ....................................... 7.51 5.6 4.70 5.70 6.85 8.74 10.25

Welfare service aides .................................................... 11.07 4.1 7.72 8.88 10.39 12.40 15.37

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .............................. 8.90 4.2 6.08 7.00 8.60 10.38 11.78

Childcare workers, n.e.c. ............................................... 9.42 5.4 6.25 7.00 8.40 10.54 13.93

Service, n.e.c. ................................................................ 12.07 5.7 7.80 9.00 11.10 15.41 17.44

1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They

include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium

pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is

computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,

weighted by hours. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position in

the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the

same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate

shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At

the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th

and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 2 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between December 2003

and January 2005. The average reference period was July 2004. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all

workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see appendix B in "National

Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States" on the BLS Internet site

www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the

estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For

more information about RSEs, see appendix A in "National Compensation Survey: 

Occupational Wages in the United States" on the BLS Internet site

www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication

criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may

include data for categories not shown separately. 

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.3. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 part-time workers, National

Compensation Survey,2 July 2004

Occupation3

Part-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

All ...................................................................................................... $10.01 1.0 $5.50 $6.50 $8.00 $10.66 $16.69

All, excluding sales .................................................................... 10.54 1.2 5.35 6.55 8.25 11.50 18.89

White collar .................................................................................. 12.61 1.3 6.25 7.20 9.04 14.12 24.52

White collar, excluding sales ................................................. 16.68 1.8 7.91 9.47 13.00 21.00 30.00

Professional specialty and technical ..................................... 23.92 2.1 10.32 15.17 22.59 29.63 40.00

Professional specialty ............................................................ 25.89 2.1 10.71 17.59 24.78 31.45 41.52

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ................................. 31.88 14.8 15.40 21.18 25.00 40.00 59.61

Mathematical and computer scientists ............................... 30.04 9.1 12.93 23.56 34.00 34.50 38.00

Computer systems analysts and scientists .................... 30.04 9.1 12.93 23.56 34.00 34.50 38.00

Natural scientists ............................................................... 25.65 11.0 16.61 18.70 25.00 31.01 33.65

Health related .................................................................... 29.27 1.9 19.00 23.00 26.83 32.54 43.00

Physicians ...................................................................... 74.89 5.7 55.00 60.00 68.28 76.12 100.00

Registered nurses .......................................................... 28.05 1.9 19.87 23.06 26.29 31.00 39.78

Pharmacists ................................................................... 32.61 12.8 11.00 23.00 36.00 43.40 45.20

Dietitians ........................................................................ 21.47 5.0 17.32 18.68 21.63 22.77 25.46

Respiratory therapists .................................................... 19.50 8.3 15.99 16.12 16.92 21.86 26.00

Occupational therapists ................................................. 28.72 3.9 23.57 26.00 28.50 32.33 35.00

Physical therapists ......................................................... 34.47 6.6 25.00 29.25 35.00 39.00 43.00

Speech therapists .......................................................... 27.63 10.0 18.00 21.31 28.24 33.95 41.08

Therapists, n.e.c. ........................................................... 34.62 29.9 16.50 16.95 22.94 63.56 63.56

Teachers, college and university ....................................... 32.77 4.8 16.67 21.88 31.66 40.00 48.71

Biological science teachers ........................................... 28.27 24.9 17.00 17.00 23.00 28.81 48.23

Psychology teachers ...................................................... 24.81 11.4 19.30 19.30 21.88 30.00 34.38

Engineering teachers ..................................................... 49.10 21.9 30.50 30.50 47.50 53.52 81.44

Mathematical science teachers ..................................... 29.92 18.8 20.63 22.48 25.24 42.51 43.00

Computer science teachers ........................................... 39.84 1.3 40.00 40.00 40.00 40.00 40.00

Health specialties teachers ............................................ 29.04 9.7 19.50 23.00 25.06 38.93 43.00

Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .............. 35.76 11.0 21.88 25.09 37.10 46.11 46.75

Art, drama, and music teachers ..................................... 22.44 17.8 12.31 12.31 20.00 31.56 36.27

Physical education teachers .......................................... 21.79 25.8 12.50 12.50 14.06 30.00 40.00

Education teachers ........................................................ 22.84 21.9 11.64 13.23 21.87 29.30 45.40

English teachers ............................................................ 29.51 9.0 18.75 20.63 25.49 37.26 45.55

Foreign language teachers ............................................ 24.53 18.5 13.46 15.38 24.29 27.00 39.78

Trade and industrial teachers ........................................ 29.16 12.3 19.50 19.50 30.40 30.40 45.00

Other post-secondary teachers ..................................... 32.57 5.6 17.00 21.59 31.66 41.26 49.75

Teachers, except college and university ............................ 19.68 6.3 8.50 11.54 15.00 24.36 38.00

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ................................. 14.35 15.3 6.50 11.83 14.20 14.20 20.31

Elementary school teachers .......................................... 24.98 7.5 10.71 18.34 24.40 33.44 39.52

Secondary school teachers ........................................... 33.07 9.0 18.96 25.31 31.08 36.50 49.22

Teachers, special education .......................................... 31.02 24.5 15.00 18.50 20.00 48.71 49.37

Teachers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 22.37 10.1 10.00 12.00 17.61 33.03 42.82

Substitute teachers ........................................................ 13.90 4.2 8.00 10.00 11.54 17.24 23.67

Vocational and educational counselors ......................... 26.92 20.8 12.00 16.52 24.70 29.81 47.05

Librarians, archivists, and curators .................................... 20.93 4.2 12.97 15.12 19.38 23.12 37.27

Librarians ....................................................................... 21.07 4.1 12.97 15.08 19.85 23.14 37.27

Social scientists and urban planners ................................. 23.04 17.9 10.00 15.00 25.00 29.00 35.77

Psychologists ................................................................. 23.09 18.0 10.00 15.63 25.00 29.00 35.77

Social, recreation, and religious workers ........................... 17.20 5.9 9.00 12.00 17.00 22.00 26.00

Social workers ............................................................... 19.39 5.9 12.00 14.42 18.67 24.56 26.23

Recreation workers ........................................................ 12.15 10.0 6.35 7.57 12.00 13.00 19.37

Lawyers and judges ........................................................... 45.16 13.5 19.08 26.04 40.30 63.33 71.72

Lawyers ......................................................................... 46.81 14.3 15.27 27.43 40.30 63.33 89.53

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,

n.e.c. ................................................................................ 12.89 9.2 6.75 8.00 9.50 14.12 24.62

Designers ....................................................................... 10.35 13.9 7.50 8.00 9.25 12.00 15.00

Musicians and composers ............................................. 18.20 26.4 8.65 8.65 12.00 21.36 29.43

Photographers ............................................................... 14.91 36.4 7.00 7.25 8.50 13.86 49.24

Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c. ............. 14.51 19.4 7.50 8.94 14.50 18.00 24.80

Editors and reporters ..................................................... 16.28 25.5 8.00 9.00 14.12 21.22 31.28

Public relations specialists ............................................. 14.71 8.3 12.69 12.69 13.46 14.18 22.92

Announcers .................................................................... 10.74 19.9 5.50 7.00 10.00 11.00 12.00

Athletes .......................................................................... 11.79 9.6 7.50 8.00 10.00 15.00 18.00

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.3. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 part-time workers, National

Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued

Occupation3

Part-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Professional specialty and technical –Continued

Technical ............................................................................... $18.75 3.9 $10.00 $13.05 $16.56 $21.80 $28.15

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .......... 18.94 4.9 11.36 15.13 16.75 22.14 28.08

Dental hygienists ........................................................... 28.80 4.2 21.00 21.00 28.00 34.20 40.63

Health record technologists and technicians ................. 15.28 12.5 10.05 11.78 13.00 17.16 25.44

Radiological technicians ................................................ 24.57 8.0 14.99 17.95 23.02 30.00 37.68

Licensed practical nurses .............................................. 17.61 2.6 13.50 15.00 16.64 19.70 23.35

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. .................. 14.09 6.6 8.75 10.37 12.75 15.92 21.63

Electrical and electronic technicians .............................. 14.80 12.6 10.00 11.00 13.50 19.23 20.00

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ...................................... 35.17 22.6 13.14 40.00 40.00 40.00 40.00

Biological technicians .................................................... 12.46 9.4 8.50 11.33 11.33 14.10 17.53

Broadcast equipment operators ..................................... 9.04 8.8 7.00 7.00 10.00 10.30 10.30

Computer programmers ................................................. 26.02 22.9 13.35 17.65 18.00 33.66 50.96

Technical and related, n.e.c. .......................................... 11.88 21.2 7.75 8.75 10.00 15.21 19.65

Executive, administrative, and managerial ........................... 22.91 7.2 9.50 14.58 21.35 29.00 38.15

Executives, administrators, and managers ........................ 22.51 14.0 7.00 10.50 17.30 30.00 44.31

Legislators ..................................................................... 16.51 25.6 5.29 5.29 12.00 26.92 27.89

Administrators and officials, public administration ......... 38.61 20.7 29.08 29.08 29.08 53.32 53.32

Administrators, education and related fields .................. 27.94 21.1 12.01 15.50 30.00 30.00 55.76

Managers, medicine and health ..................................... 36.87 15.8 22.44 25.83 42.31 46.49 46.49

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ........................ 17.15 11.9 9.50 13.75 17.30 21.87 22.69

Management related .......................................................... 23.14 6.0 13.34 16.00 21.72 28.50 37.26

Accountants and auditors .............................................. 26.26 9.3 14.58 20.00 25.12 30.00 38.15

Other financial officers ................................................... 22.54 15.3 13.34 17.00 20.81 25.00 34.00

Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ........ 19.62 12.0 13.37 13.37 17.29 26.10 28.24

Management related, n.e.c. ........................................... 18.49 8.0 9.23 16.00 17.00 21.56 27.24

Sales ......................................................................................... 7.96 1.2 5.75 6.50 7.29 8.70 10.25

Supervisors, sales ......................................................... 8.94 10.6 6.50 6.89 8.25 10.65 11.05

Sales, other business services ...................................... 8.26 3.3 6.25 7.10 8.25 8.60 10.00

Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and

wholesale ..................................................................... 10.26 8.9 8.00 9.00 9.00 10.50 15.26

Sales workers, apparel .................................................. 7.49 2.9 6.00 6.25 7.00 8.00 9.50

Sales workers, shoes ..................................................... 7.24 6.0 5.50 5.87 6.52 8.11 10.30

Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings .............. 8.42 5.5 6.25 7.00 8.24 9.00 10.00

Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi, and appliances ............... 8.97 4.4 7.50 8.00 9.00 9.50 10.00

Sales workers, hardware and building supplies ............. 10.02 3.1 7.50 8.75 9.93 11.17 13.00

Sales workers, parts ...................................................... 7.96 7.2 5.50 7.05 8.00 8.75 10.24

Sales workers, other commodities ................................. 7.86 1.8 6.00 6.50 7.25 8.50 10.00

Sales counter clerks ...................................................... 7.08 3.8 5.50 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00

Cashiers ......................................................................... 7.74 1.4 5.75 6.25 7.10 8.30 10.00

Street and door-to-door sales workers .......................... 8.53 14.0 5.50 5.50 9.00 10.26 12.13

News vendors ................................................................ 9.94 6.0 7.18 9.36 10.00 11.04 11.04

Sales support, n.e.c. ...................................................... 8.33 4.3 6.00 7.00 7.80 9.25 10.50

Administrative support, including clerical ............................ 11.15 1.3 7.33 8.50 10.17 12.95 16.39

Computer operators ....................................................... 10.49 8.4 8.50 10.00 10.00 10.65 14.90

Secretaries ..................................................................... 13.73 4.5 8.82 10.25 12.93 16.07 20.00

Stenographers ............................................................... 25.11 35.4 10.00 12.94 18.00 21.69 22.81

Typists ........................................................................... 11.77 5.8 8.35 10.00 11.00 14.00 15.77

Interviewers ................................................................... 9.62 9.7 7.50 7.75 8.50 10.80 13.91

Hotel clerks .................................................................... 8.39 3.9 7.00 7.65 8.25 8.72 10.00

Transportation ticket and reservation agents ................. 15.52 6.5 9.00 11.56 16.85 20.30 21.56

Receptionists ................................................................. 9.34 3.3 6.75 7.74 8.50 10.32 12.50

Information clerks, n.e.c. ................................................ 10.31 6.8 7.50 8.75 10.15 11.29 12.42

Order clerks ................................................................... 9.73 7.2 6.55 7.50 9.20 12.10 13.09

Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping ......... 12.60 12.8 8.62 10.06 11.20 17.15 17.15

Library clerks ................................................................. 10.58 3.3 6.80 8.00 9.67 12.50 15.33

File clerks ....................................................................... 9.05 5.5 6.50 8.00 8.50 9.90 12.23

Records clerks, n.e.c. .................................................... 11.74 6.0 8.13 9.80 11.00 13.59 15.66

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.3. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 part-time workers, National

Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued

Occupation3

Part-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Administrative support, including clerical –Continued

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ............... $11.48 2.7 $9.00 $10.00 $11.00 $13.00 $14.25

Payroll and timekeeping clerks ...................................... 11.07 4.8 8.00 10.00 11.26 11.90 14.06

Billing clerks ................................................................... 12.51 3.8 10.00 11.00 12.08 13.50 14.49

Billing, posting, and calculating machine operators ....... 10.44 2.6 8.57 9.90 10.08 11.45 12.51

Duplicating machine operators ...................................... 9.55 4.5 8.25 9.00 9.00 11.00 11.00

Telephone operators ...................................................... 8.84 7.1 6.25 7.25 9.00 9.51 11.17

Mail clerks, except postal service .................................. 10.37 7.6 6.87 8.21 10.00 12.00 14.00

Messengers ................................................................... 9.19 7.1 6.00 7.50 9.25 11.03 11.50

Dispatchers .................................................................... 11.00 11.4 6.50 7.78 9.45 12.49 20.07

Stock and inventory clerks ............................................. 9.53 3.2 7.35 8.00 8.75 11.00 12.75

Meter readers ................................................................ 13.36 8.7 10.00 10.61 14.76 15.21 15.21

Expeditors ...................................................................... 9.83 10.3 6.65 7.47 10.25 11.60 12.40

Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 8.60 2.7 7.50 7.80 8.45 9.35 10.25

Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ........ 15.08 13.3 11.19 12.00 15.44 18.30 20.40

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ............... 12.48 6.4 7.50 9.41 12.15 14.76 16.13

Bill and account collectors ............................................. 10.40 8.4 8.00 8.16 9.00 13.17 14.66

General office clerks ...................................................... 10.61 4.0 7.00 8.00 10.00 12.40 16.00

Bank tellers .................................................................... 9.69 1.5 7.75 8.50 9.32 10.50 12.00

Proofreaders .................................................................. 10.94 18.2 6.25 8.40 9.00 14.50 14.50

Data entry keyers ........................................................... 11.95 8.1 8.00 10.00 11.35 12.00 20.00

Statistical clerks ............................................................. 10.42 15.1 8.54 8.58 8.82 11.14 12.22

Teachers’ aides ............................................................. 13.68 2.0 8.70 9.96 12.79 17.00 19.45

Administrative support, n.e.c. ........................................ 11.26 5.7 6.85 8.50 10.10 14.03 16.39

Blue collar .................................................................................... 9.40 1.7 5.85 6.90 8.25 10.73 14.14

Precision production, craft, and repair .................................. 12.60 8.1 6.00 9.00 10.50 14.08 24.35

Electronic repairers, communications and industrial

equipment .................................................................... 23.03 9.6 16.00 16.00 24.35 24.35 31.04

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ..................................... 11.34 26.7 5.38 5.55 9.00 17.91 17.91

Carpenters ..................................................................... 21.47 23.4 12.00 12.00 23.00 31.04 34.65

Construction trades, n.e.c. ............................................. 20.23 21.8 12.00 12.00 17.49 31.04 31.04

Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ............ 12.39 5.9 7.25 9.30 10.25 15.00 17.25

Butchers and meat cutters ............................................. 10.67 20.2 6.00 6.00 10.90 13.75 17.64

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ................. 8.98 2.5 6.50 7.50 8.50 10.00 11.00

Molding and casting machine operators ........................ 7.56 6.7 6.75 7.00 7.00 8.00 8.50

Printing press operators ................................................. 17.99 11.9 14.65 15.00 15.42 20.02 25.80

Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators ........... 7.27 5.8 6.00 6.04 6.50 8.00 9.17

Packaging and filling machine operators ....................... 8.07 6.6 7.50 7.50 7.50 7.50 8.75

Photographic process machine operators ..................... 7.98 3.7 6.93 7.75 8.25 8.25 8.37

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ...................... 9.61 5.4 7.25 8.00 9.00 10.50 12.00

Assemblers .................................................................... 9.22 6.4 7.00 7.16 8.25 10.00 12.50

Transportation and material moving ..................................... 10.35 2.8 5.50 7.00 9.75 12.53 15.96

Truckdrivers ................................................................... 10.98 6.0 7.00 8.00 9.75 13.12 17.50

Driver-sales workers ...................................................... 7.75 8.5 5.15 5.50 6.75 8.00 12.50

Busdrivers ...................................................................... 13.16 3.2 9.74 10.76 12.50 14.83 17.50

Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ...................................... 9.28 8.0 7.00 7.00 8.50 12.00 12.00

Parking lot attendants .................................................... 6.85 10.6 5.25 5.25 6.50 8.00 9.00

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ............................................ 6.99 5.9 5.25 5.50 6.75 7.50 8.50

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ........... 11.27 13.5 6.90 7.50 9.25 14.34 17.12

Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 12.68 5.8 8.50 11.32 12.08 13.52 15.05

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......... 8.69 2.2 5.82 6.55 7.80 9.72 12.24

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ............... 8.70 4.1 6.68 7.75 8.00 9.69 11.00

Animal caretakers, except farm ..................................... 8.27 9.5 6.00 6.75 7.50 10.00 10.87

Helpers, mechanics and repairers ................................. 12.24 23.3 5.40 6.75 16.00 16.00 16.00

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.3. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 part-time workers, National

Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued

Occupation3

Part-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Blue collar –Continued

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers

–Continued

Helpers, construction trades .......................................... $11.47 7.7 $9.00 $10.00 $12.00 $12.00 $16.50

Construction laborers ..................................................... 20.17 11.7 5.15 10.00 25.00 25.43 29.50

Production helpers ......................................................... 8.54 5.0 7.00 7.50 8.00 9.38 10.50

Stock handlers and baggers .......................................... 7.57 1.4 5.50 6.20 7.16 8.40 9.73

Machine feeders and offbearers .................................... 10.37 11.9 7.00 9.10 9.10 11.26 15.74

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .................. 10.98 3.6 6.50 9.00 10.67 12.40 15.10

Garage and service station related ................................ 9.53 23.2 6.50 6.50 7.50 9.10 25.00

Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ..................... 7.00 2.4 5.50 6.25 6.75 7.50 8.50

Hand packers and packagers ........................................ 7.90 3.4 5.92 7.00 7.50 9.00 10.00

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ............................. 8.43 3.1 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.50 11.25

Service .......................................................................................... 7.41 1.0 3.65 5.86 7.00 8.50 10.75

Protective service .............................................................. 10.45 5.6 6.40 7.75 9.25 11.05 16.47

Firefighting ..................................................................... 8.40 11.1 6.95 6.95 7.41 8.00 10.68

Police and detectives, public service ............................. 17.40 14.9 9.78 11.77 13.70 25.00 29.00

Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers ..... 16.03 11.2 7.20 13.75 15.50 17.96 17.96

Crossing guards ............................................................. 9.64 4.4 6.50 8.25 9.19 10.86 12.80

Guards and police, except public service ...................... 10.44 7.6 6.40 8.00 9.33 10.50 18.00

Protective service, n.e.c. ................................................ 9.31 7.9 6.12 7.25 8.65 11.44 13.50

Food service ...................................................................... 6.38 1.1 2.63 5.30 6.50 7.50 9.00

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ............................... 4.75 3.1 2.13 2.50 4.30 6.75 7.50

Bartenders ..................................................................... 6.54 5.8 3.03 5.15 6.50 7.50 10.00

Waiters and waitresses .................................................. 4.27 3.5 2.13 2.20 3.30 6.00 7.16

Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ..................................... 5.57 3.6 2.83 4.30 5.75 6.75 7.50

Other food service ........................................................... 7.23 .9 5.50 6.00 6.95 8.00 9.48

Supervisors, food preparation and service .................... 9.07 5.7 7.25 7.75 8.30 9.11 12.00

Cooks ............................................................................. 7.76 2.4 5.73 6.50 7.25 8.84 10.25

Kitchen workers, food preparation ................................. 7.36 3.1 5.40 6.00 7.00 8.19 9.89

Food preparation, n.e.c. ................................................. 7.19 1.2 5.50 6.00 6.92 7.80 9.20

Health service .................................................................... 9.54 3.5 6.01 7.40 9.00 11.00 14.00

Dental assistants ........................................................... 14.55 7.7 8.60 11.15 14.50 17.55 20.60

Health aides, except nursing ......................................... 9.88 8.2 5.15 7.50 9.20 11.78 14.49

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ....................... 9.30 2.8 6.08 7.25 8.77 10.60 13.03

Cleaning and building service ............................................ 8.11 2.7 5.50 6.50 7.50 9.00 10.65

Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers ...... 10.39 8.4 6.25 7.00 10.90 12.00 14.17

Maids and housemen .................................................... 8.39 4.7 6.20 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.49

Janitors and cleaners ..................................................... 7.99 2.6 5.40 6.50 7.50 8.89 10.50

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.3. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 part-time workers, National

Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued

Occupation3

Part-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Service –Continued

Personal service ................................................................ $8.61 2.6 $5.68 $6.50 $7.50 $9.75 $12.14

Supervisors, personal service ........................................ 10.41 13.7 7.01 7.50 9.00 13.00 14.00

Hairdressers and cosmetologists ................................... 11.06 11.9 5.91 7.05 10.00 13.31 20.08

Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities ........... 7.16 5.0 5.15 5.50 6.92 8.00 9.50

Guides ........................................................................... 9.55 8.7 7.00 7.00 8.75 11.25 15.00

Ushers ........................................................................... 7.91 7.9 6.00 6.55 7.25 9.75 10.00

Public transportation attendants .................................... 12.69 35.3 8.50 8.50 8.50 10.23 19.35

Baggage porters and bellhops ....................................... 8.72 6.8 5.25 7.50 8.00 10.00 10.89

Welfare service aides .................................................... 7.65 6.3 5.98 6.05 6.85 8.50 10.80

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .............................. 8.36 4.4 5.75 6.50 7.60 9.04 11.34

Childcare workers, n.e.c. ............................................... 8.67 3.7 6.00 6.56 8.00 10.50 11.65

Service, n.e.c. ................................................................ 9.05 5.7 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.65 12.80

1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They

include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium

pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is

computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,

weighted by hours. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position in

the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the

same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate

shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At

the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th

and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 2 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between December 2003

and January 2005. The average reference period was July 2004. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all

workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see appendix B in "National

Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States" on the BLS Internet site

www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the

estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For

more information about RSEs, see appendix A in "National Compensation Survey: 

Occupational Wages in the United States" on the BLS Internet site

www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication

criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may

include data for categories not shown separately. 

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.1. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National

Compensation Survey,3 July 2004

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

All ...................................................................................................... $17.25 1.0 $7.05 $9.50 $13.63 $20.99 $30.63

All, excluding sales .................................................................... 17.50 1.1 7.25 9.75 14.00 21.31 30.84

White collar .................................................................................. 21.53 .8 8.50 11.48 16.98 26.54 39.10

White collar, excluding sales ................................................. 23.29 .9 10.00 12.98 18.87 28.57 41.03

Professional specialty and technical ..................................... 28.87 1.6 13.46 18.25 25.37 34.88 46.03

Professional specialty ............................................................ 31.56 1.6 15.44 21.40 28.65 38.46 49.05

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ................................. 35.20 1.6 22.96 27.64 33.65 41.35 49.66

Architects ....................................................................... 32.54 4.8 19.80 24.21 32.28 38.44 48.08

Aerospace engineers ..................................................... 41.15 7.8 23.43 31.21 42.15 50.54 57.74

Metallurgical and materials engineers ........................... 30.60 5.2 24.04 25.48 30.29 33.87 40.54

Petroleum engineers ...................................................... 43.26 8.3 32.34 32.34 39.62 51.11 62.79

Chemical engineers ....................................................... 37.97 4.6 28.23 29.81 37.42 44.33 49.02

Nuclear engineers .......................................................... 37.56 4.5 27.90 33.33 37.77 41.24 46.48

Civil engineers ............................................................... 31.40 5.7 20.00 22.60 29.49 37.40 47.25

Electrical and electronic engineers ................................ 37.47 2.8 25.00 29.57 36.13 43.53 51.27

Industrial engineers ....................................................... 31.57 2.2 23.08 26.30 30.78 35.20 42.07

Mechanical engineers .................................................... 31.73 2.6 23.10 26.75 30.49 36.65 41.83

Engineers, n.e.c. ............................................................ 37.22 3.2 23.08 29.17 36.47 44.39 52.45

Surveyors and mapping scientists ................................. 32.66 9.5 24.04 31.07 31.07 39.60 39.60

Mathematical and computer scientists ............................... 35.52 2.4 21.63 26.80 34.52 42.66 51.37

Computer systems analysts and scientists .................... 35.60 2.3 21.63 26.81 34.52 42.81 51.81

Operations and systems researchers and analysts ....... 35.42 4.4 21.45 26.99 35.58 42.31 48.77

Actuaries ........................................................................ 33.09 10.1 22.94 25.49 29.71 41.28 51.92

Statisticians .................................................................... 26.04 14.7 14.80 16.45 28.09 31.40 33.33

Natural scientists ............................................................... 32.23 3.2 18.60 23.23 30.24 39.19 48.04

Physicists and astronomers ........................................... 43.66 9.3 27.45 39.45 43.05 46.63 64.91

Chemists, except biochemists ....................................... 30.72 6.4 19.23 22.58 28.58 34.78 45.67

Geologists and geodesists ............................................. 34.73 8.2 23.50 23.50 36.97 42.31 48.08

Physical scientists, n.e.c. ............................................... 33.95 7.4 22.10 26.68 32.43 38.76 46.80

Agricultural and food scientists ...................................... 33.29 7.7 22.07 30.94 33.65 34.62 39.43

Biological and life scientists ........................................... 33.67 8.6 15.64 22.99 29.75 41.04 62.81

Medical scientists ........................................................... 26.68 7.3 14.63 17.79 21.86 33.65 45.43

Health related .................................................................... 31.24 3.6 18.54 22.00 26.72 33.98 45.25

Physicians ...................................................................... 66.92 9.0 20.07 26.84 64.90 98.08 109.06

Dentists .......................................................................... 45.24 8.0 35.02 38.47 40.87 55.00 55.00

Optometrists .................................................................. 57.44 14.4 37.50 42.60 61.67 75.00 80.00

Health diagnosing practitioners, n.e.c. ........................... 34.70 9.3 22.22 31.25 31.25 45.58 45.58

Registered nurses .......................................................... 27.00 1.6 18.89 21.95 25.80 30.68 36.99

Pharmacists ................................................................... 41.46 2.2 35.25 40.00 42.50 44.57 47.15

Dietitians ........................................................................ 21.47 5.3 16.97 17.51 20.58 23.87 30.16

Respiratory therapists .................................................... 21.60 3.1 16.27 18.45 21.09 25.27 26.60

Occupational therapists ................................................. 25.77 4.4 17.00 22.17 25.89 29.13 33.00

Physical therapists ......................................................... 28.81 1.9 23.04 25.87 28.61 30.90 34.94

Speech therapists .......................................................... 24.34 3.3 20.19 20.69 23.16 26.00 30.43

Therapists, n.e.c. ........................................................... 20.39 16.7 12.51 13.94 16.95 21.18 35.72

Physicians’ assistants .................................................... 34.23 6.1 28.00 31.42 33.12 37.89 46.15

Teachers, college and university ....................................... 42.28 3.0 20.94 27.94 37.68 51.64 69.67

Biological science teachers ........................................... 48.18 15.0 27.64 34.01 38.96 50.35 110.81

Chemistry teachers ........................................................ 53.66 12.8 40.32 43.98 45.98 63.59 82.50

Physics teachers ............................................................ 59.17 11.7 41.52 45.79 49.09 70.46 77.40

Psychology teachers ...................................................... 41.59 6.9 26.16 33.57 41.36 47.36 59.09

Economics teachers ...................................................... 52.18 17.4 30.94 33.41 54.39 65.88 70.36

History teachers ............................................................. 34.39 11.2 25.42 26.25 30.15 41.46 48.92

Sociology teachers ........................................................ 40.96 19.3 28.89 29.36 32.42 38.50 67.96

Social science teachers, n.e.c. ...................................... 44.28 8.2 27.89 34.31 42.61 55.15 62.53

Engineering teachers ..................................................... 60.99 8.7 26.65 47.72 59.72 76.91 83.72

Mathematical science teachers ..................................... 40.89 13.2 30.21 30.21 36.88 48.56 65.85

Computer science teachers ........................................... 31.39 5.5 19.78 20.94 28.63 38.27 46.49

Medical science teachers .............................................. 55.10 11.1 30.50 38.46 46.70 69.71 88.05

Health specialties teachers ............................................ 49.02 7.4 23.28 25.89 37.14 65.03 92.45

Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .............. 46.95 9.9 20.51 30.95 51.64 51.64 72.47

Art, drama, and music teachers ..................................... 35.23 5.9 20.00 27.00 34.26 38.07 51.52

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.1. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National

Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Professional specialty and technical –Continued

Professional specialty –Continued

Teachers, college and university –Continued

Physical education teachers .......................................... $29.66 11.1 $14.06 $20.76 $28.11 $37.97 $47.11

Education teachers ........................................................ 38.47 11.3 24.27 29.45 37.68 41.60 62.69

English teachers ............................................................ 38.03 6.0 20.21 27.86 35.64 44.01 57.53

Foreign language teachers ............................................ 40.20 9.1 24.09 28.00 39.29 46.51 60.43

Law teachers ................................................................. 63.10 11.1 30.00 42.01 63.10 80.00 101.22

Theology teachers ......................................................... 43.11 11.9 23.21 28.13 39.60 49.95 66.31

Trade and industrial teachers ........................................ 19.82 5.4 14.42 17.52 18.75 21.06 24.46

Other post-secondary teachers ..................................... 40.40 5.0 19.95 25.69 36.06 50.76 66.33

Teachers, except college and university ............................ 20.05 4.7 9.56 12.50 17.90 26.20 32.18

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ................................. 12.32 5.9 7.28 9.23 11.73 14.20 17.61

Elementary school teachers .......................................... 23.34 3.5 14.38 17.45 22.04 28.30 32.54

Secondary school teachers ........................................... 30.69 4.3 18.23 22.73 28.62 36.23 45.61

Teachers, special education .......................................... 26.37 10.5 17.23 21.00 24.00 30.71 36.84

Teachers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 21.27 5.0 10.79 15.00 19.98 27.86 31.97

Substitute teachers ........................................................ 8.83 10.5 6.08 6.50 8.13 10.56 10.56

Vocational and educational counselors ......................... 18.43 7.1 11.46 13.00 15.58 20.61 31.83

Librarians, archivists, and curators .................................... 29.28 10.2 18.57 21.86 27.11 33.41 46.98

Librarians ....................................................................... 29.03 11.8 17.55 19.90 25.13 35.60 46.98

Archivists and curators .................................................. 30.24 2.9 22.47 24.73 32.03 32.03 37.26

Social scientists and urban planners ................................. 28.16 8.2 14.95 18.30 24.52 32.94 44.86

Economists .................................................................... 33.79 8.2 19.50 22.74 29.86 37.50 50.61

Psychologists ................................................................. 21.95 9.3 12.24 16.10 18.44 23.37 33.65

Social scientists, n.e.c. .................................................. 28.03 11.1 18.30 18.30 29.91 31.25 41.28

Social, recreation, and religious workers ........................... 16.94 4.0 10.74 13.23 16.24 19.84 24.48

Social workers ............................................................... 16.92 4.4 10.83 13.33 16.16 19.65 24.46

Recreation workers ........................................................ 15.88 10.2 7.25 12.00 15.95 21.15 23.56

Clergy ............................................................................ 17.59 11.8 10.27 12.17 15.86 19.29 28.77

Religious workers, n.e.c. ................................................ 18.58 13.8 10.97 16.35 16.83 20.17 21.40

Lawyers and judges ........................................................... 52.65 5.1 26.36 33.33 48.63 66.67 81.73

Lawyers ......................................................................... 52.65 5.1 26.36 33.33 48.63 66.67 81.73

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,

n.e.c. ................................................................................ 24.58 4.4 9.90 14.42 20.79 30.46 43.35

Technical writers ............................................................ 32.12 11.0 13.13 19.60 33.65 45.56 49.52

Designers ....................................................................... 21.42 7.4 9.75 13.73 19.38 27.00 36.64

Musicians and composers ............................................. 34.10 13.0 20.67 25.15 31.59 34.10 52.92

Actors and directors ....................................................... 27.96 14.8 8.50 15.58 25.63 37.27 49.52

Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist printmakers 21.64 11.4 9.98 14.50 20.00 24.92 32.04

Photographers ............................................................... 16.46 13.4 8.00 10.86 14.42 20.14 30.84

Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c. ............. 12.98 6.1 8.65 8.94 12.55 15.00 17.50

Editors and reporters ..................................................... 26.68 13.5 11.70 16.00 21.64 32.45 46.03

Public relations specialists ............................................. 28.44 6.3 16.83 20.62 25.00 31.11 43.65

Announcers .................................................................... 36.79 31.3 7.78 10.00 12.00 37.86 117.79

Athletes .......................................................................... 20.08 13.3 8.50 10.58 17.44 24.11 31.22

Professional, n.e.c. ........................................................ 34.35 6.4 18.27 23.53 31.25 45.87 52.54

Technical ............................................................................... 22.04 2.9 12.00 14.51 18.61 24.41 31.46

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .......... 17.86 3.1 10.71 13.28 16.64 21.46 26.13

Dental hygienists ........................................................... 31.23 3.7 21.00 27.25 32.00 37.00 40.00

Health record technologists and technicians ................. 16.68 7.6 10.60 12.78 15.00 20.19 24.52

Radiological technicians ................................................ 23.43 3.1 14.66 18.83 23.63 27.46 31.47

Licensed practical nurses .............................................. 17.09 1.3 13.00 14.65 16.71 19.10 21.82

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. .................. 16.25 2.7 10.31 12.39 14.88 18.44 23.48

Electrical and electronic technicians .............................. 23.29 14.4 12.16 13.85 20.40 26.23 31.20

Industrial engineering technicians ................................. 23.02 5.0 18.88 20.47 21.15 26.73 29.53

Mechanical engineering technicians .............................. 23.24 3.9 15.86 18.27 23.12 26.45 32.04

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ...................................... 24.42 4.3 14.95 18.39 23.20 29.06 35.02

Drafters .......................................................................... 21.34 4.0 12.50 16.00 20.00 26.50 30.00

Surveying and mapping technicians .............................. 14.93 9.1 10.25 12.35 14.00 17.50 23.09

Biological technicians .................................................... 18.58 5.0 12.00 14.52 18.74 22.10 24.58

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.1. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National

Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Professional specialty and technical –Continued

Technical –Continued

Chemical technicians ..................................................... $20.94 6.4 $13.75 $16.50 $20.23 $24.33 $28.26

Science technicians, n.e.c. ............................................ 20.96 10.7 15.00 15.50 19.31 25.50 28.98

Airplane pilots and navigators ........................................ 113.82 7.1 29.60 62.50 115.29 157.71 189.11

Broadcast equipment operators ..................................... 13.10 6.9 7.00 9.20 13.35 15.85 17.33

Computer programmers ................................................. 29.77 7.0 17.31 21.05 27.60 34.80 44.23

Tool programmers, numerical control ............................ 20.50 6.6 17.00 17.56 18.00 21.85 28.15

Legal assistants ............................................................. 20.42 4.8 12.90 15.20 20.33 23.48 28.58

Technical and related, n.e.c. .......................................... 20.08 8.7 9.29 12.30 19.08 25.00 32.72

Executive, administrative, and managerial ........................... 32.84 2.5 16.00 20.69 27.89 38.46 53.85

Executives, administrators, and managers ........................ 36.33 3.2 16.00 22.50 30.56 43.97 59.11

Financial managers ....................................................... 36.61 3.5 19.04 23.34 30.63 43.56 64.42

Personnel and labor relations managers ....................... 33.18 9.5 19.09 22.63 26.38 38.63 55.29

Purchasing managers .................................................... 31.16 6.8 18.00 21.63 32.61 39.90 44.23

Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations 48.73 10.6 23.50 30.00 42.32 58.72 79.42

Administrators, education and related fields .................. 26.29 5.5 12.04 16.11 22.50 32.95 41.82

Managers, medicine and health ..................................... 34.75 3.6 18.65 25.75 32.14 40.69 52.89

Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments .. 20.14 6.9 12.00 13.90 17.30 22.14 32.50

Managers, properties and real estate ............................ 19.77 5.6 9.38 14.18 19.53 25.00 30.52

Funeral directors ............................................................ 22.69 18.5 15.00 15.00 19.50 30.19 36.83

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ........................ 30.86 12.0 15.38 19.62 26.77 31.32 49.76

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ............................. 38.05 3.7 16.61 24.03 33.65 45.71 59.42

Management related .......................................................... 27.08 1.7 16.00 19.40 24.63 30.68 39.11

Accountants and auditors .............................................. 24.91 2.2 16.11 19.23 24.00 28.85 34.86

Underwriters .................................................................. 25.43 7.7 16.49 18.88 22.50 28.53 36.16

Other financial officers ................................................... 35.28 6.4 16.00 21.21 28.04 40.87 65.55

Management analysts .................................................... 30.48 4.3 19.04 22.13 29.28 35.33 44.66

Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ........ 23.86 2.7 15.93 18.99 21.82 27.02 34.54

Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm

products ....................................................................... 26.65 4.4 16.16 19.00 24.52 32.97 40.00

Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ........................... 26.14 5.0 16.75 20.19 25.58 33.65 33.65

Business and promotional agents .................................. 23.41 7.8 16.22 17.86 23.74 27.83 30.53

Construction inspectors ................................................. 20.81 12.5 13.25 15.85 20.35 27.39 27.39

Inspectors and compliance officers, except

construction ................................................................. 24.99 7.3 17.65 19.10 24.39 27.83 32.66

Management related, n.e.c. ........................................... 25.33 2.5 14.42 18.99 24.28 29.00 37.50

Sales ......................................................................................... 15.21 2.1 6.50 7.78 10.70 17.34 28.73

Supervisors, sales ......................................................... 19.58 3.7 10.16 12.00 16.13 22.36 35.68

Insurance sales .............................................................. 23.47 8.0 11.00 12.95 18.63 28.85 42.86

Real estate sales ........................................................... 30.97 29.0 9.04 12.26 18.49 24.57 47.98

Securities and financial services sales .......................... 45.36 9.7 13.60 15.87 28.85 48.08 84.81

Advertising and related sales ......................................... 22.02 13.0 8.89 11.42 17.83 26.99 36.85

Sales, other business services ...................................... 23.44 7.0 8.25 12.02 19.39 27.78 38.46

Sales engineers ............................................................. 35.78 8.1 21.84 29.09 34.03 43.17 51.06

Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and

wholesale ..................................................................... 26.54 3.7 12.51 16.66 23.08 32.50 43.94

Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ...................... 20.75 5.4 6.75 10.26 15.96 26.21 41.97

Sales workers, apparel .................................................. 9.33 5.5 6.15 6.85 8.00 9.50 13.00

Sales workers, shoes ..................................................... 8.80 9.5 5.70 6.07 7.99 10.30 12.62

Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings .............. 12.77 10.2 6.75 8.00 10.00 14.45 25.68

Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi, and appliances ............... 9.66 5.8 6.77 8.00 8.93 9.89 14.00

Sales workers, hardware and building supplies ............. 13.37 5.0 8.68 9.93 11.55 15.00 18.90

Sales workers, parts ...................................................... 13.76 5.7 7.05 9.25 13.00 16.83 23.50

Sales workers, other commodities ................................. 11.68 3.7 6.40 7.25 9.00 12.69 20.14

Sales counter clerks ...................................................... 9.38 4.3 6.00 7.00 8.75 10.30 13.50

Cashiers ......................................................................... 8.61 1.5 6.00 6.75 7.89 9.71 12.00

Street and door-to-door sales workers .......................... 18.31 21.6 7.44 9.00 14.42 34.43 35.58

News vendors ................................................................ 10.15 6.5 7.18 9.38 10.00 11.04 11.22

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.1. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National

Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Sales –Continued

Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales .............. $12.05 4.3 $8.00 $9.00 $12.44 $14.40 $16.92

Sales support, n.e.c. ...................................................... 13.84 6.1 7.21 9.25 12.50 18.07 21.20

Administrative support, including clerical ............................ 14.13 .7 8.75 10.50 13.00 16.70 20.78

Supervisors, general office ............................................ 19.58 4.4 12.50 14.35 18.27 23.13 28.87

Supervisors, computer equipment operators ................. 16.06 13.0 10.75 11.50 14.00 17.94 23.06

Supervisors, financial records processing ..................... 21.27 3.1 13.27 16.00 21.04 25.00 30.06

Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting

clerks ........................................................................... 21.93 5.3 12.00 14.24 21.54 27.60 33.44

Computer operators ....................................................... 16.15 2.5 11.72 13.70 16.51 18.29 20.10

Peripheral equipment operators .................................... 13.97 8.6 8.74 10.00 14.34 17.17 19.73

Secretaries ..................................................................... 16.33 1.4 10.42 12.52 15.64 19.23 22.86

Stenographers ............................................................... 16.78 10.0 10.74 12.25 13.79 18.00 25.00

Typists ........................................................................... 15.20 4.1 10.50 11.41 14.63 17.14 20.74

Interviewers ................................................................... 11.78 5.1 8.00 9.39 11.09 14.00 16.38

Hotel clerks .................................................................... 8.95 1.8 7.00 7.75 8.50 9.75 11.25

Transportation ticket and reservation agents ................. 14.61 5.8 7.65 9.70 14.28 20.29 21.58

Receptionists ................................................................. 11.18 1.9 8.00 9.00 10.62 12.50 15.20

Information clerks, n.e.c. ................................................ 13.16 2.4 9.50 10.55 12.50 15.18 17.79

Classified ad clerks ........................................................ 12.53 6.9 10.80 10.80 12.49 13.56 13.56

Correspondence clerks .................................................. 14.18 4.0 10.96 12.01 13.32 15.39 19.06

Order clerks ................................................................... 14.29 3.4 8.75 10.95 13.14 16.95 21.00

Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping ......... 15.95 3.1 10.82 12.91 15.80 19.23 21.43

Library clerks ................................................................. 12.52 7.1 8.75 10.00 12.50 14.50 16.47

File clerks ....................................................................... 10.82 3.3 7.85 8.52 10.08 12.00 14.42

Records clerks, n.e.c. .................................................... 13.76 1.8 9.39 10.75 13.12 15.81 19.54

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ............... 14.59 2.9 9.75 11.32 14.00 16.59 20.00

Payroll and timekeeping clerks ...................................... 15.58 3.6 10.37 12.02 14.90 18.20 21.15

Billing clerks ................................................................... 13.13 2.7 9.46 11.00 12.50 15.00 17.38

Cost and rate clerks ....................................................... 12.28 12.2 6.82 6.82 11.50 15.47 19.50

Billing, posting, and calculating machine operators ....... 13.02 3.5 9.53 10.12 11.45 14.44 17.02

Duplicating machine operators ...................................... 12.10 6.9 7.50 10.00 11.65 15.50 15.50

Mail preparing and paper handling machine operators 12.47 7.5 8.50 10.00 11.54 14.74 17.24

Office machine operators, n.e.c. .................................... 9.95 6.7 6.54 8.24 10.27 11.55 12.31

Telephone operators ...................................................... 13.09 8.3 7.28 9.00 11.44 17.81 20.41

Communications equipment operators, n.e.c. ............... 10.71 18.2 5.50 8.00 10.00 12.00 16.82

Mail clerks, except postal service .................................. 12.69 6.3 8.72 10.00 11.43 14.60 18.24

Messengers ................................................................... 9.62 8.1 6.88 7.75 9.50 11.33 12.46

Dispatchers .................................................................... 16.24 6.6 8.32 10.78 14.64 19.10 23.45

Production coordinators ................................................. 17.99 3.5 12.00 13.75 17.34 21.26 25.46

Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ............................. 13.44 2.5 9.00 10.50 12.78 15.21 19.56

Stock and inventory clerks ............................................. 12.46 2.4 8.10 9.62 11.50 14.50 17.86

Meter readers ................................................................ 17.75 5.3 11.25 12.50 15.69 22.05 24.88

Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers ............. 15.76 7.0 10.08 12.25 13.63 18.46 26.32

Expeditors ...................................................................... 15.85 4.7 10.40 12.40 15.86 19.22 22.31

Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 11.70 4.4 7.50 8.50 10.30 13.40 18.38

Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ........ 18.66 4.4 11.76 13.57 16.87 21.75 28.52

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ............... 15.49 2.3 9.88 11.90 14.42 18.48 24.00

Eligibility clerks, social welfare ....................................... 12.99 3.1 9.99 10.99 12.98 14.25 16.18

Bill and account collectors ............................................. 13.80 5.7 8.58 10.50 13.23 16.70 20.24

General office clerks ...................................................... 13.06 1.3 8.56 10.00 12.02 15.24 18.84

Bank tellers .................................................................... 10.65 1.4 8.14 9.00 10.19 12.11 13.78

Proofreaders .................................................................. 12.11 9.8 8.25 9.65 12.69 14.50 16.23

Data entry keyers ........................................................... 12.22 2.6 9.00 10.00 11.50 13.49 18.00

Statistical clerks ............................................................. 15.04 4.7 8.73 10.00 14.05 19.23 22.18

Teachers’ aides ............................................................. 10.60 5.3 6.82 8.50 10.10 12.00 15.90

Administrative support, n.e.c. ........................................ 13.98 2.2 9.00 10.55 13.39 16.39 19.50

Blue collar .................................................................................... 15.34 1.0 8.00 10.00 13.85 19.07 25.47

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.1. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National

Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Blue collar –Continued

Precision production, craft, and repair .................................. $19.41 1.1 $10.76 $14.00 $18.25 $24.36 $29.50

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .......................... 23.66 3.9 14.38 17.25 22.00 29.54 34.25

Automobile mechanics ................................................... 18.05 3.1 10.00 13.87 18.50 21.00 23.86

Automobile mechanic apprentices ................................. 13.51 12.6 8.75 10.00 12.00 15.63 15.70

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ................ 17.61 2.8 11.50 14.06 17.20 20.80 23.61

Aircraft engine mechanics ............................................. 26.69 7.0 18.00 21.71 25.57 31.07 35.85

Small engine repairers ................................................... 15.00 8.5 10.50 12.00 15.00 18.00 18.50

Automobile body and related repairers .......................... 16.07 3.5 11.80 13.00 15.00 17.50 22.64

Aircraft mechanics, except engine ................................. 25.63 6.9 14.00 19.85 25.93 30.92 34.79

Heavy equipment mechanics ......................................... 18.79 4.1 12.70 14.95 18.02 22.00 25.89

Farm equipment mechanics .......................................... 14.52 3.9 11.00 12.69 14.50 16.50 18.00

Industrial machinery repairers ....................................... 20.68 2.5 14.30 17.10 19.83 24.88 27.59

Machinery maintenance ................................................. 15.92 4.9 10.46 12.00 14.50 19.31 22.60

Electronic repairers, communications and industrial

equipment .................................................................... 21.93 5.6 13.00 15.00 23.49 27.63 31.18

Data processing equipment repairers ............................ 20.80 11.6 12.50 15.00 19.89 24.86 35.28

Household appliance and power tool repairers ............. 16.05 5.8 10.50 12.00 15.30 17.60 26.02

Telephone line installers and repairers .......................... 25.35 4.2 16.50 25.09 26.39 27.73 28.05

Telephone installers and repairers ................................ 23.74 3.0 18.17 22.06 24.59 26.39 28.50

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics .. 17.24 3.6 12.00 14.10 16.00 20.00 23.78

Office machine repairers ................................................ 16.36 11.8 11.30 11.50 16.28 18.44 22.21

Mechanical controls and valve repairers ....................... 22.89 5.0 16.04 19.01 23.28 26.40 30.32

Millwrights ...................................................................... 22.64 5.9 15.15 17.50 25.25 26.45 29.93

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ..................................... 16.49 2.4 10.25 12.65 16.06 19.72 24.02

Supervisors, carpenters and related workers ................ 26.45 5.7 19.00 22.50 25.74 31.00 36.06

Supervisors, electricians and power transmission

installers ....................................................................... 29.80 4.4 21.15 23.57 29.30 36.44 41.11

Supervisors, painters, paperhangers, and plasterers .... 21.28 5.4 15.50 19.00 20.50 23.46 27.50

Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...... 28.74 5.2 20.00 27.94 32.25 32.64 32.75

Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ......................... 21.81 6.1 15.09 16.75 20.00 25.70 30.82

Brickmasons and stonemasons ..................................... 27.57 6.5 19.00 25.00 26.44 32.55 40.00

Tile setters, hard and soft .............................................. 19.70 20.4 14.00 14.00 15.00 22.47 33.92

Carpet installers ............................................................. 20.47 18.3 10.00 14.00 19.14 29.75 34.05

Carpenters ..................................................................... 19.20 4.5 11.50 14.00 18.60 23.00 28.78

Carpenter apprentices ................................................... 15.58 7.4 12.00 13.00 15.34 18.09 18.46

Drywall installers ............................................................ 16.32 4.8 11.50 14.00 15.50 18.00 22.25

Electricians .................................................................... 25.52 2.4 15.40 18.75 24.00 31.00 39.38

Electrician apprentices ................................................... 15.02 3.8 10.00 11.50 13.50 17.49 23.32

Electrical power installers and repairers ........................ 26.64 3.1 19.04 23.06 26.46 30.58 34.32

Painters, construction and maintenance ........................ 14.17 5.2 9.00 10.25 12.50 17.00 21.59

Plasterers ....................................................................... 14.10 8.3 11.00 13.00 14.50 15.00 17.41

Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ........................... 23.23 3.3 15.00 17.75 24.48 28.38 30.32

Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices ............ 14.25 5.0 9.00 11.44 13.50 15.58 20.62

Concrete and terrazzo finishers ..................................... 18.55 9.7 10.75 12.50 16.00 24.90 28.52

Glaziers .......................................................................... 16.94 8.9 13.00 15.00 16.00 18.50 22.25

Insulation workers .......................................................... 17.64 11.1 11.00 11.64 16.29 22.77 29.00

Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators ... 16.16 18.5 9.00 10.50 12.50 26.72 26.72

Roofers .......................................................................... 17.71 8.4 9.50 12.50 18.00 22.00 26.00

Sheet metal duct installers ............................................. 24.19 12.5 14.00 16.50 21.75 33.67 34.67

Structural metal workers ................................................ 19.98 6.4 14.00 15.50 18.90 24.71 27.91

Construction trades, n.e.c. ............................................. 18.16 6.9 10.40 13.00 16.75 22.50 26.41

Supervisors, extractive .................................................. 25.91 16.6 12.00 15.00 28.84 34.16 39.81

Drillers, oil well ............................................................... 25.59 26.9 9.00 11.29 28.49 40.62 40.62

Mining machine operators ............................................. 20.31 11.2 15.55 16.70 19.22 25.20 31.02

Mining, n.e.c. ................................................................. 26.30 1.5 25.00 26.40 26.40 28.84 28.84

Supervisors, production ................................................. 21.17 2.3 13.50 16.01 20.65 25.25 30.00

Tool and die makers ...................................................... 23.21 3.5 17.18 20.00 22.05 28.00 30.56

Tool and die maker apprentices .................................... 18.49 9.5 12.60 15.90 16.99 22.50 24.00

Precision assemblers, metal .......................................... 20.20 6.6 13.82 16.00 18.65 25.00 29.20

Machinists ...................................................................... 19.53 2.5 12.83 15.68 19.75 23.00 26.09

Machinist apprentices .................................................... 13.96 10.5 10.00 13.00 13.00 14.60 20.19

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.1. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National

Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Blue collar –Continued

Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued

Boilermakers .................................................................. $17.31 8.0 $14.51 $15.00 $16.00 $18.14 $22.20

Precision grinders, filers, and tool sharpeners ............... 17.63 7.5 8.85 13.61 16.67 20.64 26.76

Patternmakers and modelmakers, metal ....................... 20.98 9.6 13.33 17.04 19.85 24.92 31.20

Layout workers .............................................................. 18.98 17.2 11.17 12.50 16.94 22.72 32.00

Precious stones and metals workers ............................. 14.38 14.9 8.13 8.98 15.35 17.00 23.17

Sheet metal workers ...................................................... 18.86 6.9 12.00 13.28 17.50 24.00 27.91

Patternmakers and modelmakers, wood ....................... 18.00 14.6 11.50 15.00 20.50 23.63 23.63

Cabinet makers and bench carpenters .......................... 12.78 6.5 9.00 11.00 12.50 14.00 16.30

Furniture and wood finishers ......................................... 13.04 6.9 10.50 10.50 12.70 13.25 20.29

Tailors ............................................................................ 13.94 12.9 8.50 10.10 12.20 16.10 22.00

Upholsterers .................................................................. 14.65 16.2 8.00 9.48 14.00 18.63 22.53

Hand molders and shapers, except jewelers ................. 15.52 13.1 12.50 12.50 12.50 18.09 22.46

Patternmakers, layout workers, and cutters .................. 18.66 7.1 13.65 15.00 18.25 19.64 24.97

Dental laboratory and medical appliance technicians .... 15.45 3.9 9.50 13.50 15.91 17.50 20.00

Bookbinders ................................................................... 14.03 10.8 8.00 10.10 13.00 18.00 20.56

Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ............ 12.98 3.8 8.30 9.75 12.14 15.75 18.80

Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ........................ 15.30 8.4 10.30 12.50 14.95 15.63 22.50

Butchers and meat cutters ............................................. 11.76 4.1 7.30 8.70 10.65 14.30 18.19

Bakers ............................................................................ 11.07 5.3 6.00 8.25 10.75 13.05 15.84

Food batchmakers ......................................................... 12.19 8.2 8.13 9.43 12.00 14.55 16.86

Inspectors, testers, and graders .................................... 18.88 3.7 10.00 14.00 17.50 24.71 27.15

Precision inspectors, testers, and related workers,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 22.20 10.0 13.97 16.35 25.86 25.90 25.90

Adjusters and calibrators ............................................... 18.79 10.6 10.50 12.53 17.85 26.20 27.08

Water and sewer treatment plant operators .................. 19.06 8.7 11.50 15.20 17.18 22.79 27.08

Power plant operators .................................................... 27.19 3.7 22.26 25.16 26.39 29.50 32.76

Stationary engineers ...................................................... 21.66 6.4 14.64 16.05 20.35 25.64 30.44

Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c. ......... 21.58 6.3 13.30 17.62 22.74 25.88 27.87

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ................. 13.69 1.2 8.00 9.75 12.51 16.53 21.63

Lathe and turning-machine set-up operators ................. 16.40 4.9 11.40 13.35 15.00 19.50 22.47

Lathe and turning-machine operators ............................ 16.52 4.9 10.50 13.08 16.55 19.50 23.30

Milling and planing machine operators .......................... 14.23 5.1 9.98 12.00 14.47 16.00 17.56

Punching and stamping press operators ....................... 13.38 8.3 8.50 9.40 11.67 16.51 21.30

Rolling machine operators ............................................. 14.22 10.4 9.11 10.25 13.26 16.03 21.36

Drilling and boring machine operators ........................... 13.00 11.2 6.50 8.00 12.88 16.55 19.75

Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine

operators ...................................................................... 13.43 2.6 8.75 11.00 13.13 15.10 18.00

Forging machine operators ............................................ 13.75 9.3 9.00 10.80 11.95 16.45 19.04

Numerical control machine operators ............................ 15.81 3.8 10.57 12.25 16.00 18.15 21.62

Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ........................... 15.61 4.6 9.50 11.25 14.50 18.35 25.88

Molding and casting machine operators ........................ 12.71 3.7 8.00 9.70 11.69 14.70 19.00

Metal plating machine operators .................................... 13.65 6.4 8.00 10.50 13.11 16.50 19.14

Heat treating equipment operators ................................ 16.37 6.5 11.93 12.51 15.16 18.66 21.65

Wood lathe, routing, and planing machine operators .... 11.78 7.3 8.00 10.00 12.25 13.00 14.50

Sawing machine operators ............................................ 11.77 4.8 8.00 9.50 11.25 13.30 15.92

Shaping and joining machine operators ........................ 12.88 2.9 10.92 12.00 13.00 13.96 14.50

Printing press operators ................................................. 16.23 2.3 10.21 12.70 16.00 19.51 22.00

Photoengravers and lithographers ................................. 17.61 4.9 11.25 15.40 17.85 20.00 24.91

Typesetters and compositors ......................................... 14.58 5.2 9.28 11.31 14.57 17.15 19.31

Winding and twisting machine operators ....................... 13.34 8.8 8.70 10.04 12.33 16.50 16.50

Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine

operators ...................................................................... 11.50 1.9 8.75 10.67 11.66 12.34 14.07

Textile cutting machine operators .................................. 10.40 5.1 7.50 8.50 10.75 10.75 13.76

Textile sewing machine operators ................................. 9.02 5.1 6.25 7.29 8.50 10.00 11.91

Pressing machine operators .......................................... 9.16 4.6 6.75 8.00 9.00 10.00 11.45

Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators ........... 9.32 6.7 6.80 7.88 8.75 10.00 13.50

Cementing and gluing machine operators ..................... 12.00 9.8 7.36 9.25 11.00 14.50 17.25

Packaging and filling machine operators ....................... 13.15 4.4 7.90 9.74 12.00 15.99 21.20

Extruding and forming machine operators ..................... 13.82 4.8 9.51 10.79 13.99 16.42 17.70

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.1. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National

Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Blue collar –Continued

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors

–Continued

Mixing and blending machine operators ........................ $15.80 5.0 $10.25 $12.00 $15.22 $18.00 $22.59

Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine operators .. 19.64 5.2 12.08 16.40 19.15 23.71 26.11

Compressing and compacting machine operators ........ 11.88 4.4 9.05 10.04 11.29 13.00 15.25

Painting and paint spraying machine operators ............. 14.59 3.3 9.10 11.33 13.50 16.45 22.49

Roasting and baking machine operators, food .............. 13.03 9.3 10.21 10.64 12.44 15.28 17.08

Washing, cleaning, and pickling machine operators ...... 13.84 10.7 8.97 10.00 13.40 16.47 21.15

Folding machine operators ............................................ 14.18 10.1 9.40 11.13 12.77 15.75 20.56

Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food ............. 15.11 7.1 10.50 11.60 12.80 17.44 24.53

Crushing and grinding machine operators ..................... 14.02 7.6 10.00 11.30 13.02 15.95 18.71

Slicing and cutting machine operators ........................... 13.79 3.6 9.58 11.46 13.94 16.50 17.38

Motion picture projectionists .......................................... 13.14 31.2 7.75 7.75 7.95 15.26 31.04

Photographic process machine operators ..................... 10.90 6.3 7.00 8.25 9.04 13.25 17.00

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ...................... 14.32 2.7 8.60 10.38 13.66 17.50 21.32

Welders and cutters ....................................................... 16.13 2.4 11.00 13.00 15.50 19.00 22.05

Solderers and brazers ................................................... 11.15 10.9 8.03 8.53 11.12 12.66 15.38

Assemblers .................................................................... 14.17 2.7 7.25 9.00 12.10 17.50 26.13

Hand cutting and trimming ............................................. 9.66 12.0 6.95 8.00 8.00 10.78 15.25

Hand molding, casting, and forming .............................. 10.63 12.1 7.50 7.50 9.25 12.52 14.81

Hand painting, coating, and decorating ......................... 10.49 11.0 7.50 7.50 9.35 12.00 14.58

Hand engraving and printing .......................................... 17.45 23.6 10.50 10.94 13.05 28.13 28.71

Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ............................... 12.53 6.4 7.25 8.75 10.90 14.95 19.82

Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ........... 13.79 4.3 8.50 10.00 12.01 16.29 22.84

Production testers .......................................................... 13.01 8.0 8.50 10.50 11.25 15.23 19.88

Production samplers and weighers ................................ 13.02 14.8 10.10 10.64 11.03 12.55 24.79

Graders and sorters, except agricultural ........................ 10.53 6.0 7.10 7.34 9.65 14.36 15.18

Hand inspectors, n.e.c. .................................................. 10.99 7.5 7.00 8.78 10.71 12.50 15.50

Transportation and material moving ..................................... 14.83 1.9 8.67 10.50 13.50 18.00 23.23

Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ............................ 17.70 7.9 12.50 13.74 14.94 20.87 26.53

Truckdrivers ................................................................... 14.80 2.5 9.31 10.50 13.50 18.13 22.56

Driver-sales workers ...................................................... 12.81 7.0 5.65 8.00 12.00 15.31 22.47

Busdrivers ...................................................................... 12.24 6.1 8.25 10.00 11.70 13.83 16.36

Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ...................................... 9.65 5.7 6.95 7.40 9.75 11.95 12.50

Parking lot attendants .................................................... 8.66 12.3 5.25 6.25 8.16 11.25 12.40

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ............................................ 9.74 6.7 5.50 7.00 8.50 10.63 16.89

Railroad conductors and yardmasters ........................... 26.00 19.5 13.04 13.04 24.96 36.64 42.10

Locomotive operating .................................................... 27.92 17.7 14.05 14.05 29.06 36.55 42.96

Ship captains and mates, except fishing boats .............. 17.29 9.3 11.25 12.92 17.50 20.00 23.50

Sailors and deckhands .................................................. 11.23 6.3 8.17 8.50 10.42 12.33 16.97

Marine engineers ........................................................... 17.87 13.7 13.75 13.75 16.92 18.00 23.17

Supervisors, material moving equipment ....................... 22.02 4.1 16.18 17.35 21.82 26.80 27.18

Operating engineers ...................................................... 23.18 7.8 13.25 18.00 26.00 26.69 32.63

Longshore equipment operators .................................... 27.98 10.9 21.35 22.65 29.87 32.85 33.98

Crane and tower operators ............................................ 16.60 7.9 10.80 13.34 15.88 20.23 24.82

Excavating and loading machine operators ................... 16.89 4.4 10.25 13.15 16.00 19.11 25.50

Grader, dozer, and scraper operators ........................... 16.90 6.4 11.00 13.00 14.75 20.00 24.74

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ........... 14.29 2.6 9.13 11.10 13.40 16.90 20.77

Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 15.89 4.5 9.00 11.50 14.76 20.37 25.88

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......... 11.42 1.3 6.75 8.00 10.00 13.40 18.00

Nursery workers ............................................................. 9.90 11.9 6.90 6.90 9.00 12.93 13.50

Supervisors, agriculture-related workers ....................... 24.63 21.6 9.96 14.42 20.81 28.00 60.00

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ............... 10.75 4.8 7.00 8.00 10.00 13.00 16.08

Animal caretakers, except farm ..................................... 10.69 6.3 7.02 8.75 10.00 13.01 14.24

Inspectors, agricultural products .................................... 10.29 17.3 6.80 7.00 8.70 14.20 14.20

Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and

laborers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 19.14 6.1 11.75 14.76 18.51 21.16 26.75

Helpers, mechanics and repairers ................................. 11.46 6.8 6.75 8.76 10.13 15.92 16.00

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.1. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National

Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Blue collar –Continued

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers

–Continued

Helpers, construction trades .......................................... $12.28 4.2 $8.50 $10.00 $11.05 $14.09 $17.00

Helpers, extractive ......................................................... 10.28 16.2 7.00 7.50 8.75 15.00 15.00

Construction laborers ..................................................... 14.48 3.6 8.24 10.00 13.00 18.38 23.60

Production helpers ......................................................... 11.40 3.4 8.00 8.96 10.50 13.65 16.54

Garbage collectors ......................................................... 12.96 13.3 7.45 9.41 12.50 16.25 18.75

Stock handlers and baggers .......................................... 9.62 1.4 6.00 6.99 8.60 11.50 14.85

Machine feeders and offbearers .................................... 10.69 3.7 7.50 8.25 9.96 12.25 14.65

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .................. 12.45 2.6 7.47 9.25 11.50 14.29 20.16

Garage and service station related ................................ 9.38 6.1 7.00 7.43 8.00 10.00 15.00

Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ..................... 9.66 4.0 6.75 7.50 8.75 10.50 13.76

Hand packers and packagers ........................................ 9.83 3.9 6.00 7.50 9.00 11.54 13.65

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ............................. 10.91 3.0 6.50 8.00 10.00 13.00 17.00

Service .......................................................................................... 9.12 1.1 5.30 6.75 8.25 10.58 14.00

Protective service .............................................................. 10.32 2.2 6.80 8.00 9.50 11.25 14.85

Supervisors, guards ....................................................... 16.55 7.3 10.19 11.99 15.35 19.23 23.32

Police and detectives, public service ............................. 17.43 9.6 13.82 13.82 15.98 19.63 25.00

Guards and police, except public service ...................... 9.99 2.3 6.75 8.00 9.36 11.00 13.77

Protective service, n.e.c. ................................................ 9.17 4.2 6.30 7.45 8.50 11.00 12.42

Food service ...................................................................... 7.51 1.1 3.16 5.75 7.00 9.00 11.50

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ............................... 5.01 2.6 2.13 2.65 5.02 6.75 8.00

Bartenders ..................................................................... 6.71 4.1 4.00 5.00 6.75 8.00 9.99

Waiters and waitresses .................................................. 4.43 3.3 2.13 2.35 3.50 6.00 7.16

Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ..................................... 5.96 5.0 3.30 4.30 6.00 7.00 8.06

Other food service ........................................................... 8.59 .9 5.80 6.75 7.65 9.90 12.49

Supervisors, food preparation and service .................... 12.99 3.0 8.00 9.27 11.60 15.99 20.19

Cooks ............................................................................. 9.45 1.4 6.25 7.25 9.00 11.00 13.00

Kitchen workers, food preparation ................................. 8.06 1.9 5.55 6.50 7.50 9.18 11.00

Food preparation, n.e.c. ................................................. 7.55 1.4 5.75 6.50 7.16 8.07 10.00

Health service .................................................................... 10.68 1.8 7.30 8.52 10.00 12.00 14.87

Dental assistants ........................................................... 15.26 5.2 10.50 12.50 14.85 17.00 21.00

Health aides, except nursing ......................................... 11.34 3.8 7.83 9.00 10.60 12.68 15.38

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ....................... 9.91 1.1 7.05 8.25 9.55 11.03 13.18

Cleaning and building service ............................................ 10.19 1.8 6.50 7.44 9.00 11.83 15.89

Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers ...... 16.23 4.7 9.00 12.62 16.54 19.39 21.53

Maids and housemen .................................................... 8.32 1.7 6.50 7.00 7.78 9.00 11.02

Janitors and cleaners ..................................................... 10.30 3.0 6.50 7.54 9.40 11.96 15.98

Personal service ................................................................ 10.05 5.0 5.62 6.50 8.13 10.87 16.45

Supervisors, personal service ........................................ 15.40 8.6 8.85 12.00 16.00 18.80 21.25

Hairdressers and cosmetologists ................................... 12.59 8.8 6.36 8.24 10.33 14.48 21.18

Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities ........... 7.11 3.6 5.15 5.58 6.55 7.50 10.50

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.1. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National

Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Service –Continued

Personal service –Continued

Guides ........................................................................... $13.10 10.8 $7.50 $9.55 $13.81 $15.24 $17.33

Ushers ........................................................................... 7.96 7.2 5.75 6.68 7.15 9.75 10.00

Public transportation attendants .................................... 31.31 6.6 8.50 24.01 32.88 37.75 47.90

Baggage porters and bellhops ....................................... 7.69 4.4 4.75 5.75 7.25 8.75 10.89

Welfare service aides .................................................... 9.24 4.6 6.05 7.00 8.88 10.80 12.41

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .............................. 8.19 3.7 6.00 6.50 8.00 9.17 11.00

Childcare workers, n.e.c. ............................................... 8.41 3.3 6.25 6.95 7.69 9.55 11.53

Service, n.e.c. ................................................................ 10.83 5.6 6.80 7.88 9.60 12.50 17.44

1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They

include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium

pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is

computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,

weighted by hours. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position in

the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the

same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate

shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At

the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th

and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 2 Total includes full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as working

either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each

establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered

a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where

a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.

3 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between December 2003

and January 2005. The average reference period was July 2004. 4 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all

workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see appendix B in "National

Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States" on the BLS Internet site

www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the

estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For

more information about RSEs, see appendix A in "National Compensation Survey: 

Occupational Wages in the United States" on the BLS Internet site

www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication

criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may

include data for categories not shown separately. 

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers,

National Compensation Survey,2 July 2004

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

All ...................................................................................................... $18.36 1.0 $8.00 $10.32 $14.75 $22.15 $32.00

All, excluding sales .................................................................... 18.42 1.2 8.00 10.50 14.97 22.30 31.97

White collar .................................................................................. 22.72 .8 9.50 12.46 18.10 27.89 40.53

White collar, excluding sales ................................................. 23.83 .9 10.35 13.30 19.23 28.98 41.78

Professional specialty and technical ..................................... 29.32 1.7 13.76 18.54 25.70 35.36 46.73

Professional specialty ............................................................ 32.02 1.6 15.87 21.64 29.00 38.59 49.73

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ................................. 35.21 1.6 23.00 27.66 33.65 41.35 49.63

Architects ....................................................................... 32.54 4.8 19.80 24.21 32.06 38.44 48.08

Aerospace engineers ..................................................... 41.08 7.9 23.37 31.20 42.09 50.54 57.70

Metallurgical and materials engineers ........................... 30.60 5.2 24.04 25.48 30.29 33.87 40.54

Petroleum engineers ...................................................... 43.26 8.3 32.34 32.34 39.62 51.11 62.79

Chemical engineers ....................................................... 37.97 4.6 28.23 29.81 37.42 44.33 49.02

Nuclear engineers .......................................................... 37.56 4.5 27.90 33.33 37.77 41.24 46.48

Civil engineers ............................................................... 31.39 5.7 20.00 22.60 29.46 37.40 47.25

Electrical and electronic engineers ................................ 37.58 2.7 25.00 29.63 36.26 43.67 51.35

Industrial engineers ....................................................... 31.60 2.2 23.08 26.41 30.87 35.24 42.07

Mechanical engineers .................................................... 31.70 2.5 23.10 26.75 30.49 36.65 41.77

Engineers, n.e.c. ............................................................ 37.22 3.2 23.08 29.17 36.47 44.39 52.45

Surveyors and mapping scientists ................................. 32.66 9.5 24.04 31.07 31.07 39.60 39.60

Mathematical and computer scientists ............................... 35.57 2.4 21.63 26.86 34.62 42.72 51.41

Computer systems analysts and scientists .................... 35.66 2.3 21.64 26.88 34.62 42.81 51.82

Operations and systems researchers and analysts ....... 35.42 4.4 21.45 26.99 35.58 42.31 48.77

Actuaries ........................................................................ 33.09 10.1 22.94 25.49 29.71 41.28 51.92

Statisticians .................................................................... 26.04 14.7 14.80 16.45 28.09 31.40 33.33

Natural scientists ............................................................... 32.28 3.2 18.64 23.23 30.25 39.43 48.05

Physicists and astronomers ........................................... 43.66 9.3 27.45 39.45 43.05 46.63 64.91

Chemists, except biochemists ....................................... 30.72 6.4 19.23 22.58 28.58 34.78 45.67

Geologists and geodesists ............................................. 34.73 8.2 23.50 23.50 36.97 42.31 48.08

Physical scientists, n.e.c. ............................................... 33.95 7.4 22.10 26.68 32.43 38.76 46.80

Agricultural and food scientists ...................................... 33.38 8.7 22.07 30.94 30.94 34.62 39.43

Biological and life scientists ........................................... 33.99 8.3 15.63 23.21 29.89 41.04 63.74

Medical scientists ........................................................... 26.62 7.3 14.63 17.79 21.86 33.58 45.43

Health related .................................................................... 31.61 4.3 18.40 21.84 26.70 34.41 45.79

Physicians ...................................................................... 66.58 9.5 20.07 26.00 64.90 98.08 109.73

Dentists .......................................................................... 41.16 5.7 35.02 38.47 40.87 40.87 50.00

Optometrists .................................................................. 58.93 15.2 37.50 40.86 61.67 75.00 93.75

Health diagnosing practitioners, n.e.c. ........................... 34.77 9.3 22.22 31.25 31.25 45.58 45.58

Registered nurses .......................................................... 26.77 1.9 18.54 21.62 25.61 30.59 36.59

Pharmacists ................................................................... 43.00 .8 38.00 40.53 43.00 45.00 47.48

Dietitians ........................................................................ 21.50 6.0 16.87 17.51 20.09 24.46 30.16

Respiratory therapists .................................................... 21.93 2.7 17.42 18.87 21.35 25.57 26.65

Occupational therapists ................................................. 24.84 5.5 14.42 20.75 24.13 28.64 33.00

Physical therapists ......................................................... 28.28 1.7 22.85 25.63 28.27 30.10 33.28

Speech therapists .......................................................... 23.92 3.1 20.19 20.69 23.08 25.00 30.07

Therapists, n.e.c. ........................................................... 18.44 15.1 12.25 13.71 15.85 21.18 25.76

Physicians’ assistants .................................................... 34.47 5.9 28.72 31.42 33.12 37.89 46.15

Teachers, college and university ....................................... 43.22 3.1 22.09 28.93 37.86 51.64 70.09

Biological science teachers ........................................... 48.61 15.1 27.64 35.02 38.96 52.15 110.81

Chemistry teachers ........................................................ 53.75 12.8 40.32 43.98 45.98 63.59 82.50

Physics teachers ............................................................ 59.17 11.7 41.52 45.79 49.09 70.46 77.40

Psychology teachers ...................................................... 42.34 7.3 26.98 33.92 41.36 47.36 59.09

Economics teachers ...................................................... 52.59 17.4 30.94 33.41 54.39 65.88 70.36

History teachers ............................................................. 34.55 11.3 25.42 26.25 30.15 41.46 48.92

Sociology teachers ........................................................ 40.98 19.3 28.89 29.36 32.42 38.50 67.96

Social science teachers, n.e.c. ...................................... 42.62 8.9 27.89 34.31 40.17 55.15 55.15

Engineering teachers ..................................................... 60.78 10.5 26.41 45.53 61.84 75.31 84.10

Mathematical science teachers ..................................... 41.04 13.2 30.21 30.21 36.88 48.56 65.85

Computer science teachers ........................................... 31.23 5.8 19.78 20.94 27.73 38.27 46.49

Medical science teachers .............................................. 55.66 10.8 30.50 38.46 47.25 70.69 88.05

Health specialties teachers ............................................ 50.40 7.2 24.01 26.19 38.22 66.64 96.15

Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .............. 47.23 9.9 20.51 30.95 51.64 51.64 72.47

Art, drama, and music teachers ..................................... 37.38 6.2 23.44 30.14 35.71 40.87 55.31

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers,

National Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Professional specialty and technical –Continued

Professional specialty –Continued

Teachers, college and university –Continued

Physical education teachers .......................................... $32.96 8.6 $20.76 $28.11 $31.57 $39.73 $47.11

Education teachers ........................................................ 38.77 11.3 26.60 29.45 37.68 41.60 62.69

English teachers ............................................................ 38.58 6.3 23.98 29.04 35.71 44.70 57.85

Foreign language teachers ............................................ 41.86 9.4 24.09 31.93 41.16 46.88 60.43

Law teachers ................................................................. 66.55 9.9 33.75 46.12 65.78 83.28 101.34

Theology teachers ......................................................... 43.35 11.7 23.21 28.85 40.71 49.95 68.85

Trade and industrial teachers ........................................ 18.87 4.7 13.94 17.52 18.56 20.40 22.52

Other post-secondary teachers ..................................... 42.40 5.3 21.14 27.81 38.61 53.00 67.95

Teachers, except college and university ............................ 20.36 4.4 9.81 13.00 18.41 26.75 32.17

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ................................. 12.32 5.3 7.35 9.15 11.55 14.20 18.02

Elementary school teachers .......................................... 23.52 3.6 14.93 17.74 22.16 28.74 32.62

Secondary school teachers ........................................... 30.34 4.1 18.21 22.57 28.53 35.47 45.00

Teachers, special education .......................................... 26.10 8.4 18.01 21.85 24.00 30.56 34.68

Teachers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 21.69 6.5 11.10 16.35 20.25 27.91 31.97

Vocational and educational counselors ......................... 18.54 7.0 11.46 13.00 15.58 20.61 31.83

Librarians, archivists, and curators .................................... 29.53 10.3 18.59 21.96 27.17 33.82 46.98

Librarians ....................................................................... 29.32 12.0 18.27 20.00 25.28 37.06 46.98

Archivists and curators .................................................. 30.35 2.9 23.10 24.82 32.03 32.03 37.26

Social scientists and urban planners ................................. 28.63 8.9 15.38 18.30 24.60 33.34 45.81

Economists .................................................................... 33.79 8.2 19.50 22.74 29.86 37.50 50.61

Psychologists ................................................................. 21.90 9.5 13.39 16.34 18.15 23.10 28.96

Social scientists, n.e.c. .................................................. 28.03 11.2 18.30 18.30 29.91 31.25 41.28

Social, recreation, and religious workers ........................... 16.92 4.3 10.75 13.31 16.12 19.73 23.88

Social workers ............................................................... 16.79 4.6 10.75 13.26 16.06 19.39 23.79

Recreation workers ........................................................ 17.55 9.3 11.66 13.91 17.16 21.15 26.50

Clergy ............................................................................ 17.53 12.3 10.27 12.17 15.86 19.40 28.77

Religious workers, n.e.c. ................................................ 18.78 15.3 10.97 10.97 16.98 20.17 24.46

Lawyers and judges ........................................................... 52.64 5.2 26.36 33.33 48.55 67.21 81.73

Lawyers ......................................................................... 52.64 5.2 26.36 33.33 48.55 67.21 81.73

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,

n.e.c. ................................................................................ 25.57 4.9 11.33 15.00 22.00 30.84 44.46

Technical writers ............................................................ 32.62 11.0 13.27 20.81 33.65 45.56 49.52

Designers ....................................................................... 22.20 6.9 11.00 14.00 19.96 27.92 37.98

Musicians and composers ............................................. 35.59 17.9 20.67 29.21 31.59 35.81 52.92

Actors and directors ....................................................... 28.71 15.6 8.50 16.64 25.63 37.27 49.52

Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist printmakers 22.62 11.2 14.42 14.65 20.00 26.44 33.61

Photographers ............................................................... 16.60 12.1 8.75 11.26 14.42 20.14 30.46

Editors and reporters ..................................................... 26.76 13.6 11.78 16.09 21.67 32.83 46.70

Public relations specialists ............................................. 28.53 6.3 16.83 20.79 25.00 31.11 43.65

Announcers .................................................................... 48.04 32.8 8.96 10.54 23.97 96.15 121.15

Athletes .......................................................................... 23.70 8.7 10.58 15.45 23.08 30.19 33.41

Professional, n.e.c. ........................................................ 34.46 6.5 18.19 23.56 31.88 46.16 52.54

Technical ............................................................................... 22.37 3.1 12.08 14.77 18.85 24.69 31.56

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .......... 17.78 3.1 10.71 13.13 16.64 21.42 26.00

Dental hygienists ........................................................... 32.78 3.9 25.96 30.00 32.00 37.00 39.50

Health record technologists and technicians ................. 16.95 7.9 10.60 12.98 15.04 21.47 25.50

Radiological technicians ................................................ 23.49 3.1 14.68 19.06 23.95 27.48 31.47

Licensed practical nurses .............................................. 17.00 1.4 12.83 14.50 16.74 19.00 21.50

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. .................. 16.57 2.7 10.82 12.75 15.17 18.97 23.83

Electrical and electronic technicians .............................. 23.34 14.5 12.16 13.85 20.48 26.23 31.23

Industrial engineering technicians ................................. 23.02 5.0 18.88 20.47 21.15 26.73 29.53

Mechanical engineering technicians .............................. 23.26 3.9 15.86 18.27 23.14 26.45 32.04

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ...................................... 24.45 4.3 15.00 18.41 23.21 29.12 35.05

Drafters .......................................................................... 21.50 4.2 12.50 16.00 20.00 26.50 30.00

Surveying and mapping technicians .............................. 14.93 9.1 10.25 12.35 14.00 17.50 23.09

Biological technicians .................................................... 18.59 5.1 12.00 14.52 18.74 22.25 24.58

Chemical technicians ..................................................... 20.94 6.4 13.75 16.50 20.23 24.33 28.26

Science technicians, n.e.c. ............................................ 21.52 10.6 15.26 16.97 19.31 27.49 30.34

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers,

National Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Professional specialty and technical –Continued

Technical –Continued

Airplane pilots and navigators ........................................ $118.58 5.7 $35.34 $72.15 $118.73 $159.92 $189.78

Broadcast equipment operators ..................................... 13.93 6.9 8.00 11.30 14.83 16.30 20.99

Computer programmers ................................................. 29.87 7.2 17.31 21.08 27.73 34.88 44.23

Tool programmers, numerical control ............................ 20.50 6.6 17.00 17.56 18.00 21.85 28.15

Legal assistants ............................................................. 20.38 4.7 12.90 15.24 20.33 23.48 28.58

Technical and related, n.e.c. .......................................... 20.70 8.3 10.00 13.32 19.38 25.39 35.10

Executive, administrative, and managerial ........................... 32.96 2.5 16.02 20.76 27.93 38.49 54.03

Executives, administrators, and managers ........................ 36.41 3.1 16.16 22.52 30.58 43.99 59.33

Financial managers ....................................................... 36.67 3.6 19.15 23.56 30.63 43.40 64.42

Personnel and labor relations managers ....................... 33.18 9.5 19.09 22.63 26.38 38.63 55.29

Purchasing managers .................................................... 31.16 6.8 18.00 21.63 32.61 39.90 44.23

Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations 48.74 10.6 23.50 30.00 42.32 58.72 79.42

Administrators, education and related fields .................. 26.45 5.6 12.04 16.83 22.41 32.98 41.99

Managers, medicine and health ..................................... 34.72 3.7 18.65 25.72 32.00 40.17 52.89

Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments .. 20.15 6.9 12.50 13.90 17.30 22.14 32.50

Managers, properties and real estate ............................ 20.72 4.4 10.82 15.75 20.11 25.00 30.63

Funeral directors ............................................................ 22.69 18.5 15.00 15.00 19.50 30.19 36.83

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ........................ 31.02 12.1 15.39 19.78 26.90 32.19 49.76

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ............................. 38.04 3.7 16.61 24.03 33.65 45.70 59.42

Management related .......................................................... 27.16 1.7 16.00 19.48 24.74 30.77 39.42

Accountants and auditors .............................................. 24.84 2.2 16.16 19.23 23.79 28.85 34.56

Underwriters .................................................................. 25.43 7.7 16.49 18.88 22.50 28.53 36.16

Other financial officers ................................................... 35.37 6.4 16.00 21.38 28.04 40.87 65.55

Management analysts .................................................... 30.49 4.3 19.04 22.13 29.30 35.33 44.70

Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ........ 24.00 2.8 16.00 19.01 22.05 27.69 34.65

Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm

products ....................................................................... 26.65 4.4 16.16 19.00 24.52 32.97 40.00

Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ........................... 26.14 5.0 16.75 20.04 25.58 33.65 33.65

Business and promotional agents .................................. 23.41 7.8 16.22 17.86 23.74 27.83 30.53

Construction inspectors ................................................. 21.24 11.6 13.33 17.00 20.80 27.39 27.39

Inspectors and compliance officers, except

construction ................................................................. 24.99 7.3 17.65 19.10 24.39 27.83 32.66

Management related, n.e.c. ........................................... 25.45 2.5 14.48 19.23 24.36 29.00 37.50

Sales ......................................................................................... 17.75 2.1 7.46 9.38 13.13 20.40 32.49

Supervisors, sales ......................................................... 19.69 3.7 10.16 12.24 16.21 22.56 35.68

Insurance sales .............................................................. 23.57 8.0 11.25 13.10 18.63 28.85 42.86

Real estate sales ........................................................... 31.84 29.6 10.00 13.50 19.23 24.90 43.04

Securities and financial services sales .......................... 45.46 9.6 13.72 15.87 28.85 48.08 84.86

Advertising and related sales ......................................... 22.10 13.1 9.00 11.50 17.95 27.04 36.85

Sales, other business services ...................................... 24.99 5.9 9.65 13.75 21.41 28.74 39.62

Sales engineers ............................................................. 35.78 8.1 21.84 29.09 34.03 43.17 51.06

Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and

wholesale ..................................................................... 26.73 3.7 12.69 16.97 23.13 32.52 44.06

Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ...................... 20.40 5.3 6.75 10.26 15.65 25.82 39.36

Sales workers, apparel .................................................. 11.13 8.8 7.25 8.00 9.00 11.70 16.66

Sales workers, shoes ..................................................... 10.97 9.5 6.07 8.00 9.98 12.03 16.43

Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings .............. 16.63 10.0 8.05 10.00 13.25 20.96 29.38

Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi, and appliances ............... 10.24 9.5 6.15 7.75 8.93 11.88 15.30

Sales workers, hardware and building supplies ............. 14.27 5.4 9.04 10.22 12.50 15.58 19.80

Sales workers, parts ...................................................... 14.70 5.4 8.00 10.25 13.40 17.62 24.04

Sales workers, other commodities ................................. 13.78 4.6 7.01 8.02 10.85 15.14 25.75

Sales counter clerks ...................................................... 10.45 4.4 6.50 8.25 9.50 12.08 15.03

Cashiers ......................................................................... 9.40 1.8 6.50 7.25 8.70 11.00 12.90

Street and door-to-door sales workers .......................... 21.92 21.6 8.24 14.42 21.64 35.58 35.58

Sales support, n.e.c. ...................................................... 15.20 6.5 9.25 10.80 13.85 18.44 22.63

Administrative support, including clerical ............................ 14.47 .7 9.00 10.86 13.41 17.00 21.22

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers,

National Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Administrative support, including clerical –Continued

Supervisors, general office ............................................ $19.70 4.4 $12.50 $14.42 $18.27 $23.13 $28.87

Supervisors, computer equipment operators ................. 16.06 13.0 10.75 11.50 14.00 17.94 23.06

Supervisors, financial records processing ..................... 21.28 3.1 13.27 16.00 21.04 25.00 30.25

Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting

clerks ........................................................................... 21.96 5.3 12.00 14.24 21.54 27.69 33.44

Computer operators ....................................................... 16.24 2.5 12.05 13.94 16.61 18.29 20.10

Peripheral equipment operators .................................... 14.20 9.1 8.74 10.00 14.68 17.17 19.73

Secretaries ..................................................................... 16.46 1.5 10.54 12.62 15.82 19.30 23.00

Stenographers ............................................................... 15.59 7.0 10.74 12.25 13.68 18.04 25.00

Typists ........................................................................... 15.59 4.7 10.50 11.61 15.48 17.14 21.20

Interviewers ................................................................... 12.34 4.3 9.01 9.90 11.75 14.66 16.82

Hotel clerks .................................................................... 9.03 2.0 7.00 7.81 8.70 9.87 11.25

Transportation ticket and reservation agents ................. 14.40 6.3 7.50 9.50 13.77 20.29 21.59

Receptionists ................................................................. 11.52 2.1 8.25 9.50 11.00 13.00 15.50

Information clerks, n.e.c. ................................................ 13.55 2.2 10.00 11.05 13.00 15.87 17.79

Classified ad clerks ........................................................ 12.82 6.7 10.80 10.98 13.00 13.56 13.56

Correspondence clerks .................................................. 14.26 4.0 11.03 12.02 13.34 15.39 19.08

Order clerks ................................................................... 14.64 3.1 9.00 11.02 13.74 17.00 21.91

Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping ......... 15.99 3.1 10.82 13.00 15.80 19.23 21.50

Library clerks ................................................................. 13.36 5.2 9.50 11.15 13.68 14.50 16.83

File clerks ....................................................................... 11.33 2.9 8.00 9.09 11.00 12.65 15.32

Records clerks, n.e.c. .................................................... 13.88 1.9 9.50 10.86 13.34 15.98 19.82

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ............... 14.85 2.9 9.88 11.75 14.13 16.83 20.19

Payroll and timekeeping clerks ...................................... 15.86 3.4 10.82 12.64 15.00 18.37 21.15

Billing clerks ................................................................... 13.16 2.8 9.36 11.00 12.50 15.00 17.45

Cost and rate clerks ....................................................... 12.28 12.2 6.82 6.82 11.50 15.47 19.50

Billing, posting, and calculating machine operators ....... 14.07 5.8 10.11 10.64 13.65 15.56 24.86

Duplicating machine operators ...................................... 12.30 7.2 7.50 10.02 11.65 15.50 15.50

Mail preparing and paper handling machine operators 12.55 7.4 9.00 10.13 11.54 14.74 17.24

Office machine operators, n.e.c. .................................... 9.98 6.8 6.50 8.24 10.30 11.55 12.31

Telephone operators ...................................................... 14.10 7.5 7.86 10.00 13.30 19.51 20.65

Mail clerks, except postal service .................................. 13.14 7.2 9.14 10.26 11.83 14.94 19.93

Messengers ................................................................... 9.81 11.2 7.03 7.75 9.56 11.35 13.24

Dispatchers .................................................................... 16.44 6.6 8.75 11.54 14.85 19.23 23.47

Production coordinators ................................................. 17.97 3.6 12.00 13.75 17.34 21.26 25.46

Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ............................. 13.49 2.7 9.00 10.50 12.83 15.30 20.00

Stock and inventory clerks ............................................. 12.81 2.7 8.23 10.00 11.78 15.14 18.27

Meter readers ................................................................ 17.95 5.5 11.25 12.50 16.45 22.05 25.40

Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers ............. 15.76 7.0 10.08 12.25 13.63 18.46 26.32

Expeditors ...................................................................... 16.63 4.1 11.54 14.00 16.99 19.60 22.33

Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 11.89 4.5 7.50 8.61 10.50 13.75 18.75

Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ........ 18.75 4.4 11.78 13.60 16.92 21.75 28.85

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ............... 15.69 2.4 10.00 12.00 14.61 18.77 24.00

Eligibility clerks, social welfare ....................................... 13.06 3.1 10.33 11.21 12.98 14.25 16.18

Bill and account collectors ............................................. 14.09 6.6 8.87 10.58 13.35 16.88 20.24

General office clerks ...................................................... 13.40 1.4 9.00 10.44 12.50 15.52 19.23

Bank tellers .................................................................... 10.89 1.7 8.25 9.15 10.41 12.42 14.04

Proofreaders .................................................................. 13.17 10.9 9.65 10.05 12.69 13.00 20.00

Data entry keyers ........................................................... 12.26 2.7 9.00 10.00 11.50 13.60 16.98

Statistical clerks ............................................................. 15.44 4.4 9.00 10.42 14.93 19.23 23.92

Teachers’ aides ............................................................. 10.22 4.4 6.82 8.41 9.84 11.40 13.74

Administrative support, n.e.c. ........................................ 14.40 2.3 9.10 11.11 13.68 16.68 19.91

Blue collar .................................................................................... 15.74 1.0 8.50 10.50 14.20 19.56 25.72

Precision production, craft, and repair .................................. 19.50 1.1 10.89 14.00 18.38 24.42 29.54

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .......................... 23.68 3.9 14.38 17.25 22.00 29.54 34.25

Automobile mechanics ................................................... 18.28 3.0 10.00 14.00 18.75 21.00 24.00

Automobile mechanic apprentices ................................. 13.67 13.0 8.75 10.00 12.00 15.63 15.70

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers,

National Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Blue collar –Continued

Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ................ $17.75 2.6 $11.50 $14.25 $17.29 $20.88 $23.62

Aircraft engine mechanics ............................................. 26.69 7.0 18.00 21.71 25.57 31.07 35.85

Small engine repairers ................................................... 15.04 8.5 10.50 12.00 15.00 18.00 18.50

Automobile body and related repairers .......................... 15.98 3.6 11.35 13.00 15.00 17.00 22.00

Aircraft mechanics, except engine ................................. 25.64 6.9 14.00 19.85 25.93 30.92 34.79

Heavy equipment mechanics ......................................... 18.80 4.1 12.70 15.00 18.02 22.00 25.89

Farm equipment mechanics .......................................... 14.56 4.0 11.00 12.69 14.50 16.50 18.00

Industrial machinery repairers ....................................... 20.69 2.5 14.30 17.10 19.83 24.88 27.59

Machinery maintenance ................................................. 15.91 4.9 10.46 12.00 14.50 19.31 22.60

Electronic repairers, communications and industrial

equipment .................................................................... 21.91 5.7 12.82 15.00 23.24 27.63 31.18

Data processing equipment repairers ............................ 20.80 11.6 12.50 15.00 19.89 24.86 35.28

Household appliance and power tool repairers ............. 16.01 5.8 10.50 12.00 15.30 17.60 26.02

Telephone line installers and repairers .......................... 25.35 4.2 16.50 25.09 26.39 27.73 28.05

Telephone installers and repairers ................................ 23.74 3.0 18.17 22.06 24.59 26.39 28.50

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics .. 17.24 3.6 12.00 14.10 16.00 20.00 23.78

Office machine repairers ................................................ 16.36 11.8 11.30 11.50 16.28 18.44 22.21

Mechanical controls and valve repairers ....................... 22.89 5.0 16.04 19.01 23.28 26.40 30.32

Millwrights ...................................................................... 22.64 5.9 15.15 17.50 25.25 26.45 29.93

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ..................................... 16.57 2.5 10.50 12.99 16.15 19.78 24.07

Supervisors, carpenters and related workers ................ 26.45 5.7 19.00 22.50 25.74 31.00 36.06

Supervisors, electricians and power transmission

installers ....................................................................... 29.80 4.4 21.15 23.57 29.30 36.44 41.11

Supervisors, painters, paperhangers, and plasterers .... 21.28 5.4 15.50 19.00 20.50 23.46 27.50

Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...... 28.74 5.2 20.00 27.94 32.25 32.64 32.75

Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ......................... 21.81 6.1 15.09 16.75 20.00 25.70 30.82

Brickmasons and stonemasons ..................................... 27.50 6.7 19.00 25.00 26.44 32.55 40.00

Tile setters, hard and soft .............................................. 19.70 20.4 14.00 14.00 15.00 22.47 33.92

Carpet installers ............................................................. 20.47 18.3 10.00 14.00 19.14 29.75 34.05

Carpenters ..................................................................... 19.18 4.5 11.50 14.00 18.50 23.00 28.78

Carpenter apprentices ................................................... 15.64 7.9 12.00 12.00 15.34 18.09 18.46

Drywall installers ............................................................ 16.32 4.8 11.50 14.00 15.50 18.00 22.25

Electricians .................................................................... 25.53 2.4 15.50 18.75 23.95 31.00 39.38

Electrician apprentices ................................................... 15.02 3.8 10.00 11.50 13.50 17.49 23.32

Electrical power installers and repairers ........................ 26.63 3.1 19.04 23.06 26.46 30.58 34.32

Painters, construction and maintenance ........................ 14.18 5.2 9.00 10.50 12.50 17.00 21.59

Plasterers ....................................................................... 14.10 8.3 11.00 13.00 14.50 15.00 17.41

Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ........................... 23.23 3.3 15.00 17.75 24.48 28.38 30.32

Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices ............ 14.25 5.0 9.00 11.44 13.50 15.58 20.62

Concrete and terrazzo finishers ..................................... 18.55 9.7 10.75 12.50 16.00 24.90 28.52

Glaziers .......................................................................... 16.74 8.7 13.00 15.00 16.00 18.50 20.00

Insulation workers .......................................................... 17.64 11.1 11.00 11.64 16.29 22.77 29.00

Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators ... 16.16 18.5 9.00 10.50 12.50 26.72 26.72

Roofers .......................................................................... 17.72 8.4 9.50 12.50 18.00 22.00 26.00

Sheet metal duct installers ............................................. 24.19 12.5 14.00 16.50 21.75 33.67 34.67

Structural metal workers ................................................ 19.98 6.4 14.00 15.50 18.90 24.71 27.91

Construction trades, n.e.c. ............................................. 18.14 6.9 10.40 13.00 16.75 22.50 26.30

Supervisors, extractive .................................................. 25.91 16.6 12.00 15.00 28.84 34.16 39.81

Drillers, oil well ............................................................... 25.59 26.9 9.00 11.29 28.49 40.62 40.62

Mining machine operators ............................................. 20.31 11.2 15.55 16.70 19.22 25.20 31.02

Mining, n.e.c. ................................................................. 26.30 1.5 25.00 26.40 26.40 28.84 28.84

Supervisors, production ................................................. 21.21 2.3 13.60 16.05 20.68 25.25 30.00

Tool and die makers ...................................................... 23.21 3.5 17.18 20.00 22.05 28.00 30.56

Tool and die maker apprentices .................................... 18.49 9.5 12.60 15.90 16.99 22.50 24.00

Precision assemblers, metal .......................................... 20.20 6.6 13.82 16.00 18.65 25.00 29.20

Machinists ...................................................................... 19.55 2.5 12.83 15.85 19.75 23.00 26.09

Boilermakers .................................................................. 17.31 8.0 14.51 15.00 16.00 18.14 22.20

Precision grinders, filers, and tool sharpeners ............... 17.63 7.5 8.85 13.61 16.67 20.64 26.76

Patternmakers and modelmakers, metal ....................... 20.98 9.6 13.33 17.04 19.85 24.92 31.20

Layout workers .............................................................. 18.98 17.2 11.17 12.50 16.94 22.72 32.00

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers,

National Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Blue collar –Continued

Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued

Precious stones and metals workers ............................. $14.38 14.9 $8.13 $8.98 $15.35 $17.00 $23.17

Sheet metal workers ...................................................... 18.86 6.9 12.00 13.28 17.50 24.00 27.91

Patternmakers and modelmakers, wood ....................... 18.00 14.6 11.50 15.00 20.50 23.63 23.63

Cabinet makers and bench carpenters .......................... 12.99 5.8 9.75 11.00 12.50 14.00 16.30

Furniture and wood finishers ......................................... 13.18 7.0 10.50 11.00 12.70 13.25 20.29

Tailors ............................................................................ 14.55 13.6 8.44 10.10 12.45 16.65 22.04

Upholsterers .................................................................. 14.65 16.2 8.00 9.48 14.00 18.63 22.53

Hand molders and shapers, except jewelers ................. 15.52 13.1 12.50 12.50 12.50 18.09 22.46

Patternmakers, layout workers, and cutters .................. 18.66 7.1 13.65 15.00 18.25 19.64 24.97

Dental laboratory and medical appliance technicians .... 15.45 3.9 9.50 13.50 15.91 17.50 20.00

Bookbinders ................................................................... 14.03 10.8 8.00 10.10 13.00 18.00 20.56

Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ............ 13.00 4.0 8.30 9.91 12.20 15.84 18.84

Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ........................ 15.30 8.4 10.30 12.50 14.95 15.63 22.50

Butchers and meat cutters ............................................. 11.82 4.3 7.30 8.80 10.65 14.40 18.49

Bakers ............................................................................ 11.64 5.5 6.00 9.25 11.00 15.28 16.32

Food batchmakers ......................................................... 12.08 9.5 8.13 8.75 11.28 14.63 16.86

Inspectors, testers, and graders .................................... 19.05 3.5 10.40 14.25 17.63 24.81 27.58

Precision inspectors, testers, and related workers,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 22.20 10.0 13.97 16.35 25.86 25.90 25.90

Adjusters and calibrators ............................................... 18.79 10.6 10.50 12.53 17.85 26.20 27.08

Water and sewer treatment plant operators .................. 19.06 8.7 11.50 15.20 17.18 22.79 27.08

Power plant operators .................................................... 27.19 3.7 22.26 25.16 26.39 29.50 32.76

Stationary engineers ...................................................... 21.66 6.4 14.64 16.05 20.35 25.64 30.44

Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c. ......... 21.76 6.3 13.30 18.15 22.96 25.95 27.87

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ................. 13.82 1.2 8.00 9.87 12.75 16.70 21.91

Lathe and turning-machine set-up operators ................. 16.40 4.9 11.40 13.35 15.00 19.50 22.47

Lathe and turning-machine operators ............................ 16.70 5.0 10.87 13.20 16.55 19.60 23.90

Milling and planing machine operators .......................... 14.23 5.1 9.98 12.00 14.47 16.00 17.56

Punching and stamping press operators ....................... 13.53 7.7 8.50 9.01 12.08 16.76 22.05

Rolling machine operators ............................................. 14.22 10.4 9.11 10.25 13.26 16.03 21.36

Drilling and boring machine operators ........................... 13.00 11.2 6.50 8.00 12.88 16.55 19.75

Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine

operators ...................................................................... 13.49 2.6 9.00 11.00 13.25 15.24 18.00

Forging machine operators ............................................ 13.75 9.3 9.00 10.80 11.95 16.45 19.04

Numerical control machine operators ............................ 15.81 3.8 10.57 12.25 16.00 18.15 21.62

Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ........................... 16.00 3.6 9.60 12.00 15.15 18.46 26.01

Molding and casting machine operators ........................ 12.85 3.8 8.25 9.91 11.69 14.85 19.08

Metal plating machine operators .................................... 13.77 6.4 8.00 10.75 13.16 16.50 19.14

Heat treating equipment operators ................................ 16.37 6.5 11.93 12.51 15.16 18.66 21.65

Wood lathe, routing, and planing machine operators .... 11.78 7.3 8.00 10.00 12.25 13.00 14.50

Sawing machine operators ............................................ 11.77 4.8 8.00 9.50 11.25 13.30 15.92

Shaping and joining machine operators ........................ 12.88 2.9 10.92 12.00 13.00 13.96 14.50

Printing press operators ................................................. 16.22 2.3 10.20 12.63 16.00 19.51 22.00

Photoengravers and lithographers ................................. 17.61 4.9 11.25 15.40 17.85 20.00 24.91

Typesetters and compositors ......................................... 15.02 5.7 9.62 11.87 14.98 17.38 19.87

Winding and twisting machine operators ....................... 13.36 8.8 8.70 10.01 12.33 16.50 16.50

Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine

operators ...................................................................... 11.50 1.9 8.75 10.67 11.66 12.34 14.07

Textile cutting machine operators .................................. 10.40 5.1 7.50 8.50 10.75 10.75 13.76

Textile sewing machine operators ................................. 9.03 5.6 6.25 7.25 8.50 10.01 12.11

Pressing machine operators .......................................... 9.23 4.9 6.75 8.00 9.00 10.00 11.59

Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators ........... 9.47 6.7 7.25 8.00 8.75 10.05 13.50

Cementing and gluing machine operators ..................... 12.00 9.8 7.36 9.25 11.00 14.50 17.25

Packaging and filling machine operators ....................... 13.39 3.9 8.25 9.86 12.58 16.12 21.20

Extruding and forming machine operators ..................... 13.82 4.8 9.51 10.79 13.99 16.42 17.70

Mixing and blending machine operators ........................ 15.84 5.0 10.25 12.04 15.22 18.00 22.59

Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine operators .. 19.64 5.2 12.08 16.40 19.15 23.71 26.11

Compressing and compacting machine operators ........ 11.91 4.4 9.05 10.15 11.29 13.00 15.85

Painting and paint spraying machine operators ............. 14.59 3.3 9.10 11.33 13.50 16.45 22.49

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers,

National Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Blue collar –Continued

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors

–Continued

Roasting and baking machine operators, food .............. $12.88 9.8 $10.00 $10.64 $12.44 $14.51 $17.08

Washing, cleaning, and pickling machine operators ...... 13.84 10.7 8.97 10.00 13.40 16.47 21.15

Folding machine operators ............................................ 14.18 10.1 9.40 11.13 12.77 15.75 20.56

Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food ............. 15.11 7.1 10.50 11.60 12.80 17.44 24.53

Crushing and grinding machine operators ..................... 14.02 7.6 10.00 11.30 13.02 15.95 18.71

Slicing and cutting machine operators ........................... 14.01 3.3 10.02 11.64 14.02 16.70 17.44

Photographic process machine operators ..................... 12.29 5.3 8.10 9.00 11.17 16.17 17.56

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ...................... 14.41 2.7 8.75 10.48 13.84 17.51 21.38

Welders and cutters ....................................................... 16.15 2.4 11.00 13.00 15.50 19.00 22.05

Solderers and brazers ................................................... 11.15 10.9 8.03 8.53 11.12 12.66 15.38

Assemblers .................................................................... 14.32 2.7 7.38 9.25 12.28 17.81 26.19

Hand cutting and trimming ............................................. 9.68 12.0 7.00 8.00 8.00 10.78 15.25

Hand molding, casting, and forming .............................. 10.63 12.1 7.50 7.50 9.25 12.52 14.81

Hand painting, coating, and decorating ......................... 10.87 12.5 7.50 8.90 10.48 12.59 14.80

Hand engraving and printing .......................................... 17.45 23.6 10.50 10.94 13.05 28.13 28.71

Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ............................... 12.69 6.4 7.50 8.95 11.00 15.00 19.95

Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ........... 13.81 4.3 8.50 10.00 12.05 16.29 22.84

Production testers .......................................................... 13.01 8.0 8.50 10.50 11.25 15.23 19.83

Production samplers and weighers ................................ 13.02 14.8 10.10 10.64 11.03 12.55 24.79

Graders and sorters, except agricultural ........................ 10.53 6.0 7.10 7.34 9.65 14.36 15.18

Hand inspectors, n.e.c. .................................................. 11.43 7.7 7.00 10.40 11.37 12.50 15.50

Transportation and material moving ..................................... 15.31 2.0 9.41 11.00 14.00 18.52 23.72

Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ............................ 17.80 8.0 12.78 13.74 15.00 20.87 26.53

Truckdrivers ................................................................... 14.93 2.5 9.50 10.80 13.65 18.30 22.77

Driver-sales workers ...................................................... 14.84 6.4 10.00 11.50 13.10 17.61 23.75

Busdrivers ...................................................................... 12.46 10.0 7.75 9.00 12.35 15.25 18.41

Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ...................................... 9.75 6.0 6.75 7.50 9.95 11.75 12.50

Parking lot attendants .................................................... 9.90 10.9 6.33 7.75 10.14 12.40 12.55

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ............................................ 11.76 7.1 7.50 8.60 10.25 13.50 20.36

Railroad conductors and yardmasters ........................... 26.00 19.5 13.04 13.04 24.96 36.64 42.10

Locomotive operating .................................................... 27.92 17.7 14.05 14.05 29.06 36.55 42.96

Ship captains and mates, except fishing boats .............. 17.46 9.9 11.25 12.92 17.50 20.00 23.50

Sailors and deckhands .................................................. 11.10 4.4 8.34 8.75 10.42 12.33 16.50

Marine engineers ........................................................... 17.87 13.7 13.75 13.75 16.92 18.00 23.17

Supervisors, material moving equipment ....................... 22.02 4.1 16.18 17.35 21.82 26.80 27.18

Operating engineers ...................................................... 23.18 7.8 13.25 18.00 26.00 26.69 32.63

Longshore equipment operators .................................... 27.98 10.9 21.35 22.65 29.87 32.85 33.98

Crane and tower operators ............................................ 16.60 7.9 10.80 13.34 15.88 20.23 24.82

Excavating and loading machine operators ................... 16.89 4.4 10.25 13.15 16.00 19.11 25.50

Grader, dozer, and scraper operators ........................... 16.90 6.4 11.00 13.00 14.75 20.00 24.74

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ........... 14.36 2.6 9.40 11.25 13.45 16.90 20.77

Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 16.10 4.8 9.00 11.50 15.15 20.40 25.88

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......... 11.96 1.4 7.00 8.50 10.75 14.00 18.94

Nursery workers ............................................................. 11.29 9.6 7.79 9.00 10.30 13.50 16.00

Supervisors, agriculture-related workers ....................... 24.63 21.6 9.96 14.42 20.81 28.00 60.00

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ............... 11.12 5.3 7.07 8.49 10.50 13.93 16.44

Animal caretakers, except farm ..................................... 11.18 7.2 7.99 9.35 10.30 13.93 14.74

Inspectors, agricultural products .................................... 10.29 17.5 6.80 7.00 8.70 14.20 14.20

Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and

laborers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 19.27 6.3 11.75 15.00 18.63 21.25 26.75

Helpers, mechanics and repairers ................................. 11.31 6.0 7.35 9.00 10.13 14.00 16.00

Helpers, construction trades .......................................... 12.31 4.3 8.50 10.00 11.00 14.09 17.50

Helpers, extractive ......................................................... 10.28 16.2 7.00 7.50 8.75 15.00 15.00

Construction laborers ..................................................... 14.28 3.7 8.25 10.00 13.00 18.00 22.50

Production helpers ......................................................... 11.53 3.1 8.00 9.00 10.88 13.81 16.80

Garbage collectors ......................................................... 12.95 13.5 7.45 9.38 12.50 16.25 18.75

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers,

National Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Blue collar –Continued

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers

–Continued

Stock handlers and baggers .......................................... $11.20 1.9 $6.80 $8.45 $10.78 $13.21 $16.00

Machine feeders and offbearers .................................... 10.70 3.8 7.50 8.25 9.98 12.31 14.65

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .................. 12.77 2.7 7.50 9.36 11.75 15.22 20.51

Garage and service station related ................................ 9.37 6.4 7.00 7.43 8.05 10.00 15.00

Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ..................... 10.13 3.6 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.55 15.00

Hand packers and packagers ........................................ 10.02 4.2 6.35 7.50 9.15 11.65 14.05

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ............................. 11.32 3.2 6.60 8.00 10.23 13.30 17.29

Service .......................................................................................... 9.89 1.5 5.93 7.20 9.00 11.38 15.00

Protective service .............................................................. 10.36 2.1 7.00 8.25 9.50 11.50 14.52

Supervisors, guards ....................................................... 16.63 7.4 10.25 11.99 15.35 19.23 23.32

Guards and police, except public service ...................... 9.92 2.2 6.80 8.00 9.38 11.00 13.46

Protective service, n.e.c. ................................................ 9.98 5.9 7.06 8.00 9.75 11.05 13.32

Food service ...................................................................... 8.39 1.4 4.00 6.25 7.85 10.00 13.00

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ............................... 5.27 3.0 2.13 3.00 5.15 7.00 8.35

Bartenders ..................................................................... 6.83 5.6 4.17 5.00 6.75 8.00 9.50

Waiters and waitresses .................................................. 4.59 4.3 2.13 2.57 4.00 5.97 7.40

Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ..................................... 6.27 7.5 3.30 4.25 6.25 7.16 8.95

Other food service ........................................................... 9.52 1.1 6.25 7.18 8.70 10.75 14.00

Supervisors, food preparation and service .................... 13.53 3.0 8.31 9.93 12.49 16.70 20.67

Cooks ............................................................................. 9.91 1.4 6.80 7.75 9.50 11.28 13.70

Kitchen workers, food preparation ................................. 8.73 2.8 6.00 6.98 8.25 10.00 12.00

Food preparation, n.e.c. ................................................. 8.11 1.3 6.00 6.75 7.50 9.00 10.75

Health service .................................................................... 10.95 1.7 7.65 8.85 10.25 12.30 15.00

Dental assistants ........................................................... 15.30 5.4 10.50 12.60 14.85 17.00 21.00

Health aides, except nursing ......................................... 11.65 3.4 8.12 9.27 10.79 12.97 15.74

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ....................... 10.08 1.1 7.50 8.50 9.73 11.15 13.24

Cleaning and building service ............................................ 10.61 1.7 6.75 7.61 9.50 12.50 16.75

Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers ...... 16.33 4.7 9.25 12.76 16.65 19.39 21.80

Maids and housemen .................................................... 8.33 1.7 6.50 7.00 7.76 9.00 11.12

Janitors and cleaners ..................................................... 10.92 2.9 7.00 8.05 10.00 12.93 17.01

Personal service ................................................................ 10.70 7.9 5.65 6.58 8.64 11.59 17.44

Supervisors, personal service ........................................ 15.56 8.7 8.85 12.02 16.45 18.80 21.25

Hairdressers and cosmetologists ................................... 13.85 10.5 8.00 9.06 11.25 15.28 22.75

Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities ........... 7.18 4.3 5.23 5.61 6.55 7.55 10.75

Guides ........................................................................... 14.57 6.3 10.58 13.06 15.24 16.67 18.09

Public transportation attendants .................................... 33.78 1.3 20.00 27.84 32.88 40.56 47.90

Baggage porters and bellhops ....................................... 7.51 5.6 4.70 5.70 6.85 8.74 10.25

Welfare service aides .................................................... 10.53 3.7 7.72 8.40 10.15 12.02 13.57

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers,

National Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Service –Continued

Personal service –Continued

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .............................. $8.38 4.5 $6.00 $6.76 $8.00 $9.50 $11.32

Childcare workers, n.e.c. ............................................... 8.73 3.7 6.25 7.00 8.25 10.00 12.04

Service, n.e.c. ................................................................ 11.89 6.5 7.75 9.00 10.79 15.08 17.44

1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They

include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium

pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is

computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,

weighted by hours. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position in

the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the

same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate

shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At

the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th

and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 2 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between December 2003

and January 2005. The average reference period was July 2004. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all

workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see appendix B in "National

Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States" on the BLS Internet site

www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the

estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For

more information about RSEs, see appendix A in "National Compensation Survey: 

Occupational Wages in the United States" on the BLS Internet site

www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication

criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may

include data for categories not shown separately. 

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.3. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 part-time workers,

National Compensation Survey,2 July 2004

Occupation3

Part-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

All ...................................................................................................... $9.59 1.1 $5.50 $6.50 $7.77 $10.00 $15.50

All, excluding sales .................................................................... 10.05 1.3 5.25 6.50 8.00 10.90 17.14

White collar .................................................................................. 11.98 1.2 6.10 7.00 9.00 13.00 23.08

White collar, excluding sales ................................................. 16.16 1.6 7.80 9.15 12.35 20.22 29.42

Professional specialty and technical ..................................... 23.50 2.4 10.03 15.00 22.17 28.84 38.40

Professional specialty ............................................................ 25.77 2.6 10.63 18.00 24.94 30.89 41.27

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ................................. 32.71 17.4 20.00 21.18 25.00 42.00 59.61

Mathematical and computer scientists ............................... 27.87 12.6 12.93 18.00 31.25 34.50 38.04

Computer systems analysts and scientists .................... 27.87 12.6 12.93 18.00 31.25 34.50 38.04

Natural scientists ............................................................... 27.29 14.6 16.61 18.69 26.73 33.65 35.31

Health related .................................................................... 29.29 2.1 19.00 23.00 26.83 32.44 43.00

Physicians ...................................................................... 76.32 5.7 55.00 60.00 70.00 76.92 100.00

Registered nurses .......................................................... 27.97 2.0 19.70 23.02 26.22 30.93 39.67

Pharmacists ................................................................... 32.57 13.0 11.00 21.19 36.00 43.40 45.20

Dietitians ........................................................................ 21.30 4.5 17.32 18.18 21.63 22.74 23.69

Respiratory therapists .................................................... 19.61 9.4 15.99 16.12 16.83 21.96 26.00

Occupational therapists ................................................. 28.76 4.2 23.87 26.00 28.50 32.33 35.00

Physical therapists ......................................................... 34.88 7.1 25.00 29.25 35.00 39.00 43.00

Speech therapists .......................................................... 26.23 11.0 18.00 18.00 25.37 33.00 35.00

Therapists, n.e.c. ........................................................... 35.72 29.7 16.80 17.00 22.94 63.56 63.56

Teachers, college and university ....................................... 27.23 8.9 12.31 17.22 24.29 30.70 45.00

Psychology teachers ...................................................... 23.33 12.7 19.30 19.30 21.88 21.88 30.00

Mathematical science teachers ..................................... 17.96 14.2 12.80 12.80 16.00 21.88 27.00

Computer science teachers ........................................... 34.70 10.3 25.00 30.00 35.00 38.00 51.11

Health specialties teachers ............................................ 27.89 11.0 18.85 23.00 25.06 35.00 38.93

Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .............. 28.54 12.7 21.67 21.88 23.33 36.67 37.10

Art, drama, and music teachers ..................................... 21.38 18.8 12.31 12.31 20.00 27.00 35.63

Education teachers ........................................................ 18.29 19.8 11.64 13.23 14.44 24.27 24.27

English teachers ............................................................ 21.64 14.0 10.58 18.75 20.21 23.33 35.63

Other post-secondary teachers ..................................... 21.77 8.4 11.00 16.96 20.60 25.00 33.40

Teachers, except college and university ............................ 17.44 12.4 7.17 10.85 14.20 20.00 36.50

Elementary school teachers .......................................... 17.38 12.7 10.63 10.71 14.26 22.16 27.18

Secondary school teachers ........................................... 37.52 17.7 20.49 25.38 33.50 37.08 66.85

Teachers, special education .......................................... 28.66 30.3 15.00 18.00 20.00 48.71 49.37

Teachers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 19.65 14.0 10.00 12.00 15.00 25.75 38.00

Substitute teachers ........................................................ 8.83 10.5 6.08 6.50 8.13 10.56 10.56

Vocational and educational counselors ......................... 13.26 11.2 9.75 12.00 12.00 15.18 16.52

Librarians, archivists, and curators .................................... 19.62 10.2 12.89 16.30 20.00 23.12 24.98

Librarians ....................................................................... 19.73 10.8 12.18 16.30 20.00 23.12 24.98

Social scientists and urban planners ................................. 22.21 18.9 10.00 13.49 19.81 28.47 35.00

Psychologists ................................................................. 22.20 18.9 10.00 13.49 19.81 28.47 35.00

Social, recreation, and religious workers ........................... 17.10 7.2 9.00 12.00 16.46 21.29 26.00

Social workers ............................................................... 19.18 7.0 11.63 14.42 18.17 25.00 27.00

Recreation workers ........................................................ 12.01 14.1 6.35 7.50 12.00 13.00 21.29

Lawyers and judges ........................................................... 53.24 15.4 25.00 34.61 63.33 63.33 66.15

Lawyers ......................................................................... 53.24 15.4 25.00 34.61 63.33 63.33 66.15

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,

n.e.c. ................................................................................ 12.07 9.6 6.75 8.00 9.03 12.50 20.00

Designers ....................................................................... 10.35 14.1 7.00 8.00 9.25 12.00 15.00

Musicians and composers ............................................. 17.84 29.4 8.65 8.65 12.00 19.26 29.43

Photographers ............................................................... 14.91 36.4 7.00 7.25 8.50 13.86 49.24

Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c. ............. 9.97 11.3 6.25 8.35 9.03 12.83 14.50

Editors and reporters ..................................................... 16.16 29.4 8.00 9.00 13.91 24.63 31.28

Announcers .................................................................... 10.74 19.9 5.50 7.00 10.00 11.00 12.00

Athletes .......................................................................... 11.52 8.8 7.50 8.00 9.50 15.00 17.59

Technical ............................................................................... 18.35 3.6 10.00 13.00 16.48 21.15 28.00

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .......... 18.85 5.4 10.62 14.81 16.75 22.22 28.54

Dental hygienists ........................................................... 28.80 4.2 21.00 21.00 28.00 34.20 40.63

Health record technologists and technicians ................. 13.74 7.8 10.03 11.14 13.00 16.84 19.31

Radiological technicians ................................................ 23.09 9.1 13.04 17.04 22.21 26.00 31.52

Licensed practical nurses .............................................. 17.58 2.8 13.27 15.00 16.50 20.00 23.50

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. .................. 14.05 7.2 9.00 10.45 12.75 15.59 21.11

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.3. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 part-time workers,

National Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued

Occupation3

Part-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Professional specialty and technical –Continued

Technical –Continued

Broadcast equipment operators ..................................... $9.01 8.9 $7.00 $7.00 $10.00 $10.30 $10.30

Computer programmers ................................................. 26.02 22.9 13.35 17.65 18.00 33.66 50.96

Technical and related, n.e.c. .......................................... 11.45 26.1 7.75 8.75 9.25 10.25 19.65

Executive, administrative, and managerial ........................... 22.64 9.0 10.00 14.58 21.12 29.02 38.15

Executives, administrators, and managers ........................ 21.50 18.3 7.00 10.00 17.30 30.00 44.00

Administrators, education and related fields .................. 23.56 25.2 12.01 12.01 30.00 30.00 30.00

Managers, medicine and health ..................................... 36.87 15.8 22.44 25.83 42.31 46.49 46.49

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ........................ 17.47 13.1 9.50 13.75 17.30 21.87 22.69

Management related .......................................................... 23.19 6.8 13.34 15.39 23.75 29.00 38.14

Accountants and auditors .............................................. 26.42 9.4 14.58 20.00 25.12 30.00 38.15

Other financial officers ................................................... 22.02 17.2 17.00 17.00 20.59 24.82 43.07

Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ........ 18.92 12.2 13.37 13.37 16.12 26.10 26.92

Management related, n.e.c. ........................................... 18.44 9.2 9.23 16.00 16.51 20.00 27.24

Sales ......................................................................................... 7.95 1.3 5.75 6.50 7.28 8.65 10.20

Supervisors, sales ......................................................... 8.91 10.6 6.50 6.89 8.25 10.65 11.05

Sales, other business services ...................................... 8.26 3.3 6.25 7.10 8.25 8.60 10.00

Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and

wholesale ..................................................................... 10.26 8.9 8.00 9.00 9.00 10.50 15.26

Sales workers, apparel .................................................. 7.49 2.9 6.00 6.25 7.00 8.00 9.50

Sales workers, shoes ..................................................... 7.24 6.0 5.50 5.87 6.52 8.11 10.30

Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings .............. 8.42 5.5 6.25 7.00 8.24 9.00 10.00

Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi, and appliances ............... 8.97 4.4 7.50 8.00 9.00 9.50 10.00

Sales workers, hardware and building supplies ............. 10.02 3.1 7.50 8.75 9.93 11.17 13.00

Sales workers, parts ...................................................... 7.96 7.2 5.50 7.05 8.00 8.75 10.24

Sales workers, other commodities ................................. 7.86 1.8 6.00 6.50 7.25 8.50 10.00

Sales counter clerks ...................................................... 7.08 3.8 5.50 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00

Cashiers ......................................................................... 7.72 1.4 5.75 6.25 7.09 8.25 9.94

Street and door-to-door sales workers .......................... 8.53 14.0 5.50 5.50 9.00 10.26 12.13

News vendors ................................................................ 9.94 6.0 7.18 9.36 10.00 11.04 11.04

Sales support, n.e.c. ...................................................... 8.33 4.3 6.00 7.00 7.80 9.25 10.50

Administrative support, including clerical ............................ 10.89 1.5 7.25 8.50 10.00 12.42 15.82

Secretaries ..................................................................... 13.93 5.0 8.84 10.44 13.20 16.60 20.00

Stenographers ............................................................... 26.04 40.4 10.00 11.53 17.00 18.00 24.26

Typists ........................................................................... 10.87 7.3 8.00 9.48 11.00 11.82 14.00

Interviewers ................................................................... 9.59 9.7 7.50 7.75 8.50 10.75 13.91

Hotel clerks .................................................................... 8.39 3.9 7.00 7.65 8.25 8.72 10.00

Transportation ticket and reservation agents ................. 15.52 6.5 9.00 11.61 16.85 20.30 21.56

Receptionists ................................................................. 9.33 3.3 6.75 7.65 8.50 10.27 12.50

Information clerks, n.e.c. ................................................ 10.11 4.0 7.50 8.75 10.15 11.25 12.42

Order clerks ................................................................... 9.73 7.2 6.55 7.50 9.20 12.10 13.09

Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping ......... 13.52 14.9 8.62 9.00 14.00 17.15 17.15

Library clerks ................................................................. 9.96 9.8 7.45 8.30 9.83 12.50 12.50

File clerks ....................................................................... 9.01 5.5 6.50 8.00 8.50 9.60 12.00

Records clerks, n.e.c. .................................................... 11.66 7.1 8.13 9.80 11.00 13.50 15.30

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ............... 11.42 2.7 9.00 10.00 11.00 13.00 14.25

Payroll and timekeeping clerks ...................................... 11.07 4.8 8.00 10.00 11.26 11.90 14.06

Billing clerks ................................................................... 12.43 3.8 10.00 11.00 11.13 13.50 14.49

Billing, posting, and calculating machine operators ....... 10.44 2.6 8.57 9.90 10.08 11.45 12.51

Duplicating machine operators ...................................... 9.55 4.5 8.25 9.00 9.00 11.00 11.00

Telephone operators ...................................................... 8.78 7.2 6.25 7.25 9.00 9.25 11.22

Mail clerks, except postal service .................................. 10.37 7.6 6.87 8.21 10.00 12.00 14.00

Messengers ................................................................... 9.21 7.2 6.00 7.50 9.25 11.03 11.50

Dispatchers .................................................................... 9.10 4.9 6.50 6.50 9.45 9.45 11.00

Stock and inventory clerks ............................................. 9.45 3.1 7.34 8.00 8.75 10.85 12.50

Expeditors ...................................................................... 9.83 10.3 6.65 7.47 10.25 11.60 12.40

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.3. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 part-time workers,

National Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued

Occupation3

Part-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Administrative support, including clerical –Continued

Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ $8.60 2.7 $7.50 $7.80 $8.45 $9.35 $10.25

Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ........ 15.08 13.3 11.19 12.00 15.44 18.30 20.40

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ............... 12.48 6.4 7.50 9.41 12.15 14.76 16.13

Bill and account collectors ............................................. 10.40 8.4 8.00 8.16 9.00 13.17 14.66

General office clerks ...................................................... 10.64 3.6 7.33 8.00 10.00 12.00 15.75

Bank tellers .................................................................... 9.69 1.5 7.75 8.50 9.32 10.50 12.00

Proofreaders .................................................................. 10.94 18.2 6.25 8.40 9.00 14.50 14.50

Data entry keyers ........................................................... 11.95 8.2 8.00 9.98 11.35 12.00 20.00

Statistical clerks ............................................................. 10.47 16.0 8.54 8.58 9.35 11.14 12.22

Teachers’ aides ............................................................. 11.52 12.3 7.00 8.70 10.18 15.00 17.00

Administrative support, n.e.c. ........................................ 11.10 6.2 6.75 8.30 10.00 13.50 16.39

Blue collar .................................................................................... 9.19 1.8 5.75 6.75 8.02 10.39 13.35

Precision production, craft, and repair .................................. 12.59 8.2 6.00 9.00 10.50 14.08 24.35

Electronic repairers, communications and industrial

equipment .................................................................... 23.36 9.8 16.00 16.00 24.35 24.35 31.04

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ..................................... 11.34 26.7 5.38 5.55 9.00 17.91 17.91

Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ............ 12.39 5.9 7.25 9.30 10.25 15.00 17.25

Butchers and meat cutters ............................................. 10.67 20.2 6.00 6.00 10.90 13.75 17.64

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ................. 8.96 2.5 6.50 7.50 8.50 9.92 11.00

Molding and casting machine operators ........................ 7.56 6.7 6.75 7.00 7.00 8.00 8.50

Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators ........... 7.13 6.0 6.00 6.04 6.50 8.00 9.17

Packaging and filling machine operators ....................... 8.07 6.6 7.50 7.50 7.50 7.50 8.75

Photographic process machine operators ..................... 7.98 3.7 6.93 7.75 8.25 8.25 8.37

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ...................... 9.59 5.4 7.25 8.00 9.00 10.50 12.00

Assemblers .................................................................... 9.22 6.4 7.00 7.16 8.25 10.00 12.50

Transportation and material moving ..................................... 9.59 3.1 5.40 6.75 8.44 12.00 14.55

Truckdrivers ................................................................... 10.98 6.1 7.00 8.00 9.75 13.02 17.51

Driver-sales workers ...................................................... 7.75 8.5 5.15 5.50 6.75 8.00 12.50

Busdrivers ...................................................................... 12.11 5.1 9.50 10.00 11.50 13.00 15.40

Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ...................................... 9.31 8.2 7.00 7.00 8.51 12.00 12.00

Parking lot attendants .................................................... 6.85 10.6 5.25 5.25 6.50 8.00 9.00

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ............................................ 6.99 5.9 5.25 5.50 6.75 7.50 8.50

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ........... 11.27 13.5 6.90 7.50 9.25 14.34 17.12

Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 12.70 6.0 8.50 11.37 12.10 13.54 15.05

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......... 8.69 2.2 5.80 6.55 7.75 9.65 12.25

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ............... 8.53 4.3 6.95 7.75 8.00 8.75 11.00

Animal caretakers, except farm ..................................... 8.27 9.7 6.00 6.75 7.50 10.00 10.87

Helpers, mechanics and repairers ................................. 12.24 23.3 5.40 6.75 16.00 16.00 16.00

Helpers, construction trades .......................................... 11.47 7.7 9.00 10.00 12.00 12.00 16.50

Stock handlers and baggers .......................................... 7.57 1.4 5.50 6.20 7.16 8.40 9.73

Machine feeders and offbearers .................................... 10.37 11.9 7.00 9.10 9.10 11.26 15.74

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .................. 10.98 3.6 6.50 9.00 10.67 12.40 15.10

Garage and service station related ................................ 9.53 23.2 6.50 6.50 7.50 9.10 25.00

Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ..................... 7.00 2.4 5.50 6.25 6.75 7.50 8.50

Hand packers and packagers ........................................ 7.90 3.4 5.92 7.00 7.50 9.00 10.00

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ............................. 8.44 3.2 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.50 11.25

Service .......................................................................................... 7.21 1.1 3.40 5.75 6.92 8.25 10.20

Protective service .............................................................. 10.12 7.4 6.15 7.50 9.00 10.00 16.00

Guards and police, except public service ...................... 10.39 7.8 6.34 8.00 9.25 10.25 17.65

Protective service, n.e.c. ................................................ 7.69 3.6 6.00 6.40 7.57 8.50 10.00

Food service ...................................................................... 6.27 1.1 2.63 5.25 6.50 7.35 8.71

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.3. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 part-time workers,

National Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued

Occupation3

Part-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Service –Continued

Food service –Continued

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ............................... $4.75 3.1 $2.13 $2.50 $4.30 $6.75 $7.50

Bartenders ..................................................................... 6.54 5.8 3.03 5.15 6.50 7.50 10.00

Waiters and waitresses .................................................. 4.27 3.5 2.13 2.20 3.30 6.00 7.16

Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ..................................... 5.56 3.7 2.83 4.30 5.75 6.75 7.32

Other food service ........................................................... 7.10 .9 5.50 6.00 6.80 7.75 9.00

Supervisors, food preparation and service .................... 8.93 5.5 7.05 7.75 8.30 9.11 11.33

Cooks ............................................................................. 7.66 2.3 5.65 6.40 7.15 8.50 10.14

Kitchen workers, food preparation ................................. 7.26 2.7 5.38 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.50

Food preparation, n.e.c. ................................................. 6.98 1.1 5.50 6.00 6.75 7.50 8.50

Health service .................................................................... 9.42 3.7 6.00 7.25 8.87 10.79 13.74

Dental assistants ........................................................... 14.55 7.7 8.60 11.15 14.50 17.55 20.60

Health aides, except nursing ......................................... 9.66 8.9 5.15 7.50 9.00 11.20 14.04

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ....................... 9.20 2.9 6.08 7.15 8.76 10.50 13.00

Cleaning and building service ............................................ 7.99 2.9 5.50 6.50 7.50 8.80 10.40

Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers ...... 10.01 8.2 6.25 7.00 10.50 11.85 14.17

Maids and housemen .................................................... 8.31 4.9 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.20

Janitors and cleaners ..................................................... 7.84 2.8 5.40 6.50 7.50 8.64 10.33

Personal service ................................................................ 8.33 3.1 5.50 6.25 7.30 9.00 11.50

Supervisors, personal service ........................................ 10.53 17.2 7.00 7.50 8.93 13.00 16.00

Hairdressers and cosmetologists ................................... 11.06 11.9 5.91 7.05 10.00 13.31 20.08

Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities ........... 6.81 5.3 5.15 5.46 6.75 7.50 8.75

Guides ........................................................................... 9.70 9.4 7.00 7.00 8.75 11.25 15.00

Ushers ........................................................................... 7.92 8.0 6.00 6.55 7.25 9.75 10.00

Public transportation attendants .................................... 12.92 44.2 8.50 8.50 8.50 9.00 19.35

Baggage porters and bellhops ....................................... 8.72 6.8 5.25 7.50 8.00 10.00 10.89

Welfare service aides .................................................... 7.58 6.2 5.98 6.05 6.85 8.50 10.80

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .............................. 7.49 4.7 5.75 6.18 7.19 8.50 9.18

Childcare workers, n.e.c. ............................................... 7.46 2.9 5.75 6.50 7.00 8.00 9.84

Service, n.e.c. ................................................................ 8.98 6.1 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.40 12.73

1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They

include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium

pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is

computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,

weighted by hours. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position in

the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the

same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate

shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At

the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th

and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 2 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between December 2003

and January 2005. The average reference period was July 2004. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all

workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see appendix B in "National

Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States" on the BLS Internet site

www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the

estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For

more information about RSEs, see appendix A in "National Compensation Survey: 

Occupational Wages in the United States" on the BLS Internet site

www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication

criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may

include data for categories not shown separately. 

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.1. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2

National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

All ...................................................................................................... $22.77 1.1 $10.38 $13.67 $19.92 $28.78 $39.03

All, excluding sales .................................................................... 22.79 1.1 10.39 13.70 19.95 28.80 39.09

White collar .................................................................................. 25.73 1.0 11.54 15.66 23.04 32.55 43.50

White collar, excluding sales ................................................. 25.79 1.0 11.61 15.71 23.10 32.61 43.56

Professional specialty and technical ..................................... 30.50 1.0 16.42 21.76 28.24 36.77 47.50

Professional specialty ............................................................ 31.80 1.0 18.47 23.16 29.41 37.85 48.59

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ................................. 30.90 2.6 21.51 26.82 29.68 34.25 41.24

Architects ....................................................................... 32.50 8.8 26.96 26.96 30.03 34.18 42.38

Civil engineers ............................................................... 31.98 2.7 22.23 27.02 31.05 36.68 41.24

Electrical and electronic engineers ................................ 32.94 8.6 27.09 27.71 30.16 37.14 44.26

Engineers, n.e.c. ............................................................ 28.84 4.6 20.20 23.58 28.82 33.87 35.25

Mathematical and computer scientists ............................... 28.81 4.0 18.77 23.13 28.26 34.00 38.20

Computer systems analysts and scientists .................... 28.98 4.1 19.12 23.46 28.80 34.00 38.20

Natural scientists ............................................................... 23.38 5.5 15.39 18.12 22.53 27.47 33.25

Chemists, except biochemists ....................................... 29.93 6.2 22.84 27.27 29.95 33.38 33.38

Geologists and geodesists ............................................. 28.07 17.9 17.42 18.05 27.48 31.99 48.21

Physical scientists, n.e.c. ............................................... 23.57 4.3 15.32 20.67 23.64 28.24 28.99

Agricultural and food scientists ...................................... 25.17 8.9 14.74 16.28 20.56 34.69 38.80

Biological and life scientists ........................................... 21.05 8.0 15.73 17.53 18.93 23.08 30.58

Forestry and conservation scientists ............................. 20.90 11.6 13.82 16.51 19.44 25.82 31.65

Medical scientists ........................................................... 23.61 4.4 14.93 19.62 23.26 26.59 32.32

Health related .................................................................... 27.64 3.0 17.00 20.59 24.63 31.50 40.83

Physicians ...................................................................... 33.32 13.9 12.32 15.03 21.66 54.03 70.38

Registered nurses .......................................................... 26.23 2.2 18.92 21.11 24.98 30.02 36.08

Pharmacists ................................................................... 38.58 9.0 24.44 35.00 36.33 45.70 51.26

Dietitians ........................................................................ 20.41 4.1 15.85 17.32 20.64 22.59 26.90

Respiratory therapists .................................................... 21.09 5.9 15.27 17.82 20.76 23.06 27.50

Occupational therapists ................................................. 28.73 5.5 20.27 23.72 28.51 31.36 40.01

Physical therapists ......................................................... 31.52 6.4 22.35 25.72 30.55 35.01 39.15

Speech therapists .......................................................... 30.37 8.9 13.75 24.58 30.22 36.02 43.86

Therapists, n.e.c. ........................................................... 22.40 8.1 14.48 15.56 21.25 24.95 34.60

Teachers, college and university ....................................... 41.06 3.4 23.11 29.15 37.65 48.72 62.78

Earth, environmental, and marine science teachers ...... 53.74 11.5 34.82 41.03 49.23 62.96 78.78

Biological science teachers ........................................... 34.86 6.6 20.82 29.54 35.20 40.19 45.04

Chemistry teachers ........................................................ 31.91 5.4 25.18 26.34 31.76 33.65 41.30

Natural science teachers, n.e.c. .................................... 38.14 10.8 21.12 30.32 39.41 43.64 49.31

Psychology teachers ...................................................... 34.48 12.9 22.80 25.91 27.24 42.40 54.55

History teachers ............................................................. 41.88 13.1 27.60 29.73 37.62 50.35 62.63

Political science teachers .............................................. 33.27 11.9 24.58 28.37 29.46 30.55 52.55

Sociology teachers ........................................................ 47.76 18.7 27.61 32.27 43.95 64.22 73.56

Social science teachers, n.e.c. ...................................... 41.10 7.4 27.61 32.49 40.39 47.80 55.81

Engineering teachers ..................................................... 54.24 15.4 32.89 38.65 43.08 71.04 90.11

Mathematical science teachers ..................................... 38.99 13.0 22.48 29.76 42.13 47.39 53.66

Computer science teachers ........................................... 44.40 14.0 29.86 40.00 40.00 54.43 57.48

Medical science teachers .............................................. 52.26 13.1 21.91 30.00 46.96 68.27 94.53

Health specialties teachers ............................................ 36.57 5.8 24.83 26.15 34.09 42.14 51.13

Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .............. 40.28 15.6 25.28 30.91 36.77 43.57 63.19

Agriculture and forestry teachers ................................... 39.86 27.8 17.36 20.09 28.73 55.24 78.41

Art, drama, and music teachers ..................................... 33.26 11.5 21.88 25.84 29.01 38.98 53.33

Physical education teachers .......................................... 41.92 6.6 29.89 39.68 43.02 46.90 46.90

Education teachers ........................................................ 37.99 11.3 19.23 29.56 42.23 43.50 46.51

English teachers ............................................................ 46.87 13.0 26.63 32.35 43.85 62.22 62.34

Foreign language teachers ............................................ 28.21 27.0 17.60 17.60 17.60 29.64 45.24

Theology teachers ......................................................... 40.18 7.9 30.77 31.25 35.43 48.99 48.99

Trade and industrial teachers ........................................ 36.73 5.0 24.36 29.48 37.85 42.86 49.85

Other post-secondary teachers ..................................... 40.22 3.5 21.98 28.85 37.10 48.27 61.96

Teachers, except college and university ............................ 32.97 1.0 21.31 25.07 30.93 39.23 48.61

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ................................. 31.02 3.0 20.76 24.02 28.94 36.06 44.10

Elementary school teachers .......................................... 33.43 1.1 21.93 25.44 31.08 39.46 48.89

Secondary school teachers ........................................... 32.66 1.7 21.74 25.18 30.49 38.19 47.00

Teachers, special education .......................................... 35.09 3.6 22.43 26.44 32.80 42.28 51.04

Teachers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 34.03 2.7 19.68 25.25 31.76 41.38 50.95

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.1. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2

National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Professional specialty and technical –Continued

Professional specialty –Continued

Teachers, except college and university –Continued

Substitute teachers ........................................................ $13.86 4.3 $8.25 $10.15 $11.54 $17.14 $23.67

Vocational and educational counselors ......................... 31.85 4.6 18.12 23.49 30.46 38.21 47.05

Librarians, archivists, and curators .................................... 27.03 3.4 15.43 19.38 25.98 33.14 40.37

Librarians ....................................................................... 27.83 3.4 15.92 20.21 26.95 33.63 41.07

Archivists and curators .................................................. 18.28 17.0 12.92 14.50 16.80 22.73 28.85

Social scientists and urban planners ................................. 30.77 7.7 17.86 22.52 28.78 35.27 49.61

Psychologists ................................................................. 34.43 7.2 21.31 26.85 31.03 40.72 54.43

Urban planners .............................................................. 26.33 4.9 18.42 21.12 26.07 30.54 32.69

Social, recreation, and religious workers ........................... 19.97 2.4 12.72 14.72 18.31 23.42 29.67

Social workers ............................................................... 20.08 2.5 12.97 14.81 18.33 23.51 29.90

Recreation workers ........................................................ 17.46 8.3 9.75 12.21 17.89 22.68 23.74

Lawyers and judges ........................................................... 39.41 9.8 21.28 27.31 35.55 47.54 66.27

Lawyers ......................................................................... 36.86 11.7 20.78 26.41 34.44 44.57 61.27

Judges ........................................................................... 56.14 12.8 32.09 46.06 53.04 76.73 82.12

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,

n.e.c. ................................................................................ 26.53 10.4 13.73 17.75 23.72 29.87 50.48

Designers ....................................................................... 20.60 9.1 13.59 16.83 21.97 24.51 24.68

Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c. ............. 19.65 8.2 14.75 17.45 18.00 24.80 24.80

Editors and reporters ..................................................... 19.42 12.5 9.88 15.81 20.33 23.42 27.11

Public relations specialists ............................................. 26.29 9.2 15.27 20.51 23.85 28.97 37.54

Athletes .......................................................................... 35.42 25.6 10.55 18.00 39.42 50.48 55.41

Professional, n.e.c. ........................................................ 26.33 6.6 16.03 18.81 25.20 30.69 35.45

Technical ............................................................................... 18.42 1.6 11.49 14.10 17.27 21.64 26.80

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .......... 18.18 3.7 11.49 14.84 17.41 20.90 25.99

Health record technologists and technicians ................. 18.28 13.3 9.41 11.88 17.21 25.44 25.44

Radiological technicians ................................................ 23.62 7.8 16.35 18.95 21.22 25.74 37.68

Licensed practical nurses .............................................. 15.76 2.2 10.93 13.39 15.78 17.99 20.03

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. .................. 16.45 3.2 9.57 12.11 15.94 19.85 23.35

Electrical and electronic technicians .............................. 17.83 17.9 12.65 13.86 14.51 21.03 26.99

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ...................................... 21.41 9.6 13.04 15.01 19.70 25.03 40.00

Drafters .......................................................................... 21.87 4.9 13.26 19.44 22.62 25.68 28.45

Surveying and mapping technicians .............................. 19.53 7.2 13.01 15.37 16.66 24.27 27.81

Biological technicians .................................................... 15.09 7.6 11.33 12.16 14.74 17.69 19.81

Chemical technicians ..................................................... 23.14 9.0 16.39 19.93 23.02 28.02 29.25

Science technicians, n.e.c. ............................................ 16.81 5.5 13.47 13.88 14.77 18.54 23.08

Broadcast equipment operators ..................................... 23.72 9.6 14.13 20.01 24.20 26.62 35.07

Computer programmers ................................................. 23.53 5.7 16.35 18.50 21.95 28.00 32.09

Legal assistants ............................................................. 20.31 5.7 13.69 15.33 19.31 23.69 29.55

Technical and related, n.e.c. .......................................... 19.18 6.8 11.45 13.20 18.59 24.06 27.66

Executive, administrative, and managerial ........................... 30.48 2.4 16.79 20.68 28.00 36.78 48.07

Executives, administrators, and managers ........................ 35.71 1.9 19.98 26.12 34.11 42.84 53.65

Legislators ..................................................................... 15.91 20.0 3.46 5.29 9.33 27.38 33.33

Chief executives and general administrators, public

administration .............................................................. 44.50 6.0 34.62 40.42 43.19 48.40 56.72

Administrators and officials, public administration ......... 32.21 2.7 19.31 25.13 32.01 36.02 45.44

Financial managers ....................................................... 44.86 17.3 23.82 29.55 39.95 63.78 63.78

Personnel and labor relations managers ....................... 42.44 7.2 23.65 30.11 46.28 52.66 54.36

Purchasing managers .................................................... 36.40 18.9 20.60 24.24 40.41 49.49 49.49

Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations 26.37 3.7 23.12 23.94 24.57 29.90 32.31

Administrators, education and related fields .................. 40.41 4.2 24.25 30.94 39.38 47.53 55.90

Managers, medicine and health ..................................... 31.23 9.0 12.94 22.32 29.29 36.38 45.38

Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments .. 22.63 9.3 15.06 17.83 18.78 27.61 36.39

Managers, properties and real estate ............................ 29.22 6.0 23.93 26.39 28.61 32.73 36.48

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ........................ 27.42 6.0 15.50 19.99 27.06 34.93 40.65

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ............................. 32.60 7.1 19.07 21.95 30.29 39.90 48.91

Management related .......................................................... 22.94 2.4 15.45 17.72 21.44 27.36 31.89

Accountants and auditors .............................................. 22.71 3.7 16.59 17.08 21.64 26.53 31.73

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.1. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2

National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued

Management related –Continued

Other financial officers ................................................... $26.54 6.4 $18.77 $21.92 $27.46 $30.08 $32.80

Management analysts .................................................... 23.13 8.0 16.85 18.35 20.81 27.18 32.77

Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ........ 23.28 4.3 13.78 18.20 23.54 27.13 31.75

Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ........................... 17.60 11.1 11.93 14.08 16.74 20.33 23.98

Construction inspectors ................................................. 23.66 4.7 16.35 18.41 23.00 28.00 32.31

Inspectors and compliance officers, except

construction ................................................................. 20.50 2.6 14.72 17.19 20.25 21.55 27.73

Management related, n.e.c. ........................................... 24.66 4.4 14.95 18.25 23.76 29.35 34.35

Sales ......................................................................................... 14.22 5.4 8.46 9.94 12.06 18.14 23.55

Supervisors, sales ......................................................... 16.11 7.5 11.43 13.63 15.08 17.14 23.04

Real estate sales ........................................................... 24.28 7.2 15.87 21.07 25.69 28.37 29.11

Cashiers ......................................................................... 13.23 5.9 8.46 9.69 11.36 16.33 20.80

Administrative support, including clerical ............................ 14.57 1.2 9.32 11.10 13.94 17.22 20.52

Supervisors, general office ............................................ 18.41 3.4 13.18 14.63 18.00 20.70 24.98

Supervisors, financial records processing ..................... 20.86 5.5 16.02 17.12 19.79 21.56 28.53

Chief communications operators ................................... 20.84 4.7 17.42 18.75 19.99 21.48 23.85

Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting

clerks ........................................................................... 20.00 8.7 12.70 16.33 19.77 24.54 28.37

Computer operators ....................................................... 14.86 7.5 11.79 12.29 13.63 16.85 20.83

Secretaries ..................................................................... 15.45 2.7 10.43 12.17 14.75 18.12 21.36

Stenographers ............................................................... 20.34 9.3 11.31 14.32 19.29 22.59 32.76

Typists ........................................................................... 14.44 2.6 10.30 12.04 14.43 16.81 18.45

Interviewers ................................................................... 12.02 13.5 7.68 8.85 10.59 16.21 17.84

Receptionists ................................................................. 11.27 4.4 8.41 9.20 11.16 12.75 14.41

Information clerks, n.e.c. ................................................ 14.97 4.7 10.39 12.43 14.91 17.79 19.97

Order clerks ................................................................... 16.00 17.0 8.56 10.26 15.04 21.44 27.53

Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping ......... 15.40 6.3 11.00 11.80 14.73 18.20 21.20

Library clerks ................................................................. 12.43 3.2 8.08 9.12 11.89 14.83 17.81

File clerks ....................................................................... 11.46 7.3 6.50 8.94 10.77 13.53 16.33

Records clerks, n.e.c. .................................................... 13.70 3.7 9.71 10.87 13.30 15.91 18.28

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ............... 15.09 2.3 10.15 12.10 15.03 17.24 20.06

Payroll and timekeeping clerks ...................................... 17.67 4.6 12.88 15.01 17.86 19.23 20.98

Billing clerks ................................................................... 14.37 9.6 8.11 10.81 14.62 17.83 18.65

Duplicating machine operators ...................................... 12.30 16.5 9.09 9.48 10.11 12.77 21.00

Telephone operators ...................................................... 13.32 8.8 7.37 9.83 13.20 16.38 19.50

Communications equipment operators, n.e.c. ............... 12.78 4.8 9.82 12.96 12.96 12.96 13.52

Mail clerks, except postal service .................................. 10.24 13.6 7.65 7.65 8.74 11.81 15.72

Messengers ................................................................... 12.29 16.6 7.00 8.45 10.77 16.63 17.55

Dispatchers .................................................................... 16.93 7.3 10.00 11.84 15.40 20.47 27.00

Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ............................. 16.40 9.1 10.91 15.75 18.28 18.81 18.81

Stock and inventory clerks ............................................. 14.00 4.4 9.22 10.73 13.75 16.21 20.56

Meter readers ................................................................ 16.50 8.7 10.03 12.83 14.20 18.87 22.90

Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ........ 14.56 7.6 11.22 12.45 13.37 15.31 21.15

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ............... 18.24 5.9 11.74 14.51 19.05 20.53 22.60

Eligibility clerks, social welfare ....................................... 16.51 1.9 12.46 14.45 16.59 17.78 20.24

Bill and account collectors ............................................. 16.91 6.6 13.00 13.36 16.96 18.89 20.76

General office clerks ...................................................... 13.76 1.5 9.21 10.97 13.43 15.90 18.88

Data entry keyers ........................................................... 13.76 2.8 10.50 11.94 13.95 15.81 16.81

Statistical clerks ............................................................. 13.10 10.2 9.04 11.40 12.35 17.26 17.26

Teachers’ aides ............................................................. 11.89 1.3 8.39 9.28 10.91 13.51 17.18

Administrative support, n.e.c. ........................................ 15.22 2.4 10.21 12.02 15.00 17.64 21.21

Blue collar .................................................................................... 17.59 1.5 10.22 12.87 16.79 21.54 26.04

Precision production, craft, and repair .................................. 20.05 2.0 12.41 15.26 19.06 24.03 29.03

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .......................... 25.02 5.2 17.54 19.25 25.16 28.95 33.00

Automobile mechanics ................................................... 21.58 10.6 13.82 16.19 21.50 28.86 28.86

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.1. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2

National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Blue collar –Continued

Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ................ $20.08 2.6 $15.27 $17.22 $19.81 $23.01 $24.27

Heavy equipment mechanics ......................................... 19.36 6.4 12.66 15.25 20.74 23.23 24.82

Industrial machinery repairers ....................................... 23.25 8.9 13.30 17.47 23.47 28.12 30.52

Machinery maintenance ................................................. 16.06 9.5 12.03 12.03 14.66 17.59 22.87

Electronic repairers, communications and industrial

equipment .................................................................... 21.35 8.2 15.29 16.56 21.44 25.64 25.64

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics .. 18.59 5.6 11.33 15.71 19.24 21.30 24.33

Mechanical controls and valve repairers ....................... 20.86 7.5 13.28 16.18 20.17 26.42 27.07

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ..................................... 17.14 3.3 11.46 13.17 15.96 19.74 24.03

Supervisors, electricians and power transmission

installers ....................................................................... 25.93 14.7 16.54 16.54 26.50 34.85 36.39

Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...... 28.41 13.1 15.61 21.15 33.73 33.73 33.73

Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ......................... 20.76 5.1 15.16 16.95 19.20 23.97 29.44

Carpenters ..................................................................... 20.57 6.6 12.96 15.44 18.86 25.18 29.63

Electricians .................................................................... 21.55 5.3 15.26 16.99 19.35 24.93 32.65

Electrical power installers and repairers ........................ 26.56 5.6 18.53 24.05 27.73 30.59 31.19

Painters, construction and maintenance ........................ 19.25 8.7 11.51 13.30 20.17 23.75 26.11

Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ........................... 19.04 9.7 12.00 13.30 17.50 24.40 28.60

Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices ............ 18.89 7.9 14.76 15.79 18.83 22.16 23.27

Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators ... 13.97 3.8 12.34 12.63 13.94 15.41 15.62

Construction trades, n.e.c. ............................................. 16.16 4.3 10.46 12.19 15.45 19.45 23.62

Supervisors, production ................................................. 23.98 14.6 13.28 15.40 25.37 28.11 39.21

Inspectors, testers, and graders .................................... 22.30 7.1 17.39 19.71 21.45 26.19 26.19

Water and sewer treatment plant operators .................. 19.43 3.0 12.44 15.73 19.59 22.60 26.80

Power plant operators .................................................... 26.87 7.6 17.41 22.37 26.84 33.44 37.83

Stationary engineers ...................................................... 22.94 6.9 13.53 18.51 22.24 29.72 32.62

Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c. ......... 18.09 6.2 12.65 15.91 18.66 20.13 20.51

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ................. 16.70 9.8 8.52 11.76 17.23 21.31 23.75

Printing press operators ................................................. 14.70 4.5 12.62 13.99 14.58 14.58 18.44

Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators ........... 9.75 11.2 5.45 7.43 9.91 11.89 13.17

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ...................... 20.90 15.6 9.48 11.23 21.81 28.03 33.77

Welders and cutters ....................................................... 21.01 7.7 16.06 18.78 19.58 23.75 24.96

Transportation and material moving ..................................... 16.64 2.0 10.59 12.46 15.67 20.15 23.91

Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ............................ 19.18 11.2 12.41 15.33 15.33 23.76 28.58

Truckdrivers ................................................................... 16.57 5.4 10.20 12.17 15.35 20.23 25.90

Busdrivers ...................................................................... 16.38 2.0 10.87 12.90 15.96 19.64 23.01

Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ...................................... 9.95 8.6 7.25 8.14 8.88 11.83 14.31

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ............................................ 18.35 7.5 11.77 15.04 17.71 24.05 24.75

Locomotive operating .................................................... 24.06 3.9 20.97 22.54 25.09 25.09 27.86

Sailors and deckhands .................................................. 19.13 2.2 18.23 18.88 18.88 20.42 20.49

Supervisors, material moving equipment ....................... 19.95 10.5 13.27 15.15 21.40 22.34 25.11

Operating engineers ...................................................... 16.35 9.8 10.71 11.05 15.48 18.68 25.07

Excavating and loading machine operators ................... 16.43 12.1 10.12 11.88 16.12 19.04 25.28

Grader, dozer, and scraper operators ........................... 15.42 10.1 9.67 12.02 13.73 16.50 27.15

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ........... 13.85 2.3 10.24 11.45 14.60 15.17 16.69

Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 15.44 4.8 10.60 11.66 14.53 19.42 22.10

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......... 14.45 2.6 8.31 10.21 13.67 18.16 21.85

Supervisors, agriculture-related workers ....................... 20.33 6.6 14.00 18.24 19.48 24.34 24.65

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ............... 13.80 3.8 8.35 9.67 13.43 17.06 20.44

Animal caretakers, except farm ..................................... 14.43 14.3 7.90 10.00 14.00 18.34 19.29

Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and

laborers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 19.23 7.4 11.53 14.71 19.51 21.85 29.22

Helpers, mechanics and repairers ................................. 15.79 4.5 10.26 12.86 15.44 19.98 20.31

Helpers, construction trades .......................................... 14.42 8.4 8.97 11.52 13.17 18.26 22.25

Construction laborers ..................................................... 12.98 5.6 8.05 10.15 11.85 16.35 18.16

Production helpers ......................................................... 10.62 12.7 8.74 9.00 9.38 10.10 16.57

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.1. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2

National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Blue collar –Continued

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers

–Continued

Garbage collectors ......................................................... $17.18 12.1 $9.39 $12.71 $17.09 $23.56 $23.56

Stock handlers and baggers .......................................... 12.66 9.7 9.29 9.75 13.27 14.24 16.81

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .................. 14.35 13.7 5.83 9.71 18.08 18.08 19.56

Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ..................... 13.20 10.7 6.12 11.33 14.70 15.62 16.63

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ............................. 13.79 4.7 7.74 9.32 13.24 17.48 21.49

Service .......................................................................................... 17.06 1.8 8.65 11.20 14.88 21.89 28.22

Protective service .............................................................. 21.42 2.7 11.83 14.80 20.64 26.26 31.65

Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention .................. 27.11 5.0 17.66 21.14 25.21 31.84 40.90

Supervisors, police and detectives ................................ 30.97 3.0 18.35 24.53 30.45 37.45 43.54

Supervisors, guards ....................................................... 27.45 8.9 15.06 17.41 28.92 36.76 38.24

Fire inspection and fire prevention ................................. 21.99 9.9 14.29 15.58 22.31 26.00 30.80

Firefighting ..................................................................... 18.79 2.8 11.24 13.89 17.68 23.41 27.91

Police and detectives, public service ............................. 24.13 1.0 15.63 19.03 23.91 28.03 32.71

Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers ..... 19.47 2.3 12.30 14.38 18.58 23.67 28.22

Correctional institution officers ....................................... 17.33 6.7 11.35 12.13 15.36 22.11 25.99

Crossing guards ............................................................. 10.16 5.1 6.67 8.50 9.95 12.16 13.35

Guards and police, except public service ...................... 13.21 6.7 7.13 10.02 13.29 15.49 19.28

Protective service, n.e.c. ................................................ 15.64 7.8 8.95 11.04 13.79 19.07 25.41

Food service ...................................................................... 10.81 2.0 7.37 8.50 10.31 12.47 14.96

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ............................... 13.47 11.2 7.22 10.65 14.90 15.02 16.69

Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ..................................... 12.86 12.4 7.69 10.02 14.90 14.90 14.90

Other food service ........................................................... 10.78 2.0 7.37 8.49 10.29 12.37 14.92

Supervisors, food preparation and service .................... 13.48 5.3 9.61 10.76 12.98 15.87 17.03

Cooks ............................................................................. 11.42 3.1 8.25 9.43 11.22 13.37 14.68

Kitchen workers, food preparation ................................. 9.16 4.1 6.95 7.54 8.65 10.05 12.17

Food preparation, n.e.c. ................................................. 10.39 2.5 7.25 8.37 10.00 11.93 14.16

Health service .................................................................... 12.55 2.1 8.40 9.71 11.95 14.81 17.15

Health aides, except nursing ......................................... 13.51 3.3 9.25 10.69 13.25 15.76 17.82

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ....................... 12.19 2.5 8.14 9.52 11.64 13.97 17.14

Cleaning and building service ............................................ 12.80 2.5 8.00 9.30 12.05 15.10 18.71

Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers ...... 18.67 10.2 10.85 13.10 17.04 23.95 25.55

Maids and housemen .................................................... 9.14 7.1 6.81 8.00 8.05 9.86 12.69

Janitors and cleaners ..................................................... 12.39 1.8 8.00 9.25 11.90 14.80 17.68

Personal service ................................................................ 11.79 4.5 7.00 8.75 11.20 13.63 17.37

Supervisors, personal service ........................................ 18.18 7.9 11.81 14.87 16.46 21.08 28.07

Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities ........... 9.48 6.7 6.04 7.33 8.79 11.64 12.68

Public transportation attendants .................................... 15.79 14.2 9.52 10.62 15.08 21.89 21.89

Welfare service aides .................................................... 13.04 5.3 8.48 10.12 12.55 15.48 17.50

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .............................. 10.58 3.9 7.00 8.31 10.03 11.73 13.74

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.1. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2

National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004–Continued

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Service –Continued

Personal service –Continued

Childcare workers, n.e.c. ............................................... $12.40 12.1 $7.00 $8.88 $11.22 $14.41 $19.00

Service, n.e.c. ................................................................ 12.53 4.8 7.98 9.41 12.29 15.28 16.53

1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They

include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium

pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is

computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,

weighted by hours. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position in

the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the

same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate

shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At

the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th

and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 2 Total includes full-time and part-time workers. Employees are classified as working

either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each

establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered

a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where

a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.

3 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between December 2003

and January 2005. The average reference period was July 2004. 4 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all

workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see appendix B in "National

Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States" on the BLS Internet site

www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the

estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For

more information about RSEs, see appendix A in "National Compensation Survey: 

Occupational Wages in the United States" on the BLS Internet site

www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication

criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may

include data for categories not shown separately. 

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.2. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time

workers, National Compensation Survey,2 July 2004

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

All ...................................................................................................... $23.17 1.1 $10.75 $14.10 $20.36 $29.11 $39.42

All, excluding sales .................................................................... 23.20 1.1 10.77 14.12 20.39 29.13 39.45

White collar .................................................................................. 26.03 1.0 11.87 15.99 23.33 32.79 43.81

White collar, excluding sales ................................................. 26.08 1.0 11.92 16.02 23.38 32.85 43.86

Professional specialty and technical ..................................... 30.69 1.1 16.73 21.91 28.39 36.85 47.80

Professional specialty ............................................................ 32.01 1.1 18.84 23.28 29.56 37.97 48.85

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ................................. 30.93 2.6 21.58 26.87 29.68 34.29 41.24

Architects ....................................................................... 32.52 8.9 26.96 26.96 30.03 34.18 42.38

Civil engineers ............................................................... 31.98 2.7 22.23 27.02 31.05 36.68 41.24

Electrical and electronic engineers ................................ 32.94 8.6 27.09 27.71 30.16 37.14 44.26

Engineers, n.e.c. ............................................................ 28.84 4.6 20.20 23.58 28.82 33.87 35.25

Mathematical and computer scientists ............................... 28.54 4.0 18.58 22.99 28.22 33.69 38.20

Computer systems analysts and scientists .................... 28.71 4.1 18.60 23.13 28.23 33.69 38.20

Natural scientists ............................................................... 23.39 5.6 15.39 18.12 22.49 27.47 33.25

Chemists, except biochemists ....................................... 29.93 6.2 22.84 27.27 29.95 33.38 33.38

Geologists and geodesists ............................................. 28.07 17.9 17.42 18.05 27.48 31.99 48.21

Physical scientists, n.e.c. ............................................... 23.57 4.3 15.32 20.67 23.64 28.24 28.99

Agricultural and food scientists ...................................... 25.17 8.9 14.74 16.28 20.56 34.69 38.80

Biological and life scientists ........................................... 21.10 8.2 15.79 17.56 18.95 23.17 30.58

Forestry and conservation scientists ............................. 20.90 11.6 13.82 16.51 19.44 25.82 31.65

Medical scientists ........................................................... 23.58 4.5 14.90 19.51 23.26 26.59 32.32

Health related .................................................................... 27.50 3.1 16.89 20.45 24.44 31.31 40.83

Physicians ...................................................................... 32.81 14.0 12.32 15.03 21.64 54.01 69.68

Registered nurses .......................................................... 25.91 1.8 18.82 20.92 24.64 29.68 35.05

Pharmacists ................................................................... 38.66 9.3 24.44 35.00 36.33 45.70 51.26

Dietitians ........................................................................ 20.30 4.3 15.73 17.32 20.34 22.43 26.90

Respiratory therapists .................................................... 22.45 5.0 17.82 19.58 22.15 24.24 27.50

Occupational therapists ................................................. 28.84 6.2 20.27 23.63 28.51 31.36 40.01

Physical therapists ......................................................... 31.70 7.4 22.13 25.39 31.00 35.01 43.46

Speech therapists .......................................................... 30.27 9.2 13.75 24.58 30.22 35.56 43.86

Therapists, n.e.c. ........................................................... 22.61 8.3 14.66 15.83 21.56 25.50 34.60

Teachers, college and university ....................................... 41.41 3.4 23.60 29.38 37.72 48.99 63.72

Earth, environmental, and marine science teachers ...... 53.97 11.8 34.82 40.96 50.26 63.27 79.00

Biological science teachers ........................................... 35.16 7.0 21.76 31.23 35.20 40.19 45.04

Chemistry teachers ........................................................ 31.93 5.4 26.11 26.34 31.76 33.65 41.30

Natural science teachers, n.e.c. .................................... 39.79 10.0 23.27 36.68 39.58 44.03 51.78

Psychology teachers ...................................................... 34.51 13.0 22.80 25.91 27.24 42.40 55.87

History teachers ............................................................. 41.40 14.2 27.60 29.73 37.09 50.25 59.33

Political science teachers .............................................. 33.15 12.0 24.58 27.82 29.46 30.55 52.55

Sociology teachers ........................................................ 47.76 18.7 27.61 32.27 43.95 64.22 73.56

Social science teachers, n.e.c. ...................................... 41.07 7.4 26.13 32.49 40.39 47.80 55.81

Engineering teachers ..................................................... 55.31 16.3 37.11 38.65 43.08 72.44 90.63

Mathematical science teachers ..................................... 39.56 12.5 22.97 30.77 42.21 48.91 53.66

Computer science teachers ........................................... 46.92 12.8 27.17 37.65 52.95 57.24 58.47

Medical science teachers .............................................. 52.43 13.3 21.81 29.21 47.06 68.96 94.53

Health specialties teachers ............................................ 36.65 5.9 24.83 26.15 34.09 42.14 51.13

Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .............. 40.26 15.8 25.28 30.85 36.77 43.54 63.98

Agriculture and forestry teachers ................................... 39.86 27.8 17.36 20.09 28.73 55.24 78.41

Art, drama, and music teachers ..................................... 33.23 11.6 21.88 25.84 29.01 38.87 53.33

Education teachers ........................................................ 37.98 11.3 19.23 29.56 42.23 43.50 46.51

English teachers ............................................................ 47.30 13.0 27.56 32.51 45.47 62.22 62.34

Foreign language teachers ............................................ 28.83 29.7 17.60 17.60 17.60 29.64 44.64

Trade and industrial teachers ........................................ 37.36 5.0 26.15 30.22 38.38 42.87 49.85

Other post-secondary teachers ..................................... 40.65 3.7 22.76 29.23 37.56 48.97 62.45

Teachers, except college and university ............................ 33.27 1.0 21.63 25.34 31.10 39.40 48.85

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ................................. 31.33 3.1 21.32 24.46 29.20 36.40 44.10

Elementary school teachers .......................................... 33.46 1.1 21.97 25.46 31.10 39.47 48.94

Secondary school teachers ........................................... 32.67 1.7 21.76 25.18 30.49 38.22 47.01

Teachers, special education .......................................... 35.06 3.6 22.42 26.43 32.72 42.12 51.18

Teachers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 34.52 2.9 21.00 25.89 31.94 41.63 51.24

Substitute teachers ........................................................ 12.00 10.1 8.25 10.27 10.27 15.00 18.24

Vocational and educational counselors ......................... 31.90 4.7 18.12 23.50 30.87 38.12 47.48

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.2. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time

workers, National Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Professional specialty and technical –Continued

Professional specialty –Continued

Librarians, archivists, and curators .................................... $27.19 3.5 $15.80 $19.51 $26.29 $33.14 $40.37

Librarians ....................................................................... 28.01 3.5 16.25 20.28 27.11 33.63 41.46

Social scientists and urban planners ................................. 30.77 7.8 17.86 22.51 28.78 35.27 49.61

Psychologists ................................................................. 34.47 7.3 21.31 26.85 31.03 40.75 54.43

Urban planners .............................................................. 26.41 5.0 18.42 21.57 26.24 30.83 32.69

Social, recreation, and religious workers ........................... 20.02 2.4 12.77 14.75 18.33 23.47 29.69

Social workers ............................................................... 20.08 2.5 12.95 14.80 18.27 23.51 29.90

Recreation workers ........................................................ 18.51 9.1 9.75 12.61 19.96 23.16 24.20

Lawyers and judges ........................................................... 39.47 10.0 21.28 27.95 35.52 47.96 66.27

Lawyers ......................................................................... 36.78 12.2 21.10 26.76 34.44 44.57 59.41

Judges ........................................................................... 57.41 12.6 35.08 46.06 56.96 76.73 82.12

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,

n.e.c. ................................................................................ 27.19 11.1 14.52 17.75 23.85 30.29 50.48

Designers ....................................................................... 20.99 8.8 13.71 17.15 21.97 24.51 24.68

Editors and reporters ..................................................... 19.56 13.0 9.88 15.81 21.10 23.42 27.40

Public relations specialists ............................................. 26.68 9.4 15.87 21.23 23.85 28.97 37.54

Athletes .......................................................................... 40.18 19.7 14.66 20.61 48.08 50.48 67.31

Professional, n.e.c. ........................................................ 25.05 6.5 15.52 18.26 24.30 29.18 32.05

Technical ............................................................................... 18.19 1.6 11.49 14.11 17.16 21.36 26.20

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .......... 18.09 3.9 11.49 14.84 17.18 20.78 26.22

Health record technologists and technicians ................. 16.57 14.1 9.31 10.93 15.76 19.71 24.58

Radiological technicians ................................................ 21.52 4.5 16.20 18.33 20.44 23.71 26.95

Licensed practical nurses .............................................. 15.63 2.3 10.65 13.26 15.58 17.91 20.00

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. .................. 16.55 3.6 9.61 12.39 15.94 20.08 23.35

Electrical and electronic technicians .............................. 17.93 18.0 12.65 13.86 14.51 21.21 26.99

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ...................................... 19.35 4.3 13.04 14.71 18.86 22.18 26.53

Drafters .......................................................................... 21.89 5.4 13.03 18.22 22.62 25.68 29.72

Surveying and mapping technicians .............................. 19.53 7.2 13.01 15.37 16.66 24.27 27.81

Biological technicians .................................................... 15.72 6.9 12.10 13.13 15.38 17.69 21.01

Chemical technicians ..................................................... 23.64 8.2 18.62 19.93 24.03 29.25 29.25

Science technicians, n.e.c. ............................................ 16.86 5.6 13.47 13.96 14.77 18.74 23.24

Broadcast equipment operators ..................................... 23.73 9.6 14.13 20.01 24.20 26.62 35.07

Computer programmers ................................................. 23.53 5.7 16.35 18.50 21.95 28.00 32.09

Legal assistants ............................................................. 20.36 5.8 13.69 15.33 19.31 23.72 29.55

Technical and related, n.e.c. .......................................... 19.44 7.0 11.53 13.43 19.20 24.68 27.93

Executive, administrative, and managerial ........................... 30.54 2.5 16.84 20.68 28.11 36.90 48.06

Executives, administrators, and managers ........................ 35.81 1.9 20.06 26.39 34.36 42.96 53.43

Legislators ..................................................................... 15.40 32.0 3.46 3.46 9.33 31.22 38.42

Chief executives and general administrators, public

administration .............................................................. 45.46 5.5 34.62 40.42 43.19 48.45 56.72

Administrators and officials, public administration ......... 32.20 2.7 19.31 25.13 32.01 36.02 45.44

Financial managers ....................................................... 44.86 17.3 23.82 29.55 39.95 63.78 63.78

Personnel and labor relations managers ....................... 42.44 7.2 23.65 30.11 46.28 52.66 54.36

Purchasing managers .................................................... 36.40 18.9 20.60 24.24 40.41 49.49 49.49

Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations 26.37 3.7 23.12 23.94 24.57 29.90 32.31

Administrators, education and related fields .................. 40.38 4.2 24.28 31.05 39.38 47.41 55.90

Managers, medicine and health ..................................... 31.23 9.0 12.94 22.32 29.29 36.38 45.38

Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments .. 22.63 9.3 15.06 17.83 18.78 27.61 36.39

Managers, properties and real estate ............................ 29.22 6.0 23.93 26.39 28.61 32.73 36.48

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ........................ 27.84 6.0 15.50 20.06 27.43 36.45 40.65

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ............................. 32.63 7.1 19.07 21.95 30.29 39.90 50.44

Management related .......................................................... 22.94 2.5 15.50 17.72 21.44 27.36 31.89

Accountants and auditors .............................................. 22.72 3.7 16.57 17.06 21.66 26.68 31.73

Other financial officers ................................................... 26.54 6.5 18.77 21.92 27.46 30.07 32.80

Management analysts .................................................... 23.00 8.1 16.85 18.24 20.70 27.14 32.77

Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ........ 23.23 4.4 13.78 18.17 23.49 27.00 31.75

Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ........................... 17.60 11.1 11.93 14.08 16.74 20.33 23.98

Construction inspectors ................................................. 23.61 4.8 16.27 18.40 22.85 27.98 32.31

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.2. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time

workers, National Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued

Management related –Continued

Inspectors and compliance officers, except

construction ................................................................. $20.52 2.6 $14.82 $17.19 $20.43 $21.70 $27.92

Management related, n.e.c. ........................................... 24.74 4.5 15.01 18.28 23.76 29.55 34.35

Sales ......................................................................................... 14.99 5.9 8.94 10.27 13.19 19.73 23.55

Supervisors, sales ......................................................... 16.14 7.6 11.43 13.63 15.08 17.14 23.04

Real estate sales ........................................................... 24.28 7.2 15.87 21.07 25.69 28.37 29.11

Cashiers ......................................................................... 13.93 6.8 8.94 10.00 11.80 17.60 21.73

Administrative support, including clerical ............................ 14.71 1.2 9.48 11.22 14.08 17.28 20.59

Supervisors, general office ............................................ 18.41 3.4 13.20 14.63 18.00 20.70 24.98

Supervisors, financial records processing ..................... 20.86 5.5 16.02 17.12 19.79 21.56 28.53

Chief communications operators ................................... 20.84 4.7 17.42 18.75 19.99 21.48 23.85

Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting

clerks ........................................................................... 20.00 8.7 12.70 16.33 19.77 24.54 28.37

Computer operators ....................................................... 14.96 7.7 11.80 12.33 13.66 16.86 20.83

Secretaries ..................................................................... 15.51 2.7 10.50 12.25 14.81 18.23 21.38

Stenographers ............................................................... 20.31 9.6 11.27 14.05 19.07 22.90 32.76

Typists ........................................................................... 14.49 2.7 10.30 12.10 14.40 17.01 18.45

Interviewers ................................................................... 12.01 13.8 7.68 8.85 10.54 16.44 17.84

Receptionists ................................................................. 11.44 5.1 8.41 9.30 11.16 13.03 14.75

Information clerks, n.e.c. ................................................ 14.87 4.0 10.39 12.38 14.91 17.79 20.15

Order clerks ................................................................... 16.02 17.2 8.56 10.26 15.38 21.44 27.53

Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping ......... 15.57 6.4 11.00 12.34 15.18 18.53 21.43

Library clerks ................................................................. 13.11 4.2 8.90 10.31 12.56 15.42 17.83

File clerks ....................................................................... 11.52 7.8 7.64 8.94 10.77 13.63 16.33

Records clerks, n.e.c. .................................................... 13.81 3.8 9.72 11.00 13.46 15.95 18.53

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ............... 15.11 2.3 10.15 12.12 15.03 17.24 20.15

Payroll and timekeeping clerks ...................................... 17.67 4.6 12.88 15.01 17.86 19.23 20.98

Billing clerks ................................................................... 14.39 10.1 8.11 10.20 14.87 17.83 18.89

Duplicating machine operators ...................................... 12.30 16.5 9.09 9.48 10.11 12.77 21.00

Telephone operators ...................................................... 13.61 9.6 7.37 9.57 13.20 16.84 20.47

Mail clerks, except postal service .................................. 10.23 13.7 7.65 7.65 8.74 11.54 15.72

Messengers ................................................................... 12.51 16.6 7.75 8.45 11.21 17.55 17.55

Dispatchers .................................................................... 17.05 7.5 10.10 11.84 15.50 20.53 27.00

Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ............................. 16.40 9.1 10.91 15.75 18.28 18.81 18.81

Stock and inventory clerks ............................................. 13.98 4.4 9.22 10.73 13.52 16.16 20.56

Meter readers ................................................................ 16.56 8.8 10.03 12.83 14.20 18.87 22.90

Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ........ 14.56 7.6 11.22 12.45 13.37 15.31 21.15

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ............... 18.24 5.9 11.74 14.51 19.05 20.53 22.60

Eligibility clerks, social welfare ....................................... 16.54 1.9 12.46 14.45 16.64 17.79 20.24

Bill and account collectors ............................................. 16.91 6.6 13.00 13.36 16.96 18.89 20.76

General office clerks ...................................................... 13.96 1.9 9.36 11.14 13.59 16.02 19.06

Data entry keyers ........................................................... 13.79 2.9 10.50 12.02 13.99 15.84 16.81

Statistical clerks ............................................................. 13.14 10.2 9.11 11.40 12.35 17.26 17.26

Teachers’ aides ............................................................. 11.21 1.6 8.33 9.07 10.58 12.64 15.23

Administrative support, n.e.c. ........................................ 15.36 2.4 10.49 12.13 15.02 17.77 21.42

Blue collar .................................................................................... 17.86 1.6 10.46 13.17 17.08 21.80 26.26

Precision production, craft, and repair .................................. 20.06 2.0 12.41 15.27 19.07 24.03 29.03

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .......................... 25.02 5.2 17.54 19.25 25.16 28.95 33.00

Automobile mechanics ................................................... 21.58 10.6 13.82 16.19 21.50 28.86 28.86

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ................ 20.08 2.6 15.27 17.22 19.81 23.01 24.27

Heavy equipment mechanics ......................................... 19.36 6.4 12.66 15.25 20.74 23.23 24.82

Industrial machinery repairers ....................................... 23.25 8.9 13.30 17.47 23.47 28.12 30.52

Machinery maintenance ................................................. 16.06 9.5 12.03 12.03 14.66 17.59 22.87

Electronic repairers, communications and industrial

equipment .................................................................... 21.39 8.3 15.29 16.90 21.44 25.64 25.64

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.2. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time

workers, National Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Blue collar –Continued

Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics .. $18.59 5.6 $11.33 $15.71 $19.24 $21.30 $24.33

Mechanical controls and valve repairers ....................... 21.49 6.4 14.99 17.59 21.17 26.42 27.07

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ..................................... 17.14 3.3 11.46 13.17 15.96 19.74 24.03

Supervisors, electricians and power transmission

installers ....................................................................... 25.93 14.7 16.54 16.54 26.50 34.85 36.39

Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...... 28.41 13.1 15.61 21.15 33.73 33.73 33.73

Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ......................... 20.76 5.1 15.16 16.95 19.20 23.97 29.44

Carpenters ..................................................................... 20.59 6.6 12.96 15.44 18.86 25.51 29.63

Electricians .................................................................... 21.55 5.3 15.26 16.99 19.35 24.93 32.65

Electrical power installers and repairers ........................ 26.56 5.6 18.53 24.05 27.73 30.59 31.19

Painters, construction and maintenance ........................ 19.25 8.7 11.51 13.30 20.17 23.75 26.11

Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ........................... 19.04 9.7 12.00 13.30 17.50 24.40 28.60

Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices ............ 18.89 7.9 14.76 15.79 18.83 22.16 23.27

Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators ... 13.97 3.8 12.34 12.63 13.94 15.41 15.62

Construction trades, n.e.c. ............................................. 16.16 4.3 10.46 12.19 15.44 19.52 23.62

Supervisors, production ................................................. 23.98 14.6 13.28 15.40 25.37 28.11 39.21

Inspectors, testers, and graders .................................... 22.32 7.1 17.39 19.71 21.45 26.19 26.19

Water and sewer treatment plant operators .................. 19.45 3.0 12.53 15.73 19.59 22.60 26.80

Power plant operators .................................................... 26.87 7.6 17.41 22.37 26.84 33.44 37.83

Stationary engineers ...................................................... 22.94 6.9 13.53 18.51 22.24 29.72 32.62

Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c. ......... 18.09 6.2 12.65 15.91 18.66 20.13 20.51

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ................. 16.84 10.0 8.57 11.76 17.28 21.31 23.75

Printing press operators ................................................. 14.66 4.7 11.76 13.99 14.58 14.58 18.44

Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators ........... 9.61 11.8 5.45 7.43 9.18 11.89 13.04

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ...................... 20.95 15.7 9.48 11.23 21.81 28.03 33.77

Welders and cutters ....................................................... 21.01 7.7 16.06 18.78 19.58 23.75 24.96

Transportation and material moving ..................................... 17.08 2.2 10.82 12.65 16.17 20.89 24.69

Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ............................ 19.18 11.2 12.41 15.33 15.33 23.76 28.58

Truckdrivers ................................................................... 16.64 5.4 10.38 12.26 15.44 20.37 25.90

Busdrivers ...................................................................... 17.44 2.2 11.56 14.03 17.50 21.02 23.58

Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ...................................... 10.53 9.7 8.23 8.59 9.20 12.66 14.31

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ............................................ 18.35 7.5 11.77 15.04 17.71 24.05 24.75

Locomotive operating .................................................... 24.10 3.9 20.97 22.54 25.09 25.09 27.86

Sailors and deckhands .................................................. 19.17 2.6 18.23 18.88 18.88 20.42 20.49

Supervisors, material moving equipment ....................... 19.95 10.5 13.27 15.15 21.40 22.34 25.11

Operating engineers ...................................................... 16.35 9.8 10.71 11.05 15.48 18.68 25.07

Excavating and loading machine operators ................... 16.43 12.1 10.12 11.88 16.12 19.04 25.28

Grader, dozer, and scraper operators ........................... 15.42 10.1 9.67 12.02 13.73 16.50 27.15

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ........... 13.85 2.3 10.24 11.45 14.60 15.17 16.69

Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 15.48 4.8 10.69 11.73 14.55 19.42 22.10

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......... 14.70 2.6 8.49 10.50 13.98 18.34 21.85

Supervisors, agriculture-related workers ....................... 20.40 6.6 14.00 18.24 19.48 24.34 24.97

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ............... 14.15 4.0 8.50 10.07 13.67 17.45 20.59

Animal caretakers, except farm ..................................... 14.53 14.1 7.83 10.34 14.00 18.34 19.29

Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and

laborers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 19.23 7.4 11.53 14.71 19.51 21.85 29.22

Helpers, mechanics and repairers ................................. 15.79 4.5 10.26 12.86 15.44 19.98 20.31

Helpers, construction trades .......................................... 14.42 8.4 8.97 11.52 13.17 18.26 22.25

Construction laborers ..................................................... 13.11 5.8 8.05 10.41 12.12 16.55 18.16

Garbage collectors ......................................................... 17.22 12.1 9.40 12.71 17.09 23.56 23.56

Stock handlers and baggers .......................................... 12.84 10.4 9.29 9.75 13.27 14.24 16.81

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .................. 14.35 13.7 5.83 9.71 18.08 18.08 19.56

Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ..................... 14.50 6.1 11.33 12.68 14.91 15.88 17.20

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ............................. 14.11 4.8 7.85 9.64 13.45 17.89 21.59

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.2. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time

workers, National Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Service .......................................................................................... $17.60 1.9 $9.00 $11.54 $15.45 $22.63 $28.68

Protective service .............................................................. 21.65 2.8 11.96 15.14 20.89 26.42 31.89

Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention .................. 27.11 5.0 17.66 21.14 25.21 31.84 40.90

Supervisors, police and detectives ................................ 30.97 3.0 18.35 24.53 30.45 37.45 43.54

Supervisors, guards ....................................................... 28.41 8.5 15.54 20.09 30.38 37.19 38.58

Fire inspection and fire prevention ................................. 21.99 9.9 14.29 15.58 22.31 26.00 30.80

Firefighting ..................................................................... 18.98 2.5 11.60 14.13 17.83 23.54 27.91

Police and detectives, public service ............................. 24.18 1.0 15.64 19.13 23.94 28.03 32.71

Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers ..... 19.56 2.4 12.32 14.38 18.86 23.78 28.22

Correctional institution officers ....................................... 17.35 6.7 11.35 12.13 15.37 22.11 25.99

Guards and police, except public service ...................... 13.21 7.1 7.13 10.02 13.29 15.44 18.35

Protective service, n.e.c. ................................................ 17.49 7.0 10.19 12.49 16.59 21.56 26.83

Food service ...................................................................... 11.22 2.5 7.61 8.68 10.66 13.24 15.22

Other food service ........................................................... 11.17 2.5 7.58 8.66 10.64 13.14 15.19

Supervisors, food preparation and service .................... 13.46 5.5 9.61 10.75 12.84 15.87 17.05

Cooks ............................................................................. 11.70 3.0 8.43 9.63 11.26 13.67 14.68

Kitchen workers, food preparation ................................. 9.24 3.8 7.00 7.70 8.65 9.93 12.05

Food preparation, n.e.c. ................................................. 10.65 4.1 7.40 8.38 9.88 12.38 14.96

Health service .................................................................... 12.60 2.3 8.40 9.71 12.04 14.88 17.18

Health aides, except nursing ......................................... 13.57 3.5 9.25 10.48 13.25 16.02 18.02

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ....................... 12.23 2.7 8.19 9.52 11.68 14.08 17.14

Cleaning and building service ............................................ 12.88 2.5 8.03 9.37 12.17 15.20 18.81

Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers ...... 18.68 10.2 10.85 12.98 17.13 23.95 25.55

Maids and housemen .................................................... 8.74 4.6 6.81 7.92 8.00 9.37 11.19

Janitors and cleaners ..................................................... 12.47 1.8 8.08 9.33 11.95 14.90 17.88

Personal service ................................................................ 12.46 6.4 7.07 9.25 11.64 14.96 18.51

Supervisors, personal service ........................................ 19.07 8.0 13.62 15.74 19.34 21.08 28.66

Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities ........... 10.31 7.8 7.33 7.42 11.30 11.64 13.35

Public transportation attendants .................................... 16.80 14.6 10.18 11.94 16.42 21.89 21.89

Welfare service aides .................................................... 13.22 5.5 8.57 10.18 12.98 15.91 17.50

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .............................. 10.45 4.4 7.00 8.47 10.11 11.65 13.42

Childcare workers, n.e.c. ............................................... 14.19 22.9 7.00 7.00 12.98 18.06 23.94

Service, n.e.c. ................................................................ 13.78 4.0 9.53 11.81 14.05 15.66 17.76

1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They

include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium

pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is

computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,

weighted by hours. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position in

the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the

same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate

shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At

the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th

and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 2 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between December 2003

and January 2005. The average reference period was July 2004. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all

workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see appendix B in "National

Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States" on the BLS Internet site

www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the

estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For

more information about RSEs, see appendix A in "National Compensation Survey: 

Occupational Wages in the United States" on the BLS Internet site

www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication

criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may

include data for categories not shown separately. 

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.3. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 part-time

workers, National Compensation Survey,2 July 2004

Occupation3

Part-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

All ...................................................................................................... $15.57 3.0 $7.54 $9.50 $12.31 $18.00 $28.00

All, excluding sales .................................................................... 15.63 3.0 7.54 9.55 12.38 18.07 28.00

White collar .................................................................................. 19.26 4.0 8.53 10.96 15.71 24.09 37.26

White collar, excluding sales ................................................. 19.43 4.0 8.59 11.03 15.97 24.18 37.30

Professional specialty and technical ..................................... 25.67 4.9 10.71 16.00 23.67 34.00 41.26

Professional specialty ............................................................ 26.29 3.7 10.71 16.95 24.39 34.00 42.16

Health related .................................................................... 29.11 6.2 18.66 22.51 26.84 34.77 41.83

Physicians ...................................................................... 66.14 7.3 39.36 59.66 67.72 71.47 75.43

Registered nurses .......................................................... 28.73 6.6 20.57 23.31 26.84 34.34 39.83

Respiratory therapists .................................................... 18.92 11.5 15.27 15.27 17.52 20.42 24.93

Teachers, college and university ....................................... 35.24 4.8 19.50 25.00 35.48 40.20 48.75

Biological science teachers ........................................... 28.10 32.9 17.00 17.00 17.00 23.00 59.81

Mathematical science teachers ..................................... 30.55 19.8 22.48 22.48 25.24 42.51 43.00

Computer science teachers ........................................... 40.00 .9 40.00 40.00 40.00 40.00 40.00

Health specialties teachers ............................................ 31.08 18.3 19.50 19.50 25.00 43.00 46.75

Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .............. 42.63 6.8 25.09 43.00 46.11 46.75 46.75

English teachers ............................................................ 33.27 6.3 20.63 25.49 34.37 42.55 46.00

Foreign language teachers ............................................ 23.16 29.8 13.46 13.56 17.79 22.64 48.75

Trade and industrial teachers ........................................ 27.24 19.2 19.50 19.50 23.11 38.47 46.75

Other post-secondary teachers ..................................... 35.49 4.5 19.16 25.13 33.56 43.60 51.64

Teachers, except college and university ............................ 21.43 4.5 9.50 11.54 19.04 25.37 40.44

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ................................. 24.53 10.0 16.87 17.72 22.50 26.82 43.52

Elementary school teachers .......................................... 28.80 4.8 20.31 23.17 27.45 35.12 40.08

Secondary school teachers ........................................... 29.90 6.0 16.12 25.00 31.08 31.91 39.83

Teachers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 25.26 13.9 10.71 14.17 21.58 36.07 45.06

Substitute teachers ........................................................ 14.32 4.6 8.13 10.00 11.60 18.96 23.67

Vocational and educational counselors ......................... 30.12 17.5 18.65 22.88 25.31 45.39 47.05

Librarians, archivists, and curators .................................... 21.68 4.1 12.97 14.45 19.35 23.97 39.61

Librarians ....................................................................... 21.79 3.8 12.97 14.54 19.57 23.97 39.61

Social scientists and urban planners ................................. 30.42 10.2 21.62 23.60 30.26 36.13 39.09

Psychologists ................................................................. 31.72 9.7 22.70 28.36 31.16 36.13 39.09

Social, recreation, and religious workers ........................... 17.57 7.0 8.34 14.27 17.21 23.06 24.64

Social workers ............................................................... 20.08 8.6 14.27 16.79 20.81 23.06 24.98

Recreation workers ........................................................ 12.55 9.8 7.00 8.10 11.29 16.67 17.50

Lawyers and judges ........................................................... 37.70 20.3 15.27 26.04 39.26 40.30 89.53

Lawyers ......................................................................... 39.56 24.4 15.27 25.40 39.26 40.30 89.53

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,

n.e.c. ................................................................................ 21.29 11.8 10.55 14.18 18.00 24.80 34.48

Athletes .......................................................................... 13.44 19.9 9.00 10.00 10.55 18.00 18.00

Technical ............................................................................... 22.18 17.6 10.25 14.05 18.37 27.70 40.00

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .......... 19.82 4.1 15.04 17.77 20.00 22.09 23.29

Radiological technicians ................................................ 33.53 18.8 20.00 24.26 37.68 41.54 43.61

Licensed practical nurses .............................................. 18.02 3.3 15.39 16.00 17.40 19.04 22.95

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. .................. 14.56 15.2 7.60 8.15 13.41 17.48 26.21

Biological technicians .................................................... 11.92 7.5 8.50 11.33 11.33 12.16 14.74

Technical and related, n.e.c. .......................................... 13.75 9.4 10.00 10.00 13.67 16.62 18.00

Executive, administrative, and managerial ........................... 24.32 7.0 6.20 14.42 21.72 28.00 48.15

Executives, administrators, and managers ........................ 25.54 12.7 5.29 11.45 23.03 28.85 56.36

Legislators ..................................................................... 16.51 25.6 5.29 5.29 12.00 26.92 27.89

Administrators and officials, public administration ......... 38.61 20.7 29.08 29.08 29.08 53.32 53.32

Administrators, education and related fields .................. 43.50 16.2 23.03 25.97 48.52 59.35 68.78

Management related .......................................................... 22.80 7.1 13.39 19.24 21.15 28.00 28.24

Management related, n.e.c. ........................................... 18.72 14.2 6.20 14.42 19.24 24.25 27.35

Sales ......................................................................................... 10.84 6.6 7.00 7.93 10.00 11.83 16.35

Cashiers ......................................................................... 10.90 6.8 7.25 8.08 10.03 11.83 16.35

Administrative support, including clerical ............................ 12.77 2.6 7.74 9.55 12.07 15.20 19.22

Secretaries ..................................................................... 11.79 4.0 7.68 9.70 11.68 14.02 15.44

Typists ........................................................................... 13.40 3.7 9.60 11.52 14.62 15.77 15.77

Receptionists ................................................................. 10.06 8.3 7.75 8.75 9.75 12.01 12.01

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.3. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 part-time

workers, National Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued

Occupation3

Part-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Administrative support, including clerical –Continued

Information clerks, n.e.c. ................................................ $15.85 14.9 $9.20 $12.55 $18.29 $19.64 $19.64

Library clerks ................................................................. 10.74 4.4 6.75 7.81 9.48 13.14 16.13

Records clerks, n.e.c. .................................................... 11.99 11.9 8.66 9.86 10.20 14.15 17.24

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ............... 13.68 7.7 11.00 11.00 12.48 16.79 17.53

Dispatchers .................................................................... 13.30 18.2 7.78 7.80 11.00 15.27 22.81

General office clerks ...................................................... 10.47 12.4 5.15 5.25 10.39 13.33 16.50

Teachers’ aides ............................................................. 13.98 1.8 9.00 10.24 13.03 17.48 19.97

Administrative support, n.e.c. ........................................ 12.96 9.0 7.56 9.00 13.58 16.75 19.22

Blue collar .................................................................................... 13.17 2.4 8.34 10.05 12.84 15.44 18.52

Precision production, craft, and repair .................................. 13.12 13.2 9.95 9.95 12.01 17.49 17.49

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ................. 12.26 11.7 8.27 9.53 11.74 15.42 15.42

Transportation and material moving ..................................... 14.16 2.6 9.70 11.54 13.93 16.11 19.13

Truckdrivers ................................................................... 11.35 11.8 8.31 8.78 10.06 15.30 16.32

Busdrivers ...................................................................... 14.25 2.7 9.93 11.74 13.99 16.17 19.22

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......... 8.81 5.6 6.00 7.00 8.80 10.00 10.88

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ............... 9.48 8.7 6.00 8.00 9.70 10.88 12.00

Construction laborers ..................................................... 9.18 7.0 6.65 9.00 9.50 10.00 10.00

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ............................. 8.09 6.2 5.65 6.25 8.00 9.00 10.00

Service .......................................................................................... 10.57 1.8 6.87 8.25 10.10 12.05 14.54

Protective service .............................................................. 11.80 4.5 6.95 8.72 10.68 13.73 16.72

Firefighting ..................................................................... 8.40 11.1 6.95 6.95 7.41 8.00 10.68

Police and detectives, public service ............................. 16.75 15.7 9.78 11.77 13.19 22.50 29.00

Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers ..... 16.03 11.6 7.20 13.74 15.50 17.96 17.96

Crossing guards ............................................................. 9.64 4.4 6.50 8.25 9.19 10.86 12.80

Guards and police, except public service ...................... 13.21 13.4 7.25 8.25 11.20 16.41 23.00

Protective service, n.e.c. ................................................ 11.28 8.3 7.75 8.95 11.54 13.50 13.79

Food service ...................................................................... 9.80 1.9 6.58 7.88 9.66 11.26 12.96

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ............................... 7.58 19.0 3.30 5.50 7.99 10.02 10.65

Other food service ........................................................... 9.81 1.9 6.58 7.89 9.66 11.28 12.97

Cooks ............................................................................. 10.00 5.3 7.54 8.35 9.67 11.67 13.10

Kitchen workers, food preparation ................................. 8.97 9.9 6.25 6.70 8.86 10.93 12.36

Food preparation, n.e.c. ................................................. 10.07 2.0 7.05 8.35 10.16 11.30 13.08

Health service .................................................................... 11.88 6.0 7.93 9.72 11.42 13.62 16.46

Health aides, except nursing ......................................... 12.72 5.3 9.56 11.09 13.14 14.36 15.89

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ....................... 11.52 6.7 7.86 8.94 10.93 12.94 16.59

Cleaning and building service ............................................ 10.44 5.0 6.75 8.00 10.00 12.22 14.83

Maids and housemen .................................................... 14.50 14.0 11.12 12.33 16.43 16.43 16.43

Janitors and cleaners ..................................................... 10.16 5.1 6.75 7.89 10.00 11.92 14.47

Personal service ................................................................ 10.41 3.2 6.75 8.25 9.86 11.66 14.16

Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities ........... 9.05 6.9 6.00 7.00 8.50 10.50 12.25

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.3. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 part-time

workers, National Compensation Survey,2 July 2004–Continued

Occupation3

Part-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Service –Continued

Personal service –Continued

Welfare service aides .................................................... $10.54 7.3 $7.00 $8.80 $10.35 $11.99 $14.44

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .............................. 11.07 10.9 6.99 8.00 9.75 12.30 16.30

Childcare workers, n.e.c. ............................................... 10.93 4.0 7.25 9.00 11.22 11.58 14.01

Service, n.e.c. ................................................................ 9.87 5.0 7.00 8.00 8.55 11.43 14.00

1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They

include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium

pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is

computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,

weighted by hours. The 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position in

the earnings distribution. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the

same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate

shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or less than the rate shown. At

the 75th percentile, one-fourth earn the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th

and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 2 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between December 2003

and January 2005. The average reference period was July 2004. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all

workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see appendix B in "National

Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States" on the BLS Internet site

www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the

estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For

more information about RSEs, see appendix A in "National Compensation Survey: 

Occupational Wages in the United States" on the BLS Internet site

www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication

criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may

include data for categories not shown separately. 

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

All ............................................................... $757 1.0 39.6 $729 1.0 39.7 $899 1.1 38.8

All, excluding sales ............................. 761 1.1 39.5 731 1.2 39.7 900 1.1 38.8

White collar ........................................... 923 .7 39.5 904 .8 39.8 995 1.0 38.2

White collar, excluding sales .......... 958 .8 39.3 946 .9 39.7 997 1.0 38.2

Professional specialty and

technical ...................................... 1,158 1.3 38.9 1,158 1.7 39.5 1,159 1.0 37.8

Professional specialty ..................... 1,245 1.2 38.9 1,274 1.7 39.8 1,203 1.1 37.6

Engineers, architects, and

surveyors .............................. 1,409 1.4 40.4 1,427 1.6 40.5 1,216 2.7 39.3

Architects ................................ 1,314 3.7 40.4 1,318 4.1 40.5 1,262 8.3 38.8

Aerospace engineers .............. 1,646 7.9 40.1 1,646 7.9 40.1 – – –

Metallurgical and materials

engineers .......................... 1,213 4.2 40.3 1,236 5.0 40.4 – – –

Petroleum engineers .............. 1,730 8.3 40.0 1,730 8.3 40.0 – – –

Chemical engineers ................ 1,512 4.4 39.8 1,512 4.5 39.8 – – –

Nuclear engineers .................. 1,485 5.1 40.0 1,502 4.5 40.0 – – –

Civil engineers ........................ 1,271 3.5 40.2 1,279 5.4 40.7 1,256 2.5 39.3

Electrical and electronic

engineers .......................... 1,523 2.8 40.7 1,530 2.9 40.7 1,325 8.9 40.2

Industrial engineers ................ 1,294 2.2 41.0 1,296 2.2 41.0 – – –

Mechanical engineers ............. 1,291 2.6 40.8 1,296 2.7 40.9 – – –

Engineers, n.e.c. ..................... 1,469 3.0 40.1 1,496 3.2 40.2 1,141 4.5 39.6

Surveyors and mapping

scientists ........................... 1,297 9.6 40.1 1,312 9.5 40.2 – – –

Mathematical and computer

scientists ............................... 1,408 2.3 40.1 1,427 2.4 40.1 1,132 4.4 39.6

Computer systems analysts

and scientists .................... 1,411 2.2 40.1 1,431 2.4 40.1 1,139 4.5 39.7

Operations and systems

researchers and analysts 1,413 4.4 40.0 1,416 4.4 40.0 – – –

Actuaries ................................. 1,386 7.3 41.9 1,386 7.3 41.9 – – –

Statisticians ............................ 995 10.3 39.3 1,023 14.0 39.3 – – –

Natural scientists ........................ 1,169 4.8 40.0 1,297 3.1 40.2 931 5.4 39.8

Physicists and astronomers .... 1,539 10.2 39.8 1,737 9.6 39.8 – – –

Chemists, except biochemists 1,221 6.0 39.9 1,224 6.5 39.8 1,197 6.2 40.0

Geologists and geodesists ..... 1,363 7.6 41.1 1,440 9.4 41.5 1,123 17.9 40.0

Physical scientists, n.e.c. ........ 1,274 8.3 41.1 1,412 7.4 41.6 942 4.4 40.0

Agricultural and food scientists 1,167 7.1 40.0 1,335 8.7 40.0 1,007 8.9 40.0

Biological and life scientists .... 1,100 14.0 39.2 1,323 8.2 38.9 833 7.1 39.5

Forestry and conservation

scientists ........................... 832 10.1 39.8 – – – 832 11.6 39.8

Medical scientists ................... 994 4.0 39.6 1,048 7.2 39.4 939 4.4 39.8

Health related ............................. 1,217 3.7 39.4 1,244 4.4 39.3 1,098 3.0 39.9

Physicians .............................. 2,475 12.5 43.1 2,802 10.2 42.1 1,516 15.8 46.2

Dentists ................................... 1,585 6.3 41.2 1,642 5.7 39.9 – – –

Optometrists ........................... 2,239 18.2 38.0 2,239 18.2 38.0 – – –

Health diagnosing

practitioners, n.e.c. ........... 1,393 9.1 40.1 1,393 9.1 40.1 – – –

Registered nurses .................. 1,036 1.3 38.9 1,041 1.8 38.9 1,012 1.7 39.1

Pharmacists ............................ 1,696 .9 39.7 1,708 .8 39.7 1,540 9.5 39.8

Dietitians ................................. 839 4.5 39.8 858 6.5 39.9 803 4.1 39.5

Respiratory therapists ............. 852 2.7 38.8 852 2.8 38.9 854 3.4 38.0

Occupational therapists .......... 986 4.9 39.0 975 5.5 39.2 1,072 4.6 37.2

Physical therapists .................. 1,126 1.6 39.6 1,120 1.6 39.6 1,232 6.4 38.9

Speech therapists ................... 1,061 7.8 38.0 953 3.1 39.8 1,120 10.5 37.0

Therapists, n.e.c. .................... 760 12.2 39.5 729 14.5 39.6 882 8.4 39.0

Physicians’ assistants ............. 1,371 5.0 40.1 1,381 5.9 40.1 – – –

Teachers, college and university 1,647 2.4 39.3 1,682 3.0 38.9 1,632 3.1 39.4

Earth, environmental, and

marine science teachers ... 2,030 10.3 38.3 – – – 2,063 8.9 38.2

Biological science teachers .... 1,678 11.4 40.2 2,015 15.6 41.4 1,372 12.6 39.0

Chemistry teachers ................. 1,544 8.3 41.1 2,058 7.8 38.3 1,347 3.8 42.2

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Professional specialty and

technical –Continued

Professional specialty –Continued

Teachers, college and university

–Continued

Physics teachers .................... $2,071 10.2 38.5 $2,279 10.1 38.5 – – –

Natural science teachers,

n.e.c. ................................. 1,586 9.3 39.6 – – – $1,570 9.4 39.4

Psychology teachers .............. 1,477 8.8 39.5 1,667 7.1 39.4 1,366 12.7 39.6

Economics teachers ............... 2,756 12.1 43.0 1,843 15.9 35.0 – – –

History teachers ...................... 1,572 9.1 41.2 1,438 8.2 41.6 1,693 11.9 40.9

Political science teachers ....... 1,358 7.0 39.0 – – – 1,267 9.1 38.2

Sociology teachers ................. 1,757 14.1 39.4 1,631 15.3 39.8 1,868 19.3 39.1

Social science teachers, n.e.c. 1,643 5.7 39.5 1,667 8.8 39.1 1,632 7.6 39.7

Engineering teachers .............. 2,379 6.3 41.7 2,361 10.3 38.9 2,388 8.7 43.2

Mathematical science

teachers ............................ 1,561 10.2 38.9 1,619 12.8 39.4 1,530 11.0 38.7

Computer science teachers .... 1,624 15.5 38.0 1,198 6.6 38.4 1,780 12.1 37.9

Medical science teachers ....... 2,396 6.6 45.0 2,283 7.2 41.0 2,441 8.8 46.6

Health specialties teachers ..... 1,560 6.8 38.3 2,011 7.7 39.9 1,379 5.7 37.6

Business, commerce, and

marketing teachers ........... 1,660 12.1 38.9 1,788 10.9 37.9 1,591 15.0 39.5

Agriculture and forestry

teachers ............................ 1,473 22.6 36.9 – – – 1,473 22.6 36.9

Art, drama, and music

teachers ............................ 1,350 9.0 38.5 1,464 6.1 39.2 1,263 12.2 38.0

Physical education teachers ... 1,348 5.9 38.1 1,295 8.3 39.3 – – –

Education teachers ................. 1,484 7.0 38.7 1,488 9.5 38.4 1,480 9.4 39.0

English teachers ..................... 1,689 10.7 37.9 1,481 6.2 38.4 1,780 12.1 37.6

Foreign language teachers ..... 1,375 13.9 40.2 1,571 9.3 37.5 1,221 19.9 42.4

Law teachers .......................... 2,224 11.3 37.7 2,566 11.2 38.6 – – –

Theology teachers .................. 1,651 6.9 39.5 1,653 9.9 38.1 – – –

Trade and industrial teachers 1,187 9.1 38.9 777 4.9 41.2 1,409 4.4 37.7

Other post-secondary

teachers ............................ 1,580 3.2 38.6 1,590 5.4 37.5 1,578 3.9 38.8

Teachers, except college and

university .............................. 1,150 1.0 36.7 780 4.4 38.3 1,212 .8 36.4

Prekindergarten and

kindergarten ...................... 761 7.6 38.0 477 5.0 38.7 1,159 3.0 37.0

Elementary school teachers ... 1,186 1.0 36.5 890 4.0 37.8 1,215 .9 36.3

Secondary school teachers .... 1,202 1.4 37.0 1,161 3.2 38.3 1,205 1.4 36.9

Teachers, special education ... 1,200 2.8 35.6 978 6.5 37.5 1,238 2.7 35.3

Teachers, n.e.c. ...................... 1,169 2.4 36.4 833 7.6 38.4 1,242 2.3 36.0

Substitute teachers ................. 408 15.2 34.0 – – – 408 15.2 34.0

Vocational and educational

counselors ........................ 1,078 4.0 37.8 722 6.5 38.9 1,192 3.9 37.4

Librarians, archivists, and

curators ................................. 1,060 3.9 37.8 1,089 9.3 36.9 1,042 3.3 38.3

Librarians ................................ 1,079 4.3 37.9 1,093 11.3 37.3 1,071 3.2 38.2

Archivists and curators ........... 941 9.0 36.8 1,071 2.7 35.3 – – –

Social scientists and urban

planners ................................ 1,164 5.5 39.4 1,153 9.1 40.3 1,178 6.2 38.3

Economists ............................. 1,378 8.2 41.7 1,418 8.2 42.0 – – –

Psychologists .......................... 1,106 6.4 38.1 851 8.6 38.9 1,296 5.2 37.6

Social scientists, n.e.c. ........... 956 11.6 38.2 1,059 9.5 37.8 – – –

Urban planners ....................... 1,042 4.6 39.5 – – – 1,042 4.6 39.5

Social, recreation, and religious

workers ................................. 721 2.6 39.1 662 4.2 39.1 781 2.6 39.0

Social workers ........................ 719 2.7 38.9 652 4.4 38.9 783 2.7 39.0

Recreation workers ................. 719 6.3 40.0 707 8.5 40.3 735 9.1 39.7

Clergy ..................................... 810 17.9 46.2 810 17.9 46.2 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Professional specialty and

technical –Continued

Professional specialty –Continued

Social, recreation, and religious

workers –Continued

Religious workers, n.e.c. ........ $707 17.2 37.6 $707 17.2 37.6 – – –

Lawyers and judges .................... 2,042 5.0 41.7 2,269 5.7 43.1 $1,520 10.4 38.5

Lawyers .................................. 2,033 5.2 41.8 2,269 5.7 43.1 1,411 12.4 38.4

Judges .................................... 2,272 12.9 39.6 – – – 2,272 12.9 39.6

Writers, authors, entertainers,

athletes, and professionals,

n.e.c. ..................................... 1,012 4.3 39.4 1,008 4.6 39.4 1,075 11.3 39.5

Technical writers ..................... 1,319 10.9 40.5 1,320 10.9 40.5 – – –

Designers ............................... 880 6.6 39.7 881 6.7 39.7 835 9.0 39.8

Musicians and composers ...... 1,318 13.0 37.2 1,322 13.0 37.2 – – –

Actors and directors ................ 1,160 15.9 40.4 1,160 15.9 40.4 – – –

Painters, sculptors, craft

artists, and artist

printmakers ....................... 881 10.2 39.1 885 10.3 39.1 – – –

Photographers ........................ 655 11.4 39.4 654 11.9 39.4 – – –

Artists, performers, and

related workers, n.e.c. ...... 566 6.3 39.8 – – – – – –

Editors and reporters .............. 1,039 12.3 39.0 1,045 12.5 39.0 763 12.6 39.0

Public relations specialists ...... 1,110 5.2 39.6 1,131 6.2 39.7 1,050 9.4 39.4

Announcers ............................ 1,791 35.1 37.3 1,791 35.1 37.3 – – –

Athletes ................................... 1,098 13.9 39.7 939 8.6 39.6 1,607 19.7 40.0

Professional, n.e.c. ................. 1,306 6.5 40.1 1,386 6.5 40.2 990 6.7 39.5

Technical ........................................ 846 2.6 38.9 867 3.0 38.8 721 1.7 39.6

Clinical laboratory

technologists and

technicians ........................ 694 3.8 38.9 690 4.4 38.8 719 3.6 39.7

Dental hygienists .................... 1,084 4.1 33.8 1,097 4.1 33.5 – – –

Health record technologists

and technicians ................. 669 7.6 39.5 669 7.9 39.5 660 14.2 39.8

Radiological technicians ......... 916 2.9 39.4 923 3.1 39.3 859 4.5 39.9

Licensed practical nurses ....... 656 1.4 39.2 665 1.6 39.1 620 2.3 39.7

Health technologists and

technicians, n.e.c. ............. 659 2.1 39.8 657 2.7 39.7 664 3.6 40.1

Electrical and electronic

technicians ........................ 926 14.8 40.2 939 15.1 40.2 716 18.0 39.9

Industrial engineering

technicians ........................ 926 5.4 40.2 926 5.4 40.2 – – –

Mechanical engineering

technicians ........................ 935 3.8 40.2 935 3.8 40.2 – – –

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. 926 3.5 39.8 978 4.3 40.0 760 4.3 39.3

Drafters ................................... 862 3.9 40.0 861 4.2 40.1 872 5.6 39.8

Surveying and mapping

technicians ........................ 639 6.9 39.7 597 9.1 40.0 762 7.7 39.0

Biological technicians ............. 709 3.7 39.7 738 4.8 39.7 625 7.1 39.8

Chemical technicians .............. 838 6.1 39.8 834 6.4 39.8 946 8.2 40.0

Science technicians, n.e.c. ..... 829 10.3 39.9 869 10.4 40.4 635 7.7 37.7

Airplane pilots and navigators 2,474 7.7 20.9 2,474 7.7 20.9 – – –

Broadcast equipment

operators .......................... 666 9.0 39.3 549 6.1 39.4 928 9.0 39.1

Computer programmers ......... 1,158 6.8 39.9 1,192 7.2 39.9 931 5.6 39.6

Tool programmers, numerical

control ............................... 820 6.6 40.0 820 6.6 40.0 – – –

Legal assistants ...................... 779 4.9 38.2 776 5.4 38.1 801 5.5 39.3

Technical and related, n.e.c. .. 814 6.7 40.0 829 8.4 40.1 771 7.1 39.7

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Executive, administrative, and

managerial ................................... $1,314 2.1 40.4 $1,339 2.5 40.6 $1,199 2.4 39.3

Executives, administrators, and

managers .............................. 1,477 2.6 40.7 1,491 3.1 40.9 1,409 1.9 39.3

Legislators .............................. 590 30.7 38.3 – – – 590 30.7 38.3

Chief executives and general

administrators, public

administration ................... 1,969 11.9 39.6 – – – 1,796 5.4 39.5

Administrators and officials,

public administration ......... 1,273 2.6 39.5 – – – 1,273 2.6 39.5

Financial managers ................ 1,510 4.6 40.5 1,491 3.5 40.7 1,750 18.7 39.0

Personnel and labor relations

managers .......................... 1,356 8.7 40.0 1,330 9.3 40.1 1,662 7.2 39.2

Purchasing managers ............. 1,276 6.9 40.5 1,263 6.8 40.5 1,443 19.1 39.7

Managers, marketing,

advertising, and public

relations ............................ 1,994 9.8 41.0 1,998 9.8 41.0 1,034 5.0 39.2

Administrators, education and

related fields ..................... 1,413 3.7 39.3 1,048 5.4 39.6 1,580 4.2 39.1

Managers, medicine and

health ................................ 1,364 3.4 40.0 1,394 3.7 40.1 1,226 9.2 39.3

Managers, food servicing and

lodging establishments ..... 885 6.8 43.5 885 7.0 43.9 885 9.6 39.1

Managers, properties and real

estate ................................ 846 4.8 39.6 821 4.8 39.6 1,143 4.4 39.1

Funeral directors ..................... 1,005 13.2 44.3 1,005 13.2 44.3 – – –

Managers, service

organizations, n.e.c. ......... 1,232 12.4 40.0 1,240 13.0 40.0 1,096 5.8 39.4

Managers and administrators,

n.e.c. ................................. 1,556 3.5 41.2 1,571 3.6 41.3 1,299 7.2 39.8

Management related ................... 1,054 1.5 39.9 1,090 1.7 40.1 898 2.3 39.2

Accountants and auditors ....... 976 1.8 39.9 993 2.2 40.0 893 3.6 39.3

Underwriters ........................... 991 7.0 39.0 991 7.0 39.0 – – –

Other financial officers ............ 1,391 6.6 40.1 1,424 6.8 40.3 1,015 5.0 38.3

Management analysts ............ 1,166 4.7 40.1 1,225 4.1 40.2 908 7.5 39.5

Personnel, training, and labor

relations specialists .......... 966 2.8 40.4 977 2.9 40.7 904 4.4 38.9

Purchasing agents and

buyers, farm products ....... 990 15.9 39.4 – – – – – –

Buyers, wholesale and retail

trade, except farm

products ............................ 1,066 4.3 40.1 1,068 4.3 40.1 – – –

Purchasing agents and

buyers, n.e.c. .................... 1,000 6.3 40.1 1,048 4.9 40.1 703 10.9 39.9

Business and promotional

agents ............................... 925 8.9 39.7 930 9.4 39.7 – – –

Construction inspectors .......... 913 4.9 39.7 858 10.5 40.4 931 5.2 39.4

Inspectors and compliance

officers, except

construction ...................... 897 3.0 40.0 1,031 5.5 41.3 801 2.8 39.0

Management related, n.e.c. .... 1,006 2.1 39.7 1,015 2.6 39.9 967 4.6 39.1

Sales .................................................. 712 2.1 40.1 713 2.1 40.1 587 6.6 39.1

Supervisors, sales .................. 820 3.9 41.7 821 3.9 41.7 639 7.5 39.6

Insurance sales ...................... 949 7.7 40.3 949 7.7 40.3 – – –

Real estate sales .................... 1,256 28.9 39.9 1,272 29.9 39.9 927 5.7 38.2

Securities and financial

services sales ................... 1,808 9.5 39.8 1,808 9.5 39.8 – – –

Advertising and related sales 868 13.1 39.3 868 13.1 39.3 – – –

Sales, other business services 1,010 5.8 40.4 1,011 5.8 40.4 – – –

Sales engineers ...................... 1,494 7.2 41.7 1,494 7.2 41.7 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Sales –Continued

Sales representatives, mining,

manufacturing, and

wholesale .......................... $1,077 3.6 40.3 $1,077 3.6 40.3 – – –

Sales workers, motor vehicles

and boats .......................... 900 5.4 44.1 900 5.4 44.1 – – –

Sales workers, apparel ........... 414 9.7 37.2 414 9.7 37.2 – – –

Sales workers, shoes ............. 413 11.5 37.6 413 11.5 37.6 – – –

Sales workers, furniture and

home furnishings .............. 698 12.2 41.9 698 12.2 41.9 – – –

Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi,

and appliances ................. 405 9.5 39.6 405 9.5 39.6 – – –

Sales workers, hardware and

building supplies ............... 579 5.4 40.6 579 5.4 40.6 – – –

Sales workers, parts ............... 597 5.9 40.6 597 5.9 40.6 – – –

Sales workers, other

commodities ..................... 542 4.6 39.3 542 4.6 39.3 – – –

Sales counter clerks ............... 407 4.9 38.9 407 5.0 38.9 – – –

Cashiers ................................. 372 1.8 39.2 368 1.9 39.2 $545 8.0 39.1

Street and door-to-door sales

workers ............................. 875 21.5 39.9 875 21.5 39.9 – – –

Sales support, n.e.c. ............... 607 6.5 39.9 607 6.5 39.9 – – –

Administrative support, including

clerical ......................................... 570 .6 39.3 570 .7 39.4 568 1.3 38.6

Supervisors, general office ..... 768 3.8 39.4 777 4.5 39.4 725 3.2 39.3

Supervisors, computer

equipment operators ......... 739 13.4 39.8 642 13.0 40.0 – – –

Supervisors, financial records

processing ........................ 832 3.4 39.2 836 3.7 39.3 788 6.6 37.8

Chief communications

operators .......................... 820 4.7 40.0 – – – 834 4.7 40.0

Supervisors, distribution,

scheduling, and adjusting

clerks ................................ 864 4.4 40.1 881 5.3 40.1 797 8.7 39.9

Computer operators ................ 632 3.2 39.9 648 2.5 39.9 596 7.5 39.8

Peripheral equipment

operators .......................... 565 8.2 39.5 564 9.3 39.7 – – –

Secretaries ............................. 631 1.0 38.9 640 1.6 38.9 604 2.8 38.9

Stenographers ........................ 685 6.0 38.7 615 7.2 39.4 767 9.7 37.8

Typists .................................... 578 2.3 38.5 603 4.2 38.7 556 3.1 38.3

Interviewers ............................ 489 4.1 39.7 490 4.3 39.7 479 13.8 39.9

Hotel clerks ............................. 354 2.4 39.2 354 2.4 39.2 – – –

Transportation ticket and

reservation agents ............ 578 6.0 39.5 569 6.2 39.5 – – –

Receptionists .......................... 455 2.0 39.5 455 2.0 39.5 451 5.0 39.4

Information clerks, n.e.c. ........ 538 2.2 39.6 536 2.2 39.6 582 4.1 39.2

Classified ad clerks ................. 497 7.4 38.8 497 7.4 38.8 – – –

Correspondence clerks ........... 567 3.6 40.0 570 4.0 40.0 – – –

Order clerks ............................ 583 3.1 39.8 582 3.1 39.8 641 17.2 40.0

Personnel clerks, except

payroll and timekeeping .... 635 2.8 39.9 639 3.0 40.0 618 6.3 39.7

Library clerks .......................... 505 3.2 38.3 510 5.6 38.2 503 4.0 38.4

File clerks ............................... 443 2.9 39.1 442 3.1 39.1 452 7.7 39.3

Records clerks, n.e.c. ............. 548 1.9 39.5 549 2.0 39.6 542 3.6 39.3

Bookkeepers, accounting and

auditing clerks ................... 587 2.7 39.4 586 2.9 39.5 592 2.2 39.2

Payroll and timekeeping clerks 637 3.1 39.7 630 3.6 39.7 691 4.5 39.1

Billing clerks ............................ 524 2.6 39.7 522 2.7 39.7 575 10.1 40.0

Cost and rate clerks ................ 495 12.6 40.3 495 12.6 40.3 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Administrative support, including

clerical –Continued

Billing, posting, and

calculating machine

operators .......................... $548 5.5 39.0 $549 5.6 39.0 – – –

Duplicating machine operators 490 9.1 39.9 490 7.1 39.8 $491 16.5 39.9

Mail preparing and paper

handling machine

operators .......................... 496 6.9 39.5 496 6.9 39.5 – – –

Office machine operators,

n.e.c. ................................. 399 6.4 39.6 395 6.6 39.6 – – –

Telephone operators .............. 546 7.2 38.8 547 7.5 38.7 536 9.7 39.4

Communications equipment

operators, n.e.c. ................ 476 11.7 39.0 – – – – – –

Mail clerks, except postal

service .............................. 496 6.7 38.8 508 7.0 38.6 407 13.4 39.8

Messengers ............................ 396 10.7 39.3 388 10.8 39.6 465 12.6 37.2

Dispatchers ............................. 676 5.7 40.5 672 5.9 40.9 680 7.5 39.9

Production coordinators .......... 719 3.5 40.0 718 3.5 40.0 – – –

Traffic, shipping and receiving

clerks ................................ 539 2.6 39.9 538 2.7 39.9 632 7.6 38.5

Stock and inventory clerks ...... 513 2.5 39.7 509 2.7 39.8 546 4.8 39.1

Meter readers ......................... 705 4.1 40.0 718 5.5 40.0 662 8.8 40.0

Weighers, measurers,

checkers, and samplers .... 631 6.9 40.0 630 7.0 40.0 – – –

Expeditors ............................... 661 4.1 39.5 658 4.2 39.5 – – –

Material recording, scheduling,

and distribution clerks,

n.e.c. ................................. 475 4.5 39.8 473 4.5 39.8 – – –

Insurance adjusters,

examiners, and

investigators ..................... 730 4.5 39.0 731 4.5 39.0 582 7.6 40.0

Investigators and adjusters,

except insurance .............. 626 2.3 39.7 623 2.3 39.7 729 5.9 40.0

Eligibility clerks, social welfare 588 2.1 39.0 515 3.0 39.5 639 2.1 38.6

Bill and account collectors ...... 560 6.7 39.4 555 7.2 39.4 667 6.6 39.4

General office clerks ............... 531 1.1 39.1 525 1.4 39.2 545 1.9 39.0

Bank tellers ............................. 429 1.8 39.4 429 1.8 39.4 – – –

Proofreaders ........................... 706 18.2 40.0 527 10.9 40.0 – – –

Data entry keyers ................... 495 2.4 39.6 486 2.7 39.7 542 3.1 39.3

Statistical clerks ...................... 589 4.5 39.3 605 4.2 39.2 524 10.1 39.8

Teachers’ aides ...................... 395 1.6 35.6 369 3.6 36.1 398 1.8 35.5

Administrative support, n.e.c. 573 1.7 39.3 568 2.3 39.4 595 2.5 38.7

Blue collar ............................................. 635 1.0 40.0 631 1.0 40.1 706 1.6 39.5

Precision production, craft, and

repair ............................................ 781 1.1 40.0 780 1.1 40.0 799 2.0 39.9

Supervisors, mechanics and

repairers ........................... 976 3.4 41.0 974 3.7 41.1 998 5.2 39.9

Automobile mechanics ........... 749 3.1 40.3 738 2.9 40.4 859 10.9 39.8

Automobile mechanic

apprentices ....................... 564 12.0 40.9 559 12.5 40.9 – – –

Bus, truck, and stationary

engine mechanics ............. 722 2.2 40.1 712 2.5 40.1 802 2.5 39.9

Aircraft engine mechanics ...... 1,071 6.9 40.1 1,071 6.9 40.1 – – –

Small engine repairers ............ 602 8.3 40.0 601 8.4 40.0 – – –

Automobile body and related

repairers ........................... 640 3.7 40.0 639 3.7 40.0 – – –

Aircraft mechanics, except

engine ............................... 1,026 6.9 40.0 1,026 6.9 40.0 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Blue collar –Continued

Precision production, craft, and

repair –Continued

Heavy equipment mechanics $755 3.3 40.0 $752 4.1 40.0 $774 6.4 40.0

Farm equipment mechanics ... 602 5.3 41.4 603 5.4 41.4 – – –

Industrial machinery repairers 826 2.5 39.9 825 2.6 39.9 930 8.9 40.0

Machinery maintenance ......... 634 4.6 39.8 634 4.8 39.9 621 11.1 38.7

Electronic repairers,

communications and

industrial equipment ......... 874 5.4 39.9 875 5.7 39.9 856 8.3 40.0

Data processing equipment

repairers ........................... 808 9.5 39.6 822 10.6 39.5 – – –

Household appliance and

power tool repairers .......... 644 5.8 40.2 644 5.8 40.2 – – –

Telephone line installers and

repairers ........................... 1,006 4.2 39.9 1,010 4.2 39.9 – – –

Telephone installers and

repairers ........................... 953 2.9 40.0 950 3.0 40.0 – – –

Heating, air conditioning, and

refrigeration mechanics .... 695 3.3 40.0 690 3.6 40.0 742 5.6 39.9

Locksmiths and safe repairers 624 8.8 41.3 – – – – – –

Office machine repairers ........ 658 11.6 39.9 653 11.8 39.9 – – –

Mechanical controls and valve

repairers ........................... 901 3.7 40.0 916 5.0 40.0 860 6.4 40.0

Millwrights ............................... 905 5.9 40.0 905 5.9 40.0 – – –

Mechanics and repairers,

n.e.c. ................................. 658 2.9 39.5 654 3.2 39.4 683 3.3 39.9

Supervisors, brickmasons,

stonemasons, and

tilesetters .......................... 870 14.3 40.0 – – – – – –

Supervisors, carpenters and

related workers ................. 1,063 5.8 40.6 1,074 5.6 40.6 – – –

Supervisors, electricians and

power transmission

installers ........................... 1,184 4.4 40.2 1,199 4.5 40.2 1,036 14.7 40.0

Supervisors, painters,

paperhangers, and

plasterers .......................... 861 5.6 40.4 860 5.7 40.4 – – –

Supervisors, plumbers,

pipefitters, and

steamfitters ....................... 1,147 4.2 40.0 1,150 5.2 40.0 1,137 13.1 40.0

Supervisors, construction

trades, n.e.c. ..................... 866 4.9 40.2 878 6.4 40.3 829 5.1 39.9

Brickmasons and

stonemasons .................... 1,097 6.8 40.0 1,099 6.8 40.0 – – –

Tile setters, hard and soft ....... 788 20.4 40.0 788 20.4 40.0 – – –

Carpet installers ...................... 819 18.3 40.0 819 18.3 40.0 – – –

Carpenters .............................. 770 4.1 39.9 767 4.5 40.0 815 6.5 39.6

Carpenter apprentices ............ 626 7.9 40.0 626 7.9 40.0 – – –

Drywall installers ..................... 653 4.8 40.0 653 4.8 40.0 – – –

Electricians ............................. 999 2.2 39.7 1,013 2.3 39.7 859 5.3 39.8

Electrician apprentices ........... 602 3.9 39.8 597 3.9 39.8 – – –

Electrical power installers and

repairers ........................... 1,065 2.6 40.0 1,065 3.1 40.0 1,062 5.6 40.0

Painters, construction and

maintenance ..................... 574 4.6 39.4 559 5.2 39.4 762 8.4 39.6

Plasterers ............................... 585 8.7 39.4 556 8.7 39.4 – – –

Plumbers, pipefitters and

steamfitters ....................... 917 3.1 39.9 928 3.3 39.9 754 9.1 39.6

Plumber, pipefitter, and

steamfitter apprentices ..... 581 4.5 40.0 570 5.0 40.0 756 7.9 40.0

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Blue collar –Continued

Precision production, craft, and

repair –Continued

Concrete and terrazzo

finishers ............................ $730 10.1 39.4 $730 10.2 39.4 – – –

Glaziers .................................. 713 6.9 40.0 670 8.7 40.0 – – –

Insulation workers ................... 706 11.1 40.0 706 11.1 40.0 – – –

Paving, surfacing, and

tamping equipment

operators .......................... 663 19.7 41.7 678 22.0 42.0 $559 3.8 40.0

Roofers ................................... 694 9.5 39.2 694 9.5 39.2 – – –

Sheet metal duct installers ..... 968 12.5 40.0 968 12.5 40.0 – – –

Structural metal workers ......... 809 6.2 40.0 799 6.4 40.0 – – –

Construction trades, n.e.c. ...... 699 5.4 39.9 724 6.9 39.9 644 4.1 39.8

Supervisors, extractive ........... 1,081 18.2 41.7 1,081 18.2 41.7 – – –

Drillers, oil well ........................ 1,200 41.7 46.9 1,200 41.7 46.9 – – –

Mining machine operators ...... 812 11.2 40.0 812 11.2 40.0 – – –

Mining, n.e.c. .......................... 1,052 1.5 40.0 1,052 1.5 40.0 – – –

Supervisors, production .......... 858 2.2 40.4 857 2.3 40.4 959 14.6 40.0

Tool and die makers ............... 931 3.5 40.1 931 3.5 40.1 – – –

Tool and die maker

apprentices ....................... 740 9.5 40.0 740 9.5 40.0 – – –

Precision assemblers, metal ... 808 6.6 40.0 808 6.6 40.0 – – –

Machinists ............................... 783 2.6 40.0 781 2.6 40.0 – – –

Boilermakers ........................... 685 7.9 39.9 692 8.0 40.0 – – –

Precision grinders, filers, and

tool sharpeners ................. 703 7.7 39.9 703 7.7 39.9 – – –

Patternmakers and

modelmakers, metal ......... 839 9.6 40.0 839 9.6 40.0 – – –

Layout workers ....................... 759 17.2 40.0 759 17.2 40.0 – – –

Precious stones and metals

workers ............................. 572 14.8 39.8 572 14.8 39.8 – – –

Sheet metal workers ............... 745 6.5 39.5 745 6.5 39.5 – – –

Patternmakers and

modelmakers, wood ......... 720 14.6 40.0 720 14.6 40.0 – – –

Cabinet makers and bench

carpenters ......................... 522 6.1 40.0 519 5.9 40.0 – – –

Furniture and wood finishers .. 527 7.0 40.0 527 7.0 40.0 – – –

Tailors ..................................... 571 13.3 39.2 571 13.3 39.2 – – –

Upholsterers ........................... 586 16.2 40.0 586 16.2 40.0 – – –

Hand molders and shapers,

except jewelers ................. 621 13.1 40.0 621 13.1 40.0 – – –

Patternmakers, layout

workers, and cutters ......... 745 7.0 40.0 746 7.1 40.0 – – –

Dental laboratory and medical

appliance technicians ....... 615 3.1 39.6 612 3.2 39.6 – – –

Bookbinders ............................ 559 10.7 39.8 559 10.7 39.8 – – –

Electrical and electronic

equipment assemblers ..... 519 4.0 39.9 519 4.0 39.9 – – –

Miscellaneous precision

workers, n.e.c. .................. 609 8.1 39.8 609 8.1 39.8 – – –

Butchers and meat cutters ...... 468 4.2 39.6 468 4.2 39.6 – – –

Bakers .................................... 460 4.6 39.3 458 4.6 39.3 – – –

Food batchmakers .................. 486 9.7 40.2 486 9.7 40.2 – – –

Inspectors, testers, and

graders ............................. 773 3.2 40.2 767 3.4 40.3 885 7.4 39.7

Precision inspectors, testers,

and related workers, n.e.c. 888 10.0 40.0 888 10.0 40.0 – – –

Adjusters and calibrators ........ 711 12.3 37.8 711 12.3 37.8 – – –

Water and sewer treatment

plant operators .................. 775 2.8 40.0 762 8.7 40.0 778 3.0 40.0

Power plant operators ............ 1,085 3.4 40.0 1,087 3.7 40.0 1,067 7.0 39.7

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Blue collar –Continued

Precision production, craft, and

repair –Continued

Stationary engineers ............... $882 4.5 39.7 $859 6.1 39.7 $912 6.7 39.7

Miscellaneous plant and

system operators, n.e.c. ... 864 6.2 39.9 868 6.3 39.9 724 6.2 40.0

Machine operators, assemblers,

and inspectors ............................ 551 1.3 39.8 550 1.3 39.8 667 10.0 39.6

Lathe and turning-machine

set-up operators ............... 656 4.9 40.0 656 4.9 40.0 – – –

Lathe and turning-machine

operators .......................... 667 5.0 40.0 667 5.0 40.0 – – –

Milling and planing machine

operators .......................... 569 5.1 40.0 569 5.1 40.0 – – –

Punching and stamping press

operators .......................... 541 7.7 40.0 541 7.7 40.0 – – –

Rolling machine operators ...... 569 10.4 40.0 569 10.4 40.0 – – –

Drilling and boring machine

operators .......................... 519 11.1 39.9 519 11.1 39.9 – – –

Grinding, abrading, buffing,

and polishing machine

operators .......................... 539 2.6 39.9 539 2.6 39.9 – – –

Forging machine operators ..... 546 9.5 39.7 546 9.5 39.7 – – –

Numerical control machine

operators .......................... 632 3.8 40.0 632 3.8 40.0 – – –

Fabricating machine

operators, n.e.c. ................ 639 3.6 39.9 639 3.6 39.9 – – –

Molding and casting machine

operators .......................... 512 3.8 39.8 512 3.8 39.8 – – –

Metal plating machine

operators .......................... 549 6.3 39.9 549 6.3 39.9 – – –

Heat treating equipment

operators .......................... 654 6.5 40.0 654 6.5 40.0 – – –

Wood lathe, routing, and

planing machine operators 471 7.3 40.0 471 7.3 40.0 – – –

Sawing machine operators ..... 470 4.8 40.0 470 4.8 40.0 – – –

Shaping and joining machine

operators .......................... 515 2.9 40.0 515 2.9 40.0 – – –

Printing press operators ......... 640 2.2 39.6 642 2.3 39.6 574 5.0 39.2

Photoengravers and

lithographers ..................... 691 4.4 39.2 691 4.4 39.2 – – –

Typesetters and compositors 583 6.5 38.9 584 6.5 38.9 – – –

Winding and twisting machine

operators .......................... 531 8.9 39.8 531 8.9 39.8 – – –

Knitting, looping, taping, and

weaving machine

operators .......................... 459 1.9 39.9 459 1.9 39.9 – – –

Textile cutting machine

operators .......................... 404 5.0 38.8 404 5.0 38.8 – – –

Textile sewing machine

operators .......................... 354 6.1 39.2 354 6.1 39.2 – – –

Pressing machine operators ... 366 5.0 39.7 366 5.0 39.7 – – –

Laundering and dry cleaning

machine operators ............ 375 6.6 39.6 375 6.9 39.6 382 11.4 39.7

Cementing and gluing

machine operators ............ 480 9.8 40.0 480 9.8 40.0 – – –

Packaging and filling machine

operators .......................... 534 3.9 39.9 534 3.9 39.9 – – –

Extruding and forming

machine operators ............ 546 4.5 39.5 546 4.5 39.5 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Blue collar –Continued

Machine operators, assemblers,

and inspectors –Continued

Mixing and blending machine

operators .......................... $631 5.0 39.8 $631 5.0 39.8 – – –

Separating, filtering, and

clarifying machine

operators .......................... 782 5.2 39.8 782 5.2 39.8 – – –

Compressing and compacting

machine operators ............ 475 4.4 39.9 475 4.4 39.9 – – –

Painting and paint spraying

machine operators ............ 584 3.4 40.0 584 3.4 40.0 – – –

Roasting and baking machine

operators, food ................. 515 9.8 40.0 515 9.8 40.0 – – –

Washing, cleaning, and

pickling machine operators 554 10.7 40.0 554 10.7 40.0 – – –

Folding machine operators ..... 567 10.1 40.0 567 10.1 40.0 – – –

Furnace, kiln, and oven

operators, except food ...... 605 6.8 39.8 601 7.0 39.8 – – –

Crushing and grinding

machine operators ............ 560 7.6 39.9 560 7.6 39.9 – – –

Slicing and cutting machine

operators .......................... 559 3.3 39.9 559 3.3 39.9 – – –

Photographic process

machine operators ............ 488 5.4 39.7 488 5.4 39.7 – – –

Miscellaneous machine

operators, n.e.c. ................ 573 2.8 39.7 572 2.8 39.7 $820 15.1 39.1

Welders and cutters ................ 652 2.4 39.9 645 2.4 39.9 841 7.7 40.0

Solderers and brazers ............ 446 10.9 40.0 446 10.9 40.0 – – –

Assemblers ............................. 572 2.7 39.9 572 2.7 39.9 – – –

Hand cutting and trimming ...... 387 12.0 40.0 387 12.0 40.0 – – –

Hand molding, casting, and

forming .............................. 425 12.1 40.0 425 12.1 40.0 – – –

Hand painting, coating, and

decorating ......................... 433 12.2 39.8 433 12.3 39.8 – – –

Hand engraving and printing .. 665 20.2 38.1 665 20.2 38.1 – – –

Miscellaneous hand working,

n.e.c. ................................. 507 6.4 39.9 507 6.4 39.9 – – –

Production inspectors,

checkers and examiners ... 550 4.4 39.8 550 4.4 39.8 – – –

Production testers ................... 520 8.0 39.9 520 8.0 39.9 – – –

Production samplers and

weighers ........................... 521 14.8 40.0 521 14.8 40.0 – – –

Graders and sorters, except

agricultural ........................ 413 5.7 39.2 413 5.7 39.2 – – –

Hand inspectors, n.e.c. ........... 456 7.7 39.9 456 7.7 39.9 – – –

Transportation and material

moving ......................................... 633 1.8 40.9 630 2.0 41.2 662 2.2 38.7

Supervisors, motor vehicle

operators .......................... 765 6.1 42.2 766 7.5 43.1 763 11.0 39.8

Truckdrivers ............................ 627 2.2 41.8 626 2.2 41.9 664 5.4 39.9

Driver-sales workers ............... 603 6.4 40.6 602 6.4 40.6 – – –

Busdrivers ............................... 608 2.8 37.5 496 10.0 39.8 642 2.7 36.8

Taxicab drivers and

chauffeurs ......................... 378 6.8 38.8 377 7.0 38.7 421 9.7 40.0

Parking lot attendants ............. 397 10.7 40.0 396 10.9 40.0 – – –

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ..... 504 5.9 39.3 463 7.2 39.3 713 7.1 38.9

Railroad conductors and

yardmasters ...................... 1,114 14.4 42.6 1,109 14.7 42.7 – – –

Locomotive operating ............. 1,130 11.1 41.7 1,178 13.6 42.2 964 3.9 40.0

Rail vehicle operators, n.e.c. .. 866 3.3 40.0 – – – – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Blue collar –Continued

Transportation and material

moving –Continued

Ship captains and mates,

except fishing boats .......... $834 9.3 46.8 $822 9.3 47.1 – – –

Sailors and deckhands ........... 550 4.6 46.4 527 5.0 47.4 $736 5.0 38.4

Marine engineers .................... 753 16.5 41.5 743 16.9 41.6 – – –

Supervisors, material moving

equipment ......................... 896 4.1 40.8 899 4.1 40.8 771 10.1 38.7

Operating engineers ............... 814 6.4 39.5 910 7.6 39.3 653 9.8 40.0

Longshore equipment

operators .......................... 1,097 11.4 39.2 1,097 11.4 39.2 – – –

Crane and tower operators ..... 668 7.9 40.0 664 7.9 40.0 – – –

Excavating and loading

machine operators ............ 672 4.5 39.9 674 4.4 39.9 654 12.1 39.8

Grader, dozer, and scraper

operators .......................... 650 5.2 39.9 674 6.4 39.9 616 10.2 40.0

Industrial truck and tractor

equipment operators ......... 572 2.6 39.9 573 2.6 39.9 554 2.3 40.0

Miscellaneous material

moving equipment

operators, n.e.c. ................ 638 4.2 39.9 643 4.8 39.9 610 4.9 39.4

Handlers, equipment cleaners,

helpers, and laborers ................. 483 1.4 39.7 475 1.5 39.7 585 2.6 39.8

Nursery workers ..................... 447 9.5 39.9 451 9.6 39.9 – – –

Supervisors,

agriculture-related workers 965 18.1 40.6 1,003 21.5 40.7 816 6.6 40.0

Groundskeepers and

gardeners, except farm ..... 480 4.0 39.7 442 5.4 39.7 562 4.1 39.7

Animal caretakers, except

farm .................................. 468 8.0 39.5 445 7.0 39.8 560 12.4 38.6

Inspectors, agricultural

products ............................ 411 17.5 40.0 411 17.5 40.0 – – –

Supervisors, handlers,

equipment cleaners, and

laborers, n.e.c. .................. 758 8.1 39.3 756 9.6 39.3 769 7.4 40.0

Helpers, mechanics and

repairers ........................... 470 6.1 39.6 449 6.1 39.7 622 5.0 39.4

Helpers, construction trades ... 495 4.1 40.0 492 4.3 40.0 577 8.4 40.0

Helpers, extractive .................. 411 16.2 40.0 411 16.2 40.0 – – –

Construction laborers ............. 561 3.4 39.6 566 3.7 39.6 521 5.8 39.7

Production helpers .................. 459 3.2 39.8 459 3.2 39.8 – – –

Garbage collectors ................. 602 8.2 41.8 554 7.0 42.8 688 12.1 39.9

Stock handlers and baggers ... 444 1.9 39.6 443 1.9 39.6 512 10.3 39.9

Machine feeders and

offbearers ......................... 425 3.8 39.8 425 3.8 39.8 – – –

Freight, stock, and material

handlers, n.e.c. ................. 509 2.7 39.8 508 2.7 39.8 574 13.7 40.0

Garage and service station

related ............................... 376 6.7 39.8 373 6.7 39.8 – – –

Vehicle washers and

equipment cleaners .......... 407 3.7 40.0 405 3.7 40.0 574 5.7 39.6

Hand packers and packagers 396 4.5 39.5 396 4.5 39.5 – – –

Laborers, except construction,

n.e.c. ................................. 462 2.9 39.6 448 3.0 39.6 564 4.8 39.9

Service ................................................... 456 2.0 39.0 382 1.3 38.6 707 1.9 40.2

Protective service ....................... 722 3.0 40.7 410 2.1 39.6 895 3.0 41.3

Supervisors, firefighters and

fire prevention ................... 1,321 5.5 48.7 – – – 1,321 5.5 48.7

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Service –Continued

Protective service –Continued

Supervisors, police and

detectives ......................... $1,241 3.1 40.2 – – – $1,244 3.1 40.2

Supervisors, guards ................ 803 8.2 39.6 $658 7.4 39.6 1,126 8.5 39.6

Fire inspection and fire

prevention ......................... 783 15.9 41.8 – – – 931 11.9 42.3

Firefighting .............................. 911 3.0 48.1 – – – 912 3.0 48.1

Police and detectives, public

service .............................. 966 1.0 40.0 – – – 967 1.0 40.0

Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law

enforcement officers ......... 773 2.5 39.9 – – – 780 2.4 39.9

Correctional institution officers 685 6.4 39.9 – – – 692 6.7 39.9

Guards and police, except

public service .................... 397 2.2 39.6 393 2.1 39.6 515 7.6 39.0

Protective service, n.e.c. ........ 541 10.6 39.1 394 5.2 39.5 677 6.9 38.7

Food service ............................... 328 1.4 38.3 323 1.4 38.4 410 2.5 36.5

Waiters, waitresses, and

bartenders .......................... 196 3.5 37.1 195 3.4 37.1 – – –

Bartenders .............................. 256 6.2 37.4 256 6.2 37.4 – – –

Waiters and waitresses .......... 169 5.3 36.7 169 5.3 36.7 – – –

Waiters’/Waitresses’

assistants .......................... 241 6.3 38.0 239 7.2 38.1 – – –

Other food service .................... 374 1.2 38.7 371 1.2 38.9 408 2.6 36.5

Supervisors, food preparation

and service ....................... 553 2.9 40.9 558 3.1 41.3 513 5.2 38.1

Cooks ..................................... 388 1.5 38.8 386 1.5 38.9 425 3.9 36.3

Kitchen workers, food

preparation ....................... 339 2.6 38.5 338 2.9 38.7 343 3.9 37.2

Food preparation, n.e.c. ......... 318 1.4 38.2 312 1.8 38.5 376 5.0 35.3

Health service ............................. 433 1.5 38.8 424 1.6 38.7 496 2.3 39.4

Dental assistants .................... 555 3.9 36.3 555 4.0 36.3 – – –

Health aides, except nursing .. 471 2.8 39.5 460 3.3 39.5 534 3.4 39.3

Nursing aides, orderlies, and

attendants ......................... 404 1.1 38.9 391 1.1 38.8 482 2.8 39.4

Cleaning and building service ..... 439 1.9 39.3 416 1.9 39.2 511 2.5 39.7

Supervisors, cleaning and

building service workers ... 676 5.1 39.8 649 4.9 39.8 744 10.3 39.8

Maids and housemen ............. 323 1.8 38.7 322 1.8 38.7 349 4.6 39.9

Janitors and cleaners ............. 451 2.0 39.5 430 3.1 39.4 494 1.8 39.6

Personal service ......................... 407 6.2 37.4 400 6.1 37.4 467 6.2 37.5

Supervisors, personal service 642 8.2 40.6 635 9.5 40.8 731 8.3 38.3

Hairdressers and

cosmetologists .................. 526 11.4 37.9 526 11.4 37.9 – – –

Attendants, amusement and

recreation facilities ............ 289 4.6 39.9 286 3.8 39.9 412 7.8 40.0

Guides .................................... 568 8.3 39.0 568 8.3 39.0 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Service –Continued

Personal service –Continued

Public transportation

attendants ......................... $645 1.8 20.0 $645 1.5 19.1 $635 17.7 37.8

Baggage porters and bellhops 288 6.0 38.3 288 6.0 38.3 – – –

Welfare service aides ............. 431 4.2 38.9 409 3.8 38.8 521 5.5 39.4

Early childhood teachers’

assistants .......................... 339 5.0 38.1 324 5.9 38.6 385 4.6 36.9

Childcare workers, n.e.c. ........ 368 5.0 39.0 346 3.8 39.6 503 21.1 35.4

Service, n.e.c. ......................... 476 5.9 39.4 470 6.7 39.5 529 3.9 38.4

1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees.

They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded

are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and

tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the

number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule

based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a

35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one

establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is

the minimum full-time schedule. 3 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between

December 2003 and January 2005. The average reference period was July 2004. 4 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to

cover all workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see appendix B in

"National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States" on the

BLS Internet site www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a

percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a

sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A in "National

Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States" on the BLS

Internet site www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm. 6 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a

week, exclusive of overtime.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet

publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall

occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

All ............................................................... $38,494 1.0 2,011 $37,715 1.0 2,054 $42,034 1.1 1,814

All excluding sales .............................. 38,616 1.1 2,005 37,785 1.2 2,051 42,064 1.1 1,813

White Collar ........................................... 46,313 .7 1,979 46,744 .8 2,057 44,904 1.0 1,725

White collar excluding sales ........... 47,814 .8 1,963 48,876 .9 2,051 44,957 1.0 1,724

Professional specialty and

technical ...................................... 55,344 1.3 1,859 59,291 1.7 2,023 49,093 1.0 1,600

Professional specialty ..................... 58,214 1.2 1,818 64,864 1.7 2,026 50,040 1.1 1,563

Engineers, architects, and

surveyors .............................. 73,271 1.4 2,101 74,181 1.6 2,107 63,170 2.7 2,042

Architects ................................ 68,315 3.7 2,100 68,533 4.1 2,106 65,639 8.3 2,019

Aerospace engineers .............. 85,574 7.9 2,083 85,574 7.9 2,083 – – –

Metallurgical and materials

engineers .......................... 63,099 4.2 2,094 64,285 5.0 2,101 – – –

Petroleum engineers .............. 89,981 8.3 2,080 89,981 8.3 2,080 – – –

Chemical engineers ................ 78,645 4.4 2,071 78,640 4.5 2,071 – – –

Nuclear engineers .................. 77,225 5.1 2,080 78,124 4.5 2,080 – – –

Civil engineers ........................ 66,085 3.5 2,092 66,485 5.4 2,118 65,338 2.5 2,043

Electrical and electronic

engineers .......................... 79,211 2.8 2,117 79,568 2.9 2,118 68,883 8.9 2,091

Industrial engineers ................ 67,280 2.2 2,132 67,370 2.2 2,132 – – –

Mechanical engineers ............. 67,143 2.6 2,119 67,376 2.7 2,126 – – –

Engineers, n.e.c. ..................... 76,307 3.0 2,085 77,721 3.2 2,088 59,156 4.5 2,051

Surveyors and mapping

scientists ........................... 67,437 9.6 2,084 68,225 9.5 2,089 – – –

Mathematical and computer

scientists ............................... 73,201 2.3 2,085 74,221 2.4 2,087 58,525 4.4 2,050

Computer systems analysts

and scientists .................... 73,327 2.2 2,085 74,427 2.4 2,087 58,896 4.5 2,051

Operations and systems

researchers and analysts 73,460 4.4 2,078 73,617 4.4 2,079 – – –

Actuaries ................................. 72,088 7.3 2,179 72,088 7.3 2,179 – – –

Statisticians ............................ 51,716 10.3 2,044 53,177 14.0 2,042 – – –

Natural scientists ........................ 60,657 4.8 2,078 67,344 3.1 2,086 48,244 5.4 2,063

Physicists and astronomers .... 80,039 10.2 2,072 90,346 9.6 2,069 – – –

Chemists, except biochemists 63,507 6.0 2,073 63,658 6.5 2,072 62,255 6.2 2,080

Geologists and geodesists ..... 70,665 7.6 2,131 74,878 9.4 2,156 57,661 17.9 2,054

Physical scientists, n.e.c. ........ 66,241 8.3 2,138 73,424 7.4 2,162 48,982 4.4 2,078

Agricultural and food scientists 58,890 7.1 2,019 67,710 8.7 2,028 50,621 8.9 2,011

Biological and life scientists .... 57,076 14.0 2,032 68,471 8.2 2,014 43,312 7.1 2,053

Forestry and conservation

scientists ........................... 43,282 10.1 2,072 – – – 43,281 11.6 2,071

Medical scientists ................... 51,615 4.0 2,056 54,512 7.2 2,048 48,664 4.4 2,064

Health related ............................. 62,510 3.7 2,026 64,418 4.4 2,038 54,244 3.0 1,973

Physicians .............................. 128,689 12.5 2,243 145,688 10.2 2,188 78,815 15.8 2,402

Dentists ................................... 82,437 6.3 2,142 85,401 5.7 2,075 – – –

Optometrists ........................... 116,403 18.2 1,975 116,403 18.2 1,975 – – –

Health diagnosing

practitioners, n.e.c. ........... 72,453 9.1 2,084 72,453 9.1 2,084 – – –

Registered nurses .................. 53,289 1.3 2,002 53,831 1.8 2,011 50,861 1.7 1,963

Pharmacists ............................ 88,168 .9 2,065 88,799 .8 2,065 80,104 9.5 2,072

Dietitians ................................. 43,603 4.5 2,069 44,633 6.5 2,076 41,731 4.1 2,055

Respiratory therapists ............. 44,326 2.7 2,019 44,323 2.8 2,021 44,393 3.4 1,978

Occupational therapists .......... 50,169 4.9 1,983 50,681 5.5 2,041 47,046 4.6 1,631

Physical therapists .................. 58,201 1.6 2,044 58,226 1.6 2,059 57,830 6.4 1,824

Speech therapists ................... 45,197 7.8 1,618 49,371 3.1 2,064 43,508 10.5 1,437

Therapists, n.e.c. .................... 39,385 12.2 2,046 37,910 14.5 2,056 45,320 8.4 2,005

Physicians’ assistants ............. 71,297 5.0 2,083 71,832 5.9 2,084 – – –

Teachers, college and university 67,361 2.4 1,606 70,086 3.0 1,622 66,202 3.1 1,599

Earth, environmental, and

marine science teachers ... 76,353 10.3 1,440 – – – 77,262 8.9 1,432

Biological science teachers .... 71,935 11.4 1,722 85,243 15.6 1,754 59,549 12.6 1,693

Chemistry teachers ................. 58,798 8.3 1,565 80,624 7.8 1,500 50,740 3.8 1,589

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White Collar –Continued

Professional specialty and

technical –Continued

Professional specialty –Continued

Teachers, college and university

–Continued

Physics teachers .................... $77,509 10.2 1,442 $96,218 10.1 1,626 – – –

Natural science teachers,

n.e.c. ................................. 58,352 9.3 1,458 – – – $57,919 9.4 1,455

Psychology teachers .............. 60,894 8.8 1,629 63,562 7.1 1,501 59,123 12.7 1,713

Economics teachers ............... 99,516 12.1 1,555 68,954 15.9 1,311 – – –

History teachers ...................... 61,615 9.1 1,616 55,563 8.2 1,608 67,161 11.9 1,622

Political science teachers ....... 55,336 7.0 1,588 – – – 48,039 9.1 1,449

Sociology teachers ................. 71,656 14.1 1,609 64,375 15.3 1,571 78,563 19.3 1,645

Social science teachers, n.e.c. 67,014 5.7 1,613 67,416 8.8 1,582 66,833 7.6 1,627

Engineering teachers .............. 92,358 6.3 1,618 89,727 10.3 1,476 93,833 8.7 1,697

Mathematical science

teachers ............................ 61,873 10.2 1,543 60,073 12.8 1,464 62,947 11.0 1,591

Computer science teachers .... 66,340 15.5 1,555 54,216 6.6 1,736 70,220 12.1 1,496

Medical science teachers ....... 121,230 6.6 2,276 115,786 7.2 2,080 123,348 8.8 2,353

Health specialities teachers .... 70,120 6.8 1,720 94,585 7.7 1,877 60,882 5.7 1,661

Business, commerce and

marketing teachers ........... 66,743 12.1 1,565 75,606 10.9 1,601 62,304 15.0 1,548

Agriculture and forestry

teachers ............................ 62,401 22.6 1,566 – – – 62,401 22.6 1,566

Art, drama and music teachers 52,521 9.0 1,498 57,734 6.1 1,544 48,639 12.2 1,464

Physical education teachers ... 54,660 5.9 1,546 54,350 8.3 1,649 – – –

Education teachers ................. 58,825 7.0 1,534 58,026 9.5 1,497 59,515 9.4 1,567

English teachers ..................... 68,694 10.7 1,540 59,619 6.2 1,545 72,747 12.1 1,538

Foreign language teachers ..... 53,763 13.9 1,573 62,668 9.3 1,497 46,994 19.9 1,630

Law teachers .......................... 89,947 11.3 1,526 103,283 11.2 1,552 – – –

Theology teachers .................. 61,088 6.9 1,462 66,849 9.9 1,542 – – –

Trade and industrial teachers 52,059 9.1 1,707 40,386 4.9 2,141 56,970 4.4 1,525

Teachers, except college and

university .............................. 45,081 1.0 1,438 34,361 4.4 1,688 46,629 .8 1,402

Prekindergarten and

kindergarten ...................... 33,487 7.6 1,672 23,166 5.0 1,880 45,081 3.0 1,439

Elementary school teachers ... 45,296 1.0 1,393 35,223 4.0 1,497 46,257 .9 1,383

Secondary school teachers .... 46,038 1.4 1,416 44,775 3.2 1,476 46,121 1.4 1,412

Teachers, special education ... 46,820 2.8 1,390 40,251 6.5 1,542 47,885 2.7 1,366

Teachers, n.e.c. ...................... 47,193 2.4 1,470 39,693 7.6 1,830 48,531 2.3 1,406

Substitute teachers ................. 14,841 15.2 1,237 – – – 14,841 15.2 1,237

Vocational and educational

counselors ........................ 47,124 4.0 1,650 36,766 6.5 1,983 49,843 3.9 1,562

Librarians, archivists, and

curators ................................. 50,387 3.9 1,794 55,650 9.3 1,884 47,369 3.3 1,742

Librarians ................................ 50,596 4.3 1,777 55,633 11.3 1,898 48,148 3.2 1,719

Archivists and curators ........... 48,913 9.0 1,913 55,713 2.7 1,836 – – –

Social scientists and urban

planners ................................ 56,999 5.5 1,928 59,762 9.1 2,087 53,963 6.2 1,754

Economists ............................. 71,672 8.2 2,171 73,720 8.2 2,181 – – –

Psychologists .......................... 51,508 6.4 1,776 43,891 8.6 2,004 56,287 5.2 1,633

Social scientists, n.e.c. ........... 49,708 11.6 1,989 55,073 9.5 1,965 – – –

Urban planners ....................... 54,196 4.6 2,052 – – – 54,196 4.6 2,052

Social, recreation, and religious

workers ................................. 37,068 2.6 2,010 34,082 4.2 2,014 40,177 2.6 2,006

Social workers ........................ 37,090 2.7 2,007 33,761 4.4 2,011 40,249 2.7 2,004

Recreation workers ................. 34,998 6.3 1,950 32,939 8.5 1,876 38,237 9.1 2,066

Clergy ..................................... 41,976 17.9 2,395 41,976 17.9 2,395 – – –

Religious workers, n.e.c. ........ 36,584 17.2 1,948 36,584 17.2 1,948 – – –

Lawyers and judges .................... 106,193 5.0 2,169 118,004 5.7 2,242 79,037 10.4 2,003

Lawyers .................................. 105,716 5.2 2,174 118,004 5.7 2,242 73,360 12.4 1,995

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White Collar –Continued

Professional specialty and

technical –Continued

Professional specialty –Continued

Lawyers and judges –Continued

Judges .................................... $118,134 12.9 2,058 – – – $118,134 12.9 2,058

Writers, authors, entertainers,

athletes, and professionals,

n.e.c. ..................................... 52,190 4.3 2,033 $52,098 4.6 2,037 53,657 11.3 1,973

Technical writers ..................... 68,601 10.9 2,103 68,617 10.9 2,104 – – –

Designers ............................... 45,756 6.6 2,062 45,781 6.7 2,062 43,419 9.0 2,069

Musicians and composers ...... 58,337 13.0 1,646 58,625 13.0 1,647 – – –

Actors and directors ................ 60,006 15.9 2,090 60,006 15.9 2,090 – – –

Painters, sculptors, craft

artists, and artist

print-Makers ...................... 45,804 10.2 2,034 45,979 10.3 2,033 – – –

Photographers ........................ 34,048 11.4 2,051 34,028 11.9 2,050 – – –

Artists, performers, and

related workers, n.e.c. ...... 28,388 6.3 1,993 – – – – – –

Editors and reporters .............. 54,001 12.3 2,029 54,293 12.5 2,029 39,663 12.6 2,028

Public relations specialists ...... 57,499 5.2 2,051 58,828 6.2 2,062 53,875 9.4 2,020

Announcers ............................ 93,112 35.1 1,938 93,112 35.1 1,938 – – –

Athletes ................................... 55,934 13.9 2,023 47,737 8.6 2,014 82,370 19.7 2,050

Professional, n.e.c. ................. 66,129 6.5 2,030 71,498 6.5 2,075 46,734 6.7 1,865

Technical ........................................ 43,966 2.6 2,020 45,078 3.0 2,015 37,293 1.7 2,051

Clinical laboratory

technologists and

technicians ........................ 36,069 3.8 2,024 35,877 4.4 2,018 37,374 3.6 2,066

Dental hygienists .................... 56,387 4.1 1,757 57,066 4.1 1,741 – – –

Health record technologists

and technicians ................. 34,781 7.6 2,055 34,805 7.9 2,054 34,327 14.2 2,072

Radiological technicians ......... 47,653 2.9 2,048 48,011 3.1 2,044 44,677 4.5 2,076

Licensed practical nurses ....... 34,073 1.4 2,035 34,564 1.6 2,033 31,932 2.3 2,042

Health technologists and

technicians, n.e.c. ............. 34,237 2.1 2,067 34,182 2.7 2,063 34,472 3.6 2,083

Electrical and electronic

technicians ........................ 48,119 14.8 2,089 48,823 15.1 2,092 36,838 18.0 2,054

Industrial engineering

technicians ........................ 48,143 5.4 2,092 48,143 5.4 2,092 – – –

Mechanical engineering

technicians ........................ 48,594 3.8 2,090 48,614 3.8 2,090 – – –

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. 47,989 3.5 2,063 50,598 4.3 2,069 39,502 4.3 2,041

Drafters ................................... 44,817 3.9 2,082 44,782 4.2 2,083 45,320 5.6 2,070

Surveying and mapping

technicians ........................ 33,217 6.9 2,067 31,056 9.1 2,080 39,606 7.7 2,028

Biological technicians ............. 36,884 3.7 2,066 38,397 4.8 2,066 32,508 7.1 2,068

Chemical technicians .............. 43,548 6.1 2,071 43,349 6.4 2,070 49,181 8.2 2,080

Science technicians, n.e.c. ..... 42,536 10.3 2,047 45,185 10.4 2,100 30,494 7.7 1,808

Airplane pilots and navigators 128,406 7.7 1,083 128,406 7.7 1,083 – – –

Broadcast equipment

operators .......................... 34,606 9.0 2,045 28,553 6.1 2,049 48,273 9.0 2,034

Computer programmers ......... 60,229 6.8 2,073 62,000 7.2 2,075 48,399 5.6 2,057

Tool programmers, numerical

control ............................... 42,638 6.6 2,080 42,638 6.6 2,080 – – –

Legal assistants ...................... 40,493 4.9 1,987 40,353 5.4 1,980 41,650 5.5 2,045

Technical and related, n.e.c. .. 42,265 6.7 2,074 43,085 8.4 2,081 39,958 7.1 2,056

Executive, administrative, and

managerial ................................... 67,922 2.1 2,087 69,543 2.5 2,110 60,629 2.4 1,985

Executives, administrators, and

managers .............................. 76,059 2.6 2,094 77,353 3.1 2,124 70,021 1.9 1,955

Legislators .............................. 20,013 30.7 1,300 – – – 20,013 30.7 1,300

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White Collar –Continued

Executive, administrative, and

managerial –Continued

Executives, administrators, and

managers –Continued

Chief executives and general

administrators, public

administration ................... $102,405 11.9 2,057 – – – $93,386 5.4 2,054

Administrators and officials,

public administration ......... 65,828 2.6 2,045 – – – 65,824 2.6 2,045

Financial managers ................ 78,410 4.6 2,105 $77,541 3.5 2,115 89,173 18.7 1,988

Personnel and labor relations

managers .......................... 70,283 8.7 2,073 69,140 9.3 2,084 82,823 7.2 1,952

Purchasing managers ............. 66,337 6.9 2,104 65,669 6.8 2,107 75,046 19.1 2,062

Managers, marketing,

advertising and public

relations ............................ 103,704 9.8 2,131 103,883 9.8 2,131 53,793 5.0 2,040

Administrators, education and

related fields ..................... 68,765 3.7 1,912 53,524 5.4 2,023 75,295 4.2 1,864

Managers, medicine and

health ................................ 70,871 3.4 2,078 72,476 3.7 2,087 63,603 9.2 2,036

Managers, food servicing and

lodging establishments ..... 44,598 6.8 2,191 45,629 7.0 2,264 36,232 9.6 1,601

Managers, properties and real

estate ................................ 44,013 4.8 2,059 42,710 4.8 2,061 59,455 4.4 2,035

Funeral directors ..................... 52,253 13.2 2,303 52,253 13.2 2,303 – – –

Managers, service

organizations, n.e.c. ......... 63,051 12.4 2,045 63,472 13.0 2,046 56,086 5.8 2,015

Managers and administrators,

n.e.c. ................................. 80,871 3.5 2,142 81,664 3.6 2,147 66,972 7.2 2,052

Management related ................... 54,755 1.5 2,076 56,686 1.7 2,087 46,549 2.3 2,029

Accountants and auditors ....... 50,761 1.8 2,073 51,628 2.2 2,079 46,422 3.6 2,043

Underwriters ........................... 51,531 7.0 2,026 51,531 7.0 2,026 – – –

Other financial officers ............ 72,319 6.6 2,085 74,051 6.8 2,094 52,791 5.0 1,989

Management analysts ............ 60,622 4.7 2,083 63,726 4.1 2,090 47,241 7.5 2,054

Personnel, training, and labor

relations specialists .......... 50,150 2.8 2,100 50,798 2.9 2,117 46,602 4.4 2,007

Purchasing agents & buyers,

farm products .................... 51,505 15.9 2,048 – – – – – –

Buyers, wholesale and retail

trade, except farm

products ............................ 55,434 4.3 2,083 55,536 4.3 2,084 – – –

Purchasing agents and

buyers, n.e.c. .................... 51,957 6.3 2,083 54,505 4.9 2,085 36,421 10.9 2,069

Business and promotional

agents ............................... 48,107 8.9 2,066 48,364 9.4 2,066 – – –

Construction inspectors .......... 47,491 4.9 2,062 44,600 10.5 2,100 48,401 5.2 2,050

Inspectors and compliance

officers, except

construction ...................... 46,667 3.0 2,078 53,638 5.5 2,147 41,629 2.8 2,028

Management related, n.e.c. .... 52,188 2.1 2,062 52,770 2.6 2,074 49,852 4.6 2,015

Sales .................................................. 36,956 2.1 2,084 36,999 2.1 2,084 29,940 6.6 1,998

Supervisors, sales .................. 42,640 3.9 2,167 42,679 3.9 2,168 33,228 7.5 2,059

Insurance sales ...................... 49,363 7.7 2,094 49,356 7.7 2,094 – – –

Real estate sales .................... 65,322 28.9 2,073 66,151 29.9 2,077 48,225 5.7 1,986

Securities and financial

services sales ................... 94,005 9.5 2,068 94,005 9.5 2,068 – – –

Advertising and related sales 45,042 13.1 2,038 45,039 13.1 2,038 – – –

Sales, other business services 52,542 5.8 2,103 52,552 5.8 2,103 – – –

Sales engineers ...................... 77,664 7.2 2,171 77,664 7.2 2,171 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White Collar –Continued

Sales –Continued

Sales representatives, mining,

manufacturing, and

wholesale .......................... $55,982 3.6 2,094 $55,982 3.6 2,094 – – –

Sales workers, motor vehicles

and boats .......................... 46,679 5.4 2,288 46,679 5.4 2,288 – – –

Sales workers, apparel ........... 21,510 9.7 1,933 21,510 9.7 1,933 – – –

Sales workers, shoes ............. 21,466 11.5 1,957 21,466 11.5 1,957 – – –

Sales workers, furniture &

home furnishings .............. 36,282 12.2 2,181 36,282 12.2 2,181 – – –

Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi,

& appliances ..................... 21,082 9.5 2,058 21,082 9.5 2,058 – – –

Sales workers, hardware and

building supplies ............... 30,104 5.4 2,109 30,104 5.4 2,109 – – –

Sales workers, parts ............... 31,069 5.9 2,113 31,069 5.9 2,113 – – –

Sales workers, other

commodities ..................... 28,137 4.6 2,042 28,146 4.6 2,042 – – –

Sales counter clerks ............... 21,062 4.9 2,014 21,051 5.0 2,014 – – –

Cashiers ................................. 19,305 1.8 2,033 19,115 1.9 2,035 $27,595 8.0 1,981

Street and door to door sales

workers ............................. 45,485 21.5 2,075 45,485 21.5 2,075 – – –

Sales support, n.e.c. ............... 30,999 6.5 2,040 30,996 6.5 2,040 – – –

Administrative support, including

clerical ......................................... 29,238 .6 2,015 29,595 .7 2,046 27,684 1.3 1,882

Supervisors, general office ..... 39,914 3.8 2,050 40,406 4.5 2,051 37,651 3.2 2,045

Supervisors, computer

equipment operators ......... 37,880 13.4 2,039 32,703 13.0 2,036 – – –

Supervisors, financial records

processing ........................ 43,274 3.4 2,036 43,446 3.7 2,041 40,968 6.6 1,964

Chief communications

operators .......................... 42,644 4.7 2,080 – – – 43,354 4.7 2,080

Supervisors, distribution,

scheduling, and adjusting

clerks ................................ 44,840 4.4 2,081 45,836 5.3 2,087 41,158 8.7 2,058

Computer operators ................ 32,716 3.2 2,063 33,682 2.5 2,074 30,508 7.5 2,039

Peripheral equipment

operators .......................... 29,368 8.2 2,053 29,332 9.3 2,065 – – –

Secretaries ............................. 32,349 1.0 1,994 33,139 1.6 2,013 30,104 2.8 1,941

Stenographers ........................ 35,477 6.0 2,003 31,877 7.2 2,044 39,681 9.7 1,954

Typists .................................... 29,900 2.3 1,991 31,381 4.2 2,013 28,572 3.1 1,972

Interviewers ............................ 25,278 4.1 2,054 25,479 4.3 2,064 23,745 13.8 1,976

Hotel clerks ............................. 18,255 2.4 2,022 18,252 2.4 2,021 – – –

Transportation ticket and

reservation agents ............ 30,044 6.0 2,054 29,572 6.2 2,054 – – –

Receptionists .......................... 23,589 2.0 2,048 23,607 2.0 2,049 23,004 5.0 2,012

Information clerks, n.e.c. ........ 27,978 2.2 2,057 27,889 2.2 2,058 30,283 4.1 2,037

Classified ad clerks ................. 25,846 7.4 2,017 25,846 7.4 2,017 – – –

Correspondence clerks ........... 29,459 3.6 2,080 29,662 4.0 2,080 – – –

Order clerks ............................ 30,315 3.1 2,069 30,289 3.1 2,069 33,319 17.2 2,080

Personnel clerks except

payroll & timekeeping ....... 32,898 2.8 2,068 33,213 3.0 2,078 31,534 6.3 2,025

Library clerks .......................... 23,920 3.2 1,817 26,258 5.6 1,965 23,269 4.0 1,775

File clerks ............................... 23,038 2.9 2,031 23,003 3.1 2,031 23,381 7.7 2,030

Records clerks, n.e.c. ............. 28,225 1.9 2,036 28,499 2.0 2,054 27,197 3.6 1,969

Bookkeepers, accounting and

auditing clerks ................... 30,488 2.7 2,048 30,485 2.9 2,052 30,513 2.2 2,019

Payroll and timekeeping clerks 33,110 3.1 2,061 32,759 3.6 2,066 35,734 4.5 2,023

Billing clerks ............................ 27,240 2.6 2,064 27,142 2.7 2,063 29,915 10.1 2,079

Cost and rate clerks ................ 25,738 12.6 2,097 25,738 12.6 2,097 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White Collar –Continued

Administrative support, including

clerical –Continued

Billing, posting, & calculating

machine operators ............ $28,494 5.5 2,029 $28,542 5.6 2,029 – – –

Duplicating machine operators 25,128 9.1 2,043 24,975 7.1 2,031 $25,322 16.5 2,059

Mail preparing & paper

handling machine

operators .......................... 25,816 6.9 2,057 25,816 6.9 2,057 – – –

Office machine operators,

n.e.c. ................................. 20,771 6.4 2,060 20,542 6.6 2,059 – – –

Telephone operators .............. 28,381 7.2 2,017 28,418 7.5 2,015 27,860 9.7 2,048

Communications equipment

operators, n.e.c. ................ 23,324 11.7 1,912 – – – – – –

Mail clerks except postal

service .............................. 25,799 6.7 2,016 26,394 7.0 2,009 21,175 13.4 2,070

Messengers ............................ 20,594 10.7 2,045 20,180 10.8 2,058 24,205 12.6 1,934

Dispatchers ............................. 35,115 5.7 2,103 34,943 5.9 2,125 35,347 7.5 2,074

Production coordinators .......... 37,378 3.5 2,079 37,362 3.5 2,079 – – –

Traffic, shipping and receiving

clerks ................................ 28,030 2.6 2,072 27,964 2.7 2,073 32,848 7.6 2,002

Stock and inventory clerks ...... 26,642 2.5 2,062 26,475 2.7 2,067 28,160 4.8 2,014

Meter readers ......................... 36,635 4.1 2,080 37,342 5.5 2,080 34,437 8.8 2,080

Weighers, measurers,

checkers, and samplers .... 32,729 6.9 2,073 32,672 7.0 2,073 – – –

Expeditors ............................... 34,358 4.1 2,054 34,197 4.2 2,056 – – –

Material recording, scheduling,

and distribution clerks,

n.e.c. ................................. 24,672 4.5 2,070 24,616 4.5 2,071 – – –

Insurance adjusters,

examiners, & investigators 37,935 4.5 2,028 38,024 4.5 2,027 30,290 7.6 2,080

Investigators and adjusters

except insurance .............. 32,549 2.3 2,066 32,404 2.3 2,066 37,933 5.9 2,080

Eligibility clerks, social welfare 30,467 2.1 2,021 26,615 3.0 2,037 33,224 2.1 2,008

Bill and account collectors ...... 29,144 6.7 2,048 28,856 7.2 2,048 34,674 6.6 2,051

General office clerks ............... 27,459 1.1 2,025 27,275 1.4 2,036 27,913 1.9 2,000

Bank tellers ............................. 22,317 1.8 2,049 22,317 1.8 2,049 – – –

Proofreaders ........................... 36,686 18.2 2,080 27,384 10.9 2,080 – – –

Data entry keyers ................... 25,621 2.4 2,049 25,240 2.7 2,059 27,545 3.1 1,998

Statistical clerks ...................... 30,586 4.5 2,041 31,437 4.2 2,036 27,058 10.1 2,059

Teachers’ aides ...................... 15,284 1.6 1,376 16,670 3.6 1,631 15,156 1.8 1,352

Administrative support, n.e.c. 29,653 1.7 2,035 29,456 2.3 2,046 30,521 2.5 1,987

Blue Collar ............................................. 32,811 1.0 2,069 32,618 1.0 2,073 35,944 1.6 2,012

Precision production, craft, and

repair ............................................ 40,443 1.1 2,070 40,363 1.1 2,070 41,488 2.0 2,068

Supervisors, mechanics and

repairers ........................... 50,754 3.4 2,134 50,653 3.7 2,139 51,857 5.2 2,072

Automobile mechanics ........... 38,967 3.1 2,097 38,378 2.9 2,100 44,649 10.9 2,069

Automobile mechanic

apprentices ....................... 29,318 12.0 2,124 29,072 12.5 2,126 – – –

Bus, truck, and stationary

engine mechanics ............. 37,500 2.2 2,083 37,046 2.5 2,087 41,196 2.5 2,052

Aircraft engine mechanics ...... 55,515 6.9 2,081 55,539 6.9 2,081 – – –

Small engine repairs ............... 31,036 8.3 2,062 31,010 8.4 2,062 – – –

Automobile body and related

repairers ........................... 33,285 3.7 2,080 33,237 3.7 2,080 – – –

Aircraft mechanics except

engine ............................... 53,345 6.9 2,080 53,345 6.9 2,080 – – –

Heavy equipment mechanics 39,252 3.3 2,078 39,071 4.1 2,078 40,224 6.4 2,078

Farm equipment mechanics ... 31,315 5.3 2,154 31,374 5.4 2,155 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Blue Collar –Continued

Precision production, craft, and

repair –Continued

Industrial machinery repairers $42,935 2.5 2,072 $42,865 2.6 2,072 $48,366 8.9 2,080

Machinery maintenance ......... 32,891 4.6 2,066 32,915 4.8 2,068 32,301 11.1 2,011

Electronic repairers,

communications and

industrial equipment ......... 45,470 5.4 2,077 45,518 5.7 2,077 44,494 8.3 2,080

Data processing equipment

repairers ........................... 41,987 9.5 2,057 42,733 10.6 2,054 – – –

Household appliance and

power tool repairers .......... 33,469 5.8 2,090 33,469 5.8 2,090 – – –

Telephone line installers and

repairers ........................... 52,076 4.2 2,064 52,322 4.2 2,064 – – –

Telephone installers and

repairers ........................... 49,550 2.9 2,079 49,388 3.0 2,080 – – –

Heating, air conditioning, and

refrigeration mechanics .... 36,057 3.3 2,076 35,854 3.6 2,079 37,940 5.6 2,041

Locksmiths and safe repairers 32,434 8.8 2,149 – – – – – –

Office machine repairers ........ 34,193 11.6 2,076 33,953 11.8 2,076 – – –

Mechanical controls and valve

repairers ........................... 46,871 3.7 2,080 47,613 5.0 2,080 44,699 6.4 2,080

Millwrights ............................... 46,958 5.9 2,075 46,968 5.9 2,075 – – –

Mechanics and repairers,

n.e.c. ................................. 34,164 2.9 2,051 33,952 3.2 2,048 35,388 3.3 2,064

Supervisors, brickmasons,

stonemasons, and

tilesetters .......................... 45,246 14.3 2,080 – – – – – –

Supervisors, carpenters and

related workers ................. 55,255 5.8 2,110 55,833 5.6 2,111 – – –

Supervisors, electricians and

power transmission

installers ........................... 61,591 4.4 2,091 62,347 4.5 2,092 53,878 14.7 2,078

Supervisors, painters,

paperhangers and

plasterers .......................... 44,752 5.6 2,100 44,699 5.7 2,100 – – –

Supervisors, plumbers,

pipefitters, and

steamfitters ....................... 58,268 4.2 2,032 58,062 5.2 2,020 59,125 13.1 2,081

Supervisors, construction

trades, n.e.c. ..................... 44,496 4.9 2,064 44,926 6.4 2,060 43,115 5.1 2,077

Brickmasons and

stonemasons .................... 54,980 6.8 2,004 55,101 6.8 2,003 – – –

Tile setters, hard and soft ....... 40,789 20.4 2,071 40,789 20.4 2,071 – – –

Carpet installers ...................... 42,584 18.3 2,080 42,584 18.3 2,080 – – –

Carpenters .............................. 39,688 4.1 2,060 39,520 4.5 2,060 42,349 6.5 2,057

Carpenter apprentices ............ 32,542 7.9 2,080 32,542 7.9 2,080 – – –

Drywall installers ..................... 33,699 4.8 2,066 33,699 4.8 2,066 – – –

Electricians ............................. 51,916 2.2 2,064 52,686 2.3 2,063 44,602 5.3 2,069

Electrician apprentices ........... 31,292 3.9 2,067 31,058 3.9 2,067 – – –

Electrical power installers and

repairers ........................... 55,377 2.6 2,080 55,395 3.1 2,080 55,249 5.6 2,080

Painters, construction and

maintenance ..................... 29,466 4.6 2,025 28,685 5.2 2,022 39,630 8.4 2,059

Plasterers ............................... 30,396 8.7 2,048 28,848 8.7 2,046 – – –

Plumbers, pipefitters and

steamfitters ....................... 47,389 3.1 2,064 47,970 3.3 2,065 39,026 9.1 2,050

Plumbers, pipefitters and

steamfitters apprentices ... 30,166 4.5 2,078 29,611 5.0 2,078 39,297 7.9 2,080

Concrete and terrazzo

finishers ............................ 36,639 10.1 1,977 36,643 10.2 1,976 – – –

Glaziers .................................. 37,092 6.9 2,080 34,819 8.7 2,080 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Blue Collar –Continued

Precision production, craft, and

repair –Continued

Insulation workers ................... $36,542 11.1 2,071 $36,537 11.1 2,071 – – –

Paving, surfacing, and

tamping equipment

operators .......................... 29,623 19.7 1,865 29,693 22.0 1,838 $29,065 3.8 2,080

Roofers ................................... 34,514 9.5 1,948 34,514 9.5 1,948 – – –

Sheetmetal duct installers ...... 50,317 12.5 2,080 50,317 12.5 2,080 – – –

Structural metal workers ......... 41,975 6.2 2,075 41,449 6.4 2,075 – – –

Construction trades, n.e.c. ...... 35,278 5.4 2,011 36,035 6.9 1,986 33,462 4.1 2,071

Supervisors, extractive ........... 56,228 18.2 2,170 56,228 18.2 2,170 – – –

Drillers, oil well ........................ 62,409 41.7 2,439 62,409 41.7 2,439 – – –

Mining machine operators ...... 42,242 11.2 2,080 42,242 11.2 2,080 – – –

Mining, n.e.c. .......................... 53,869 1.5 2,048 53,869 1.5 2,048 – – –

Supervisors, production .......... 44,631 2.2 2,100 44,537 2.3 2,100 49,876 14.6 2,080

Tool and die makers ............... 48,388 3.5 2,085 48,388 3.5 2,085 – – –

Tool and die maker

apprentices ....................... 38,457 9.5 2,080 38,457 9.5 2,080 – – –

Precision assemblers, metal ... 42,024 6.6 2,080 42,024 6.6 2,080 – – –

Machinists ............................... 40,736 2.6 2,078 40,623 2.6 2,078 – – –

Boilermakers ........................... 35,596 7.9 2,075 35,999 8.0 2,080 – – –

Precision grinders, filers, and

tool sharpeners ................. 36,538 7.7 2,073 36,538 7.7 2,073 – – –

Patternmakers and

modelmakers, metal ......... 43,616 9.6 2,079 43,616 9.6 2,079 – – –

Layout workers ....................... 39,476 17.2 2,080 39,476 17.2 2,080 – – –

Precious stones and metals

workers ............................. 29,727 14.8 2,067 29,727 14.8 2,067 – – –

Sheet metal workers ............... 38,680 6.5 2,051 38,680 6.5 2,051 – – –

Patternmakers and

modelmakers, wood ......... 37,445 14.6 2,080 37,445 14.6 2,080 – – –

Cabinet makers and bench

carpenters ......................... 27,141 6.1 2,079 27,003 5.9 2,079 – – –

Furniture and wood finishers .. 27,412 7.0 2,080 27,412 7.0 2,080 – – –

Tailors ..................................... 29,674 13.3 2,040 29,674 13.3 2,040 – – –

Upholsterers ........................... 30,474 16.2 2,080 30,474 16.2 2,080 – – –

Hand molders and shapers

except jewelers ................. 32,285 13.1 2,080 32,285 13.1 2,080 – – –

Patternmakers, layout

workers, and cutters ......... 36,294 7.0 1,948 36,333 7.1 1,947 – – –

Dental laboratory and medical

appliance technicians ....... 31,979 3.1 2,059 31,801 3.2 2,058 – – –

Bookbinders ............................ 29,055 10.7 2,071 29,055 10.7 2,071 – – –

Electrical and electronic

equipment assemblers ..... 26,987 4.0 2,076 26,987 4.0 2,076 – – –

Miscellaneous precision

workers, n.e.c. .................. 31,693 8.1 2,069 31,670 8.1 2,069 – – –

Butchers and meat cutters ...... 24,356 4.2 2,060 24,356 4.2 2,060 – – –

Bakers .................................... 23,913 4.6 2,045 23,800 4.6 2,044 – – –

Food batchmakers .................. 25,247 9.7 2,090 25,247 9.7 2,090 – – –

Inspectors, testers, and

graders ............................. 40,214 3.2 2,092 39,898 3.4 2,094 46,022 7.4 2,062

Precision inspectors, testers,

and related workers, n.e.c. 46,175 10.0 2,080 46,175 10.0 2,080 – – –

Adjusters and calibrators ........ 36,963 12.3 1,967 36,963 12.3 1,967 – – –

Water and sewer treatment

plant operators .................. 40,323 2.8 2,080 39,642 8.7 2,080 40,445 3.0 2,080

Power plant operators ............ 56,437 3.4 2,079 56,545 3.7 2,080 55,509 7.0 2,066

Stationary engineers ............... 45,843 4.5 2,065 44,686 6.1 2,063 47,422 6.7 2,067

Miscellaneous plant and

system operators, n.e.c. ... 44,525 6.2 2,057 44,739 6.3 2,056 37,622 6.2 2,080

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Blue Collar –Continued

Machine operators, assemblers,

and inspectors ............................ $28,577 1.3 2,066 $28,554 1.3 2,066 $33,552 10.0 1,993

Lathe and turning machine

set-up operators ............... 34,107 4.9 2,080 34,107 4.9 2,080 – – –

Lathe and turning machine

operators .......................... 34,696 5.0 2,078 34,696 5.0 2,078 – – –

Milling and planing machine

operators .......................... 29,593 5.1 2,080 29,593 5.1 2,080 – – –

Punching and stamping press

operators .......................... 28,132 7.7 2,080 28,132 7.7 2,080 – – –

Rolling machine operators ...... 29,568 10.4 2,080 29,568 10.4 2,080 – – –

Drilling and boring machine

operators .......................... 26,970 11.1 2,075 26,970 11.1 2,075 – – –

Grinding, abrading, buffing,

and polishing machine

operators .......................... 28,008 2.6 2,076 28,008 2.6 2,076 – – –

Forging machine operators ..... 28,405 9.5 2,065 28,405 9.5 2,065 – – –

Numerical control machine

operators .......................... 32,849 3.8 2,078 32,849 3.8 2,078 – – –

Fabricating machine

operators, n.e.c. ................ 33,184 3.6 2,074 33,184 3.6 2,074 – – –

Molding and casting machine

operators .......................... 26,516 3.8 2,064 26,516 3.8 2,064 – – –

Metal plating machine

operators .......................... 28,562 6.3 2,074 28,562 6.3 2,074 – – –

Heat treating equipment

operators .......................... 33,817 6.5 2,066 33,817 6.5 2,066 – – –

Wood lathe, routing, & planing

machine operators ............ 24,498 7.3 2,080 24,498 7.3 2,080 – – –

Sawing machine operators ..... 24,379 4.8 2,072 24,379 4.8 2,072 – – –

Shaping and jointing machine

operators .......................... 26,775 2.9 2,079 26,775 2.9 2,079 – – –

Printing press operators ......... 33,251 2.2 2,055 33,357 2.3 2,057 28,421 5.0 1,938

Photoengravers and

lithographers ..................... 35,918 4.4 2,040 35,918 4.4 2,040 – – –

Typesetters and compositors 30,179 6.5 2,011 30,216 6.5 2,011 – – –

Winding and twisting machine

operators .......................... 27,619 8.9 2,068 27,619 8.9 2,068 – – –

Knitting, looping, taping, and

weaving machine

operators .......................... 23,886 1.9 2,077 23,886 1.9 2,077 – – –

Textile cutting machine

operators .......................... 20,896 5.0 2,010 20,896 5.0 2,010 – – –

Textile sewing machine

operators .......................... 18,385 6.1 2,035 18,384 6.1 2,035 – – –

Pressing machine operators ... 19,056 5.0 2,065 19,056 5.0 2,065 – – –

Laundering and dry cleaning

machine operators ............ 19,417 6.6 2,048 19,483 6.9 2,056 17,978 11.4 1,870

Cementing and gluing

machine operators ............ 24,965 9.8 2,080 24,965 9.8 2,080 – – –

Packaging and filling machine

operators .......................... 27,668 3.9 2,067 27,668 3.9 2,067 – – –

Extruding and forming

machine operators ............ 28,398 4.5 2,055 28,398 4.5 2,055 – – –

Mixing and blending machine

operators .......................... 32,358 5.0 2,043 32,358 5.0 2,043 – – –

Separating, filtering, and

clarifying machine

operators .......................... 40,659 5.2 2,071 40,680 5.2 2,071 – – –

Compressing and compacting

machine operators ............ 24,713 4.4 2,075 24,713 4.4 2,075 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Blue Collar –Continued

Machine operators, assemblers,

and inspectors –Continued

Painting and paint spraying

machine operators ............ $30,374 3.4 2,081 $30,361 3.4 2,081 – – –

Roasting and baking machine

operators, food ................. 26,799 9.8 2,080 26,799 9.8 2,080 – – –

Washing, cleaning, and

pickling machine operators 28,783 10.7 2,080 28,783 10.7 2,080 – – –

Folding machine operators ..... 29,485 10.1 2,080 29,485 10.1 2,080 – – –

Furnace, kiln, and oven

operators, except food ...... 31,443 6.8 2,068 31,264 7.0 2,069 – – –

Crushing and grinding

machine operators ............ 28,524 7.6 2,034 28,524 7.6 2,034 – – –

Slicing and cutting machine

operators .......................... 29,056 3.3 2,074 29,056 3.3 2,074 – – –

Photographic process

machine operators ............ 24,842 5.4 2,021 24,842 5.4 2,021 – – –

Miscellaneous machine

operators, n.e.c. ................ 29,736 2.8 2,060 29,688 2.8 2,060 $42,653 15.1 2,036

Welders and cutters ................ 33,843 2.4 2,073 33,481 2.4 2,073 43,707 7.7 2,080

Solders and braziers ............... 23,189 10.9 2,080 23,189 10.9 2,080 – – –

Assemblers ............................. 29,698 2.7 2,074 29,698 2.7 2,074 – – –

Hand cutting and trimming ...... 20,098 12.0 2,075 20,098 12.0 2,075 – – –

Hand molding, casting, and

forming .............................. 22,100 12.1 2,080 22,100 12.1 2,080 – – –

Hand painting, coating, and

decorating ......................... 22,489 12.2 2,070 22,508 12.3 2,070 – – –

Hand engraving and printing .. 34,605 20.2 1,983 34,605 20.2 1,983 – – –

Miscellaneous hand working,

n.e.c. ................................. 26,102 6.4 2,057 26,102 6.4 2,057 – – –

Production inspectors,

checkers and examiners ... 28,558 4.4 2,067 28,555 4.4 2,067 – – –

Production testers ................... 26,972 8.0 2,073 26,972 8.0 2,073 – – –

Production samplers and

weighers ........................... 27,075 14.8 2,080 27,075 14.8 2,080 – – –

Graders and sorters except

agricultural ........................ 21,398 5.7 2,032 21,398 5.7 2,032 – – –

Hand inspectors, n.e.c. ........... 23,730 7.7 2,076 23,730 7.7 2,076 – – –

Transportation and material

moving ......................................... 32,486 1.8 2,100 32,490 2.0 2,123 32,448 2.2 1,899

Supervisors, motor vehicle

operators .......................... 39,791 6.1 2,192 39,849 7.5 2,239 39,635 11.0 2,067

Truck drivers ........................... 32,395 2.2 2,161 32,320 2.2 2,164 34,459 5.4 2,071

Driver-sales workers ............... 31,263 6.4 2,104 31,226 6.4 2,104 – – –

Bus drivers .............................. 28,017 2.8 1,728 25,166 10.0 2,020 28,778 2.7 1,650

Taxicab drivers and

chauffeurs ......................... 19,677 6.8 2,015 19,630 7.0 2,014 21,896 9.7 2,080

Parking lot attendants ............. 20,629 10.7 2,080 20,596 10.9 2,080 – – –

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ..... 26,141 5.9 2,035 24,062 7.2 2,046 36,409 7.1 1,985

Railroad conductors and

yardmasters ...................... 57,925 14.4 2,216 57,672 14.7 2,218 – – –

Locomotive operating ............. 57,465 11.1 2,120 59,517 13.6 2,131 50,129 3.9 2,080

Rail vehicle operators, n.e.c. .. 45,022 3.3 2,080 – – – – – –

Ship captains and mates

except fishing boats .......... 41,284 9.3 2,319 40,613 9.3 2,326 – – –

Sailors and deckhands ........... 28,350 4.6 2,393 27,111 5.0 2,442 38,288 5.0 1,998

Marine engineers .................... 37,254 16.5 2,056 36,722 16.9 2,055 – – –

Supervisors, material moving

equipment ......................... 46,578 4.1 2,120 46,747 4.1 2,123 40,113 10.1 2,011

Operating engineers ............... 39,901 6.4 1,938 43,135 7.6 1,861 33,972 9.8 2,078

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Blue Collar –Continued

Transportation and material

moving –Continued

Longshore equipment

operators .......................... $51,379 11.4 1,837 $51,379 11.4 1,837 – – –

Crane and tower operators ..... 34,762 7.9 2,080 34,528 7.9 2,080 – – –

Excavating and loading

machine operators ............ 34,184 4.5 2,031 34,205 4.4 2,026 $34,020 12.1 2,070

Grader, dozer, and scrapper

operators .......................... 33,568 5.2 2,061 34,646 6.4 2,050 32,040 10.2 2,077

Industrial truck and tractor

equipment operators ......... 29,642 2.6 2,066 29,670 2.6 2,067 27,576 2.3 1,991

Miscellaneous material

moving equipment

operators, n.e.c. ................ 33,127 4.2 2,069 33,358 4.8 2,072 31,716 4.9 2,049

Handlers, equipment cleaners,

helpers, and laborers ................. 24,860 1.4 2,047 24,468 1.5 2,047 30,136 2.6 2,050

Nursery workers ..................... 21,671 9.5 1,937 21,813 9.6 1,931 – – –

Supervisors,

agriculture-Related

workers ............................. 50,157 18.1 2,110 52,181 21.5 2,118 42,427 6.6 2,080

Groundskeepers and

gardeners except farm ...... 23,691 4.0 1,962 21,598 5.4 1,942 28,363 4.1 2,005

Animal caretakers except farm 24,327 8.0 2,056 23,130 7.0 2,069 29,132 12.4 2,005

Inspectors, agricultural

products ............................ 21,113 17.5 2,053 21,113 17.5 2,053 – – –

Supervisors, handlers,

equipment cleaners, and

laborers, n.e.c. .................. 39,260 8.1 2,038 39,159 9.6 2,032 39,996 7.4 2,080

Helpers, mechanics and

repairers ........................... 24,399 6.1 2,059 23,308 6.1 2,061 32,366 5.0 2,049

Helpers, construction trades ... 25,180 4.1 2,035 25,025 4.3 2,033 29,998 8.4 2,080

Helpers, extractive .................. 19,513 16.2 1,898 19,513 16.2 1,898 – – –

Construction laborers ............. 28,263 3.4 1,994 28,403 3.7 1,989 26,863 5.8 2,048

Production helpers .................. 23,841 3.2 2,067 23,864 3.2 2,069 – – –

Garbage collectors ................. 31,284 8.2 2,172 28,812 7.0 2,225 35,769 12.1 2,077

Stock handlers and baggers ... 23,078 1.9 2,058 23,048 1.9 2,058 26,574 10.3 2,069

Machine feeders and

offbearers ......................... 22,095 3.8 2,068 22,119 3.8 2,068 – – –

Freight, stock, and material

handlers, n.e.c. ................. 26,460 2.7 2,069 26,424 2.7 2,069 29,855 13.7 2,080

Garage and service station

related ............................... 19,527 6.7 2,068 19,371 6.7 2,068 – – –

Vehicle washers and

equipment cleaners .......... 21,156 3.7 2,079 21,069 3.7 2,079 29,829 5.7 2,057

Hand packers and packagers 20,419 4.5 2,038 20,418 4.5 2,038 – – –

Laborers except construction,

n.e.c. ................................. 23,968 2.9 2,057 23,262 3.0 2,055 29,298 4.8 2,076

Service ................................................... 23,460 2.0 2,002 19,763 1.3 1,998 35,443 1.9 2,014

Protective service ....................... 37,434 3.0 2,110 21,290 2.1 2,055 46,326 3.0 2,139

Supervisors, firefighters and

fire prevention ................... 68,673 5.5 2,533 – – – 68,673 5.5 2,533

Supervisors, police and

detectives ......................... 64,461 3.1 2,086 – – – 64,604 3.1 2,086

Supervisors, guards ................ 41,767 8.2 2,057 34,209 7.4 2,057 58,506 8.5 2,059

Fire inspection and fire

prevention ......................... 40,703 15.9 2,171 – – – 48,406 11.9 2,201

Firefighting .............................. 47,364 3.0 2,499 – – – 47,422 3.0 2,499

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Service –Continued

Protective service –Continued

Police and detectives, public

service .............................. $50,063 1.0 2,073 – – – $50,129 1.0 2,073

Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law

enforcement officers ......... 40,219 2.5 2,073 – – – 40,550 2.4 2,073

Correctional institution officers 35,618 6.4 2,075 – – – 35,990 6.7 2,075

Guards and police except

public service .................... 20,612 2.2 2,052 $20,403 2.1 2,057 25,662 7.6 1,943

Protective service, n.e.c. ........ 26,413 10.6 1,908 19,481 5.2 1,951 32,685 6.9 1,869

Food service ............................... 16,740 1.4 1,957 16,697 1.4 1,989 17,291 2.5 1,542

Waiters, waitresses, and

bartenders

Bartenders .............................. 13,284 6.2 1,944 13,284 6.2 1,944 – – –

Waiters and waitresses .......... 8,789 5.3 1,906 8,751 5.3 1,906 – – –

Waiters’/Waitresses’

assistants .......................... 12,432 6.3 1,966 12,355 7.2 1,972 – – –

Other food service

Supervisors, food preparation

and service ....................... 27,856 2.9 2,060 28,740 3.1 2,124 22,340 5.2 1,660

Cooks ..................................... 19,818 1.5 1,980 19,947 1.5 2,014 18,187 3.9 1,554

Kitchen workers, food

preparation ....................... 17,001 2.6 1,933 17,529 2.9 2,007 14,142 3.9 1,531

Food preparation, n.e.c. ......... 16,109 1.4 1,937 16,169 1.8 1,995 15,621 5.0 1,467

Health service ............................. 22,471 1.5 2,010 22,028 1.6 2,011 25,240 2.3 2,004

Dental assistants .................... 28,842 3.9 1,889 28,861 4.0 1,887 – – –

Health aides, except nursing .. 24,374 2.8 2,041 23,904 3.3 2,053 26,876 3.4 1,980

Nursing aides, orderlies and

attendants ......................... 20,959 1.1 2,015 20,328 1.1 2,016 24,602 2.8 2,011

Cleaning and building service ..... 22,677 1.9 2,033 21,575 1.9 2,033 26,185 2.5 2,033

Supervisors, cleaning and

building service workers ... 35,002 5.1 2,060 33,770 4.9 2,068 38,093 10.3 2,039

Maids and housemen ............. 16,646 1.8 1,997 16,609 1.8 1,995 18,151 4.6 2,077

Janitors and cleaners ............. 23,310 2.0 2,041 22,348 3.1 2,046 25,321 1.8 2,031

Personal service ......................... 20,490 6.2 1,882 20,536 6.1 1,920 20,161 6.2 1,618

Supervisors, personal service 33,141 8.2 2,095 32,741 9.5 2,104 38,008 8.3 1,993

Hairdressers and

cosmetologists .................. 27,331 11.4 1,973 27,331 11.4 1,973 – – –

Attendants, amusement, and

recreation facilities ............ 14,637 4.6 2,021 14,498 3.8 2,019 21,449 7.8 2,080

Guides .................................... 29,523 8.3 2,026 29,523 8.3 2,026 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2004 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Service –Continued

Personal service –Continued

Public transportation

attendants ......................... $33,267 1.8 1,030 $33,562 1.5 993 $28,106 17.7 1,673

Baggage porters and bellhops 14,970 6.0 1,993 14,970 6.0 1,993 – – –

Welfare service aides ............. 22,161 4.2 2,002 21,241 3.8 2,017 25,717 5.5 1,945

Early childhood teachers’

assistants .......................... 16,138 5.0 1,813 16,563 5.9 1,975 15,197 4.6 1,455

Child care workers, n.e.c. ....... 18,325 5.0 1,945 17,861 3.8 2,047 20,591 21.1 1,451

Service, n.e.c. ......................... 24,519 5.9 2,032 24,307 6.7 2,044 26,442 3.9 1,919

1 Earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees.

They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded

are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and

tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the

number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule

based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a

35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one

establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is

the minimum full-time schedule. 3 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between

December 2003 and January 2005. The average reference period was July 2004. 4 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to

cover all workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see appendix B in

"National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States" on the

BLS Internet site www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a

percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a

sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A in "National

Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States" on the BLS

Internet site www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm. 6 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year,

exclusive of overtime.

NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet

publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall

occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 

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