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USDL 06-896

For release: 10:00 A.M. EDT

Wednesday, May 24, 2006

OCCUPATIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES, MAY 2005

Management and legal occupations were the 2 highest paying of the 22 major occupational groups in

May 2005, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor. Over 30 percent

of the workers in each of these occupational groups earned more than $43.75 per hour. (See table A.) The

major occupational group with the highest employment level in May 2005 was office and administrative

support workers, followed by sales and related workers, and food preparation and serving related workers.

(See chart 1.)

Chart 1. Mean hourly wage and percent of total employment by major occupational group

0 5 10 15 20 25

Food preparation and serving related ($8.58)

Farming, fishing, and forestry ($10.10)

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance ($10.55)

Personal care and service ($10.67)

Healthcare support ($11.47)

Transportation and material moving ($13.85)

Office and administrative support ($14.28)

Production ($14.37)

Sales and related ($15.77)

Protective service ($17.19)

Community and social services ($18.04)

Installation, maintenance, and repair ($18.30)

Construction and extraction ($18.39)

Education, training, and library ($20.89)

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media ($21.30)

Business and financial operations ($27.85)

Life, physical, and social science ($27.90)

Healthcare practitioner and technical ($28.45)

Architecture and engineering ($30.73)

Computer and mathematical science ($32.26)

Legal ($38.98)

Management ($42.52)

Occupational group (with mean hourly wage shown in parentheses)

Employment level in millions

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Management ....................................................

Business and financial operations .......................

Computer and mathematical science ..................

Architecture and engineering .............................

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

Community and social services ..........................

Legal................................................................

Education, training, and library ...........................

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media ....

Healthcare practitioner and technical .................

Healthcare support ............................................

Protective service .............................................

Food preparation and serving related..................

Building and grounds cleaning and

 maintenance .................................................

Personal care and service .................................

Sales and related...............................................

Office and administrative support.......................

Farming, fishing, and forestry.............................

Construction and extraction ...............................

Installation, maintenance, and repair ...................

Production ........................................................

Transportation and material moving....................

$17.00

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$34.49

Wage range

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$10.74

Major occupational group $10.75

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Table A. Distribution of workers in each major occupational group by wage range,

May 2005

(Percent distribution)

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These estimates for wage and salary workers are from the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES)

survey, a federal-state cooperative program between BLS and State Workforce Agencies. The OES survey

provides national, state, and metropolitan area estimates of employment and wages for 22 major occupational

groups and for 801 detailed occupations, as defined by the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)

system. Table B displays the number of detailed occupations within each major occupational group, as well

as the level and distribution of employment across the occupational groups.

The major occupational groups with the lowest average wages were food preparation and serving related;

farming, fishing, and forestry; building and grounds cleaning and maintenance; and personal care and service.

At least 38 percent of workers in each of these groups earned less than $8.50 per hour.

Major occupational groups in which the employment was concentrated in the middle wage ranges shown

in table A (hourly wages from $13.50 to $27.24) included business and financial operations occupations;

community and social services occupations; education, training, and library occupations; healthcare practitioner and technical occupations; construction and extraction occupations; and installation, maintenance, and

repair occupations.

NOTE: Dash represents or rounds to zero.
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Occupations

Major occupational group

Table B. Number of detailed occupations in each major occupational group and group

employment distribution, May 2005

Number

Employment

Percent of

 total

Percent of

 total

Number

 Total................................................... 100.0 130,307,850 100.0

Management .................................................... 34 4.2 5,960,560 4.6

Business and financial operations ...................... 30 3.7 5,410,410 4.2

Computer and mathematical science ................. 16 2.0 2,952,740 2.3

Architecture and engineering ............................ 35 4.4 2,382,480 1.8

Life, physical, and social science ...................... 44 5.5 1,185,730

Community and social services ......................... 17 2.1 1,692,950 1.3

Legal............................................................... 1.1 986,740

Education, training, and library .......................... 61 7.6 8,078,500 6.2

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media ... 41 5.1 1,683,310 1.3

Healthcare practitioner and technical ................ 53 6.6 6,547,350 5.0

Healthcare support ........................................... 15 1.9 3,363,800 2.6

Protective service ............................................ 21 2.6 3,056,660 2.3

Food preparation and serving related................. 18 2.2 10,797,700 8.3

Building and grounds cleaning and

 maintenance ................................................ 10 1.2 4,342,550 3.3

Personal care and service ................................ 34 4.2 3,188,850 2.4

Sales and related.............................................. 22 2.7 13,930,320

Office and administrative support...................... 55 6.9 22,784,330

Farming, fishing, and forestry............................ 16 2.0 443,070

Construction and extraction .............................. 59 7.4 6,370,400 4.9

Installation, maintenance, and repair .................. 51 6.4 5,305,260 4.1

Production ....................................................... 110 13.7 10,249,220 7.9

Transportation and material moving................... 50 6.2 9,594,920 7.4

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Employment and Wages for Detailed Occupations

The detailed occupations with the largest number of employees were sales related. Retail salespersons

and cashiers accounted for about 4.3 and 3.5 million workers, respectively. Other occupations with more

than 2 million workers were general office clerks; registered nurses; laborers and freight, stock, and material

movers, hand; combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food; waiters and waitresses;

janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners; and customer service representatives.

Among these large occupations, registered nurses had the highest average hourly earnings—$27.35. For the

other large occupations, average hourly earnings ranged from $7.48 for combined food preparation and

serving workers, including fast food, to $14.27 for customer service representatives. (See table 1.)

Specialist physicians and dentists accounted for 12 of the 14 highest-paying detailed occupations in May

2005. The average hourly wages for these healthcare occupations ranged from $85.43 for surgeons to

$64.27 for general dentists. Food preparation and serving related workers accounted for several of the

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lowest-paying occupations. The lowest-paying occupation was fast food cooks; workers in that occupation

earned $7.45 per hour.

Table 1 shows national cross-industry employment and wage estimates for detailed occupations within

each major occupational group. The OES program also provides national occupational employment and

wage data by detailed industry, and cross-industry estimates for all states, 375 metropolitan statistical areas,

and 34 metropolitan divisions. Employment and wage data for states and metropolitan areas for May 2005

are now available on http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oessrcst.htm. National data for over 300 industries are

available on http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oessrci.htm. The OES survey is based on information on over

 84 million workers, collected in six semiannual panels from a sample of 1.2 million business establishments.

For additional information, contact the Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics, Division of

Occupational Employment Statistics, Room 2135, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20212;

telephone: 202-691-6569; e-mail: oesinfo@bls.gov.

Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice

phone: 202-691-5200; TDD message referral phone number: 1-800-877-8339.

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Change in Publication Schedule of Occupational Employment Statistics

Due to budget constraints in the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) program,

BLS will return to publishing OES data only once a year beginning with this release of May

2005 estimates. The next set of OES data to be released will be data for May 2006, which

will be released in the spring of 2007.

Introduction of New Metropolitan Area Definitions

With the issuance of data for May 2005, the OES program has incorporated redefined

metropolitan area definitions as designated by the Office of Management and Budget. OES

data are available for 375 metropolitan statistical areas and 34 metropolitan divisions. A listing of the areas and their definitions can be found at http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/

oessrcma.htm.
Technical Note

Scope of the survey

The Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) survey is a

semiannual mail survey measuring occupational employment

and wage rates for wage and salary workers in nonfarm

establishments in the United States. Guam, Puerto Rico, and

the Virgin Islands also are surveyed, but their data are not

included in this release. OES estimates are constructed from

a sample of about 1.2 million establishments. Forms are mailed

to approximately 200,000 establishments in May and November

of each year for a 3-year period. The nationwide response rate

for the May 2005 survey was 78.4 percent based on

establishments and 73.2 percent based on employment. The

survey included establishments sampled in the May 2005,

November 2004, May 2004, November 2003, May 2003, and

November 2002 semiannual panels.

The occupational coding system

The OES survey uses the Office of Management and

Budget’s (OMB) occupational classification system, the

Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. The SOC

system is the first OMB-required occupational classification system for federal agencies. The OES survey categorizes workers in 1 of 801 detailed occupations. Together,

these detailed occupations comprise 23 major occupational

groups, one of which—military specific occupations—is not

included in the OES survey. The major groups are as follows:

For more information about the SOC system, please see the

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Web site at http://

www.bls.gov/soc/home.htm.

The industry coding system

The OES survey uses the North American Industry

Classification System (NAICS). For more information about

NAICS, see the BLS Web site at http://www.bls.gov/bls/

naics.htm.

The OES survey includes establishments in NAICS sectors

11 (logging and agricultural support activities only), 21, 22, 23,

31-33, 42, 44-45, 48-49, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 61, 62, 71, 72, 81

(except private households), state government, and local

government. The U.S. Postal Service and the executive branch

of the federal government also are included. An establishment

is defined as an economic unit that processes goods or

provides services, such as a factory, mine, or store. The

establishment is generally at a single physical location and is

engaged primarily in one type of economic activity.

The OES survey covers all full- and part-time wage and

salary workers in nonfarm industries. The survey does not

include the self-employed owners and partners in

unincorporated firms, household workers, or unpaid family

workers.

Survey sample

BLS funds the survey and provides the procedures and

technical support, while the State Workforce Agencies

(SWAs) collect most of the data. BLS produces cross-industry

and industry-specific estimates for the nation, states, and

metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs). Industry-specific

estimates are produced at the NAICS sector, 3-digit, 4-digit,

and selected 5-digit industry levels. BLS releases all crossindustry and national estimates; the SWAs release industryspecific estimates at the state and MSA levels.

State Unemployment Insurance (UI) files provide the

universe from which the OES survey draws its sample.

Employment benchmarks are obtained from reports submitted

by employers to the UI program. Supplemental sources are

used for rail transportation (NAICS 4821) and Guam because

they do not report to the UI program. The OES survey sample

is stratified by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas and

industry. Samples selected in panels prior to May 2005 were

stratified using MSA definitions based on the 1990

Metropolitan Statistical Area standards. Beginning with the

May 2005 panel, the sample was stratified using new MSA

definitions based on the 2000 Metropolitan Statistical Area

standards.

A census of federal government and the U.S Postal Service

is taken every panel. A census of state government and

Hawaii’s local government is taken every November panel. In

order to provide the most occupational coverage, larger

employers are more likely to be selected than smaller employers.

The unweighted employment of sampled establishments make

up approximately 65 percent of total national employment.

Concepts

Occupational employment is the estimate of total wage and

salary employment in an occupation across the industries

surveyed. The OES survey defines employment as the number

of workers who can be classified as full- or part-time

employees, including workers on paid vacations or other

types of paid leave; workers on unpaid short-term absences;

 Management occupations

Business and financial operations occupations

Computer and mathematical science occupations

Architecture and engineering occupations

Life, physical, and social science occupations

Community and social services occupations

Legal occupations

Education, training, and library occupations

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations

Healthcare support occupations

Protective service occupations

Food preparation and serving related occupations

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations

Personal care and service occupations

Sales and related occupations

Office and administrative support occupations

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

Construction and extraction occupations

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

Production occupations

Transportation and material moving occupations

Military specific occupations (not surveyed in OES)
Interval Hourly

Wages

Annual

Range A Under $6.75 Under $14,040

Range B $6.75 to $8.49 $14,040 to $17,679

Range C $8.50 to $10.74 $17,680 to $22,359

Range D $10.75 to $13.49 $22,360 to $28,079

Range E $13.50 to $16.99 $28,080 to $35,359

Range F $17.00 to $21.49 $35,360 to $44,719

Range G $21.50 to $27.24 $44,720 to $56,679

Range H $27.25 to $34.49 $56,680 to $71,759

Range I $34.50 to $43.74 $71,760 to $90,999

Range J $43.75 to $55.49 $91,000 to $115,439

Range K $55.50 to $69.99 $115,440 to $145,599

Range L $70.00 and over $145,600 and over

salaried officers, executives, and staff members of

incorporated firms; employees temporarily assigned to other

units; and employees for whom the reporting unit is their

permanent duty station regardless of whether that unit

prepares their paycheck.

The OES survey form sent to establishments with more than

10 workers contains between 50 and 225 SOC occupations

selected on the basis of the sampled establishment’s industry

classification. To reduce paperwork and respondent burden,

no survey form contains every SOC occupation. Thus, data for

specific occupations are collected primarily from establishments

in industries that are the predominant employers of workers in

those occupations. Each survey form is structured, however, to

allow a respondent to provide detailed occupational information

for each worker at the establishment; that is, unlisted

occupations can be added to the survey form. Employers with

10 or fewer workers are sent a form with no occupations listed,

and are instructed to fill in the occupations for their workers.

Wages for the OES survey are straight-time, gross pay,

exclusive of premium pay. Base rate, cost-of-living allowances,

guaranteed pay, hazardous-duty pay, incentive pay including

commissions and production bonuses, tips, and on-call pay are

included. Excluded are back pay, jury duty pay, overtime pay,

severance pay, shift differentials, nonproduction bonuses,

employer cost for supplementary benefits, and tuition

reimbursements.

The OES survey collects wage data in 12 intervals.

Employers report the number of employees in an occupation

for each wage range. The wage intervals used for the May 2005

survey are as follows:

was used for all of the $70.00 and over data in the May 2005

survey. The wage rates for this interval do not go through any

wage updating procedures.

Percentile wage. The p-th percentile wage range for an

occupation is the wage where p percent of all workers earn that

amount or less and where (100-p) percent of all workers earn

that amount or more. This statistic is calculated by uniformly

distributing the workers inside each wage interval, ranking the

workers from lowest paid to highest paid, and calculating the

product of the total employment for the occupation and the

desired percentile to determine the worker that earns the p-th

percentile wage rate.

Annual wage. Many employees are paid at an hourly rate

by their employers and may work more than or less than 40

hours per week. Annual wage estimates for most occupations

in this release are calculated by multiplying the mean hourly

wage by a “year-round, full-time” figure of 2,080 hours (52

weeks by 40 hours). Thus, annual wage estimates may not

represent the actual annual pay received by the employee if

they work more or less than 2,080 hours per year. Some workers

typically work less than full time, year round. For these

occupations, the OES survey collects and reports either the

annual salary or the hourly wage rate, depending on how the

occupation is typically paid, but not both. For example,

teachers, flight attendants, and pilots may be paid an annual

salary, but do not work the usual 2,080 hours per year. In this

case, an annual salary is reported. Other workers, such as

entertainment workers, are paid hourly rates, but generally do

not work full time, year round. For these workers, only an

hourly wage is reported.

Hourly versus annual wage reporting. For each

occupation, respondents are asked to report the number of

employees paid within specific wage intervals. The intervals

are defined both as hourly rates and the corresponding annual

rates, where the annual rate for an occupation is calculated by

multiplying the hourly wage rate by a typical work year of 2,080

hours. The responding establishment can reference either the

hourly or the annual rate for full-time workers, but they are

instructed to report the hourly rate for part-time workers.

Estimation methodology

Each OES panel includes approximately 200,000

establishments. The OES survey is designed to produce

estimates using six panels (3 years) of data. The full six-panel

sample of 1.2 million establishments allows the production of

estimates at detailed levels of geography, industry, and

occupation.

Wage updating. Significant reductions in sampling errors

are obtained by combining six panels of data, particularly for

small geographic areas and occupations. Wages for the current

panel need no adjustment. However, wages in the five

previous panels need to be updated to the current panel’s

reference period.

The OES program uses the BLS Employment Cost Index

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

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

procedure adjusts each detailed occupation’s wage rate, as

Mean hourly wage. The mean hourly wage rate for an

occupation is the total wages that all workers in the occupation

earn in an hour divided by the total employment of the

occupation. To calculate the mean hourly wage of each

occupation, total weighted hourly wages are summed across all

intervals and divided by the occupation’s weighted survey

employment. The mean wage for each interval is based on

occupational wage data collected by the BLS Office of

Compensation and Working Conditions for the National

Compensation Survey (NCS).

The mean hourly wage value for the highest wage interval,

$70.00 and over, was computed separately for NCS data from

2004, 2003, and 2002. The average of these mean wage rates
measured in the earlier panel, according to the average

movement of its broader occupational division. The procedure

assumes that there are no major differences by geography,

industry, or detailed occupation within the occupational

division.

Imputation. About 20 percent of establishments do not

respond for a given panel. A “nearest neighbor” hot deck

imputation procedure is used to impute missing occupational

employment totals. A variant of mean imputation is used to

impute missing wage distributions. The variant of mean

imputation for wage distributions also is applied to

establishments that provide reports with occupational totals

but partial or missing wage data.

Weighting and benchmarking. The sample establishments

in each panel are weighted to represent all establishments that

were part of the in-scope frame from which the panel was

selected. Based on the sampled establishments, sampling

weights are adjusted when six panels are combined. Sampling

weights are further adjusted by the ratio of employment totals

(the average of November 2004 and May 2005 employment)

from the BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages to

employment totals from the OES survey.

May 2005 OES survey estimates. The May 2005 OES survey

estimates are based on all data collected from establishments

in the May 2005, November 2004, May 2004, November 2003,

May 2003, and November 2002 semiannual samples.

Reliability of the estimates. Estimates calculated from a

sample survey are subject to two types of error: sampling and

nonsampling. Sampling error occurs when estimates are

calculated from a subset (that is, a sample) of the population

instead of the full population. When a sample of the population

is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimate of the

characteristic of interest may differ from the population value

of that characteristic. Differences between the sample estimate

and the population value will vary depending on the sample

selected. This variability can be estimated by calculating the

standard error (SE) of the sample estimate. If we were to repeat

the sampling and estimation process countless times using the

same survey design, approximately 90 percent of the intervals

created by adding and subtracting 1.645 SEs from the sample

estimate would include the population value. These intervals

are called 90-percent confidence intervals. The OES survey,

however, usually uses the relative standard error (RSE) of a

sample estimate instead of its SE to measure sampling error.

RSE is defined as the SE of a sample estimate divided by the

sample estimate itself. This statistic provides the user with a

measure of the relative precision of the sample estimate. RSEs

are calculated for both occupational employment and mean

wage rate estimates. Occupational employment RSEs are

calculated using a subsample, random group replication

technique called the jackknife. Mean wage rate RSEs are

calculated using a variance components model that accounts

for both the observed and unobserved components of the wage

data. The variances of the unobserved components are

estimated using wage data from the BLS National

Compensation Survey. In general, estimates based on many

establishments have lower RSEs than estimates based on few

establishments. If the distributional assumptions of the models

are violated, the resulting confidence intervals may not reflect

the prescribed level of confidence.

Nonsampling error occurs for a variety of reasons, none of

which are directly connected to sampling. Examples of

nonsampling error include: nonresponse, data incorrectly

reported by the respondent, mistakes made in entering

collected data into the database, and mistakes made in editing

and processing the collected data.
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2005

Hourly Annual 1

Management occupations

Chief executives............................................................................................................................................ $67.22 $139,810 $68.48 321,300

General and operations managers............................................................................................................... 45.90 1,663,810 95,470 39.17 

Legislators.................................................................................................................................................... (2) 31,320 61,060 (2)

Advertising and promotions managers.......................................................................................................... 39.06 41,710 81,250 33.10 

Marketing managers..................................................................................................................................... 49.03 166,470 101,990 44.56 

Sales managers............................................................................................................................................ 47.36 317,970 98,510 42.11 

Public relations managers............................................................................................................................ 41.26 43,770 85,820 36.75 

Administrative services managers................................................................................................................ 33.44 239,410 69,540 30.78 

Computer and information systems managers............................................................................................. 49.21 259,330 102,360 46.41 

Financial managers....................................................................................................................................... 46.45 471,950 96,620 41.48 

Compensation and benefits managers......................................................................................................... 36.68 51,470 76,300 33.23 

Training and development managers............................................................................................................ 38.55 28,720 80,180 35.66 

Human resources managers, all other.......................................................................................................... 43.24 57,830 89,950 40.47 

Industrial production managers.................................................................................................................... 39.41 153,950 81,960 36.34 

Purchasing managers................................................................................................................................... 39.16 69,300 81,440 36.67 

Transportation, storage, and distribution managers..................................................................................... 36.12 84,870 75,130 33.23 

Farm, ranch, and other agricultural managers.............................................................................................. 26.81 4,070 55,760 24.60 

Farmers and ranchers.................................................................................................................................. 19.09 350 39,720 16.41 

Construction managers................................................................................................................................. 39.31 192,610 81,760 34.74 

Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program........................................................... 20.51 47,670 42,670 17.79 

Education administrators, elementary and secondary school...................................................................... (2) 76,890 213,250 (2)

Education administrators, postsecondary..................................................................................................... 37.78 105,360 78,590 33.82 

Education administrators, all other............................................................................................................... 33.38 24,710 69,430 30.85 

Engineering managers.................................................................................................................................. 50.71 187,410 105,470 48.44 

Food service managers................................................................................................................................ 21.60 191,420 44,930 19.87 

Funeral directors........................................................................................................................................... 27.04 21,960 56,240 22.90 

Gaming managers........................................................................................................................................ 31.69 3,310 65,920 28.82 

Lodging managers........................................................................................................................................ 22.80 31,040 47,420 19.53 

Medical and health services managers......................................................................................................... 37.09 230,130 77,140 33.51 

Natural sciences managers.......................................................................................................................... 47.66 40,400 99,140 44.75 

Postmasters and mail superintendents......................................................................................................... 25.83 26,120 53,740 25.34 

Property, real estate, and community association managers....................................................................... 24.31 154,230 50,570 20.14 

Social and community service managers..................................................................................................... 25.92 112,910 53,920 23.80 

Managers, all other....................................................................................................................................... 40.16 340,720 83,530 38.06 

Business and financial operations occupations

Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes............................................................ 33.68 10,640 70,060 25.87 

Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products............................................................................................. 25.47 12,970 52,970 22.44 

Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products...................................................................................... 23.58 132,900 49,050 20.61 

Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products................................................................. 25.27 267,410 52,560 23.57 

Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators............................................................................................ 23.66 234,030 49,210 22.21 

Insurance appraisers, auto damage.............................................................................................................. 23.43 12,900 48,740 23.12 

Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety,

 and transportation.................................................................................................................................. 25.63 161,810 53,320 23.73 

Cost estimators............................................................................................................................................. 26.91 204,330 55,980 25.01 

Emergency management specialists............................................................................................................ 23.90 11,240 49,720 22.10 

Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists................................................................................... 23.31 181,260 48,470 20.08 

Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists................................................................................... 24.88 97,740 51,750 23.49 

Training and development specialists.......................................................................................................... 23.58 206,860 49,060 22.05 

Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other............................................................ 24.27 171,880 50,480 23.29 

Logisticians................................................................................................................................................... 30.30 52,220 63,010 28.90 

Management analysts................................................................................................................................... 36.06 441,000 75,000 31.91 

Meeting and convention planners................................................................................................................ 21.44 40,040 44,590 19.85 

Business operations specialists, all other..................................................................................................... 28.38 916,290 59,030 26.22 

Accountants and auditors............................................................................................................................. 27.89 1,051,220 58,020 25.10 

Appraisers and assessors of real estate....................................................................................................... 23.96 63,800 49,830 20.88 

Budget analysts............................................................................................................................................. 29.89 53,510 62,180 28.32 

Credit analysts.............................................................................................................................................. 27.94 61,500 58,110 24.22 

Financial analysts.......................................................................................................................................... 35.16 180,910 73,130 30.70 

Personal financial advisors........................................................................................................................... 39.89 108,640 82,970 30.53 

Insurance underwriters................................................................................................................................. 27.15 98,970 56,480 24.65 

Financial examiners...................................................................................................................................... 32.74 22,160 68,090 30.33 

Loan counselors............................................................................................................................................ 20.85 28,030 43,370 17.15 

Loan officers.................................................................................................................................................. 28.53 332,690 59,350 23.77 

Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents........................................................................................... 23.78 72,290 49,460 21.26 

Tax preparers................................................................................................................................................ 14.90 58,850 31,000 12.36 

Financial specialists, all other....................................................................................................................... 27.47 122,320 57,130 24.64 

Computer and mathematical science occupations

Computer and information scientists, research............................................................................................. 45.21 25,890 94,030 43.86 

Computer programmers............................................................................................................................... 32.40 389,090 67,400 30.49 

Computer software engineers, applications.................................................................................................. 38.24 455,980 79,540 37.06 

Computer software engineers, systems software......................................................................................... 40.54 320,720 84,310 39.48 

Computer support specialists....................................................................................................................... 20.86 499,860 43,380 19.52 

Computer systems analysts......................................................................................................................... 33.86 492,120 70,430 32.84 

Database administrators............................................................................................................................... 31.54 99,380 65,590 30.41 

See footnotes at end of table.

Occupation

Mean wages

Employment Median hourly 

wages
Hourly Annual 1

Computer and mathematical science occupations―Continued

Network and computer systems administrators............................................................................................ $30.39 $63,210 $28.81 270,330

Network systems and data communications analysts.................................................................................. 31.23 185,190 64,970 29.69 

Computer specialists, all other...................................................................................................................... 30.38 116,760 63,190 28.57 

Actuaries...................................................................................................................................................... 43.63 15,770 90,760 39.25 

Mathematicians............................................................................................................................................. 39.02 2,930 81,150 38.90 

Operations research analysts....................................................................................................................... 31.70 52,530 65,940 29.90 

Statisticians.................................................................................................................................................. 31.79 17,480 66,130 30.02 

Mathematical technicians.............................................................................................................................. 22.23 1,430 46,230 17.54 

Mathematical scientists, all other.................................................................................................................. 29.60 7,320 61,560 29.74 

Architecture and engineering occupations

Architects, except landscape and naval........................................................................................................ 32.96 96,740 68,560 30.22 

Landscape architects.................................................................................................................................... 28.62 20,220 59,540 26.07 

Cartographers and photogrammetrists......................................................................................................... 24.68 11,260 51,340 23.20 

Surveyors...................................................................................................................................................... 23.53 54,220 48,950 22.05 

Aerospace engineers.................................................................................................................................... 41.08 81,100 85,450 40.43 

Agricultural engineers................................................................................................................................... 31.91 3,170 66,370 31.20 

Biomedical engineers.................................................................................................................................... 36.24 11,660 75,380 34.54 

Chemical engineers...................................................................................................................................... 38.09 27,550 79,230 37.09 

Civil engineers.............................................................................................................................................. 33.41 229,700 69,480 31.82 

Computer hardware engineers..................................................................................................................... 41.91 78,580 87,170 40.59 

Electrical engineers....................................................................................................................................... 36.57 144,920 76,060 35.34 

Electronics engineers, except computer....................................................................................................... 38.46 130,050 79,990 37.52 

Environmental engineers.............................................................................................................................. 34.00 50,140 70,720 32.74 

Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors............................................. 32.33 25,330 67,240 31.35 

Industrial engineers....................................................................................................................................... 32.93 191,640 68,500 32.05 

Marine engineers and naval architects......................................................................................................... 35.73 6,550 74,320 35.06 

Materials engineers....................................................................................................................................... 34.32 20,950 71,390 33.49 

Mechanical engineers................................................................................................................................... 33.65 220,750 70,000 32.49 

Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers........................................................... 36.09 5,680 75,070 33.69 

Nuclear engineers......................................................................................................................................... 43.60 14,290 90,690 42.45 

Petroleum engineers..................................................................................................................................... 46.80 14,860 97,350 44.71 

Engineers, all other....................................................................................................................................... 37.29 152,940 77,570 37.09 

Architectural and civil drafters....................................................................................................................... 20.24 101,040 42,110 19.42 

Electrical and electronics drafters................................................................................................................. 23.27 30,270 48,410 21.90 

Mechanical drafters....................................................................................................................................... 21.87 74,650 45,490 20.84 

Drafters, all other.......................................................................................................................................... 21.84 20,870 45,420 20.34 

Aerospace engineering and operations technicians..................................................................................... 26.31 9,950 54,720 25.22 

Civil engineering technicians........................................................................................................................ 19.61 90,390 40,780 18.85 

Electrical and electronic engineering technicians......................................................................................... 23.42 165,850 48,710 23.10 

Electro-mechanical technicians.................................................................................................................... 21.96 15,130 45,670 21.10 

Environmental engineering technicians........................................................................................................ 20.16 19,900 41,940 19.14 

Industrial engineering technicians................................................................................................................ 23.67 73,310 49,220 21.77 

Mechanical engineering technicians............................................................................................................. 22.37 46,580 46,520 21.55 

Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other....................................................................................... 25.19 78,300 52,400 25.25 

Surveying and mapping technicians............................................................................................................. 16.05 63,910 33,390 15.04 

Life, physical, and social science occupations

Animal scientists........................................................................................................................................... 22.88 3,000 47,600 20.76 

Food scientists and technologists................................................................................................................. 7,570 27.33 56,840 24.73 

Soil and plant scientists................................................................................................................................. 27.90 10,100 58,040 26.22 

Biochemists and biophysicists...................................................................................................................... 17,690 36.21 75,320 34.14 

Microbiologists.............................................................................................................................................. 15,250 30.46 63,360 27.34 

Zoologists and wildlife biologists................................................................................................................... 26.58 16,440 55,280 25.02 

Biological scientists, all other........................................................................................................................ 30.61 26,200 63,670 28.94 

Conservation scientists................................................................................................................................. 15,540 26.27 54,640 25.65 

Foresters...................................................................................................................................................... 10,750 24.53 51,030 23.40 

Epidemiologists............................................................................................................................................. 27.09 3,630 56,340 25.08 

Medical scientists, except epidemiologists................................................................................................... 73,670 33.24 69,140 29.68 

Life scientists, all other.................................................................................................................................. 31.04 12,790 64,570 27.10 

Astronomers.................................................................................................................................................. 48.73 970 101,360 50.32 

Physicists..................................................................................................................................................... 43.98 15,160 91,480 43.18 

Atmospheric and space scientists................................................................................................................ 35.11 7,050 73,020 35.55 

Chemists...................................................................................................................................................... 30.51 76,540 63,470 27.83 

Materials scientists....................................................................................................................................... 35.74 7,880 74,350 34.35 

Environmental scientists and specialists, including health............................................................................ 27.63 72,000 57,470 25.30 

Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers................................................................................... 38.46 27,430 79,990 34.44 

Hydrologists.................................................................................................................................................. 32.33 8,360 67,260 30.68 

Physical scientists, all other.......................................................................................................................... 40.57 23,800 84,380 40.05 

Economists.................................................................................................................................................... 38.90 12,470 80,900 35.43 

Market research analysts.............................................................................................................................. 30.95 195,710 64,370 27.55 

Survey researchers....................................................................................................................................... 18.13 21,650 37,710 14.97 

Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists............................................................................................. 30.75 98,820 63,960 27.49 

Industrial-organizational psychologists......................................................................................................... 43.26 1,070 89,980 40.72 

Psychologists, all other................................................................................................................................. 35.70 6,750 74,250 35.70 

See footnotes at end of table.

Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2005―Continued

Occupation

Mean wages

Employment Median hourly 

wages
Hourly Annual 1

Life, physical, and social science occupations―Continued

Sociologists.................................................................................................................................................. 3,500 $29.66 $61,700 $25.37

Urban and regional planners........................................................................................................................ 31,650 27.70 57,620 26.53 

Anthropologists and archeologists................................................................................................................ 4,790 24.07 50,060 22.07 

Geographers................................................................................................................................................. 31.07 810 64,620 30.56 

Historians..................................................................................................................................................... 2,850 23.86 49,620 21.35 

Political scientists......................................................................................................................................... 5,010 40.78 84,820 40.43 

Social scientists and related workers, all other............................................................................................. 31,900 31.27 65,040 30.12 

Agricultural and food science technicians.................................................................................................... 15.99 19,340 33,260 15.08 

Biological technicians.................................................................................................................................... 17.54 67,080 36,480 16.47 

Chemical technicians.................................................................................................................................... 19.29 59,790 40,120 18.51 

Geological and petroleum technicians......................................................................................................... 23.82 11,130 49,550 21.03 

Nuclear technicians....................................................................................................................................... 28.77 6,050 59,840 29.39 

Social science research assistants.............................................................................................................. 17.29 16,320 35,960 16.32 

Environmental science and protection technicians, including health........................................................... 18.52 32,460 38,520 17.43 

Forensic science technicians........................................................................................................................ 22.79 11,030 47,390 21.44 

Forest and conservation technicians............................................................................................................. 15.13 29,940 31,480 13.72 

Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other................................................................................ 21.72 63,810 45,180 19.25 

Community and social services occupations

Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors................................................................................. 16.73 72,210 34,800 15.66 

Educational, vocational, and school counselors........................................................................................... 23.33 214,160 48,530 22.33 

Marriage and family therapists...................................................................................................................... 21.90 18,500 45,550 20.34 

Mental health counselors.............................................................................................................................. 18.01 87,220 37,470 16.35 

Rehabilitation counselors.............................................................................................................................. 15.07 117,230 31,350 13.62 

Counselors, all other..................................................................................................................................... 19.01 21,390 39,540 17.91 

Child, family, and school social workers....................................................................................................... 18.65 256,430 38,780 17.00 

Medical and public health social workers..................................................................................................... 20.52 112,220 42,690 19.77 

Mental health and substance abuse social workers..................................................................................... 17.75 120,140 36,920 16.54 

Social workers, all other................................................................................................................................ 20.54 60,940 42,720 19.85 

Health educators........................................................................................................................................... 20.89 51,970 43,440 19.10 

Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists.............................................................................. 20.92 90,600 43,510 19.33 

Social and human service assistants............................................................................................................ 12.79 313,210 26,600 12.03 

Community and social service specialists, all other...................................................................................... 16.85 99,860 35,060 15.83 

Clergy........................................................................................................................................................... 20.05 36,590 41,700 18.53 

Directors, religious activities and education................................................................................................. 17.09 13,610 35,540 15.64 

Religious workers, all other........................................................................................................................... 13.48 6,670 28,050 11.43 

Legal occupations

Lawyers........................................................................................................................................................ 53.13 529,190 110,520 47.56 

Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers...................................................................... 36.89 15,350 76,730 33.98 

Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators........................................................................................................ 28.78 5,780 59,870 26.14 

Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates................................................................................................ 43.99 25,330 91,500 46.91 

Paralegals and legal assistants.................................................................................................................... 20.92 217,700 43,510 19.79 

Court reporters.............................................................................................................................................. 21.84 17,130 45,420 20.02 

Law clerks.................................................................................................................................................... 17.78 40,620 36,980 17.12 

Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers................................................................................................. 19.26 64,580 40,070 16.88 

Legal support workers, all other.................................................................................................................... 22.54 71,060 46,890 21.06 

Education, training, and library occupations

Business teachers, postsecondary............................................................................................................... (2) 67,500 67,420 (2)

Computer science teachers, postsecondary................................................................................................. (2) 60,330 38,520 (2)

Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary........................................................................................... (2) 58,850 44,660 (2)

Architecture teachers, postsecondary........................................................................................................... (2) 65,740 6,110 (2)

Engineering teachers, postsecondary........................................................................................................... (2) 78,780 34,500 (2)

Agricultural sciences teachers, postsecondary............................................................................................. (2) 73,680 11,460 (2)

Biological science teachers, postsecondary................................................................................................. (2) 77,690 59,540 (2)

Forestry and conservation science teachers, postsecondary....................................................................... (2) 67,550 2,990 (2)

Atmospheric, earth, marine, and space sciences teachers, postsecondary................................................. (2) 70,960 8,810 (2)

Chemistry teachers, postsecondary............................................................................................................. (2) 65,400 19,520 (2)

Environmental science teachers, postsecondary......................................................................................... (2) 66,020 4,340 (2)

Physics teachers, postsecondary................................................................................................................. (2) 71,020 13,310 (2)

Anthropology and archeology teachers, postsecondary............................................................................... (2) 66,700 5,320 (2)

Area, ethnic, and cultural studies teachers, postsecondary......................................................................... (2) 62,480 7,970 (2)

Economics teachers, postsecondary............................................................................................................ (2) 74,600 12,670 (2)

Geography teachers, postsecondary............................................................................................................ (2) 61,790 4,250 (2)

Political science teachers, postsecondary.................................................................................................... (2) 65,760 13,710 (2)

Psychology teachers, postsecondary............................................................................................................ (2) 61,980 30,240 (2)

Sociology teachers, postsecondary.............................................................................................................. (2) 59,030 14,980 (2)

Social sciences teachers, postsecondary, all other...................................................................................... (2) 66,060 6,330 (2)

Health specialties teachers, postsecondary.................................................................................................. (2) 82,450 108,680 (2)

Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary......................................................................................... (2) 56,840 37,020 (2)

Education teachers, postsecondary.............................................................................................................. (2) 54,790 51,320 (2)

Library science teachers, postsecondary...................................................................................................... (2) 56,630 3,960 (2)

Criminal justice and law enforcement teachers, postsecondary.................................................................. 9 (2) 52,930 ,880 (2)

Law teachers, postsecondary....................................................................................................................... 13,560 (2) 95,570 (2)

Social work teachers, postsecondary........................................................................................................... 7,440 (2) 56,520 (2)

Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary.......................................................................................... 69,260 (2) 55,340 (2)

See footnotes at end of table.

Median hourly 

wages Occupation

Mean wages

Employment

Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2005―Continued
Hourly Annual 1

Education, training, and library occupations―Continued

Communications teachers, postsecondary................................................................................................... (2) $54,010 (2) 22,320

English language and literature teachers, postsecondary............................................................................ (2) 53,950 58,710 (2)

Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary........................................................................... (2) 53,400 23,830 (2)

History teachers, postsecondary.................................................................................................................. (2) 59,450 20,520 (2)

Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary......................................................................................... (2) 57,960 18,340 (2)

Graduate teaching assistants....................................................................................................................... (2) 29,170 117,970 (2)

Home economics teachers, postsecondary.................................................................................................. (2) 51,760 4,010 (2)

Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary............................................................................. (2) 48,960 16,530 (2)

Vocational education teachers, postsecondary............................................................................................ 21.69 45,110 105,980 20.07

Postsecondary teachers, all other................................................................................................................ (2) 67,540 267,280 (2)

Preschool teachers, except special education.............................................................................................. 12.09 348,690 25,150 10.57 

Kindergarten teachers, except special education......................................................................................... (2) 45,250 171,290 (2)

Elementary school teachers, except special education................................................................................ (2) 46,990 1,486,650 (2)

Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education............................................................... (2) 47,890 637,340 (2)

Vocational education teachers, middle school.............................................................................................. (2) 46,080 15,380 (2)

Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education......................................................... (2) 49,400 1,015,740 (2)

Vocational education teachers, secondary school........................................................................................ (2) 49,240 96,600 (2)

Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school............................................. (2) 47,820 214,060 (2)

Special education teachers, middle school................................................................................................... (2) 50,340 103,480 (2)

Special education teachers, secondary school............................................................................................. (2) 50,880 136,290 (2)

Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors........................................................ 21.21 66,070 44,110 19.84 

Self-enrichment education teachers............................................................................................................. 17.68 141,650 36,760 15.56 

Teachers and instructors, all other............................................................................................................... (2) 33,510 530,670 (2)

Archivists...................................................................................................................................................... 19.64 5,410 40,850 17.99 

Curators........................................................................................................................................................ 23.64 8,790 49,180 21.75 

Museum technicians and conservators......................................................................................................... 17.94 9,370 37,320 16.39 

Librarians...................................................................................................................................................... 23.61 146,740 49,110 22.79 

Library technicians........................................................................................................................................ 12.95 115,770 26,940 12.33 

Audio-visual collections specialists............................................................................................................... 19.76 6,910 41,100 19.36 

Farm and home management advisors........................................................................................................ 22.05 12,620 45,860 20.14 

Instructional coordinators.............................................................................................................................. 25.66 112,880 53,360 24.24 

Teacher assistants........................................................................................................................................ (2) 21,100 1,260,400 (2)

Education, training, and library workers, all other......................................................................................... 16.33 72,450 33,970 14.37 

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations

Art directors.................................................................................................................................................. 35.48 29,350 73,790 30.75 

Craft artists................................................................................................................................................... 13.15 4,300 27,360 10.78 

Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators............................................................................ 22.44 10,390 46,670 19.85 

Multi-media artists and animators................................................................................................................. 27.53 23,790 57,270 24.18 

Artists and related workers, all other............................................................................................................ 17.73 5,290 36,880 15.01 

Commercial and industrial designers........................................................................................................... 27.30 31,650 56,780 25.10 

Fashion designers......................................................................................................................................... 32.39 12,980 67,370 29.26 

Floral designers............................................................................................................................................. 10.77 63,920 22,410 10.12 

Graphic designers......................................................................................................................................... 20.45 178,530 42,530 18.46 

Interior designers.......................................................................................................................................... 22.60 50,020 47,010 19.88 

Merchandise displayers and window trimmers............................................................................................. 12.10 64,320 25,170 10.86 

Set and exhibit designers.............................................................................................................................. 20.15 8,380 41,920 17.98 

Designers, all other....................................................................................................................................... 22.99 12,410 47,810 20.96 

Actors........................................................................................................................................................... 23.73 59,590 (2) 13.60 

Producers and directors................................................................................................................................ 33.16 59,070 68,970 25.89 

Athletes and sports competitors................................................................................................................... (2) 71,900 12,230 (2)

Coaches and scouts..................................................................................................................................... (2) 32,050 145,440 (2)

Umpires, referees, and other sports officials................................................................................................ (2) 27,150 12,800 (2)

Dancers........................................................................................................................................................ 13.22 16,240 (2) 8.92 

Choreographers............................................................................................................................................ 18.26 16,150 37,970 15.84 

Music directors and composers.................................................................................................................... 20.90 8,610 43,470 16.74 

Musicians and singers.................................................................................................................................. 25.16 50,410 (2) 17.90 

Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers, all other.............................................................. 17.92 68,540 (2) 15.73 

Radio and television announcers................................................................................................................. 17.11 41,090 35,600 11.60 

Public address system and other announcers.............................................................................................. 14.98 8,150 31,160 11.20 

Broadcast news analysts.............................................................................................................................. 30.73 6,680 63,920 20.58 

Reporters and correspondents..................................................................................................................... 19.41 52,920 40,370 15.52 

Public relations specialists............................................................................................................................ 24.56 191,430 51,080 21.64 

Editors.......................................................................................................................................................... 24.88 96,270 51,750 21.88 

Technical writers.......................................................................................................................................... 27.75 46,250 57,720 26.52 

Writers and authors....................................................................................................................................... 25.89 43,020 53,850 22.32 

Interpreters and translators........................................................................................................................... 18.41 29,240 38,300 16.73 

Media and communication workers, all other............................................................................................... 22.13 25,660 46,030 20.14 

Audio and video equipment technicians........................................................................................................ 17.48 40,390 36,350 15.84 

Broadcast technicians................................................................................................................................... 17.00 30,730 35,350 14.62 

Radio operators............................................................................................................................................. 18.21 1,190 37,880 17.42 

Sound engineering technicians.................................................................................................................... 22.98 12,680 47,790 18.46 

Photographers.............................................................................................................................................. 15.10 58,260 31,410 12.55 

Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture.............................................................................. 22.13 22,530 46,040 20.01 

Film and video editors................................................................................................................................... 26.31 15,200 54,730 22.56 

See footnotes at end of table.

Mean wages

Occupation Median hourly 

wages

Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2005―Continued

Employment
Hourly Annual 1

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations―Continued

Media and communication equipment workers, all other............................................................................... 17,200 $24.81 $51,610 $22.95

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations

Chiropractors................................................................................................................................................. 39.45 24,290 82,060 32.31 

Dentists, general........................................................................................................................................... 64.27 86,270 133,680 60.24 

Oral and maxillofacial surgeons.................................................................................................................... 77.24 5,120 160,660 (3)

Orthodontists................................................................................................................................................. 78.56 4,820 163,410 (3)

Prosthodontists............................................................................................................................................. 70.23 560 146,080 (3)

Dentists, all other specialists........................................................................................................................... 55.60 3,480 115,640 45.48 

Dietitians and nutritionists............................................................................................................................. 22.09 48,850 45,950 21.61 

Optometrists.................................................................................................................................................. 45.91 23,720 95,500 42.33 

Pharmacists.................................................................................................................................................. 42.62 229,740 88,650 43.18 

Anesthesiologists.......................................................................................................................................... 83.77 27,970 174,240 (3)

Family and general practitioners................................................................................................................... 67.49 112,150 140,370 67.50 

Internists, general.......................................................................................................................................... 75.27 48,210 156,550 (3)

Obstetricians and gynecologists................................................................................................................... 82.60 21,910 171,810 (3)

Pediatricians, general.................................................................................................................................... 66.94 26,400 139,230 65.67 

Psychiatrists................................................................................................................................................. 70.26 23,450 146,150 (3)

Surgeons....................................................................................................................................................... 85.43 52,930 177,690 (3)

Physicians and surgeons, all other............................................................................................................... 66.79 180,210 138,910 68.98 

Physician assistants...................................................................................................................................... 34.17 63,350 71,070 34.63 

Podiatrists..................................................................................................................................................... 53.49 8,290 111,250 48.34 

Registered nurses......................................................................................................................................... 27.35 2,368,070 56,880 26.28 

Audiologists.................................................................................................................................................. 27.72 10,330 57,660 25.72 

Occupational therapists.................................................................................................................................. 28.41 87,430 59,100 27.34 

Physical therapists........................................................................................................................................ 31.42 151,280 65,350 30.33 

Radiation therapists...................................................................................................................................... 30.59 14,120 63,620 29.97 

Recreational therapists................................................................................................................................. 16.90 23,260 35,150 16.10 

Respiratory therapists................................................................................................................................... 22.24 95,320 46,270 21.70 

Speech-language pathologists..................................................................................................................... 27.89 94,660 58,000 26.38 

Therapists, all other....................................................................................................................................... 21.96 9,730 45,680 20.22 

Veterinarians................................................................................................................................................ 37.36 47,870 77,710 33.13 

Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other.................................................................................. 42.13 57,880 87,630 27.64 

Medical and clinical laboratory technologists............................................................................................... 23.37 155,250 48,600 22.94 

Medical and clinical laboratory technicians................................................................................................... 15.95 142,330 33,170 15.24 

Dental hygienists........................................................................................................................................... 29.15 161,140 60,620 29.28 

Cardiovascular technologists and technicians.............................................................................................. 19.99 43,560 41,580 19.43 

Diagnostic medical sonographers................................................................................................................ 26.65 43,590 55,430 26.14 

Nuclear medicine technologists.................................................................................................................... 29.10 18,280 60,530 28.69 

Radiologic technologists and technicians..................................................................................................... 22.60 184,580 47,010 22.09 

Emergency medical technicians and paramedics......................................................................................... 13.68 196,880 28,440 12.54 

Dietetic technicians....................................................................................................................................... 12.20 23,780 25,380 11.28 

Pharmacy technicians................................................................................................................................... 12.19 266,790 25,350 11.73 

Psychiatric technicians.................................................................................................................................. 14.04 62,040 29,210 12.87 

Respiratory therapy technicians................................................................................................................... 18.57 22,060 38,620 18.37 

Surgical technologists................................................................................................................................... 17.27 83,680 35,920 16.75 

Veterinary technologists and technicians..................................................................................................... 12.84 63,860 26,710 12.34 

Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses....................................................................................... 17.41 710,020 36,210 16.94 

Medical records and health information technicians..................................................................................... 13.81 160,450 28,720 12.83 

Opticians, dispensing.................................................................................................................................... 14.80 70,090 30,770 13.94 

Orthotists and prosthetists............................................................................................................................ 28.87 5,190 60,050 25.85 

Health technologists and technicians, all other............................................................................................ 18.04 71,140 37,520 16.49 

Occupational health and safety specialists.................................................................................................. 26.83 35,460 55,800 25.82 

Occupational health and safety technicians.................................................................................................. 22.17 9,510 46,120 20.75 

Athletic trainers............................................................................................................................................. (2) 36,520 15,110 (2)

Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other.............................................................................. 19.03 50,880 39,590 16.12 

Healthcare support occupations

Home health aides........................................................................................................................................ 9.34 663,280 19,420 9.04 

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants...................................................................................................... 10.67 1,391,430 22,200 10.31 

Psychiatric aides........................................................................................................................................... 11.47 56,150 23,860 11.02 

Occupational therapist assistants................................................................................................................. 19.13 22,160 39,800 19.11 

Occupational therapist aides........................................................................................................................ 13.20 6,220 27,450 11.69 

Physical therapist assistants......................................................................................................................... 18.98 58,670 39,490 18.98 

Physical therapist aides................................................................................................................................ 11.01 41,930 22,900 10.34 

Massage therapists....................................................................................................................................... 19.33 37,670 40,210 15.81 

Dental assistants........................................................................................................................................... 14.41 270,720 29,970 14.19 

Medical assistants......................................................................................................................................... 12.58 382,720 26,160 12.19 

Medical equipment preparers....................................................................................................................... 12.42 41,790 25,830 11.96 

Medical transcriptionists................................................................................................................................ 14.36 90,380 29,880 13.98 

Pharmacy aides............................................................................................................................................ 9.76 46,610 20,310 9.09 

Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers............................................................................... 9.90 69,890 20,590 9.43 

Healthcare support workers, all other........................................................................................................... 13.05 184,200 27,150 12.51 

See footnotes at end of table.

Occupation Employment Median hourly 

wages

Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2005―Continued

Mean wages
Hourly Annual 1

Protective service occupations

First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers................................................................................ $24.37 $50,700 $23.35 37,530

First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives............................................................................. 32.33 91,320 67,240 31.52 

First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers...................................................... 30.06 53,490 62,510 29.25 

First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other......................................................... 21.95 49,330 45,650 19.78 

Fire fighters.................................................................................................................................................. 19.43 282,180 40,420 18.80 

Fire inspectors and investigators.................................................................................................................. 23.44 12,820 48,760 22.64 

Forest fire inspectors and prevention specialists.......................................................................................... 18.44 1,720 38,360 16.48 

Bailiffs........................................................................................................................................................... 16.90 17,160 35,160 16.25 

Correctional officers and jailers.................................................................................................................... 17.60 411,080 36,600 16.39 

Detectives and criminal investigators........................................................................................................... 28.24 85,270 58,750 26.82 

Fish and game wardens............................................................................................................................... 20.85 6,300 43,360 20.60 

Parking enforcement workers....................................................................................................................... 14.72 10,140 30,620 13.98 

Police and sheriff's patrol officers................................................................................................................. 22.73 624,130 47,270 22.25 

Transit and railroad police............................................................................................................................. 24.20 5,090 50,330 23.49 

Animal control workers.................................................................................................................................. 13.50 13,940 28,090 12.87 

Private detectives and investigators............................................................................................................. 17.78 33,720 36,980 15.70 

Gaming surveillance officers and gaming investigators................................................................................ 13.82 8,730 28,740 12.44 

Security guards............................................................................................................................................. 10.91 994,220 22,690 9.98 

Crossing guards............................................................................................................................................ 10.21 69,390 21,230 9.64 

Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers..................................................... 8.67 107,620 18,020 8.13 

Protective service workers, all other............................................................................................................. 15.90 141,480 33,070 14.77 

Food preparation and serving related occupations

Chefs and head cooks.................................................................................................................................. 17.23 115,850 35,840 15.54 

First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers.................................................... 13.44 748,550 27,960 12.53 

Cooks, fast food............................................................................................................................................ 7.45 631,190 15,500 7.25 

Cooks, institution and cafeteria..................................................................................................................... 9.88 393,500 20,550 9.44 

Cooks, private household............................................................................................................................. 11.18 830 23,250 10.01 

Cooks, restaurant.......................................................................................................................................... 9.86 791,450 20,510 9.54 

Cooks, short order........................................................................................................................................ 8.64 203,350 17,980 8.28 

Cooks, all other............................................................................................................................................. 11.40 12,100 23,720 10.48 

Food preparation workers............................................................................................................................. 8.68 880,360 18,060 8.19 

Bartenders..................................................................................................................................................... 8.48 480,010 17,640 7.62 

Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food.......................................................... 7.48 2,298,010 15,550 7.11 

Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop................................................................ 7.88 501,390 16,380 7.60 

Waiters and waitresses................................................................................................................................. 7.84 2,274,770 16,310 6.83 

Food servers, nonrestaurant........................................................................................................................ 8.98 188,750 18,680 8.28 

Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers...................................................................... 7.59 391,320 15,800 7.23 

Dishwashers.................................................................................................................................................. 7.58 498,620 15,760 7.45 

Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop......................................................................... 7.90 328,930 16,430 7.62 

Food preparation and serving related workers, all other............................................................................... 9.14 58,730 19,000 8.38 

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations

First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers...................................................... 15.66 186,870 32,570 14.58 

First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and.............................................................

 groundskeeping workers........................................................................................................................ 18.82 106,280 39,150 17.46 

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners................................................................ 10.15 2,107,360 21,120 9.32 

Maids and housekeeping cleaners............................................................................................................... 8.74 893,820 18,180 8.21 

Building cleaning workers, all other.............................................................................................................. 12.99 15,610 27,020 11.25 

Pest control workers..................................................................................................................................... 13.89 62,400 28,880 13.06 

Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.................................................................................................. 10.74 896,690 22,350 9.94 

Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation............................................................................ 13.22 25,770 27,500 12.56 

Tree trimmers and pruners........................................................................................................................... 14.35 29,790 29,850 13.42 

Grounds maintenance workers, all other...................................................................................................... 11.78 17,960 24,510 10.04 

Personal care and service occupations

Gaming supervisors...................................................................................................................................... 19.87 24,180 41,320 19.38 

Slot key persons............................................................................................................................................ 11.65 14,700 24,230 10.64 

First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers....................................................................... 16.53 125,760 34,390 15.09 

Animal trainers............................................................................................................................................. 14.19 8,320 29,510 11.92 

Nonfarm animal caretakers.......................................................................................................................... 9.64 100,550 20,050 8.52 

Gaming dealers............................................................................................................................................. 7.71 82,320 16,040 6.85 

Gaming and sports book writers and runners............................................................................................... 9.58 19,290 19,930 8.87 

Gaming service workers, all other................................................................................................................ 11.53 16,070 23,980 10.37 

Motion picture projectionists......................................................................................................................... 9.30 10,230 19,340 8.07 

Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers.................................................................................................. 8.05 102,330 16,740 7.41 

Amusement and recreation attendants......................................................................................................... 8.15 232,030 16,950 7.65 

Costume attendants...................................................................................................................................... 13.94 3,900 28,990 12.19 

Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants............................................................................... 9.02 20,340 18,760 8.63 

Embalmers.................................................................................................................................................... 19.01 9,840 39,550 17.77 

Funeral attendants........................................................................................................................................ 10.39 30,220 21,600 9.48 

Barbers......................................................................................................................................................... 11.88 13,630 24,700 10.46 

See footnotes at end of table.

Mean wages

Occupation Employment Median hourly 

wages

Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2005―Continued
Hourly Annual 1

Personal care and service occupations―Continued

Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists............................................................................................. $11.36 $23,640 $9.91 338,910

Makeup artists, theatrical and performance.................................................................................................. 15.70 1,070 32,660 11.29 

Manicurists and pedicurists........................................................................................................................... 9.81 42,960 20,400 8.79 

Shampooers.................................................................................................................................................. 7.85 16,040 16,320 7.49 

Skin care specialists...................................................................................................................................... 12.90 22,740 26,830 11.22 

Baggage porters and bellhops...................................................................................................................... 10.03 51,300 20,870 8.46 

Concierges.................................................................................................................................................... 12.08 16,810 25,130 11.30 

Tour guides and escorts............................................................................................................................... 10.42 28,320 21,670 9.61 

Travel guides................................................................................................................................................. 15.03 3,120 31,270 14.06 

Flight attendants............................................................................................................................................ (2) 53,740 99,590 (2)

Transportation attendants, except flight attendants and baggage porters.................................................... 9.88 24,810 20,550 9.28 

Child care workers........................................................................................................................................ 8.74 557,680 18,180 8.20 

Personal and home care aides..................................................................................................................... 8.52 566,860 17,710 8.34 

Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors...................................................................................................... 14.93 189,220 31,060 12.43 

Recreation workers....................................................................................................................................... 10.78 264,840 22,420 9.67 

Residential advisors...................................................................................................................................... 11.39 50,490 23,690 10.51 

Personal care and service workers, all other................................................................................................ (

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) 21,210 10.20 8.91 

Sales and related occupations

First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers................................................................................ 18.08 1,083,890 37,600 15.79 

First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers......................................................................... 35.42 294,010 73,670 29.79 

Cashiers....................................................................................................................................................... 8.32 3,481,420 17,300 7.82 

Gaming change persons and booth cashiers............................................................................................... 9.92 28,590 20,630 9.64 

Counter and rental clerks.............................................................................................................................. 10.83 473,090 22,530 9.12 

Parts salespersons....................................................................................................................................... 13.94 235,190 28,990 12.72 

Retail salespersons....................................................................................................................................... 11.14 4,344,770 23,170 9.20 

Advertising sales agents............................................................................................................................... 24.23 153,890 50,400 20.08 

Insurance sales agents................................................................................................................................. 27.38 299,470 56,960 20.36 

Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...................................................................... 42.30 251,710 87,990 32.28 

Travel agents................................................................................................................................................ 14.78 88,590 30,750 13.78 

Sales representatives, services, all other..................................................................................................... 26.07 439,450 54,230 22.50 

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific 

 products................................................................................................................................................. 33.14 379,890 68,940 29.21 

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical 

 and scientific products........................................................................................................................... 26.90 1,436,800 55,940 22.78 

Demonstrators and product promoters......................................................................................................... 11.81 86,050 24,570 9.96 

Models.......................................................................................................................................................... 13.26 1,430 27,570 10.92 

Real estate brokers....................................................................................................................................... 36.98 41,760 76,930 27.49 

Real estate sales agents.............................................................................................................................. 25.04 150,200 52,090 18.87 

Sales engineers............................................................................................................................................ 38.16 69,790 79,370 35.68 

Telemarketers............................................................................................................................................... 11.30 400,860 23,500 9.79 

Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers................................................ 12.19 10,970 25,350 9.83 

Sales and related workers, all other............................................................................................................. 19.05 178,480 39,610 15.77 

Office and administrative support occupations

First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.............................................. 21.89 1,352,130 45,540 20.38 

Switchboard operators, including answering service.................................................................................... 11.07 194,980 23,020 10.61 

Telephone operators..................................................................................................................................... 14.92 29,290 31,030 15.09 

Communications equipment operators, all other.......................................................................................... 16.36 3,870 34,030 15.64 

Bill and account collectors............................................................................................................................ 14.36 431,280 29,860 13.54 

Billing and posting clerks and machine operators......................................................................................... 13.87 513,020 28,860 13.36 

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.............................................................................................. 14.76 1,815,340 30,700 14.18 

Gaming cage workers................................................................................................................................... 11.28 18,730 23,460 10.76 

Payroll and timekeeping clerks..................................................................................................................... 15.44 205,600 32,120 15.08 

Procurement clerks....................................................................................................................................... 15.64 71,390 32,530 15.49 

Tellers........................................................................................................................................................... 10.59 599,220 22,020 10.24 

Brokerage clerks........................................................................................................................................... 18.34 70,110 38,140 17.04 

Correspondence clerks................................................................................................................................. 14.51 17,990 30,180 13.66 

Court, municipal, and license clerks............................................................................................................. 15.02 102,060 31,230 14.09 

Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks...................................................................................................... 14.90 65,410 30,990 14.10 

Customer service representatives................................................................................................................. 14.27 2,067,700 29,680 13.22 

Eligibility interviewers, government programs.............................................................................................. 16.53 85,550 34,390 16.22 

File clerks..................................................................................................................................................... 10.98 229,830 22,840 10.30 

Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks............................................................................................................. 9.05 207,190 18,820 8.56 

Interviewers, except eligibility and loan......................................................................................................... 12.54 201,790 26,070 12.07 

Library assistants, clerical............................................................................................................................. 10.76 104,650 22,380 10.16 

Loan interviewers and clerks........................................................................................................................ 15.33 231,700 31,880 14.52 

New accounts clerks..................................................................................................................................... 13.69 82,450 28,460 13.18 

Order clerks.................................................................................................................................................. 13.18 259,760 27,410 12.30 

Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping.................................................................... 16.24 161,870 33,790 15.74 

Receptionists and information clerks............................................................................................................ 11.12 1,088,400 23,120 10.65 

See footnotes at end of table.

Median hourly 

wages Occupation Employment

Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2005―Continued

Mean wages
Hourly Annual 1

Office and administrative support occupations―Continued

Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks.................................................................... $14.45 $30,050 $13.52 160,120

All other information and record clerks......................................................................................................... 19.10 288,730 39,720 16.16 

Cargo and freight agents.............................................................................................................................. 17.97 78,730 37,380 17.24 

Couriers and messengers............................................................................................................................ 10.80 106,520 22,460 10.03 

Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers....................................................................................................... 15.03 94,060 31,270 14.45 

Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance........................................................................................... 16.15 172,550 33,590 15.09 

Meter readers, utilities.................................................................................................................................. 14.92 46,920 31,030 14.09 

Postal service clerks..................................................................................................................................... 22.51 78,710 46,820 23.23 

Postal service mail carriers........................................................................................................................... 21.38 347,180 44,460 22.27 

Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators............................................... 20.01 208,600 41,620 20.88 

Production, planning, and expediting clerks................................................................................................. 18.71 287,980 38,920 18.07 

Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks........................................................................................................... 12.80 759,910 26,620 12.10 

Stock clerks and order fillers......................................................................................................................... 10.60 1,625,430 22,060 9.66 

Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping................................................................... 12.99 79,050 27,030 12.17 

Executive secretaries and administrative assistants.................................................................................... 18.18 1,442,040 37,810 17.29 

Legal secretaries........................................................................................................................................... 18.78 265,000 39,070 18.15 

Medical secretaries....................................................................................................................................... 13.65 381,020 28,390 13.13 

Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive........................................................................................ 13.35 1,744,380 27,780 12.82 

Computer operators...................................................................................................................................... 16.15 129,160 33,580 15.42 

Data entry keyers.......................................................................................................................................... 11.98 296,700 24,910 11.45 

Word processors and typists........................................................................................................................ 14.49 153,580 30,140 13.95 

Desktop publishers....................................................................................................................................... 16.72 29,910 34,770 15.77 

Insurance claims and policy processing clerks............................................................................................. 15.24 239,120 31,700 14.49 

Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service.................................................................... 11.59 148,330 24,120 10.99 

Office clerks, general.................................................................................................................................... 11.82 2,997,370 24,580 11.09 

Office machine operators, except computer................................................................................................. 12.24 87,900 25,460 11.53 

Proofreaders and copy markers................................................................................................................... 13.30 18,070 27,660 12.30 

Statistical assistants...................................................................................................................................... 15.04 18,700 31,270 13.92 

Office and administrative support workers, all other..................................................................................... 13.50 287,270 28,070 12.52 

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers................................................... 18.65 19,750 38,790 17.32 

Farm labor contractors.................................................................................................................................. 12.14 2,310 25,240 9.52 

Agricultural inspectors................................................................................................................................... 16.75 11,730 34,840 15.79 

Animal breeders............................................................................................................................................ 15.23 1,860 31,690 12.90 

Graders and sorters, agricultural products................................................................................................... 8.74 45,010 18,170 8.06 

Agricultural equipment operators.................................................................................................................. 10.06 19,940 20,930 9.36 

Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse........................................................................ 8.35 227,750 17,370 7.91 

Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals.......................................................................................................... 9.56 49,740 19,890 8.76 

Agricultural workers, all other........................................................................................................................ 11.60 8,970 24,140 10.61 

Fishers and related fishing workers.............................................................................................................. 13.94 770 29,000 12.08 

Forest and conservation workers................................................................................................................. 11.19 8,700 23,280 9.46 

Fallers........................................................................................................................................................... 15.26 9,780 31,740 13.64 

Logging equipment operators....................................................................................................................... 14.28 26,880 29,700 13.91 

Log graders and scalers............................................................................................................................... 14.21 4,520 29,550 13.31 

Logging workers, all other............................................................................................................................. 15.04 5,330 31,290 15.24 

Construction and extraction occupations

First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers........................................... 26.79 555,380 55,720 24.98 

Boilermakers................................................................................................................................................. 23.62 17,760 49,130 23.10 

Brickmasons and blockmasons..................................................................................................................... 20.60 115,950 42,850 20.13 

Stonemasons................................................................................................................................................ 17.53 17,030 36,450 16.66 

Carpenters.................................................................................................................................................... 18.62 935,920 38,720 17.11 

Carpet installers........................................................................................................................................... 17.84 37,050 37,100 16.13 

Floor layers, except carpet, wood, and hard tiles......................................................................................... 17.92 14,520 37,270 15.87 

Floor sanders and finishers.......................................................................................................................... 14.34 5,950 29,830 13.14 

Tile and marble setters................................................................................................................................. 18.81 47,410 39,130 17.56 

Cement masons and concrete finishers........................................................................................................ 16.64 204,720 34,610 15.40 

Terrazzo workers and finishers..................................................................................................................... 16.69 5,440 34,720 15.40 

Construction laborers.................................................................................................................................... 13.97 934,000 29,050 12.22 

Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators.................................................................................. 15.93 63,220 33,140 14.58 

Pile-driver operators...................................................................................................................................... 24.27 4,410 50,490 23.51 

Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators.............................................................. 18.85 378,720 39,210 17.23 

Drywall and ceiling tile installers................................................................................................................... 18.07 126,810 37,580 16.70 

Tapers.......................................................................................................................................................... 19.91 38,570 41,410 19.17 

Electricians................................................................................................................................................... 21.94 606,500 45,630 20.57 

Glaziers........................................................................................................................................................ 17.75 49,310 36,920 16.12 

Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall..................................................................................................... 16.59 34,250 34,510 15.08 

Insulation workers, mechanical..................................................................................................................... 19.16 22,100 39,840 17.07 

Painters, construction and maintenance....................................................................................................... 16.08 249,850 33,450 14.81 

Paperhangers............................................................................................................................................... 17.65 7,710 36,720 16.08 

Pipelayers..................................................................................................................................................... 15.53 56,280 32,290 13.83 

Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................................................................................................... 21.56 420,770 44,850 20.27 

Plasterers and stucco masons..................................................................................................................... 17.40 47,760 36,200 16.08 

Reinforcing iron and rebar workers.............................................................................................................. 19.32 30,270 40,190 16.78 

Roofers......................................................................................................................................................... 16.14 120,070 33,570 15.01 

See footnotes at end of table.

Occupation Median hourly 

wages Employment

Mean wages

Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2005―Continued
Hourly Annual 1

Construction and extraction occupations―Continued

Sheet metal workers..................................................................................................................................... $19.03 $39,570 $17.50 174,550

Structural iron and steel workers.................................................................................................................. 20.93 68,900 43,540 19.51 

Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters........................................ 13.14 58,690 27,340 11.83 

Helpers--carpenters...................................................................................................................................... 11.11 101,870 23,100 10.57 

Helpers--electricians..................................................................................................................................... 11.86 90,370 24,670 11.17 

Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons................................................................ 10.61 21,820 22,070 9.88 

Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................................................................... 11.84 77,630 24,630 10.97 

Helpers--roofers............................................................................................................................................ 10.41 20,510 21,660 9.97 

Helpers, construction trades, all other.......................................................................................................... 11.55 37,590 24,020 10.40 

Construction and building inspectors............................................................................................................ 22.51 87,820 46,830 21.50 

Elevator installers and repairers................................................................................................................... 28.12 21,000 58,500 28.46 

Fence erectors.............................................................................................................................................. 12.74 22,600 26,490 11.99 

Hazardous materials removal workers......................................................................................................... 17.90 38,260 37,240 16.20 

Highway maintenance workers..................................................................................................................... 14.88 140,600 30,950 14.54 

Rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators.............................................................................. 18.81 13,510 39,120 19.23 

Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners............................................................................................. 15.38 17,940 31,980 14.64 

Segmental pavers......................................................................................................................................... 12.82 330 26,670 12.02 

Construction and related workers, all other.................................................................................................. 15.50 63,340 32,230 14.36 

Derrick operators, oil and gas....................................................................................................................... 17.16 13,270 35,690 16.29 

Rotary drill operators, oil and gas................................................................................................................. 19.18 15,500 39,880 18.03 

Service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining................................................................................................. 16.61 19,530 34,560 14.74 

Earth drillers, except oil and gas................................................................................................................... 17.20 18,800 35,770 16.23 

Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters..................................................................... 19.33 4,800 40,210 18.65 

Continuous mining machine operators.......................................................................................................... 18.67 9,000 38,830 18.80 

Mine cutting and channeling machine operators.......................................................................................... 18.12 6,080 37,680 18.64 

Mining machine operators, all other.............................................................................................................. 18.26 2,450 37,970 17.37 

Rock splitters, quarry.................................................................................................................................... 13.56 3,600 28,200 13.10 

Roof bolters, mining...................................................................................................................................... 18.84 4,140 39,180 18.91 

Roustabouts, oil and gas.............................................................................................................................. 12.71 33,570 26,430 11.96 

Helpers--extraction workers.......................................................................................................................... 13.76 25,550 28,620 13.19 

Extraction workers, all other.......................................................................................................................... 17.32 9,060 36,010 16.35 

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...................................................... 26.15 455,690 54,390 24.99 

Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers........................................................................... 18.10 138,210 37,640 17.34 

Radio mechanics.......................................................................................................................................... 18.78 6,170 39,070 18.25 

Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers........................................... 23.72 198,350 49,330 24.33 

Avionics technicians...................................................................................................................................... 22.57 22,490 46,940 22.42 

Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers.......................................................................................... 16.77 20,070 34,880 16.09 

Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment............................................... 20.20 20,560 42,010 19.95 

Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment.................................................. 21.32 69,620 44,350 21.21 

Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay...................................................... 26.26 21,250 54,620 26.43 

Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles...................................................................... 14.94 17,650 31,080 13.19 

Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers.............................................................. 14.83 35,360 30,840 13.91 

Security and fire alarm systems installers.................................................................................................... 17.06 49,470 35,480 16.21 

Aircraft mechanics and service technicians.................................................................................................. 23.68 115,120 49,260 22.74 

Automotive body and related repairers........................................................................................................ 18.23 158,160 37,920 16.74 

Automotive glass installers and repairers..................................................................................................... 14.67 17,760 30,510 14.18 

Automotive service technicians and mechanics........................................................................................... 16.90 654,800 35,140 15.89 

Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists............................................................................... 17.96 248,280 37,360 17.61 

Farm equipment mechanics......................................................................................................................... 14.17 30,800 29,480 13.81 

Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines.................................................................................. 19.32 117,500 40,190 18.95 

Rail car repairers.......................................................................................................................................... 20.32 24,270 42,270 20.45 

Motorboat mechanics................................................................................................................................... 16.31 18,190 33,920 15.76 

Motorcycle mechanics.................................................................................................................................. 15.11 16,140 31,430 14.16 

Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics.................................................................... 12.95 24,680 26,930 12.41 

Bicycle repairers........................................................................................................................................... 10.33 7,980 21,490 10.05 

Recreational vehicle service technicians...................................................................................................... 15.43 13,540 32,100 14.65 

Tire repairers and changers.......................................................................................................................... 10.72 100,860 22,300 10.08 

Mechanical door repairers............................................................................................................................ 15.81 14,400 32,890 14.57 

Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door............................................................ 21.21 38,640 44,120 21.21 

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers........................................................... 18.64 241,380 38,770 17.81 

Home appliance repairers............................................................................................................................. 16.38 43,110 34,060 15.86 

Industrial machinery mechanics................................................................................................................... 19.74 234,650 41,060 19.11 

Maintenance and repair workers, general.................................................................................................... 15.70 1,307,820 32,650 15.01 

Maintenance workers, machinery................................................................................................................. 16.96 83,220 35,270 16.18 

Millwrights..................................................................................................................................................... 22.33 53,080 46,450 21.53 

Refractory materials repairers, except brickmasons..................................................................................... 19.74 3,250 41,070 19.35 

Electrical power-line installers and repairers................................................................................................ 23.65 106,060 49,200 24.11 

Telecommunications line installers and repairers........................................................................................ 20.66 142,560 42,970 20.39 

Camera and photographic equipment repairers........................................................................................... 17.37 3,160 36,130 16.78 

Medical equipment repairers........................................................................................................................ 20.04 27,940 41,680 19.02 

Musical instrument repairers and tuners...................................................................................................... 15.33 4,830 31,880 13.73 

Watch repairers............................................................................................................................................. 16.00 3,080 33,280 15.21 

Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other............................................................................... 22.11 12,870 45,980 21.37 

See footnotes at end of table.

Mean wages

Employment Median hourly 

wages Occupation

Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2005―Continued
Hourly Annual 1

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations―Continued

Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers................................................................ $14.11 $29,340 $13.56 39,570

Commercial divers........................................................................................................................................ 20.15 2,310 41,910 18.25 

Fabric menders, except garment.................................................................................................................. 16.37 2,140 34,040 16.77 

Locksmiths and safe repairers...................................................................................................................... 15.67 16,080 32,600 14.85 

Manufactured building and mobile home installers....................................................................................... 12.05 10,120 25,070 11.09 

Riggers......................................................................................................................................................... 18.17 11,840 37,790 17.79 

Signal and track switch repairers.................................................................................................................. 23.25 6,100 48,370 23.65 

Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers................................................................................ 11.17 158,520 23,230 10.21 

Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other................................................................................ 17.43 135,560 36,260 16.39 

Production occupations

First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers......................................................... 23.66 679,930 49,210 22.18 

Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers..................................................................... 20.45 22,820 42,530 21.15 

Coil winders, tapers, and finishers................................................................................................................ 12.65 23,190 26,320 12.32 

Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers........................................................................................... 13.05 207,270 27,150 12.08 

Electromechanical equipment assemblers................................................................................................... 13.71 57,200 28,520 12.97 

Engine and other machine assemblers......................................................................................................... 17.38 49,430 36,150 16.72 

Structural metal fabricators and fitters.......................................................................................................... 15.09 93,490 31,390 14.56 

Fiberglass laminators and fabricators........................................................................................................... 12.64 30,560 26,300 12.13 

Team assemblers......................................................................................................................................... 12.50 1,242,370 26,000 11.60 

Timing device assemblers, adjusters, and calibrators.................................................................................. 14.23 2,460 29,600 13.54 

Assemblers and fabricators, all other........................................................................................................... 14.49 258,240 30,140 12.62 

Bakers.......................................................................................................................................................... 11.13 144,110 23,150 10.35 

Butchers and meat cutters............................................................................................................................ 13.37 128,660 27,810 12.78 

Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers................................................................................................ 9.99 136,690 20,780 9.53 

Slaughterers and meat packers................................................................................................................... 10.33 132,000 21,490 10.20 

Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders......................................... 12.15 18,160 25,280 11.17 

Food batchmakers........................................................................................................................................ 11.61 89,400 24,140 10.82 

Food cooking machine operators and tenders............................................................................................. 11.03 43,100 22,950 10.29 

Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic.................................................................. 15.41 136,490 32,060 14.91 

Numerical tool and process control programmers........................................................................................ 21.15 17,860 43,990 20.11 

Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 13.84 87,290 28,790 13.46 

Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............................................................ 14.53 33,850 30,220 13.93 

Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic............................................................. 15.02 37,500 31,240 14.65 

Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders,

 metal and plastic.................................................................................................................................... 13.13 265,480 27,310 12.49 

Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 14.72 43,180 30,610 13.85 

Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, 

 metal and plastic.................................................................................................................................... 14.23 101,530 29,600 13.34 

Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................... 15.74 71,410 32,750 15.26 

Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................... 15.44 29,140 32,120 15.13 

Machinists.................................................................................................................................................... 17.00 368,380 35,350 16.51 

Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders............................................................................................... 16.26 17,960 33,820 15.83 

Pourers and casters, metal........................................................................................................................... 14.73 14,340 30,650 14.02 

Model makers, metal and plastic.................................................................................................................. 22.26 8,120 46,300 21.62 

Patternmakers, metal and plastic................................................................................................................. 17.74 6,850 36,900 16.57 

Foundry mold and coremakers..................................................................................................................... 14.87 15,890 30,920 13.95 

Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders,

 metal and plastic.................................................................................................................................... 12.82 157,080 26,680 12.05 

Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..................................................... 15.17 98,120 31,550 14.32 

Tool and die makers..................................................................................................................................... 21.61 99,680 44,940 20.95 

Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers...................................................................................................... 15.52 358,050 32,280 14.90 

Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders................................................... 15.55 45,220 32,350 14.63 

Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................................. 14.97 26,310 31,130 14.57 

Lay-out workers, metal and plastic............................................................................................................... 16.56 10,970 34,440 16.03 

Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.......................................... 13.67 40,550 28,420 12.86 

Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners............................................................................................................ 15.64 18,180 32,530 15.05 

Metal workers and plastic workers, all other................................................................................................. 17.97 49,650 37,380 17.06 

Bindery workers............................................................................................................................................ 12.92 64,330 26,880 12.04 

Bookbinders.................................................................................................................................................. 14.52 7,660 30,200 14.04 

Job printers................................................................................................................................................... 16.02 50,580 33,320 15.35 

Prepress technicians and workers............................................................................................................... 16.53 72,050 34,380 15.79 

Printing machine operators........................................................................................................................... 15.61 192,520 32,470 14.77 

Laundry and dry-cleaning workers............................................................................................................... 218,360 8.87 18,450 8.38 

Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials.......................................................................................... 8.76 78,620 18,220 8.45 

Sewing machine operators........................................................................................................................... 233,130 9.55 19,860 8.82 

Shoe and leather workers and repairers...................................................................................................... 7,680 10.11 21,030 9.62 

Shoe machine operators and tenders........................................................................................................... 10.31 3,850 21,440 9.90 

Sewers, hand................................................................................................................................................ 10.61 11,090 22,060 9.51 

Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers.................................................................................................... 11.79 30,150 24,530 10.95 

Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders..................................................................... 11.16 21,660 23,200 10.80 

Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders............................................................................... 10.83 21,420 22,530 10.30 

Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders......................................................... 42 11.41 ,760 23,740 11.40 

Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders................................... 47,670 11.30 23,510 11.04 

See footnotes at end of table.

Median hourly 

wages

Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2005―Continued

Employment

Mean wages

Occupation
Hourly Annual 1

Production occupations―Continued

Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic 

 and glass fibers...................................................................................................................................... $14.20 $29,540 $13.82 23,040

Fabric and apparel patternmakers............................................................................................................... 17.62 9,650 36,660 15.07 

Upholsterers.................................................................................................................................................. 13.46 41,040 27,990 12.84 

Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other...................................................................................... 11.35 24,740 23,610 11.01 

Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters.......................................................................................................... 13.29 121,660 27,650 12.51 

Furniture finishers......................................................................................................................................... 12.60 24,610 26,200 11.83 

Model makers, wood..................................................................................................................................... 15.71 2,280 32,680 13.46 

Patternmakers, wood.................................................................................................................................... 15.16 2,000 31,540 13.78 

Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood............................................................................... 11.72 60,280 24,380 11.15 

Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing....................................................... 11.83 94,690 24,610 11.25 

Woodworkers, all other................................................................................................................................. 11.13 10,550 23,150 10.20 

Nuclear power reactor operators.................................................................................................................. 3,730 32.17 66,900 31.84 

Power distributors and dispatchers.............................................................................................................. 7,520 28.61 59,510 28.44 

Power plant operators................................................................................................................................... 25.65 33,650 53,350 25.56 

Stationary engineers and boiler operators................................................................................................... 43,110 21.94 45,640 21.44 

Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators..................................................................... 102,940 17.34 36,060 16.79 

Chemical plant and system operators.......................................................................................................... 58,640 22.55 46,900 22.45 

Gas plant operators...................................................................................................................................... 25.15 10,530 52,310 24.96 

Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers........................................................... 24.19 40,470 50,320 24.55 

Plant and system operators, all other........................................................................................................... 13,920 21.50 44,730 21.57 

Chemical equipment operators and tenders................................................................................................. 19.05 50,610 39,620 18.77 

Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, .....................................

 and tenders............................................................................................................................................ 17.15 41,250 35,680 16.66 

Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders................................................. 13.89 41,480 28,900 13.21 

Grinding and polishing workers, hand.......................................................................................................... 12.03 44,890 25,010 11.28 

Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders..................................................................... 14.52 129,440 30,200 13.89 

Cutters and trimmers, hand.......................................................................................................................... 11.57 28,360 24,070 10.50 

Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders........................................................................ 14.04 78,030 29,210 13.25 

Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders............................. 80,420 14.15 29,420 13.36 

Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders........................................................................ 15.36 28,140 31,940 14.62 

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers................................................................................... 15.51 506,160 32,250 14.04 

Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers.......................................................................................... 15.79 28,100 32,830 14.15 

Dental laboratory technicians....................................................................................................................... 16.47 45,600 34,260 15.50 

Medical appliance technicians...................................................................................................................... 15.61 10,810 32,460 13.98 

Ophthalmic laboratory technicians............................................................................................................... 12.81 26,740 26,640 11.89 

Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders.................................................................................. 396,270 11.94 24,840 11.02 

Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders.................................................... 13.50 100,830 28,080 12.82 

Painters, transportation equipment............................................................................................................... 52,650 18.14 37,720 16.75 

Painting, coating, and decorating workers................................................................................................... 27,830 12.15 25,280 10.89 

Photographic process workers..................................................................................................................... 28,000 12.05 25,070 10.51 

Photographic processing machine operators................................................................................................ 10.16 53,970 21,120 9.26 

Semiconductor processors........................................................................................................................... 44,720 15.80 32,870 14.92 

Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders................................................................................ 12.45 25,650 25,900 11.78 

Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders................................................... 15,250 12.19 25,350 10.95 

Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders............................................................................... 12.16 9,640 25,290 11.13 

Etchers and engravers................................................................................................................................. 13.35 10,050 27,760 12.04 

Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic............................................................................. 12.33 41,250 25,640 11.39 

Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders................................................................................. 15.32 107,560 31,870 14.98 

Tire builders.................................................................................................................................................. 17.80 19,860 37,020 17.68 

Helpers--production workers......................................................................................................................... 10.45 528,610 21,730 9.80 

Production workers, all other........................................................................................................................ 13.49 296,340 28,070 11.36 

Transportation and material moving occupations

Aircraft cargo handling supervisors.............................................................................................................. 19.73 6,210 41,030 16.78 

First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand....................................... 19.81 176,030 41,210 18.75 

First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine

 and vehicle operators............................................................................................................................ 24.63 221,520 51,230 22.85 

Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers................................................................................................... (2) 135,040 76,240 (2)

Commercial pilots.......................................................................................................................................... (2) 65,560 24,860 (2)

Air traffic controllers...................................................................................................................................... 50.88 21,590 105,820 51.73 

Airfield operations specialists........................................................................................................................ 20.30 4,510 42,230 17.95 

Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians............................................... 9.72 18,320 20,220 9.03 

Bus drivers, transit and intercity.................................................................................................................... 15.37 183,450 31,960 14.91 

Bus drivers, school........................................................................................................................................ 11.71 465,880 24,350 11.57 

Driver/sales workers..................................................................................................................................... 11.44 400,530 23,800 9.67 

Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer......................................................................................................... 17.05 1,624,740 35,460 16.48 

Truck drivers, light or delivery services........................................................................................................ 12.99 938,280 27,020 11.92 

Taxi drivers and chauffeurs.......................................................................................................................... 10.36 144,280 21,550 9.60 

Motor vehicle operators, all other................................................................................................................. 12.29 76,500 25,570 10.71 

Locomotive engineers................................................................................................................................... 28.96 37,390 60,230 26.69 

Locomotive firers........................................................................................................................................... 20.54 540 42,710 18.65 

Rail yard engineers, dinkey operators, and hostlers..................................................................................... 18.99 6,970 39,500 18.28 

See footnotes at end of table.

Occupation Median hourly 

wages

Mean wages

Employment

Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2005―Continued
Hourly Annual 1

Transportation and material moving occupations―Continued

Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators............................................................................................... $25.07 $52,150 $23.89 20,700

Railroad conductors and yardmasters.......................................................................................................... 27.50 38,330 57,200 25.98 

Subway and streetcar operators................................................................................................................... 22.43 7,430 46,660 22.84 

Rail transportation workers, all other............................................................................................................ 18.32 7,500 38,100 18.74 

Sailors and marine oilers.............................................................................................................................. 15.19 31,090 31,590 14.11 

Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels................................................................................................ 25.55 28,570 53,140 24.49 

Motorboat operators...................................................................................................................................... 17.14 2,700 35,650 16.48 

Ship engineers.............................................................................................................................................. 27.54 13,240 57,290 25.38 

Bridge and lock tenders................................................................................................................................ 3,620 17.44 36,270 18.26 

Parking lot attendants................................................................................................................................... 8.64 124,250 17,970 8.14 

Service station attendants............................................................................................................................ 96,340 8.94 18,590 8.32 

Traffic technicians......................................................................................................................................... 18.21 6,990 37,870 17.82 

Transportation inspectors............................................................................................................................. 25,570 25.59 53,230 23.79 

Transportation workers, all other.................................................................................................................. 54,010 15.98 33,240 15.68 

Conveyor operators and tenders.................................................................................................................. 13.24 49,220 27,530 12.81 

Crane and tower operators........................................................................................................................... 19.65 43,690 40,860 18.69 

Dredge operators.......................................................................................................................................... 16.08 1,720 33,450 14.92 

Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators............................................................................. 16.64 66,030 34,610 15.57 

Loading machine operators, underground mining........................................................................................ 17.47 2,390 36,330 17.15 

Hoist and winch operators............................................................................................................................ 17.52 3,110 36,440 15.66 

Industrial truck and tractor operators............................................................................................................ 13.86 627,060 28,830 13.02 

Cleaners of vehicles and equipment............................................................................................................ 9.48 333,350 19,720 8.47 

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.............................................................................. 10.80 2,363,960 22,460 9.91 

Machine feeders and offbearers................................................................................................................... 11.41 145,740 23,730 10.74 

Packers and packagers, hand...................................................................................................................... 9.13 840,410 18,990 8.36 

Gas compressor and gas pumping station operators................................................................................... 20.91 3,950 43,500 21.07 

Pump operators, except wellhead pumpers.................................................................................................. 18.47 9,970 38,410 17.38 

Wellhead pumpers........................................................................................................................................ 17.86 10,190 37,150 18.12 

Refuse and recyclable material collectors.................................................................................................... 14.50 133,930 30,160 13.68 

Shuttle car operators..................................................................................................................................... 18.28 3,100 38,030 18.42 

Tank car, truck, and ship loaders................................................................................................................. 16.34 15,950 33,990 15.06 

Material moving workers, all other................................................................................................................ 15.65 52,970 32,550 14.53 

Employment

Mean wages

Occupation

Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2005―Continued

 4 Estimates not released.

 1 Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an 

hourly mean wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.

 2 Wages for some occupations that do not generally work year-round, full time, are reported either as hourly wages or annual salaries depending on how they are typically paid.

 3 Represents a wage above $70.00 per hour.

Median hourly 

wages