National Compensation Survey: 

Occupational Wages in the 

United States, July 2003 

Supplementary Tables 

______________________________________________________________________________________ 

U.S. Department of Labor 

Elaine L. Chao, Secretary 

Bureau of Labor Statistics 

Kathleen P. Utgoff, Commissioner 

August 2004 
Table of Contents 

 Page 

 Supplementary tables: 

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

 all workers, National Compensation Survey, July 2003 ............................................................. 1 

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

 full-time workers, National Compensation Survey, July 2003 ..................................................... 10 

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

 part-time workers, National Compensation Survey, July 2003 ..................................................... 19 

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

 all workers, National Compensation Survey, July 2003 ............................................................. 24 

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

 full-time workers, National Compensation Survey, July 2003 ..................................................... 33 

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

 part-time workers, National Compensation Survey, July 2003 ..................................................... 42 

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

 all workers, National Compensation Survey, July 2003 .............................................................. 46 

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

 full-time workers, National Compensation Survey, July 2003 ...................................................... 52 

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

 part-time workers, National Compensation Survey, July 2003 ..................................................... 57 

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

 private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, July 2003 ................. 60 

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

 private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, July 2003 ................ 73 
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National

Compensation Survey,3 July 2003

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

All ...................................................................................................... $17.75 0.9 $7.25 $9.70 $14.15 $21.96 $31.77

All, excluding sales .................................................................... 18.02 1.0 7.50 10.00 14.50 22.40 32.09

White collar .................................................................................. 21.85 .7 8.59 11.73 17.65 27.38 39.42

White collar, excluding sales ................................................. 23.33 .8 10.00 13.11 19.25 28.85 40.87

Professional specialty and technical ..................................... 28.37 .8 13.88 18.73 25.48 34.41 45.13

Professional specialty ............................................................ 30.60 .7 15.93 21.49 28.02 36.89 47.71

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ................................. 34.24 1.2 22.21 26.71 32.63 40.05 48.63

Architects ....................................................................... 31.16 4.1 20.90 23.31 28.86 36.06 43.80

Aerospace engineers ..................................................... 39.63 7.3 23.27 30.22 39.70 48.10 55.29

Metallurgical and materials engineers ........................... 30.87 5.8 23.93 27.05 28.44 33.87 42.23

Petroleum engineers ...................................................... 46.77 6.8 35.14 37.74 43.51 56.97 62.50

Chemical engineers ....................................................... 40.75 4.0 28.25 32.44 39.47 48.41 54.24

Nuclear engineers .......................................................... 36.82 3.4 28.65 32.78 36.66 40.19 45.76

Civil engineers ............................................................... 30.22 3.1 20.40 23.48 28.60 35.52 42.53

Electrical and electronic engineers ................................ 37.00 2.5 24.83 28.85 35.07 43.14 52.87

Industrial engineers ....................................................... 30.46 1.8 21.77 24.79 29.73 34.64 40.87

Mechanical engineers .................................................... 31.65 2.2 22.22 25.30 30.90 36.97 42.30

Marine engineers and naval architects .......................... 29.76 11.5 22.00 23.02 28.80 33.69 39.43

Engineers, n.e.c. ............................................................ 35.97 2.2 23.08 27.76 34.71 43.27 50.99

Surveyors and mapping scientists ................................. 29.19 11.2 17.27 24.04 27.01 38.40 38.40

Mathematical and computer scientists ............................... 33.26 1.8 19.73 24.86 32.31 40.01 48.17

Computer systems analysts and scientists .................... 33.25 1.8 19.62 24.96 32.56 40.14 48.32

Operations and systems researchers and analysts ....... 33.33 5.6 20.74 24.04 31.64 39.05 47.71

Actuaries ........................................................................ 36.27 7.3 22.92 25.48 38.46 42.50 50.41

Statisticians .................................................................... 28.56 10.9 18.00 19.44 29.08 30.70 46.12

Natural scientists ............................................................... 28.05 5.0 16.18 19.60 25.59 33.36 44.03

Physicists and astronomers ........................................... 37.87 10.0 18.23 26.15 40.87 48.15 52.20

Chemists, except biochemists ....................................... 27.83 3.9 16.65 20.67 27.25 31.43 40.23

Geologists and geodesists ............................................. 34.07 11.2 19.79 23.50 29.57 42.31 52.89

Physical scientists, n.e.c. ............................................... 30.71 8.4 19.09 23.64 29.66 36.10 44.95

Agricultural and food scientists ...................................... 25.66 6.7 15.04 18.98 23.44 30.58 37.36

Biological and life scientists ........................................... 26.92 14.7 15.63 18.02 22.18 31.65 44.42

Forestry and conservation scientists ............................. 21.12 8.8 14.86 16.18 20.53 25.08 28.87

Medical scientists ........................................................... 25.18 5.1 14.95 17.95 22.21 29.55 42.00

Health related .................................................................... 29.19 2.1 17.85 21.12 25.54 32.59 42.81

Physicians ...................................................................... 52.91 5.4 14.29 21.60 57.69 66.96 89.00

Dentists .......................................................................... 38.93 11.8 32.04 33.93 40.50 40.87 51.56

Optometrists .................................................................. 52.56 12.2 25.00 42.50 56.25 61.67 75.00

Health diagnosing practitioners, n.e.c. ........................... 34.08 2.9 25.00 25.00 35.47 42.69 42.69

Registered nurses .......................................................... 25.96 1.0 18.25 21.00 24.79 29.50 35.35

Pharmacists ................................................................... 39.32 1.1 33.00 36.94 40.17 42.63 45.00

Dietitians ........................................................................ 20.95 3.8 15.55 17.50 20.47 23.81 29.00

Respiratory therapists .................................................... 21.17 2.2 16.50 18.32 20.48 24.69 25.24

Occupational therapists ................................................. 25.49 3.0 17.00 22.12 25.08 28.01 33.00

Physical therapists ......................................................... 28.07 2.0 21.63 24.21 26.92 31.64 35.00

Speech therapists .......................................................... 29.81 3.6 20.67 24.40 28.00 33.19 44.64

Therapists, n.e.c. ........................................................... 19.86 12.2 12.51 14.21 16.88 21.92 34.27

Physicians’ assistants .................................................... 35.06 7.2 26.72 33.65 37.50 37.50 45.67

Teachers, college and university ....................................... 41.66 2.3 22.74 28.42 36.77 49.91 65.93

Earth, environmental, and marine science teachers ...... 44.99 16.3 19.94 32.11 45.39 57.23 71.63

Biological science teachers ........................................... 46.22 11.0 26.11 33.29 37.23 50.17 89.61

Chemistry teachers ........................................................ 38.05 10.1 27.04 28.90 31.39 41.03 54.78

Physics teachers ............................................................ 52.63 10.5 36.54 42.60 46.68 63.66 72.21

Natural science teachers, n.e.c. .................................... 44.16 4.2 36.76 38.81 41.31 49.16 59.94

Psychology teachers ...................................................... 38.13 5.1 25.89 27.24 37.24 45.43 55.70

Economics teachers ...................................................... 62.80 18.4 36.13 44.76 64.82 84.43 93.00

History teachers ............................................................. 38.54 9.3 25.25 27.63 33.79 46.11 58.01

Political science teachers .............................................. 34.71 8.0 23.32 28.11 30.55 36.76 49.42

Sociology teachers ........................................................ 42.34 16.1 26.44 28.32 36.28 57.12 67.93

Social science teachers, n.e.c. ...................................... 40.84 4.8 28.53 33.47 37.53 46.96 57.81

Engineering teachers ..................................................... 55.87 9.4 33.55 41.12 51.87 71.93 83.46

Mathematical science teachers ..................................... 39.78 7.9 24.38 29.24 41.06 48.56 57.83

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Compensation Survey,3 July 2003–Continued

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Professional specialty and technical –Continued

Professional specialty –Continued

Teachers, college and university –Continued

Computer science teachers ........................................... $38.01 12.7 $22.74 $29.46 $34.00 $51.24 $54.95

Medical science teachers .............................................. 51.55 7.8 24.04 32.77 48.08 64.15 85.58

Health specialties teachers ............................................ 43.73 8.2 24.04 26.36 34.63 49.54 76.92

Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .............. 42.15 13.3 25.83 29.39 36.77 54.54 66.84

Agriculture and forestry teachers ................................... 41.18 23.2 19.39 22.83 37.24 54.40 73.43

Art, drama, and music teachers ..................................... 36.08 7.0 23.25 25.33 32.41 44.08 53.74

Physical education teachers .......................................... 34.05 9.3 16.11 23.43 33.50 44.50 47.78

Education teachers ........................................................ 39.96 8.5 26.77 30.83 40.67 46.51 61.69

English teachers ............................................................ 42.27 8.5 24.17 30.28 37.50 60.58 60.76

Foreign language teachers ............................................ 32.52 20.3 14.36 16.92 24.48 43.00 52.14

Law teachers ................................................................. 56.34 13.7 21.36 30.00 53.67 74.78 97.19

Social work teachers ...................................................... 29.29 19.0 17.24 22.95 25.96 28.35 58.44

Theology teachers ......................................................... 40.55 6.5 27.39 29.81 35.76 48.08 49.91

Trade and industrial teachers ........................................ 29.62 9.5 18.50 21.02 27.66 36.86 44.99

Other post-secondary teachers ..................................... 40.36 3.5 21.00 27.49 35.88 48.78 63.88

Teachers, except college and university ............................ 30.09 1.1 15.57 22.31 28.70 36.67 46.54

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ................................. 18.10 7.1 8.37 10.00 13.27 24.73 32.93

Elementary school teachers .......................................... 31.74 1.1 20.29 23.99 29.57 37.71 46.91

Secondary school teachers ........................................... 31.88 1.4 21.22 24.84 30.42 37.06 45.55

Teachers, special education .......................................... 32.90 3.5 17.85 23.96 30.91 40.39 50.59

Teachers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 30.06 2.5 14.40 20.41 28.61 37.23 48.05

Substitute teachers ........................................................ 12.48 4.1 6.88 9.29 10.67 15.67 20.00

Vocational and educational counselors ......................... 26.63 5.2 12.50 15.87 24.01 33.88 44.06

Librarians, archivists, and curators .................................... 25.93 4.4 15.61 19.43 24.41 30.80 39.29

Librarians ....................................................................... 26.01 4.8 15.61 19.23 24.31 31.27 39.66

Archivists and curators .................................................. 25.24 7.0 16.93 20.48 25.47 30.80 34.74

Social scientists and urban planners ................................. 28.68 5.6 15.74 19.18 27.37 33.03 45.72

Economists .................................................................... 31.37 7.6 18.00 22.58 28.83 35.53 48.08

Psychologists ................................................................. 28.67 7.4 14.45 18.25 26.86 33.49 50.66

Social scientists, n.e.c. .................................................. 24.58 12.8 12.84 18.71 23.63 31.25 34.33

Urban planners .............................................................. 26.04 4.8 17.97 20.96 25.42 30.91 34.24

Social, recreation, and religious workers ........................... 18.09 2.1 11.27 13.64 16.66 21.08 26.65

Social workers ............................................................... 18.25 2.3 11.66 13.72 16.60 21.24 27.09

Recreation workers ........................................................ 16.06 7.2 6.10 11.22 16.81 20.58 22.68

Clergy ............................................................................ 17.11 8.7 10.00 12.46 17.71 19.48 22.95

Religious workers, n.e.c. ................................................ 18.18 9.7 10.60 14.42 19.23 19.23 20.23

Lawyers and judges ........................................................... 46.50 4.7 22.01 30.20 40.43 60.10 72.12

Lawyers ......................................................................... 46.11 4.9 21.64 29.46 39.56 60.09 72.02

Judges ........................................................................... 56.65 12.8 35.08 46.06 53.38 75.39 82.12

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,

n.e.c. ................................................................................ 23.90 3.8 10.04 14.42 21.11 28.85 40.87

Technical writers ............................................................ 27.91 6.0 13.46 19.50 26.68 34.66 44.48

Designers ....................................................................... 21.45 6.0 10.00 14.00 19.48 26.68 35.08

Musicians and composers ............................................. 34.68 17.4 12.00 28.44 30.76 36.28 58.75

Actors and directors ....................................................... 27.39 11.7 8.63 16.62 25.63 36.72 48.08

Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist printmakers 20.53 11.5 10.50 14.20 19.46 22.35 32.07

Photographers ............................................................... 17.21 11.5 8.00 11.14 14.75 22.78 30.00

Dancers ......................................................................... 8.44 37.4 2.13 2.13 5.15 13.33 17.31

Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c. ............. 14.95 7.0 7.50 12.00 14.50 17.58 21.94

Editors and reporters ..................................................... 24.82 12.3 10.99 15.85 19.63 29.44 43.47

Public relations specialists ............................................. 25.08 4.5 15.39 19.08 22.94 29.20 36.83

Announcers .................................................................... 29.94 33.2 7.53 9.13 15.00 26.44 116.83

Athletes .......................................................................... 22.32 21.4 8.50 11.06 18.00 25.00 40.80

Professional, n.e.c. ........................................................ 30.05 5.8 13.78 20.37 28.37 37.55 47.58

Technical ............................................................................... 20.85 1.5 11.55 14.28 18.04 23.50 30.02

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .......... 17.15 2.4 10.46 12.73 16.00 20.60 25.11

Dental hygienists ........................................................... 29.66 4.4 20.50 24.00 29.50 33.00 39.50

Health record technologists and technicians ................. 16.31 7.5 9.24 11.48 15.01 20.39 25.65

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Compensation Survey,3 July 2003–Continued

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Professional specialty and technical –Continued

Technical –Continued

Radiological technicians ................................................ $22.77 2.4 $15.68 $18.55 $22.42 $26.43 $30.44

Licensed practical nurses .............................................. 16.39 1.0 12.49 14.00 16.03 18.20 20.68

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. .................. 16.20 3.4 10.00 12.00 14.90 18.91 23.14

Electrical and electronic technicians .............................. 21.02 6.0 12.12 14.85 20.45 25.07 29.99

Industrial engineering technicians ................................. 22.08 3.6 16.32 20.30 20.47 24.43 30.10

Mechanical engineering technicians .............................. 22.85 4.9 15.00 17.19 23.08 26.15 31.79

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ...................................... 22.69 3.7 13.52 17.00 21.34 27.50 34.00

Drafters .......................................................................... 19.88 2.6 12.00 15.00 18.81 24.04 28.95

Surveying and mapping technicians .............................. 16.41 6.7 10.25 12.25 15.80 20.28 23.20

Biological technicians .................................................... 16.73 5.3 10.82 12.92 16.83 20.08 23.78

Chemical technicians ..................................................... 20.67 6.6 14.40 16.50 19.89 23.28 28.12

Science technicians, n.e.c. ............................................ 22.80 14.2 13.04 15.25 18.56 25.72 29.38

Airplane pilots and navigators ........................................ 98.47 7.0 19.00 35.75 95.45 149.35 188.71

Broadcast equipment operators ..................................... 16.39 15.5 7.00 8.66 13.83 21.22 31.69

Computer programmers ................................................. 28.90 3.1 16.50 21.09 26.89 34.17 43.00

Tool programmers, numerical control ............................ 19.21 4.8 15.22 17.54 18.00 21.00 24.27

Legal assistants ............................................................. 19.69 3.7 11.75 15.00 20.19 22.89 27.47

Technical and related, n.e.c. .......................................... 20.94 5.8 10.78 14.42 19.09 24.93 30.77

Executive, administrative, and managerial ........................... 32.20 2.3 15.99 20.43 27.43 37.68 52.89

Executives, administrators, and managers ........................ 35.92 2.7 16.42 22.56 31.15 43.31 57.21

Legislators ..................................................................... 15.77 18.6 3.46 4.79 9.33 27.38 31.22

Chief executives and general administrators, public

administration .............................................................. 42.70 10.8 28.22 28.85 43.19 48.08 57.97

Administrators and officials, public administration ......... 30.92 3.5 18.73 23.06 28.84 35.17 44.26

Financial managers ....................................................... 42.05 14.5 19.23 23.40 30.03 43.66 62.71

Personnel and labor relations managers ....................... 32.87 8.3 17.31 21.62 26.92 41.58 55.49

Purchasing managers .................................................... 29.93 6.2 17.73 20.31 28.85 38.97 43.16

Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations 43.66 8.9 22.21 28.77 38.59 57.12 72.12

Administrators, education and related fields .................. 35.37 4.1 17.35 24.52 35.31 44.35 52.50

Managers, medicine and health ..................................... 35.16 4.4 19.86 24.87 31.92 41.30 57.69

Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments .. 19.79 5.4 11.71 14.27 17.75 21.42 30.29

Managers, properties and real estate ............................ 20.02 5.2 8.65 13.00 18.17 26.16 33.44

Funeral directors ............................................................ 21.30 17.5 15.00 15.63 18.10 30.19 30.19

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ........................ 28.80 9.5 14.10 17.00 24.79 31.25 43.55

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ............................. 37.01 3.0 16.64 23.56 32.31 45.80 57.70

Management related .......................................................... 25.93 1.8 15.50 18.72 23.13 29.49 36.78

Accountants and auditors .............................................. 24.35 2.0 15.58 18.55 22.79 28.51 33.86

Underwriters .................................................................. 27.68 6.4 16.66 19.18 23.70 31.50 43.27

Other financial officers ................................................... 32.94 7.0 15.38 20.05 25.24 33.82 50.00

Management analysts .................................................... 28.30 4.5 17.40 20.91 26.73 32.83 41.47

Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ........ 23.30 2.6 15.39 18.10 21.82 27.10 33.64

Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products .............. 27.90 18.2 15.68 17.13 27.16 32.69 56.59

Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm

products ....................................................................... 25.08 3.8 16.54 19.00 22.60 28.86 37.63

Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ........................... 24.55 6.7 14.60 18.27 23.48 30.60 33.65

Business and promotional agents .................................. 21.93 6.9 16.15 18.27 22.09 25.44 27.02

Construction inspectors ................................................. 23.60 4.1 15.43 18.26 23.50 27.39 32.31

Inspectors and compliance officers, except

construction ................................................................. 22.44 3.0 15.91 18.35 20.58 25.41 30.35

Management related, n.e.c. ........................................... 24.93 1.9 15.00 18.27 23.08 28.85 36.41

Sales ......................................................................................... 15.05 1.8 6.50 7.50 10.50 17.13 27.64

Supervisors, sales ......................................................... 19.34 3.2 9.38 11.54 16.03 22.44 35.03

Insurance sales .............................................................. 22.80 8.0 10.16 12.63 17.55 26.46 37.28

Real estate sales ........................................................... 23.15 8.9 10.00 11.85 17.79 26.70 41.55

Securities and financial services sales .......................... 47.25 7.9 13.46 16.98 27.13 44.45 86.54

Advertising and related sales ......................................... 22.02 11.6 8.75 12.02 17.26 26.59 45.50

Sales, other business services ...................................... 21.10 7.9 7.50 10.65 17.50 26.44 37.18

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Compensation Survey,3 July 2003–Continued

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Sales –Continued

Sales engineers ............................................................. $34.75 5.3 $21.44 $29.00 $34.62 $39.06 $44.88

Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and

wholesale ..................................................................... 26.72 3.7 12.50 16.55 23.03 32.71 45.49

Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ...................... 19.12 4.1 6.44 9.90 16.18 24.69 34.56

Sales workers, apparel .................................................. 8.74 3.3 6.15 7.00 7.98 9.50 12.00

Sales workers, shoes ..................................................... 8.67 7.6 5.50 6.00 7.52 10.00 12.75

Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings .............. 11.17 6.4 7.00 7.75 9.90 12.28 16.88

Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi, and appliances ............... 17.67 29.5 7.57 8.50 11.24 16.35 34.86

Sales workers, hardware and building supplies ............. 13.44 4.6 8.50 9.60 11.42 15.00 19.00

Sales workers, parts ...................................................... 13.85 5.0 8.00 9.26 12.53 16.54 22.04

Sales workers, other commodities ................................. 11.37 3.7 6.25 7.00 8.65 12.00 19.00

Sales counter clerks ...................................................... 9.48 7.0 6.00 6.90 8.07 10.50 15.00

Cashiers ......................................................................... 8.40 1.6 6.00 6.62 7.60 9.30 11.75

Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales .............. 12.41 8.2 7.50 8.50 12.09 14.40 18.71

Sales support, n.e.c. ...................................................... 14.85 7.5 7.00 10.00 12.75 19.56 24.76

Administrative support, including clerical ............................ 13.77 .7 8.65 10.21 12.97 16.21 20.11

Supervisors, general office ............................................ 18.56 2.7 12.39 14.50 17.51 21.20 26.00

Supervisors, computer equipment operators ................. 20.62 8.9 14.00 14.60 19.23 24.45 29.94

Supervisors, financial records processing ..................... 20.31 2.7 13.70 16.10 19.41 23.00 27.47

Chief communications operators ................................... 20.05 5.3 14.81 17.63 19.04 20.26 27.78

Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting

clerks ........................................................................... 20.54 4.8 12.00 14.72 19.92 24.04 31.19

Computer operators ....................................................... 15.61 3.1 11.56 12.52 15.10 18.33 20.45

Peripheral equipment operators .................................... 12.96 8.0 8.35 9.50 12.00 16.83 18.79

Secretaries ..................................................................... 15.41 1.0 9.92 11.97 14.81 18.27 21.59

Stenographers ............................................................... 17.85 4.7 11.00 13.13 16.00 20.59 25.00

Typists ........................................................................... 14.34 2.4 9.34 11.28 13.73 16.12 19.25

Interviewers ................................................................... 11.54 3.9 8.16 9.05 11.00 13.50 15.25

Hotel clerks .................................................................... 8.99 2.8 7.00 7.50 8.25 10.00 11.50

Transportation ticket and reservation agents ................. 14.07 5.9 7.50 9.00 13.00 19.86 21.15

Receptionists ................................................................. 10.98 1.6 8.00 9.00 10.50 12.50 14.42

Information clerks, n.e.c. ................................................ 12.94 2.6 9.25 10.34 12.24 14.56 17.79

Correspondence clerks .................................................. 13.65 3.0 10.02 11.35 12.99 15.13 18.44

Order clerks ................................................................... 13.86 2.4 8.65 10.50 13.00 16.25 20.20

Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping ......... 15.21 2.6 10.40 12.36 15.02 18.08 20.65

Library clerks ................................................................. 11.98 2.8 7.99 9.14 11.50 14.15 16.72

File clerks ....................................................................... 10.27 3.1 7.50 8.65 10.00 11.59 14.13

Records clerks, n.e.c. .................................................... 13.38 1.9 9.00 10.43 12.98 15.39 18.94

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ............... 14.11 1.6 9.54 11.24 13.76 16.04 19.23

Payroll and timekeeping clerks ...................................... 15.41 3.2 10.78 12.22 14.89 17.26 21.05

Billing clerks ................................................................... 12.79 2.7 9.45 10.50 12.35 14.75 16.59

Cost and rate clerks ....................................................... 12.08 14.8 6.36 6.36 12.18 15.25 18.00

Billing, posting, and calculating machine operators ....... 11.86 3.5 8.32 9.30 10.39 13.78 16.00

Duplicating machine operators ...................................... 11.99 7.3 8.29 9.24 10.80 13.50 19.28

Mail preparing and paper handling machine operators 11.53 5.5 8.50 9.34 11.42 13.53 15.48

Office machine operators, n.e.c. .................................... 10.52 4.3 7.35 9.25 10.50 11.41 12.87

Telephone operators ...................................................... 12.97 8.1 7.50 9.00 11.50 17.85 19.76

Communications equipment operators, n.e.c. ............... 10.78 13.0 6.75 8.00 9.82 13.79 18.10

Mail clerks, except postal service .................................. 11.50 4.3 8.25 9.15 10.64 13.60 15.58

Messengers ................................................................... 9.54 6.5 6.88 7.13 9.00 11.00 13.29

Dispatchers .................................................................... 15.91 6.0 9.00 11.33 14.60 18.84 23.56

Production coordinators ................................................. 17.68 3.6 11.82 13.50 16.47 21.00 25.14

Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ............................. 12.93 2.3 9.00 10.75 12.13 14.58 18.00

Stock and inventory clerks ............................................. 12.45 2.1 7.94 9.50 11.55 14.43 18.14

Meter readers ................................................................ 16.58 3.8 10.61 12.10 15.06 21.03 23.93

Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers ............. 14.46 8.7 9.74 10.34 12.73 16.15 25.75

Expeditors ...................................................................... 15.28 6.1 10.70 12.50 14.70 18.26 20.93

Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 11.85 4.2 7.33 8.40 10.25 13.73 20.48

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Compensation Survey,3 July 2003–Continued

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Administrative support, including clerical –Continued

Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ........ $17.68 4.0 $11.50 $13.20 $16.35 $20.78 $26.45

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ............... 14.99 2.1 9.60 11.35 14.28 17.77 22.01

Eligibility clerks, social welfare ....................................... 14.89 2.9 10.33 12.18 14.75 17.18 18.91

Bill and account collectors ............................................. 14.11 3.4 9.35 10.52 13.21 16.50 19.84

General office clerks ...................................................... 12.88 .9 8.50 10.00 12.00 15.00 18.13

Bank tellers .................................................................... 10.35 1.3 8.00 8.80 9.93 11.64 13.35

Proofreaders .................................................................. 15.52 15.7 7.00 10.39 14.50 22.05 24.26

Data entry keyers ........................................................... 11.84 2.8 8.50 9.81 11.27 13.40 16.00

Statistical clerks ............................................................. 13.72 3.9 9.00 10.88 12.99 15.85 19.76

Teachers’ aides ............................................................. 11.31 1.6 7.88 8.82 10.27 12.75 16.22

Administrative support, n.e.c. ........................................ 14.06 1.7 9.00 10.70 13.40 16.45 19.86

Blue collar .................................................................................... 15.03 .9 7.90 10.00 13.50 18.71 24.88

Precision production, craft, and repair .................................. 18.89 1.1 10.39 13.39 17.85 23.61 29.00

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .......................... 23.11 2.9 13.85 16.96 22.21 28.33 33.22

Automobile mechanics ................................................... 17.88 3.9 10.00 13.25 18.14 21.00 24.54

Automobile mechanic apprentices ................................. 12.37 10.4 8.50 9.27 11.00 15.25 15.34

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ................ 17.26 2.3 11.40 13.50 17.00 20.44 22.81

Small engine repairers ................................................... 14.69 5.5 10.00 11.00 14.00 17.00 21.00

Automobile body and related repairers .......................... 15.92 3.5 10.46 12.22 15.00 17.60 21.56

Aircraft mechanics, except engine ................................. 25.68 6.8 13.28 20.00 26.57 33.38 34.68

Heavy equipment mechanics ......................................... 18.59 3.7 12.70 14.50 18.00 22.00 26.13

Farm equipment mechanics .......................................... 13.76 3.5 10.00 11.50 13.25 15.50 18.00

Industrial machinery repairers ....................................... 19.81 1.7 13.90 16.39 18.76 23.50 26.92

Machinery maintenance ................................................. 15.83 4.5 10.38 11.75 14.65 19.79 22.93

Electronic repairers, communications and industrial

equipment .................................................................... 21.65 4.8 12.97 16.00 22.93 26.18 30.57

Data processing equipment repairers ............................ 17.14 11.3 7.79 13.00 16.41 20.78 27.48

Household appliance and power tool repairers ............. 15.48 5.4 10.00 12.00 15.00 18.04 22.94

Telephone line installers and repairers .......................... 24.36 3.7 15.00 23.69 25.13 27.14 28.02

Telephone installers and repairers ................................ 22.95 2.1 17.39 20.39 23.69 25.71 27.68

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics .. 17.81 3.5 11.75 14.37 17.50 20.55 24.34

Locksmiths and safe repairers ....................................... 14.63 10.2 10.00 12.77 13.00 17.78 19.04

Office machine repairers ................................................ 15.39 7.5 11.00 11.30 15.25 17.60 20.56

Mechanical controls and valve repairers ....................... 21.87 3.9 14.44 18.38 22.73 25.51 30.32

Elevator installers and repairers .................................... 37.52 12.9 25.21 28.92 43.92 43.92 43.92

Millwrights ...................................................................... 21.56 5.1 15.00 17.25 20.83 25.68 29.07

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ..................................... 16.05 2.6 10.00 12.16 15.60 19.28 22.84

Supervisors, brickmasons, stonemasons, and

tilesetters ..................................................................... 21.30 16.1 13.82 16.02 18.75 27.50 29.71

Supervisors, carpenters and related workers ................ 24.65 3.9 17.78 21.00 25.00 29.00 30.80

Supervisors, electricians and power transmission

installers ....................................................................... 29.72 4.9 21.00 22.66 29.18 36.31 39.46

Supervisors, painters, paperhangers, and plasterers .... 21.19 5.4 15.00 18.00 21.79 23.46 27.25

Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...... 26.83 3.6 18.11 21.25 27.94 31.54 33.73

Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ......................... 21.22 4.0 15.00 16.63 19.56 24.85 30.27

Brickmasons and stonemasons ..................................... 24.68 8.0 17.00 19.00 25.00 28.10 40.00

Tile setters, hard and soft .............................................. 19.03 12.1 14.00 14.50 18.00 21.70 32.91

Carpet installers ............................................................. 17.99 15.9 9.38 11.00 16.00 25.33 30.40

Carpenters ..................................................................... 18.83 4.0 10.75 13.98 18.00 23.07 29.75

Carpenter apprentices ................................................... 13.56 6.8 9.78 11.00 11.62 15.00 22.03

Drywall installers ............................................................ 20.69 7.7 13.25 16.00 18.00 26.41 28.94

Electricians .................................................................... 23.91 2.7 14.00 17.60 22.00 29.47 36.64

Electrician apprentices ................................................... 14.98 3.9 10.17 11.50 14.00 17.01 22.18

Electrical power installers and repairers ........................ 24.82 3.5 15.70 21.03 24.48 29.19 32.35

Painters, construction and maintenance ........................ 14.15 5.2 8.50 10.00 12.16 17.00 22.98

Plasterers ....................................................................... 14.62 11.6 10.00 10.00 14.50 18.00 20.00

Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ........................... 22.34 2.6 13.50 17.07 23.00 27.43 30.00

Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices ............ 13.52 3.1 9.25 11.00 12.50 15.00 18.50

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Compensation Survey,3 July 2003–Continued

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Blue collar –Continued

Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued

Concrete and terrazzo finishers ..................................... $18.10 11.3 $9.70 $13.00 $15.00 $25.85 $28.05

Glaziers .......................................................................... 17.94 6.8 13.00 14.75 17.00 21.94 25.39

Insulation workers .......................................................... 16.50 9.4 10.00 11.75 15.00 20.94 28.00

Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators ... 15.02 14.4 10.00 10.75 12.11 16.80 26.12

Roofers .......................................................................... 16.25 7.5 9.00 11.00 15.50 20.00 24.32

Sheet metal duct installers ............................................. 22.47 14.1 11.00 15.59 21.00 32.85 33.85

Structural metal workers ................................................ 19.66 6.4 14.26 15.00 18.00 23.99 30.75

Drillers, earth ................................................................. 16.51 5.4 12.75 15.12 16.32 18.20 20.00

Construction trades, n.e.c. ............................................. 16.79 5.1 9.50 11.61 15.78 20.14 24.62

Supervisors, extractive .................................................. 27.56 13.2 13.00 19.38 32.05 33.19 37.31

Mining machine operators ............................................. 19.50 11.1 15.55 16.70 18.57 21.42 29.90

Mining, n.e.c. ................................................................. 16.60 11.6 8.00 9.30 12.00 25.45 25.45

Supervisors, production ................................................. 20.22 2.2 12.75 15.13 19.64 24.06 28.75

Tool and die makers ...................................................... 22.15 2.3 15.42 18.21 21.00 26.36 29.75

Tool and die maker apprentices .................................... 17.66 5.8 11.99 13.86 16.46 21.25 24.00

Precision assemblers, metal .......................................... 19.62 5.0 12.00 16.36 20.14 22.75 27.10

Machinists ...................................................................... 19.22 2.4 13.00 15.80 19.29 23.00 25.51

Machinist apprentices .................................................... 13.27 10.0 10.00 10.19 12.25 12.85 19.84

Boilermakers .................................................................. 17.63 5.2 14.51 15.00 16.15 19.91 23.62

Precision grinders, filers, and tool sharpeners ............... 15.01 10.9 7.61 8.50 15.21 18.83 23.34

Patternmakers and modelmakers, metal ....................... 21.21 10.7 12.82 16.47 18.91 30.33 30.83

Layout workers .............................................................. 16.52 15.5 8.25 10.69 15.75 19.56 30.00

Precious stones and metals workers ............................. 13.45 14.9 7.28 9.10 13.00 16.25 22.00

Engravers, metal ............................................................ 16.62 16.9 8.00 13.50 17.40 23.13 23.42

Sheet metal workers ...................................................... 16.88 5.9 10.00 12.50 15.38 20.68 26.69

Sheet metal worker apprentices .................................... 13.81 13.7 8.58 9.60 11.14 16.13 19.27

Patternmakers and modelmakers, wood ....................... 17.37 14.6 11.50 13.00 15.09 23.00 23.00

Cabinet makers and bench carpenters .......................... 12.38 6.4 8.50 10.00 12.21 14.50 16.00

Furniture and wood finishers ......................................... 12.68 7.4 8.50 10.50 12.70 12.95 20.12

Tailors ............................................................................ 12.60 7.6 8.61 10.07 11.95 15.25 17.50

Upholsterers .................................................................. 15.15 15.8 7.75 9.50 15.50 18.50 23.60

Hand molders and shapers, except jewelers ................. 15.45 12.8 12.00 12.00 13.67 17.79 20.50

Patternmakers, layout workers, and cutters .................. 16.49 10.8 10.94 10.94 16.15 18.00 24.97

Optical goods workers ................................................... 12.65 6.7 8.75 10.00 12.26 15.00 17.26

Dental laboratory and medical appliance technicians .... 14.67 2.3 10.46 12.60 14.33 16.00 19.10

Bookbinders ................................................................... 13.96 8.6 9.00 10.00 12.63 17.50 20.16

Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ............ 12.62 4.0 8.32 9.79 11.74 15.07 17.85

Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ........................ 14.11 12.3 9.44 10.30 11.50 15.00 21.75

Butchers and meat cutters ............................................. 11.94 4.1 7.35 8.55 10.75 14.38 18.40

Bakers ............................................................................ 11.00 6.8 6.50 8.25 10.80 13.00 15.60

Food batchmakers ......................................................... 12.50 5.4 8.15 10.00 12.00 14.72 16.53

Inspectors, testers, and graders .................................... 18.00 3.2 10.59 13.10 16.78 23.00 25.88

Precision inspectors, testers, and related workers,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 20.74 10.7 13.52 15.35 22.68 25.18 25.18

Adjusters and calibrators ............................................... 17.54 11.4 9.92 12.86 17.79 24.74 26.29

Water and sewer treatment plant operators .................. 18.45 2.8 11.59 14.73 18.32 22.29 25.94

Power plant operators .................................................... 26.41 3.5 20.51 24.19 25.00 28.37 32.19

Stationary engineers ...................................................... 22.56 4.9 15.41 17.61 21.58 28.85 31.92

Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c. ......... 21.94 4.2 13.76 19.17 22.97 25.39 27.40

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ................. 13.30 1.3 7.50 9.50 12.17 16.00 21.00

Lathe and turning-machine set-up operators ................. 16.33 5.2 12.57 14.35 14.35 18.32 22.03

Lathe and turning-machine operators ............................ 15.80 5.8 9.50 11.52 14.84 18.75 23.63

Milling and planing machine operators .......................... 13.41 5.9 8.91 10.50 13.34 15.45 17.29

Punching and stamping press operators ....................... 12.80 8.5 7.50 8.83 11.44 15.00 21.49

Rolling machine operators ............................................. 14.67 10.1 9.50 9.87 13.20 16.63 23.73

Drilling and boring machine operators ........................... 12.42 9.8 6.75 9.45 10.34 15.45 18.04

Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine

operators ...................................................................... 13.51 3.6 8.75 10.75 12.90 15.16 18.65

Forging machine operators ............................................ 13.60 7.5 9.32 10.76 12.13 16.00 19.04

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Compensation Survey,3 July 2003–Continued

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Blue collar –Continued

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors

–Continued

Numerical control machine operators ............................ $15.11 3.9 $10.25 $11.75 $14.75 $17.25 $20.48

Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ........................... 14.88 4.0 9.10 10.50 13.98 17.63 25.35

Molding and casting machine operators ........................ 12.57 3.0 8.11 9.98 11.69 14.61 17.68

Metal plating machine operators .................................... 13.14 5.5 7.50 10.25 12.63 16.08 17.85

Heat treating equipment operators ................................ 15.65 6.4 11.25 12.40 15.16 18.16 21.65

Wood lathe, routing, and planing machine operators .... 12.53 2.3 10.65 11.45 12.40 13.50 13.50

Sawing machine operators ............................................ 11.31 4.2 7.75 9.25 11.00 13.09 14.75

Shaping and joining machine operators ........................ 12.60 3.5 10.92 11.81 13.00 13.50 14.50

Nailing and tacking machine operators .......................... 11.31 6.4 7.34 10.06 11.56 12.00 13.94

Printing press operators ................................................. 15.99 2.3 10.00 12.00 15.60 19.09 22.23

Photoengravers and lithographers ................................. 16.68 4.2 11.45 13.50 17.63 19.50 22.00

Typesetters and compositors ......................................... 14.15 7.5 9.01 10.65 13.13 17.00 19.55

Winding and twisting machine operators ....................... 13.00 7.7 9.00 9.89 12.33 16.50 16.50

Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine

operators ...................................................................... 11.28 4.9 7.50 9.50 11.49 13.16 14.55

Textile cutting machine operators .................................. 10.86 4.0 7.00 9.80 10.75 11.25 14.50

Textile sewing machine operators ................................. 8.64 6.1 6.50 6.75 7.65 9.84 12.00

Pressing machine operators .......................................... 8.58 4.0 6.35 7.15 8.65 9.50 10.29

Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators ........... 9.03 4.4 6.75 7.50 8.49 10.00 12.60

Cementing and gluing machine operators ..................... 11.31 8.2 8.25 8.25 10.75 13.75 14.35

Packaging and filling machine operators ....................... 12.52 4.2 7.50 8.71 11.02 15.55 19.85

Extruding and forming machine operators ..................... 13.45 4.9 9.00 10.29 13.80 15.89 16.94

Mixing and blending machine operators ........................ 15.16 5.2 10.00 11.37 14.20 17.15 22.31

Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine operators .. 18.91 5.4 12.08 15.30 19.12 22.85 25.15

Compressing and compacting machine operators ........ 11.70 3.9 9.00 10.23 11.07 12.50 14.19

Painting and paint spraying machine operators ............. 14.12 3.5 8.75 10.89 13.00 16.00 21.10

Roasting and baking machine operators, food .............. 12.44 10.1 8.00 10.43 11.58 14.39 17.51

Washing, cleaning, and pickling machine operators ...... 13.86 12.0 9.00 10.55 13.39 18.68 20.23

Folding machine operators ............................................ 13.51 6.6 10.24 11.15 12.47 15.81 19.48

Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food ............. 14.70 6.3 10.25 11.25 12.80 16.60 23.51

Crushing and grinding machine operators ..................... 14.09 6.2 9.58 11.20 13.75 16.97 17.96

Slicing and cutting machine operators ........................... 13.27 4.2 9.08 10.64 13.24 16.40 17.00

Motion picture projectionists .......................................... 12.41 31.2 7.75 7.75 8.00 11.61 30.14

Photographic process machine operators ..................... 10.41 4.2 7.10 8.00 9.18 12.50 15.50

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ...................... 13.87 2.4 8.36 10.20 13.00 16.73 20.58

Welders and cutters ....................................................... 15.99 2.2 10.75 12.76 15.25 18.47 22.49

Solderers and brazers ................................................... 11.22 8.4 7.83 8.65 11.45 12.77 14.93

Assemblers .................................................................... 13.80 4.0 7.37 9.14 11.84 16.75 25.64

Hand cutting and trimming ............................................. 9.68 11.4 6.95 8.00 8.00 10.75 14.82

Hand molding, casting, and forming .............................. 10.44 12.7 6.50 7.00 9.25 12.52 15.64

Hand painting, coating, and decorating ......................... 9.34 12.4 7.20 7.20 7.20 10.50 13.47

Hand engraving and printing .......................................... 13.86 20.0 8.00 8.00 11.23 13.95 27.77

Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ............................... 11.31 5.4 6.75 7.85 9.50 13.65 17.56

Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ........... 13.78 4.3 8.25 10.00 12.21 16.21 22.26

Production testers .......................................................... 12.58 5.8 8.25 10.00 11.00 14.00 18.83

Production samplers and weighers ................................ 12.07 10.9 9.03 10.36 11.07 12.10 17.20

Graders and sorters, except agricultural ........................ 10.17 6.6 6.45 7.34 9.30 13.80 15.18

Hand inspectors, n.e.c. .................................................. 10.74 7.6 7.00 8.78 10.45 11.49 15.50

Transportation and material moving ..................................... 14.78 1.5 8.75 10.50 13.50 18.00 22.83

Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ............................ 18.02 4.7 12.12 13.71 17.27 22.25 25.98

Truckdrivers ................................................................... 14.83 2.1 9.46 10.70 13.75 18.00 22.50

Driver-sales workers ...................................................... 12.72 6.5 5.75 8.00 12.00 15.44 22.20

Busdrivers ...................................................................... 14.35 1.8 9.20 10.92 13.67 17.55 20.57

Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ...................................... 9.61 3.7 7.00 7.50 9.50 11.00 12.00

Parking lot attendants .................................................... 8.10 11.7 5.25 5.65 7.69 11.03 11.40

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ............................................ 10.06 6.1 5.65 7.00 8.72 11.50 16.56

Railroad conductors and yardmasters ........................... 24.90 14.3 13.13 15.86 22.86 32.32 41.22

Locomotive operating .................................................... 27.08 12.7 16.80 17.90 24.36 34.04 41.13

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Compensation Survey,3 July 2003–Continued

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Blue collar –Continued

Transportation and material moving –Continued

Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators ................. $25.24 5.1 $14.66 $20.16 $23.97 $29.29 $35.97

Rail vehicle operators, n.e.c. ......................................... 21.47 4.3 16.10 19.43 22.89 23.00 25.10

Ship captains and mates, except fishing boats .............. 16.42 6.5 11.25 12.92 15.75 20.00 20.33

Sailors and deckhands .................................................. 11.45 9.6 8.33 8.75 9.58 13.50 18.88

Marine engineers ........................................................... 19.37 15.6 13.75 13.75 17.42 22.50 32.91

Bridge, lock and lighthouse tenders ............................... 13.34 12.6 8.61 10.55 15.57 15.99 15.99

Supervisors, material moving equipment ....................... 20.81 3.6 15.86 18.42 20.19 23.50 26.02

Operating engineers ...................................................... 19.73 7.1 11.05 12.50 18.55 25.62 29.12

Crane and tower operators ............................................ 17.42 5.9 12.00 13.40 16.57 20.23 23.92

Excavating and loading machine operators ................... 16.28 4.9 10.00 12.00 15.00 18.15 23.60

Grader, dozer, and scraper operators ........................... 15.96 5.2 9.72 12.00 14.00 18.95 25.77

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ........... 13.66 2.3 9.00 10.53 12.95 16.20 19.89

Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 15.85 4.1 9.94 11.80 14.45 19.59 25.55

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......... 11.27 1.4 6.75 8.00 10.00 13.19 18.00

Nursery workers ............................................................. 9.78 7.7 7.25 7.75 9.50 10.50 12.00

Supervisors, agriculture-related workers ....................... 20.69 11.2 9.70 14.14 19.48 24.39 27.74

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ............... 11.26 3.2 7.25 8.04 10.00 13.81 16.86

Animal caretakers, except farm ..................................... 10.65 7.9 6.75 7.67 10.00 12.60 16.47

Inspectors, agricultural products .................................... 9.70 13.4 6.80 7.00 8.80 11.30 13.50

Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and

laborers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 19.59 4.7 11.25 14.76 18.65 22.03 28.13

Helpers, mechanics and repairers ................................. 11.95 4.9 7.50 9.15 11.00 15.00 16.12

Helpers, construction trades .......................................... 11.59 3.4 8.00 9.25 10.75 13.00 15.66

Helpers, extractive ......................................................... 9.77 14.8 7.00 7.75 8.50 12.00 15.00

Construction laborers ..................................................... 13.75 3.0 8.00 9.75 12.00 17.50 22.39

Production helpers ......................................................... 10.37 6.0 6.20 7.55 10.00 12.30 15.25

Garbage collectors ......................................................... 14.44 9.4 8.99 11.25 14.38 17.13 23.56

Stock handlers and baggers .......................................... 9.73 2.1 6.00 7.00 8.70 11.50 15.15

Machine feeders and offbearers .................................... 10.63 3.3 7.50 8.25 10.00 12.40 14.77

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .................. 12.12 2.5 7.10 9.00 11.00 14.65 19.14

Garage and service station related ................................ 8.99 3.6 6.90 7.25 8.00 10.00 12.26

Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ..................... 9.60 3.8 6.00 7.00 8.91 10.45 14.40

Hand packers and packagers ........................................ 9.47 3.3 6.00 7.25 8.75 11.00 13.27

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ............................. 10.85 2.6 6.68 8.00 9.55 12.60 17.05

Service .......................................................................................... 10.40 1.5 5.50 6.90 8.80 12.00 17.61

Protective service .............................................................. 17.17 2.9 8.00 10.22 15.08 22.79 28.44

Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention .................. 25.92 5.1 16.70 19.74 24.05 30.94 37.72

Supervisors, police and detectives ................................ 29.67 3.3 17.45 23.63 29.12 36.36 40.69

Supervisors, guards ....................................................... 19.30 6.9 10.50 13.00 15.75 25.41 32.96

Fire inspection and fire prevention ................................. 18.36 12.8 8.00 13.93 19.96 23.38 27.57

Firefighting ..................................................................... 18.43 2.9 11.18 13.77 17.73 23.00 26.13

Police and detectives, public service ............................. 23.57 1.1 15.33 18.75 23.43 27.17 31.65

Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers ..... 18.64 2.1 12.07 14.23 17.93 22.48 27.78

Correctional institution officers ....................................... 16.70 5.3 11.32 12.13 14.74 21.19 25.27

Crossing guards ............................................................. 9.92 5.3 7.00 8.25 9.06 11.33 13.12

Guards and police, except public service ...................... 10.28 3.6 7.00 8.00 9.25 11.25 14.60

Protective service, n.e.c. ................................................ 12.31 7.0 6.75 8.00 10.96 14.25 20.59

Food service ...................................................................... 7.46 .8 3.09 5.65 7.00 8.95 11.36

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ............................... 4.98 2.6 2.13 2.65 5.10 6.75 8.00

Bartenders ..................................................................... 6.98 3.9 4.25 5.50 7.00 8.00 10.00

Waiters and waitresses .................................................. 4.33 3.1 2.13 2.38 3.35 5.65 7.01

Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ..................................... 5.95 3.0 3.25 4.90 6.00 7.00 8.00

Other food service ........................................................... 8.50 .8 5.75 6.50 7.69 9.66 12.20

Supervisors, food preparation and service .................... 12.61 2.3 8.00 9.50 11.44 15.11 19.06

Cooks ............................................................................. 9.26 1.4 6.20 7.05 8.95 10.73 12.82

Kitchen workers, food preparation ................................. 7.97 2.0 5.50 6.35 7.50 9.00 11.00

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Compensation Survey,3 July 2003–Continued

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Service –Continued

Food service –Continued

Other food service –Continued

Food preparation, n.e.c. ................................................. $7.59 1.0 $5.55 $6.45 $7.25 $8.34 $10.00

Health service .................................................................... 10.68 1.5 7.20 8.50 10.00 12.06 15.00

Dental assistants ........................................................... 14.73 5.7 10.00 12.00 13.75 16.46 19.00

Health aides, except nursing ......................................... 11.37 3.4 7.50 8.87 10.40 12.98 15.88

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ....................... 10.00 1.0 7.00 8.29 9.59 11.10 13.50

Cleaning and building service ............................................ 10.52 2.0 6.55 7.50 9.25 12.55 16.52

Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers ...... 16.20 4.5 9.50 12.32 15.87 18.69 22.76

Maids and housemen .................................................... 8.23 2.9 6.25 7.00 7.50 8.76 10.77

Janitors and cleaners ..................................................... 10.59 2.1 6.75 7.82 9.65 12.68 16.15

Pest control .................................................................... 13.72 7.9 10.00 11.00 13.00 15.75 18.00

Personal service ................................................................ 10.13 4.9 5.66 6.50 8.48 11.17 16.25

Supervisors, personal service ........................................ 15.14 7.0 8.48 11.59 15.00 18.75 21.08

Hairdressers and cosmetologists ................................... 12.81 6.8 6.90 8.00 10.50 15.62 21.00

Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities ........... 6.94 3.7 5.19 5.55 6.30 7.19 10.00

Guides ........................................................................... 12.43 12.1 7.50 8.75 11.85 16.83 16.83

Ushers ........................................................................... 7.80 6.3 5.75 6.38 6.75 8.60 10.44

Public transportation attendants .................................... 29.53 6.8 8.75 18.90 30.00 36.52 48.60

Baggage porters and bellhops ....................................... 7.45 4.0 4.65 6.00 7.01 8.24 9.75

Welfare service aides .................................................... 9.41 5.3 6.13 6.92 8.75 10.82 13.58

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .............................. 8.64 2.8 5.90 6.75 8.25 9.95 11.57

Childcare workers, n.e.c. ............................................... 9.29 3.8 6.25 7.00 8.33 10.46 13.50

Service, n.e.c. ................................................................ 10.69 4.0 6.85 8.00 9.75 12.25 16.96

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

3 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between December 2002

and January 2004. The average reference period was July 2003. 4 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

include data for categories not shown separately. 

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

Compensation Survey,2 July 2003

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

All ...................................................................................................... $18.79 1.0 $8.00 $10.50 $15.15 $23.08 $33.04

All, excluding sales .................................................................... 18.89 1.1 8.15 10.64 15.39 23.31 33.13

White collar .................................................................................. 22.92 .8 9.60 12.69 18.71 28.41 40.65

White collar, excluding sales ................................................. 23.84 .8 10.32 13.55 19.81 29.40 41.48

Professional specialty and technical ..................................... 28.74 .8 14.24 19.00 25.85 34.80 45.67

Professional specialty ............................................................ 30.94 .8 16.41 21.64 28.37 37.26 48.08

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ................................. 34.24 1.2 22.22 26.75 32.64 40.02 48.52

Architects ....................................................................... 31.17 4.1 20.90 23.31 28.86 36.06 43.80

Aerospace engineers ..................................................... 39.40 7.5 23.15 30.08 39.42 47.50 54.99

Metallurgical and materials engineers ........................... 30.87 5.8 23.93 27.05 28.44 33.87 42.23

Petroleum engineers ...................................................... 46.77 6.8 35.14 37.74 43.51 56.97 62.50

Chemical engineers ....................................................... 40.75 4.0 28.25 32.44 39.47 48.41 54.24

Nuclear engineers .......................................................... 36.82 3.4 28.65 32.78 36.66 40.19 45.76

Civil engineers ............................................................... 30.18 3.1 20.33 23.41 28.60 35.52 42.53

Electrical and electronic engineers ................................ 37.06 2.5 24.91 28.85 35.09 43.22 52.88

Industrial engineers ....................................................... 30.48 1.8 21.77 24.93 29.81 34.64 40.87

Mechanical engineers .................................................... 31.65 2.1 22.22 25.33 30.90 36.97 42.23

Marine engineers and naval architects .......................... 29.76 11.5 22.00 23.02 28.80 33.69 39.43

Engineers, n.e.c. ............................................................ 35.93 2.2 23.10 27.76 34.65 43.13 50.99

Surveyors and mapping scientists ................................. 30.01 10.5 23.65 24.04 27.01 38.40 38.40

Mathematical and computer scientists ............................... 33.37 1.8 20.00 25.00 32.37 40.13 48.23

Computer systems analysts and scientists .................... 33.37 1.8 19.85 25.00 32.64 40.30 48.32

Operations and systems researchers and analysts ....... 33.33 5.6 20.74 24.04 31.64 39.05 47.71

Actuaries ........................................................................ 36.27 7.3 22.92 25.48 38.46 42.50 50.41

Statisticians .................................................................... 28.56 10.9 18.00 19.44 29.08 30.70 46.12

Natural scientists ............................................................... 28.09 5.0 16.18 19.60 25.69 33.48 44.23

Physicists and astronomers ........................................... 37.87 10.0 18.23 26.15 40.87 48.15 52.20

Chemists, except biochemists ....................................... 27.84 3.9 16.59 20.67 27.25 31.68 40.23

Geologists and geodesists ............................................. 34.07 11.2 19.79 23.50 29.57 42.31 52.89

Physical scientists, n.e.c. ............................................... 30.71 8.4 19.09 23.64 29.66 36.10 44.95

Agricultural and food scientists ...................................... 25.57 7.0 14.74 18.98 23.44 30.58 37.36

Biological and life scientists ........................................... 27.05 14.9 15.63 18.12 22.26 31.74 44.71

Forestry and conservation scientists ............................. 21.12 8.8 14.86 16.18 20.53 25.08 28.87

Medical scientists ........................................................... 25.16 5.2 14.94 17.94 22.20 29.55 42.00

Health related .................................................................... 29.28 2.3 17.51 20.91 25.35 32.58 43.27

Physicians ...................................................................... 52.21 5.9 14.25 21.15 57.69 66.76 89.00

Dentists .......................................................................... 38.20 13.7 15.19 33.70 38.44 40.87 50.00

Optometrists .................................................................. 53.76 13.5 25.00 40.87 61.67 61.67 80.00

Registered nurses .......................................................... 25.72 1.2 18.00 20.75 24.51 29.30 34.88

Pharmacists ................................................................... 40.04 1.3 35.00 37.63 40.50 42.63 45.15

Dietitians ........................................................................ 20.84 4.0 15.54 17.42 20.15 23.85 29.00

Respiratory therapists .................................................... 21.28 2.2 16.97 18.50 20.48 24.83 25.24

Occupational therapists ................................................. 24.82 3.7 16.00 21.64 25.08 27.81 32.00

Physical therapists ......................................................... 27.11 1.9 21.63 23.77 26.44 30.00 32.90

Speech therapists .......................................................... 29.74 4.0 20.67 24.34 27.80 33.19 44.93

Therapists, n.e.c. ........................................................... 18.83 12.7 12.51 14.21 16.62 21.15 31.17

Physicians’ assistants .................................................... 35.43 6.2 28.22 33.99 37.50 37.50 45.67

Teachers, college and university ....................................... 42.17 2.2 23.23 28.72 37.30 50.74 66.42

Earth, environmental, and marine science teachers ...... 45.00 16.9 19.94 32.11 45.39 59.14 71.80

Biological science teachers ........................................... 46.71 11.1 27.27 33.40 37.47 50.17 89.74

Chemistry teachers ........................................................ 38.09 10.2 27.04 28.90 31.39 41.03 54.78

Physics teachers ............................................................ 52.63 10.5 36.54 42.60 46.68 63.66 72.21

Natural science teachers, n.e.c. .................................... 44.16 4.2 36.76 38.81 41.31 49.16 59.94

Psychology teachers ...................................................... 38.29 5.2 26.22 27.65 37.35 45.43 55.70

Economics teachers ...................................................... 62.83 18.4 36.13 44.76 64.82 84.43 93.00

History teachers ............................................................. 38.13 9.9 25.25 27.63 33.53 44.78 56.55

Political science teachers .............................................. 34.77 8.1 23.32 28.11 30.55 36.76 49.42

Sociology teachers ........................................................ 42.36 16.1 26.44 28.32 36.28 57.12 67.93

Social science teachers, n.e.c. ...................................... 40.73 4.9 28.74 33.47 36.87 46.96 57.81

Engineering teachers ..................................................... 55.74 10.2 33.45 41.12 50.49 71.80 84.87

Mathematical science teachers ..................................... 40.22 7.8 24.47 30.77 41.11 48.56 59.23

Computer science teachers ........................................... 39.46 15.5 21.64 25.49 39.43 53.31 56.09

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Compensation Survey,2 July 2003–Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Professional specialty and technical –Continued

Professional specialty –Continued

Teachers, college and university –Continued

Medical science teachers .............................................. $51.73 7.9 $24.04 $32.69 $48.08 $64.27 $86.15

Health specialties teachers ............................................ 44.15 8.5 24.35 26.36 34.64 49.54 79.92

Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .............. 42.23 13.5 25.83 29.39 36.77 54.54 66.84

Agriculture and forestry teachers ................................... 41.18 23.2 19.39 22.83 37.24 54.40 73.43

Art, drama, and music teachers ..................................... 36.72 7.9 23.25 25.33 32.41 44.93 54.07

Physical education teachers .......................................... 36.69 8.8 20.35 26.45 37.89 44.50 47.78

Education teachers ........................................................ 40.08 8.5 26.77 30.83 40.67 46.51 63.16

English teachers ............................................................ 42.65 8.7 24.28 30.28 37.87 60.58 60.76

Foreign language teachers ............................................ 31.64 22.7 14.36 16.92 21.17 41.19 52.03

Law teachers ................................................................. 59.55 13.9 21.36 36.06 59.33 74.78 97.59

Theology teachers ......................................................... 40.64 6.6 27.51 29.81 35.76 48.08 49.91

Trade and industrial teachers ........................................ 29.58 10.1 18.50 20.81 26.65 36.98 45.19

Other post-secondary teachers ..................................... 41.13 3.6 22.13 28.17 36.62 49.39 64.29

Teachers, except college and university ............................ 30.59 1.0 17.26 22.84 29.04 36.98 46.81

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ................................. 18.69 7.1 8.50 10.00 13.50 25.92 33.29

Elementary school teachers .......................................... 31.79 1.1 20.32 24.01 29.58 37.79 46.93

Secondary school teachers ........................................... 31.87 1.4 21.23 24.85 30.39 37.03 45.57

Teachers, special education .......................................... 33.09 3.5 17.97 24.06 31.00 40.52 50.59

Teachers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 31.27 3.0 16.93 22.01 29.64 38.24 49.40

Substitute teachers ........................................................ 12.00 10.7 8.13 10.27 10.27 16.67 18.24

Vocational and educational counselors ......................... 26.67 5.6 12.50 15.87 24.21 34.04 43.57

Librarians, archivists, and curators .................................... 26.12 4.5 15.74 19.45 24.78 31.02 39.66

Librarians ....................................................................... 26.22 4.9 15.62 19.38 24.72 31.28 39.66

Archivists and curators .................................................. 25.35 7.1 16.93 20.48 25.47 30.80 34.74

Social scientists and urban planners ................................. 28.95 5.8 16.11 19.23 27.52 33.42 46.18

Economists .................................................................... 31.37 7.6 18.00 22.58 28.83 35.53 48.08

Psychologists ................................................................. 29.19 7.7 15.38 18.25 27.42 33.75 51.93

Social scientists, n.e.c. .................................................. 24.58 12.8 12.84 18.71 23.63 31.25 34.33

Urban planners .............................................................. 26.12 4.8 17.97 20.96 25.56 30.91 34.25

Social, recreation, and religious workers ........................... 18.17 2.2 11.56 13.72 16.66 20.99 26.75

Social workers ............................................................... 18.26 2.4 11.68 13.72 16.51 21.15 27.12

Recreation workers ........................................................ 17.74 5.5 9.00 14.95 19.28 21.37 22.75

Clergy ............................................................................ 16.32 8.9 10.00 12.46 15.13 17.78 24.15

Religious workers, n.e.c. ................................................ 18.31 10.0 10.60 14.42 19.23 19.23 20.51

Lawyers and judges ........................................................... 46.59 4.8 22.12 30.52 40.63 60.10 72.12

Lawyers ......................................................................... 46.17 4.9 21.80 29.56 39.69 60.08 72.02

Judges ........................................................................... 57.81 12.7 35.08 47.46 55.84 79.42 82.12

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,

n.e.c. ................................................................................ 24.67 4.0 11.82 15.25 21.64 29.31 41.35

Technical writers ............................................................ 27.98 5.9 13.93 19.87 26.68 33.65 44.48

Designers ....................................................................... 22.08 5.9 11.00 14.69 20.60 26.93 36.03

Actors and directors ....................................................... 28.18 12.3 8.63 17.79 25.74 38.61 48.08

Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist printmakers 21.27 11.2 12.74 14.42 19.46 23.08 34.90

Photographers ............................................................... 17.31 11.1 8.25 12.25 15.00 22.83 29.72

Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c. ............. 15.08 6.6 11.88 12.50 14.42 16.83 18.97

Editors and reporters ..................................................... 24.89 12.3 11.00 15.87 19.77 29.44 43.47

Public relations specialists ............................................. 25.22 4.5 15.59 19.66 23.08 29.20 36.83

Announcers .................................................................... 37.75 38.6 8.39 10.04 19.23 34.36 116.83

Athletes .......................................................................... 26.18 20.9 10.58 14.86 22.11 29.71 44.78

Professional, n.e.c. ........................................................ 30.07 6.0 13.78 20.33 28.37 38.08 47.60

Technical ............................................................................... 21.09 1.5 11.75 14.48 18.28 23.70 30.21

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .......... 17.07 2.6 10.44 12.60 16.00 20.40 24.86

Dental hygienists ........................................................... 30.59 4.5 21.84 27.60 31.00 34.60 39.50

Health record technologists and technicians ................. 16.99 7.2 10.39 11.85 15.54 21.79 26.01

Radiological technicians ................................................ 22.72 2.4 15.71 18.97 22.50 26.29 30.17

Licensed practical nurses .............................................. 16.28 1.1 12.31 14.00 16.04 18.15 20.48

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. .................. 16.61 3.6 10.33 12.45 15.25 19.31 23.34

Electrical and electronic technicians .............................. 21.02 6.1 12.12 14.95 20.52 25.07 29.94

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Compensation Survey,2 July 2003–Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Professional specialty and technical –Continued

Technical –Continued

Industrial engineering technicians ................................. $22.08 3.6 $16.32 $20.30 $20.47 $24.43 $30.10

Mechanical engineering technicians .............................. 22.87 4.9 15.00 17.19 23.08 26.15 31.79

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ...................................... 22.52 3.6 13.52 17.05 21.27 27.00 33.75

Drafters .......................................................................... 19.94 2.8 12.00 15.10 18.81 24.18 29.00

Surveying and mapping technicians .............................. 16.41 6.7 10.25 12.25 15.80 20.28 23.20

Biological technicians .................................................... 17.02 5.1 11.00 13.39 17.14 20.08 23.78

Chemical technicians ..................................................... 20.67 6.6 14.40 16.50 19.89 23.28 28.12

Science technicians, n.e.c. ............................................ 24.61 13.3 14.65 16.39 19.22 27.86 30.63

Airplane pilots and navigators ........................................ 103.49 5.3 22.00 42.98 101.12 149.91 188.71

Broadcast equipment operators ..................................... 17.16 16.8 7.00 9.12 14.34 22.42 31.69

Computer programmers ................................................. 28.85 3.2 16.50 21.15 26.92 33.82 42.31

Tool programmers, numerical control ............................ 19.21 4.8 15.22 17.54 18.00 21.00 24.27

Legal assistants ............................................................. 19.87 3.6 11.80 15.63 20.33 23.32 27.47

Technical and related, n.e.c. .......................................... 20.74 5.6 11.20 14.63 19.22 24.93 30.77

Executive, administrative, and managerial ........................... 32.33 2.3 16.00 20.51 27.50 37.86 52.89

Executives, administrators, and managers ........................ 36.02 2.7 16.51 22.57 31.22 43.40 57.29

Legislators ..................................................................... 14.82 28.9 3.46 3.46 9.33 27.97 35.07

Chief executives and general administrators, public

administration .............................................................. 43.14 10.9 28.22 28.85 43.19 48.08 57.97

Administrators and officials, public administration ......... 30.97 3.5 18.73 23.30 28.86 35.34 44.28

Financial managers ....................................................... 42.12 14.5 19.23 23.40 30.04 43.66 62.71

Personnel and labor relations managers ....................... 32.87 8.3 17.31 21.62 26.92 41.58 55.49

Purchasing managers .................................................... 29.93 6.2 17.73 20.31 28.85 38.97 43.16

Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations 43.68 8.9 22.21 28.77 38.62 57.12 72.42

Administrators, education and related fields .................. 35.57 4.1 18.23 24.52 35.71 44.56 52.50

Managers, medicine and health ..................................... 35.21 4.5 19.86 24.91 32.00 41.22 57.69

Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments .. 19.98 5.3 11.81 14.27 17.86 21.48 30.49

Managers, properties and real estate ............................ 20.77 4.3 10.17 14.17 20.44 26.16 33.44

Funeral directors ............................................................ 21.30 17.5 15.00 15.63 18.10 30.19 30.19

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ........................ 28.93 9.6 14.33 17.20 24.79 31.25 43.55

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ............................. 37.02 3.0 16.60 23.60 32.31 45.78 57.74

Management related .......................................................... 26.01 1.8 15.58 18.72 23.20 29.59 36.90

Accountants and auditors .............................................. 24.35 1.9 15.82 18.58 22.79 28.44 33.86

Underwriters .................................................................. 27.68 6.4 16.66 19.18 23.70 31.50 43.27

Other financial officers ................................................... 33.13 7.0 15.39 20.14 25.41 33.91 51.11

Management analysts .................................................... 28.30 4.6 17.37 20.91 26.71 32.83 41.35

Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ........ 23.40 2.7 15.39 18.13 21.82 27.12 33.67

Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products .............. 28.85 18.1 15.68 15.84 29.73 32.69 56.59

Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm

products ....................................................................... 25.08 3.8 16.54 19.00 22.60 28.86 37.63

Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ........................... 24.56 6.7 14.60 18.17 23.51 30.60 33.65

Business and promotional agents .................................. 21.93 6.9 16.15 18.27 22.09 25.44 27.02

Construction inspectors ................................................. 23.64 4.2 15.48 18.55 23.50 27.39 32.31

Inspectors and compliance officers, except

construction ................................................................. 22.47 3.0 15.96 18.35 20.58 25.41 30.42

Management related, n.e.c. ........................................... 25.03 1.9 15.00 18.55 23.27 28.85 36.48

Sales ......................................................................................... 17.56 1.8 7.20 9.00 12.81 20.09 32.10

Supervisors, sales ......................................................... 19.42 3.2 9.50 11.54 16.11 22.56 35.03

Insurance sales .............................................................. 22.89 8.1 10.16 12.67 17.55 26.46 37.28

Real estate sales ........................................................... 23.56 8.7 10.39 12.50 18.24 26.70 41.55

Securities and financial services sales .......................... 47.95 7.7 13.46 17.09 27.44 46.06 87.35

Advertising and related sales ......................................... 22.04 11.7 8.75 12.02 17.26 26.59 45.50

Sales, other business services ...................................... 22.35 6.4 8.91 12.57 18.23 27.35 38.51

Sales engineers ............................................................. 34.75 5.3 21.44 29.00 34.62 39.06 44.88

Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and

wholesale ..................................................................... 26.80 3.6 12.50 16.65 23.08 32.72 45.64

Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ...................... 19.19 4.1 6.44 9.91 16.21 24.72 34.74

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Compensation Survey,2 July 2003–Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Sales –Continued

Sales workers, apparel .................................................. $10.12 5.7 $7.00 $7.75 $9.00 $11.00 $13.94

Sales workers, shoes ..................................................... 10.82 9.5 7.45 7.45 10.00 12.50 15.77

Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings .............. 13.64 6.9 8.00 10.00 11.60 15.38 21.18

Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi, and appliances ............... 21.01 25.4 8.00 9.69 16.35 34.86 52.89

Sales workers, hardware and building supplies ............. 14.31 5.0 8.76 10.00 12.10 15.87 21.64

Sales workers, parts ...................................................... 14.29 5.0 8.30 10.00 13.00 16.91 23.14

Sales workers, other commodities ................................. 13.35 4.6 6.83 8.00 10.30 14.46 24.67

Sales counter clerks ...................................................... 10.80 7.1 6.50 7.70 9.30 12.22 18.25

Cashiers ......................................................................... 9.15 2.1 6.50 7.00 8.29 10.67 12.73

Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales .............. 13.98 5.9 9.10 12.00 13.49 14.76 18.71

Sales support, n.e.c. ...................................................... 15.88 8.3 8.44 10.90 13.90 20.88 25.91

Administrative support, including clerical ............................ 14.07 .7 9.00 10.50 13.20 16.50 20.31

Supervisors, general office ............................................ 18.65 2.7 12.54 14.50 17.55 21.20 26.00

Supervisors, computer equipment operators ................. 20.62 8.9 14.00 14.60 19.23 24.45 29.94

Supervisors, financial records processing ..................... 20.31 2.7 13.70 16.10 19.41 23.00 27.47

Chief communications operators ................................... 20.05 5.3 14.81 17.63 19.04 20.26 27.78

Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting

clerks ........................................................................... 20.73 4.8 12.00 14.72 20.19 24.67 31.19

Computer operators ....................................................... 15.69 3.1 11.66 12.60 15.23 18.40 20.45

Peripheral equipment operators .................................... 13.16 8.2 8.00 9.95 12.08 17.08 18.79

Secretaries ..................................................................... 15.55 1.0 10.00 12.00 15.00 18.41 21.65

Stenographers ............................................................... 17.59 4.9 10.56 12.92 15.70 20.59 25.00

Typists ........................................................................... 14.48 2.5 9.48 11.50 13.89 16.27 19.54

Interviewers ................................................................... 11.92 3.5 8.68 9.66 11.82 13.86 15.65

Hotel clerks .................................................................... 9.09 3.1 7.00 7.50 8.50 10.00 11.64

Transportation ticket and reservation agents ................. 13.87 6.3 7.50 8.63 12.73 19.86 21.01

Receptionists ................................................................. 11.34 1.5 8.30 9.50 11.00 13.00 14.85

Information clerks, n.e.c. ................................................ 13.31 2.6 9.50 10.75 12.79 15.14 17.95

Correspondence clerks .................................................. 13.72 3.1 10.10 11.35 12.98 15.19 18.54

Order clerks ................................................................... 14.21 2.5 8.86 10.65 13.40 16.67 20.92

Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping ......... 15.22 2.6 10.43 12.47 15.02 18.13 20.65

Library clerks ................................................................. 12.67 3.8 8.70 10.30 12.22 14.50 17.12

File clerks ....................................................................... 10.78 2.2 8.00 9.18 10.01 12.20 14.13

Records clerks, n.e.c. .................................................... 13.49 2.0 9.07 10.50 13.00 15.46 19.21

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ............... 14.32 1.6 9.70 11.50 14.00 16.32 19.23

Payroll and timekeeping clerks ...................................... 15.57 3.1 11.00 12.34 15.00 17.33 21.05

Billing clerks ................................................................... 12.82 2.9 9.45 10.50 12.35 14.85 16.65

Cost and rate clerks ....................................................... 12.08 14.8 6.36 6.36 12.18 15.25 18.00

Billing, posting, and calculating machine operators ....... 12.92 5.3 9.24 10.33 11.30 14.62 17.50

Duplicating machine operators ...................................... 12.07 7.6 8.29 9.24 10.80 13.50 19.28

Mail preparing and paper handling machine operators 11.72 5.6 8.93 9.34 11.42 13.96 16.05

Office machine operators, n.e.c. .................................... 10.57 4.3 7.90 9.37 10.50 11.50 12.87

Telephone operators ...................................................... 13.83 7.4 7.86 9.59 12.99 18.81 20.25

Communications equipment operators, n.e.c. ............... 11.75 13.3 6.75 8.65 10.75 13.92 18.57

Mail clerks, except postal service .................................. 11.73 4.6 8.33 9.49 10.66 13.83 15.93

Messengers ................................................................... 10.07 10.9 6.88 7.35 9.56 12.00 14.39

Dispatchers .................................................................... 16.06 6.1 9.25 11.50 14.73 18.97 23.68

Production coordinators ................................................. 17.71 3.5 11.94 13.50 16.50 20.89 25.14

Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ............................. 13.19 2.4 8.76 10.23 12.50 15.20 19.45

Stock and inventory clerks ............................................. 12.76 2.4 8.20 10.00 12.00 14.50 18.62

Meter readers ................................................................ 16.72 4.0 10.75 12.36 15.17 21.31 24.40

Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers ............. 14.50 8.8 9.74 10.34 12.73 15.53 25.75

Expeditors ...................................................................... 15.69 6.2 11.50 12.50 15.25 18.26 20.96

Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 11.96 4.3 7.35 8.48 10.30 13.84 20.99

Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ........ 17.73 4.0 11.50 13.23 16.41 20.93 26.45

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ............... 15.16 2.1 9.86 11.48 14.47 17.77 22.15

Eligibility clerks, social welfare ....................................... 14.94 2.9 10.55 12.22 14.75 17.18 18.91

Bill and account collectors ............................................. 14.29 3.6 9.35 10.75 13.32 16.72 20.04

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Compensation Survey,2 July 2003–Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Administrative support, including clerical –Continued

General office clerks ...................................................... $13.16 1.0 $8.85 $10.12 $12.32 $15.16 $18.49

Bank tellers .................................................................... 10.54 1.4 8.17 9.00 10.00 11.83 13.50

Proofreaders .................................................................. 17.76 15.5 10.00 13.33 17.74 23.82 24.26

Data entry keyers ........................................................... 12.08 3.3 8.60 10.00 11.50 14.00 16.04

Statistical clerks ............................................................. 13.69 4.3 8.90 10.99 12.99 15.95 19.81

Teachers’ aides ............................................................. 10.72 1.7 7.81 8.70 10.07 12.15 14.40

Administrative support, n.e.c. ........................................ 14.43 1.6 9.35 11.25 13.74 16.75 20.00

Blue collar .................................................................................... 15.38 1.0 8.13 10.25 13.92 19.02 25.13

Precision production, craft, and repair .................................. 18.97 1.1 10.48 13.50 18.00 23.67 29.02

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .......................... 23.11 2.9 13.85 16.96 22.17 28.29 33.22

Automobile mechanics ................................................... 18.03 4.0 10.00 13.50 18.45 21.00 24.55

Automobile mechanic apprentices ................................. 12.52 10.6 8.50 10.00 11.00 15.25 15.34

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ................ 17.36 2.2 11.25 13.89 17.00 20.50 22.98

Small engine repairers ................................................... 14.86 5.3 11.00 12.00 14.37 17.00 21.00

Automobile body and related repairers .......................... 16.02 3.5 10.50 12.50 15.00 17.60 21.77

Aircraft mechanics, except engine ................................. 25.69 6.8 13.28 20.00 26.57 33.38 34.68

Heavy equipment mechanics ......................................... 18.60 3.7 12.70 14.50 18.00 22.00 26.13

Farm equipment mechanics .......................................... 13.79 3.6 10.00 11.50 13.25 15.50 18.00

Industrial machinery repairers ....................................... 19.82 1.7 13.90 16.39 18.76 23.51 26.92

Machinery maintenance ................................................. 15.82 4.5 10.38 11.75 14.65 19.79 22.64

Electronic repairers, communications and industrial

equipment .................................................................... 21.72 4.8 13.00 16.23 22.93 26.18 30.57

Data processing equipment repairers ............................ 17.14 11.3 7.79 13.00 16.41 20.78 27.48

Household appliance and power tool repairers ............. 15.49 5.5 10.00 11.91 15.00 18.20 23.08

Telephone line installers and repairers .......................... 24.36 3.7 15.00 23.69 25.13 27.14 28.02

Telephone installers and repairers ................................ 22.95 2.1 17.39 20.39 23.69 25.71 27.68

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics .. 17.81 3.5 11.75 14.37 17.50 20.55 24.34

Locksmiths and safe repairers ....................................... 14.63 10.2 10.00 12.77 13.00 17.78 19.04

Office machine repairers ................................................ 15.39 7.5 11.00 11.30 15.25 17.60 20.56

Mechanical controls and valve repairers ....................... 22.01 3.9 15.00 18.53 22.73 25.51 30.32

Elevator installers and repairers .................................... 37.52 12.9 25.21 28.92 43.92 43.92 43.92

Millwrights ...................................................................... 21.54 5.2 15.00 17.25 20.83 25.68 29.07

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ..................................... 16.10 2.6 10.00 12.30 15.68 19.35 22.91

Supervisors, brickmasons, stonemasons, and

tilesetters ..................................................................... 21.30 16.1 13.82 16.02 18.75 27.50 29.71

Supervisors, carpenters and related workers ................ 24.65 3.9 17.78 21.00 25.00 29.00 30.80

Supervisors, electricians and power transmission

installers ....................................................................... 29.72 4.9 21.00 22.66 29.18 36.31 39.46

Supervisors, painters, paperhangers, and plasterers .... 21.29 5.4 15.00 18.00 21.79 23.46 27.25

Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...... 26.83 3.6 18.11 21.25 27.94 31.54 33.73

Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ......................... 21.22 4.0 15.00 16.63 19.56 24.85 30.27

Brickmasons and stonemasons ..................................... 24.68 8.4 18.00 19.00 25.00 27.00 40.00

Tile setters, hard and soft .............................................. 19.03 12.1 14.00 14.50 18.00 21.70 32.91

Carpet installers ............................................................. 18.09 16.9 9.38 11.00 16.93 25.33 30.40

Carpenters ..................................................................... 18.84 4.0 11.00 14.00 18.00 23.07 29.75

Carpenter apprentices ................................................... 13.53 7.2 9.50 11.00 11.62 14.56 22.03

Drywall installers ............................................................ 20.69 7.7 13.25 16.00 18.00 26.41 28.94

Electricians .................................................................... 23.91 2.7 14.24 17.60 22.00 29.47 36.64

Electrician apprentices ................................................... 14.98 3.9 10.17 11.50 14.00 17.01 22.18

Electrical power installers and repairers ........................ 24.82 3.5 15.70 21.03 24.48 29.16 32.35

Painters, construction and maintenance ........................ 14.16 5.2 8.50 10.00 12.16 17.00 22.98

Plasterers ....................................................................... 14.54 11.8 10.00 10.00 14.50 18.00 20.00

Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ........................... 22.35 2.6 13.50 17.00 23.00 27.43 30.01

Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices ............ 13.52 3.1 9.25 11.00 12.50 15.00 18.50

Concrete and terrazzo finishers ..................................... 18.10 11.3 9.70 13.00 15.00 25.85 28.05

Glaziers .......................................................................... 17.77 6.6 13.00 14.75 17.00 21.94 25.39

Insulation workers .......................................................... 16.50 9.4 10.00 11.75 15.00 20.94 28.00

Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators ... 15.02 14.4 10.00 10.75 12.11 16.80 26.12

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Compensation Survey,2 July 2003–Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Blue collar –Continued

Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued

Roofers .......................................................................... $16.23 7.5 $9.00 $11.00 $15.50 $20.00 $24.00

Sheet metal duct installers ............................................. 22.47 14.1 11.00 15.59 21.00 32.85 33.85

Structural metal workers ................................................ 19.66 6.4 14.26 15.00 18.00 23.99 30.75

Drillers, earth ................................................................. 16.51 5.4 12.75 15.12 16.32 18.20 20.00

Construction trades, n.e.c. ............................................. 16.72 5.2 9.50 11.61 15.51 20.00 24.61

Supervisors, extractive .................................................. 27.56 13.2 13.00 19.38 32.05 33.19 37.31

Mining machine operators ............................................. 19.50 11.1 15.55 16.70 18.57 21.42 29.90

Mining, n.e.c. ................................................................. 16.60 11.6 8.00 9.30 12.00 25.45 25.45

Supervisors, production ................................................. 20.25 2.2 12.75 15.16 19.64 24.06 28.80

Tool and die makers ...................................................... 22.15 2.3 15.42 18.21 21.00 26.36 29.75

Tool and die maker apprentices .................................... 17.66 5.8 11.99 13.86 16.46 21.25 24.00

Precision assemblers, metal .......................................... 19.62 5.0 12.00 16.36 20.14 22.75 27.10

Machinists ...................................................................... 19.23 2.5 13.00 15.85 19.29 23.00 25.51

Machinist apprentices .................................................... 13.92 10.7 10.19 12.25 12.25 16.07 19.84

Boilermakers .................................................................. 17.63 5.2 14.51 15.00 16.15 19.91 23.62

Precision grinders, filers, and tool sharpeners ............... 15.01 10.9 7.61 8.50 15.21 18.83 23.34

Patternmakers and modelmakers, metal ....................... 21.21 10.7 12.82 16.47 18.91 30.33 30.83

Layout workers .............................................................. 16.52 15.5 8.25 10.69 15.75 19.56 30.00

Precious stones and metals workers ............................. 13.45 14.9 7.28 9.10 13.00 16.25 22.00

Engravers, metal ............................................................ 16.62 16.9 8.00 13.50 17.40 23.13 23.42

Sheet metal workers ...................................................... 16.88 5.9 10.00 12.50 15.38 20.68 26.69

Sheet metal worker apprentices .................................... 13.81 13.7 8.58 9.60 11.14 16.13 19.27

Patternmakers and modelmakers, wood ....................... 17.37 14.6 11.50 13.00 15.09 23.00 23.00

Cabinet makers and bench carpenters .......................... 12.54 5.8 8.50 10.50 12.36 14.50 16.15

Furniture and wood finishers ......................................... 12.86 7.4 8.50 10.50 12.70 13.08 20.12

Tailors ............................................................................ 13.19 7.5 9.85 10.07 12.85 15.25 16.65

Upholsterers .................................................................. 15.15 15.8 7.75 9.50 15.50 18.50 23.60

Hand molders and shapers, except jewelers ................. 15.45 12.8 12.00 12.00 13.67 17.79 20.50

Patternmakers, layout workers, and cutters .................. 16.71 11.2 10.94 12.00 18.00 18.00 24.97

Optical goods workers ................................................... 12.65 6.7 8.75 10.00 12.26 15.00 17.26

Dental laboratory and medical appliance technicians .... 14.67 2.3 10.46 12.60 14.33 16.00 19.10

Bookbinders ................................................................... 14.19 8.4 8.75 10.00 12.63 18.00 20.25

Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ............ 12.68 4.1 8.44 9.85 11.86 15.19 17.88

Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ........................ 14.12 12.3 9.44 10.30 11.50 15.00 21.75

Butchers and meat cutters ............................................. 12.03 4.4 7.50 8.60 10.75 14.50 18.45

Bakers ............................................................................ 11.49 7.3 6.00 9.15 10.95 14.49 16.23

Food batchmakers ......................................................... 12.60 5.8 8.50 9.90 12.75 14.97 16.53

Inspectors, testers, and graders .................................... 18.13 3.1 11.00 13.30 17.00 23.16 25.88

Precision inspectors, testers, and related workers,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 21.19 9.8 14.75 16.13 22.68 25.18 25.18

Adjusters and calibrators ............................................... 17.54 11.4 9.92 12.86 17.79 24.74 26.29

Water and sewer treatment plant operators .................. 18.46 2.8 11.59 14.73 18.32 22.29 25.94

Power plant operators .................................................... 26.41 3.5 20.51 24.19 25.00 28.37 32.19

Stationary engineers ...................................................... 22.56 4.9 15.41 17.61 21.58 28.85 31.92

Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c. ......... 22.00 4.3 13.89 19.17 23.19 25.39 27.40

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ................. 13.42 1.4 7.73 9.58 12.32 16.09 21.14

Lathe and turning-machine set-up operators ................. 16.33 5.2 12.57 14.35 14.35 18.32 22.03

Lathe and turning-machine operators ............................ 15.89 5.7 10.00 11.75 15.00 18.75 23.63

Milling and planing machine operators .......................... 13.41 5.9 8.91 10.50 13.34 15.45 17.29

Punching and stamping press operators ....................... 13.10 7.4 7.50 9.05 12.00 15.00 22.19

Rolling machine operators ............................................. 14.67 10.1 9.50 9.87 13.20 16.63 23.73

Drilling and boring machine operators ........................... 12.42 9.8 6.75 9.45 10.34 15.45 18.04

Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine

operators ...................................................................... 13.57 3.5 8.70 10.90 13.00 15.16 18.65

Forging machine operators ............................................ 13.60 7.5 9.32 10.76 12.13 16.00 19.04

Numerical control machine operators ............................ 15.11 3.9 10.25 11.75 14.75 17.25 20.48

Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ........................... 15.12 3.5 9.10 11.00 14.24 17.92 25.55

Molding and casting machine operators ........................ 12.59 3.0 8.10 10.00 11.70 14.61 17.68

Metal plating machine operators .................................... 13.29 5.4 8.45 10.50 12.72 16.08 18.00

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Compensation Survey,2 July 2003–Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Blue collar –Continued

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors

–Continued

Heat treating equipment operators ................................ $15.65 6.4 $11.25 $12.40 $15.16 $18.16 $21.65

Wood lathe, routing, and planing machine operators .... 12.53 2.3 10.65 11.45 12.40 13.50 13.50

Sawing machine operators ............................................ 11.31 4.2 7.75 9.25 11.00 13.09 14.94

Shaping and joining machine operators ........................ 12.60 3.5 10.92 11.81 13.00 13.50 14.50

Nailing and tacking machine operators .......................... 11.31 6.4 7.34 10.06 11.56 12.00 13.94

Printing press operators ................................................. 16.00 2.3 10.00 12.00 15.60 19.09 22.22

Photoengravers and lithographers ................................. 17.01 4.5 11.25 14.46 18.13 19.50 22.03

Typesetters and compositors ......................................... 14.73 7.8 9.45 11.14 14.00 17.55 21.00

Winding and twisting machine operators ....................... 13.01 7.7 9.00 9.73 12.35 16.50 16.50

Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine

operators ...................................................................... 11.28 4.9 7.50 9.50 11.49 13.16 14.55

Textile cutting machine operators .................................. 10.86 4.0 7.00 9.80 10.75 11.25 14.50

Textile sewing machine operators ................................. 8.62 6.1 6.50 6.75 7.50 9.79 12.00

Pressing machine operators .......................................... 8.65 4.3 6.35 7.25 8.65 10.00 10.68

Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators ........... 9.15 4.7 6.95 7.75 8.69 10.00 12.60

Cementing and gluing machine operators ..................... 11.31 8.2 8.25 8.25 10.75 13.75 14.35

Packaging and filling machine operators ....................... 12.70 3.9 7.50 9.14 11.44 15.65 20.55

Extruding and forming machine operators ..................... 13.45 4.9 9.00 10.29 13.80 15.89 16.94

Mixing and blending machine operators ........................ 15.19 5.2 10.03 11.37 14.20 17.15 22.43

Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine operators .. 18.91 5.4 12.08 15.30 19.12 22.85 25.15

Compressing and compacting machine operators ........ 11.70 3.9 9.00 10.23 11.07 12.50 14.19

Painting and paint spraying machine operators ............. 14.11 3.5 8.75 10.89 13.00 15.97 21.17

Roasting and baking machine operators, food .............. 12.39 10.5 8.00 10.43 11.58 15.00 17.51

Washing, cleaning, and pickling machine operators ...... 13.86 12.0 9.00 10.55 13.39 18.68 20.23

Folding machine operators ............................................ 13.51 6.6 10.24 11.15 12.47 15.81 19.48

Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food ............. 14.76 6.4 10.25 11.25 13.01 16.73 23.51

Crushing and grinding machine operators ..................... 14.09 6.2 9.58 11.20 13.75 16.97 17.96

Slicing and cutting machine operators ........................... 13.44 4.1 9.50 10.92 13.27 16.50 17.00

Photographic process machine operators ..................... 11.72 4.6 8.00 9.00 11.23 14.06 17.00

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ...................... 13.94 2.4 8.45 10.25 13.17 16.75 20.76

Welders and cutters ....................................................... 15.99 2.2 10.75 12.76 15.25 18.47 22.49

Solderers and brazers ................................................... 11.22 8.4 7.83 8.65 11.45 12.77 14.93

Assemblers .................................................................... 13.99 4.0 7.50 9.48 12.00 17.10 25.65

Hand cutting and trimming ............................................. 9.71 11.5 6.95 8.00 8.00 10.75 14.82

Hand molding, casting, and forming .............................. 11.34 12.1 7.00 7.69 11.93 12.52 17.69

Hand painting, coating, and decorating ......................... 9.52 14.2 7.20 7.20 7.20 10.50 13.65

Hand engraving and printing .......................................... 13.86 20.0 8.00 8.00 11.23 13.95 27.77

Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ............................... 11.41 5.4 7.00 8.00 9.58 13.75 17.74

Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ........... 13.84 4.4 8.25 10.00 12.32 16.25 22.26

Production testers .......................................................... 12.58 5.8 8.25 10.00 11.00 14.00 18.18

Production samplers and weighers ................................ 12.07 10.9 9.03 10.36 11.07 12.10 17.20

Graders and sorters, except agricultural ........................ 10.23 6.8 6.45 7.34 9.40 13.80 15.18

Hand inspectors, n.e.c. .................................................. 10.83 8.0 7.00 8.75 10.49 11.49 15.50

Transportation and material moving ..................................... 15.18 1.6 9.26 11.00 13.90 18.45 23.26

Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ............................ 18.06 4.8 12.60 13.71 17.27 22.25 25.98

Truckdrivers ................................................................... 14.94 2.2 9.54 10.88 13.77 18.10 22.50

Driver-sales workers ...................................................... 14.54 5.5 8.00 10.50 13.10 17.56 23.86

Busdrivers ...................................................................... 15.38 2.4 8.99 11.50 15.25 19.46 21.80

Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ...................................... 10.02 4.3 7.25 8.35 10.00 11.00 12.09

Parking lot attendants .................................................... 8.95 11.3 5.50 7.00 8.91 11.40 11.55

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ............................................ 11.63 5.8 7.00 8.08 10.00 13.67 17.81

Railroad conductors and yardmasters ........................... 24.90 14.3 13.13 15.86 22.86 32.32 41.22

Locomotive operating .................................................... 27.09 12.7 16.80 17.91 24.36 34.04 41.13

Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators ................. 25.24 5.1 14.66 20.16 23.97 29.29 35.97

Rail vehicle operators, n.e.c. ......................................... 21.47 4.3 16.10 19.43 22.89 23.00 25.10

Ship captains and mates, except fishing boats .............. 16.57 7.0 11.25 12.92 15.75 20.00 20.55

Sailors and deckhands .................................................. 11.10 8.1 8.33 8.75 9.58 13.14 16.05

Marine engineers ........................................................... 19.37 15.6 13.75 13.75 17.42 22.50 32.91

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Compensation Survey,2 July 2003–Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Blue collar –Continued

Transportation and material moving –Continued

Bridge, lock and lighthouse tenders ............................... $13.34 12.6 $8.61 $10.55 $15.57 $15.99 $15.99

Supervisors, material moving equipment ....................... 20.81 3.6 15.86 18.42 20.19 23.50 26.02

Operating engineers ...................................................... 19.73 7.1 11.05 12.50 18.55 25.62 29.12

Crane and tower operators ............................................ 17.42 5.9 12.00 13.40 16.57 20.23 23.92

Excavating and loading machine operators ................... 16.29 5.0 10.00 12.00 15.00 18.15 23.60

Grader, dozer, and scraper operators ........................... 15.96 5.2 9.72 12.00 14.00 18.95 25.77

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ........... 13.75 2.3 9.00 10.64 13.00 16.22 19.92

Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 16.08 4.1 10.00 12.00 14.95 19.77 25.62

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......... 11.69 1.5 7.00 8.35 10.42 13.75 18.54

Nursery workers ............................................................. 10.51 6.7 8.00 9.00 10.06 12.00 14.00

Supervisors, agriculture-related workers ....................... 20.70 11.3 9.70 14.14 19.48 24.39 27.74

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ............... 11.72 3.1 7.50 8.71 10.57 14.48 17.11

Animal caretakers, except farm ..................................... 11.11 8.3 7.50 8.50 10.00 13.04 17.85

Inspectors, agricultural products .................................... 9.98 13.8 7.00 7.35 8.90 12.67 13.50

Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and

laborers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 19.68 4.8 11.25 14.76 18.71 22.03 28.51

Helpers, mechanics and repairers ................................. 11.81 3.9 7.68 9.20 11.00 14.00 16.65

Helpers, construction trades .......................................... 11.64 3.5 8.00 9.00 10.80 13.00 16.45

Helpers, extractive ......................................................... 9.77 14.8 7.00 7.75 8.50 12.00 15.00

Construction laborers ..................................................... 13.59 3.2 8.00 9.50 12.00 17.49 21.99

Production helpers ......................................................... 10.48 6.1 6.20 8.00 10.00 12.44 15.25

Garbage collectors ......................................................... 14.47 9.4 9.00 11.25 14.38 17.30 23.56

Stock handlers and baggers .......................................... 11.16 2.4 6.75 8.50 10.46 13.05 16.20

Machine feeders and offbearers .................................... 10.68 3.4 7.50 8.25 10.00 12.45 14.97

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .................. 12.24 2.7 7.04 9.00 11.25 14.68 19.83

Garage and service station related ................................ 9.09 3.7 7.00 7.43 8.15 10.00 12.34

Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ..................... 10.07 3.9 6.75 7.50 9.30 10.75 15.29

Hand packers and packagers ........................................ 9.60 3.7 6.15 7.25 8.95 11.23 13.40

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ............................. 11.20 2.8 6.75 8.00 10.00 13.04 18.27

Service .......................................................................................... 11.47 2.2 6.00 7.50 9.75 13.40 19.43

Protective service .............................................................. 17.69 2.9 8.50 10.98 15.82 23.31 28.82

Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention .................. 25.92 5.1 16.70 19.74 24.05 30.94 37.72

Supervisors, police and detectives ................................ 29.67 3.3 17.45 23.63 29.12 36.36 40.69

Supervisors, guards ....................................................... 19.34 6.9 10.50 13.00 15.83 25.49 33.15

Fire inspection and fire prevention ................................. 18.36 12.8 8.00 13.93 19.96 23.38 27.57

Firefighting ..................................................................... 18.66 2.4 11.41 13.99 17.88 23.08 26.43

Police and detectives, public service ............................. 23.63 1.2 15.35 18.80 23.43 27.17 31.65

Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers ..... 18.74 2.1 12.10 14.23 18.19 22.64 27.85

Correctional institution officers ....................................... 16.74 5.3 11.35 12.13 14.78 21.37 25.35

Guards and police, except public service ...................... 10.21 3.6 7.00 8.15 9.36 11.25 14.05

Protective service, n.e.c. ................................................ 14.07 9.2 8.00 9.95 12.64 17.37 21.85

Food service ...................................................................... 8.32 1.4 4.03 6.25 7.85 10.00 12.83

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ............................... 5.26 3.3 2.13 3.00 5.15 6.90 8.48

Bartenders ..................................................................... 7.28 5.1 5.00 5.99 7.00 8.55 10.00

Waiters and waitresses .................................................. 4.47 4.2 2.13 2.50 4.00 5.82 7.01

Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ..................................... 6.31 4.8 3.30 5.00 6.25 7.01 9.15

Other food service ........................................................... 9.40 1.3 6.05 7.04 8.53 10.70 13.67

Supervisors, food preparation and service .................... 13.01 2.4 8.31 9.95 12.00 15.59 19.23

Cooks ............................................................................. 9.72 1.3 6.50 7.75 9.45 11.00 13.38

Kitchen workers, food preparation ................................. 8.64 2.3 6.00 7.00 8.10 9.86 12.00

Food preparation, n.e.c. ................................................. 8.21 1.3 6.00 7.00 7.71 9.00 10.75

Health service .................................................................... 10.92 1.5 7.53 8.77 10.03 12.35 15.14

Dental assistants ........................................................... 14.74 5.9 10.00 12.00 13.75 16.46 19.00

Health aides, except nursing ......................................... 11.74 3.0 8.00 9.25 10.68 13.36 16.18

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ....................... 10.16 1.0 7.31 8.50 9.75 11.21 13.62

Cleaning and building service ............................................ 10.94 1.9 6.88 7.75 9.76 13.07 17.04

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Compensation Survey,2 July 2003–Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Service –Continued

Cleaning and building service –Continued

Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers ...... $16.24 4.5 $9.50 $12.50 $15.87 $18.69 $22.76

Maids and housemen .................................................... 8.25 3.3 6.29 7.00 7.50 8.82 10.89

Janitors and cleaners ..................................................... 11.12 1.8 7.00 8.12 10.08 13.30 16.53

Pest control .................................................................... 13.63 7.9 10.00 11.00 13.00 15.75 18.00

Personal service ................................................................ 10.66 7.3 5.68 6.55 8.90 11.76 17.00

Supervisors, personal service ........................................ 15.30 6.9 8.48 12.00 15.00 18.75 21.08

Hairdressers and cosmetologists ................................... 13.68 7.3 7.25 9.25 11.50 16.76 22.52

Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities ........... 6.96 3.8 5.18 5.57 6.27 7.11 10.50

Guides ........................................................................... 13.93 10.7 9.79 11.02 14.27 16.83 18.25

Public transportation attendants .................................... 31.48 3.3 17.34 21.48 32.22 37.59 49.17

Baggage porters and bellhops ....................................... 7.35 4.4 4.50 5.75 6.90 8.24 9.65

Welfare service aides .................................................... 10.86 4.0 7.75 8.40 10.02 12.14 14.85

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .............................. 8.76 3.3 6.00 6.81 8.47 10.09 11.69

Childcare workers, n.e.c. ............................................... 9.57 5.1 6.50 7.25 8.50 10.56 14.75

Service, n.e.c. ................................................................ 11.09 4.9 7.47 8.82 10.25 12.75 16.96

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 2 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between December 2002

and January 2004. The average reference period was July 2003. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all

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

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

www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the

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

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

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

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

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

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

include data for categories not shown separately. 

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.3. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 part-time workers, National

Compensation Survey,2 July 2003

Occupation3

Part-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

All ...................................................................................................... $9.93 1.1 $5.50 $6.50 $8.00 $10.75 $16.44

All, excluding sales .................................................................... 10.48 1.2 5.25 6.50 8.13 11.55 18.42

White collar .................................................................................. 12.34 1.3 6.10 7.00 9.00 13.71 23.90

White collar, excluding sales ................................................. 16.15 1.8 7.60 9.45 12.50 20.37 29.16

Professional specialty and technical ..................................... 23.16 2.5 10.00 14.50 21.63 28.57 37.53

Professional specialty ............................................................ 25.24 2.4 10.25 17.33 24.07 30.91 40.00

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ................................. 34.09 13.9 15.00 21.15 28.15 50.00 56.25

Mathematical and computer scientists ............................... 24.47 13.2 14.42 14.42 20.00 32.68 39.42

Computer systems analysts and scientists .................... 24.47 13.2 14.42 14.42 20.00 32.68 39.42

Natural scientists ............................................................... 23.29 6.8 16.61 16.61 22.81 25.83 31.35

Health related .................................................................... 28.69 1.9 19.38 22.71 26.46 32.65 40.00

Physicians ...................................................................... 69.74 2.4 50.29 60.00 66.00 73.33 95.52

Registered nurses .......................................................... 27.05 1.7 19.38 22.50 25.74 30.02 37.48

Pharmacists ................................................................... 34.84 5.5 20.00 30.00 38.00 41.70 44.50

Dietitians ........................................................................ 22.08 7.4 16.73 19.04 21.42 23.29 28.12

Respiratory therapists .................................................... 19.97 6.8 14.83 15.67 20.00 22.57 26.75

Occupational therapists ................................................. 27.52 5.8 22.27 24.75 25.30 32.00 35.11

Physical therapists ......................................................... 32.59 4.2 25.00 28.68 34.00 35.00 39.00

Speech therapists .......................................................... 30.54 4.9 22.59 27.15 28.00 33.00 39.72

Therapists, n.e.c. ........................................................... 29.86 22.1 15.37 19.12 22.27 34.39 63.56

Teachers, college and university ....................................... 32.45 4.6 17.04 22.00 31.93 37.10 50.54

Biological science teachers ........................................... 35.03 27.9 17.00 17.00 21.00 52.76 71.01

Psychology teachers ...................................................... 27.06 9.6 21.88 21.88 24.34 30.00 34.38

Engineering teachers ..................................................... 57.78 8.3 37.95 51.87 51.95 78.49 78.49

Mathematical science teachers ..................................... 27.71 17.3 20.63 24.38 24.43 26.25 41.96

Computer science teachers ........................................... 34.22 1.7 34.00 34.00 34.00 34.00 34.00

Health specialties teachers ............................................ 28.51 14.0 17.00 20.00 26.50 38.16 38.16

Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .............. 37.50 10.7 18.75 24.34 37.50 44.99 55.97

Art, drama, and music teachers ..................................... 27.70 10.9 14.44 20.00 25.00 34.20 39.78

Physical education teachers .......................................... 20.86 29.3 8.96 10.00 12.50 30.00 44.99

Education teachers ........................................................ 27.92 26.1 11.38 13.23 23.38 44.75 46.15

English teachers ............................................................ 31.25 9.4 17.66 20.63 34.20 36.00 44.99

Foreign language teachers ............................................ 38.98 12.9 22.01 26.04 31.93 48.75 59.46

Law teachers ................................................................. 31.29 16.0 23.92 23.92 30.00 30.00 40.00

Trade and industrial teachers ........................................ 30.37 8.7 19.50 23.50 29.85 31.40 44.25

Other post-secondary teachers ..................................... 30.83 7.3 16.23 19.65 27.53 36.06 51.36

Teachers, except college and university ............................ 18.67 5.1 8.13 10.75 14.29 23.67 35.39

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ................................. 13.33 12.4 6.83 10.00 11.27 13.27 21.35

Elementary school teachers .......................................... 25.89 9.3 10.71 18.52 26.81 32.52 38.45

Secondary school teachers ........................................... 32.36 6.2 18.00 24.07 33.36 40.67 43.42

Teachers, special education .......................................... 24.52 14.9 15.56 18.00 20.00 32.50 40.93

Teachers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 20.35 8.2 8.95 12.00 15.41 25.00 41.01

Substitute teachers ........................................................ 12.58 4.9 6.25 8.75 11.00 15.67 21.15

Vocational and educational counselors ......................... 25.70 16.5 11.25 14.88 22.74 30.89 49.08

Librarians, archivists, and curators .................................... 18.73 3.8 12.60 15.90 18.56 22.22 23.41

Librarians ....................................................................... 18.71 4.0 12.60 15.25 18.47 22.22 23.96

Archivists and curators .................................................. 18.99 7.8 12.33 17.06 19.23 22.74 22.74

Social scientists and urban planners ................................. 20.74 20.5 10.00 10.00 18.68 28.60 35.00

Psychologists ................................................................. 20.80 20.9 10.00 10.00 18.75 28.75 35.00

Social, recreation, and religious workers ........................... 16.56 7.5 6.10 11.00 16.83 22.95 24.56

Social workers ............................................................... 18.13 5.4 9.50 13.29 18.21 23.06 25.00

Recreation workers ........................................................ 10.35 18.5 5.63 5.63 8.00 15.30 18.01

Lawyers and judges ........................................................... 41.99 13.1 15.27 26.04 39.13 63.33 63.60

Lawyers ......................................................................... 43.03 14.1 15.27 25.00 39.26 63.33 63.60

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,

n.e.c. ................................................................................ 13.54 9.1 6.25 7.50 10.00 14.00 28.13

Designers ....................................................................... 8.98 7.7 7.00 7.50 9.00 10.00 12.00

Musicians and composers ............................................. 24.80 43.0 8.65 10.00 10.00 58.75 58.75

Actors and directors ....................................................... 14.71 39.4 5.15 6.75 10.52 28.13 28.13

Photographers ............................................................... 16.18 28.9 7.61 8.00 11.00 15.00 33.37

Dancers ......................................................................... 6.88 39.0 2.13 2.13 5.15 5.15 15.00

Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c. ............. 14.60 18.8 6.25 7.50 14.50 19.29 23.82

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.3. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 part-time workers, National

Compensation Survey,2 July 2003–Continued

Occupation3

Part-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Professional specialty and technical –Continued

Professional specialty –Continued

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,

n.e.c. –Continued

Editors and reporters ..................................................... $16.29 26.4 $8.00 $8.00 $13.43 $27.25 $31.13

Public relations specialists ............................................. 14.41 6.4 13.30 13.30 13.82 13.88 22.22

Announcers .................................................................... 11.38 23.3 5.50 7.00 10.00 11.00 14.00

Athletes .......................................................................... 11.92 11.5 7.00 8.00 10.00 15.00 19.61

Professional, n.e.c. ........................................................ 29.37 5.4 21.90 26.00 28.50 34.48 34.48

Technical ............................................................................... 18.19 4.5 9.50 12.96 15.82 20.82 27.20

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .......... 18.18 5.7 11.92 13.50 16.50 21.79 27.14

Dental hygienists ........................................................... 28.00 6.0 20.50 21.00 26.00 32.50 42.50

Health record technologists and technicians ................. 11.94 16.9 6.00 7.50 11.00 14.00 20.09

Radiological technicians ................................................ 23.02 7.4 15.68 17.48 20.37 26.72 35.46

Licensed practical nurses .............................................. 16.99 2.1 13.00 14.50 16.00 18.90 23.00

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. .................. 13.41 6.1 9.00 10.00 12.09 14.94 20.09

Electrical and electronic technicians .............................. 20.62 16.8 11.00 12.51 19.23 29.57 34.01

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ...................................... 26.67 26.0 15.77 15.77 34.00 34.00 34.00

Drafters .......................................................................... 16.98 21.2 8.00 9.25 19.00 21.70 21.70

Biological technicians .................................................... 12.08 9.5 9.80 10.82 10.82 12.98 16.99

Broadcast equipment operators ..................................... 8.84 7.2 7.00 7.00 9.50 10.00 10.00

Computer programmers ................................................. 30.32 18.1 14.65 16.92 25.00 40.00 50.96

Legal assistants ............................................................. 16.02 15.3 11.00 11.00 13.41 16.00 19.66

Technical and related, n.e.c. .......................................... 25.44 44.6 7.50 9.25 12.18 19.65 90.00

Executive, administrative, and managerial ........................... 21.78 6.1 9.80 14.42 20.11 26.92 35.58

Executives, administrators, and managers ........................ 21.39 11.8 7.00 9.80 20.00 26.00 42.24

Legislators ..................................................................... 16.95 22.9 4.79 4.79 12.00 26.92 27.89

Administrators and officials, public administration ......... 25.24 14.0 22.19 22.19 22.19 22.19 29.08

Administrators, education and related fields .................. 25.76 15.7 11.00 15.50 26.00 26.00 42.24

Managers, medicine and health ..................................... 31.13 18.3 21.79 23.94 25.37 44.70 44.70

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ........................ 15.99 10.8 9.50 13.75 15.81 17.00 17.79

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ............................. 33.57 21.4 20.00 20.00 31.22 51.75 51.75

Management related .......................................................... 22.01 4.9 13.16 15.15 20.86 27.30 33.00

Accountants and auditors .............................................. 24.30 8.5 15.15 16.00 23.75 29.00 35.76

Other financial officers ................................................... 17.67 19.1 10.82 10.82 16.50 20.31 34.00

Management analysts .................................................... 27.57 4.6 20.00 21.65 28.08 28.08 42.31

Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ........ 19.13 12.3 13.21 13.21 16.63 25.57 27.69

Management related, n.e.c. ........................................... 17.98 9.4 9.23 13.39 16.20 22.39 28.85

Sales ......................................................................................... 7.83 .9 5.75 6.50 7.25 8.50 10.05

Supervisors, sales ......................................................... 8.82 11.6 6.69 7.75 8.15 10.20 10.65

Sales, other business services ...................................... 8.20 3.3 6.00 7.00 8.00 8.53 10.46

Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and

wholesale ..................................................................... 11.93 10.0 9.00 9.17 12.00 15.26 15.26

Sales workers, apparel .................................................. 7.55 2.0 6.00 6.50 7.12 8.00 9.98

Sales workers, shoes ..................................................... 7.37 5.4 5.20 5.75 6.90 8.26 10.30

Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings .............. 8.46 4.1 7.00 7.20 8.00 9.00 10.00

Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi, and appliances ............... 8.55 4.0 7.00 7.73 8.44 9.50 9.50

Sales workers, hardware and building supplies ............. 9.94 2.8 7.50 8.56 9.65 11.00 12.58

Sales workers, parts ...................................................... 8.52 5.5 6.90 7.00 8.30 9.25 10.32

Sales workers, other commodities ................................. 7.81 1.6 6.00 6.50 7.25 8.40 10.00

Sales counter clerks ...................................................... 7.22 4.8 5.50 6.00 7.00 7.75 9.00

Cashiers ......................................................................... 7.55 1.0 5.65 6.20 7.00 8.05 9.65

Street and door-to-door sales workers .......................... 12.42 30.6 7.00 7.00 8.05 12.00 18.00

Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales .............. 10.34 21.7 7.40 7.50 8.00 11.25 16.25

Sales support, n.e.c. ...................................................... 8.67 4.4 6.00 7.00 7.73 10.00 12.50

Administrative support, including clerical ............................ 10.94 1.4 7.00 8.45 10.00 12.50 15.36

Computer operators ....................................................... 11.01 10.2 8.50 10.00 10.34 13.30 14.99

Secretaries ..................................................................... 12.76 4.0 7.78 9.70 12.00 15.00 19.47

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.3. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 part-time workers, National

Compensation Survey,2 July 2003–Continued

Occupation3

Part-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Administrative support, including clerical –Continued

Stenographers ............................................................... $19.20 15.6 $13.42 $15.00 $16.00 $17.50 $21.69

Typists ........................................................................... 11.12 5.6 8.00 10.00 11.03 12.79 14.87

Interviewers ................................................................... 9.69 6.9 7.50 8.00 8.75 10.64 13.25

Hotel clerks .................................................................... 8.22 4.5 6.25 7.50 8.00 8.75 10.00

Transportation ticket and reservation agents ................. 15.66 4.3 8.61 11.72 14.69 20.65 21.35

Receptionists ................................................................. 8.96 3.0 7.00 7.25 8.65 10.00 12.02

Information clerks, n.e.c. ................................................ 10.15 5.8 6.84 9.25 10.05 11.00 12.18

Order clerks ................................................................... 9.94 5.6 6.60 7.75 9.97 11.24 13.09

Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping ......... 14.26 11.8 8.30 11.20 16.50 17.63 18.00

Library clerks ................................................................. 10.29 3.4 6.75 7.97 9.52 12.50 14.47

File clerks ....................................................................... 8.69 8.4 5.15 7.49 9.00 9.20 11.96

Records clerks, n.e.c. .................................................... 11.65 6.1 8.20 9.28 10.70 13.64 16.96

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ............... 11.18 3.9 8.25 10.00 10.00 13.00 15.00

Payroll and timekeeping clerks ...................................... 12.38 7.8 8.00 10.50 11.55 14.56 18.00

Billing clerks ................................................................... 11.82 4.2 9.50 10.75 12.09 13.03 13.93

Billing, posting, and calculating machine operators ....... 9.12 2.5 8.00 8.32 9.01 9.75 10.85

Duplicating machine operators ...................................... 9.74 6.3 8.00 8.00 10.00 10.00 12.00

Telephone operators ...................................................... 8.95 6.5 6.25 7.44 9.00 10.00 11.26

Mail clerks, except postal service .................................. 9.37 6.0 6.50 8.30 8.51 11.11 12.00

Messengers ................................................................... 8.49 5.6 5.33 6.85 8.00 10.35 11.00

Dispatchers .................................................................... 10.89 10.9 6.50 7.26 9.00 12.49 19.68

Stock and inventory clerks ............................................. 9.43 4.6 6.25 7.75 8.50 10.50 14.48

Meter readers ................................................................ 12.79 9.6 9.80 10.00 14.76 15.21 15.21

Expeditors ...................................................................... 10.53 8.7 7.47 7.87 11.30 12.10 12.10

Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 8.93 3.8 7.00 8.00 8.65 9.45 10.00

Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ........ 15.60 7.4 11.19 12.15 14.76 19.00 20.00

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ............... 12.37 6.1 7.55 8.74 12.03 14.78 18.43

Bill and account collectors ............................................. 11.49 6.0 8.33 8.85 11.78 13.55 14.42

General office clerks ...................................................... 10.60 3.5 7.00 8.00 10.00 12.00 15.25

Bank tellers .................................................................... 9.61 1.7 7.48 8.20 9.11 11.00 12.19

Proofreaders .................................................................. 10.63 22.4 7.00 7.00 7.00 14.50 14.50

Data entry keyers ........................................................... 10.44 4.2 7.50 9.00 10.00 12.50 13.00

Teachers’ aides ............................................................. 13.29 3.0 8.15 9.74 12.05 16.38 20.32

Administrative support, n.e.c. ........................................ 11.07 5.8 7.00 8.00 10.00 13.89 16.39

Blue collar .................................................................................... 9.71 3.6 5.95 7.00 8.50 11.25 15.26

Precision production, craft, and repair .................................. 12.77 6.7 6.50 9.00 10.73 14.67 22.00

Automobile mechanics ................................................... 10.08 3.7 9.52 9.52 10.00 10.00 12.50

Electronic repairers, communications and industrial

equipment .................................................................... 16.29 26.2 9.00 9.00 14.10 23.64 23.64

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ..................................... 12.76 10.8 7.75 9.33 11.37 16.83 17.35

Carpenters ..................................................................... 18.02 26.4 10.00 10.00 22.00 25.00 30.14

Construction trades, n.e.c. ............................................. 20.86 9.0 14.35 21.50 21.50 21.50 30.14

Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ............ 9.83 4.1 7.25 8.00 9.75 10.73 12.25

Butchers and meat cutters ............................................. 10.44 16.3 6.50 6.50 7.60 13.75 18.00

Bakers ............................................................................ 9.65 2.7 6.50 6.50 9.90 12.50 12.50

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ................. 8.80 2.3 6.50 7.01 8.00 9.85 11.90

Printing press operators ................................................. 14.25 12.7 7.00 9.60 14.46 15.35 25.14

Typesetters and compositors ......................................... 10.50 8.0 7.50 10.00 11.00 12.00 12.00

Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators ........... 7.48 5.9 5.78 6.04 6.75 8.75 9.86

Packaging and filling machine operators ....................... 8.26 5.1 7.00 7.00 8.00 8.50 10.25

Motion picture projectionists .......................................... 19.21 28.5 6.00 8.00 20.00 30.14 30.14

Photographic process machine operators ..................... 7.73 3.0 6.35 7.15 8.00 8.00 8.00

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ...................... 10.27 5.7 8.00 8.50 9.73 12.00 14.00

Assemblers .................................................................... 8.67 5.2 7.00 7.35 7.75 9.50 10.50

Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ........... 9.65 7.3 7.50 8.00 9.00 11.00 12.40

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.3. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 part-time workers, National

Compensation Survey,2 July 2003–Continued

Occupation3

Part-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Blue collar –Continued

Transportation and material moving ..................................... $10.81 5.2 $5.65 $7.24 $10.00 $13.65 $16.91

Truckdrivers ................................................................... 12.64 10.2 7.00 8.70 13.43 16.72 18.00

Driver-sales workers ...................................................... 7.90 8.6 5.20 5.75 6.75 8.00 12.50

Busdrivers ...................................................................... 12.95 2.5 9.25 10.30 12.30 14.41 17.26

Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ...................................... 8.69 6.6 6.75 7.00 7.93 10.00 12.00

Parking lot attendants .................................................... 6.38 8.9 5.25 5.25 5.50 7.25 8.97

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ............................................ 7.02 5.8 5.25 5.50 6.50 7.60 8.98

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ........... 10.15 7.1 7.50 8.00 9.00 11.05 14.34

Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 12.33 6.5 8.50 10.90 11.72 13.35 15.05

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......... 9.01 4.6 5.75 6.75 8.00 10.56 14.59

Nursery workers ............................................................. 7.48 2.5 6.90 7.25 7.50 7.75 8.25

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ............... 8.21 4.8 6.00 7.25 7.25 8.67 10.75

Animal caretakers, except farm ..................................... 7.86 10.3 6.25 6.75 7.33 8.24 10.87

Helpers, mechanics and repairers ................................. 12.74 19.1 6.00 8.50 16.00 16.00 16.00

Helpers, construction trades .......................................... 10.17 3.9 7.50 10.00 10.00 11.00 12.00

Construction laborers ..................................................... 18.57 11.5 9.50 12.00 24.63 25.00 28.00

Production helpers ......................................................... 8.00 5.2 6.75 7.00 7.80 8.50 10.00

Stock handlers and baggers .......................................... 7.60 1.8 5.50 6.10 7.01 8.30 9.75

Machine feeders and offbearers .................................... 9.13 10.4 6.75 7.50 8.30 10.35 11.55

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .................. 11.73 5.7 7.25 10.00 10.83 14.65 16.01

Garage and service station related ................................ 8.22 8.5 6.50 6.90 7.00 9.25 10.00

Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ..................... 6.63 3.1 5.15 5.40 6.25 7.25 8.50

Hand packers and packagers ........................................ 8.05 3.1 6.00 6.95 7.70 9.00 10.40

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ............................. 8.45 3.3 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.02 11.25

Service .......................................................................................... 7.30 .9 3.50 5.75 7.00 8.35 10.52

Protective service .............................................................. 10.48 5.9 6.25 7.50 8.80 11.77 17.00

Firefighting ..................................................................... 8.34 8.9 6.95 6.95 7.40 8.00 11.43

Police and detectives, public service ............................. 15.94 15.3 9.00 10.00 12.81 22.00 29.00

Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers ..... 15.69 12.0 6.25 14.50 15.00 17.44 17.44

Crossing guards ............................................................. 9.58 4.1 7.00 8.00 9.02 10.99 12.46

Guards and police, except public service ...................... 10.68 8.2 6.50 7.75 8.75 11.36 19.64

Protective service, n.e.c. ................................................ 8.86 8.4 6.00 6.50 8.00 10.63 13.50

Food service ...................................................................... 6.28 .9 2.63 5.15 6.50 7.31 8.79

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ............................... 4.70 2.8 2.13 2.58 4.50 6.75 7.25

Bartenders ..................................................................... 6.60 5.2 3.35 5.15 6.50 7.50 10.00

Waiters and waitresses .................................................. 4.20 3.0 2.13 2.26 3.10 5.64 7.01

Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ..................................... 5.49 2.5 2.83 4.50 5.50 6.75 7.50

Other food service ........................................................... 7.12 .7 5.35 6.00 6.75 7.85 9.00

Supervisors, food preparation and service .................... 8.96 5.5 7.00 7.25 8.50 9.00 12.16

Cooks ............................................................................. 7.55 2.5 5.35 6.10 7.00 8.50 10.00

Kitchen workers, food preparation ................................. 7.23 2.9 5.25 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.80

Food preparation, n.e.c. ................................................. 7.05 1.1 5.45 6.00 6.75 7.70 9.00

Health service .................................................................... 9.52 2.8 6.15 7.35 9.00 11.00 13.50

Dental assistants ........................................................... 14.49 7.5 9.25 11.80 15.00 16.50 19.70

Health aides, except nursing ......................................... 9.54 7.1 5.15 7.50 8.57 11.25 14.26

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ....................... 9.31 2.4 6.25 7.25 8.93 10.74 13.18

Cleaning and building service ............................................ 7.95 3.0 5.50 6.50 7.50 8.56 10.50

Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers ...... 10.49 7.5 7.00 8.00 10.45 13.15 14.17

Maids and housemen .................................................... 8.10 3.8 6.00 7.00 7.50 8.50 10.08

Janitors and cleaners ..................................................... 7.86 3.4 5.30 6.50 7.50 8.56 10.50

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.3. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 part-time workers, National

Compensation Survey,2 July 2003–Continued

Occupation3

Part-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Service –Continued

Personal service ................................................................ $8.65 2.4 $5.65 $6.40 $7.50 $9.45 $12.22

Supervisors, personal service ........................................ 10.12 10.6 6.75 6.75 10.64 12.24 14.00

Hairdressers and cosmetologists ................................... 11.24 11.1 5.91 7.00 9.36 14.00 20.00

Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities ........... 6.88 4.7 5.25 5.50 6.50 7.65 9.00

Guides ........................................................................... 9.00 6.7 7.00 7.50 8.50 9.50 11.25

Ushers ........................................................................... 7.55 5.9 5.75 6.38 6.75 8.00 10.00

Public transportation attendants .................................... 14.95 33.1 8.50 8.50 8.50 10.00 42.51

Baggage porters and bellhops ....................................... 8.51 9.5 5.25 7.01 7.71 8.68 11.73

Welfare service aides .................................................... 7.43 6.4 5.68 6.13 6.92 8.00 10.35

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .............................. 8.22 3.3 5.75 6.50 7.86 9.11 11.16

Childcare workers, n.e.c. ............................................... 8.58 3.0 6.00 6.89 8.04 10.30 11.22

Service, n.e.c. ................................................................ 9.82 8.4 6.00 7.00 8.41 10.00 15.00

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 2 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between December 2002

and January 2004. The average reference period was July 2003. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all

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

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

www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the

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

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

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

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

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

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

include data for categories not shown separately. 

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.1. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National

Compensation Survey,3 July 2003

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

All ...................................................................................................... $16.98 1.0 $7.00 $9.25 $13.39 $20.60 $30.28

All, excluding sales .................................................................... 17.21 1.1 7.13 9.51 13.75 21.00 30.54

White collar .................................................................................. 21.12 .9 8.22 11.12 16.64 26.00 38.44

White collar, excluding sales ................................................. 22.81 1.0 9.94 12.67 18.46 27.86 40.14

Professional specialty and technical ..................................... 27.73 1.1 13.12 17.75 24.58 33.65 44.42

Professional specialty ............................................................ 30.32 1.1 15.00 20.80 27.58 36.86 47.76

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ................................. 34.65 1.2 22.22 26.97 33.17 40.82 49.23

Architects ....................................................................... 31.38 4.7 19.71 22.89 30.00 36.35 45.67

Aerospace engineers ..................................................... 39.63 7.3 23.27 30.22 39.70 48.10 55.29

Metallurgical and materials engineers ........................... 31.51 6.7 23.93 27.05 29.25 35.70 43.31

Petroleum engineers ...................................................... 46.77 6.8 35.14 37.74 43.51 56.97 62.50

Chemical engineers ....................................................... 40.77 4.0 28.25 32.44 39.48 48.65 54.24

Nuclear engineers .......................................................... 37.05 3.0 28.93 32.94 36.62 40.13 45.79

Civil engineers ............................................................... 30.32 4.2 20.00 23.08 28.55 36.06 45.00

Electrical and electronic engineers ................................ 37.17 2.5 24.68 28.92 35.25 43.35 52.93

Industrial engineers ....................................................... 30.49 1.8 21.77 24.93 29.81 34.66 40.87

Mechanical engineers .................................................... 31.78 2.2 22.05 25.30 30.98 36.97 42.30

Engineers, n.e.c. ............................................................ 36.49 2.3 23.53 28.23 35.34 43.71 51.70

Surveyors and mapping scientists ................................. 29.40 11.3 17.27 24.04 27.01 38.40 38.40

Mathematical and computer scientists ............................... 33.64 1.8 19.96 25.14 32.69 40.63 48.63

Computer systems analysts and scientists .................... 33.66 1.8 19.80 25.25 33.00 40.87 48.82

Operations and systems researchers and analysts ....... 33.38 5.5 20.74 24.04 31.64 39.09 47.71

Actuaries ........................................................................ 36.27 7.3 22.92 25.48 38.46 42.50 50.41

Statisticians .................................................................... 30.75 11.8 18.00 26.81 29.17 37.72 46.12

Natural scientists ............................................................... 30.69 4.3 17.09 21.65 28.45 37.65 47.53

Physicists and astronomers ........................................... 43.15 8.8 26.56 36.85 45.89 49.85 52.85

Chemists, except biochemists ....................................... 27.84 4.3 16.21 20.30 27.24 31.75 41.94

Geologists and geodesists ............................................. 35.76 13.2 23.50 23.50 32.91 43.32 55.68

Physical scientists, n.e.c. ............................................... 33.83 7.2 21.20 27.43 32.39 38.42 49.24

Agricultural and food scientists ...................................... 28.08 13.9 14.70 21.53 28.37 30.58 51.27

Biological and life scientists ........................................... 32.94 7.2 16.67 22.28 28.46 40.63 57.58

Medical scientists ........................................................... 26.16 8.0 15.38 17.66 22.36 32.00 42.51

Health related .................................................................... 29.60 2.5 18.15 21.48 25.82 33.00 43.00

Physicians ...................................................................... 58.26 5.3 19.48 26.91 60.10 71.57 90.82

Dentists .......................................................................... 39.05 5.1 33.70 33.93 40.50 40.87 50.00

Optometrists .................................................................. 52.56 12.2 25.00 42.50 56.25 61.67 75.00

Health diagnosing practitioners, n.e.c. ........................... 34.08 2.9 25.00 25.00 35.47 42.69 42.69

Registered nurses .......................................................... 26.10 1.3 18.33 21.13 24.95 29.70 35.38

Pharmacists ................................................................... 39.55 1.0 34.00 37.26 40.45 42.63 45.00

Dietitians ........................................................................ 21.76 5.1 16.58 18.04 20.91 24.61 29.00

Respiratory therapists .................................................... 21.19 2.3 16.52 18.43 20.48 24.83 25.24

Occupational therapists ................................................. 25.22 3.2 16.83 22.02 25.02 27.81 33.00

Physical therapists ......................................................... 27.46 1.9 21.63 24.00 26.44 30.49 35.00

Speech therapists .......................................................... 24.99 3.1 19.57 21.50 25.00 27.80 30.42

Therapists, n.e.c. ........................................................... 18.97 15.2 12.25 13.59 15.83 20.27 31.17

Physicians’ assistants .................................................... 35.73 6.5 27.89 33.99 37.50 37.50 45.67

Teachers, college and university ....................................... 43.08 3.4 21.04 26.82 36.62 52.97 71.45

Biological science teachers ........................................... 51.66 16.5 23.48 30.18 43.17 57.60 106.54

Chemistry teachers ........................................................ 52.91 7.6 35.90 41.35 52.77 61.28 80.08

Physics teachers ............................................................ 55.19 10.5 39.74 45.79 48.85 65.78 70.63

Psychology teachers ...................................................... 39.54 6.1 26.22 31.22 39.70 45.43 55.70

Economics teachers ...................................................... 43.77 20.0 24.52 25.43 30.34 56.07 69.84

History teachers ............................................................. 34.71 10.2 23.83 25.74 27.63 41.76 50.55

Political science teachers .............................................. 33.40 8.8 22.69 25.64 36.76 36.76 38.46

Sociology teachers ........................................................ 39.17 17.4 26.44 28.17 33.06 36.28 63.03

Social science teachers, n.e.c. ...................................... 39.24 8.7 26.81 29.30 36.27 51.04 51.04

Engineering teachers ..................................................... 58.21 7.8 31.57 45.00 57.69 74.17 80.39

Mathematical science teachers ..................................... 39.64 11.9 25.82 25.82 36.79 48.34 63.17

Computer science teachers ........................................... 29.61 15.2 19.20 21.64 24.76 35.24 48.67

Medical science teachers .............................................. 56.80 6.2 30.77 42.00 53.61 67.31 87.05

Health specialties teachers ............................................ 50.57 9.1 22.31 25.97 38.16 61.26 95.37

Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .............. 47.46 10.9 19.42 28.07 50.59 56.55 81.02

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.1. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National

Compensation Survey,3 July 2003–Continued

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Professional specialty and technical –Continued

Professional specialty –Continued

Teachers, college and university –Continued

Art, drama, and music teachers ..................................... $36.37 6.2 $21.12 $29.68 $33.21 $43.22 $57.13

Physical education teachers .......................................... 29.15 9.8 12.50 20.35 26.45 43.69 46.19

Education teachers ........................................................ 38.23 18.0 21.09 27.52 30.83 48.24 68.09

English teachers ............................................................ 35.95 5.1 23.62 29.40 30.98 41.46 51.05

Foreign language teachers ............................................ 40.13 7.3 23.20 31.65 41.16 44.94 52.03

Law teachers ................................................................. 63.62 13.6 30.00 41.48 60.71 83.93 100.52

Social work teachers ...................................................... 30.15 27.0 17.24 17.24 23.69 27.74 58.44

Theology teachers ......................................................... 41.44 13.1 23.50 27.51 35.76 47.35 71.30

Trade and industrial teachers ........................................ 20.35 5.3 15.00 18.50 20.00 21.54 24.75

Other post-secondary teachers ..................................... 43.29 10.3 20.00 25.38 35.58 50.58 74.97

Teachers, except college and university ............................ 18.86 4.1 9.25 12.00 16.58 24.64 31.10

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ................................. 11.71 4.7 7.44 9.00 10.96 13.27 17.00

Elementary school teachers .......................................... 22.46 4.3 13.65 16.58 20.98 27.24 31.75

Secondary school teachers ........................................... 28.71 3.3 16.89 21.51 26.84 33.26 43.90

Teachers, special education .......................................... 22.60 13.8 13.70 14.57 21.59 28.10 33.33

Teachers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 20.42 5.1 10.45 14.08 18.00 27.41 30.74

Substitute teachers ........................................................ 8.84 8.0 6.50 6.50 8.13 10.25 11.00

Vocational and educational counselors ......................... 16.22 5.2 10.82 12.50 14.42 18.13 23.81

Librarians, archivists, and curators .................................... 26.98 8.1 17.54 19.45 24.17 30.80 43.14

Librarians ....................................................................... 26.78 9.2 16.89 19.45 23.97 30.58 45.21

Archivists and curators .................................................. 28.02 5.6 20.27 23.43 29.09 30.80 36.62

Social scientists and urban planners ................................. 27.66 7.9 14.14 18.25 24.60 32.94 43.34

Economists .................................................................... 31.61 7.8 18.00 22.73 28.83 35.90 48.42

Psychologists ................................................................. 22.68 9.7 12.12 15.50 18.25 25.00 36.60

Social scientists, n.e.c. .................................................. 27.54 8.5 19.00 22.87 25.85 34.10 40.14

Social, recreation, and religious workers ........................... 16.66 3.3 10.29 12.61 15.63 19.23 24.36

Social workers ............................................................... 16.67 3.8 10.82 12.76 15.45 19.16 24.56

Recreation workers ........................................................ 14.68 12.1 5.63 8.00 15.63 20.54 21.29

Clergy ............................................................................ 17.11 8.7 10.00 12.46 17.71 19.48 22.95

Religious workers, n.e.c. ................................................ 18.18 9.7 10.60 14.42 19.23 19.23 20.23

Lawyers and judges ........................................................... 49.70 5.5 22.95 32.21 46.09 62.12 80.00

Lawyers ......................................................................... 49.70 5.5 22.95 32.21 46.09 62.12 80.00

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,

n.e.c. ................................................................................ 23.74 4.4 10.00 14.38 20.88 28.83 40.87

Technical writers ............................................................ 27.90 6.0 13.46 19.50 26.68 34.66 44.48

Designers ....................................................................... 21.45 6.1 10.00 14.00 19.42 26.68 35.08

Musicians and composers ............................................. 34.89 17.6 12.00 28.44 30.76 36.79 58.75

Actors and directors ....................................................... 27.39 11.7 8.63 16.62 25.63 36.72 48.08

Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist printmakers 20.55 12.1 9.98 14.20 19.46 22.35 33.33

Photographers ............................................................... 17.17 12.2 8.00 11.14 14.41 22.83 30.00

Dancers ......................................................................... 8.44 37.4 2.13 2.13 5.15 13.33 17.31

Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c. ............. 13.41 6.9 7.50 11.88 13.13 15.72 17.50

Editors and reporters ..................................................... 24.94 12.5 10.99 15.75 19.57 29.79 43.47

Public relations specialists ............................................. 25.31 5.2 15.59 19.95 23.35 29.81 36.83

Announcers .................................................................... 29.94 33.2 7.53 9.13 15.00 26.44 116.83

Athletes .......................................................................... 18.46 10.6 8.00 10.30 16.35 22.66 29.71

Professional, n.e.c. ........................................................ 30.82 7.5 13.78 20.40 28.73 40.58 48.32

Technical ............................................................................... 21.27 1.8 11.55 14.41 18.25 23.99 30.70

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .......... 17.09 2.4 10.28 12.62 16.00 20.60 25.00

Dental hygienists ........................................................... 30.12 4.3 21.00 25.50 30.00 34.60 40.00

Health record technologists and technicians ................. 16.23 7.9 9.24 11.30 15.00 20.00 25.65

Radiological technicians ................................................ 22.73 2.5 15.50 18.59 22.80 26.43 30.18

Licensed practical nurses .............................................. 16.54 1.1 12.52 14.15 16.18 18.38 20.85

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. .................. 16.20 4.5 9.98 12.00 14.61 18.75 23.26

Electrical and electronic technicians .............................. 21.15 5.8 12.00 15.06 20.70 25.18 30.19

Industrial engineering technicians ................................. 22.08 3.6 16.32 20.30 20.47 24.43 30.10

Mechanical engineering technicians .............................. 23.14 4.9 15.28 17.55 23.81 26.42 31.79

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ...................................... 23.42 4.7 13.50 17.41 22.28 28.54 34.43

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.1. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National

Compensation Survey,3 July 2003–Continued

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Professional specialty and technical –Continued

Technical –Continued

Drafters .......................................................................... $19.78 2.8 $11.73 $15.00 $18.38 $24.00 $29.21

Surveying and mapping technicians .............................. 15.66 9.0 10.25 12.00 14.00 17.50 21.84

Biological technicians .................................................... 17.15 6.0 11.00 13.20 16.99 20.32 23.78

Chemical technicians ..................................................... 20.59 7.0 14.24 16.50 19.59 23.18 27.25

Science technicians, n.e.c. ............................................ 23.43 15.1 13.04 15.30 18.56 27.86 30.05

Airplane pilots and navigators ........................................ 98.47 7.0 19.00 35.75 95.45 149.35 188.71

Broadcast equipment operators ..................................... 14.87 16.1 7.00 7.87 12.78 16.92 31.46

Computer programmers ................................................. 29.53 3.2 16.50 21.29 27.45 34.37 44.23

Tool programmers, numerical control ............................ 19.21 4.8 15.22 17.54 18.00 21.00 24.27

Legal assistants ............................................................. 19.89 3.9 11.54 15.63 20.33 23.61 27.47

Technical and related, n.e.c. .......................................... 21.55 6.9 10.50 15.00 19.23 24.93 33.17

Executive, administrative, and managerial ........................... 32.60 2.7 15.80 20.43 27.40 37.91 53.63

Executives, administrators, and managers ........................ 36.09 3.2 15.99 22.27 30.51 43.64 57.69

Administrators and officials, public administration ......... 38.95 16.2 21.00 22.19 33.00 50.96 74.52

Financial managers ....................................................... 42.02 15.5 18.80 23.13 29.52 43.27 61.90

Personnel and labor relations managers ....................... 32.14 8.8 17.31 21.62 26.44 40.85 55.49

Purchasing managers .................................................... 29.50 5.9 17.73 19.82 28.78 37.88 42.50

Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations 43.69 9.0 22.19 28.77 38.62 57.12 72.42

Administrators, education and related fields .................. 26.23 6.0 11.50 16.19 23.44 32.08 44.30

Managers, medicine and health ..................................... 35.02 4.1 20.25 25.00 32.22 41.03 54.98

Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments .. 19.51 5.9 11.54 13.63 17.63 21.25 30.29

Managers, properties and real estate ............................ 19.74 5.2 8.65 11.88 18.17 26.02 32.14

Funeral directors ............................................................ 21.30 17.5 15.00 15.63 18.10 30.19 30.19

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ........................ 28.93 10.1 14.10 16.66 24.79 31.25 46.95

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ............................. 37.22 3.1 16.48 23.60 32.40 46.15 58.29

Management related .......................................................... 26.59 2.0 15.58 18.82 23.65 30.09 38.23

Accountants and auditors .............................................. 24.71 2.2 15.58 18.80 23.37 28.85 34.71

Underwriters .................................................................. 27.68 6.4 16.66 19.18 23.70 31.50 43.27

Other financial officers ................................................... 33.36 7.3 15.16 19.74 24.88 34.69 51.69

Management analysts .................................................... 29.43 4.3 18.37 21.70 26.73 33.47 43.45

Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ........ 23.40 3.0 15.39 18.00 21.82 27.12 33.65

Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products .............. 29.55 18.4 15.84 17.58 30.80 32.69 56.59

Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm

products ....................................................................... 25.11 3.8 16.54 19.00 22.66 28.99 37.63

Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ........................... 25.76 5.7 16.12 19.62 25.24 30.60 33.65

Business and promotional agents .................................. 22.06 7.0 16.15 17.80 22.84 25.44 27.02

Construction inspectors ................................................. 22.48 10.5 13.33 17.52 21.00 27.39 34.77

Inspectors and compliance officers, except

construction ................................................................. 24.60 6.7 17.65 18.72 22.71 28.85 33.65

Management related, n.e.c. ........................................... 25.06 2.4 15.00 18.27 23.00 28.85 36.85

Sales ......................................................................................... 15.05 1.8 6.50 7.50 10.50 17.12 27.74

Supervisors, sales ......................................................... 19.35 3.2 9.36 11.54 16.03 22.44 35.03

Insurance sales .............................................................. 22.79 8.0 10.16 12.63 17.54 26.46 37.28

Real estate sales ........................................................... 23.23 9.4 10.00 11.85 17.79 27.23 42.13

Securities and financial services sales .......................... 47.25 7.9 13.46 16.98 27.13 44.45 86.54

Advertising and related sales ......................................... 22.02 11.7 8.75 12.02 17.26 26.59 45.50

Sales, other business services ...................................... 21.10 8.0 7.50 10.65 17.50 26.44 37.18

Sales engineers ............................................................. 34.75 5.3 21.44 29.00 34.62 39.06 44.88

Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and

wholesale ..................................................................... 26.72 3.7 12.50 16.55 23.03 32.71 45.49

Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ...................... 19.12 4.1 6.44 9.90 16.18 24.69 34.56

Sales workers, apparel .................................................. 8.74 3.3 6.15 7.00 7.98 9.50 12.00

Sales workers, shoes ..................................................... 8.67 7.6 5.50 6.00 7.52 10.00 12.75

Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings .............. 11.17 6.4 7.00 7.75 9.90 12.28 16.88

Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi, and appliances ............... 17.67 29.5 7.57 8.50 11.24 16.35 34.86

Sales workers, hardware and building supplies ............. 13.44 4.6 8.50 9.60 11.42 15.00 19.00

Sales workers, parts ...................................................... 13.85 5.0 8.00 9.26 12.53 16.54 22.04

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.1. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National

Compensation Survey,3 July 2003–Continued

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Sales –Continued

Sales workers, other commodities ................................. $11.37 3.7 $6.25 $7.00 $8.65 $12.00 $19.00

Sales counter clerks ...................................................... 9.47 7.0 6.00 6.90 8.00 10.50 15.00

Cashiers ......................................................................... 8.34 1.6 6.00 6.60 7.54 9.25 11.75

Street and door-to-door sales workers .......................... 19.16 19.9 7.00 9.12 16.64 32.77 35.58

Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales .............. 12.41 8.2 7.50 8.50 12.09 14.40 18.71

Sales support, n.e.c. ...................................................... 14.84 7.6 7.00 10.00 12.75 19.56 24.76

Administrative support, including clerical ............................ 13.69 .7 8.50 10.05 12.75 16.05 20.13

Supervisors, general office ............................................ 18.65 3.1 11.94 14.50 17.50 21.26 26.01

Supervisors, computer equipment operators ................. 20.03 12.1 14.00 14.60 17.92 24.28 28.79

Supervisors, financial records processing ..................... 20.31 2.8 13.48 15.98 19.75 23.00 27.47

Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting

clerks ........................................................................... 20.65 5.4 12.02 14.56 20.00 24.04 32.51

Computer operators ....................................................... 15.93 2.2 11.70 13.16 16.04 18.40 20.25

Peripheral equipment operators .................................... 12.49 9.0 8.00 9.00 11.00 15.57 19.35

Secretaries ..................................................................... 15.53 1.2 9.80 12.00 15.00 18.46 21.91

Stenographers ............................................................... 16.66 7.0 11.00 12.95 15.21 18.87 25.00

Typists ........................................................................... 14.65 4.6 9.00 10.85 13.00 16.27 21.46

Interviewers ................................................................... 11.50 4.1 8.16 9.11 11.00 13.42 15.07

Hotel clerks .................................................................... 8.99 2.8 7.00 7.50 8.25 10.00 11.50

Transportation ticket and reservation agents ................. 13.90 6.0 7.50 8.84 12.75 19.86 21.15

Receptionists ................................................................. 10.98 1.6 8.00 9.00 10.50 12.54 14.42

Information clerks, n.e.c. ................................................ 12.86 2.7 9.23 10.27 12.18 14.42 17.68

Correspondence clerks .................................................. 13.76 3.4 10.25 11.45 13.01 15.19 18.48

Order clerks ................................................................... 13.85 2.4 8.65 10.50 13.00 16.25 20.19

Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping ......... 15.19 3.0 10.40 12.47 15.00 18.08 20.75

Library clerks ................................................................. 12.25 7.0 8.20 9.52 12.48 14.50 15.99

File clerks ....................................................................... 10.21 3.3 7.50 8.63 10.00 11.42 13.86

Records clerks, n.e.c. .................................................... 13.36 1.9 9.00 10.39 12.90 15.39 19.23

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ............... 14.01 1.8 9.50 11.03 13.56 16.00 19.23

Payroll and timekeeping clerks ...................................... 15.24 3.6 10.50 12.15 14.56 17.24 21.05

Billing clerks ................................................................... 12.77 3.0 9.45 10.50 12.33 14.66 16.48

Cost and rate clerks ....................................................... 12.08 14.8 6.36 6.36 12.18 15.25 18.00

Billing, posting, and calculating machine operators ....... 11.87 3.5 8.32 9.30 10.39 13.78 16.06

Duplicating machine operators ...................................... 12.40 5.6 8.00 10.00 11.50 13.50 18.39

Mail preparing and paper handling machine operators 11.53 5.5 8.50 9.34 11.42 13.53 15.48

Office machine operators, n.e.c. .................................... 10.47 4.6 7.36 9.06 10.50 11.40 12.86

Telephone operators ...................................................... 12.96 8.5 7.50 9.00 11.38 18.31 20.25

Communications equipment operators, n.e.c. ............... 10.21 13.7 6.00 6.75 9.60 11.40 15.98

Mail clerks, except postal service .................................. 11.64 4.3 8.30 9.34 10.66 13.68 15.63

Messengers ................................................................... 9.25 5.2 6.88 7.13 8.79 11.00 12.50

Dispatchers .................................................................... 15.54 6.7 8.25 10.00 14.29 18.03 22.19

Production coordinators ................................................. 17.69 3.6 11.94 13.50 16.58 21.00 25.12

Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ............................. 12.90 2.3 9.00 10.75 12.10 14.46 18.05

Stock and inventory clerks ............................................. 12.31 2.2 7.94 9.50 11.50 14.35 17.53

Meter readers ................................................................ 16.68 5.0 10.75 11.59 14.96 21.31 24.40

Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers ............. 14.40 8.7 9.74 10.34 12.71 15.25 25.75

Expeditors ...................................................................... 15.20 6.2 10.70 12.50 14.70 18.26 20.93

Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 11.80 4.3 7.30 8.40 10.25 13.45 20.48

Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ........ 17.70 4.0 11.50 13.22 16.38 20.77 26.45

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ............... 14.93 2.1 9.50 11.30 14.25 17.69 22.01

Eligibility clerks, social welfare ....................................... 12.85 3.4 10.00 10.82 12.91 14.75 16.83

Bill and account collectors ............................................. 14.01 3.6 9.35 10.50 13.05 16.32 19.84

General office clerks ...................................................... 12.70 1.1 8.50 10.00 11.84 14.84 18.10

Bank tellers .................................................................... 10.35 1.3 8.00 8.80 9.93 11.64 13.35

Proofreaders .................................................................. 12.67 9.8 7.00 9.50 14.28 15.30 17.74

Data entry keyers ........................................................... 11.62 3.2 8.25 9.50 11.00 13.00 15.56

Statistical clerks ............................................................. 14.05 4.0 9.00 11.00 13.34 15.85 19.81

Teachers’ aides ............................................................. 9.71 3.9 6.82 7.78 9.25 10.35 13.31

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.1. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National

Compensation Survey,3 July 2003–Continued

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Administrative support, including clerical –Continued

Administrative support, n.e.c. ........................................ $13.97 2.0 $8.80 $10.55 $13.27 $16.39 $19.69

Blue collar .................................................................................... 14.91 1.0 7.75 10.00 13.35 18.50 24.87

Precision production, craft, and repair .................................. 18.84 1.2 10.20 13.25 17.75 23.63 29.07

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .......................... 23.05 3.1 13.85 16.88 22.00 28.29 33.27

Automobile mechanics ................................................... 17.63 3.9 10.00 12.75 18.00 21.00 23.41

Automobile mechanic apprentices ................................. 12.18 10.8 8.50 9.27 11.00 12.80 15.25

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ................ 17.08 2.5 11.25 13.50 16.92 20.15 22.48

Small engine repairers ................................................... 14.66 5.6 10.00 11.00 13.99 17.00 21.00

Automobile body and related repairers .......................... 15.90 3.4 10.46 12.00 15.00 17.60 21.56

Aircraft mechanics, except engine ................................. 25.68 6.8 13.28 20.00 26.57 33.38 34.68

Heavy equipment mechanics ......................................... 18.43 4.5 12.70 14.10 17.65 21.00 27.00

Farm equipment mechanics .......................................... 13.77 3.6 10.00 11.50 13.25 15.50 18.00

Industrial machinery repairers ....................................... 19.78 1.8 13.94 16.39 18.76 23.33 26.92

Machinery maintenance ................................................. 15.83 4.6 10.33 11.75 14.69 19.79 22.64

Electronic repairers, communications and industrial

equipment .................................................................... 21.65 5.0 12.75 16.00 23.00 26.18 30.57

Data processing equipment repairers ............................ 17.14 12.3 7.79 12.50 16.06 22.09 27.48

Household appliance and power tool repairers ............. 15.48 5.4 10.00 12.00 15.00 18.04 22.94

Telephone line installers and repairers .......................... 24.49 3.7 15.50 23.80 25.13 27.14 28.02

Telephone installers and repairers ................................ 22.90 2.2 17.49 20.41 23.69 25.71 27.68

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics .. 17.88 4.0 11.75 14.37 17.50 20.80 24.70

Locksmiths and safe repairers ....................................... 13.95 9.7 10.00 12.77 13.00 17.02 18.42

Office machine repairers ................................................ 15.38 7.5 11.00 11.30 15.25 17.60 20.63

Mechanical controls and valve repairers ....................... 22.42 4.9 16.04 18.61 22.73 25.51 30.32

Millwrights ...................................................................... 21.56 5.1 15.00 17.25 20.83 25.68 29.07

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ..................................... 15.91 2.9 10.00 12.00 15.50 19.23 22.73

Supervisors, carpenters and related workers ................ 24.65 3.9 17.78 21.00 25.00 29.00 30.80

Supervisors, electricians and power transmission

installers ....................................................................... 30.08 4.9 22.00 22.66 29.29 37.74 40.10

Supervisors, painters, paperhangers, and plasterers .... 21.12 5.5 15.00 18.00 21.00 23.46 27.25

Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...... 26.34 4.9 19.50 21.50 27.94 31.54 31.77

Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ......................... 21.29 5.1 15.00 16.63 19.82 25.00 30.27

Brickmasons and stonemasons ..................................... 24.71 8.0 17.50 19.00 25.00 28.10 40.00

Tile setters, hard and soft .............................................. 19.03 12.1 14.00 14.50 18.00 21.70 32.91

Carpet installers ............................................................. 17.99 15.9 9.38 11.00 16.00 25.33 30.40

Carpenters ..................................................................... 18.73 4.4 10.50 13.50 18.00 23.00 29.75

Carpenter apprentices ................................................... 13.56 6.8 9.78 11.00 11.62 15.00 22.03

Drywall installers ............................................................ 20.69 7.7 13.25 16.00 18.00 26.41 28.94

Electricians .................................................................... 24.25 3.0 14.00 17.60 22.86 29.67 37.20

Electrician apprentices ................................................... 14.94 3.9 10.17 11.50 14.00 17.01 22.18

Electrical power installers and repairers ........................ 24.77 4.1 15.50 21.00 24.40 29.26 32.35

Painters, construction and maintenance ........................ 13.80 5.5 8.50 10.00 12.00 16.50 21.20

Plasterers ....................................................................... 13.97 12.2 10.00 10.00 14.50 17.41 20.00

Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ........................... 22.58 2.8 14.00 17.50 23.49 27.43 30.01

Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices ............ 13.35 3.2 9.25 11.00 12.50 14.08 18.00

Concrete and terrazzo finishers ..................................... 18.10 11.4 9.70 13.00 15.00 25.85 28.05

Glaziers .......................................................................... 16.30 8.9 11.64 14.25 16.00 17.77 25.00

Insulation workers .......................................................... 16.49 9.4 10.00 11.64 15.00 20.94 28.00

Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators ... 15.22 16.4 9.50 10.75 11.75 18.25 26.12

Roofers .......................................................................... 16.25 7.5 9.00 11.00 15.50 20.00 24.32

Sheet metal duct installers ............................................. 22.47 14.1 11.00 15.59 21.00 32.85 33.85

Structural metal workers ................................................ 19.38 6.5 14.10 15.00 18.00 22.40 30.75

Drillers, earth ................................................................. 16.51 5.4 12.75 15.12 16.32 18.20 20.00

Construction trades, n.e.c. ............................................. 17.25 6.6 9.50 11.00 16.00 21.68 25.40

Supervisors, extractive .................................................. 27.56 13.2 13.00 19.38 32.05 33.19 37.31

Mining machine operators ............................................. 19.50 11.1 15.55 16.70 18.57 21.42 29.90

Mining, n.e.c. ................................................................. 16.60 11.6 8.00 9.30 12.00 25.45 25.45

Supervisors, production ................................................. 20.20 2.2 12.70 15.25 19.64 24.04 28.75

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.1. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National

Compensation Survey,3 July 2003–Continued

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Blue collar –Continued

Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued

Tool and die makers ...................................................... $22.16 2.3 $15.40 $18.21 $21.00 $26.36 $29.75

Tool and die maker apprentices .................................... 17.66 5.8 11.99 13.86 16.46 21.25 24.00

Precision assemblers, metal .......................................... 19.62 5.0 12.00 16.36 20.14 22.75 27.10

Machinists ...................................................................... 19.16 2.5 13.00 15.75 19.29 23.00 25.51

Machinist apprentices .................................................... 13.27 10.0 10.00 10.19 12.25 12.85 19.84

Boilermakers .................................................................. 17.73 5.5 14.96 15.50 16.15 19.92 24.52

Precision grinders, filers, and tool sharpeners ............... 15.01 10.9 7.61 8.50 15.21 18.83 23.34

Patternmakers and modelmakers, metal ....................... 21.21 10.7 12.82 16.47 18.91 30.33 30.83

Layout workers .............................................................. 16.52 15.5 8.25 10.69 15.75 19.56 30.00

Precious stones and metals workers ............................. 13.45 14.9 7.28 9.10 13.00 16.25 22.00

Engravers, metal ............................................................ 16.62 16.9 8.00 13.50 17.40 23.13 23.42

Sheet metal workers ...................................................... 16.88 5.9 10.00 12.50 15.38 20.68 26.69

Sheet metal worker apprentices .................................... 13.81 13.7 8.58 9.60 11.14 16.13 19.27

Patternmakers and modelmakers, wood ....................... 17.37 14.6 11.50 13.00 15.09 23.00 23.00

Cabinet makers and bench carpenters .......................... 12.29 6.6 8.50 10.00 12.21 14.00 16.00

Furniture and wood finishers ......................................... 12.68 7.4 8.50 10.50 12.70 12.95 20.12

Tailors ............................................................................ 12.60 7.6 8.61 10.07 11.95 15.25 17.50

Upholsterers .................................................................. 15.15 15.8 7.75 9.50 15.50 18.50 23.60

Hand molders and shapers, except jewelers ................. 15.45 12.8 12.00 12.00 13.67 17.79 20.50

Patternmakers, layout workers, and cutters .................. 16.51 10.9 10.94 10.94 16.15 18.00 24.97

Optical goods workers ................................................... 12.65 6.7 8.75 10.00 12.26 15.00 17.26

Dental laboratory and medical appliance technicians .... 14.54 2.3 9.51 12.50 14.05 16.00 18.50

Bookbinders ................................................................... 13.96 8.6 9.00 10.00 12.63 17.50 20.16

Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ............ 12.62 4.0 8.32 9.79 11.74 15.07 17.85

Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ........................ 14.10 12.3 9.44 10.30 11.50 15.00 21.75

Butchers and meat cutters ............................................. 11.94 4.1 7.35 8.55 10.75 14.38 18.40

Bakers ............................................................................ 10.95 7.3 6.50 8.25 10.50 12.60 15.60

Food batchmakers ......................................................... 12.50 5.4 8.15 10.00 12.00 14.72 16.53

Inspectors, testers, and graders .................................... 17.83 3.4 10.53 12.97 16.47 22.40 25.96

Precision inspectors, testers, and related workers,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 20.74 10.7 13.52 15.35 22.68 25.18 25.18

Adjusters and calibrators ............................................... 17.54 11.4 9.92 12.86 17.79 24.74 26.29

Water and sewer treatment plant operators .................. 16.98 12.9 8.86 13.05 16.19 21.81 26.29

Power plant operators .................................................... 26.46 3.7 21.76 24.33 25.00 28.37 31.77

Stationary engineers ...................................................... 22.24 5.8 15.63 17.16 21.15 28.29 31.27

Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c. ......... 22.07 4.3 13.76 19.21 23.21 25.69 27.40

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ................. 13.29 1.3 7.50 9.50 12.15 15.99 20.95

Lathe and turning-machine set-up operators ................. 16.33 5.2 12.57 14.35 14.35 18.32 22.03

Lathe and turning-machine operators ............................ 15.80 5.8 9.50 11.52 14.84 18.75 23.63

Milling and planing machine operators .......................... 13.41 5.9 8.91 10.50 13.34 15.45 17.29

Punching and stamping press operators ....................... 12.80 8.5 7.50 8.83 11.44 15.00 21.49

Rolling machine operators ............................................. 14.67 10.1 9.50 9.87 13.20 16.63 23.73

Drilling and boring machine operators ........................... 12.42 9.8 6.75 9.45 10.34 15.45 18.04

Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine

operators ...................................................................... 13.51 3.6 8.75 10.75 12.90 15.16 18.65

Forging machine operators ............................................ 13.60 7.5 9.32 10.76 12.13 16.00 19.04

Numerical control machine operators ............................ 15.11 3.9 10.25 11.75 14.75 17.25 20.48

Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ........................... 14.88 4.0 9.10 10.50 13.98 17.63 25.35

Molding and casting machine operators ........................ 12.57 3.0 8.11 9.98 11.69 14.61 17.68

Metal plating machine operators .................................... 13.14 5.5 7.50 10.25 12.63 16.08 17.85

Heat treating equipment operators ................................ 15.65 6.4 11.25 12.40 15.16 18.16 21.65

Wood lathe, routing, and planing machine operators .... 12.53 2.3 10.65 11.45 12.40 13.50 13.50

Sawing machine operators ............................................ 11.31 4.2 7.75 9.25 11.00 13.09 14.75

Shaping and joining machine operators ........................ 12.60 3.5 10.92 11.81 13.00 13.50 14.50

Nailing and tacking machine operators .......................... 11.31 6.4 7.34 10.06 11.56 12.00 13.94

Printing press operators ................................................. 16.00 2.4 10.00 12.00 15.60 19.31 22.50

Photoengravers and lithographers ................................. 16.68 4.2 11.45 13.50 17.63 19.50 22.00

Typesetters and compositors ......................................... 14.16 7.5 9.01 10.65 13.13 17.00 19.55

Winding and twisting machine operators ....................... 13.00 7.7 9.00 9.89 12.33 16.50 16.50

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.1. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National

Compensation Survey,3 July 2003–Continued

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Blue collar –Continued

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors

–Continued

Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine

operators ...................................................................... $11.28 4.9 $7.50 $9.50 $11.49 $13.16 $14.55

Textile cutting machine operators .................................. 10.86 4.0 7.00 9.80 10.75 11.25 14.50

Textile sewing machine operators ................................. 8.64 6.1 6.50 6.75 7.64 9.84 12.00

Pressing machine operators .......................................... 8.58 4.0 6.35 7.15 8.65 9.50 10.29

Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators ........... 8.95 4.7 6.75 7.50 8.38 10.00 12.30

Cementing and gluing machine operators ..................... 11.31 8.2 8.25 8.25 10.75 13.75 14.35

Packaging and filling machine operators ....................... 12.52 4.2 7.50 8.71 11.02 15.55 19.85

Extruding and forming machine operators ..................... 13.45 4.9 9.00 10.29 13.80 15.89 16.94

Mixing and blending machine operators ........................ 15.16 5.2 10.00 11.37 14.20 17.15 22.31

Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine operators .. 18.92 5.5 12.08 15.30 19.12 22.85 25.15

Compressing and compacting machine operators ........ 11.70 3.9 9.00 10.23 11.07 12.50 14.19

Painting and paint spraying machine operators ............. 14.11 3.5 8.75 10.89 13.00 16.00 21.10

Roasting and baking machine operators, food .............. 12.44 10.1 8.00 10.43 11.58 14.39 17.51

Washing, cleaning, and pickling machine operators ...... 13.86 12.0 9.00 10.55 13.39 18.68 20.23

Folding machine operators ............................................ 13.51 6.6 10.24 11.15 12.47 15.81 19.48

Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food ............. 14.60 6.5 10.25 11.25 12.80 16.35 23.95

Crushing and grinding machine operators ..................... 14.09 6.2 9.58 11.20 13.75 16.97 17.96

Slicing and cutting machine operators ........................... 13.27 4.2 9.08 10.64 13.24 16.40 17.00

Motion picture projectionists .......................................... 12.41 31.2 7.75 7.75 8.00 11.61 30.14

Photographic process machine operators ..................... 10.42 4.2 7.10 8.00 9.18 12.50 15.52

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ...................... 13.85 2.4 8.35 10.19 13.00 16.73 20.48

Welders and cutters ....................................................... 15.81 2.2 10.60 12.74 15.25 18.00 21.75

Solderers and brazers ................................................... 11.22 8.4 7.83 8.65 11.45 12.77 14.93

Assemblers .................................................................... 13.80 4.0 7.37 9.14 11.84 16.75 25.64

Hand cutting and trimming ............................................. 9.68 11.4 6.95 8.00 8.00 10.75 14.82

Hand molding, casting, and forming .............................. 10.44 12.7 6.50 7.00 9.25 12.52 15.64

Hand painting, coating, and decorating ......................... 9.35 12.4 7.20 7.20 7.20 10.50 13.47

Hand engraving and printing .......................................... 13.86 20.0 8.00 8.00 11.23 13.95 27.77

Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ............................... 11.31 5.4 6.75 7.85 9.50 13.65 17.56

Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ........... 13.78 4.3 8.25 10.00 12.20 16.21 22.26

Production testers .......................................................... 12.58 5.8 8.25 10.00 11.00 14.00 18.83

Production samplers and weighers ................................ 12.07 10.9 9.03 10.36 11.07 12.10 17.20

Graders and sorters, except agricultural ........................ 10.17 6.6 6.45 7.34 9.30 13.80 15.18

Hand inspectors, n.e.c. .................................................. 10.74 7.6 7.00 8.78 10.45 11.49 15.50

Transportation and material moving ..................................... 14.66 1.7 8.50 10.35 13.47 17.94 22.50

Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ............................ 18.18 4.6 12.00 14.00 17.27 22.31 25.97

Truckdrivers ................................................................... 14.79 2.2 9.45 10.57 13.67 18.00 22.50

Driver-sales workers ...................................................... 12.71 6.5 5.75 8.00 12.00 15.44 22.16

Busdrivers ...................................................................... 11.97 4.0 8.00 9.46 11.40 13.77 16.26

Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ...................................... 9.60 3.8 7.00 7.50 9.50 11.00 12.00

Parking lot attendants .................................................... 8.06 12.1 5.25 5.55 7.58 11.03 11.40

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ............................................ 9.19 5.8 5.50 6.60 8.06 10.50 14.25

Railroad conductors and yardmasters ........................... 24.78 14.5 13.13 15.86 22.49 32.64 41.30

Locomotive operating .................................................... 28.08 14.9 16.80 16.81 27.72 36.05 42.92

Rail vehicle operators, n.e.c. ......................................... 20.81 6.5 12.50 18.93 20.78 23.30 26.40

Ship captains and mates, except fishing boats .............. 16.06 5.6 11.25 12.92 15.75 20.00 20.33

Sailors and deckhands .................................................. 10.68 7.5 8.25 8.75 9.58 11.83 13.58

Marine engineers ........................................................... 19.20 16.1 13.75 13.75 17.42 22.50 32.91

Supervisors, material moving equipment ....................... 20.84 3.6 15.86 18.55 20.19 23.56 26.02

Operating engineers ...................................................... 22.51 9.4 12.50 17.70 25.24 25.78 31.50

Crane and tower operators ............................................ 17.33 6.0 11.90 13.39 16.57 20.23 23.00

Excavating and loading machine operators ................... 16.31 5.3 10.00 12.40 15.00 18.00 23.60

Grader, dozer, and scraper operators ........................... 16.92 6.4 10.70 12.50 15.00 20.49 25.77

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ........... 13.66 2.4 9.00 10.51 12.95 16.22 19.91

Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 15.88 4.7 9.61 11.80 14.40 19.77 25.62

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.1. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National

Compensation Survey,3 July 2003–Continued

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Blue collar –Continued

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......... $11.09 1.4 $6.65 $8.00 $10.00 $12.98 $17.40

Nursery workers ............................................................. 9.82 7.9 7.25 7.75 10.00 10.50 12.00

Supervisors, agriculture-related workers ....................... 20.78 15.2 9.70 14.00 17.50 24.39 27.74

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ............... 10.41 3.9 7.25 8.00 9.55 12.50 15.50

Animal caretakers, except farm ..................................... 9.89 7.2 6.75 7.50 9.74 11.50 13.44

Inspectors, agricultural products .................................... 9.70 13.4 6.80 7.00 8.80 11.30 13.50

Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and

laborers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 19.62 5.8 11.25 14.67 18.42 22.40 31.15

Helpers, mechanics and repairers ................................. 11.46 5.2 7.50 8.80 11.00 14.50 16.00

Helpers, construction trades .......................................... 11.51 3.6 8.00 9.00 10.60 13.00 15.50

Helpers, extractive ......................................................... 9.77 14.8 7.00 7.75 8.50 12.00 15.00

Construction laborers ..................................................... 13.86 3.3 8.00 9.50 12.00 17.98 22.96

Production helpers ......................................................... 10.37 6.0 6.20 7.50 10.00 12.30 15.25

Garbage collectors ......................................................... 13.17 8.6 8.90 11.00 13.75 15.63 17.50

Stock handlers and baggers .......................................... 9.72 2.1 6.00 7.00 8.65 11.50 15.13

Machine feeders and offbearers .................................... 10.64 3.4 7.50 8.25 10.00 12.45 14.85

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .................. 12.12 2.5 7.20 9.00 11.00 14.63 19.25

Garage and service station related ................................ 8.86 3.6 6.75 7.25 8.00 9.75 12.00

Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ..................... 9.56 3.8 6.00 7.00 8.75 10.45 14.00

Hand packers and packagers ........................................ 9.47 3.3 6.00 7.25 8.75 11.00 13.27

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ............................. 10.55 2.7 6.50 7.94 9.50 12.00 16.60

Service .......................................................................................... 8.90 1.1 5.16 6.50 8.00 10.25 13.53

Protective service .............................................................. 10.50 3.5 7.00 8.00 9.33 11.54 15.20

Supervisors, guards ....................................................... 15.95 7.0 9.85 11.00 14.52 18.99 22.86

Firefighting ..................................................................... 16.04 17.8 9.00 9.73 13.55 24.21 24.52

Police and detectives, public service ............................. 17.24 10.4 13.77 13.77 15.11 19.63 25.00

Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers ..... 12.15 5.4 9.28 10.34 12.47 12.58 15.00

Correctional institution officers ....................................... 10.25 6.4 8.58 8.93 10.00 11.78 12.00

Guards and police, except public service ...................... 10.17 3.7 7.00 8.00 9.19 11.00 14.10

Protective service, n.e.c. ................................................ 8.94 4.4 6.05 7.00 8.19 10.50 12.42

Food service ...................................................................... 7.31 .8 3.06 5.50 7.00 8.65 11.00

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ............................... 4.97 2.6 2.13 2.65 5.05 6.75 8.00

Bartenders ..................................................................... 6.98 3.9 4.25 5.50 7.00 8.00 10.00

Waiters and waitresses .................................................. 4.32 3.1 2.13 2.38 3.35 5.65 7.01

Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ..................................... 5.92 3.3 3.25 4.75 6.00 7.00 8.00

Other food service ........................................................... 8.37 .8 5.69 6.50 7.50 9.50 12.00

Supervisors, food preparation and service .................... 12.55 2.5 7.75 9.23 11.25 15.08 19.06

Cooks ............................................................................. 9.15 1.5 6.00 7.00 8.75 10.50 12.50

Kitchen workers, food preparation ................................. 7.86 2.0 5.45 6.25 7.28 9.00 10.75

Food preparation, n.e.c. ................................................. 7.38 1.0 5.50 6.25 7.01 8.00 9.50

Health service .................................................................... 10.42 1.7 7.05 8.47 9.82 11.70 14.32

Dental assistants ........................................................... 14.75 5.8 10.00 12.00 13.75 16.85 19.00

Health aides, except nursing ......................................... 11.04 4.0 7.45 8.64 10.25 12.41 15.04

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ....................... 9.68 1.1 7.00 8.20 9.38 10.83 12.75

Cleaning and building service ............................................ 9.92 1.7 6.50 7.25 8.57 11.42 15.87

Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers ...... 15.44 4.4 8.50 12.00 15.87 18.46 20.19

Maids and housemen .................................................... 8.22 3.0 6.25 7.00 7.50 8.75 10.77

Janitors and cleaners ..................................................... 9.94 2.9 6.50 7.45 9.00 11.50 15.45

Pest control .................................................................... 13.67 8.3 10.00 11.00 13.00 15.75 18.00

Personal service ................................................................ 9.93 5.0 5.55 6.48 8.00 10.72 15.98

Supervisors, personal service ........................................ 14.90 8.2 8.48 11.10 14.71 18.69 20.63

Hairdressers and cosmetologists ................................... 12.81 6.8 6.90 8.00 10.50 15.62 21.00

Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities ........... 6.86 2.9 5.15 5.50 6.25 7.05 9.74

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.1. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National

Compensation Survey,3 July 2003–Continued

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Service –Continued

Personal service –Continued

Guides ........................................................................... $12.55 12.1 $7.50 $9.00 $12.02 $16.83 $16.83

Ushers ........................................................................... 7.80 6.4 5.75 6.38 6.75 8.60 10.50

Public transportation attendants .................................... 31.09 5.8 8.75 21.62 32.22 38.65 49.85

Baggage porters and bellhops ....................................... 7.45 4.0 4.65 6.00 7.01 8.24 9.75

Welfare service aides .................................................... 9.06 5.4 6.13 6.92 8.40 10.55 12.86

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .............................. 7.97 4.0 5.75 6.25 7.75 9.00 10.65

Childcare workers, n.e.c. ............................................... 8.48 3.0 6.00 7.00 7.93 9.70 11.33

Service, n.e.c. ................................................................ 10.54 4.5 6.75 8.00 9.50 11.70 16.96

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

3 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between December 2002

and January 2004. The average reference period was July 2003. 4 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

include data for categories not shown separately. 

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers,

National Compensation Survey,2 July 2003

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

All ...................................................................................................... $18.07 1.1 $7.85 $10.00 $14.45 $21.82 $31.57

All, excluding sales .................................................................... 18.12 1.2 8.00 10.18 14.61 22.00 31.50

White collar .................................................................................. 22.32 1.0 9.34 12.10 17.79 27.24 39.77

White collar, excluding sales ................................................. 23.37 1.1 10.00 13.08 18.98 28.45 40.91

Professional specialty and technical ..................................... 28.13 1.1 13.50 18.00 24.92 34.18 45.00

Professional specialty ............................................................ 30.73 1.2 15.35 21.00 27.93 37.34 48.08

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ................................. 34.65 1.2 22.29 26.99 33.17 40.76 49.13

Architects ....................................................................... 31.39 4.7 19.71 22.89 30.00 36.35 45.67

Aerospace engineers ..................................................... 39.40 7.5 23.15 30.08 39.42 47.50 54.99

Metallurgical and materials engineers ........................... 31.51 6.7 23.93 27.05 29.25 35.70 43.31

Petroleum engineers ...................................................... 46.77 6.8 35.14 37.74 43.51 56.97 62.50

Chemical engineers ....................................................... 40.77 4.0 28.25 32.44 39.48 48.65 54.24

Nuclear engineers .......................................................... 37.05 3.0 28.93 32.94 36.62 40.13 45.79

Civil engineers ............................................................... 30.27 4.2 20.00 23.08 28.55 36.06 44.94

Electrical and electronic engineers ................................ 37.23 2.5 24.83 28.96 35.30 43.43 53.12

Industrial engineers ....................................................... 30.51 1.8 21.77 25.00 29.81 34.67 40.87

Mechanical engineers .................................................... 31.76 2.2 22.07 25.30 30.98 36.97 42.30

Engineers, n.e.c. ............................................................ 36.45 2.3 23.60 28.23 35.33 43.56 51.44

Surveyors and mapping scientists ................................. 30.26 10.6 23.65 27.01 27.01 38.40 38.40

Mathematical and computer scientists ............................... 33.76 1.8 20.19 25.41 32.86 40.77 48.69

Computer systems analysts and scientists .................... 33.79 1.8 20.01 25.48 33.17 40.88 48.89

Operations and systems researchers and analysts ....... 33.38 5.5 20.74 24.04 31.64 39.09 47.71

Actuaries ........................................................................ 36.27 7.3 22.92 25.48 38.46 42.50 50.41

Statisticians .................................................................... 30.75 11.8 18.00 26.81 29.17 37.72 46.12

Natural scientists ............................................................... 30.74 4.4 17.31 21.76 28.60 37.74 47.75

Physicists and astronomers ........................................... 43.15 8.8 26.56 36.85 45.89 49.85 52.85

Chemists, except biochemists ....................................... 27.85 4.3 16.21 20.30 27.25 31.75 41.94

Geologists and geodesists ............................................. 35.76 13.2 23.50 23.50 32.91 43.32 55.68

Physical scientists, n.e.c. ............................................... 33.83 7.2 21.20 27.43 32.39 38.42 49.24

Agricultural and food scientists ...................................... 28.11 15.3 14.70 20.16 28.37 30.58 51.27

Biological and life scientists ........................................... 33.21 7.1 17.09 22.53 28.85 40.88 58.24

Medical scientists ........................................................... 26.15 8.2 15.26 17.66 22.50 32.00 42.51

Health related .................................................................... 29.80 2.9 17.92 21.21 25.66 33.33 43.59

Physicians ...................................................................... 57.65 5.7 19.37 26.64 57.69 70.60 89.00

Dentists .......................................................................... 38.54 6.5 33.70 33.93 38.47 40.87 50.00

Optometrists .................................................................. 53.76 13.5 25.00 40.87 61.67 61.67 80.00

Registered nurses .......................................................... 25.89 1.6 18.00 20.96 24.64 29.56 35.19

Pharmacists ................................................................... 40.34 1.1 35.32 38.00 40.75 42.63 45.00

Dietitians ........................................................................ 21.71 5.6 16.48 17.69 20.91 24.72 29.00

Respiratory therapists .................................................... 21.27 2.3 16.90 18.50 20.48 24.83 25.15

Occupational therapists ................................................. 24.39 4.0 15.50 21.42 24.95 27.40 32.00

Physical therapists ......................................................... 26.70 1.8 21.63 23.52 26.18 30.00 32.58

Speech therapists .......................................................... 23.84 2.6 19.36 20.83 24.84 26.00 27.95

Therapists, n.e.c. ........................................................... 17.82 15.2 12.06 13.49 15.25 17.84 29.40

Physicians’ assistants .................................................... 35.93 5.4 28.85 34.11 37.50 37.50 45.67

Teachers, college and university ....................................... 43.97 3.6 21.65 27.63 37.05 54.54 72.11

Biological science teachers ........................................... 51.69 16.5 25.79 30.18 43.17 57.60 106.54

Chemistry teachers ........................................................ 52.97 7.6 35.90 41.35 52.77 61.28 80.08

Physics teachers ............................................................ 55.20 10.5 39.74 45.79 48.85 65.78 70.63

Psychology teachers ...................................................... 39.85 6.3 26.22 31.22 39.70 45.43 55.70

Economics teachers ...................................................... 43.89 20.0 24.52 25.43 30.34 56.07 69.84

History teachers ............................................................. 34.87 10.3 24.42 25.74 27.63 41.76 50.55

Political science teachers .............................................. 33.63 8.5 22.69 28.88 36.76 36.76 38.46

Sociology teachers ........................................................ 39.19 17.4 26.44 28.17 33.06 37.64 63.03

Social science teachers, n.e.c. ...................................... 39.02 8.9 26.92 29.30 36.06 51.04 51.04

Engineering teachers ..................................................... 57.88 9.8 30.92 34.66 60.20 73.08 80.77

Mathematical science teachers ..................................... 39.73 12.0 25.82 25.82 36.79 48.34 63.17

Computer science teachers ........................................... 29.56 15.2 19.20 21.64 24.76 34.73 48.67

Medical science teachers .............................................. 57.21 5.9 30.05 42.00 53.76 67.32 87.84

Health specialties teachers ............................................ 52.07 9.1 22.31 26.22 41.03 65.93 96.15

Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .............. 47.96 11.0 19.42 28.47 54.54 57.47 81.02

Art, drama, and music teachers ..................................... 37.92 7.9 22.70 31.18 33.21 44.75 61.17

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers,

National Compensation Survey,2 July 2003–Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Professional specialty and technical –Continued

Professional specialty –Continued

Teachers, college and university –Continued

Physical education teachers .......................................... $32.40 8.9 $20.35 $23.43 $26.45 $44.44 $46.19

Education teachers ........................................................ 38.46 18.0 22.61 27.92 30.83 50.40 68.09

English teachers ............................................................ 36.36 5.5 23.62 29.40 30.98 41.46 53.17

Foreign language teachers ............................................ 42.02 7.4 29.31 33.93 41.19 45.15 52.03

Law teachers ................................................................. 66.33 13.2 32.69 44.11 66.98 85.71 102.85

Theology teachers ......................................................... 41.64 13.1 23.75 28.78 35.76 47.35 71.30

Other post-secondary teachers ..................................... 45.54 10.1 21.35 26.71 37.16 53.57 76.38

Teachers, except college and university ............................ 19.23 4.3 9.45 12.50 17.07 25.33 30.98

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ................................. 11.85 5.0 7.71 9.00 10.91 13.27 17.24

Elementary school teachers .......................................... 22.54 4.5 13.88 16.67 20.98 27.14 31.72

Secondary school teachers ........................................... 28.51 3.1 17.02 21.51 26.80 32.50 43.28

Teachers, special education .......................................... 22.58 14.3 13.70 14.57 22.12 28.37 33.33

Teachers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 21.42 6.5 11.06 15.78 20.02 27.69 30.74

Vocational and educational counselors ......................... 16.32 5.2 10.95 12.50 14.42 18.13 24.04

Librarians, archivists, and curators .................................... 27.19 8.3 17.64 19.45 24.28 30.80 43.75

Librarians ....................................................................... 26.99 9.5 17.27 19.45 24.17 31.89 45.21

Archivists and curators .................................................. 28.25 5.5 20.27 23.43 30.14 30.80 36.62

Social scientists and urban planners ................................. 28.07 8.1 14.91 18.25 25.47 33.00 44.53

Economists .................................................................... 31.61 7.8 18.00 22.73 28.83 35.90 48.42

Psychologists ................................................................. 23.12 10.8 12.50 15.74 18.25 24.57 36.60

Social scientists, n.e.c. .................................................. 27.54 8.5 19.00 22.87 25.85 34.10 40.14

Social, recreation, and religious workers ........................... 16.68 3.5 10.60 12.76 15.59 19.23 24.33

Social workers ............................................................... 16.62 3.9 10.82 12.80 15.45 18.97 24.36

Recreation workers ........................................................ 16.87 8.6 8.00 14.70 17.35 20.54 23.06

Clergy ............................................................................ 16.32 8.9 10.00 12.46 15.13 17.78 24.15

Religious workers, n.e.c. ................................................ 18.31 10.0 10.60 14.42 19.23 19.23 20.51

Lawyers and judges ........................................................... 49.67 5.5 22.95 32.20 45.95 62.12 80.02

Lawyers ......................................................................... 49.67 5.5 22.95 32.20 45.95 62.12 80.02

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,

n.e.c. ................................................................................ 24.52 4.7 11.54 15.00 21.64 29.23 41.35

Technical writers ............................................................ 27.97 5.9 13.93 19.87 26.68 33.65 44.48

Designers ....................................................................... 22.09 6.0 11.00 14.69 20.50 26.93 36.06

Actors and directors ....................................................... 28.18 12.3 8.63 17.79 25.74 38.61 48.08

Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist printmakers 21.34 11.7 13.03 14.42 19.46 22.35 35.39

Photographers ............................................................... 17.27 11.9 8.25 11.50 14.42 22.83 30.00

Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c. ............. 14.44 6.4 11.25 12.50 13.75 16.20 17.96

Editors and reporters ..................................................... 25.01 12.6 11.00 15.87 19.57 29.83 43.47

Public relations specialists ............................................. 25.37 5.2 15.59 19.95 23.35 29.81 36.83

Announcers .................................................................... 37.75 38.6 8.39 10.04 19.23 34.36 116.83

Athletes .......................................................................... 21.33 6.7 10.30 14.56 21.32 22.95 29.71

Professional, n.e.c. ........................................................ 30.86 7.6 13.78 20.40 28.73 40.70 48.48

Technical ............................................................................... 21.57 1.8 11.75 14.50 18.50 24.16 30.88

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .......... 17.02 2.5 10.26 12.50 15.95 20.38 24.70

Dental hygienists ........................................................... 31.38 4.3 25.00 27.60 31.00 37.00 39.50

Health record technologists and technicians ................. 17.01 7.6 10.39 11.85 15.54 21.95 26.05

Radiological technicians ................................................ 22.91 2.6 15.50 19.06 23.00 26.57 30.33

Licensed practical nurses .............................................. 16.46 1.2 12.50 14.14 16.22 18.29 20.66

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. .................. 16.67 4.8 10.33 12.45 15.06 19.28 23.80

Electrical and electronic technicians .............................. 21.15 5.9 12.08 15.15 20.75 25.18 29.99

Industrial engineering technicians ................................. 22.08 3.6 16.32 20.30 20.47 24.43 30.10

Mechanical engineering technicians .............................. 23.17 4.9 15.28 17.67 23.81 26.48 31.79

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ...................................... 23.59 4.7 13.50 17.78 22.43 28.61 34.43

Drafters .......................................................................... 19.85 2.9 12.00 15.00 18.46 24.04 29.21

Surveying and mapping technicians .............................. 15.66 9.0 10.25 12.00 14.00 17.50 21.84

Biological technicians .................................................... 17.15 6.0 11.00 13.20 17.00 20.32 23.78

Chemical technicians ..................................................... 20.59 7.0 14.24 16.50 19.59 23.18 27.25

Science technicians, n.e.c. ............................................ 25.61 14.2 15.00 17.13 19.63 27.86 30.77

Airplane pilots and navigators ........................................ 103.49 5.3 22.00 42.98 101.12 149.91 188.71

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers,

National Compensation Survey,2 July 2003–Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Professional specialty and technical –Continued

Technical –Continued

Broadcast equipment operators ..................................... $15.60 17.9 $7.00 $8.00 $13.27 $18.39 $31.46

Computer programmers ................................................. 29.49 3.4 16.83 21.46 27.50 34.37 43.00

Tool programmers, numerical control ............................ 19.21 4.8 15.22 17.54 18.00 21.00 24.27

Legal assistants ............................................................. 20.05 3.9 11.75 15.90 20.33 23.94 27.47

Technical and related, n.e.c. .......................................... 21.14 6.6 10.63 15.00 19.23 24.93 33.17

Executive, administrative, and managerial ........................... 32.75 2.7 15.96 20.51 27.50 38.14 53.83

Executives, administrators, and managers ........................ 36.20 3.2 15.99 22.28 30.59 43.71 57.69

Administrators and officials, public administration ......... 41.90 15.9 21.00 24.52 33.00 50.96 74.52

Financial managers ....................................................... 42.09 15.5 18.80 23.13 29.57 43.27 61.90

Personnel and labor relations managers ....................... 32.14 8.8 17.31 21.62 26.44 40.85 55.49

Purchasing managers .................................................... 29.50 5.9 17.73 19.82 28.78 37.88 42.50

Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations 43.71 9.0 22.21 28.77 38.62 57.12 72.42

Administrators, education and related fields .................. 26.46 6.2 11.50 16.24 23.08 32.15 45.18

Managers, medicine and health ..................................... 35.07 4.2 20.25 25.00 32.22 41.00 55.20

Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments .. 19.72 5.8 11.81 14.27 17.72 21.37 30.29

Managers, properties and real estate ............................ 20.49 4.5 10.17 13.80 18.87 26.09 31.25

Funeral directors ............................................................ 21.30 17.5 15.00 15.63 18.10 30.19 30.19

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ........................ 29.06 10.2 14.10 16.83 24.79 31.25 46.95

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ............................. 37.22 3.1 16.48 23.61 32.38 46.15 58.44

Management related .......................................................... 26.70 2.1 15.63 18.99 23.70 30.22 38.46

Accountants and auditors .............................................. 24.73 2.1 15.87 18.82 23.30 28.85 34.71

Underwriters .................................................................. 27.68 6.4 16.66 19.18 23.70 31.50 43.27

Other financial officers ................................................... 33.57 7.3 15.35 20.09 25.09 34.87 51.69

Management analysts .................................................... 29.42 4.3 18.33 21.70 26.73 33.48 43.46

Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ........ 23.51 3.1 15.39 18.23 21.82 27.12 33.84

Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products .............. 30.82 18.2 15.84 22.73 30.80 32.69 56.59

Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm

products ....................................................................... 25.11 3.8 16.54 19.00 22.66 28.99 37.63

Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ........................... 25.77 5.7 16.12 19.62 25.24 30.60 33.65

Business and promotional agents .................................. 22.06 7.0 16.15 17.80 22.84 25.44 27.02

Construction inspectors ................................................. 22.71 10.3 13.33 18.00 21.00 27.39 34.77

Inspectors and compliance officers, except

construction ................................................................. 24.62 6.8 17.65 18.72 22.71 28.93 33.68

Management related, n.e.c. ........................................... 25.15 2.4 15.00 18.47 23.08 28.85 36.85

Sales ......................................................................................... 17.58 1.8 7.19 9.00 12.81 20.10 32.10

Supervisors, sales ......................................................... 19.42 3.2 9.50 11.54 16.11 22.60 35.03

Insurance sales .............................................................. 22.88 8.1 10.16 12.67 17.55 26.46 37.28

Real estate sales ........................................................... 23.67 9.2 10.39 12.50 17.79 27.74 41.55

Securities and financial services sales .......................... 47.95 7.7 13.46 17.09 27.44 46.06 87.35

Advertising and related sales ......................................... 22.04 11.7 8.75 12.02 17.26 26.59 45.50

Sales, other business services ...................................... 22.35 6.4 8.90 12.52 18.23 27.35 38.87

Sales engineers ............................................................. 34.75 5.3 21.44 29.00 34.62 39.06 44.88

Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and

wholesale ..................................................................... 26.80 3.6 12.50 16.65 23.08 32.72 45.64

Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ...................... 19.19 4.1 6.44 9.91 16.21 24.72 34.74

Sales workers, apparel .................................................. 10.12 5.7 7.00 7.75 9.00 11.00 13.94

Sales workers, shoes ..................................................... 10.82 9.5 7.45 7.45 10.00 12.50 15.77

Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings .............. 13.64 6.9 8.00 10.00 11.60 15.38 21.18

Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi, and appliances ............... 21.01 25.4 8.00 9.69 16.35 34.86 52.89

Sales workers, hardware and building supplies ............. 14.31 5.0 8.76 10.00 12.10 15.87 21.64

Sales workers, parts ...................................................... 14.29 5.0 8.30 10.00 13.00 16.91 23.14

Sales workers, other commodities ................................. 13.35 4.6 6.83 8.00 10.30 14.46 24.71

Sales counter clerks ...................................................... 10.80 7.1 6.50 7.70 9.25 12.22 18.25

Cashiers ......................................................................... 9.06 2.3 6.50 7.00 8.25 10.50 12.55

Street and door-to-door sales workers .......................... 23.28 17.2 14.42 14.65 20.67 35.58 35.58

Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales .............. 13.98 5.9 9.10 12.00 13.49 14.76 18.71

Sales support, n.e.c. ...................................................... 15.88 8.3 8.44 10.90 13.85 20.88 25.91

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers,

National Compensation Survey,2 July 2003–Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Administrative support, including clerical ............................ $14.02 0.7 $8.96 $10.50 $13.01 $16.45 $20.41

Supervisors, general office ............................................ 18.76 3.1 12.30 14.50 17.52 21.26 26.20

Supervisors, computer equipment operators ................. 20.03 12.1 14.00 14.60 17.92 24.28 28.79

Supervisors, financial records processing ..................... 20.31 2.8 13.48 15.98 19.75 23.00 27.47

Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting

clerks ........................................................................... 20.89 5.4 12.02 14.72 20.43 24.67 32.51

Computer operators ....................................................... 15.99 2.2 11.70 13.22 16.06 18.40 20.34

Peripheral equipment operators .................................... 12.71 9.4 8.00 9.50 11.13 16.83 19.35

Secretaries ..................................................................... 15.71 1.4 10.00 12.05 15.11 18.57 22.08

Stenographers ............................................................... 15.93 7.1 10.10 12.50 14.68 19.38 25.00

Typists ........................................................................... 14.91 5.0 9.00 10.99 13.51 16.55 22.19

Interviewers ................................................................... 11.90 3.6 8.78 9.72 11.97 13.81 15.07

Hotel clerks .................................................................... 9.08 3.1 7.00 7.50 8.50 10.00 11.64

Transportation ticket and reservation agents ................. 13.67 6.5 7.50 8.50 12.37 19.86 21.08

Receptionists ................................................................. 11.35 1.6 8.50 9.50 11.00 13.00 14.85

Information clerks, n.e.c. ................................................ 13.25 2.6 9.50 10.68 12.74 15.00 17.95

Correspondence clerks .................................................. 13.83 3.4 10.25 11.45 13.00 15.20 18.72

Order clerks ................................................................... 14.19 2.5 8.86 10.65 13.39 16.67 20.77

Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping ......... 15.20 3.0 10.40 12.50 15.00 18.08 20.75

Library clerks ................................................................. 13.16 5.5 8.96 10.45 13.06 14.52 16.72

File clerks ....................................................................... 10.73 2.3 8.00 9.09 10.01 12.02 14.13

Records clerks, n.e.c. .................................................... 13.48 2.0 9.00 10.50 13.00 15.48 19.50

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ............... 14.24 1.8 9.62 11.47 13.89 16.12 19.23

Payroll and timekeeping clerks ...................................... 15.41 3.5 10.78 12.33 14.81 17.26 21.05

Billing clerks ................................................................... 12.80 3.1 9.45 10.50 12.32 14.75 16.50

Cost and rate clerks ....................................................... 12.08 14.8 6.36 6.36 12.18 15.25 18.00

Billing, posting, and calculating machine operators ....... 12.94 5.4 9.22 10.33 11.30 14.65 17.50

Duplicating machine operators ...................................... 12.56 5.8 9.00 10.02 12.00 13.50 18.39

Mail preparing and paper handling machine operators 11.72 5.6 8.93 9.34 11.42 13.96 16.05

Office machine operators, n.e.c. .................................... 10.49 4.6 7.44 9.24 10.50 11.40 12.86

Telephone operators ...................................................... 13.88 7.6 8.00 9.59 12.99 18.81 20.63

Communications equipment operators, n.e.c. ............... 11.26 14.8 6.75 8.43 10.20 13.79 18.10

Mail clerks, except postal service .................................. 11.91 4.6 8.75 9.64 10.82 13.87 15.96

Messengers ................................................................... 9.67 9.4 6.88 7.19 9.00 11.33 13.35

Dispatchers .................................................................... 15.74 6.7 8.50 10.91 14.45 18.17 22.50

Production coordinators ................................................. 17.71 3.5 11.94 13.50 16.63 20.89 25.14

Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ............................. 13.16 2.4 8.76 10.19 12.50 15.11 19.46

Stock and inventory clerks ............................................. 12.65 2.6 8.00 9.79 11.95 14.49 18.27

Meter readers ................................................................ 16.86 5.3 10.75 11.60 14.96 21.31 24.40

Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers ............. 14.46 8.8 9.74 10.34 12.71 15.38 25.75

Expeditors ...................................................................... 15.61 6.3 11.50 12.50 15.25 18.26 20.93

Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 11.91 4.4 7.35 8.43 10.28 13.75 20.99

Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ........ 17.76 4.1 11.50 13.25 16.48 20.93 26.45

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ............... 15.10 2.1 9.85 11.46 14.42 17.77 22.15

Eligibility clerks, social welfare ....................................... 12.90 3.4 10.00 11.00 12.95 14.75 16.83

Bill and account collectors ............................................. 14.19 3.8 9.35 10.50 13.16 16.58 20.15

General office clerks ...................................................... 13.01 1.3 8.72 10.00 12.00 15.00 18.51

Bank tellers .................................................................... 10.54 1.4 8.17 9.00 10.00 11.83 13.50

Proofreaders .................................................................. 14.18 8.4 9.50 11.54 14.28 16.32 17.76

Data entry keyers ........................................................... 11.86 3.8 8.50 9.83 11.00 13.40 16.23

Statistical clerks ............................................................. 14.04 4.5 9.00 11.00 13.33 15.95 20.00

Teachers’ aides ............................................................. 9.58 4.4 6.82 7.75 8.93 10.35 13.31

Administrative support, n.e.c. ........................................ 14.39 1.8 9.17 11.18 13.55 16.75 20.00

Blue collar .................................................................................... 15.26 1.0 8.00 10.10 13.75 18.94 25.09

Precision production, craft, and repair .................................. 18.92 1.2 10.41 13.39 17.85 23.70 29.13

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .......................... 23.04 3.1 13.85 16.88 22.00 28.14 33.27

Automobile mechanics ................................................... 17.79 4.0 10.00 13.30 18.14 21.00 23.50

Automobile mechanic apprentices ................................. 12.34 11.1 8.50 9.27 11.00 15.25 15.25

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers,

National Compensation Survey,2 July 2003–Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Blue collar –Continued

Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ................ $17.18 2.4 $11.25 $13.50 $17.00 $20.26 $22.48

Small engine repairers ................................................... 14.84 5.4 11.00 12.00 14.37 17.00 21.00

Automobile body and related repairers .......................... 16.00 3.4 10.50 12.50 15.00 17.60 21.56

Aircraft mechanics, except engine ................................. 25.69 6.8 13.28 20.00 26.57 33.38 34.68

Heavy equipment mechanics ......................................... 18.44 4.5 12.70 14.30 17.65 21.00 27.00

Farm equipment mechanics .......................................... 13.80 3.6 10.00 11.75 13.25 15.50 18.00

Industrial machinery repairers ....................................... 19.78 1.8 13.96 16.39 18.76 23.33 26.92

Machinery maintenance ................................................. 15.82 4.6 10.33 11.75 14.69 19.79 22.64

Electronic repairers, communications and industrial

equipment .................................................................... 21.73 5.1 13.00 16.14 23.00 26.18 30.57

Data processing equipment repairers ............................ 17.14 12.3 7.79 12.50 16.06 22.09 27.48

Household appliance and power tool repairers ............. 15.49 5.5 10.00 11.91 15.00 18.20 23.08

Telephone line installers and repairers .......................... 24.49 3.7 15.50 23.80 25.13 27.14 28.02

Telephone installers and repairers ................................ 22.90 2.2 17.49 20.41 23.69 25.71 27.68

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics .. 17.88 4.0 11.75 14.37 17.50 20.80 24.70

Locksmiths and safe repairers ....................................... 13.95 9.7 10.00 12.77 13.00 17.02 18.42

Office machine repairers ................................................ 15.38 7.5 11.00 11.30 15.25 17.60 20.63

Mechanical controls and valve repairers ....................... 22.42 4.9 16.04 18.61 22.73 25.51 30.32

Millwrights ...................................................................... 21.54 5.2 15.00 17.25 20.83 25.68 29.07

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ..................................... 15.97 3.0 10.00 12.00 15.56 19.27 22.84

Supervisors, carpenters and related workers ................ 24.65 3.9 17.78 21.00 25.00 29.00 30.80

Supervisors, electricians and power transmission

installers ....................................................................... 30.08 4.9 22.00 22.66 29.29 37.74 40.10

Supervisors, painters, paperhangers, and plasterers .... 21.22 5.5 15.00 18.00 21.79 23.46 27.25

Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...... 26.34 4.9 19.50 21.50 27.94 31.54 31.77

Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ......................... 21.29 5.1 15.00 16.63 19.82 25.00 30.27

Brickmasons and stonemasons ..................................... 24.71 8.4 18.00 19.50 25.00 27.00 40.00

Tile setters, hard and soft .............................................. 19.03 12.1 14.00 14.50 18.00 21.70 32.91

Carpet installers ............................................................. 18.09 16.9 9.38 11.00 16.93 25.33 30.40

Carpenters ..................................................................... 18.74 4.4 10.78 14.00 18.00 23.00 29.75

Carpenter apprentices ................................................... 13.53 7.2 9.50 11.00 11.62 14.56 22.03

Drywall installers ............................................................ 20.69 7.7 13.25 16.00 18.00 26.41 28.94

Electricians .................................................................... 24.25 3.1 14.00 17.64 22.85 29.65 37.20

Electrician apprentices ................................................... 14.94 3.9 10.17 11.50 14.00 17.01 22.18

Electrical power installers and repairers ........................ 24.76 4.1 15.50 21.00 24.40 29.26 32.35

Painters, construction and maintenance ........................ 13.81 5.5 8.50 10.00 12.00 16.50 21.20

Plasterers ....................................................................... 13.87 12.4 10.00 10.00 14.50 17.41 20.00

Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ........................... 22.59 2.8 14.00 17.50 23.50 27.43 30.01

Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices ............ 13.35 3.2 9.25 11.00 12.50 14.08 18.00

Concrete and terrazzo finishers ..................................... 18.09 11.5 9.70 13.00 15.00 25.85 28.05

Glaziers .......................................................................... 16.02 8.8 11.15 14.25 15.00 17.34 19.50

Insulation workers .......................................................... 16.49 9.4 10.00 11.64 15.00 20.94 28.00

Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators ... 15.22 16.4 9.50 10.75 11.75 18.25 26.12

Roofers .......................................................................... 16.23 7.5 9.00 11.00 15.50 20.00 24.00

Sheet metal duct installers ............................................. 22.47 14.1 11.00 15.59 21.00 32.85 33.85

Structural metal workers ................................................ 19.38 6.5 14.10 15.00 18.00 22.40 30.75

Drillers, earth ................................................................. 16.51 5.4 12.75 15.12 16.32 18.20 20.00

Construction trades, n.e.c. ............................................. 17.15 6.8 9.50 11.00 16.00 22.00 25.40

Supervisors, extractive .................................................. 27.56 13.2 13.00 19.38 32.05 33.19 37.31

Mining machine operators ............................................. 19.50 11.1 15.55 16.70 18.57 21.42 29.90

Mining, n.e.c. ................................................................. 16.60 11.6 8.00 9.30 12.00 25.45 25.45

Supervisors, production ................................................. 20.23 2.2 12.75 15.25 19.64 24.04 28.75

Tool and die makers ...................................................... 22.16 2.3 15.40 18.21 21.00 26.36 29.75

Tool and die maker apprentices .................................... 17.66 5.8 11.99 13.86 16.46 21.25 24.00

Precision assemblers, metal .......................................... 19.62 5.0 12.00 16.36 20.14 22.75 27.10

Machinists ...................................................................... 19.17 2.5 13.00 15.75 19.29 23.00 25.51

Machinist apprentices .................................................... 13.92 10.7 10.19 12.25 12.25 16.07 19.84

Boilermakers .................................................................. 17.73 5.5 14.96 15.50 16.15 19.92 24.52

Precision grinders, filers, and tool sharpeners ............... 15.01 10.9 7.61 8.50 15.21 18.83 23.34

Patternmakers and modelmakers, metal ....................... 21.21 10.7 12.82 16.47 18.91 30.33 30.83

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers,

National Compensation Survey,2 July 2003–Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Blue collar –Continued

Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued

Layout workers .............................................................. $16.52 15.5 $8.25 $10.69 $15.75 $19.56 $30.00

Precious stones and metals workers ............................. 13.45 14.9 7.28 9.10 13.00 16.25 22.00

Engravers, metal ............................................................ 16.62 16.9 8.00 13.50 17.40 23.13 23.42

Sheet metal workers ...................................................... 16.88 5.9 10.00 12.50 15.38 20.68 26.69

Sheet metal worker apprentices .................................... 13.81 13.7 8.58 9.60 11.14 16.13 19.27

Patternmakers and modelmakers, wood ....................... 17.37 14.6 11.50 13.00 15.09 23.00 23.00

Cabinet makers and bench carpenters .......................... 12.46 5.9 8.35 10.50 12.36 14.50 16.00

Furniture and wood finishers ......................................... 12.86 7.4 8.50 10.50 12.70 13.08 20.12

Tailors ............................................................................ 13.19 7.5 9.85 10.07 12.85 15.25 16.65

Upholsterers .................................................................. 15.15 15.8 7.75 9.50 15.50 18.50 23.60

Hand molders and shapers, except jewelers ................. 15.45 12.8 12.00 12.00 13.67 17.79 20.50

Patternmakers, layout workers, and cutters .................. 16.72 11.2 10.94 12.00 18.00 18.00 24.97

Optical goods workers ................................................... 12.65 6.7 8.75 10.00 12.26 15.00 17.26

Dental laboratory and medical appliance technicians .... 14.54 2.3 9.51 12.50 14.05 16.00 18.50

Bookbinders ................................................................... 14.19 8.4 8.75 10.00 12.63 18.00 20.25

Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ............ 12.68 4.1 8.44 9.85 11.86 15.19 17.88

Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ........................ 14.12 12.3 9.44 10.30 11.50 15.00 21.75

Butchers and meat cutters ............................................. 12.03 4.4 7.50 8.60 10.75 14.50 18.45

Bakers ............................................................................ 11.45 8.0 6.00 9.00 10.75 14.73 16.92

Food batchmakers ......................................................... 12.60 5.8 8.50 9.90 12.75 14.97 16.53

Inspectors, testers, and graders .................................... 17.97 3.2 10.80 13.02 16.60 22.48 26.02

Precision inspectors, testers, and related workers,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 21.19 9.8 14.75 16.13 22.68 25.18 25.18

Adjusters and calibrators ............................................... 17.54 11.4 9.92 12.86 17.79 24.74 26.29

Water and sewer treatment plant operators .................. 16.98 12.9 8.86 13.05 16.19 21.81 26.29

Power plant operators .................................................... 26.46 3.7 21.76 24.33 25.00 28.37 31.77

Stationary engineers ...................................................... 22.24 5.8 15.63 17.16 21.15 28.29 31.27

Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c. ......... 22.13 4.3 13.89 19.35 23.21 25.69 27.40

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ................. 13.41 1.4 7.72 9.58 12.30 16.06 21.10

Lathe and turning-machine set-up operators ................. 16.33 5.2 12.57 14.35 14.35 18.32 22.03

Lathe and turning-machine operators ............................ 15.89 5.7 10.00 11.75 15.00 18.75 23.63

Milling and planing machine operators .......................... 13.41 5.9 8.91 10.50 13.34 15.45 17.29

Punching and stamping press operators ....................... 13.10 7.4 7.50 9.05 12.00 15.00 22.19

Rolling machine operators ............................................. 14.67 10.1 9.50 9.87 13.20 16.63 23.73

Drilling and boring machine operators ........................... 12.42 9.8 6.75 9.45 10.34 15.45 18.04

Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine

operators ...................................................................... 13.57 3.5 8.70 10.90 13.00 15.16 18.65

Forging machine operators ............................................ 13.60 7.5 9.32 10.76 12.13 16.00 19.04

Numerical control machine operators ............................ 15.11 3.9 10.25 11.75 14.75 17.25 20.48

Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ........................... 15.12 3.5 9.10 11.00 14.24 17.92 25.55

Molding and casting machine operators ........................ 12.59 3.0 8.10 10.00 11.70 14.61 17.68

Metal plating machine operators .................................... 13.29 5.4 8.45 10.50 12.72 16.08 18.00

Heat treating equipment operators ................................ 15.65 6.4 11.25 12.40 15.16 18.16 21.65

Wood lathe, routing, and planing machine operators .... 12.53 2.3 10.65 11.45 12.40 13.50 13.50

Sawing machine operators ............................................ 11.31 4.2 7.75 9.25 11.00 13.09 14.94

Shaping and joining machine operators ........................ 12.60 3.5 10.92 11.81 13.00 13.50 14.50

Nailing and tacking machine operators .......................... 11.31 6.4 7.34 10.06 11.56 12.00 13.94

Printing press operators ................................................. 16.02 2.4 10.00 12.00 15.60 19.31 22.46

Photoengravers and lithographers ................................. 17.01 4.5 11.25 14.46 18.13 19.50 22.03

Typesetters and compositors ......................................... 14.75 7.9 9.45 11.25 14.00 17.55 21.00

Winding and twisting machine operators ....................... 13.01 7.7 9.00 9.73 12.35 16.50 16.50

Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine

operators ...................................................................... 11.28 4.9 7.50 9.50 11.49 13.16 14.55

Textile cutting machine operators .................................. 10.86 4.0 7.00 9.80 10.75 11.25 14.50

Textile sewing machine operators ................................. 8.61 6.2 6.50 6.75 7.50 9.79 12.00

Pressing machine operators .......................................... 8.65 4.3 6.35 7.25 8.65 10.00 10.68

Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators ........... 9.09 5.0 6.95 7.75 8.50 10.00 12.60

Cementing and gluing machine operators ..................... 11.31 8.2 8.25 8.25 10.75 13.75 14.35

Packaging and filling machine operators ....................... 12.70 3.9 7.50 9.14 11.44 15.65 20.55

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers,

National Compensation Survey,2 July 2003–Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Blue collar –Continued

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors

–Continued

Extruding and forming machine operators ..................... $13.45 4.9 $9.00 $10.29 $13.80 $15.89 $16.94

Mixing and blending machine operators ........................ 15.19 5.2 10.03 11.37 14.20 17.15 22.43

Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine operators .. 18.92 5.5 12.08 15.30 19.12 22.85 25.15

Compressing and compacting machine operators ........ 11.70 3.9 9.00 10.23 11.07 12.50 14.19

Painting and paint spraying machine operators ............. 14.11 3.5 8.75 10.89 13.00 15.96 21.10

Roasting and baking machine operators, food .............. 12.39 10.5 8.00 10.43 11.58 15.00 17.51

Washing, cleaning, and pickling machine operators ...... 13.86 12.0 9.00 10.55 13.39 18.68 20.23

Folding machine operators ............................................ 13.51 6.6 10.24 11.15 12.47 15.81 19.48

Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food ............. 14.66 6.6 10.25 11.25 12.80 16.35 23.95

Crushing and grinding machine operators ..................... 14.09 6.2 9.58 11.20 13.75 16.97 17.96

Slicing and cutting machine operators ........................... 13.44 4.1 9.50 10.92 13.27 16.50 17.00

Photographic process machine operators ..................... 11.73 4.6 8.00 9.00 11.23 14.11 17.00

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ...................... 13.92 2.4 8.41 10.25 13.16 16.75 20.68

Welders and cutters ....................................................... 15.81 2.2 10.60 12.74 15.25 18.00 21.75

Solderers and brazers ................................................... 11.22 8.4 7.83 8.65 11.45 12.77 14.93

Assemblers .................................................................... 13.99 4.0 7.50 9.48 12.00 17.10 25.65

Hand cutting and trimming ............................................. 9.71 11.5 6.95 8.00 8.00 10.75 14.82

Hand molding, casting, and forming .............................. 11.34 12.1 7.00 7.69 11.93 12.52 17.69

Hand painting, coating, and decorating ......................... 9.52 14.2 7.20 7.20 7.20 10.50 13.65

Hand engraving and printing .......................................... 13.86 20.0 8.00 8.00 11.23 13.95 27.77

Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ............................... 11.41 5.4 7.00 8.00 9.58 13.75 17.74

Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ........... 13.84 4.4 8.25 10.00 12.32 16.25 22.26

Production testers .......................................................... 12.58 5.8 8.25 10.00 11.00 14.00 18.18

Production samplers and weighers ................................ 12.07 10.9 9.03 10.36 11.07 12.10 17.20

Graders and sorters, except agricultural ........................ 10.23 6.8 6.45 7.34 9.40 13.80 15.18

Hand inspectors, n.e.c. .................................................. 10.83 8.0 7.00 8.75 10.49 11.49 15.50

Transportation and material moving ..................................... 15.07 1.8 9.23 10.82 13.75 18.25 23.23

Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ............................ 18.23 4.7 12.50 14.00 17.27 22.35 25.97

Truckdrivers ................................................................... 14.90 2.3 9.53 10.80 13.72 18.05 22.50

Driver-sales workers ...................................................... 14.53 5.5 8.00 10.50 13.10 17.56 23.88

Busdrivers ...................................................................... 12.17 6.5 7.47 8.50 11.25 14.75 19.08

Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ...................................... 10.01 4.4 7.25 8.25 10.00 11.00 12.09

Parking lot attendants .................................................... 8.91 11.9 5.50 6.97 8.91 11.40 11.55

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ............................................ 10.53 5.4 6.60 8.00 9.50 11.50 14.50

Railroad conductors and yardmasters ........................... 24.78 14.5 13.13 15.86 22.49 32.64 41.30

Locomotive operating .................................................... 28.08 14.9 16.80 16.81 27.72 36.05 42.92

Rail vehicle operators, n.e.c. ......................................... 20.81 6.5 12.50 18.93 20.78 23.30 26.40

Ship captains and mates, except fishing boats .............. 16.21 6.1 11.25 12.92 15.75 20.00 20.33

Sailors and deckhands .................................................. 10.30 5.1 8.33 8.75 9.58 11.83 13.50

Marine engineers ........................................................... 19.20 16.1 13.75 13.75 17.42 22.50 32.91

Supervisors, material moving equipment ....................... 20.84 3.6 15.86 18.55 20.19 23.56 26.02

Operating engineers ...................................................... 22.51 9.4 12.50 17.70 25.24 25.78 31.50

Crane and tower operators ............................................ 17.33 6.0 11.90 13.39 16.57 20.23 23.00

Excavating and loading machine operators ................... 16.33 5.3 10.00 12.28 15.00 18.00 23.60

Grader, dozer, and scraper operators ........................... 16.93 6.4 10.70 12.50 15.00 20.49 25.77

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ........... 13.76 2.4 9.00 10.62 13.00 16.25 19.92

Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 16.14 4.7 9.86 12.00 14.94 20.25 25.62

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......... 11.49 1.5 7.00 8.25 10.20 13.40 18.00

Nursery workers ............................................................. 10.60 6.8 8.00 9.50 10.06 12.00 14.00

Supervisors, agriculture-related workers ....................... 20.78 15.2 9.70 14.00 17.50 24.39 27.74

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ............... 10.87 4.1 7.50 8.25 10.00 13.00 15.61

Animal caretakers, except farm ..................................... 10.29 7.3 6.85 8.26 10.00 12.35 13.88

Inspectors, agricultural products .................................... 9.98 13.8 7.00 7.35 8.90 12.67 13.50

Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and

laborers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 19.73 5.9 11.25 14.76 18.65 22.50 31.15

Helpers, mechanics and repairers ................................. 11.19 3.2 7.50 8.80 10.97 12.50 15.52

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers,

National Compensation Survey,2 July 2003–Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Blue collar –Continued

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers

–Continued

Helpers, construction trades .......................................... $11.56 3.7 $8.00 $9.00 $10.75 $13.00 $15.50

Helpers, extractive ......................................................... 9.77 14.8 7.00 7.75 8.50 12.00 15.00

Construction laborers ..................................................... 13.67 3.4 8.00 9.50 12.00 17.50 22.30

Production helpers ......................................................... 10.48 6.1 6.20 8.00 10.00 12.36 15.25

Garbage collectors ......................................................... 13.17 8.7 8.52 11.00 13.75 15.63 17.50

Stock handlers and baggers .......................................... 11.14 2.5 6.75 8.50 10.46 13.02 16.20

Machine feeders and offbearers .................................... 10.69 3.4 7.50 8.25 10.00 12.49 14.97

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .................. 12.24 2.7 7.07 9.00 11.24 14.56 19.85

Garage and service station related ................................ 8.95 3.8 7.00 7.43 8.00 9.75 12.25

Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ..................... 10.03 4.0 6.75 7.50 9.30 10.55 15.15

Hand packers and packagers ........................................ 9.60 3.7 6.15 7.25 8.95 11.23 13.40

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ............................. 10.88 2.9 6.75 8.00 9.83 12.60 16.86

Service .......................................................................................... 9.66 1.7 5.75 7.00 8.90 11.02 14.69

Protective service .............................................................. 10.57 3.4 7.25 8.25 9.50 11.70 15.04

Supervisors, guards ....................................................... 15.99 7.0 10.00 11.15 14.52 18.99 22.86

Firefighting ..................................................................... 16.83 16.3 9.50 10.16 18.00 24.21 24.52

Guards and police, except public service ...................... 10.09 3.6 7.00 8.00 9.25 11.00 13.78

Protective service, n.e.c. ................................................ 10.14 6.1 7.00 8.00 9.95 11.25 13.50

Food service ...................................................................... 8.17 1.4 3.75 6.00 7.61 9.86 12.50

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ............................... 5.24 3.3 2.13 3.00 5.15 6.90 8.35

Bartenders ..................................................................... 7.28 5.1 5.00 5.99 7.00 8.55 10.00

Waiters and waitresses .................................................. 4.45 4.2 2.13 2.50 4.00 5.75 7.01

Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ..................................... 6.26 5.5 3.30 5.00 6.25 7.01 9.00

Other food service ........................................................... 9.28 1.4 6.00 7.00 8.50 10.50 13.34

Supervisors, food preparation and service .................... 12.99 2.6 8.25 9.75 12.00 15.63 19.23

Cooks ............................................................................. 9.63 1.3 6.50 7.54 9.27 11.00 13.00

Kitchen workers, food preparation ................................. 8.56 2.4 6.00 6.75 8.00 9.82 11.83

Food preparation, n.e.c. ................................................. 7.99 1.3 6.00 6.94 7.51 8.80 10.17

Health service .................................................................... 10.65 1.7 7.50 8.69 10.00 11.90 14.50

Dental assistants ........................................................... 14.77 6.0 10.00 12.00 13.75 17.00 19.00

Health aides, except nursing ......................................... 11.41 3.7 7.88 9.01 10.36 12.52 15.39

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ....................... 9.79 1.1 7.23 8.43 9.50 10.90 12.66

Cleaning and building service ............................................ 10.35 1.6 6.75 7.50 9.09 12.08 16.50

Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers ...... 15.49 4.4 8.50 12.02 15.87 18.46 20.36

Maids and housemen .................................................... 8.25 3.4 6.35 7.00 7.50 8.80 10.90

Janitors and cleaners ..................................................... 10.53 2.7 6.83 7.93 9.64 12.44 16.10

Pest control .................................................................... 13.57 8.4 10.00 11.00 13.00 15.75 18.00

Personal service ................................................................ 10.45 7.5 5.57 6.50 8.50 11.36 16.97

Supervisors, personal service ........................................ 15.01 8.1 8.48 11.54 15.00 18.75 21.00

Hairdressers and cosmetologists ................................... 13.68 7.3 7.25 9.25 11.50 16.76 22.52

Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities ........... 6.91 3.2 5.16 5.55 6.25 7.06 10.26

Guides ........................................................................... 13.93 10.7 9.79 11.02 14.27 16.83 18.25

Public transportation attendants .................................... 33.07 2.9 17.88 26.66 32.22 40.16 50.28

Baggage porters and bellhops ....................................... 7.35 4.4 4.50 5.75 6.90 8.24 9.65

Welfare service aides .................................................... 10.53 4.4 7.61 8.40 10.00 12.02 13.87

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers,

National Compensation Survey,2 July 2003–Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Service –Continued

Personal service –Continued

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .............................. $8.10 4.7 $5.75 $6.43 $8.00 $9.20 $10.99

Childcare workers, n.e.c. ............................................... 8.74 3.7 6.20 7.25 8.02 9.99 11.70

Service, n.e.c. ................................................................ 10.86 5.6 7.25 8.75 10.19 12.28 16.96

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 2 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between December 2002

and January 2004. The average reference period was July 2003. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all

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

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

www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the

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

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

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

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

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

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

include data for categories not shown separately. 

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.3. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 part-time workers,

National Compensation Survey,2 July 2003

Occupation3

Part-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

All ...................................................................................................... $9.56 1.2 $5.35 $6.50 $7.75 $10.15 $15.50

All, excluding sales .................................................................... 10.05 1.3 5.15 6.50 8.00 11.00 17.00

White collar .................................................................................. 11.79 1.2 6.00 7.00 8.79 12.85 22.43

White collar, excluding sales ................................................. 15.69 1.8 7.50 9.08 12.00 19.88 28.17

Professional specialty and technical ..................................... 22.91 2.9 10.00 14.58 21.37 28.00 37.00

Professional specialty ............................................................ 25.20 3.1 10.31 18.02 24.21 30.00 39.75

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ................................. 34.44 14.2 15.00 21.15 28.15 50.00 56.25

Mathematical and computer scientists ............................... 24.46 14.1 14.42 14.42 20.00 32.68 39.42

Computer systems analysts and scientists .................... 24.46 14.1 14.42 14.42 20.00 32.68 39.42

Natural scientists ............................................................... 24.01 10.1 16.61 16.61 22.81 25.30 33.65

Health related .................................................................... 28.60 2.1 19.39 22.67 26.20 32.00 40.18

Physicians ...................................................................... 71.70 2.8 51.25 62.50 66.00 76.80 98.00

Registered nurses .......................................................... 26.96 1.8 19.38 22.45 25.60 30.00 37.00

Pharmacists ................................................................... 34.84 5.6 20.00 30.00 38.00 41.70 44.50

Dietitians ........................................................................ 22.16 8.0 16.73 19.40 20.70 22.74 27.71

Respiratory therapists .................................................... 20.23 6.7 15.35 15.96 20.00 22.72 25.63

Occupational therapists ................................................. 27.53 6.1 21.86 24.75 25.30 32.00 35.11

Physical therapists ......................................................... 32.15 4.9 24.00 27.08 33.75 35.00 39.00

Speech therapists .......................................................... 30.77 5.2 25.99 28.00 28.00 33.00 35.00

Therapists, n.e.c. ........................................................... 30.87 29.3 17.26 19.12 22.27 43.50 63.56

Teachers, college and university ....................................... 28.17 8.2 14.13 18.00 25.00 34.74 47.00

Psychology teachers ...................................................... 26.31 12.3 21.88 21.88 21.88 30.00 30.00

Mathematical science teachers ..................................... 18.77 16.8 12.80 12.80 19.44 25.93 25.93

Computer science teachers ........................................... 31.48 18.4 15.00 20.00 30.00 40.63 51.11

Health specialties teachers ............................................ 27.94 15.8 17.00 20.91 26.52 35.00 38.16

Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .............. 31.78 11.8 15.00 21.88 36.67 37.50 40.00

Art, drama, and music teachers ..................................... 25.65 12.0 14.44 20.00 25.00 31.84 36.27

Education teachers ........................................................ 25.75 30.7 11.38 12.17 23.38 41.21 46.15

English teachers ............................................................ 25.23 14.5 11.64 17.50 24.70 35.63 36.00

Foreign language teachers ............................................ 27.25 12.1 22.00 22.14 26.04 26.04 28.00

Other post-secondary teachers ..................................... 23.48 10.7 13.00 17.00 20.37 28.00 35.71

Teachers, except college and university ............................ 16.10 8.4 8.00 10.71 13.27 18.50 32.03

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ................................. 10.89 10.4 6.76 9.19 11.27 13.27 13.27

Elementary school teachers .......................................... 20.35 17.3 10.63 10.71 21.52 32.03 32.03

Secondary school teachers ........................................... 32.94 17.2 14.50 22.86 30.13 37.46 58.82

Teachers, special education .......................................... 22.84 17.5 15.56 18.00 20.00 25.56 40.93

Teachers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 17.63 8.5 8.95 12.00 15.00 22.00 35.00

Substitute teachers ........................................................ 8.84 8.0 6.50 6.50 8.13 10.25 11.00

Vocational and educational counselors ......................... 11.81 6.1 9.50 10.10 11.25 13.47 14.88

Librarians, archivists, and curators .................................... 19.69 7.3 12.60 15.97 22.22 22.74 24.98

Librarians ....................................................................... 19.67 8.3 12.18 15.97 22.22 22.84 24.98

Social scientists and urban planners ................................. 19.40 24.5 10.00 10.00 16.83 26.00 35.00

Psychologists ................................................................. 19.38 24.6 10.00 10.00 16.83 26.00 35.00

Social, recreation, and religious workers ........................... 16.36 8.8 6.10 10.00 16.69 22.95 24.93

Social workers ............................................................... 17.63 6.4 9.22 12.00 16.92 22.95 25.77

Recreation workers ........................................................ 9.67 25.7 5.63 5.63 6.10 15.30 18.01

Lawyers and judges ........................................................... 52.09 14.6 25.00 34.36 63.33 63.33 63.33

Lawyers ......................................................................... 52.09 14.6 25.00 34.36 63.33 63.33 63.33

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,

n.e.c. ................................................................................ 12.83 10.0 6.00 7.50 9.50 12.25 26.00

Designers ....................................................................... 8.97 7.7 7.00 7.50 9.00 10.00 12.00

Musicians and composers ............................................. 24.96 44.9 8.65 10.00 10.00 58.75 58.75

Actors and directors ....................................................... 14.71 39.4 5.15 6.75 10.52 28.13 28.13

Photographers ............................................................... 16.18 28.9 7.61 8.00 11.00 15.00 33.37

Dancers ......................................................................... 6.88 39.0 2.13 2.13 5.15 5.15 15.00

Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c. ............. 9.50 17.6 6.25 6.25 7.50 14.29 14.50

Editors and reporters ..................................................... 16.25 26.8 8.00 8.00 13.43 27.25 31.13

Announcers .................................................................... 11.38 23.3 5.50 7.00 10.00 11.00 14.00

Athletes .......................................................................... 11.59 9.6 7.00 8.00 9.50 14.42 20.00

Technical ............................................................................... 18.05 4.9 9.50 12.83 15.79 20.60 27.00

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .......... 18.01 6.3 10.94 13.50 16.48 21.54 27.20

Dental hygienists ........................................................... 28.00 6.0 20.50 21.00 26.00 32.50 42.50

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.3. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 part-time workers,

National Compensation Survey,2 July 2003–Continued

Occupation3

Part-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Professional specialty and technical –Continued

Technical –Continued

Health record technologists and technicians ................. $10.90 13.4 $6.00 $7.50 $10.40 $13.00 $16.50

Radiological technicians ................................................ 21.65 7.7 15.50 16.70 19.69 25.12 29.00

Licensed practical nurses .............................................. 16.97 2.3 13.00 14.30 16.05 18.90 23.09

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. .................. 13.22 7.0 9.00 9.68 11.55 14.89 20.33

Electrical and electronic technicians .............................. 20.90 16.8 11.00 12.80 19.23 29.57 34.01

Drafters .......................................................................... 15.15 26.7 7.50 8.50 10.00 19.00 19.00

Broadcast equipment operators ..................................... 8.79 7.7 7.00 7.00 8.50 10.00 10.00

Computer programmers ................................................. 30.32 18.1 14.65 16.92 25.00 40.00 50.96

Legal assistants ............................................................. 16.50 17.7 9.46 11.00 16.00 17.00 25.00

Executive, administrative, and managerial ........................... 21.62 7.2 9.80 14.58 20.00 26.88 35.76

Executives, administrators, and managers ........................ 20.66 14.3 7.00 9.80 18.75 26.00 40.31

Administrators, education and related fields .................. 21.90 20.0 11.00 12.00 26.00 26.00 26.00

Managers, medicine and health ..................................... 31.13 18.3 21.79 23.94 25.37 44.70 44.70

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ........................ 16.18 11.2 9.50 13.75 15.81 17.00 17.79

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ............................. 34.54 22.5 20.00 20.00 38.00 51.75 51.75

Management related .......................................................... 22.12 5.6 13.16 15.15 20.31 27.69 33.00

Accountants and auditors .............................................. 24.43 8.7 15.15 16.00 23.75 30.00 35.76

Other financial officers ................................................... 17.05 19.6 10.82 10.82 16.15 19.13 22.93

Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ........ 19.02 12.7 13.21 13.21 16.63 26.92 27.69

Management related, n.e.c. ........................................... 18.50 10.4 9.23 15.80 16.83 22.13 31.25

Sales ......................................................................................... 7.82 .8 5.75 6.48 7.25 8.50 10.00

Supervisors, sales ......................................................... 8.78 11.7 6.69 7.75 8.15 10.00 10.65

Sales, other business services ...................................... 8.20 3.3 6.00 7.00 8.00 8.53 10.46

Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and

wholesale ..................................................................... 11.93 10.0 9.00 9.17 12.00 15.26 15.26

Sales workers, apparel .................................................. 7.55 2.0 6.00 6.50 7.12 8.00 9.98

Sales workers, shoes ..................................................... 7.37 5.4 5.20 5.75 6.90 8.26 10.30

Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings .............. 8.46 4.1 7.00 7.20 8.00 9.00 10.00

Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi, and appliances ............... 8.55 4.0 7.00 7.73 8.44 9.50 9.50

Sales workers, hardware and building supplies ............. 9.94 2.8 7.50 8.56 9.65 11.00 12.58

Sales workers, parts ...................................................... 8.52 5.5 6.90 7.00 8.30 9.25 10.32

Sales workers, other commodities ................................. 7.81 1.6 6.00 6.50 7.25 8.40 10.00

Sales counter clerks ...................................................... 7.22 4.8 5.50 6.00 7.00 7.75 9.00

Cashiers ......................................................................... 7.53 1.0 5.65 6.20 7.00 8.05 9.55

Street and door-to-door sales workers .......................... 12.42 30.6 7.00 7.00 8.05 12.00 18.00

Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales .............. 10.34 21.7 7.40 7.50 8.00 11.25 17.61

Sales support, n.e.c. ...................................................... 8.67 4.4 6.00 7.00 7.73 10.00 12.50

Administrative support, including clerical ............................ 10.72 1.5 7.00 8.25 10.00 12.15 15.00

Computer operators ....................................................... 11.59 13.0 7.75 8.50 11.61 13.75 15.04

Secretaries ..................................................................... 12.87 4.3 7.73 9.70 12.00 15.00 20.00

Stenographers ............................................................... 19.03 16.7 13.00 15.00 16.00 17.50 20.00

Typists ........................................................................... 11.06 6.3 6.78 10.00 11.03 12.40 14.00

Interviewers ................................................................... 9.67 6.9 7.50 8.00 8.75 10.58 13.25

Hotel clerks .................................................................... 8.22 4.5 6.25 7.50 8.00 8.75 10.00

Transportation ticket and reservation agents ................. 15.66 4.3 8.63 11.72 14.69 20.65 21.35

Receptionists ................................................................. 8.93 2.9 6.98 7.25 8.60 10.00 12.04

Information clerks, n.e.c. ................................................ 9.97 3.0 6.84 9.18 10.00 11.00 11.94

Order clerks ................................................................... 9.94 5.6 6.60 7.75 9.97 11.24 13.09

Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping ......... 14.26 11.8 8.30 11.20 16.50 17.63 18.00

Library clerks ................................................................. 9.77 9.3 6.00 8.20 9.51 12.50 12.50

File clerks ....................................................................... 8.67 8.5 5.15 7.16 9.00 9.20 11.49

Records clerks, n.e.c. .................................................... 11.46 6.7 8.20 9.06 10.50 13.46 16.10

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ............... 11.13 3.9 8.00 10.00 10.00 12.69 15.00

Payroll and timekeeping clerks ...................................... 12.38 7.8 8.00 10.50 11.55 14.56 18.00

Billing clerks ................................................................... 11.97 4.7 9.50 10.57 12.50 13.46 13.93

Billing, posting, and calculating machine operators ....... 9.12 2.5 8.00 8.32 9.01 9.75 10.85

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.3. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 part-time workers,

National Compensation Survey,2 July 2003–Continued

Occupation3

Part-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Administrative support, including clerical –Continued

Duplicating machine operators ...................................... $9.74 6.3 $8.00 $8.00 $10.00 $10.00 $12.00

Telephone operators ...................................................... 8.93 6.6 6.25 7.44 9.00 10.00 11.26

Mail clerks, except postal service .................................. 9.34 6.1 6.50 8.30 8.51 11.11 12.00

Messengers ................................................................... 8.51 5.7 5.33 7.00 8.00 10.35 11.04

Dispatchers .................................................................... 8.99 4.4 6.50 6.50 9.00 9.00 11.07

Stock and inventory clerks ............................................. 9.28 4.6 6.25 7.60 8.50 10.25 13.00

Expeditors ...................................................................... 10.53 8.7 7.47 7.87 11.30 12.10 12.10

Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 8.93 3.8 7.00 8.00 8.65 9.45 10.00

Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ........ 15.60 7.4 11.19 12.15 14.76 19.00 20.00

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ............... 12.37 6.1 7.55 8.74 12.03 14.78 18.43

Bill and account collectors ............................................. 11.49 6.0 8.33 8.85 11.78 13.55 14.42

General office clerks ...................................................... 10.65 3.3 7.00 8.25 10.00 12.00 15.00

Bank tellers .................................................................... 9.61 1.7 7.48 8.20 9.11 11.00 12.19

Proofreaders .................................................................. 10.63 22.4 7.00 7.00 7.00 14.50 14.50

Data entry keyers ........................................................... 10.43 4.3 7.50 9.00 10.00 12.50 13.00

Teachers’ aides ............................................................. 10.11 6.8 7.00 8.50 10.00 10.66 14.80

Administrative support, n.e.c. ........................................ 10.88 6.3 7.00 8.00 10.00 13.16 16.39

Blue collar .................................................................................... 9.53 4.0 5.85 6.90 8.35 11.00 15.00

Precision production, craft, and repair .................................. 12.77 6.7 6.50 9.00 10.73 14.67 22.00

Automobile mechanics ................................................... 10.08 3.7 9.52 9.52 10.00 10.00 12.50

Electronic repairers, communications and industrial

equipment .................................................................... 16.32 26.8 9.00 9.00 16.00 23.64 23.64

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ..................................... 12.76 10.8 7.75 9.33 11.37 16.83 17.35

Carpenters ..................................................................... 18.06 26.6 10.00 10.00 22.00 25.00 30.14

Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ............ 9.83 4.1 7.25 8.00 9.75 10.73 12.25

Butchers and meat cutters ............................................. 10.44 16.3 6.50 6.50 7.60 13.75 18.00

Bakers ............................................................................ 9.65 2.7 6.50 6.50 9.90 12.50 12.50

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ................. 8.79 2.3 6.50 7.00 8.00 9.80 11.79

Printing press operators ................................................. 14.23 14.8 7.00 7.50 14.65 19.44 25.14

Typesetters and compositors ......................................... 10.50 8.0 7.50 10.00 11.00 12.00 12.00

Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators ........... 7.34 6.1 5.78 6.04 6.50 8.75 9.75

Packaging and filling machine operators ....................... 8.26 5.1 7.00 7.00 8.00 8.50 10.25

Motion picture projectionists .......................................... 19.21 28.5 6.00 8.00 20.00 30.14 30.14

Photographic process machine operators ..................... 7.73 3.0 6.35 7.15 8.00 8.00 8.00

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ...................... 10.25 5.7 8.00 8.50 9.73 12.00 14.00

Assemblers .................................................................... 8.67 5.2 7.00 7.35 7.75 9.50 10.50

Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ........... 9.65 7.3 7.50 8.00 9.00 11.00 12.40

Transportation and material moving ..................................... 10.22 7.1 5.50 7.00 9.20 12.62 16.58

Truckdrivers ................................................................... 12.67 10.3 7.00 8.65 13.45 16.72 18.00

Driver-sales workers ...................................................... 7.90 8.6 5.20 5.75 6.75 8.00 12.50

Busdrivers ...................................................................... 11.82 4.5 9.00 10.00 11.49 12.69 14.40

Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ...................................... 8.66 6.8 6.75 7.00 7.93 9.61 12.00

Parking lot attendants .................................................... 6.37 8.9 5.25 5.25 5.50 7.23 8.97

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ............................................ 7.02 5.8 5.25 5.50 6.50 7.60 8.98

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ........... 10.15 7.1 7.50 8.00 9.00 11.05 14.34

Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 12.32 6.7 8.50 10.90 11.73 13.35 15.05

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......... 9.01 4.7 5.75 6.70 8.00 10.56 14.60

Nursery workers ............................................................. 7.48 2.5 6.90 7.25 7.50 7.75 8.25

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ............... 7.87 4.0 6.00 7.25 7.25 8.25 10.00

Animal caretakers, except farm ..................................... 7.86 10.3 6.25 6.75 7.33 8.24 10.87

Helpers, mechanics and repairers ................................. 12.75 19.1 6.00 8.50 16.00 16.00 16.00

Helpers, construction trades .......................................... 10.17 3.9 7.50 10.00 10.00 11.00 12.00

Construction laborers ..................................................... 19.48 12.4 10.50 12.50 24.63 25.00 28.00

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.3. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 part-time workers,

National Compensation Survey,2 July 2003–Continued

Occupation3

Part-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Blue collar –Continued

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers

–Continued

Stock handlers and baggers .......................................... $7.60 1.8 $5.50 $6.10 $7.01 $8.30 $9.75

Machine feeders and offbearers .................................... 9.13 10.4 6.75 7.50 8.30 10.35 11.55

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .................. 11.73 5.7 7.25 10.00 10.83 14.65 16.01

Garage and service station related ................................ 8.22 8.5 6.50 6.90 7.00 9.25 10.00

Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ..................... 6.63 3.1 5.15 5.40 6.25 7.25 8.50

Hand packers and packagers ........................................ 8.05 3.1 6.00 6.95 7.70 9.00 10.40

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ............................. 8.44 3.5 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00 11.25

Service .......................................................................................... 7.12 1.0 3.30 5.62 6.80 8.00 10.00

Protective service .............................................................. 10.15 8.0 6.18 7.50 8.50 10.25 17.00

Guards and police, except public service ...................... 10.60 8.5 6.50 7.65 8.75 11.00 19.00

Protective service, n.e.c. ................................................ 7.37 3.5 5.60 6.10 7.00 8.16 9.73

Food service ...................................................................... 6.18 .9 2.63 5.15 6.50 7.25 8.50

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ............................... 4.70 2.8 2.13 2.58 4.50 6.75 7.25

Bartenders ..................................................................... 6.60 5.2 3.35 5.15 6.50 7.50 10.00

Waiters and waitresses .................................................. 4.20 3.0 2.13 2.26 3.10 5.64 7.01

Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ..................................... 5.48 2.5 2.83 4.50 5.45 6.75 7.50

Other food service ........................................................... 7.00 .8 5.30 6.00 6.75 7.60 9.00

Supervisors, food preparation and service .................... 8.82 5.4 7.00 7.25 8.50 9.00 10.85

Cooks ............................................................................. 7.40 2.4 5.35 6.00 7.00 8.15 10.00

Kitchen workers, food preparation ................................. 7.14 2.6 5.25 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.50

Food preparation, n.e.c. ................................................. 6.88 1.1 5.40 6.00 6.75 7.50 8.50

Health service .................................................................... 9.41 2.9 6.15 7.25 8.86 10.87 13.50

Dental assistants ........................................................... 14.49 7.5 9.25 11.80 15.00 16.50 19.70

Health aides, except nursing ......................................... 9.36 7.5 5.15 7.50 8.50 10.78 14.00

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ....................... 9.21 2.5 6.15 7.10 8.80 10.55 13.00

Cleaning and building service ............................................ 7.83 3.2 5.44 6.50 7.50 8.50 10.39

Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers ...... 10.49 7.5 7.00 8.00 10.45 13.15 14.17

Maids and housemen .................................................... 8.02 3.9 6.00 7.00 7.50 8.25 10.00

Janitors and cleaners ..................................................... 7.71 3.6 5.25 6.25 7.50 8.50 10.40

Personal service ................................................................ 8.45 2.9 5.50 6.18 7.25 9.00 12.00

Supervisors, personal service ........................................ 10.16 13.7 6.75 6.75 8.75 12.30 15.00

Hairdressers and cosmetologists ................................... 11.24 11.1 5.91 7.00 9.36 14.00 20.00

Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities ........... 6.61 5.4 5.15 5.49 6.25 7.00 8.50

Guides ........................................................................... 9.07 7.6 7.00 7.50 8.75 9.50 11.25

Ushers ........................................................................... 7.55 6.0 5.75 6.38 6.75 7.93 10.00

Public transportation attendants .................................... 15.49 39.7 8.50 8.50 8.50 10.00 42.81

Baggage porters and bellhops ....................................... 8.51 9.5 5.25 7.01 7.71 8.68 11.73

Welfare service aides .................................................... 7.37 6.4 5.68 6.13 6.78 8.00 10.01

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .............................. 7.47 5.2 5.75 6.00 7.17 8.50 9.40

Childcare workers, n.e.c. ............................................... 7.63 2.6 6.00 6.50 7.15 8.50 10.00

Service, n.e.c. ................................................................ 9.87 8.8 6.00 7.00 8.50 10.00 15.00

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 2 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between December 2002

and January 2004. The average reference period was July 2003. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all

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

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

www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the

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

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

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

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

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

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

include data for categories not shown separately. 

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.1. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2

National Compensation Survey,3 July 2003

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

All ...................................................................................................... $22.22 0.8 $10.12 $13.34 $19.32 $28.07 $38.09

All, excluding sales .................................................................... 22.24 .8 10.15 13.37 19.36 28.11 38.12

White collar .................................................................................. 25.09 .9 11.18 15.13 22.36 31.53 42.63

White collar, excluding sales ................................................. 25.15 .9 11.23 15.20 22.40 31.57 42.70

Professional specialty and technical ..................................... 29.80 .7 15.86 21.02 27.52 35.68 46.69

Professional specialty ............................................................ 31.08 .8 17.73 22.48 28.79 36.92 47.69

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ................................. 29.54 2.1 21.44 25.91 28.44 33.86 38.51

Architects ....................................................................... 29.79 6.2 24.94 25.91 28.86 30.35 40.65

Civil engineers ............................................................... 29.99 3.1 21.58 25.86 28.76 33.86 37.58

Electrical and electronic engineers ................................ 31.46 6.5 26.43 26.94 29.42 35.14 38.96

Industrial engineers ....................................................... 25.55 9.4 17.45 23.10 23.10 31.79 31.79

Mechanical engineers .................................................... 28.29 7.4 24.46 25.08 26.08 26.81 38.96

Engineers, n.e.c. ............................................................ 28.66 4.2 20.72 23.29 27.19 32.79 35.25

Mathematical and computer scientists ............................... 26.90 4.3 17.20 21.60 26.38 32.28 36.45

Computer systems analysts and scientists .................... 27.04 4.4 17.11 21.91 26.65 32.28 36.45

Natural scientists ............................................................... 22.67 6.2 14.95 17.38 21.30 26.66 31.67

Chemists, except biochemists ....................................... 27.73 6.5 19.59 24.87 28.90 30.53 31.81

Geologists and geodesists ............................................. 26.30 20.5 16.88 17.42 19.99 31.88 48.21

Physical scientists, n.e.c. ............................................... 22.55 8.5 15.02 16.50 22.39 27.01 28.85

Agricultural and food scientists ...................................... 24.30 7.9 15.04 17.63 21.07 34.63 37.36

Biological and life scientists ........................................... 20.07 6.4 14.99 17.01 18.64 22.17 26.96

Forestry and conservation scientists ............................. 21.28 10.7 14.86 16.18 21.55 25.83 31.65

Medical scientists ........................................................... 23.77 5.8 14.80 18.68 22.20 27.70 32.32

Health related .................................................................... 27.08 2.6 16.08 19.93 24.46 30.80 39.87

Physicians ...................................................................... 34.68 12.7 11.96 14.24 19.09 58.36 67.32

Registered nurses .......................................................... 25.24 1.8 17.87 20.40 24.28 28.80 34.44

Pharmacists ................................................................... 35.47 7.8 24.44 26.60 35.32 41.45 51.37

Dietitians ........................................................................ 19.39 3.1 15.40 17.14 18.29 21.46 24.43

Respiratory therapists .................................................... 20.91 4.7 14.83 17.92 20.35 22.80 26.19

Occupational therapists ................................................. 28.06 5.1 20.28 24.29 27.71 30.00 34.40

Physical therapists ......................................................... 32.53 5.2 23.67 28.63 34.00 34.00 39.15

Speech therapists .......................................................... 34.08 5.5 24.40 28.84 30.72 40.40 45.64

Therapists, n.e.c. ........................................................... 22.74 8.4 14.48 15.62 21.96 27.86 34.60

Teachers, college and university ....................................... 41.02 3.0 23.53 29.07 36.86 48.87 63.63

Earth, environmental, and marine science teachers ...... 45.34 16.1 20.20 33.01 45.39 56.75 71.80

Biological science teachers ........................................... 42.85 12.4 28.85 34.23 37.06 44.06 63.31

Chemistry teachers ........................................................ 33.18 6.1 27.04 28.08 30.30 37.55 40.91

Natural science teachers, n.e.c. .................................... 44.41 4.5 37.67 38.93 41.31 49.12 59.94

Psychology teachers ...................................................... 37.10 7.6 23.66 27.24 35.70 43.37 55.18

History teachers ............................................................. 42.65 10.6 27.31 30.36 37.75 50.25 62.63

Political science teachers .............................................. 35.52 12.9 24.15 28.11 28.86 43.38 52.65

Sociology teachers ........................................................ 44.93 19.4 24.57 28.72 43.74 59.63 67.93

Social science teachers, n.e.c. ...................................... 41.84 6.6 32.03 34.83 39.31 46.96 59.59

Engineering teachers ..................................................... 54.49 14.3 37.48 41.12 43.50 69.23 86.91

Mathematical science teachers ..................................... 39.85 8.3 23.85 31.31 41.96 48.56 54.50

Computer science teachers ........................................... 40.38 13.0 25.88 34.00 34.20 51.29 56.09

Medical science teachers .............................................. 47.14 10.6 21.25 27.91 41.70 60.10 85.10

Health specialties teachers ............................................ 40.60 11.3 24.72 26.36 34.63 43.57 60.10

Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .............. 39.36 16.6 26.79 30.26 36.77 41.15 60.65

Agriculture and forestry teachers ................................... 41.00 24.9 19.03 22.74 29.14 57.09 73.43

Art, drama, and music teachers ..................................... 35.87 11.3 23.25 24.83 30.77 44.78 53.14

Physical education teachers .......................................... 45.31 13.6 28.54 37.89 40.88 48.75 64.75

Education teachers ........................................................ 41.61 4.5 29.37 40.28 41.71 46.51 48.28

English teachers ............................................................ 45.28 10.9 25.29 32.02 42.51 60.76 60.76

Foreign language teachers ............................................ 27.83 29.5 14.36 14.36 16.92 28.87 52.14

Theology teachers ......................................................... 39.91 6.0 29.81 29.81 33.85 48.08 48.08

Trade and industrial teachers ........................................ 35.35 5.7 23.57 28.47 33.43 40.49 49.04

Other post-secondary teachers ..................................... 39.61 3.4 21.54 28.04 35.93 48.34 62.18

Teachers, except college and university ............................ 32.32 .8 20.48 24.41 30.45 38.53 47.81

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ................................. 29.39 3.4 19.33 22.73 27.81 33.33 42.15

Elementary school teachers .......................................... 32.68 1.0 21.31 24.73 30.41 38.70 47.60

Secondary school teachers ........................................... 32.11 1.5 21.47 25.06 30.62 37.27 45.67

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.1. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2

National Compensation Survey,3 July 2003–Continued

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Professional specialty and technical –Continued

Professional specialty –Continued

Teachers, except college and university –Continued

Teachers, special education .......................................... $35.04 2.6 $21.32 $25.55 $32.57 $42.94 $52.32

Teachers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 33.11 3.0 18.37 23.73 30.83 40.30 51.01

Substitute teachers ........................................................ 12.66 4.3 6.88 9.55 10.71 15.87 21.15

Vocational and educational counselors ......................... 31.80 4.9 17.38 22.65 30.68 39.12 49.25

Librarians, archivists, and curators .................................... 25.24 3.8 14.59 18.71 24.78 30.93 37.29

Librarians ....................................................................... 25.55 4.1 14.59 18.82 25.30 31.27 37.70

Archivists and curators .................................................. 21.36 10.4 12.54 18.24 22.73 25.78 26.57

Social scientists and urban planners ................................. 30.04 7.8 17.22 21.31 28.74 33.49 48.76

Psychologists ................................................................. 33.55 7.4 20.54 26.41 30.72 37.99 54.43

Social scientists, n.e.c. .................................................. 16.15 17.5 11.06 11.89 13.36 18.42 28.70

Urban planners .............................................................. 26.04 4.8 17.97 20.96 25.42 30.91 34.24

Social, recreation, and religious workers ........................... 19.71 2.4 12.45 14.75 18.27 23.14 28.65

Social workers ............................................................... 19.82 2.5 12.49 14.77 18.20 23.37 29.11

Recreation workers ........................................................ 17.76 7.0 9.00 13.13 19.50 21.68 22.68

Lawyers and judges ........................................................... 38.64 7.1 20.37 26.90 35.53 46.41 64.47

Lawyers ......................................................................... 36.00 7.3 20.18 25.96 34.44 42.62 59.41

Judges ........................................................................... 56.65 12.8 35.08 46.06 53.38 75.39 82.12

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,

n.e.c. ................................................................................ 26.05 13.4 13.34 17.56 22.59 30.48 40.80

Designers ....................................................................... 20.93 10.1 13.59 16.76 20.82 23.97 32.23

Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c. ............. 19.19 6.6 14.00 17.45 18.97 22.60 24.11

Editors and reporters ..................................................... 20.39 9.1 9.88 17.65 21.10 23.31 26.36

Public relations specialists ............................................. 24.31 9.6 13.34 17.47 22.36 24.59 34.46

Athletes .......................................................................... 35.84 25.3 10.24 17.56 35.76 45.67 66.32

Professional, n.e.c. ........................................................ 27.10 6.4 15.44 19.23 27.79 32.84 38.31

Technical ............................................................................... 18.11 2.4 11.54 14.04 17.16 21.13 26.18

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .......... 17.61 10.0 10.97 13.11 16.83 20.75 26.00

Health record technologists and technicians ................. 17.94 11.5 9.01 14.20 17.33 24.34 24.34

Radiological technicians ................................................ 23.09 7.7 16.48 18.36 20.40 24.98 36.99

Licensed practical nurses .............................................. 15.59 2.2 11.14 13.30 15.44 17.85 19.89

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. .................. 16.21 3.3 10.26 12.72 15.72 19.21 22.48

Electrical and electronic technicians .............................. 18.36 14.2 12.59 14.51 17.28 21.03 26.20

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ...................................... 20.74 7.4 13.57 15.50 19.29 24.78 33.88

Drafters .......................................................................... 21.16 4.4 12.81 19.20 21.71 24.50 27.43

Surveying and mapping technicians .............................. 18.86 7.4 13.08 15.07 18.65 23.54 25.94

Biological technicians .................................................... 15.41 7.9 10.82 11.62 15.51 17.98 21.07

Chemical technicians ..................................................... 23.07 8.2 19.35 19.54 21.97 28.12 28.12

Science technicians, n.e.c. ............................................ 17.70 5.6 12.72 14.67 16.53 21.20 23.32

Broadcast equipment operators ..................................... 23.94 11.9 14.04 18.70 22.58 31.69 32.87

Computer programmers ................................................. 23.82 6.4 15.65 18.85 23.36 28.57 31.53

Legal assistants ............................................................. 18.30 7.6 12.16 14.47 16.79 21.07 28.21

Technical and related, n.e.c. .......................................... 18.82 6.8 11.78 13.62 18.22 23.52 27.37

Executive, administrative, and managerial ........................... 30.06 2.8 16.52 20.43 27.47 36.64 47.33

Executives, administrators, and managers ........................ 34.95 2.7 19.37 25.23 32.91 42.58 52.66

Legislators ..................................................................... 15.77 18.6 3.46 4.79 9.33 27.38 31.22

Chief executives and general administrators, public

administration .............................................................. 42.15 6.3 30.22 40.42 43.19 46.77 52.32

Administrators and officials, public administration ......... 30.55 3.4 18.73 23.22 28.83 34.48 43.82

Financial managers ....................................................... 42.39 17.1 24.04 30.36 37.90 62.16 62.71

Personnel and labor relations managers ....................... 41.59 6.1 24.67 38.12 41.23 51.86 53.43

Purchasing managers .................................................... 35.99 20.6 19.33 24.71 39.76 49.50 49.50

Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations 34.61 16.6 22.29 24.63 31.11 49.22 49.22

Administrators, education and related fields .................. 39.89 4.3 23.23 31.24 39.44 46.95 55.77

Managers, medicine and health ..................................... 35.78 15.2 17.35 23.41 31.27 45.38 68.16

Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments .. 22.63 10.7 14.94 17.79 18.78 27.07 34.33

Managers, properties and real estate ............................ 28.35 8.3 19.57 23.46 31.93 33.44 33.44

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ........................ 26.84 6.5 16.89 19.68 25.29 32.32 40.42

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.1. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2

National Compensation Survey,3 July 2003–Continued

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued

Executives, administrators, and managers –Continued

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ............................. $32.31 7.0 $18.54 $22.12 $30.64 $40.78 $48.05

Management related .......................................................... 22.67 2.0 15.06 17.31 21.52 27.41 31.02

Accountants and auditors .............................................. 22.39 3.3 15.67 16.85 21.24 26.21 30.69

Other financial officers ................................................... 26.86 6.9 18.83 21.32 29.47 30.13 31.98

Management analysts .................................................... 22.47 7.7 16.52 18.06 20.20 25.79 32.28

Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ........ 22.78 4.2 13.31 18.10 22.44 26.67 31.75

Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ........................... 17.33 8.7 11.19 13.46 16.76 20.00 23.82

Construction inspectors ................................................. 24.07 3.8 15.68 18.89 25.45 27.85 31.47

Inspectors and compliance officers, except

construction ................................................................. 20.59 2.7 15.01 17.19 19.88 23.42 28.83

Management related, n.e.c. ........................................... 24.26 3.0 14.42 18.54 24.03 28.83 33.94

Sales ......................................................................................... 13.58 5.2 8.24 9.53 11.76 17.21 22.20

Supervisors, sales ......................................................... 16.99 8.2 11.97 13.36 15.08 18.71 25.26

Real estate sales ........................................................... 21.31 9.3 12.82 15.62 23.51 25.34 27.31

Cashiers ......................................................................... 12.40 5.8 8.18 9.00 10.84 15.00 20.80

Administrative support, including clerical ............................ 14.17 1.3 9.01 10.79 13.55 16.77 20.10

Supervisors, general office ............................................ 18.15 3.3 13.27 14.90 17.58 20.16 24.55

Supervisors, financial records processing ..................... 20.43 6.6 15.30 16.71 18.69 21.68 29.10

Chief communications operators ................................... 20.28 5.1 17.34 17.99 19.50 20.26 24.08

Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting

clerks ........................................................................... 20.11 9.3 11.97 16.33 19.66 25.77 27.87

Computer operators ....................................................... 14.85 8.7 11.56 11.99 13.04 17.04 21.33

Secretaries ..................................................................... 15.01 2.9 10.11 11.78 14.30 17.70 20.64

Stenographers ............................................................... 20.00 8.0 11.07 14.27 18.77 22.90 29.77

Typists ........................................................................... 14.01 2.6 9.84 12.05 13.97 16.12 17.66

Interviewers ................................................................... 12.13 13.2 8.33 8.68 10.78 16.28 17.84

Receptionists ................................................................. 10.81 4.0 8.20 8.76 10.71 12.09 13.75

Information clerks, n.e.c. ................................................ 14.91 5.1 10.40 12.05 14.36 17.79 19.61

Order clerks ................................................................... 15.94 14.8 8.99 10.91 15.03 21.48 26.22

Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping ......... 15.31 5.3 10.69 12.34 15.18 18.13 20.46

Library clerks ................................................................. 11.89 3.4 7.87 8.99 11.18 13.86 17.05

File clerks ....................................................................... 11.26 6.4 7.75 9.42 10.67 12.98 16.33

Records clerks, n.e.c. .................................................... 13.47 3.7 9.62 10.61 13.21 15.43 18.17

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ............... 14.95 2.2 10.30 12.30 14.85 17.17 19.46

Payroll and timekeeping clerks ...................................... 16.72 4.6 11.95 14.89 16.38 19.06 21.03

Billing clerks ................................................................... 13.23 8.9 8.11 10.05 12.39 16.64 17.30

Duplicating machine operators ...................................... 11.37 14.9 8.29 9.09 9.42 12.58 19.28

Telephone operators ...................................................... 13.08 8.7 7.16 9.54 12.53 16.41 18.74

Communications equipment operators, n.e.c. ............... 13.93 11.1 9.82 9.82 13.92 16.35 19.33

Mail clerks, except postal service .................................. 9.94 14.2 7.65 7.65 8.58 11.55 14.46

Messengers ................................................................... 13.08 15.9 7.38 9.60 11.99 16.44 19.28

Dispatchers .................................................................... 16.35 6.7 9.80 11.66 14.94 19.62 25.66

Production coordinators ................................................. 17.33 17.3 11.47 13.10 14.58 23.38 28.44

Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ............................. 15.28 7.3 10.20 13.00 16.81 16.95 17.10

Stock and inventory clerks ............................................. 13.73 4.7 9.47 10.54 13.66 15.64 19.96

Meter readers ................................................................ 16.20 7.4 9.95 12.98 15.27 18.32 22.60

Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ........ 15.54 8.3 11.22 12.45 14.17 20.84 21.59

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ............... 18.10 5.5 12.38 14.28 18.69 20.47 23.91

Eligibility clerks, social welfare ....................................... 16.25 2.5 11.60 14.05 16.21 17.41 20.23

Bill and account collectors ............................................. 16.20 5.4 13.00 13.21 15.85 18.34 20.02

General office clerks ...................................................... 13.38 1.4 9.01 10.66 13.02 15.46 18.36

Data entry keyers ........................................................... 13.11 2.9 9.81 11.41 13.29 14.90 16.04

Statistical clerks ............................................................. 12.20 9.4 8.10 10.19 11.12 12.71 16.92

Teachers’ aides ............................................................. 11.51 1.7 8.00 8.98 10.52 13.06 16.43

Administrative support, n.e.c. ........................................ 14.54 2.4 10.00 11.57 14.18 16.68 20.19

Blue collar .................................................................................... 17.11 1.4 9.99 12.45 16.26 20.73 25.30

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.1. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2

National Compensation Survey,3 July 2003–Continued

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Blue collar –Continued

Precision production, craft, and repair .................................. $19.52 2.1 $12.11 $14.78 $18.58 $23.26 $28.85

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .......................... 23.71 4.7 15.55 18.57 22.86 28.45 32.01

Automobile mechanics ................................................... 20.49 11.1 12.90 15.57 19.84 26.45 28.86

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ................ 18.67 4.1 11.85 15.93 19.10 21.73 23.47

Heavy equipment mechanics ......................................... 19.42 6.2 12.37 15.79 20.74 23.22 24.09

Industrial machinery repairers ....................................... 21.83 9.8 13.28 15.77 21.44 26.23 29.54

Machinery maintenance ................................................. 15.84 13.4 11.46 11.46 14.35 20.47 24.11

Electronic repairers, communications and industrial

equipment .................................................................... 21.60 6.5 14.86 16.32 21.09 25.65 27.63

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics .. 17.13 6.3 10.70 13.80 17.82 18.77 22.72

Mechanical controls and valve repairers ....................... 20.17 6.6 12.46 15.79 20.31 24.33 26.20

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ..................................... 16.92 3.5 10.98 12.89 15.99 19.49 23.00

Supervisors, electricians and power transmission

installers ....................................................................... 25.89 13.8 16.54 16.54 26.25 33.36 35.33

Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...... 28.43 13.1 16.75 19.18 33.73 33.73 33.73

Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ......................... 21.01 5.9 14.65 16.29 18.88 24.40 30.77

Carpenters ..................................................................... 20.37 6.9 12.37 15.57 18.80 24.79 29.63

Electricians .................................................................... 20.79 5.8 14.61 16.97 18.72 23.58 30.31

Electrical power installers and repairers ........................ 25.27 6.2 17.74 21.81 26.41 28.35 30.00

Painters, construction and maintenance ........................ 18.76 8.3 11.51 14.22 18.53 23.73 25.77

Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ........................... 18.89 8.3 12.10 14.30 18.03 23.60 27.73

Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices ............ 17.95 9.8 13.71 14.71 17.19 21.73 22.82

Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators ... 13.84 3.1 12.11 12.11 14.01 15.41 15.62

Construction trades, n.e.c. ............................................. 15.71 4.0 10.75 11.93 14.93 18.77 22.41

Supervisors, production ................................................. 21.22 13.2 13.35 14.53 15.50 26.83 35.79

Inspectors, testers, and graders .................................... 21.25 8.0 15.24 19.45 20.15 25.43 25.43

Water and sewer treatment plant operators .................. 18.69 3.0 11.93 15.13 18.54 22.29 25.89

Power plant operators .................................................... 26.01 8.9 17.53 21.45 23.69 31.85 36.47

Stationary engineers ...................................................... 23.00 9.1 13.30 18.66 21.95 28.85 32.62

Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c. ......... 17.30 5.8 12.66 15.91 18.29 19.06 19.52

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ................. 16.52 10.0 9.29 11.53 16.52 20.49 23.75

Printing press operators ................................................. 14.87 4.8 11.55 14.01 14.58 17.49 17.66

Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators ........... 10.46 9.5 6.27 9.09 10.10 11.61 14.67

Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food ............. 17.46 2.9 15.73 16.52 17.50 18.29 19.79

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ...................... 19.27 17.4 9.86 10.71 20.49 26.94 32.15

Welders and cutters ....................................................... 20.97 8.2 12.93 18.86 23.75 23.75 24.12

Transportation and material moving ..................................... 15.96 1.8 10.16 12.00 15.11 19.45 23.00

Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ............................ 17.42 12.5 13.71 13.71 13.71 22.03 26.68

Truckdrivers ................................................................... 15.94 5.4 9.52 11.50 14.88 19.84 25.64

Busdrivers ...................................................................... 15.71 1.8 10.16 12.25 15.32 18.97 21.91

Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ...................................... 10.18 7.7 7.00 8.47 9.80 11.65 13.50

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ............................................ 17.13 9.5 11.47 12.78 16.67 17.81 25.90

Locomotive operating .................................................... 23.13 4.1 20.38 21.49 24.36 24.36 26.28

Supervisors, material moving equipment ....................... 20.04 6.6 13.27 17.50 21.40 22.34 24.38

Operating engineers ...................................................... 15.72 8.7 10.55 11.05 13.59 17.82 23.62

Excavating and loading machine operators ................... 16.06 10.5 10.37 11.78 15.00 19.01 24.63

Grader, dozer, and scraper operators ........................... 14.89 9.4 9.41 11.50 13.15 16.01 26.23

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ........... 13.50 3.2 9.56 11.88 13.83 14.88 16.13

Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 15.67 4.7 10.49 11.76 15.01 19.37 22.99

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......... 14.22 2.6 8.03 10.02 13.30 17.74 21.85

Supervisors, agriculture-related workers ....................... 20.41 6.7 13.30 17.37 20.42 23.64 26.60

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ............... 13.38 4.1 8.21 9.54 12.75 16.40 19.85

Animal caretakers, except farm ..................................... 15.27 20.2 7.52 11.83 17.85 18.77 18.81

Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and

laborers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 19.39 6.4 11.49 15.52 20.52 22.03 27.55

Helpers, mechanics and repairers ................................. 15.25 7.9 9.20 11.57 14.87 19.39 22.56

Helpers, construction trades .......................................... 13.73 6.4 9.84 11.52 12.78 16.09 19.00

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.1. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2

National Compensation Survey,3 July 2003–Continued

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Blue collar –Continued

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers

–Continued

Construction laborers ..................................................... $12.64 5.1 $7.80 $10.30 $11.67 $15.60 $17.72

Production helpers ......................................................... 11.44 11.3 8.56 8.82 9.82 12.19 17.06

Garbage collectors ......................................................... 17.03 12.6 9.28 12.34 17.09 23.56 23.56

Stock handlers and baggers .......................................... 12.48 7.9 9.75 9.75 12.75 13.30 16.74

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .................. 13.30 14.0 5.82 9.71 17.01 17.39 17.46

Garage and service station related ................................ 12.99 12.7 10.36 11.42 12.43 13.52 17.41

Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ..................... 13.77 7.7 10.05 10.94 14.70 16.06 16.75

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ............................. 13.64 4.9 7.40 9.03 13.00 17.35 21.38

Service .......................................................................................... 16.70 1.3 8.52 11.00 14.59 21.39 27.45

Protective service .............................................................. 20.78 2.1 11.75 14.38 20.02 25.93 30.24

Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention .................. 26.12 5.1 16.98 20.19 24.30 31.29 37.75

Supervisors, police and detectives ................................ 29.73 3.3 17.48 23.74 29.24 36.36 40.69

Supervisors, guards ....................................................... 25.53 8.5 15.45 15.87 26.74 33.28 34.79

Fire inspection and fire prevention ................................. 21.00 10.0 13.93 13.93 20.55 25.92 28.76

Firefighting ..................................................................... 18.50 2.9 11.35 13.93 17.74 22.98 26.45

Police and detectives, public service ............................. 23.60 1.1 15.35 18.78 23.43 27.18 31.65

Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers ..... 18.86 2.0 12.12 14.37 18.28 22.72 28.17

Correctional institution officers ....................................... 16.83 5.4 11.35 12.13 14.90 21.54 25.43

Crossing guards ............................................................. 9.95 5.4 7.00 8.25 9.06 11.89 13.12

Guards and police, except public service ...................... 13.22 6.4 6.74 10.08 12.94 15.58 19.64

Protective service, n.e.c. ................................................ 15.49 6.7 9.00 11.63 13.76 18.33 23.36

Food service ...................................................................... 10.53 1.8 7.38 8.39 10.02 12.04 14.33

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ............................... 12.95 12.4 5.52 10.65 14.32 15.02 16.69

Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ..................................... 12.33 12.6 6.99 10.02 14.32 14.32 14.32

Other food service ........................................................... 10.51 1.7 7.40 8.36 9.99 12.00 14.20

Supervisors, food preparation and service .................... 13.24 5.5 9.61 10.75 12.34 15.40 18.50

Cooks ............................................................................. 10.95 3.1 7.91 9.00 10.75 12.56 14.54

Kitchen workers, food preparation ................................. 9.19 4.7 6.68 7.66 8.46 10.39 12.63

Food preparation, n.e.c. ................................................. 9.97 2.7 7.15 8.16 9.54 11.36 13.06

Health service .................................................................... 12.59 2.0 8.32 9.82 12.09 14.90 17.17

Dental assistants ........................................................... 13.09 10.3 9.50 11.06 13.02 16.46 16.46

Health aides, except nursing ......................................... 13.48 3.4 8.99 10.77 13.21 15.87 17.57

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ....................... 12.28 2.2 8.15 9.69 11.71 14.05 17.14

Cleaning and building service ............................................ 12.65 2.7 7.82 9.22 11.90 14.80 18.62

Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers ...... 18.28 9.4 10.94 13.71 17.53 22.76 27.21

Maids and housemen .................................................... 8.67 8.2 6.00 6.92 8.00 9.46 13.09

Janitors and cleaners ..................................................... 12.24 1.9 7.82 9.15 11.66 14.62 17.42

Personal service ................................................................ 11.62 3.8 7.00 8.56 10.89 13.51 17.00

Supervisors, personal service ........................................ 17.62 9.0 11.75 13.51 15.29 21.08 26.93

Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities ........... 8.73 5.6 6.00 6.75 8.04 10.00 11.66

Public transportation attendants .................................... 15.28 13.7 8.52 10.41 14.95 21.25 21.25

Welfare service aides .................................................... 12.23 7.3 7.99 8.80 10.87 14.87 18.60

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .............................. 10.65 3.0 7.51 8.97 10.03 11.87 14.46

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.1. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2

National Compensation Survey,3 July 2003–Continued

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Service –Continued

Personal service –Continued

Childcare workers, n.e.c. ............................................... $12.18 11.8 $7.00 $8.33 $11.22 $14.16 $17.53

Service, n.e.c. ................................................................ 12.25 4.7 7.10 9.41 11.92 15.04 16.43

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

3 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between December 2002

and January 2004. The average reference period was July 2003. 4 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

include data for categories not shown separately. 

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.2. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time

workers, National Compensation Survey,2 July 2003

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

All ...................................................................................................... $22.62 0.8 $10.50 $13.74 $19.80 $28.41 $38.49

All, excluding sales .................................................................... 22.64 .8 10.51 13.76 19.83 28.43 38.53

White collar .................................................................................. 25.39 .9 11.48 15.50 22.65 31.79 43.01

White collar, excluding sales ................................................. 25.44 .9 11.53 15.54 22.73 31.85 43.09

Professional specialty and technical ..................................... 30.03 .8 16.33 21.24 27.75 35.88 46.91

Professional specialty ............................................................ 31.29 .8 18.10 22.66 28.90 37.12 47.97

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ................................. 29.56 2.1 21.41 25.91 28.44 33.86 38.51

Architects ....................................................................... 29.79 6.3 25.91 25.91 28.86 30.35 40.65

Civil engineers ............................................................... 29.99 3.1 21.58 25.86 28.76 33.86 37.58

Electrical and electronic engineers ................................ 31.46 6.5 26.43 26.94 29.42 35.14 38.96

Industrial engineers ....................................................... 25.55 9.4 17.45 23.10 23.10 31.79 31.79

Engineers, n.e.c. ............................................................ 28.66 4.2 20.72 23.29 27.19 32.79 35.25

Mathematical and computer scientists ............................... 26.93 4.4 17.31 21.70 26.38 32.28 36.45

Computer systems analysts and scientists .................... 27.07 4.5 17.28 21.91 26.65 32.30 36.45

Natural scientists ............................................................... 22.68 6.3 14.95 17.36 21.30 26.66 31.74

Chemists, except biochemists ....................................... 27.73 6.5 19.59 24.87 28.90 30.53 31.81

Geologists and geodesists ............................................. 26.30 20.5 16.88 17.42 19.99 31.88 48.21

Physical scientists, n.e.c. ............................................... 22.55 8.5 15.02 16.50 22.39 27.01 28.85

Agricultural and food scientists ...................................... 24.30 7.9 15.04 17.63 21.07 34.63 37.36

Biological and life scientists ........................................... 20.11 6.6 15.05 17.03 18.64 22.18 26.96

Forestry and conservation scientists ............................. 21.28 10.7 14.86 16.18 21.55 25.83 31.65

Medical scientists ........................................................... 23.74 5.9 14.80 18.58 22.14 27.70 32.32

Health related .................................................................... 26.81 3.0 15.92 19.64 24.14 30.06 40.13

Physicians ...................................................................... 33.93 13.5 11.96 13.89 19.02 57.31 67.30

Registered nurses .......................................................... 24.93 1.6 17.81 20.16 23.83 28.45 33.45

Pharmacists ................................................................... 35.48 8.1 24.44 24.44 35.28 41.46 51.37

Dietitians ........................................................................ 19.25 3.2 15.40 17.14 18.29 21.46 23.89

Respiratory therapists .................................................... 21.45 3.9 17.47 18.66 20.95 22.80 26.03

Occupational therapists ................................................. 28.16 5.9 19.99 24.29 28.51 30.00 40.01

Physical therapists ......................................................... 31.69 9.0 21.91 25.63 29.18 34.79 45.18

Speech therapists .......................................................... 34.19 5.8 24.40 29.45 30.96 40.40 45.68

Therapists, n.e.c. ........................................................... 22.16 9.1 14.17 15.62 21.03 24.95 34.60

Teachers, college and university ....................................... 41.37 3.0 23.80 29.24 37.45 49.31 64.10

Earth, environmental, and marine science teachers ...... 45.36 16.7 20.20 32.11 45.39 57.29 73.10

Biological science teachers ........................................... 43.40 12.9 31.43 34.80 37.06 43.59 61.81

Chemistry teachers ........................................................ 33.20 6.1 27.04 28.08 30.30 37.55 40.91

Natural science teachers, n.e.c. .................................... 44.41 4.5 37.67 38.93 41.31 49.12 59.94

Psychology teachers ...................................................... 37.16 7.7 23.66 27.24 36.20 43.37 55.18

History teachers ............................................................. 41.67 12.7 27.31 30.36 37.09 48.65 59.93

Political science teachers .............................................. 35.45 13.0 24.15 28.11 28.86 43.38 52.65

Sociology teachers ........................................................ 44.95 19.5 24.57 28.72 44.30 59.63 67.93

Social science teachers, n.e.c. ...................................... 41.79 6.6 32.03 34.83 39.31 46.96 59.59

Engineering teachers ..................................................... 54.62 14.6 37.48 41.12 43.50 69.57 86.91

Mathematical science teachers ..................................... 40.47 8.2 23.85 31.83 42.13 48.72 54.50

Computer science teachers ........................................... 43.63 14.0 24.27 30.43 49.31 54.65 56.20

Medical science teachers .............................................. 47.18 10.6 21.24 27.91 41.70 60.14 85.10

Health specialties teachers ............................................ 40.71 11.3 24.72 26.36 34.63 43.57 60.26

Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .............. 39.29 16.8 26.79 30.26 36.77 41.15 60.65

Agriculture and forestry teachers ................................... 41.00 24.9 19.03 22.74 29.14 57.09 73.43

Art, drama, and music teachers ..................................... 35.92 11.7 23.25 24.83 30.77 45.02 53.14

Physical education teachers .......................................... 45.57 15.0 28.54 37.89 40.88 52.95 64.75

Education teachers ........................................................ 41.61 4.5 29.37 40.28 41.71 46.51 48.38

English teachers ............................................................ 45.63 11.1 25.98 32.02 42.58 60.76 60.76

Foreign language teachers ............................................ 25.32 32.6 14.36 14.36 16.92 21.15 41.19

Theology teachers ......................................................... 39.93 6.0 29.81 29.81 33.85 48.08 48.08

Trade and industrial teachers ........................................ 35.66 5.9 24.31 28.95 33.61 40.93 49.04

Other post-secondary teachers ..................................... 40.05 3.6 22.44 28.53 36.40 48.88 62.45

Teachers, except college and university ............................ 32.65 .8 20.92 24.72 30.64 38.65 47.98

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ................................. 29.71 3.5 20.15 23.17 28.13 33.70 42.15

Elementary school teachers .......................................... 32.70 1.0 21.32 24.73 30.42 38.74 47.61

Secondary school teachers ........................................... 32.11 1.5 21.47 25.06 30.61 37.25 45.72

Teachers, special education .......................................... 35.05 2.6 21.32 25.55 32.56 43.00 52.39

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.2. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time

workers, National Compensation Survey,2 July 2003–Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Professional specialty and technical –Continued

Professional specialty –Continued

Teachers, except college and university –Continued

Teachers, n.e.c. ............................................................. $33.71 3.3 $19.55 $24.26 $31.02 $40.44 $51.39

Substitute teachers ........................................................ 12.00 10.7 8.13 10.27 10.27 16.67 18.24

Vocational and educational counselors ......................... 31.91 5.2 17.59 22.70 30.73 39.09 50.06

Librarians, archivists, and curators .................................... 25.43 3.9 14.59 18.82 25.30 31.03 37.29

Librarians ....................................................................... 25.76 4.2 14.59 18.97 25.69 31.27 37.81

Archivists and curators .................................................. 21.40 10.4 12.54 18.24 22.73 25.78 26.57

Social scientists and urban planners ................................. 30.06 7.9 17.23 21.31 28.70 33.53 48.79

Psychologists ................................................................. 33.61 7.5 20.54 26.33 30.93 38.00 54.43

Social scientists, n.e.c. .................................................. 16.15 17.5 11.06 11.89 13.36 18.42 28.70

Urban planners .............................................................. 26.12 4.8 17.97 20.96 25.56 30.91 34.25

Social, recreation, and religious workers ........................... 19.76 2.4 12.45 14.76 18.28 23.20 28.77

Social workers ............................................................... 19.82 2.5 12.47 14.76 18.17 23.42 29.12

Recreation workers ........................................................ 18.59 7.4 9.45 15.06 20.07 22.17 22.68

Lawyers and judges ........................................................... 38.80 7.3 20.67 27.30 35.53 46.88 64.47

Lawyers ......................................................................... 36.02 7.5 20.19 25.96 34.44 42.62 59.41

Judges ........................................................................... 57.81 12.7 35.08 47.46 55.84 79.42 82.12

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,

n.e.c. ................................................................................ 26.75 14.2 13.59 17.64 23.01 31.29 41.79

Designers ....................................................................... 21.35 9.7 13.64 16.76 22.58 23.97 32.23

Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c. ............. 17.61 6.5 13.00 15.40 17.48 18.97 22.86

Editors and reporters ..................................................... 20.39 9.1 9.88 17.65 21.10 23.31 26.36

Public relations specialists ............................................. 24.69 9.9 14.34 17.64 22.36 24.59 34.46

Athletes .......................................................................... 40.93 19.6 14.01 21.21 40.19 53.90 78.46

Professional, n.e.c. ........................................................ 26.75 7.1 15.15 18.85 26.53 32.26 38.31

Technical ............................................................................... 18.02 2.1 11.71 14.04 17.27 21.07 25.84

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .......... 17.47 10.2 10.97 13.11 16.34 20.75 26.00

Health record technologists and technicians ................. 16.58 12.6 8.96 13.60 15.94 19.25 23.24

Radiological technicians ................................................ 21.17 4.5 16.48 18.29 20.00 22.47 27.40

Licensed practical nurses .............................................. 15.46 2.3 10.89 13.20 15.19 17.76 19.89

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. .................. 16.36 3.4 10.26 12.72 16.08 19.77 22.53

Electrical and electronic technicians .............................. 18.41 14.3 12.59 14.51 17.28 21.03 26.20

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ...................................... 19.40 4.1 13.52 15.05 18.67 22.70 26.50

Drafters .......................................................................... 21.11 4.9 12.81 17.79 22.22 24.50 27.43

Surveying and mapping technicians .............................. 18.86 7.4 13.08 15.07 18.65 23.54 25.94

Biological technicians .................................................... 16.48 6.1 11.54 14.13 17.17 17.98 21.07

Chemical technicians ..................................................... 23.07 8.2 19.35 19.54 21.97 28.12 28.12

Science technicians, n.e.c. ............................................ 17.79 5.7 12.98 14.67 16.77 21.24 23.32

Broadcast equipment operators ..................................... 24.12 11.3 14.04 19.09 23.56 31.69 32.87

Computer programmers ................................................. 23.82 6.4 15.65 18.85 23.36 28.57 31.53

Legal assistants ............................................................. 18.60 6.8 12.16 15.11 16.79 21.09 28.21

Technical and related, n.e.c. .......................................... 19.29 7.0 12.05 14.04 19.15 23.64 27.50

Executive, administrative, and managerial ........................... 30.13 2.8 16.57 20.49 27.64 36.75 47.33

Executives, administrators, and managers ........................ 35.04 2.7 19.44 25.34 33.01 42.63 52.66

Legislators ..................................................................... 14.82 28.9 3.46 3.46 9.33 27.97 35.07

Chief executives and general administrators, public

administration .............................................................. 42.96 5.8 30.22 40.42 43.19 48.40 52.32

Administrators and officials, public administration ......... 30.54 3.4 18.73 23.22 28.83 34.48 43.75

Financial managers ....................................................... 42.39 17.1 24.04 30.36 37.90 62.16 62.71

Personnel and labor relations managers ....................... 41.59 6.1 24.67 38.12 41.23 51.86 53.43

Purchasing managers .................................................... 35.99 20.6 19.33 24.71 39.76 49.50 49.50

Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations 34.61 16.6 22.29 24.63 31.11 49.22 49.22

Administrators, education and related fields .................. 39.88 4.3 23.24 31.28 39.44 46.83 55.58

Managers, medicine and health ..................................... 35.78 15.2 17.35 23.41 31.27 45.38 68.16

Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments .. 22.57 10.9 14.94 17.79 18.78 26.54 34.33

Managers, properties and real estate ............................ 28.35 8.3 19.57 23.46 31.93 33.44 33.44

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ........................ 26.95 6.5 16.89 19.88 25.29 32.32 40.42

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ............................. 32.34 7.0 18.54 22.12 30.64 40.78 48.05

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.2. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time

workers, National Compensation Survey,2 July 2003–Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued

Management related .......................................................... $22.69 2.1 $15.09 $17.31 $21.52 $27.46 $31.03

Accountants and auditors .............................................. 22.40 3.4 15.63 16.78 21.40 26.41 30.76

Other financial officers ................................................... 26.85 7.0 18.83 21.32 29.47 30.10 31.26

Management analysts .................................................... 22.37 7.9 16.52 18.06 20.10 25.65 32.28

Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ........ 22.79 4.3 13.31 18.10 22.44 26.67 31.75

Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ........................... 17.33 8.7 11.19 13.46 16.76 20.00 23.82

Construction inspectors ................................................. 24.02 3.9 15.64 18.86 25.37 27.85 31.47

Inspectors and compliance officers, except

construction ................................................................. 20.62 2.7 15.09 17.19 19.88 23.45 28.83

Management related, n.e.c. ........................................... 24.39 3.1 14.72 18.60 24.10 28.83 34.07

Sales ......................................................................................... 14.14 5.8 8.40 9.75 12.40 17.81 22.63

Supervisors, sales ......................................................... 17.04 8.4 11.97 13.36 15.08 18.71 25.26

Real estate sales ........................................................... 21.31 9.3 12.82 15.62 23.51 25.34 27.31

Cashiers ......................................................................... 12.86 6.7 8.40 9.49 11.07 15.98 20.80

Administrative support, including clerical ............................ 14.28 1.3 9.16 10.90 13.68 16.86 20.10

Supervisors, general office ............................................ 18.16 3.3 13.27 14.90 17.59 20.20 24.55

Supervisors, financial records processing ..................... 20.43 6.6 15.30 16.71 18.69 21.68 29.10

Chief communications operators ................................... 20.28 5.1 17.34 17.99 19.50 20.26 24.08

Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting

clerks ........................................................................... 20.11 9.3 11.97 16.33 19.66 25.77 27.87

Computer operators ....................................................... 14.97 8.8 11.56 12.01 13.41 17.29 21.33

Secretaries ..................................................................... 15.07 2.9 10.17 11.85 14.35 17.77 20.78

Stenographers ............................................................... 19.96 8.3 10.94 14.09 18.45 23.60 29.77

Typists ........................................................................... 14.05 2.6 9.95 12.12 13.97 16.12 17.66

Interviewers ................................................................... 12.13 13.5 8.33 8.68 10.78 16.31 17.84

Receptionists ................................................................. 10.89 4.5 8.20 8.88 10.79 12.29 14.11

Information clerks, n.e.c. ................................................ 14.83 5.5 10.42 11.88 14.06 17.79 19.61

Order clerks ................................................................... 15.97 14.9 8.99 10.91 15.03 21.48 26.22

Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping ......... 15.31 5.3 10.69 12.34 15.18 18.13 20.46

Library clerks ................................................................. 12.51 4.6 8.70 10.28 12.04 14.43 17.39

File clerks ....................................................................... 11.36 6.7 7.76 9.58 10.67 12.98 16.33

Records clerks, n.e.c. .................................................... 13.52 3.9 9.62 10.71 13.26 15.30 18.17

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ............... 14.97 2.2 10.30 12.30 14.85 17.21 19.57

Payroll and timekeeping clerks ...................................... 16.72 4.6 11.95 14.89 16.38 19.06 21.03

Billing clerks ................................................................... 13.48 9.5 8.11 10.05 13.17 16.64 17.30

Duplicating machine operators ...................................... 11.37 14.9 8.29 9.09 9.42 12.58 19.28

Telephone operators ...................................................... 13.19 9.0 7.16 9.38 12.53 16.51 18.74

Mail clerks, except postal service .................................. 9.92 14.4 7.65 7.65 8.44 11.49 14.46

Messengers ................................................................... 13.33 15.4 8.20 9.84 12.89 16.44 19.28

Dispatchers .................................................................... 16.46 6.9 10.00 11.83 15.02 19.74 26.02

Production coordinators ................................................. 17.33 17.3 11.47 13.10 14.58 23.38 28.44

Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ............................. 15.28 7.3 10.20 13.00 16.81 16.95 17.10

Stock and inventory clerks ............................................. 13.70 4.8 9.47 10.54 13.41 15.64 19.96

Meter readers ................................................................ 16.26 7.4 9.97 12.98 15.27 18.32 22.60

Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ........ 15.54 8.3 11.22 12.45 14.17 20.84 21.59

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ............... 18.10 5.5 12.38 14.28 18.69 20.47 23.91

Eligibility clerks, social welfare ....................................... 16.30 2.5 11.69 14.16 16.23 17.51 20.23

Bill and account collectors ............................................. 16.20 5.4 13.00 13.21 15.85 18.34 20.02

General office clerks ...................................................... 13.54 1.6 9.01 10.79 13.18 15.58 18.47

Data entry keyers ........................................................... 13.13 2.9 9.77 11.48 13.38 14.90 16.04

Statistical clerks ............................................................. 12.21 9.4 8.10 10.30 11.12 12.71 16.92

Teachers’ aides ............................................................. 10.86 1.7 7.96 8.81 10.17 12.25 14.55

Administrative support, n.e.c. ........................................ 14.65 2.5 10.11 11.57 14.37 16.78 20.23

Blue collar .................................................................................... 17.36 1.5 10.16 12.70 16.54 21.12 25.64

Precision production, craft, and repair .................................. 19.53 2.1 12.11 14.78 18.59 23.31 28.85

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .......................... 23.71 4.7 15.55 18.57 22.86 28.45 32.01

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.2. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time

workers, National Compensation Survey,2 July 2003–Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Blue collar –Continued

Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued

Automobile mechanics ................................................... $20.49 11.1 $12.90 $15.57 $19.84 $26.45 $28.86

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ................ 18.67 4.1 11.85 15.93 19.10 21.73 23.47

Heavy equipment mechanics ......................................... 19.42 6.2 12.37 15.79 20.74 23.22 24.09

Industrial machinery repairers ....................................... 21.83 9.8 13.28 15.77 21.44 26.23 29.54

Machinery maintenance ................................................. 15.84 13.4 11.46 11.46 14.35 20.47 24.11

Electronic repairers, communications and industrial

equipment .................................................................... 21.65 6.5 14.86 16.59 21.44 25.65 27.63

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics .. 17.13 6.3 10.70 13.80 17.82 18.77 22.72

Mechanical controls and valve repairers ....................... 20.68 6.4 13.08 15.79 21.34 25.53 26.20

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ..................................... 16.92 3.5 10.98 12.89 15.99 19.49 23.00

Supervisors, electricians and power transmission

installers ....................................................................... 25.89 13.8 16.54 16.54 26.25 33.36 35.33

Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...... 28.43 13.1 16.75 19.18 33.73 33.73 33.73

Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ......................... 21.01 5.9 14.65 16.29 18.88 24.40 30.77

Carpenters ..................................................................... 20.38 6.9 12.37 15.57 18.80 24.85 29.63

Electricians .................................................................... 20.79 5.8 14.61 16.97 18.72 23.58 30.31

Electrical power installers and repairers ........................ 25.27 6.2 17.74 21.81 26.41 28.35 30.00

Painters, construction and maintenance ........................ 18.76 8.3 11.51 14.22 18.53 23.73 25.77

Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ........................... 18.89 8.3 12.10 14.30 18.03 23.60 27.73

Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices ............ 17.95 9.8 13.71 14.71 17.19 21.73 22.82

Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators ... 13.84 3.1 12.11 12.11 14.01 15.41 15.62

Construction trades, n.e.c. ............................................. 15.71 4.0 10.75 11.93 14.91 18.77 22.41

Supervisors, production ................................................. 21.22 13.2 13.35 14.53 15.50 26.83 35.79

Inspectors, testers, and graders .................................... 21.27 8.0 15.24 19.45 20.15 25.43 25.43

Water and sewer treatment plant operators .................. 18.71 3.0 11.93 15.17 18.54 22.29 25.89

Power plant operators .................................................... 26.01 8.9 17.53 21.45 23.69 31.85 36.47

Stationary engineers ...................................................... 23.00 9.1 13.30 18.66 21.95 28.85 32.62

Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c. ......... 17.30 5.8 12.66 15.91 18.29 19.06 19.52

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ................. 16.57 10.1 9.29 11.53 16.56 20.49 23.75

Printing press operators ................................................. 14.90 5.1 11.55 14.01 14.58 17.49 17.66

Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators ........... 10.34 10.0 6.27 9.09 9.32 11.54 14.67

Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food ............. 17.46 2.9 15.73 16.52 17.50 18.29 19.79

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ...................... 19.31 17.5 9.64 10.71 20.49 26.94 32.15

Welders and cutters ....................................................... 20.97 8.2 12.93 18.86 23.75 23.75 24.12

Transportation and material moving ..................................... 16.32 2.0 10.28 12.06 15.43 20.01 23.62

Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ............................ 17.42 12.5 13.71 13.71 13.71 22.03 26.68

Truckdrivers ................................................................... 16.05 5.4 9.67 11.68 14.89 19.84 25.64

Busdrivers ...................................................................... 16.57 2.2 10.54 13.17 16.57 20.01 22.89

Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ...................................... 10.46 9.3 8.36 8.61 9.80 11.71 13.65

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ............................................ 17.13 9.5 11.47 12.78 16.67 17.81 25.90

Locomotive operating .................................................... 23.17 4.0 20.38 21.49 24.36 24.36 26.28

Supervisors, material moving equipment ....................... 20.04 6.6 13.27 17.50 21.40 22.34 24.38

Operating engineers ...................................................... 15.72 8.7 10.55 11.05 13.59 17.82 23.62

Excavating and loading machine operators ................... 16.06 10.5 10.37 11.78 15.00 19.01 24.63

Grader, dozer, and scraper operators ........................... 14.89 9.4 9.41 11.50 13.15 16.01 26.23

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ........... 13.50 3.2 9.56 11.88 13.83 14.88 16.13

Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 15.70 4.8 10.49 11.87 15.01 19.55 22.99

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......... 14.43 2.6 8.21 10.34 13.63 17.85 21.85

Supervisors, agriculture-related workers ....................... 20.46 6.7 13.30 17.37 20.42 23.64 26.60

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ............... 13.66 4.3 8.27 9.82 13.27 16.75 20.29

Animal caretakers, except farm ..................................... 15.27 20.2 7.52 11.83 17.85 18.77 18.81

Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and

laborers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 19.39 6.4 11.49 15.52 20.52 22.03 27.55

Helpers, mechanics and repairers ................................. 15.28 7.9 9.20 11.57 14.87 19.39 22.56

Helpers, construction trades .......................................... 13.73 6.4 9.84 11.52 12.78 16.09 19.00

Construction laborers ..................................................... 12.75 5.3 7.80 10.34 11.82 15.60 17.72

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.2. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time

workers, National Compensation Survey,2 July 2003–Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Blue collar –Continued

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers

–Continued

Garbage collectors ......................................................... $17.09 12.5 $9.32 $12.48 $17.09 $23.56 $23.56

Stock handlers and baggers .......................................... 12.66 8.1 9.75 9.75 13.09 13.30 16.74

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .................. 13.30 14.0 5.82 9.71 17.01 17.39 17.46

Garage and service station related ................................ 12.99 12.7 10.36 11.42 12.43 13.52 17.41

Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ..................... 14.18 7.1 10.40 12.19 14.72 16.06 16.75

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ............................. 13.89 4.9 7.48 9.29 13.27 17.61 21.59

Service .......................................................................................... 17.24 1.3 8.94 11.44 15.24 22.04 27.99

Protective service .............................................................. 21.01 2.2 11.92 14.66 20.35 25.99 30.35

Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention .................. 26.12 5.1 16.98 20.19 24.30 31.29 37.75

Supervisors, police and detectives ................................ 29.73 3.3 17.48 23.74 29.24 36.36 40.69

Supervisors, guards ....................................................... 25.53 8.5 15.45 15.87 26.74 33.28 34.79

Fire inspection and fire prevention ................................. 21.00 10.0 13.93 13.93 20.55 25.92 28.76

Firefighting ..................................................................... 18.71 2.5 11.55 14.13 17.88 23.03 26.59

Police and detectives, public service ............................. 23.66 1.2 15.41 18.82 23.48 27.23 31.65

Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers ..... 18.96 2.0 12.23 14.37 18.47 22.75 28.21

Correctional institution officers ....................................... 16.85 5.4 11.35 12.13 14.91 21.61 25.49

Guards and police, except public service ...................... 13.16 7.0 6.74 10.35 13.08 15.43 18.28

Protective service, n.e.c. ................................................ 16.85 6.6 10.69 12.84 15.70 20.90 26.04

Food service ...................................................................... 10.90 2.1 7.52 8.46 10.28 12.72 15.07

Other food service ........................................................... 10.86 2.1 7.52 8.45 10.25 12.61 15.07

Supervisors, food preparation and service .................... 13.23 5.8 9.61 10.74 12.09 15.47 19.17

Cooks ............................................................................. 11.13 3.4 7.98 9.09 10.78 12.82 14.81

Kitchen workers, food preparation ................................. 9.33 4.5 7.05 7.66 8.45 10.10 13.85

Food preparation, n.e.c. ................................................. 10.21 3.6 7.25 8.23 9.54 11.89 13.67

Health service .................................................................... 12.68 2.1 8.38 9.82 12.18 15.05 17.25

Dental assistants ........................................................... 13.09 10.3 9.50 11.06 13.02 16.46 16.46

Health aides, except nursing ......................................... 13.51 3.6 8.98 10.63 13.21 15.88 18.02

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ....................... 12.38 2.4 8.25 9.78 11.85 14.23 17.14

Cleaning and building service ............................................ 12.74 2.7 7.86 9.29 11.95 14.97 18.80

Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers ...... 18.28 9.4 10.94 13.71 17.53 22.76 27.21

Maids and housemen .................................................... 8.23 5.4 6.00 6.81 8.00 9.10 10.46

Janitors and cleaners ..................................................... 12.32 2.0 7.86 9.22 11.81 14.69 17.73

Personal service ................................................................ 12.45 5.3 7.11 9.06 11.49 15.23 18.41

Supervisors, personal service ........................................ 18.42 9.1 12.56 14.04 15.70 21.08 27.72

Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities ........... 9.01 11.4 5.95 6.67 8.79 11.66 11.66

Public transportation attendants .................................... 16.02 14.2 8.30 11.71 15.24 21.25 21.25

Welfare service aides .................................................... 12.40 7.9 7.99 8.80 11.12 15.42 19.60

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .............................. 10.81 3.3 8.04 9.16 10.39 11.88 14.44

Childcare workers, n.e.c. ............................................... 13.68 21.5 7.00 7.00 12.92 16.89 21.13

Service, n.e.c. ................................................................ 13.33 4.3 9.03 11.46 13.41 15.36 18.13

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 2 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between December 2002

and January 2004. The average reference period was July 2003. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all

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

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

www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the

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

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

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

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

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

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

include data for categories not shown separately. 

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.3. State and local government, selected occupations:Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 part-time

workers, National Compensation Survey,2 July 2003

Occupation3

Part-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

All ...................................................................................................... $15.12 3.2 $7.50 $9.22 $12.00 $17.28 $27.40

All, excluding sales .................................................................... 15.17 3.2 7.50 9.25 12.05 17.38 27.63

White collar .................................................................................. 18.67 4.0 8.31 10.59 15.00 23.67 34.00

White collar, excluding sales ................................................. 18.81 4.0 8.40 10.70 15.20 23.92 34.00

Professional specialty and technical ..................................... 24.23 4.5 10.53 14.34 22.66 33.93 39.26

Professional specialty ............................................................ 25.36 3.5 10.15 15.41 23.67 34.00 40.67

Health related .................................................................... 29.50 5.1 18.69 23.40 28.63 34.00 39.81

Physicians ...................................................................... 59.73 7.2 34.28 51.49 61.09 70.00 77.74

Registered nurses .......................................................... 27.93 6.2 19.05 23.06 26.76 33.79 39.34

Physical therapists ......................................................... 33.57 2.6 33.18 34.00 34.00 34.00 34.00

Teachers, college and university ....................................... 34.55 4.3 19.50 24.43 34.00 39.54 51.64

Biological science teachers ........................................... 35.17 28.1 17.00 17.00 21.00 52.76 71.01

Mathematical science teachers ..................................... 28.08 18.5 20.63 24.38 24.43 30.23 41.96

Computer science teachers ........................................... 34.28 2.0 34.00 34.00 34.00 34.00 34.00

Health specialties teachers ............................................ 29.97 21.9 19.50 20.00 20.00 42.75 49.83

Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .............. 45.83 8.9 30.00 44.25 44.99 46.11 63.31

Art, drama, and music teachers ..................................... 34.44 10.3 21.73 23.00 34.20 44.25 48.75

English teachers ............................................................ 34.56 8.1 20.63 31.40 34.38 38.31 45.55

Foreign language teachers ............................................ 47.00 7.4 31.50 38.31 43.67 52.38 67.58

Trade and industrial teachers ........................................ 29.45 15.1 19.50 19.50 23.50 37.98 44.25

Other post-secondary teachers ..................................... 33.63 6.2 18.27 21.13 30.08 41.11 56.75

Teachers, except college and university ............................ 20.83 4.9 8.25 11.25 17.17 26.05 40.67

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ................................. 24.06 10.0 16.87 17.21 21.35 26.13 40.24

Elementary school teachers .......................................... 29.27 7.2 15.97 22.77 29.88 35.12 39.71

Secondary school teachers ........................................... 32.07 4.7 21.38 24.92 33.36 40.67 40.67

Teachers, special education .......................................... 33.20 11.7 18.50 28.00 36.32 36.32 46.43

Teachers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 24.02 13.8 9.00 13.57 19.74 34.88 45.06

Substitute teachers ........................................................ 12.81 5.1 6.25 9.29 11.25 15.67 22.20

Vocational and educational counselors ......................... 29.28 15.0 14.98 21.56 23.92 47.48 49.08

Librarians, archivists, and curators .................................... 18.02 4.2 12.65 14.28 17.81 20.76 23.41

Librarians ....................................................................... 18.10 4.2 12.65 14.45 17.81 20.80 23.41

Social scientists and urban planners ................................. 28.19 7.8 15.00 27.92 29.39 29.39 31.69

Psychologists ................................................................. 29.41 6.5 23.38 27.92 29.39 29.39 31.69

Social, recreation, and religious workers ........................... 17.42 8.6 8.00 13.79 17.49 23.06 23.06

Social workers ............................................................... 20.05 8.2 13.91 15.72 21.42 23.06 23.92

Recreation workers ........................................................ 12.25 10.0 7.00 8.00 11.04 15.91 16.86

Lawyers and judges ........................................................... 34.84 18.3 15.27 24.04 28.85 39.26 72.31

Lawyers ......................................................................... 35.61 21.4 15.27 18.60 39.13 39.26 86.50

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,

n.e.c. ................................................................................ 19.88 9.5 10.24 13.88 18.39 24.43 32.40

Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c. ............. 21.15 6.6 18.00 18.39 21.99 23.82 24.43

Athletes .......................................................................... 13.75 16.7 9.00 10.24 10.24 18.00 18.00

Technical ............................................................................... 19.23 13.8 11.19 13.41 16.00 22.98 34.00

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .......... 19.98 2.2 17.28 17.77 20.00 21.86 24.94

Radiological technicians ................................................ 32.68 18.6 19.96 26.22 35.46 39.09 39.09

Licensed practical nurses .............................................. 17.24 3.9 15.11 15.45 16.00 18.71 22.57

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. .................. 14.74 6.6 10.25 12.31 14.30 16.00 19.98

Biological technicians .................................................... 11.44 5.6 8.50 10.82 10.82 11.19 14.18

Technical and related, n.e.c. .......................................... 12.67 6.6 11.38 11.38 12.18 13.49 16.49

Executive, administrative, and managerial ........................... 22.96 6.4 6.15 12.24 21.00 27.19 34.00

Executives, administrators, and managers ........................ 24.83 11.3 4.79 10.00 23.08 27.63 58.24

Legislators ..................................................................... 16.95 22.9 4.79 4.79 12.00 26.92 27.89

Administrators and officials, public administration ......... 37.58 20.4 29.08 29.08 29.08 52.74 52.74

Administrators, education and related fields .................. 42.17 16.2 16.81 25.46 42.16 60.47 70.55

Management related .......................................................... 20.99 8.0 10.59 18.00 21.00 25.57 28.84

Management related, n.e.c. ........................................... 15.83 16.9 6.12 10.59 13.85 22.39 25.78

Sales ......................................................................................... 10.52 5.8 6.78 7.83 10.04 11.39 14.62

Cashiers ......................................................................... 10.56 5.8 6.78 7.83 10.08 11.39 14.62

Administrative support, including clerical ............................ 12.55 3.1 7.60 9.26 11.60 15.00 19.37

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.3. State and local government, selected occupations:Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 part-time

workers, National Compensation Survey,2 July 2003–Continued

Occupation3

Part-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Administrative support, including clerical –Continued

Secretaries ..................................................................... $11.63 3.8 $7.92 $9.12 $11.44 $13.62 $15.00

Typists ........................................................................... 11.45 11.6 8.14 8.92 10.90 13.22 16.25

Receptionists ................................................................. 10.14 7.6 8.24 8.75 10.39 11.60 11.90

Information clerks, n.e.c. ................................................ 15.70 12.5 9.98 12.53 17.20 19.13 19.13

Library clerks ................................................................. 10.43 4.3 6.80 7.87 9.52 12.02 15.60

Records clerks, n.e.c. .................................................... 12.51 14.1 9.57 9.71 11.44 16.22 16.96

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ............... 13.26 7.2 10.38 10.38 13.56 15.00 16.79

Dispatchers .................................................................... 12.98 18.7 7.00 7.26 12.09 14.68 22.81

General office clerks ...................................................... 10.24 11.5 5.15 7.33 10.11 12.71 15.90

Teachers’ aides ............................................................. 13.75 3.2 8.45 9.81 12.37 17.38 20.91

Administrative support, n.e.c. ........................................ 12.99 7.8 8.36 9.18 12.60 15.00 20.19

Blue collar .................................................................................... 13.12 2.4 8.77 10.27 12.86 15.33 17.87

Precision production, craft, and repair .................................. 12.86 10.0 9.69 9.95 12.43 14.35 17.49

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ................. – – – ––––

Transportation and material moving ..................................... 13.91 2.5 9.62 11.45 13.50 15.82 18.47

Truckdrivers ................................................................... 10.96 10.5 8.69 8.83 9.11 14.51 16.32

Busdrivers ...................................................................... 14.03 2.5 9.70 11.67 13.60 15.86 18.67

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......... 9.29 6.0 5.90 7.50 9.16 10.35 13.00

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ............... 9.93 8.8 6.00 8.00 10.00 11.33 15.30

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ............................. 8.72 9.3 5.65 7.00 8.50 9.74 13.00

Service .......................................................................................... 10.25 1.8 6.92 8.06 9.74 11.76 13.79

Protective service .............................................................. 11.65 3.9 6.95 8.25 10.66 13.50 16.70

Firefighting ..................................................................... 8.41 10.5 6.95 6.95 7.40 8.50 11.43

Police and detectives, public service ............................. 15.21 16.0 9.00 10.00 12.51 18.94 29.00

Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers ..... 15.69 12.6 6.25 14.50 15.00 17.44 17.44

Crossing guards ............................................................. 9.60 4.2 6.90 8.00 9.02 11.00 12.46

Guards and police, except public service ...................... 13.77 12.1 7.00 9.15 12.18 19.64 23.00

Protective service, n.e.c. ................................................ 11.35 8.5 7.35 8.95 12.60 13.50 13.79

Food service ...................................................................... 9.59 2.0 6.75 7.95 9.33 11.22 12.40

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ............................... 6.85 20.1 3.30 3.60 6.50 10.02 10.65

Other food service ........................................................... 9.61 2.0 6.80 7.96 9.35 11.22 12.42

Cooks ............................................................................. 10.17 4.8 7.54 8.55 9.67 11.69 13.33

Kitchen workers, food preparation ................................. 8.88 8.0 6.25 7.71 8.46 10.60 11.73

Food preparation, n.e.c. ................................................. 9.63 3.1 6.83 8.00 9.50 11.22 12.20

Health service .................................................................... 11.44 5.9 7.61 9.03 11.19 13.25 15.80

Health aides, except nursing ......................................... 12.95 5.6 9.05 11.57 13.28 14.78 16.43

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ....................... 11.04 6.2 7.61 8.50 10.60 12.16 15.80

Cleaning and building service ............................................ 10.20 4.9 7.00 8.20 9.96 11.87 14.50

Maids and housemen .................................................... 14.03 13.1 9.50 12.33 14.87 15.61 17.21

Janitors and cleaners ..................................................... 9.99 4.6 7.00 8.20 9.88 11.57 13.98

Personal service ................................................................ 9.84 2.3 6.75 7.96 9.25 11.22 12.58

Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities ........... 8.55 4.3 6.00 6.75 8.00 9.00 11.54

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.3. State and local government, selected occupations:Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 part-time

workers, National Compensation Survey,2 July 2003–Continued

Occupation3

Part-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Service –Continued

Personal service –Continued

Welfare service aides .................................................... $10.19 7.5 $6.75 $8.26 $10.35 $11.99 $14.13

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .............................. 10.15 6.8 7.00 7.97 9.25 11.86 14.62

Childcare workers, n.e.c. ............................................... 10.33 3.5 6.90 8.64 10.95 11.22 12.45

Service, n.e.c. ................................................................ 9.19 5.1 6.40 7.10 8.30 10.64 11.97

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 2 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between December 2002

and January 2004. The average reference period was July 2003. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all

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

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

www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the

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

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

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

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

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

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

include data for categories not shown separately. 

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2003

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

All ............................................................... $743 1.0 39.6 $718 1.1 39.7 $877 0.8 38.8

All, excluding sales ............................. 746 1.1 39.5 719 1.2 39.7 878 .8 38.8

White collar ........................................... 905 .8 39.5 889 1.0 39.8 971 .8 38.2

White collar, excluding sales .......... 939 .8 39.4 929 1.1 39.7 973 .9 38.2

Professional specialty and

technical ...................................... 1,118 .8 38.9 1,111 1.1 39.5 1,134 .8 37.8

Professional specialty ..................... 1,204 .8 38.9 1,222 1.3 39.8 1,176 .8 37.6

Engineers, architects, and

surveyors .............................. 1,387 1.2 40.5 1,408 1.3 40.6 1,163 2.2 39.3

Architects ................................ 1,256 3.9 40.3 1,270 4.4 40.5 1,174 5.6 39.4

Aerospace engineers .............. 1,579 7.5 40.1 1,579 7.5 40.1 – – –

Metallurgical and materials

engineers .......................... 1,245 5.6 40.3 1,275 6.2 40.5 – – –

Petroleum engineers .............. 1,871 6.8 40.0 1,871 6.8 40.0 – – –

Chemical engineers ................ 1,630 4.0 40.0 1,631 4.0 40.0 – – –

Nuclear engineers .................. 1,473 3.4 40.0 1,482 3.0 40.0 – – –

Civil engineers ........................ 1,213 3.1 40.2 1,229 4.1 40.6 1,178 3.0 39.3

Electrical and electronic

engineers .......................... 1,522 3.0 41.1 1,530 3.0 41.1 1,262 6.6 40.1

Industrial engineers ................ 1,247 1.8 40.9 1,248 1.8 40.9 1,022 9.4 40.0

Mechanical engineers ............. 1,289 2.3 40.7 1,298 2.3 40.9 – – –

Marine engineers and naval

architects .......................... 1,190 11.5 40.0 – – – – – –

Engineers, n.e.c. ..................... 1,444 2.2 40.2 1,466 2.4 40.2 1,137 4.2 39.7

Surveyors and mapping

scientists ........................... 1,249 9.4 41.6 1,265 9.3 41.8 – – –

Mathematical and computer

scientists ............................... 1,337 1.8 40.1 1,354 1.8 40.1 1,067 4.5 39.6

Computer systems analysts

and scientists .................... 1,338 1.8 40.1 1,356 1.9 40.1 1,073 4.6 39.6

Operations and systems

researchers and analysts 1,326 5.6 39.8 1,328 5.5 39.8 – – –

Actuaries ................................. 1,474 4.7 40.6 1,474 4.7 40.6 – – –

Statisticians ............................ 1,129 10.8 39.5 1,217 11.9 39.6 – – –

Natural scientists ........................ 1,118 5.0 39.8 1,224 4.4 39.8 903 6.2 39.8

Physicists and astronomers .... 1,507 9.7 39.8 1,715 9.2 39.7 – – –

Chemists, except biochemists 1,107 3.9 39.8 1,107 4.3 39.8 1,109 6.5 40.0

Geologists and geodesists ..... 1,394 10.5 40.9 1,470 12.5 41.1 1,052 20.5 40.0

Physical scientists, n.e.c. ........ 1,229 8.5 40.0 1,355 7.2 40.1 901 8.5 40.0

Agricultural and food scientists 1,023 7.0 40.0 1,124 15.3 40.0 972 7.9 40.0

Biological and life scientists .... 1,063 14.2 39.3 1,298 7.1 39.1 795 5.6 39.5

Forestry and conservation

scientists ........................... 850 8.8 40.2 – – – 847 10.6 39.8

Medical scientists ................... 997 5.3 39.6 1,033 8.3 39.5 946 5.8 39.8

Health related ............................. 1,155 2.5 39.4 1,172 3.0 39.3 1,070 2.9 39.9

Physicians .............................. 2,263 6.1 43.3 2,429 6.1 42.1 1,629 9.6 48.0

Dentists ................................... 1,569 9.7 41.1 1,538 6.5 39.9 – – –

Optometrists ........................... 2,062 16.4 38.4 2,062 16.4 38.4 – – –

Registered nurses .................. 1,001 1.2 38.9 1,007 1.5 38.9 972 1.6 39.0

Pharmacists ............................ 1,592 1.4 39.8 1,604 1.2 39.8 1,411 8.3 39.8

Dietitians ................................. 829 4.2 39.8 867 5.8 39.9 760 3.0 39.5

Respiratory therapists ............. 830 2.3 39.0 830 2.4 39.0 827 2.8 38.6

Occupational therapists .......... 976 3.7 39.3 963 4.1 39.5 1,069 4.1 38.0

Physical therapists .................. 1,069 1.6 39.4 1,056 1.7 39.6 1,207 6.4 38.1

Speech therapists ................... 1,145 4.0 38.5 949 2.6 39.8 1,285 4.4 37.6

Therapists, n.e.c. .................... 741 12.1 39.4 703 14.4 39.4 868 9.3 39.1

Physicians’ assistants ............. 1,418 6.2 40.0 1,438 5.4 40.0 – – –

Teachers, college and university 1,650 2.3 39.1 1,696 3.2 38.6 1,628 3.0 39.4

Earth, environmental, and

marine science teachers ... 1,733 15.2 38.5 – – – 1,746 15.0 38.5

Biological science teachers .... 1,843 11.5 39.5 2,077 18.8 40.2 1,692 13.5 39.0

Chemistry teachers ................. 1,563 10.5 41.0 2,026 4.7 38.2 1,396 8.4 42.0

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2003 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Professional specialty and

technical –Continued

Professional specialty –Continued

Teachers, college and university

–Continued

Physics teachers .................... $2,026 9.1 38.5 $2,143 9.0 38.8 – – –

Natural science teachers,

n.e.c. ................................. 1,732 3.6 39.2 – – – $1,732 3.8 39.0

Psychology teachers .............. 1,509 5.1 39.4 1,568 6.1 39.3 1,466 7.6 39.4

Economics teachers ............... 2,689 11.6 42.8 1,557 19.6 35.5 – – –

History teachers ...................... 1,553 8.1 40.7 1,415 6.8 40.6 1,705 10.8 40.9

Political science teachers ....... 1,367 8.1 39.3 1,348 8.4 40.1 1,379 12.4 38.9

Sociology teachers ................. 1,671 16.1 39.5 1,558 13.4 39.8 1,763 20.4 39.2

Social science teachers, n.e.c. 1,595 5.1 39.2 1,495 10.0 38.3 1,660 6.6 39.7

Engineering teachers .............. 2,314 5.6 41.5 2,257 10.0 39.0 2,347 8.1 43.0

Mathematical science

teachers ............................ 1,565 7.0 38.9 1,562 11.8 39.3 1,566 7.1 38.7

Computer science teachers .... 1,506 14.6 38.2 1,135 14.0 38.4 1,660 13.2 38.0

Medical science teachers ....... 2,246 4.8 43.4 2,267 5.8 39.6 2,226 7.9 47.2

Health specialties teachers ..... 1,679 8.4 38.0 2,025 8.9 38.9 1,534 11.0 37.7

Business, commerce, and

marketing teachers ........... 1,635 12.8 38.7 1,785 11.9 37.2 1,553 15.8 39.5

Agriculture and forestry

teachers ............................ 1,515 18.2 36.8 – – – 1,513 19.5 36.9

Art, drama, and music

teachers ............................ 1,417 9.0 38.6 1,485 7.2 39.2 1,372 13.6 38.2

Physical education teachers ... 1,421 8.8 38.7 1,274 8.4 39.3 1,712 15.4 37.6

Education teachers ................. 1,532 7.4 38.2 1,455 15.7 37.8 1,606 3.5 38.6

English teachers ..................... 1,621 7.8 38.0 1,399 5.3 38.5 1,725 9.9 37.8

Foreign language teachers ..... 1,281 16.0 40.5 1,572 7.0 37.4 1,079 22.4 42.6

Law teachers .......................... 2,161 12.6 36.3 2,412 12.8 36.4 – – –

Theology teachers .................. 1,622 6.3 39.9 1,613 12.1 38.7 1,629 7.8 40.8

Trade and industrial teachers 1,150 8.8 38.9 – – – 1,342 5.4 37.6

Other post-secondary

teachers ............................ 1,582 3.5 38.5 1,703 9.8 37.4 1,552 3.6 38.7

Teachers, except college and

university .............................. 1,123 1.0 36.7 738 4.3 38.4 1,189 .8 36.4

Prekindergarten and

kindergarten ...................... 712 6.9 38.1 459 4.7 38.7 1,102 3.1 37.1

Elementary school teachers ... 1,159 1.1 36.5 848 5.0 37.6 1,189 .9 36.4

Secondary school teachers .... 1,179 1.1 37.0 1,093 2.9 38.4 1,185 1.2 36.9

Teachers, special education ... 1,188 3.1 35.9 848 12.0 37.6 1,248 2.7 35.6

Teachers, n.e.c. ...................... 1,132 2.9 36.2 828 6.8 38.7 1,202 2.8 35.7

Substitute teachers ................. 404 15.4 33.7 – – – 404 15.4 33.7

Vocational and educational

counselors ........................ 1,007 4.7 37.7 639 4.9 39.1 1,183 4.1 37.1

Librarians, archivists, and

curators ................................. 995 4.3 38.1 1,018 8.2 37.4 979 3.6 38.5

Librarians ................................ 1,001 4.8 38.2 1,017 9.6 37.7 991 3.9 38.5

Archivists and curators ........... 947 5.7 37.4 1,020 4.0 36.1 839 12.0 39.2

Social scientists and urban

planners ................................ 1,132 5.1 39.1 1,121 7.8 39.9 1,145 6.2 38.1

Economists ............................. 1,295 7.6 41.3 1,307 7.8 41.3 – – –

Psychologists .......................... 1,109 6.2 38.0 897 9.7 38.8 1,259 5.4 37.4

Social scientists, n.e.c. ........... 928 11.2 37.8 1,023 8.2 37.1 640 16.7 39.6

Urban planners ....................... 1,030 4.5 39.4 – – – 1,030 4.5 39.4

Social, recreation, and religious

workers ................................. 710 2.2 39.1 652 3.4 39.1 772 2.5 39.0

Social workers ........................ 712 2.4 39.0 647 3.9 38.9 773 2.6 39.0

Recreation workers ................. 700 5.6 39.5 666 9.1 39.5 734 7.2 39.5

Clergy ..................................... 676 11.0 41.4 676 11.0 41.4 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2003 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Professional specialty and

technical –Continued

Professional specialty –Continued

Social, recreation, and religious

workers –Continued

Religious workers, n.e.c. ........ $714 11.6 39.0 $714 11.6 39.0 – – –

Lawyers and judges .................... 1,933 5.1 41.5 2,125 5.8 42.8 $1,497 7.8 38.6

Lawyers .................................. 1,919 5.2 41.6 2,125 5.8 42.8 1,385 7.8 38.5

Judges .................................... 2,289 12.9 39.6 – – – 2,289 12.9 39.6

Writers, authors, entertainers,

athletes, and professionals,

n.e.c. ..................................... 972 3.8 39.4 966 4.5 39.4 1,056 14.5 39.5

Technical writers ..................... 1,122 5.9 40.1 1,122 5.9 40.1 – – –

Designers ............................... 877 5.9 39.7 877 5.9 39.7 850 9.9 39.8

Actors and directors ................ 1,146 12.7 40.7 1,146 12.7 40.7 – – –

Painters, sculptors, craft

artists, and artist

printmakers ....................... 830 10.4 39.0 833 10.8 39.0 – – –

Photographers ........................ 684 10.9 39.5 682 11.6 39.5 – – –

Artists, performers, and

related workers, n.e.c. ...... 595 6.3 39.5 577 6.4 40.0 660 4.7 37.5

Editors and reporters .............. 970 11.4 39.0 975 11.6 39.0 800 8.9 39.2

Public relations specialists ...... 1,003 4.4 39.8 1,012 5.1 39.9 974 9.8 39.4

Announcers ............................ 1,403 41.0 37.2 1,403 41.0 37.2 – – –

Athletes ................................... 1,033 21.0 39.5 838 6.6 39.3 1,637 19.6 40.0

Professional, n.e.c. ................. 1,193 6.0 39.7 1,226 7.6 39.7 1,057 7.4 39.5

Technical ........................................ 821 1.5 38.9 837 1.7 38.8 713 2.1 39.5

Clinical laboratory

technologists and

technicians ........................ 663 3.4 38.8 659 3.7 38.7 692 9.8 39.6

Dental hygienists .................... 1,036 4.6 33.9 1,052 4.4 33.5 – – –

Health record technologists

and technicians ................. 672 7.2 39.6 673 7.6 39.5 660 12.7 39.8

Radiological technicians ......... 894 2.4 39.4 900 2.6 39.3 844 4.5 39.9

Licensed practical nurses ....... 636 1.3 39.1 642 1.4 39.0 611 2.2 39.5

Health technologists and

technicians, n.e.c. ............. 656 3.6 39.5 657 4.8 39.4 654 3.4 40.0

Electrical and electronic

technicians ........................ 844 6.3 40.2 850 6.0 40.2 732 14.2 39.8

Industrial engineering

technicians ........................ 887 3.9 40.2 887 3.9 40.2 – – –

Mechanical engineering

technicians ........................ 924 4.9 40.4 937 4.8 40.4 – – –

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. 897 3.6 39.8 943 4.7 40.0 763 4.0 39.3

Drafters ................................... 798 2.8 40.0 795 2.9 40.0 841 5.0 39.9

Surveying and mapping

technicians ........................ 653 6.6 39.8 626 9.0 40.0 740 8.0 39.2

Biological technicians ............. 675 5.0 39.7 680 5.8 39.7 654 6.3 39.7

Chemical technicians .............. 825 6.6 39.9 822 7.0 39.9 923 8.2 40.0

Science technicians, n.e.c. ..... 991 13.0 40.3 1,035 13.9 40.4 701 6.3 39.4

Airplane pilots and navigators 2,323 4.5 22.4 2,323 4.5 22.4 – – –

Broadcast equipment

operators .......................... 676 16.4 39.4 617 17.6 39.5 936 10.4 38.8

Computer programmers ......... 1,153 3.2 40.0 1,180 3.4 40.0 943 6.5 39.6

Tool programmers, numerical

control ............................... 768 4.8 40.0 768 4.8 40.0 – – –

Legal assistants ...................... 764 4.1 38.4 768 4.5 38.3 736 6.6 39.6

Technical and related, n.e.c. .. 822 5.7 39.6 842 6.7 39.8 751 7.1 38.9

Executive, administrative, and

managerial ................................... 1,309 2.3 40.5 1,334 2.7 40.7 1,185 2.8 39.3

See footnotes at end of table.

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private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2003 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Executive, administrative, and

managerial –Continued

Executives, administrators, and

managers .............................. $1,471 2.7 40.8 $1,488 3.2 41.1 $1,383 2.7 39.5

Legislators .............................. 564 27.5 38.1 – – – 564 27.5 38.1

Chief executives and general

administrators, public

administration ................... 1,866 15.1 43.3 – – – 1,704 4.5 39.7

Administrators and officials,

public administration ......... 1,226 3.4 39.6 1,658 16.0 39.6 1,209 3.3 39.6

Financial managers ................ 1,718 14.8 40.8 1,723 15.8 40.9 1,657 18.2 39.1

Personnel and labor relations

managers .......................... 1,330 8.5 40.5 1,303 9.0 40.6 1,639 6.1 39.4

Purchasing managers ............. 1,209 6.3 40.4 1,193 6.0 40.5 1,428 20.8 39.7

Managers, marketing,

advertising, and public

relations ............................ 1,792 8.1 41.0 1,793 8.2 41.0 1,413 20.2 40.8

Administrators, education and

related fields ..................... 1,402 3.9 39.4 1,046 6.1 39.5 1,570 4.2 39.4

Managers, medicine and

health ................................ 1,402 4.4 39.8 1,404 3.9 40.0 1,394 14.9 39.0

Managers, food servicing and

lodging establishments ..... 866 5.3 43.3 863 5.5 43.8 890 10.2 39.4

Managers, properties and real

estate ................................ 821 4.5 39.5 811 4.6 39.6 1,087 7.4 38.4

Funeral directors ..................... 941 13.3 44.2 941 13.3 44.2 – – –

Managers, service

organizations, n.e.c. ......... 1,189 9.7 41.1 1,198 10.2 41.2 1,058 6.2 39.3

Managers and administrators,

n.e.c. ................................. 1,525 3.0 41.2 1,535 3.0 41.2 1,293 7.2 40.0

Management related ................... 1,039 1.8 39.9 1,071 2.1 40.1 888 1.9 39.1

Accountants and auditors ....... 972 2.0 39.9 991 2.2 40.0 880 3.3 39.3

Underwriters ........................... 1,073 6.2 38.8 1,073 6.2 38.8 – – –

Other financial officers ............ 1,327 7.4 40.0 1,349 7.6 40.2 1,025 6.0 38.2

Management analysts ............ 1,137 4.5 40.2 1,186 4.2 40.3 883 7.2 39.5

Personnel, training, and labor

relations specialists .......... 943 2.8 40.3 953 3.1 40.5 887 4.3 38.9

Purchasing agents and

buyers, farm products ....... 1,139 18.2 39.5 1,214 18.4 39.4 – – –

Buyers, wholesale and retail

trade, except farm

products ............................ 1,001 3.9 39.9 1,002 4.0 39.9 – – –

Purchasing agents and

buyers, n.e.c. .................... 983 6.7 40.0 1,033 5.6 40.1 690 8.4 39.8

Business and promotional

agents ............................... 890 8.7 40.6 896 9.0 40.6 – – –

Construction inspectors .......... 941 4.2 39.8 918 9.8 40.4 950 4.1 39.5

Inspectors and compliance

officers, except

construction ...................... 893 2.6 39.7 1,006 5.1 40.9 801 2.8 38.8

Management related, n.e.c. .... 996 1.7 39.8 1,005 2.2 39.9 953 3.1 39.1

Sales .................................................. 705 1.9 40.1 706 1.9 40.1 541 7.5 38.2

Supervisors, sales .................. 804 3.3 41.4 804 3.4 41.4 676 8.3 39.7

Insurance sales ...................... 907 8.5 39.6 907 8.5 39.6 – – –

Real estate sales .................... 928 8.6 39.4 934 9.1 39.5 816 7.4 38.3

Securities and financial

services sales ................... 1,933 7.5 40.3 1,933 7.5 40.3 – – –

Advertising and related sales 854 11.1 38.8 854 11.2 38.8 – – –

Sales, other business services 904 6.4 40.5 905 6.4 40.5 – – –

Sales engineers ...................... 1,459 5.1 42.0 1,459 5.1 42.0 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2003 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Sales –Continued

Sales representatives, mining,

manufacturing, and

wholesale .......................... $1,083 3.5 40.4 $1,083 3.5 40.4 – – –

Sales workers, motor vehicles

and boats .......................... 852 4.3 44.4 852 4.3 44.4 – – –

Sales workers, apparel ........... 378 6.6 37.4 378 6.6 37.4 – – –

Sales workers, shoes ............. 425 8.9 39.3 425 8.9 39.3 – – –

Sales workers, furniture and

home furnishings .............. 565 7.7 41.4 565 7.7 41.4 – – –

Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi,

and appliances ................. 836 25.9 39.8 836 25.9 39.8 – – –

Sales workers, hardware and

building supplies ............... 581 5.0 40.6 581 5.0 40.6 – – –

Sales workers, parts ............... 579 5.1 40.5 579 5.1 40.5 – – –

Sales workers, other

commodities ..................... 524 4.7 39.2 524 4.7 39.2 – – –

Sales counter clerks ............... 422 7.6 39.1 422 7.7 39.1 – – –

Cashiers ................................. 359 2.2 39.2 356 2.3 39.3 $487 9.0 37.8

Street and door-to-door sales

workers ............................. 932 17.2 40.0 932 17.2 40.0 – – –

Demonstrators, promoters,

and models, sales ............. 556 5.9 39.8 556 5.9 39.8 – – –

Sales support, n.e.c. ............... 636 8.3 40.0 636 8.4 40.1 – – –

Administrative support, including

clerical ......................................... 553 .7 39.3 553 .7 39.4 552 1.4 38.6

Supervisors, general office ..... 738 2.6 39.6 743 3.0 39.6 716 3.1 39.5

Supervisors, computer

equipment operators ......... 820 8.9 39.8 800 12.3 40.0 – – –

Supervisors, financial records

processing ........................ 798 2.8 39.3 800 3.0 39.4 771 8.3 37.8

Chief communications

operators .......................... 802 5.3 40.0 – – – 811 5.1 40.0

Supervisors, distribution,

scheduling, and adjusting

clerks ................................ 839 4.3 40.5 850 4.9 40.7 794 8.7 39.5

Computer operators ................ 623 3.0 39.7 637 2.2 39.8 592 8.1 39.5

Peripheral equipment

operators .......................... 516 7.9 39.2 504 9.6 39.7 – – –

Secretaries ............................. 606 .9 38.9 612 1.3 38.9 587 3.1 39.0

Stenographers ........................ 682 4.9 38.8 633 7.8 39.7 748 8.2 37.5

Typists .................................... 559 2.4 38.6 580 4.8 38.9 538 3.2 38.3

Interviewers ............................ 473 3.4 39.6 472 3.4 39.6 483 13.5 39.8

Hotel clerks ............................. 359 3.2 39.5 359 3.2 39.5 – – –

Transportation ticket and

reservation agents ............ 544 6.4 39.2 536 6.6 39.2 – – –

Receptionists .......................... 446 1.5 39.3 446 1.6 39.3 428 4.3 39.3

Information clerks, n.e.c. ........ 528 2.7 39.6 525 2.7 39.7 577 5.6 38.9

Correspondence clerks ........... 549 3.1 40.0 553 3.4 40.0 – – –

Order clerks ............................ 565 2.5 39.8 564 2.5 39.8 639 14.9 40.0

Personnel clerks, except

payroll and timekeeping .... 606 2.7 39.8 606 3.0 39.9 605 5.3 39.5

Library clerks .......................... 480 3.5 37.9 501 5.7 38.1 474 4.5 37.9

File clerks ............................... 423 2.3 39.3 421 2.5 39.3 445 6.9 39.2

Records clerks, n.e.c. ............. 532 2.0 39.4 532 2.1 39.5 530 3.7 39.2

Bookkeepers, accounting and

auditing clerks ................... 563 1.6 39.3 560 1.8 39.4 587 2.2 39.2

Payroll and timekeeping clerks 616 3.2 39.5 610 3.7 39.6 652 4.2 39.0

Billing clerks ............................ 509 2.8 39.7 508 3.0 39.7 539 9.5 40.0

Cost and rate clerks ................ 482 14.7 39.9 482 14.7 39.9 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2003 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Administrative support, including

clerical –Continued

Billing, posting, and

calculating machine

operators .......................... $510 5.0 39.5 $511 5.1 39.5 – – –

Duplicating machine operators 477 7.4 39.5 492 5.7 39.2 $454 14.8 39.9

Mail preparing and paper

handling machine

operators .......................... 465 5.4 39.7 465 5.4 39.7 – – –

Office machine operators,

n.e.c. ................................. 419 4.4 39.6 415 4.7 39.6 – – –

Telephone operators .............. 537 7.0 38.8 539 7.2 38.8 519 9.2 39.4

Communications equipment

operators, n.e.c. ................ 461 12.2 39.3 441 13.1 39.2 – – –

Mail clerks, except postal

service .............................. 456 4.1 38.9 462 4.1 38.8 394 13.8 39.7

Messengers ............................ 399 10.2 39.7 387 9.3 40.0 496 14.1 37.2

Dispatchers ............................. 649 5.9 40.4 642 6.4 40.8 657 6.9 39.9

Production coordinators .......... 709 3.5 40.0 709 3.5 40.0 680 18.0 39.3

Traffic, shipping and receiving

clerks ................................ 526 2.4 39.9 525 2.4 39.9 590 6.0 38.6

Stock and inventory clerks ...... 507 2.4 39.8 504 2.6 39.8 535 4.6 39.1

Meter readers ......................... 669 4.0 40.0 674 5.3 40.0 650 7.4 40.0

Weighers, measurers,

checkers, and samplers .... 580 8.8 40.0 578 8.8 40.0 – – –

Expeditors ............................... 612 4.8 39.0 609 4.9 39.0 – – –

Material recording, scheduling,

and distribution clerks,

n.e.c. ................................. 476 4.3 39.8 474 4.4 39.8 – – –

Insurance adjusters,

examiners, and

investigators ..................... 690 4.0 38.9 691 4.1 38.9 622 8.3 40.0

Investigators and adjusters,

except insurance .............. 602 2.1 39.7 600 2.1 39.7 724 5.5 40.0

Eligibility clerks, social welfare 583 2.6 39.0 509 3.5 39.4 632 2.5 38.8

Bill and account collectors ...... 564 3.8 39.5 560 4.0 39.5 640 5.4 39.5

General office clerks ............... 516 1.0 39.2 511 1.2 39.2 529 1.7 39.1

Bank tellers ............................. 416 1.5 39.5 416 1.5 39.5 – – –

Proofreaders ........................... 706 15.6 39.7 562 8.0 39.6 – – –

Data entry keyers ................... 478 3.2 39.6 470 3.7 39.6 517 3.1 39.3

Statistical clerks ...................... 540 4.0 39.4 552 4.1 39.3 487 9.4 39.9

Teachers’ aides ...................... 386 1.8 36.0 353 3.1 36.9 390 1.9 35.9

Administrative support, n.e.c. 567 1.5 39.3 568 1.8 39.4 566 2.5 38.6

Blue collar ............................................. 615 1.0 40.0 611 1.1 40.1 685 1.5 39.5

Precision production, craft, and

repair ............................................ 758 1.2 40.0 757 1.2 40.0 778 2.1 39.8

Supervisors, mechanics and

repairers ........................... 946 2.7 40.9 946 2.9 41.1 945 4.8 39.8

Automobile mechanics ........... 727 4.0 40.3 718 4.0 40.4 816 11.4 39.8

Automobile mechanic

apprentices ....................... 514 10.3 41.1 507 10.8 41.1 – – –

Bus, truck, and stationary

engine mechanics ............. 696 2.1 40.1 690 2.4 40.1 747 4.1 40.0

Small engine repairers ............ 594 5.3 40.0 593 5.4 40.0 – – –

Automobile body and related

repairers ........................... 642 3.6 40.1 641 3.5 40.1 – – –

Aircraft mechanics, except

engine ............................... 1,028 6.8 40.0 1,028 6.8 40.0 – – –

Heavy equipment mechanics 743 3.7 39.9 736 4.5 39.9 776 6.2 40.0

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2003 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Blue collar –Continued

Precision production, craft, and

repair –Continued

Farm equipment mechanics ... $571 4.8 41.4 $572 4.9 41.5 – – –

Industrial machinery repairers 789 1.8 39.8 788 1.8 39.8 $873 9.8 40.0

Machinery maintenance ......... 629 4.5 39.8 630 4.6 39.8 602 14.7 38.0

Electronic repairers,

communications and

industrial equipment ......... 868 4.8 40.0 868 5.1 40.0 866 6.5 40.0

Data processing equipment

repairers ........................... 681 10.9 39.7 680 11.8 39.7 – – –

Household appliance and

power tool repairers .......... 620 5.3 40.1 620 5.3 40.1 – – –

Telephone line installers and

repairers ........................... 971 3.7 39.9 976 3.7 39.9 – – –

Telephone installers and

repairers ........................... 918 2.1 40.0 916 2.2 40.0 – – –

Heating, air conditioning, and

refrigeration mechanics .... 712 3.5 40.0 715 4.0 40.0 685 6.4 40.0

Locksmiths and safe repairers 600 8.8 41.0 575 8.3 41.2 – – –

Office machine repairers ........ 615 7.5 39.9 614 7.5 39.9 – – –

Mechanical controls and valve

repairers ........................... 881 3.9 40.0 897 4.9 40.0 827 6.4 40.0

Elevator installers and

repairers ........................... 1,501 12.9 40.0 – – – – – –

Millwrights ............................... 861 5.2 40.0 862 5.2 40.0 – – –

Mechanics and repairers,

n.e.c. ................................. 636 3.1 39.5 630 3.5 39.5 673 3.5 39.8

Supervisors, brickmasons,

stonemasons, and

tilesetters .......................... 852 16.1 40.0 – – – – – –

Supervisors, carpenters and

related workers ................. 1,001 3.6 40.6 1,001 3.6 40.6 – – –

Supervisors, electricians and

power transmission

installers ........................... 1,188 4.6 40.0 1,202 4.6 40.0 1,034 13.8 39.9

Supervisors, painters,

paperhangers, and

plasterers .......................... 862 5.8 40.5 859 5.9 40.5 – – –

Supervisors, plumbers,

pipefitters, and

steamfitters ....................... 1,073 3.6 40.0 1,054 4.9 40.0 1,138 13.1 40.0

Supervisors, construction

trades, n.e.c. ..................... 856 4.2 40.4 862 5.4 40.5 839 5.9 39.9

Brickmasons and

stonemasons .................... 986 8.5 40.0 988 8.5 40.0 – – –

Tile setters, hard and soft ....... 761 12.1 40.0 761 12.1 40.0 – – –

Carpet installers ...................... 724 16.9 40.0 724 16.9 40.0 – – –

Carpenters .............................. 753 4.0 40.0 749 4.4 40.0 805 6.7 39.5

Carpenter apprentices ............ 541 7.2 40.0 541 7.2 40.0 – – –

Drywall installers ..................... 827 7.7 40.0 827 7.7 40.0 – – –

Electricians ............................. 950 2.7 39.7 964 3.0 39.7 829 5.7 39.9

Electrician apprentices ........... 598 3.8 39.9 596 3.8 39.9 – – –

Electrical power installers and

repairers ........................... 993 3.5 40.0 990 4.1 40.0 1,011 6.2 40.0

Painters, construction and

maintenance ..................... 561 5.2 39.6 547 5.5 39.6 743 7.9 39.6

Plasterers ............................... 574 12.8 39.5 548 13.5 39.5 – – –

Plumbers, pipefitters and

steamfitters ....................... 892 2.6 39.9 902 2.8 39.9 746 7.6 39.5

Plumber, pipefitter, and

steamfitter apprentices ..... 541 3.1 40.0 534 3.2 40.0 718 9.8 40.0

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2003 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Blue collar –Continued

Precision production, craft, and

repair –Continued

Concrete and terrazzo

finishers ............................ $713 11.9 39.4 $713 12.0 39.4 – – –

Glaziers .................................. 711 6.6 40.0 641 8.8 40.0 – – –

Insulation workers ................... 655 8.8 39.7 655 8.9 39.7 – – –

Paving, surfacing, and

tamping equipment

operators .......................... 619 16.7 41.2 630 19.0 41.4 $553 3.1 40.0

Roofers ................................... 637 8.4 39.3 637 8.4 39.3 – – –

Sheet metal duct installers ..... 899 14.1 40.0 899 14.1 40.0 – – –

Structural metal workers ......... 786 6.4 40.0 775 6.5 40.0 – – –

Drillers, earth .......................... 661 5.4 40.0 661 5.4 40.0 – – –

Construction trades, n.e.c. ...... 667 5.2 39.9 684 6.8 39.9 626 3.8 39.8

Supervisors, extractive ........... 1,165 14.9 42.3 1,165 14.9 42.3 – – –

Mining machine operators ...... 780 11.1 40.0 780 11.1 40.0 – – –

Mining, n.e.c. .......................... 664 11.6 40.0 664 11.6 40.0 – – –

Supervisors, production .......... 818 2.2 40.4 817 2.2 40.4 849 13.1 40.0

Tool and die makers ............... 887 2.3 40.1 888 2.3 40.1 – – –

Tool and die maker

apprentices ....................... 702 6.1 39.8 702 6.1 39.8 – – –

Precision assemblers, metal ... 785 5.0 40.0 785 5.0 40.0 – – –

Machinists ............................... 768 2.5 39.9 766 2.5 39.9 – – –

Machinist apprentices ............. 557 10.7 40.0 557 10.7 40.0 – – –

Boilermakers ........................... 704 5.2 39.9 709 5.5 40.0 – – –

Precision grinders, filers, and

tool sharpeners ................. 604 10.9 40.2 604 10.9 40.2 – – –

Patternmakers and

modelmakers, metal ......... 848 10.7 40.0 848 10.7 40.0 – – –

Layout workers ....................... 661 15.5 40.0 661 15.5 40.0 – – –

Precious stones and metals

workers ............................. 535 14.9 39.8 535 14.9 39.8 – – –

Engravers, metal .................... 665 16.9 40.0 665 16.9 40.0 – – –

Sheet metal workers ............... 659 6.6 39.1 659 6.6 39.1 – – –

Sheet metal worker

apprentices ....................... 545 14.3 39.5 545 14.3 39.5 – – –

Patternmakers and

modelmakers, wood ......... 695 14.6 40.0 695 14.6 40.0 – – –

Cabinet makers and bench

carpenters ......................... 502 5.8 40.0 498 5.9 40.0 – – –

Furniture and wood finishers .. 514 7.4 40.0 514 7.4 40.0 – – –

Tailors ..................................... 519 6.7 39.3 519 6.7 39.3 – – –

Upholsterers ........................... 605 15.7 39.9 605 15.7 39.9 – – –

Hand molders and shapers,

except jewelers ................. 618 12.8 40.0 618 12.8 40.0 – – –

Patternmakers, layout

workers, and cutters ......... 668 11.2 40.0 669 11.2 40.0 – – –

Optical goods workers ............ 505 6.7 39.9 505 6.7 39.9 – – –

Dental laboratory and medical

appliance technicians ....... 582 1.9 39.7 577 1.9 39.7 – – –

Bookbinders ............................ 565 8.3 39.8 565 8.3 39.8 – – –

Electrical and electronic

equipment assemblers ..... 506 4.1 39.9 506 4.1 39.9 – – –

Miscellaneous precision

workers, n.e.c. .................. 563 12.2 39.9 563 12.2 39.9 – – –

Butchers and meat cutters ...... 478 4.4 39.8 478 4.4 39.8 – – –

Bakers .................................... 455 8.3 39.6 453 9.0 39.6 – – –

Food batchmakers .................. 506 5.8 40.2 506 5.8 40.2 – – –

Inspectors, testers, and

graders ............................. 729 3.0 40.2 723 3.1 40.2 851 8.0 40.0

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2003 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Blue collar –Continued

Precision production, craft, and

repair –Continued

Precision inspectors, testers,

and related workers, n.e.c. $847 9.8 40.0 $847 9.8 40.0 – – –

Adjusters and calibrators ........ 673 12.3 38.3 673 12.3 38.3 – – –

Water and sewer treatment

plant operators .................. 738 2.7 40.0 679 12.9 40.0 $748 3.0 40.0

Power plant operators ............ 1,056 3.4 40.0 1,058 3.7 40.0 1,033 8.0 39.7

Stationary engineers ............... 893 4.7 39.6 880 5.6 39.6 912 9.0 39.6

Miscellaneous plant and

system operators, n.e.c. ... 889 4.1 40.4 895 4.2 40.4 692 5.8 40.0

Machine operators, assemblers,

and inspectors ............................ 534 1.4 39.8 534 1.4 39.8 657 10.1 39.6

Lathe and turning-machine

set-up operators ............... 652 5.3 39.9 652 5.3 39.9 – – –

Lathe and turning-machine

operators .......................... 635 5.7 40.0 635 5.7 40.0 – – –

Milling and planing machine

operators .......................... 537 5.9 40.0 537 5.9 40.0 – – –

Punching and stamping press

operators .......................... 524 7.4 40.0 524 7.4 40.0 – – –

Rolling machine operators ...... 587 10.1 40.0 587 10.1 40.0 – – –

Drilling and boring machine

operators .......................... 497 9.8 40.0 497 9.8 40.0 – – –

Grinding, abrading, buffing,

and polishing machine

operators .......................... 542 3.5 39.9 542 3.5 39.9 – – –

Forging machine operators ..... 541 7.7 39.8 541 7.7 39.8 – – –

Numerical control machine

operators .......................... 604 3.9 40.0 604 3.9 40.0 – – –

Fabricating machine

operators, n.e.c. ................ 604 3.5 39.9 604 3.5 39.9 – – –

Molding and casting machine

operators .......................... 501 3.0 39.8 501 3.0 39.8 – – –

Metal plating machine

operators .......................... 530 5.4 39.9 530 5.4 39.9 – – –

Heat treating equipment

operators .......................... 626 6.4 40.0 626 6.4 40.0 – – –

Wood lathe, routing, and

planing machine operators 501 2.3 40.0 501 2.3 40.0 – – –

Sawing machine operators ..... 451 4.2 39.9 451 4.2 39.9 – – –

Shaping and joining machine

operators .......................... 504 3.5 40.0 504 3.5 40.0 – – –

Nailing and tacking machine

operators .......................... 430 4.2 38.1 430 4.2 38.1 – – –

Printing press operators ......... 632 2.3 39.5 632 2.3 39.5 580 5.8 39.0

Photoengravers and

lithographers ..................... 672 4.6 39.5 672 4.6 39.5 – – –

Typesetters and compositors 570 8.7 38.7 571 8.8 38.7 – – –

Winding and twisting machine

operators .......................... 518 7.7 39.8 518 7.7 39.8 – – –

Knitting, looping, taping, and

weaving machine

operators .......................... 449 4.9 39.8 449 4.9 39.8 – – –

Textile cutting machine

operators .......................... 420 4.2 38.7 420 4.2 38.7 – – –

Textile sewing machine

operators .......................... 339 5.7 39.4 339 5.7 39.4 – – –

Pressing machine operators ... 344 4.4 39.7 344 4.4 39.7 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2003 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Blue collar –Continued

Machine operators, assemblers,

and inspectors –Continued

Laundering and dry cleaning

machine operators ............ $362 4.8 39.5 $359 5.1 39.5 $411 9.6 39.7

Cementing and gluing

machine operators ............ 452 8.2 40.0 452 8.2 40.0 – – –

Packaging and filling machine

operators .......................... 507 3.9 39.9 507 3.9 39.9 – – –

Extruding and forming

machine operators ............ 530 4.6 39.4 530 4.6 39.4 – – –

Mixing and blending machine

operators .......................... 605 5.2 39.8 605 5.2 39.8 – – –

Separating, filtering, and

clarifying machine

operators .......................... 754 5.4 39.9 754 5.5 39.9 – – –

Compressing and compacting

machine operators ............ 467 3.8 39.9 467 3.8 39.9 – – –

Painting and paint spraying

machine operators ............ 565 3.5 40.1 565 3.5 40.1 – – –

Roasting and baking machine

operators, food ................. 495 10.5 40.0 495 10.5 40.0 – – –

Washing, cleaning, and

pickling machine operators 554 12.0 40.0 554 12.0 40.0 – – –

Folding machine operators ..... 540 6.6 40.0 540 6.6 40.0 – – –

Furnace, kiln, and oven

operators, except food ...... 588 6.4 39.9 585 6.6 39.9 684 1.6 39.2

Crushing and grinding

machine operators ............ 563 6.2 40.0 563 6.2 40.0 – – –

Slicing and cutting machine

operators .......................... 536 4.1 39.9 536 4.1 39.9 – – –

Photographic process

machine operators ............ 468 4.5 39.9 468 4.5 39.9 – – –

Miscellaneous machine

operators, n.e.c. ................ 553 2.5 39.7 553 2.5 39.7 757 16.8 39.2

Welders and cutters ................ 639 2.2 39.9 632 2.2 39.9 839 8.2 40.0

Solderers and brazers ............ 449 8.4 40.0 449 8.4 40.0 – – –

Assemblers ............................. 559 4.0 40.0 559 4.0 40.0 – – –

Hand cutting and trimming ...... 388 11.4 40.0 388 11.4 40.0 – – –

Hand molding, casting, and

forming .............................. 454 12.1 40.0 454 12.1 40.0 – – –

Hand painting, coating, and

decorating ......................... 379 13.9 39.8 379 13.9 39.8 – – –

Hand engraving and printing .. 540 17.9 39.0 540 17.9 39.0 – – –

Miscellaneous hand working,

n.e.c. ................................. 454 5.4 39.8 454 5.4 39.8 – – –

Production inspectors,

checkers and examiners ... 550 4.4 39.8 550 4.4 39.8 – – –

Production testers ................... 502 5.7 39.9 502 5.7 39.9 – – –

Production samplers and

weighers ........................... 483 10.9 40.0 483 10.9 40.0 – – –

Graders and sorters, except

agricultural ........................ 403 6.8 39.4 403 6.8 39.4 – – –

Hand inspectors, n.e.c. ........... 432 7.9 39.9 432 7.9 39.9 – – –

Transportation and material

moving ......................................... 621 1.7 40.9 620 1.8 41.1 631 2.1 38.7

Supervisors, motor vehicle

operators .......................... 763 5.0 42.3 784 4.3 43.0 694 12.4 39.9

Truckdrivers ............................ 624 2.0 41.8 623 2.1 41.8 641 5.4 39.9

Driver-sales workers ............... 591 5.5 40.6 590 5.5 40.6 – – –

Busdrivers ............................... 574 2.7 37.3 479 6.9 39.3 606 2.9 36.6

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2003 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Blue collar –Continued

Transportation and material

moving –Continued

Taxicab drivers and

chauffeurs ......................... $389 5.1 38.9 $389 5.3 38.8 $418 9.3 40.0

Parking lot attendants ............. 358 11.3 40.0 356 11.9 40.0 – – –

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ..... 458 5.3 39.4 416 5.4 39.5 669 9.1 39.1

Railroad conductors and

yardmasters ...................... 996 14.3 40.0 991 14.5 40.0 – – –

Locomotive operating ............. 1,083 12.7 40.0 1,122 14.9 40.0 927 4.0 40.0

Railroad brake, signal, and

switch operators ............... 1,010 5.1 40.0 – – – – – –

Rail vehicle operators, n.e.c. .. 859 4.3 40.0 833 6.5 40.0 – – –

Ship captains and mates,

except fishing boats .......... 789 9.0 47.6 778 9.0 48.0 – – –

Sailors and deckhands ........... 554 3.1 49.9 530 4.9 51.5 – – –

Marine engineers .................... 802 17.7 41.4 795 18.3 41.4 – – –

Bridge, lock and lighthouse

tenders .............................. 532 12.7 39.9 – – – – – –

Supervisors, material moving

equipment ......................... 857 3.6 41.2 860 3.6 41.3 773 6.6 38.6

Operating engineers ............... 783 7.0 39.7 890 9.3 39.6 628 8.6 39.9

Crane and tower operators ..... 697 5.9 40.0 693 6.0 40.0 – – –

Excavating and loading

machine operators ............ 650 5.0 39.9 652 5.4 39.9 639 10.6 39.8

Grader, dozer, and scraper

operators .......................... 638 5.2 39.9 676 6.4 40.0 595 9.4 39.9

Industrial truck and tractor

equipment operators ......... 549 2.3 39.9 549 2.4 39.9 540 3.2 40.0

Miscellaneous material

moving equipment

operators, n.e.c. ................ 641 4.1 39.9 644 4.8 39.9 619 4.8 39.4

Handlers, equipment cleaners,

helpers, and laborers ................. 464 1.5 39.7 456 1.5 39.7 574 2.6 39.8

Nursery workers ..................... 420 6.8 39.9 423 6.8 39.9 – – –

Supervisors,

agriculture-related workers 842 11.3 40.7 849 15.2 40.9 819 6.7 40.0

Groundskeepers and

gardeners, except farm ..... 465 3.2 39.7 430 4.3 39.6 543 4.4 39.8

Animal caretakers, except

farm .................................. 436 7.9 39.2 405 7.4 39.4 588 18.4 38.5

Inspectors, agricultural

products ............................ 399 13.8 40.0 399 13.8 40.0 – – –

Supervisors, handlers,

equipment cleaners, and

laborers, n.e.c. .................. 777 6.0 39.5 777 7.2 39.4 776 6.4 40.0

Helpers, mechanics and

repairers ........................... 468 3.9 39.6 445 3.2 39.7 599 7.9 39.2

Helpers, construction trades ... 464 3.5 39.9 461 3.7 39.9 549 6.4 40.0

Helpers, extractive .................. 391 14.8 40.0 391 14.8 40.0 – – –

Construction laborers ............. 539 3.1 39.6 542 3.4 39.6 504 5.4 39.5

Production helpers .................. 417 6.1 39.8 417 6.1 39.8 – – –

Garbage collectors ................. 590 7.5 40.8 542 5.4 41.2 683 12.5 39.9

Stock handlers and baggers ... 442 2.4 39.6 441 2.4 39.6 505 8.1 39.9

Machine feeders and

offbearers ......................... 424 3.4 39.7 425 3.4 39.7 – – –

Freight, stock, and material

handlers, n.e.c. ................. 486 2.7 39.7 486 2.7 39.7 532 14.0 40.0

Garage and service station

related ............................... 362 3.9 39.8 356 4.0 39.8 520 12.7 40.0

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2003 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Blue collar –Continued

Handlers, equipment cleaners,

helpers, and laborers

–Continued

Vehicle washers and

equipment cleaners .......... $402 4.1 39.9 $401 4.2 39.9 $562 6.8 39.6

Hand packers and packagers 381 3.8 39.6 381 3.8 39.6 – – –

Laborers, except construction,

n.e.c. ................................. 443 2.6 39.6 430 2.7 39.5 555 4.9 40.0

Service ................................................... 446 2.1 38.8 372 1.5 38.5 691 1.4 40.1

Protective service ....................... 718 3.1 40.6 417 3.3 39.4 866 2.4 41.2

Supervisors, firefighters and

fire prevention ................... 1,268 5.3 48.9 – – – 1,276 5.4 48.9

Supervisors, police and

detectives ......................... 1,192 3.5 40.2 – – – 1,195 3.5 40.2

Supervisors, guards ................ 764 7.0 39.5 630 7.1 39.4 1,013 8.3 39.7

Fire inspection and fire

prevention ......................... 765 14.3 41.7 – – – 884 11.7 42.1

Firefighting .............................. 896 2.6 48.0 805 11.4 47.8 899 2.6 48.0

Police and detectives, public

service .............................. 945 1.2 40.0 – – – 946 1.2 40.0

Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law

enforcement officers ......... 746 2.1 39.8 – – – 755 2.0 39.8

Correctional institution officers 667 5.3 39.8 – – – 671 5.4 39.8

Guards and police, except

public service .................... 401 3.5 39.3 397 3.5 39.3 507 8.2 38.5

Protective service, n.e.c. ........ 547 8.8 38.9 397 5.5 39.1 653 6.3 38.8

Food service ............................... 317 1.3 38.2 313 1.4 38.3 397 3.0 36.4

Waiters, waitresses, and

bartenders .......................... 195 3.6 37.1 194 3.6 37.1 – – –

Bartenders .............................. 273 5.5 37.5 273 5.5 37.5 – – –

Waiters and waitresses .......... 165 4.9 36.8 164 4.8 36.8 – – –

Waiters’/Waitresses’

assistants .......................... 239 5.1 37.9 237 5.7 37.9 – – –

Other food service .................... 362 1.6 38.5 359 1.8 38.7 396 3.0 36.4

Supervisors, food preparation

and service ....................... 536 2.4 41.2 541 2.6 41.6 501 5.7 37.8

Cooks ..................................... 375 1.5 38.6 374 1.6 38.8 395 5.0 35.5

Kitchen workers, food

preparation ....................... 335 2.3 38.8 333 2.5 38.9 352 4.8 37.8

Food preparation, n.e.c. ......... 310 1.5 37.8 303 1.5 38.0 365 5.5 35.8

Health service ............................. 422 1.4 38.7 411 1.6 38.6 499 2.1 39.3

Dental assistants .................... 538 4.2 36.5 538 4.2 36.4 524 10.3 40.0

Health aides, except nursing .. 460 3.0 39.2 447 3.7 39.2 531 3.5 39.3

Nursing aides, orderlies, and

attendants ......................... 394 1.0 38.8 379 1.1 38.7 487 2.3 39.3

Cleaning and building service ..... 430 1.9 39.3 406 1.7 39.2 505 2.7 39.6

Supervisors, cleaning and

building service workers ... 646 4.7 39.8 616 4.6 39.8 728 9.5 39.8

Maids and housemen ............. 318 3.2 38.6 318 3.3 38.5 329 5.4 39.9

Janitors and cleaners ............. 439 1.8 39.5 415 2.8 39.4 488 2.0 39.6

Pest control ............................. 544 7.9 39.9 542 8.4 39.9 – – –

Personal service ......................... 398 5.8 37.4 390 5.7 37.3 467 5.2 37.5

Supervisors, personal service 619 7.5 40.5 611 8.9 40.7 711 8.9 38.6

Hairdressers and

cosmetologists .................. 514 7.9 37.5 514 7.9 37.5 – – –

Attendants, amusement and

recreation facilities ............ 277 3.2 39.8 275 2.6 39.8 361 11.4 40.0

Guides .................................... 554 10.8 39.8 554 10.8 39.8 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2003 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Service –Continued

Personal service –Continued

Public transportation

attendants ......................... $620 2.7 19.7 $622 2.3 18.8 $593 18.4 37.1

Baggage porters and bellhops 285 4.8 38.7 285 4.8 38.7 – – –

Welfare service aides ............. 420 3.7 38.6 406 3.9 38.5 484 8.4 39.0

Early childhood teachers’

assistants .......................... 335 4.1 38.2 312 5.9 38.5 401 3.1 37.1

Childcare workers, n.e.c. ........ 373 4.9 39.0 346 3.7 39.6 494 20.8 36.1

Service, n.e.c. ......................... 434 5.2 39.2 427 5.9 39.3 507 4.5 38.1

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

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

are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and

tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the

number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule

based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a

35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one

establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is

the minimum full-time schedule. 3 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between

December 2002 and January 2004. The average reference period was July 2003. 4 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to

cover all workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see appendix B in

"National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States" on the

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

percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a

sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A in "National

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

Internet site www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm. 6 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a

week, exclusive of overtime.

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

publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall

occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2003

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

All ............................................................... $37,784 1.0 2,011 $37,097 1.1 2,053 $41,040 0.8 1,815

All excluding sales .............................. 37,882 1.1 2,006 37,142 1.2 2,050 41,080 .8 1,814

White Collar ........................................... 45,491 .8 1,985 45,962 1.0 2,059 43,858 .8 1,728

White collar excluding sales ........... 46,942 .8 1,969 47,997 1.1 2,054 43,928 .9 1,727

Professional specialty and

technical ...................................... 53,635 .8 1,866 56,927 1.1 2,024 48,069 .8 1,601

Professional specialty ..................... 56,512 .8 1,826 62,274 1.3 2,026 48,984 .8 1,565

Engineers, architects, and

surveyors .............................. 72,111 1.2 2,106 73,164 1.3 2,111 60,435 2.2 2,045

Architects ................................ 65,334 3.9 2,096 66,034 4.4 2,103 61,038 5.6 2,049

Aerospace engineers .............. 82,113 7.5 2,084 82,113 7.5 2,084 – – –

Metallurgical and materials

engineers .......................... 64,716 5.6 2,097 66,294 6.2 2,104 – – –

Petroleum engineers .............. 97,280 6.8 2,080 97,280 6.8 2,080 – – –

Chemical engineers ................ 84,759 4.0 2,080 84,796 4.0 2,080 – – –

Nuclear engineers .................. 76,577 3.4 2,080 77,070 3.0 2,080 – – –

Civil engineers ........................ 63,060 3.1 2,089 63,931 4.1 2,112 61,231 3.0 2,041

Electrical and electronic

engineers .......................... 79,151 3.0 2,136 79,558 3.0 2,137 65,614 6.6 2,086

Industrial engineers ................ 64,833 1.8 2,127 64,914 1.8 2,127 53,140 9.4 2,080

Mechanical engineers ............. 67,021 2.3 2,117 67,475 2.3 2,124 – – –

Marine engineers and naval

architects .......................... 61,904 11.5 2,080 – – – – – –

Engineers, n.e.c. ..................... 74,992 2.2 2,087 76,158 2.4 2,089 58,934 4.2 2,056

Surveyors and mapping

scientists ........................... 64,935 9.4 2,164 65,773 9.3 2,173 – – –

Mathematical and computer

scientists ............................... 69,433 1.8 2,081 70,301 1.8 2,083 55,262 4.5 2,052

Computer systems analysts

and scientists .................... 69,480 1.8 2,082 70,424 1.9 2,084 55,568 4.6 2,053

Operations and systems

researchers and analysts 68,961 5.6 2,069 69,077 5.5 2,069 – – –

Actuaries ................................. 76,625 4.7 2,113 76,625 4.7 2,113 – – –

Statisticians ............................ 58,706 10.8 2,055 63,261 11.9 2,057 – – –

Natural scientists ........................ 57,965 5.0 2,064 63,580 4.4 2,068 46,624 6.2 2,056

Physicists and astronomers .... 78,375 9.7 2,070 89,160 9.2 2,066 – – –

Chemists, except biochemists 57,589 3.9 2,069 57,579 4.3 2,067 57,677 6.5 2,080

Geologists and geodesists ..... 72,235 10.5 2,120 76,439 12.5 2,138 53,770 20.5 2,044

Physical scientists, n.e.c. ........ 63,918 8.5 2,082 70,457 7.2 2,083 46,849 8.5 2,078

Agricultural and food scientists 51,923 7.0 2,031 57,379 15.3 2,041 49,233 7.9 2,026

Biological and life scientists .... 55,136 14.2 2,038 67,218 7.1 2,024 41,326 5.6 2,055

Forestry and conservation

scientists ........................... 44,207 8.8 2,093 – – – 44,063 10.6 2,071

Medical scientists ................... 51,490 5.3 2,046 53,709 8.3 2,053 48,333 5.8 2,036

Health related ............................. 59,373 2.5 2,028 60,702 3.0 2,037 53,171 2.9 1,983

Physicians .............................. 117,664 6.1 2,254 126,280 6.1 2,190 84,694 9.6 2,496

Dentists ................................... 81,568 9.7 2,136 79,984 6.5 2,075 – – –

Optometrists ........................... 107,232 16.4 1,995 107,232 16.4 1,995 – – –

Registered nurses .................. 51,513 1.2 2,003 52,077 1.5 2,011 48,895 1.6 1,961

Pharmacists ............................ 82,522 1.4 2,061 83,127 1.2 2,061 73,424 8.3 2,069

Dietitians ................................. 43,112 4.2 2,068 45,087 5.8 2,077 39,516 3.0 2,053

Respiratory therapists ............. 43,134 2.3 2,027 43,141 2.4 2,029 43,025 2.8 2,006

Occupational therapists .......... 49,694 3.7 2,002 49,817 4.1 2,042 48,875 4.1 1,735

Physical therapists .................. 55,110 1.6 2,033 54,920 1.7 2,057 56,995 6.4 1,799

Speech therapists ................... 49,912 4.0 1,678 48,820 2.6 2,048 50,506 4.4 1,477

Therapists, n.e.c. .................... 38,530 12.1 2,046 36,525 14.4 2,050 45,117 9.3 2,036

Physicians’ assistants ............. 73,744 6.2 2,081 74,779 5.4 2,082 – – –

Teachers, college and university 66,945 2.3 1,587 70,249 3.2 1,598 65,478 3.0 1,583

Earth, environmental, and

marine science teachers ... 69,306 15.2 1,540 – – – 69,951 15.0 1,542

Biological science teachers .... 74,749 11.5 1,600 82,198 18.8 1,590 69,753 13.5 1,607

Chemistry teachers ................. 59,020 10.5 1,550 79,068 4.7 1,493 52,106 8.4 1,569

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2003 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White Collar –Continued

Professional specialty and

technical –Continued

Professional specialty –Continued

Teachers, college and university

–Continued

Physics teachers .................... $78,061 9.1 1,483 $92,241 9.0 1,671 – – –

Natural science teachers,

n.e.c. ................................. 63,013 3.6 1,427 – – – $63,175 3.8 1,423

Psychology teachers .............. 60,203 5.1 1,572 60,835 6.1 1,527 59,719 7.6 1,607

Economics teachers ............... 97,136 11.6 1,546 59,001 19.6 1,344 – – –

History teachers ...................... 60,433 8.1 1,585 55,145 6.8 1,581 66,211 10.8 1,589

Political science teachers ....... 56,177 8.1 1,616 63,274 8.4 1,881 52,761 12.4 1,488

Sociology teachers ................. 68,331 16.1 1,613 61,915 13.4 1,580 73,789 20.4 1,642

Social science teachers, n.e.c. 65,133 5.1 1,599 59,955 10.0 1,537 68,568 6.6 1,641

Engineering teachers .............. 92,050 5.6 1,651 90,043 10.0 1,556 93,205 8.1 1,706

Mathematical science

teachers ............................ 62,211 7.0 1,547 58,581 11.8 1,474 64,132 7.1 1,585

Computer science teachers .... 62,764 14.6 1,590 53,248 14.0 1,801 66,134 13.2 1,516

Medical science teachers ....... 111,002 4.8 2,146 108,444 5.8 1,896 113,695 7.9 2,410

Health specialities teachers .... 73,123 8.4 1,656 89,160 8.9 1,712 66,488 11.0 1,633

Business, commerce and

marketing teachers ........... 65,205 12.8 1,544 75,059 11.9 1,565 60,245 15.8 1,533

Agriculture and forestry

teachers ............................ 63,646 18.2 1,545 – – – 63,879 19.5 1,558

Art, drama and music teachers 53,971 9.0 1,470 56,186 7.2 1,482 52,504 13.6 1,462

Physical education teachers ... 57,692 8.8 1,572 53,807 8.4 1,661 64,551 15.4 1,416

Education teachers ................. 60,236 7.4 1,503 58,780 15.7 1,528 61,560 3.5 1,479

English teachers ..................... 65,898 7.8 1,545 56,373 5.3 1,550 70,397 9.9 1,543

Foreign language teachers ..... 50,207 16.0 1,587 62,528 7.0 1,488 41,868 22.4 1,654

Law teachers .......................... 85,481 12.6 1,435 94,210 12.8 1,420 – – –

Theology teachers .................. 58,443 6.3 1,438 62,591 12.1 1,503 55,735 7.8 1,396

Trade and industrial teachers 50,356 8.8 1,703 – – – 54,063 5.4 1,516

Teachers, except college and

university .............................. 44,091 1.0 1,441 32,925 4.3 1,712 45,740 .8 1,401

Prekindergarten and

kindergarten ...................... 31,589 6.9 1,690 22,370 4.7 1,888 42,959 3.1 1,446

Elementary school teachers ... 44,172 1.1 1,389 33,281 5.0 1,476 45,172 .9 1,381

Secondary school teachers .... 45,254 1.1 1,420 42,432 2.9 1,488 45,443 1.2 1,415

Teachers, special education ... 46,648 3.1 1,410 36,161 12.0 1,602 48,335 2.7 1,379

Teachers, n.e.c. ...................... 46,072 2.9 1,474 40,736 6.8 1,902 47,044 2.8 1,396

Substitute teachers ................. 14,686 15.4 1,224 – – – 14,686 15.4 1,224

Vocational and educational

counselors ........................ 44,976 4.7 1,687 32,753 4.9 2,007 49,794 4.1 1,561

Librarians, archivists, and

curators ................................. 47,708 4.3 1,826 52,028 8.2 1,913 45,085 3.6 1,773

Librarians ................................ 47,532 4.8 1,813 51,834 9.6 1,920 45,187 3.9 1,754

Archivists and curators ........... 49,247 5.7 1,943 53,029 4.0 1,877 43,653 12.0 2,040

Social scientists and urban

planners ................................ 55,401 5.1 1,914 58,048 7.8 2,068 52,531 6.2 1,747

Economists ............................. 67,351 7.6 2,147 67,966 7.8 2,150 – – –

Psychologists .......................... 51,469 6.2 1,763 46,088 9.7 1,994 54,667 5.4 1,626

Social scientists, n.e.c. ........... 48,246 11.2 1,963 53,181 8.2 1,931 33,268 16.7 2,060

Urban planners ....................... 53,565 4.5 2,051 – – – 53,565 4.5 2,051

Social, recreation, and religious

workers ................................. 36,481 2.2 2,007 33,549 3.4 2,011 39,581 2.5 2,003

Social workers ........................ 36,655 2.4 2,007 33,474 3.9 2,015 39,649 2.6 2,001

Recreation workers ................. 33,819 5.6 1,907 29,987 9.1 1,778 38,174 7.2 2,053

Clergy ..................................... 35,099 11.0 2,150 35,099 11.0 2,150 – – –

Religious workers, n.e.c. ........ 37,001 11.6 2,021 37,001 11.6 2,021 – – –

Lawyers and judges .................... 100,526 5.1 2,158 110,477 5.8 2,224 77,854 7.8 2,007

Lawyers .................................. 99,798 5.2 2,162 110,477 5.8 2,224 72,016 7.8 1,999

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2003 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White Collar –Continued

Professional specialty and

technical –Continued

Professional specialty –Continued

Lawyers and judges –Continued

Judges .................................... $119,004 12.9 2,059 – – – $119,004 12.9 2,059

Writers, authors, entertainers,

athletes, and professionals,

n.e.c. ..................................... 49,934 3.8 2,024 $49,738 4.5 2,028 52,657 14.5 1,968

Technical writers ..................... 58,335 5.9 2,085 58,323 5.9 2,085 – – –

Designers ............................... 45,580 5.9 2,064 45,596 5.9 2,064 43,974 9.9 2,060

Actors and directors ................ 59,400 12.7 2,108 59,400 12.7 2,108 – – –

Painters, sculptors, craft

artists, and artist

print-Makers ...................... 43,115 10.4 2,027 43,258 10.8 2,027 – – –

Photographers ........................ 35,569 10.9 2,055 35,459 11.6 2,053 – – –

Artists, performers, and

related workers, n.e.c. ...... 29,150 6.3 1,933 30,028 6.4 2,080 26,629 4.7 1,512

Editors and reporters .............. 50,414 11.4 2,026 50,654 11.6 2,025 41,616 8.9 2,041

Public relations specialists ...... 52,016 4.4 2,063 52,604 5.1 2,073 50,012 9.8 2,026

Announcers ............................ 72,947 41.0 1,932 72,947 41.0 1,932 – – –

Athletes ................................... 52,238 21.0 1,995 42,385 6.6 1,987 82,635 19.6 2,019

Professional, n.e.c. ................. 60,896 6.0 2,025 63,417 7.6 2,055 51,151 7.4 1,912

Technical ........................................ 42,607 1.5 2,020 43,515 1.7 2,017 36,768 2.1 2,040

Clinical laboratory

technologists and

technicians ........................ 34,419 3.4 2,016 34,226 3.7 2,011 35,989 9.8 2,060

Dental hygienists .................... 53,888 4.6 1,762 54,727 4.4 1,744 – – –

Health record technologists

and technicians ................. 34,943 7.2 2,057 34,972 7.6 2,056 34,338 12.7 2,072

Radiological technicians ......... 46,501 2.4 2,046 46,802 2.6 2,043 43,905 4.5 2,074

Licensed practical nurses ....... 33,007 1.3 2,028 33,354 1.4 2,027 31,394 2.2 2,031

Health technologists and

technicians, n.e.c. ............. 34,081 3.6 2,052 34,106 4.8 2,046 33,972 3.4 2,076

Electrical and electronic

technicians ........................ 43,856 6.3 2,086 44,190 6.0 2,089 37,382 14.2 2,030

Industrial engineering

technicians ........................ 46,150 3.9 2,090 46,150 3.9 2,090 – – –

Mechanical engineering

technicians ........................ 48,061 4.9 2,101 48,701 4.8 2,102 – – –

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. 46,532 3.6 2,067 48,917 4.7 2,074 39,674 4.0 2,045

Drafters ................................... 41,496 2.8 2,081 41,325 2.9 2,082 43,756 5.0 2,072

Surveying and mapping

technicians ........................ 33,974 6.6 2,070 32,564 9.0 2,080 38,463 8.0 2,040

Biological technicians ............. 35,115 5.0 2,064 35,382 5.8 2,063 34,034 6.3 2,065

Chemical technicians .............. 42,886 6.6 2,075 42,733 7.0 2,076 47,277 8.2 2,049

Science technicians, n.e.c. ..... 51,558 13.0 2,095 53,831 13.9 2,102 36,469 6.3 2,050

Airplane pilots and navigators 120,589 4.5 1,165 120,589 4.5 1,165 – – –

Broadcast equipment

operators .......................... 35,156 16.4 2,049 32,080 17.6 2,056 48,685 10.4 2,018

Computer programmers ......... 59,940 3.2 2,078 61,359 3.4 2,080 49,025 6.5 2,058

Tool programmers, numerical

control ............................... 39,955 4.8 2,080 39,955 4.8 2,080 – – –

Legal assistants ...................... 39,711 4.1 1,999 39,915 4.5 1,991 38,261 6.6 2,057

Technical and related, n.e.c. .. 42,361 5.7 2,043 43,697 6.7 2,067 37,807 7.1 1,959

Executive, administrative, and

managerial ................................... 67,717 2.3 2,095 69,289 2.7 2,116 59,944 2.8 1,989

Executives, administrators, and

managers .............................. 75,849 2.7 2,106 77,228 3.2 2,133 68,797 2.7 1,964

Legislators .............................. 19,236 27.5 1,298 – – – 19,236 27.5 1,298

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2003 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White Collar –Continued

Executive, administrative, and

managerial –Continued

Executives, administrators, and

managers –Continued

Chief executives and general

administrators, public

administration ................... $97,058 15.1 2,250 – – – $88,601 4.5 2,062

Administrators and officials,

public administration ......... 63,443 3.4 2,049 $86,220 16.0 2,058 62,552 3.3 2,048

Financial managers ................ 89,231 14.8 2,119 89,574 15.8 2,128 85,065 18.2 2,007

Personnel and labor relations

managers .......................... 69,001 8.5 2,099 67,765 9.0 2,109 82,819 6.1 1,991

Purchasing managers ............. 62,875 6.3 2,101 62,051 6.0 2,104 74,244 20.8 2,063

Managers, marketing,

advertising and public

relations ............................ 93,171 8.1 2,133 93,237 8.2 2,133 73,467 20.2 2,123

Administrators, education and

related fields ..................... 68,132 3.9 1,915 53,357 6.1 2,016 74,615 4.2 1,871

Managers, medicine and

health ................................ 72,852 4.4 2,069 72,988 3.9 2,081 72,309 14.9 2,021

Managers, food servicing and

lodging establishments ..... 43,800 5.3 2,192 44,554 5.5 2,259 38,080 10.2 1,687

Managers, properties and real

estate ................................ 42,690 4.5 2,056 42,173 4.6 2,058 56,544 7.4 1,995

Funeral directors ..................... 48,926 13.3 2,297 48,926 13.3 2,297 – – –

Managers, service

organizations, n.e.c. ......... 61,120 9.7 2,113 61,637 10.2 2,121 53,933 6.2 2,001

Managers and administrators,

n.e.c. ................................. 79,239 3.0 2,141 79,819 3.0 2,144 66,570 7.2 2,058

Management related ................... 54,009 1.8 2,076 55,705 2.1 2,086 46,062 1.9 2,030

Accountants and auditors ....... 50,526 2.0 2,075 51,491 2.2 2,082 45,747 3.3 2,042

Underwriters ........................... 55,774 6.2 2,015 55,774 6.2 2,015 – – –

Other financial officers ............ 69,003 7.4 2,083 70,154 7.6 2,090 53,323 6.0 1,986

Management analysts ............ 59,116 4.5 2,089 61,662 4.2 2,096 45,904 7.2 2,052

Personnel, training, and labor

relations specialists .......... 48,950 2.8 2,092 49,575 3.1 2,108 45,745 4.3 2,008

Purchasing agents & buyers,

farm products .................... 59,231 18.2 2,053 63,137 18.4 2,049 – – –

Buyers, wholesale and retail

trade, except farm

products ............................ 52,045 3.9 2,076 52,123 4.0 2,076 – – –

Purchasing agents and

buyers, n.e.c. .................... 51,130 6.7 2,082 53,715 5.6 2,085 35,818 8.4 2,066

Business and promotional

agents ............................... 46,266 8.7 2,109 46,569 9.0 2,111 – – –

Construction inspectors .......... 48,913 4.2 2,069 47,748 9.8 2,102 49,374 4.1 2,056

Inspectors and compliance

officers, except

construction ...................... 46,433 2.6 2,067 52,305 5.1 2,124 41,651 2.8 2,020

Management related, n.e.c. .... 51,737 1.7 2,067 52,239 2.2 2,077 49,282 3.1 2,020

Sales .................................................. 36,579 1.9 2,083 36,645 1.9 2,084 26,630 7.5 1,883

Supervisors, sales .................. 41,780 3.3 2,152 41,806 3.4 2,152 35,149 8.3 2,063

Insurance sales ...................... 47,151 8.5 2,060 47,144 8.5 2,060 – – –

Real estate sales .................... 48,269 8.6 2,048 48,567 9.1 2,051 42,407 7.4 1,990

Securities and financial

services sales ................... 100,496 7.5 2,096 100,496 7.5 2,096 – – –

Advertising and related sales 44,412 11.1 2,015 44,408 11.2 2,015 – – –

Sales, other business services 47,033 6.4 2,104 47,038 6.4 2,104 – – –

Sales engineers ...................... 75,844 5.1 2,182 75,844 5.1 2,182 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2003 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White Collar –Continued

Sales –Continued

Sales representatives, mining,

manufacturing, and

wholesale .......................... $56,319 3.5 2,102 $56,319 3.5 2,102 – – –

Sales workers, motor vehicles

and boats .......................... 44,222 4.3 2,304 44,222 4.3 2,304 – – –

Sales workers, apparel ........... 19,673 6.6 1,944 19,673 6.6 1,944 – – –

Sales workers, shoes ............. 22,121 8.9 2,044 22,121 8.9 2,044 – – –

Sales workers, furniture &

home furnishings .............. 29,381 7.7 2,155 29,381 7.7 2,155 – – –

Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi,

& appliances ..................... 43,469 25.9 2,069 43,469 25.9 2,069 – – –

Sales workers, hardware and

building supplies ............... 30,236 5.0 2,114 30,236 5.0 2,114 – – –

Sales workers, parts ............... 30,114 5.1 2,107 30,114 5.1 2,107 – – –

Sales workers, other

commodities ..................... 27,175 4.7 2,036 27,183 4.7 2,036 – – –

Sales counter clerks ............... 21,850 7.6 2,023 21,843 7.7 2,023 – – –

Cashiers ................................. 18,604 2.2 2,033 18,476 2.3 2,039 $23,527 9.0 1,829

Street and door to door sales

workers ............................. 48,454 17.2 2,081 48,454 17.2 2,081 – – –

Demonstrators, promoters,

and models, sales ............. 28,915 5.9 2,068 28,915 5.9 2,068 – – –

Sales support, n.e.c. ............... 32,556 8.3 2,050 32,549 8.4 2,050 – – –

Administrative support, including

clerical ......................................... 28,350 .7 2,015 28,692 .7 2,046 26,837 1.4 1,879

Supervisors, general office ..... 38,383 2.6 2,058 38,629 3.0 2,060 37,230 3.1 2,051

Supervisors, computer

equipment operators ......... 42,356 8.9 2,054 41,214 12.3 2,058 – – –

Supervisors, financial records

processing ........................ 41,480 2.8 2,042 41,579 3.0 2,048 40,101 8.3 1,963

Chief communications

operators .......................... 41,705 5.3 2,080 – – – 42,172 5.1 2,080

Supervisors, distribution,

scheduling, and adjusting

clerks ................................ 43,537 4.3 2,100 44,207 4.9 2,116 40,965 8.7 2,038

Computer operators ................ 32,359 3.0 2,063 33,107 2.2 2,071 30,577 8.1 2,043

Peripheral equipment

operators .......................... 26,841 7.9 2,039 26,214 9.6 2,063 – – –

Secretaries ............................. 31,035 .9 1,996 31,667 1.3 2,016 29,185 3.1 1,936

Stenographers ........................ 35,303 4.9 2,007 32,777 7.8 2,058 38,708 8.2 1,939

Typists .................................... 28,702 2.4 1,982 30,174 4.8 2,023 27,315 3.2 1,944

Interviewers ............................ 24,575 3.4 2,061 24,522 3.4 2,060 25,113 13.5 2,070

Hotel clerks ............................. 18,523 3.2 2,039 18,519 3.2 2,038 – – –

Transportation ticket and

reservation agents ............ 28,294 6.4 2,040 27,868 6.6 2,039 – – –

Receptionists .......................... 23,125 1.5 2,040 23,166 1.6 2,041 21,863 4.3 2,008

Information clerks, n.e.c. ........ 27,433 2.7 2,061 27,323 2.7 2,062 29,985 5.6 2,022

Correspondence clerks ........... 28,531 3.1 2,080 28,762 3.4 2,080 – – –

Order clerks ............................ 29,324 2.5 2,064 29,289 2.5 2,064 33,210 14.9 2,080

Personnel clerks except

payroll & timekeeping ....... 31,404 2.7 2,064 31,515 3.0 2,073 30,797 5.3 2,011

Library clerks .......................... 22,366 3.5 1,766 25,777 5.7 1,959 21,433 4.5 1,713

File clerks ............................... 22,006 2.3 2,041 21,915 2.5 2,042 23,073 6.9 2,032

Records clerks, n.e.c. ............. 27,293 2.0 2,023 27,552 2.1 2,044 26,345 3.7 1,949

Bookkeepers, accounting and

auditing clerks ................... 29,259 1.6 2,043 29,136 1.8 2,046 30,209 2.2 2,018

Payroll and timekeeping clerks 31,999 3.2 2,055 31,739 3.7 2,060 33,776 4.2 2,020

Billing clerks ............................ 26,474 2.8 2,064 26,406 3.0 2,064 28,038 9.5 2,080

Cost and rate clerks ................ 25,048 14.7 2,074 25,048 14.7 2,074 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2003 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White Collar –Continued

Administrative support, including

clerical –Continued

Billing, posting, & calculating

machine operators ............ $26,513 5.0 2,052 $26,548 5.1 2,052 – – –

Duplicating machine operators 24,453 7.4 2,025 25,197 5.7 2,006 $23,356 14.8 2,055

Mail preparing & paper

handling machine

operators .......................... 24,198 5.4 2,065 24,198 5.4 2,065 – – –

Office machine operators,

n.e.c. ................................. 21,766 4.4 2,060 21,598 4.7 2,059 – – –

Telephone operators .............. 27,933 7.0 2,020 28,003 7.2 2,018 27,002 9.2 2,047

Communications equipment

operators, n.e.c. ................ 23,986 12.2 2,041 22,944 13.1 2,038 – – –

Mail clerks except postal

service .............................. 23,702 4.1 2,021 24,012 4.1 2,017 20,468 13.8 2,064

Messengers ............................ 20,773 10.2 2,062 20,103 9.3 2,079 25,775 14.1 1,933

Dispatchers ............................. 33,698 5.9 2,098 33,355 6.4 2,120 34,113 6.9 2,072

Production coordinators .......... 36,862 3.5 2,082 36,873 3.5 2,082 35,386 18.0 2,042

Traffic, shipping and receiving

clerks ................................ 27,327 2.4 2,072 27,284 2.4 2,073 30,664 6.0 2,007

Stock and inventory clerks ...... 26,360 2.4 2,066 26,200 2.6 2,071 27,757 4.6 2,027

Meter readers ......................... 34,786 4.0 2,080 35,063 5.3 2,080 33,821 7.4 2,080

Weighers, measurers,

checkers, and samplers .... 30,039 8.8 2,071 29,934 8.8 2,071 – – –

Expeditors ............................... 31,812 4.8 2,028 31,677 4.9 2,029 – – –

Material recording, scheduling,

and distribution clerks,

n.e.c. ................................. 24,746 4.3 2,068 24,640 4.4 2,069 – – –

Insurance adjusters,

examiners, & investigators 35,866 4.0 2,023 35,907 4.1 2,022 32,320 8.3 2,080

Investigators and adjusters

except insurance .............. 31,315 2.1 2,066 31,193 2.1 2,066 37,649 5.5 2,080

Eligibility clerks, social welfare 30,250 2.6 2,025 26,295 3.5 2,038 32,855 2.5 2,015

Bill and account collectors ...... 29,321 3.8 2,052 29,118 4.0 2,052 33,283 5.4 2,054

General office clerks ............... 26,718 1.0 2,031 26,526 1.2 2,039 27,212 1.7 2,010

Bank tellers ............................. 21,636 1.5 2,052 21,636 1.5 2,052 – – –

Proofreaders ........................... 36,713 15.6 2,067 29,198 8.0 2,059 – – –

Data entry keyers ................... 24,713 3.2 2,046 24,377 3.7 2,056 26,281 3.1 2,001

Statistical clerks ...................... 28,031 4.0 2,048 28,715 4.1 2,045 25,185 9.4 2,062

Teachers’ aides ...................... 14,963 1.8 1,396 16,364 3.1 1,709 14,827 1.9 1,365

Administrative support, n.e.c. 29,394 1.5 2,036 29,482 1.8 2,049 28,972 2.5 1,978

Blue Collar ............................................. 31,752 1.0 2,065 31,566 1.1 2,068 34,889 1.5 2,010

Precision production, craft, and

repair ............................................ 39,213 1.2 2,068 39,128 1.2 2,068 40,358 2.1 2,066

Supervisors, mechanics and

repairers ........................... 49,178 2.7 2,128 49,199 2.9 2,135 48,989 4.8 2,066

Automobile mechanics ........... 37,815 4.0 2,097 37,351 4.0 2,100 42,416 11.4 2,070

Automobile mechanic

apprentices ....................... 26,733 10.3 2,135 26,372 10.8 2,137 – – –

Bus, truck, and stationary

engine mechanics ............. 36,193 2.1 2,085 35,854 2.4 2,087 38,744 4.1 2,076

Small engine repairs ............... 30,611 5.3 2,060 30,557 5.4 2,060 – – –

Automobile body and related

repairers ........................... 33,369 3.6 2,083 33,323 3.5 2,083 – – –

Aircraft mechanics except

engine ............................... 53,438 6.8 2,080 53,438 6.8 2,080 – – –

Heavy equipment mechanics 38,503 3.7 2,070 38,136 4.5 2,069 40,354 6.2 2,078

Farm equipment mechanics ... 29,707 4.8 2,155 29,757 4.9 2,156 – – –

Industrial machinery repairers 41,043 1.8 2,071 40,975 1.8 2,071 45,413 9.8 2,080

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2003 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Blue Collar –Continued

Precision production, craft, and

repair –Continued

Machinery maintenance ......... $32,639 4.5 2,063 $32,676 4.6 2,065 $31,324 14.7 1,977

Electronic repairers,

communications and

industrial equipment ......... 45,137 4.8 2,078 45,142 5.1 2,078 45,025 6.5 2,079

Data processing equipment

repairers ........................... 34,401 10.9 2,007 34,410 11.8 2,007 – – –

Household appliance and

power tool repairers .......... 32,260 5.3 2,083 32,260 5.3 2,083 – – –

Telephone line installers and

repairers ........................... 50,270 3.7 2,064 50,529 3.7 2,064 – – –

Telephone installers and

repairers ........................... 47,721 2.1 2,080 47,630 2.2 2,080 – – –

Heating, air conditioning, and

refrigeration mechanics .... 36,984 3.5 2,077 37,176 4.0 2,079 35,145 6.4 2,051

Locksmiths and safe repairers 31,218 8.8 2,134 29,883 8.3 2,142 – – –

Office machine repairers ........ 31,962 7.5 2,077 31,951 7.5 2,077 – – –

Mechanical controls and valve

repairers ........................... 45,790 3.9 2,080 46,636 4.9 2,080 43,017 6.4 2,080

Elevator installers and

repairers ........................... 78,043 12.9 2,080 – – – – – –

Millwrights ............................... 44,774 5.2 2,079 44,779 5.2 2,079 – – –

Mechanics and repairers,

n.e.c. ................................. 33,029 3.1 2,051 32,734 3.5 2,049 34,859 3.5 2,061

Supervisors, brickmasons,

stonemasons, and

tilesetters .......................... 44,306 16.1 2,080 – – – – – –

Supervisors, carpenters and

related workers ................. 51,994 3.6 2,110 51,994 3.6 2,110 – – –

Supervisors, electricians and

power transmission

installers ........................... 61,772 4.6 2,079 62,527 4.6 2,079 53,780 13.8 2,077

Supervisors, painters,

paperhangers and

plasterers .......................... 44,808 5.8 2,105 44,672 5.9 2,105 – – –

Supervisors, plumbers,

pipefitters, and

steamfitters ....................... 54,415 3.6 2,028 53,009 4.9 2,012 59,152 13.1 2,081

Supervisors, construction

trades, n.e.c. ..................... 44,086 4.2 2,077 44,219 5.4 2,077 43,636 5.9 2,077

Brickmasons and

stonemasons .................... 49,674 8.5 2,013 49,724 8.5 2,013 – – –

Tile setters, hard and soft ....... 39,524 12.1 2,077 39,524 12.1 2,077 – – –

Carpet installers ...................... 37,629 16.9 2,080 37,629 16.9 2,080 – – –

Carpenters .............................. 38,775 4.0 2,058 38,572 4.4 2,058 41,861 6.7 2,054

Carpenter apprentices ............ 28,146 7.2 2,080 28,146 7.2 2,080 – – –

Drywall installers ..................... 42,749 7.7 2,066 42,749 7.7 2,066 – – –

Electricians ............................. 49,414 2.7 2,067 50,112 3.0 2,066 43,050 5.7 2,071

Electrician apprentices ........... 31,082 3.8 2,074 30,985 3.8 2,074 – – –

Electrical power installers and

repairers ........................... 51,622 3.5 2,080 51,504 4.1 2,080 52,552 6.2 2,080

Painters, construction and

maintenance ..................... 28,250 5.2 1,994 27,480 5.5 1,990 38,622 7.9 2,058

Plasterers ............................... 29,791 12.8 2,049 28,402 13.5 2,047 – – –

Plumbers, pipefitters and

steamfitters ....................... 46,047 2.6 2,060 46,567 2.8 2,061 38,757 7.6 2,052

Plumbers, pipefitters and

steamfitters apprentices ... 28,098 3.1 2,078 27,749 3.2 2,078 37,331 9.8 2,080

Concrete and terrazzo

finishers ............................ 36,010 11.9 1,990 35,980 12.0 1,989 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2003 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Blue Collar –Continued

Precision production, craft, and

repair –Continued

Glaziers .................................. $36,954 6.6 2,080 $33,328 8.8 2,080 – – –

Insulation workers ................... 33,865 8.8 2,053 33,856 8.9 2,053 – – –

Paving, surfacing, and

tamping equipment

operators .......................... 27,079 16.7 1,803 26,839 19.0 1,764 $28,780 3.1 2,080

Roofers ................................... 31,810 8.4 1,960 31,810 8.4 1,960 – – –

Sheetmetal duct installers ...... 46,741 14.1 2,080 46,741 14.1 2,080 – – –

Structural metal workers ......... 40,732 6.4 2,072 40,140 6.5 2,072 – – –

Drillers, earth .......................... 34,346 5.4 2,080 34,346 5.4 2,080 – – –

Construction trades, n.e.c. ...... 32,762 5.2 1,960 32,853 6.8 1,916 32,532 3.8 2,071

Supervisors, extractive ........... 60,602 14.9 2,199 60,602 14.9 2,199 – – –

Mining machine operators ...... 40,566 11.1 2,080 40,566 11.1 2,080 – – –

Mining, n.e.c. .......................... 34,251 11.6 2,063 34,251 11.6 2,063 – – –

Supervisors, production .......... 42,511 2.2 2,100 42,476 2.2 2,100 44,124 13.1 2,079

Tool and die makers ............... 46,141 2.3 2,083 46,166 2.3 2,083 – – –

Tool and die maker

apprentices ....................... 36,504 6.1 2,067 36,504 6.1 2,067 – – –

Precision assemblers, metal ... 40,806 5.0 2,080 40,806 5.0 2,080 – – –

Machinists ............................... 39,945 2.5 2,077 39,824 2.5 2,077 – – –

Machinist apprentices ............. 28,952 10.7 2,080 28,952 10.7 2,080 – – –

Boilermakers ........................... 36,602 5.2 2,077 36,878 5.5 2,080 – – –

Precision grinders, filers, and

tool sharpeners ................. 31,405 10.9 2,092 31,405 10.9 2,092 – – –

Patternmakers and

modelmakers, metal ......... 44,072 10.7 2,078 44,072 10.7 2,078 – – –

Layout workers ....................... 34,353 15.5 2,080 34,353 15.5 2,080 – – –

Precious stones and metals

workers ............................. 27,818 14.9 2,068 27,818 14.9 2,068 – – –

Engravers, metal .................... 34,563 16.9 2,080 34,563 16.9 2,080 – – –

Sheet metal workers ............... 34,252 6.6 2,029 34,252 6.6 2,029 – – –

Sheet metal worker

apprentices ....................... 28,354 14.3 2,053 28,354 14.3 2,053 – – –

Patternmakers and

modelmakers, wood ......... 36,126 14.6 2,080 36,126 14.6 2,080 – – –

Cabinet makers and bench

carpenters ......................... 26,081 5.8 2,079 25,902 5.9 2,079 – – –

Furniture and wood finishers .. 26,740 7.4 2,080 26,740 7.4 2,080 – – –

Tailors ..................................... 26,987 6.7 2,046 26,987 6.7 2,046 – – –

Upholsterers ........................... 31,448 15.7 2,075 31,448 15.7 2,075 – – –

Hand molders and shapers

except jewelers ................. 32,128 12.8 2,080 32,128 12.8 2,080 – – –

Patternmakers, layout

workers, and cutters ......... 34,749 11.2 2,080 34,783 11.2 2,080 – – –

Optical goods workers ............ 26,267 6.7 2,076 26,267 6.7 2,076 – – –

Dental laboratory and medical

appliance technicians ....... 30,284 1.9 2,065 30,011 1.9 2,064 – – –

Bookbinders ............................ 29,373 8.3 2,070 29,373 8.3 2,070 – – –

Electrical and electronic

equipment assemblers ..... 26,331 4.1 2,077 26,331 4.1 2,077 – – –

Miscellaneous precision

workers, n.e.c. .................. 29,270 12.2 2,072 29,259 12.2 2,072 – – –

Butchers and meat cutters ...... 24,863 4.4 2,067 24,863 4.4 2,067 – – –

Bakers .................................... 23,367 8.3 2,034 23,528 9.0 2,055 – – –

Food batchmakers .................. 26,321 5.8 2,089 26,321 5.8 2,089 – – –

Inspectors, testers, and

graders ............................. 37,914 3.0 2,091 37,584 3.1 2,092 44,239 8.0 2,080

Precision inspectors, testers,

and related workers, n.e.c. 44,065 9.8 2,080 44,065 9.8 2,080 – – –

Adjusters and calibrators ........ 34,972 12.3 1,994 34,972 12.3 1,994 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2003 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Blue Collar –Continued

Precision production, craft, and

repair –Continued

Water and sewer treatment

plant operators .................. $38,392 2.7 2,079 $35,314 12.9 2,080 $38,890 3.0 2,079

Power plant operators ............ 54,898 3.4 2,079 55,029 3.7 2,080 53,741 8.0 2,066

Stationary engineers ............... 46,452 4.7 2,059 45,783 5.6 2,058 47,408 9.0 2,061

Miscellaneous plant and

system operators, n.e.c. ... 45,770 4.1 2,080 46,039 4.2 2,080 35,978 5.8 2,080

Machine operators, assemblers,

and inspectors ............................ 27,732 1.4 2,066 27,708 1.4 2,066 33,257 10.1 2,007

Lathe and turning machine

set-up operators ............... 33,911 5.3 2,077 33,911 5.3 2,077 – – –

Lathe and turning machine

operators .......................... 33,035 5.7 2,079 33,035 5.7 2,079 – – –

Milling and planing machine

operators .......................... 27,900 5.9 2,080 27,900 5.9 2,080 – – –

Punching and stamping press

operators .......................... 27,234 7.4 2,080 27,234 7.4 2,080 – – –

Rolling machine operators ...... 30,522 10.1 2,080 30,522 10.1 2,080 – – –

Drilling and boring machine

operators .......................... 25,821 9.8 2,079 25,821 9.8 2,079 – – –

Grinding, abrading, buffing,

and polishing machine

operators .......................... 28,184 3.5 2,077 28,184 3.5 2,077 – – –

Forging machine operators ..... 28,134 7.7 2,069 28,134 7.7 2,069 – – –

Numerical control machine

operators .......................... 31,399 3.9 2,078 31,399 3.9 2,078 – – –

Fabricating machine

operators, n.e.c. ................ 31,388 3.5 2,076 31,388 3.5 2,076 – – –

Molding and casting machine

operators .......................... 25,990 3.0 2,064 25,990 3.0 2,064 – – –

Metal plating machine

operators .......................... 27,547 5.4 2,073 27,547 5.4 2,073 – – –

Heat treating equipment

operators .......................... 32,525 6.4 2,078 32,525 6.4 2,078 – – –

Wood lathe, routing, & planing

machine operators ............ 26,063 2.3 2,080 26,063 2.3 2,080 – – –

Sawing machine operators ..... 23,390 4.2 2,068 23,390 4.2 2,068 – – –

Shaping and jointing machine

operators .......................... 26,198 3.5 2,079 26,198 3.5 2,079 – – –

Nailing and tacking machine

operators .......................... 22,385 4.2 1,979 22,385 4.2 1,979 – – –

Printing press operators ......... 32,814 2.3 2,051 32,888 2.3 2,053 28,390 5.8 1,905

Photoengravers and

lithographers ..................... 34,943 4.6 2,054 34,943 4.6 2,054 – – –

Typesetters and compositors 29,540 8.7 2,005 29,582 8.8 2,006 – – –

Winding and twisting machine

operators .......................... 26,910 7.7 2,068 26,910 7.7 2,068 – – –

Knitting, looping, taping, and

weaving machine

operators .......................... 23,364 4.9 2,070 23,364 4.9 2,070 – – –

Textile cutting machine

operators .......................... 21,652 4.2 1,994 21,652 4.2 1,994 – – –

Textile sewing machine

operators .......................... 17,643 5.7 2,048 17,640 5.7 2,048 – – –

Pressing machine operators ... 17,880 4.4 2,066 17,880 4.4 2,066 – – –

Laundering and dry cleaning

machine operators ............ 18,726 4.8 2,046 18,657 5.1 2,052 19,985 9.6 1,932

Cementing and gluing

machine operators ............ 23,521 8.2 2,080 23,521 8.2 2,080 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2003 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Blue Collar –Continued

Machine operators, assemblers,

and inspectors –Continued

Packaging and filling machine

operators .......................... $26,300 3.9 2,070 $26,300 3.9 2,070 – – –

Extruding and forming

machine operators ............ 27,559 4.6 2,050 27,559 4.6 2,050 – – –

Mixing and blending machine

operators .......................... 31,161 5.2 2,051 31,161 5.2 2,051 – – –

Separating, filtering, and

clarifying machine

operators .......................... 39,208 5.4 2,074 39,224 5.5 2,074 – – –

Compressing and compacting

machine operators ............ 24,298 3.8 2,076 24,298 3.8 2,076 – – –

Painting and paint spraying

machine operators ............ 29,404 3.5 2,083 29,390 3.5 2,083 – – –

Roasting and baking machine

operators, food ................. 25,761 10.5 2,080 25,761 10.5 2,080 – – –

Washing, cleaning, and

pickling machine operators 28,833 12.0 2,080 28,833 12.0 2,080 – – –

Folding machine operators ..... 28,094 6.6 2,080 28,094 6.6 2,080 – – –

Furnace, kiln, and oven

operators, except food ...... 30,583 6.4 2,073 30,404 6.6 2,074 $35,572 1.6 2,037

Crushing and grinding

machine operators ............ 25,489 6.2 1,809 25,489 6.2 1,809 – – –

Slicing and cutting machine

operators .......................... 27,884 4.1 2,074 27,884 4.1 2,074 – – –

Photographic process

machine operators ............ 23,717 4.5 2,023 23,732 4.5 2,023 – – –

Miscellaneous machine

operators, n.e.c. ................ 28,743 2.5 2,062 28,700 2.5 2,062 39,383 16.8 2,040

Welders and cutters ................ 33,194 2.2 2,076 32,825 2.2 2,076 43,613 8.2 2,080

Solders and braziers ............... 23,326 8.4 2,079 23,326 8.4 2,079 – – –

Assemblers ............................. 29,036 4.0 2,075 29,036 4.0 2,075 – – –

Hand cutting and trimming ...... 20,132 11.4 2,074 20,132 11.4 2,074 – – –

Hand molding, casting, and

forming .............................. 23,586 12.1 2,080 23,586 12.1 2,080 – – –

Hand painting, coating, and

decorating ......................... 19,673 13.9 2,067 19,683 13.9 2,067 – – –

Hand engraving and printing .. 28,093 17.9 2,026 28,093 17.9 2,026 – – –

Miscellaneous hand working,

n.e.c. ................................. 23,484 5.4 2,058 23,484 5.4 2,058 – – –

Production inspectors,

checkers and examiners ... 28,563 4.4 2,064 28,561 4.4 2,064 – – –

Production testers ................... 26,074 5.7 2,072 26,074 5.7 2,072 – – –

Production samplers and

weighers ........................... 25,099 10.9 2,080 25,099 10.9 2,080 – – –

Graders and sorters except

agricultural ........................ 20,943 6.8 2,048 20,943 6.8 2,048 – – –

Hand inspectors, n.e.c. ........... 22,490 7.9 2,077 22,490 7.9 2,077 – – –

Transportation and material

moving ......................................... 31,809 1.7 2,095 31,910 1.8 2,117 30,890 2.1 1,892

Supervisors, motor vehicle

operators .......................... 39,690 5.0 2,198 40,765 4.3 2,236 36,102 12.4 2,072

Truck drivers ........................... 32,134 2.0 2,151 32,102 2.1 2,154 33,027 5.4 2,058

Driver-sales workers ............... 30,729 5.5 2,114 30,703 5.5 2,114 – – –

Bus drivers .............................. 26,155 2.7 1,700 23,579 6.9 1,937 26,954 2.9 1,627

Taxicab drivers and

chauffeurs ......................... 20,253 5.1 2,021 20,206 5.3 2,019 21,760 9.3 2,080

Parking lot attendants ............. 18,621 11.3 2,080 18,536 11.9 2,080 – – –

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ..... 23,838 5.3 2,049 21,628 5.4 2,053 34,778 9.1 2,031

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2003 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Blue Collar –Continued

Transportation and material

moving –Continued

Railroad conductors and

yardmasters ...................... $51,782 14.3 2,080 $51,546 14.5 2,080 – – –

Locomotive operating ............. 55,323 12.7 2,042 57,081 14.9 2,033 $48,190 4.0 2,080

Railroad brake, signal and

switch operators ............... 52,499 5.1 2,080 – – – – – –

Rail vehicle operators, n.e.c. .. 44,649 4.3 2,080 43,294 6.5 2,080 – – –

Ship captains and mates

except fishing boats .......... 40,444 9.0 2,441 39,860 9.0 2,459 – – –

Sailors and deckhands ........... 28,550 3.1 2,572 27,269 4.9 2,648 – – –

Marine engineers .................... 41,686 17.7 2,152 41,360 18.3 2,154 – – –

Bridge, lock and lighthouse

tenders .............................. 27,664 12.7 2,074 – – – – – –

Supervisors, material moving

equipment ......................... 44,565 3.6 2,141 44,702 3.6 2,145 40,218 6.6 2,007

Operating engineers ............... 37,624 7.0 1,907 40,633 9.3 1,805 32,631 8.6 2,076

Crane and tower operators ..... 36,172 5.9 2,077 35,995 6.0 2,077 – – –

Excavating and loading

machine operators ............ 33,112 5.0 2,032 33,095 5.4 2,026 33,217 10.6 2,068

Grader, dozer, and scrapper

operators .......................... 32,623 5.2 2,044 34,104 6.4 2,015 30,925 9.4 2,077

Industrial truck and tractor

equipment operators ......... 28,465 2.3 2,070 28,486 2.4 2,071 27,114 3.2 2,009

Miscellaneous material

moving equipment

operators, n.e.c. ................ 33,310 4.1 2,071 33,494 4.8 2,075 32,198 4.8 2,051

Handlers, equipment cleaners,

helpers, and laborers ................. 23,785 1.5 2,035 23,386 1.5 2,034 29,580 2.6 2,049

Nursery workers ..................... 20,069 6.8 1,909 20,166 6.8 1,903 – – –

Supervisors,

agriculture-Related

workers ............................. 43,772 11.3 2,114 44,161 15.2 2,125 42,563 6.7 2,080

Groundskeepers and

gardeners except farm ...... 22,721 3.2 1,939 20,746 4.3 1,909 27,461 4.4 2,011

Animal caretakers except farm 21,576 7.9 1,941 19,866 7.4 1,930 30,551 18.4 2,001

Inspectors, agricultural

products ............................ 20,643 13.8 2,068 20,643 13.8 2,068 – – –

Supervisors, handlers,

equipment cleaners, and

laborers, n.e.c. .................. 40,218 6.0 2,043 40,199 7.2 2,038 40,334 6.4 2,080

Helpers, mechanics and

repairers ........................... 24,311 3.9 2,058 23,077 3.2 2,061 31,141 7.9 2,038

Helpers, construction trades ... 23,397 3.5 2,011 23,216 3.7 2,008 28,565 6.4 2,080

Helpers, extractive .................. 18,292 14.8 1,872 18,292 14.8 1,872 – – –

Construction laborers ............. 26,728 3.1 1,967 26,798 3.4 1,960 25,986 5.4 2,038

Production helpers .................. 21,673 6.1 2,068 21,684 6.1 2,070 – – –

Garbage collectors ................. 30,661 7.5 2,119 28,195 5.4 2,141 35,490 12.5 2,077

Stock handlers and baggers ... 22,968 2.4 2,058 22,944 2.4 2,059 25,656 8.1 2,027

Machine feeders and

offbearers ......................... 22,039 3.4 2,064 22,065 3.4 2,064 – – –

Freight, stock, and material

handlers, n.e.c. ................. 25,202 2.7 2,058 25,181 2.7 2,058 27,667 14.0 2,080

Garage and service station

related ............................... 18,600 3.9 2,045 18,287 4.0 2,044 27,023 12.7 2,080

Vehicle washers and

equipment cleaners .......... 20,913 4.1 2,077 20,824 4.2 2,077 29,199 6.8 2,060

Hand packers and packagers 19,648 3.8 2,046 19,648 3.8 2,046 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2003 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Blue Collar –Continued

Handlers, equipment cleaners,

helpers, and laborers

–Continued

Laborers except construction,

n.e.c. ................................. $22,882 2.6 2,044 $22,190 2.7 2,040 $28,860 4.9 2,078

Service ................................................... 22,894 2.1 1,996 19,239 1.5 1,991 34,642 1.4 2,010

Protective service ....................... 37,228 3.1 2,105 21,615 3.3 2,045 44,845 2.4 2,134

Supervisors, firefighters and

fire prevention ................... 65,948 5.3 2,544 – – – 66,347 5.4 2,540

Supervisors, police and

detectives ......................... 61,883 3.5 2,086 – – – 62,034 3.5 2,086

Supervisors, guards ................ 39,714 7.0 2,053 32,752 7.1 2,048 52,669 8.3 2,063

Fire inspection and fire

prevention ......................... 39,773 14.3 2,166 – – – 45,955 11.7 2,189

Firefighting .............................. 46,588 2.6 2,497 41,869 11.4 2,487 46,717 2.6 2,497

Police and detectives, public

service .............................. 49,032 1.2 2,075 – – – 49,093 1.2 2,075

Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law

enforcement officers ......... 38,789 2.1 2,070 – – – 39,276 2.0 2,071

Correctional institution officers 34,678 5.3 2,071 – – – 34,899 5.4 2,071

Guards and police except

public service .................... 20,804 3.5 2,038 20,622 3.5 2,044 24,960 8.2 1,897

Protective service, n.e.c. ........ 26,746 8.8 1,901 19,586 5.5 1,931 31,700 6.3 1,881

Food service ............................... 16,208 1.3 1,949 16,171 1.4 1,981 16,691 3.0 1,531

Waiters, waitresses, and

bartenders

Bartenders .............................. 14,209 5.5 1,952 14,209 5.5 1,952 – – –

Waiters and waitresses .......... 8,492 4.9 1,901 8,457 4.8 1,901 – – –

Waiters’/Waitresses’

assistants .......................... 12,398 5.1 1,966 12,335 5.7 1,972 – – –

Other food service

Supervisors, food preparation

and service ....................... 26,994 2.4 2,074 27,806 2.6 2,140 21,148 5.7 1,598

Cooks ..................................... 19,107 1.5 1,965 19,339 1.6 2,009 16,540 5.0 1,485

Kitchen workers, food

preparation ....................... 16,896 2.3 1,955 17,244 2.5 2,014 14,647 4.8 1,570

Food preparation, n.e.c. ......... 15,681 1.5 1,909 15,710 1.5 1,967 15,484 5.5 1,517

Health service ............................. 21,903 1.4 2,006 21,351 1.6 2,005 25,465 2.1 2,007

Dental assistants .................... 27,956 4.2 1,896 27,966 4.2 1,894 27,236 10.3 2,080

Health aides, except nursing .. 23,780 3.0 2,026 23,230 3.7 2,035 26,735 3.5 1,979

Nursing aides, orderlies and

attendants ......................... 20,464 1.0 2,014 19,715 1.1 2,013 24,975 2.3 2,017

Cleaning and building service ..... 22,218 1.9 2,032 21,043 1.7 2,032 25,857 2.7 2,029

Supervisors, cleaning and

building service workers ... 33,443 4.7 2,059 32,028 4.6 2,068 37,221 9.5 2,036

Maids and housemen ............. 16,422 3.2 1,990 16,406 3.3 1,987 17,086 5.4 2,076

Janitors and cleaners ............. 22,691 1.8 2,041 21,569 2.8 2,048 24,982 2.0 2,027

Pest control ............................. 28,294 7.9 2,076 28,185 8.4 2,076 – – –

Personal service ......................... 20,053 5.8 1,881 20,031 5.7 1,917 20,205 5.2 1,622

Supervisors, personal service 31,998 7.5 2,092 31,526 8.9 2,100 36,984 8.9 2,008

Hairdressers and

cosmetologists .................. 26,704 7.9 1,952 26,704 7.9 1,952 – – –

Attendants, amusement, and

recreation facilities ............ 13,978 3.2 2,010 13,877 2.6 2,008 18,567 11.4 2,060

Guides .................................... 28,809 10.8 2,069 28,809 10.8 2,069 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 July 2003 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Service –Continued

Personal service –Continued

Public transportation

attendants ......................... $31,954 2.7 1,015 $32,324 2.3 977 $25,977 18.4 1,622

Baggage porters and bellhops 14,796 4.8 2,012 14,796 4.8 2,012 – – –

Welfare service aides ............. 21,593 3.7 1,988 21,075 3.9 2,001 23,906 8.4 1,928

Early childhood teachers’

assistants .......................... 15,959 4.1 1,822 15,961 5.9 1,970 15,952 3.1 1,475

Child care workers, n.e.c. ....... 18,436 4.9 1,927 17,894 3.7 2,047 20,397 20.8 1,491

Service, n.e.c. ......................... 22,346 5.2 2,014 22,077 5.9 2,033 24,713 4.5 1,854

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

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

are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and

tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the

number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule

based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a

35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one

establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is

the minimum full-time schedule. 3 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between

December 2002 and January 2004. The average reference period was July 2003. 4 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to

cover all workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see appendix B in

"National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States" on the

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

percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a

sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A in "National

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

Internet site www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm. 6 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year,

exclusive of overtime.

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

publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall

occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 

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