National Compensation Survey: 

NCS: Occupational Wages in the United States, January 2001, Supplemental Tables 
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 Supplementary tables: 

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

 all workers, National Compensation Survey, January 2001 ........................................................ 1 

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

 full-time workers, National Compensation Survey, January 2001................................................. 10 

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

 part-time workers, National Compensation Survey, January 2001................................................. 19 

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

 all workers, National Compensation Survey, January 2001 ........................................................ 23 

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

 full-time workers, National Compensation Survey, January 2001................................................. 32 

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

 part-time workers, National Compensation Survey, January 2001................................................. 40 

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

 all workers, National Compensation Survey, January 2001......................................................... 44 

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

 full-time workers, National Compensation Survey, January 2001................................................. 50 

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

 part-time workers, National Compensation Survey, January 2001................................................. 56 

 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, January 2001 ............ 59 

 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, January 2001 ............ 72 
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National

Compensation Survey,3 January 2001

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

All ...................................................................................................... $16.23 1.0 $7.00 $9.13 $13.00 $20.05 $28.65

All, excluding sales .................................................................... 16.48 1.1 7.19 9.37 13.29 20.38 28.85

White collar .................................................................................. 19.86 1.4 8.13 10.90 16.30 24.92 35.32

White collar, excluding sales ................................................. 21.19 1.4 9.19 12.00 17.79 26.24 36.72

Professional specialty and technical ..................................... 26.18 2.0 12.73 17.48 23.43 30.85 40.87

Professional specialty ............................................................ 28.21 2.4 14.46 19.99 25.58 33.41 43.13

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ................................. 31.20 2.8 21.00 24.31 29.56 35.87 44.23

Architects ....................................................................... 24.10 6.7 14.13 21.00 22.53 27.70 35.35

Aerospace engineers ..................................................... 33.29 5.9 23.16 27.76 32.35 39.91 45.30

Metallurgical and materials engineers ........................... 30.74 4.8 26.19 26.19 30.35 32.26 39.05

Petroleum engineers ...................................................... 37.97 6.2 26.19 31.97 37.64 43.79 50.31

Chemical engineers ....................................................... 35.00 3.5 25.48 28.78 33.63 39.74 47.72

Nuclear engineers .......................................................... 35.23 2.0 29.32 34.62 34.62 36.42 39.92

Civil engineers ............................................................... 28.60 3.2 20.17 23.49 26.98 33.03 40.81

Electrical and electronic engineers ................................ 34.56 4.9 21.99 26.53 33.59 42.74 46.58

Industrial engineers ....................................................... 27.54 3.1 19.00 23.35 27.60 32.16 35.25

Mechanical engineers .................................................... 26.39 3.9 21.38 24.31 24.31 27.40 35.26

Engineers, n.e.c. ............................................................ 34.89 5.3 22.17 27.48 32.74 39.92 46.19

Surveyors and mapping scientists ................................. 31.54 5.1 27.00 27.55 34.65 35.00 35.00

Mathematical and computer scientists ............................... 30.38 2.8 19.55 23.04 28.89 34.53 41.59

Computer systems analysts and scientists .................... 30.33 2.8 19.55 23.32 28.84 34.83 41.59

Operations and systems researchers and analysts ....... 30.46 10.2 21.13 21.13 29.23 32.50 40.25

Actuaries ........................................................................ 35.88 6.9 25.52 27.73 34.07 46.22 47.80

Statisticians .................................................................... 26.61 6.1 16.27 22.40 28.47 28.47 32.64

Natural scientists ............................................................... 28.09 5.1 16.32 19.70 26.03 33.72 44.36

Physicists and astronomers ........................................... 39.07 7.9 24.30 34.04 38.63 43.74 53.72

Chemists, except biochemists ....................................... 31.92 5.0 17.07 23.13 29.34 39.96 46.95

Atmospheric and space scientists ................................. 26.55 16.1 14.61 14.61 20.50 37.97 42.33

Geologists and geodesists ............................................. 29.89 8.7 18.14 19.19 28.54 42.58 43.18

Physical scientists, n.e.c. ............................................... 31.08 8.5 19.10 23.89 28.77 33.72 48.90

Agricultural and food scientists ...................................... 22.47 9.6 14.44 16.85 21.39 22.50 33.22

Biological and life scientists ........................................... 23.69 9.1 16.38 16.87 19.70 26.77 35.10

Forestry and conservation scientists ............................. 19.40 9.0 13.18 15.00 19.30 23.20 28.78

Medical scientists ........................................................... 25.18 6.3 14.45 17.31 21.64 27.87 43.20

Health related .................................................................... 28.14 8.9 17.09 19.23 22.31 29.00 38.03

Physicians ...................................................................... 60.14 22.3 17.43 21.50 55.77 76.47 129.48

Dentists .......................................................................... 38.43 9.6 23.00 39.56 40.00 45.67 45.67

Optometrists .................................................................. 41.38 8.3 34.93 36.06 37.50 47.79 47.79

Registered nurses .......................................................... 22.68 1.1 17.14 18.97 21.37 25.20 30.00

Pharmacists ................................................................... 32.81 2.3 27.61 30.15 33.90 35.86 37.85

Dietitians ........................................................................ 19.42 2.7 14.76 17.65 20.00 20.05 24.24

Respiratory therapists .................................................... 19.10 1.8 15.42 16.95 18.31 20.29 23.44

Occupational therapists ................................................. 23.19 6.2 13.21 19.12 24.06 25.88 29.44

Physical therapists ......................................................... 23.79 5.4 19.23 19.84 22.12 26.13 32.20

Speech therapists .......................................................... 27.51 3.3 21.24 22.79 26.00 29.23 38.45

Therapists, n.e.c. ........................................................... 20.09 7.8 12.90 14.28 17.44 22.01 27.50

Physicians’ assistants .................................................... 32.90 6.6 22.23 31.90 36.09 36.09 36.09

Teachers, college and university ....................................... 37.98 2.7 20.82 26.32 34.41 45.64 58.79

Earth, environmental, and marine science teachers ...... 40.93 12.3 20.65 25.95 38.13 60.57 63.59

Biological science teachers ........................................... 38.75 9.9 23.57 27.44 33.10 46.29 61.01

Chemistry teachers ........................................................ 36.74 9.7 26.05 31.42 31.42 37.94 60.14

Physics teachers ............................................................ 44.88 10.7 30.94 32.21 41.25 55.44 55.44

Natural science teachers, n.e.c. .................................... 36.49 9.6 21.64 34.91 37.69 38.25 54.77

Psychology teachers ...................................................... 37.39 11.6 20.90 26.22 27.37 55.89 61.74

Economics teachers ...................................................... 57.51 15.3 36.64 43.71 71.49 71.49 71.49

History teachers ............................................................. 39.76 9.6 23.98 27.90 38.70 51.28 51.28

Political science teachers .............................................. 32.20 9.6 23.22 23.93 28.69 41.55 53.87

Sociology teachers ........................................................ 38.89 16.6 23.66 23.79 46.39 50.69 50.69

Social science teachers, n.e.c. ...................................... 39.73 4.9 31.21 34.73 39.89 41.59 52.87

Engineering teachers ..................................................... 47.69 7.7 26.67 41.26 42.40 60.38 75.31

Mathematical science teachers ..................................... 37.07 7.4 22.49 26.56 39.70 46.08 50.99

Computer science teachers ........................................... 30.00 14.3 17.01 18.69 25.00 45.38 45.38

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 January 2001–Continued

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Professional specialty and technical –Continued

Professional specialty –Continued

Teachers, college and university –Continued

Medical science teachers .............................................. $48.58 8.9 $28.86 $34.20 $43.53 $60.00 $83.13

Health specialties teachers ............................................ 37.53 8.7 24.10 25.26 33.22 43.24 53.86

Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .............. 39.81 9.3 23.05 27.11 34.26 46.85 59.81

Agriculture and forestry teachers ................................... 42.89 25.7 18.54 23.38 43.13 51.20 79.15

Art, drama, and music teachers ..................................... 31.00 6.5 20.82 23.50 28.46 38.97 45.32

Physical education teachers .......................................... 36.51 6.8 27.99 28.24 37.28 40.29 49.43

Education teachers ........................................................ 39.62 6.2 25.48 29.98 42.91 45.64 49.01

English teachers ............................................................ 39.31 9.9 23.34 30.21 33.96 54.27 57.60

Foreign language teachers ............................................ 27.02 22.0 11.81 11.81 22.81 33.79 43.78

Law teachers ................................................................. 50.43 10.5 19.62 38.69 52.87 60.44 77.02

Theology teachers ......................................................... 37.92 3.5 25.72 38.01 38.01 39.94 46.17

Other post-secondary teachers ..................................... 37.19 5.4 19.40 25.65 33.32 43.86 56.72

Teachers, except college and university ............................ 28.01 1.4 14.72 22.36 27.56 34.01 40.80

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ................................. 17.09 7.3 8.97 9.94 11.50 25.70 29.78

Elementary school teachers .......................................... 29.50 1.2 20.53 24.11 28.30 34.72 39.73

Secondary school teachers ........................................... 30.22 1.4 22.27 25.41 28.71 34.41 39.81

Teachers, special education .......................................... 30.35 3.7 17.46 23.16 28.73 38.48 43.21

Teachers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 26.67 5.5 13.15 17.56 25.68 35.54 40.87

Substitute teachers ........................................................ 11.83 5.3 6.38 9.29 10.27 14.38 20.00

Vocational and educational counselors ......................... 26.73 4.9 12.87 19.09 26.16 33.43 43.49

Librarians, archivists, and curators .................................... 23.10 4.0 13.72 18.00 20.73 27.77 34.21

Librarians ....................................................................... 23.55 3.9 13.72 18.02 21.00 28.48 36.65

Archivists and curators .................................................. 20.34 6.5 14.34 18.00 18.38 20.61 32.75

Social scientists and urban planners ................................. 27.12 3.7 16.83 21.39 28.85 28.85 36.42

Economists .................................................................... 29.63 5.2 18.25 24.02 30.16 35.00 41.75

Psychologists ................................................................. 27.33 4.4 16.04 25.80 28.85 28.85 33.82

Social scientists, n.e.c. .................................................. 22.69 23.7 11.82 11.82 18.87 35.85 39.20

Urban planners .............................................................. 24.25 4.4 17.98 19.37 24.01 29.64 30.81

Social, recreation, and religious workers ........................... 15.36 7.3 9.00 11.00 14.21 18.26 22.73

Social workers ............................................................... 15.29 7.7 9.00 11.00 14.16 18.09 22.60

Recreation workers ........................................................ 15.23 4.4 9.38 11.58 14.50 19.44 20.08

Clergy ............................................................................ 18.35 11.9 9.90 13.35 16.41 20.39 28.67

Religious workers, n.e.c. ................................................ 19.00 16.2 8.30 13.88 13.88 23.88 33.72

Lawyers and judges ........................................................... 38.99 6.6 23.08 23.08 40.39 44.87 60.27

Lawyers ......................................................................... 38.77 6.5 23.08 23.08 40.39 44.87 60.27

Judges ........................................................................... 49.24 10.2 27.68 33.93 52.69 62.52 62.52

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,

n.e.c. ................................................................................ 23.31 3.4 10.00 15.32 21.17 26.92 36.95

Technical writers ............................................................ 19.60 10.4 12.50 12.50 19.23 23.56 26.43

Designers ....................................................................... 21.08 6.9 8.75 13.22 19.88 25.56 34.87

Musicians and composers ............................................. 29.41 22.7 14.71 14.71 23.08 28.57 58.75

Actors and directors ....................................................... 28.60 20.8 9.05 15.75 21.04 26.44 47.18

Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist printmakers 21.78 18.0 10.00 14.25 16.83 21.63 34.47

Photographers ............................................................... 19.10 8.4 9.69 12.28 20.37 22.12 27.92

Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c. ............. 17.68 15.5 7.31 12.02 16.41 18.73 24.57

Editors and reporters ..................................................... 24.11 6.6 12.86 16.00 20.29 27.79 35.56

Public relations specialists ............................................. 24.18 6.9 12.50 17.30 21.60 28.19 35.17

Announcers .................................................................... 19.46 47.0 6.13 7.59 8.89 12.29 19.82

Athletes .......................................................................... 22.44 8.7 11.90 18.00 25.06 25.58 25.58

Professional, n.e.c. ........................................................ 29.86 3.7 18.30 22.84 29.05 35.10 45.61

Technical ............................................................................... 19.12 1.7 11.00 13.52 16.92 21.85 26.42

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .......... 15.86 3.5 10.54 11.75 15.40 18.97 22.17

Dental hygienists ........................................................... 26.14 5.2 20.00 21.25 28.00 28.00 28.57

Health record technologists and technicians ................. 11.54 11.7 6.85 6.85 11.00 13.71 18.42

Radiological technicians ................................................ 20.32 3.5 15.40 17.05 21.43 22.56 23.89

Licensed practical nurses .............................................. 14.59 1.1 11.45 12.97 14.40 16.11 18.17

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. .................. 14.54 3.9 9.39 10.82 13.58 17.01 21.24

Electrical and electronic technicians .............................. 18.42 5.5 10.55 14.04 18.24 22.83 26.20

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 January 2001–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

Industrial engineering technicians ................................. $19.93 6.0 $14.56 $15.61 $18.75 $22.13 $26.76

Mechanical engineering technicians .............................. 22.46 4.7 13.41 18.20 24.27 25.54 30.15

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ...................................... 20.63 3.0 13.25 16.21 20.64 24.04 29.31

Drafters .......................................................................... 19.89 2.9 14.00 15.76 19.40 21.91 26.25

Surveying and mapping technicians .............................. 16.56 7.1 10.88 14.80 15.67 20.23 24.54

Biological technicians .................................................... 16.17 5.1 9.98 12.11 14.26 19.03 23.99

Chemical technicians ..................................................... 17.80 3.9 13.74 14.90 17.30 21.00 23.63

Science technicians, n.e.c. ............................................ 19.79 9.1 12.77 16.47 19.07 25.42 25.49

Airplane pilots and navigators ........................................ 101.47 9.1 21.00 40.87 87.05 168.20 176.12

Broadcast equipment operators ..................................... 15.48 12.3 7.43 8.79 13.91 19.45 28.46

Computer programmers ................................................. 24.31 3.3 14.88 19.15 24.48 28.74 34.07

Tool programmers, numerical control ............................ 17.81 5.5 15.12 15.98 15.98 19.66 23.29

Legal assistants ............................................................. 17.46 3.6 11.89 13.99 16.40 21.15 22.82

Technical and related, n.e.c. .......................................... 19.04 3.4 11.00 14.17 18.13 23.23 28.92

Executive, administrative, and managerial ........................... 28.80 1.9 14.42 18.75 25.20 34.61 47.03

Executives, administrators, and managers ........................ 31.70 2.3 14.42 20.28 28.27 38.92 52.04

Legislators ..................................................................... 12.46 22.7 3.46 4.04 7.54 17.31 28.85

Chief executives and general administrators, public

administration .............................................................. 23.05 32.8 11.46 11.46 11.46 39.28 49.44

Administrators and officials, public administration ......... 28.38 2.3 17.42 21.33 28.06 33.34 39.24

Financial managers ....................................................... 34.25 8.7 15.86 20.91 27.69 39.13 58.00

Personnel and labor relations managers ....................... 29.63 12.2 14.42 16.75 24.18 41.05 51.08

Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations 37.48 3.4 18.95 24.30 36.29 46.18 57.69

Administrators, education and related fields .................. 33.29 3.9 16.00 22.18 32.81 41.01 48.62

Managers, medicine and health ..................................... 31.47 4.1 20.00 22.16 30.30 34.54 45.83

Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments .. 17.00 5.0 10.00 10.90 14.51 18.75 27.75

Managers, properties and real estate ............................ 20.26 6.8 8.65 13.24 19.23 23.76 34.91

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ........................ 27.06 7.8 13.61 17.50 24.04 29.71 45.05

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ............................. 33.07 3.7 14.72 21.30 30.00 41.75 53.42

Management related .......................................................... 23.65 2.4 14.22 17.30 21.32 27.15 34.06

Accountants and auditors .............................................. 22.33 3.3 15.53 17.21 20.28 24.86 30.89

Underwriters .................................................................. 24.02 7.4 13.88 16.68 21.72 29.78 38.46

Other financial officers ................................................... 25.15 4.3 13.64 16.71 21.98 28.25 42.56

Management analysts .................................................... 26.61 4.2 17.94 20.00 25.96 31.25 37.09

Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ........ 22.05 3.1 12.50 17.28 20.75 26.45 31.70

Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products .............. 26.67 17.2 15.30 20.59 22.32 29.70 44.98

Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm

products ....................................................................... 21.56 6.3 15.14 15.96 19.25 23.64 31.77

Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ........................... 25.17 7.5 14.25 17.63 23.17 29.52 38.88

Construction inspectors ................................................. 21.95 3.4 16.50 17.57 21.24 26.24 29.65

Inspectors and compliance officers, except

construction ................................................................. 21.54 3.2 15.72 17.87 20.20 25.55 27.74

Management related, n.e.c. ........................................... 24.92 6.2 13.99 17.54 22.13 27.98 37.73

Sales ......................................................................................... 13.74 2.5 6.04 7.22 10.10 15.96 25.80

Supervisors, sales ......................................................... 16.57 3.8 8.85 11.50 14.90 17.31 26.56

Insurance sales .............................................................. 21.99 6.3 12.33 14.58 20.19 25.13 38.68

Real estate sales ........................................................... 19.40 9.9 9.71 12.50 15.67 20.38 31.00

Securities and financial services sales .......................... 31.70 9.7 12.84 14.58 24.51 38.90 62.50

Advertising and related sales ......................................... 21.58 7.7 10.70 14.42 19.45 25.52 40.70

Sales, other business services ...................................... 19.98 7.8 8.56 12.33 16.50 23.56 32.15

Sales engineers ............................................................. 34.85 7.0 25.64 31.07 33.26 33.76 57.98

Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and

wholesale ..................................................................... 24.60 5.0 11.67 16.40 21.63 29.95 40.46

Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ...................... 18.58 6.0 10.28 13.23 17.93 23.62 26.05

Sales workers, apparel .................................................. 10.06 18.1 6.03 6.78 7.66 8.94 11.25

Sales workers, shoes ..................................................... 7.60 5.3 5.75 6.39 6.88 8.00 9.81

Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings .............. 12.39 12.3 6.58 8.05 9.00 14.72 19.26

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 January 2001–Continued

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Sales –Continued

Sales workers, hardware and building supplies ............. $13.01 5.9 $8.63 $9.33 $11.15 $13.34 $21.40

Sales workers, parts ...................................................... 12.94 6.0 7.00 9.00 11.83 15.95 18.94

Sales workers, other commodities ................................. 10.95 6.8 6.00 6.90 8.48 11.54 20.05

Sales counter clerks ...................................................... 7.31 3.3 5.50 5.99 6.67 7.79 10.75

Cashiers ......................................................................... 7.65 1.3 5.60 6.14 7.00 8.25 10.31

Street and door-to-door sales workers .......................... 14.80 34.1 5.15 5.15 9.33 20.90 33.86

News vendors ................................................................ 10.46 9.3 8.43 9.25 9.25 9.89 13.98

Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales .............. 29.81 30.1 7.12 9.68 44.66 44.66 44.66

Sales support, n.e.c. ...................................................... 12.40 5.4 6.92 8.00 11.54 14.10 21.63

Administrative support, including clerical ............................ 12.80 1.2 8.13 9.50 11.99 15.04 19.00

Supervisors, general office ............................................ 17.11 3.1 10.51 13.45 16.37 20.28 24.03

Supervisors, computer equipment operators ................. 24.51 5.1 17.45 19.41 23.97 27.50 35.10

Supervisors, financial records processing ..................... 18.80 3.3 12.50 14.70 18.96 22.54 24.87

Chief communications operators ................................... 19.20 6.5 13.12 15.65 18.04 23.42 25.13

Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting

clerks ........................................................................... 18.45 3.4 11.28 13.94 17.43 22.40 25.75

Computer operators ....................................................... 15.10 3.1 11.29 12.00 14.28 17.02 20.34

Peripheral equipment operators .................................... 11.91 5.8 9.00 9.47 10.75 13.71 15.93

Secretaries ..................................................................... 14.60 3.5 9.57 11.17 13.96 17.66 19.75

Stenographers ............................................................... 15.17 6.1 11.17 11.83 14.00 16.99 19.93

Typists ........................................................................... 12.95 1.9 9.75 10.68 13.00 14.33 16.11

Interviewers ................................................................... 10.16 4.0 7.38 8.25 9.21 12.23 13.71

Hotel clerks .................................................................... 8.76 3.7 6.60 7.27 8.28 9.38 11.61

Transportation ticket and reservation agents ................. 13.64 4.3 7.87 10.53 13.01 16.94 20.27

Receptionists ................................................................. 10.25 2.3 7.50 8.48 9.90 12.00 14.00

Information clerks, n.e.c. ................................................ 12.24 4.3 8.86 9.72 11.63 14.00 16.69

Classified ad clerks ........................................................ 12.36 9.8 7.57 10.43 13.02 13.02 17.24

Correspondence clerks .................................................. 12.24 3.3 9.76 11.31 11.98 13.70 15.74

Order clerks ................................................................... 13.13 2.2 8.25 10.00 12.36 15.35 19.98

Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping ......... 14.61 2.7 10.20 12.00 14.43 17.07 19.96

Library clerks ................................................................. 11.18 2.6 7.60 8.88 10.55 13.09 15.63

File clerks ....................................................................... 9.17 3.3 7.00 8.00 8.59 10.00 12.39

Records clerks, n.e.c. .................................................... 12.53 2.2 8.41 9.69 11.85 14.89 17.49

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ............... 11.94 5.0 8.13 9.00 11.71 13.71 16.63

Payroll and timekeeping clerks ...................................... 14.37 2.9 9.21 11.65 13.50 17.50 19.69

Billing clerks ................................................................... 10.89 4.1 7.88 9.00 10.50 12.12 14.38

Cost and rate clerks ....................................................... 16.38 16.6 6.07 10.29 16.35 22.50 22.50

Billing, posting, and calculating machine operators ....... 10.42 4.7 8.23 8.72 9.39 11.73 13.36

Duplicating machine operators ...................................... 11.05 6.1 8.64 9.32 10.04 13.13 13.50

Mail preparing and paper handling machine operators 10.67 7.6 6.81 8.40 10.75 11.32 16.12

Office machine operators, n.e.c. .................................... 8.84 4.9 6.45 7.42 8.00 10.21 13.03

Telephone operators ...................................................... 12.29 3.7 7.27 8.65 11.33 16.60 17.84

Communications equipment operators, n.e.c. ............... 9.28 12.0 5.32 7.27 7.27 11.80 12.95

Mail clerks, except postal service .................................. 9.96 6.1 7.69 8.00 8.82 11.48 13.91

Messengers ................................................................... 9.65 5.6 6.68 7.43 8.88 12.09 13.08

Dispatchers .................................................................... 13.50 4.0 7.50 10.32 13.03 15.06 20.59

Production coordinators ................................................. 17.13 2.8 11.36 14.03 16.82 19.60 23.00

Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ............................. 12.27 3.6 7.78 9.25 11.20 14.32 19.19

Stock and inventory clerks ............................................. 11.92 2.4 8.00 9.04 11.21 13.84 17.15

Meter readers ................................................................ 15.04 4.0 10.92 11.50 14.43 17.86 19.94

Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers ............. 13.66 7.6 9.19 11.00 12.40 14.50 23.36

Expeditors ...................................................................... 13.88 4.5 9.00 10.22 13.82 17.99 18.19

Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 15.20 10.4 8.76 9.50 12.70 21.34 23.64

Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ........ 17.57 4.1 10.80 12.23 15.87 20.75 27.55

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ............... 13.46 2.3 9.00 10.41 12.78 16.19 18.45

Eligibility clerks, social welfare ....................................... 15.05 4.4 10.81 12.36 15.42 17.79 17.79

Bill and account collectors ............................................. 12.36 4.5 8.11 9.77 11.46 14.25 17.03

General office clerks ...................................................... 11.81 1.3 8.00 9.08 11.30 14.01 16.50

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 January 2001–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

Bank tellers .................................................................... $9.69 2.2 $7.48 $8.43 $9.50 $10.79 $12.05

Proofreaders .................................................................. 15.58 15.2 7.10 12.06 14.50 22.12 22.12

Data entry keyers ........................................................... 11.24 2.2 8.06 9.23 10.84 12.80 14.87

Statistical clerks ............................................................. 12.28 5.5 8.01 9.85 11.10 15.64 18.26

Teachers’ aides ............................................................. 10.44 2.0 7.72 8.62 9.70 11.32 14.37

Administrative support, n.e.c. ........................................ 12.52 1.9 8.11 9.90 11.66 15.06 17.92

Blue collar .................................................................................... 13.73 1.1 7.40 9.39 12.36 17.03 22.50

Precision production, craft, and repair .................................. 17.28 1.4 10.25 12.36 16.25 21.41 26.05

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .......................... 17.19 14.3 12.36 12.36 12.36 20.84 28.83

Automobile mechanics ................................................... 16.48 3.9 11.04 12.03 15.75 20.00 23.10

Automobile mechanic apprentices ................................. 11.35 8.1 7.00 7.08 12.50 13.90 14.00

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ................ 14.65 6.0 10.00 10.58 13.91 17.50 21.10

Aircraft engine mechanics ............................................. 22.04 3.7 16.83 17.65 22.69 24.32 27.03

Small engine repairers ................................................... 13.12 4.6 9.50 13.00 13.50 14.82 15.01

Automobile body and related repairers .......................... 19.15 10.0 10.07 14.25 16.45 23.96 34.65

Aircraft mechanics, except engine ................................. 20.64 5.7 12.77 16.56 21.83 23.85 26.02

Heavy equipment mechanics ......................................... 18.20 4.7 12.02 13.46 18.03 21.76 26.75

Farm equipment mechanics .......................................... 13.08 4.7 10.17 10.50 13.25 13.86 15.94

Industrial machinery repairers ....................................... 18.36 2.3 12.99 15.55 17.75 21.14 24.51

Machinery maintenance ................................................. 14.04 5.2 9.50 10.65 13.10 16.10 21.20

Electronic repairers, communications and industrial

equipment .................................................................... 19.78 2.9 12.66 16.24 21.50 23.39 26.13

Data processing equipment repairers ............................ 17.58 9.2 11.46 13.31 16.90 22.08 24.20

Household appliance and power tool repairers ............. 13.61 7.5 10.00 10.00 11.25 15.74 21.38

Telephone line installers and repairers .......................... 21.52 2.8 15.83 21.16 21.88 23.76 25.08

Telephone installers and repairers ................................ 19.33 3.1 13.24 17.90 19.40 21.66 23.90

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics .. 15.83 3.1 10.33 13.00 15.04 18.20 21.41

Locksmiths and safe repairers ....................................... 18.04 5.9 15.13 16.60 17.39 20.30 21.58

Office machine repairers ................................................ 14.60 11.9 9.00 9.00 14.91 18.52 18.56

Mechanical controls and valve repairers ....................... 20.60 4.4 16.08 17.02 20.53 24.24 27.49

Elevator installers and repairers .................................... 25.80 6.8 21.48 22.10 24.33 31.14 31.76

Millwrights ...................................................................... 21.03 6.1 12.67 16.95 23.56 23.56 26.80

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ..................................... 15.94 2.3 10.01 12.25 15.28 19.04 22.79

Supervisors, brickmasons, stonemasons, and

tilesetters ..................................................................... 19.04 13.8 14.89 14.89 14.89 22.90 26.90

Supervisors, carpenters and related workers ................ 24.07 7.3 17.50 19.00 21.18 28.27 29.34

Supervisors, electricians and power transmission

installers ....................................................................... 25.68 4.1 16.92 20.55 24.80 28.60 36.67

Supervisors, painters, paperhangers, and plasterers .... 19.04 3.3 17.38 17.38 18.00 20.00 21.00

Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...... 25.74 5.9 15.58 19.98 28.56 29.61 32.09

Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ......................... 20.77 4.2 14.00 16.38 19.11 24.36 31.00

Brickmasons and stonemasons ..................................... 20.71 9.1 13.42 17.25 18.00 27.48 27.48

Brickmason and stonemason apprentices ..................... 10.09 8.2 8.25 8.25 9.75 10.19 10.26

Tile setters, hard and soft .............................................. 25.42 4.6 26.48 26.48 26.50 26.50 27.32

Carpet installers ............................................................. 19.15 10.9 11.81 14.00 17.44 24.40 29.15

Carpenters ..................................................................... 17.38 3.4 10.80 13.29 17.50 20.22 25.35

Carpenter apprentices ................................................... 15.03 7.7 11.00 12.77 13.77 17.00 20.94

Drywall installers ............................................................ 20.86 14.1 12.77 13.82 19.94 26.21 34.03

Electricians .................................................................... 20.32 4.4 11.25 15.13 18.28 26.62 29.50

Electrician apprentices ................................................... 13.98 5.8 9.80 10.64 11.54 17.42 20.72

Electrical power installers and repairers ........................ 23.53 2.8 15.55 21.04 23.52 26.50 30.18

Painters, construction and maintenance ........................ 13.91 4.9 10.00 10.36 13.00 14.51 21.25

Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ........................... 21.09 4.7 13.84 15.47 19.67 25.63 29.32

Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices ............ 17.55 14.0 9.00 10.74 15.64 25.17 25.78

Concrete and terrazzo finishers ..................................... 16.15 11.1 10.50 13.00 13.00 23.05 23.73

Glaziers .......................................................................... 14.76 7.0 11.80 11.80 14.25 17.00 20.29

Insulation workers .......................................................... 13.58 7.7 8.33 10.36 12.60 18.14 18.14

Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators ... 11.95 11.7 8.50 8.50 10.51 13.79 14.65

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 January 2001–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

Roofers .......................................................................... $14.22 10.6 $9.17 $9.29 $13.02 $17.49 $23.38

Sheetmetal duct installers .............................................. 21.62 9.1 12.28 15.94 24.04 29.38 29.38

Structural metal workers ................................................ 16.19 5.1 12.13 14.00 14.57 19.67 21.36

Construction trades, n.e.c. ............................................. 15.12 4.8 9.62 11.00 14.33 17.81 23.26

Supervisors, extractive .................................................. 23.55 16.9 9.50 15.00 27.46 32.73 32.81

Drillers, oil well ............................................................... 15.98 31.2 7.33 7.33 21.10 22.19 25.81

Mining machine operators ............................................. 17.23 14.1 9.19 11.75 15.66 22.05 27.71

Mining, n.e.c. ................................................................. 22.71 3.4 23.19 23.19 23.98 23.98 23.98

Supervisors, production ................................................. 19.96 2.7 13.06 16.05 19.54 23.93 27.50

Tool and die makers ...................................................... 22.00 2.8 15.75 19.48 21.61 26.65 27.27

Tool and die maker apprentices .................................... 16.03 11.3 9.21 11.52 12.29 18.00 26.24

Precision assemblers, metal .......................................... 18.16 3.1 13.40 17.20 17.25 20.68 23.76

Machinists ...................................................................... 16.89 3.9 12.53 13.95 17.00 19.57 22.46

Precision grinders, filers, and tool sharpeners ............... 18.06 7.1 12.77 15.25 17.75 20.57 26.07

Patternmakers and modelmakers, metal ....................... 19.89 8.7 10.33 15.88 18.73 27.56 28.06

Layout workers .............................................................. 15.59 3.9 13.20 13.72 15.66 15.66 20.96

Precious stones and metals workers ............................. 12.94 17.7 8.08 8.17 14.33 16.65 17.30

Engravers, metal ............................................................ 14.58 28.6 7.90 7.90 14.54 22.74 22.74

Sheet metal workers ...................................................... 17.34 4.9 11.65 13.40 15.00 21.06 27.22

Sheet metal worker apprentices .................................... 13.01 11.6 8.00 10.00 14.04 15.98 17.28

Cabinet makers and bench carpenters .......................... 13.29 12.5 7.50 8.75 13.29 15.00 20.00

Furniture and wood finishers ......................................... 12.05 4.6 9.95 10.00 12.45 13.00 13.00

Dressmakers .................................................................. 11.70 6.4 10.29 10.29 10.70 13.95 13.95

Tailors ............................................................................ 11.79 5.7 9.77 10.79 11.92 11.92 15.23

Upholsterers .................................................................. 13.70 12.8 9.22 9.72 14.11 15.91 19.00

Hand molders and shapers, except jewelers ................. 16.81 6.6 12.84 14.90 16.43 18.47 21.36

Patternmakers, layout workers, and cutters .................. 13.87 9.1 12.00 12.00 12.00 14.00 21.64

Optical goods workers ................................................... 11.58 11.1 7.50 8.96 13.28 13.28 14.60

Dental laboratory and medical appliance technicians .... 14.96 2.8 12.60 12.60 13.10 18.86 19.00

Bookbinders ................................................................... 12.59 5.0 10.88 11.00 12.25 12.30 18.51

Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ............ 11.45 3.4 8.30 8.97 12.28 12.28 15.19

Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ........................ 14.37 8.3 8.62 11.00 13.21 17.08 21.14

Precision food production .............................................. 16.40 25.4 9.30 11.76 11.76 28.21 28.21

Butchers and meat cutters ............................................. 10.92 4.5 7.00 7.84 10.30 13.00 16.75

Bakers ............................................................................ 10.14 8.9 7.08 7.08 9.50 12.25 15.21

Food batchmakers ......................................................... 10.84 5.6 7.53 8.57 10.55 12.28 15.10

Inspectors, testers, and graders .................................... 17.35 4.7 10.30 12.24 16.61 21.82 24.57

Precision inspectors, testers, and related workers,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 20.62 5.4 15.32 15.87 21.95 23.64 23.64

Adjusters and calibrators ............................................... 19.18 20.7 9.21 12.05 15.40 23.66 38.15

Water and sewer treatment plant operators .................. 16.43 3.9 10.52 12.37 16.51 19.45 22.46

Power plant operators .................................................... 24.07 3.4 18.24 22.33 23.79 26.23 27.12

Stationary engineers ...................................................... 19.75 3.4 14.96 16.72 18.58 22.49 27.89

Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c. ......... 21.18 9.0 11.27 19.29 23.32 25.11 26.19

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ................. 12.29 1.8 7.18 9.03 11.29 14.52 19.30

Lathe and turning machine set-up operators ................. 14.79 3.7 12.18 13.52 14.38 15.40 17.66

Lathe and turning machine operators ............................ 14.89 4.9 10.50 12.25 14.38 17.68 22.00

Milling and planing machine operators .......................... 13.75 8.0 11.00 11.00 11.72 14.63 19.75

Punching and stamping press operators ....................... 12.37 7.9 8.25 8.25 12.03 14.12 17.93

Rolling machine operators ............................................. 15.48 11.2 9.35 10.50 15.09 16.72 28.13

Drilling and boring machine operators ........................... 12.33 13.3 6.56 6.56 13.18 15.45 18.29

Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine

operators ...................................................................... 12.69 3.4 8.63 10.15 11.76 14.76 16.04

Forging machine operators ............................................ 14.09 4.9 9.86 11.67 13.50 17.08 18.12

Numerical control machine operators ............................ 14.79 3.0 10.74 12.30 13.65 16.40 20.10

Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ........................... 13.91 3.8 8.33 10.24 13.22 16.50 22.76

Molding and casting machine operators ........................ 11.49 4.2 8.02 9.11 10.50 13.13 16.30

Metal plating machine operators .................................... 13.52 3.7 9.44 10.75 14.24 15.57 16.70

Heat treating equipment operators ................................ 14.94 7.1 9.50 13.01 14.61 17.04 21.15

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 January 2001–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

Wood lathe, routing, and planing machine operators .... $9.44 12.0 $7.00 $7.00 $7.50 $11.45 $13.30

Sawing machine operators ............................................ 11.03 7.0 6.36 9.70 11.10 13.67 13.67

Shaping and jointing machine operators ....................... 11.16 4.8 9.20 10.50 10.50 11.94 14.07

Printing press operators ................................................. 14.32 3.8 10.00 10.88 13.33 16.88 20.56

Photoengravers and lithographers ................................. 17.22 8.0 10.25 12.20 17.59 21.49 24.00

Typesetters and compositors ......................................... 14.02 7.5 8.50 10.21 13.41 16.85 20.17

Winding and twisting machine operators ....................... 12.77 7.0 9.00 10.68 13.99 13.99 15.19

Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine

operators ...................................................................... 12.00 3.1 9.39 10.43 12.70 13.00 14.58

Textile cutting machine operators .................................. 9.13 7.4 7.05 7.90 7.90 10.17 12.86

Textile sewing machine operators ................................. 7.94 5.2 5.75 6.25 7.36 8.86 10.82

Shoe machine operators ................................................ 10.05 11.2 6.33 8.48 10.41 11.28 16.07

Pressing machine operators .......................................... 8.47 4.7 6.50 7.56 8.29 10.00 10.30

Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators ........... 7.84 4.6 5.61 6.40 7.50 8.40 10.00

Cementing and gluing machine operators ..................... 10.54 8.2 7.73 7.75 10.55 13.13 14.38

Packaging and filling machine operators ....................... 12.32 4.1 7.36 10.50 11.96 13.99 17.12

Extruding and forming machine operators ..................... 12.42 4.9 8.72 9.65 11.07 14.41 16.84

Mixing and blending machine operators ........................ 14.29 5.1 9.00 10.37 13.66 17.81 19.68

Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine operators .. 17.02 4.3 12.43 14.89 16.80 18.25 23.00

Compressing and compacting machine operators ........ 11.13 3.0 9.27 10.45 10.45 12.17 14.07

Painting and paint spraying machine operators ............. 14.33 12.8 6.81 10.50 12.19 14.00 22.27

Roasting and baking machine operators, food .............. 9.95 4.0 8.68 8.68 9.38 10.65 12.50

Washing, cleaning, and pickling machine operators ...... 9.51 6.5 7.95 8.13 8.13 10.59 13.02

Folding machine operators ............................................ 12.55 6.2 7.98 10.52 11.69 14.01 18.47

Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food ............. 14.18 5.2 8.00 11.69 12.80 15.94 23.21

Crushing and grinding machine operators ..................... 12.91 7.3 6.70 10.44 12.33 16.76 19.54

Slicing and cutting machine operators ........................... 13.26 4.6 9.40 10.95 13.35 16.04 16.60

Photographic process machine operators ..................... 11.21 5.1 7.00 8.13 10.91 13.96 16.00

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ...................... 12.28 4.0 7.93 9.14 10.75 14.88 18.87

Welders and cutters ....................................................... 15.01 2.8 10.63 12.16 14.13 17.01 21.96

Solders and braziers ...................................................... 10.30 10.0 8.12 8.12 9.37 11.26 13.74

Assemblers .................................................................... 12.19 4.6 6.76 8.50 10.34 14.57 23.01

Hand cutting and trimming ............................................. 8.40 7.8 6.25 7.00 7.16 9.00 11.19

Hand molding, casting, and forming .............................. 11.99 3.6 9.20 11.61 12.63 12.63 13.55

Hand painting, coating, and decorating ......................... 10.38 6.7 8.81 9.00 9.11 11.58 13.65

Hand engraving and printing .......................................... 12.25 4.3 11.00 11.00 12.93 12.93 12.93

Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ............................... 11.32 4.6 7.50 8.24 10.02 13.07 16.18

Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ........... 12.63 4.5 8.46 9.50 11.13 15.14 19.73

Production testers .......................................................... 12.70 4.0 8.00 10.00 11.89 15.05 18.00

Production samplers and weighers ................................ 14.38 8.2 8.34 11.37 14.14 16.24 16.93

Graders and sorters, except agricultural ........................ 10.10 6.3 6.23 8.04 10.00 11.24 12.92

Hand inspectors, n.e.c. .................................................. 10.14 8.8 6.00 8.36 9.71 10.85 12.40

Transportation and material moving ..................................... 13.53 1.6 7.92 9.66 12.42 16.81 21.02

Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ............................ 18.02 4.7 12.38 13.08 19.24 20.80 23.08

Truck drivers .................................................................. 13.11 2.2 8.00 9.54 12.00 15.83 19.30

Driver-sales workers ...................................................... 13.24 5.9 5.88 10.00 12.27 17.12 19.47

Bus drivers ..................................................................... 13.27 2.3 8.92 10.69 12.55 16.23 18.13

Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ...................................... 8.67 4.0 6.35 6.75 8.95 10.02 11.11

Parking lot attendants .................................................... 7.86 7.8 5.15 6.42 7.96 8.75 10.75

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ............................................ 7.95 7.4 4.30 5.65 6.67 8.25 13.48

Railroad conductors and yardmasters ........................... 26.94 4.6 20.13 25.38 28.21 30.33 31.35

Locomotive operating .................................................... 25.57 8.7 14.64 19.48 22.15 33.77 37.71

Railroad brake, signal and switch operators .................. 22.49 12.0 15.15 15.15 23.81 25.24 30.57

Rail vehicle operators, n.e.c. ......................................... 19.77 2.2 18.22 19.17 20.37 20.37 20.37

Ship captains and mates, except fishing boats .............. 19.95 5.3 14.12 19.02 19.02 19.75 24.25

Bridge, lock and lighthouse tenders ............................... 12.28 3.0 12.09 12.09 12.09 12.09 15.07

Supervisors, material moving equipment ....................... 18.05 4.0 13.56 14.56 17.31 20.36 23.00

Operating engineers ...................................................... 18.63 5.8 10.20 14.33 19.39 22.62 26.46

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 January 2001–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

Longshore equipment operators .................................... $28.75 5.7 $20.92 $27.87 $27.87 $31.72 $31.72

Crane and tower operators ............................................ 17.39 5.7 11.29 13.10 15.54 19.73 23.70

Excavating and loading machine operators ................... 15.28 3.9 10.00 12.25 15.00 17.65 20.08

Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators ......................... 15.43 5.9 9.75 11.75 14.34 18.16 21.45

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ........... 13.61 4.3 8.88 10.16 12.63 16.03 21.02

Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 15.08 5.0 8.79 11.32 13.68 18.21 23.17

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......... 10.37 1.3 6.41 7.54 9.48 11.86 15.75

Nursery workers ............................................................. 7.55 2.6 6.50 6.88 7.50 7.75 8.56

Supervisors, agriculture-related workers ....................... 17.72 6.6 12.05 12.46 17.35 22.32 25.00

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ............... 10.04 6.3 6.00 7.50 9.44 11.89 14.19

Animal caretakers, except farm ..................................... 10.92 12.0 6.00 7.60 9.69 16.23 16.36

Inspectors, agricultural products .................................... 8.74 10.9 6.53 7.32 7.50 9.88 15.38

Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and

laborers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 17.41 6.4 10.25 12.84 15.77 20.71 28.50

Helpers, mechanics and repairers ................................. 10.69 3.9 8.00 8.01 9.28 12.69 15.38

Helpers, construction trades .......................................... 10.65 3.3 7.92 8.67 9.69 12.06 14.55

Helpers, extractive ......................................................... 9.42 12.1 7.45 7.45 7.63 12.54 12.80

Construction laborers ..................................................... 12.35 4.7 7.70 8.47 10.39 14.81 20.42

Production helpers ......................................................... 10.27 2.4 7.13 8.64 9.70 11.50 13.73

Garbage collectors ......................................................... 13.72 7.7 8.91 12.42 13.11 16.07 19.07

Stock handlers and baggers .......................................... 9.18 2.2 5.75 6.44 8.27 10.84 14.29

Machine feeders and offbearers .................................... 8.71 9.2 6.50 6.50 7.80 9.76 12.80

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .................. 11.50 3.3 6.80 8.49 10.44 14.00 18.10

Garage and service station related ................................ 9.44 6.1 6.50 7.43 8.13 11.12 13.92

Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ..................... 8.94 3.8 6.00 6.67 8.04 10.00 13.48

Hand packers and packagers ........................................ 9.70 4.8 6.76 7.57 9.43 11.86 11.86

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ............................. 9.97 1.9 6.33 7.62 9.37 11.00 14.76

Service .......................................................................................... 9.86 1.2 5.50 6.56 8.45 11.21 16.25

Protective service .............................................................. 15.99 1.8 7.55 9.66 14.48 21.21 25.69

Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention .................. 23.10 4.6 16.23 18.46 21.90 26.42 33.74

Supervisors, police and detectives ................................ 26.99 3.2 14.85 21.76 27.09 32.35 36.65

Supervisors, guards ....................................................... 17.91 6.5 9.71 11.66 16.17 21.38 33.09

Fire inspection and fire prevention ................................. 19.17 7.7 10.95 14.00 20.03 25.38 26.29

Firefighting ..................................................................... 17.16 2.8 10.93 13.61 16.12 21.12 24.16

Police and detectives, public service ............................. 21.45 1.5 14.34 17.62 21.21 24.21 28.32

Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers ..... 17.52 2.8 11.62 13.49 16.98 20.72 25.16

Correctional institution officers ....................................... 15.91 4.7 11.42 12.81 13.89 19.41 22.47

Crossing guards ............................................................. 9.59 4.6 6.67 7.60 8.94 11.65 12.41

Guards and police, except public service ...................... 9.70 3.4 6.38 7.50 8.61 10.72 14.39

Protective service, n.e.c. ................................................ 11.46 6.2 6.50 7.05 10.31 12.84 19.29

Food service ...................................................................... 7.14 1.6 3.08 5.58 6.74 8.55 10.67

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ............................... 4.81 2.9 2.13 2.65 4.74 6.25 7.69

Bartenders ..................................................................... 6.94 5.3 4.20 5.50 6.25 8.20 9.62

Waiters and waitresses .................................................. 3.96 3.2 2.13 2.25 3.09 5.35 6.50

Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ..................................... 5.90 2.7 3.05 5.15 5.75 6.80 8.00

Other food service ........................................................... 8.07 1.5 5.58 6.17 7.47 9.24 11.38

Supervisors, food preparation and service .................... 11.73 3.8 7.14 8.75 11.18 13.29 17.93

Cooks ............................................................................. 8.64 2.3 5.75 7.00 8.65 9.88 11.55

Kitchen workers, food preparation ................................. 7.66 2.4 5.48 6.23 7.30 8.71 10.18

Food preparation, n.e.c. ................................................. 7.17 1.3 5.50 6.00 6.80 7.87 9.14

Health service .................................................................... 9.93 1.7 7.11 8.05 9.24 11.19 14.00

Dental assistants ........................................................... 12.48 9.1 9.00 9.71 12.00 15.42 16.00

Health aides, except nursing ......................................... 10.81 3.3 7.92 8.63 10.02 12.55 14.82

Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ........................ 9.34 1.2 6.91 7.65 8.86 10.45 12.51

Cleaning and building service ............................................ 9.77 1.4 6.25 7.09 8.75 11.55 14.83

Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers ...... 14.15 3.6 8.00 10.60 12.38 16.92 21.19

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 January 2001–Continued

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Service –Continued

Cleaning and building service –Continued

Maids and housemen .................................................... $8.02 2.4 $5.91 $6.65 $7.21 $8.57 $10.86

Janitors and cleaners ..................................................... 9.85 1.6 6.31 7.30 9.04 11.64 14.66

Pest control .................................................................... 10.57 11.5 7.71 7.71 11.35 11.57 13.50

Personal service ................................................................ 9.80 2.9 5.67 6.61 8.32 11.06 14.08

Hairdressers and cosmetologists ................................... 10.37 5.5 7.00 8.31 9.98 11.57 14.44

Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities .......... 6.96 2.7 5.23 5.83 6.38 7.75 8.91

Guides ........................................................................... 10.76 11.3 7.03 8.46 9.50 14.42 14.42

Ushers ........................................................................... 7.01 5.0 5.80 6.07 6.84 8.21 8.21

Public transportation attendants .................................... 31.35 5.0 13.19 22.47 28.92 44.51 49.53

Baggage porters and bellhops ....................................... 6.10 4.6 3.92 5.40 6.25 6.68 7.41

Welfare service aides .................................................... 8.15 5.0 5.63 6.50 7.58 9.31 11.05

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .............................. 7.57 4.3 5.48 5.67 7.20 8.70 10.74

Child care workers, n.e.c. .............................................. 8.91 2.9 6.50 6.99 8.25 10.08 12.45

Service, n.e.c. ................................................................ 9.84 5.5 5.99 7.08 8.33 11.51 15.47

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 include 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 March 2000 and

January 2002. The average reference period was January 2001. 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, 2001, on the BLS

Internet site http:www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm or any of our published NCS locality

bulletins. 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, 2001, on the BLS Internet site

http:www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm or any of our published NCS locality bulletins. 

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 January 2001

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

All ...................................................................................................... $17.13 1.1 $7.79 $9.99 $14.00 $21.01 $29.52

All, excluding sales .................................................................... 17.22 1.1 7.91 10.00 14.02 21.16 29.58

White collar .................................................................................. 20.82 1.4 9.00 11.78 17.25 25.80 36.24

White collar, excluding sales ................................................. 21.65 1.4 9.56 12.40 18.23 26.84 37.41

Professional specialty and technical ..................................... 26.56 2.1 13.08 17.79 23.85 31.28 41.31

Professional specialty ............................................................ 28.56 2.5 14.85 20.15 25.99 33.75 43.61

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ................................. 31.20 2.8 21.00 24.31 29.50 35.87 44.23

Architects ....................................................................... 24.08 6.7 14.13 21.00 22.53 27.70 35.35

Aerospace engineers ..................................................... 33.29 5.9 23.16 27.76 32.35 39.91 45.30

Metallurgical and materials engineers ........................... 30.74 4.8 26.19 26.19 30.35 32.26 39.05

Petroleum engineers ...................................................... 37.97 6.2 26.19 31.97 37.64 43.79 50.31

Chemical engineers ....................................................... 34.99 3.5 25.48 28.78 33.63 39.74 47.72

Nuclear engineers .......................................................... 35.23 2.0 29.32 34.62 34.62 36.42 39.92

Civil engineers ............................................................... 28.61 3.2 20.18 23.49 26.98 33.03 40.81

Electrical and electronic engineers ................................ 34.56 4.9 21.99 26.53 33.59 42.74 46.58

Industrial engineers ....................................................... 27.54 3.1 19.00 23.35 27.60 32.19 35.25

Mechanical engineers .................................................... 26.41 3.9 21.38 24.31 24.31 27.40 35.26

Engineers, n.e.c. ............................................................ 34.87 5.3 22.17 27.44 32.64 39.91 46.28

Surveyors and mapping scientists ................................. 31.54 5.1 27.00 27.55 34.65 35.00 35.00

Mathematical and computer scientists ............................... 30.54 2.8 19.79 23.32 29.19 34.56 41.69

Computer systems analysts and scientists .................... 30.52 2.8 19.55 23.34 29.11 34.85 41.89

Operations and systems researchers and analysts ....... 30.46 10.3 21.13 21.13 29.23 32.50 40.25

Actuaries ........................................................................ 35.88 6.9 25.52 27.73 34.07 46.22 47.80

Statisticians .................................................................... 26.61 6.1 16.27 22.40 28.47 28.47 32.64

Natural scientists ............................................................... 28.11 5.1 16.32 19.70 26.03 33.72 44.36

Physicists and astronomers ........................................... 39.07 7.9 24.30 34.04 38.63 43.74 53.72

Chemists, except biochemists ....................................... 31.95 5.1 17.03 23.13 29.65 39.96 46.95

Atmospheric and space scientists ................................. 26.55 16.1 14.61 14.61 20.50 37.97 42.33

Geologists and geodesists ............................................. 29.89 8.7 18.14 19.19 28.54 42.58 43.18

Physical scientists, n.e.c. ............................................... 31.09 8.5 19.10 23.89 28.77 33.72 48.90

Agricultural and food scientists ...................................... 22.47 9.6 14.44 16.85 21.39 22.50 33.22

Biological and life scientists ........................................... 23.74 9.2 16.38 16.87 19.70 26.77 35.10

Forestry and conservation scientists ............................. 19.40 9.0 13.18 15.00 19.30 23.20 28.78

Medical scientists ........................................................... 25.12 6.4 14.45 17.31 21.64 27.87 43.20

Health related .................................................................... 28.59 10.4 16.95 19.08 22.02 29.19 39.56

Physicians ...................................................................... 59.78 23.5 17.20 20.63 52.24 73.28 129.48

Dentists .......................................................................... 39.71 12.9 10.07 39.56 44.55 45.67 45.67

Optometrists .................................................................. 41.32 8.6 34.93 36.06 37.50 47.79 47.79

Registered nurses .......................................................... 22.45 1.3 17.07 18.75 21.09 25.03 29.61

Pharmacists ................................................................... 33.70 1.4 28.80 31.60 34.01 36.06 38.00

Dietitians ........................................................................ 19.16 3.0 14.76 17.41 19.89 20.00 23.18

Respiratory therapists .................................................... 19.04 1.9 15.42 16.95 18.31 20.12 23.44

Occupational therapists ................................................. 22.78 7.1 13.21 19.12 23.55 25.88 31.93

Physical therapists ......................................................... 23.29 5.5 19.23 19.23 21.01 25.74 30.00

Speech therapists .......................................................... 27.48 3.5 21.24 23.05 25.99 29.23 38.45

Therapists, n.e.c. ........................................................... 18.50 4.3 12.73 14.28 16.99 21.39 26.31

Teachers, college and university ....................................... 38.64 2.8 21.15 27.11 34.86 45.75 59.67

Earth, environmental, and marine science teachers ...... 41.02 13.3 20.65 25.95 38.13 60.57 63.59

Biological science teachers ........................................... 38.61 10.5 23.57 27.44 33.10 46.29 61.01

Chemistry teachers ........................................................ 36.79 9.8 26.05 31.42 31.42 37.94 60.14

Physics teachers ............................................................ 44.89 10.8 30.94 32.21 41.25 55.44 55.44

Natural science teachers, n.e.c. .................................... 39.22 6.2 22.52 36.00 38.25 38.25 54.77

Psychology teachers ...................................................... 37.91 11.9 20.90 26.22 27.99 55.89 61.74

Economics teachers ...................................................... 57.51 15.3 36.64 43.71 71.49 71.49 71.49

History teachers ............................................................. 39.50 10.0 23.98 27.90 38.70 51.28 51.28

Political science teachers .............................................. 32.17 9.7 23.22 23.93 28.69 41.55 53.87

Sociology teachers ........................................................ 39.09 16.6 23.79 23.79 46.39 50.69 50.69

Social science teachers, n.e.c. ...................................... 39.69 5.1 30.66 34.73 39.89 45.60 52.87

Engineering teachers ..................................................... 47.85 8.0 29.81 41.26 42.40 52.07 75.31

Mathematical science teachers ..................................... 37.51 7.5 22.49 28.02 39.70 46.08 50.99

Computer science teachers ........................................... 31.53 17.4 17.01 18.69 29.87 45.38 45.38

Medical science teachers .............................................. 49.60 9.1 28.64 34.20 44.32 60.00 83.13

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 January 2001–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

Health specialties teachers ............................................ $37.78 8.8 $24.10 $25.26 $33.22 $43.24 $53.86

Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .............. 40.01 9.5 23.05 27.11 34.26 46.85 59.81

Agriculture and forestry teachers ................................... 42.89 25.7 18.54 23.38 43.13 51.20 79.15

Art, drama, and music teachers ..................................... 31.28 6.9 20.82 23.50 28.46 38.97 45.32

Physical education teachers .......................................... 37.23 7.5 27.99 28.24 37.28 40.29 49.43

Education teachers ........................................................ 40.30 5.9 26.53 31.17 45.64 45.64 57.59

English teachers ............................................................ 39.71 10.2 23.34 31.01 33.96 54.27 57.60

Foreign language teachers ............................................ 26.05 26.1 11.81 11.81 22.81 32.40 39.82

Law teachers ................................................................. 51.69 10.2 18.00 38.69 52.87 60.44 77.02

Theology teachers ......................................................... 38.01 3.6 25.72 38.01 38.01 39.94 46.17

Trade and industrial teachers ........................................ 28.28 6.9 17.38 23.38 29.48 32.46 36.18

Other post-secondary teachers ..................................... 37.98 5.7 20.18 26.17 34.41 45.31 58.73

Teachers, except college and university ............................ 28.49 1.3 16.77 23.16 27.71 34.35 40.87

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ................................. 17.71 7.5 8.97 9.94 12.75 25.70 30.65

Elementary school teachers .......................................... 29.58 1.2 20.62 24.13 28.36 34.77 39.73

Secondary school teachers ........................................... 30.23 1.4 22.27 25.42 28.71 34.41 39.81

Teachers, special education .......................................... 30.57 3.7 18.02 23.73 29.08 38.60 43.21

Teachers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 27.13 6.0 14.00 17.59 26.37 36.07 41.35

Substitute teachers ........................................................ 11.34 6.8 10.00 10.00 10.27 10.27 16.45

Vocational and educational counselors ......................... 26.83 5.0 12.87 19.04 26.16 33.52 43.49

Librarians, archivists, and curators .................................... 23.24 4.1 13.72 18.04 20.73 27.79 34.21

Librarians ....................................................................... 23.72 4.0 13.72 18.05 21.20 28.48 36.83

Archivists and curators .................................................. 20.38 6.6 14.34 18.00 18.38 21.18 33.73

Social scientists and urban planners ................................. 26.97 4.0 16.83 21.39 28.85 28.85 35.00

Economists .................................................................... 29.63 5.2 18.25 24.02 30.16 35.00 41.75

Psychologists ................................................................. 27.13 4.8 16.39 25.80 28.85 28.85 31.91

Social scientists, n.e.c. .................................................. 22.67 23.8 11.82 11.82 18.87 35.85 39.20

Urban planners .............................................................. 24.30 4.4 17.98 19.37 24.01 29.64 31.03

Social, recreation, and religious workers ........................... 15.42 7.3 9.00 11.00 14.14 18.26 23.06

Social workers ............................................................... 15.34 7.6 9.00 11.00 14.08 18.22 22.92

Recreation workers ........................................................ 15.68 4.6 10.46 12.15 15.75 19.44 20.82

Clergy ............................................................................ 18.43 12.3 9.90 13.35 16.41 21.26 28.67

Religious workers, n.e.c. ................................................ 19.52 17.3 8.30 13.88 13.88 23.88 33.72

Lawyers and judges ........................................................... 39.12 6.8 23.08 23.08 40.39 44.87 60.27

Lawyers ......................................................................... 38.87 6.7 23.08 23.08 40.39 44.87 60.27

Judges ........................................................................... 51.12 8.9 32.83 48.90 56.15 62.52 62.52

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,

n.e.c. ................................................................................ 23.81 3.4 11.02 16.00 21.63 27.33 37.35

Technical writers ............................................................ 19.33 10.6 12.50 12.50 19.13 23.14 26.11

Designers ....................................................................... 21.47 6.4 9.00 14.18 20.24 26.49 35.71

Musicians and composers ............................................. 29.50 44.1 14.71 14.71 14.71 52.73 82.50

Actors and directors ....................................................... 35.14 23.9 12.95 17.31 24.71 41.86 47.18

Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist printmakers 21.88 18.4 10.00 14.25 16.83 21.63 34.47

Photographers ............................................................... 19.15 8.2 10.18 12.44 20.37 22.12 27.92

Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c. ............. 19.24 21.8 11.68 12.02 16.14 18.73 24.57

Editors and reporters ..................................................... 24.16 6.7 12.89 16.00 20.29 27.79 35.56

Public relations specialists ............................................. 24.29 6.9 12.50 17.30 21.60 28.19 35.17

Athletes .......................................................................... 24.07 6.7 15.07 19.35 25.58 25.58 25.58

Professional, n.e.c. ........................................................ 29.29 3.4 18.30 22.84 29.05 35.04 42.08

Technical ............................................................................... 19.44 1.7 11.25 13.91 17.07 22.11 26.56

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .......... 15.79 3.6 10.54 11.75 15.36 18.96 21.87

Dental hygienists ........................................................... 27.23 2.7 24.00 28.00 28.00 28.57 28.57

Health record technologists and technicians ................. 11.35 12.8 6.85 6.85 10.69 13.31 18.37

Radiological technicians ................................................ 20.20 4.1 15.47 17.06 22.07 22.56 23.10

Licensed practical nurses .............................................. 14.47 1.3 11.36 12.97 14.35 16.00 18.14

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. .................. 15.08 4.0 9.64 11.43 14.04 17.48 21.85

Electrical and electronic technicians .............................. 18.86 5.2 10.55 14.15 18.74 22.89 26.38

Industrial engineering technicians ................................. 19.93 6.0 14.56 15.61 18.75 22.13 26.76

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 January 2001–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

Mechanical engineering technicians .............................. $22.47 4.7 $13.41 $18.20 $24.27 $25.54 $30.15

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ...................................... 20.68 3.0 13.38 16.25 20.66 24.04 29.31

Drafters .......................................................................... 19.90 2.9 14.00 15.76 19.24 21.91 26.25

Surveying and mapping technicians .............................. 16.56 7.1 10.88 14.80 15.67 20.23 24.54

Biological technicians .................................................... 16.31 5.2 9.98 12.48 14.57 19.03 22.92

Chemical technicians ..................................................... 17.81 3.9 13.74 14.90 17.30 21.00 23.63

Science technicians, n.e.c. ............................................ 19.78 9.2 12.77 16.47 19.07 25.42 25.49

Airplane pilots and navigators ........................................ 107.22 7.5 25.36 52.79 105.70 168.20 176.12

Broadcast equipment operators ..................................... 16.56 13.0 7.54 9.26 14.71 19.91 28.46

Computer programmers ................................................. 24.19 3.3 14.88 19.09 24.08 28.19 34.07

Tool programmers, numerical control ............................ 17.81 5.5 15.12 15.98 15.98 19.66 23.29

Legal assistants ............................................................. 17.55 3.5 12.12 14.50 16.40 21.15 23.08

Technical and related, n.e.c. .......................................... 19.58 3.2 11.55 15.08 18.60 24.09 29.62

Executive, administrative, and managerial ........................... 28.85 1.9 14.42 18.82 25.30 34.62 47.06

Executives, administrators, and managers ........................ 31.82 2.3 14.48 20.55 28.52 39.02 52.15

Legislators ..................................................................... 11.39 42.0 3.46 3.46 5.16 18.84 35.86

Chief executives and general administrators, public

administration .............................................................. 23.14 33.2 11.46 11.46 11.46 39.28 49.44

Administrators and officials, public administration ......... 28.34 2.3 17.42 21.23 28.06 33.34 39.24

Financial managers ....................................................... 34.29 8.7 15.86 20.91 27.69 39.23 58.00

Personnel and labor relations managers ....................... 29.63 12.2 14.42 16.75 24.18 41.05 51.08

Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations 37.50 3.4 19.23 24.40 36.29 46.18 57.69

Administrators, education and related fields .................. 33.58 3.9 17.32 22.87 33.03 41.04 48.68

Managers, medicine and health ..................................... 31.53 4.1 20.00 22.55 30.30 34.54 45.83

Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments .. 17.23 5.0 9.96 11.25 15.87 19.36 27.75

Managers, properties and real estate ............................ 20.32 6.8 8.65 13.24 19.23 23.76 34.91

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ........................ 27.42 8.2 13.61 17.50 24.38 32.58 45.05

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ............................. 33.10 3.7 14.85 21.30 30.00 41.84 53.42

Management related .......................................................... 23.57 2.3 14.25 17.31 21.34 27.11 34.02

Accountants and auditors .............................................. 21.73 1.9 15.53 17.21 20.20 24.68 30.27

Underwriters .................................................................. 24.02 7.4 13.88 16.68 21.72 29.78 38.46

Other financial officers ................................................... 25.14 4.3 13.64 16.64 21.98 28.25 42.56

Management analysts .................................................... 26.85 4.4 17.94 19.63 26.23 31.73 38.05

Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ........ 22.09 3.2 12.50 17.31 20.79 26.46 31.70

Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products .............. 26.67 17.2 15.30 20.59 22.32 29.70 44.98

Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm

products ....................................................................... 21.62 6.4 15.14 15.96 19.25 23.64 31.77

Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ........................... 25.18 7.5 14.25 17.63 23.17 29.52 38.88

Construction inspectors ................................................. 21.92 3.4 16.50 17.57 21.07 26.24 29.89

Inspectors and compliance officers, except

construction ................................................................. 21.59 3.3 15.72 17.87 20.20 25.55 27.74

Management related, n.e.c. ........................................... 25.03 6.3 14.06 17.60 22.20 27.98 37.73

Sales ......................................................................................... 16.01 2.6 7.07 8.77 12.80 19.10 28.85

Supervisors, sales ......................................................... 16.70 3.9 9.00 11.83 14.90 17.31 26.56

Insurance sales .............................................................. 22.05 6.4 12.33 14.58 20.19 25.13 38.68

Real estate sales ........................................................... 19.87 10.2 11.54 12.50 16.35 20.38 31.00

Securities and financial services sales .......................... 31.74 9.7 12.84 14.58 24.51 40.03 62.50

Advertising and related sales ......................................... 21.86 7.5 10.70 14.50 19.61 25.59 40.70

Sales, other business services ...................................... 21.01 7.8 10.57 12.68 17.05 25.80 33.30

Sales engineers ............................................................. 34.85 7.0 25.64 31.07 33.26 33.76 57.98

Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and

wholesale ..................................................................... 24.72 5.1 11.67 16.43 21.63 30.07 40.46

Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ...................... 18.58 6.0 10.28 13.23 17.93 23.62 26.05

Sales workers, apparel .................................................. 13.93 28.7 6.85 7.62 8.77 10.40 21.63

Sales workers, shoes ..................................................... 8.15 6.1 6.72 6.72 7.65 8.00 11.03

Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings .............. 15.55 12.4 9.00 9.80 13.65 19.26 29.88

Sales workers, hardware and building supplies ............. 13.44 6.4 8.63 9.63 11.58 14.00 21.40

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 January 2001–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, parts ...................................................... $13.55 5.1 $8.42 $10.00 $12.01 $16.33 $20.12

Sales workers, other commodities ................................. 13.04 7.6 7.00 8.10 10.00 14.42 22.65

Sales counter clerks ...................................................... 7.95 4.0 5.88 6.29 7.27 8.50 11.00

Cashiers ......................................................................... 8.31 1.8 5.98 6.55 7.49 9.45 11.42

Street and door-to-door sales workers .......................... 21.64 26.8 9.33 11.64 20.90 33.86 33.86

Sales support, n.e.c. ...................................................... 13.90 5.3 7.90 9.90 12.29 15.15 24.06

Administrative support, including clerical ............................ 13.09 1.3 8.25 9.86 12.22 15.38 19.33

Supervisors, general office ............................................ 17.13 3.2 10.51 13.46 16.37 20.07 24.03

Supervisors, computer equipment operators ................. 24.51 5.1 17.45 19.41 23.97 27.50 35.10

Supervisors, financial records processing ..................... 18.80 3.3 12.50 14.70 18.96 22.54 24.87

Chief communications operators ................................... 19.20 6.5 13.12 15.65 18.04 23.42 25.13

Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting

clerks ........................................................................... 18.47 3.4 11.28 13.94 17.43 22.40 25.75

Computer operators ....................................................... 15.15 3.1 11.29 12.12 14.28 17.02 20.34

Peripheral equipment operators .................................... 11.89 5.9 9.00 9.47 10.75 13.71 15.93

Secretaries ..................................................................... 14.75 3.5 9.73 11.35 14.12 17.91 19.75

Stenographers ............................................................... 15.20 6.9 11.17 11.83 13.64 16.99 20.03

Typists ........................................................................... 13.06 2.0 9.83 10.77 13.05 14.41 16.13

Interviewers ................................................................... 11.26 3.2 7.92 9.07 10.94 12.72 14.09

Hotel clerks .................................................................... 8.91 3.9 6.63 7.45 8.30 9.85 12.74

Transportation ticket and reservation agents ................. 13.83 4.3 7.87 10.58 13.14 17.07 20.43

Receptionists ................................................................. 10.57 2.5 7.55 8.64 10.09 12.45 14.00

Information clerks, n.e.c. ................................................ 12.70 3.9 9.00 10.24 12.13 14.54 17.13

Classified ad clerks ........................................................ 12.47 9.4 7.57 10.43 13.02 13.02 17.24

Correspondence clerks .................................................. 12.34 3.6 9.79 11.31 11.45 13.70 15.74

Order clerks ................................................................... 13.53 2.0 8.84 10.43 12.88 15.50 20.07

Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping ......... 14.62 2.8 10.20 12.00 14.66 17.07 19.96

Library clerks ................................................................. 11.81 3.1 8.25 10.00 11.42 14.01 15.94

File clerks ....................................................................... 9.35 3.9 7.18 8.00 9.00 10.12 12.54

Records clerks, n.e.c. .................................................... 12.70 2.2 8.55 9.91 12.07 15.02 17.50

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ............... 12.12 5.5 8.13 9.11 11.95 13.94 16.69

Payroll and timekeeping clerks ...................................... 14.51 3.0 9.50 11.80 13.65 17.76 19.69

Billing clerks ................................................................... 10.86 4.3 7.88 8.80 10.20 12.25 14.38

Cost and rate clerks ....................................................... 16.38 16.6 6.07 10.29 16.35 22.50 22.50

Billing, posting, and calculating machine operators ....... 10.79 6.6 8.23 8.24 9.46 12.75 15.68

Duplicating machine operators ...................................... 11.22 6.5 8.64 9.32 10.86 13.50 13.50

Mail preparing and paper handling machine operators 11.22 7.2 7.00 10.27 10.90 11.32 16.12

Office machine operators, n.e.c. .................................... 8.87 5.1 6.45 7.42 8.15 10.21 13.03

Telephone operators ...................................................... 12.82 4.0 7.27 8.92 12.81 16.77 17.87

Communications equipment operators, n.e.c. ............... 10.06 13.1 7.27 7.27 10.48 12.90 13.11

Mail clerks, except postal service .................................. 10.22 7.3 7.98 8.00 9.08 11.55 14.50

Messengers ................................................................... 10.03 6.3 7.43 7.75 9.53 12.09 12.98

Dispatchers .................................................................... 13.57 4.1 8.00 10.57 13.12 15.24 20.86

Production coordinators ................................................. 17.26 2.7 11.37 14.03 16.82 19.60 23.00

Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ............................. 12.37 3.8 7.65 9.25 11.26 14.70 19.19

Stock and inventory clerks ............................................. 12.35 2.5 8.50 9.35 11.76 14.14 18.10

Meter readers ................................................................ 15.07 4.1 10.92 11.50 14.43 17.91 19.94

Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers ............. 13.87 8.0 9.19 11.00 12.40 14.50 23.36

Expeditors ...................................................................... 14.42 4.1 9.44 11.31 14.11 18.01 19.36

Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 15.29 10.8 8.76 10.01 13.00 21.34 23.64

Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ........ 17.69 3.9 10.80 12.20 15.93 21.12 27.55

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ............... 13.49 2.3 9.32 10.47 12.79 16.19 18.45

Eligibility clerks, social welfare ....................................... 15.07 4.3 10.81 12.36 15.42 17.79 17.79

Bill and account collectors ............................................. 12.48 4.4 8.11 9.92 11.46 14.26 17.31

General office clerks ...................................................... 12.11 1.3 8.33 9.53 11.58 14.36 16.78

Bank tellers .................................................................... 9.92 2.3 7.65 8.78 9.65 11.14 12.20

Proofreaders .................................................................. 15.70 15.1 7.10 12.06 14.50 22.12 22.12

Data entry keyers ........................................................... 11.30 2.1 8.35 9.34 10.86 12.58 14.66

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 January 2001–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

Statistical clerks ............................................................. $12.34 5.7 $8.01 $9.85 $11.10 $15.64 $18.51

Teachers’ aides ............................................................. 10.00 1.7 7.74 8.62 9.33 10.85 13.33

Administrative support, n.e.c. ........................................ 12.82 1.9 8.75 10.00 11.95 15.14 17.92

Blue collar .................................................................................... 14.03 1.2 7.77 9.70 12.60 17.28 22.69

Precision production, craft, and repair .................................. 17.31 1.4 10.31 12.37 16.28 21.45 26.04

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .......................... 17.19 14.3 12.36 12.36 12.36 20.84 28.83

Automobile mechanics ................................................... 16.48 4.0 11.04 12.03 15.75 20.00 23.10

Automobile mechanic apprentices ................................. 11.20 9.3 7.00 7.08 13.00 14.00 14.98

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ................ 14.69 6.1 10.00 10.58 13.91 17.50 21.10

Aircraft engine mechanics ............................................. 22.04 3.7 16.83 17.65 22.69 24.32 27.03

Small engine repairers ................................................... 13.15 4.6 9.50 13.00 13.50 14.82 15.01

Automobile body and related repairers .......................... 19.15 10.0 10.07 14.25 16.45 23.96 34.65

Aircraft mechanics, except engine ................................. 20.64 5.7 12.77 16.56 21.83 23.85 26.02

Heavy equipment mechanics ......................................... 18.21 4.7 12.02 13.46 18.03 21.76 26.75

Farm equipment mechanics .......................................... 13.08 4.7 10.17 10.50 13.25 13.86 15.94

Industrial machinery repairers ....................................... 18.36 2.3 12.99 15.55 17.75 21.14 24.51

Machinery maintenance ................................................. 14.49 4.3 9.88 10.84 13.62 16.39 21.20

Electronic repairers, communications and industrial

equipment .................................................................... 19.86 2.9 12.67 16.09 21.56 23.39 26.13

Data processing equipment repairers ............................ 17.70 9.0 11.88 13.31 17.28 22.08 24.20

Household appliance and power tool repairers ............. 13.61 7.6 10.00 10.00 11.25 15.74 22.08

Telephone line installers and repairers .......................... 21.52 2.8 15.83 21.16 21.88 23.76 25.08

Telephone installers and repairers ................................ 19.33 3.1 13.24 17.90 19.40 21.66 23.90

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics .. 15.72 3.1 10.33 13.00 15.00 18.20 21.34

Locksmiths and safe repairers ....................................... 18.04 5.9 15.13 16.60 17.39 20.30 21.58

Office machine repairers ................................................ 14.60 11.9 9.00 9.00 14.91 18.52 18.56

Mechanical controls and valve repairers ....................... 20.75 4.4 16.09 17.02 20.53 24.24 27.49

Elevator installers and repairers .................................... 25.80 6.8 21.48 22.10 24.33 31.14 31.76

Millwrights ...................................................................... 21.03 6.1 12.67 16.95 23.56 23.56 26.80

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ..................................... 16.00 2.3 10.29 12.33 15.28 19.07 22.79

Supervisors, brickmasons, stonemasons, and

tilesetters ..................................................................... 19.04 13.8 14.89 14.89 14.89 22.90 26.90

Supervisors, carpenters and related workers ................ 24.07 7.3 17.50 19.00 21.18 28.27 29.34

Supervisors, electricians and power transmission

installers ....................................................................... 25.68 4.1 16.92 20.55 24.80 28.60 36.67

Supervisors, painters, paperhangers, and plasterers .... 19.04 3.3 17.38 17.38 18.00 20.00 21.00

Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...... 25.74 5.9 15.58 19.98 28.56 29.61 32.09

Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ......................... 20.77 4.2 14.00 16.38 19.11 24.36 31.00

Brickmasons and stonemasons ..................................... 20.71 9.1 13.42 17.25 18.00 27.48 27.48

Brickmason and stonemason apprentices ..................... 10.09 8.2 8.25 8.25 9.75 10.19 10.26

Carpet installers ............................................................. 19.15 10.9 11.81 14.00 17.44 24.40 29.15

Carpenters ..................................................................... 17.38 3.4 10.80 13.29 17.50 20.22 25.35

Carpenter apprentices ................................................... 15.03 7.7 11.00 12.77 13.77 17.00 20.94

Drywall installers ............................................................ 20.88 14.1 12.77 13.82 19.94 26.21 34.03

Electricians .................................................................... 20.32 4.4 11.25 15.13 18.28 26.62 29.50

Electrician apprentices ................................................... 13.98 5.8 9.80 10.64 11.54 17.42 20.72

Electrical power installers and repairers ........................ 23.53 2.8 15.55 21.04 23.52 26.50 30.18

Painters, construction and maintenance ........................ 13.92 4.9 10.00 10.36 13.00 14.51 21.25

Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ........................... 20.74 4.7 13.84 15.26 19.61 25.61 29.32

Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices ............ 17.55 14.0 9.00 10.74 15.64 25.17 25.78

Concrete and terrazzo finishers ..................................... 16.13 11.2 10.50 13.00 13.00 23.05 23.73

Glaziers .......................................................................... 14.79 7.1 11.00 11.80 14.25 17.00 20.29

Insulation workers .......................................................... 13.66 7.8 8.33 10.36 12.60 18.14 18.14

Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators ... 11.95 11.7 8.50 8.50 10.51 13.79 14.65

Roofers .......................................................................... 14.22 10.6 9.17 9.29 13.02 17.49 23.38

Sheetmetal duct installers .............................................. 21.62 9.1 12.28 15.94 24.04 29.38 29.38

Structural metal workers ................................................ 16.19 5.1 12.13 14.00 14.57 19.67 21.36

Construction trades, n.e.c. ............................................. 15.15 4.8 9.64 11.00 14.47 17.81 23.26

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 January 2001–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

Supervisors, extractive .................................................. $23.55 16.9 $9.50 $15.00 $27.46 $32.73 $32.81

Drillers, oil well ............................................................... 15.98 31.2 7.33 7.33 21.10 22.19 25.81

Mining machine operators ............................................. 17.23 14.1 9.19 11.75 15.66 22.05 27.71

Mining, n.e.c. ................................................................. 22.71 3.4 23.19 23.19 23.98 23.98 23.98

Supervisors, production ................................................. 19.96 2.7 13.06 16.05 19.54 23.93 27.50

Tool and die makers ...................................................... 22.00 2.8 15.75 19.48 21.61 26.65 27.27

Tool and die maker apprentices .................................... 16.03 11.3 9.21 11.52 12.29 18.00 26.24

Precision assemblers, metal .......................................... 18.16 3.1 13.40 17.20 17.25 20.68 23.76

Machinists ...................................................................... 16.88 3.9 12.53 13.95 17.00 19.56 22.46

Precision grinders, filers, and tool sharpeners ............... 18.06 7.1 12.77 15.25 17.75 20.57 26.07

Patternmakers and modelmakers, metal ....................... 19.89 8.7 10.33 15.88 18.73 27.56 28.06

Layout workers .............................................................. 15.59 3.9 13.20 13.72 15.66 15.66 20.96

Precious stones and metals workers ............................. 12.94 17.7 8.08 8.17 14.33 16.65 17.30

Sheet metal workers ...................................................... 17.34 4.9 11.65 13.40 15.00 21.06 27.22

Sheet metal worker apprentices .................................... 13.01 11.6 8.00 10.00 14.04 15.98 17.28

Cabinet makers and bench carpenters .......................... 13.43 12.2 7.50 9.31 13.51 15.00 20.00

Furniture and wood finishers ......................................... 12.05 4.6 9.95 10.00 12.45 13.00 13.00

Dressmakers .................................................................. 11.70 6.4 10.29 10.29 10.70 13.95 13.95

Tailors ............................................................................ 12.21 5.1 9.77 10.79 11.92 13.09 15.50

Upholsterers .................................................................. 13.70 12.8 9.22 9.72 14.11 15.91 19.00

Hand molders and shapers, except jewelers ................. 16.81 6.6 12.84 14.90 16.43 18.47 21.36

Patternmakers, layout workers, and cutters .................. 13.87 9.1 12.00 12.00 12.00 14.00 21.64

Optical goods workers ................................................... 11.58 11.3 7.50 8.96 13.28 13.28 14.60

Dental laboratory and medical appliance technicians .... 14.96 2.8 12.60 12.60 13.10 18.86 19.00

Bookbinders ................................................................... 12.59 5.0 10.88 11.00 12.25 12.30 18.51

Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ............ 11.47 3.4 8.31 9.07 12.28 12.32 15.19

Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ........................ 14.41 8.3 10.00 11.00 13.21 17.08 21.14

Precision food production .............................................. 16.40 25.4 9.30 11.76 11.76 28.21 28.21

Butchers and meat cutters ............................................. 10.93 4.7 6.95 7.92 10.30 12.95 16.93

Bakers ............................................................................ 10.26 11.2 7.08 7.08 9.45 12.85 15.28

Food batchmakers ......................................................... 10.86 5.8 7.53 8.63 10.55 12.28 15.10

Inspectors, testers, and graders .................................... 17.35 4.7 10.30 12.24 16.61 21.82 24.57

Precision inspectors, testers, and related workers,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 20.62 5.4 15.32 15.87 21.95 23.64 23.64

Adjusters and calibrators ............................................... 19.16 20.9 9.21 12.05 15.40 23.66 38.15

Water and sewer treatment plant operators .................. 16.44 4.0 10.52 12.37 16.51 19.45 22.46

Power plant operators .................................................... 24.07 3.4 18.24 22.33 23.79 26.23 27.12

Stationary engineers ...................................................... 19.75 3.4 14.96 16.72 18.58 22.49 27.89

Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c. ......... 21.18 9.0 11.27 19.29 23.32 25.11 26.19

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ................. 12.39 1.8 7.30 9.14 11.38 14.58 19.54

Lathe and turning machine set-up operators ................. 14.79 3.7 12.18 13.52 14.38 15.40 17.66

Lathe and turning machine operators ............................ 14.89 4.9 10.50 12.25 14.38 17.68 22.00

Milling and planing machine operators .......................... 13.75 8.0 11.00 11.00 11.72 14.63 19.75

Punching and stamping press operators ....................... 12.57 7.1 8.25 9.35 12.03 14.12 18.26

Rolling machine operators ............................................. 15.48 11.2 9.35 10.50 15.09 16.72 28.13

Drilling and boring machine operators ........................... 12.33 13.3 6.56 6.56 13.18 15.45 18.29

Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine

operators ...................................................................... 12.76 3.3 8.88 10.18 11.92 14.76 16.04

Forging machine operators ............................................ 14.09 4.9 9.86 11.67 13.50 17.08 18.12

Numerical control machine operators ............................ 14.79 3.0 10.74 12.30 13.65 16.40 20.10

Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ........................... 14.30 3.0 9.38 10.50 13.27 16.77 23.11

Molding and casting machine operators ........................ 11.55 4.2 8.02 9.12 10.53 13.13 16.30

Metal plating machine operators .................................... 13.52 3.7 9.44 10.75 14.24 15.57 16.70

Heat treating equipment operators ................................ 14.94 7.1 9.50 13.01 14.61 17.04 21.15

Wood lathe, routing, and planing machine operators .... 9.39 12.1 7.00 7.00 7.50 11.45 12.60

Sawing machine operators ............................................ 11.06 7.0 6.36 9.70 11.10 13.67 13.67

Shaping and jointing machine operators ....................... 11.16 4.8 9.20 10.50 10.50 11.94 14.07

Printing press operators ................................................. 14.28 3.9 10.00 10.88 13.33 16.88 20.28

Photoengravers and lithographers ................................. 17.24 8.0 10.25 12.20 17.59 21.49 24.00

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 January 2001–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

Typesetters and compositors ......................................... $14.02 8.2 $8.50 $9.31 $13.41 $17.97 $20.17

Winding and twisting machine operators ....................... 12.78 7.0 9.00 10.68 13.99 13.99 15.19

Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine

operators ...................................................................... 12.00 3.1 9.39 10.43 12.70 13.00 14.58

Textile cutting machine operators .................................. 9.13 7.4 7.05 7.90 7.90 10.17 12.86

Textile sewing machine operators ................................. 8.02 5.3 5.75 6.25 7.61 9.15 10.84

Shoe machine operators ................................................ 10.05 11.2 6.33 8.48 10.41 11.28 16.07

Pressing machine operators .......................................... 8.51 4.7 6.70 7.56 8.63 10.00 10.30

Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators ........... 7.87 4.8 5.61 6.40 7.50 8.50 10.00

Cementing and gluing machine operators ..................... 10.54 8.2 7.73 7.75 10.55 13.13 14.38

Packaging and filling machine operators ....................... 12.43 3.9 7.79 10.58 11.96 14.11 17.12

Extruding and forming machine operators ..................... 12.42 4.9 8.72 9.65 11.07 14.41 16.84

Mixing and blending machine operators ........................ 14.29 5.1 9.00 10.37 13.61 17.81 19.68

Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine operators .. 17.02 4.3 12.43 14.89 16.80 18.25 23.00

Compressing and compacting machine operators ........ 11.19 3.0 9.48 10.45 10.45 12.17 14.07

Painting and paint spraying machine operators ............. 14.33 12.8 6.81 10.50 12.19 14.00 22.27

Roasting and baking machine operators, food .............. 9.97 4.1 8.68 8.68 9.38 10.65 12.50

Washing, cleaning, and pickling machine operators ...... 10.81 5.7 8.09 9.22 10.59 10.91 14.01

Folding machine operators ............................................ 12.55 6.2 7.98 10.52 11.69 14.01 18.47

Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food ............. 14.18 5.2 8.00 11.69 12.80 15.94 23.21

Crushing and grinding machine operators ..................... 12.91 7.3 6.70 10.44 12.33 16.76 19.54

Slicing and cutting machine operators ........................... 13.26 4.6 9.40 10.95 13.35 16.04 16.60

Photographic process machine operators ..................... 12.83 6.4 7.96 10.91 13.50 16.00 16.00

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ...................... 12.32 4.0 8.00 9.14 10.80 14.92 18.93

Welders and cutters ....................................................... 15.06 2.8 10.65 12.20 14.13 17.05 21.96

Solders and braziers ...................................................... 10.30 10.0 8.12 8.12 9.37 11.26 13.74

Assemblers .................................................................... 12.34 4.7 6.69 8.57 10.63 14.72 23.08

Hand cutting and trimming ............................................. 8.40 7.8 6.25 7.00 7.16 9.00 11.19

Hand molding, casting, and forming .............................. 12.03 3.4 9.20 11.61 12.63 12.63 13.55

Hand painting, coating, and decorating ......................... 10.38 6.7 8.81 9.00 9.11 11.58 13.65

Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ............................... 11.39 4.6 7.50 8.24 10.10 13.24 16.18

Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ........... 12.65 4.5 8.46 9.50 11.17 15.14 19.73

Production testers .......................................................... 12.70 4.0 8.00 10.00 11.89 15.05 18.00

Production samplers and weighers ................................ 14.38 8.2 8.34 11.37 14.14 16.24 16.93

Graders and sorters, except agricultural ........................ 10.15 6.3 6.23 8.04 10.00 11.24 12.92

Hand inspectors, n.e.c. .................................................. 10.14 8.8 6.00 8.36 9.71 10.85 12.40

Transportation and material moving ..................................... 13.93 1.7 8.50 10.00 12.80 17.12 21.02

Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ............................ 18.12 4.7 12.38 13.25 19.24 20.80 23.08

Truck drivers .................................................................. 13.13 2.1 8.25 9.59 12.05 15.83 19.08

Driver-sales workers ...................................................... 14.59 5.7 10.00 11.55 13.74 18.18 20.80

Bus drivers ..................................................................... 14.25 3.3 9.13 10.88 14.38 17.67 18.99

Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ...................................... 9.26 3.9 6.69 7.40 9.26 10.02 11.24

Parking lot attendants .................................................... 8.68 5.2 6.42 7.95 8.75 8.75 10.75

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ............................................ 9.33 6.6 6.50 6.67 8.00 9.50 16.08

Railroad conductors and yardmasters ........................... 26.94 4.6 20.13 25.38 28.21 30.33 31.35

Locomotive operating .................................................... 25.57 8.7 14.64 19.48 22.15 33.77 37.71

Railroad brake, signal and switch operators .................. 22.49 12.0 15.15 15.15 23.81 25.24 30.57

Rail vehicle operators, n.e.c. ......................................... 19.77 2.2 18.22 19.17 20.37 20.37 20.37

Ship captains and mates, except fishing boats .............. 20.11 5.0 14.70 19.02 19.02 19.75 24.25

Sailors and deckhands .................................................. 10.66 9.4 8.53 8.53 9.67 11.51 18.92

Bridge, lock and lighthouse tenders ............................... 12.28 3.0 12.09 12.09 12.09 12.09 15.07

Supervisors, material moving equipment ....................... 18.05 4.0 13.56 14.56 17.31 20.36 23.00

Operating engineers ...................................................... 18.63 5.8 10.20 14.33 19.39 22.62 26.46

Longshore equipment operators .................................... 29.33 4.9 26.39 27.87 31.72 31.72 31.72

Crane and tower operators ............................................ 17.39 5.7 11.29 13.10 15.54 19.73 23.70

Excavating and loading machine operators ................... 15.28 3.9 10.00 12.25 15.00 17.65 20.08

Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators ......................... 15.43 5.9 9.75 11.75 14.34 18.16 21.45

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ........... 13.66 4.4 8.99 10.29 12.64 16.09 21.02

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 January 2001–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

Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ $15.27 5.1 $8.75 $11.46 $14.14 $19.26 $23.17

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......... 10.79 1.5 6.61 8.00 9.79 12.31 16.44

Nursery workers ............................................................. 7.69 2.8 6.50 6.81 7.75 7.75 9.01

Supervisors, agriculture-related workers ....................... 17.74 6.6 12.05 12.46 17.35 22.32 25.00

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ............... 10.21 7.0 6.00 7.50 10.00 12.39 14.45

Animal caretakers, except farm ..................................... 11.90 9.8 7.60 8.57 10.00 16.36 16.36

Inspectors, agricultural products .................................... 9.00 10.9 7.32 7.32 7.50 9.88 15.38

Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and

laborers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 17.48 6.4 10.25 12.95 15.77 20.92 28.50

Helpers, mechanics and repairers ................................. 10.72 4.1 8.00 8.01 9.28 12.69 15.47

Helpers, construction trades .......................................... 10.68 3.3 7.92 8.67 9.69 12.06 14.55

Helpers, extractive ......................................................... 9.42 12.1 7.45 7.45 7.63 12.54 12.80

Construction laborers ..................................................... 12.36 4.9 7.69 8.40 10.39 14.45 21.20

Production helpers ......................................................... 10.31 2.4 7.13 8.64 9.70 11.75 13.76

Garbage collectors ......................................................... 13.85 7.8 8.91 12.77 13.11 16.44 19.07

Stock handlers and baggers .......................................... 10.46 2.9 6.25 7.96 9.67 12.01 15.26

Machine feeders and offbearers .................................... 8.72 9.4 6.50 6.50 7.84 9.76 12.80

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .................. 11.82 3.6 6.80 8.49 10.56 15.11 18.66

Garage and service station related ................................ 9.67 6.3 7.00 7.50 8.13 11.50 13.92

Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ..................... 9.13 4.1 6.25 6.75 8.25 10.00 13.96

Hand packers and packagers ........................................ 9.87 4.7 6.85 7.84 9.75 11.86 11.86

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ............................. 10.37 2.1 6.70 8.00 9.69 11.50 15.54

Service .......................................................................................... 10.91 1.3 6.00 7.41 9.31 12.65 18.29

Protective service .............................................................. 16.68 1.8 7.88 10.90 15.57 21.46 25.89

Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention .................. 23.10 4.6 16.23 18.46 21.90 26.42 33.74

Supervisors, police and detectives ................................ 26.99 3.2 14.85 21.76 27.09 32.35 36.65

Supervisors, guards ....................................................... 18.17 6.5 9.71 11.92 16.84 21.51 33.09

Fire inspection and fire prevention ................................. 19.20 7.7 10.95 14.00 20.03 25.38 26.29

Firefighting ..................................................................... 17.22 2.8 10.93 13.63 16.15 21.16 24.16

Police and detectives, public service ............................. 21.50 1.5 14.44 17.66 21.21 24.21 28.32

Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers ..... 17.59 2.8 11.63 13.49 17.35 20.72 25.16

Correctional institution officers ....................................... 15.94 4.7 11.42 12.81 13.92 19.41 22.47

Guards and police, except public service ...................... 9.95 4.0 6.62 7.59 8.78 10.91 15.31

Protective service, n.e.c. ................................................ 12.83 7.9 6.63 9.23 11.50 15.47 21.45

Food service ...................................................................... 7.95 1.9 3.21 6.05 7.74 9.50 11.98

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ............................... 5.09 3.9 2.13 2.67 5.05 6.50 8.50

Bartenders ..................................................................... 7.37 6.5 4.50 5.75 6.88 9.15 9.62

Waiters and waitresses .................................................. 3.95 4.1 2.13 2.43 3.09 5.15 6.50

Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ..................................... 6.30 3.7 4.00 5.43 6.13 7.00 8.31

Other food service ........................................................... 8.97 1.7 6.10 7.00 8.33 10.09 12.32

Supervisors, food preparation and service .................... 12.17 3.6 8.13 9.00 11.49 13.50 18.75

Cooks ............................................................................. 9.01 2.2 6.33 7.44 9.20 10.17 11.86

Kitchen workers, food preparation ................................. 8.28 3.0 5.86 6.98 8.00 9.33 10.65

Food preparation, n.e.c. ................................................. 7.88 1.5 6.04 6.64 7.59 8.52 10.14

Health service .................................................................... 10.14 1.8 7.20 8.13 9.43 11.63 14.42

Dental assistants ........................................................... 12.85 10.0 9.00 9.71 12.00 15.42 16.00

Health aides, except nursing ......................................... 11.07 3.7 8.05 8.76 10.07 12.79 15.15

Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ........................ 9.46 1.3 7.03 7.72 8.99 10.53 12.87

Cleaning and building service ............................................ 10.30 1.5 6.62 7.50 9.37 12.25 15.45

Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers ...... 14.27 3.6 8.26 10.77 12.38 17.10 21.19

Maids and housemen .................................................... 8.09 2.6 5.91 6.65 7.23 8.49 11.43

Janitors and cleaners ..................................................... 10.52 1.5 6.78 7.93 9.80 12.67 15.16

Pest control .................................................................... 10.57 11.5 7.71 7.71 11.35 11.57 13.50

Personal service ................................................................ 10.65 3.0 5.99 7.25 9.29 11.06 14.88

Hairdressers and cosmetologists ................................... 10.65 5.2 7.50 8.31 9.83 12.97 14.44

Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities .......... 7.23 4.3 5.25 5.99 6.50 7.88 9.57

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 January 2001–Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Service –Continued

Personal service –Continued

Guides ........................................................................... $11.71 10.7 $8.46 $9.24 $11.15 $14.42 $14.42

Public transportation attendants .................................... 32.73 4.7 17.61 26.62 29.57 44.51 50.12

Baggage porters and bellhops ....................................... 6.04 5.0 3.59 5.40 6.25 6.54 7.41

Welfare service aides .................................................... 9.13 3.8 6.83 7.25 8.40 10.56 11.90

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .............................. 7.86 5.5 5.59 5.67 7.65 9.39 11.27

Child care workers, n.e.c. .............................................. 9.22 3.6 6.52 7.00 8.30 10.34 13.44

Service, n.e.c. ................................................................ 10.72 6.7 6.28 7.65 8.78 12.70 16.02

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 March 2000 and

January 2002. The average reference period was January 2001. 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, 2001, on the BLS

Internet site http:www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm or any of our published NCS locality

bulletins. 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, 2001, on the BLS Internet site

http:www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm or any of our published NCS locality bulletins. 

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 January 2001

Occupation3

Part-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

All ...................................................................................................... $9.17 1.3 $5.40 $6.05 $7.35 $9.70 $15.00

All, excluding sales .................................................................... 9.69 1.5 5.33 6.13 7.63 10.36 17.13

White collar .................................................................................. 11.29 1.8 5.85 6.67 8.33 12.33 21.25

White collar, excluding sales ................................................. 14.73 2.1 7.25 8.50 11.48 18.59 25.06

Professional specialty and technical ..................................... 20.95 2.6 9.64 13.31 20.00 25.00 33.00

Professional specialty ............................................................ 22.99 2.5 10.00 17.00 21.72 27.14 35.82

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ................................. 29.91 18.4 10.00 18.75 31.50 40.08 40.08

Mathematical and computer scientists ............................... 18.67 12.5 12.50 12.50 21.72 21.72 21.72

Computer systems analysts and scientists .................... 18.61 12.5 12.50 12.50 21.72 21.72 21.72

Natural scientists ............................................................... 25.34 9.8 18.73 18.73 20.47 32.43 40.00

Medical scientists ........................................................... 28.88 17.7 18.73 18.73 20.47 35.02 40.00

Health related .................................................................... 25.70 2.8 18.00 20.01 23.00 27.97 35.82

Physicians ...................................................................... 68.08 5.5 50.87 58.43 66.00 80.00 82.43

Registered nurses .......................................................... 23.67 1.8 18.25 19.84 22.67 25.93 31.66

Pharmacists ................................................................... 28.65 10.6 9.50 28.00 29.83 35.82 36.57

Dietitians ........................................................................ 21.58 4.3 19.00 19.63 21.76 24.24 24.24

Respiratory therapists .................................................... 19.52 3.1 16.49 17.58 18.29 21.03 24.00

Occupational therapists ................................................. 25.72 4.6 20.22 23.13 27.41 29.40 29.44

Physical therapists ......................................................... 28.68 3.5 23.97 25.00 27.19 32.33 35.00

Speech therapists .......................................................... 28.11 6.9 19.39 21.93 30.94 35.00 35.00

Therapists, n.e.c. ........................................................... 34.50 25.3 14.60 20.40 26.50 43.50 63.56

Teachers, college and university ....................................... 29.42 3.9 17.95 23.23 27.11 35.72 40.82

Biological science teachers ........................................... 40.50 23.6 17.68 17.68 33.15 62.89 62.89

Psychology teachers ...................................................... 24.52 10.6 11.38 19.92 22.96 31.09 32.94

Engineering teachers ..................................................... 44.57 19.3 11.67 33.65 48.57 60.38 60.38

Mathematical science teachers ..................................... 29.16 12.6 18.96 22.15 22.15 36.30 45.13

Computer science teachers ........................................... 26.25 5.1 25.00 25.00 25.00 25.00 35.83

Medical science teachers .............................................. 34.33 1.0 32.31 33.41 33.41 35.94 35.94

Health specialties teachers ............................................ 28.39 10.9 19.05 21.00 25.14 38.33 38.33

Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .............. 30.42 10.9 16.20 17.83 27.45 41.66 51.54

Art, drama, and music teachers ..................................... 28.47 8.9 22.86 23.49 24.92 31.50 40.28

Physical education teachers .......................................... 32.85 15.3 24.05 24.05 40.82 40.82 40.82

Education teachers ........................................................ 25.83 9.9 19.90 21.66 21.66 25.48 33.94

English teachers ............................................................ 31.69 8.8 18.96 21.00 31.92 40.46 40.46

Foreign language teachers ............................................ 31.53 16.6 17.41 17.95 32.00 43.78 47.98

Other post-secondary teachers ..................................... 28.01 3.8 18.10 20.51 27.11 32.96 39.68

Teachers, except college and university ............................ 17.34 6.0 7.57 10.00 13.17 22.87 34.60

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ................................. 12.35 12.4 7.50 9.18 10.00 10.00 19.39

Elementary school teachers .......................................... 24.58 8.2 12.09 16.94 24.96 33.03 36.60

Secondary school teachers ........................................... 28.93 7.1 15.09 23.87 30.30 34.01 39.09

Teachers, special education .......................................... 19.01 12.5 9.23 11.50 17.00 27.25 29.93

Teachers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 21.09 10.3 7.86 10.63 19.36 34.60 38.80

Substitute teachers ........................................................ 11.94 6.3 6.38 8.27 10.06 14.38 20.48

Vocational and educational counselors ......................... 23.49 12.5 12.92 20.80 20.80 25.91 41.84

Librarians, archivists, and curators .................................... 18.47 10.0 12.34 14.46 16.29 20.92 29.57

Librarians ....................................................................... 18.49 11.0 12.34 14.46 16.29 21.42 34.51

Social scientists and urban planners ................................. 30.36 11.1 14.10 20.20 30.05 42.31 42.31

Psychologists ................................................................. 30.45 11.1 14.10 20.20 30.05 42.31 42.31

Social, recreation, and religious workers ........................... 13.91 9.4 7.00 9.15 15.05 16.28 20.09

Recreation workers ........................................................ 10.79 8.7 7.04 7.50 9.66 13.12 15.57

Clergy ............................................................................ 16.67 10.6 12.16 12.16 19.71 19.71 20.19

Lawyers and judges ........................................................... 29.64 10.3 15.27 22.29 27.14 28.75 43.59

Lawyers ......................................................................... 30.49 10.9 15.27 27.14 27.14 30.53 43.59

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,

n.e.c. ................................................................................ 18.87 10.6 6.81 9.67 18.00 25.06 28.57

Musicians and composers ............................................. 29.33 12.8 12.11 23.08 28.57 28.57 58.75

Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c. ............. 14.65 9.5 6.25 12.00 16.41 18.54 19.52

Editors and reporters ..................................................... 20.30 13.8 9.46 11.20 24.00 24.00 29.72

Public relations specialists ............................................. 15.37 12.8 12.50 12.88 12.88 19.67 24.04

Announcers .................................................................... 8.33 14.5 5.75 6.13 6.13 9.37 15.00

Athletes .......................................................................... 17.88 18.8 9.36 12.79 18.00 25.06 25.06

Professional, n.e.c. ........................................................ 43.34 12.4 27.75 29.87 51.00 51.00 51.00

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.3. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 part-time workers, National

Compensation Survey,2 January 2001–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 ............................................................................... $15.42 5.2 $8.20 $10.87 $14.07 $18.92 $24.80

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .......... 17.01 5.3 10.38 11.77 16.85 19.82 26.79

Dental hygienists ........................................................... 24.28 10.3 20.00 20.00 21.25 25.00 37.50

Health record technologists and technicians ................. 13.10 9.2 9.98 10.22 12.01 14.83 20.78

Radiological technicians ................................................ 20.98 6.3 15.39 17.00 19.44 24.80 28.56

Licensed practical nurses .............................................. 15.25 2.1 11.67 13.06 14.94 16.47 19.09

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. .................. 11.68 5.8 7.23 9.05 11.06 13.27 17.64

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ...................................... 14.86 17.2 9.00 11.00 11.52 22.00 22.00

Broadcast equipment operators ..................................... 8.78 7.7 7.28 7.43 8.52 8.79 9.16

Technical and related, n.e.c. .......................................... 12.28 11.3 9.00 9.70 9.70 16.49 18.87

Executive, administrative, and managerial ........................... 23.91 15.8 10.00 14.85 17.31 24.71 41.08

Executives, administrators, and managers ........................ 19.34 9.4 10.00 11.80 16.66 24.71 34.38

Legislators ..................................................................... 13.32 26.4 4.04 4.04 10.00 17.31 28.05

Administrators and officials, public administration ......... 49.15 36.4 26.44 26.44 26.44 82.50 82.50

Managers, medicine and health ..................................... 28.01 11.1 18.72 18.72 22.07 37.50 47.05

Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments .. 10.90 6.7 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 12.00

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ........................ 21.93 16.8 16.00 16.66 16.66 24.71 24.71

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ............................. 15.05 25.7 7.15 10.00 10.00 21.51 28.86

Management related .......................................................... 29.88 29.1 13.16 15.50 20.00 30.40 95.00

Accountants and auditors .............................................. 50.83 36.2 13.16 21.00 34.06 95.00 95.00

Other financial officers ................................................... 28.47 15.2 11.84 23.15 35.86 35.86 35.86

Management related, n.e.c. ........................................... 17.65 10.1 9.23 12.95 15.50 24.31 28.85

Sales ......................................................................................... 7.19 1.1 5.50 6.00 6.74 7.82 9.21

Supervisors, sales ......................................................... 10.33 28.1 5.50 5.50 6.94 10.89 31.92

Advertising and related sales ......................................... 10.73 9.7 7.68 7.68 11.67 11.67 12.88

Sales, other business services ...................................... 8.09 16.8 5.58 5.58 6.50 8.83 18.18

Sales workers, apparel .................................................. 7.24 2.4 5.75 6.38 7.00 7.82 8.63

Sales workers, shoes ..................................................... 7.23 7.4 5.75 6.39 6.88 8.00 9.81

Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings .............. 7.32 5.1 5.95 6.58 6.58 8.24 8.71

Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi, and appliances ............... 7.42 3.8 6.81 6.81 7.04 8.31 8.31

Sales workers, hardware and building supplies ............. 9.32 2.9 6.82 8.42 9.00 10.70 11.16

Sales workers, parts ...................................................... 6.54 2.6 6.00 6.09 6.42 7.04 7.30

Sales workers, other commodities ................................. 7.12 1.7 5.68 6.00 6.67 7.88 8.95

Sales counter clerks ...................................................... 6.29 3.0 5.15 5.50 5.99 6.58 7.29

Cashiers ......................................................................... 6.99 1.4 5.36 5.89 6.58 7.50 8.71

News vendors ................................................................ 9.81 5.7 8.43 9.25 9.25 9.25 12.39

Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales .............. 8.20 6.5 7.12 7.12 7.31 9.12 10.00

Sales support, n.e.c. ...................................................... 8.01 5.6 5.75 6.80 7.00 9.95 10.00

Administrative support, including clerical ............................ 9.98 1.6 6.85 7.80 9.00 11.56 13.72

Supervisors, general office ............................................ 15.26 31.2 7.00 7.00 14.42 22.40 22.40

Computer operators ....................................................... 10.71 12.5 7.43 7.43 10.02 11.23 17.35

Secretaries ..................................................................... 11.61 3.3 8.29 9.50 11.75 13.50 14.85

Stenographers ............................................................... 14.95 4.8 10.15 13.85 15.20 15.20 19.93

Typists ........................................................................... 11.15 4.3 8.75 9.54 11.88 12.77 13.00

Interviewers ................................................................... 8.58 4.0 7.35 7.38 8.25 8.67 10.67

Hotel clerks .................................................................... 7.78 4.9 6.42 6.75 7.67 8.67 8.75

Transportation ticket and reservation agents ................. 12.49 5.8 7.36 10.12 12.48 13.79 18.00

Receptionists ................................................................. 8.63 3.5 6.15 7.63 8.00 9.50 11.69

Information clerks, n.e.c. ................................................ 9.94 4.9 8.46 8.86 8.86 11.34 12.31

Order clerks ................................................................... 9.03 7.3 6.34 7.22 8.45 9.43 12.00

Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping ......... 14.41 7.1 10.71 12.00 14.39 18.00 18.03

Library clerks ................................................................. 9.55 3.5 6.50 7.38 8.52 10.50 13.32

File clerks ....................................................................... 8.00 4.3 6.25 7.00 8.33 8.49 9.50

Records clerks, n.e.c. .................................................... 10.03 5.4 7.50 8.50 9.45 10.87 14.05

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ............... 9.86 5.2 7.43 8.50 8.86 10.28 13.00

Payroll and timekeeping clerks ...................................... 12.24 16.0 7.20 9.00 12.50 17.50 17.50

Billing, posting, and calculating machine operators ....... 9.42 3.3 8.13 8.92 8.92 10.40 10.40

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 January 2001–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 ...................................... $8.91 9.0 $6.50 $6.75 $8.21 $10.04 $11.95

Telephone operators ...................................................... 9.05 3.3 7.17 7.65 9.25 9.75 10.86

Communications equipment operators, n.e.c. ............... 7.09 16.4 5.32 5.32 5.32 6.91 11.91

Mail clerks, except postal service .................................. 7.72 5.2 5.15 7.00 7.50 8.61 10.00

Messengers ................................................................... 8.78 14.3 5.50 6.47 7.50 13.08 13.08

Dispatchers .................................................................... 10.81 10.0 6.36 8.46 9.75 11.50 17.57

Stock and inventory clerks ............................................. 8.49 3.9 6.72 7.00 8.30 9.00 10.50

Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers ............. 10.57 15.3 6.28 8.50 8.50 15.72 15.72

Expeditors ...................................................................... 9.17 7.5 6.55 7.55 8.87 10.22 12.55

Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 14.03 35.1 5.76 6.00 9.00 11.57 44.42

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ............... 12.37 6.9 7.21 7.47 12.16 16.54 17.54

Bill and account collectors ............................................. 9.36 5.1 8.10 8.33 9.33 9.45 12.02

General office clerks ...................................................... 9.37 2.9 7.00 7.61 8.50 11.00 12.14

Bank tellers .................................................................... 8.72 2.5 7.00 7.70 8.54 9.75 10.66

Data entry keyers ........................................................... 10.91 8.4 7.00 8.00 10.00 13.72 16.00

Statistical clerks ............................................................. 10.51 6.7 6.68 9.31 10.67 11.94 13.08

Teachers’ aides ............................................................. 11.77 4.8 7.72 9.15 11.28 14.33 17.86

Administrative support, n.e.c. ........................................ 10.28 8.3 5.83 7.01 9.59 12.21 18.00

Blue collar .................................................................................... 8.81 3.2 5.50 6.27 7.61 10.00 13.00

Precision production, craft, and repair .................................. 13.68 13.6 7.00 7.50 11.25 14.07 26.50

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ..................................... 10.31 28.3 5.45 5.45 8.85 12.49 22.50

Carpenters ..................................................................... 16.79 26.9 8.50 8.50 20.51 27.50 28.34

Butchers and meat cutters ............................................. 10.73 12.9 7.50 7.50 8.00 13.75 16.53

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ................. 8.16 2.8 6.39 7.00 8.00 8.76 9.80

Printing press operators ................................................. 19.13 13.7 9.35 13.14 23.39 23.39 25.71

Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators ........... 7.30 5.6 6.00 6.25 7.36 7.75 9.34

Photographic process machine operators ..................... 8.16 4.0 5.80 7.00 8.13 9.50 9.50

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ...................... 8.27 4.9 7.00 7.00 8.00 8.71 9.78

Welders and cutters ....................................................... 8.73 9.4 6.00 7.00 9.00 9.00 11.50

Assemblers .................................................................... 8.15 4.5 7.08 7.22 8.00 8.76 9.80

Transportation and material moving ..................................... 10.13 8.3 5.15 6.04 9.61 12.13 16.00

Truck drivers .................................................................. 12.83 19.9 5.55 7.00 10.00 18.47 23.26

Driver-sales workers ...................................................... 7.30 11.9 5.15 5.19 5.88 9.33 12.00

Bus drivers ..................................................................... 11.82 2.1 8.78 10.12 11.50 12.92 15.56

Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ...................................... 7.25 5.2 5.15 6.35 6.75 7.50 10.00

Parking lot attendants .................................................... 6.16 9.4 5.15 5.15 5.26 7.00 9.61

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ............................................ 5.46 7.9 4.30 4.30 5.21 6.32 6.82

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ........... 11.28 7.4 8.50 8.50 10.00 14.33 14.33

Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 11.10 1.8 9.48 9.48 11.11 12.07 13.53

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......... 7.79 1.5 5.58 6.11 7.01 8.51 11.12

Nursery workers ............................................................. 6.88 1.1 6.25 6.94 6.94 6.94 6.94

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ............... 8.27 3.3 6.25 7.30 8.50 8.75 10.00

Animal caretakers, except farm ..................................... 6.62 8.9 5.83 5.83 5.83 6.25 9.89

Helpers, mechanics and repairers ................................. 10.12 3.8 8.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 12.00

Helpers, construction trades .......................................... 9.52 8.5 8.33 8.33 8.33 10.00 15.00

Construction laborers ..................................................... 12.02 13.2 8.00 8.50 9.43 15.00 15.00

Production helpers ......................................................... 9.17 5.6 6.65 8.00 10.00 10.00 10.00

Stock handlers and baggers .......................................... 6.94 1.7 5.36 5.91 6.48 7.32 9.10

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .................. 10.03 3.0 6.00 7.92 10.22 11.72 13.40

Garage and service station related ................................ 7.47 12.7 5.39 6.38 6.50 6.96 9.19

Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ..................... 7.03 4.5 5.30 6.14 7.00 7.25 8.67

Hand packers and packagers ........................................ 7.40 3.8 5.55 6.18 7.00 8.34 9.54

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ............................. 7.52 2.7 5.98 6.34 7.17 8.48 8.83

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 January 2001–Continued

Occupation3

Part-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Service .......................................................................................... $6.81 1.0 $4.74 $5.65 $6.50 $7.84 $9.51

Protective service .............................................................. 9.05 3.2 6.00 7.00 8.29 9.66 12.42

Firefighting ..................................................................... 9.36 8.7 7.20 7.45 8.50 9.13 12.67

Police and detectives, public service ............................. 15.57 13.2 10.57 11.28 11.68 22.21 28.00

Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers ..... 14.96 9.2 8.75 12.74 15.00 15.97 16.20

Crossing guards ............................................................. 9.25 4.6 6.67 7.60 8.94 11.52 11.72

Guards and police, except public service ...................... 8.77 3.8 5.92 6.97 8.25 9.03 12.00

Protective service, n.e.c. ................................................ 8.54 9.5 6.00 6.69 7.80 10.60 12.42

Food service ...................................................................... 5.95 1.3 2.65 5.35 6.00 6.88 8.00

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ............................... 4.49 3.5 2.13 2.38 4.50 6.00 6.85

Bartenders ..................................................................... 6.20 7.5 4.16 5.50 5.75 7.00 9.50

Waiters and waitresses .................................................. 3.96 4.0 2.13 2.20 3.09 5.75 6.50

Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ..................................... 5.33 3.3 2.77 4.50 5.75 6.25 6.75

Other food service ........................................................... 6.65 1.1 5.40 5.75 6.26 7.30 8.39

Supervisors, food preparation and service .................... 6.92 8.6 2.50 6.72 6.82 7.74 8.75

Cooks ............................................................................. 7.20 3.5 5.51 5.75 6.79 8.42 9.17

Kitchen workers, food preparation ................................. 6.89 2.9 5.22 5.89 6.72 7.44 8.28

Food preparation, n.e.c. ................................................. 6.51 1.5 5.33 5.75 6.25 7.00 7.98

Health service .................................................................... 8.84 2.1 6.45 7.42 8.55 10.00 11.73

Health aides, except nursing ......................................... 8.90 3.7 6.18 7.00 8.88 10.00 12.28

Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ........................ 8.79 2.5 6.45 7.50 8.47 9.81 11.50

Cleaning and building service ............................................ 7.29 2.2 5.49 6.07 6.86 8.06 9.19

Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers ...... 8.44 3.4 8.00 8.00 8.00 9.00 9.92

Maids and housemen .................................................... 7.56 4.1 5.63 6.51 6.79 8.67 8.75

Janitors and cleaners ..................................................... 7.23 2.5 5.49 6.01 6.86 8.03 9.27

Personal service ................................................................ 7.54 2.7 5.35 5.85 6.97 8.33 10.43

Supervisors, personal service ........................................ 9.89 10.1 7.55 8.34 8.80 9.78 15.56

Hairdressers and cosmetologists ................................... 9.86 8.5 5.91 7.48 10.01 10.50 14.29

Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities .......... 6.52 3.4 5.23 5.45 6.25 7.01 8.46

Guides ........................................................................... 8.21 9.4 6.00 6.62 7.03 8.72 11.44

Ushers ........................................................................... 6.58 3.7 5.15 6.05 6.11 6.84 8.15

Public transportation attendants .................................... 13.31 19.6 6.98 6.98 9.23 10.57 47.59

Baggage porters and bellhops ....................................... 6.54 5.2 5.15 5.65 6.25 6.79 7.38

Welfare service aides .................................................... 6.76 6.3 5.23 5.63 5.82 7.63 9.03

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .............................. 6.91 4.5 5.15 5.50 6.43 7.33 8.75

Child care workers, n.e.c. .............................................. 8.24 3.7 6.00 6.80 7.50 9.76 10.29

Service, n.e.c. ................................................................ 7.61 2.7 5.65 6.25 7.55 8.25 10.00

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 March 2000 and

January 2002. The average reference period was January 2001. 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, 2001, on the BLS

Internet site http:www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm or any of our published NCS locality

bulletins. 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, 2001, on the BLS Internet site

http:www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm or any of our published NCS locality bulletins. 

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 January 2001

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

All ...................................................................................................... $15.46 1.2 $6.75 $8.75 $12.30 $18.83 $27.08

All, excluding sales .................................................................... 15.67 1.3 6.94 9.00 12.50 19.13 27.22

White collar .................................................................................. 19.08 1.7 7.82 10.27 15.10 23.35 34.00

White collar, excluding sales ................................................. 20.57 1.8 9.00 11.50 16.83 24.87 35.81

Professional specialty and technical ..................................... 25.56 3.0 11.88 16.40 22.23 29.64 40.26

Professional specialty ............................................................ 27.89 3.8 12.87 18.66 24.31 32.86 44.87

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ................................. 31.50 3.0 21.00 24.31 29.88 36.34 44.79

Architects ....................................................................... 23.70 6.9 14.13 21.00 21.00 27.70 35.35

Aerospace engineers ..................................................... 33.29 5.9 23.16 27.76 32.35 39.91 45.30

Metallurgical and materials engineers ........................... 32.33 3.5 26.50 30.00 30.60 34.11 39.22

Petroleum engineers ...................................................... 37.97 6.2 26.19 31.97 37.64 43.79 50.31

Chemical engineers ....................................................... 35.01 3.5 25.48 28.78 33.63 39.74 47.72

Nuclear engineers .......................................................... 35.89 2.2 34.62 34.62 34.62 36.42 40.57

Civil engineers ............................................................... 28.73 4.5 19.90 22.85 26.91 33.88 40.81

Electrical and electronic engineers ................................ 34.74 5.0 21.99 26.97 33.85 43.66 46.58

Industrial engineers ....................................................... 27.62 3.1 19.00 23.61 27.70 32.19 35.25

Mechanical engineers .................................................... 26.39 3.9 21.31 24.31 24.31 27.46 35.26

Engineers, n.e.c. ............................................................ 35.54 5.5 22.47 28.16 33.37 41.17 47.13

Surveyors and mapping scientists ................................. 32.06 5.0 27.00 27.55 34.65 35.00 35.00

Mathematical and computer scientists ............................... 31.03 3.0 20.19 23.61 29.76 34.94 42.34

Computer systems analysts and scientists .................... 31.10 3.0 19.59 24.21 29.76 35.79 42.35

Operations and systems researchers and analysts ....... 30.51 10.3 21.13 21.13 29.23 32.50 40.25

Actuaries ........................................................................ 35.88 6.9 25.52 27.73 34.07 46.22 47.80

Statisticians .................................................................... 27.73 6.4 16.27 27.30 28.47 28.47 32.64

Natural scientists ............................................................... 30.95 4.1 16.66 21.51 28.77 38.68 48.90

Physicists and astronomers ........................................... 39.99 7.8 24.30 35.77 38.63 43.74 53.72

Chemists, except biochemists ....................................... 32.47 5.5 16.83 22.61 30.50 41.64 48.02

Atmospheric and space scientists ................................. 26.46 16.9 14.61 14.61 20.50 38.70 42.33

Geologists and geodesists ............................................. 31.16 10.1 18.43 21.50 29.00 42.58 43.00

Agricultural and food scientists ...................................... 23.65 18.6 13.25 16.94 20.97 26.59 41.54

Biological and life scientists ........................................... 27.52 6.8 16.55 19.14 25.06 32.59 43.25

Medical scientists ........................................................... 26.89 7.6 14.86 17.31 23.30 34.33 43.83

Health related .................................................................... 28.90 10.5 17.13 19.20 22.51 29.43 39.00

Physicians ...................................................................... 66.57 22.7 18.95 36.06 62.50 89.06 129.48

Dentists .......................................................................... 40.04 5.5 29.90 39.56 40.00 45.67 45.67

Optometrists .................................................................. 41.38 8.3 34.93 36.06 37.50 47.79 47.79

Registered nurses .......................................................... 22.63 1.4 17.13 18.80 21.42 25.16 29.82

Pharmacists ................................................................... 33.03 2.4 28.80 31.10 33.93 35.86 37.53

Dietitians ........................................................................ 19.86 3.0 14.63 18.13 20.00 20.63 24.24

Respiratory therapists .................................................... 19.01 1.9 15.25 16.95 18.16 20.54 23.44

Occupational therapists ................................................. 22.21 7.9 11.48 19.12 22.58 25.88 29.44

Physical therapists ......................................................... 23.02 5.1 19.23 19.23 20.19 25.79 29.21

Speech therapists .......................................................... 23.51 3.1 19.58 21.48 24.89 24.89 26.97

Therapists, n.e.c. ........................................................... 20.24 11.4 12.25 14.28 16.91 21.56 30.68

Teachers, college and university ....................................... 40.74 6.3 18.91 25.08 34.83 51.83 65.20

Biological science teachers ........................................... 41.71 12.9 21.35 26.15 35.64 51.97 76.82

Chemistry teachers ........................................................ 52.47 12.6 24.28 37.94 51.08 64.36 78.60

Physics teachers ............................................................ 47.91 9.2 32.21 41.25 54.32 55.44 55.44

Psychology teachers ...................................................... 46.96 11.6 23.80 31.09 52.50 59.67 67.18

Economics teachers ...................................................... 33.12 14.0 26.02 26.02 26.02 37.95 54.34

History teachers ............................................................. 37.01 11.3 21.29 22.66 35.07 44.05 58.78

Political science teachers .............................................. 27.09 8.8 20.56 23.22 26.04 26.04 38.38

Sociology teachers ........................................................ 32.77 22.0 17.97 23.66 23.66 43.84 58.39

Social science teachers, n.e.c. ...................................... 41.60 10.9 20.55 34.73 40.32 52.63 53.40

Engineering teachers ..................................................... 43.01 8.2 21.50 36.72 39.29 49.72 65.27

Mathematical science teachers ..................................... 34.43 7.8 24.84 28.83 34.26 37.33 50.99

Computer science teachers ........................................... 24.90 18.5 17.52 18.69 18.69 30.56 38.00

Medical science teachers .............................................. 48.83 7.7 28.64 35.23 49.13 60.68 64.06

Health specialties teachers ............................................ 40.27 10.5 18.08 25.28 41.60 47.76 63.33

Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .............. 45.71 9.0 19.87 23.05 40.85 59.39 74.53

Art, drama, and music teachers ..................................... 29.69 7.9 18.67 20.82 28.04 36.32 44.30

Physical education teachers .......................................... 32.68 7.4 24.05 27.99 28.07 40.29 40.29

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 January 2001–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

Education teachers ........................................................ $38.12 11.5 $19.90 $26.08 $32.69 $47.63 $57.72

English teachers ............................................................ 33.20 10.6 19.29 21.87 31.94 37.99 62.02

Foreign language teachers ............................................ 32.35 5.0 21.46 26.69 32.40 34.83 42.61

Law teachers ................................................................. 56.63 7.0 38.69 52.82 55.32 60.44 77.02

Theology teachers ......................................................... 35.71 9.0 25.72 25.72 34.23 39.94 52.03

Other post-secondary teachers ..................................... 44.81 16.6 19.26 23.33 32.20 58.09 91.24

Teachers, except college and university ............................ 16.75 3.7 9.62 11.18 15.14 20.48 27.37

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ................................. 10.83 3.7 7.75 9.19 9.96 11.50 13.82

Elementary school teachers .......................................... 19.91 5.6 12.75 15.07 18.83 22.02 28.61

Secondary school teachers ........................................... 25.92 3.5 16.84 21.26 24.61 30.81 34.70

Teachers, special education .......................................... 19.72 6.2 16.77 16.77 18.02 22.59 27.37

Teachers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 17.06 7.4 11.25 13.15 15.39 20.23 24.25

Substitute teachers ........................................................ 9.11 15.5 5.15 6.38 7.37 13.17 13.17

Vocational and educational counselors ......................... 16.92 6.3 11.03 12.87 15.14 21.37 24.44

Librarians, archivists, and curators .................................... 21.40 6.0 13.72 16.83 19.42 24.73 32.75

Librarians ....................................................................... 21.59 7.4 13.72 14.96 20.30 24.82 31.43

Archivists and curators .................................................. 20.84 9.0 15.77 18.38 18.38 18.38 33.73

Social scientists and urban planners ................................. 27.02 4.4 14.77 25.39 28.85 28.85 34.01

Economists .................................................................... 30.12 5.3 19.01 24.04 30.65 35.72 41.75

Psychologists ................................................................. 26.15 7.3 14.23 25.80 28.85 28.85 28.85

Social scientists, n.e.c. .................................................. 33.49 11.9 24.65 24.65 35.85 36.85 36.85

Social, recreation, and religious workers ........................... 13.54 9.1 9.00 10.31 12.06 15.72 19.41

Social workers ............................................................... 13.35 9.3 9.00 10.11 12.02 15.64 19.02

Recreation workers ........................................................ 13.90 6.5 8.75 10.74 12.69 16.24 22.00

Clergy ............................................................................ 18.37 11.9 9.90 13.35 16.41 20.39 28.67

Religious workers, n.e.c. ................................................ 19.00 16.2 8.30 13.88 13.88 23.88 33.72

Lawyers and judges ........................................................... – – – ––––

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,

n.e.c. ................................................................................ 23.22 3.7 9.96 15.00 21.13 26.89 36.59

Technical writers ............................................................ 19.58 10.4 12.50 12.50 19.23 23.56 26.43

Designers ....................................................................... 21.11 7.0 8.75 13.22 19.90 25.88 34.87

Musicians and composers ............................................. 29.57 22.9 14.71 14.71 23.08 28.57 58.75

Actors and directors ....................................................... 28.60 20.9 9.05 15.75 21.04 26.44 47.18

Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist printmakers 21.94 18.8 10.00 14.25 16.83 21.74 34.47

Photographers ............................................................... 19.17 9.2 9.69 11.03 21.16 22.12 28.50

Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c. ............. 17.67 21.9 6.83 12.00 12.02 18.73 24.57

Editors and reporters ..................................................... 24.19 6.8 12.86 16.00 20.29 27.95 35.56

Public relations specialists ............................................. 23.56 7.0 12.50 17.30 20.49 29.29 33.78

Announcers .................................................................... 19.46 47.0 6.13 7.59 8.89 12.29 19.82

Athletes .......................................................................... 21.73 10.4 11.90 17.97 25.06 25.58 25.58

Professional, n.e.c. ........................................................ 30.63 4.0 19.36 24.81 29.05 36.59 45.61

Technical ............................................................................... 19.59 1.9 11.00 13.81 17.06 22.34 27.09

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .......... 15.85 4.1 10.36 11.75 15.34 19.05 22.24

Dental hygienists ........................................................... 26.55 5.1 20.00 24.00 28.00 28.00 28.57

Health record technologists and technicians ................. 11.24 12.2 6.85 6.85 10.92 13.03 18.12

Radiological technicians ................................................ 20.35 3.7 15.50 17.33 21.97 22.56 23.89

Licensed practical nurses .............................................. 14.77 1.3 11.67 13.10 14.50 16.21 18.25

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. .................. 14.42 5.2 9.05 10.75 13.17 16.96 21.82

Electrical and electronic technicians .............................. 18.43 5.9 10.55 13.43 18.40 22.83 26.22

Industrial engineering technicians ................................. 20.10 6.1 14.56 16.38 18.75 22.13 26.76

Mechanical engineering technicians .............................. 22.85 4.4 13.41 19.83 24.27 25.73 30.15

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ...................................... 21.43 3.5 13.38 17.51 21.66 24.20 29.60

Drafters .......................................................................... 19.91 3.1 14.00 15.76 19.23 22.27 26.30

Surveying and mapping technicians .............................. 16.01 8.8 10.88 14.80 15.67 16.25 24.54

Biological technicians .................................................... 17.76 6.9 10.81 12.42 17.56 21.96 24.30

Chemical technicians ..................................................... 17.70 4.0 13.74 14.90 17.26 21.00 23.63

Science technicians, n.e.c. ............................................ 20.08 9.4 13.97 16.47 20.76 25.42 25.49

Airplane pilots and navigators ........................................ 102.97 9.1 21.00 47.22 87.47 168.20 176.12

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 January 2001–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

Broadcast equipment operators ..................................... $14.38 14.7 $7.28 $7.94 $12.65 $17.00 $21.29

Computer programmers ................................................. 24.61 3.5 14.88 20.19 25.10 28.87 34.07

Tool programmers, numerical control ............................ 17.81 5.5 15.12 15.98 15.98 19.66 23.29

Legal assistants ............................................................. 17.65 3.8 12.12 14.01 16.40 21.15 23.08

Technical and related, n.e.c. .......................................... 19.62 4.3 11.00 15.08 18.26 24.72 29.83

Executive, administrative, and managerial ........................... 28.99 2.1 14.13 18.61 25.12 34.69 48.08

Executives, administrators, and managers ........................ 31.59 2.7 14.10 19.90 27.47 39.05 53.42

Administrators and officials, public administration ......... 29.60 9.5 15.86 24.20 32.62 32.62 32.62

Financial managers ....................................................... 33.98 9.4 15.86 20.46 27.19 37.86 56.41

Personnel and labor relations managers ....................... 28.96 13.3 14.42 14.42 23.23 37.98 51.08

Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations 37.50 3.4 18.95 24.30 36.29 46.18 57.69

Administrators, education and related fields .................. 23.48 6.3 12.25 14.39 20.31 28.13 39.67

Managers, medicine and health ..................................... 31.23 3.9 20.00 22.16 30.57 34.38 44.36

Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments .. 16.51 5.0 9.75 10.90 14.00 18.29 27.00

Managers, properties and real estate ............................ 20.07 7.3 8.22 12.50 18.91 23.76 39.59

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ........................ 27.44 8.3 13.61 17.50 24.38 32.58 46.15

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ............................. 33.22 3.9 14.42 21.16 30.00 42.14 53.42

Management related .......................................................... 24.25 2.7 14.25 17.42 21.66 28.00 36.08

Accountants and auditors .............................................. 22.81 3.8 15.53 17.31 20.87 25.14 31.45

Underwriters .................................................................. 24.02 7.4 13.88 16.68 21.72 29.78 38.46

Other financial officers ................................................... 25.15 4.6 13.46 16.18 21.53 28.36 42.56

Management analysts .................................................... 28.22 3.5 19.43 20.85 26.65 32.58 38.95

Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ........ 22.31 3.8 12.50 17.38 20.51 27.32 32.00

Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products .............. 27.93 17.4 18.25 20.59 22.32 36.02 44.98

Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm

products ....................................................................... 21.58 6.4 15.14 15.96 19.25 23.64 31.77

Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ........................... 27.07 5.8 16.30 20.88 26.44 30.02 40.67

Construction inspectors ................................................. 20.71 5.7 15.25 17.57 19.99 21.60 30.83

Inspectors and compliance officers, except

construction ................................................................. 25.17 3.4 19.71 20.72 25.55 27.80 29.19

Management related, n.e.c. ........................................... 25.45 7.2 14.14 17.58 22.13 28.79 39.92

Sales ......................................................................................... 13.74 2.6 6.04 7.21 10.09 15.96 25.80

Supervisors, sales ......................................................... 16.57 3.8 8.85 11.46 14.90 17.31 26.56

Insurance sales .............................................................. 22.08 6.4 12.31 14.58 20.19 25.13 38.68

Real estate sales ........................................................... 19.29 10.2 9.71 12.50 14.82 20.10 31.00

Securities and financial services sales .......................... 31.70 9.7 12.84 14.58 24.51 38.90 62.50

Advertising and related sales ......................................... 21.58 7.7 10.70 14.42 19.45 25.52 40.70

Sales, other business services ...................................... 19.98 7.8 8.56 12.33 16.50 23.56 32.15

Sales engineers ............................................................. 34.85 7.0 25.64 31.07 33.26 33.76 57.98

Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and

wholesale ..................................................................... 24.60 5.0 11.67 16.40 21.63 29.95 40.46

Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ...................... 18.58 6.0 10.28 13.23 17.93 23.62 26.05

Sales workers, apparel .................................................. 10.06 18.1 6.03 6.78 7.66 8.94 11.25

Sales workers, shoes ..................................................... 7.60 5.3 5.75 6.39 6.88 8.00 9.81

Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings .............. 12.39 12.3 6.58 8.05 9.00 14.72 19.26

Sales workers, hardware and building supplies ............. 13.01 5.9 8.63 9.33 11.15 13.34 21.40

Sales workers, parts ...................................................... 12.94 6.0 7.00 9.00 11.83 15.95 18.94

Sales workers, other commodities ................................. 10.95 6.8 6.00 6.90 8.48 11.54 20.05

Sales counter clerks ...................................................... 7.29 3.3 5.50 5.99 6.67 7.79 10.75

Cashiers ......................................................................... 7.60 1.3 5.60 6.12 7.00 8.13 10.16

Street and door-to-door sales workers .......................... 14.80 34.1 5.15 5.15 9.33 20.90 33.86

News vendors ................................................................ 10.46 9.3 8.43 9.25 9.25 9.89 13.98

Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales .............. 29.82 30.1 7.12 9.68 44.66 44.66 44.66

Sales support, n.e.c. ...................................................... 12.39 5.4 6.92 8.00 11.54 14.10 21.63

Administrative support, including clerical ............................ 12.72 1.4 8.04 9.38 11.78 15.04 19.23

Supervisors, general office ............................................ 17.05 3.7 10.51 13.05 16.37 20.28 24.28

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 January 2001–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

Supervisors, computer equipment operators ................. $24.81 7.2 $16.98 $19.24 $25.47 $28.21 $37.93

Supervisors, financial records processing ..................... 18.81 3.5 12.29 14.70 18.96 22.96 24.87

Chief communications operators ................................... 19.58 10.2 10.00 18.04 18.04 23.42 25.13

Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting

clerks ........................................................................... 18.51 3.7 11.50 13.56 17.03 22.07 27.05

Computer operators ....................................................... 15.40 3.2 10.82 12.12 14.60 17.18 21.15

Peripheral equipment operators .................................... 11.61 5.9 9.00 9.47 10.75 13.50 14.25

Secretaries ..................................................................... 14.82 4.2 9.50 11.11 14.26 18.43 19.75

Stenographers ............................................................... 13.82 5.6 11.78 11.83 13.44 15.20 16.99

Typists ........................................................................... 12.78 3.4 9.50 10.50 12.00 14.33 17.16

Interviewers ................................................................... 10.15 4.3 7.38 8.25 9.20 12.23 13.54

Hotel clerks .................................................................... 8.76 3.7 6.60 7.27 8.27 9.38 11.61

Transportation ticket and reservation agents ................. 13.57 4.3 7.87 10.51 12.99 16.42 20.43

Receptionists ................................................................. 10.25 2.4 7.50 8.46 9.88 12.00 14.00

Information clerks, n.e.c. ................................................ 12.03 4.5 8.86 9.05 11.37 13.83 16.16

Classified ad clerks ........................................................ 12.36 9.8 7.57 10.43 13.02 13.02 17.24

Correspondence clerks .................................................. 12.26 3.4 9.79 11.31 12.02 13.70 15.74

Order clerks ................................................................... 13.09 2.3 8.25 10.00 12.32 15.30 19.90

Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping ......... 14.92 2.6 10.00 12.03 15.00 17.35 19.96

Library clerks ................................................................. 11.50 5.3 7.79 10.00 11.31 13.59 15.59

File clerks ....................................................................... 9.08 3.3 7.00 8.00 8.49 10.00 12.28

Records clerks, n.e.c. .................................................... 12.55 2.6 8.21 9.65 11.63 15.38 17.67

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ............... 11.77 5.3 8.13 8.75 11.45 13.46 16.50

Payroll and timekeeping clerks ...................................... 14.23 3.4 9.21 11.25 13.42 17.50 19.69

Billing clerks ................................................................... 10.80 4.2 7.88 9.00 10.50 12.05 14.38

Cost and rate clerks ....................................................... 16.38 16.6 6.07 10.29 16.35 22.50 22.50

Billing, posting, and calculating machine operators ....... 10.42 4.8 8.23 8.72 9.39 11.73 13.36

Duplicating machine operators ...................................... 11.97 5.0 7.92 9.81 11.71 13.50 14.80

Mail preparing and paper handling machine operators 10.67 7.6 6.81 8.40 10.75 11.32 16.12

Office machine operators, n.e.c. .................................... 8.75 4.9 6.45 7.42 7.64 10.02 13.03

Telephone operators ...................................................... 12.35 4.0 7.27 8.65 11.33 16.72 17.84

Communications equipment operators, n.e.c. ............... 8.55 12.3 5.32 6.91 7.27 11.80 12.90

Mail clerks, except postal service .................................. 10.01 6.7 7.65 8.00 8.83 11.53 14.01

Messengers ................................................................... 9.52 6.1 6.47 7.43 8.75 12.09 13.08

Dispatchers .................................................................... 12.60 5.7 7.00 9.95 12.50 14.11 18.52

Production coordinators ................................................. 17.11 2.8 11.37 14.03 16.82 19.60 22.89

Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ............................. 12.26 3.7 7.78 9.23 11.17 14.26 19.19

Stock and inventory clerks ............................................. 11.80 2.7 7.94 9.00 11.06 13.77 17.01

Meter readers ................................................................ 15.03 4.8 10.92 11.50 14.43 18.02 19.94

Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers ............. 13.65 7.8 9.19 11.00 12.40 14.50 23.36

Expeditors ...................................................................... 13.81 4.6 9.00 10.22 13.48 17.99 18.19

Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 15.18 10.6 8.75 9.50 12.54 21.34 24.40

Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ........ 17.59 4.1 10.80 12.26 15.87 20.92 27.55

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ............... 13.41 2.3 8.88 10.41 12.68 16.07 18.45

Eligibility clerks, social welfare ....................................... 14.83 10.7 10.58 11.54 17.79 17.79 17.79

Bill and account collectors ............................................. 12.27 4.7 8.11 9.77 11.23 14.04 17.11

General office clerks ...................................................... 11.57 1.6 7.76 8.90 10.96 13.73 16.50

Bank tellers .................................................................... 9.69 2.2 7.48 8.43 9.50 10.79 12.05

Proofreaders .................................................................. 12.24 7.9 7.10 9.71 13.07 14.50 15.38

Data entry keyers ........................................................... 11.09 2.5 8.02 9.10 10.50 12.31 15.30

Statistical clerks ............................................................. 12.61 6.2 8.14 9.85 11.10 16.08 18.99

Teachers’ aides ............................................................. 8.83 3.2 6.60 7.25 8.87 9.85 10.38

Administrative support, n.e.c. ........................................ 12.24 2.3 8.00 9.50 11.30 14.64 17.67

Blue collar .................................................................................... 13.61 1.2 7.32 9.27 12.19 16.90 22.47

Precision production, craft, and repair .................................. 17.21 1.5 10.13 12.36 16.10 21.40 26.07

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .......................... 16.91 14.4 12.36 12.36 12.36 20.00 28.37

Automobile mechanics ................................................... 16.16 4.0 11.00 12.00 15.62 19.31 22.91

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 January 2001–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

Automobile mechanic apprentices ................................. $11.24 8.4 $7.00 $7.08 $12.50 $13.88 $14.00

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ................ 14.37 6.4 10.00 10.58 13.03 17.23 21.10

Aircraft engine mechanics ............................................. 22.03 3.7 16.83 17.65 22.69 24.32 27.03

Small engine repairers ................................................... 13.07 4.7 9.50 13.00 13.50 14.82 15.01

Automobile body and related repairers .......................... 19.15 10.1 10.07 14.25 16.45 23.96 34.65

Aircraft mechanics, except engine ................................. 20.64 5.7 12.77 16.56 21.83 23.85 26.02

Heavy equipment mechanics ......................................... 18.17 5.6 12.07 13.33 17.58 21.76 26.75

Farm equipment mechanics .......................................... 13.08 4.8 10.17 10.50 13.25 13.86 15.94

Industrial machinery repairers ....................................... 18.33 2.4 12.99 15.50 17.75 21.00 24.43

Machinery maintenance ................................................. 14.03 5.4 9.41 10.67 13.25 16.10 21.20

Electronic repairers, communications and industrial

equipment .................................................................... 19.78 3.0 12.66 16.35 21.56 23.39 26.13

Data processing equipment repairers ............................ 17.63 9.8 10.68 13.31 17.17 22.08 24.20

Household appliance and power tool repairers ............. 13.61 7.5 10.00 10.00 11.25 15.74 21.38

Telephone line installers and repairers .......................... 21.65 2.7 17.14 21.26 21.88 23.76 25.08

Telephone installers and repairers ................................ 19.25 3.1 13.24 17.90 19.40 21.66 23.90

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics .. 15.79 3.5 10.33 13.00 14.75 18.20 21.68

Office machine repairers ................................................ 14.43 12.0 9.00 9.00 14.91 18.52 18.56

Mechanical controls and valve repairers ....................... 21.40 5.4 17.00 17.02 21.38 24.24 28.20

Elevator installers and repairers .................................... 25.97 7.5 21.48 22.10 24.86 31.76 31.76

Millwrights ...................................................................... 21.03 6.1 12.67 16.95 23.56 23.56 26.80

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ..................................... 16.03 2.6 10.00 12.26 15.28 19.49 23.14

Supervisors, carpenters and related workers ................ 24.23 7.3 17.50 19.00 21.18 28.27 29.34

Supervisors, electricians and power transmission

installers ....................................................................... 26.07 4.4 16.99 20.99 25.40 29.00 36.67

Supervisors, painters, paperhangers, and plasterers .... 19.00 3.4 17.38 17.38 18.00 20.00 21.00

Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...... 25.78 6.8 15.60 19.98 28.56 29.61 32.50

Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ......................... 21.27 5.0 14.25 16.88 19.43 25.38 31.00

Brickmasons and stonemasons ..................................... 20.90 9.4 13.42 17.25 18.35 27.48 27.48

Brickmason and stonemason apprentices ..................... 10.09 8.2 8.25 8.25 9.75 10.19 10.26

Tile setters, hard and soft .............................................. 25.42 4.6 26.48 26.48 26.50 26.50 27.32

Carpet installers ............................................................. 19.15 10.9 11.81 14.00 17.44 24.40 29.15

Carpenters ..................................................................... 17.27 3.6 10.80 13.29 17.50 20.22 25.08

Carpenter apprentices ................................................... 15.03 7.7 11.00 12.77 13.77 17.00 20.94

Drywall installers ............................................................ 20.86 14.1 12.77 13.82 19.94 26.21 34.03

Electricians .................................................................... 20.43 4.8 11.17 15.00 18.34 26.92 29.51

Electrician apprentices ................................................... 13.88 5.9 9.64 10.64 11.54 17.42 20.67

Electrical power installers and repairers ........................ 23.77 3.0 15.02 21.52 24.06 26.50 30.18

Painters, construction and maintenance ........................ 13.54 5.1 10.00 10.36 13.00 14.00 19.80

Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ........................... 21.40 5.1 13.84 15.56 21.03 26.34 29.32

Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices ............ 17.55 14.4 9.00 10.74 15.64 25.78 25.78

Concrete and terrazzo finishers ..................................... 16.27 11.7 10.50 13.00 13.00 23.05 23.73

Glaziers .......................................................................... 13.86 5.9 11.00 11.80 14.00 14.71 17.51

Insulation workers .......................................................... 13.56 7.8 8.33 10.36 12.60 18.14 18.14

Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators ... 11.44 14.8 8.50 8.50 9.86 11.15 17.60

Roofers .......................................................................... 14.22 10.6 9.17 9.29 13.02 17.49 23.38

Sheetmetal duct installers .............................................. 21.62 9.1 12.28 15.94 24.04 29.38 29.38

Structural metal workers ................................................ 15.95 5.3 12.13 14.00 14.57 19.63 21.53

Construction trades, n.e.c. ............................................. 15.56 6.5 9.89 11.00 14.50 17.97 24.44

Supervisors, extractive .................................................. 23.55 16.9 9.50 15.00 27.46 32.73 32.81

Drillers, oil well ............................................................... 15.98 31.2 7.33 7.33 21.10 22.19 25.81

Mining machine operators ............................................. 17.23 14.1 9.19 11.75 15.66 22.05 27.71

Mining, n.e.c. ................................................................. 22.71 3.4 23.19 23.19 23.98 23.98 23.98

Supervisors, production ................................................. 19.94 2.7 13.00 16.05 19.56 23.79 27.50

Tool and die makers ...................................................... 22.02 2.8 15.75 19.48 21.76 26.65 27.27

Tool and die maker apprentices .................................... 16.03 11.3 9.21 11.52 12.29 18.00 26.24

Precision assemblers, metal .......................................... 18.16 3.1 13.40 17.20 17.25 20.68 23.76

Machinists ...................................................................... 16.83 3.9 12.53 13.95 16.89 19.50 22.46

Precision grinders, filers, and tool sharpeners ............... 18.06 7.1 12.77 15.25 17.75 20.57 26.07

Patternmakers and modelmakers, metal ....................... 19.89 8.7 10.33 15.88 18.73 27.56 28.06

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 January 2001–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

Layout workers .............................................................. $15.59 3.9 $13.20 $13.72 $15.66 $15.66 $20.96

Precious stones and metals workers ............................. 12.94 17.7 8.08 8.17 14.33 16.65 17.30

Engravers, metal ............................................................ 14.58 28.6 7.90 7.90 14.54 22.74 22.74

Sheet metal workers ...................................................... 17.34 4.9 11.65 13.40 15.00 21.06 27.22

Sheet metal worker apprentices .................................... 13.01 11.6 8.00 10.00 14.04 15.98 17.28

Cabinet makers and bench carpenters .......................... 13.26 12.7 7.50 8.75 13.25 15.00 20.00

Furniture and wood finishers ......................................... 12.05 4.6 9.95 10.00 12.45 13.00 13.00

Dressmakers .................................................................. 11.70 6.4 10.29 10.29 10.70 13.95 13.95

Tailors ............................................................................ 11.79 5.7 9.77 10.79 11.92 11.92 15.23

Upholsterers .................................................................. 13.70 12.8 9.22 9.72 14.11 15.91 19.00

Hand molders and shapers, except jewelers ................. 16.81 6.6 12.84 14.90 16.43 18.47 21.36

Patternmakers, layout workers, and cutters .................. 13.87 9.2 12.00 12.00 12.00 14.00 21.64

Optical goods workers ................................................... 11.58 11.1 7.50 8.96 13.28 13.28 14.60

Dental laboratory and medical appliance technicians .... 14.97 2.8 12.60 12.60 13.10 18.86 19.00

Bookbinders ................................................................... 12.59 5.0 10.88 11.00 12.25 12.30 18.51

Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ............ 11.45 3.4 8.30 8.97 12.28 12.28 15.19

Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ........................ 14.34 8.3 8.62 11.00 13.21 16.96 21.14

Precision food production .............................................. 16.40 25.4 9.30 11.76 11.76 28.21 28.21

Butchers and meat cutters ............................................. 10.92 4.5 7.00 7.84 10.30 13.00 16.75

Bakers ............................................................................ 10.11 9.3 7.08 7.08 9.00 12.10 15.28

Food batchmakers ......................................................... 10.84 5.6 7.53 8.57 10.55 12.28 15.10

Inspectors, testers, and graders .................................... 17.23 4.9 10.30 12.00 16.32 22.11 24.57

Precision inspectors, testers, and related workers,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 20.62 5.4 15.32 15.87 21.95 23.64 23.64

Adjusters and calibrators ............................................... 19.18 20.7 9.21 12.05 15.40 23.66 38.15

Water and sewer treatment plant operators .................. 13.21 11.9 7.92 7.92 12.17 16.00 19.45

Power plant operators .................................................... 24.05 3.7 18.24 22.33 23.79 26.23 26.23

Stationary engineers ...................................................... 19.44 3.3 15.00 16.61 17.68 21.60 27.50

Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c. ......... 21.29 9.3 11.27 19.31 23.50 25.18 26.19

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ................. 12.28 1.8 7.18 9.03 11.28 14.52 19.30

Lathe and turning machine set-up operators ................. 14.79 3.7 12.18 13.52 14.38 15.40 17.66

Lathe and turning machine operators ............................ 14.89 4.9 10.50 12.25 14.38 17.68 22.00

Milling and planing machine operators .......................... 13.75 8.0 11.00 11.00 11.72 14.63 19.75

Punching and stamping press operators ....................... 12.37 7.9 8.25 8.25 12.03 14.12 17.93

Rolling machine operators ............................................. 15.48 11.2 9.35 10.50 15.09 16.72 28.13

Drilling and boring machine operators ........................... 12.33 13.3 6.56 6.56 13.18 15.45 18.29

Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine

operators ...................................................................... 12.69 3.4 8.63 10.15 11.76 14.76 16.04

Forging machine operators ............................................ 14.09 4.9 9.86 11.67 13.50 17.08 18.12

Numerical control machine operators ............................ 14.79 3.1 10.74 12.29 13.65 16.40 20.10

Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ........................... 13.91 3.8 8.33 10.24 13.22 16.50 22.76

Molding and casting machine operators ........................ 11.49 4.2 8.02 9.11 10.50 13.13 16.30

Metal plating machine operators .................................... 13.52 3.7 9.44 10.75 14.24 15.57 16.70

Heat treating equipment operators ................................ 14.94 7.1 9.50 13.01 14.61 17.04 21.15

Wood lathe, routing, and planing machine operators .... 9.44 12.0 7.00 7.00 7.50 11.45 13.30

Sawing machine operators ............................................ 11.03 7.0 6.36 9.70 11.10 13.67 13.67

Shaping and jointing machine operators ....................... 11.16 4.8 9.20 10.50 10.50 11.94 14.07

Printing press operators ................................................. 14.33 3.9 10.00 10.88 13.33 16.89 20.56

Photoengravers and lithographers ................................. 17.22 8.0 10.25 12.20 17.59 21.49 24.00

Typesetters and compositors ......................................... 14.03 7.6 8.50 10.21 13.41 16.85 20.17

Winding and twisting machine operators ....................... 12.77 7.0 9.00 10.68 13.99 13.99 15.19

Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine

operators ...................................................................... 12.00 3.1 9.39 10.43 12.70 13.00 14.58

Textile cutting machine operators .................................. 9.13 7.4 7.05 7.90 7.90 10.17 12.86

Textile sewing machine operators ................................. 7.93 5.2 5.75 6.25 7.36 8.84 10.82

Shoe machine operators ................................................ 10.05 11.2 6.33 8.48 10.41 11.28 16.07

Pressing machine operators .......................................... 8.47 4.7 6.50 7.56 8.29 10.00 10.30

Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators ........... 7.77 4.7 5.61 6.40 7.50 8.27 9.55

Cementing and gluing machine operators ..................... 10.54 8.2 7.73 7.75 10.55 13.13 14.38

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 January 2001–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

Packaging and filling machine operators ....................... $12.32 4.1 $7.36 $10.50 $11.96 $13.99 $17.12

Extruding and forming machine operators ..................... 12.42 4.9 8.72 9.65 11.07 14.41 16.84

Mixing and blending machine operators ........................ 14.29 5.1 9.00 10.37 13.66 17.81 19.68

Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine operators .. 17.04 4.3 12.43 14.93 16.80 18.30 23.00

Compressing and compacting machine operators ........ 11.13 3.0 9.27 10.45 10.45 12.17 14.07

Painting and paint spraying machine operators ............. 14.32 12.8 6.81 10.50 12.19 13.91 23.24

Roasting and baking machine operators, food .............. 9.95 4.0 8.68 8.68 9.38 10.65 12.50

Washing, cleaning, and pickling machine operators ...... 9.51 6.5 7.95 8.13 8.13 10.59 13.02

Folding machine operators ............................................ 12.55 6.2 7.98 10.52 11.69 14.01 18.47

Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food ............. 14.12 5.3 8.00 11.69 12.80 16.38 23.36

Crushing and grinding machine operators ..................... 12.91 7.3 6.70 10.44 12.33 16.76 19.54

Slicing and cutting machine operators ........................... 13.26 4.6 9.40 10.95 13.35 16.04 16.60

Photographic process machine operators ..................... 11.22 5.1 7.00 8.13 11.05 13.96 16.00

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ...................... 12.26 4.0 7.93 9.14 10.75 14.86 18.76

Welders and cutters ....................................................... 14.89 2.9 10.42 12.06 14.00 17.00 21.45

Solders and braziers ...................................................... 10.30 10.0 8.12 8.12 9.37 11.26 13.74

Assemblers .................................................................... 12.19 4.6 6.76 8.50 10.34 14.57 23.01

Hand cutting and trimming ............................................. 8.40 7.8 6.25 7.00 7.16 9.00 11.19

Hand molding, casting, and forming .............................. 11.99 3.6 9.20 11.61 12.63 12.63 13.55

Hand painting, coating, and decorating ......................... 10.40 6.8 8.81 9.00 9.11 11.58 13.65

Hand engraving and printing .......................................... 12.25 4.3 11.00 11.00 12.93 12.93 12.93

Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ............................... 11.32 4.6 7.50 8.24 10.02 13.07 16.18

Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ........... 12.63 4.5 8.46 9.50 11.13 15.14 19.73

Production testers .......................................................... 12.70 4.0 8.00 10.00 11.89 15.05 18.00

Production samplers and weighers ................................ 14.38 8.2 8.34 11.37 14.14 16.24 16.93

Graders and sorters, except agricultural ........................ 10.10 6.3 6.23 8.04 10.00 11.24 12.92

Hand inspectors, n.e.c. .................................................. 10.14 8.8 6.00 8.36 9.71 10.85 12.40

Transportation and material moving ..................................... 13.37 1.8 7.70 9.50 12.13 16.54 21.02

Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ............................ 18.19 4.8 12.94 15.73 19.24 20.80 21.25

Truck drivers .................................................................. 13.05 2.3 8.00 9.50 12.00 15.83 19.17

Driver-sales workers ...................................................... 13.23 5.9 5.88 10.00 12.27 17.09 19.47

Bus drivers ..................................................................... 11.73 3.2 8.78 9.22 11.31 12.88 16.54

Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ...................................... 8.70 4.1 6.58 6.75 9.13 10.02 11.11

Parking lot attendants .................................................... 7.85 7.8 5.15 6.42 7.95 8.75 10.75

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ............................................ 7.44 7.0 4.30 5.53 6.67 8.00 9.97

Railroad conductors and yardmasters ........................... 26.93 4.8 20.13 24.82 28.21 30.33 31.35

Locomotive operating .................................................... 27.88 9.7 14.64 18.04 30.14 35.66 37.71

Railroad brake, signal and switch operators .................. 23.13 14.2 15.15 15.15 23.91 30.32 30.73

Ship captains and mates, except fishing boats .............. 19.60 6.3 14.70 19.02 19.02 19.75 20.00

Supervisors, material moving equipment ....................... 18.05 4.1 13.56 14.56 17.31 20.36 23.00

Operating engineers ...................................................... 20.82 4.4 14.00 17.39 21.75 22.73 26.90

Longshore equipment operators .................................... 29.14 5.2 26.39 27.87 31.72 31.72 31.72

Crane and tower operators ............................................ 17.34 5.8 11.29 13.10 15.54 19.73 23.70

Excavating and loading machine operators ................... 15.41 4.1 10.65 12.82 15.25 17.65 20.08

Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators ......................... 16.59 7.3 11.40 12.96 15.40 21.45 21.45

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ........... 13.62 4.4 8.88 10.14 12.62 16.09 21.02

Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 15.24 5.7 8.50 11.11 13.80 19.36 23.24

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......... 10.22 1.3 6.34 7.50 9.38 11.86 15.45

Nursery workers ............................................................. 7.57 2.6 6.69 6.94 7.75 7.75 8.50

Supervisors, agriculture-related workers ....................... 16.90 8.7 12.05 12.05 14.90 22.32 25.00

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ............... 9.32 7.9 6.00 6.30 8.95 11.25 13.42

Animal caretakers, except farm ..................................... 9.40 9.7 5.83 6.50 8.57 10.00 14.80

Inspectors, agricultural products .................................... 8.72 11.1 6.53 7.32 7.50 9.88 15.38

Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and

laborers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 17.43 7.4 10.25 12.50 15.50 21.31 28.50

Helpers, mechanics and repairers ................................. 10.14 3.9 8.00 8.00 8.95 11.43 13.95

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 January 2001–Continued

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Blue collar –Continued

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers

–Continued

Helpers, construction trades .......................................... $10.58 3.4 $7.92 $8.66 $9.69 $12.06 $14.50

Helpers, extractive ......................................................... 9.42 12.1 7.45 7.45 7.63 12.54 12.80

Construction laborers ..................................................... 12.39 5.2 7.75 8.38 10.02 14.81 21.67

Production helpers ......................................................... 10.27 2.4 7.13 8.64 9.70 11.50 13.73

Stock handlers and baggers .......................................... 9.18 2.2 5.75 6.44 8.27 10.82 14.29

Machine feeders and offbearers .................................... 8.71 9.2 6.50 6.50 7.80 9.76 12.80

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .................. 11.51 3.3 6.80 8.49 10.44 14.00 18.12

Garage and service station related ................................ 9.27 6.3 6.50 7.43 8.13 9.50 13.92

Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ..................... 8.90 3.8 6.00 6.67 8.00 10.00 13.34

Hand packers and packagers ........................................ 9.70 4.8 6.76 7.57 9.43 11.86 11.86

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ............................. 9.76 2.1 6.26 7.57 9.31 10.77 14.25

Service .......................................................................................... 8.45 1.2 5.28 6.25 7.75 9.76 12.30

Protective service .............................................................. 9.83 3.3 6.38 7.46 8.61 10.76 15.18

Supervisors, guards ....................................................... 15.15 7.8 8.17 10.34 14.00 20.15 21.04

Guards and police, except public service ...................... 9.49 3.6 6.34 7.43 8.50 10.38 13.08

Protective service, n.e.c. ................................................ 8.25 6.2 6.00 6.63 6.98 10.10 11.50

Food service ...................................................................... 6.99 1.8 3.00 5.50 6.56 8.28 10.40

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ............................... 4.80 2.9 2.13 2.65 4.71 6.25 7.68

Bartenders ..................................................................... 6.94 5.3 4.20 5.50 6.25 8.20 9.62

Waiters and waitresses .................................................. 3.94 3.2 2.13 2.25 3.09 5.35 6.50

Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ..................................... 5.86 2.7 3.05 5.15 5.75 6.75 7.84

Other food service ........................................................... 7.93 1.6 5.53 6.15 7.34 9.00 11.07

Supervisors, food preparation and service .................... 11.57 4.2 7.00 8.55 10.70 13.29 17.73

Cooks ............................................................................. 8.52 2.5 5.75 6.92 8.50 9.71 11.40

Kitchen workers, food preparation ................................. 7.54 2.5 5.40 6.15 7.25 8.47 10.13

Food preparation, n.e.c. ................................................. 6.98 1.4 5.49 6.00 6.72 7.64 8.75

Health service .................................................................... 9.63 1.9 7.01 7.86 9.08 10.68 13.00

Dental assistants ........................................................... 12.50 9.3 9.00 9.71 12.00 15.42 16.00

Health aides, except nursing ......................................... 10.49 3.9 7.65 8.63 9.86 12.00 14.63

Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ........................ 8.95 1.2 6.78 7.50 8.66 9.98 11.63

Cleaning and building service ............................................ 9.24 1.6 6.09 6.88 8.18 10.53 14.30

Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers ...... 13.30 3.6 7.67 10.00 12.00 15.86 19.95

Maids and housemen .................................................... 8.00 2.4 5.91 6.63 7.21 8.57 10.81

Janitors and cleaners ..................................................... 9.30 2.1 6.11 6.94 8.46 10.57 14.30

Pest control .................................................................... 10.43 11.8 7.71 7.71 10.90 11.57 13.50

Personal service ................................................................ 9.73 3.3 5.59 6.50 8.25 11.06 13.75

Hairdressers and cosmetologists ................................... 10.37 5.5 7.00 8.31 9.98 11.57 14.44

Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities .......... 6.77 2.5 5.21 5.75 6.18 7.50 8.53

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 January 2001–Continued

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Service –Continued

Personal service –Continued

Guides ........................................................................... $10.85 11.3 $7.03 $8.46 $10.00 $14.42 $14.42

Ushers ........................................................................... 7.01 5.0 5.80 6.07 6.84 8.21 8.21

Public transportation attendants .................................... 33.26 4.6 18.70 26.64 30.35 44.51 50.12

Baggage porters and bellhops ....................................... 6.10 4.6 3.92 5.40 6.25 6.68 7.41

Welfare service aides .................................................... 7.71 5.1 5.54 5.82 7.52 8.84 11.05

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .............................. 6.98 4.6 5.30 5.59 6.43 7.70 9.95

Child care workers, n.e.c. .............................................. 8.32 2.5 6.25 6.97 8.25 9.43 10.82

Service, n.e.c. ................................................................ 9.75 5.9 5.99 7.05 8.25 11.00 15.47

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 include 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 March 2000 and

January 2002. The average reference period was January 2001. 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, 2001, on the BLS

Internet site http:www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm or any of our published NCS locality

bulletins. 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, 2001, on the BLS Internet site

http:www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm or any of our published NCS locality bulletins. 

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 January 2001

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

All ...................................................................................................... $16.40 1.3 $7.53 $9.55 $13.22 $19.75 $27.93

All, excluding sales .................................................................... 16.44 1.4 7.62 9.64 13.27 19.82 27.88

White collar .................................................................................. 20.14 1.8 8.68 11.25 16.30 24.39 35.23

White collar, excluding sales ................................................. 21.06 1.9 9.25 11.93 17.30 25.31 36.21

Professional specialty and technical ..................................... 25.97 3.2 12.13 16.64 22.53 30.07 41.31

Professional specialty ............................................................ 28.29 4.0 13.15 18.84 24.62 33.50 44.87

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ................................. 31.50 3.0 21.00 24.31 29.86 36.29 44.79

Architects ....................................................................... 23.67 6.8 14.13 21.00 21.00 27.70 35.35

Aerospace engineers ..................................................... 33.29 5.9 23.16 27.76 32.35 39.91 45.30

Metallurgical and materials engineers ........................... 32.33 3.5 26.50 30.00 30.60 34.11 39.22

Petroleum engineers ...................................................... 37.97 6.2 26.19 31.97 37.64 43.79 50.31

Chemical engineers ....................................................... 35.00 3.5 25.48 28.78 33.63 39.74 47.72

Nuclear engineers .......................................................... 35.89 2.2 34.62 34.62 34.62 36.42 40.57

Civil engineers ............................................................... 28.71 4.5 19.90 22.85 26.91 33.67 40.81

Electrical and electronic engineers ................................ 34.74 5.0 21.99 26.97 33.85 43.66 46.58

Industrial engineers ....................................................... 27.63 3.1 19.00 23.63 27.70 32.19 35.25

Mechanical engineers .................................................... 26.41 4.0 21.38 24.31 24.31 27.40 35.26

Engineers, n.e.c. ............................................................ 35.53 5.5 22.47 28.16 33.23 41.17 47.13

Surveyors and mapping scientists ................................. 32.06 5.0 27.00 27.55 34.65 35.00 35.00

Mathematical and computer scientists ............................... 31.20 3.0 20.39 24.07 29.99 35.00 42.62

Computer systems analysts and scientists .................... 31.31 3.1 20.16 24.69 30.04 35.91 42.66

Operations and systems researchers and analysts ....... 30.51 10.3 21.13 21.13 29.23 32.50 40.25

Actuaries ........................................................................ 35.88 6.9 25.52 27.73 34.07 46.22 47.80

Statisticians .................................................................... 27.73 6.4 16.27 27.30 28.47 28.47 32.64

Natural scientists ............................................................... 30.97 4.1 16.66 21.51 28.79 38.68 48.90

Physicists and astronomers ........................................... 39.99 7.8 24.30 35.77 38.63 43.74 53.72

Chemists, except biochemists ....................................... 32.47 5.5 16.83 22.61 30.50 41.64 48.02

Atmospheric and space scientists ................................. 26.46 16.9 14.61 14.61 20.50 38.70 42.33

Geologists and geodesists ............................................. 31.16 10.1 18.43 21.50 29.00 42.58 43.00

Agricultural and food scientists ...................................... 23.65 18.6 13.25 16.94 20.97 26.59 41.54

Biological and life scientists ........................................... 27.59 7.0 16.55 19.14 25.06 32.59 43.25

Medical scientists ........................................................... 26.82 7.7 14.86 17.08 23.30 34.33 43.83

Health related .................................................................... 29.61 12.3 16.96 19.05 22.30 29.70 45.67

Physicians ...................................................................... 66.48 23.9 18.56 36.06 62.50 102.55 129.48

Optometrists .................................................................. 41.32 8.6 34.93 36.06 37.50 47.79 47.79

Registered nurses .......................................................... 22.41 1.6 16.82 18.51 21.06 25.06 29.61

Pharmacists ................................................................... 34.08 1.1 29.17 32.69 34.01 36.06 37.81

Dietitians ........................................................................ 19.59 3.5 14.63 17.97 20.00 20.00 23.18

Respiratory therapists .................................................... 18.94 2.1 15.11 16.95 18.13 20.15 23.44

Occupational therapists ................................................. 21.35 9.3 11.48 16.44 21.62 25.64 27.46

Physical therapists ......................................................... 22.42 4.9 19.23 19.23 20.19 24.51 27.71

Speech therapists .......................................................... 23.06 3.6 19.58 21.24 24.60 24.89 25.87

Therapists, n.e.c. ........................................................... 18.01 5.8 12.25 13.92 16.91 20.58 23.99

Teachers, college and university ....................................... 41.83 6.4 19.26 25.72 36.78 52.87 65.27

Biological science teachers ........................................... 40.39 14.1 21.35 26.15 35.64 50.84 76.82

Chemistry teachers ........................................................ 52.56 12.6 24.28 37.94 51.08 64.36 78.60

Physics teachers ............................................................ 47.94 9.2 32.21 41.25 54.32 55.44 55.44

Psychology teachers ...................................................... 49.00 10.5 26.48 31.86 52.50 61.74 67.18

Economics teachers ...................................................... 33.12 14.0 26.02 26.02 26.02 37.95 54.34

History teachers ............................................................. 37.44 11.5 21.29 22.66 35.07 44.05 58.78

Political science teachers .............................................. 27.09 8.8 20.56 23.22 26.04 26.04 38.38

Social science teachers, n.e.c. ...................................... 41.92 11.1 20.55 34.73 40.32 52.63 53.40

Engineering teachers ..................................................... 42.02 8.7 21.50 36.72 37.75 49.72 65.27

Mathematical science teachers ..................................... 34.54 7.9 25.90 28.83 34.26 37.33 50.99

Computer science teachers ........................................... 25.19 18.6 18.69 18.69 18.69 30.56 30.77

Medical science teachers .............................................. 50.02 6.9 28.64 43.53 49.13 62.46 64.69

Health specialties teachers ............................................ 40.87 10.5 18.08 25.32 41.90 47.76 63.33

Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .............. 46.38 9.1 21.36 25.29 40.85 59.81 74.53

Art, drama, and music teachers ..................................... 30.22 7.9 18.67 20.82 30.80 37.11 44.30

Physical education teachers .......................................... 34.06 7.9 27.99 27.99 37.35 40.29 40.29

Education teachers ........................................................ 40.02 11.5 21.88 29.81 32.69 57.59 57.72

English teachers ............................................................ 33.62 10.8 19.29 21.94 31.94 43.81 62.02

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 January 2001–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

Foreign language teachers ............................................ $33.42 4.4 $25.10 $29.41 $32.40 $34.83 $42.61

Law teachers ................................................................. 56.65 7.1 38.69 52.82 55.32 60.44 77.02

Theology teachers ......................................................... 35.71 9.0 25.72 25.72 32.44 39.94 52.03

Other post-secondary teachers ..................................... 46.86 16.8 19.26 24.12 36.22 63.17 115.15

Teachers, except college and university ............................ 17.04 3.7 9.62 11.26 16.00 20.83 27.37

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ................................. 11.02 4.4 7.75 9.19 9.94 11.50 14.00

Elementary school teachers .......................................... 19.96 5.5 12.75 15.16 18.83 22.02 28.61

Secondary school teachers ........................................... 26.01 3.5 17.11 21.26 24.76 30.86 34.70

Teachers, special education .......................................... 19.72 6.3 16.77 16.77 18.02 22.59 27.37

Teachers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 16.69 7.8 11.25 14.00 15.12 18.54 23.39

Vocational and educational counselors ......................... 16.87 6.5 11.03 12.87 14.99 21.35 24.44

Librarians, archivists, and curators .................................... 21.56 6.2 13.72 17.60 19.42 24.73 32.75

Librarians ....................................................................... 21.80 7.6 13.72 15.39 20.30 25.12 32.05

Archivists and curators .................................................. 20.90 9.2 15.77 18.38 18.38 18.38 33.73

Social scientists and urban planners ................................. 26.80 4.9 15.12 25.72 28.85 28.85 33.65

Economists .................................................................... 30.12 5.3 19.01 24.04 30.65 35.72 41.75

Social scientists, n.e.c. .................................................. 33.53 12.0 24.65 24.65 35.85 36.85 36.85

Social, recreation, and religious workers ........................... 13.55 9.0 9.00 10.36 12.02 15.75 19.41

Social workers ............................................................... 13.35 9.2 9.00 10.31 12.02 15.67 19.02

Recreation workers ........................................................ 14.04 6.5 8.75 10.74 12.69 16.60 22.00

Clergy ............................................................................ 18.43 12.3 9.90 13.35 16.41 21.26 28.67

Religious workers, n.e.c. ................................................ 19.52 17.3 8.30 13.88 13.88 23.88 33.72

Lawyers and judges ........................................................... – – – ––––

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,

n.e.c. ................................................................................ 23.71 3.7 10.90 15.55 21.63 27.33 36.95

Technical writers ............................................................ 19.31 10.6 12.50 12.50 19.13 23.14 26.11

Designers ....................................................................... 21.50 6.4 9.00 14.18 20.36 26.49 35.71

Musicians and composers ............................................. 29.83 44.8 14.71 14.71 14.71 52.73 82.50

Actors and directors ....................................................... 35.14 23.9 12.95 17.31 24.71 41.86 47.18

Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist printmakers 22.05 19.2 10.00 14.25 16.83 21.74 34.47

Photographers ............................................................... 19.22 9.1 9.69 11.33 21.16 22.12 27.92

Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c. ............. 19.78 26.7 11.68 12.02 12.02 18.73 24.57

Editors and reporters ..................................................... 24.23 6.8 12.86 16.00 20.29 28.47 35.56

Public relations specialists ............................................. 23.56 7.0 12.50 17.30 20.49 29.29 33.78

Athletes .......................................................................... 23.00 7.8 12.68 19.35 25.58 25.58 25.58

Professional, n.e.c. ........................................................ 30.02 3.6 19.36 24.27 29.05 35.18 44.68

Technical ............................................................................... 19.98 1.9 11.39 14.00 17.33 22.50 27.37

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .......... 15.78 4.2 10.39 11.75 15.34 18.97 21.89

Health record technologists and technicians ................. 11.20 13.4 6.85 6.85 10.69 13.03 18.37

Radiological technicians ................................................ 20.45 4.0 15.62 17.44 22.56 22.56 23.08

Licensed practical nurses .............................................. 14.71 1.5 11.67 13.10 14.50 16.12 18.17

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. .................. 15.09 5.5 9.64 11.51 13.91 17.34 22.40

Electrical and electronic technicians .............................. 18.89 5.7 10.55 14.04 18.88 22.97 26.51

Industrial engineering technicians ................................. 20.10 6.1 14.56 16.38 18.75 22.13 26.76

Mechanical engineering technicians .............................. 22.86 4.5 13.41 20.10 24.27 25.73 30.15

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ...................................... 21.46 3.5 13.38 17.51 21.66 24.20 29.60

Drafters .......................................................................... 19.91 3.1 14.00 15.76 19.23 22.27 26.30

Surveying and mapping technicians .............................. 16.01 8.8 10.88 14.80 15.67 16.25 24.54

Biological technicians .................................................... 17.50 7.1 10.35 12.11 17.52 21.96 24.30

Chemical technicians ..................................................... 17.70 4.0 13.74 14.90 17.26 21.00 23.63

Science technicians, n.e.c. ............................................ 20.06 9.5 13.97 16.47 20.76 25.42 25.49

Airplane pilots and navigators ........................................ 108.93 7.4 27.04 54.84 108.35 168.20 176.12

Broadcast equipment operators ..................................... 15.49 16.0 6.49 8.89 13.91 19.45 22.40

Computer programmers ................................................. 24.49 3.5 14.88 20.19 25.00 28.66 34.07

Tool programmers, numerical control ............................ 17.81 5.5 15.12 15.98 15.98 19.66 23.29

Legal assistants ............................................................. 17.71 3.8 12.12 14.50 16.40 21.15 23.08

Technical and related, n.e.c. .......................................... 20.24 3.9 11.82 15.08 18.60 24.99 29.83

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 January 2001–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 ........................... $29.03 2.1 $14.20 $18.75 $25.20 $34.69 $48.08

Executives, administrators, and managers ........................ 31.71 2.7 14.13 20.00 27.65 39.23 53.42

Administrators and officials, public administration ......... 29.60 9.5 15.86 24.20 32.62 32.62 32.62

Financial managers ....................................................... 34.02 9.4 15.86 20.46 27.21 37.88 56.41

Personnel and labor relations managers ....................... 28.96 13.3 14.42 14.42 23.23 37.98 51.08

Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations 37.52 3.4 19.23 24.40 36.29 46.18 57.69

Administrators, education and related fields .................. 23.89 6.5 12.25 13.77 20.77 28.65 39.87

Managers, medicine and health ..................................... 31.30 3.9 20.00 22.16 30.57 34.31 44.36

Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments .. 16.76 5.0 9.75 10.90 14.20 18.33 27.09

Managers, properties and real estate ............................ 20.13 7.4 8.22 12.50 19.23 23.76 39.59

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ........................ 27.82 8.7 13.61 17.50 24.52 32.94 46.15

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ............................. 33.25 3.9 14.42 21.30 30.00 42.27 53.42

Management related .......................................................... 24.14 2.7 14.25 17.42 21.72 27.98 35.87

Accountants and auditors .............................................. 22.08 2.2 15.53 17.31 20.76 25.00 30.89

Underwriters .................................................................. 24.02 7.4 13.88 16.68 21.72 29.78 38.46

Other financial officers ................................................... 25.14 4.6 13.46 16.18 21.53 28.36 42.56

Management analysts .................................................... 28.57 3.4 19.43 21.84 27.57 33.33 38.95

Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ........ 22.36 3.8 12.50 17.67 20.51 27.32 32.00

Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products .............. 27.93 17.4 18.25 20.59 22.32 36.02 44.98

Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm

products ....................................................................... 21.64 6.4 15.14 15.96 19.25 23.64 31.77

Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ........................... 27.08 5.8 16.30 20.88 26.44 30.02 40.67

Construction inspectors ................................................. 20.71 5.7 15.25 17.57 19.99 21.60 30.83

Inspectors and compliance officers, except

construction ................................................................. 25.52 3.4 19.84 20.91 25.55 28.00 29.19

Management related, n.e.c. ........................................... 25.55 7.3 14.19 17.67 22.18 28.84 39.92

Sales ......................................................................................... 16.02 2.6 7.07 8.77 12.82 19.11 28.85

Supervisors, sales ......................................................... 16.71 3.9 9.00 11.78 14.90 17.31 26.56

Insurance sales .............................................................. 22.14 6.5 12.33 14.58 20.19 25.13 38.68

Real estate sales ........................................................... 19.76 10.5 11.25 12.50 15.67 20.38 31.00

Securities and financial services sales .......................... 31.74 9.7 12.84 14.58 24.51 40.03 62.50

Advertising and related sales ......................................... 21.86 7.5 10.70 14.50 19.61 25.59 40.70

Sales, other business services ...................................... 21.01 7.8 10.57 12.68 17.03 25.80 33.30

Sales engineers ............................................................. 34.85 7.0 25.64 31.07 33.26 33.76 57.98

Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and

wholesale ..................................................................... 24.72 5.1 11.67 16.43 21.63 30.07 40.46

Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ...................... 18.58 6.0 10.28 13.23 17.93 23.62 26.05

Sales workers, apparel .................................................. 13.93 28.7 6.85 7.62 8.77 10.40 21.63

Sales workers, shoes ..................................................... 8.15 6.1 6.72 6.72 7.65 8.00 11.03

Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings .............. 15.55 12.4 9.00 9.80 13.65 19.26 29.88

Sales workers, hardware and building supplies ............. 13.44 6.4 8.63 9.63 11.58 14.00 21.40

Sales workers, parts ...................................................... 13.55 5.1 8.42 10.00 12.01 16.33 20.12

Sales workers, other commodities ................................. 13.04 7.7 7.00 8.10 10.02 14.45 22.65

Sales counter clerks ...................................................... 7.92 4.0 5.88 6.29 7.27 8.50 11.00

Cashiers ......................................................................... 8.25 1.8 5.98 6.55 7.43 9.40 11.25

Street and door-to-door sales workers .......................... 21.64 26.8 9.33 11.64 20.90 33.86 33.86

Sales support, n.e.c. ...................................................... 13.89 5.3 7.90 9.90 12.29 15.15 24.06

Administrative support, including clerical ............................ 13.04 1.5 8.13 9.72 12.07 15.38 19.60

Supervisors, general office ............................................ 17.07 3.7 10.51 13.10 16.37 20.28 24.28

Supervisors, computer equipment operators ................. 24.81 7.2 16.98 19.24 25.47 28.21 37.93

Supervisors, financial records processing ..................... 18.81 3.5 12.29 14.70 18.96 22.96 24.87

Chief communications operators ................................... 19.58 10.2 10.00 18.04 18.04 23.42 25.13

Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting

clerks ........................................................................... 18.53 3.8 11.36 13.56 17.46 22.07 27.05

Computer operators ....................................................... 15.45 3.2 11.09 12.13 14.60 17.18 21.15

Peripheral equipment operators .................................... 11.58 6.1 9.00 9.47 10.75 13.50 14.25

Secretaries ..................................................................... 15.00 4.3 9.73 11.33 14.49 19.00 20.00

Stenographers ............................................................... 13.75 6.1 11.83 11.83 12.67 14.61 16.99

Typists ........................................................................... 12.97 3.7 9.83 10.50 12.05 14.41 17.16

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 January 2001–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

Interviewers ................................................................... $11.36 3.2 $8.40 $9.34 $11.29 $12.72 $13.86

Hotel clerks .................................................................... 8.91 3.9 6.63 7.45 8.30 9.85 12.74

Transportation ticket and reservation agents ................. 13.75 4.4 7.87 10.58 12.99 17.07 20.43

Receptionists ................................................................. 10.57 2.6 7.55 8.64 10.09 12.50 14.15

Information clerks, n.e.c. ................................................ 12.51 4.1 9.00 10.24 11.76 14.30 16.69

Classified ad clerks ........................................................ 12.47 9.4 7.57 10.43 13.02 13.02 17.24

Correspondence clerks .................................................. 12.36 3.7 9.79 11.31 11.77 13.70 15.74

Order clerks ................................................................... 13.49 2.0 8.78 10.40 12.88 15.50 20.01

Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping ......... 14.94 2.7 10.00 12.03 15.00 17.35 19.96

Library clerks ................................................................. 12.06 4.8 9.44 10.00 11.49 13.96 15.94

File clerks ....................................................................... 9.26 4.0 7.20 8.00 8.95 10.00 12.40

Records clerks, n.e.c. .................................................... 12.76 2.6 8.41 9.91 11.94 15.38 18.00

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ............... 11.96 6.0 8.13 9.00 11.75 13.70 16.63

Payroll and timekeeping clerks ...................................... 14.38 3.5 9.35 11.55 13.44 17.91 19.95

Billing clerks ................................................................... 10.75 4.3 7.88 8.65 10.12 12.11 14.38

Cost and rate clerks ....................................................... 16.38 16.6 6.07 10.29 16.35 22.50 22.50

Billing, posting, and calculating machine operators ....... 10.80 6.6 8.23 8.24 9.46 12.75 15.68

Duplicating machine operators ...................................... 12.36 4.6 9.00 11.10 12.14 13.50 15.70

Mail preparing and paper handling machine operators 11.22 7.2 7.00 10.27 10.90 11.32 16.12

Office machine operators, n.e.c. .................................... 8.75 5.1 6.45 7.42 7.64 10.02 13.03

Telephone operators ...................................................... 12.91 4.2 7.27 8.92 12.81 16.77 17.90

Communications equipment operators, n.e.c. ............... 9.23 13.6 7.27 7.27 7.27 11.80 12.90

Mail clerks, except postal service .................................. 10.30 8.0 8.00 8.00 9.08 11.75 14.56

Messengers ................................................................... 9.86 6.8 7.43 7.75 8.88 12.09 12.98

Dispatchers .................................................................... 12.66 5.8 7.00 9.95 12.56 14.11 18.52

Production coordinators ................................................. 17.25 2.8 11.37 14.03 16.82 19.60 23.00

Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ............................. 12.36 3.8 7.65 9.25 11.24 14.67 19.19

Stock and inventory clerks ............................................. 12.26 2.7 8.50 9.25 11.76 14.02 17.50

Meter readers ................................................................ 15.06 4.9 10.92 11.50 14.43 18.02 19.94

Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers ............. 13.87 8.0 9.19 11.00 12.40 14.50 23.36

Expeditors ...................................................................... 14.34 4.2 9.44 11.02 14.11 17.99 18.19

Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 15.26 11.0 8.76 9.86 13.00 21.34 23.64

Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ........ 17.71 3.9 10.80 12.20 15.93 21.12 27.55

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ............... 13.45 2.4 9.32 10.41 12.74 16.07 18.45

Eligibility clerks, social welfare ....................................... 14.84 10.7 10.58 11.54 17.79 17.79 17.79

Bill and account collectors ............................................. 12.39 4.6 8.11 9.77 11.44 14.18 17.31

General office clerks ...................................................... 11.91 1.7 8.00 9.22 11.25 14.40 16.75

Bank tellers .................................................................... 9.92 2.3 7.65 8.78 9.65 11.14 12.20

Proofreaders .................................................................. 12.32 8.1 7.10 9.71 13.07 14.50 15.38

Data entry keyers ........................................................... 11.13 2.4 8.13 9.25 10.63 12.19 14.66

Statistical clerks ............................................................. 12.69 6.5 8.14 9.85 11.10 16.65 18.99

Teachers’ aides ............................................................. 8.80 3.7 6.60 7.14 8.37 9.85 10.88

Administrative support, n.e.c. ........................................ 12.55 2.1 8.40 10.00 11.54 14.98 17.66

Blue collar .................................................................................... 13.91 1.3 7.70 9.59 12.41 17.19 22.69

Precision production, craft, and repair .................................. 17.25 1.5 10.25 12.36 16.17 21.44 26.06

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .......................... 16.91 14.5 12.36 12.36 12.36 20.00 28.37

Automobile mechanics ................................................... 16.16 4.0 11.00 12.00 15.65 19.31 22.91

Automobile mechanic apprentices ................................. 11.07 9.7 7.00 7.08 13.00 13.90 14.00

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ................ 14.41 6.6 10.00 10.58 13.50 17.23 21.10

Aircraft engine mechanics ............................................. 22.04 3.7 16.83 17.65 22.69 24.32 27.03

Small engine repairers ................................................... 13.10 4.7 9.50 13.00 13.50 14.82 15.01

Automobile body and related repairers .......................... 19.15 10.1 10.07 14.25 16.45 23.96 34.65

Aircraft mechanics, except engine ................................. 20.64 5.7 12.77 16.56 21.83 23.85 26.02

Heavy equipment mechanics ......................................... 18.18 5.6 12.07 13.33 17.58 21.76 26.75

Farm equipment mechanics .......................................... 13.08 4.8 10.17 10.50 13.25 13.86 15.94

Industrial machinery repairers ....................................... 18.33 2.4 12.99 15.51 17.75 21.00 24.43

Machinery maintenance ................................................. 14.50 4.4 10.00 10.84 13.66 16.38 21.20

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 January 2001–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

Electronic repairers, communications and industrial

equipment .................................................................... $19.86 3.1 $12.66 $16.30 $21.56 $23.39 $26.13

Data processing equipment repairers ............................ 17.76 9.6 11.88 13.31 17.56 22.08 24.20

Household appliance and power tool repairers ............. 13.61 7.6 10.00 10.00 11.25 15.74 22.08

Telephone line installers and repairers .......................... 21.65 2.7 17.14 21.26 21.88 23.76 25.08

Telephone installers and repairers ................................ 19.25 3.1 13.24 17.90 19.40 21.66 23.90

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics .. 15.67 3.5 10.33 13.00 14.75 18.20 21.41

Office machine repairers ................................................ 14.43 12.0 9.00 9.00 14.91 18.52 18.56

Mechanical controls and valve repairers ....................... 21.40 5.4 17.00 17.02 21.38 24.24 28.20

Elevator installers and repairers .................................... 25.97 7.5 21.48 22.10 24.86 31.76 31.76

Millwrights ...................................................................... 21.03 6.1 12.67 16.95 23.56 23.56 26.80

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ..................................... 16.10 2.6 10.00 12.45 15.50 19.64 23.14

Supervisors, carpenters and related workers ................ 24.23 7.3 17.50 19.00 21.18 28.27 29.34

Supervisors, electricians and power transmission

installers ....................................................................... 26.07 4.4 16.99 20.99 25.40 29.00 36.67

Supervisors, painters, paperhangers, and plasterers .... 19.00 3.4 17.38 17.38 18.00 20.00 21.00

Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...... 25.78 6.8 15.60 19.98 28.56 29.61 32.50

Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ......................... 21.27 5.0 14.25 16.88 19.43 25.38 31.00

Brickmasons and stonemasons ..................................... 20.90 9.4 13.42 17.25 18.35 27.48 27.48

Brickmason and stonemason apprentices ..................... 10.09 8.2 8.25 8.25 9.75 10.19 10.26

Carpet installers ............................................................. 19.15 10.9 11.81 14.00 17.44 24.40 29.15

Carpenters ..................................................................... 17.27 3.6 10.80 13.29 17.50 20.22 25.00

Carpenter apprentices ................................................... 15.03 7.7 11.00 12.77 13.77 17.00 20.94

Drywall installers ............................................................ 20.88 14.1 12.77 13.82 19.94 26.21 34.03

Electricians .................................................................... 20.43 4.8 11.17 15.00 18.34 26.92 29.51

Electrician apprentices ................................................... 13.88 5.9 9.64 10.64 11.54 17.42 20.67

Electrical power installers and repairers ........................ 23.77 3.0 15.02 21.52 24.06 26.50 30.18

Painters, construction and maintenance ........................ 13.54 5.1 10.00 10.36 13.00 14.00 19.80

Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ........................... 21.03 5.0 13.84 15.56 20.25 25.85 29.32

Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices ............ 17.55 14.4 9.00 10.74 15.64 25.78 25.78

Concrete and terrazzo finishers ..................................... 16.24 11.8 10.50 13.00 13.00 23.05 23.73

Glaziers .......................................................................... 13.85 6.2 11.00 11.80 13.17 16.74 17.51

Insulation workers .......................................................... 13.65 7.9 8.33 10.36 12.60 18.14 18.14

Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators ... 11.44 14.8 8.50 8.50 9.86 11.15 17.60

Roofers .......................................................................... 14.22 10.6 9.17 9.29 13.02 17.49 23.38

Sheetmetal duct installers .............................................. 21.62 9.1 12.28 15.94 24.04 29.38 29.38

Structural metal workers ................................................ 15.95 5.3 12.13 14.00 14.57 19.63 21.53

Construction trades, n.e.c. ............................................. 15.62 6.6 10.00 11.00 14.50 18.04 24.44

Supervisors, extractive .................................................. 23.55 16.9 9.50 15.00 27.46 32.73 32.81

Drillers, oil well ............................................................... 15.98 31.2 7.33 7.33 21.10 22.19 25.81

Mining machine operators ............................................. 17.23 14.1 9.19 11.75 15.66 22.05 27.71

Mining, n.e.c. ................................................................. 22.71 3.4 23.19 23.19 23.98 23.98 23.98

Supervisors, production ................................................. 19.94 2.7 13.00 16.05 19.56 23.79 27.50

Tool and die makers ...................................................... 22.02 2.8 15.75 19.48 21.76 26.65 27.27

Tool and die maker apprentices .................................... 16.03 11.3 9.21 11.52 12.29 18.00 26.24

Precision assemblers, metal .......................................... 18.16 3.1 13.40 17.20 17.25 20.68 23.76

Machinists ...................................................................... 16.83 3.9 12.53 13.95 16.89 19.41 22.40

Precision grinders, filers, and tool sharpeners ............... 18.06 7.1 12.77 15.25 17.75 20.57 26.07

Patternmakers and modelmakers, metal ....................... 19.89 8.7 10.33 15.88 18.73 27.56 28.06

Layout workers .............................................................. 15.59 3.9 13.20 13.72 15.66 15.66 20.96

Precious stones and metals workers ............................. 12.94 17.7 8.08 8.17 14.33 16.65 17.30

Sheet metal workers ...................................................... 17.34 4.9 11.65 13.40 15.00 21.06 27.22

Sheet metal worker apprentices .................................... 13.01 11.6 8.00 10.00 14.04 15.98 17.28

Cabinet makers and bench carpenters .......................... 13.40 12.3 7.50 9.31 13.51 15.00 20.00

Furniture and wood finishers ......................................... 12.05 4.6 9.95 10.00 12.45 13.00 13.00

Dressmakers .................................................................. 11.70 6.4 10.29 10.29 10.70 13.95 13.95

Tailors ............................................................................ 12.21 5.1 9.77 10.79 11.92 13.09 15.50

Upholsterers .................................................................. 13.70 12.8 9.22 9.72 14.11 15.91 19.00

Hand molders and shapers, except jewelers ................. 16.81 6.6 12.84 14.90 16.43 18.47 21.36

Patternmakers, layout workers, and cutters .................. 13.87 9.2 12.00 12.00 12.00 14.00 21.64

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 January 2001–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

Optical goods workers ................................................... $11.58 11.3 $7.50 $8.96 $13.28 $13.28 $14.60

Dental laboratory and medical appliance technicians .... 14.97 2.8 12.60 12.60 13.10 18.86 19.00

Bookbinders ................................................................... 12.59 5.0 10.88 11.00 12.25 12.30 18.51

Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ............ 11.47 3.4 8.31 9.07 12.28 12.32 15.19

Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ........................ 14.38 8.3 10.00 11.00 13.21 17.08 21.14

Precision food production .............................................. 16.40 25.4 9.30 11.76 11.76 28.21 28.21

Butchers and meat cutters ............................................. 10.93 4.7 6.95 7.92 10.30 12.95 16.93

Bakers ............................................................................ 10.23 11.8 7.08 7.08 8.93 12.85 15.28

Food batchmakers ......................................................... 10.86 5.8 7.53 8.63 10.55 12.28 15.10

Inspectors, testers, and graders .................................... 17.23 4.9 10.30 12.00 16.32 22.11 24.57

Precision inspectors, testers, and related workers,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 20.62 5.4 15.32 15.87 21.95 23.64 23.64

Adjusters and calibrators ............................................... 19.16 20.9 9.21 12.05 15.40 23.66 38.15

Water and sewer treatment plant operators .................. 13.21 11.9 7.92 7.92 12.17 16.00 19.45

Power plant operators .................................................... 24.05 3.7 18.24 22.33 23.79 26.23 26.23

Stationary engineers ...................................................... 19.44 3.3 15.00 16.61 17.68 21.60 27.50

Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c. ......... 21.29 9.3 11.27 19.31 23.50 25.18 26.19

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ................. 12.38 1.8 7.29 9.13 11.37 14.57 19.49

Lathe and turning machine set-up operators ................. 14.79 3.7 12.18 13.52 14.38 15.40 17.66

Lathe and turning machine operators ............................ 14.89 4.9 10.50 12.25 14.38 17.68 22.00

Milling and planing machine operators .......................... 13.75 8.0 11.00 11.00 11.72 14.63 19.75

Punching and stamping press operators ....................... 12.57 7.1 8.25 9.35 12.03 14.12 18.26

Rolling machine operators ............................................. 15.48 11.2 9.35 10.50 15.09 16.72 28.13

Drilling and boring machine operators ........................... 12.33 13.3 6.56 6.56 13.18 15.45 18.29

Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine

operators ...................................................................... 12.76 3.3 8.88 10.18 11.92 14.76 16.04

Forging machine operators ............................................ 14.09 4.9 9.86 11.67 13.50 17.08 18.12

Numerical control machine operators ............................ 14.79 3.1 10.74 12.29 13.65 16.40 20.10

Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ........................... 14.30 3.0 9.38 10.50 13.27 16.77 23.11

Molding and casting machine operators ........................ 11.55 4.2 8.02 9.12 10.53 13.13 16.30

Metal plating machine operators .................................... 13.52 3.7 9.44 10.75 14.24 15.57 16.70

Heat treating equipment operators ................................ 14.94 7.1 9.50 13.01 14.61 17.04 21.15

Wood lathe, routing, and planing machine operators .... 9.39 12.1 7.00 7.00 7.50 11.45 12.60

Sawing machine operators ............................................ 11.06 7.0 6.36 9.70 11.10 13.67 13.67

Shaping and jointing machine operators ....................... 11.16 4.8 9.20 10.50 10.50 11.94 14.07

Printing press operators ................................................. 14.29 3.9 10.00 10.88 13.33 16.88 20.50

Photoengravers and lithographers ................................. 17.24 8.0 10.25 12.20 17.59 21.49 24.00

Typesetters and compositors ......................................... 14.03 8.2 8.50 9.31 13.41 17.97 20.17

Winding and twisting machine operators ....................... 12.78 7.0 9.00 10.68 13.99 13.99 15.19

Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine

operators ...................................................................... 12.00 3.1 9.39 10.43 12.70 13.00 14.58

Textile cutting machine operators .................................. 9.13 7.4 7.05 7.90 7.90 10.17 12.86

Textile sewing machine operators ................................. 8.02 5.3 5.75 6.25 7.61 9.15 10.84

Shoe machine operators ................................................ 10.05 11.2 6.33 8.48 10.41 11.28 16.07

Pressing machine operators .......................................... 8.51 4.7 6.70 7.56 8.63 10.00 10.30

Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators ........... 7.80 5.0 5.61 6.40 7.50 8.31 9.60

Cementing and gluing machine operators ..................... 10.54 8.2 7.73 7.75 10.55 13.13 14.38

Packaging and filling machine operators ....................... 12.43 3.9 7.79 10.58 11.96 14.11 17.12

Extruding and forming machine operators ..................... 12.42 4.9 8.72 9.65 11.07 14.41 16.84

Mixing and blending machine operators ........................ 14.29 5.1 9.00 10.37 13.61 17.81 19.68

Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine operators .. 17.04 4.3 12.43 14.93 16.80 18.30 23.00

Compressing and compacting machine operators ........ 11.19 3.0 9.48 10.45 10.45 12.17 14.07

Painting and paint spraying machine operators ............. 14.32 12.8 6.81 10.50 12.19 13.91 23.24

Roasting and baking machine operators, food .............. 9.97 4.1 8.68 8.68 9.38 10.65 12.50

Washing, cleaning, and pickling machine operators ...... 10.81 5.7 8.09 9.22 10.59 10.91 14.01

Folding machine operators ............................................ 12.55 6.2 7.98 10.52 11.69 14.01 18.47

Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food ............. 14.12 5.3 8.00 11.69 12.80 16.38 23.36

Crushing and grinding machine operators ..................... 12.91 7.3 6.70 10.44 12.33 16.76 19.54

Slicing and cutting machine operators ........................... 13.26 4.6 9.40 10.95 13.35 16.04 16.60

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 January 2001–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

Photographic process machine operators ..................... $12.85 6.3 $7.96 $11.05 $13.50 $16.00 $16.00

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ...................... 12.30 4.0 8.00 9.14 10.79 14.90 18.87

Welders and cutters ....................................................... 14.95 2.9 10.65 12.16 14.12 17.00 21.45

Solders and braziers ...................................................... 10.30 10.0 8.12 8.12 9.37 11.26 13.74

Assemblers .................................................................... 12.34 4.7 6.69 8.57 10.63 14.72 23.08

Hand cutting and trimming ............................................. 8.40 7.8 6.25 7.00 7.16 9.00 11.19

Hand molding, casting, and forming .............................. 12.03 3.4 9.20 11.61 12.63 12.63 13.55

Hand painting, coating, and decorating ......................... 10.40 6.8 8.81 9.00 9.11 11.58 13.65

Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ............................... 11.39 4.6 7.50 8.24 10.10 13.24 16.18

Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ........... 12.65 4.5 8.46 9.50 11.17 15.14 19.73

Production testers .......................................................... 12.70 4.0 8.00 10.00 11.89 15.05 18.00

Production samplers and weighers ................................ 14.38 8.2 8.34 11.37 14.14 16.24 16.93

Graders and sorters, except agricultural ........................ 10.15 6.3 6.23 8.04 10.00 11.24 12.92

Hand inspectors, n.e.c. .................................................. 10.14 8.8 6.00 8.36 9.71 10.85 12.40

Transportation and material moving ..................................... 13.79 1.8 8.30 9.82 12.60 17.00 21.02

Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ............................ 18.31 4.7 12.94 16.11 19.24 20.80 21.25

Truck drivers .................................................................. 13.06 2.2 8.13 9.54 12.00 15.83 19.00

Driver-sales workers ...................................................... 14.59 5.7 10.00 11.55 13.62 18.18 20.80

Bus drivers ..................................................................... 12.42 6.1 8.83 9.13 10.88 16.23 17.94

Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ...................................... 9.34 3.9 6.69 7.50 9.26 10.02 11.24

Parking lot attendants .................................................... 8.67 5.2 6.42 7.95 8.75 8.75 10.75

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ............................................ 8.66 5.9 6.50 6.67 7.25 8.50 11.83

Railroad conductors and yardmasters ........................... 26.93 4.8 20.13 24.82 28.21 30.33 31.35

Locomotive operating .................................................... 27.88 9.7 14.64 18.04 30.14 35.66 37.71

Railroad brake, signal and switch operators .................. 23.13 14.2 15.15 15.15 23.91 30.32 30.73

Ship captains and mates, except fishing boats .............. 19.76 6.0 14.70 19.02 19.02 19.75 20.00

Sailors and deckhands .................................................. 9.63 4.6 7.67 8.53 9.67 10.42 12.00

Supervisors, material moving equipment ....................... 18.05 4.1 13.56 14.56 17.31 20.36 23.00

Operating engineers ...................................................... 20.82 4.4 14.00 17.39 21.75 22.73 26.90

Longshore equipment operators .................................... 29.78 4.2 26.50 27.87 31.72 31.72 31.72

Crane and tower operators ............................................ 17.34 5.8 11.29 13.10 15.54 19.73 23.70

Excavating and loading machine operators ................... 15.41 4.1 10.65 12.82 15.25 17.65 20.08

Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators ......................... 16.59 7.3 11.40 12.96 15.40 21.45 21.45

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ........... 13.67 4.4 8.99 10.29 12.63 16.13 21.02

Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 15.46 5.9 8.50 11.46 14.18 19.49 23.40

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......... 10.63 1.5 6.51 7.98 9.70 12.00 15.83

Nursery workers ............................................................. 7.72 2.7 6.69 7.50 7.75 7.75 9.01

Supervisors, agriculture-related workers ....................... 16.90 8.7 12.05 12.05 14.90 22.32 25.00

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ............... 9.45 8.8 6.00 6.30 9.29 11.25 13.84

Animal caretakers, except farm ..................................... 10.43 8.2 7.23 8.57 9.61 12.10 17.93

Inspectors, agricultural products .................................... 9.00 10.9 7.32 7.32 7.50 9.88 15.38

Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and

laborers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 17.51 7.5 10.25 12.68 15.77 21.31 28.50

Helpers, mechanics and repairers ................................. 10.14 4.1 8.00 8.00 8.95 11.43 13.95

Helpers, construction trades .......................................... 10.60 3.4 7.92 8.67 9.69 12.06 14.50

Helpers, extractive ......................................................... 9.42 12.1 7.45 7.45 7.63 12.54 12.80

Construction laborers ..................................................... 12.39 5.4 7.75 8.38 10.00 14.45 21.67

Production helpers ......................................................... 10.30 2.4 7.13 8.64 9.70 11.75 13.76

Stock handlers and baggers .......................................... 10.45 2.9 6.25 7.94 9.67 12.00 15.26

Machine feeders and offbearers .................................... 8.72 9.5 6.50 6.50 7.84 9.76 12.80

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .................. 11.83 3.7 6.80 8.49 10.56 15.11 18.66

Garage and service station related ................................ 9.57 6.5 7.00 7.50 8.13 11.50 13.92

Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ..................... 9.08 4.1 6.25 6.75 8.25 10.00 13.96

Hand packers and packagers ........................................ 9.87 4.7 6.85 7.84 9.75 11.86 11.86

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ............................. 10.15 2.2 6.70 8.00 9.69 11.00 14.69

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 January 2001–Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Service .......................................................................................... $9.24 1.4 $5.75 $7.00 $8.50 $10.75 $13.50

Protective service .............................................................. 10.17 3.8 6.63 7.59 8.89 10.91 16.28

Supervisors, guards ....................................................... 15.27 7.8 8.25 10.34 14.17 20.15 21.04

Guards and police, except public service ...................... 9.73 4.2 6.62 7.53 8.65 10.76 14.00

Protective service, n.e.c. ................................................ 9.05 9.8 6.50 6.63 8.12 10.50 12.50

Food service ...................................................................... 7.79 2.1 3.14 6.00 7.55 9.35 11.63

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ............................... 5.06 3.9 2.13 2.67 5.05 6.50 8.33

Bartenders ..................................................................... 7.37 6.5 4.50 5.75 6.88 9.15 9.62

Waiters and waitresses .................................................. 3.93 4.0 2.13 2.43 3.09 5.15 6.50

Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ..................................... 6.24 3.6 4.00 5.35 6.11 7.00 8.20

Other food service ........................................................... 8.84 1.8 6.06 7.00 8.21 10.00 12.21

Supervisors, food preparation and service .................... 12.04 4.0 8.01 9.00 11.49 13.29 18.85

Cooks ............................................................................. 8.90 2.4 6.33 7.35 9.10 10.00 11.85

Kitchen workers, food preparation ................................. 8.22 3.3 5.86 6.65 7.97 9.33 10.65

Food preparation, n.e.c. ................................................. 7.69 1.6 6.00 6.56 7.50 8.25 9.98

Health service .................................................................... 9.82 2.1 7.19 8.05 9.21 10.90 13.35

Dental assistants ........................................................... 12.88 10.1 9.00 9.71 12.00 15.42 16.00

Health aides, except nursing ......................................... 10.77 4.4 8.05 8.63 10.03 12.22 14.63

Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ........................ 9.02 1.3 7.00 7.54 8.74 10.00 11.64

Cleaning and building service ............................................ 9.80 1.8 6.42 7.21 8.78 11.42 15.00

Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers ...... 13.45 3.7 7.60 10.25 12.02 15.96 19.95

Maids and housemen .................................................... 8.09 2.7 5.91 6.63 7.23 8.50 11.55

Janitors and cleaners ..................................................... 10.07 2.2 6.61 7.54 9.24 11.59 15.00

Pest control .................................................................... 10.43 11.8 7.71 7.71 10.90 11.57 13.50

Personal service ................................................................ 10.62 3.4 5.81 7.25 9.00 11.06 14.74

Hairdressers and cosmetologists ................................... 10.65 5.2 7.50 8.31 9.83 12.97 14.44

Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities .......... 7.09 3.7 5.25 5.89 6.41 7.75 8.59

Guides ........................................................................... 11.76 10.7 8.46 9.24 11.15 14.42 14.42

Public transportation attendants .................................... 34.07 4.3 19.27 26.73 30.68 44.51 50.12

Baggage porters and bellhops ....................................... 6.04 5.0 3.59 5.40 6.25 6.54 7.41

Welfare service aides .................................................... 8.60 4.1 6.90 7.25 7.79 9.48 11.05

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .............................. 7.30 6.4 5.59 5.59 7.20 8.24 10.13

Child care workers, n.e.c. .............................................. 8.67 2.3 6.52 7.25 8.25 9.43 11.21

Service, n.e.c. ................................................................ 10.63 7.3 6.05 7.50 8.67 12.70 16.02

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 March 2000 and

January 2002. The average reference period was January 2001. 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, 2001, on the BLS

Internet site http:www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm or any of our published NCS locality

bulletins. 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, 2001, on the BLS Internet site

http:www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm or any of our published NCS locality bulletins. 

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 January 2001

Occupation3

Part-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

All ...................................................................................................... $8.81 1.4 $5.34 $6.00 $7.15 $9.10 $13.64

All, excluding sales .................................................................... 9.27 1.7 5.26 6.00 7.42 9.95 15.75

White collar .................................................................................. 10.78 1.9 5.79 6.58 8.05 11.56 20.01

White collar, excluding sales ................................................. 14.34 2.4 7.23 8.50 10.96 18.16 25.00

Professional specialty and technical ..................................... 20.73 3.1 9.67 13.50 19.84 25.00 31.44

Professional specialty ............................................................ 23.00 3.1 10.00 17.26 21.72 26.41 34.00

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ................................. 31.47 17.4 10.00 23.50 40.08 40.08 40.08

Mathematical and computer scientists ............................... – – – ––––

Natural scientists ............................................................... 27.75 12.6 18.73 18.73 19.47 35.02 40.00

Medical scientists ........................................................... 30.47 20.2 18.73 18.73 35.02 35.02 40.00

Health related .................................................................... 25.54 3.0 17.86 19.96 23.00 27.65 35.22

Physicians ...................................................................... 68.42 5.9 50.87 58.43 66.00 80.00 82.43

Registered nurses .......................................................... 23.48 1.8 18.02 19.79 22.61 25.44 30.64

Pharmacists ................................................................... 28.53 10.9 9.50 28.00 29.40 35.82 36.57

Dietitians ........................................................................ 21.68 4.8 19.00 19.97 21.76 24.24 24.24

Respiratory therapists .................................................... 19.41 3.2 15.35 17.58 18.29 21.02 24.00

Occupational therapists ................................................. 26.25 4.4 22.58 23.13 27.69 29.44 29.44

Physical therapists ......................................................... 28.77 3.8 23.00 25.09 27.19 32.33 36.00

Speech therapists .......................................................... 27.81 8.6 15.50 21.94 27.15 35.00 35.00

Therapists, n.e.c. ........................................................... 41.27 23.3 16.32 20.40 43.50 63.56 63.56

Teachers, college and university ....................................... 28.73 6.1 16.81 22.00 27.11 34.00 35.63

Psychology teachers ...................................................... 23.53 13.2 11.38 19.92 22.96 31.09 31.09

Mathematical science teachers ..................................... 27.91 22.4 13.65 15.91 26.67 30.00 62.50

Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .............. 25.46 14.6 14.25 17.20 17.83 28.09 60.39

Art, drama, and music teachers ..................................... 26.85 7.6 23.49 23.49 23.49 26.70 32.75

Education teachers ........................................................ 25.60 9.9 19.90 21.66 21.66 25.48 33.94

English teachers ............................................................ 23.64 16.4 13.92 17.94 19.80 35.63 35.63

Other post-secondary teachers ..................................... 24.92 5.8 13.14 20.00 27.11 27.12 31.24

Teachers, except college and university ............................ 14.19 9.2 7.38 9.70 10.00 17.19 26.72

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ................................. 9.78 2.8 7.50 9.18 10.00 10.00 10.00

Elementary school teachers .......................................... 18.76 15.2 12.09 12.09 18.98 22.63 29.59

Secondary school teachers ........................................... 21.61 7.0 9.80 14.42 22.06 26.98 36.18

Teachers, special education .......................................... 19.64 10.4 17.00 17.00 17.00 18.37 27.25

Teachers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 19.69 9.6 7.38 11.38 15.47 25.70 36.54

Substitute teachers ........................................................ 9.11 15.5 5.15 6.38 7.37 13.17 13.17

Vocational and educational counselors ......................... 18.41 13.6 10.08 12.90 22.71 23.00 23.00

Librarians, archivists, and curators .................................... 16.13 10.4 12.17 14.46 14.46 17.00 21.42

Librarians ....................................................................... 16.14 11.6 8.22 14.46 14.46 17.00 21.42

Social scientists and urban planners ................................. 30.65 12.1 14.10 19.25 32.72 42.31 42.31

Psychologists ................................................................. 30.65 12.1 14.10 19.25 32.72 42.31 42.31

Social, recreation, and religious workers ........................... – – – ––––

Lawyers and judges ........................................................... – – – ––––

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,

n.e.c. ................................................................................ 18.81 11.4 6.81 9.67 18.00 25.06 28.57

Musicians and composers ............................................. 29.35 12.8 12.11 23.08 28.57 28.57 58.75

Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c. ............. 11.34 16.8 6.25 6.50 12.00 12.00 19.52

Editors and reporters ..................................................... 20.67 13.6 9.46 10.50 24.00 24.00 29.72

Announcers .................................................................... 8.33 14.5 5.75 6.13 6.13 9.37 15.00

Athletes .......................................................................... 18.20 19.2 9.67 12.79 19.00 25.06 25.06

Technical ............................................................................... 15.36 5.8 8.02 10.66 14.21 18.93 24.80

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .......... 16.90 6.2 10.28 11.46 15.33 20.30 27.18

Dental hygienists ........................................................... 24.28 10.3 20.00 20.00 21.25 25.00 37.50

Health record technologists and technicians ................. 11.59 5.5 9.98 10.22 11.62 12.04 14.83

Radiological technicians ................................................ 19.77 3.8 15.28 16.10 19.10 22.51 26.54

Licensed practical nurses .............................................. 15.10 2.1 11.67 12.95 14.73 16.47 19.00

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. .................. 11.55 6.2 7.23 9.00 10.83 13.05 17.01

Broadcast equipment operators ..................................... 8.77 7.9 7.28 7.43 8.52 8.79 9.16

Technical and related, n.e.c. .......................................... 11.98 14.9 9.00 9.70 9.70 16.49 18.87

Executive, administrative, and managerial ........................... 24.84 17.5 10.00 15.00 18.00 24.71 43.40

Executives, administrators, and managers ........................ 19.46 10.4 10.00 15.00 16.66 24.71 37.50

Managers, medicine and health ..................................... 28.01 11.1 18.72 18.72 22.07 37.50 47.05

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 January 2001–Continued

Occupation3

Part-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued

Executives, administrators, and managers –Continued

Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments .. $10.35 2.7 $10.00 $10.00 $10.00 $10.00 $12.00

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ........................ 22.21 17.4 16.66 16.66 16.66 24.71 24.71

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ............................. 14.49 27.6 7.15 10.00 10.00 10.00 28.86

Management related .......................................................... 31.98 31.2 13.16 15.57 20.00 34.06 95.00

Accountants and auditors .............................................. 52.65 36.1 13.16 18.50 34.06 95.00 95.00

Management related, n.e.c. ........................................... 18.87 11.2 9.23 15.38 15.57 24.31 30.40

Sales ......................................................................................... 7.18 1.1 5.50 6.00 6.73 7.82 9.14

Supervisors, sales ......................................................... 10.33 28.1 5.50 5.50 6.94 10.89 31.92

Advertising and related sales ......................................... 10.73 9.7 7.68 7.68 11.67 11.67 12.88

Sales, other business services ...................................... 8.09 16.8 5.58 5.58 6.50 8.83 18.18

Sales workers, apparel .................................................. 7.24 2.4 5.75 6.38 7.00 7.82 8.63

Sales workers, shoes ..................................................... 7.23 7.4 5.75 6.39 6.88 8.00 9.81

Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings .............. 7.32 5.1 5.95 6.58 6.58 8.24 8.71

Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi, and appliances ............... 7.42 3.8 6.81 6.81 7.04 8.31 8.31

Sales workers, hardware and building supplies ............. 9.32 2.9 6.82 8.42 9.00 10.70 11.16

Sales workers, parts ...................................................... 6.54 2.6 6.00 6.09 6.42 7.04 7.30

Sales workers, other commodities ................................. 7.12 1.7 5.68 6.00 6.67 7.88 8.95

Sales counter clerks ...................................................... 6.29 3.0 5.15 5.50 5.99 6.58 7.29

Cashiers ......................................................................... 6.98 1.4 5.36 5.89 6.57 7.50 8.71

News vendors ................................................................ 9.81 5.7 8.43 9.25 9.25 9.25 12.39

Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales .............. 8.20 6.5 7.12 7.12 7.31 9.12 10.00

Sales support, n.e.c. ...................................................... 8.01 5.6 5.75 6.80 7.00 9.95 10.00

Administrative support, including clerical ............................ 9.77 1.7 6.80 7.75 8.94 11.17 13.50

Computer operators ....................................................... 11.07 18.6 7.43 7.43 8.35 14.78 17.35

Secretaries ..................................................................... 11.68 3.6 8.50 9.54 11.75 13.50 15.00

Typists ........................................................................... 10.87 5.3 6.85 9.50 11.00 12.00 13.00

Interviewers ................................................................... 8.58 4.1 7.35 7.38 8.25 8.67 10.62

Hotel clerks .................................................................... 7.78 4.9 6.42 6.75 7.67 8.67 8.75

Transportation ticket and reservation agents ................. 12.49 5.8 7.36 10.12 12.48 13.79 18.00

Receptionists ................................................................. 8.61 3.5 6.13 7.50 7.94 9.50 11.69

Information clerks, n.e.c. ................................................ 9.73 4.3 8.46 8.86 8.86 11.11 12.00

Order clerks ................................................................... 9.03 7.3 6.34 7.22 8.45 9.43 12.00

Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping ......... 14.41 7.1 10.71 12.00 14.39 18.00 18.03

Library clerks ................................................................. 9.22 9.6 6.53 7.29 10.20 10.50 10.50

File clerks ....................................................................... 7.94 4.3 6.25 7.00 8.33 8.49 9.45

Records clerks, n.e.c. .................................................... 9.56 5.4 7.50 7.50 9.02 10.47 12.04

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ............... 9.81 5.2 7.43 8.50 8.86 10.10 13.00

Payroll and timekeeping clerks ...................................... 12.24 16.0 7.20 9.00 12.50 17.50 17.50

Billing, posting, and calculating machine operators ....... 9.42 3.3 8.13 8.92 8.92 10.40 10.40

Duplicating machine operators ...................................... 8.53 8.9 6.50 6.75 8.21 9.81 10.04

Telephone operators ...................................................... 9.01 3.5 7.17 7.65 9.20 9.75 11.04

Mail clerks, except postal service .................................. 7.71 5.2 5.15 7.00 7.50 8.61 10.00

Messengers ................................................................... 8.80 14.4 5.50 6.47 7.50 13.08 13.08

Dispatchers .................................................................... 9.61 7.4 6.25 8.79 8.95 10.55 10.55

Stock and inventory clerks ............................................. 8.40 3.9 6.72 7.00 8.30 8.94 10.25

Expeditors ...................................................................... 9.17 7.5 6.55 7.55 8.87 10.22 12.55

Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 14.03 35.1 5.76 6.00 9.00 11.57 44.42

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ............... 12.30 7.2 7.21 7.47 12.16 16.54 17.54

Bill and account collectors ............................................. 9.36 5.1 8.10 8.33 9.33 9.45 12.02

General office clerks ...................................................... 9.32 3.0 7.00 7.63 8.50 10.72 12.00

Bank tellers .................................................................... 8.72 2.5 7.00 7.70 8.54 9.75 10.66

Data entry keyers ........................................................... 10.93 8.5 7.00 8.00 9.89 13.72 16.00

Statistical clerks ............................................................. 10.51 6.9 6.68 9.31 10.67 11.94 13.08

Teachers’ aides ............................................................. 8.88 5.5 6.88 7.50 9.15 10.00 10.00

Administrative support, n.e.c. ........................................ 10.08 9.6 5.83 7.00 9.31 11.69 18.00

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 January 2001–Continued

Occupation3

Part-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Blue collar .................................................................................... $8.63 3.4 $5.45 $6.25 $7.50 $9.80 $12.40

Precision production, craft, and repair .................................. 13.71 13.7 7.00 7.50 11.25 14.07 26.50

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ..................................... 10.39 29.5 5.45 5.45 8.85 12.49 22.50

Butchers and meat cutters ............................................. 10.73 12.9 7.50 7.50 8.00 13.75 16.53

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ................. 8.15 2.8 6.39 7.00 8.00 8.76 9.80

Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators ........... 7.10 5.2 6.00 6.25 6.79 7.72 8.79

Photographic process machine operators ..................... 8.16 4.0 5.80 7.00 8.13 9.50 9.50

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ...................... 8.25 4.9 7.00 7.00 8.00 8.71 9.19

Welders and cutters ....................................................... 8.73 9.4 6.00 7.00 9.00 9.00 11.50

Assemblers .................................................................... 8.15 4.5 7.08 7.22 8.00 8.76 9.80

Transportation and material moving ..................................... 9.65 10.4 5.15 5.55 8.75 11.67 15.56

Truck drivers .................................................................. 12.87 20.0 5.55 7.00 10.00 18.47 23.26

Driver-sales workers ...................................................... 7.30 11.9 5.15 5.19 5.88 9.33 12.00

Bus drivers ..................................................................... 11.03 2.6 8.78 10.00 11.37 11.67 12.92

Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ...................................... 7.23 5.4 5.15 6.43 6.75 7.50 10.00

Parking lot attendants .................................................... 6.16 9.4 5.15 5.15 5.26 7.00 9.61

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ............................................ 5.46 7.9 4.30 4.30 5.21 6.32 6.82

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ........... 11.28 7.4 8.50 8.50 10.00 14.33 14.33

Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 11.10 1.8 9.48 9.48 11.11 12.07 13.53

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......... 7.76 1.5 5.58 6.10 7.00 8.50 11.09

Nursery workers ............................................................. 6.88 1.1 6.25 6.94 6.94 6.94 6.94

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ............... 8.05 4.2 6.25 6.77 8.50 8.75 9.00

Animal caretakers, except farm ..................................... 6.56 9.0 5.83 5.83 5.83 6.25 9.89

Helpers, mechanics and repairers ................................. 10.14 4.0 9.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 12.00

Helpers, construction trades .......................................... 9.52 8.5 8.33 8.33 8.33 10.00 15.00

Construction laborers ..................................................... 12.41 13.3 8.00 8.50 15.00 15.00 15.00

Production helpers ......................................................... 9.12 6.3 6.65 8.00 10.00 10.00 10.00

Stock handlers and baggers .......................................... 6.94 1.7 5.39 5.92 6.48 7.32 9.10

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .................. 10.03 3.0 6.00 7.92 10.22 11.72 13.40

Garage and service station related ................................ 6.60 4.4 5.39 6.00 6.41 6.96 6.96

Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ..................... 7.04 4.5 5.30 6.14 7.00 7.25 8.67

Hand packers and packagers ........................................ 7.40 3.8 5.55 6.18 7.00 8.34 9.54

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ............................. 7.52 2.7 6.00 6.34 7.17 8.48 8.75

Service .......................................................................................... 6.60 1.1 4.20 5.52 6.40 7.55 9.00

Protective service .............................................................. 8.56 3.7 5.92 6.80 8.07 9.00 10.44

Guards and police, except public service ...................... 8.67 4.0 5.92 6.86 8.22 9.00 10.44

Protective service, n.e.c. ................................................ 7.07 4.3 5.38 6.29 6.69 7.80 9.00

Food service ...................................................................... 5.84 1.3 2.63 5.30 6.00 6.77 7.63

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ............................... 4.48 3.5 2.13 2.38 4.50 5.96 6.85

Bartenders ..................................................................... 6.19 7.5 4.16 5.50 5.75 7.00 10.00

Waiters and waitresses .................................................. 3.96 4.0 2.13 2.20 3.09 5.75 6.50

Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ..................................... 5.31 3.3 2.77 4.50 5.75 6.25 6.75

Other food service ........................................................... 6.51 1.1 5.38 5.75 6.23 7.17 7.86

Supervisors, food preparation and service .................... 6.81 8.6 2.50 6.72 6.82 7.74 8.75

Cooks ............................................................................. 7.08 3.5 5.51 5.75 6.50 8.25 9.00

Kitchen workers, food preparation ................................. 6.74 2.9 5.22 5.72 6.72 7.30 8.00

Food preparation, n.e.c. ................................................. 6.34 1.5 5.33 5.75 6.17 6.83 7.38

Health service .................................................................... 8.70 2.1 6.45 7.18 8.46 9.80 11.44

Health aides, except nursing ......................................... 8.63 3.9 6.00 6.87 8.59 10.00 11.10

Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ........................ 8.67 2.4 6.45 7.32 8.46 9.73 11.40

Cleaning and building service ............................................ 7.17 2.2 5.49 6.01 6.79 8.01 8.84

Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers ...... 8.44 3.4 8.00 8.00 8.00 9.00 9.92

Maids and housemen .................................................... 7.48 4.1 5.63 6.51 6.79 8.67 8.75

Janitors and cleaners ..................................................... 7.10 2.5 5.46 6.00 6.74 8.00 8.85

Personal service ................................................................ 7.25 3.1 5.23 5.75 6.65 7.88 10.01

Supervisors, personal service ........................................ 10.19 11.6 6.55 8.64 9.51 9.78 15.56

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 January 2001–Continued

Occupation3

Part-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Service –Continued

Personal service –Continued

Hairdressers and cosmetologists ................................... $9.86 8.5 $5.91 $7.48 $10.01 $10.50 $14.29

Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities .......... 6.15 3.8 5.16 5.25 6.00 6.49 7.39

Guides ........................................................................... 8.27 10.1 6.00 6.62 7.03 8.72 14.78

Ushers ........................................................................... 6.58 3.7 5.15 6.05 6.11 6.84 8.15

Public transportation attendants .................................... 15.35 32.9 6.85 6.98 6.98 9.50 47.72

Baggage porters and bellhops ....................................... 6.54 5.2 5.15 5.65 6.25 6.79 7.38

Welfare service aides .................................................... 6.71 6.1 5.23 5.63 5.77 7.63 9.00

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .............................. 6.30 3.7 5.15 5.50 5.99 6.83 7.33

Child care workers, n.e.c. .............................................. 7.31 3.2 6.00 6.50 7.18 7.54 9.37

Service, n.e.c. ................................................................ 7.55 2.9 5.65 6.17 7.50 8.25 8.89

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 March 2000 and

January 2002. The average reference period was January 2001. 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, 2001, on the BLS

Internet site http:www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm or any of our published NCS locality

bulletins. 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, 2001, on the BLS Internet site

http:www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm or any of our published NCS locality bulletins. 

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 January 2001

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

All ...................................................................................................... $20.56 0.8 $9.66 $12.59 $18.02 $26.19 $34.95

All, excluding sales .................................................................... 20.59 .8 9.69 12.61 18.08 26.21 34.98

White collar .................................................................................. 23.20 .8 10.68 14.08 21.17 29.35 38.77

White collar, excluding sales ................................................. 23.25 .8 10.72 14.10 21.20 29.37 38.78

Professional specialty and technical ..................................... 27.50 .8 15.07 20.52 26.27 33.08 40.91

Professional specialty ............................................................ 28.77 .8 17.42 21.87 27.21 34.26 41.67

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ................................. 27.69 1.9 20.76 23.37 26.98 30.45 35.43

Architects ....................................................................... 28.13 4.3 22.71 26.06 27.31 30.45 34.32

Civil engineers ............................................................... 28.36 2.9 21.21 23.59 26.98 32.34 35.25

Electrical and electronic engineers ................................ 29.06 6.2 26.48 26.48 26.48 32.03 38.96

Industrial engineers ....................................................... 21.33 7.2 19.47 19.47 19.47 26.43 26.57

Engineers, n.e.c. ............................................................ 26.93 4.7 17.78 22.86 27.48 30.42 36.13

Mathematical and computer scientists ............................... 24.17 2.8 19.55 20.39 22.80 28.31 32.89

Computer systems analysts and scientists .................... 24.23 2.9 19.55 20.39 23.15 28.31 32.91

Natural scientists ............................................................... 22.05 4.4 15.40 17.99 21.64 25.40 29.34

Chemists, except biochemists ....................................... 27.79 4.2 25.40 26.46 29.34 29.34 30.17

Geologists and geodesists ............................................. 25.78 15.2 18.14 18.14 22.95 28.54 43.18

Physical scientists, n.e.c. ............................................... 23.15 4.8 16.15 19.10 23.63 24.16 27.61

Agricultural and food scientists ...................................... 21.99 11.1 14.44 16.85 21.46 22.50 33.22

Biological and life scientists ........................................... 19.82 6.7 16.38 16.38 19.70 19.70 26.30

Forestry and conservation scientists ............................. 19.06 9.8 13.18 13.36 19.30 21.67 28.78

Medical scientists ........................................................... 22.05 7.3 14.34 19.36 21.64 25.96 27.87

Health related .................................................................... 24.65 2.4 16.77 19.42 21.53 26.98 36.22

Physicians ...................................................................... 31.86 12.0 11.66 17.09 20.52 49.94 62.61

Registered nurses .......................................................... 22.91 1.6 17.64 19.58 21.14 25.46 31.28

Pharmacists ................................................................... 30.68 8.2 22.82 24.24 28.11 35.01 38.55

Dietitians ........................................................................ 18.33 3.3 14.76 16.75 17.65 18.98 22.82

Respiratory therapists .................................................... 20.19 3.1 17.50 19.39 19.72 20.12 24.68

Occupational therapists ................................................. 25.90 5.4 18.21 22.27 24.86 27.14 38.08

Physical therapists ......................................................... 29.61 8.9 22.12 22.12 27.39 33.36 42.81

Speech therapists .......................................................... 30.27 4.9 22.39 26.17 28.60 36.75 39.55

Therapists, n.e.c. ........................................................... 19.82 6.1 13.75 16.32 19.97 22.32 26.59

Teachers, college and university ....................................... 36.93 2.8 21.63 27.07 34.26 44.19 54.77

Earth, environmental, and marine science teachers ...... 40.59 13.5 20.65 25.95 38.13 60.57 63.59

Biological science teachers ........................................... 37.44 12.7 23.57 27.44 33.09 42.46 61.01

Chemistry teachers ........................................................ 32.86 6.1 26.05 31.32 31.42 33.49 39.11

Physics teachers ............................................................ 39.95 19.9 30.94 30.94 30.94 32.47 73.47

Natural science teachers, n.e.c. .................................... 37.71 12.9 7.58 36.00 38.25 44.61 54.77

Psychology teachers ...................................................... 30.82 12.6 20.90 20.90 27.32 30.98 55.89

History teachers ............................................................. 40.76 11.6 23.98 29.94 41.08 51.28 51.28

Political science teachers .............................................. 35.05 13.0 23.93 23.93 28.69 45.12 53.87

Sociology teachers ........................................................ 39.40 17.3 23.79 23.79 46.39 50.69 50.69

Social science teachers, n.e.c. ...................................... 39.44 5.4 31.21 34.73 39.89 40.45 52.87

Engineering teachers ..................................................... 49.68 10.4 32.21 42.40 42.40 73.54 75.31

Mathematical science teachers ..................................... 37.89 8.9 22.15 25.43 40.58 46.08 50.08

Computer science teachers ........................................... 31.65 15.9 17.01 25.00 25.84 45.38 45.38

Medical science teachers .............................................. 48.36 15.3 28.86 34.20 40.75 60.00 108.01

Health specialties teachers ............................................ 36.74 10.8 24.10 25.26 32.15 40.75 47.07

Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .............. 36.00 9.4 27.11 27.11 34.26 37.93 48.57

Agriculture and forestry teachers ................................... 42.89 25.7 18.54 23.38 43.13 51.20 79.15

Art, drama, and music teachers ..................................... 31.97 9.9 23.50 23.50 28.46 39.75 45.32

Physical education teachers .......................................... 39.83 7.6 28.24 37.24 37.28 49.43 49.43

Education teachers ........................................................ 40.43 6.7 27.61 31.97 45.64 45.64 46.52

English teachers ............................................................ 41.26 11.6 27.05 31.01 35.18 57.60 57.60

Foreign language teachers ............................................ 24.63 30.8 11.81 11.81 17.95 31.38 43.78

Theology teachers ......................................................... 39.03 2.9 38.01 38.01 38.01 38.01 46.17

Trade and industrial teachers ........................................ 31.11 3.0 26.36 27.37 32.34 33.40 36.18

Other post-secondary teachers ..................................... 34.97 3.3 20.18 26.15 33.36 42.05 50.08

Teachers, except college and university ............................ 30.16 1.0 21.17 24.80 28.70 35.70 41.34

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ................................. 27.79 2.7 21.05 24.61 27.33 30.65 36.74

Elementary school teachers .......................................... 30.47 1.2 22.14 24.80 28.78 35.57 40.23

Secondary school teachers ........................................... 30.48 1.5 22.30 25.70 29.01 34.54 40.05

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 January 2001–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 .......................................... $32.41 2.7 $22.13 $25.83 $30.88 $39.98 $43.79

Teachers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 30.31 3.7 17.58 22.43 29.06 40.14 42.14

Substitute teachers ........................................................ 12.08 5.6 7.33 9.38 10.27 14.38 20.48

Vocational and educational counselors ......................... 29.85 4.7 17.80 22.19 28.65 36.75 43.49

Librarians, archivists, and curators .................................... 24.19 4.1 14.02 18.05 21.57 28.74 37.35

Librarians ....................................................................... 24.55 4.3 14.45 18.53 21.84 29.04 37.37

Archivists and curators .................................................. 19.05 10.0 12.34 16.35 19.54 24.08 24.83

Social scientists and urban planners ................................. 27.36 7.4 17.48 20.10 25.88 31.59 44.15

Economists .................................................................... 22.88 7.7 17.18 18.82 24.02 24.02 35.00

Psychologists ................................................................. 30.63 7.5 20.10 24.64 28.56 34.95 47.53

Social scientists, n.e.c. .................................................. 18.25 28.8 11.82 11.82 11.82 19.65 39.20

Urban planners .............................................................. 24.75 4.5 18.02 19.88 24.23 29.64 31.25

Social, recreation, and religious workers ........................... 18.27 1.9 12.22 13.88 17.06 20.94 26.19

Social workers ............................................................... 18.39 2.0 12.27 13.94 17.06 21.02 26.29

Recreation workers ........................................................ 16.20 5.5 10.46 12.73 18.26 19.70 20.08

Lawyers and judges ........................................................... 35.94 6.0 20.89 25.58 33.08 42.02 59.79

Lawyers ......................................................................... 34.37 6.6 20.89 25.58 33.08 42.02 45.84

Judges ........................................................................... 49.24 10.2 27.68 33.93 52.69 62.52 62.52

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,

n.e.c. ................................................................................ 24.68 7.4 14.83 17.70 21.60 27.75 40.65

Designers ....................................................................... 18.97 10.4 12.98 14.65 18.81 23.97 23.97

Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c. ............. 17.69 3.2 16.14 16.41 16.92 18.54 19.24

Editors and reporters ..................................................... 20.36 7.7 17.30 17.30 22.43 22.43 25.32

Public relations specialists ............................................. 25.53 14.7 12.77 18.67 22.59 26.23 53.07

Athletes .......................................................................... 30.59 18.6 12.48 19.04 40.65 40.65 40.65

Professional, n.e.c. ........................................................ 25.09 6.9 15.81 17.99 26.07 28.08 35.04

Technical ............................................................................... 16.40 1.7 10.53 12.72 15.92 19.09 22.88

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .......... 15.97 8.3 10.91 10.91 16.02 18.82 21.39

Health record technologists and technicians ................. 15.07 11.6 8.22 10.52 14.98 17.56 22.72

Radiological technicians ................................................ 20.02 10.4 14.78 15.84 16.40 23.10 35.78

Licensed practical nurses .............................................. 13.81 3.0 9.43 11.56 13.47 15.49 18.14

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. .................. 14.90 3.0 9.84 11.14 14.68 17.92 20.69

Electrical and electronic technicians .............................. 18.35 8.9 15.07 15.07 15.73 22.33 26.06

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ...................................... 18.11 3.1 12.14 15.96 17.95 20.52 23.82

Drafters .......................................................................... 19.72 4.9 14.16 18.09 19.82 21.91 21.95

Surveying and mapping technicians .............................. 18.43 5.6 12.62 14.65 20.28 20.82 22.85

Biological technicians .................................................... 13.63 5.8 8.67 10.48 14.21 14.57 18.02

Chemical technicians ..................................................... 20.60 5.7 16.63 18.43 18.58 23.28 25.75

Science technicians, n.e.c. ............................................ 16.77 4.8 12.75 13.42 16.55 19.09 19.65

Broadcast equipment operators ..................................... 20.61 11.6 12.88 18.53 21.09 28.46 28.46

Computer programmers ................................................. 21.27 5.0 15.49 17.06 21.94 23.58 30.22

Legal assistants ............................................................. 15.91 6.8 11.88 12.93 14.81 18.95 20.08

Technical and related, n.e.c. .......................................... 17.50 4.6 11.37 12.84 17.42 20.80 24.24

Executive, administrative, and managerial ........................... 27.90 2.6 15.96 19.28 25.81 34.02 43.09

Executives, administrators, and managers ........................ 32.22 2.5 18.10 23.14 30.92 38.73 47.50

Legislators ..................................................................... 12.46 22.7 3.46 4.04 7.54 17.31 28.85

Chief executives and general administrators, public

administration .............................................................. 42.06 5.4 27.00 39.28 42.34 49.48 54.50

Administrators and officials, public administration ......... 28.34 2.4 17.43 21.23 28.06 33.69 39.24

Financial managers ....................................................... 38.30 12.0 22.92 30.63 35.93 46.15 58.07

Personnel and labor relations managers ....................... 36.53 6.8 20.10 29.21 37.12 43.66 48.46

Purchasing managers .................................................... 32.36 23.2 17.95 20.22 22.66 47.39 47.39

Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations 35.21 15.8 19.81 27.49 30.77 46.88 46.88

Administrators, education and related fields .................. 37.01 3.8 22.18 29.52 35.99 43.09 50.72

Managers, medicine and health ..................................... 32.54 13.0 16.47 22.55 28.50 41.59 63.93

Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments .. 21.60 14.1 13.32 16.48 16.48 27.04 35.82

Managers, properties and real estate ............................ 23.21 7.7 17.21 20.98 20.98 29.92 32.22

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 January 2001–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, service organizations, n.e.c. ........................ $22.45 4.5 $13.39 $17.62 $22.08 $26.43 $31.36

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ............................. 30.06 4.3 18.10 21.79 28.62 36.83 42.38

Management related .......................................................... 21.09 2.3 14.06 17.10 20.20 25.14 28.67

Accountants and auditors .............................................. 20.14 3.3 14.86 16.94 19.01 22.33 28.17

Other financial officers ................................................... 25.11 7.1 17.69 20.57 26.04 28.25 34.02

Management analysts .................................................... 21.93 6.1 17.10 17.94 21.26 25.77 29.16

Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ........ 20.80 3.8 12.47 15.70 21.00 23.97 28.56

Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ........................... 16.71 9.3 11.38 11.38 16.60 17.63 21.73

Construction inspectors ................................................. 22.33 3.8 16.58 18.11 22.21 26.24 28.55

Inspectors and compliance officers, except

construction ................................................................. 19.78 3.4 15.72 17.09 19.28 21.71 25.85

Management related, n.e.c. ........................................... 22.33 3.2 13.65 17.50 22.10 26.19 31.52

Sales ......................................................................................... 12.79 5.4 8.16 8.83 11.20 16.10 20.12

Supervisors, sales ......................................................... 16.01 9.6 12.15 12.15 14.29 17.81 21.01

Real estate sales ........................................................... 23.81 6.9 17.19 23.20 25.54 25.54 27.32

Sales workers, other commodities ................................. 8.91 7.0 6.37 8.52 8.52 8.52 13.35

Cashiers ......................................................................... 10.89 4.4 7.68 8.34 10.20 12.56 14.75

Administrative support, including clerical ............................ 13.17 1.1 8.86 10.29 12.67 15.20 18.17

Supervisors, general office ............................................ 17.40 3.5 12.85 14.71 16.87 19.32 23.25

Supervisors, financial records processing ..................... 18.57 5.9 14.02 15.33 17.20 19.52 27.17

Chief communications operators ................................... 18.87 8.0 14.95 15.65 17.03 20.91 24.48

Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting

clerks ........................................................................... 18.19 9.3 10.95 15.55 17.43 22.40 23.76

Computer operators ....................................................... 14.02 6.3 11.43 11.92 12.79 14.79 20.34

Secretaries ..................................................................... 13.89 2.3 9.80 11.25 13.20 16.19 19.07

Stenographers ............................................................... 18.67 8.2 10.29 12.49 18.70 19.93 29.37

Typists ........................................................................... 13.08 2.0 9.85 11.78 13.10 14.32 15.95

Interviewers ................................................................... 10.36 8.2 7.69 7.92 9.72 12.46 15.40

Receptionists ................................................................. 10.26 3.7 7.87 8.85 10.02 11.35 12.78

Information clerks, n.e.c. ................................................ 14.44 4.9 10.12 11.39 13.84 16.71 19.73

Order clerks ................................................................... 17.23 11.5 12.36 12.36 15.31 22.10 24.24

Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping ......... 13.68 6.7 10.55 10.55 14.18 15.18 18.02

Library clerks ................................................................. 11.05 2.9 7.55 8.42 10.47 13.07 15.68

File clerks ....................................................................... 10.53 6.8 7.17 8.60 10.12 12.97 14.34

Records clerks, n.e.c. .................................................... 12.46 3.4 8.72 9.81 12.43 14.00 15.96

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ............... 13.63 2.2 9.77 11.03 13.52 15.27 17.72

Payroll and timekeeping clerks ...................................... 15.24 3.6 12.43 13.51 14.66 17.38 18.78

Billing clerks ................................................................... 12.94 7.5 8.04 9.87 12.83 15.90 17.17

Duplicating machine operators ...................................... 9.37 2.6 8.64 8.64 9.32 9.32 9.32

Telephone operators ...................................................... 11.45 7.3 6.85 8.82 10.62 13.68 15.25

Communications equipment operators, n.e.c. ............... 13.11 6.8 11.13 11.13 13.11 13.11 17.76

Mail clerks, except postal service .................................. 9.39 8.6 7.98 7.98 7.98 10.79 13.04

Messengers ................................................................... 10.99 8.6 9.12 9.53 9.92 12.83 15.65

Dispatchers .................................................................... 14.65 4.9 9.70 11.07 13.63 17.04 22.14

Production coordinators ................................................. 18.57 16.1 9.65 11.68 24.22 25.37 25.37

Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ............................. 13.33 4.6 8.89 11.46 15.09 15.09 15.09

Stock and inventory clerks ............................................. 13.11 4.1 9.04 10.76 12.75 15.19 19.10

Meter readers ................................................................ 15.09 6.1 9.71 11.98 13.58 17.72 19.66

Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 17.53 7.4 11.38 17.90 18.79 20.22 20.22

Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ........ 15.33 9.8 12.20 12.20 16.89 16.89 21.55

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ............... 15.52 4.0 11.44 13.43 15.66 17.45 19.20

Eligibility clerks, social welfare ....................................... 15.20 2.4 11.64 13.14 15.28 16.52 18.15

Bill and account collectors ............................................. 14.00 5.9 9.92 11.94 13.37 16.94 17.03

General office clerks ...................................................... 12.52 1.8 8.92 10.25 12.24 14.22 16.77

Data entry keyers ........................................................... 12.02 3.8 8.75 10.62 12.26 13.71 14.87

Statistical clerks ............................................................. 10.91 10.6 7.68 8.31 10.13 11.84 15.64

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 January 2001–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

Teachers’ aides ............................................................. $10.59 2.2 $7.95 $8.79 $9.74 $11.50 $14.48

Administrative support, n.e.c. ........................................ 13.84 2.3 9.67 11.10 13.56 15.63 18.98

Blue collar .................................................................................... 15.84 1.3 9.49 12.02 15.24 18.99 22.79

Precision production, craft, and repair .................................. 18.09 1.7 11.54 14.07 17.27 21.48 25.96

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .......................... 22.41 4.5 14.78 17.64 21.93 25.56 30.17

Automobile mechanics ................................................... 19.42 8.0 12.90 14.27 19.41 24.93 26.30

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ................ 17.45 4.2 11.40 15.35 17.58 20.30 21.22

Heavy equipment mechanics ......................................... 18.35 5.9 11.55 14.77 19.38 21.22 22.25

Industrial machinery repairers ....................................... 20.84 7.3 13.08 16.40 19.98 25.22 27.66

Machinery maintenance ................................................. 14.41 14.9 9.88 9.88 11.70 20.10 21.61

Electronic repairers, communications and industrial

equipment .................................................................... 19.65 7.2 12.74 14.41 19.77 23.84 24.86

Data processing equipment repairers ............................ 16.87 2.1 14.95 16.90 16.90 17.28 17.85

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics .. 16.08 4.6 11.60 15.04 16.62 18.22 18.45

Mechanical controls and valve repairers ....................... 18.51 5.9 13.23 14.82 19.07 21.04 24.73

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ..................................... 15.51 3.3 10.80 12.25 14.99 17.56 21.81

Supervisors, electricians and power transmission

installers ....................................................................... 23.03 9.3 15.00 18.24 24.50 27.84 31.37

Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...... 25.59 12.5 14.47 17.57 30.87 30.87 30.87

Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ......................... 19.15 5.0 13.71 15.69 17.07 21.62 24.72

Carpenters ..................................................................... 19.13 6.8 12.44 13.21 18.47 24.38 28.16

Electricians .................................................................... 19.37 4.9 14.04 15.99 17.19 22.55 28.65

Electrical power installers and repairers ........................ 22.29 5.3 15.55 19.42 22.37 25.96 27.48

Painters, construction and maintenance ........................ 18.25 7.4 11.37 13.84 19.92 22.18 25.60

Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ........................... 17.53 6.1 11.30 14.25 16.05 19.67 25.63

Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators ... 13.32 1.8 11.82 11.82 13.79 13.92 14.65

Construction trades, n.e.c. ............................................. 14.22 4.0 9.31 11.16 13.73 16.92 20.46

Supervisors, production ................................................. 21.08 12.4 13.15 14.52 18.06 25.11 35.18

Machinists ...................................................................... 20.68 8.5 16.80 18.39 18.39 20.58 29.30

Inspectors, testers, and graders .................................... 19.77 3.8 16.86 18.51 19.27 21.31 21.31

Water and sewer treatment plant operators .................. 17.34 3.3 11.62 14.43 17.16 20.54 22.65

Power plant operators .................................................... 24.20 6.1 17.38 18.60 21.83 30.08 33.58

Stationary engineers ...................................................... 20.44 7.3 11.55 17.13 20.24 26.93 27.89

Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c. ......... 16.03 6.4 11.08 15.86 16.49 17.03 18.37

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ................. 15.22 7.4 9.13 11.02 14.16 18.81 21.96

Printing press operators ................................................. 13.77 2.2 12.17 13.54 13.88 14.16 15.47

Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators ........... 9.99 8.3 5.95 8.89 9.52 12.18 14.00

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ...................... 18.95 13.1 10.17 11.02 19.59 24.66 29.71

Welders and cutters ....................................................... 19.77 8.6 12.42 16.46 21.96 21.96 22.00

Transportation and material moving ..................................... 14.80 1.9 9.81 11.60 14.34 17.62 20.37

Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ............................ 17.35 12.0 12.38 12.38 15.47 21.73 24.96

Truck drivers .................................................................. 14.68 4.5 9.25 10.85 14.16 17.69 21.42

Bus drivers ..................................................................... 14.77 2.0 10.12 12.39 14.52 17.46 18.99

Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ...................................... 7.78 14.3 5.57 5.57 6.25 9.81 11.03

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ............................................ 15.40 8.1 8.54 11.58 14.99 16.60 21.54

Locomotive operating .................................................... 20.82 3.1 18.00 20.87 21.61 21.61 22.15

Bridge, lock and lighthouse tenders ............................... 11.96 1.9 12.09 12.09 12.09 12.09 12.09

Supervisors, material moving equipment ....................... 18.04 10.0 12.07 12.07 19.92 19.92 21.06

Operating engineers ...................................................... 14.34 8.9 9.95 10.20 13.40 16.23 23.42

Excavating and loading machine operators ................... 14.66 8.5 9.39 10.74 13.75 18.80 22.91

Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators ......................... 13.91 7.2 9.21 11.06 12.29 14.70 22.59

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ........... 13.19 5.7 9.23 11.49 14.06 15.36 15.36

Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 14.21 4.2 9.93 11.45 13.36 16.98 18.77

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......... 13.00 2.5 7.82 9.28 12.51 15.98 19.07

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 January 2001–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

Supervisors, agriculture-related workers ....................... $19.44 5.1 $12.42 $15.59 $21.39 $21.85 $22.78

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ............... 11.99 3.3 7.91 8.73 11.08 14.28 17.45

Animal caretakers, except farm ..................................... 14.02 10.8 7.60 11.51 16.36 16.36 16.36

Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and

laborers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 17.33 6.3 12.35 13.42 17.14 20.50 21.73

Helpers, mechanics and repairers ................................. 13.94 7.4 9.28 10.14 13.72 16.12 19.83

Helpers, construction trades .......................................... 13.04 6.2 8.96 11.22 11.96 14.29 17.80

Construction laborers ..................................................... 11.99 4.7 6.80 9.43 11.68 14.19 16.54

Production helpers ......................................................... 11.18 12.0 7.93 8.00 9.41 16.22 16.50

Garbage collectors ......................................................... 15.09 10.5 8.23 11.79 16.25 19.07 19.07

Stock handlers and baggers .......................................... 10.82 15.1 5.15 6.45 10.12 13.17 15.51

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .................. 11.08 10.8 5.65 8.58 10.08 13.50 15.98

Garage and service station related ................................ 13.81 9.6 11.09 11.09 13.59 14.91 18.53

Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ..................... 12.81 5.6 10.57 11.37 13.48 13.48 16.41

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ............................. 12.27 3.6 7.44 8.37 12.15 15.54 17.99

Service .......................................................................................... 15.42 1.5 8.20 10.38 13.48 19.54 24.75

Protective service .............................................................. 19.24 2.1 11.80 13.60 18.62 23.38 27.67

Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention .................. 23.12 4.6 16.23 18.46 21.95 26.42 33.74

Supervisors, police and detectives ................................ 27.06 3.2 15.73 22.22 27.09 32.35 36.65

Supervisors, guards ....................................................... 23.02 9.0 14.05 14.88 23.33 33.17 33.43

Fire inspection and fire prevention ................................. 21.52 5.0 14.22 18.13 22.60 25.67 26.29

Firefighting ..................................................................... 17.13 2.8 10.89 13.50 16.11 21.12 24.16

Police and detectives, public service ............................. 21.47 1.5 14.40 17.62 21.21 24.21 28.32

Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers ..... 17.52 2.8 11.62 13.49 16.98 20.72 25.16

Correctional institution officers ....................................... 16.05 4.8 11.53 12.81 14.32 19.41 22.47

Crossing guards ............................................................. 9.59 4.6 6.67 7.60 8.94 11.65 12.41

Guards and police, except public service ...................... 13.49 3.5 9.35 11.48 13.41 16.13 17.20

Protective service, n.e.c. ................................................ 13.99 5.9 8.10 10.60 12.61 16.59 21.83

Food service ...................................................................... 10.02 1.7 7.13 8.00 9.41 11.35 13.39

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ............................... 12.04 15.1 6.25 9.27 12.79 17.75 17.75

Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ..................................... 11.29 10.2 7.51 9.32 12.79 12.79 12.79

Other food service ........................................................... 10.00 1.7 7.13 8.00 9.41 11.30 13.35

Supervisors, food preparation and service .................... 13.47 5.7 10.58 11.18 12.50 15.04 17.93

Cooks ............................................................................. 10.31 2.5 7.75 8.86 10.05 11.47 13.22

Kitchen workers, food preparation ................................. 8.78 2.9 6.87 7.36 8.16 9.41 11.29

Food preparation, n.e.c. ................................................. 9.38 1.9 7.45 7.90 8.81 10.56 11.96

Health service .................................................................... 11.85 2.1 8.09 9.15 11.42 14.10 15.68

Dental assistants ........................................................... 11.21 11.5 8.78 9.36 9.36 15.08 15.08

Health aides, except nursing ......................................... 12.77 3.5 8.87 9.98 13.12 14.61 16.37

Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ........................ 11.54 2.4 8.09 9.02 11.10 13.49 15.61

Cleaning and building service ............................................ 11.71 1.9 7.68 8.92 11.14 13.41 16.45

Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers ...... 16.31 8.0 10.63 11.35 16.05 21.19 22.29

Maids and housemen .................................................... 8.36 4.9 6.32 7.16 7.75 8.48 11.59

Janitors and cleaners ..................................................... 11.40 1.5 7.69 8.91 10.97 13.14 15.84

Personal service ................................................................ 10.32 2.8 6.85 7.98 9.81 11.61 14.77

Supervisors, personal service ........................................ 15.86 8.9 8.34 12.80 13.27 19.33 22.52

Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities .......... 8.16 4.1 5.93 6.79 7.67 8.59 10.89

Public transportation attendants .................................... 13.93 11.0 9.23 10.57 13.60 17.61 17.61

Welfare service aides .................................................... 11.02 6.4 6.83 8.40 10.43 13.66 15.41

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .............................. 9.65 3.4 6.93 8.00 9.39 10.53 12.78

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 January 2001–Continued

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Service –Continued

Personal service –Continued

Child care workers, n.e.c. .............................................. $10.68 7.6 $6.89 $7.51 $10.29 $12.64 $15.70

Service, n.e.c. ................................................................ 11.03 3.5 7.58 8.65 10.96 12.84 14.21

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 include 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 March 2000 and

January 2002. The average reference period was January 2001. 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, 2001, on the BLS

Internet site http:www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm or any of our published NCS locality

bulletins. 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, 2001, on the BLS Internet site

http:www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm or any of our published NCS locality bulletins. 

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 January 2001

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

All ...................................................................................................... $20.98 0.8 $10.05 $12.92 $18.61 $26.51 $35.46

All, excluding sales .................................................................... 20.99 .8 10.07 12.93 18.64 26.51 35.46

White collar .................................................................................. 23.52 .8 10.90 14.41 21.57 29.61 38.97

White collar, excluding sales ................................................. 23.56 .8 10.91 14.45 21.60 29.64 38.97

Professional specialty and technical ..................................... 27.74 .8 15.59 20.65 26.42 33.13 41.31

Professional specialty ............................................................ 29.00 .8 17.83 22.16 27.39 34.32 41.79

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ................................. 27.71 1.9 21.21 23.37 26.98 30.45 35.43

Architects ....................................................................... 28.13 4.3 22.71 26.06 27.31 30.45 34.32

Civil engineers ............................................................... 28.42 2.9 21.21 23.59 26.98 32.34 36.43

Electrical and electronic engineers ................................ 29.06 6.2 26.48 26.48 26.48 32.03 38.96

Industrial engineers ....................................................... 21.33 7.2 19.47 19.47 19.47 26.43 26.57

Engineers, n.e.c. ............................................................ 26.93 4.7 17.78 22.86 27.48 30.42 36.13

Mathematical and computer scientists ............................... 24.19 2.8 19.55 20.39 22.97 28.31 32.91

Computer systems analysts and scientists .................... 24.25 2.9 19.55 20.39 23.15 28.31 32.97

Natural scientists ............................................................... 22.06 4.4 15.40 18.02 21.64 25.19 29.34

Chemists, except biochemists ....................................... 27.88 4.2 26.46 26.46 29.34 29.34 30.17

Geologists and geodesists ............................................. 25.78 15.2 18.14 18.14 22.95 28.54 43.18

Physical scientists, n.e.c. ............................................... 23.15 4.8 16.15 19.10 23.63 24.16 27.61

Agricultural and food scientists ...................................... 21.99 11.1 14.44 16.85 21.46 22.50 33.22

Biological and life scientists ........................................... 19.87 6.9 16.38 16.38 19.70 19.70 26.30

Forestry and conservation scientists ............................. 19.06 9.8 13.18 13.36 19.30 21.67 28.78

Medical scientists ........................................................... 22.06 7.3 14.34 19.36 21.64 25.96 27.87

Health related .................................................................... 24.43 2.5 16.52 19.33 21.17 26.87 35.70

Physicians ...................................................................... 31.04 12.3 11.66 15.50 20.52 49.94 60.10

Registered nurses .......................................................... 22.63 1.3 17.52 19.51 21.09 25.01 30.09

Pharmacists ................................................................... 30.57 8.7 22.82 24.24 28.00 35.01 38.55

Dietitians ........................................................................ 18.18 3.4 14.76 16.48 17.65 18.98 22.02

Respiratory therapists .................................................... 20.08 3.4 17.52 19.39 19.72 19.90 22.45

Occupational therapists ................................................. 26.17 5.5 20.74 22.27 24.86 27.16 38.08

Physical therapists ......................................................... 29.76 9.5 22.12 22.12 27.39 32.20 42.81

Speech therapists .......................................................... 30.32 5.2 22.39 26.17 28.60 36.75 39.55

Therapists, n.e.c. ........................................................... 19.38 5.9 13.75 16.32 19.41 22.01 26.78

Teachers, college and university ....................................... 37.45 2.7 22.23 27.14 34.61 45.32 55.38

Earth, environmental, and marine science teachers ...... 40.68 14.9 20.65 25.95 38.13 60.57 63.59

Biological science teachers ........................................... 37.84 13.4 23.57 27.44 33.10 42.46 61.01

Chemistry teachers ........................................................ 32.89 6.1 26.05 31.32 31.42 33.49 39.11

Physics teachers ............................................................ 39.95 19.9 30.94 30.94 30.94 32.47 73.47

Natural science teachers, n.e.c. .................................... 42.05 7.3 34.91 38.25 38.25 44.61 54.77

Psychology teachers ...................................................... 30.83 12.7 20.90 20.90 27.32 30.98 55.89

History teachers ............................................................. 40.24 12.3 23.98 29.94 39.13 51.28 51.28

Political science teachers .............................................. 35.02 13.1 23.93 23.93 28.69 45.12 53.87

Sociology teachers ........................................................ 39.42 17.4 23.79 23.79 46.39 50.69 50.69

Social science teachers, n.e.c. ...................................... 39.34 5.7 31.21 34.73 39.89 39.89 52.87

Engineering teachers ..................................................... 50.17 10.7 38.99 42.40 42.40 73.54 75.31

Mathematical science teachers ..................................... 38.48 9.1 22.49 25.43 40.80 46.08 51.07

Computer science teachers ........................................... 34.46 18.4 17.01 17.84 43.43 45.38 45.38

Medical science teachers .............................................. 49.23 16.0 28.86 34.20 41.30 60.00 108.01

Health specialties teachers ............................................ 36.90 11.0 24.10 25.26 32.15 40.75 47.07

Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .............. 35.97 9.5 27.11 27.11 34.26 37.93 48.57

Agriculture and forestry teachers ................................... 42.89 25.7 18.54 23.38 43.13 51.20 79.15

Art, drama, and music teachers ..................................... 31.97 10.5 23.50 23.50 28.46 39.75 45.32

Education teachers ........................................................ 40.43 6.7 27.61 31.97 45.64 45.64 46.52

English teachers ............................................................ 41.68 12.0 27.05 31.01 35.18 57.60 57.60

Trade and industrial teachers ........................................ 31.26 3.0 26.36 27.52 32.34 33.40 36.18

Other post-secondary teachers ..................................... 35.44 3.5 20.18 26.32 34.09 42.51 50.08

Teachers, except college and university ............................ 30.52 1.0 21.85 24.92 28.84 35.85 41.35

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ................................. 27.94 2.9 22.46 24.80 27.33 30.23 36.74

Elementary school teachers .......................................... 30.52 1.1 22.22 24.80 28.80 35.73 40.23

Secondary school teachers ........................................... 30.48 1.5 22.30 25.70 28.94 34.54 40.05

Teachers, special education .......................................... 32.58 2.7 22.92 25.83 30.88 39.98 44.27

Teachers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 30.83 3.8 19.18 23.25 29.06 40.87 43.09

Substitute teachers ........................................................ 11.34 6.8 10.00 10.00 10.27 10.27 16.45

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 January 2001–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

Vocational and educational counselors ......................... $30.00 4.8 $19.04 $22.21 $28.91 $36.75 $43.96

Librarians, archivists, and curators .................................... 24.31 4.1 14.34 18.30 21.69 28.74 37.35

Librarians ....................................................................... 24.68 4.3 14.50 18.53 22.73 29.04 37.37

Archivists and curators .................................................. 19.01 10.5 12.34 16.35 19.54 24.08 24.83

Social scientists and urban planners ................................. 27.35 7.5 17.48 20.10 25.88 31.59 44.15

Economists .................................................................... 22.88 7.7 17.18 18.82 24.02 24.02 35.00

Psychologists ................................................................. 30.68 7.7 20.10 24.64 28.56 34.95 47.53

Social scientists, n.e.c. .................................................. 18.25 28.8 11.82 11.82 11.82 19.65 39.20

Urban planners .............................................................. 24.80 4.5 18.02 20.43 24.23 29.64 31.25

Social, recreation, and religious workers ........................... 18.33 1.9 12.25 13.89 17.06 20.94 26.21

Social workers ............................................................... 18.40 2.0 12.27 13.97 17.03 21.10 26.31

Recreation workers ........................................................ 17.03 5.5 10.65 13.17 18.26 19.72 20.08

Lawyers and judges ........................................................... 36.36 6.2 21.17 25.58 33.08 42.88 59.79

Lawyers ......................................................................... 34.64 6.8 21.17 25.58 33.08 42.02 45.84

Judges ........................................................................... 51.12 8.9 32.83 48.90 56.15 62.52 62.52

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,

n.e.c. ................................................................................ 25.34 7.8 15.81 17.99 22.43 28.08 40.65

Designers ....................................................................... 19.41 10.2 12.98 15.39 18.81 23.97 23.97

Public relations specialists ............................................. 25.93 14.8 12.77 20.54 22.59 26.23 53.07

Athletes .......................................................................... 35.26 12.8 19.97 21.48 40.65 40.65 40.65

Professional, n.e.c. ........................................................ 24.44 7.8 15.81 17.88 26.07 28.08 35.04

Technical ............................................................................... 16.44 1.7 10.66 12.81 15.96 19.09 22.88

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .......... 15.87 8.7 10.91 10.91 16.02 18.82 21.39

Health record technologists and technicians ................. 13.46 12.7 8.22 10.52 10.52 17.56 17.56

Radiological technicians ................................................ 17.85 5.1 14.78 14.91 16.02 18.30 23.61

Licensed practical nurses .............................................. 13.58 3.1 8.58 11.45 13.41 15.19 18.14

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. .................. 15.07 3.1 9.84 11.35 14.87 17.92 20.94

Electrical and electronic technicians .............................. 18.41 9.1 15.07 15.07 15.73 22.33 26.06

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ...................................... 18.22 3.2 12.29 15.96 17.95 21.13 23.82

Drafters .......................................................................... 19.71 5.4 14.16 18.09 19.92 21.91 21.99

Surveying and mapping technicians .............................. 18.43 5.6 12.62 14.65 20.28 20.82 22.85

Biological technicians .................................................... 14.17 5.7 8.67 13.40 14.21 16.27 18.02

Chemical technicians ..................................................... 20.60 5.7 16.63 18.43 18.58 23.28 25.75

Science technicians, n.e.c. ............................................ 16.88 4.9 12.75 13.42 17.23 19.09 19.65

Broadcast equipment operators ..................................... 20.77 11.5 12.88 18.53 21.09 28.46 28.46

Computer programmers ................................................. 21.27 5.0 15.49 17.06 21.94 23.58 30.22

Legal assistants ............................................................. 16.17 6.4 11.88 14.55 15.26 19.29 20.31

Technical and related, n.e.c. .......................................... 17.84 4.6 11.39 13.16 17.81 20.98 24.24

Executive, administrative, and managerial ........................... 27.99 2.6 16.13 19.28 25.84 34.02 43.19

Executives, administrators, and managers ........................ 32.33 2.5 18.21 23.35 31.25 38.73 47.52

Legislators ..................................................................... 11.39 42.0 3.46 3.46 5.16 18.84 35.86

Chief executives and general administrators, public

administration .............................................................. 42.75 5.1 27.00 39.28 42.34 49.48 54.50

Administrators and officials, public administration ......... 28.30 2.4 17.43 21.23 28.06 33.45 39.24

Financial managers ....................................................... 38.30 12.0 22.92 30.63 35.93 46.15 58.07

Personnel and labor relations managers ....................... 36.53 6.8 20.10 29.21 37.12 43.66 48.46

Purchasing managers .................................................... 32.36 23.2 17.95 20.22 22.66 47.39 47.39

Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations 35.21 15.8 19.81 27.49 30.77 46.88 46.88

Administrators, education and related fields .................. 37.03 3.8 22.18 29.87 35.99 43.09 50.72

Managers, medicine and health ..................................... 32.54 13.0 16.47 22.55 28.50 41.59 63.93

Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments .. 21.66 14.4 13.32 16.48 16.48 25.50 35.82

Managers, properties and real estate ............................ 23.21 7.7 17.21 20.98 20.98 29.92 32.22

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ........................ 22.71 4.6 13.32 17.83 22.41 27.03 31.36

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ............................. 30.09 4.3 18.10 21.79 28.76 36.83 42.38

Management related .......................................................... 21.12 2.3 14.10 17.11 20.20 25.14 28.67

Accountants and auditors .............................................. 20.14 3.3 14.75 16.94 19.01 22.33 28.19

Other financial officers ................................................... 25.16 7.0 18.21 20.83 26.04 28.25 34.02

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 January 2001–Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued

Management related –Continued

Management analysts .................................................... $21.89 6.2 $17.10 $17.94 $21.26 $26.10 $29.16

Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ........ 20.82 3.8 12.47 15.70 21.00 23.97 28.56

Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ........................... 16.71 9.3 11.38 11.38 16.60 17.63 21.73

Construction inspectors ................................................. 22.29 3.8 16.58 17.66 22.21 26.24 28.55

Inspectors and compliance officers, except

construction ................................................................. 19.81 3.5 15.72 17.15 19.28 21.71 25.85

Management related, n.e.c. ........................................... 22.50 3.2 13.83 17.50 22.42 26.19 31.52

Sales ......................................................................................... 13.68 5.9 8.34 9.73 12.15 16.47 21.01

Supervisors, sales ......................................................... 16.04 9.9 12.15 12.15 14.29 17.81 21.01

Real estate sales ........................................................... 23.81 6.9 17.19 23.20 25.54 25.54 27.32

Cashiers ......................................................................... 11.52 5.1 8.34 8.99 10.40 13.38 16.10

Administrative support, including clerical ............................ 13.31 1.1 8.97 10.44 12.83 15.28 18.29

Supervisors, general office ............................................ 17.40 3.5 12.85 14.71 16.92 19.32 23.25

Supervisors, financial records processing ..................... 18.57 5.9 14.02 15.33 17.20 19.52 27.17

Chief communications operators ................................... 18.87 8.0 14.95 15.65 17.03 20.91 24.48

Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting

clerks ........................................................................... 18.19 9.3 10.95 15.55 17.43 22.40 23.76

Computer operators ....................................................... 14.11 6.4 11.43 11.92 12.79 14.79 20.34

Secretaries ..................................................................... 13.95 2.3 9.86 11.38 13.25 16.23 19.22

Stenographers ............................................................... 18.58 8.6 10.29 12.49 17.82 20.03 29.37

Typists ........................................................................... 13.13 2.1 10.01 11.87 13.18 14.56 15.95

Interviewers ................................................................... 10.46 8.6 7.69 7.92 9.72 12.46 15.40

Receptionists ................................................................. 10.42 4.4 8.08 8.85 10.73 11.95 12.82

Information clerks, n.e.c. ................................................ 14.47 5.3 10.12 11.78 13.75 16.47 20.10

Order clerks ................................................................... 17.26 11.6 12.36 12.36 15.31 22.10 24.24

Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping ......... 13.68 6.7 10.55 10.55 14.18 15.18 18.02

Library clerks ................................................................. 11.69 3.9 8.25 9.44 11.31 14.01 16.16

File clerks ....................................................................... 10.55 7.1 7.17 9.30 10.12 11.68 14.34

Records clerks, n.e.c. .................................................... 12.50 3.6 8.72 9.94 12.43 14.00 15.98

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ............... 13.66 2.3 9.77 11.05 13.53 15.27 17.72

Payroll and timekeeping clerks ...................................... 15.24 3.6 12.43 13.51 14.66 17.38 18.78

Billing clerks ................................................................... 12.94 7.5 8.04 9.87 12.83 15.90 17.17

Duplicating machine operators ...................................... 9.31 2.4 8.64 8.64 9.32 9.32 9.32

Telephone operators ...................................................... 11.63 8.1 6.85 8.82 11.35 13.68 17.11

Mail clerks, except postal service .................................. 9.38 8.6 7.98 7.98 7.98 10.79 13.04

Messengers ................................................................... 11.14 8.6 9.31 9.53 9.92 12.83 15.65

Dispatchers .................................................................... 14.76 5.0 9.70 11.11 13.63 17.12 22.14

Production coordinators ................................................. 18.57 16.1 9.65 11.68 24.22 25.37 25.37

Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ............................. 13.33 4.6 8.89 11.46 15.09 15.09 15.09

Stock and inventory clerks ............................................. 13.13 4.2 9.04 10.68 12.81 15.20 19.10

Meter readers ................................................................ 15.13 6.2 9.71 11.98 13.58 17.72 19.66

Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 17.53 7.4 11.38 17.90 18.79 20.22 20.22

Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ........ 15.33 9.8 12.20 12.20 16.89 16.89 21.55

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ............... 15.57 4.1 11.44 13.43 15.66 17.45 19.20

Eligibility clerks, social welfare ....................................... 15.23 2.4 11.65 13.14 15.28 16.52 18.15

Bill and account collectors ............................................. 14.00 5.9 9.92 11.94 13.37 16.94 17.03

General office clerks ...................................................... 12.68 1.7 9.02 10.37 12.35 14.27 16.87

Data entry keyers ........................................................... 12.05 3.8 8.75 11.10 12.31 13.71 14.87

Statistical clerks ............................................................. 10.92 10.6 7.68 8.31 10.13 11.84 15.64

Teachers’ aides ............................................................. 10.09 1.7 7.95 8.73 9.43 10.93 13.40

Administrative support, n.e.c. ........................................ 13.98 2.4 9.75 11.24 13.86 15.63 18.98

Blue collar .................................................................................... 16.06 1.3 9.71 12.20 15.47 19.07 23.09

Precision production, craft, and repair .................................. 18.10 1.7 11.55 14.07 17.27 21.48 25.96

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .......................... 22.41 4.5 14.78 17.64 21.93 25.56 30.17

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 January 2001–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 ................................................... $19.42 8.0 $12.90 $14.27 $19.41 $24.93 $26.30

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ................ 17.45 4.2 11.40 15.35 17.58 20.30 21.22

Heavy equipment mechanics ......................................... 18.35 5.9 11.55 14.77 19.38 21.22 22.25

Industrial machinery repairers ....................................... 20.84 7.3 13.08 16.40 19.98 25.22 27.66

Machinery maintenance ................................................. 14.45 14.9 9.88 9.88 11.70 20.10 21.61

Electronic repairers, communications and industrial

equipment .................................................................... 19.72 7.3 12.74 14.41 19.77 23.84 24.86

Data processing equipment repairers ............................ 16.87 2.1 14.95 16.90 16.90 17.28 17.85

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics .. 16.08 4.6 11.60 15.04 16.62 18.22 18.45

Mechanical controls and valve repairers ....................... 18.97 5.5 13.57 16.09 19.32 21.04 24.73

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ..................................... 15.53 3.3 10.80 12.25 15.02 17.56 21.81

Supervisors, electricians and power transmission

installers ....................................................................... 23.03 9.3 15.00 18.24 24.50 27.84 31.37

Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...... 25.59 12.5 14.47 17.57 30.87 30.87 30.87

Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ......................... 19.15 5.0 13.71 15.69 17.07 21.62 24.72

Carpenters ..................................................................... 19.14 6.8 12.44 13.21 18.47 24.38 28.16

Electricians .................................................................... 19.37 4.9 14.04 15.99 17.19 22.55 28.65

Electrical power installers and repairers ........................ 22.29 5.3 15.55 19.42 22.37 25.96 27.48

Painters, construction and maintenance ........................ 18.25 7.4 11.37 13.84 19.92 22.18 25.60

Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ........................... 17.53 6.1 11.30 14.25 16.05 19.67 25.63

Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators ... 13.32 1.8 11.82 11.82 13.79 13.92 14.65

Construction trades, n.e.c. ............................................. 14.21 4.1 9.31 11.16 13.73 16.92 20.46

Supervisors, production ................................................. 21.08 12.4 13.15 14.52 18.06 25.11 35.18

Machinists ...................................................................... 20.68 8.5 16.80 18.39 18.39 20.58 29.30

Inspectors, testers, and graders .................................... 19.78 3.8 16.86 18.51 19.27 21.31 21.31

Water and sewer treatment plant operators .................. 17.36 3.3 11.62 14.43 17.16 20.54 22.65

Power plant operators .................................................... 24.20 6.1 17.38 18.60 21.83 30.08 33.58

Stationary engineers ...................................................... 20.44 7.3 11.55 17.13 20.24 26.93 27.89

Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c. ......... 16.03 6.4 11.08 15.86 16.49 17.03 18.37

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ................. 15.32 7.6 9.13 11.02 14.16 18.81 21.96

Printing press operators ................................................. 13.82 2.3 12.17 13.54 13.88 14.16 15.47

Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators ........... 9.89 8.9 5.95 8.89 9.27 10.93 14.00

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ...................... 19.02 13.2 10.17 11.02 19.59 24.66 29.71

Welders and cutters ....................................................... 19.77 8.6 12.42 16.46 21.96 21.96 22.00

Transportation and material moving ..................................... 15.10 2.2 9.97 11.95 14.70 18.02 21.06

Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ............................ 17.35 12.0 12.38 12.38 15.47 21.73 24.96

Truck drivers .................................................................. 14.76 4.5 9.36 10.95 14.19 17.69 21.42

Bus drivers ..................................................................... 15.55 2.3 10.83 12.93 15.85 18.02 19.52

Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ...................................... 7.71 17.3 5.57 5.57 5.57 9.32 11.03

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ............................................ 15.40 8.1 8.54 11.58 14.99 16.60 21.54

Locomotive operating .................................................... 20.82 3.1 18.00 20.87 21.61 21.61 22.15

Bridge, lock and lighthouse tenders ............................... 11.96 1.9 12.09 12.09 12.09 12.09 12.09

Supervisors, material moving equipment ....................... 18.04 10.0 12.07 12.07 19.92 19.92 21.06

Operating engineers ...................................................... 14.34 8.9 9.95 10.20 13.40 16.23 23.42

Excavating and loading machine operators ................... 14.66 8.5 9.39 10.74 13.75 18.80 22.91

Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators ......................... 13.91 7.2 9.21 11.06 12.29 14.70 22.59

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ........... 13.19 5.7 9.23 11.49 14.06 15.36 15.36

Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 14.23 4.2 9.93 11.45 13.36 16.98 18.77

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......... 13.23 2.6 7.97 9.63 12.77 16.30 19.07

Supervisors, agriculture-related workers ....................... 19.48 5.0 12.42 16.20 21.39 21.85 22.78

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ............... 12.30 3.5 8.00 9.16 11.60 14.46 17.63

Animal caretakers, except farm ..................................... 14.13 10.7 7.60 11.70 16.36 16.36 16.36

Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and

laborers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 17.33 6.3 12.35 13.42 17.14 20.50 21.73

Helpers, mechanics and repairers ................................. 14.01 7.5 9.28 10.14 13.72 16.12 19.83

Helpers, construction trades .......................................... 13.04 6.2 8.96 11.22 11.96 14.29 17.80

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 January 2001–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

Construction laborers ..................................................... $12.09 4.8 $6.80 $10.17 $11.70 $14.20 $16.54

Production helpers ......................................................... 11.99 19.9 7.93 7.93 8.00 16.50 16.50

Garbage collectors ......................................................... 15.38 10.0 8.23 12.63 16.90 19.07 19.07

Stock handlers and baggers .......................................... 12.94 9.5 8.82 10.12 13.13 13.17 16.64

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .................. 11.09 11.0 5.65 8.58 10.08 13.50 15.98

Garage and service station related ................................ 12.57 7.8 9.75 11.09 11.29 14.91 14.91

Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ..................... 13.19 4.7 10.57 11.37 13.48 13.48 16.41

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ............................. 12.49 3.6 7.58 8.63 12.45 15.54 17.99

Service .......................................................................................... 15.97 1.6 8.54 10.95 14.13 20.45 25.16

Protective service .............................................................. 19.43 2.1 12.05 13.79 18.87 23.48 27.73

Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention .................. 23.12 4.6 16.23 18.46 21.95 26.42 33.74

Supervisors, police and detectives ................................ 27.06 3.2 15.73 22.22 27.09 32.35 36.65

Supervisors, guards ....................................................... 23.79 8.3 14.09 15.26 23.62 33.17 33.43

Fire inspection and fire prevention ................................. 21.58 5.0 14.22 18.82 22.60 25.67 26.29

Firefighting ..................................................................... 17.18 2.8 10.93 13.63 16.12 21.12 24.20

Police and detectives, public service ............................. 21.53 1.5 14.47 17.66 21.21 24.21 28.32

Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers ..... 17.59 2.8 11.63 13.49 17.35 20.72 25.16

Correctional institution officers ....................................... 16.07 4.9 11.53 12.81 14.32 19.41 22.47

Guards and police, except public service ...................... 13.77 3.9 9.81 11.58 13.43 16.44 17.20

Protective service, n.e.c. ................................................ 15.22 6.7 9.31 11.42 12.84 19.21 23.10

Food service ...................................................................... 10.47 2.3 7.36 8.17 9.85 11.67 14.50

Other food service ........................................................... 10.42 2.3 7.36 8.14 9.63 11.52 14.50

Supervisors, food preparation and service .................... 13.43 5.7 10.58 11.18 12.37 15.04 17.93

Cooks ............................................................................. 10.44 2.7 7.76 8.93 10.27 11.47 13.91

Kitchen workers, food preparation ................................. 8.73 3.8 6.92 7.13 8.00 9.31 12.05

Food preparation, n.e.c. ................................................. 9.75 3.0 7.58 7.96 8.99 10.95 12.34

Health service .................................................................... 11.97 2.2 8.16 9.46 11.79 14.17 15.73

Dental assistants ........................................................... 11.21 11.5 8.78 9.36 9.36 15.08 15.08

Health aides, except nursing ......................................... 12.85 3.7 8.80 9.96 13.31 14.62 16.76

Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ........................ 11.67 2.5 8.09 9.15 11.28 13.58 15.64

Cleaning and building service ............................................ 11.80 2.0 7.72 9.04 11.26 13.49 16.59

Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers ...... 16.31 8.0 10.63 11.35 16.05 21.19 22.29

Maids and housemen .................................................... 8.06 4.8 6.32 7.16 7.75 8.43 9.84

Janitors and cleaners ..................................................... 11.49 1.6 7.76 9.01 11.11 13.27 15.86

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 January 2001–Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Service –Continued

Personal service ................................................................ $10.96 4.2 $6.89 $8.41 $10.28 $12.82 $16.06

Supervisors, personal service ........................................ 16.81 8.7 11.97 12.80 17.02 19.33 25.55

Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities .......... 9.05 8.5 6.10 6.14 8.53 10.89 12.82

Public transportation attendants .................................... 15.43 9.3 9.25 13.19 17.61 17.61 17.61

Welfare service aides .................................................... 11.12 6.8 6.83 8.40 10.64 13.66 16.11

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .............................. 9.68 4.0 6.93 8.49 9.56 10.53 12.26

Child care workers, n.e.c. .............................................. 11.58 15.1 6.89 6.89 10.64 13.49 17.14

Service, n.e.c. ................................................................ 11.74 4.0 8.27 9.30 11.39 13.05 15.09

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 March 2000 and

January 2002. The average reference period was January 2001. 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, 2001, on the BLS

Internet site http:www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm or any of our published NCS locality

bulletins. 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, 2001, on the BLS Internet site

http:www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm or any of our published NCS locality bulletins. 

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 January 2001

Occupation3

Part-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

All ...................................................................................................... $13.65 2.3 $7.05 $8.53 $10.92 $15.44 $23.51

All, excluding sales .................................................................... 13.70 2.3 7.13 8.55 10.97 15.56 24.00

White collar .................................................................................. 16.66 3.1 7.72 9.73 13.39 20.75 31.87

White collar, excluding sales ................................................. 16.80 3.1 7.87 9.93 13.57 20.80 31.92

Professional specialty and technical ..................................... 21.83 3.4 9.49 12.84 20.48 28.00 36.22

Professional specialty ............................................................ 22.93 3.2 9.33 14.11 21.58 30.30 38.37

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ................................. – – – ––––

Mathematical and computer scientists ............................... – – – ––––

Natural scientists ............................................................... – – – ––––

Health related .................................................................... 27.29 5.0 19.36 21.53 23.21 31.97 36.22

Physicians ...................................................................... 65.08 7.9 37.73 63.17 63.17 67.80 72.43

Registered nurses .......................................................... 25.73 6.2 19.77 21.53 22.96 31.66 36.22

Teachers, college and university ....................................... 29.75 4.8 18.84 24.12 28.11 38.61 40.93

Biological science teachers ........................................... 31.89 22.8 17.68 17.68 32.88 33.15 69.59

Mathematical science teachers ..................................... 29.26 13.6 22.15 22.15 22.15 36.30 45.13

Computer science teachers ........................................... 26.59 5.9 25.00 25.00 25.00 25.00 31.88

Health specialties teachers ............................................ 30.32 12.4 19.05 20.00 35.50 38.33 38.33

Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .............. 37.90 9.3 27.45 27.45 37.31 42.28 51.54

Art, drama, and music teachers ..................................... 32.09 12.9 22.86 22.86 32.18 40.28 40.28

English teachers ............................................................ 33.70 8.1 21.00 29.56 32.00 40.46 40.46

Foreign language teachers ............................................ 33.37 18.7 17.95 17.95 40.93 43.78 47.98

Trade and industrial teachers ........................................ 28.40 12.3 19.05 19.05 28.65 36.30 37.93

Other post-secondary teachers ..................................... 29.12 4.6 18.84 21.33 29.33 36.70 39.68

Teachers, except college and university ............................ 19.21 6.0 7.88 10.00 16.91 27.23 36.40

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ................................. 25.16 14.8 15.31 15.32 28.00 35.96 35.96

Elementary school teachers .......................................... 26.69 7.7 12.99 19.20 28.15 33.98 38.37

Secondary school teachers ........................................... 30.57 7.2 21.82 27.97 30.81 34.01 39.09

Teachers, special education .......................................... 18.44 22.1 9.23 10.40 11.50 29.93 43.32

Teachers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 22.17 15.5 8.00 10.63 20.00 36.09 38.80

Substitute teachers ........................................................ 12.27 6.6 6.87 8.75 10.32 14.50 20.75

Vocational and educational counselors ......................... 25.14 14.9 13.65 20.80 20.80 26.71 41.84

Librarians, archivists, and curators .................................... 20.05 12.0 12.34 14.38 19.05 22.29 34.51

Librarians ....................................................................... 20.04 13.2 12.34 13.87 18.05 22.29 34.51

Social scientists and urban planners ................................. 27.92 11.1 20.20 24.99 26.61 29.76 48.58

Psychologists ................................................................. 28.69 11.3 20.20 24.99 26.61 32.19 48.58

Social, recreation, and religious workers ........................... 15.83 6.3 9.00 11.86 15.57 20.09 21.82

Social workers ............................................................... 17.90 6.1 12.04 13.88 20.03 20.34 22.44

Recreation workers ........................................................ 11.12 9.0 7.19 8.00 9.66 13.12 15.57

Lawyers and judges ........................................................... 29.29 11.0 15.27 22.29 27.14 28.26 39.13

Lawyers ......................................................................... 30.16 11.8 15.27 27.14 27.14 28.26 39.13

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,

n.e.c. ................................................................................ 19.53 12.1 8.80 12.88 18.00 27.75 29.87

Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c. ............. 18.22 4.6 16.41 16.41 17.67 18.54 18.54

Athletes .......................................................................... 13.27 18.0 7.34 8.80 15.32 18.00 18.00

Technical ............................................................................... 15.85 8.6 10.00 11.70 13.80 18.74 23.13

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .......... 17.66 3.6 15.39 15.39 18.00 18.22 19.82

Radiological technicians ................................................ 31.22 9.3 17.11 32.66 32.66 35.78 35.78

Licensed practical nurses .............................................. 16.64 6.5 13.59 13.93 15.39 16.57 25.72

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. .................. 12.65 9.0 6.87 9.64 11.83 15.02 20.36

Technical and related, n.e.c. .......................................... 13.10 7.2 10.19 11.70 11.70 13.48 16.67

Executive, administrative, and managerial ........................... 18.27 11.5 4.04 10.02 15.93 23.22 27.16

Executives, administrators, and managers ........................ 18.63 19.1 4.04 8.42 14.62 24.00 28.05

Legislators ..................................................................... 13.32 26.4 4.04 4.04 10.00 17.31 28.05

Administrators and officials, public administration ......... 49.15 36.4 26.44 26.44 26.44 82.50 82.50

Management related .......................................................... 17.82 10.2 10.02 11.47 19.20 22.15 26.01

Management related, n.e.c. ........................................... 12.84 14.6 6.00 10.02 12.20 15.09 23.22

Sales ......................................................................................... 8.82 6.5 6.37 6.55 8.23 10.59 12.19

Cashiers ......................................................................... 9.02 7.3 6.55 6.55 8.66 11.39 12.56

Administrative support, including clerical ............................ 11.39 3.6 7.13 8.56 11.05 13.60 17.06

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 January 2001–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 ..................................................................... $11.04 4.7 $8.00 $9.00 $11.34 $12.46 $13.39

Typists ........................................................................... 11.68 6.3 8.87 9.54 12.77 12.77 12.77

Receptionists ................................................................. 9.46 5.0 7.41 8.41 8.88 10.48 10.75

Information clerks, n.e.c. ................................................ 14.22 11.1 8.69 11.09 16.71 16.71 16.71

Library clerks ................................................................. 9.64 3.6 6.45 7.42 8.50 11.73 13.89

Records clerks, n.e.c. .................................................... 11.87 8.8 9.48 9.48 13.00 14.05 14.11

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ............... 12.18 7.7 9.40 10.01 11.90 15.39 15.39

Dispatchers .................................................................... 11.72 15.3 6.36 7.00 10.98 11.50 20.59

General office clerks ...................................................... 9.74 10.5 5.15 6.65 9.53 11.81 14.66

Teachers’ aides ............................................................. 12.23 4.8 7.87 9.54 11.50 14.88 17.86

Administrative support, n.e.c. ........................................ 11.96 8.3 6.98 9.30 11.55 13.75 17.34

Blue collar .................................................................................... 12.03 2.5 8.00 9.33 12.10 14.34 16.38

Precision production, craft, and repair .................................. 11.68 12.3 8.61 8.61 10.25 14.10 18.90

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ................. 11.97 4.1 10.93 10.97 12.58 13.14 13.14

Transportation and material moving ..................................... 12.94 2.6 8.92 10.43 12.68 14.49 16.48

Truck drivers .................................................................. 9.54 9.1 8.42 8.42 8.82 8.82 13.06

Bus drivers ..................................................................... 13.04 2.7 9.13 10.55 12.89 14.54 16.61

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......... 8.84 6.8 5.90 7.00 8.50 9.43 12.15

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ............... 8.88 5.1 7.00 7.77 8.50 8.99 10.44

Construction laborers ..................................................... 8.99 5.1 5.86 9.43 9.43 9.43 9.43

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ............................. 7.53 5.9 5.90 5.90 7.51 8.41 9.22

Service .......................................................................................... 9.60 1.6 6.72 7.75 9.16 10.79 12.66

Protective service .............................................................. 11.37 3.8 7.05 8.30 10.97 12.42 15.97

Firefighting ..................................................................... 9.36 8.7 7.20 7.45 8.50 9.13 12.67

Police and detectives, public service ............................. 15.22 14.0 10.57 11.28 11.68 17.04 28.00

Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers ..... 14.95 9.5 7.94 12.74 15.00 15.97 16.20

Crossing guards ............................................................. 9.25 4.6 6.67 7.60 8.94 11.52 11.72

Guards and police, except public service ...................... 11.82 6.6 6.97 8.49 11.48 13.83 18.28

Protective service, n.e.c. ................................................ 10.38 9.2 7.05 8.00 11.65 12.42 12.42

Food service ...................................................................... 8.98 1.9 6.58 7.74 8.67 10.35 11.29

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ............................... 7.40 12.1 6.25 6.25 6.25 9.32 9.91

Other food service ........................................................... 9.01 1.9 6.72 7.75 8.67 10.35 11.31

Cooks ............................................................................. 9.59 3.9 7.75 8.32 9.65 10.61 11.93

Kitchen workers, food preparation ................................. 8.88 4.9 6.50 7.44 8.18 10.11 11.29

Food preparation, n.e.c. ................................................. 8.92 2.6 6.66 7.84 8.60 10.35 11.31

Health service .................................................................... 10.59 6.1 7.60 8.50 10.15 12.59 15.44

Health aides, except nursing ......................................... 11.87 4.8 9.75 10.22 12.10 13.41 14.21

Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ........................ 10.23 7.1 7.50 8.13 9.05 11.14 15.44

Cleaning and building service ............................................ 9.63 4.1 6.15 8.02 9.51 11.01 12.66

Maids and housemen .................................................... 12.73 9.6 6.98 11.59 14.48 14.48 14.48

Janitors and cleaners ..................................................... 9.47 3.9 6.10 7.69 9.05 10.84 12.66

Personal service ................................................................ 9.13 2.5 6.64 7.40 8.75 10.29 12.42

Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities .......... 7.72 2.9 5.93 6.79 7.35 8.43 9.54

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 January 2001–Continued

Occupation3

Part-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Service –Continued

Personal service –Continued

Public transportation attendants .................................... $10.79 7.8 $8.71 $9.23 $10.57 $13.60 $13.60

Welfare service aides .................................................... 9.50 7.4 6.00 8.14 10.43 10.43 13.50

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .............................. 9.56 5.9 6.75 7.40 8.28 10.94 13.60

Child care workers, n.e.c. .............................................. 9.71 3.4 6.77 9.20 10.10 10.29 12.08

Service, n.e.c. ................................................................ 8.63 5.2 6.27 7.01 7.63 10.17 12.57

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 March 2000 and

January 2002. The average reference period was January 2001. 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, 2001, on the BLS

Internet site http:www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm or any of our published NCS locality

bulletins. 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, 2001, on the BLS Internet site

http:www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm or any of our published NCS locality bulletins. 

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 January 2001

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 ............................................................... $678 1.1 39.6 $652 1.3 39.7 $814 0.8 38.8

All, excluding sales ............................. 681 1.1 39.5 652 1.3 39.7 815 .8 38.8

White collar ........................................... 823 1.4 39.5 802 1.8 39.8 900 .8 38.3

White collar, excluding sales .......... 853 1.4 39.4 837 1.9 39.7 902 .8 38.3

Professional specialty and

technical ...................................... 1,033 2.1 38.9 1,025 3.2 39.5 1,049 .8 37.8

Professional specialty ..................... 1,110 2.4 38.9 1,122 4.0 39.7 1,091 .8 37.6

Engineers, architects, and

surveyors .............................. 1,269 2.7 40.7 1,285 3.0 40.8 1,091 1.9 39.4

Architects ................................ 956 6.8 39.7 941 7.0 39.8 1,101 4.0 39.1

Aerospace engineers .............. 1,335 6.0 40.1 1,335 6.0 40.1 – – –

Metallurgical and materials

engineers .......................... 1,226 4.7 39.9 1,293 3.5 40.0 – – –

Petroleum engineers .............. 1,519 6.2 40.0 1,519 6.2 40.0 – – –

Chemical engineers ................ 1,409 3.7 40.3 1,410 3.7 40.3 – – –

Nuclear engineers .................. 1,409 2.0 40.0 1,435 2.2 40.0 – – –

Civil engineers ........................ 1,151 3.2 40.2 1,171 4.6 40.8 1,116 2.8 39.3

Electrical and electronic

engineers .......................... 1,419 6.0 41.0 1,427 6.1 41.1 1,170 6.5 40.3

Industrial engineers ................ 1,120 3.2 40.7 1,124 3.3 40.7 847 6.6 39.7

Mechanical engineers ............. 1,113 2.0 42.1 1,117 2.0 42.3 – – –

Engineers, n.e.c. ..................... 1,408 5.6 40.4 1,436 5.9 40.4 1,066 4.5 39.6

Surveyors and mapping

scientists ........................... 1,259 5.2 39.9 1,282 5.0 40.0 – – –

Mathematical and computer

scientists ............................... 1,224 2.8 40.1 1,252 3.0 40.1 960 2.9 39.7

Computer systems analysts

and scientists .................... 1,224 2.8 40.1 1,258 3.0 40.2 963 3.0 39.7

Operations and systems

researchers and analysts 1,222 10.7 40.1 1,225 10.8 40.1 – – –

Actuaries ................................. 1,376 6.1 38.3 1,376 6.1 38.3 – – –

Statisticians ............................ 1,050 6.2 39.4 1,096 6.7 39.5 – – –

Natural scientists ........................ 1,118 5.1 39.8 1,232 4.2 39.8 877 4.3 39.8

Physicists and astronomers .... 1,564 7.9 40.0 1,601 7.8 40.0 – – –

Chemists, except biochemists 1,271 5.0 39.8 1,291 5.5 39.8 1,115 4.2 40.0

Atmospheric and space

scientists ........................... 1,083 15.5 40.8 1,067 16.4 40.3 – – –

Geologists and geodesists ..... 1,197 8.7 40.1 1,249 10.1 40.1 1,031 15.2 40.0

Physical scientists, n.e.c. ........ 1,241 8.6 39.9 – – – 919 4.4 39.7

Agricultural and food scientists 892 9.3 39.7 924 16.5 39.1 879 11.1 40.0

Biological and life scientists .... 939 8.8 39.6 1,091 7.0 39.6 786 6.0 39.6

Forestry and conservation

scientists ........................... 781 9.3 40.2 – – – 759 9.8 39.8

Medical scientists ................... 994 6.3 39.5 1,058 7.6 39.4 877 7.5 39.8

Health related ............................. 1,127 10.4 39.4 1,165 12.4 39.4 970 2.5 39.7

Physicians .............................. 2,474 23.0 41.4 2,697 23.6 40.6 1,406 13.4 45.3

Dentists ................................... 1,570 9.9 39.5 – – – – – –

Optometrists ........................... 1,647 8.7 39.9 1,647 8.7 39.9 – – –

Registered nurses .................. 877 1.2 39.0 875 1.5 39.0 883 1.3 39.0

Pharmacists ............................ 1,340 1.4 39.8 1,355 1.2 39.8 1,218 8.7 39.9

Dietitians ................................. 760 3.3 39.7 779 3.9 39.8 718 3.2 39.5

Respiratory therapists ............. 742 1.8 39.0 739 2.0 39.0 764 3.5 38.1

Occupational therapists .......... 878 6.7 38.5 829 9.0 38.8 988 3.8 37.8

Physical therapists .................. 922 5.2 39.6 893 4.8 39.8 1,133 8.2 38.1

Speech therapists ................... 1,053 3.1 38.3 919 3.7 39.8 1,134 4.3 37.4

Therapists, n.e.c. .................... 724 4.4 39.1 705 5.9 39.1 759 6.1 39.2

Teachers, college and university 1,502 2.7 38.9 1,596 6.2 38.1 1,466 2.7 39.2

Earth, environmental, and

marine science teachers ... 1,516 11.1 36.9 – – – 1,479 11.6 36.4

Biological science teachers .... 1,401 11.5 36.3 1,532 14.6 37.9 1,348 15.0 35.6

Chemistry teachers ................. 1,501 7.9 40.8 1,928 12.4 36.7 1,380 5.0 42.0

Physics teachers .................... 1,702 9.6 37.9 1,822 8.6 38.0 1,509 16.8 37.8

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 January 2001 — 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

Natural science teachers,

n.e.c. ................................. $1,496 6.7 38.1 – – – $1,650 6.8 39.2

Psychology teachers .............. 1,462 10.7 38.6 $1,784 9.7 36.4 1,235 12.8 40.1

Economics teachers ............... 2,482 9.7 43.2 1,226 9.8 37.0 – – –

History teachers ...................... 1,576 9.3 39.9 1,396 10.0 37.3 1,647 10.7 40.9

Political science teachers ....... 1,283 9.0 39.9 1,119 8.1 41.3 1,370 12.3 39.1

Sociology teachers ................. 1,549 16.8 39.6 – – – 1,563 17.6 39.7

Social science teachers, n.e.c. 1,558 5.2 39.2 1,547 10.0 36.9 1,559 5.8 39.6

Engineering teachers .............. 1,942 8.0 40.6 1,522 10.5 36.2 2,140 7.8 42.6

Mathematical science

teachers ............................ 1,459 6.6 38.9 1,362 7.7 39.4 1,490 8.1 38.7

Computer science teachers .... 1,209 16.3 38.3 970 16.6 38.5 1,318 17.1 38.3

Medical science teachers ....... 2,002 9.6 40.4 2,044 9.4 40.9 1,967 16.0 40.0

Health specialties teachers ..... 1,471 9.7 38.9 1,779 14.3 43.5 1,394 11.7 37.8

Business, commerce, and

marketing teachers ........... 1,531 8.3 38.3 1,694 9.3 36.5 1,419 8.9 39.5

Agriculture and forestry

teachers ............................ 1,553 20.0 36.2 – – – 1,553 20.0 36.2

Art, drama, and music

teachers ............................ 1,209 7.9 38.7 1,178 7.7 39.0 1,229 12.2 38.4

Physical education teachers ... 1,379 9.6 37.0 1,269 10.6 37.2 – – –

Education teachers ................. 1,517 5.5 37.7 1,460 10.9 36.5 1,546 5.7 38.2

English teachers ..................... 1,503 9.7 37.9 1,271 10.7 37.8 1,578 11.2 37.9

Foreign language teachers ..... 1,075 18.4 41.3 1,265 3.9 37.8 – – –

Law teachers .......................... 2,033 11.5 39.3 2,222 9.2 39.2 – – –

Theology teachers .................. 1,513 4.1 39.8 1,350 7.6 37.8 – – –

Trade and industrial teachers 1,088 5.6 38.5 – – – 1,190 2.2 38.1

Other post-secondary

teachers ............................ 1,471 5.5 38.7 1,759 16.1 37.6 1,385 3.6 39.1

Teachers, except college and

university .............................. 1,047 1.2 36.7 653 3.5 38.3 1,113 .9 36.5

Prekindergarten and

kindergarten ...................... 676 7.0 38.2 430 4.2 39.0 1,031 2.6 36.9

Elementary school teachers ... 1,080 1.1 36.5 745 6.0 37.3 1,112 1.0 36.4

Secondary school teachers .... 1,120 1.3 37.1 997 3.5 38.3 1,127 1.3 37.0

Teachers, special education ... 1,088 2.8 35.6 742 4.2 37.6 1,147 2.0 35.2

Teachers, n.e.c. ...................... 991 5.0 36.5 646 7.0 38.7 1,104 3.0 35.8

Substitute teachers ................. 392 8.5 34.6 – – – 392 8.5 34.6

Vocational and educational

counselors ........................ 1,012 4.1 37.7 657 5.9 39.0 1,120 3.8 37.3

Librarians, archivists, and

curators ................................. 889 3.7 38.3 832 5.5 38.6 925 3.8 38.1

Librarians ................................ 904 3.6 38.1 835 6.8 38.3 938 4.0 38.0

Archivists and curators ........... 797 6.1 39.1 823 8.2 39.4 732 12.2 38.5

Social scientists and urban

planners ................................ 1,053 4.4 39.0 1,055 5.8 39.4 1,048 6.0 38.3

Economists ............................. 1,178 5.0 39.7 1,197 5.0 39.7 915 7.7 40.0

Psychologists .......................... 1,054 5.7 38.9 – – – 1,157 5.3 37.7

Social scientists, n.e.c. ........... 878 22.7 38.7 1,224 14.1 36.5 725 28.6 39.7

Urban planners ....................... 952 4.0 39.2 – – – 973 4.0 39.2

Social, recreation, and religious

workers ................................. 607 7.0 39.4 536 8.7 39.6 717 1.8 39.1

Social workers ........................ 603 7.3 39.3 527 8.7 39.5 719 1.9 39.1

Recreation workers ................. 613 4.8 39.1 541 7.1 38.5 674 5.4 39.6

Clergy ..................................... 838 17.2 45.4 838 17.2 45.4 – – –

Religious workers, n.e.c. ........ 776 17.0 39.7 776 17.0 39.7 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 January 2001 — 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

Lawyers and judges .................... $1,546 9.3 39.5 – – – $1,408 6.3 38.7

Lawyers .................................. 1,537 9.3 39.5 – – – 1,337 6.8 38.6

Judges .................................... 2,025 9.4 39.6 – – – 2,025 9.4 39.6

Writers, authors, entertainers,

athletes, and professionals,

n.e.c. ..................................... 929 3.7 39.0 $924 4.0 39.0 1,004 7.9 39.6

Technical writers ..................... 778 10.8 40.3 777 10.9 40.3 – – –

Designers ............................... 848 6.5 39.5 849 6.6 39.5 772 10.4 39.8

Musicians and composers ...... 894 33.6 30.3 901 34.1 30.2 – – –

Actors and directors ................ 1,451 24.3 41.3 1,451 24.3 41.3 – – –

Painters, sculptors, craft

artists, and artist

printmakers ....................... 872 19.7 39.9 880 20.6 39.9 – – –

Photographers ........................ 767 8.5 40.1 770 9.4 40.1 – – –

Artists, performers, and

related workers, n.e.c. ...... 742 22.1 38.5 768 27.1 38.9 – – –

Editors and reporters .............. 955 6.3 39.5 958 6.4 39.5 – – –

Public relations specialists ...... 953 6.8 39.3 922 6.7 39.1 1,026 15.0 39.6

Athletes ................................... 955 6.9 39.7 913 8.2 39.7 1,410 12.8 40.0

Professional, n.e.c. ................. 1,169 3.4 39.9 1,199 3.6 39.9 973 8.0 39.8

Technical ........................................ 759 1.7 39.0 778 1.9 38.9 651 1.7 39.6

Clinical laboratory

technologists and

technicians ........................ 608 5.4 38.5 605 6.3 38.3 625 8.2 39.4

Dental hygienists .................... 977 10.1 35.9 – – – – – –

Health record technologists

and technicians ................. 450 12.5 39.7 444 13.1 39.6 537 12.7 39.9

Radiological technicians ......... 803 4.3 39.7 813 4.3 39.7 710 5.0 39.8

Licensed practical nurses ....... 569 1.4 39.3 577 1.6 39.2 539 3.1 39.7

Health technologists and

technicians, n.e.c. ............. 599 4.1 39.7 597 5.6 39.5 604 3.1 40.0

Electrical and electronic

technicians ........................ 752 5.1 39.9 753 5.6 39.9 734 9.0 39.9

Industrial engineering

technicians ........................ 803 6.3 40.3 810 6.4 40.3 – – –

Mechanical engineering

technicians ........................ 905 4.7 40.3 921 4.5 40.3 – – –

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. 824 3.0 39.8 858 3.5 40.0 717 3.1 39.3

Drafters ................................... 796 2.9 40.0 797 3.1 40.0 785 5.5 39.8

Surveying and mapping

technicians ........................ 659 7.0 39.8 641 8.8 40.0 722 6.1 39.2

Biological technicians ............. 646 5.0 39.6 691 6.9 39.5 564 5.6 39.8

Chemical technicians .............. 711 3.9 39.9 707 4.0 39.9 824 5.7 40.0

Science technicians, n.e.c. ..... 788 9.3 39.8 801 9.5 40.0 646 6.7 38.3

Airplane pilots and navigators 2,344 4.9 21.9 2,360 4.9 21.7 – – –

Broadcast equipment

operators .......................... 659 12.8 39.8 620 16.0 40.0 809 10.4 38.9

Computer programmers ......... 958 3.3 39.6 969 3.5 39.6 843 5.1 39.6

Tool programmers, numerical

control ............................... 715 5.6 40.1 715 5.6 40.1 – – –

Legal assistants ...................... 687 4.5 39.2 693 5.0 39.1 641 6.2 39.6

Technical and related, n.e.c. .. 777 3.3 39.7 807 3.9 39.9 699 4.8 39.2

Executive, administrative, and

managerial ................................... 1,171 2.0 40.6 1,186 2.3 40.9 1,102 2.6 39.4

Executives, administrators, and

managers .............................. 1,307 2.4 41.1 1,314 2.8 41.4 1,277 2.5 39.5

Legislators .............................. 431 41.1 37.8 – – – 431 41.1 37.8

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 January 2001 — 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 –Continued

Chief executives and general

administrators, public

administration ................... $999 29.5 43.2 – – – $1,698 4.6 39.7

Administrators and officials,

public administration ......... 1,122 2.2 39.6 $1,172 9.3 39.6 1,120 2.3 39.6

Financial managers ................ 1,387 8.7 40.4 1,378 9.3 40.5 1,509 12.5 39.4

Personnel and labor relations

managers .......................... 1,246 13.5 42.1 1,226 14.8 42.3 1,436 6.2 39.3

Purchasing managers ............. – – – – – – 1,284 23.4 39.7

Managers, marketing,

advertising, and public

relations ............................ 1,537 3.6 41.0 1,538 3.7 41.0 1,456 19.5 41.3

Administrators, education and

related fields ..................... 1,332 3.6 39.7 965 5.8 40.4 1,459 3.7 39.4

Managers, medicine and

health ................................ 1,255 4.0 39.8 1,252 3.9 40.0 1,270 12.7 39.0

Managers, food servicing and

lodging establishments ..... 754 4.7 43.7 741 4.8 44.2 861 14.4 39.7

Managers, properties and real

estate ................................ 812 6.9 40.0 805 7.4 40.0 913 6.5 39.3

Managers, service

organizations, n.e.c. ......... 1,099 8.1 40.1 1,117 8.6 40.1 890 4.5 39.2

Managers and administrators,

n.e.c. ................................. 1,380 3.8 41.7 1,390 4.0 41.8 1,202 4.5 40.0

Management related ................... 936 2.4 39.7 962 2.8 39.8 827 2.2 39.1

Accountants and auditors ....... 860 1.9 39.6 875 2.1 39.6 792 3.2 39.3

Underwriters ........................... 928 7.8 38.6 928 7.8 38.6 – – –

Other financial officers ............ 988 4.4 39.3 990 4.8 39.4 962 6.2 38.3

Management analysts ............ 1,071 4.3 39.9 1,141 3.3 39.9 868 5.8 39.7

Personnel, training, and labor

relations specialists .......... 875 3.2 39.6 889 3.8 39.8 812 3.9 39.0

Purchasing agents and

buyers, farm products ....... 1,052 17.6 39.5 1,100 17.9 39.4 – – –

Buyers, wholesale and retail

trade, except farm

products ............................ 874 6.9 40.4 875 7.0 40.5 – – –

Purchasing agents and

buyers, n.e.c. .................... 1,005 7.4 39.9 1,082 5.7 39.9 666 9.1 39.9

Construction inspectors .......... 874 3.4 39.9 840 5.4 40.6 885 3.8 39.7

Inspectors and compliance

officers, except

construction ...................... 849 4.0 39.4 1,041 3.0 40.8 767 4.5 38.7

Management related, n.e.c. .... 1,002 6.9 40.0 1,029 8.0 40.3 878 3.0 39.0

Sales .................................................. 646 2.7 40.3 646 2.7 40.4 530 6.9 38.7

Supervisors, sales .................. 692 4.4 41.4 692 4.4 41.4 640 9.9 39.9

Insurance sales ...................... 875 6.3 39.7 878 6.5 39.7 – – –

Real estate sales .................... 750 11.3 37.7 746 11.7 37.7 902 5.5 37.9

Securities and financial

services sales ................... 1,269 10.2 40.0 1,269 10.2 40.0 – – –

Advertising and related sales 864 7.2 39.5 864 7.2 39.5 – – –

Sales, other business services 843 7.6 40.1 843 7.6 40.1 – – –

Sales engineers ...................... 1,420 7.2 40.7 1,420 7.2 40.7 – – –

Sales representatives, mining,

manufacturing, and

wholesale .......................... 1,000 5.1 40.5 1,000 5.1 40.5 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 January 2001 — 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 workers, motor vehicles

and boats .......................... $849 6.9 45.7 $849 6.9 45.7 – – –

Sales workers, apparel ........... 531 29.1 38.1 531 29.1 38.1 – – –

Sales workers, shoes ............. 321 5.5 39.4 321 5.5 39.4 – – –

Sales workers, furniture and

home furnishings .............. 631 13.8 40.6 631 13.8 40.6 – – –

Sales workers, hardware and

building supplies ............... 553 6.1 41.1 553 6.1 41.1 – – –

Sales workers, parts ............... 552 5.5 40.7 552 5.5 40.7 – – –

Sales workers, other

commodities ..................... 517 8.2 39.7 518 8.2 39.7 – – –

Sales counter clerks ............... 312 4.3 39.2 311 4.3 39.2 – – –

Cashiers ................................. 324 1.9 38.9 321 1.9 38.9 $438 7.4 38.0

Street and door-to-door sales

workers ............................. 850 27.3 39.3 850 27.3 39.3 – – –

Sales support, n.e.c. ............... 561 5.3 40.4 561 5.3 40.4 – – –

Administrative support, including

clerical ......................................... 514 1.2 39.3 514 1.4 39.4 514 1.2 38.6

Supervisors, general office ..... 682 3.4 39.8 682 4.0 39.9 682 3.6 39.2

Supervisors, computer

equipment operators ......... 972 4.6 39.7 989 6.4 39.8 – – –

Supervisors, financial records

processing ........................ 740 3.0 39.4 741 3.2 39.4 715 6.4 38.5

Chief communications

operators .......................... 768 6.5 40.0 783 10.2 40.0 755 8.0 40.0

Supervisors, distribution,

scheduling, and adjusting

clerks ................................ 748 3.3 40.5 755 3.7 40.8 720 9.0 39.6

Computer operators ................ 598 3.0 39.4 609 3.1 39.4 557 6.1 39.5

Peripheral equipment

operators .......................... 469 5.5 39.4 462 6.1 39.9 – – –

Secretaries ............................. 573 3.2 38.9 582 3.8 38.8 543 2.3 39.0

Stenographers ........................ 597 6.6 39.3 551 6.5 40.1 696 8.6 37.5

Typists .................................... 501 2.0 38.3 499 3.6 38.4 502 2.2 38.3

Interviewers ............................ 445 3.2 39.5 449 3.2 39.5 414 8.6 39.6

Hotel clerks ............................. 358 4.0 40.2 358 4.0 40.2 – – –

Transportation ticket and

reservation agents ............ 548 4.2 39.7 545 4.3 39.6 – – –

Receptionists .......................... 412 2.6 39.0 413 2.6 39.0 409 4.1 39.2

Information clerks, n.e.c. ........ 497 4.0 39.1 490 4.2 39.1 568 4.8 39.2

Classified ad clerks ................. 493 8.9 39.5 493 8.9 39.5 – – –

Correspondence clerks ........... 489 3.6 39.6 490 3.6 39.6 – – –

Order clerks ............................ 536 2.0 39.7 535 2.0 39.6 690 11.6 40.0

Personnel clerks, except

payroll and timekeeping .... 577 3.1 39.5 592 2.9 39.7 534 7.6 39.1

Library clerks .......................... 451 2.9 38.2 461 4.4 38.2 446 3.8 38.1

File clerks ............................... 368 3.6 39.4 365 3.6 39.4 414 7.3 39.2

Records clerks, n.e.c. ............. 499 2.2 39.3 502 2.6 39.3 491 3.2 39.3

Bookkeepers, accounting and

auditing clerks ................... 479 5.4 39.6 473 5.8 39.6 534 2.3 39.1

Payroll and timekeeping clerks 575 3.0 39.7 572 3.5 39.7 598 3.6 39.3

Billing clerks ............................ 432 4.2 39.8 428 4.2 39.8 517 7.5 39.9

Cost and rate clerks ................ 656 16.6 40.1 656 16.6 40.1 – – –

Billing, posting, and

calculating machine

operators .......................... 379 13.2 35.1 379 13.3 35.1 – – –

Duplicating machine operators 446 6.4 39.8 490 4.6 39.7 371 2.3 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 January 2001 — 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

Mail preparing and paper

handling machine

operators .......................... $444 6.9 39.6 $444 6.9 39.6 – – –

Office machine operators,

n.e.c. ................................. 353 5.0 39.8 349 5.0 39.8 – – –

Telephone operators .............. 502 3.8 39.2 506 4.0 39.2 $458 8.1 39.4

Communications equipment

operators, n.e.c. ................ 399 12.7 39.7 369 13.5 40.0 – – –

Mail clerks, except postal

service .............................. 395 7.8 38.7 397 8.5 38.6 374 8.5 39.8

Messengers ............................ 395 5.9 39.4 391 6.6 39.6 421 5.2 37.8

Dispatchers ............................. 545 4.1 40.1 510 5.9 40.2 590 5.0 40.0

Production coordinators .......... 688 2.9 39.8 687 2.9 39.8 732 16.8 39.4

Traffic, shipping and receiving

clerks ................................ 492 3.8 39.8 492 3.9 39.8 513 4.0 38.4

Stock and inventory clerks ...... 491 2.5 39.7 488 2.7 39.8 514 4.0 39.1

Meter readers ......................... 603 4.1 40.0 602 4.9 40.0 605 6.2 40.0

Weighers, measurers,

checkers, and samplers .... 555 8.0 40.0 555 8.0 40.0 – – –

Expeditors ............................... 575 4.1 39.9 573 4.2 39.9 – – –

Material recording, scheduling,

and distribution clerks,

n.e.c. ................................. 610 10.9 39.9 609 11.0 39.9 701 7.4 40.0

Insurance adjusters,

examiners, and

investigators ..................... 690 3.8 39.0 691 3.9 39.0 613 9.8 40.0

Investigators and adjusters,

except insurance .............. 536 2.3 39.7 534 2.4 39.7 619 4.2 39.8

Eligibility clerks, social welfare 591 4.7 39.2 591 10.9 39.8 591 2.1 38.8

Bill and account collectors ...... 488 4.4 39.1 484 4.6 39.1 559 5.9 39.9

General office clerks ............... 476 1.4 39.3 469 1.8 39.3 496 1.5 39.1

Bank tellers ............................. 389 2.5 39.2 389 2.5 39.2 – – –

Proofreaders ........................... 622 15.5 39.6 486 8.3 39.4 – – –

Data entry keyers ................... 446 2.0 39.5 440 2.3 39.5 474 3.8 39.4

Statistical clerks ...................... 487 5.6 39.5 500 6.3 39.4 435 10.6 39.9

Teachers’ aides ...................... 358 1.7 35.8 318 5.0 36.1 361 1.7 35.8

Administrative support, n.e.c. 505 1.8 39.4 496 2.1 39.5 543 2.3 38.9

Blue collar ............................................. 560 1.2 39.9 556 1.3 40.0 635 1.4 39.5

Precision production, craft, and

repair ............................................ 691 1.4 39.9 688 1.5 39.9 721 1.7 39.9

Supervisors, mechanics and

repairers ........................... 694 14.8 40.4 684 15.0 40.4 895 4.5 39.9

Automobile mechanics ........... 664 4.1 40.3 652 4.2 40.4 773 8.1 39.8

Automobile mechanic

apprentices ....................... 449 9.2 40.1 444 9.7 40.1 – – –

Bus, truck, and stationary

engine mechanics ............. 589 6.1 40.1 578 6.6 40.1 697 4.2 40.0

Aircraft engine mechanics ...... 882 3.7 40.0 881 3.7 40.0 – – –

Small engine repairers ............ 526 4.6 40.0 524 4.7 40.0 – – –

Automobile body and related

repairers ........................... 773 10.5 40.4 773 10.5 40.4 – – –

Aircraft mechanics, except

engine ............................... 826 5.7 40.0 826 5.7 40.0 – – –

Heavy equipment mechanics 727 4.7 39.9 725 5.6 39.9 733 5.9 40.0

Farm equipment mechanics ... 531 4.6 40.6 532 4.7 40.6 – – –

Industrial machinery repairers 731 2.4 39.8 730 2.4 39.8 833 7.3 39.9

Machinery maintenance ......... 577 4.3 39.8 578 4.4 39.9 550 16.2 38.1

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 January 2001 — 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

Electronic repairers,

communications and

industrial equipment ......... $792 2.9 39.9 $792 3.0 39.9 $789 7.3 40.0

Data processing equipment

repairers ........................... 704 8.9 39.8 707 9.5 39.8 675 2.1 40.0

Household appliance and

power tool repairers .......... 537 7.4 39.5 537 7.4 39.5 – – –

Telephone line installers and

repairers ........................... 861 2.8 40.0 866 2.7 40.0 – – –

Telephone installers and

repairers ........................... 773 3.1 40.0 770 3.1 40.0 – – –

Heating, air conditioning, and

refrigeration mechanics .... 628 3.1 40.0 626 3.5 40.0 642 4.6 39.9

Locksmiths and safe repairers 721 5.9 40.0 – – – – – –

Office machine repairers ........ 584 11.9 40.0 577 12.0 40.0 – – –

Mechanical controls and valve

repairers ........................... 830 4.4 40.0 856 5.4 40.0 759 5.5 40.0

Elevator installers and

repairers ........................... 1,032 6.8 40.0 1,039 7.5 40.0 – – –

Millwrights ............................... 841 6.1 40.0 841 6.1 40.0 – – –

Mechanics and repairers,

n.e.c. ................................. 639 2.3 39.9 643 2.6 40.0 618 3.3 39.8

Supervisors, brickmasons,

stonemasons, and

tilesetters .......................... 762 13.8 40.0 – – – – – –

Supervisors, carpenters and

related workers ................. 965 7.2 40.1 972 7.3 40.1 – – –

Supervisors, electricians and

power transmission

installers ........................... 1,032 3.9 40.2 1,048 4.2 40.2 921 9.3 40.0

Supervisors, painters,

paperhangers, and

plasterers .......................... 765 3.5 40.2 764 3.6 40.2 – – –

Supervisors, plumbers,

pipefitters, and

steamfitters ....................... 1,030 5.9 40.0 1,031 6.8 40.0 1,025 12.5 40.0

Supervisors, construction

trades, n.e.c. ..................... 833 4.2 40.1 854 5.1 40.1 765 5.0 40.0

Brickmasons and

stonemasons .................... 810 9.8 39.1 817 10.1 39.1 – – –

Brickmason and stonemason

apprentices ....................... 404 8.2 40.0 404 8.2 40.0 – – –

Carpet installers ...................... 756 10.2 39.5 756 10.2 39.5 – – –

Carpenters .............................. 692 3.4 39.8 688 3.6 39.9 757 6.7 39.5

Carpenter apprentices ............ 601 7.7 40.0 601 7.7 40.0 – – –

Drywall installers ..................... 814 14.5 39.0 814 14.5 39.0 – – –

Electricians ............................. 809 4.2 39.8 814 4.7 39.8 772 4.8 39.9

Electrician apprentices ........... 559 5.8 40.0 555 5.9 40.0 – – –

Electrical power installers and

repairers ........................... 941 2.8 40.0 951 3.0 40.0 892 5.3 40.0

Painters, construction and

maintenance ..................... 550 4.7 39.6 536 4.9 39.6 722 7.0 39.6

Plumbers, pipefitters and

steamfitters ....................... 825 4.3 39.8 836 4.6 39.7 697 5.8 39.8

Plumber, pipefitter, and

steamfitter apprentices ..... 699 14.1 39.9 699 14.5 39.9 – – –

Concrete and terrazzo

finishers ............................ 614 13.4 38.1 617 14.1 38.0 – – –

Glaziers .................................. 592 7.1 40.0 554 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 January 2001 — 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

Insulation workers ................... $545 7.8 39.9 $544 7.9 39.9 – – –

Paving, surfacing, and

tamping equipment

operators .......................... 478 11.7 40.0 458 14.8 40.0 $533 1.8 40.0

Roofers ................................... 554 12.1 39.0 554 12.1 39.0 – – –

Sheetmetal duct installers ...... 865 9.1 40.0 865 9.1 40.0 – – –

Structural metal workers ......... 628 5.5 38.8 617 5.7 38.7 – – –

Construction trades, n.e.c. ...... 603 4.8 39.8 621 6.6 39.8 566 3.9 39.8

Supervisors, extractive ........... 970 18.0 41.2 970 18.0 41.2 – – –

Drillers, oil well ........................ 639 31.2 40.0 639 31.2 40.0 – – –

Mining machine operators ...... 689 14.1 40.0 689 14.1 40.0 – – –

Mining, n.e.c. .......................... 890 4.7 39.2 890 4.7 39.2 – – –

Supervisors, production .......... 806 2.7 40.4 805 2.8 40.4 843 12.4 40.0

Tool and die makers ............... 883 2.9 40.2 884 2.9 40.2 – – –

Tool and die maker

apprentices ....................... 638 11.2 39.8 638 11.2 39.8 – – –

Precision assemblers, metal ... 727 3.1 40.0 727 3.1 40.0 – – –

Machinists ............................... 675 3.9 40.0 673 3.9 40.0 827 8.5 40.0

Precision grinders, filers, and

tool sharpeners ................. 722 7.1 40.0 722 7.1 40.0 – – –

Patternmakers and

modelmakers, metal ......... 796 8.7 40.0 796 8.7 40.0 – – –

Layout workers ....................... 623 3.9 40.0 623 3.9 40.0 – – –

Precious stones and metals

workers ............................. 518 17.7 40.0 518 17.7 40.0 – – –

Sheet metal workers ............... 693 4.9 40.0 693 4.9 40.0 – – –

Sheet metal worker

apprentices ....................... 482 15.2 37.0 482 15.2 37.0 – – –

Cabinet makers and bench

carpenters ......................... 537 12.2 39.9 535 12.3 39.9 – – –

Furniture and wood finishers .. 482 4.6 40.0 482 4.6 40.0 – – –

Dressmakers .......................... 447 3.7 38.2 447 3.7 38.2 – – –

Tailors ..................................... 486 4.9 39.8 486 4.9 39.8 – – –

Upholsterers ........................... 548 12.8 40.0 548 12.8 40.0 – – –

Hand molders and shapers,

except jewelers ................. 672 6.6 40.0 672 6.6 40.0 – – –

Patternmakers, layout

workers, and cutters ......... 555 9.1 40.0 555 9.2 40.0 – – –

Optical goods workers ............ 462 11.3 39.9 462 11.3 39.9 – – –

Dental laboratory and medical

appliance technicians ....... 582 2.7 38.9 582 2.7 38.9 – – –

Bookbinders ............................ 501 4.5 39.8 501 4.5 39.8 – – –

Electrical and electronic

equipment assemblers ..... 458 3.4 40.0 458 3.4 40.0 – – –

Miscellaneous precision

workers, n.e.c. .................. 575 8.2 39.9 574 8.3 39.9 – – –

Precision food production ....... 597 17.9 36.4 597 17.9 36.4 – – –

Butchers and meat cutters ...... 437 4.5 40.0 437 4.5 40.0 – – –

Bakers .................................... 366 17.2 35.7 363 17.9 35.5 – – –

Food batchmakers .................. 434 5.8 40.0 434 5.8 40.0 – – –

Inspectors, testers, and

graders ............................. 699 4.6 40.3 695 4.8 40.3 785 3.9 39.7

Precision inspectors, testers,

and related workers, n.e.c. 825 5.4 40.0 825 5.4 40.0 – – –

Adjusters and calibrators ........ 766 20.9 40.0 766 20.9 40.0 – – –

Water and sewer treatment

plant operators .................. 657 4.0 40.0 528 11.9 40.0 694 3.3 40.0

Power plant operators ............ 958 3.5 39.8 958 3.8 39.8 962 5.9 39.8

Stationary engineers ............... 787 3.3 39.8 776 3.3 39.9 810 7.1 39.6

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 January 2001 — 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

Miscellaneous plant and

system operators, n.e.c. ... $829 8.8 39.1 $833 9.0 39.1 $641 6.4 40.0

Machine operators, assemblers,

and inspectors ............................ 494 1.8 39.8 493 1.8 39.8 608 7.6 39.7

Lathe and turning machine

set-up operators ............... 592 3.7 40.0 592 3.7 40.0 – – –

Lathe and turning machine

operators .......................... 595 4.9 39.9 595 4.9 39.9 – – –

Milling and planing machine

operators .......................... 546 7.7 39.7 546 7.7 39.7 – – –

Punching and stamping press

operators .......................... 502 7.1 40.0 502 7.1 40.0 – – –

Rolling machine operators ...... 619 11.2 40.0 619 11.2 40.0 – – –

Drilling and boring machine

operators .......................... 493 13.3 40.0 493 13.3 40.0 – – –

Grinding, abrading, buffing,

and polishing machine

operators .......................... 510 3.3 39.9 510 3.3 39.9 – – –

Forging machine operators ..... 560 5.3 39.8 560 5.3 39.8 – – –

Numerical control machine

operators .......................... 591 3.0 40.0 591 3.1 40.0 – – –

Fabricating machine

operators, n.e.c. ................ 571 2.9 39.9 571 2.9 39.9 – – –

Molding and casting machine

operators .......................... 460 4.2 39.8 460 4.2 39.8 – – –

Metal plating machine

operators .......................... 534 3.6 39.5 534 3.6 39.5 – – –

Heat treating equipment

operators .......................... 596 7.1 39.9 596 7.1 39.9 – – –

Wood lathe, routing, and

planing machine operators 373 11.7 39.7 373 11.7 39.7 – – –

Sawing machine operators ..... 443 7.0 40.0 443 7.0 40.0 – – –

Shaping and jointing machine

operators .......................... 446 4.8 40.0 446 4.8 40.0 – – –

Printing press operators ......... 565 3.7 39.5 565 3.7 39.5 545 2.3 39.5

Photoengravers and

lithographers ..................... 672 7.9 39.0 672 7.9 39.0 – – –

Typesetters and compositors 531 9.8 37.9 532 9.9 37.9 – – –

Winding and twisting machine

operators .......................... 510 7.0 39.9 510 7.0 39.9 – – –

Knitting, looping, taping, and

weaving machine

operators .......................... 480 3.1 40.0 480 3.1 40.0 – – –

Textile cutting machine

operators .......................... 365 7.3 40.0 365 7.3 40.0 – – –

Textile sewing machine

operators .......................... 320 5.3 39.9 320 5.3 39.9 – – –

Shoe machine operators ........ 402 11.2 40.0 402 11.2 40.0 – – –

Pressing machine operators ... 340 4.8 39.9 340 4.8 39.9 – – –

Laundering and dry cleaning

machine operators ............ 308 4.8 39.1 305 5.0 39.1 393 8.7 39.7

Cementing and gluing

machine operators ............ 421 8.2 40.0 421 8.2 40.0 – – –

Packaging and filling machine

operators .......................... 497 3.8 39.9 497 3.8 39.9 – – –

Extruding and forming

machine operators ............ 492 4.7 39.6 492 4.7 39.6 – – –

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 January 2001 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Blue collar –Continued

Machine operators, assemblers,

and inspectors –Continued

Mixing and blending machine

operators .......................... $568 7.4 39.7 $568 7.4 39.7 – – –

Separating, filtering, and

clarifying machine

operators .......................... 677 3.9 39.8 677 3.9 39.8 – – –

Compressing and compacting

machine operators ............ 398 10.2 35.6 398 10.2 35.6 – – –

Painting and paint spraying

machine operators ............ 573 12.8 40.0 573 12.9 40.0 – – –

Roasting and baking machine

operators, food ................. 399 4.1 40.0 399 4.1 40.0 – – –

Washing, cleaning, and

pickling machine operators 432 5.7 40.0 432 5.7 40.0 – – –

Folding machine operators ..... 498 6.1 39.7 498 6.1 39.7 – – –

Furnace, kiln, and oven

operators, except food ...... 567 5.2 40.0 565 5.3 40.0 – – –

Crushing and grinding

machine operators ............ 516 7.3 40.0 516 7.3 40.0 – – –

Slicing and cutting machine

operators .......................... 529 4.6 39.9 529 4.6 39.9 – – –

Photographic process

machine operators ............ 512 6.4 39.9 512 6.4 39.9 – – –

Miscellaneous machine

operators, n.e.c. ................ 492 4.0 39.9 491 4.0 39.9 $747 12.7 39.3

Welders and cutters ................ 602 2.8 40.0 598 2.9 40.0 791 8.6 40.0

Solders and braziers ............... 412 10.0 40.0 412 10.0 40.0 – – –

Assemblers ............................. 493 4.7 39.9 493 4.7 39.9 – – –

Hand cutting and trimming ...... 336 7.8 40.0 336 7.8 40.0 – – –

Hand molding, casting, and

forming .............................. 481 3.4 40.0 481 3.4 40.0 – – –

Hand painting, coating, and

decorating ......................... 415 6.7 40.0 416 6.8 40.0 – – –

Miscellaneous hand working,

n.e.c. ................................. 452 4.8 39.6 452 4.8 39.6 – – –

Production inspectors,

checkers and examiners ... 502 4.6 39.7 502 4.6 39.7 – – –

Production testers ................... 507 4.0 39.9 507 4.0 39.9 – – –

Production samplers and

weighers ........................... 572 8.1 39.8 572 8.1 39.8 – – –

Graders and sorters, except

agricultural ........................ 405 6.3 39.9 405 6.3 39.9 – – –

Hand inspectors, n.e.c. ........... 407 8.9 40.1 407 8.9 40.1 – – –

Transportation and material

moving ......................................... 565 1.7 40.6 563 1.9 40.8 585 2.2 38.7

Supervisors, motor vehicle

operators .......................... 773 4.0 42.6 795 2.6 43.4 690 11.8 39.8

Truck drivers ........................... 544 2.4 41.4 542 2.5 41.5 589 4.5 39.9

Driver-sales workers ............... 593 5.8 40.6 592 5.8 40.6 – – –

Bus drivers .............................. 533 3.6 37.4 475 6.7 38.2 572 2.9 36.8

Taxicab drivers and

chauffeurs ......................... 369 4.0 39.8 372 3.9 39.9 294 17.7 38.2

Parking lot attendants ............. 347 5.2 40.0 347 5.3 40.0 – – –

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ..... 362 6.9 38.9 336 6.3 38.8 603 7.6 39.2

Railroad conductors and

yardmasters ...................... 1,109 3.6 41.2 1,110 3.7 41.2 – – –

Locomotive operating ............. 1,029 8.6 40.2 1,125 9.5 40.3 833 3.1 40.0

Railroad brake, signal and

switch operators ............... 900 12.0 40.0 925 14.2 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 January 2001 — 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

Rail vehicle operators, n.e.c. .. $791 2.2 40.0 – – – – – –

Ship captains and mates,

except fishing boats .......... 903 9.2 44.9 $898 11.2 45.4 – – –

Sailors and deckhands ........... 557 4.1 52.2 526 2.0 54.6 – – –

Bridge, lock and lighthouse

tenders .............................. 491 3.0 40.0 – – – $478 1.9 40.0

Supervisors, material moving

equipment ......................... 732 4.3 40.5 733 4.4 40.6 699 9.2 38.8

Operating engineers ............... 743 5.8 39.9 829 4.4 39.8 573 8.9 40.0

Longshore equipment

operators .......................... 1,170 5.0 39.9 1,187 4.4 39.9 – – –

Crane and tower operators ..... 692 5.6 39.8 690 5.6 39.8 – – –

Excavating and loading

machine operators ............ 611 3.9 40.0 616 4.1 40.0 584 8.4 39.8

Grader, dozer, and scrapper

operators .......................... 617 5.9 40.0 664 7.3 40.0 556 7.2 40.0

Industrial truck and tractor

equipment operators ......... 545 4.4 39.9 546 4.5 39.9 528 5.7 40.0

Miscellaneous material

moving equipment

operators, n.e.c. ................ 608 5.1 39.8 617 5.9 39.9 562 4.1 39.5

Handlers, equipment cleaners,

helpers, and laborers ................. 428 1.4 39.7 422 1.5 39.7 526 2.6 39.8

Nursery workers ..................... 308 2.8 40.0 309 2.7 40.0 – – –

Supervisors,

agriculture-related workers 690 6.4 38.9 648 7.8 38.4 779 5.0 40.0

Groundskeepers and

gardeners, except farm ..... 407 7.0 39.8 377 8.8 39.9 489 3.6 39.8

Animal caretakers, except

farm .................................. 459 9.9 38.6 402 9.5 38.5 545 9.1 38.6

Inspectors, agricultural

products ............................ 359 10.9 39.9 359 10.9 39.9 – – –

Supervisors, handlers,

equipment cleaners, and

laborers, n.e.c. .................. 683 4.6 39.1 681 5.3 38.9 692 6.3 39.9

Helpers, mechanics and

repairers ........................... 426 4.0 39.7 403 4.0 39.8 553 7.4 39.5

Helpers, construction trades ... 426 3.3 39.9 423 3.4 39.9 522 6.2 40.0

Helpers, extractive .................. 361 13.0 38.3 361 13.0 38.3 – – –

Construction laborers ............. 493 4.9 39.9 495 5.4 39.9 480 4.8 39.7

Production helpers .................. 410 2.4 39.8 410 2.4 39.8 479 19.9 40.0

Garbage collectors ................. 555 7.7 40.0 – – – 614 10.0 39.9

Stock handlers and baggers ... 415 2.9 39.7 414 2.9 39.7 515 9.5 39.8

Machine feeders and

offbearers ......................... 348 9.3 39.9 348 9.4 39.9 – – –

Freight, stock, and material

handlers, n.e.c. ................. 469 3.6 39.7 469 3.7 39.7 444 11.0 40.0

Garage and service station

related ............................... 378 6.8 39.1 374 7.0 39.1 503 7.8 40.0

Vehicle washers and

equipment cleaners .......... 365 4.1 40.0 364 4.1 40.1 522 4.2 39.6

Hand packers and packagers 392 4.9 39.8 392 4.9 39.8 – – –

Laborers, except construction,

n.e.c. ................................. 411 1.9 39.6 402 2.1 39.6 499 3.6 39.9

Service ................................................... 425 1.3 39.0 357 1.4 38.6 641 1.6 40.1

Protective service ....................... 680 1.9 40.8 403 3.8 39.6 802 2.2 41.3

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 January 2001 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Service –Continued

Protective service –Continued

Supervisors, firefighters and

fire prevention ................... $1,131 4.7 49.0 – – – $1,133 4.7 49.0

Supervisors, police and

detectives ......................... 1,083 3.1 40.1 – – – 1,086 3.2 40.1

Supervisors, guards ................ 707 6.4 38.9 $589 6.4 38.5 943 8.4 39.6

Fire inspection and fire

prevention ......................... 798 8.2 41.6 – – – 907 4.6 42.0

Firefighting .............................. 828 2.7 48.1 – – – 828 2.7 48.2

Police and detectives, public

service .............................. 860 1.5 40.0 – – – 861 1.5 40.0

Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law

enforcement officers ......... 700 2.8 39.8 – – – 700 2.8 39.8

Correctional institution officers 636 4.7 39.9 – – – 641 4.8 39.9

Guards and police, except

public service .................... 394 4.0 39.6 386 4.3 39.7 531 3.7 38.6

Protective service, n.e.c. ........ 504 8.1 39.3 352 10.3 38.9 602 6.5 39.6

Food service ............................... 306 2.1 38.5 301 2.3 38.7 381 2.5 36.3

Waiters, waitresses, and

bartenders .......................... 190 4.2 37.4 189 4.2 37.4 – – –

Bartenders .............................. 285 6.7 38.7 285 6.7 38.7 – – –

Waiters and waitresses .......... 145 4.2 36.7 144 4.2 36.7 – – –

Waiters’/Waitresses’

assistants .......................... 241 3.8 38.3 239 3.7 38.3 – – –

Other food service .................... 349 1.9 38.9 346 2.0 39.2 379 2.5 36.4

Supervisors, food preparation

and service ....................... 511 3.6 42.0 511 4.0 42.4 513 5.5 38.2

Cooks ..................................... 349 2.5 38.7 347 2.6 38.9 371 3.7 35.5

Kitchen workers, food

preparation ....................... 321 3.0 38.8 322 3.3 39.2 315 5.5 36.1

Food preparation, n.e.c. ......... 302 1.6 38.3 296 1.8 38.5 353 3.7 36.2

Health service ............................. 394 1.9 38.8 380 2.2 38.7 471 2.2 39.3

Dental assistants .................... 488 9.3 37.9 488 9.4 37.9 448 11.5 40.0

Health aides, except nursing .. 436 3.6 39.4 424 4.3 39.4 505 3.5 39.3

Nursing aides, orderlies and

attendants ......................... 366 1.5 38.7 348 1.5 38.6 459 2.5 39.3

Cleaning and building service ..... 403 1.6 39.1 382 2.0 39.0 468 2.0 39.7

Supervisors, cleaning and

building service workers ... 568 3.9 39.8 536 4.1 39.8 650 8.1 39.8

Maids and housemen ............. 306 2.9 37.8 305 3.0 37.7 321 4.7 39.8

Janitors and cleaners ............. 415 1.5 39.5 396 2.3 39.4 456 1.5 39.7

Pest control ............................. 423 11.5 40.0 417 11.8 40.0 – – –

Personal service ......................... 400 3.2 37.5 398 3.6 37.5 412 4.5 37.6

Supervisors, personal service – – – – – – 656 8.0 39.0

Hairdressers and

cosmetologists .................. 403 6.4 37.8 403 6.4 37.8 – – –

Attendants, amusement, and

recreation facilities ............ 288 4.3 39.8 282 3.7 39.8 362 8.5 40.0

Guides .................................... 467 10.9 39.9 469 10.8 39.9 – – –

Public transportation

attendants ......................... 676 2.9 20.7 679 2.9 19.9 598 11.3 38.8

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 January 2001 — 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

Baggage porters and bellhops $237 4.4 39.3 $237 4.4 39.3 – – –

Welfare service aides ............. 359 4.1 39.4 339 4.4 39.4 $436 7.1 39.2

Early childhood teachers’

assistants .......................... 298 6.3 37.9 279 7.5 38.1 358 3.7 37.0

Child care workers, n.e.c. ....... 361 3.7 39.2 346 2.3 39.9 420 16.3 36.3

Service, n.e.c. ......................... 417 6.9 38.9 414 7.5 38.9 449 4.3 38.2

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 March

2000 and January 2002. The average reference period was January 2001. 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, 2001, on

the BLS Internet site: http://www.bls.gov/ncs/home.htm or any of our published

bulletins. 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, 2001, on the BLS

Internet site: http://www.bls.gov/ncs/home.htm or any of our published NCS locality

bulletins. 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 January 2001

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 ............................................................... $34,474 1.1 2,012 $33,688 1.3 2,054 $38,148 0.8 1,819

All excluding sales .............................. 34,548 1.1 2,006 33,698 1.3 2,050 38,174 .8 1,818

White Collar ........................................... 41,339 1.4 1,986 41,499 1.8 2,061 40,803 .8 1,735

White collar excluding sales ........... 42,600 1.4 1,968 43,238 1.9 2,053 40,849 .8 1,734

Professional specialty and

technical ...................................... 49,512 2.1 1,864 52,559 3.2 2,024 44,631 .8 1,609

Professional specialty ..................... 52,077 2.4 1,823 57,267 4.0 2,024 45,574 .8 1,571

Engineers, architects, and

surveyors .............................. 65,972 2.7 2,114 66,809 3.0 2,121 56,677 1.9 2,045

Architects ................................ 49,716 6.8 2,064 48,936 7.0 2,067 57,268 4.0 2,036

Aerospace engineers .............. 69,425 6.0 2,085 69,425 6.0 2,085 – – –

Metallurgical and materials

engineers .......................... 63,768 4.7 2,075 67,245 3.5 2,080 – – –

Petroleum engineers .............. 78,979 6.2 2,080 78,979 6.2 2,080 – – –

Chemical engineers ................ 73,275 3.7 2,094 73,303 3.7 2,094 – – –

Nuclear engineers .................. 73,270 2.0 2,080 74,644 2.2 2,080 – – –

Civil engineers ........................ 59,874 3.2 2,093 60,897 4.6 2,121 58,028 2.8 2,042

Electrical and electronic

engineers .......................... 73,768 6.0 2,135 74,212 6.1 2,136 60,827 6.5 2,093

Industrial engineers ................ 58,241 3.2 2,115 58,445 3.3 2,115 44,020 6.6 2,064

Mechanical engineers ............. 57,884 2.0 2,192 58,063 2.0 2,198 – – –

Engineers, n.e.c. ..................... 73,186 5.6 2,099 74,689 5.9 2,102 55,313 4.5 2,054

Surveyors and mapping

scientists ........................... 65,492 5.2 2,077 66,677 5.0 2,080 – – –

Mathematical and computer

scientists ............................... 63,651 2.8 2,085 65,124 3.0 2,087 49,857 2.9 2,061

Computer systems analysts

and scientists .................... 63,666 2.8 2,086 65,395 3.0 2,089 50,055 3.0 2,064

Operations and systems

researchers and analysts 63,558 10.7 2,086 63,679 10.8 2,087 – – –

Actuaries ................................. 71,536 6.1 1,994 71,536 6.1 1,994 – – –

Statisticians ............................ 54,575 6.2 2,051 56,976 6.7 2,055 – – –

Natural scientists ........................ 58,062 5.1 2,066 63,999 4.2 2,067 45,509 4.3 2,063

Physicists and astronomers .... 81,303 7.9 2,081 83,231 7.8 2,081 – – –

Chemists, except biochemists 66,100 5.0 2,069 67,136 5.5 2,067 57,986 4.2 2,080

Atmospheric and space

scientists ........................... 56,338 15.5 2,122 55,461 16.4 2,096 – – –

Geologists and geodesists ..... 62,049 8.7 2,076 64,954 10.1 2,084 52,879 15.2 2,051

Physical scientists, n.e.c. ........ 64,523 8.6 2,076 – – – 47,798 4.4 2,065

Agricultural and food scientists 45,741 9.3 2,036 48,049 16.5 2,032 44,802 11.1 2,038

Biological and life scientists .... 48,680 8.8 2,050 56,374 7.0 2,043 40,876 6.0 2,057

Forestry and conservation

scientists ........................... 40,594 9.3 2,093 – – – 39,454 9.8 2,070

Medical scientists ................... 51,590 6.3 2,053 54,876 7.6 2,046 45,607 7.5 2,067

Health related ............................. 58,028 10.4 2,029 60,571 12.4 2,046 48,012 2.5 1,965

Physicians .............................. 128,616 23.0 2,152 140,222 23.6 2,109 73,089 13.4 2,354

Dentists ................................... 81,643 9.9 2,056 – – – – – –

Optometrists ........................... 85,666 8.7 2,073 85,666 8.7 2,073 – – –

Registered nurses .................. 45,232 1.2 2,014 45,477 1.5 2,029 44,263 1.3 1,956

Pharmacists ............................ 69,603 1.4 2,065 70,351 1.2 2,064 63,355 8.7 2,072

Dietitians ................................. 39,524 3.3 2,063 40,493 3.9 2,067 37,315 3.2 2,052

Respiratory therapists ............. 38,567 1.8 2,026 38,454 2.0 2,030 39,746 3.5 1,979

Occupational therapists .......... 43,686 6.7 1,917 42,944 9.0 2,011 45,194 3.8 1,727

Physical therapists .................. 47,195 5.2 2,026 46,427 4.8 2,070 52,041 8.2 1,749

Speech therapists ................... 45,342 3.1 1,650 47,397 3.7 2,056 44,401 4.3 1,464

Therapists, n.e.c. .................... 37,411 4.4 2,022 36,607 5.9 2,033 38,847 6.1 2,004

Teachers, college and university 61,376 2.7 1,588 66,016 6.2 1,578 59,625 2.7 1,592

Earth, environmental, and

marine science teachers ... 62,221 11.1 1,517 – – – 59,181 11.6 1,455

Biological science teachers .... 60,872 11.5 1,576 60,196 14.6 1,490 61,193 15.0 1,617

Chemistry teachers ................. 57,301 7.9 1,558 77,142 12.4 1,468 52,020 5.0 1,581

Physics teachers .................... 63,373 9.6 1,412 76,182 8.6 1,589 47,724 16.8 1,195

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 January 2001 — 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

Natural science teachers,

n.e.c. ................................. $60,122 6.7 1,533 – – – $60,127 6.8 1,430

Psychology teachers .............. 60,611 10.7 1,599 $68,120 9.7 1,390 54,510 12.8 1,768

Economics teachers ............... 90,619 9.7 1,576 49,868 9.8 1,505 – – –

History teachers ...................... 61,254 9.3 1,551 54,971 10.0 1,468 63,675 10.7 1,583

Political science teachers ....... 50,365 9.0 1,565 46,352 8.1 1,711 52,330 12.3 1,494

Sociology teachers ................. 65,380 16.8 1,672 – – – 65,738 17.6 1,668

Social science teachers, n.e.c. 63,927 5.2 1,611 59,151 10.0 1,411 64,806 5.8 1,648

Engineering teachers .............. 83,255 8.0 1,740 61,124 10.5 1,455 94,739 7.8 1,888

Mathematical science

teachers ............................ 57,877 6.6 1,543 52,014 7.7 1,506 59,850 8.1 1,555

Computer science teachers .... 51,446 16.3 1,632 43,272 16.6 1,718 54,950 17.1 1,595

Medical science teachers ....... 98,560 9.6 1,987 99,438 9.4 1,988 97,797 16.0 1,987

Health specialities teachers .... 65,452 9.7 1,732 78,655 14.3 1,925 62,142 11.7 1,684

Business, commerce and

marketing teachers ........... 59,158 8.3 1,479 64,767 9.3 1,397 55,246 8.9 1,536

Agriculture and forestry

teachers ............................ 63,909 20.0 1,490 – – – 63,909 20.0 1,490

Art, drama and music teachers 47,673 7.9 1,524 47,855 7.7 1,583 47,561 12.2 1,488

Physical education teachers ... 54,533 9.6 1,465 54,832 10.6 1,610 – – –

Education teachers ................. 60,474 5.5 1,501 61,608 10.9 1,539 59,961 5.7 1,483

English teachers ..................... 61,220 9.7 1,542 51,047 10.7 1,519 64,568 11.2 1,549

Foreign language teachers ..... 42,131 18.4 1,618 49,997 3.9 1,496 – – –

Law teachers .......................... 90,571 11.5 1,752 101,186 9.2 1,786 – – –

Theology teachers .................. 53,726 4.1 1,414 52,586 7.6 1,472 – – –

Trade and industrial teachers 46,772 5.6 1,654 – – – 48,695 2.2 1,558

Teachers, except college and

university .............................. 40,990 1.2 1,439 28,712 3.5 1,685 42,805 .9 1,402

Prekindergarten and

kindergarten ...................... 29,718 7.0 1,678 20,747 4.2 1,883 40,199 2.6 1,439

Elementary school teachers ... 41,122 1.1 1,390 29,216 6.0 1,464 42,215 1.0 1,383

Secondary school teachers .... 42,828 1.3 1,417 38,843 3.5 1,493 43,050 1.3 1,413

Teachers, special education ... 43,111 2.8 1,410 34,204 4.2 1,734 44,408 2.0 1,363

Teachers, n.e.c. ...................... 40,289 5.0 1,485 28,744 7.0 1,722 43,657 3.0 1,416

Substitute teachers ................. 14,526 8.5 1,282 – – – 14,526 8.5 1,282

Vocational and educational

counselors ........................ 44,362 4.1 1,653 33,647 5.9 1,994 47,038 3.8 1,568

Librarians, archivists, and

curators ................................. 42,360 3.7 1,823 42,355 5.5 1,964 42,363 3.8 1,742

Librarians ................................ 42,492 3.6 1,792 42,211 6.8 1,936 42,618 4.0 1,727

Archivists and curators ........... 41,460 6.1 2,034 42,780 8.2 2,047 38,072 12.2 2,003

Social scientists and urban

planners ................................ 52,980 4.4 1,964 54,799 5.8 2,044 49,391 6.0 1,806

Economists ............................. 61,240 5.0 2,067 62,220 5.0 2,066 47,599 7.7 2,080

Psychologists .......................... 52,340 5.7 1,930 – – – 51,725 5.3 1,686

Social scientists, n.e.c. ........... 45,662 22.7 2,014 63,649 14.1 1,898 37,690 28.6 2,066

Urban planners ....................... 49,497 4.0 2,037 – – – 50,611 4.0 2,041

Social, recreation, and religious

workers ................................. 31,336 7.0 2,032 27,762 8.7 2,049 36,798 1.8 2,007

Social workers ........................ 31,107 7.3 2,028 27,287 8.7 2,044 36,883 1.9 2,005

Recreation workers ................. 31,870 4.8 2,032 28,111 7.1 2,002 35,060 5.4 2,058

Clergy ..................................... 43,555 17.2 2,363 43,555 17.2 2,363 – – –

Religious workers, n.e.c. ........ 38,502 17.0 1,972 38,502 17.0 1,972 – – –

Lawyers and judges .................... 80,404 9.3 2,056 – – – 73,198 6.3 2,013

Lawyers .................................. 79,899 9.3 2,056 – – – 69,541 6.8 2,008

Judges .................................... 105,294 9.4 2,060 – – – 105,294 9.4 2,060

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 January 2001 — 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

Writers, authors, entertainers,

athletes, and professionals,

n.e.c. ..................................... $47,924 3.7 2,013 $47,826 4.0 2,017 $49,336 7.9 1,947

Technical writers ..................... 40,204 10.8 2,080 40,174 10.9 2,080 – – –

Designers ............................... 44,110 6.5 2,054 44,156 6.6 2,054 39,844 10.4 2,053

Musicians and composers ...... 40,234 33.6 1,364 40,636 34.1 1,362 – – –

Actors and directors ................ 75,230 24.3 2,141 75,230 24.3 2,141 – – –

Painters, sculptors, craft

artists, and artist

print-Makers ...................... 45,367 19.7 2,073 45,751 20.6 2,075 – – –

Photographers ........................ 39,895 8.5 2,084 40,059 9.4 2,084 – – –

Artists, performers, and

related workers, n.e.c. ...... 36,241 22.1 1,883 39,959 27.1 2,021 – – –

Editors and reporters .............. 49,536 6.3 2,050 49,697 6.4 2,051 – – –

Public relations specialists ...... 48,852 6.8 2,011 47,857 6.7 2,031 51,021 15.0 1,968

Athletes ................................... 48,875 6.9 2,031 46,814 8.2 2,035 70,139 12.8 1,989

Professional, n.e.c. ................. 60,053 3.4 2,050 62,237 3.6 2,073 46,696 8.0 1,910

Technical ........................................ 39,407 1.7 2,027 40,427 1.9 2,023 33,614 1.7 2,045

Clinical laboratory

technologists and

technicians ........................ 31,585 5.4 2,000 31,445 6.3 1,992 32,478 8.2 2,047

Dental hygienists .................... 50,821 10.1 1,866 – – – – – –

Health record technologists

and technicians ................. 23,361 12.5 2,059 23,049 13.1 2,058 27,927 12.7 2,074

Radiological technicians ......... 41,751 4.3 2,067 42,252 4.3 2,066 36,928 5.0 2,069

Licensed practical nurses ....... 29,527 1.4 2,040 29,976 1.6 2,038 27,785 3.1 2,046

Health technologists and

technicians, n.e.c. ............. 31,014 4.1 2,056 30,883 5.6 2,047 31,356 3.1 2,081

Electrical and electronic

technicians ........................ 39,091 5.1 2,073 39,174 5.6 2,074 37,625 9.0 2,044

Industrial engineering

technicians ........................ 41,742 6.3 2,094 42,102 6.4 2,095 – – –

Mechanical engineering

technicians ........................ 47,056 4.7 2,094 47,894 4.5 2,095 – – –

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. 42,806 3.0 2,070 44,573 3.5 2,077 37,281 3.1 2,046

Drafters ................................... 41,397 2.9 2,081 41,434 3.1 2,081 40,811 5.5 2,071

Surveying and mapping

technicians ........................ 34,287 7.0 2,071 33,324 8.8 2,081 37,530 6.1 2,036

Biological technicians ............. 33,552 5.0 2,057 35,891 6.9 2,051 29,304 5.6 2,068

Chemical technicians .............. 36,907 3.9 2,073 36,713 4.0 2,074 41,790 5.7 2,028

Science technicians, n.e.c. ..... 40,765 9.3 2,061 41,673 9.5 2,078 31,945 6.7 1,892

Airplane pilots and navigators 121,913 4.9 1,137 122,731 4.9 1,127 – – –

Broadcast equipment

operators .......................... 34,254 12.8 2,069 32,219 16.0 2,080 42,070 10.4 2,025

Computer programmers ......... 49,799 3.3 2,058 50,413 3.5 2,058 43,831 5.1 2,061

Tool programmers, numerical

control ............................... 37,179 5.6 2,087 37,179 5.6 2,087 – – –

Legal assistants ...................... 35,746 4.5 2,037 36,019 5.0 2,034 33,308 6.2 2,060

Technical and related, n.e.c. .. 40,194 3.3 2,053 41,951 3.9 2,073 35,720 4.8 2,002

Executive, administrative, and

managerial ................................... 60,472 2.0 2,096 61,543 2.3 2,120 55,755 2.6 1,992

Executives, administrators, and

managers .............................. 67,387 2.4 2,118 68,208 2.8 2,151 63,669 2.5 1,969

Legislators .............................. 12,880 41.1 1,130 – – – 12,880 41.1 1,130

Chief executives and general

administrators, public

administration ................... 51,973 29.5 2,246 – – – 88,275 4.6 2,065

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 January 2001 — 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

Administrators and officials,

public administration ......... $58,054 2.2 2,048 $60,921 9.3 2,058 $57,966 2.3 2,048

Financial managers ................ 71,987 8.7 2,099 71,623 9.3 2,106 77,106 12.5 2,013

Personnel and labor relations

managers .......................... 64,624 13.5 2,181 63,774 14.8 2,202 72,470 6.2 1,984

Purchasing managers ............. – – – – – – 66,784 23.4 2,064

Managers, marketing,

advertising and public

relations ............................ 79,824 3.6 2,128 79,857 3.7 2,128 75,695 19.5 2,150

Administrators, education and

related fields ..................... 64,522 3.6 1,921 49,317 5.8 2,064 69,437 3.7 1,875

Managers, medicine and

health ................................ 65,244 4.0 2,069 65,107 3.9 2,080 65,829 12.7 2,023

Managers, food servicing and

lodging establishments ..... 37,632 4.7 2,184 37,611 4.8 2,245 37,789 14.4 1,744

Managers, properties and real

estate ................................ 42,217 6.9 2,078 41,871 7.4 2,080 47,456 6.5 2,045

Managers, service

organizations, n.e.c. ......... 57,016 8.1 2,079 58,039 8.6 2,086 45,539 4.5 2,006

Managers and administrators,

n.e.c. ................................. 71,737 3.8 2,167 72,243 4.0 2,173 62,233 4.5 2,069

Management related ................... 48,510 2.4 2,058 49,851 2.8 2,065 42,870 2.2 2,029

Accountants and auditors ....... 44,352 1.9 2,041 45,052 2.1 2,040 41,165 3.2 2,044

Underwriters ........................... 47,544 7.8 1,980 47,544 7.8 1,980 – – –

Other financial officers ............ 51,361 4.4 2,043 51,474 4.8 2,047 50,049 6.2 1,990

Management analysts ............ 55,669 4.3 2,073 59,334 3.3 2,076 45,150 5.8 2,063

Personnel, training, and labor

relations specialists .......... 45,446 3.2 2,057 46,197 3.8 2,066 41,895 3.9 2,013

Purchasing agents & buyers,

farm products .................... 54,709 17.6 2,052 57,216 17.9 2,049 – – –

Buyers, wholesale and retail

trade, except farm

products ............................ 45,466 6.9 2,103 45,507 7.0 2,103 – – –

Purchasing agents and

buyers, n.e.c. .................... 52,256 7.4 2,076 56,254 5.7 2,077 34,581 9.1 2,069

Construction inspectors .......... 45,462 3.4 2,074 43,677 5.4 2,109 45,998 3.8 2,063

Inspectors and compliance

officers, except

construction ...................... 44,174 4.0 2,046 54,130 3.0 2,121 39,893 4.5 2,014

Management related, n.e.c. .... 52,009 6.9 2,078 53,440 8.0 2,092 45,262 3.0 2,012

Sales .................................................. 33,554 2.7 2,096 33,591 2.7 2,097 26,780 6.9 1,957

Supervisors, sales .................. 35,955 4.4 2,153 35,964 4.4 2,153 33,281 9.9 2,075

Insurance sales ...................... 45,499 6.3 2,063 45,667 6.5 2,063 – – –

Real estate sales .................... 38,989 11.3 1,962 38,771 11.7 1,962 46,893 5.5 1,970

Securities and financial

services sales ................... 66,003 10.2 2,080 66,003 10.2 2,080 – – –

Advertising and related sales 44,945 7.2 2,056 44,942 7.2 2,056 – – –

Sales, other business services 43,848 7.6 2,088 43,850 7.6 2,088 – – –

Sales engineers ...................... 73,827 7.2 2,118 73,827 7.2 2,118 – – –

Sales representatives, mining,

manufacturing, and

wholesale .......................... 52,020 5.1 2,104 52,020 5.1 2,104 – – –

Sales workers, motor vehicles

and boats .......................... 44,151 6.9 2,376 44,151 6.9 2,376 – – –

Sales workers, apparel ........... 27,333 29.1 1,962 27,333 29.1 1,962 – – –

Sales workers, shoes ............. 16,710 5.5 2,050 16,710 5.5 2,050 – – –

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 January 2001 — 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 workers, furniture &

home furnishings .............. $32,801 13.8 2,110 $32,801 13.8 2,110 – – –

Sales workers, hardware and

building supplies ............... 28,753 6.1 2,140 28,753 6.1 2,140 – – –

Sales workers, parts ............... 28,702 5.5 2,118 28,702 5.5 2,118 – – –

Sales workers, other

commodities ..................... 26,885 8.2 2,062 26,901 8.2 2,062 – – –

Sales counter clerks ............... 16,206 4.3 2,039 16,139 4.3 2,039 – – –

Cashiers ................................. 16,775 1.9 2,017 16,667 1.9 2,020 $21,747 7.4 1,887

Street and door to door sales

workers ............................. 44,193 27.3 2,042 44,193 27.3 2,042 – – –

Sales support, n.e.c. ............... 29,164 5.3 2,098 29,150 5.3 2,098 – – –

Administrative support, including

clerical ......................................... 26,342 1.2 2,013 26,639 1.4 2,043 25,028 1.2 1,880

Supervisors, general office ..... 35,426 3.4 2,068 35,419 4.0 2,075 35,460 3.6 2,038

Supervisors, computer

equipment operators ......... 50,556 4.6 2,063 51,409 6.4 2,072 – – –

Supervisors, financial records

processing ........................ 38,463 3.0 2,046 38,535 3.2 2,048 37,161 6.4 2,002

Chief communications

operators .......................... 39,927 6.5 2,080 40,720 10.2 2,080 39,253 8.0 2,080

Supervisors, distribution,

scheduling, and adjusting

clerks ................................ 38,854 3.3 2,104 39,263 3.7 2,119 37,202 9.0 2,045

Computer operators ................ 30,841 3.0 2,035 31,462 3.1 2,037 28,619 6.1 2,029

Peripheral equipment

operators .......................... 24,380 5.5 2,050 24,027 6.1 2,075 – – –

Secretaries ............................. 29,447 3.2 1,996 30,221 3.8 2,015 27,053 2.3 1,939

Stenographers ........................ 30,992 6.6 2,039 28,667 6.5 2,085 36,032 8.6 1,939

Typists .................................... 25,476 2.0 1,950 25,492 3.6 1,966 25,465 2.2 1,939

Interviewers ............................ 22,983 3.2 2,042 23,345 3.2 2,054 20,442 8.6 1,954

Hotel clerks ............................. 18,591 4.0 2,086 18,589 4.0 2,086 – – –

Transportation ticket and

reservation agents ............ 28,512 4.2 2,062 28,344 4.3 2,062 – – –

Receptionists .......................... 21,385 2.6 2,023 21,401 2.6 2,024 20,732 4.1 1,990

Information clerks, n.e.c. ........ 25,732 4.0 2,026 25,336 4.2 2,025 29,523 4.8 2,041

Classified ad clerks ................. 25,618 8.9 2,055 25,618 8.9 2,055 – – –

Correspondence clerks ........... 25,129 3.6 2,037 25,177 3.6 2,036 – – –

Order clerks ............................ 27,884 2.0 2,061 27,809 2.0 2,061 35,898 11.6 2,080

Personnel clerks except

payroll & timekeeping ....... 29,855 3.1 2,042 30,713 2.9 2,056 27,420 7.6 2,004

Library clerks .......................... 21,304 2.9 1,804 23,917 4.4 1,983 20,193 3.8 1,728

File clerks ............................... 19,140 3.6 2,047 18,978 3.6 2,048 21,447 7.3 2,032

Records clerks, n.e.c. ............. 25,676 2.2 2,022 25,996 2.6 2,038 24,590 3.2 1,967

Bookkeepers, accounting and

auditing clerks ................... 24,903 5.4 2,055 24,615 5.8 2,059 27,537 2.3 2,016

Payroll and timekeeping clerks 29,911 3.0 2,062 29,718 3.5 2,067 31,014 3.6 2,036

Billing clerks ............................ 22,464 4.2 2,069 22,249 4.2 2,069 26,763 7.5 2,069

Cost and rate clerks ................ 34,124 16.6 2,084 34,124 16.6 2,084 – – –

Billing, posting, & calculating

machine operators ............ 19,702 13.2 1,825 19,694 13.3 1,824 – – –

Duplicating machine operators 23,163 6.4 2,064 25,502 4.6 2,063 19,218 2.3 2,065

Mail preparing & paper

handling machine

operators .......................... 23,099 6.9 2,058 23,099 6.9 2,058 – – –

Office machine operators,

n.e.c. ................................. 18,366 5.0 2,072 18,131 5.0 2,071 – – –

Telephone operators .............. 26,123 3.8 2,038 26,300 4.0 2,037 23,832 8.1 2,050

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 January 2001 — 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

Communications equipment

operators, n.e.c. ................ $20,220 12.7 2,009 $19,198 13.5 2,079 – – –

Mail clerks except postal

service .............................. 20,395 7.8 1,995 20,478 8.5 1,989 $19,440 8.5 2,072

Messengers ............................ 20,493 5.9 2,044 20,280 6.6 2,056 21,878 5.2 1,965

Dispatchers ............................. 28,309 4.1 2,086 26,500 5.9 2,093 30,645 5.0 2,077

Production coordinators .......... 35,756 2.9 2,072 35,731 2.9 2,072 38,056 16.8 2,049

Traffic, shipping and receiving

clerks ................................ 25,584 3.8 2,069 25,574 3.9 2,070 26,652 4.0 1,999

Stock and inventory clerks ...... 25,443 2.5 2,060 25,310 2.7 2,064 26,637 4.0 2,028

Meter readers ......................... 31,347 4.1 2,080 31,316 4.9 2,080 31,443 6.2 2,079

Weighers, measurers,

checkers, and samplers .... 28,854 8.0 2,080 28,854 8.0 2,080 – – –

Expeditors ............................... 29,911 4.1 2,075 29,785 4.2 2,077 – – –

Material recording, scheduling,

and distribution clerks,

n.e.c. ................................. 31,720 10.9 2,074 31,672 11.0 2,075 35,284 7.4 2,013

Insurance adjusters,

examiners, & investigators 35,868 3.8 2,028 35,912 3.9 2,028 31,883 9.8 2,080

Investigators and adjusters

except insurance .............. 27,850 2.3 2,064 27,752 2.4 2,064 32,190 4.2 2,068

Eligibility clerks, social welfare 30,278 4.7 2,009 29,669 10.9 1,999 30,716 2.1 2,017

Bill and account collectors ...... 25,377 4.4 2,034 25,176 4.6 2,032 29,048 5.9 2,075

General office clerks ............... 24,518 1.4 2,024 24,203 1.8 2,033 25,381 1.5 2,001

Bank tellers ............................. 20,249 2.5 2,041 20,249 2.5 2,041 – – –

Proofreaders ........................... 32,356 15.5 2,061 25,272 8.3 2,051 – – –

Data entry keyers ................... 22,733 2.0 2,012 22,437 2.3 2,017 24,007 3.8 1,993

Statistical clerks ...................... 25,309 5.6 2,051 25,989 6.3 2,048 22,539 10.6 2,065

Teachers’ aides ...................... 13,730 1.7 1,373 14,772 5.0 1,679 13,666 1.7 1,354

Administrative support, n.e.c. 26,142 1.8 2,040 25,717 2.1 2,049 27,956 2.3 2,000

Blue Collar ............................................. 28,916 1.2 2,061 28,713 1.3 2,064 32,355 1.4 2,014

Precision production, craft, and

repair ............................................ 35,726 1.4 2,064 35,597 1.5 2,064 37,400 1.7 2,066

Supervisors, mechanics and

repairers ........................... 36,099 14.8 2,100 35,548 15.0 2,102 46,468 4.5 2,073

Automobile mechanics ........... 34,538 4.1 2,096 33,917 4.2 2,098 40,208 8.1 2,070

Automobile mechanic

apprentices ....................... 23,363 9.2 2,087 23,097 9.7 2,087 – – –

Bus, truck, and stationary

engine mechanics ............. 30,620 6.1 2,085 30,057 6.6 2,086 36,104 4.2 2,069

Aircraft engine mechanics ...... 45,842 3.7 2,080 45,835 3.7 2,080 – – –

Small engine repairs ............... 23,222 4.6 1,766 23,050 4.7 1,759 – – –

Automobile body and related

repairers ........................... 40,179 10.5 2,099 40,180 10.5 2,099 – – –

Aircraft mechanics except

engine ............................... 42,945 5.7 2,080 42,945 5.7 2,080 – – –

Heavy equipment mechanics 37,626 4.7 2,066 37,513 5.6 2,064 38,128 5.9 2,078

Farm equipment mechanics ... 27,624 4.6 2,112 27,640 4.7 2,113 – – –

Industrial machinery repairers 38,006 2.4 2,070 37,945 2.4 2,070 43,295 7.3 2,077

Machinery maintenance ......... 30,024 4.3 2,072 30,071 4.4 2,075 28,624 16.2 1,981

Electronic repairers,

communications and

industrial equipment ......... 41,146 2.9 2,072 41,176 3.0 2,073 40,659 7.3 2,062

Data processing equipment

repairers ........................... 36,448 8.9 2,059 36,742 9.5 2,069 32,584 2.1 1,931

Household appliance and

power tool repairers .......... 27,930 7.4 2,053 27,930 7.4 2,053 – – –

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 January 2001 — 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

Telephone line installers and

repairers ........................... $44,693 2.8 2,077 $44,961 2.7 2,077 – – –

Telephone installers and

repairers ........................... 40,199 3.1 2,080 40,049 3.1 2,080 – – –

Heating, air conditioning, and

refrigeration mechanics .... 32,637 3.1 2,076 32,578 3.5 2,079 $33,043 4.6 2,055

Locksmiths and safe repairers 37,515 5.9 2,080 – – – – – –

Office machine repairers ........ 30,340 11.9 2,079 30,023 12.0 2,080 – – –

Mechanical controls and valve

repairers ........................... 43,167 4.4 2,080 44,512 5.4 2,080 39,448 5.5 2,080

Elevator installers and

repairers ........................... 53,667 6.8 2,080 54,017 7.5 2,080 – – –

Millwrights ............................... 43,713 6.1 2,079 43,718 6.1 2,079 – – –

Mechanics and repairers,

n.e.c. ................................. 33,178 2.3 2,073 33,425 2.6 2,076 31,999 3.3 2,061

Supervisors, brickmasons,

stonemasons, and

tilesetters .......................... 39,609 13.8 2,080 – – – – – –

Supervisors, carpenters and

related workers ................. 49,903 7.2 2,073 50,231 7.3 2,073 – – –

Supervisors, electricians and

power transmission

installers ........................... 53,672 3.9 2,090 54,515 4.2 2,091 47,874 9.3 2,078

Supervisors, painters,

paperhangers and

plasterers .......................... 39,782 3.5 2,090 39,725 3.6 2,090 – – –

Supervisors, plumbers,

pipefitters, and

steamfitters ....................... 53,525 5.9 2,079 53,587 6.8 2,079 53,279 12.5 2,082

Supervisors, construction

trades, n.e.c. ..................... 42,845 4.2 2,063 43,784 5.1 2,059 39,784 5.0 2,077

Brickmasons and

stonemasons .................... 41,077 9.8 1,983 41,354 10.1 1,978 – – –

Brickmason and stonemason

apprentices ....................... 20,991 8.2 2,080 20,991 8.2 2,080 – – –

Carpet installers ...................... 39,327 10.2 2,053 39,327 10.2 2,053 – – –

Carpenters .............................. 35,713 3.4 2,055 35,487 3.6 2,055 39,330 6.7 2,055

Carpenter apprentices ............ 29,737 7.7 1,978 29,737 7.7 1,978 – – –

Drywall installers ..................... 42,312 14.5 2,027 42,312 14.5 2,027 – – –

Electricians ............................. 42,075 4.2 2,071 42,304 4.7 2,071 40,096 4.8 2,070

Electrician apprentices ........... 29,065 5.8 2,079 28,860 5.9 2,079 – – –

Electrical power installers and

repairers ........................... 48,945 2.8 2,080 49,439 3.0 2,080 46,373 5.3 2,080

Painters, construction and

maintenance ..................... 27,917 4.7 2,006 27,102 4.9 2,002 37,568 7.0 2,058

Plumbers, pipefitters and

steamfitters ....................... 42,848 4.3 2,066 43,441 4.6 2,066 36,193 5.8 2,065

Plumbers, pipefitters and

steamfitters apprentices ... 36,361 14.1 2,072 36,361 14.5 2,072 – – –

Concrete and terrazzo

finishers ............................ 30,816 13.4 1,911 30,922 14.1 1,904 – – –

Glaziers .................................. 30,772 7.1 2,080 28,807 6.2 2,080 – – –

Insulation workers ................... 28,236 7.8 2,067 28,206 7.9 2,067 – – –

Paving, surfacing, and

tamping equipment

operators .......................... 23,750 11.7 1,987 22,364 14.8 1,954 27,713 1.8 2,080

Roofers ................................... 28,448 12.1 2,001 28,448 12.1 2,001 – – –

Sheetmetal duct installers ...... 44,898 9.1 2,077 44,898 9.1 2,077 – – –

Structural metal workers ......... 31,940 5.5 1,973 31,383 5.7 1,968 – – –

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 January 2001 — 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

Construction trades, n.e.c. ...... $30,295 4.8 2,000 $30,694 6.6 1,965 $29,452 3.9 2,072

Supervisors, extractive ........... 50,420 18.0 2,141 50,420 18.0 2,141 – – –

Drillers, oil well ........................ 33,230 31.2 2,080 33,230 31.2 2,080 – – –

Mining machine operators ...... 35,841 14.1 2,080 35,841 14.1 2,080 – – –

Mining, n.e.c. .......................... 46,286 4.7 2,038 46,286 4.7 2,038 – – –

Supervisors, production .......... 41,883 2.7 2,098 41,848 2.8 2,099 43,821 12.4 2,079

Tool and die makers ............... 45,933 2.9 2,088 45,986 2.9 2,088 – – –

Tool and die maker

apprentices ....................... 33,154 11.2 2,068 33,154 11.2 2,068 – – –

Precision assemblers, metal ... 37,745 3.1 2,078 37,745 3.1 2,078 – – –

Machinists ............................... 35,108 3.9 2,079 34,991 3.9 2,079 43,007 8.5 2,080

Precision grinders, filers, and

tool sharpeners ................. 37,576 7.1 2,081 37,576 7.1 2,081 – – –

Patternmakers and

modelmakers, metal ......... 41,377 8.7 2,080 41,377 8.7 2,080 – – –

Layout workers ....................... 32,422 3.9 2,080 32,422 3.9 2,080 – – –

Precious stones and metals

workers ............................. 26,916 17.7 2,080 26,916 17.7 2,080 – – –

Sheet metal workers ............... 36,014 4.9 2,077 36,014 4.9 2,077 – – –

Sheet metal worker

apprentices ....................... 24,796 15.2 1,906 24,796 15.2 1,906 – – –

Cabinet makers and bench

carpenters ......................... 27,891 12.2 2,077 27,835 12.3 2,077 – – –

Furniture and wood finishers .. 25,061 4.6 2,080 25,061 4.6 2,080 – – –

Dressmakers .......................... 23,248 3.7 1,987 23,248 3.7 1,987 – – –

Tailors ..................................... 25,283 4.9 2,071 25,283 4.9 2,071 – – –

Upholsterers ........................... 28,475 12.8 2,079 28,475 12.8 2,079 – – –

Hand molders and shapers

except jewelers ................. 34,955 6.6 2,080 34,955 6.6 2,080 – – –

Patternmakers, layout

workers, and cutters ......... 28,367 9.1 2,045 28,374 9.2 2,045 – – –

Optical goods workers ............ 24,014 11.3 2,074 24,014 11.3 2,074 – – –

Dental laboratory and medical

appliance technicians ....... 30,274 2.7 2,024 30,284 2.7 2,023 – – –

Bookbinders ............................ 24,704 4.5 1,962 24,704 4.5 1,962 – – –

Electrical and electronic

equipment assemblers ..... 23,760 3.4 2,071 23,760 3.4 2,071 – – –

Miscellaneous precision

workers, n.e.c. .................. 29,925 8.2 2,077 29,867 8.3 2,077 – – –

Precision food production ....... 23,601 17.9 1,439 23,601 17.9 1,439 – – –

Butchers and meat cutters ...... 22,736 4.5 2,081 22,736 4.5 2,081 – – –

Bakers .................................... 18,912 17.2 1,844 18,891 17.9 1,846 – – –

Food batchmakers .................. 22,575 5.8 2,079 22,575 5.8 2,079 – – –

Inspectors, testers, and

graders ............................. 36,376 4.6 2,097 36,149 4.8 2,098 40,822 3.9 2,064

Precision inspectors, testers,

and related workers, n.e.c. 42,894 5.4 2,080 42,894 5.4 2,080 – – –

Adjusters and calibrators ........ 39,843 20.9 2,080 39,843 20.9 2,080 – – –

Water and sewer treatment

plant operators .................. 34,188 4.0 2,079 27,478 11.9 2,080 36,086 3.3 2,079

Power plant operators ............ 49,832 3.5 2,071 49,809 3.8 2,071 50,045 5.9 2,068

Stationary engineers ............... 40,903 3.3 2,071 40,361 3.3 2,076 42,130 7.1 2,061

Miscellaneous plant and

system operators, n.e.c. ... 42,750 8.8 2,018 42,949 9.0 2,017 33,344 6.4 2,080

Machine operators, assemblers,

and inspectors ............................ 25,640 1.8 2,069 25,620 1.8 2,069 30,636 7.6 2,000

Lathe and turning machine

set-up operators ............... 30,768 3.7 2,080 30,768 3.7 2,080 – – –

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 January 2001 — 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

Lathe and turning machine

operators .......................... $30,927 4.9 2,076 $30,927 4.9 2,076 – – –

Milling and planing machine

operators .......................... 28,414 7.7 2,066 28,414 7.7 2,066 – – –

Punching and stamping press

operators .......................... 26,121 7.1 2,078 26,121 7.1 2,078 – – –

Rolling machine operators ...... 32,193 11.2 2,080 32,193 11.2 2,080 – – –

Drilling and boring machine

operators .......................... 25,643 13.3 2,079 25,643 13.3 2,079 – – –

Grinding, abrading, buffing,

and polishing machine

operators .......................... 26,511 3.3 2,077 26,511 3.3 2,077 – – –

Forging machine operators ..... 29,127 5.3 2,067 29,127 5.3 2,067 – – –

Numerical control machine

operators .......................... 30,745 3.0 2,079 30,737 3.1 2,079 – – –

Fabricating machine

operators, n.e.c. ................ 29,675 2.9 2,076 29,675 2.9 2,076 – – –

Molding and casting machine

operators .......................... 23,859 4.2 2,066 23,859 4.2 2,066 – – –

Metal plating machine

operators .......................... 27,764 3.6 2,054 27,764 3.6 2,054 – – –

Heat treating equipment

operators .......................... 31,016 7.1 2,076 31,016 7.1 2,076 – – –

Wood lathe, routing, & planing

machine operators ............ 19,402 11.7 2,066 19,402 11.7 2,066 – – –

Sawing machine operators ..... 23,013 7.0 2,080 23,013 7.0 2,080 – – –

Shaping and jointing machine

operators .......................... 23,204 4.8 2,080 23,204 4.8 2,080 – – –

Printing press operators ......... 29,334 3.7 2,054 29,389 3.7 2,056 $27,443 2.3 1,986

Photoengravers and

lithographers ..................... 34,939 7.9 2,026 34,939 7.9 2,026 – – –

Typesetters and compositors 27,517 9.8 1,963 27,546 9.9 1,963 – – –

Winding and twisting machine

operators .......................... 26,526 7.0 2,076 26,526 7.0 2,076 – – –

Knitting, looping, taping, and

weaving machine

operators .......................... 24,926 3.1 2,077 24,926 3.1 2,077 – – –

Textile cutting machine

operators .......................... 18,985 7.3 2,078 18,985 7.3 2,078 – – –

Textile sewing machine

operators .......................... 16,622 5.3 2,073 16,618 5.3 2,073 – – –

Shoe machine operators ........ 20,898 11.2 2,080 20,898 11.2 2,080 – – –

Pressing machine operators ... 17,666 4.8 2,077 17,666 4.8 2,077 – – –

Laundering and dry cleaning

machine operators ............ 15,912 4.8 2,022 15,811 5.0 2,027 18,601 8.7 1,880

Cementing and gluing

machine operators ............ 21,916 8.2 2,080 21,916 8.2 2,080 – – –

Packaging and filling machine

operators .......................... 25,813 3.8 2,076 25,813 3.8 2,076 – – –

Extruding and forming

machine operators ............ 25,561 4.7 2,058 25,561 4.7 2,058 – – –

Mixing and blending machine

operators .......................... 29,329 7.4 2,053 29,329 7.4 2,053 – – –

Separating, filtering, and

clarifying machine

operators .......................... 35,169 3.9 2,066 35,206 3.9 2,066 – – –

Compressing and compacting

machine operators ............ 20,711 10.2 1,851 20,708 10.2 1,851 – – –

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 January 2001 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Blue Collar –Continued

Machine operators, assemblers,

and inspectors –Continued

Painting and paint spraying

machine operators ............ $29,792 12.8 2,079 $29,783 12.9 2,079 – – –

Roasting and baking machine

operators, food ................. 20,744 4.1 2,080 20,744 4.1 2,080 – – –

Washing, cleaning, and

pickling machine operators 22,480 5.7 2,080 22,480 5.7 2,080 – – –

Folding machine operators ..... 25,897 6.1 2,063 25,897 6.1 2,063 – – –

Furnace, kiln, and oven

operators, except food ...... 29,485 5.2 2,080 29,356 5.3 2,080 – – –

Crushing and grinding

machine operators ............ 26,804 7.3 2,076 26,804 7.3 2,076 – – –

Slicing and cutting machine

operators .......................... 27,512 4.6 2,075 27,512 4.6 2,075 – – –

Photographic process

machine operators ............ 26,319 6.4 2,051 26,351 6.4 2,051 – – –

Miscellaneous machine

operators, n.e.c. ................ 25,535 4.0 2,072 25,495 4.0 2,072 $38,855 12.7 2,043

Welders and cutters ................ 31,324 2.8 2,080 31,086 2.9 2,080 41,115 8.6 2,080

Solders and braziers ............... 21,425 10.0 2,079 21,425 10.0 2,079 – – –

Assemblers ............................. 25,593 4.7 2,074 25,593 4.7 2,074 – – –

Hand cutting and trimming ...... 17,464 7.8 2,079 17,464 7.8 2,079 – – –

Hand molding, casting, and

forming .............................. 25,022 3.4 2,080 25,022 3.4 2,080 – – –

Hand painting, coating, and

decorating ......................... 21,567 6.7 2,078 21,603 6.8 2,078 – – –

Miscellaneous hand working,

n.e.c. ................................. 23,319 4.8 2,046 23,319 4.8 2,046 – – –

Production inspectors,

checkers and examiners ... 26,063 4.6 2,060 26,064 4.6 2,060 – – –

Production testers ................... 26,377 4.0 2,077 26,377 4.0 2,077 – – –

Production samplers and

weighers ........................... 29,733 8.1 2,068 29,733 8.1 2,068 – – –

Graders and sorters except

agricultural ........................ 21,079 6.3 2,076 21,079 6.3 2,076 – – –

Hand inspectors, n.e.c. ........... 21,142 8.9 2,085 21,142 8.9 2,085 – – –

Transportation and material

moving ......................................... 28,922 1.7 2,077 28,945 1.9 2,100 28,746 2.2 1,903

Supervisors, motor vehicle

operators .......................... 40,136 4.0 2,215 41,354 2.6 2,258 35,754 11.8 2,060

Truck drivers ........................... 27,976 2.4 2,131 27,870 2.5 2,135 30,312 4.5 2,054

Driver-sales workers ............... 30,813 5.8 2,111 30,796 5.8 2,112 – – –

Bus drivers .............................. 24,737 3.6 1,736 23,126 6.7 1,861 25,754 2.9 1,656

Taxicab drivers and

chauffeurs ......................... 19,171 4.0 2,070 19,369 3.9 2,074 15,302 17.7 1,986

Parking lot attendants ............. 18,033 5.2 2,078 18,018 5.3 2,078 – – –

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ..... 18,656 6.9 2,000 17,289 6.3 1,997 31,354 7.6 2,035

Railroad conductors and

yardmasters ...................... 57,677 3.6 2,141 57,700 3.7 2,143 – – –

Locomotive operating ............. 53,487 8.6 2,092 58,476 9.5 2,097 43,306 3.1 2,080

Railroad brake, signal and

switch operators ............... 46,779 12.0 2,080 48,108 14.2 2,080 – – –

Rail vehicle operators, n.e.c. .. 41,123 2.2 2,080 – – – – – –

Ship captains and mates

except fishing boats .......... 46,932 9.2 2,334 46,690 11.2 2,363 – – –

Sailors and deckhands ........... 28,943 4.1 2,714 27,332 2.0 2,839 – – –

Bridge, lock and lighthouse

tenders .............................. 25,535 3.0 2,079 – – – 24,865 1.9 2,079

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 January 2001 — 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

Supervisors, material moving

equipment ......................... $38,055 4.3 2,108 $38,114 4.4 2,111 $36,363 9.2 2,016

Operating engineers ............... 35,336 5.8 1,897 37,808 4.4 1,816 29,795 8.9 2,078

Longshore equipment

operators .......................... 60,815 5.0 2,073 61,742 4.4 2,073 – – –

Crane and tower operators ..... 35,976 5.6 2,069 35,867 5.6 2,069 – – –

Excavating and loading

machine operators ............ 31,262 3.9 2,046 31,448 4.1 2,041 30,369 8.4 2,072

Grader, dozer, and scrapper

operators .......................... 32,031 5.9 2,076 34,422 7.3 2,075 28,909 7.2 2,078

Industrial truck and tractor

equipment operators ......... 28,309 4.4 2,072 28,337 4.5 2,073 26,325 5.7 1,996

Miscellaneous material

moving equipment

operators, n.e.c. ................ 31,597 5.1 2,069 32,048 5.9 2,073 29,202 4.1 2,052

Handlers, equipment cleaners,

helpers, and laborers ................. 21,939 1.4 2,034 21,602 1.5 2,032 27,226 2.6 2,058

Nursery workers ..................... 14,055 2.8 1,828 14,015 2.7 1,816 – – –

Supervisors,

agriculture-Related

workers ............................. 35,860 6.4 2,022 33,709 7.8 1,995 40,527 5.0 2,080

Groundskeepers and

gardeners except farm ...... 19,213 7.0 1,881 17,285 8.8 1,828 25,125 3.6 2,042

Animal caretakers except farm 21,520 9.9 1,809 17,721 9.5 1,699 28,358 9.1 2,007

Inspectors, agricultural

products ............................ 18,425 10.9 2,046 18,425 10.9 2,046 – – –

Supervisors, handlers,

equipment cleaners, and

laborers, n.e.c. .................. 35,333 4.6 2,021 35,221 5.3 2,011 35,993 6.3 2,077

Helpers, mechanics and

repairers ........................... 22,130 4.0 2,065 20,955 4.0 2,067 28,761 7.4 2,053

Helpers, construction trades ... 21,661 3.3 2,029 21,497 3.4 2,027 27,129 6.2 2,080

Helpers, extractive .................. 18,787 13.0 1,994 18,787 13.0 1,994 – – –

Construction laborers ............. 24,591 4.9 1,990 24,574 5.4 1,983 24,742 4.8 2,047

Production helpers .................. 21,314 2.4 2,068 21,325 2.4 2,070 18,206 19.9 1,519

Garbage collectors ................. 28,678 7.7 2,070 – – – 31,952 10.0 2,077

Stock handlers and baggers ... 21,480 2.9 2,054 21,469 2.9 2,054 25,296 9.5 1,955

Machine feeders and

offbearers ......................... 18,075 9.3 2,072 18,076 9.4 2,072 – – –

Freight, stock, and material

handlers, n.e.c. ................. 24,215 3.6 2,049 24,227 3.7 2,049 23,065 11.0 2,080

Garage and service station

related ............................... 19,628 6.8 2,031 19,418 7.0 2,029 26,144 7.8 2,080

Vehicle washers and

equipment cleaners .......... 18,952 4.1 2,077 18,864 4.1 2,077 27,153 4.2 2,059

Hand packers and packagers 20,333 4.9 2,061 20,333 4.9 2,061 – – –

Laborers except construction,

n.e.c. ................................. 21,110 1.9 2,036 20,629 2.1 2,032 25,908 3.6 2,074

Service ................................................... 21,820 1.3 2,001 18,467 1.4 1,999 32,024 1.6 2,005

Protective service ....................... 34,963 1.9 2,097 20,610 3.8 2,026 41,351 2.2 2,128

Supervisors, firefighters and

fire prevention ................... 58,799 4.7 2,546 – – – 58,919 4.7 2,548

Supervisors, police and

detectives ......................... 56,267 3.1 2,085 – – – 56,410 3.2 2,085

Supervisors, guards ................ 35,287 6.4 1,942 28,802 6.4 1,886 49,001 8.4 2,060

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 January 2001 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Service –Continued

Protective service –Continued

Fire inspection and fire

prevention ......................... $41,511 8.2 2,163 – – – $47,176 4.6 2,186

Firefighting .............................. 43,042 2.7 2,500 – – – 43,027 2.7 2,504

Police and detectives, public

service .............................. 44,722 1.5 2,080 – – – 44,765 1.5 2,080

Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law

enforcement officers ......... 36,420 2.8 2,071 – – – 36,420 2.8 2,071

Correctional institution officers 32,473 4.7 2,037 – – – 32,714 4.8 2,036

Guards and police except

public service .................... 20,391 4.0 2,049 $20,072 4.3 2,063 25,154 3.7 1,827

Protective service, n.e.c. ........ 22,483 8.1 1,753 13,648 10.3 1,508 29,735 6.5 1,954

Food service ............................... 15,631 2.1 1,967 15,601 2.3 2,003 15,991 2.5 1,527

Waiters, waitresses, and

bartenders

Bartenders .............................. 14,808 6.7 2,010 14,808 6.7 2,010 – – –

Waiters and waitresses .......... 7,542 4.2 1,909 7,494 4.2 1,909 – – –

Waiters’/Waitresses’

assistants .......................... 12,491 3.8 1,983 12,423 3.7 1,992 – – –

Other food service

Supervisors, food preparation

and service ....................... 25,884 3.6 2,127 26,514 4.0 2,201 21,289 5.5 1,585

Cooks ..................................... 17,670 2.5 1,962 17,872 2.6 2,008 15,600 3.7 1,494

Kitchen workers, food

preparation ....................... 16,118 3.0 1,947 16,733 3.3 2,037 12,908 5.5 1,478

Food preparation, n.e.c. ......... 15,321 1.6 1,944 15,341 1.8 1,994 15,163 3.7 1,555

Health service ............................. 20,393 1.9 2,011 19,771 2.2 2,012 23,942 2.2 2,000

Dental assistants .................... 25,359 9.3 1,973 25,396 9.4 1,971 23,308 11.5 2,080

Health aides, except nursing .. 22,532 3.6 2,035 22,035 4.3 2,046 25,341 3.5 1,972

Nursing aides, orderlies and

attendants ......................... 18,962 1.5 2,005 18,083 1.5 2,005 23,445 2.5 2,009

Cleaning and building service ..... 20,884 1.6 2,028 19,826 2.0 2,024 24,107 2.0 2,043

Supervisors, cleaning and

building service workers ... 29,531 3.9 2,070 27,846 4.1 2,071 33,708 8.1 2,066

Maids and housemen ............. 15,900 2.9 1,965 15,872 3.0 1,961 16,688 4.7 2,071

Janitors and cleaners ............. 21,470 1.5 2,042 20,568 2.3 2,043 23,438 1.5 2,040

Pest control ............................. 21,980 11.5 2,080 21,703 11.8 2,080 – – –

Personal service ......................... 20,196 3.2 1,895 20,553 3.6 1,936 17,721 4.5 1,617

Supervisors, personal service – – – – – – 27,594 8.0 1,642

Hairdressers and

cosmetologists .................. 20,935 6.4 1,966 20,935 6.4 1,966 – – –

Attendants, amusement, and

recreation facilities ............ 14,896 4.3 2,060 14,624 3.7 2,062 18,321 8.5 2,026

Guides .................................... 24,289 10.9 2,074 24,385 10.8 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 January 2001 — 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 ......................... $34,969 2.9 1,068 $35,325 2.9 1,037 $27,180 11.3 1,761

Baggage porters and bellhops 12,348 4.4 2,043 12,348 4.4 2,043 – – –

Welfare service aides ............. 18,398 4.1 2,015 17,613 4.4 2,049 21,120 7.1 1,900

Early childhood teachers’

assistants .......................... 14,106 6.3 1,794 14,004 7.5 1,918 14,361 3.7 1,484

Child care workers, n.e.c. ....... 17,702 3.7 1,921 17,835 2.3 2,057 17,286 16.3 1,492

Service, n.e.c. ......................... 21,406 6.9 1,997 21,408 7.5 2,013 21,385 4.3 1,821

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 March

2000 and January 2002. The average reference period was January 2001. 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, 2001, on

the BLS Internet site: http://www.bls.gov/ncs/home.htm or any of our published

bulletins. 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, 2001, on the BLS

Internet site: http://www.bls.gov/ncs/home.htm or any of our published NCS locality

bulletins. 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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